A Download Control Message instructs a set-top terminal in a cable television
system
to located and immediately begin downloading a code or other data object available
over the cable system. The Download Control Message specifies, for example, the
size, name, version and location (URL or transport stream and PID) of the object
to be acquired by the set-top terminal. The terminal accordingly can begin immediate
acquisition of the object. An address or other characteristic associated with the
Download Control Message allows the system operator to target the Message to a
particular set-top terminal or group of terminals.
