Patent ID: 6738982
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for a communication terminal coupled to a display to enable a user to access functionality of a service infrastructure of an interactive television network by a middleware markup language, comprising the steps of:executing an operating system in the communication terminal; executing a service application manager (SAM) in the communication terminal, wherein the SAM handles lifecycles of applications in the communication terminal; presenting a user with a plurality of selectable link representations associated with uniform resource identifiers that correspond to a plurality of services; receiving user input denoting a selected link representation from one of the plurality of selectable link representations; translating the uniform resource identifier associated with the selected link representation to an executable call; and activating a service of the plurality of services that corresponds to the selected link representation, wherein the service consists of an application and parameters, and wherein the application abides by resource management policies of the SAM and the operating system of the communication terminal.