METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE
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1. A method of generating a personalized electronic program guide (EPG), the method comprising:
- receiving at least one first EPG of scheduled contents from a content provider;
detecting whether there is recording information on each of the scheduled contents;
generating a second EPG using the detected recording information and the at least one first EPG, if the recording information is detected; and
transmitting the second EPG to a server.
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Abstract
Provided are a method and apparatus for generating an electronic program guide (EPG). A method of generating a personalized EPG includes receiving at least one first EPG of scheduled contents from a content provider, detecting whether there is recording information on each of the scheduled contents, generating a second EPG using the detected recording information on each of the scheduled contents and the at least one first EPG, and transmitting the second EPG to a server.
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1. A method of generating a personalized electronic program guide (EPG), the method comprising:
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receiving at least one first EPG of scheduled contents from a content provider; detecting whether there is recording information on each of the scheduled contents; generating a second EPG using the detected recording information and the at least one first EPG, if the recording information is detected; and transmitting the second EPG to a server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 27)
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14. An electronic program guide (EPG) generation apparatus for providing a personalized EPG, the apparatus comprising:
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a processing unit that receives at least one first EPG of scheduled contents from a content provider and detects whether there is recording information on each of the scheduled contents; an EPG generation unit that generates a second EPG using the detected recording information and the at least one first EPG, if the recording information is detected; and a transmission unit that transmits the second EPG to a server. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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