Digital broadcast receiver and reception method

• US 8,763,048 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2009
• Issued: 06/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Ryuhsuke, Shimizu, Toshinori, Yamada, Hajime
• Primary Examiner(s): Sheleheda, James R
• Application Number:
  US13/122,764
• Publication Number:
  US 20110197245A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,723 Days
• Field of Search: 725/50, 725/54, 725/105, 725/110, 725/132
• US Class Current: 725/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/82 using signals not modulated onto a carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/82 the transmission system being the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• 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: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• 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 21/4383 Accessing a communication channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44209 Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4432 Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

If there is a service provider for which basic registration has already been performed, the processing proceeds to step S15 to determine whether there is an IP broadcast service or not. If no IP broadcast service is provided, the processing proceeds to step S17 to determine whether there is another service provider for which the basic registration has already been performed. If no other service provider for which the basic registration has already been performed is found in this determination, a transition is made to a portal site of the service provider for which the basic registration has already been performed. If it is determined that an IP broadcast service is provided in step S15, the processing proceeds to step S16 to perform a caution display. In the caution display, a display is made to prompt acquisition of channel information. In the case of acquiring channel information, an indication informing the user is displayed so that the channel information can be acquired at this phase. Thereby, when IP broadcasting is selected, the receiver determines whether there is a broadcast viewable with the receiver and changes a screen after transition, thus enabling the user to perform an operation without any confusion.

Claims

1. A digital broadcast receiver, comprising:

a controller configured to perform, at initial startup, control such that, among settings concerning an IPTV function, a process to set an IP address and DNS, a process to acquire CDN configuration information, and a process to acquire PF configuration information are performed at a first timing while a process to require the acquirement of channel information is not performed at the first timing, wherein

the controller performs a caution display requiring user input to approve initiation of acquiring of the channel information when there is a service provider for which basic registration has already been performed at next start-up timing.

2. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1, characterized in that even if a service provider for which the basic registration has already been performed exists but does not provide an IP broadcast service;

but if there is another service provider for which the basic registration has already been performed, the controller determines whether there is an IP broadcast service again at the next start-up timing.

3. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 2, characterized in that the controller transitions to a top page of a service when there is no service provider for which the basic registration has already been performed at the next start-up timing.

4. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1, characterized in that if a service provider for which the basic registration has already been performed exists but does not provide an IP broadcast service;

and

if there is no other service provider for which the basic registration has already been performed, the controller transitions to a portal site set in the basic registration at the next start-up timing.

5. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 4, characterized in that the controller transitions to a top page of a service when there is no service provider for which the basic registration has already been performed at the next start-up timing.

6. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1, characterized in that the controller transitions to a top page of a service when there is no service provider for which the basic registration has already been performed at next start-up timing.

7. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1, characterized in that the controller transitions to a top page of a service when there is no service provider for which the basic registration has already been performed at the next start-up timing.

8. A reception method in a digital broadcast receiver capable of receiving an IP broadcast, comprising:

performing, at initial startup,

a process step of setting an IP address and DNS,

a process step of acquiring CDN configuration information,

a process step of acquiring PF configuration information at a first timing, while skipping a process step of requiring the acquirement of channel information at the first timing, among settings concerning an IPTV function, and

performing a caution display requiring user input to approve initiation of acquiring of the channel information when there is a service provider for which basic registration has already been performed at next start-up timing.

9. A tangible non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform a method, comprising:

performing, at initial startup,

a process step of setting an IP address and DNS,

a process step of acquiring CDN configuration information,

a process step of acquiring PF configuration information at a first timing, while skipping a process step of requiring the acquirement of channel information at the first timing, among settings concerning an IPTV function, and

performing a caution display requiring user input to approve initiation of acquiring of the channel information when there is a service provider for which basic registration has already been performed at next start-up timing.