Broadcast receiving apparatus and software updating method thereof

• US 20080022273A1
• Filed: 04/10/2007
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Seok, Dong-ryun
• Application Number:
  US11/783,457
• Publication Number:
  US 20080022273A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/173
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4348 Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
• 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 21/4586 Content update operation triggered locally, e.g. by comparing the version of software modules in a DVB carousel to the version stored locally deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction of the data by redundancy during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

A broadcast receiving apparatus, includes: a storage part which stores a plurality of software therein; a signal receiver which receives a broadcast signal comprising at least one updating information corresponding to the software; a user selection part which is provided to select the updating information; and a controller which controls to download the updating information selected through the user selection part and update the software corresponding thereto to store the software in the storage part.

Claims

1. A broadcast receiving apparatus, comprising:

a storage part which stores a plurality of software instructions therein;

a signal receiver which receives a broadcast signal comprising at least one updating information corresponding to at least one software instruction of the plurality of software instructions;

a user selection part which selects the one updating information as selected updating information; and

a controller which controls a download of the selected updating information selected by the user selection part and updates the one software instruction corresponding to the selected updating information, and stores the updated software instruction in the storage part.

2. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller compares an identifier (ID) of the one software instruction stored in the storage part and an ID of the one updating information and determines whether the one software instruction is to be modified.

3. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one updating information comprises a transport stream (TS) for an over the air (OTA) type broadcast signal.

4. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the ID of the one updating information is included in a header of the TS for the OTA type broadcast signal.

5. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one updating information accomplishes at least one of an update, bug fixes, and amendment of the one software instruction.

6. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller comprises a user interface (UI) generator which generates a UI screen displaying the one updating information corresponding to an identifier (ID) of the one update information when the one software instruction is to be modified.

7. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the UI screen comprises a selection menu image, wherein a user uses the selection menu image to select the one updating information.

8. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a display part, wherein the controller displays the UI screen on the display part.

9. A software updating method of a broadcast receiving apparatus, comprising:

receiving a broadcast signal comprising at least one updating information corresponding to at least one of a plurality software instructions;

selecting the at least one updating information; and

updating the at least one software instruction by downloading the selected at least one updating information.

10. The software updating method according to claim 9, further comprising:

comparing an identifier (ID) of the at least one software instruction and an ID of the at least one updating information to determine whether the at least one software instruction is to be modified.

11. The software updating method according to claim 9, further comprising:

generating a user interface (UI) screen to display the software instructions corresponding to the ID.

12. The software updating method according to claim 11, wherein the generating the UI screen comprises generating a selection menu image, wherein a user uses the selection menu image to select the at least one updating information.