Patent ID: 9319160
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: H04H,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for updating a data carousel, wherein the data carousel comprises a plurality of data elements combined in a plurality of groups, the method comprising: adding an activating element to at least a group of said plurality of groups of said data carousel, said added activating element indicating either checking the data carousel for determining a time of updating, wherein said checking step is performed in a test time intervals, until a confirmation regarding the updating is received, wherein the test time interval allocated to checking is shorter than a preset time interval, wherein a time of a next checking is determined by adding the test time interval to the updating time, adding a status element for updating said at least one group of said plurality of groups of said data carousel, wherein said status element indicates at least one of a regular updating and an irregular updating of the at least one data element of said group, said irregular updating being the result of an unexpected change of the at least one of the data element, and evaluating said status element to determine if the status element indicates a regular updating or an irregular updating wherein if said updating is an irregular updating, a time updating for the determination of the next point of time for a subsequent updating by means of the time interval is not considered, and wherein if said updating is a regular updating, a time of the actual updating is used for determining a time for a subsequent updating with the use of the activating element.