RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND TRANSMITTING METHOD

• US 20140099078A1
• Filed: 05/07/2013
• Published: 04/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KITAHARA, Jun, KITAZATO, Naohisa
• Granted Patent: US 9,264,648 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/248
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/40 Arrangements for broadcast specially adapted for accumulation-type receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/91 broadcasting computer programmes
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/72 using electronic programme guides [EPG] focusing on identifying broadcast space time H04H60/39 ; menu type display of EPG in television receivers H04N21/47
• 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 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a receiving device including: a first receiving section configured to receive audio visual contents capable of a download reservation and transmitted in non-real time; a recording section configured to record the audio visual contents that have been downloaded; an obtaining section configured to obtain an application program for executing a process related to the audio visual contents; and an executing section configured to execute the process related to the audio visual contents on a basis of control information included in the application program.

Claims

1. A receiving device comprising:

a first receiving section configured to receive audio visual contents capable of a download reservation and transmitted in non-real time;

a recording section configured to record the audio visual contents that have been downloaded;

an obtaining section configured to obtain an application program for executing a process related to the audio visual contents; and

an executing section configured to execute the process related to the audio visual contents on a basis of control information included in the application program.

2. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein when a predetermined event has occurred during execution of the application program, the executing section executes the process related to the audio visual contents according to the event that has occurred.

3. The receiving device according to claim 2, wherein

the control information is a function for reserving a download of the audio visual contents, and

when the audio visual contents whose download is to be reserved are specified, the executing section reserves a download of the specified audio visual contents.

4. The receiving device according to claim 3, wherein

the control information is a function for cancelling a reservation for a download of the audio visual contents, and

when the audio visual contents to be cancelled are specified, the executing section cancels the reservation for a download of the specified audio visual contents.

5. The receiving device according to claim 2, wherein

the control information is a function for obtaining a download state of the audio visual contents whose download is reserved, and

when an instruction to obtain the download state is given, the executing section obtains the download state.

6. The receiving device according to claim 2, wherein

the control information is a function for obtaining detailed information on the downloaded audio visual contents, and

when an instruction to obtain the detailed information is given, the executing section obtains the detailed information.

7. The receiving device according to claim 2, wherein

the control information is a function for performing an immediate download of the audio visual contents, and

when the immediate download of the audio visual contents whose download is to be reserved is instructed, the executing section performs the instructed immediate download of the audio visual contents.

8. The receiving device according to claim 7, wherein

the control information is a function for stopping a download of the audio visual contents, and

when an instruction to stop the download of the audio visual contents is given, the executing section stops the download of the audio visual contents.

9. The receiving device according to claim 2, wherein

the control information is a function for deleting the downloaded audio visual contents and related information related to the audio visual contents, and

when the audio visual contents to be deleted are specified, the executing section deletes the specified audio visual contents and the related information.

10. The receiving device according to claim 2, wherein

the control information is a function for updating download information on a download of the audio visual contents, the download information being transmitted periodically together with the audio visual contents, and

when an instruction to update the download information is given, the executing section obtains and updates the download information.

11. The receiving device according to claim 2, wherein

the control information is a function for obtaining recording space information on a recording space of the recording section, and

when an instruction to obtain the recording space information is given, the executing section obtains the recording space information.

12. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein

the application program is a Hyper Text Markup Language document described in Hyper Text Markup Language, and

the control information is a function described as a script in the HTML document.

13. The receiving device according to claim 12, wherein the obtaining section obtains the Hyper Text Markup Language document transmitted from an information processing device managed by another entity than an entity providing the audio visual contents.

14. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the first receiving section receives the audio visual contents transmitted by broadcast waves.

15. The receiving device according to claim 14, further comprising

a second receiving section configured to receive the audio visual contents distributed via the Internet when the audio visual contents transmitted by the broadcast waves cannot be received.

16. The receiving device according to claim 2, wherein the executing section identifies the target audio visual contents by identifying information identifying the audio visual contents, the identifying information being included in download information on a download of the audio visual contents, the download information being transmitted periodically together with the audio visual contents.

17. The receiving device according to claim 16, wherein

the download information is an Non Real Time Information Table, and

the identifying information is a Content Linkage included in the Non Real Time Information Table.

18. A receiving method of a receiving device, the receiving method comprising the steps of:

in the receiving device,

receiving audio visual contents capable of a download reservation and transmitted in non-real time;

controlling recording of the audio visual contents that have been downloaded in a recording section;

obtaining an application program for executing a process related to the audio visual contents; and

controlling execution of the process related to the audio visual contents on a basis of control information included in the application program.

19. A transmitting device comprising:

a generating section configured to generate an application program including control information for executing a process related to audio visual contents capable of a download reservation and transmitted in non-real time; and

a transmitting section configured to transmit the application program.

20. A transmitting method of a transmitting device, the transmitting method comprising the steps of:

in the transmitting device,

generating an application program including control information for executing a process related to audio visual contents capable of a download reservation and transmitted in non-real time; and

transmitting the application program.