Method and system for trigger management in an interactive television environment

摘要

A trigger manager and related processes and systems for managing triggers for a plurality of subscribing set-top boxes in an interactive television environment are provided. In response to receipt of a configuration update request originating from a specific set-top box, the trigger manager accesses a database of subscribing set-top box profiles associating subscribing set-top boxes with respective sets of triggers. The database is processed based on the configuration update request to identify a profile associated with the specific set-top box from which the configuration update request originated. Trigger update information associated with the identified profile is transmitted over a network to the specific set-top box from which the configuration update request originated. In response to receipt at the specific set-top box of the trigger update information, the set of current triggers in the memory unit is updated at least in part based on the information received.

主权项

1. A method for managing triggers for a plurality of subscribing set-top boxes in an interactive television environment, said method comprising:
a) providing a database of subscribing set-top box profiles, the database of profiles associating subscribing set-top boxes with respective sets of triggers; b) in response to receipt of a trigger registration request:
i) processing the trigger registration request in combination with information in the database of subscribing set-top box profiles to derive validity information associated with a new trigger specified by the trigger registration request, the validity information conveying whether the new trigger is valid for at least one specific subscribing set-top box; andii) selectively updating the database based on the trigger registration request in dependence on the derived validity information, wherein the deriving validity information associated with the new trigger includes determining whether a threshold number of triggers has been exceeded in connection with the at least one specific subscribing set-top box.