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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Thomson Licensing, Issy de Moullineaux, FR;
Inventors:
Bruno Cheron, Noyal sur Vilaine, FR;
Laurent Oreal, Cesson-Sevigne, FR;
Bruno Le Garian, Rennes, FR;
Assignee:
INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/2362 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/4385 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4586 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/2362 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4341 (2013.01); H04N 21/4345 (2013.01); H04N 21/4385 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/8402 (2013.01);
Abstract
Optimizing 'actual' and 'other' table type EPG information acquisition. In a broadcast stream multiplex, information is comprised in event information tables of type ‘actual’ that comprises event or program information about a selected service, and of type ‘other’ that comprises event information about other services in the multiplex. An EPG database is updated with the event information comprised in the event information tables under certain conditions only.