Patent ID: 7818767

Claim:
A system for localizing a program schedule transmitted to a multimedia viewer situated at a viewing location, comprising: an automatic channel line-up identifier configured to automatically identify a list of broadcast television channels receivable at an antenna at the viewing location without necessitating user intervention; a transmitter configured to transmit the list of broadcast television channels receivable at the viewing location and to transmit a reception level for each of the identified broadcast television channels receivable at the viewing location to a service provider station over a network; and a receiver configured to receive from a server at the service provider station, only program schedule information localized to the viewing location, the program schedule information being based on automatic searching at the service provider station through a plurality of prestored candidate line-ups to determine the prestored candidate line-up most substantially matching the list of broadcast television channels receivable at the viewing location, relative to the other prestored candidate line-ups and responsive at least in part to a comparison of the reception levels between at least some of the identified broadcast television channels receivable at the viewing location.