Method of controlling devices and tuner device

• US 20100319037A1
• Filed: 12/29/2009
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Shin, Chi Ho, Kim, Taek Soo
• Granted Patent: US 8,498,513 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/81
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2383 Channel coding or modulation of digital bit-stream, e.g. QPSK modulation arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by adapting the channel coding H04L1/0009; analogue front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43635 HDMI
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4382 Demodulation or channel decoding, e.g. QPSK demodulation analog front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44227 Monitoring of local network, e.g. connection or bandwidth variations; Detecting new devices in the local network configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; monitoring connectivity in data switched networks H04L43/0811
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44231 Monitoring of peripheral device or external card, e.g. to detect processing problems in a handheld device or the failure of an external recording device configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network H04L12/2823; monitoring the status of connected device in data switched networks H04L43/0817
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4758 for providing answers, e.g. voting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application

Abstract

A control method for recording audio/video data streams in a display device of a wireless network comprises transmitting a Give Tuner Device Status message to a tuner device to request status information of the tuner device that senses a record command signal input from a user and transmits A/V data streams to the display device; receiving a response message, Tuner Device Status message, which includes the status information of the tuner device, from the tuner device in response to the Give Tuner Device Status message; transmitting a record on message, which includes the status information of the tuner device, to the source device; and receiving a record status message from the source device in response to the record on message, wherein the response message includes information indicating whether caption information is included in the A/V data streams transmitted from the tuner device to the display device.

Claims

1. A method for controlling recording of an audio/video (A/V) data stream in a display device of a wireless network, the control method comprising:

transmitting a first request message to a tuner device for requesting status information of the tuner device that transmits an A/V data stream to the display device after receiving a recording instruction signal from a user;

receiving a first response message which comprises status information of the tuner device, from the tuner device in response to the first request message;

transmitting a second request message to request recording of the A/V data stream to the source device, the second request message comprising the status information of the tuner device; and

receiving a second response message from the source device in response to the second request message,

wherein the first response message comprises information indicating whether caption information is included in the A/V data stream transmitted from the tuner device to the display device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a test message to the tuner device for testing whether the tuner device processes the first request message; and

receiving a third response message from the tuner device in response to the test message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the display device displays a caption included in the caption information by overlaying it on the A/V data, and the caption is text data indicating the status of the tuner device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first response message further comprises information indicating whether the tuner device is performing recording on a specific channel.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first request message is transmitted to the tuner device by being encapsulated in a first uplink control PHY data unit (ULCPDU), and wherein the first response message is received in the display device by being encapsulated in a first downlink PHY data unit (DLPDU).

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first DLPDU comprises a basic header and an extended header, and wherein the first response message is included in the extended header or the first response message is included in the first DLPDU by being multiplexed with A/V signals transmitted from the tuner device.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the first DLPDU is transmitted for a time period that comprises a first time period for which a MAC message and at least one header are transmitted and a second time period for which the A/V signals are transmitted, and the first ULCPDU is transmitted for the first time period.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second request message is transmitted to the source device by being encapsulated in a second ULCPDU, and the second response message is received in the display device by being encapsulated in a second DLPDU.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second DLPDU comprising a basic header and an extended header, and the second response message is included in the extended header or the second response message is included in the second DLPDU by being multiplexed with A/V signals transmitted from the source device.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the second DLPDU is transmitted for a time period that includes a first time period for which a MAC message and at least one header are transmitted and a second time period for which the A/V signals are transmitted, and the second ULCPDU is transmitted for the first time period.

11. A sink device performing control for recording of an audio/video (A/V) data stream in a wireless network, the sink device comprising:

an audio video control (AVC) layer generating a first command comprising a first identifier identifying the sink device, a second identifier identifying a source device or a tuner device, and an operation code;

a medium access control (MAC) layer generating a MAC message comprising a message preamble, a message type and the first command transferred from the AVC layer; and

a physical layer generating a first physical data unit comprising an uplink control header, the MAC message and A/V data and transmitting the first physical data unit to the source device or the tuner device, and receiving a second physical data unit from the source device or the tuner device, the second physical data unit comprising a second command transmitted from the source device or the tuner device in response to the first command,

wherein the second command comprises information indicating whether caption information is included in an A/V data stream transmitted from the tuner device to a display device.

