Method for processing non-real time service and broadcast receiver

• US 8,839,329 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2014
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Song, Jae Hyung, Suh, Jong Yeul, Lee, Jun Hui, Kim, Jin Pil, Hong, Ho Taek, Kim, Kwan Suk, Yun, Chang Sik, Thomas, Gomer
• Primary Examiner(s): Chung, Jason J
• Application Number:
  US14/244,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20140208377A1
• Time in Patent Office: 166 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 725/110
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/73 using meta-information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23 Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2362 Generation or processing of Service Information [SI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/262 Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26233 involving content or additional data duration or size, e.g. length of a movie, size of an executable file
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26291 for providing content or additional data updates, e.g. updating software modules, stored at the client deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/433 Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4335 Housekeeping operations, e.g. prioritizing content for deletion because of storage space restrictions storage management, e.g. defragmentation G06F3/0604; unloading stored programs G06F9/445; storage management in file systems G06F16/10; buffering arrangements in a network node or in an end terminal in packet networks H04L49/90
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/442 Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/29; arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information H04H60/35; monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; monitoring in wireless networks H04W24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4425 Monitoring of client processing errors or hardware failure
• 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 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• 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 21/647 Control signaling between network components and server or clients; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients, e.g. controlling the quality of the video stream, by dropping packets, protecting content from unauthorised alteration within the network, monitoring of network load, bridging between two different networks, e.g. between IP and wireless real-time session protocols H04L65/1101
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8193 dedicated tools, e.g. video decoder software or IPMP tool

Abstract

A method of processing a non-real time service of a broadcast receiver includes receiving a signaling information table including additional information on contents configuring a non-real time service and a content identifier for each content, acquiring the additional information on contents and the content identifier for each content from the signaling information table, storing contents being downloaded through a FLUTE or an internet in a storage medium, based upon the additional information on contents and the content identifier for each content, and displaying a list of recordings including the contents stored in the storage medium.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting a broadcast signal for non-real time service, the method comprising:

generating the broadcast signal having the non-real time service and signaling data for signaling the non-real time service, and a file delivery element providing a means to describe attributes for files associated with a non-real time content in the non-real time service,

wherein the signaling data includes a non-real time information element containing information describing non-real time contents available for download to storage in a broadcast receiving device,

wherein the non-real time information element includes content linkage information used to link metadata in the non-real time information element to at least one file described in the file delivery element associated with the non-real time content;

transmitting the non-real time service via a broadcast channel, and the signaling data via a service signaling channel,

wherein the non-real time information element further includes content size information representing total size of the non-real time content,

wherein the content size information is used by the broadcast receiving device to determine if enough memory is available to store the non-real time content before downloading is attempted,

wherein the non-real time information table further includes content size inclusion information indicating whether the content size information is present in a loop for signaling the non-real time content, and

wherein the non-real time content is to be combined with a real-time content for providing a broadcast content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-real time service is delivered within IP packets, the IP packets associated with a virtual channel are identified by references in a Virtual Channel Table (VCT) and an associated Program Map Table (PMT) table, and

wherein the PMT has elementary packet identifier for linking to at least one of digital storage media command and control (DSM-CC) sections transmitting the signaling data.

3. An apparatus for receiving a broadcast signal for non-real time service, the apparatus comprising:

a tuner configured to receive the broadcast signal having the non-real time service and signaling data for signaling the non-real time service;

wherein the signaling data includes a non-real time information element containing information describing non-real time contents available for download to storage in a broadcast receiving device,

wherein the non-real time information element includes content linkage information used to link metadata in the non-real time information element to at least one file described in a file delivery element associated with a non-real time content, wherein the file delivery element providing a means to describe attributes for files associated with the non-real time content in the non-real time service;

a storage configured to store the at least one file associated with the non-real time content;

wherein the non-real time service is received via a broadcast channel, the signaling data is received via a service signaling channel,

wherein the non-real time information element further includes content size information representing total size of the non-real time content, wherein the content size information is used by the broadcast receiving device to determine if enough memory is available to store the non-real time content before downloading is attempted,

wherein the non-real time information element further includes content size inclusion information indicating whether the content size information is present in a loop for signaling the non-real time content, and

wherein the non-real time content is to be combined with a real-time content for providing a broadcast content.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the non-real time service is delivered within IP packets, the IP packets associated with a virtual channel are identified by references in a Virtual Channel Table (VCT) and an associated Program Map Table (PMT) table, and

wherein the PMT has elementary packet identifier for linking to at least one of digital storage media command and control (DSM-CC) sections transmitting the signaling data.