METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMING GUIDE SIGNALS

摘要

A system and method for use in a cable network to acquire electronic programming guide (EPG) content signals from one or more EPG vendors. The system includes a set-top box (STB) for receiving cable signals and EPG signals from a headend controller so that the STB can output the signals to a media output device for display. A conversion table is provided to each STB for use by the STB in determining source IDs associated with a given channel for each EPG vendor, the source IDs for use in acquiring the EPG content signals.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
generating, at a device, a conversion table comprising:
a first set of source identifications (IDs) usable for selecting first program listing signals from a first program listing provider associated with a first channel map, anda second set of source identifications (IDs) usable for selecting second program listing signals from a second program listing provider associated with a second channel map different from the first channel map.