Digital broadcasting receiver for a digital broadcasting system

• US 7,113,973 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2003
• Issued: 09/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsujimura, Satoshi, Yamamuro, Keisei, Yoshii, Taketo, Sekiguchi, Takuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Barot, Bharat
• Application Number:
  US10/721,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20040107248A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• Field of Search: 709206-207, 709202-203, 709217-219, 709225-229, 718/108, 718/100, 718/104, 718/313, 719/318, 719/319, 719/320, 719/328, 719/329
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/545 Gui
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/28 Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/18 Arrangements characterised by circuits or components specially adapted for receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2362 Generation or processing of Service Information [SI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

To provide a device capable of determining a delivery destination of an event automatically without requiring choosing operation of an operator. An event entered through an event input means 4 is given to a delivery destination determining means 6 which in turn determines to which of applications AP1, AP2, . . . , APn the given event is to be delivered according to the contents of the event and according to delivery destination determining information stored in a delivery destination determining information storing section, and delivers accordingly. Therefore, the event is delivered to an appropriate application even if the operator does not choose an addressed application.

Claims

1. A digital broadcasting receiver that sends an event corresponding to an input from a user to an application, comprising:

a receiver that receives video data, audio data, and the application via a transmitted digital broadcast;

a decoder that decodes the video data and the audio data received by said receiver;

a processing section that executes the application received by said receiver;

an input section that receives the user input; and

an event controlling program that sends the event corresponding to the user input to the executing application;

wherein the executing application registers receivable event information in said digital broadcasting receiver that identifies an event corresponding to the user input received by said input section that can be received by the executing application, and said event controlling program sends the event corresponding to the user input received by said input section to the executing application when the receivable event information identifies that the event corresponding to the user input received by said input section can be received by the executing application.

2. The digital broadcasting receiver of claim 1, further comprising:

a demultiplexer that demultiplexes the video data, the audio data, and the application, which are multiplexed in the digital broadcast, wherein said receiver receives the video data, the audio data, and the application which are multiplexed in the digital broadcast, said decoder decoding the video data and the audio data demultiplexed by said demultiplexer, said processing section executing the application demultiplexed by said demultiplexer.

3. The digital broadcasting receiver of claim 1, wherein the executing application alters the registered receivable event information based on a running status of the application.

4. The digital broadcasting receiver of claim 1, wherein said input section comprises a key, the event comprising the user depressing said key.

5. The digital broadcasting receiver of claim 1, wherein said input section comprises a mouse, the event comprising the user clicking on said mouse.

6. The digital broadcasting receiver of claim 1, wherein said input section comprises a mouse the event comprising the user moving said mouse.

7. An event sending method for a digital broadcasting receiver that sends an event corresponding to an input from a user to an application, comprising:

receiving video data, audio data, and the application which are transmitted via a digital broadcast;

decoding the received video data, audio data and application;

executing the received application;

receiving the input from the user; and

sending an event corresponding to the received user input to the executing application by operation of an event controlling program stored in the digital broadcasting receiver;

wherein the executing application registers receivable event information that identifies an event corresponding to a received input from the user that can be received by the executing application, and the event corresponding to the received input is sent to the executing application when the receivable event information identifies that the event corresponding to the received input can be received by the executing application.

8. The event sending method of claim 7, further comprising:

demultiplexing the received video data, audio data, and application that have been multiplexed in the transmitted digital broadcast.

9. The event sending method of claim 7, wherein the running application alters the registered receivable event information based on a running status of the application.

10. The event sending method of claim 7, wherein the event corresponding to the input from the user comprises depressing a key.

11. The event sending method of claim 7, wherein the event corresponding to the input from the user comprises clicking on a mouse.

12. The event sending method of claim 7, wherein the event corresponding to the input from the user comprises moving a mouse.

13. A computer program for controlling a digital broadcast receiver, the computer program being stored on a computer-readable storage medium, executable by a computer, and comprising computer instructions for:

decoding video data, audio data and an application received via a transmitted digital broadcast;

executing the received application;

receiving an input from a user; and

sending an event corresponding to the received user input to the executing application by operation of an event controlling program stored in the digital broadcasting receiver;

wherein the executing application registers receivable event information that identifies an event corresponding to a received input from the user that can be received by the executing application, and the event corresponding to the received input is sent to the executing application when the receivable event information identifies that the event corresponding to the received input can be received by the executing application.