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Obtaining metadata program information during channel changes

  • US 8,621,498 B2
  • Filed: 03/26/2013
  • Issued: 12/31/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a remote command receiver to detect a remote control command that selects a program;

    a decode logic that receives a video signal from an access device, the access device being a target of the detected remote control command and being separate from the apparatus, the decode logicto capture a video frame that is rendered by the apparatus based on the video signal from the access device, andto decode the captured video frame to generate metadata regarding the selected program, wherein metadata, provided for the selected program by a service provider, is restricted to the access device by the service provider of DTV programming; and

    a database to store the metadata regarding the selected program, wherein the apparatus generates a user interface using the metadata stored in the database that is different from the user interface generated by the access device.

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