Patent ID: 7669223

Claim:
Apparatus for packaging programs in a television program delivery system, comprising: a central processor unit (CPU), the CPU comprising program instructions for packaging programs for delivery using the television program delivery system, menu instructions for determining program positioning within each menu of each one of a plurality of cable headends based upon viewer information and combining a cable headend specific information signal and the packaged program signal for transmission over the television program delivery system via a single signal to said plurality of cable headends, wherein at least one of said plurality of cable headends extracts a portion of said single signal based on said cable headend specific information signal; a delivery control processor unit (DCPU) coupled to and in communication with the CPU, wherein a program control information signal is generated based on information received from the CPU; and a cable franchise information access module (CFIA), the CFIA, comprising: a headend information module configured to analyze information related to at least one cable headend, the information including one of a number of terminals connected to the cable headend, grouping of terminals, terminal configurations, and cable headend equipment; and a cable franchise control signal generator that generates the cable headend specific information signal, wherein the cable headend specific information signal comprises cable franchise information integrated with the program control information signal.