Patent ID: 11943517
Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. An apparatus, comprising:
a media client device to access a broadcast of a selected media item including:
a receiver for receiving, from a media server connected to a network, guide information based on first guide information and second guide information, wherein the first guide information is received from a network operator and comprises tuning information associated with a plurality of media items, and the second guide information is received from a content publishing service and is associated with at least a media item of the plurality of media items;
a transmitter for transmitting a request to access the broadcast of the selected media item to the media server connected to a network, wherein the media item is selected from the plurality of media items using the guide information;
the receiver being further configured for receiving from the media server a command string; and
a decoder for decoding the command string to determine broadcast parameters associated with the broadcast of the selected media item, wherein the broadcast parameters include a broadcast frequency and a virtual channel number, wherein a tuner of the media client device can be controlled to tune to a television channel in response to the determined broadcast parameters represented in the command string to access the broadcast of the selected media item.