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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2002
Applicants:
Emmanuel Barbier, Paris, FR;
Alain Delpuch, Les Essarts le Roi, FR;
Inventors:
Emmanuel Barbier, Paris, FR;
Alain Delpuch, Les Essarts le Roi, FR;
Assignee:
OpenTV, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an interactive television system, an interactive television receiver can receives a carousel over a broadcast path. The broadcast server may run a carousel manager, and the carousel manager may formulate a broadcast policy to be used in constructing the carousel. The interactive television receiver may run a interface module that can process resource requests from an application program. The interface module may obtain a requested resource from the broadcast path or from a point-to-point path.