| 摘要 |
<p>Methods and procedures are provided for allowing a digital terminal (150) to tune to specific programming sources and/or services before enabling or running an application or a virtual application. In particular, the invention relates to terminals (150) which are operating in a Multiple Applications Management (MAM) (165) environment in a digital network. The present invention utilizes a digital message (200) (such as a Virtual Object message encapsulated within an MPEG message), transmitted across any network (140) (such as delivered via a broadband cable network), to deliver program source and/or service information to a digital consumer terminal (150). A terminal (150) can tune to channels associated with these sources or services before enabling the application, or while the application is running. The application can therefore obtain dynamic video, audio and/or data content to provide a feature rich experience to a human user of a digital communication terminal (150).</p> |
