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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2010
Juan A. Pons, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Hugh Svendsen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Eugene Matthew Farrelly, Cary, NC (US);
Scott Curtis, Durham, NC (US);
Harold Sutherland, San Jose, CA (US);
Juan A. Pons, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Hugh Svendsen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Eugene Matthew Farrelly, Cary, NC (US);
Scott Curtis, Durham, NC (US);
Harold Sutherland, San Jose, CA (US);
Eloy Technology, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A merged program guide which includes program metadata from a plurality of different media controllers. A first media controller receives program metadata that identifies a first plurality of programs. The first plurality of programs corresponds to a first content package provided by a content provider. A first program record identifying a first program of the first plurality of programs is generated. The first program record includes first program metadata associated with the first program. The first program metadata is transmitted onto a network to make the first program metadata available to a second media controller. The first media controller receives second program metadata associated with a second program of a second plurality of programs which correspond to a second content package associated with the second media controller. The first program metadata and the second program metadata are stored in a program guide on the first media controller.