Patent ID: 7191461

Claim:
In a system comprising a legacy network broadcasting a first signal to legacy receivers and non-legacy receivers on a plurality of service channels described by a plurality of service channel identifiers, the first signal including a first set of programs, and a non-legacy network broadcasting a second signal to the legacy receivers and the non-legacy receivers on the plurality of service channels described by the plurality of service channel identifiers, the second signal including a second set of programs, a method of providing program guide information to the legacy receivers and the non-legacy receivers, comprising the steps of: transmitting first program guide information describing the first set of programs from the legacy network to the legacy receivers on a first service channel of the plurality of service channels and from the legacy network to the non-legacy receivers on a second service channel of the plurality of service channels; and transmitting second program guide information describing the second set of programs from the legacy network to the non-legacy receivers on a third service channel of the plurality of service channels.