METHOD OF DOWNLOADING AND UPDATING APPLICATIONS IN A TELEVISION RECEIVER/DECODER HOUSING

• US 20100138891A1
• Filed: 02/20/2008
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sagem Communications SAS
• Original Assignee: Sagem Communications SAS
• Inventors: Hergault, Stéphane, Cadon, Claude-André
• Granted Patent: US 10,560,743 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/132
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/418 External card to be used in combination with the client device, e.g. for conditional access
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4586 Content update operation triggered locally, e.g. by comparing the version of software modules in a DVB carousel to the version stored locally deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction of the data by redundancy during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895

Abstract

In order to maximize the availability of a television receiver/decoder housing, the invention enables the download of updates while said housing is being used. In order to do so, when the housing detects that an update is available, the housing allocates itself a portion of the acquisition resources of the update in order to store this update in a housing storage memory. Once the download is complete, the user can either activate the update or carry on using a former version of the housing application, the user thus being able to select a microcode version which is activated by default on switching on the receiver/decoder housing.

Claims

1. Method for downloading an application into a television receiver/decoder comprising at least first and second data receiver devices, the following steps being implemented by the television receiver/decoder device:

starting the television receiver/decoder upon being prompted by a user of the receiver/decoder,

parameterizing the first receiver device as s function of an action of the user,

detecting the availability of a new application,

wherein the starting is according to a parameterizing of the television receiver/decoder relating to the application to be executed when starting,

the method further including;

recording the application on a backup medium on the basis of an depending on the availability of the second receiver device.

2. Method according to claim 1 further comprising a step for updating a configuration memory whose content designates the application to be executed when the television receiver/decoder is started.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the first data receiver device is a tuner.

4. Method according to claim 3, wherein the second data receiver device is a tuner.

5. Method according to claim 3, wherein the second data receiver device is a connection port of a local peripheral from the list formed by at least the following:

USB, Wifi, IEEE1394.

6. Method according to claim 1, wherein the backup medium is a mass storage peripheral integrated into the television receiver/decoder.

7. Method according to claim 1, wherein the recording of the new applicaiton is secured at least by the authentication of the data source delivering the data corresponding to the application.