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US 2006/0053451 A1Published application
Method and system for providing a cache guide
OwnerTerry Lockrige, Ting Wang +1inventors
InventorsTerry Lockrige, Ting Wang, Robert Trzybinski
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Abstract
A method and system for providing a cache guide to a client. The cache guide containing a subset of available guide data. The available guide data being locally stored in a Mini-Headend unit and the subset being stored in the cache memory of a remote set-top box.
Claims20
A method for providing a program guide, the method comprising the steps of:
- acquiring program guide data from a content provider;
- locally storing the acquired program guide data;
- transmitting a subset of the locally stored program guide data to a remote terminal;
- receiving a request for an update to the subset from the remote terminal;
- accessing the locally stored program guide to create the requested update;
- and
- transmitting the update to the remote terminal.
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A method of providing a program guide, the method comprising the steps of:
- allocating a cache memory for storage of a subset of program guide data;
- acquiring the subset of program guide data;
- storing the subset of program guide data in the cache memory;
- and
- processing the stored subset of program guide data to create a program guide.
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A system for providing a program guide, the system comprising:
- means for acquiring program guide data from a content provider;
- means for locally storing the acquired program guide data;
- means for transmitting a subset of the locally stored program guide data to a remote terminal;
- means for receiving a request for an update to the subset from the remote terminal;
- means for accessing the locally stored program guide to create the requested update;
- and
- means for transmitting the update to the remote terminal.
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A system for providing a program guide, the system comprising:
- means for allocating a cache memory for storage of a subset of program guide data;
- means for acquiring the subset of program guide data;
- means for storing the subset of program guide data in the cache memory;
- and
- means for processing the stored subset of program guide data to create a program guide.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.