Television transmitter, television transmitting method, television receiver and television receiving method

• US 20040168196A1
• Filed: 02/24/2004
• Published: 08/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1995
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Chisato Kisanuki, Hisao Nishioka, Jun Ota, Takaaki Enomoto
• Inventors: Enomoto, Takaaki, Nishioka, Hisao, Ota, Jun, Kisanuki, Chisato
• Granted Patent: US 7,117,522 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/110
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

A TV transmitter, a TV transmitting--method, a TV receiver and a TV receiving method allowing users to find and choose desired programs through the use of a program guide displayed by graphical user interface (GUI). The TV transmitter comprises a signal generation unit for generating text data signals associated with TV broadcast programs and hyper text data signals corresponding to the text data signals, a multiplexer for multiplexing the text data signals and the hyper text data signals onto video signals of the TV broadcast programs to provide a multiplexed TV broadcast signal, and an output unit for outputting the multiplexed TV broadcast signal provided by the multiplexer. The TV receiver comprises a display unit-for receiving and displaying text data signals extracted from a multiplexed TV broadcast signal interleaving the text data signals associated with TV broadcast programs and hyper text data signals corresponding to the text data signals a designation unit for designating any one of the text data signals displayed by the display unit a detection unit for detecting the hyper text data signal corresponding to the text data signal designated by the designation unit and a processing unit for processing the TV broadcast program corresponding to the hyper text data signal detected by the detection unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive multimedia data from a predetermined server of a predetermined network, said multimedia data including reservation signals and link information of broadcast program signals, said multimedia data being described by a mark-up language;

a display controller configured to display an electronic program guide and at least one link location after analyzing said multimedia data received in said receiver;

an indicator operative to indicate said at least one link location on the display;

a processor configured to set reservation of program recording based on said reservation signals which are linked to the link location indicated by said indicator.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the multimedia data may be delayed from transmission until a time different from that of a corresponding broadcast program signal.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display controller displays at least an electronic program guide in which each broadcast program corresponds to a respective identifier.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said indicator includes said link location by cursor.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reservation signals are provided by an operably linked reservation source.

6. An information processing method, comprising the steps of:

receiving multimedia data from a predetermined server of a predetermined network, said multimedia data including reservation signals and link information of broadcasting program signals, said multimedia data being described by a mark-up language;

displaying an electronic program guide and at least one link location after analyzing said multimedia data received in said receiver;

indicating said at least one link location on the display;

setting a reservation of program recording based on said reservation signals which are linked to the link location indicated by said indicator.

7. The information processing method according to claim 6, wherein said display step includes displaying at least an electronic program guide in which each broadcast program corresponds to a respective identifier.

8. The information processing method according to claim 6, wherein said indicating step includes indicating said link location by cursor.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the reservation signals are provided by an operably linked reservation source.

10. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a means for receiving multimedia data from a predetermined server of a predetermined network, said multimedia data including reservation signals and link information of broadcast program signals, said multimedia data being described by a mark-up language;

a means for displaying an electronic program guide and at least one link location after analyzing said multimedia data received in said means for receiving;

a means for indicating said at least one link location on the display;

a means for setting reservation of program recording based on said reservation signals which are linked to the link location indicated by said means for indicating.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said means for displaying displays at least an electronic program guide in which each broadcast program corresponds to a respective identifier.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said means for indicating includes indicating said link location by cursor.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the reservation signals are provided by an operably linked reservation source.

14. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive multimedia data from a predetermined server on a predetermined network, said multimedia data including reservation signals and correspondence indicia of broadcast program signals, said multimedia data being described by a mark-up language;

a display controller configured to display an electronic program guide and at least one correspondence identifier after analyzing said multimedia data received in said receiver;

an indicator operative to indicate said at least one correspondence identifier on the display;

a processor configured to set reservation of program recording based on said reservation signals which are linked to the correspondence identifier indicated by said indicator.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said display controller displays at least an electronic program guide in which each broadcast program is identified by a respective marker.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said indicator includes said correspondence identifier by cursor.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the reservation signals are provided by an operably linked reservation source.

18. An information processing method, comprising the steps of:

receiving multimedia data from a predetermined server of a predetermined network, said multimedia data including reservation signals and correspondence indicia of broadcasting program signals, said multimedia data being described by a mark-up language;

displaying an electronic program guide and at least one correspondence identifier after analyzing said multimedia data received in said receiver;

indicating said at least one correspondence identifier on the display;

setting a reservation of program recording based on said reservation signals which are linked to the correspondence identifier indicated by said indicator.

19. The information processing method according to claim 18, wherein said display step includes displaying at least an electronic program guide in which each broadcast program is identified by a respective marker.

20. The information processing method according to claim 18, wherein said indicating step includes indicating said correspondence identifier by cursor.

21. The information processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the reservation signals are provided by an operably linked reservation source.

22. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a means for receiving multimedia data from a predetermined server of a predetermined network, said multimedia data including reservation signals and correspondence indicia of broadcast program signals, said multimedia data being described by a mark-up language;

a means for displaying an electronic program guide and at least one correspondence identifier after analyzing said multimedia data received in said means for receiving;

a means for indicating said at least one correspondence identifier on the display;

a means for setting reservation of program recording based on said reservation signals which are linked to the correspondence identifier indicated by said means for indicating.

23. The information processing apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said means for displaying displays at least an electronic program guide in which each broadcast program is identified by a specific marker.

24. The information processing apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said means for indicating includes indicating said correspondence identifier by cursor.

25. The information processing apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the reservation signals are provided by an operably linked reservation source.