Method and apparatus for compiling a repository of entertainment system data from multiple sources
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsChristopher D. Williams, Jean M. Goldschmidt Iki, Kenneth Alan Moore
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for compiling a repository of entertainment system data receives entertainment system data, including television program data and software application data, from at least a subset of a plurality of sources. The entertainment system data is then stored in a unitary format for subsequent access by a user.
Claims22
A method for providing an entertainment program guide comprising:
- receiving entertainment system data descriptive of entertainment programs encoded in a plurality of different source formats from a plurality of different sources;
- converting the received entertainment system data from each of the plurality of different sources from each of the source formats into a unitary format, the unitary format having a source identifier and at least one trait associated with each entertainment program;
- storing the converted entertainment system data in the unitary format in a repository;
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- providing a query interface to the repository of entertainment system data in the unitary format for subsequent access by a user.
A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, designed to be executed by a processor to facilitate data access by a user, the instructions implementing:
- a function to receive a data-stream having embedded therein entertainment system data encoded in a plurality of different source formats from a plurality of different sources;
- a function to convert the received entertainment system data from each of the plurality of different sources from each of the source formats into a unitary format, the unitary format having a source identifier and at least one trait associated with each entertainment program;
- a function to store the entertainment system data in a unitary format;
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- providing a query interface to the stored entertainment system data in the unitary format for subsequent access by the user.
An apparatus comprising:
- a data parser to receive a data-stream including entertainment system data encoded in a plurality of different source formats from a plurality of different sources
- a data engine, communicatively coupled to the data parser, to control storing of the entertainment system data in a unitary format, different from the plurality of source formats, the unitary format having a source identifier and at least one trait associated with each entertainment program, for subsequent access by a user;
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- a storage medium, coupled to the data parser, to store the entertainment system data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.