Patent ID: 9467242
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: H04H,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for producing a personalized Electronic Program Guide (EPG), comprising: a transceiver for receiving from a content producer a request message for uploading a content, transmitting to the content producer a response message for information related to the content in response to the request message, receiving from the content producer the content and the information related to the content including content usage information inputted by the content producer, and transmitting the personalized EPG to at least one service user authorized to use the content; and a controller for determining whether the content is a user-created content (UCC) based on the content usage information, generating the personalized EPG based on the content and the information related to the content when the content usage information indicates that the content is the UCC created by the content producer, generating a standard EPG when the content usage information indicates that the content is not the UCC, and identifying an authorized service user based on the information related to the content, and wherein the information related to the content is generated by the content producer, and wherein the information related to the content comprises information identifying the at least one service user.