INTERNET TV CONTENT PROVISIONING

摘要

Apparatus for Internet TV content provisioning, the apparatus comprising: a) a primary catalogue comprising a plurality of categories associated with references to Internet TV content items accessible through the Internet, b) at least one operating module installed on a Set-Top Box (STB) and operable by a user for selecting among categories presented to the user, c) at least one content agent, installed on the STB, associated with a respective one of the operating modules, configured to send a request for data pertaining to at least one of the categories and references of the primary catalogue, receive the data, and input the data to the operating module, for presenting at least a part of the input data to the user of the operating module, and d) at least one application server, in communication with the primary catalogue and the content agent, configured to receive the request, extract the data from the primary catalogue according to the request, and communicate the data to the content agent.