发明名称 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHORIZATION OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AND FEATURES IN DIGITAL COMMUNICATION TERMINALS VIA A CENTRAL BILLING SYSTEM
摘要 A method and apparatus are provided for allowing billing systems (105) to authorize and specify services, using service handles, for applications, features of applications, terminal features associated with applications or features of applications, in digital communication terminals (150) (e.g., television set-top boxes). In particular, the present invention relates to t he authorization by a billing system (105) of software applications and feature s of communication terminals (150) which are operating in a Multiple Applications Management (MAM) (165) environment. Applications may include virtual applications which can be identified, downloaded (110), and enabled under the control of the MAM (165).
申请公布号 CA2388155(A1) 申请公布日期 2001.05.03
申请号 CA20002388155 申请日期 2000.10.19
申请人 GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 发明人 BOOTH, ROBERT CHARLES
分类号 H04N5/00;H04N7/16;(IPC1-7):H04N7/173 主分类号 H04N5/00
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