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Details

Inventors: Byrne, David S.; McDowell, Sean;
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
Primary Examiner: Sax; Steven P
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

Disclosed herein is a system and method for selecting content from a plurality of different physical sources and from a variety of content sources that are available from the physical sources. In one example, physical sources comprise different signal sources or types, such as terrestrially broadcast signals and cable television signals. Content sources comprise different channels or network sources. The method includes a step of displaying an integrated listing of content entries for selection by a user, wherein each content entry is associated with both a content source and a physical source from which particular content is available. The system accepts a selection from the user of a single content entry, and in response renders the content source associated with the selected single content entry from the physical source that is also associated with the selected single content entry. The invention also includes steps of obtaining content data for a plurality of different content sources in a variety of data formats, and of translating the content data into an integrated database having a predefined schema.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The invention includes steps of gathering programming data for a plurality of different program environments, in a variety of different data formats, and integrating this data into a single database having a predefined schema.
Information is presented to the user in an EPG, with program content for all of the different program environments integrated in a single listing.
The user can select a single entry, and a system in accordance with the invention automatically tunes to the selected programming, without requiring the user to take any further action.

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