Patent ID: 9485044
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04H

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: causing, at least in part by an apparatus of a service provider, a transmission of a first set of announcements of electronic service guide data including identification and description of a plurality of multimedia sessions of a first version to be transmitted through a network; causing, at least in part by the apparatus, a transmission of a second set of announcements of electronic service guide data including identification and description of one or more updated multimedia sessions that are updated into the plurality of multimedia sessions of the first version; and causing, at least in part by the apparatus, a transmission of a third set of announcements of electronic service guide data including the identification of the one or more updated multimedia sessions and excluding the description of the one or more updated multimedia sessions, wherein the third set of announcements is generated and transmitted more frequently than the second set of announcements.