Electronic programme scheduling system
Номер патента: EP1145555A1
Опубликовано: 17-10-2001
Автор(ы): Jack Arnold Lang, Michael Strick
Принадлежит: NTL Group Ltd
Опубликовано: 17-10-2001
Автор(ы): Jack Arnold Lang, Michael Strick
Принадлежит: NTL Group Ltd
Реферат: A system, and a corresponding method, for providing a home entertainment device with a virtual channel, the virtual channel comprising a schedule of programmes and corresponding start times, the programmes being selected from programmes available from a plurality of real channels and/or other programme sources, the system comprising: schedule input means to receive virtual channel schedule information comprising, for each scheduled programme, programme start time information and information identifying a real channel or programme source from which the programme is available at that start time; schedule information storage means; schedule display means to display a stored schedule; control means to control a programme reception device using the virtual channel schedule information to select and receive, at the scheduled start time, the real channel or programme source corresponding to the scheduled programme; and output means to provide scheduled programmes thus received to the home entertainment device such that the virtual channel is selectable by a user of the home entertainment device in a similar way as a real programme channel. Preferably the home entertainment device is a television, and the virtual channel is provided by a set top box (STB).
Electronic programme guide for a mobile communications device
Номер патента: EP2041959A1. Автор: Ian George,Antony Rix,Martin Orrell. Владелец: British Telecommunications plc. Дата публикации: 2009-04-01.