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31 results about "Electronic program guide" patented technology

Electronic programming guides (EPGs) and interactive programming guides (IPGs) are menu-based systems that provide users of television, radio and other media applications with continuously updated menus that display scheduling information for current and upcoming broadcast programming (most commonly, TV listings). Some guides also feature backward scrolling to promote their catch up content. They are commonly known as guides or TV guides.

Display apparatus

The disclosure is directed to a display apparatus, including: a display configured to display a user interface for presenting an electronic program guide; and a first controller configured to: send a first request including live broadcast information to cause a server to determine replay data according to a first live broadcast program included in the live broadcast information; receive the replay data from the server, and control the electronic program guide to display a second live broadcast program with a visual replay identifier.
Owner:VIDAA (NETHERLANDS) INT HLDG BV

IPTV access processing method and device, electronic equipment and storage medium

PendingCN120658901ASelective content distributionEngineeringElectronic program guide
The invention provides an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) access processing method and device, electronic equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of data processing, under the condition that an IPTV is turned on, a set top box authenticates an application package to request an electronic program guide server to obtain an effective electronic program guide address; under the condition that server fault information fed back by the electronic program guide server is received, the set top box authenticates an application program package to read a pre-stored target electronic program guide address, and access processing is carried out through the target electronic program guide address; wherein the target electronic program guide address is the last successfully accessed electronic program guide address.
Owner:INSPUR TIANYUAN COMM INFORMATION SYST CO LTD

Sports event rebroadcasting information aggregation system and method based on intelligent analysis

The invention provides a sports event rebroadcasting information aggregation system and method based on intelligent analysis, and the system comprises a data collection layer which comprises a web crawler engine, a request management module, an anti-crawling bypassing module and a dynamic page rendering module, and is used for collecting original HTML data from an electronic program guide forecast website; the intelligent analysis layer comprises a preprocessing cleaning module, a target match matching module, a time processing module and a double traversal analysis module and is used for intelligently analyzing the collected original HTML data; the data storage layer is used for storing the analyzed structured data; and the exception handling mechanism is used for handling network request exception of the data acquisition layer, analysis exception of the intelligent analysis layer and storage exception of the data storage layer. The invention aims to solve the problems of large data error, weak dynamic adaptation, low storage efficiency and the like in the prior art, and is suitable for automatic acquisition, standardized processing, structured storage and efficient scene retrieval of sports event rebroadcast information.
Owner:ZHUHAI GOTECH INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD

Fault processing method, device, apparatus and storage medium

This application discloses a fault handling method, apparatus, device, and storage medium, relating to the field of IPTV. The fault handling method includes: receiving a fault handling work order sent by a customer service device, the work order including device identification information of the customer service device and the faulty device; establishing a long connection between the paired customer service device and the faulty device based on the device identification information; responding to an electronic program guide (EPB) access request sent by the customer service device, sending the EPB access request to the faulty device, so that the faulty device can acquire an EPB image based on the EPB access request and generate an EPB media stream based on the EPB image; responding to the EPB media stream sent by the faulty device, sending the EPB media stream to the customer service device; and responding to a fault operation instruction sent by the customer service device, sending the fault operation instruction to the faulty device, so that the faulty device can handle the fault based on the fault operation instruction.
Owner:CHINA MOBILEHANGZHOUINFORMATION TECH CO LTD +1

A method for managing the EPG memory of a set-top box

This invention discloses a set-top box EPG memory management method. A memory threshold is set based on the remaining system memory capacity after the set-top box starts up. When a program event data is filtered, it is parsed and stored in the Electronic Program Guide (EPG) linked list. The memory occupied by this program event data is calculated and added to the total EPG memory value. For each subsequent filtered program event data, the memory required for storage is calculated. If the memory threshold is exceeded, the EPG data already stored in memory is first cleared, and then the received program event information is stored in the EPG linked list. If the memory threshold is not exceeded, the filtered program event information is directly stored in the EPG linked list. The memory occupied by the new program event is added to the total EPG memory value. This invention ensures maximum EPG reception within the system's available memory range, presenting the user with a more complete electronic program guide.
Owner:GUANGZHOU GUOXIN MICRO TECH CO LTD

