Patent ID: 7817211

Claim:
A host comprising: a controller configured to receive service information (SI), the controller further configured to retrieve defined channel map (DCM) information and virtual channel map (VCM) information from the SI information, resolve inconsistencies between the DCM information and the VCM information by creating a resulting channel map that comprises channel information that is defined by the DCM information and the VCM information, wherein when a plurality of VCM information entries corresponds to a single DCM information entry then inconsistencies between the DCM information and the VCM information are resolved by comparing values associated with each of a plurality of VCM information entries, and creating a resulting channel map to include channel information that is defined by the DCM information entry and defined by at least two of the plurality of the VCM information entries when any value associated with each of the plurality of the VCM information entries is different.