METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ADDITIONAL DATA RELATED TO BROADCASTING SERVICE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING ADDITIONAL DATA RELATED TO BROADCASTING SERVICE

• US 20090106791A1
• Filed: 06/05/2008
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOI, Sun-il, AHN, Jin-yong, PARK, Jung-shin
• Application Number:
  US12/133,946
• Publication Number:
  US 20090106791A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/25 Arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information

Abstract

Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting section data and a method and apparatus for receiving section data. The method of receiving updated additional data from among additional data related to a broadcasting service includes: receiving an update information list including information regarding updates of the additional data; and receiving at least one of updated additional data based on the received update information list.

Claims

1. A method of receiving updated additional data from among additional data related to a broadcasting service, the method comprising:

receiving an update information list comprising information regarding updates of the additional data; and

receiving at least one piece of updated additional data based on the received update information list.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional data and the update information list are section data transported in Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-2 streams.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the at least one piece of the updated additional data comprises:

receiving a monitor request signal which requests to monitor whether predetermined additional data is updated;

determining whether the predetermined additional data corresponding to the monitor request signal is updated based on the update information list; and

receiving the predetermined additional data corresponding to the monitor request signal based on a result of the determining.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the receiving the additional data comprises:

if it is determined that a plurality of additional data corresponding to the monitor request signal is updated, sequentially receiving the plurality of additional data in an order in which the plurality of additional data is updated based on the update information list.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the at least one piece of the updated additional data comprises:

determining whether the received update information list is updated; and

receiving at least one piece of updated additional data based on the update information list if it is determined that the update information list is updated.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the update information list comprises at least one of identifiers for identifying the additional data, version information of the additional data, update time information of the additional data, and data types of the additional data.

19. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1.

7. A method of transmitting additional data related to a broadcasting service, the method comprising:

generating an update information list comprising information regarding updates of the additional data; and

transmitting the generated update information list along with the additional data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the additional data and the update information list are section data transported in Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-2 streams.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the information of the update information list comprises at east one of identifiers for identifying the additional data, version information of the additional data, update time information of the additional data, and data types of the additional data.

20. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 7.

10. An apparatus for receiving updated additional data from among additional data related to broadcasting service, the apparatus comprising:

an update information list receiving unit which receives an update information list comprising information regarding updates of the additional data; and

a receiving unit which receives at least one piece of updated additional data based on the received update information list.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the additional data and the update information list are section data transported in Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-2 streams.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the receiving unit comprises:

a monitor request signal receiving unit which receives a monitor request signal which requests to monitor whether predetermined additional data is updated;

a determining unit which determines whether the predetermined additional data corresponding to the monitor request signal is updated based on the update information list; and

an additional data receiving unit which receives the updated predetermined additional data corresponding to the monitor request signal based on a result of the determination by the determining unit.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein, if the determining unit determines that a plurality of additional data corresponding to the monitor request signal is updated, the additional data receiving unit sequentially receives the plurality of additional data in an order in which the plurality of additional data is updated based on the update information list.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the receiving unit comprises:

a determining unit which determines whether the received update information list is updated; and

an additional data receiving unit which receives at least one piece of updated additional data based on the update information list if the determining unit determines that the update information list is updated.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the information of the update information list comprises at least one of identifiers for identifying the additional data, version information of the additional data, update time information of the additional data, and data types of the additional data.

16. An apparatus of transmitting additional data related to a broadcasting service, the apparatus comprising:

an update information list generating unit which generates an update information list comprising information regarding updates of the additional data; and

a transmitting unit which transmits the generated update information list along with the additional data.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the additional data and the update information list are section data transported in Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-2 streams.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein information of the update information list comprises at least one of identifiers for identifying the additional data, version information of the additional data, update time information of the additional data, and data types of the additional data.