Content protection treatment method

To provide a digital broadcast receiver capable of executing a higher additional value function.SOLUTION: A digital broadcast receiver comprises: a broadcast reception part that receives broadcast data including coding program video image data related to a broadcast program of digital broadcasting, HDR information indicating whether or not the coding program video image data corresponds to luminance width expansion, and event schedule information; a video image decoding part that decodes the coding program video image data, and reproduces program video image information; a presentation processing part that selects one of electronic program guide information and the program video image information generated on the basis of the event schedule information and outputs them as video image information, or generates them as the video image information by overlapping both of them; a display part that displays the video image information; and a control part. The control part controls the presentation processing part so that a signal, a character, or a stamp indicating that it is a program corresponding to the luminance width expansion is displayed at a position corresponding to the coding program video image data of the electronic program guide information by referring to the HDR information, in the case where the coding program video image data corresponds to the luminance width expansion.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7A
Owner:MAXELL LTD

Content protection processing method

To provide a digital broadcast receiver capable of executing higher value-added functions. [Solution] A digital broadcast receiving device includes a broadcast receiving unit that receives broadcast data including coded program video data for a digital broadcast program, HDR information indicating whether the coded program video data supports a wide brightness range, and event schedule information, a video decoding unit that decodes the coded program video data to play back the program video information, a presentation processing unit that can select and output as video information either electronic program guide information or the program video information created based on the event schedule information or can generate video information by superimposing both, a display unit that displays the video information, and a control unit. The control unit references the HDR information, and, if the coded program video data supports a wide brightness range, controls the presentation processing unit to display a symbol, character, or mark indicating that the program is compatible with a wide brightness range in a position corresponding to the coded program video data in the electronic program guide information.
Owner:MAXELL LTD

Method and apparatus for implementing electronic program guide template, electronic device and medium

The application provides an implementation method and device of an electronic program guide template, electronic equipment and a computer readable storage medium, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a service number to which a current user belongs and a terminal service set corresponding to the service number from a predetermined tree-shaped structure service number set according to a user feature; and generating an electronic program guide template suitable for the current user according to the terminal service set corresponding to the service number. The method at least solves the problem that the types of electronic program guide (EPG) templates are relatively single in the related art, and the development cost is high and the development efficiency is low when more versions of EPG templates are developed to meet the personalized needs of numerous users, and is suitable for interactive television system design.
Owner:CHINA UNITED NETWORK COMM GRP CO LTD

Method and apparatus for providing enhanced electronic program guide with personalized selection of broadcast content using affinities data and user preferences

ActiveUS12526484B2Selective content distributionPersonalizationElectronic program guide
Apparatuses and methods are provided to inform a user of a broadcast stream, which has multiple, concurrently received channels of program content, about recommendations of a subset of the content currently playing across the available channels or to be played within a selected future time period. The subset of content is selected based on user preferences and system data (e.g., program topic and channel affinities among the broadcast content and channels) to recommend a more diverse subset of content than would be discovered if only user preferences were employed to make the selection of recommended content.
Owner:SIRIUS XM RADIO INC

Personalized ranking of entities in electronic program guides for live television

In some embodiments, a method receives a list of ranked entities for video playback in a first interface in a first layout. The ranked list of entities is ranked based on personalized information of a user account. The ranked list of entities is used to determine an ordering of entities in a section of an electronic program guide. The section of the electronic program guide displays the entities in a second layout based on a time dimension. The method outputs information for displaying at least a portion of the entities in the electronic program guide based on the ordering of the entities.
Owner:HULU LLC

EPG system and method based on big language prediction, storage medium and computer equipment

The invention discloses an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) system and method based on big language prediction, a storage medium and computer equipment, relates to the technical field of intelligent pushing of electronic programs, and mainly aims at solving the problems that a traditional EPG system is insufficient in deep information integration, low in navigation efficiency, low in individuation degree and broken in commercial conversion path. The system comprises a user interface layer, an intelligent interaction layer, a large language prediction model layer, a metadata management and back-end system and a unified play control layer. The large language prediction model layer comprises a multi-modal understanding module, a dynamic metadata factory module, a live broadcast stream analysis module, an on-demand map analysis module, a large language prediction engine module and a cross-domain content scheduling module; all the modules are connected through a security protocol to form a closed-loop intelligent presentation chain, and are used for solving the problems of insufficient depth information integration, low navigation efficiency and the like of a traditional EPG.
Owner:广东南方新媒体股份有限公司

