US 2006/0218220 A1 · Method and system for updating contents in newly-installed devices

Abstract

There are terminal devices, also referred to as boxes, either newly installed or put back onto a system after a period of time. The system is configured to offer media services. An original library in each of such boxes is updated with the most demanded titles first or the least amount of data possible so that a box may be in condition sooner to not only fulfill orders for the most demanded titles but also provide needed data to other boxes. Depending on implementation, the updating of the original library in a box may be carried out by receiving data chunks by a gossip protocol from other boxes that collectively have the latest titles or receiving proper release packages from a service provider via a broadcasting or multicasting infrastructure.

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A method for updating contents in devices, the method comprising:

determining a number of outdated titles in a library when a box newly present in a system offering media services is detected, wherein the outdated titles are to be retired from the library;
determining a corresponding number of updated titles to add into the library;
causing the box to retrieve data initially pertaining to relatively new titles in the updated titles so that the box is ready for servicing an order of one of the relatively new titles;
and
keeping the box retrieving data pertaining to remaining titles in the updated titles till the box is fully updated.

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Method and system for updating contents in newly-installed devices

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