Patent ID: 6408437
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: G06F,H04H,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
A reprogrammable set top terminal for a television delivery system capable of being remotely reprogrammed wherein stored information may be upgraded using changes contained in a reprogramming signal, the reprogrammable set top terminal comprising:a means for receiving the reprogramming signal from a remote location wherein the reprogramming signal comprises a command informing the set top terminal that reprogramming is to commence followed by changes; a means, connected to the receiving means, for interpreting the changes in the reprogramming signal; a first means, connected to the interpreting means, for storing the interpreted changes; a second means for storing information; a means, operably connected to the receiving means and first and second storing means, for processing the received reprogramming signal whereby the processing means instructs the transfer of the stored interpreted changes from the first storing means to the second storing means, so that the set top terminal operates using the interpreted changes.