Patent ID: 6684399
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for generating an electronic program guide, comprising:obtaining program guide information from a program information source; searching a network for information regarding a transitory broadcast event; in the event such transitory broadcast event information is found, combining said transitory broadcast event information with said obtained program guide information to create an electronic program guide; determining whether a node on the network contains multimedia content; in the event it is determined that the node does not contain multimedia content, continuing with said searching step, otherwise, obtaining multimedia content information stored in the node; determining from the multimedia content information whether the multimedia content is live content; in the event it is determined that the multimedia content is live content, adding the multimedia content information to the electronic program guide; in the event it is determined that the multimedia content is not live content, determining whether the multimedia content is a scheduled live broadcast; in the event it is determined that the multimedia content is a scheduled live broadcast, executing said step of adding the multimedia content information to the electronic program guide; and otherwise, continuing with said searching step for a predetermined level.