Community driven program access system and method
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1. A method to create a community channel, comprising:
- defining a subset of channels from a broadcast network;
receiving, at a server, one or more tags, each tag identifying broadcast data content associated with the defined subset of channels and being received separately from the identified broadcast data content;
associating, using a processor, the one or more tags with the defined subset of channels; and
creating a community channel of a community network from the broadcast network using the one or more tags.
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Abstract
A method to create community channels is provided. The method includes defining a subset of channels from a broadcast network, associating one or more tags with the channels, and employing the tags to enable a community network from the broadcast network.
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1. A method to create a community channel, comprising:
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defining a subset of channels from a broadcast network; receiving, at a server, one or more tags, each tag identifying broadcast data content associated with the defined subset of channels and being received separately from the identified broadcast data content; associating, using a processor, the one or more tags with the defined subset of channels; and creating a community channel of a community network from the broadcast network using the one or more tags. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A communications apparatus, comprising:
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a memory for retaining instructions to; generate one or more tags, each tag identifying broadcast data content associated with a subset of channels of a broadcast network; associate the one or more tags with the subset of channel; separately transmit the one or more tags from the corresponding identified broadcast data content; a processor that executes the instructions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method to create a community channel, comprising:
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receiving a subset of channels for a broadcast network; receiving one or more tags with the channels, each tag identifying broadcast data content associated with the subset of channels and being received separately from the identified broadcast data content; and employing the one or more tags to receive communications as a community channel of a community network derived from the broadcast network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for creating a community channel, the apparatus comprising:
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means for defining a subset of channels from a broadcast network; means for receiving one or more tags, each tag identifying broadcast data content associated with the defined subset of channels and being received separately from the identified broadcast data content; means for associating the one or more tags with the defined subset of channels; and means for creating a community channel of a community network from the broadcast network using the one or more tags. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to:
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define a subset of channels from a broadcast network; receive one or more tags, each tag identifying broadcast data content associated with the defined subset of channels and being received separately from the identified broadcast data content; associate the one or more tags with the defined subset of channels; and create a community channel of a community network from the broadcast network using the one or more tags. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An apparatus, comprising:
a memory retaining instructions for; defining a subset of channels from a broadcast network; receiving one or more tags, each tag identifying broadcast data content associated with the defined subset of channels and being received separately from the identified broadcast data content; associating the one or more tags with the defined subset of channels; and creating a community channel of a community network from the broadcast network using the one or more tags; and a processor that executes the instructions. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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