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Method and apparatus for provisioning client devices connected to an interactive TV network

  • US 9,769,531 B2
  • Filed: 11/04/2002
  • Issued: 09/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a processor and memory storing a workflow engine that when executed causes the apparatus to provision a service for a client device in an interactive television (ITV) network, the provisioning by the apparatus causing separate component provisioning in each of a plurality of network components in the ITV network, wherein execution of the workflow engine causes the apparatus, in provisioning the service, to;

    queue in the memory a plurality of transactions, each transaction when performed causing transmission of provisioning instructions to the plurality of network components for carrying out the component provisioning; and

    perform each transaction queued in the memory, including suspending one of the transactions queued in the memory in response to one of the plurality of network components being unavailable, and re-performing at a later time the suspended one of the transactions.

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