RECEIVING APPARATUS, BROADCASTING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, AND RECEIVING METHOD
First Claim
1. A reception terminal comprising:
- circuitry configured to;
receive a broadcasting signal from a signal transmitting device, the broadcasting signal including a broadcast program and tag information, the broadcast program including at least one scene, the tag information including information that is transmitted temporally corresponding to each of at least one scene of the broadcast program and is necessary for acquiring related information related to the broadcast program;
acquire, from an application server communicating with the signal transmitting device, an application that uses the related information, an electronic signature associated with the application, and an application information table, the application information table including at least (i) application name field for defining a name of the application, (ii) an application identification field defining an identification for uniquely identifying the application, and (iii) a control code field for defining a set of application control codes;
control an operation of the application based on the application information table;
acquire the tag information based on information described in the application information table from the received broadcasting signal;
acquire the related information based on the tag information; and
supply the related information acquired to the application being executed.
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Abstract
This receiving apparatus includes a broadcast reception unit configured to receive a broadcasting signal including a broadcast program and tag information, the broadcast program including at least one scene, the tag information including information that is transmitted temporally corresponding to each of at least one scene of the broadcast program and is necessary for acquiring related information related to the broadcast program; an application controller configured to acquire an application that uses the related information and an application information table in which at least identification information for identifying the tag information including information for controlling an operation of the application and information for identifying the related information used by the application is described, and to control the operation of the application based on the application information table; a tag information processing unit configured to acquire the tag information based on the identification information described in the application information table from the received broadcasting signal, to acquire the related information based on the tag information, and to supply it to the application being executed.
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1. A reception terminal comprising:
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circuitry configured to; receive a broadcasting signal from a signal transmitting device, the broadcasting signal including a broadcast program and tag information, the broadcast program including at least one scene, the tag information including information that is transmitted temporally corresponding to each of at least one scene of the broadcast program and is necessary for acquiring related information related to the broadcast program; acquire, from an application server communicating with the signal transmitting device, an application that uses the related information, an electronic signature associated with the application, and an application information table, the application information table including at least (i) application name field for defining a name of the application, (ii) an application identification field defining an identification for uniquely identifying the application, and (iii) a control code field for defining a set of application control codes; control an operation of the application based on the application information table; acquire the tag information based on information described in the application information table from the received broadcasting signal; acquire the related information based on the tag information; and supply the related information acquired to the application being executed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for a reception terminal, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the reception terminal, a broadcasting signal from a signal transmitting device, the broadcasting signal including a broadcast program and tag information, the broadcast program including at least one scene, the tag information including information that is transmitted temporally corresponding to each of at least one scene of the broadcast program and is necessary for acquiring related information related to the broadcast program; acquiring, by the reception terminal, from an application server communicating with the signal transmitting device, an application that uses the related information, an electronic signature associated with the application, and an application information table, the application information table including at least (i) application name field for defining a name of the application, (ii) an application identification field defining an identification for uniquely identifying the application, and (iii) a control code field for defining a set of application control codes; controlling an operation of the application based on the application information table; acquiring the tag information based on information described in the application information table from the received broadcasting signal; acquiring the related information based on the tag information; and supplying the related information acquired to the application being executed. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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