Hybrid electronic program guide

• Main Authors: DUVAL GREGORY, CASAGRANDE STEVEN MICHAEL, TIRPAK CHRISTOPHER BOYD
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 22.02.2017
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

The application relates to a hybrid electronic program guide. The various examples described herein generally provide systems and methods for generating a hybrid electronic programming guide (EPG) that includes both broadcast content and other types of content, such as over-the-top (OTT) content. In examples, broadcast content may be content provided by a satellite, terrestrial, or cable television provider. Other types of content, e.g., the OTT content, may be content that is delivered over an open network, such as the Internet. In examples, a secure processor may be employed to determine if a subscriber is authorized to access the OTT content based on subscription information received via a broadcast transmission. 本申请案涉及混合电子节目指南。本文中所描述的各种实例大体来说提供用于产生混合电子节目指南EPG的系统及方法，所述EPG包含广播内容及例如过顶OTT内容等其它类型的内容两者。在实例中，广播内容可为由卫星电视提供者、地面电视提供者或有线电视提供者提供的内容。例如所述OTT内容等其它类型的内容可为经由例如因特网等开放网络递送的内容。在实例中，可采用安全处理器来基于经由广播发射接收的订阅信息而确定订户是否被授权来接入所述OTT内容。