Merging multi-source information in a television system
CA 2842380 C · Owner: Starsight Telecast Incorporated · Inventors: Klosterman, Brian Lee
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A method for causing media guidance information to be displayed. The method involves receiving a plurality of media assets. First ones of the plurality of media assets are transmitted using a first transmission scheme by a first source and second ones of the plurality of media assets are transmitted using a second transmission scheme different from the first transmission scheme by a second source. The method also involves storing the media guidance information. The media guidance information is associated with the first and second ones of the plurality of media assets. The stored media guidance information comprises information indicative of the transmission scheme used to transmit each of …
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- Filed April 4, 1996 and granted July 7, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 4, 2016.
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