Dynamic multimedia channel grouping
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining a content type of a multimedia program at a first time for each of a plurality of multimedia channels;
associating, during a first channel navigation period, each multimedia channel of a first subset of the plurality of multimedia channels with a corresponding channel number of a first channel numbering sequence, wherein each multimedia program associated with the first subset has a first content type at the first time;
determining a content type of a multimedia program at a second time for each of the plurality of multimedia channels; and
associating, during a second channel navigation period, each multimedia channel of a second subset of the plurality of multimedia channels with a corresponding channel number of the first channel numbering sequence, wherein each multimedia program associated with the second subset has the first content type at the second time.
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Abstract
A method includes determining a content type of a multimedia program at a first time for each of a plurality of multimedia channels and associating, during a first channel navigation period, each multimedia channel of a first subset of the plurality of multimedia channels with a corresponding channel number of a channel numbering sequence. The method additionally includes determining a content type of a multimedia program at a second time for each of the plurality of multimedia channels and associating, during a second channel navigation period, each multimedia channel of a second subset of the plurality of multimedia channels with a corresponding channel number of the channel numbering sequence. Each multimedia program of the first subset includes a first content type at the first time and each multimedia program of the second subset includes the first content type at the second time.
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29 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a content type of a multimedia program at a first time for each of a plurality of multimedia channels;
associating, during a first channel navigation period, each multimedia channel of a first subset of the plurality of multimedia channels with a corresponding channel number of a first channel numbering sequence, wherein each multimedia program associated with the first subset has a first content type at the first time;
determining a content type of a multimedia program at a second time for each of the plurality of multimedia channels; and
associating, during a second channel navigation period, each multimedia channel of a second subset of the plurality of multimedia channels with a corresponding channel number of the first channel numbering sequence, wherein each multimedia program associated with the second subset has the first content type at the second time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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associating a first multimedia channel with a first channel number during a first channel navigation period in response to a content of the first multimedia channel at a first time comprising a first content type; and
associating the first multimedia channel with a second channel number that is different than the first channel number during a second channel navigation period that is subsequent to the first channel navigation period in response to the content of the first multimedia channel at a second time comprising a second content type that is different than the first content type. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer readable medium embodying a computer program, the computer program comprising:
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instructions to generate data representative of an electronic programming guide, the electronic programming guide comprising;
a first channel number sequence associated with a first set of multimedia channels having a first content type at a selected time; and
a second channel number sequence, different than the first number sequence, associated with a second set of multimedia channels having a second content type at the selected time; and
instructions to provide a representation of the electronic programming guide for display. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A multimedia system comprising:
an electronic programming guide module to generate an electronic programming guide having a first channel number sequence and a second channel number sequence, wherein the first channel number sequence is associated with a first set of multimedia channels having a first content type at a selected time and the second channel number sequence is associated with a second set of multimedia channels having a second content type at the selected time. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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