Thomson Licensing S.a.

Nds Technologies France

Cisco Video Technologies France

Laurent Proust

Thierry Furet

Dominique Hamery

Eric Delaunay

Nicolas Beaunoir

Laurent Chauvier

David Ludet

Laurent Douat

Hassan Taleb

Franck Bellanger

A method of operating a digital television decoder is disclosed. The decoder includes a memory, the memory storing onboard software, and the decoder is operable in a run mode to execute the onboard software. The method comprises: activating a power saving mode on the decoder; and upon activating the power saving mode: maintaining power to the memory; suspending execution of the onboard software; acquiring an execution context of the onboard software; updating the execution context of the onboard software to form an updated execution context; and saving the updated execution context in the memory.

Digital television decoder

An apparatus and an associated methodology is provided to select and run an image of an executable software, the method including the steps of: starting a self executable boot and load software stored in the apparatus configured to run an executable software image; reading a table stored internally in the apparatus by the self executable boot and load software, referencing an executable software images that are stored in the apparatus; selecting an uncorrupted executable software image from one of the executable software images that are referenced in the table; and starting the image chosen by said selecting.

Method for selecting an executable software image

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Paris, France

Laurent Proust