Data transmitting apparatus and method

• US 8,050,299 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2004
• Issued: 11/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Snaptrack Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nakatsuka, Satoko, Koga, Tadaharu, Kikuta, Yasushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro; Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUA, QUAN M
• Application Number:
  US10/931,067
• Publication Number:
  US 20050083870A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,619 Days
• Field of Search: 453/566, 453301-306, 453/414.2, 453/414.1, 453/422.1, 453/412.1, 453/413, 453/517, 453/403, 725/135, 725/139, 725/93.48, 345/327, 345/13, 345/906, 348/569, 348/12, 348/43, 455/3.06, 455/414.1, 370/211, 370/271, 370/536, 381/14, 381/97.4, 381/315
• US Class Current: 370/535
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/28 Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/40 Arrangements for broadcast specially adapted for accumulation-type receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/19 digital satellite radio [DSR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/90 specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/17 on recording information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/21 Billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/23 using cryptography, e.g. encryption, authentication, key distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/74 using programme related information, e.g. title, composer or interpreter
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• 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

Abstract

A ground station multiplexes audio digital data of a plurality of audio broadcasts, GUI data, and download audio data and transmits the multiplexed signal to a receiving side through a satellite. The receiving side displays a GUI screen corresponding to an audio broadcast. When a music information selection command is input on the display screen, and audio broadcast of a music program corresponding to the music information is selected. When a music information download command is input on the display screen, download audio data corresponding to the music information is output. The download audio data is stored to a storage device so as to download audio data corresponding to a desired music title.

Claims

1. A method of using an information processing apparatus for transmitting a multiplexed signal, the method comprising:

multiplexing, by the information processing apparatus, audio digital data packets of a plurality of audio broadcasts and digital data for an information screen corresponding to a transmitted audio broadcast, to provide a multiplexed signal, the digital data including interactive GUI data used to generate an interactive on-screen display to allow interaction between the user and the display;

inserting, by the information processing apparatus, for each respective music title of each of the plurality of audio broadcasts of the multiplexed signal, a start flag before each music title and an end flag after each music title, each start flag indicating a start position of a respective music title and each end flag indicating an end position of a respective music title; and

transmitting the multiplexed signal, wherein

the start and the end flags indicate start and end positions of music titles for accurate recording of music titles by an information processing apparatus for receiving the multiplexed signal.

2. The transmitting method of claim 1, wherein the start and end flags are inserted as packet header data or as MPEG ancillary data.

3. The transmitting method of claim 1, wherein the inserting step further comprises inserting at least one of the start and end flags within a header of each of the audio digital data packets.

4. A method of using an information processing apparatus for transmitting a multiplexed signal, the method comprising:

multiplexing, by the information processing apparatus, audio digital data packets of a plurality of audio channel broadcasts and digital data for an information screen corresponding to a transmitted audio broadcast, to provide a multiplexed signal, the audio digital data of each of the audio channel broadcasts comprising a plurality of identical music titles repeatedly transmitted within a program period;

inserting, by the information processing apparatus, for each respective music title of each of the plurality of audio channel broadcasts of the multiplexed signal, a start flag before each music title and an end flag after each music title, each start flag indicating a start position of a respective music title and each end flag indicating an end position of a respective music title; and

transmitting the multiplexed signal, wherein

the start and the end flags indicate start and end positions of music titles for accurate recording of music titles by an information processing apparatus for receiving the multiplexed signal.

5. The transmitting method of claim 4, wherein the start and end flags are inserted as packet header data or as MPEG ancillary data.

6. The transmitting method of claim 4, wherein the inserting step further comprises inserting at least one of the start and end flags within a header of each of the audio digital data packets.

7. A method of using an information processing apparatus for transmitting a multiplexed signal, the method comprising:

multiplexing by the information processing apparatus audio digital data packets of a plurality of audio channel broadcasts, digital data for an information screen corresponding to a transmitted audio broadcast and download audio data compressed in a predetermined compression format, to provide a multiplexed signal, the audio digital data of each of the audio channel broadcasts comprising a plurality of identical music titles repeatedly transmitted within a program period, the download audio data comprising compressed music titles corresponding to the music titles of each of the audio channel broadcasts;

inserting, by the information processing apparatus, for each respective music title of each of the plurality of audio channel broadcasts of the multiplexed signal, a start flag before each music title and an end flag after each music title, each start flag indicating a start position of a respective music title and each end flag indicating an end position of a respective music title; and

transmitting the multiplexed signal, wherein

the start and the end flags indicate start and end positions of music titles for accurate recording of music titles by an information processing apparatus for receiving the multiplexed signal.

8. The transmitting method of claim 7, wherein the music titles within the download audio data are contained within data packets and the method further comprises inserting a header for each of the data packets.

9. The transmitting method of claim 7, wherein the start and end flags are inserted as packet header data or as MPEG ancillary data.

10. A transmitting apparatus for multiplexing audio digital data packets of a plurality of audio channel broadcasts and digital data for an information screen corresponding to a transmitted audio broadcast, the audio digital data of each of the audio channel broadcasts comprising a plurality of identical music titles repeatedly transmitted within a program period, the transmitting apparatus comprising:

an identification signal generating circuit for inserting, for each respective music title of each of the plurality of audio channel broadcasts, a start flag before each music title and an end flag after each music title, each start flag indicating a start position of a respective music title and each end flag indicating an end position of a respective music title, wherein

the start and the end flags indicate start and end positions of music titles for accurate recording of music titles by a receiving apparatus for receiving the multiplexed signal.

11. The transmitting apparatus of claim 10, wherein the start and end flags are inserted as packet header data or as MPEG ancillary data.

12. The transmitting apparatus of claim 10, wherein at least one of the start and end flags are inserted within a header of each of the audio digital data packets.

13. A transmitting apparatus for multiplexing audio digital data packets of a plurality of audio channel broadcasts, digital data for an information screen corresponding to a transmitted audio broadcast and download audio data compressed in a predetermined compression format, the audio digital data of each of the audio channel broadcasts comprising a plurality of identical music titles repeatedly transmitted within a program period, the download audio data comprising compressed music titles corresponding to the music titles of each of the audio channel broadcasts, the transmitting apparatus comprising:

an ID adding circuit for inserting, for each respective music title of each of the plurality of audio channel broadcasts, a start flag before each music title and an end flag after each music title, each start flag indicating a start position of a respective music title and each end flag indicating an end position of a respective music title, wherein

the start and the end flags indicate start and end positions of music titles for accurate recording of music titles by a receiving apparatus for receiving the multiplexed signal.

14. The transmitting apparatus of claim 13, wherein the music titles within the download audio data are contained within data packets and the adding circuit further inserts a header for each of the data packets.

15. The transmitting apparatus of claim 13, wherein the start and end flags are inserted as packet header data or as MPEG ancillary data.