Method of transmitting/receiving broadcasting signal and receiver

• US 20080307478A1
• Filed: 05/29/2008
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jin Pil, Lee, Joon Hui
• Application Number:
  US12/155,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20080307478A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate

Abstract

A method of transmitting/receiving a broadcasting signal and a receiver are disclosed. According to the present invention, one broadcast service can be provided by a plurality of video streams. The receiver receives broadcasting information including a first service, which includes a service trigger information of a replacement service for the first service. So the user can view a replacement service of the first service through the service trigger information.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting a digital content service, the method comprising:

generating first service discovery information describing a main service including a first digital content and second service discovery information describing a replacement service including a second digital content, respectively; and

transmitting the first service discovery information in accordance with an internet protocol,

wherein the first service discovery information includes service trigger information with respect to the replacement service and the replacement service is provided in substitute for the main service if the second service discovery information is parsed by using the service trigger information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first digital content and the second digital content includes a video stream.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the service trigger information includes at least one of a first replacement type indicating the replacement service is a replacement of the first service, and a second replacement type indicating the replacement service is an alternation of the first service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the service trigger information includes at least one alternate type indicating that the replacement service is provided as one of an alternate coder/decoder (codec) scheme, an alternate video size, an alternate parental ranking, an alternate frame rate, an alternate aspect ratio of the first service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the service trigger information includes a name element, a description element, a textual identifier and a service location identifier of the replacement service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first service discovery information further includes information which indicates whether a list of the replacement service is provided to a user or not.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the service trigger information is included in service information in the first service discovery information.

8. A method of receiving a digital content service, the method comprising:

receiving first service discovery information describing a main service including a first content and second service discovery information describing a replacement service including a second content in accordance with an internet protocol, respectively;

parsing the first service discovery information; and

receiving the second content according to the second service discovery information,

wherein the first service discovery information includes service trigger information with respect to the replacement service and the second content is provided in substitute with the first content if the second service discovery information is parsed by using the service trigger information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the service trigger information includes at least one of a first replacement type indicating the second service is a replacement of the first service, and a second replacement type indicating the second service is an alternation of the first service.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the service trigger information includes at least one alternate type indicating that the replacement service is provided as one of an alternate coder/decoder (codec) scheme, an alternate video size, an alternate parental ranking, an alternate frame rate, an alternate aspect ratio of the first service.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the service trigger information includes a name element, a description element, a textual identifier and a service location identifier of the replacement service.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the first service discovery information further includes information indicating whether a list of the replacement service is provided to a user or not.

13. An apparatus for receiving a digital content service in accordance with an internet protocol, the apparatus comprising:

a service discovery manager configured to parse first service discovery information describing a main service including a first content and second service discovery information describing a replacement service including a second content, the first service discovery information including service trigger information with respect to the replacement service;

a service information data storage configured to store the parsed first service discovery information and the parsed second service discovery information; and

a controller configured to generate a channel map having a service list of the main service and the replacement service and control the main service to be provided according to the parsed first service discovery information,

wherein the controller controls the replacement service to be provided in substitute with the main service according to the parsed second service discovery information the by using the service trigger information.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the service trigger information includes at least one of a first replacement type indicating the replacement service is a replacement of the first service, and a second replacement type indicating the replacement service is an alternation of the first service.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the service trigger information includes at least one alternate type indicating that the replacement service is provided as one of an alternate coder/decoder (codec) scheme, an alternate video size, an alternate parental ranking, an alternate frame rate, an alternate aspect ratio of the first service.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the service trigger information includes a name element, a description element, a textual identifier and a service location identifier of the replacement service.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first service discovery information further includes information which indicates whether a list of the replacement service is provided to a user or not.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller receives a control signal from user, and controls the replacement service to be received and outputted.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the service trigger information is included in service information in the first service discovery information.