RECEIVER, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMITTER AND TRANSMISSION METHOD

• US 20140150040A1
• Filed: 05/30/2013
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KITAHARA, Jun, Kitazato, Naohisa, Dewa, Yoshiharu, Yamagishi, Yasuaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,936,256 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/93
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8166 involving executable data, e.g. software arrangements for executing specific programs G06F9/44; broadcasting computer programmes in broadcast systems H04H20/91; involving the movement of software or configuration parameters H04L67/34
• 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 receiver including: a reception section adapted to receive AV, namely audio and visual content; a registration section adapted to register related content relating to the AV content based on control information included in an application program executed in response to the AV content; and a presentation control unit adapted to exercise control in such a manner that if the registered related content is selected, the selected related content is presented.

Claims

1. A receiver comprising:

a reception section adapted to receive AV, namely audio and visual content;

a registration section adapted to register related content relating to the AV content based on control information included in an application program executed in response to the AV content; and

a presentation control unit adapted to exercise control in such a manner that if the registered related content is selected, the selected related content is presented.

2. The receiver of claim 1, wherein

the registration section registers the related content if a given event occurs while the application program is active.

3. The receiver of claim 2, wherein

the registration section registers registration information relating to the related content to be registered to a recording section, and

the presentation control unit presents the related content selected from a list that matches the registration information.

4. The receiver of claim 3, wherein

the related content is a webpage,

the registration section registers, as the registration information, the URL, namely Uniform Resource Locator of the webpage, and

the presentation control unit displays the webpage acquired according to the URL.

5. The receiver of claim 3, wherein

the related content is recorded content obtained by recording the AV content,

the registration section registers, as the registration information, identification information of the recorded content, and

the presentation control unit reproduces the recorded content specified by the identification information.

6. The receiver of claim 5, wherein

the registration section registers, as the registration information, time information indicating the reproduction start time of the recorded content together with the identification information, and

the presentation control unit reproduces the recorded content specified by the identification information from the time indicated by the time information.

7. The receiver of claim 3, wherein

the related content is VOD, namely Video On Demand content,

the registration section registers, as the registration information, identification information of the VOD content, and

the presentation control unit reproduces the VOD content acquired according to the identification information.

8. The receiver of claim 7, wherein

the registration section registers, as the registration information, time information indicating the reproduction start time of the VOD content together with the identification information, and

the presentation control unit reproduces the VOD content specified by the identification information from the time indicated by the time information.

9. The receiver of claim 2, wherein

the control information is a function used to register the related content, and

the registration section executes the function if an instruction is issued to register the related content.

10. The receiver of claim 9, wherein

the application program is an HTML, namely Hyper Text Markup Language document written in HTML, and

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

11. The receiver of claim 1, wherein

the AV content is transmitted through a broadcasting wave, and

the application program is delivered via the Internet.

12. A reception method of a receiver comprising the steps of the receiver:

receiving AV content;

registering related content relating to the AV content based on control information included in an application program executed in response to the AV content; and

exercising control in such a manner that if the registered related content is selected, the selected related content is presented.

13. A transmitter comprising:

an acquisition section adapted to acquire an application program to be executed in response to AV content; and

a transmission section adapted to transmit the application program, wherein

the application program includes control information used to register related content relating to the AV content.

14. A transmission method of a transmitter comprising the steps of the transmitter:

acquiring an application program to be executed in response to AV content; and

transmitting the application program, wherein

the application program includes control information used to register related content relating to the AV content.