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AssigneeHughes Electronics Corporation
InventorJohn P. Godwin
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A method and apparatus for providing an integrated presentation of existing media program services and secondary media program services is described. The method comprises the steps of accepting a election of a secondary media program transmitted on a secondary media program channel; accessing a mapping to determine a primary media program channel associated with the selected secondary media program channel; commanding a first tuner module to receive conditional access information associated with the primary media program channel from the primary service provider; evaluating the conditional access information to determine if a second tuner is authorized to receive the secondary media program channel; and commanding a second tuner module to receive the secondary media program if the second tuner is authorized to receive the secondary media program channel.
A method of receiving regional media programs transmitted by regional media providers, comprising the steps of:
The method of claim 12, wherein the terrestrial repeater receives the signal from a satellite and transmits the signal having the local broadcast ID and the regional media programs to the receiver.
A receiver for receiving regional media programs in one of a plurality of local broadcast regions within a national broadcast region, comprising;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.