Invention Application
- Patent Title: MERGING ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE INFORMATION
- Patent Title (中): 合并电子节目指南信息
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Application No.: US12101758Application Date: 2008-04-11
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Publication No.: US20090260038A1Publication Date: 2009-10-15
- Inventor: Colin Lee Acton , Cory Jon Cirrincione , Michael S. Hayton , Shawn Pickett , Renaud Bordelet , Paul Irwin , Hans Peter Hess , Hiroshi Ohno , Frederic Azera
- Applicant: Colin Lee Acton , Cory Jon Cirrincione , Michael S. Hayton , Shawn Pickett , Renaud Bordelet , Paul Irwin , Hans Peter Hess , Hiroshi Ohno , Frederic Azera
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Main IPC: H04N5/445
- IPC: H04N5/445

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed herein for merging EPG data associated with a variety of program sources. In one aspect, EPG data is accessed for different program sources and rules are selected that define how entries in the EPG data are to be merged. The rules may be selected based on whether the EPG data was collected in-band or out-of-band. In addition, the merging rules can be dependent on the program source, which allows the flexibility of applying different rules to different program sources. The EPG data from the different program sources is merged into a single EPG based on the selected rules.
Public/Granted literature
- US08225354B2 Merging electronic program guide information Public/Granted day:2012-07-17
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