Broadcast receiver, broadcast data transmitting method and broadcast data receiving method

• US 8,291,462 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2008
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Joon Hui, Kim, Jin Pil, Lee, Mun Youl
• Primary Examiner(s): Srivastava, Vivek
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le, Rong
• Application Number:
  US12/219,320
• Publication Number:
  US 20090125945A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,551 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 725/105
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4384 involving operations to reduce the access time, e.g. fast-tuning for reducing channel switching latency
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A broadcast receiver, broadcast data transmitting method and broadcast data receiving method are disclosed, by which information on a service provided by a service provider can be provided, by which a preview can be provided, and by which a time taken for a channel switching can be reduced. The present invention includes transmitting service provider discovery information including information on a service provider, transmitting service discovery information including information on a service provided to the service provider, and transmitting a stream for the service to a connected receiver.

Claims

1. A method of receiving broadcast data, comprising the steps of:

receiving a service discovery information packet including first information on a service and extracting the first information included in the service discovery information packet, the service discovery information packet further including second information on a preview for the service;

storing the first information extracted from the service discovery information packet and making a channel map using the stored first information; and

receiving a first stream including the service and preview using the channel map,

wherein the first information includes first element providing a first IP (internet Protocol) multicast address at which the service is accessed, and second element indicating whether a streaming of the service from the multicast address uses a RTP (Real Time Protocol) or a direct UDP (User Datagram Protocol),

wherein the second information further includes at least one of third element indicating preferred preview among multiple previews for the service, the multiple previews being included in the first stream, fourth element specifying DVB triplet information of the preview, fifth element indicating a first IP multicast address for the preview, and sixth element indicating maximum bitrate for data of the preview.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein in the stream receiving step, a stream for the service of a display requested channel on a screen and receiving is received and displayed and a stream for the service of at least one buffering-set channel is buffered.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the buffering-set channel comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a neighbor channel of the display requested channel, a previously viewed channel, a user-specific viewing reserved channel and a user-preferred channel.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein in the stream receiving step, a stream of a currently displayed part in a content service provided divided into at least one or more parts is received and displayed on a screen and a stream of at least one buffering-set part is received and buffered.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the preview in the course of channel switching.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

buffering the preview.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the preview on the screen, wherein the second information includes seventh element indicating an existence of the preview.

8. A broadcast receiver comprising:

a service discovery manager receiving a service discovery information packet including first information on a service and extracting the first information included in the service discovery information packet, the service discovery information packet further including second information on a preview for the service;

a service information database unit storing the first information extracted from the service discovery information packet;

a channel manager making a channel map using the stored first information, and managing the channel map; and

an application/UI manager receiving a first stream including the service and preview using the channel map,

wherein the first information includes first element providing a first IP (internet Protocol) multicast address at which the service is accessed, and second element indicating whether a streaming of the service from the multicast address uses a RTP (Real Time Protocol) or a direct UDP (User Datagram Protocol),

wherein the second information further includes at least one of third element indicating preferred preview among multiple previews for the service, the multiple previews being included in the first stream, fourth element specifying DVB triplet information of the preview, fifth element indicating a first IP multicast address for the preview, and sixth element indicating maximum bitrate for data of the preview.

9. The broadcast receiver of claim 8, the application/UI manager receives a stream for the service of a display requested channel, displays the stream on a screen, receives a stream for the service of at least one buffering-set channel, and controls the stream to be buffered.

10. The broadcast receiver of claim 8, further comprising a storage unit receiving and storing the stream for the service of the buffering-set channel.

11. The broadcast receiver of claim 8, wherein the application/UI manager receives a stream of at least one buffering-set part of a content service divided into at least one part, displays the stream, receives a stream of at least one buffering-set part, and controls the stream to be buffered.

12. The broadcast receiver of claim 8, wherein the application/UI manager displays the preview on a screen in the course of channel switching.

13. The broadcast receiver of claim 8, wherein the application/UI manager controls the preview to be displayed on the screen, and the second information includes seventh element indicating an existence of the preview.