Patent ID: 8839313

Claim:
A method for processing an electronic program guide (EPG) information for use in live command and control for channel tuning and for control of a video play mode by a plurality of N subscriber terminals, the method comprising: (a) connecting the subscriber terminals (STs) to a video broadcast subscriber link through a live conversion system controlling live streaming of a video; (b) receiving a broadcast stream and an EPG channel on the broadcast subscriber link, processing the received broadcast stream and transmitting the processed broadcast stream by using a Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP); (c) joining the EPG channel in an EPG tuner; (d) reading an EPG information on the EPG channel, and constructing from the EPG information a channels file comprising a set of channels definitions; (e) parsing the channels file; (f) converting the channels file to a converted channel map in a control and command format, comprising converting the control and command format into a RTSP control and command format; and (g) sending the converted channel map to each ST.