System and method for automatic channel lineup determination
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorPaul D. Arling
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Abstract
A current geographical location of a portable device is used to facilitate selection of channel lineup that is appropriate for a Multi-System Operator (MSO) provider and the current geographical location of the portable device. A program guide GUI of the portable device is then configured using the selected channel lineup. The configured GUI is displayable to a user of the portable device whereupon the configured GUI is available for use in commanding tuning operations of a set-top box.
Claims16
A non-transitory, computer-readable media having stored thereon instructions executable by a portable device for configuring a program guide graphical user interface (GUI) on the portable device, the instructions causing the portable device to perform steps comprising:
- obtaining from an unsolicited communication sent by a set-top box an identity of the set-top box;
- determining a current geographical location of the portable device;
- using the identity of the set-top box in combination with the determined current geographical location of the portable device to automatically identify within a Multi-System Operator (MSO) map, in which each of a plurality of MSO providers is correlated to a geographical location and a set-top box identity, a single one of the plurality of MSO providers;
- automatically identifying a channel lineup for the identified one of the plurality of MSO providers and the determined current geographical location of the portable device;
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- automatically configuring the program guide GUI on the portable device whereby the selected channel lineup is displayable to a user of the portable device for use in commanding tuning operations of the set-top box.
A method performed by a portable device for configuring a program guide graphical user interface (GUI) on the portable device, comprising:
- obtaining from an unsolicited communication sent by a set-top box an identity of the set-top box;
- determining a current geographical location of the portable device;
- using the identity of the set-top box in combination with the determined current geographical location of the portable device to automatically identify within a Multi-System Operator (MSO) map, in which each of a plurality of MSO providers is correlated to a geographical location and a set-top box identity, a single one of the plurality of MSO providers;
- automatically identifying a channel lineup for the identified one of the plurality of MSO providers and the determined current geographical location of the portable device;
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- automatically configuring the program guide GUI on the portable device whereby the selected channel lineup is displayable to a user of the portable device for use in commanding tuning operations of the set-top box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.