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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2000
Laurent Chatelier, Geveze, FR;
Luc Gentil, Thorigné Fouillard, FR;
Eric Deniau, La Baussaine, FR;
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The present invention consists of a method for managing the consistency of service lists broadcasted by a digital television network, the service lists containing parameters corresponding to each broadcasted services and being received in a television receiver and stored in a memory, wherein, it comprises the step of the method wherein it comprises the step of triggering a consistency check between said at least one customized list of services and the downloaded update of a list of services available to the receiver, the moment for triggering being chosen by an application in said receiver, so as not to disrupt receiver use by said check. The invention can be used in the field of digital television. The invention concerns also the receiver using the method.