发明申请
- 专利标题: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDES
- 专利标题(中): 提供电子程序指南的装置和方法
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申请号: US12829986申请日: 2010-07-02
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公开(公告)号: US20120005709A1公开(公告)日: 2012-01-05
- 发明人: EDWARD WALTER
- 申请人: EDWARD WALTER
- 申请人地址: US NV Reno
- 专利权人: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- 当前专利权人: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- 当前专利权人地址: US NV Reno
- 主分类号: H04N5/445
- IPC分类号: H04N5/445
摘要:
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to provide a media processor with a description of available channels, receive from the media processor a request for EPG data and a selection of channels from the available channels where the selection of channels is based on a user's input at the media processor in response to a presentation of the description of the available channels at a display device operably connected to the media processor, and provide to the media processor the requested EPG data representing programming for the selection of channels without programming for remaining channels from the available channels that were not selected, where the media processor presents an EPG based on the provided EPG data, and where a portion of the EPG data is obtained by the controller from a first service provider network that is different from a second service provider network in which the server operates. Other embodiments are disclosed.