Reception apparatus, terminal apparatus, control method, program, and communication system

• US 8,917,358 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2012
• Issued: 12/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kitazato, Naohisa, Dewa, Yoshiharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Harold, Jefferey
• Assistant Examiner(s): SANDERS, JUSTIN B
• Application Number:
  US13/554,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20130031569A1
• Time in Patent Office: 886 Days
• Field of Search: 348/723, 725/54
• US Class Current: 348/723
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23614 Multiplexing of additional data and video streams arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information H04H20/28
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4112 having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4348 Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/436 Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44227 Monitoring of local network, e.g. connection or bandwidth variations; Detecting new devices in the local network configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; monitoring connectivity in data switched networks H04L43/0811
• 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 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6371 directed to network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception portion configured to receive AV content being transmitted; a command execution portion configured to execute a first application program in response to a first command for controlling the operation of the first application program executed in interlocked related to the AV content; a command transmission portion configured to transmit to an external terminal apparatus a second command for controlling the operation of a second application program that can be executed by the terminal apparatus in interlocked relation to the AV content when the terminal apparatus is connected to the reception apparatus; and a command reception portion configured to receive the first command transmitted from the terminal apparatus executing the second application program. The command execution portion executes the first application program in response to the received first command.

Claims

1. A reception apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

receive audio visual content being transmitted;

execute a first application program in response to a first command for controlling the operation of said first application program executed in interlocked relation to said audio visual content;

transmit to an external terminal apparatus a second command for controlling the operation of a second application program that can be executed by said terminal apparatus in interlocked relation to said audio visual content when said terminal apparatus is connected to said reception apparatus; and

receive said first command transmitted from said terminal apparatus executing said second application program;

wherein said circuitry executes said first application program in response to the received first command.

2. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to

extract trigger information which is transmitted along with said audio visual content and which pertains to the control of said first application program;

and

execute said first application program in response to said first command designated by the extracted trigger information.

3. The reception apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

said trigger information includes the first command designating acquisition, registration, or activation of said first application program, or injection, suspension, or termination of an event; and

in response to said first command, said circuitry executes the acquisition, registration, or activation of said first application program, the injection of the event into the currently executing first application program, the suspension of said currently executing first application program, or the termination of said currently executing first application program.

4. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

when said terminal apparatus has yet to execute said second application program, said circuitry transmits the second command for activating said second application program; and

when said reception apparatus has terminated the execution of said first application program, said circuitry transmits the second command for terminating the execution of said second application program.

5. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

when said terminal apparatus is executing said second application program, said circuitry transmits the second command for causing said second application program to perform a specific process; and

when said reception apparatus has terminated the execution of said first application program, said circuitry transmits the second command for terminating the currently executing specific process.

6. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in response to said first command received from said terminal apparatus, said circuitry either maintains a display of information displayed by said first application program, deletes the display of said information, or updates the display of said information.

17. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to

output the received audio visual content for display, and

execute the first application in interlocked relation to the displayed audio visual content.

19. The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first application program is downloaded by the circuitry;

and

the second application program is downloaded by the external terminal apparatus.

7. A control method of a reception apparatus comprising:

receiving audio visual content being transmitted;

transmitting to an external terminal apparatus a second command for controlling the operation of a second application program that can be executed by said terminal apparatus in interlocked relation to said audio visual content when said terminal apparatus is connected to said reception apparatus;

receiving a first command transmitted from said terminal apparatus executing said second application program, said first command for controlling the operation of said first application program executed in interlocked relation to said audio visual content; and

executing, by the processor of the reception apparatus, said first application program in response to the received first command.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for controlling a reception apparatus, said program causing a computer of said reception apparatus to execute a process comprising:

receiving audio visual content being transmitted;

transmitting to an external terminal apparatus a second command for controlling the operation of a second application program that can be executed by said terminal apparatus in interlocked relation to said audio visual content when said terminal apparatus is connected to said reception apparatus;

receiving a first command transmitted from said terminal apparatus executing said second application program, said first command for controlling the operation of a first application program executed in interlocked relation to said audio visual content; and

executing, by the computer, said first application program in response to the received first command.

9. A terminal apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

receive a second command for controlling operation of a second application program executed in interlocked relation to audio visual content being received, said second command being transmitted from a reception apparatus executing a first application program in interlocked relation to the received audio visual content;

execute said second application program in response to the received second command; and

transmit to said reception apparatus a first command for controlling the operation of said first application program in accordance with the operation of said second application program.

10. The terminal apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:

when said terminal apparatus is not executing said second application program, said circuitry receives the second command for activating said second application program; and

when said reception apparatus has terminated the execution of said first application program, said circuitry receives the second command for terminating the execution of said second application program.

11. The terminal apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, when a user has permitted the activation of said second application program, said circuitry activates said second application program in response to said second command.

12. The terminal apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:

when said terminal apparatus is executing said second application program, said circuitry receives the second command for causing said second application program to execute a specific process; and

when said reception apparatus has terminated the execution of said first application program, said circuitry receives the second command for terminating the currently executing specific process.

13. The terminal apparatus according to claim 12, wherein, when a user has permitted the execution of said specific process, said circuitry causes said second application program to execute said specific process in response to said second command.

18. The reception apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the second application program is executed in interlocked relation to audio visual content being received and reproduced by the reception apparatus.

14. A control method of a terminal apparatus comprising:

receiving a second command for controlling the operation of a second application program executed in interlocked relation to audio visual content being received, said second command being transmitted from a reception apparatus executing a first application program in interlocked relation to the received audio visual content;

executing, by a processor of the terminal apparatus, said second application program in response to the received second command; and

transmitting to said reception apparatus a first command for controlling the operation of said first application program in accordance with the operation of said second application program.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for controlling a terminal apparatus, said program causing a computer of said terminal apparatus to execute a process comprising:

receiving a second command for controlling the operation of a second application program executed in interlocked relation to audio visual content being received, said second command being transmitted from a reception apparatus executing a first application program in interlocked relation to the received audio visual content;

executing, by the computer, said second application program in response to the received second command; and

transmitting to said reception apparatus a first command for controlling the operation of said first application program in accordance with the operation of said second application program.

16. A communication system comprising:

a reception apparatus; and

a terminal apparatus;

wherein said reception apparatus includes circuitry configured to

receive audio visual content being transmitted,

execute a first application program in response to a first command for controlling the operation of said first application program executed in interlocked relation to said audio visual content,

transmit to said terminal apparatus a second command for controlling the operation of a second application program that can be executed by said terminal apparatus in interlocked relation to said audio visual content when said terminal apparatus is connected to said reception apparatus, and

receive said first command transmitted from said terminal apparatus executing said second application program,

said terminal apparatus includes circuitry configured to

receive said second command transmitted from said reception apparatus,

execute said second application program in response to the received second command, and

transmit to said reception apparatus said first command in accordance with the operation of said second application program, and

said circuitry included in the reception apparatus being configured to execute said first application program in response to the received first command.