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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2004
Brandon A. Grooters, Watauga, TX (US);
Brandon A. Grooters, Watauga, TX (US);
Gateway, Inc., N. Sioux City, SD (US);
Abstract
An electronic program guide system and a method for generating an electronic program guide are disclosed. A first information handling system obtains programming information from a program information source and generates a program guide based upon the obtained program information. A second information handling system receives the program from the first information handling system via downloading or transmission. The first information handling system searches a worldwide network for information regarding a transitory broadcast event and incorporates the transitory event information into the generated program guide prior to transmitting the program guide to the second information handling system. The transitory broadcast event information may be added to the program guide as additional, temporary channels that include links to the nodes from which the transitory broadcast event may be obtained. The program guide is thereby augmented with the additional, transitory broadcast event information.