Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for handling program meta-data
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Application No.: US11663930Application Date: 2005-06-28
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Publication No.: US07865467B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: Ian Bastable , Ian Parsons
- Applicant: Ian Bastable , Ian Parsons
- Applicant Address: GB Staines, Middlesex
- Assignee: NDS Limited
- Current Assignee: NDS Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Staines, Middlesex
- Agency: Husch Blackwell LLP Welsh Katz
- Priority: GB0423323.5 20041020
- International Application: PCT/GB2005/002582 WO 20050628
- International Announcement: WO2006/043017 WO 20060427
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30

Abstract:
A method of accessing program meta-data is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of program meta-data virtual containers, at least one of the virtual containers comprising normalized program meta-data of programs having instances in a plurality of time windows, receiving an input indicating a selected time window, the input at least one of comprises and refers to a time-window identifier identifying the selected time window, and using the time-window identifier to filter the plurality of virtual containers, so as to obtain a subset of the program meta-data which corresponds to the selected time window. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080092166A1 System For Handling Program Meta-Data Public/Granted day:2008-04-17
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