Broadcast receiving method and broadcast receiving apparatus therefor

• US 6,104,389 A
• Filed: 06/12/1998
• Issued: 08/15/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
• Original Assignee: Victor Company of Japan Limited (JVC Kenwood Corporation)
• Inventors: Ando, Ichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Flynn, Nathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): VU, NGOC K
• Application Number:
  US09/096,775
• Time in Patent Office: 795 Days
• Field of Search: 348/7, 348/10, 348/12, 348/906, 348/564, 348/565, 348/568, 348/461, 348/468, 348/473, 345/327
• US Class Current: 725/39
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/37 for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB

Abstract

A broadcast receiving apparatus comprises the tuner section 12 for receiving a plurality of program-related information transmitted in conjunction with coded sounds and moving pictures, an output device for producing and outputting picture information based on the program-related information, a data compression device for compressing data of the program-related information received by the tuner section 12, the RAM (Random Access Memory) 26 for storing compressed information compressed by the data compression device, a judging device for judging whether the received program-related information are same contents as previously received program-related information which are already stored in the RAM 26 or not, wherein the newly received program-related information are deleted in the case of the same contents, the previously received program-related information are erased and newly received program-related information are stored in the RAM 26 in the case of different contents, and the broadcast receiving apparatus further comprises an information decoding device of decoding information stored in the RAM 26.

Claims

1. A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

receiving means for receiving program-related information, wherein said program-related information include information about other channels as well as information about a specific channel in one broadcasting system;

data compression means for compressing data of said program-related information received by said receiving means;

memory means for storing compressed data compressed by said data compression means;

information decoding means for decoding said compressed data stored in said memory means; and

judging means for judging whether received said program-related information are same contents as previously received program-related information already stored as said compressed data in said memory means or not, wherein said program-related information are deleted in case of same contents, and wherein the previously received program-related information are erased and newly received said program-related information are stored as said compressed data in said memory means in case of different contents.

2. A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

receiving means for receiving program-related information, wherein said program-related information include information about other channels as well as information about a specific channel and character data in one broadcasting system;

data compression means for compressing data of character data received by said receiving means;

memory means for storing compressed data compressed by said data compression means;

information decoding means for decoding said compressed data stored in said memory means; and

judging means for judging whether newly received said character data are same contents as previously received character data already stored as compressed data in said memory means or not, wherein newly received said character data are deleted in case of same contents, and wherein the previously received character data are replaced with newly received said character data and said character data are stored in said memory means as compressed data in case of different contents.

3. A broadcast receiving apparatus in accordance with claim 2, wherein a part of contents of said character data are deleted and other parts of contents are selectively supplied to said memory means, in case that contents of said character data are different from contents of the previously stored character data already stored in said memory means as said compressed data.

4. A broadcast receiving method comprising:

a receiving step of receiving program-related information, wherein said program-related information include information about other channels as well as information about a specific channel in one broadcasting system;

a first memorizing step of storing said program-related information received in said receiving step;

a judging step of judging whether newly received said program-related information stored in said first memorizing step are same contents as previously received program-related information previously stored or not;

a deleting step of deleting newly received said program-related information judged as same contents in said judging step;

a data compression step of compressing data of newly received said program-related information judged as different contents in said judging step;

a second memorizing step of storing compressed data of said program-related information compressed in said data compression step; and

an information decoding step of decoding said compressed data stored in said second memorizing step.

5. A broadcast receiving method comprising:

a receiving step of receiving program-related information, wherein said program-related information include information about other channels as well as information about a specific channel and character data in one broadcasting system;

a first memorizing step of storing said program-related information received in said receiving step;

a judging step of judging whether newly received said character data stored in said first memorizing step are same contents as previously received character data previously stored or not;

a deleting step of deleting newly received said character data judged as same contents in said judging step;

a data compression step of compressing data of newly received said character data judged as different contents in said judging step;

a second memorizing step of storing compressed character data compressed in said data compression step; and

an information decoding step of decoding said compressed character data stored in said second memorizing step.