Patent ID: 8359614

Claim:
In a digital broadcast receiving device configured to receive programming and data over a plurality of digital broadcast channels, a method for updating data broadcast over different channels, comprising: a) receiving a first digital broadcast signal over a first digital broadcast channel, wherein the first digital broadcast signal includes a schedule packet with data identifying a time that an update packet will be broadcast as part of a second digital broadcast signal over a second digital broadcast channel and information relating to a time of broadcast of a subsequent schedule packet or a duty cycle with which schedule packets are broadcast; b) tuning the receiving device to the second digital broadcast channel, wherein the receiving device takes into account the time of broadcast of the subsequent schedule packet or the duty cycle in determining when to tune to the second digital broadcast channel to receive the update packet; c) receiving the second broadcast signal including the update packet over the second digital broadcast channel, wherein the second digital broadcast signal includes data associated with one or more services resident on the receiving device; d) extracting selected data associated with one or more of the services from the updated packet; and e) storing or utilizing the selected data with the receiving device.