Validating data of an interactive content application
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a first interactive content application for distribution, via a network, to one or more user devices;
evaluating data within the first interactive content application to determine an application type corresponding to the first interactive content application;
associating the first interactive content application with one or more application profiles for the application type, wherein the one or more application profiles comprise an accessibility setting that indicates the application type is accessible from a second interactive content application;
performing, by one or more computing devices, a validation on data of the first interactive content application by applying one or more validation rules established in the one or more application profiles;
based on a determination that the validation has failed, causing, by the one or more computing devices, the application type to be inaccessible from the second interactive content application by modifying the accessibility setting; and
transmitting, to at least one of the one or more user devices, content associated with the second interactive content application.
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Abstract
Controlling the admission of interactive television iTV applications to an iTV application distribution system is accomplished through the use of iTV application profiles that enumerate sets of allowed functions and behaviors for the iTV applications within the distribution system. In general, the profiles comprise filters that enable various functions within the distribution system, and may be applied to the iTV applications according to any of a number of bases. The distribution system includes an interface or console adapted to permit a system operator to create the application profiles and establish rules for attaching the profiles to the iTV applications, and an application profile engine configured to automatically validate the iTV applications against the profiles according to those rules.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a first interactive content application for distribution, via a network, to one or more user devices; evaluating data within the first interactive content application to determine an application type corresponding to the first interactive content application; associating the first interactive content application with one or more application profiles for the application type, wherein the one or more application profiles comprise an accessibility setting that indicates the application type is accessible from a second interactive content application; performing, by one or more computing devices, a validation on data of the first interactive content application by applying one or more validation rules established in the one or more application profiles; based on a determination that the validation has failed, causing, by the one or more computing devices, the application type to be inaccessible from the second interactive content application by modifying the accessibility setting; and transmitting, to at least one of the one or more user devices, content associated with the second interactive content application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18)
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14. A method comprising:
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performing, by one or more computing devices, a validation on data of a first interactive content application by applying one or more validation rules; and based on a determination that the validation has succeeded, causing, by the one or more computing devices, the first interactive content application to be accessible from a second interactive content application by updating an accessibility setting associated with the first interactive content application; and transmitting, to one or more user devices, content associated with the first interactive content application. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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19. A method comprising:
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performing, by one or more computing devices, a validation on data of a first interactive content application by applying one or more validation rules; based on a determination that the validation has failed, causing, by the one or more computing devices, the first interactive content application to be inaccessible from a second interactive content application by modifying an accessibility setting associated with the first interactive content application; and transmitting, to one or more user devices, content associated with the second interactive content application. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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