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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2004
Eric J. Silverberg, Seattle, WA (US);
Alan E. Shield, Issaquah, WA (US);
Christopher F. Pezzee, Redmond, WA (US);
Glenn A. Curtis, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mark D. Schwesinger, Seattle, WA (US);
Shawn E. Pickett, Sammamish, WA (US);
Thaddeus C. Pritchett, Edmonds, WA (US);
Eric J. Silverberg, Seattle, WA (US);
Alan E. Shield, Issaquah, WA (US);
Christopher F. Pezzee, Redmond, WA (US);
Glenn A. Curtis, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mark D. Schwesinger, Seattle, WA (US);
Shawn E. Pickett, Sammamish, WA (US);
Thaddeus C. Pritchett, Edmonds, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide accurate EPG lineup construction and PVR scheduling for users, regardless of their geographic location. In accordance with the described embodiments, the guide retrieves and aggregates data from multiple available sources, particularly in-band scanning and EPG metadata download. Services are then identified and sorted into logically equivalent groups. Once the services are grouped, in accordance with one embodiment, an analysis is conducted the outcome of which is directed to selecting which services to use for tuning and which services to use for scheduling on a given channel/preset. In addition, various embodiments can, in an automated fashion, assign services to presets/channels, as well as provide a user interface and methods for editing a lineup, modifying tuning information and personalizing presets/channels.