SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DEFAULT CHANNEL LINEUP AND DISPLAY WITH CUSTOMIZATION OF ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE GRIDS

• Main Authors: SCHOAFF PETER CHRISTOPHER, HANCOCK KENNETH S, MACRAE DOUGLAS B, WHITEHEAD WENSDY, RALLIS JAMES A, DIAS STEPHEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.10.2012
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method suitable to customize default display according to user preferences.SOLUTION: The default channel lineup is transmitted to a television apparatus in two different packets, i.e., an enabling priority packet and an extended display priority packet. The enabling priority packet includes a list of default channels to be enabled on the guide. The extended display priority packet includes a list of channel groups indicative of an order of display of the channels available to the television apparatus. The default channels can also get a detailed program description. A channel editor screen allows a viewer to modify the default display of the guide by enabling or disabling channels, changing the order of the channel display, or modifying the channels that receive a detailed program description.