Digital broadcasting system and software downloading method thereof, and broadcasting signal receiving device and software downloading method thereof
First Claim
1. A software downloading method of a digital broadcasting system to download software for a broadcasting signal receiving device, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by a broadcasting base station, a broadcasting signal which includes software update data and medium information of at least one provision medium other than the broadcasting base station, the at least one provision medium providing the software update data included in the broadcasting signal in response to the medium information;
receiving, by the broadcasting signal receiving device, the broadcasting signal which is transmitted by the broadcasting base station and determining whether the software update data which is included in the broadcasting signal corresponds to the broadcasting signal receiving device;
extracting the software update data and the medium information if the software update data is determined to correspond to the broadcasting signal receiving device;
storing the extracted medium information and initiating a download of the extracted software update data;
determining whether the download of the software update data which is initiated is abnormally performed; and
obtaining the software update data from the at least one other provision medium by using the medium information which is stored if the download of the software update data is determined to be abnormally performed.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for downloading software from a digital broadcasting system to a broadcasting signal receiving device are provided. A broadcasting signal is transmitted by a broadcasting base station that includes software update data and medium information to access another provision medium that provides the software update data. The broadcasting signal is received by the broadcasting signal receiving device and updateable software and the medium information are extracted if the updateable software exists in the broadcasting signal. The extracted medium information is stored and a download of the extracted software is started. The download of the extracted software is monitored and re-downloading the software may be performed if the download is abnormal. Thus, downloading of the software may be performed through other reception paths if an operation of downloading the software through a broadcasting signal is not normally performed.
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36 Claims
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1. A software downloading method of a digital broadcasting system to download software for a broadcasting signal receiving device, the method comprising:
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transmitting, by a broadcasting base station, a broadcasting signal which includes software update data and medium information of at least one provision medium other than the broadcasting base station, the at least one provision medium providing the software update data included in the broadcasting signal in response to the medium information;
receiving, by the broadcasting signal receiving device, the broadcasting signal which is transmitted by the broadcasting base station and determining whether the software update data which is included in the broadcasting signal corresponds to the broadcasting signal receiving device;
extracting the software update data and the medium information if the software update data is determined to correspond to the broadcasting signal receiving device;
storing the extracted medium information and initiating a download of the extracted software update data;
determining whether the download of the software update data which is initiated is abnormally performed; and
obtaining the software update data from the at least one other provision medium by using the medium information which is stored if the download of the software update data is determined to be abnormally performed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A digital broadcasting system, comprising:
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a broadcasting base station which transmits a broadcasting signal that includes software update data and medium information of at least one provision medium other than the broadcasting base station, the at least one provision medium providing the software update data included in the broadcasting signal in response to the medium information; and
a broadcasting signal receiving device which comprises a receiver that receives the broadcasting signal which is transmitted by the broadcasting base station, an information determiner which determines whether the broadcasting signal includes the software update data which corresponds to the broadcasting signal receiving device, an information extractor which extracts the software update data and the medium information if the software update data is determined to correspond to the broadcasting signal receiving device, a storage part which stores the medium information that is extracted, a download performer which initiates a download of the software update data that is extracted, and a controller which determines whether the download of the software update data is abnormally performed and obtains the software update data from the at least one other provision medium by using the medium information which is stored if the download of the software update data is determined to be abnormally performed. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A software downloading method of a broadcasting signal receiving device, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a broadcasting base station, a broadcasting signal that includes software update data;
determining whether the software update data which is included in the broadcasting signal corresponds to the broadcasting signal receiving device;
extracting, from the broadcasting signal, the software update data if the software update data is determined to correspond to the broadcasting signal receiving device;
initiating a download of the software update data which is extracted;
generating downloading reception information during the download of the software update data that is initiated;
determining whether the download of the software update data is abnormally performed; and
transmitting, to the broadcasting base station, downloading error information based on the downloading reception information which is generated, through a return channel if the download of the software update data is determined to be abnormally performed. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A broadcasting signal receiving device which comprises:
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a receiver which receives a broadcasting signal that includes software update data from a broadcasting base station, an information determiner which determines whether the broadcasting signal includes the software update data which corresponds to the broadcasting signal receiving device;
an information extractor which extracts the software update data which corresponds to the broadcasting signal receiving device from the broadcasting signal if the information determiner determines that software update data which corresponds to the broadcasting signal receiving device is included in the broadcasting signal;
a download performer which initiates a download of the software update data that is extracted; and
a controller which generates downloading reception information during the download of the software update data that is initiated, determines whether the download of the software update data is abnormally performed, and transmits, to the broadcasting base station, downloading error information based on the downloading reception information which is generated if the download of the software update data is determined to be abnormally performed, through a predetermined return channel. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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