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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Tom L. Sorensen, Naperville, IL (US);
Tom L. Sorensen, Naperville, IL (US);
LG Electronics Inc., , KR;
Abstract
A device for provisioning, retrieving, and using data guide information transmitted in a digital broadcast signal is disclosed. A receiver receives the digital broadcast signal which includes digital television programming packets multiplexed with data packets and thereafter routes the received signal to a demodulator. The demodulator provides a demodulated signal to a detector which identifies data packets contained therein. A processor then determines the types of data in the data packets, as well as the respective channels on which the identified types of data are transmitted. The processor prepares a menu for a display screen enabling a user to select the channel of interest, and enables the user to be connected accordingly.