Patent ID: 8739219
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable memory device including an article, the computer-readable memory device comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: receiving data associated with a plurality of multimedia channels from a multimedia provider, wherein the data includes a multimedia channel numbering set, wherein each multimedia channel of the plurality of multimedia channels is associated with one of a plurality of multimedia content sources, one of a plurality of genres, and a particular multimedia channel number in the multimedia channel numbering set; presenting the data via an electronic programming guide, wherein the electronic programming guide includes an option to customize the electronic programming guide by genre; in response to a selection of the option to customize the electronic programming guide by genre, receiving selections of a genre and a particular multimedia content source; and in response to the selection of the particular multimedia content source, automatically replacing the multimedia channel numbering set with a renumbered multimedia channel numbering set that includes the multimedia channels from the plurality of multimedia content sources that are associated with the genre, and wherein a multimedia channel that is associated with the genre and that is associated with the particular multimedia content source is assigned a lower channel number in the renumbered multimedia channel numbering set than another multimedia channel that is associated with the genre and that is associated with other multimedia content sources.