RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND BROADCASTING SYSTEM

• US 20120054235A1
• Filed: 04/06/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KITAZATO, Naohisa, Dewa, Yoshiharu, Yamagishi, Yasuaki
• Granted Patent: US 10,511,887 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/770
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0038 System on Chip
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/432 Content retrieval operation from a local storage medium, e.g. hard-disk details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video databases G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4332 by placing content in organized collections, e.g. local EPG data repository interfaces, Database management systems or updating for information retrieval G06F16/23; details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video database G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4349 by extracting from data carousels, e.g. extraction of software modules from a DVB carousel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6112 involving terrestrial transmission, e.g. DVB-T
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus for receiving data, including: a determination block configured to determine an acquisition source of a file to be acquired by the reception apparatus in a predetermined sequence from among a plurality of storage media in which the file is stored; an acquisition block configured to acquire the file from the acquisition source on the basis of file acquisition information for use in acquiring the file in the plurality of storage media, the file acquisition information being common to the plurality of storage media; and an execution block configured to execute the acquired file.

Claims

1. A reception apparatus for receiving data, comprising:

determination means for determining an acquisition source of a file to be acquired by said reception apparatus in a predetermined sequence from among a plurality of storage media in which said file is stored;

acquisition means for acquiring said file from said acquisition source on the basis of file acquisition information for use in acquiring said file in said plurality of storage media, said file acquisition information being common to said plurality of storage media; and

execution means for executing said acquired file.

2. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, if said file cannot be acquired from said acquisition source by said acquisition means, said determination means newly determines said acquisition source in said predetermined sequence.

3. The reception apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, of said plurality of storage media including at least a server connected to said reception apparatus via a network as said storage media, said determination means determines said acquisition source in said sequence in which a priority of said server that is said acquisition source is lower than priorities of said other storage media.

4. The reception apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, of said plurality of storage media including at least an accumulation storage block of said reception apparatus in which said file has already been accumulated, said determination means determines said acquisition source in said sequence in which a priority of said accumulation storage block that is said acquisition source is higher than the priorities of said other storage media.

5. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, on the basis of acquisition source information indicative of said acquisition source, said determination means determines said acquisition source from among said plurality of storage media.

6. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said acquisition means acquires said file from said acquisition source on the basis of said file acquisition information made up of content identification information for identifying content at least made up of said file and file identification information for identifying said file managed for each of said content.

7. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said acquisition means acquires said content from said acquisition source on the basis of said file acquisition information made up of content identification information for identifying content at least made up of said file and acquires said file to be executed from said acquired content.

8. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of storage media include a server connected to said reception apparatus via a network as one of said plurality of storage media and said acquisition means acquires said file from said acquisition source by use of a Uniform Resource Locator indicative of the position of said file stored in said server as said file acquisition information.

9. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

extraction means for extracting a trigger signal including at least acquisition source information indicative of said acquisition source and said file acquisition information from said data, wherein

said determination means determines said acquisition source from said plurality of storage media on the basis of said acquisition source information included in said extracted trigger signal and

said acquisition means acquires said file from said acquisition source on the basis of said file acquisition information included in said extracted trigger signal.

10. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

extraction means for extracting said acquisition source information and said file acquisition information from a program to be executed at acquisition of said file, said program having said acquisition source information indicative of said acquisition source and said file acquisition information, wherein

said determination means determines said acquisition source from among said plurality of storage media on the basis of said extracted acquisition source information and

said acquisition means acquires said file from said acquisition source on the basis of said extracted file acquisition information.

11. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, as a file to be acquired by said reception apparatus for receiving AV (Audio/Video) content, said determination means determines an acquisition source in a predetermined sequence from among said plurality of storage media in which a file to be executed in conjugation with progress of said AV content is stored.

12. A reception method for a reception apparatus for receiving data comprising the steps of:

determining, from a plurality of storage media storing a file to be acquired by said reception apparatus, an acquisition source from which said file is acquired in a predetermined sequence;

acquiring said file from said acquisition source on the basis of file acquisition information for use in acquiring said file in said storage media, said file acquisition information being common to said plurality of storage media; and

executing said acquired file.

13. A program for making a computer control a reception apparatus for receiving data, said program comprising the steps of:

determining, from a plurality of storage media storing a file to be acquired by said reception apparatus, an acquisition source from which said file is acquired in a predetermined sequence;

acquiring said file from said acquisition source on the basis of file acquisition information for use in acquiring said file in said storage media, said file acquisition information being common to said plurality of storage media; and

executing said acquired file.

14. A transmission apparatus for transmitting AV (Audio/Video) content, comprising:

transmission means for storing, in said AV content, a trigger signal associated with a file for making a reception apparatus execute said AV content in conjugation of progress thereof and transmitting said AV content in which said trigger signal is stored, wherein

said trigger signal includes at least acquisition source information indicative of an acquisition source from which said file is acquired from among a plurality of storage media in which said file is stored and file acquisition information for acquiring said file from said storage media, said file acquisition information being common to said plurality of storage media.

15. The transmission apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said trigger signal includes said file acquisition information at least made up of content identification information for identifying content made up of said file and said acquisition source information.

16. The transmission apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said trigger signal includes content identification information for identifying content at least made up of said file, said file acquisition information made up of file identification information for identifying said file managed for each of said content, and said acquisition source information.

17. The transmission apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said plurality of storage media include a server connected to said reception apparatus via a network as said storage media and said trigger signal includes a Uniform Resource Locator indicative of a location of said file stored in said server as said file acquisition information.

18. A transmission method for a transmission apparatus for transmitting AV (Audio/Video) content, comprising the steps of:

storing, in said AV content, a trigger signal associated with a file for making a reception apparatus execute said AV content in conjugation of progress thereof and transmitting said AV content in which said trigger signal is stored, wherein

said trigger signal includes at least acquisition source information indicative of an acquisition source from which said file is acquired from among a plurality of storage media in which said file is stored and file acquisition information for acquiring said file from said storage media, said file acquisition information being common to said plurality of storage media.

19. A program for making a computer control a transmission apparatus for transmitting AV (Audio/Video) content, said program comprising the steps of:

storing, in said AV content, a trigger signal associated with a file for making a reception apparatus execute said AV content in conjugation of progress thereof and transmitting said AV content in which said trigger signal is stored, wherein

said trigger signal includes at least acquisition source information indicative of an acquisition source from which said file is acquired from among a plurality of storage media in which said file is stored and file acquisition information for acquiring said file from said storage media, said file acquisition information being common to said plurality of storage media.

20. A broadcasting system comprising:

a transmission apparatus for transmitting AV (Audio/Video) content, said transmission apparatus having

transmission means for storing in said AV content, a trigger signal associated with a file for making a reception apparatus execute said AV content in conjugation of progress thereof and transmitting said AV content in which said trigger signal is stored,

said trigger signal including at least acquisition source information indicative of an acquisition source from which said file is acquired from among a plurality of storage media in which said file is stored and file acquisition information for acquiring said file from said storage media, said file acquisition information being common to said plurality of storage media; and

a reception apparatus for receiving said transmitted AV content, said reception apparatus having

extraction means for extracting a trigger signal including at least acquisition source information and said file acquisition information from said AV content,

determination means for determining said acquisition source from said plurality of storage media on the basis of said acquisition source information included in said extracted trigger signal,

acquisition means for acquiring said file from said acquisition source on the basis of said file acquisition information included in said extracted trigger signal, and

execution means for executing said acquired file.