Receiving device, receiving method, program, and broadcasting system

• US 9,043,857 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2013
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Dewa, Yoshiharu
• Primary Examiner(s): SHANG, ANNAN Q
• Application Number:
  US14/025,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20140020038A1
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 725/36, 725 51- 61, 725/100, 725106-118, 725131-134, 725139-142, 709217-232
• US Class Current: 725/132
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/93 which locates resources of other pieces of information, e.g. URL [Uniform Resource Locator]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/40 characterised in that additional data relating to the broadcast data are available via a different channel than the broadcast channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25858 involving client software characteristics, e.g. OS identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4351 involving reassembling additional data, e.g. rebuilding an executable program from recovered modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8166 involving executable data, e.g. software arrangements for executing specific programs G06F9/44; broadcasting computer programmes in broadcast systems H04H20/91; involving the movement of software or configuration parameters H04L67/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a receiving device for receiving AV contents, the receiving device including: an obtaining section configured to obtain a description document described in a program language for displaying contents from a server present on a network connected with the receiving device; a determining section configured to determine whether the obtained the description document is obtained from a first server managed on a broadcaster side broadcasting the AV contents; and a controlling section configured to control execution of the obtained the description document according to a result of determination by the determining section.

Claims

1. A method of a reception apparatus for executing an application program, the method comprising:

receiving a digital television broadcast signal including a television program and a first trigger associated with the television program, the first trigger including a location of the application program associated with the television program;

outputting the television program for display to a user;

retrieving the application program based on the location included in the first trigger while the television program is outputted for display to the user;

executing, by circuitry of the reception apparatus, the application program in response to a second trigger included in the digital television broadcast signal, the application program being executed so as to be synchronized with the progress of the television program;

receiving a third trigger included in the digital television broadcast signal that indicates a predetermined event to be executed by the application program;

when the application program being executed by the circuitry is determined to be of a managed type, permitting the application program to perform a function associated with the predetermined event; and

when the application program being executed by the circuitry is determined to be of an unmanaged type, prohibiting the application program from performing the function associated with the predetermined event.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the application program is configured to concurrently display additional content with the television program.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the function associated with the predetermined event is to read predetermined information stored in a memory of the reception apparatus.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the function associated with the predetermined event is to provide predetermined information stored in a memory of the reception apparatus to an external device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the third trigger includes an event identifier that identifies the predetermined event.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of retrieving the application program comprises:

retrieving the application program from an Internet server.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising determining whether the application program is of a managed type or an unmanaged type based on whether the location of the application program is managed by a source of the digital television broadcast signal or not.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for executing an application program, the method comprising:

receiving a digital television broadcast signal including a television program and a first trigger associated with the television program, the first trigger including a location of the application program associated with the television program;

outputting the television program for display to a user;

retrieving the application program based on the location included in the first trigger while the television program is outputted for display to the user;

executing, by circuitry of the reception apparatus, the application program in response to a second trigger included in the digital television broadcast signal, the application program being executed so as to be synchronized with the progress of the television program;

receiving a third trigger included in the digital television broadcast signal that indicates a predetermined event to be executed by the application program;

when the application program being executed by the circuitry is determined to be of a managed type, permitting the application program to perform a function associated with the predetermined event; and

when the application program being executed by the circuitry is determined to be of an unmanaged type, prohibiting the application program from performing the function associated with the predetermined event.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the application program is configured to concurrently display additional content with the television program.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the function associated with the predetermined event is to read predetermined information stored in a memory of the reception apparatus.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the function associated with the predetermined event is to provide predetermined information stored in a memory of the reception apparatus to an external device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the third trigger includes an event identifier that identifies the predetermined event.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the step of retrieving the application program comprises:

retrieving the application program from an Internet server.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, further comprising determining whether the application program is of a managed type or an unmanaged type based on whether the location of the application program is managed by a source of the digital television broadcast signal or not.

15. A reception apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to

receive a digital television broadcast signal including a television program and a first trigger associated with the television program, the first trigger including a location of an application program associated with the television program;

output the television program for display to a user;

retrieve the application program based on the location included in the first trigger while the television program is outputted for display to the user;

execute the application program in response to a second trigger included in the digital television broadcast signal, the application program being executed so as to be synchronized with the progress of the television program;

receive a third trigger included in the digital television broadcast signal that indicates a predetermined event to be executed by the application program;

when the application program being executed by the circuitry is determined to be of a managed type, permit the application program to perform a function associated with the predetermined event; and

when the application program being executed by the circuitry is determined to be of an unmanaged type, prohibit the application program from performing the function associated with the predetermined event.

16. The reception apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the application program is configured to concurrently display additional content with the television program.

17. The reception apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the function associated with the predetermined event is to read predetermined information stored in a memory of the reception apparatus.

18. The reception apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the function associated with the predetermined event is to provide predetermined information stored in a memory of the reception apparatus to an external device.

19. The reception apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the third trigger includes an event identifier that identifies the predetermined event.

20. The reception apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the circuitry is further configured to retrieve the application program from an Internet server.

21. The reception apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine whether the application program is of a managed type or an unmanaged type based on whether the location of the application program is managed by a source of the digital television broadcast signal or not.