Major Cable Operators Sign Up for OCAP(TM) Technology Licenses.LOUISVILLE, Colo. -- Major cable operators Comcast and Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. have executed required agreements to license essential OpenCable[TM] Applications Platform (OCAP OCAP Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (Canada) OCAP Open Cable Application Platform (middleware software specification) OCAP Out of Control Action Plan [TM]) intellectual property and obtain security certificates for OCAP applications. The agreements include a patent license from Via Licensing for essential patents required to implement OCAP. Via Licensing serves as the OCAP patent pool licensing administrator. See www.vialicensing.com. "This is an important and explicit endorsement of our OCAP strategy," said Mark Coblitz, Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. at Comcast. "Executing the proper OCAP agreements is a necessary step in fulfilling legal obligations and signals the next step towards OCAP deployment," he added. Separately, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox, and Charter have obtained OCAP code verification signing certificates from CableLabs. The certificates are used to sign and validate interactive OCAP applications running on their cable networks. OCAP is the middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a specification CableLabs has established to enable application writers to create new interactive services that will run on a broad range of advanced digital set tops and cable-ready TVs. See www.opencable.com. About CableLabs Founded in 1988 by members of the cable television industry, Cable Television Laboratories is a non-profit research and development consortium that is dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. technologies and to helping its cable operator members integrate those advancements into their business objectives. Cable operators from around the world are members. CableLabs maintains web sites at www.cablelabs.com; www.packetcable.com; www.cablemodem.com; www.cablenet.org; and www.opencable.com. CableLabs[R], DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) A cable modem standard from the CableLabs research consortium (www.cablelabs.com), which provides equipment certification for interoperability. [R], CableHome[R], PacketCable[TM], OpenCable[TM], OCAP[TM], CableCARD[TM], DCAS DCAS Department of Citywide Administrative Services (New York City) DCAS Downloadable Conditional Access System (digital television) DCAS Defense Contract Administration Services (DLA) [TM], Go2Broadband(SM), M-Card[TM] and CableNET[R] are marks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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