Patent ID: 7380263
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for use in generating a television channel map, comprising: selecting a first input of a plurality of inputs where a plurality of signals are received on the first input; selecting a first single modulation scheme of a plurality modulation schemes on the first input and selecting a first signal modulated in accordance with the first signal modulation scheme of the plurality of signals received on the first input; tuning a plurality of channels for the first signal modulated in accordance with the single modulation scheme; determining if a broadcast is received on each of the channels; recording channels that are determined to receive broadcasts in a channel map according to the plurality of tuned channels for the identified single modulation scheme; and not performing a full auto-program such that the auto-program is limited to the first signal of the plurality of signals received on the first input.