Patent ID: 8973026
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of receiving decoding information at a wireless receiver to enable the decoding of encoded media content received from an over-the-air broadcast channel, the method comprising: (a) at a time td, receiving a programme information file (PIF) comprising one or more links to a respective decoding file stored at a remote location, the or each decoding file being associated with media content to be transmitted in an over-the-air broadcast channel at a subsequent broadcast time tb and comprising information for software provided at the wireless receiver to decode the encoded media content; (b) automatically activating, over a bi-directional data link, said one or more link at the wireless receiver thereby to cause transmission of the associated decoding file from said remote location; and (c) storing said one or more received decoding file in memory on the wireless receiver.