Patent ID: 8793720
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for retrieval of executable applications, comprising: a broadcast television receiver apparatus; and a server, wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus includes a communication unit having an interface for bidirectional communication with a network and configured to determine channel information from a currently decoded channel carried in a broadcast television signal, the channel information identifying the currently decoded channel, the communication unit being further configured to send the channel information to a server over the network, and to receive application information from the server, the application information describing a set of applications which are available for execution, and to receive executable code components for the set of applications corresponding to the application information, and wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus further includes a data processor configured to execute at least one application while the channel is decoded, the server is configured to receive the channel information over the network, to determine the application information by analyzing the channel information, and to send the application information to the communication unit, control information is included in the application information, the control information determined based on at least one of the currently decoded channel, a program currently aired by the currently decoded channel and parental control information, and the broadcast television receiver apparatus is configured to control displaying the set of applications in the form of a list while excluding at least one of the applications in the set of applications based on the control information.