 provides as follows: A method for providing interactive service on a cable television system that distributes television signals from a cable headend over an information service distribution network to a plurality of subscriber television sets, said method comprising: detecting at a node on the information service distribution network a request, from a home interface controller associated with one of the subscriber television sets, for an information service in an interactive mode; controlling at a processor in the node, in response to detection of the request, an interactive session with the requesting home interface controller; Similarly, Claim 0 of the '000 patent provides, in relevant part: A method for interactive delivery of information services to subscriber televisions over a cable distribution network comprising the steps of: receiving at a node over a data communication link a request for an interactive session from a home interface controller associated with a subscriber television; 