Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for providing electronic program guides
- Patent Title (中): 用于提供电子节目指南的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12829986Application Date: 2010-07-02
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Publication No.: US09055347B2Publication Date: 2015-06-09
- Inventor: Edward Walter
- Applicant: Edward Walter
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Douglas Schnabel
- Main IPC: H04N21/84
- IPC: H04N21/84 ; H04N21/658 ; H04N21/2665 ; H04N21/458 ; H04N21/482

Abstract:
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120005709A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDES Public/Granted day:2012-01-05
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