Systems, devices, and methods for managing changes to data

• US 9,055,327 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2007
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Company KG (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Heuer, Jrg, Winter, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhong, Jun Fei
• Application Number:
  US12/281,040
• Publication Number:
  US 20110162028A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,042 Days
• Field of Search: 725/62, 725/59, 725/50, 725/144, 725/151
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26266 for determining content or additional data repetition rate, e.g. of a file in a DVB carousel according to its importance arrangements for broadcast or for distribution of identical information repeatedly in broadcast distribution systems H04H20/16
• 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 21/4349 by extracting from data carousels, e.g. extraction of software modules from a DVB carousel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4586 Content update operation triggered locally, e.g. by comparing the version of software modules in a DVB carousel to the version stored locally deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction of the data by redundancy during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Certain exemplary embodiments can provide and/or utilize a system, device, and/or method for managing changes to data, such as a method that includes transmitting a change to a static object (SO1) by means of a change object (SO*) in a data distribution service that communicates a plurality of static objects (SO1, . . . , SO5) via a carousel transmission (KUE) and real time data (RD) via a streaming transmission (SUE), wherein the change object (SO*) is formed on the basis of at least one information item (I*) to be changed and on the basis of at least one change rule (R*) specifying a procedure for carrying out the change, and the change object (SO*) is communicated via the streaming transmission (SUE).

Claims

1. A method comprising:

in a data distribution service that communicates a plurality of static objects (SO1, . . . , SO5) via a carousel transmission (KUE) and communicates real time data (RD) via a streaming transmission (SUE),

transmitting a change object (SO*) that defines how to change a static object (SO1) in the plurality of static objects (SO1, . . . , SO5) to a changed static object (SO1′

), wherein;

the change object (SO*) comprises an indication of at least one information item (I*) to be changed in the static object (SO1) and comprises at least one explicit change rule (R*) that specifies a procedure for changing the static object (SO1) to the changed static object (SO1′

), and

the change object (SO*) is communicated in real time with the aid of the streaming transmission (SUE); and

wherein the change object (SO*) is filtered out of the streaming transmission (SUE), and the static object (SO1) to be changed is changed into the changed static object (SO1′

) on the basis of the change object (SO*) without the changed static object (SO1′

) being transmitted via the carousel transmission (KUE).

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the static object (SO1) to be changed is selected on the basis of an identification indication (ID) comprised in the at least one explicit change rule (R*).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

a first version number (VER1) comprised in the at least one explicit change rule (R*) is entered into the static object (SO1) to be changed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

a time indication (T) comprised in the at least one explicit change rule (R*) is entered into the change object (SO*), the time indication (T) specifying a time for carrying out the at least one explicit change rule (R*).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the static object (SO1) is changed on the basis of at least one predetermined version number (VER2) comprised in the at least one explicit change rule (R*) if a further version number (VER3) of a further static object (SO3) has a value greater than or equal to the at least one predetermined version number (VER2).

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

a further static object (SO4) is changed on the basis of at least one additional explicit change rule (RX*) in the change object (SO*).

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

in a transmitter, the static object (SO1) to be changed is changed into the changed static object (SO1′

) on the basis of the change object (SO*), at least the changed static object (SO1′

) is communicated via the carousel transmission (KUE).

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

prior to transmission, the change object (SO*) is protected via an error protection method for reducing transmission errors.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the change object (SO*) comprises an explicit time indication (T) that specifies a specific point in time for carrying out the at least one explicit change rule (R*).

10. A transmitter (S) in a data distribution service, the transmitter configured for communicating a plurality of static objects (SO1, . . . , SO5) by means of a carousel transmission (KUE) and real time data (RD) via a streaming transmission (SUE), wherein:

the transmitter is configured for forming a change object (SO*), the change object (SO*) comprising an indication of an information item (I*) to be changed and an explicit change rule (R*) specifying a procedure for carrying out a change of a static object (SO1) of the plurality of static objects (SO1, . . . , SO5) to the changed static object (SO1′

); and

the transmitter is configured for transmitting the change object (SO*) via the streaming transmission (SUE); and

wherein the procedure for carrying out the change of the static object (SO1) of the plurality of static objects (SO1, . . . , SO5) to the changed static object (SO1′

) enables the static object (SO1) to be changed at a receiver (E) into the changed static object (SO1′

) on the basis of the change object (SO*) without the changed static object (SO1′

) being transmitted to the receiver (E) via the carousel transmission (KUE).

