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RETRIEVING SERVICE PROVIDER INFORMATION AND CHANNEL MAP VIA INTERNET PROTOCOL CONNECTIONS

  • US 20110314504A1
  • Filed: 06/21/2010
  • Published: 12/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by a digital television receiver, comprising:

  • retrieving, by the digital television receiver and from a memory, a standardized hostname and a standardized filename for a web-based service for providing a channel map associated with service providers;

    adding, by the digital television receiver and to the standardized hostname, a name for a particular service provider;

    sending, by the digital television receiver and to a data server, a request for channel map information based on the standardized hostname, the name for the particular service provider, and the standardized filename;

    receiving, by the digital television receiver and from the data server, a channel map file based on the standardized filename; and

    extracting, by the digital television receiver, information from the channel map file to present to a user.

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