Patent ID: 7617514
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A MHP terminal device comprising: a broadcast interface configured to receive a broadcast transport stream, wherein broadcast MHP applications to be launched at said MHP terminal device are transmitted within said broadcast transport stream and are received via said broadcast interface, wherein said MHP broadcast applications are configured to be identified, loaded and launched within said MHP terminal device; a local network interface configured to connect said MHP terminal device to a local network, and for receiving local network transport streams emanating from object carousel generators in other network devices connected to said local network so that local network MHP applications providing user interface resources according to a MHP standard to be launched at said MHP terminal device are transmitted within said local network transport streams and are received via said local network interface; and wherein said object carousel generators are configured to segment said local network MHP applications into a set of data packets, and to repeatedly transmit said set of data packets.