Data transmitting apparatus and method

• US 8,260,275 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2010
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• 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: Koga, Tadaharu, Nakatsuka, Satoko, Kikuta, Yasushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro, Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUA, QUAN M
• Application Number:
  US12/834,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20100273414A1
• Time in Patent Office: 785 Days
• Field of Search: 370/431, 370/464, 370/535, 370/490, 725/105, 725/135, 386/77, 381/14, 381/97.4, 381/315, 381/6, 381/311, 455/414.1
• US Class Current: 455/414.4
• 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 sending method includes supplying a material to a plurality of audio channels that send an entirety of a music title repeatedly for a certain unit of time. The method also includes supplying digital data for forming an audio information screen associated with an audio channel being sent. The method additionally includes supplying audio data for downloading, which is compressed in a certain compression format. Further, the method includes multiplexing the entirety of the music title repeatedly sent using the plurality of audio channels, which is supplied in the supplying the material step, the digital data for forming the audio information screen associated with the audio channel being sent, which is supplied in the supplying the digital data step, and the audio data for downloading supplied in the supplying the audio data step. In addition, the method includes sending the multiplexed data.

Claims

1. A sending apparatus, comprising:

a plurality of audio channel material supplying means for supplying a material to a plurality of audio channels that send an entirety of a music title repeatedly for a certain unit of time;

data supplying means for supplying digital data for forming an audio information screen associated with an audio channel being sent;

audio-data-for-downloading supplying means for supplying audio data for downloading, which is compressed in a certain compression format;

means for generating a start flag indicating a start position of the music title and for generating an end flag indicating an end position of the music title;

means for inserting the start flag before the music title and for inserting the end flag after the music title;

multiplexing means for multiplexing the entirety of the music title repeatedly sent using the plurality of audio channels, the digital data for forming the audio information screen associated with the audio channel being sent, and the audio data for downloading; and

sending means for sending the multiplexed data.

2. A sending method of a sending apparatus, comprising:

supplying a material to a plurality of audio channels that send an entirety of a music title repeatedly for a certain unit of time;

supplying digital data for forming an audio information screen associated with an audio channel being sent;

supplying audio data for downloading, which is compressed in a certain compression format;

generating a start flag indicating a start position of the music title;

generating an end flag indicating an end position of the music title;

inserting the start flag before the music title; and

inserting the end flag after the music title

multiplexing, by the sending apparatus, the entirety of the music title repeatedly sent using the plurality of audio channels, which is supplied in the supplying the material step, the digital data for forming the audio information screen associated with the audio channel being sent, which is supplied in the supplying the digital data step, and the audio data for downloading supplied in the supplying the audio data step; and

sending the multiplexed data.

3. The sending method according to claim 2, wherein a sound quality of the audio data for downloading is higher than a sound quality of the material.

4. The sending method according to claim 2, wherein the start and end positions of the music title are used for a recording of the music title by an information processing apparatus for receiving the multiplexed data.

5. A sending control apparatus, comprising:

a plurality of audio channel material supplying means for supplying a material to a plurality of audio channels that send an entirety of a music title repeatedly for a certain unit of time;

data supplying means for supplying digital data for forming an audio information screen associated with an audio channel being sent;

audio-data-for-downloading supplying means for supplying audio data for downloading, which is compressed in a certain compression format;

means for generating a start flag indicating a start position of the music title and for generating an end flag indicating an end position of the music title;

means for inserting the start flag before the music title and for inserting the end flag after the music title; and

multiplexing means for multiplexing the entirety of the music title repeatedly sent using the plurality of audio channels, the digital data for forming the audio information screen associated with the audio channel being sent, and the audio data for downloading,

wherein, in the plurality of audio channels, a same music material is repeatedly sent in a program within a certain time zone, and the audio data for downloading corresponding to the same music material is sent in the program, whereby a music material to be sent in the plurality of audio channels and the audio data for downloading are associated with each other.

6. A sending control method of a sending control apparatus, comprising:

supplying a material to a plurality of audio channels that send an entirety of a music title repeatedly for a certain unit of time;

supplying digital data for forming an audio information screen associated with an audio channel being sent;

supplying audio data for downloading, which is compressed in a certain compression format;

generating a start flag indicating a start position of the music title;

generating an end flag indicating an end position of the music title;

inserting the start flag before the music title; and

inserting the end flag after the music title; and

multiplexing, by the sending control apparatus, the entirety of the music title repeatedly sent using the plurality of audio channels, which is supplied in the supplying the material step, the digital data for forming the audio information screen associated with the audio channel being sent, which is supplied in the supplying the digital data step, and the audio data for downloading supplied in the supplying the audio data step,

wherein, in the plurality of audio channels, a same music material is repeatedly sent in a program within a certain time zone, and the audio data for downloading corresponding to the same music material is sent in the program, whereby a music material to be sent in the plurality of audio channels and the audio data for downloading are associated with each other.