Patent ID: 7464394
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for encoding a music interface in an interactive program guide (IPG), comprising: encoding a plurality of music channel rows using slice-based encoding and transmission at a headend for recombination at a set top terminal (STT) for display in a music channel listing region; encoding a header region using slice-based encoding and transmission at the headend for recombination at the STT for display; encoding a music channel description region using slice-based encoding and transmission at the headend for recombination at the STT for display; and combining the slice-based encoded music channel listing region, header region and music channel description region in an order to be decoded before transmission to the STT for display, wherein the music interface for display on the STT includes the music channel listing region, the header region, and the music channel description region recombined in the same order each region was transmitted.