Method, computer program, reception apparatus, and information providing apparatus for trigger compaction

• US 9,980,000 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2017
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Eyer, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Parra, Omar S
• Application Number:
  US15/410,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20170201787A1
• Time in Patent Office: 488 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/13 Arrangements for device control affected by the broadcast information
• 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 21/4348 Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
• 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 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• 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 21/4888 for displaying teletext characters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6112 involving terrestrial transmission, e.g. DVB-T
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6118 involving cable transmission, e.g. using a cable modem
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6143 involving transmission via a satellite
• 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 21/84 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 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

A method, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and reception apparatus for processing application information. The reception apparatus includes circuitry configured to download application information including at least one parameter and an identifier for each of the at least one parameter. The circuitry is configured to determine whether to download additional data, including an application, based on the application information and download the additional data based on the determination of whether to download the additional data. The circuitry is configured to receive control information, including the identifier for one of the at least one parameter, and retrieve the one of the at least one parameter associated with the identifier from the application information in response to the control information. The circuitry is further configured to cause the application to perform a function based on the retrieved one of the at least one parameter.

Claims

1. A method of a reception apparatus for processing application information, comprising:

downloading, by circuitry of the reception apparatus, the application information including at least one parameter and an identifier for each of the at least one parameter;

determining, by the circuitry, whether to download additional data based on the application information, the additional data including an application;

downloading, by the circuitry, the additional data based on the determination of whether to download the additional data;

receiving, by the circuitry, control information including the identifier for one of the at least one parameter;

retrieving, by the circuitry, the one of the at least one parameter for the identifier from the application information using the identifier included in the control information; and

causing, by the circuitry, the application to perform a function based on the retrieved one of the at least one parameter.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving content via at least one of a satellite broadcast, a cable television transmission, a terrestrial television broadcast, and the Internet, the content being associated with the application; and

outputting the received content for display.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the downloading the application information comprises:

downloading the application information from a satellite broadcast, a cable television transmission, a terrestrial television broadcast, or the Internet.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving the control information comprises:

receiving the control information via a satellite broadcast, a cable television transmission, a terrestrial television broadcast, or the Internet.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the application information identifies an image associated with the identifier for the one of the at least one parameter.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control information includes an application identifier and the identifier for the one of the at least one parameter.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control information includes a media time.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the size of the control information is reduced by including the identifier for the one of the at least one parameter.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embedded therein instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of a reception apparatus for processing application information, the method comprising:

downloading application information including at least one parameter and an identifier for each of the at least one parameter;

determining whether to download additional data based on the application information, the additional data including an application;

downloading the additional data based on the determination of whether to download the additional data;

receiving control information including the identifier for one of the at least one parameter;

retrieving the one of the at least one parameter for the identifier from the application information using the identifier included in the control information; and

causing the application to perform a function based on the retrieved one of the at least one parameter.

10. A reception apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to

download application information including at least one parameter and an identifier for each of the at least one parameter;

determine whether to download additional data based on the application information, the additional data including an application;

download the additional data based on the determination of whether to download the additional data; and

receive control information including the identifier for one of the at least one parameter;

retrieve the one of the at least one parameter associated with the identifier from the application information in response to the control information; and

cause the application to perform a function based on the retrieved one of the at least one parameter.

11. The reception apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the circuitry is configured, to

receive content via at least one of a satellite broadcast, a cable television transmission, a terrestrial television broadcast, and the Internet, the content being associated with the application;

and

output the received content for display.

12. The reception apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the circuitry is configured to download the application information from a satellite broadcast, a cable television transmission, a terrestrial television broadcast, or the Internet.

13. The reception apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the circuitry is configured to receive the control information via a satellite broadcast, a cable television transmission, a terrestrial television broadcast, or the Internet.

14. The reception apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the application, information identifies an image associated with the identifier for the one of the at least one parameter.

15. The reception apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the control information includes an application identifier and the identifier for the one of the at least one parameter.

16. The reception apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the control, information includes a media time.

17. The reception apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the size of the control information is, reduced by including the identifier for the one of the at least one parameter.

18. A television set comprising the reception apparatus according to claim 10.