Method and device for determining network television nodes

An embodiment of the present application provides a method and device for determining an Internet TV node, the method comprising: obtaining parameter information of the jth region of the i-th Internet TV node of a target Internet TV system at intervals of a preset time period, the parameter information comprising: content distribution network utilization, electronic program guide utilization, and user viewing quality difference rate, the Internet TV system comprising M Internet TV nodes, each of which corresponds to N regions; calculating a resource carrying capacity value of the j-th region of the i-th Internet TV node based on the content distribution network utilization, electronic program guide utilization, and user viewing quality difference rate of the j-th region of the i-th Internet TV node; and determining, based on the resource carrying capacity values ​​of the N regions of each Internet TV node among the M Internet TV nodes, the Internet TV node corresponding to the target region with the highest resource carrying capacity as the target Internet TV node.
Owner:CHINA TELECOM CORP LTD

Display device and channel program information display method

Some embodiments of the present application show a display device and a channel program information display method, the method comprising: in response to an instruction for playing a program of a first channel, if a playing signal source of the first channel is broadcast, respectively acquiring and storing a broadcast electronic program guide and a network electronic program guide of the first channel; in response to the instruction of displaying the program information, if the network electronic program guide of the first channel is incomplete, acquiring a broadcast electronic program guide of the first channel; fusing a network electronic program guide and a broadcast electronic program guide; and displaying the program information of the first channel based on the fused electronic program guide. According to the embodiment of the invention, when a channel program is played by a broadcast signal source, broadcast and network electronic program guides can be stored at the same time. When the program information of the channel needs to be displayed, the network electronic program guide is preferentially acquired, and if the network electronic program guide is incomplete, the broadcast electronic program guide can be fused, so that more complete program information is displayed to a user.
Owner:VIDAA (NETHERLANDS) INT HLDG LTD

Computing system with timing prediction and electronic program guide feature

In one aspect, an example system includes a first distributor server to cause transmission of first media associated with first data representing a first state of the first media scheduled to end at a scheduled end-time. The example system includes a receiver to obtain second data representing a second state of a past event corresponding to a subject of the first media, determine a predicted end-time of the first media based on a comparison of the first and second states, and after a determination that the predicted end-time is after at least one of the scheduled end-time of the first media or a scheduled start-time of second media, generate an electronic program guide (EPG) based on the predicted end-time. The example system also includes a second distributor server to cause transmission of a portion of second media to the receiver, the second distributor server different from the first distributor server.
Owner:SPORTS DIRECT INC

DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

Display device including: a tuner that is equipped to receive a radio signal; a communication module that is set up to perform communication with an external server and / or an external remote control; a display designed to show content contained in the received broadcast signal, the content being received from the external server or stored in internal memory; and a controller set up to control the tuner, the communication module and / or the display, the controller is further configured to capture a screen image displaying the content, characterized by the fact that the controller is further configured for: to extract a first keyword from the recorded screen image and information contained in the broadcast signal of an electronic program guide, to generate a confidence value corresponding to the first keyword, to cause the display to show a first menu containing the extracted first keyword, to transmit the first keyword, first feedback information corresponding to a selection of the first keyword, and / or the confidence value of the first keyword to the external server based on the fact that an input selecting the first keyword is received from the external remote control. to receive a second keyword, a corrected confidence value, and second feedback information from the external server, to cause the display to show a second menu containing the received second keyword, and to cause the display to show a first screen corresponding to the second keyword, based on the fact that an input to select the second keyword is received from the external remote control.
Owner:LG ELECTRONICS INC

Identifying and labeling segments within video content

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) obtaining fingerprint repetition data for a portion of video content, with the fingerprint repetition data including a list of other portions of video content matching the portion of video content and respective reference identifiers for the other portions of video content; (ii) identifying the portion of video content as a program segment rather than an advertisement segment based at least on a number of unique reference identifiers within the list of other portions of video content relative to a total number of reference identifiers within the list of other portions of video content; (iii) determining that the portion of video content corresponds to a program specified in an electronic program guide using a time stamp of the portion of video content; and (iv) storing an indication of the portion of video content in a data file for the program.
Owner:GRACENOTE INC

