Identifying Scope ESG Fragments and Enabling Hierarchy in the Scope
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- an input configured to receive service guide information;
a data aggregator configured to assemble the service guide information in an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) fragment, wherein the assembled ESG fragment includes a reference to another ESG fragment in a hierarchical arrangement; and
an output configured to provide the ESG fragment to a terminal.
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Abstract
Provided are apparatuses and methods in a digital broadcast transmission system for identifying a desired ESG fragment in a list of ESG fragments. The list of ESG fragments or bootstrap ESG may be created by a designated service provider, operator or other apparatus or system. The bootstrap ESG may contain information on, or refer to, secondary ESG fragments. In addition, the secondary ESG fragments may contain information on, or refer to, other ESG fragments in a hierarchical arrangement. A mobile terminal may identify a desired ESG fragment from the bootstrap ESG by identifying criteria within the bootstrap ESG corresponding to a secondary ESG, for example.
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51 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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an input configured to receive service guide information;
a data aggregator configured to assemble the service guide information in an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) fragment, wherein the assembled ESG fragment includes a reference to another ESG fragment in a hierarchical arrangement; and
an output configured to provide the ESG fragment to a terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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identifying an electronic service guide (“
ESG”
) fragment, the ESG fragment comprising data corresponding to a plurality of secondary ESG fragments;
parsing the ESG fragment for identifying a secondary ESG fragment in the plurality of secondary ESG fragments; and
selecting a secondary ESG fragment based on the parsing step, wherein the ESG fragment comprises information of the plurality of secondary ESG fragments in a hierarchical arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer readable medium containing computer executable instructions for causing an apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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identifying an ESG fragment, the ESG fragment comprising data corresponding to a plurality of secondary ESG fragments;
parsing the ESG fragment for identifying a secondary ESG fragment in the plurality of secondary ESG fragments; and
selecting a secondary ESG fragment based on the parsing step, wherein the ESG fragment comprises information of the plurality of secondary ESG fragments in a hierarchical arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An apparatus comprising:
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means for identifying an electronic service guide (“
ESG”
) fragment, the ESG fragment comprising data corresponding to a plurality of secondary ESG fragments;
means for parsing the ESG fragment for identifying a secondary ESG fragment in the plurality of secondary ESG fragments; and
means for selecting a secondary ESG fragment based on information from the means for parsing, wherein the ESG fragment comprises information of the plurality of secondary ESG fragments in a hierarchical arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor configured to;
identify an electronic service guide (“
ESG”
) fragment, the ESG fragment comprising data corresponding to a plurality of secondary ESG fragments,parse the ESG fragment to identify a first secondary ESG fragment and a second secondary ESG fragment in the plurality of secondary ESG fragments, and select the first and second secondary ESG fragments identified by parsing the ESG fragment, wherein the first and second secondary ESG fragments pertain to a program or service and have been provided by different service providers; and
a user interface configured to display information from the first and second secondary ESG fragments. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51)
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