Abstract: An MHP television device including a user input and a GUI application for use in such a device wherein the GUI application maintains at least one notional wheel to which activities and strings for representing the activities may be assigned and generates an image for display, the image including an edge of the notional wheel on which a predetermined number of the strings are arranged for display, the GUI application being responsive to the user input both to rotate the notional wheel so as to display different strings and to select any activity represented by a string on the notional wheel at a predetermined position of the image.

Abstract: An interactive digital television system and method of grouping data objects in which data objects displayed on an interactive digital television system may be grouped using the input keys of the control unit of the integrated digital television system by displaying the data objects on the display of the interactive digital television system and highlighting one of the displayed data objects, using at least one first input key of the input keys of the control unit to cause the display to move the highlighting to successive displayed data objects and using at least one second input key of the input keys of the control unit to selectively assign the currently highlighted data object to a respective group wherein, when a data object is assigned to a respective group, an image associated with the respective group is displayed with the data object.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for performing communication between a first program object, a second program object and/or a further program object, comprising the steps of: a) storing of intermediate results in a first memory part after execution of the first program function of the first program object; b) storing of an object identifier identifying the further program object in the first memory part; c) storing of a function identifier identifying a program function of the further program object; d) identifying the first memory part with a continuation identifier; e) identifying the first memory part with a continuation type; f) delivering a first message, the continuation identifier and the continuation type to a first program function of the second program object; g) executing said first program function of the second program object; h) delivering of the intermediate results to said program function of the further program object identified by the continuation type; i) executing said program function of the further

Abstract: A method of generating code for a software program in multiple languages by converting input specification files into output code files. The input specification files contain a list of distinctive features of the software program to be generated and are written in a prescribed input language. The input specification files are converted into a set of nodes representing the logical relationship between the distinctive features listed in the input specification files. Output code files are then generated from the set of nodes using external guideline files that contain guidelines for generating code. Output code files are generated in at least two code languages.

Abstract: An MHP television device including a user input and a GUI application for use in such a device wherein the GUI application maintains at least one notional wheel to which activities and strings for representing the activities may be assigned and generates an image for display, the image including an edge of the notional wheel on which a predetermined number of the strings are arranged for display, the GUI application being responsive to the user input both to rotate the notional wheel so as to display different strings and to select any activity represented by a string on the notional wheel at a predetermined position of the image.

Abstract: An interactive digital television system and method of grouping data objects in which data objects displayed on an interactive digital television system may be grouped using the input keys of the control unit of the integrated digital television system by displaying the data objects on the display of the interactive digital television system and highlighting one of the displayed data objects, using at least one first input key of the input keys of the control unit to cause the display to move the highlighting to successive displayed data objects and using at least one second input key of the input keys of the control unit to selectively assign the currently highlighted data object to a respective group wherein, when a data object is assigned to a respective group, an image associated with the respective group is displayed with the data object.

Abstract: A system for serving information includes a router; archive storage medium units connected to the router for storing information data; delivere storage medium units connected to the router for partially storing information data from the archive storage medium units; end devices each having an input and a display connected to the router for outputting demand data requesting selected information data; and a controller connected to the router for managing distribution of the information data.