Methods and apparatus to provide electronic program guide (EPG) data

Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed. An example apparatus to provide electronic programming guide (EPG) data, the apparatus comprising: interface circuitry, machine readable instructions, and programmable circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to: obtain a request for EPG data from a client device within the private network, identify a first media stream corresponding to a first copy of content and second media stream corresponding to a second copy of the same content, and provide, in response to the request, EPG data of the first media stream but not the second media stream to the client device, the providing based on one or more EPG filtering policies set by a management organization of the private network.
Owner:DIRECTV LLC

Computing system with timing prediction and electronic program guide feature

In one aspect, an example system includes a first distributor server to cause transmission of first media associated with first data representing a first state of the first media scheduled to end at a scheduled end-time. The example system includes a receiver to obtain second data representing a second state of a past event corresponding to a subject of the first media, determine a predicted end-time of the first media based on a comparison of the first and second states, and after a determination that the predicted end-time is after at least one of the scheduled end-time of the first media or a scheduled start-time of second media, generate an electronic program guide (EPG) based on the predicted end-time. The example system also includes a second distributor server to cause transmission of a portion of second media to the receiver, the second distributor server different from the first distributor server.
Owner:SPORTS DIRECT INC

Selecting avatars to include in on-demand generated videos

The present disclosure relates to selecting avatars to include in on-demand generated videos. A method begins with a processor causing an electronic program guide (EPG) to be displayed on a first client device associated with a first user. The processor detects a selection by the first user of a selectable item included in the EPG associated with a media content item. The processor identifies a second user connected to the first user on a communication platform. The processor retrieves a primary user identification associated with the first user and a secondary user identification associated with the second user and generates a request for the media content item including a media content identification, the primary user identification, and the secondary user identification. The processor then receives a playlist associated with the media content item including segments of the media content item including a first avatar associated with the first user and a second avatar associated with the second user. Other implementations are disclosed herein.
Owner:SNAP INC

An electronic program guide generation method, device, equipment and medium

The application relates to an electronic program guide generation method, device, equipment and medium, belonging to the technical field of electronic program guides, and the method comprises the following steps: acquiring historical viewing program records, real-time playing program data and a program database; analyzing the historical viewing program records to obtain viewing preference features; analyzing the real-time playing program data to obtain real-time program features; analyzing the program database to obtain program features of each program in the program database; calculating a first similarity between the viewing preference features and the real-time program features, a second similarity between the viewing preference features and the program features, and a third similarity between the real-time program features and the program features; calculating an interest migration degree according to the first similarity, calculating comprehensive scores of each program in the program database according to the interest migration degree, the second similarity and the third similarity and performing sorting, and generating an electronic program guide according to a sorting result.
Owner:TIANMAI SHIXUN (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Content protection treatment method

To provide a digital broadcast receiver capable of executing a higher additional value function.SOLUTION: A digital broadcast receiver comprises: a broadcast reception part that receives broadcast data including coding program video image data related to a broadcast program of digital broadcasting, HDR information indicating whether or not the coding program video image data corresponds to luminance width expansion, and event schedule information; a video image decoding part that decodes the coding program video image data, and reproduces program video image information; a presentation processing part that selects one of electronic program guide information and the program video image information generated on the basis of the event schedule information and outputs them as video image information, or generates them as the video image information by overlapping both of them; a display part that displays the video image information; and a control part. The control part controls the presentation processing part so that a signal, a character, or a stamp indicating that it is a program corresponding to the luminance width expansion is displayed at a position corresponding to the coding program video image data of the electronic program guide information by referring to the HDR information, in the case where the coding program video image data corresponds to the luminance width expansion.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7A
Owner:MAXELL LTD

Identifying and Labeling Segments within Video Content

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) obtaining fingerprint repetition data for a portion of video content, with the fingerprint repetition data including a list of other portions of video content matching the portion of video content and respective reference identifiers for the other portions of video content; (ii) identifying the portion of video content as a program segment rather than an advertisement segment based at least on a number of unique reference identifiers within the list of other portions of video content relative to a total number of reference identifiers within the list of other portions of video content; (iii) determining that the portion of video content corresponds to a program specified in an electronic program guide using a timestamp of the portion of video content; and (iv) storing an indication of the portion of video content in a data file for the program.
Owner:GRACENOTE INC

