摘要 |
<p>THE INVENTION CONCERNS A METHOD (200) AND SYSTEM (100) FOR CREATING A SUBSET OF CHANNELS WITH PROGRAMMING FROM A PLURALITY OF CHANNELS AND CAN INCLUDE THE STEPS OF: RECEIVING (210) A PLURALITY OF CHANNELS, WHEREIN THE PLURALITY OF CHANNELS COMPRISES AT LEAST ONE CHANNEL WITH PROGRAMMING; ENCODING (212) AT LEAST A PORTION OF A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF CHANNELS FROM THE PLURALITY OF CHANNELS TO PROVIDE A CORRESPONDING ENCODED SIGNAL FOR EACH OF THE PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF CHANNELS; PROCESSING (214) EACH OF THE CORRESPONDING ENCODED SIGNALS TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THE PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF CHANNELS CONTAIN PROGRAMMING TO PROVIDE THE SUBSET OF CHANNELS WITH PROGRAMMING; AND STORING (216) THE SUBSET OF CHANNELS INTO MEMORY. THE INVENTION CAN ALSO INCLUDE THE STEP OF ANALYZING AT LEAST A PORTION OF AN AUDIO SIGNAL IN THE PREDETERMINED CHANNELS TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THE PREDETERMINED CHANNELS CONTAIN PROGRAMMING.</p> |