CONTENT SUPPLYING APPARATUS, CONTENT SUPPLYING METHOD, CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM AND CONTENT VIEWING SYSTEM

• US 20150100997A1
• Filed: 10/13/2014
• Published: 04/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KITAZATO, Naohisa
• Granted Patent: US 9,479,833 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/110
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/24 Arrangements for distribution of identical information via broadcast system and non-broadcast system
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/38 Arrangements for distribution where lower stations, e.g. receivers, interact with the broadcast
• 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 21/6112 involving terrestrial transmission, e.g. DVB-T
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6332 directed to client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/654 Transmission by server directed to the client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/845 Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a content supplying apparatus for supplying a video content to a content reproduction apparatus, including: a production section adapted to produce a video switch command for causing the content reproduction apparatus to execute a process regarding changeover of a video content to be reproduced; a broadcasting section adapted to broadcast a video content, in which the produced video switch command is embedded, through a broadcasting network; and a delivery section adapted to deliver the video content through the Internet.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A content reproduction apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to

acquire a first video content,

process the first video content for display to a user,

acquire a switch command associated with the first video content, the switch command including a target stream uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with a second video content,

acquire the second video content, and

process the second video content for display to the user in accordance with the switch command.

3. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the first video content is provided via a terrestrial broadcast, and

the second video content is delivered through the Internet.

4. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry is configured to acquire the second video content from a content source that is identified by the target stream URI.

5. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the switch command further includes a target media type which defines a stream type of the second video content.

6. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry is configured to

acquire a pre-load command before the switch command is acquired, and

acquire the second video content based on a target stream URI included in the pre-load command, the pre-load and switch commands including the same target stream URI.

7. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the switch command includes a stream start position which indicates a start timing position within the second video content.

8. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry is configured to acquire the first video content and the switch command from a digital television broadcast signal.

9. A method of a content reproduction apparatus for reproducing video content, the method comprising:

acquiring a first video content;

processing the first video content for display to a user,

acquiring, by circuitry of the content reproduction apparatus, a switch command associated with the first video content, the switch command including a target stream uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with a second video content;

acquiring a second video content; and

processing, by the circuitry, the second video content for display to the user in accordance with the switch command.

10. The content reproduction method according to claim 9, wherein

the first video content is provided via a terrestrial broadcast, and

the second video content is delivered through the Internet.

11. The content reproduction method according to claim 9, wherein the circuitry is configured to acquire the second video content from a content source that is associated with the target stream URI.

12. The content reproduction method according to claim 9, wherein the switch command further includes a target media type which defines a stream type of the second video content.

13. The content reproduction method according to claim 9, wherein the circuitry is configured to

acquire a pre-load command before the switch command is acquired, and

acquire the second video content based on a target stream URI included in the pre-load command, the pre-load and switch commands including the same target stream URI.

14. The content reproduction method according to claim 9, wherein the switch command includes a stream start position which indicates a start timing position within the second video content.

15. The content reproduction method according to claim 9, wherein the circuitry is configured to acquire the first video content and the switch command from a digital television broadcast signal

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform a method for reproducing video content, the method comprising:

acquiring a first video content;

processing the first video content for display to a user,

acquiring a switch command associated with the first video content, the switch command including a target stream uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with a second video content;

acquiring a second video content; and

processing the second video content for display to the user in accordance with the switch command.