| US 7,500,235 B2 | ||
| Technique for updating a resident application and associated parameters in a user terminal through a communications network | ||
| Stephen L. Maynard, Arvada, Colo. (US); Jed A. Reed, Westminster, Colo. (US); John W. Callahan, Broomfield, Colo. (US); and Benjamin L. Payne, Westminster, Colo. (US) | ||
| Assigned to AOL Time Warner Interactive Video Group, Inc., Ny, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 05, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/655,655. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0055685 A1, Mar. 10, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 9/44 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 717—172 [717/171; 717/173] | 50 Claims |
| 12. A method for use in updating a user terminal through the use of an update application and multi-channel delivery network,
the user terminal including a database for associating at least one program channel in a plurality of channels supported by
said multi-channel delivery network with at least one service, the method comprising:
transmitting to the user terminal a message used to force the user terminal to tune to the at least one program channel specified
by the message and thereby cause the user terminal, to consult the database to obtain information corresponding to the at
least one service associated with the at least one program channel;
supplying the update application to said user terminal over said at least one program channel of the multi-channel delivery
network to which said message forces the user terminal to tune; and
receiving parameters from said user terminal transmitted as a result of execution of said update application; and
storing parameters received from the user terminal following execution of said update application.
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