MERGING ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE INFORMATION

MERGING ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE INFORMATION

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 dat...

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Hauptverfasser: ACTON COLIN LEE, PICKETT SHAWN, HESS HANS PETER, HAYTON MICHAEL S, BORDELET RENAUD, AZERA FREDERIC, OHNO HIROSHI, IRWIN PAUL, CIRRINCIONE CORY JON
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
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Zusammenfassung: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.