We propose an extended framework for continuous-stage Runge-Kutta methods which enables us to treat more complicated cases especially for the case weighting on infinite intervals. By doing this, various types of weighted orthogonal polynomials (e.g., Jacobi polynomials, Laguerre polynomials, Hermite polynomials etc.) can be used in the construction of Runge-Kutta-type methods. Particularly, families of Runge-Kutta-type methods with geometric properties can be constructed in this new framework. As examples, some new symmetric and symplectic integrators by using Legendre polynomials, Laguerre polynomials and Hermite polynomials are constructed. significant importance mainly owing to that they are more convenient to use and sometimes it may lead to surprising applications [6].The well-known Runge-Kutta (RK) method, as one of the most popular classes of methods for solving initial value problems, has been a central topic in numerical ordinary differential equations (ODEs) since the pioneering work of Runge (1895) [29]. They have been highly developed for over a hundred and twenty years (see [7,4,8,16,17] and references therein). One of the most important points we have to speak out is that RK methods possess a close relationship with polynomials. A basic evidence for supporting such view is that, the RK order conditions corresponding to bushy trees (by B-series theory [8,18]) are equivalent to those polynomial-based quadrature rules [16]. Another good case in evidence is the Wtransformation [17] which is defined on the basis of Legendre orthogonal polynomials. By using W -transformation many special-purpose methods can be established, e.g., symplectic RK methods, symmetric RK methods, algebraically stable RK methods, stiffly accurate & L-stable RK methods etc [10,11,16,17,24,33,34].A novel RK approach reflecting stronger relationship between RK-type methods and polynomials are developed in recent years. It is clear and easy to understand it by introducing the concept of "continuous-stage Runge-Kutta (csRK) methods". Actually, the theory of csRK methods was initially launched by Butcher in 1972 [5] (see also [8]) and subsequently developed by Hairer [19,20], Tang & Sun [37,38,39,42], and Miyatake & Butcher [26,27]. The coefficients of csRK methods are assumed to be "continuous" functions and thus it is a simple and natural choice to let them be polynomials. The first example of such methods was given by Hairer using Lagrangian interpolatory polynomials for deriving energy-preserving collocation (EPC) methods [19], whereas a low-order version of EPC methods was proposed earlier by Quispel & McLaren [28] with the name "averaged vector field (AVF) methods" but without being interpreted as csRK methods. A closely-related type of methods which can also be transformed into csRK methods attributes to Brugnano et al [3], called infinity Hamiltonian Boundary Value Methods (denoted by ∞-HBVMs), but also had not been explained within the framework of csRK methods at that time. It was firstly pointed out in [37] (and subsequentl...