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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Universal Electronics Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Inventor:
Paul D. Arling, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/454 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/41265 (2020.08); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/442 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/454 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01);
Abstract
A current geographical location of a portable device is used to facilitate selection of channel lineup that is appropriate for a Multi-System Operator (MSO) provider and the current geographical location of the portable device. A program guide GUI of the portable device is then configured using the selected channel lineup. The configured GUI is displayable to a user of the portable device whereupon the configured GUI is available for use in commanding tuning operations of a set-top box.