Patent ID: 8522281
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, at a computer system, information that relates to a geographic location of a user of media services, wherein the received information does not uniquely identify one media broadcast head end for the user; identifying a plurality of broadcast head ends responsive to the received information, where each broadcast head end provides service coverage with scheduled broadcast media to a particular geographic area that includes the geographic location of the user; identifying a first broadcast head end of the plurality of broadcast head ends that provides content that is available to the user, as compared to one or more others of the plurality of broadcast head ends that provide service coverage with scheduled broadcast media to the particular geographic area that includes the geographic location of the user; and generating, for presentation to the user, a condensed program guide that is formatted to display channels from the first broadcast head end and channels of the others of the plurality of broadcast head ends in a single program guide, wherein particular channels from the first broadcast head end are displayed in a first area and channels from one or more of the others of the broadcast head ends are displayed in separate areas according to a decreasing likelihood of a capability to provide content that is available to the user at the geographic location of the user.