Patent ID: 9300896
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for generating a list of accessible channels in a reception apparatus, the method comprising: retrieving from a primary server, via a communication network, terrestrial broadcast channel information associated with a predetermined geographical region, the terrestrial broadcast channel information including, for each broadcaster associated with the predetermined geographical region, a secondary server location associated with the respective broadcaster; retrieving, for each of at least one broadcaster associated with the predetermined geographical region, service information via the Internet from a secondary server associated with the respective broadcaster based on the respective secondary server location included in the terrestrial broadcast channel information; determining, for each of the at least one broadcaster associated with the predetermined geographical region, whether the broadcast channel associated with the respective broadcaster is receivable by the reception apparatus based on the service information retrieved from the secondary server associated with the respective broadcaster; and generating the list of accessible channels that includes any broadcast channels determined to be receivable by the reception apparatus.