Patent ID: 7895637
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A host in a cable broadcasting receiver, the host comprising: a host controller configured to: receive diagnostic request for diagnostic information associated with a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) allocated to Java applications and diagnostic information associated with a memory allocated to a host system, and control to collect the requested diagnostic information associated with the DRAM allocated to the Java applications and diagnostic information associated with a memory allocated to a host system, wherein the collected diagnostic information associated with the DRAM allocated to the Java applications includes first information indicating a total amount of the DRAM allocated to the Java applications, and second information indicating an amount of the DRAM that is not allocated and is available for use in the total amount of the DRAM allocated to the Java applications, and wherein the collected diagnostic information associated with the memory allocated to the host system includes type information indicating a type of a memory of the host system and size information indicating a physical size of the memory of the host system.