11. The transmitter (S) of claim 10, wherein:

the transmitter is configured for forming the change object (SO*), the change object (SO*) additionally comprising at least one of the following indications;

a first version number (VER1) configured for entering into the static object (SO1) to be changed;

a second version number (VER2), the change to the static object (SO1) to be changed being carried out if a further version number (VER3) of a further static object (SO3) has a value greater than or equal to the second version number (VER2);

at least one additional explicit change rule (RX*), configured for changing a further static object (SO4);

a time indication (T) comprised in the explicit change rule (R*), the time indication (T) configured for specifying a time for carrying out the explicit change rule (R*).

12. The transmitter (S) of claim 10, wherein:

the transmitter is configured for changing the static object (SO1) to be changed into the changed static object (SO1′

) on the basis of the change object (SO*) and for forwarding at least the changed static object (SO1′

) to a carousel (K), the carousel (K) configured for communicating at least the changed static object (SO1′

) to the receiver (E) via the carousel transmission (KUE).

13. The transmitter (S) of claim 10, wherein:

the change object (SO*) comprises an explicit time indication (T) that specifies a specific point in time for carrying out the at least one explicit change rule (R*).

14. A receiver (E) in a data distribution service, the receiver configured for:

receiving a plurality of static objects (SO1, . . . , SO5) via a carousel transmission (KUE); and

receiving real time data (RD) and a change object (SO*) via a streaming transmission (SUE), wherein;

a selector (AM) is configured for separating the real time data (RD) and the change object (SO*) received from the streaming transmission (SUE);

a carousel processor (KE) is configured for evaluating the change object (SO*) on the basis of at least one information item (I*) to be changed and change rule (R*), the change rule (R*) specifying a procedure for carrying out a change of a static object (SO1) in the plurality of static objects (SO1, . . . , SO5) to a changed static object (SO1′

) without the changed static object (SO1′

) being received via the carousel transmission (KUE), the change object (SO*) comprising the at least one information item (I*) and the change rule (R*);

the receiver (E) is further configured to additionally receive the changed static object (SO1′

) via the carousel transmission (KUE); and

wherein the carousel processor (KE) is configured for changing the static object (SO1) to be changed into the changed static object (SO1′

) on the basis of the change object (SO*).

15. The receiver (E) of claim 14, wherein:

the carousel processor (KE) is configured for changing the at least one static object (SO1) additionally on the basis of selecting the static object (SO1) to be changed on the basis of an identification indication (ID) comprised in the change rule (R*).

16. The receiver (E) of claim 14, wherein:

said selector (AM) is configured for correcting errors that occur on account of an erroneous streaming transmission (SUE) on the basis of an error protection method.

17. The receiver (E) of claim 14, wherein:

the carousel processor (KE) is configured for changing the at least one static object (SO1) additionally on the basis of entering a first version number (VER1) comprised in the change rule (R*) into the static object (SO1) to be changed.

18. The receiver (E) of claim 14, wherein:

the carousel processor (KE) is configured for changing the at least one static object (SO1) to be changed on the basis of at least one predetermined version number (VER2) comprised in the change rule (R*) if a further version number (VER3) of a further static object (SO3) has a value greater than or equal to the at least one predetermined version number (VER2).

19. The receiver (E) of claim 14, wherein:

the carousel processor (KE) is configured for changing the at least one static object (SO1) additionally on the basis of changing a further static object (SO4) on the basis of at least one additional change rule (RX*) in the change object (SO*).

20. The receiver (E) of claim 14, wherein:

the carousel processor (KE) is configured for changing the at least one static object (SO1) additionally on the basis of implementing the change rule (R*) with respect to a time indication (T) comprised in the change rule (R*).

21. The receiver (E) of claim 14, wherein:

the change object (SO*) comprises an explicit time indication (T) that specifies a specific point in time for carrying out the at least one explicit change rule (R*).

22. The receiver (E) of claim 14, wherein:

the change rule (R*) is an explicit change rule.