Unified electronic program guide

摘要

A device may receive a request for an electronic program guide from a user device and determine a location of the user device. The device may determine, based on the determining that the user device is located in a first location, a group of different types of networks available to the user device and may provide, based on the determined group of different types of networks available to the user device, the electronic program guide for display. The electronic program guide may include a network identifier for each of one or more available channels associated with each of the determined group of different types of networks, and a content identifier associated with a respective one of the one or more available channels associated with each of the determined group of different types of networks.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
generating, by a processor of a server, a single electronic program guide; receiving, by the processor, a request for the single electronic program guide,
the request for the single electronic program guide being received from a user device,
the user device being different than the server; determining, by the processor and at a first time, a first location of the user device,
the first location being associated with a first particular area within a single venue; determining, by the processor and based on the determining that the user device is located in the first location, that a first network is available to the user device and that a second network is available to the user device; receiving, by the processor, capability information associated with the user device; determining, by the processor and based on determining that the first network is available and that the second network is available and using the capability information, that the first network and the second network are accessible by the user device; providing, by the processor and based on determining that the first network and the second network are accessible by the user device, the single electronic program guide for display,
the single electronic program guide including:
a first network identifier for each of one or more first available channels associated with the first network,a first set of content identifiers associated with the one or more first available channels associated with the first network,a second network identifier for each of one or more second available channels associated with the second network, anda second set of content identifiers associated with the one or more second available channels associated with the second network; determining, by the processor and at a second time, a second location of the user device,
the second time being different than the first time, andthe second location being:
different than the first location, andassociated with a second particular area within the single venue,
the second particular area being different than the first particular area; determining, by the processor and based on the determining the second location of the user device, that a third network is available to the user device and that a fourth network is not available to the user device; providing, by the processor and based on determining that the fourth network is not available to the user device, a notification that one or more available channels, associated with the fourth network, are not viewable by the user device; determining, by the processor and based on determining that the third network is available and using the capability information, that the third network is accessible by the user device; and providing, by the processor and based on the determining that the third network is accessible by the user device,
another electronic program guide for display,the other electronic program guide being different than the single electronic program guide, andthe other electronic program guide including:
a third network identifier for each of one or more third available channels associated with the third network, anda third set of content identifiers associated with the one or more third available channels associated with the third network.