System, method and channel line-up processor for localizing an electronic program guide schedule
First Claim
1. A system for localizing an EPG program schedule, comprisingan EPG service provider station comprising:
- a database of channels and corresponding EPG program schedule information;
a database manager identifying a plurality of channel line-ups potentially receivable at a viewing location;
a transmitter; and
a receiver;
a multimedia viewer situated at the viewing location comprising;
an automatic channel line-up identifier identifying a first line-up of television channels receivable at the viewing location;
a channel line-up processor at the viewing location calculating a channel line-up from among the plurality of channel line-ups that substantially matches the first line-up;
a receiver receiving from said EPG service provider station the plurality of channel line-ups; and
a transmitter transmitting to said EPG service provider station the identifier of the channel line-up calculated by said channel line-up processor; and
a network connection linking said multimedia viewer to said EPG service provider,wherein said EPG service provider station transmitter transmits to said multimedia viewer the plurality of channel line-ups and also transmits to said multimedia viewer EPG program schedule information localized to the viewing location and based on the identifier of the channel line-up calculated by said channel line-up processor, and wherein said EPG service provider station receiver receives from said multimedia viewer the identifier of the calculated channel line-up, and wherein said multimedia viewer receiver also receives from said EPG service provider station the EPG program schedule information.
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Abstract
A system for localizing an EPG program schedule, including an EPG service provider station including a database of channels and corresponding EPG program schedule information, a database manager identifying a plurality of channel line-ups potentially receivable at a viewing location, a transmitter, and a receiver, a multimedia viewer situated at the viewing location including an automatic channel line-up identifier identifying a first line-up of television channels receivable at the viewing location, a channel line-up processor at the viewing location calculating a channel line-up from among the plurality of channel line-ups that substantially matches the first line-up, a receiver receiving from the EPG service provider station the plurality of channel line-ups, and a transmitter transmitting to the EPG service provider station the identifier of the channel line-up calculated by the channel line-up processor, and a network connection linking the multimedia viewer to the EPG service provider, wherein the EPG service provider station transmitter transmits to the multimedia viewer the plurality of channel line-ups and also transmits to the multimedia viewer EPG program schedule information localized to the viewing location and based on the identifier of the channel line-up calculated by the channel line-up processor, and wherein the EPG service provider station receiver receives from the multimedia viewer the identifier of the calculated channel line-up, and wherein the multimedia viewer receiver also receives from the EPG service provider station the EPG program schedule information.
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84 Claims
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1. A system for localizing an EPG program schedule, comprising
an EPG service provider station comprising: -
a database of channels and corresponding EPG program schedule information; a database manager identifying a plurality of channel line-ups potentially receivable at a viewing location; a transmitter; and a receiver; a multimedia viewer situated at the viewing location comprising; an automatic channel line-up identifier identifying a first line-up of television channels receivable at the viewing location; a channel line-up processor at the viewing location calculating a channel line-up from among the plurality of channel line-ups that substantially matches the first line-up; a receiver receiving from said EPG service provider station the plurality of channel line-ups; and a transmitter transmitting to said EPG service provider station the identifier of the channel line-up calculated by said channel line-up processor; and a network connection linking said multimedia viewer to said EPG service provider, wherein said EPG service provider station transmitter transmits to said multimedia viewer the plurality of channel line-ups and also transmits to said multimedia viewer EPG program schedule information localized to the viewing location and based on the identifier of the channel line-up calculated by said channel line-up processor, and wherein said EPG service provider station receiver receives from said multimedia viewer the identifier of the calculated channel line-up, and wherein said multimedia viewer receiver also receives from said EPG service provider station the EPG program schedule information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for localizing an EPG program schedule, comprising:
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a multimedia viewer situated at a viewing location comprising; an automatic channel line-up identifier identifying a first line-up of television channels receivable at the viewing location; a transmitter; and a receiver; an EPG service provider station comprising; a database of channels and corresponding EPG program schedule information; a database manager identifying a plurality of channel line-ups potentially receivable at the viewing location; a channel line-up processor for the EPG service provider calculating a channel line-up from among the plurality of channel line-ups that substantially matches the first line-up; a receiver receiving the first line-up from the viewing location; and a transmitter transmitting to the viewer location EPG program schedule information localized to the viewing location and based on the channel line-up calculated by said channel line-up processor; and a network connection linking said multimedia viewer to said EPG service provider, wherein said multimedia viewer transmitter transmits the first line-up to said EPG service provider station, and wherein said multimedia viewer receiver receives the EPG program schedule information from said EPG service provider station. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for localizing an EPG program schedule, comprising:
