SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC APPLICATION SIGNALING IN BROADBAND INTERNET TELEVISION (IPTV) SERVICE NETWORKS

摘要

A method includes publishing application binaries (118) and data (120) to a back office repository (107); retrieving the application binaries (118) and data (120) to an application repository (128); multicasting availability of the application binaries (118) and data (120) to a multicast group including a plurality of client terminals (110); downloading the application binaries (118) and data (120) to a client terminal (110)associated with a subscriber to a service that implements the application binaries (118) and data (120) and who is entitled to receive the application binaries (118) and data (120); and wherein said downloading occurs out-of-band at the client terminal (110)with reception of one or more video streams (112).