Management of electronic program guides
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1. A method of managing Electronic Program Guide data in a digital entertainment system comprising a multimedia terminal, said method comprising the following steps:
- retrieving Electronic Program Guide data;
transferring said Electronic Program Guide data to a mobile terminal;
editing said Electronic Program Guide data by means of said mobile terminal; and
transferring said Electronic Program Guide data to said multimedia terminal.
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Abstract
A method of managing Electronic Program Guide data in a digital entertainment system comprising a multimedia terminal is described. The method comprises the steps of retrieving Electronic Program Guide data, transferring the Electronic Program Guide data to a mobile terminal; editing the Electronic Program Guide data in mobile terminal; and transferring the Electronic Program Guide data to the multimedia terminal. This provides for efficient managing of an Electronic Program Guide in a system comprising a multimedia terminal.
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1. A method of managing Electronic Program Guide data in a digital entertainment system comprising a multimedia terminal, said method comprising the following steps:
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retrieving Electronic Program Guide data;
transferring said Electronic Program Guide data to a mobile terminal;
editing said Electronic Program Guide data by means of said mobile terminal; and
transferring said Electronic Program Guide data to said multimedia terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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16. A multimedia terminal comprising:
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control electronics;
a tuner connected to said control electronics;
an electronic storage connected to said control electronics;
an encoder connected to a display connector and to said control electronics;
a communication device connected to said control electronics for communication with a mobile terminal;
wherein said terminal is arranged to receive Electronic Program Guide data transmitted by said mobile terminal.
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22. A mobile terminal comprising:
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control electronics for controlling the operation of said mobile terminal;
an input device connected to said control electronics;
a display connected to said control electronics;
an electronic storage for storing software and data connected to said control electronics;
a communication device connected to said control electronics and being arranged to communicate with a multimedia terminal;
wherein said electronic storage comprises software code portions for performing the following steps;
receiving Electronic Program Guide data from a multimedia terminal by means of said communication device;
editing said received Electronic Program Guide data; and
transmitting said edited Electronic Program Guide data to a multimedia terminal. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31)
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28. A computer program product directly loadable into the internal memory of a mobile terminal, said computer program product comprising software code portions for performing the following steps:
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receiving Electronic Program Guide data;
editing said Electronic Program Guide data by means of said mobile terminal; and
transmitting said Electronic Program Guide data to a multimedia terminal.
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