H - Electricity – 04 – N
Patent
H - Electricity
04
N
H04N 21/462 (2011.01)
Patent
CA 2659642
The present invention is directed towards enabling systems and methods for providing an identifier that displays which channels are not viewable according to a services package authorization. More specifically, a digital host communications terminal (DHCT) receives a package authorization and stores the authorization in memory. Upon display of an interactive program guide (IPG), a processor retrieves the authorization from memory and updates the IPG. The IPG then identifies which channels are not authorized, and subsequently not viewable, by placing an identifier next to each non-authorized, or non-viewable, channel. In this manner, the subscriber knows which channels are not viewable by the IPG as opposed to selecting a non-authorized channel and receiving a message displayed indicating the selected channel is not viewable.
La présente invention concerne l'activation de systèmes et de procédés pour fournir un identifiant qui affiche les canaux qui ne sont pas visualisables en fonction d'une autorisation de package de services. Plus précisément, un terminal de communication d'hôte numérique (DHCT) reçoit une autorisation de package et la conserve en mémoire. Dès affichage d'un guide de programme interactif (IPG), un processeur récupère l'autorisation en mémoire et actualise l'IPG. L'IPG identifie ensuite les canaux qui ne sont pas autorisés et donc non visualisables, en plaçant un identifiant près de chaque canal non autorisé ou non visualisable. De cette manière, l'abonné connaît les canaux non visualisables par l'IPG par opposition à la sélection d'un canal non autorisé et à la réception d'un message affiché, indiquant que le canal sélectionné n'est pas visualisable.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Scientific-Atlanta Inc.
LandOfFree
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