Systems and methods for an adaptive electronic program guide

A set-top box or other receiving device may detect such channels that the EPG cursor visits frequently, visits for relatively long periods of time or that are frequently displayed on the screen in the electronic program guide (EPG), or otherwise frequently visited or viewed. The system determines that such channels are those that the user is likely to return to when browsing the EPG in the future and then adapts the EPG to present such channels on top of the EPG together with each other separately from the other full list of channels presented in the. This may be performed each time the EPG is opened. A customized EPG having the particular group of channels presented according a specific identified user's previous channel browsing activity may also be generated.
Owner:DISH TECHNOLOGIES LLC

A method for sharing an IPTV real-time picture to a mobile terminal for playing

PendingCN122293899ABreak through space constraintsRealize configuration-freeSTUNIp address
This invention relates to a method for sharing real-time IPTV content to a mobile terminal for playback, belonging to the field of wireless communication and terminals. The method includes: the IPTV device and the mobile terminal sending a STUN request to a public STUN server to bypass NAT and automatically obtain the corresponding public IP address; the IPTV device and the mobile terminal establishing an IPSec encrypted tunnel based on the IPSec protocol; the IPTV device receiving the operator's playback stream, extracting video and audio data, re-encapsulating it into RTP format, encrypting it, and transmitting it to the mobile terminal through the IPSec encrypted tunnel; the mobile terminal decrypting and verifying the integrity of the data packets, extracting the RTP payload, and playing the corresponding video and audio data in real time; the mobile terminal sending control commands to the IPTV device through the IPSec encrypted tunnel; the IPTV device parsing the control commands and calling an API to switch channels, synchronously updating the electronic program guide information to the mobile terminal. This method enables mobile devices to remotely receive and play television channel content from a home IPTV device via the public network, overcoming spatial limitations.
Owner:E-SURFING DIGITAL LIFE TECH CO LTD

Graphical user interface for selecting Electronic Program Guide on electronic devices

1. Name of the product in this design: Graphical User Interface for Electronic Program Guide Selection in Electronic Devices. 2. Intended use of this design: for use in an electronic device. 3. The key design features of this product are the content displayed in the graphical user interface. 4. The image or photograph that best illustrates the design's key features: the front view. 5. Purpose of the Graphical User Interface: The graphical user interface is the interactive interface for selecting electronic program guides. Human-computer interaction can be achieved through remote control or by swiping the screen of electronic devices to select specific channels. Taking the remote control as an example, first, press the right button on the remote control, and the main view will sequentially display interface change state diagram 1 and interface change state diagram 2. In interface change state diagram 2, press the down button on the remote control, and the interface change state diagram 3, interface change state diagram 4, and interface change state diagram 5 will sequentially be displayed.
Owner:ZHONGGUANGJI AUDIOVISUAL (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Methods, systems, and media for synchronizing video streams

ActiveCN115299067BSelective content distributionElectronic program guideFinger print
Methods, systems, and media for synchronizing video streams are provided. In some embodiments, the method includes: identifying a target video stream and a reference video stream, wherein the target video stream and the reference video stream are two different broadcasts of a program; generating a fingerprint sequence for the target video stream; determining a time offset in which the fingerprint sequence appears within the reference video stream; determining whether the target video stream is synchronized with the reference video stream by determining whether the time offset exceeds a predetermined threshold; and, in response to determining that the target video stream and the reference video stream are not synchronized, causing an electronic program guide including an indication of the target video stream to be modified based on the time offset.
Owner:GOOGLE LLC

Displaying an electronic programming guide for live television

In some embodiments, a method receives a list of ranked entities for playback. The list of ranked entities being ranked in a first order based on information for a user account. The method uses at least a portion of the list of ranked entities to determine corresponding channels that are playing the at least the portion of the list of ranked entities. The at least the portion of the list of ranked entities are displayed in an electronic programming guide in a first time range based on the first order. The method uses the channels associated with the at least the portion of the list of ranked entities to display second entities from the channels in a second time range.
Owner:HULU LLC