APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING CONTROL MESSAGE IN BROADCASTING SYSTEM

• US 20140282798A1
• Filed: 10/15/2012
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Sung-Oh, Park, Kyung-Mo, Rhyu, Sung-Ryeul, Song, Jae-Yeon
• Granted Patent: US 11,070,855 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/116
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 29/00 Power-plant nacelles, fairings, or cowlings nacelles not otherwise provided for B64C
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 29/08 Inspection panels for power plants
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 33/00 Arrangements in aircraft of power plant parts or auxiliaries not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 47/00 Equipment not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 7/06 Arrangements of bearings bearings F16C; Lubricating of turbo machines F01D25/18; of machines or engines in general F01M
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 7/32 Arrangement, mounting, or driving, of auxiliaries
• CPC Class Codes: F16N 19/00 Lubricant containers for use in lubricators or lubrication systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/184 with heterogeneous receivers, e.g. layered multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/236 Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream multiplexing of data packets for data networks, e.g. RTP/UDP H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2381 Adapting the multiplex stream to a specific network, e.g. an Internet Protocol [IP] network transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6332 directed to client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6405 Multicasting data broadcast and multicast in packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for configuring a control message in a broadcasting system for supporting a multimedia service based on an interne protocol. To this end, control information to be recorded in a payload of a control message to be configured is generated based on a table selected from among a plurality of tables for defining the information related to the generation and consumption of a hybrid content when a message type of the control message to be configured is determined to be a type for providing information related to the generation and consumption of a hybrid content. In addition, the information related to the type of the selected table is recorded in an optional field of the control message to be configured.

Claims

1-16. -16. (canceled)

17. An apparatus for providing a hybrid content, the apparatus comprising:

a control message generator to generate a signaling message for consuming the hybrid content;

a transmitter to transmit the signaling message generated by the control message generator to a hybrid content consuming device; and

a controller to control the control message generator and the transmitter so as to generate the signaling message and to transmit the generated signaling message,

wherein the control message generator generates the signaling message using a payload including at least one of a plurality of tables defining information required for consumption of the hybrid content, and a header including an extension field that records information related with the at least one table included in the payload, based on a type of the signaling message designated by the controller for the consumption of the hybrid content, and

one of the plurality of tables is a Device Capability Information Table (DCIT) that defines information on a required device capabilities for consuming a package/asset of the hybrid content.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the plurality of tables further includes a table that defines location information on the package of the hybrid content.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the plurality of tables further includes a table that defines composition information of the package of the hybrid content.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the information required for consumption of the hybrid content is MPEG MEDIA Transport (MMT) package/asset information.

21. An apparatus for consuming a hybrid content, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver to receive a signaling message from a hybrid content provider;

a control message processor to obtain information required for consuming the hybrid content from the signaling message received through the receiver; and

a controller to control the receiver and the control message processor so as to receive the signaling message and to obtain the information required for consuming the hybrid content from the received signaling message,

wherein the control message processor determines a type of the received signaling message based on header information of the received signaling message, and obtains information required for consuming the hybrid content defined by at least one table included in a payload of the received signaling message based on the determined type of the signaling message and information related with the at least one table recorded in an extension field forming the header information, and

one of the plurality of tables, which is capable of being selected to be the at least one table included in the payload of the signaling message, is a Device Capability Information Table (DCIT) defining information on a required device capabilities for consuming a package/asset of the hybrid content.

22. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21, wherein the plurality of tables further includes a table defining location information on the package of the hybrid content.

23. The apparatus as claimed in claim 22, wherein the plurality of tables further includes a table defining composition information of the package of the hybrid content.

24. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21, wherein the information required for consumption of the hybrid content is MPEG MEDIA Transport (MMT) package/asset information.

25. A method of providing a hybrid content in a content providing apparatus, the method comprising:

generating a signaling message for consuming the hybrid content; and

transmitting the generated signaling message to a hybrid content consuming device,

wherein generating comprises generating the signaling message using a payload including of at least one of a plurality of tables defining information required for consuming the hybrid content and a header including an extension field that records information related with the at least one table included in the payload, based on a type of the signaling message designated for the consumption of the hybrid content, and

one of the plurality of tables is a Device Capability information Table (DCIT) defining information on a required device capabilities for consuming a package/asset of the hybrid content.

26. The method as claimed in claim 25, wherein the plurality of tables further includes a table defining location information on the package of the hybrid content.

27. The method as claimed in claim 26, wherein the plurality of tables further includes a table defining composition information of the package of the hybrid content.

28. The method as claimed in claim 25, wherein the information required for consumption of the hybrid content is MPEG MEDIA Transport (MMT) package/asset information.

29. A method of consuming a hybrid content in a hybrid content consuming apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a signaling message from a hybrid content provider; and

obtaining information required for consuming the hybrid content from the received signaling message,

wherein obtaining comprises;

determining a type of the received signaling message based on header information of the received signaling message; and

obtaining the information required for consuming the hybrid content defined by at least one table included in a payload of the received signaling message based on the determined type of the signaling message and information related with the at least one table recorded in an extension field forming the header information, and

one of the plurality of tables, which is capable of being selected to be the at least one table included in the payload of the signaling message, is a Device Capability Information Table (DCIT) defining information on a required device capabilities for consuming a package/asset of the hybrid content.

30. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein the plurality of tables further includes a table defining location information on the package of the hybrid content.

31. The method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the plurality of tables further includes a table defining composition information of the package of the hybrid content.

32. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein the information required for consumption of the hybrid content is MPEG MEDIA Transport (MMT) package/asset information.