RECEPTION APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN ALERT SERVICE

• US 20130036440A1
• Filed: 07/26/2012
• Published: 02/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: EYER, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 10,491,966 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/59 for emergency or urgency
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• 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 21/814 comprising emergency warnings arrangements specially adapted for emergency or urgency in broadcast systems H04H20/59; arrangements for providing alarms, notifications, alerts to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895

Abstract

A reception apparatus, method, computer program, and information providing apparatus for providing one or more alert services. The reception apparatus includes a receiver, a display interface, an input unit, and a processor. The receiver receives a notification of an alert service. The display interface presents the notification of the alert service on a display. Further, the input unit receives a request from a user of the reception apparatus to subscribe to the alert service. In response to receiving the subscription request, the processor registers a location of new content information associated with the alert service in a memory. Further, the processor determines whether new content corresponding to the alert service is available based on the new content information. When the new content is determined to be available, the processor downloads the new content and causes the display interface to present a pop-up alert based on the new content.

Claims

1. A reception apparatus, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a notification of an alert service;

a display interface configured to present the notification of the alert service on a display;

an input unit configured to receive a request from a user to subscribe to the alert service; and

a processor configured to

register a location of new content information associated with the alert service in a memory and in response to receiving the request to subscribe to the alert service,

determine whether new content corresponding to the alert service is available based on the new content information, and

when the new content is determined to be available, download the new content and cause the display interface to present a pop-up alert based on the new content.

2. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the receiver is configured to receive a triggered declarative object (TDO) that includes the notification of the alert service;

and

the display interface is configured to present the notification of the alert service when the received TDO is executed.

3. The reception apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the TDO identifies the location of the new content information associated with the alert service.

4. The reception apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the processor is configured to access a website that offers a subscription to the alert service based on a location of the website included in the TDO, and to acquire the location of the new content information associated with the alert service from the website;

and

the input unit is configured to receive the request from the user to subscribe to the alert service based on an interaction with the website.

5. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the new content is a declarative object;

and

the processor is configured to execute the declarative object to present the pop-up alert.

6. The reception apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the processor is configured to suspend any running triggered declarative objects during the execution of the declarative object.

7. The reception apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the declarative object includes a scripted control object configured to tune to, or record, another channel associated with the new content.

8. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the receiver is configured to receive content from a content provider;

and

the display interface is configured to concurrently display the pop-up alert and the received content.

9. The reception apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the processor is configured to register a plurality of alert services in the memory;

and to only process one or more of the plurality of alert services associated with the content provider.

10. The reception apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to

receive the content via at least one of a satellite broadcast, a cable television transmission, a terrestrial television broadcast, and the Internet, and

receive the new content information associated with the alert service via the Internet.

11. A method of a reception apparatus for providing an alert service, the method comprising:

receiving a notification of the alert service;

presenting the notification of the alert service on a display;

receiving a request from a user to subscribe to the alert service;

registering a location of new content information associated with the alert service in a memory and in response to receiving the request to subscribe to the alert service;

determining, by the reception apparatus, whether new content corresponding to the alert service is available based on the new content information; and

when the new content is determined to be available, downloading the new content and presenting a pop-up alert based on the new content.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein

the step of receiving the notification includes receiving a triggered declarative object (TDO) that includes the notification of the alert service;

and

the step of presenting the notification includes presenting the notification of the alert service when the received TDO is executed.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein

the TDO identifies the location of the new content information associated with the alert service.

14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

accessing a website that offers a subscription to the alert service based on a location of the website identified by the TDO; and

acquiring the location of the new content information associated with the alert service from the website, wherein

the step of receiving the request includes receiving the request from the user to subscribe to the alert service based on an interaction with the website.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein

the new content is a declarative object;

and

the step of presenting the pop-up alert includes executing the declarative object.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

suspending any running triggered declarative objects during the execution of the declarative object.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein

the declarative object includes a scripted control object configured to tune to, or record, another channel associated with the new content.

18. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

receiving content from a content provider, wherein

the step of presenting the pop-up alert includes concurrently presenting the received content and the pop-up alert on the display.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein

when the memory stores a plurality of alert services, the step of determining includes determining the availability of new content corresponding to only one or more of the plurality of alert services associated with the content provider.

20. The method according to claim 18, wherein

the step of receiving the content includes receiving the content via at least one of a satellite broadcast, a cable television transmission, a terrestrial television broadcast, and the Internet;

and

the step of downloading the new content includes downloading the new content via the Internet.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embedded therein instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of providing an alert service, the method comprising:

receiving a notification of the alert service;

presenting the notification of the alert service on a display;

receiving a request from a user to subscribe to the alert service;

registering a location of new content information associated with the alert service in a memory and in response to receiving the request to subscribe to the alert service;

determining, by the reception apparatus, whether new content corresponding to the alert service is available based on the new content information; and

when the new content is determined to be available, downloading the new content and presenting a pop-up alert based on the new content.

22. An information providing apparatus, comprising:

a memory configured to store a triggered declarative object (TDO) that includes a notification of an alert service, the TDO being associated with content to be received by a reception apparatus;

a communication unit configured to provide the TDO to the reception apparatus, wherein

the TDO includes a location of new content information associated with the alert service, or a location of a website that offers a subscription to the alert service and includes the location of the new content information, and

the new content information indicates whether new content corresponding to the alert service is available.