Patent ID: 8191102
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting interactive television, whereby at least an interactive television application is transmitted inside application-modules in a broadcast stream that includes television content, wherein said method facilitates recording of said broadcast stream at a receiver, said method comprising the step of: including storage related information for each of said application-modules of the interactive application in said broadcast stream; and transmitting said broadcast stream including said application-modules and said storage related information, wherein said storage related information categorizes each said application-module alternatively as (i) mandatory for recording, (ii) optional for recording or (iii) forbidden for recording at the receiver, wherein the mandatory application-modules contain files that are critical for running the corresponding interactive application from storage, and wherein the optional application-modules comprise non-mandatory application-modules for use when running the corresponding interactive application from storage which contain (a) files that offer the corresponding interactive application extra features and (b) configuration files of the corresponding interactive application that must always be downloaded from a live broadcast stream in order to have the corresponding interactive application up-to-date when the corresponding interactive application is run.