公开(公告)号：US5760821A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-02

申请号：US479699

申请日：1995-06-07

申请人： Michael Dean Ellis ,  Barry L. Smith ,  Constance J. Borges ,  Rose A. Reynolds ,  Dennis Tenney

发明人： Michael Dean Ellis ,  Barry L. Smith ,  Constance J. Borges ,  Rose A. Reynolds ,  Dennis Tenney

IPC分类号： C30B29/04 ,  C01B31/06 ,  C30B30/00 ,  H04B1/16 ,  H04H20/00 ,  H04N1/00 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/03 ,  H04N7/035 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N7/10

CPC分类号： H04N21/4524 ,  H04N1/00098 ,  H04N21/4332 ,  H04N21/4351 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N7/0884 ,  H04N7/165

摘要： A system and method for localizing an aggregated electronic program guide (EPG) schedule covering a plurality of service environments includes an information filter located at the subscriber's set-top box conditioned to recognize which schedule information is relevant to the viewer's service environment. Only schedule information corresponding to the viewer's own service environment is stored in the EPG's schedule database. The result is an electronic program schedule that is tailored to the viewer's specific service environment without the use of costly equipment on the transmission side of the program schedule feed.

摘要翻译： 用于本地化覆盖多个服务环境的聚合电子节目指南（EPG）节目的系统和方法包括位于订户的机顶盒处的信息过滤器，该信息过滤器被调节为识别哪些日程信息与观众的服务环境相关。 只有与观众自己的服务环境相对应的时间表信息被存储在EPG的时间表数据库中。 结果是一种电子节目安排，它是针对观众的特定服务环境而定制的，而不需要在节目安排馈送的传输端使用昂贵的设备。

公开(公告)号：US6137549A

公开(公告)日：2000-10-24

申请号：US948756

申请日：1997-10-10

申请人： Donald Rasson, deceased ,  Rose A. Reynolds ,  Michael D. Ellis ,  Robert R. Predolich ,  Jeffrey A. Ross ,  Joel G. Hassell

发明人： Donald Rasson, deceased ,  Rose A. Reynolds ,  Michael D. Ellis ,  Robert R. Predolich ,  Jeffrey A. Ross ,  Joel G. Hassell

IPC分类号： H04N7/16 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/84 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04N21/26266 ,  H04N21/25808 ,  H04N21/25833 ,  H04N21/26283 ,  H04N21/4516 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N7/165

摘要： A system is provided for distributing television program guide data from a main facility to set-top boxes or similar receivers via local television systems. Program guide data is placed in a number of selectively configurable queues. The configuration of the queues is determined by queue configuration data that may be supplied by the operator of the main facility. The operator can readily reconfigure the queues by altering the queue configuration data. Program guide data from the queues may be distributed to the receivers using multiple feed generators, each of which distributes program guide data to receivers with different addresses. The feed generators determine which receivers are busy processing recently transmitted data, so that data may be directed toward receivers that are not currently busy.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于经由本地电视系统将电视节目指南数据从主要设备分发到机顶盒或类似接收机的系统。 节目指南数据被放置在多个可选择配置的队列中。 队列的配置由可能由主设备的操作者提供的队列配置数据确定。 操作员可以通过更改队列配置数据来轻松地重新配置队列。 来自队列的节目指南数据可以使用多个馈送发生器分发给接收机，每个馈送发生器将节目指南数据分配给具有不同地址的接收机。 馈送发生器确定哪些接收器正在忙于处理最近发送的数据，使得数据可以被引导到当前不忙的接收机。