MSNTV 2/Services/Service IDs

MSNTV 2 service IDs are identifiers for core service URLs the MSNTV 2 unit has to access. The IDs can be any string but most usually use the group::service format, usually if there is more than one service in a particular group of services.

Usage

To get the URL of a service, MSNTV 2's service pages call the JavaScript function window.external.GetSafeServiceURL('SERVICE_ID').

Service IDs

"connection"

• connection::prereg - Pre-registration?
• connection::login - URL for login service.
• connection::nightly_login - URL for nightly login service.
• connection::reconnect - URL for relogin service(?).
• connection::resetpassword - URL for password reset service.
• connection::popupcontrol - ???
• connection::pagepatch - ???

"home"

• home::home - Assumed to be the URL for the home page.
• home::target - ???

Messenger

• messenger::root - URL used to verify access to Messenger services. Version 1 of the MSNTV 2 home page checks if the service is present to determine if it should open the IM panel.

E-mail

• mail::listmail - URL for E-mail service.
• mail::check - URL for mail check service.

Chat

• chat::home - URL for Chat service.

"settings"

• Settings::HomeNetwork - Assumed to be a URL to Home Network settings.
• settings::mainindex - Assumed to be a URL possibly for general/billing settings.

"UAM" (Account Services)

• UAM::UAMbase - Assumed to be a URL to account settings.

Search

• search::search - URL for search page.
• search::main - ???

Photos

• Photos - URL for Photos app.
• Photo::Home - URL for Photos home.

Offline Services

• offline::tempMail - ???
• offline::tempSearch - ???

Favorites

• favorite::shortcut - ???

LAN

• LAN::Reconnect - ???
• LAN::ApplySettings - ???
• LAN::Goto - ???

"browser" (Browser Commands?)

• browser::back - Handles page back operation.
• browser::esc - Handles Escape key operation.
• browser::print - ???
• browser::expandselectionstart - ???
• browser::expandselectionend - ???
• browser::showpopup - ???

Misc.

• onlinestorage::root - ???
• Music::Home - URL for Music page.
• Video::Home - URL for Videos page.
• maps::main - URL for Maps page. Probably some map service.
• msn::radioplus - ???
• msnradio::nowplaying - ???
• home::cinemanow - ???
• home::videoplus - ???
• home::musicvideo - ???
• ctags::main - Points to link http://c.msn.com/c.gif?di=1455&pi=68206&tp=http%3a%2f%2fmsntv.msn.com%2fclient%2f. Possibly used for some kind of tracking.