| 摘要 |
The present invention is directed towards enabling systems and methods fo r providing an identifier that displays which channels are not viewable acco rding to a services package authorization. More specifically, a digital host communications terminal (DHCT) receives a package authorization and stores the authorization in memory. Upon display of an interactive program guide (I PG), a processor retrieves the authorization from memory and updates the IPG . The IPG then identifies which channels are not authorized, and subsequentl y not viewable, by placing an identifier next to each non-authorized, or non -viewable, channel. In this manner, the subscriber knows which channels are not viewable by the IPG as opposed to selecting a non-authorized channel and receiving a message displayed indicating the selected channel is not viewab le.
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