A method of using an audiovisual system including the steps of providing usage preferences descriptions, providing a plurality of usage history descriptions, and providing a user identification description. The usage preferences descriptions include at least two of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description. Each usage history description includes at least one of a browsing history description, a filtering history description, a search history description, and a device usage history description. The user identification description identifies a corresponding set of at least one of the usage preference descriptions and at least one of the usage history descriptions.