Patent ID: 8528035

Claim:
A method for providing a digital TV application in an application providing server for providing the digital TV application, the method comprising steps of: (a) dividing the digital broadcasting application into a plurality of execution data and storing the plurality of execution data; (b) receiving an application requesting event transmitted from a receiver, the receiver executing and providing the digital broadcasting application; (c) extracting one of the plurality of execution data to be provided to the receiver, the extracted execution data corresponding to the application requesting event; (d) transmitting the execution data extracted in the step (c) to the receiver; and (e) storing a plurality of control profiles including a plurality of control nodes corresponding to a plurality of scenarios for the application requesting event, wherein the step (c) comprises extracting one of the plurality of the execution data to be provided to the receiver based on one of the plurality of control profiles suitable for the application requesting event, wherein a first control node included in a first control profile of the plurality of control profiles is associated with a second control node included in a second control profile different from the first control profile, the first control node being a low-ranking control node of the first control profile and the second control node being an intermediate-ranking control node of the second control profile.