12. The sink device of claim 11, wherein the first command comprises a first request message for requesting status information of the tuner device, and wherein the second command comprises a first response message indicating the status of the tuner device.

13. The sink device of claim 11, wherein the first command comprises a second request message for requesting recording of the A/V data stream, and wherein the second command comprises a second response message in response to the second request message.

14. The sink device of claim 11, wherein the first physical data unit is an uplink control physical data unit (ULCPDU), and wherein the second physical data unit is a downlink physical data unit (DLPDU).

15. The sink device of claim 11, wherein the first command comprises a test message testing whether the source device or the tuner device processes AVCL command transmitted from the sink device, and wherein the second command comprises a third response message in response to the test message.

16. The sink device of claim 14, wherein the DLPDU is transmitted for a time period comprising a first time period for which the MAC message and at least one header are transmitted and a second time period for which the A/V data are transmitted, and wherein the ULCPDU is transmitted for the first time period for which a part of the DLPDU should be transmitted.

17. The sink device of claim 14, wherein the second command is multiplexed with the A/V signals transmitted from the tuner device or the source device and then included in the DLPDU.

18. The sink device of claim 14, wherein the DLPDU includes a basic header and an extended header, and wherein the second command is included in the extended header.

19. A source device of a wireless network, the source device comprising:

a receiving module receiving a broadcasting signal and a first command from a sink device, the first command for identifying whether the source device can record audio/video (A/V) data;

a network control module processing the first command and generating a physical data unit comprising a MAC message and the broadcasting signal, the MAC message comprising a second command in response to the first command, and transmitting the generated physical data unit to the sink device; and

a control module determining whether to perform control recording of an A/V data stream according to the first command processed by the network control module,

wherein the control module determines whether to record the A/V data stream depending on the status of a tuner device.

20. A method of exchanging messages in a tuner device receiving a first command from a display device of a wireless network, the method comprising:

generating a second command comprising information indicating the status of the tuner device in response to the first command in an AVC layer;

transferring a MAC message from a MAC layer to a physical layer, the MAC message comprising a message preamble, a message type and the second command transmitted from the AVC layer; and

transmitting a downlink physical (PHY) layer data unit from the physical layer to the display device, the physical data unit comprising at least one header, the MAC message, and the A/V data,

wherein the second command comprises information indicating whether caption information is included in an A/V data stream transmitted from the tuner device to the display device.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising generating a response message to a test message for testing whether the AVC layer processes a specific AVCL command transmitted from the sink device.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein a caption included in the caption information is text data indicating the status of the tuner device.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the second command further comprises information indicating whether the tuner device is performing recording on a specific channel.

24. A tuner device in a wireless network, the tuner device comprising:

an AVC layer generating an AVCL message comprising a first identifier identifying the tuner device, a second identifier identifying a display device, a second command comprising an operation code, and information of the tuner device, wherein the AVCL message is a response message for a first command received from the display device;

a MAC layer generating a MAC message comprising a message preamble, a message type and the second command transferred from the AVC layer; and

a physical layer receiving a first physical data unit comprising the first command, and generating a second physical data unit comprising an uplink control header, the MAC message and Audio/Video (A/V) data and transmitting the second physical data unit to the display device,

wherein the information of the tuner device comprises information indicating whether caption information is included in an A/V data stream transmitted from the tuner device to the display device.

25. The tuner device of claim 24, wherein a caption included in the caption information is text data indicating the status of the tuner device.

26. The tuner device of claim 24, wherein the first physical data unit is an uplink control physical data unit (ULCPDU), and wherein the second physical data unit is a downlink physical data unit (DLPDU).

27. The tuner device of claim 26, wherein the DLPDU includes a basic header and an extended header, and the second command is included in the extended header or the second command is included in the DLPDU by being multiplexed with A/V signals transmitted from the tuner device.

28. The tuner device of claim 26, wherein the DLPDU is transmitted for a time period comprising a first time period for which the MAC message and at least one header are transmitted and a second time period for which the A/V signals are transmitted, and wherein the ULCPDU is transmitted for the first time period.