摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for retrieving executable applications, thereby enhancing user's television experiences. <P>SOLUTION: The system for retrieval of executable applications, including: a broadcast television receiver apparatus; and a server, wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus includes a communication unit having an interface for bidirectional communication with a network and is adapted to determine channel information identifying a currently decoded channel from the channel carried in a broadcast television signal, to send the channel information to the server over the network, and to receive application information describing a set of applications which are available for execution from the server, and to receive executable code components for the corresponding set of applications, and includes a data processor adapted to execute the application whilst the channel is decoded. The server is adapted to receive the channel information over the network, to determine the application information by analyzing the channel information, and to send the application information to the communication unit. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |