Patent ID: 8056098
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting a television lineup for viewing on a digital device, comprising: (a) identifying available television lineups capable of being viewed on the digital device, each available television lineup includes a plurality of tuner positions; (b) selecting one of the plurality of tuner positions; (c) for the tuner position selected in step (b), identifying a television channel designated in each available television lineup identified in step (a); (d) determining if one of the television channels identified in step (c) is a likely identifiable channel on the tuner position selected in step (b), said likely identifiable channel comprises a channel carrying in-band data; (e) calculating a percentage of the available television lineups identified in step (a) that designate the likely identifiable channel on the tuner position selected in step (b); (f) if the likely identifiable channel is identified in approximately half of the available television lineups identified in step (a), identifying a channel received by the digital device on the tuner position selected in step (b); (g) if the channel received by the digital device is the likely identifiable channel, deleting each available television lineup that does not designate the likely identifiable channel on the tuner position selected in step (b); (h) if the channel received by the digital device is not the likely identifiable channel, deleting each available lineup that designates the likely identifiable channel on the tuner position selected in step (b); and (j) if more than one available television lineup remains, repeating steps (a)-(h) until one available television lineup remains.