Broadcast carousel system access for remote home communication terminal
a carousel system and remote home technology, applied in the field of subscriber television systems, can solve the problems of limited television services for users, limited television services for secondary dhct, and limitation in the scope of television services
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[0014]Preferred embodiments of the invention can be understood in the context of a subscriber television system. In one embodiment of the invention, a gateway device located at a customer premises provides a remote DHCT with access to carousel objects that are broadcast repeatedly (e.g., cyclically) and unilaterally (i.e., not in response to requests for the carousel objects) by a broadcast carousel system (BCS) server over a communications network. The gateway device may itself be a DHCT that is configured to provide television services via a television set to which the gateway device is coupled.
[0015]A carousel object that is provided by the gateway device to the remote DHCT may include data and / or software. For example, a carousel object may include information about a broadcast schedule for television presentations. Such information may be used by a remote DHCT to provide an interactive program guide (IPG) to a user.
[0016]After receiving a request for a carousel object from the ...
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