Carousel exhibiting multiple occurrences of a module

• US 20030005444A1
• Filed: 06/29/2001
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Crinon, Regis J., Stanley, James C.
• Granted Patent: US 7,406,705 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23617 by inserting additional data into a data carousel, e.g. inserting software modules into a DVB carousel arrangements for broadcast or for distribution of identical information repeatedly in broadcast distribution systems H04H20/16
• 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 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• 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 21/643 Communication protocols network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP], H04L65/65
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• 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 21/84 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 7/16 Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems

Abstract

A carousel having multiple instances of at least one data or object module. The carousel may be encapsulated into a transmission, such as an MPEG-2 transport stream, for periodic transmission to a receiver.

Claims

1. A carousel comprising:

a plurality of modules, at least one module of the plurality of modules comprising one of a data module and an object module, said at least one module exhibiting a first instance and at least a second instance.

2. The carousel of claim 1, the first instance separated from the second instance by at least one intervening different module of the plurality of modules.

3. The carousel of claim 1, said at least one module including module content, the module content representing one of television program guide information, advertising information, product information, emergency information, weather information, and news information.

4. A carousel comprising:

a first instance of a module including module content, the module comprising one of a data module and an object module;

a second instance of the module; and

at least one other module including module content, the module content of said at least one other module different than the module content of the module.

5. The carousel of claim 4, the second instance of the module separated from the first instance of the module by said at least one other module.

6. The carousel of claim 4, the module content of the module representing one of television program guide information, advertising information, product information, emergency information, weather information, and news information.

7. A transmission comprising:

a transport stream; and

a carousel encapsulated in the transport stream, the carousel having a plurality of modules, at least one module of the plurality of modules comprising one of a data module and an object module, said at least one module exhibiting a first instance and at least a second instance.

8. The transmission of claim 7, the transport stream comprising an MPEG-2 transport stream.

9. The transmission of claim 7, the transport stream comprising at least a portion of a digital television broadcast signal.

10. The transmission of claim 7, the first instance separated from the second instance by at least one intervening different module of the plurality of modules.

11. A transmission comprising:

a transport stream; and

a carousel encapsulated in the transport stream, the carousel including

a first instance of a module including module content, the module comprising one of a data module and an object module;

a second instance of the module; and

at least one other module including module content, the module content of said at least one other module different than the module content of the module.

12. The transmission of claim 11, the transport stream comprising an MPEG-2 transport stream.

13. The transmission of claim 11, the transport stream comprising at least a portion of a digital television broadcast signal.

14. The carousel of claim 11, the second instance of the module separated from the first instance of the module by said at least one other module.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising transmitting the transport stream and the encapsulated carousel to a receiver.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising periodically encapsulating the carousel into the transport stream.

18. The method of claim 15, the transport stream comprising an MPEG-2 transport stream.

19. The method of claim 15, the transport stream comprising at least a portion of a digital television broadcast signal.

15. A method comprising:

encapsulating into a transport stream a carousel having a plurality of modules, at least one module of the plurality of modules comprising one of a data module and an object module, said at least one module exhibiting a first instance and at least a second instance.

20. A method comprising:

receiving a transport stream having an encapsulated carousel, the carousel having a plurality of modules, at least one module of the plurality of modules comprising one of a data module and an object module, said at least one module exhibiting a first instance and at least a second instance; and

extracting the first and second instances of said at least one module from the transport stream.

21. The method of claim 20, the transport stream comprising an MPEG-2 transport stream.

22. The method of claim 20, the transport stream comprising at least a portion of a digital television broadcast signal.

24. The article of manufacture of claim 23, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the machine to transmit the transport stream and the encapsulated carousel to a receiver.

25. The article of manufacture of claim 23, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the machine to periodically encapsulate the carousel into the transport stream.

26. The article of manufacture of claim 23, the transport stream comprising an MPEG-2 transport stream.

27. The article of manufacture of claim 23, the transport stream comprising at least a portion of a digital television broadcast signal.

29. The article of manufacture of claim 28, the transport stream comprising an MPEG-2 transport stream.

30. The article of manufacture of claim 28, the transport stream comprising at least a portion of a digital television broadcast signal.

23. An article of manufacture comprising:

a machine accessible medium, the machine accessible medium providing instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to

encapsulate into a transport stream a carousel having a plurality of modules, at least one module of the plurality of modules comprising one of a data module and an object module, said at least one module exhibiting

a first instance, and

at least a second instance.

28. An article of manufacture comprising:

a machine accessible medium, the machine accessible medium providing instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to

receive a transport stream having an encapsulated carousel, the carousel having a plurality of modules, at least one module of the plurality of modules comprising one of a data module and an object module, said at least one module exhibiting a first instance and at least a second instance; and

extract the first and second instances of said at least one module from the transport stream.