Method and system for integrating recorded material with electronic programming guide

• US 20020133822A1
• Filed: 03/13/2001
• Published: 09/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ATI Technologies Incorporated (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ATI Technologies Incorporated (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.)
• Inventors: Arora, Jitesh, Mate, Elena, Yang, Ivan Wong Yin
• Application Number:
  US09/804,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20020133822A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/49
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4135 external recorder interface circuits between an apparatus for recording television signals and a television receiver H04N5/775
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4332 by placing content in organized collections, e.g. local EPG data repository interfaces, Database management systems or updating for information retrieval G06F16/23; details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video database G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

A method and system provides an extended electronic program guide that generates at least one recorded material database of recorded material and that generates a live stream database (or uses a pre-generated live stream database) of live stream data. The live stream database and the recorded material database are integrated to produce an extended electronic program guide. The recorded material can be time shifted data of a predetermined live data stream or can be material derived from a source of digital data.

Claims

1. A method for providing an extended electronic program guide, comprising the steps of:

generating at least one recorded material data base of recorded material;

generating a live stream data base or using an existent, pre-generated database, with a known format of live stream data; and

integrating the live stream data base with the at least one recorded material data base to produce an extended electronic program guide.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the recorded material includes at least one of:

a link to information related to the content of a recorded information stream, video streams, still images, audio streams, and closed captioning information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the recorded material is material derived from a source of digital data.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein respective recorded material of a plurality of recorded materials is derived from a respective source of digital data of a plurality of digital data.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the recorded material data base includes, for predetermined stored recorded material data, identification data, and at least one of optional ones:

time recorded, time duration, actors/actresses, rating, and password.

6. A system for providing an extended electronic program guide, comprising:

at least one recorded material data base of recorded material;

a live stream data base of live stream data; and

a data base integrator operatively connected to the at least one recorded material and the live stream data base, the integrator producing an extended electronic program guide from the live stream data and the at least one recorded material data base.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the recorded material is time shifted data of predetermined live stream data.

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein the recorded material is material derived from a source of digital data.

9. The system according to claim 6, wherein respective recorded material of a plurality of recorded materials is derived from a respective source of digital data of a plurality of digital data.

10. The system according to claim 6, wherein the recorded material data base includes, for predetermined stored recorded material data, identification data, and at least one of data representing time recorded, time duration, actors/actresses, rating, and password.

11. A system for providing an extended electronic program guide, comprising:

a plurality of digital material data bases of digital material; and

a data base integrator operatively connected to the a plurality of digital material data bases, the integrator producing an extended electronic program guide from the plurality of digital material data bases

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the digital material is recorded material that is time shifted data of predetermined live stream data.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein the digital material data base includes, for predetermined stored recorded material data, identification data, and at least one of data representing:

time recorded, time duration, actors/actresses, rating, and password.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein at least one of the digital material is recorded material that is time shifted data of predetermined live stream data.