Patent ID: 8661469
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for providing program guide information, comprising: a mechanism for defining a first period of time associated with a first data object providing information about a program delivered through a communications network and a second period of time associated with a second data object providing additional information about said program, the first data object containing grid guide information, and the second data object containing detailed guide information; a device for broadcasting the first data object multiple times during said first period of time, said first period of time being relative to a delivery time of the program, and for broadcasting the second data object over the communications network during the second period of time, said second period of time being smaller than said first period of time and occurring within said first period of time, said first data object being broadcast at least once during said second period of time; and a server for providing the first data object upon request therefore if the delivery time of the program is outside the first period of time but within a third period of time, and for providing the second data object upon request therefore if the delivery time of the program is outside the second period of time but within the third period of period.