Patent ID: 6785904
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H04B,H04N

Abstract:
An electronic programming guide apparatus comprising:a PC at a first household location; a computer system at a second location, coupled to said PC via a computer network; said PC providing information regarding a local address of said first location to said computer system; wherein said information regarding a local address includes information about the first household location which is not a zip code; said computer system adapted and configured to generate a record of electronically transmitted programming which is available to be received at said first household location, and for generating an electronic programming guide based upon said record; wherein said information regarding a local address is a street address; wherein said record of electronically transmitted programming which is available to be received at said first household location includes a list of terrestrially broadcast television stations which are determined, via calculations, to exceed a predetermined level of signal strength at said first household location; wherein said calculations involve a Longley-Rice signal strength calculation; wherein said record of electronically transmitted programming which is available to be received at said first household location includes a list of cable program channels which are available to a cable subscriber at said first household location; and wherein said electronic programming guide includes a representation of a first cable channel assignment for a first terrestrially broadcast station, which has a broadcast coverage area including said first household location and a second household location, said first cable channel assignment is different from a second cable channel assignment which is also provided by said computer system, to a viewer at said second household location for said first terrestrially broadcast station.