Patent ID: RE43988

Claim:
A device for identifying types of data transmitted on multiple channels of a digital broadcast signal, displaying the identified types of data transmitted on each channel, and enabling a user to access the data transmitted on a particular channel, the device comprising: a scanning receiver adapted to tune to the digital broadcast signal on selected channels, the digital broadcast signal including at least one digital television programming packet and at least one data packet; a demodulator coupled to the receiver and adapted to demodulate the digital broadcast signal; a detector coupled to the demodulator and adapted to detect the at least one data packet; a memory coupled to the detector, the memory being adapted to store data guide software code for identifying the type of data contained in the at least one data packet and the channel on which the identified type of data is available, the data guide software further being adapted to enable the data on any channel selected by an operator to be accessed; a processor coupled to the memory and adapted to execute the data guide software code; and, an operator interface module coupled to the processor, the operator interface module being adapted to display the identified types of data and the channels on which the identified types of data are available, the operator interface module further being adapted to enable any displayed channel to be selected.