RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD

• US 20140043540A1
• Filed: 02/26/2013
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KITAZATO, Naohisa, Yamagishi, Yasuaki, Dewa, Yoshiharu, Kitahara, Jun, Eyer, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 9,883,247 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/723
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23617 by inserting additional data into a data carousel, e.g. inserting software modules into a DVB carousel arrangements for broadcast or for distribution of identical information repeatedly in broadcast distribution systems H04H20/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2362 Generation or processing of Service Information [SI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43074 of additional data with content streams on the same device, e.g. of EPG data or interactive icon with a TV program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• 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 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/38 Transmitter circuitry for the transmission of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception block configured to receive AV content; a trigger information capture block configured to capture trigger information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in coordination with said AV content; and a control block configured to control an operation of said application program in accordance with an operation mode specified in said trigger information.

Claims

1. A reception apparatus comprising:

a reception block configured to receive audio/visual (AV) content;

a trigger information capture block configured to capture trigger information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in coordination with said audio/visual content; and

a control block configured to control an operation of said application program in accordance with an operation mode specified in said trigger information.

2. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said operation mode is determined in accordance with a control scheme of said application program.

3. The reception apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said operation mode includes a first mode for operating a standard application program obtained by standardizing said application program;

and,

if said first mode is specified as said operation mode, said control block controls an operation of said standard application program in accordance with said trigger information.

4. The reception apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said trigger information includes additional information for use in controlling an operation of said standard application program;

and

said control block controls an operation of said standard application program in accordance with said additional information.

5. The reception apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a storage block configured to store said standard application program,

said control block controlling an operation of said standard application program read from said storage block in accordance with said trigger information.

6. The reception apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

an application capture block configured to capture said standard application program through a network,

said control block controlling an operation of said standard application program captured by said application capture block in accordance with said trigger information.

7. The reception apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said operation mode further includes

a second mode for controlling said application program by use of a table including control information for controlling an operation of said application program;

and

a third mode for operating a specific application program not standardized.

8. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said trigger information is transmitted along with said audio/visual content;

and

said trigger information capture block extracts trigger information from data of said audio/visual content.

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

a feature quantity extraction block configured to extract a feature quantity from data of said audio/visual content,

said trigger information capture block capturing said trigger information corresponding to an identification result of said audio/visual content identified by use of said feature quantity.

10. A reception method of a reception apparatus comprising the steps of:

receiving audio/visual content;

capturing trigger information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in coordination with said audio/visual content; and

controlling an operation of said application program in accordance with an operation mode specified in said trigger information.

11. A transmission apparatus comprising:

a trigger information generation block configured to generate trigger information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in coordination with audio/visual content, said trigger information being specified with an operation mode defined in accordance with a control scheme of said application program; and

a transmission block configured to transmit said trigger information along with said audio/visual content.

12. A transmission method of a transmission apparatus comprising:

generating trigger information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in coordination with audio/visual content, said trigger information being specified with an operation mode defined in accordance with a control scheme of said application program; and

transmitting said trigger information along with said audio/visual content.