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Electronic program guide including live network multimedia broadcast channels

  • US 7,779,441 B2
  • Filed: 01/26/2004
  • Issued: 08/17/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic program guide system, comprising:

  • a first information handling system for obtaining programming information from a program information source and generating a program guide based upon the obtained program information;

    a second information handling system coupled to said first information handling system, for receiving the program guide by causing said first information handling system to transmit the program guide to said second information handling system; and

    said first information handling system being configured to search a worldwide network for information regarding a transitory broadcast event and to incorporate the transitory event information into the generated program guide prior to transmitting the program guide to said second information handling system, said transitory broadcast event being a scheduled live broadcast event;

    wherein the program guide has a predetermined number of established program channels, said first information handling system being configured to add the information regarding the transitory broadcast event on the worldwide network as a temporary channel created in addition to the predetermined number of established program channels in the program guide.

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