Management method for set top box applications and set top box

Abstract

The invention discloses a management method for set top box applications and a set top box, which relate to the technical field of set top boxes, and can carry out remote management on the applications on the set top box through a head end system. The method comprises the steps as follows: application management information transmitted by the header end is received; the application management information is resolved to obtain application identifiers, management flag bits and execution time; when the execution time is up, the management operations indicated by the management flag bits are executed on the applications corresponding to the application identifiers. The applications on the set top box can be remotely managed by using the head end system to transmit the application management information when an operator needs to manage the applications installed in the set top box, and the problem of the prior art that a head end system cannot remotely manage the applications in the set top box is solved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of set-top boxes, in particular to a method for managing set-top box applications and the set-top box. Background technique [0002] With the continuous development of digital TV technology, users can not only watch basic digital programs with the help of set-top boxes, but also enjoy some special application services, such as video-on-demand, quasi-video-on-demand, electronic program menu, data broadcasting, PVR, Internet access, etc. Information browsing, games and so on. When users watch digital programs or broadcasting services, they need to be authorized by operators before they can watch them. At this time, operators need to use the head-end system CAS (Conditional Access System, Conditional Access System) to control users' reception of broadcast services or programs, and perform authorization control and authorization management on users so that users can only watch authorized broadcast services Or ...

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[0004] However, the inventor found that the head-end system in the prior art can perform basic configuration and management on the set-top box to realize the authorization control of digital programs, but the application program on the set-top box can only be managed locally by the user, such as the user downloads a certain After opening the application, the application can be started and used. At this time, the head-end system cannot realize unified remote management of the application on the set-top box.

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