The Directv Group, Inc.

Subbaraya Kumar Deverakonda Venkata

Lonnie Scott Clabaugh

Jianming Yu

Charles C Debergh

Romulo Cruz Pontual

Gilbert Zaldivar

Joseph T Hayes

A system and method for a system for communicating with a user device includes a broadcast management system generating content channel data signals. The system also includes a software download manager in communication with the broadcast management system. The software download manager generates an announcement file and a download resolution file. The download manager communicates the announcement file. The user device has user device identifier data and receives the download resolution file in response to the announcement file and stores the software image in the user device in response to the download resolution file.

Method and apparatus for managing software downloads in a broadcast communication system

A system and method for a system for communicating with a user device includes a first transport processing system and a second transport processing system. The system also includes a software download manager that monitors a first transport processing system communicating a software image, generates a first announcement for the software image, communicates the first announcement to the user device, determines a failure of the first transport processing system, discontinues the first announcement for the software image in response to the failure and communicating the software image through the second transport processing system.

Method and apparatus for monitoring a transport processing system in a software download broadcast communication system

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Torrance, CA, United States of America

Subbaraya Kumar Deverakonda Venkata