METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TARGETED OR UNIVERSAL UPGRADES OF PROGRAMMING IN A POPULATION OF ADVANCED SET-TOP BOXES IN A CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM

摘要

The cable television system of the control upgrading set top box programmed in this method and system. Upgrade command is in cable run from system operator to top set of terminal. Upgrading sequence can be general or target. If target, upgrade command will be only by realizing single STB terminal or one group of terminal is specified by single or multicast address includes and upgrading order. If upgrading sequence is to complete upgrading, set-top box will be terminated, and can delete, all execution codes. This makes the guidance code of terminal automatically to start to execute and obtain new upgrade procedure for terminal broadcast in cable system. If upgrading is part, the target of defined is only replaced.