Patent ID: 7069578
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A settop receiver in a cable television system, the settop receiver comprising: a tuner adapted to tune to frequencies carrying digital streams, wherein at least one of the digital streams includes a code version table having hardware information, a frequency identifier, and a code identifier included therein, and wherein at least one of the digital streams is transmitted at the frequency identified by the frequency identifier and carries a replacement code portion identified by the code identifier; a receiver in communication with the tuner, the receiver adapted to receive a digital stream from the tuner; a first memory element having a first code portion and a second code portion stored therein as a current operating system, the first code portion permanently stored in the first memory element; a second memory element adapted to store a replacement second code portion therein; a processor in communication with the tuner, the receiver, first memory element, and the second memory element,