System and method for displaying a mapping of channels in a program guide

摘要

A system and method for displaying an electronic program guide are disclosed. In one embodiment the method comprises receiving, for a plurality of first events, first event metadata comprising a first event description and a first logical channel number, receiving, for a plurality of second events, second event metadata comprising a second event description and a second logical channel number, assigning the first logical channel number associated with a particular first event to a particular second event, wherein the assignment is based on the first event metadata of the particular first event and the second event metadata of the particular second event, and displaying a program guide comprising at least a portion of the second event metadata of the particular second event.

主权项

1. A method of displaying a program guide on a mobile device, the method comprising:
receiving, in a first wireless broadcast at a first location, for a plurality of first events, first event metadata comprising a first event description, a first event start time, and a first logical channel number; receiving, in a second wireless broadcast at a second location, for a plurality of second events, second event metadata comprising a second event description, a second event start time, and a second logical channel number; associating at least one of the plurality of second events to a particular first event; assigning the first logical channel number and first event start time of the particular first event to the at least one of the plurality of second events associated with the particular first event; determining whether more than one of the plurality of second events are associated with the particular first event; selecting one of the more than one of the plurality of second events associated with the particular first event based on usage tracking information stored on the mobile device in response to determining that more than one of the plurality of second events are associated with the particular first event, wherein the usage tracking information comprises events a user of the mobile device has previously consumed on the mobile device; determining whether the at least one of the plurality of second events associated with the particular first event has a second event start time different than the particular first event's first event start time; and displaying a program guide comprising:
at least a portion of the second event metadata for each of the at least one of the plurality of second events associated with the particular first event, arranged according to the first logical channel number and first event start time of the particular first event, wherein only metadata for the selected second event is displayed from among the more than one of the plurality of second events associated with the particular first event in response to determining that more than one of the plurality of second events are associated with the particular first event; andan indication of the second event start time for each of the at least one of the plurality of second events associated with the particular first event that is determined to have a second start time different than the particular first event's first event start time, wherein each of the at least one of the plurality of second events associated with the particular first event that is determined to have the second event start time different than the particular first event's first event start time is displayed in the program guide at the first event start time but is only available for consumption at the indicated second event start time.