Cisco Headend Digital Broadband Delivery System User Guide
Guidelines for Adding URL Modifiers
and Replacing URL Keywords
and Replacing URL Keywords
Overview
Introduction
This document includes new and enhanced Uniform Resource Locater (URL)
modifiers and keywords that application developers can use to enhance the
Digital Broadband Delivery System (DBDS) network.
The Service Application Manager (SAM) is a process on the Digital Network
The Service Application Manager (SAM) is a process on the Digital Network
Control System (DNCS) that associates a specific service with attributes (as
defined by URL modifiers) that define how the service operates. The SAM URL
then passes this information to the set-top boxes.
A service is a combination of the following:
A service is a combination of the following:
An application URL
A group of URL modifiers that restricts or more completely defines the service
An application parameter (such as the source number)
You can use a variety of URL modifiers for the services defined in the SAM.
The DNCS provides a number of standard URLs for use in the DBDS network.
The DNCS provides a number of standard URLs for use in the DBDS network.
These URLs are:
WatchTV
Example: bfs://resapp/watchtv
Example: bfs://resapp/watchtv
Music
Example: bfs://resapp/music
Example: bfs://resapp/music
VirtChan
Example: bfs://resapp/virtchan
Example: bfs://resapp/virtchan
IPPV
Example: bfs://resapp/ippv
Example: bfs://resapp/ippv