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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2004
Pradhan S Rao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Hendler Sloo, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel Danker, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
George K Nyako, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Pradhan S Rao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Hendler Sloo, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel Danker, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
George K Nyako, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Searching electronic program guide (EPG) data is described. The EPG data may be compartmentalized into channel metadata that describes characteristics of one or more channels and content metadata that describes characteristics of one or more content items. In a implementation, a method includes searching channel metadata and content metadata. A result of the searching is formed for output in conjunction with an electronic program guide (EPG).