METHODS, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND RECEPTION APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF AT LEAST ONE CONTENT VERSION

• US 20150222941A1
• Filed: 04/14/2015
• Published: 08/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: FAY, Luke, ZUSTAK, Frederick J., SHINTANI, Peter, CANDELORE, Brant
• Granted Patent: US 10,419,791 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23439 for generating different versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23605 Creation or processing of packetized elementary streams [PES]
• 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 21/2383 Channel coding or modulation of digital bit-stream, e.g. QPSK modulation arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by adapting the channel coding H04L1/0009; analogue front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4343 Extraction or processing of packetized elementary streams [PES]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4382 Demodulation or channel decoding, e.g. QPSK demodulation analog front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs
• 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 21/631 Multimode Transmission, e.g. transmitting basic layers and enhancement layers of the content over different transmission paths or transmitting with different error corrections, different keys or with different transmission protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP

Abstract

An information providing system, reception apparatus, and methods thereof are provided for providing content data. The method for providing content includes generating the content data. A digital television pre-broadcast signal, including the content data, is generated. At least one portion of the digital television pre-broadcast signal is extracted. The at least one portion of the digital television pre-broadcast signal is packaged into one or more Internet Protocol (IP) data packets. A digital television broadcast signal, including the remainder of the digital television pre-broadcast signal, is generated. The one or more IP data packets is provided via a communication network. The digital television broadcast signal is provided on a predetermined radio frequency (RF) channel.

Claims

1. (canceled)

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embedded therein instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the method of claim 1.

2. A method for providing content, the method comprising:

splitting, by circuitry of a transmission apparatus, content data into different portions for transmission over a plurality of communication paths;

providing, by the circuitry, a first portion of the content data via a first one of the plurality of communication paths; and

providing, by the circuitry, a second portion of the content data via a second one of the plurality of communication paths.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

packaging, by the circuitry, the first portion of the content data into one or more Internet Protocol (IP) data packets;

generating, by the circuitry, a digital television broadcast signal including the second portion of the content data, wherein

the first one of the plurality of communication paths is a communication network; and

the second one of the plurality of communication paths is a predetermined radio frequency (RF) channel.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of splitting comprises:

splitting the content data in the application layer.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of splitting comprises:

splitting the content data in the physical layer.

7. An information providing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to

split content data into different portions for transmission over a plurality of communication paths;

provide a first portion of the content data via a first one of the plurality of communication paths; and

provide a second portion of the content data via a second one of the plurality of communication paths.

8. The information providing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the circuitry is further configured to package the first portion of the content data into one or more Internet Protocol (IP) data packets, and to generate a digital television broadcast signal including the second portion of the content data,

the first one of the plurality of communication paths is a communication network, and

the second one of the plurality of communication paths is a predetermined radio frequency (RF) channel.

9. The information providing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the circuitry is further configured to split the content data in the application layer.

10. The information providing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the circuitry is further configured to split the content data in the physical layer.

11. A method for receiving content data, the method comprising:

receiving, by circuitry of a reception apparatus, a first portion of the content data via a first one of a plurality of communication paths;

receiving, by the circuitry, a second portion of the content data via a second one of the plurality of communication paths;

reconstructing, by the circuitry, the content data based on the received first and second portions of the content data; and

storing or outputting for display to a user the reconstructed content data.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the step of reconstructing comprises:

reconstructing the content data in the application layer.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the step of reconstructing comprises:

reconstructing the content data in the physical layer.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embedded therein instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the method of claim 11.

16. The reception apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the circuitry is further configured to reconstruct the content data in the application layer.

17. The reception apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the circuitry is further configured to reconstruct the content data in the physical layer.

15. A reception apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to

receive a first portion of the content data via a first one of a plurality of communication paths;

receive a second portion of the content data via a second one of the plurality of communication paths;

reconstruct the content data based on the received first and second portions of the content data; and

store or output for display to a user the reconstructed content data.