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an automatic channel line-up identifier identifying a first line-up of television channels receivable at a viewing location; a network connection connecting to an EPG service provider having a database of channels and corresponding EPG program schedule information; a receiver receiving from the EPG service provider a plurality of channel line-ups potentially receivable at the viewing location, each channel line-up including an identifier, and also receiving from the EPG service provider EPG program schedule information localized to the viewing location; a channel line-up processor calculating a channel line-up from among the plurality of channel line-ups that substantially matches the first line-up; and a transmitter transmitting the identifier of the calculated channel line-up to the EPG service provider, wherein the EPG program schedule information localized to the viewing location is based on the identifier of the channel line-up calculated by said channel line-up processor. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for localizing an EPG program schedule, comprising:
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a database of channels and corresponding EPG program schedule information; a network connection connecting to a viewing location; a receiver receiving from the viewer location a first line-up of television channels; a database manager identifying a plurality of channel line-ups potentially receivable at the viewing location; a channel line-up processor calculating a channel line-up from among the plurality of channel line-ups that substantially matches the first line-up; and a transmitter transmitting to the viewer location EPG program schedule information localized to the viewing location and based on the channel line-up calculated by said channel line-up processor. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method for localizing an EPG program schedule, comprising:
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automatically identifying a first line-up of television channels receivable at a viewing location; establishing a connection linking the viewing location to an EPG service provider through a network, the EPG service provider having a database of channels and corresponding EPG program schedule information; identifying a plurality of channel line-ups potentially receivable at the viewing location; transmitting to the viewer location the plurality of channel line-ups, each channel line-up including an identifier; receiving from the EPG service provider the plurality of channel line-ups; calculating a channel line-up from among the plurality of channel line-ups that substantially matches the first line-up; transmitting to the EPG server provider the identifier of the calculated channel line-up; receiving from the viewer location the identifier of the calculated channel line-up; transmitting to the viewer location EPG program schedule information localized to the viewing location, based on the identifier of the calculated channel line-up; and receiving from the EPG service provider the EPG program schedule information. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method for localizing an EPG program schedule, comprising:
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automatically identifying a first line-up of television channels receivable at a viewing location; establishing a connection linking the viewing location to an EPG service provider through a network, the EPG service provider having a database of channels and corresponding EPG program schedule information; transmitting to the EPG service provider the first line-up; receiving from the viewer location the first line-up; identifying a plurality of channel line-ups potentially receivable at the viewing location; calculating a channel line-up from among the plurality of channel line-ups that substantially matches the first line-up; transmitting to the viewer location EPG program schedule information localized to the viewing location, based on the calculated channel line-up; and receiving from the EPG service provider the EPG program schedule information. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method for localizing an EPG program schedule, comprising:
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automatically identifying a first line-up of television channels receivable at a viewing location; establishing a connection linking the viewing location to an EPG service provider through a network, the EPG service provider having a database of channels and corresponding EPG program schedule information; receiving from the EPG service provider a plurality of channel line-ups potentially receivable at the viewing location, each channel line-up including an identifier; calculating a channel line-up from among the plurality of channel line-ups that substantially matches the first line-up; transmitting the identifier of the calculated channel line-up to the EPG service provide; and receiving from the EPG service provider EPG program schedule information localized to the viewing location, based on the identifier of the calculated channel line-up. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A method for localizing an EPG program schedule, comprising:
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receiving from a viewer location a first line-up of television channels; identifying a plurality of channel line-ups potentially receivable at the viewing location; calculating a channel line-up from among the plurality of channel line-ups that substantially matches the first line-up; and transmitting EPG program schedule information localized to the viewing location, based on the calculated channel line-up. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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79. A channel line-up processor, comprising:
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a input interface receiving as input a detected line-up of television channels and a plurality of channel line-ups; a channel matcher calculating a channel line-up from among the plurality of channel line-ups that substantially matches the channels in the detected line-up; and an output interface delivering as output the channel line-up calculated by said channel matcher. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81)
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82. A method for processing channel line-ups, comprising:
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receiving as input a detected line-up of television channels and a plurality of channel line-ups; calculating a channel line-up from among the plurality of channel line-ups that substantially matches the channels in the detected line-up; and delivering as output the channel line-up calculated by said channel matcher. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84)
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