Reception apparatus, reception method, transmission apparatus, transmission method, and program

1. A reception apparatus comprising:

one or more receivers configured to:

receive broadcast content transmitted using digital broadcasting; and

one or more processors configured to:

obtain transmission data other than data-broadcast content, the transmission data being transmitted in a data carousel transmission scheme using the digital broadcasting, wherein the transmission data corresponds to control information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed, by the one or more processors, in conjunction with the broadcast content;

obtain identification information on a module for transmitting the control information, the identification information being described in an additional data descriptor different from a data-encoding-scheme descriptor in a data elementary stream description region of a PMT (Program Map Table) transmitted using the digital broadcasting, wherein the control information is obtained from the module identified by the obtained identification information; and

control the operation of the application program distributed via a network in accordance with the control information.

2. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein information indicating a type of the transmission data is described in the additional data descriptor.

3. The reception apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, when the control information is specified as the type, the one or more processors control the operation of the application program in accordance with set content described in the additional data descriptor.

4. The reception apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein, when the control information is specified as the type, information indicating a transmission scheme of the control information is described as additional information in the additional data descriptor.

5. The reception apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein, when the control information is specified as the type, information indicating priority of activation between the application program and the data-broadcast content is described as additional information in the additional data descriptor.

6. A reception apparatus comprising:

one or more receivers configured to:

receive broadcast content transmitted using digital broadcasting; and

one or more processors configured to:

obtain transmission data other than data-broadcast content, the transmission data being transmitted in a data carousel transmission scheme using the digital broadcasting, wherein the transmission data corresponds to control information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed, by the one or more processors, in conjunction with the broadcast content;

obtain identification information on a module for transmitting the control information obtained from a DII (Download Info Indication) storing directory information on a DDB (Download Data Block) in the data carousel transmission scheme; and

obtain the control information from the module identified by the obtained identification information, wherein when the control information is specified as a default and described in a reserve region of a data-encoding-scheme descriptor in a data elementary stream description region of a PMT (Program Map Table) transmitted using the digital broadcasting, the one or more processors control the operation of the application program in accordance with set content determined in advance.

7. The reception apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein, when the control information specified as the default is not transmitted, information indicating a transmission scheme of the control information is described as additional information in the reserve region.

8. The reception apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein, when the control information specified as the default is not transmitted, information indicating priority of activation between the application program and the data-broadcast content is described as additional information in the reserve region.

9. A reception method of a reception apparatus, the reception method comprising:

receiving, by the reception apparatus, broadcast content transmitted using digital broadcasting;

obtaining, by the reception apparatus, transmission data other than data broadcast content, the transmission data being transmitted in a data carousel transmission scheme using the digital broadcasting wherein the transmission data corresponds to control information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed, by the one or more processors, in conjunction with the broadcast content;

obtaining, by the reception apparatus, identification information on a module for transmitting the control information, the identification information being described in an additional data descriptor different from a data-encoding-scheme descriptor in a data elementary stream description region of a PMT (Program Map Table) transmitted using the digital broadcasting, wherein the control information is obtained from the module identified by the obtained identification information; and

controlling, by the reception apparatus, the operation of the application program distributed via a network in accordance with the control information.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon a set of computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform the steps comprising:

receiving broadcast content transmitted using digital broadcasting;

obtaining transmission data other than data-broadcast content, the transmission data being transmitted in a data carousel transmission scheme using the digital broadcasting wherein the transmission data corresponds to control information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in conjunction with the broadcast content;

obtaining identification information on a module for transmitting the control information, the identification information being described in an additional data descriptor different from a data-encoding-scheme descriptor in a data elementary stream description region of a PMT (Program Map Table) transmitted using the digital broadcasting, wherein the control information is obtained from the module identified by the obtained identification information; and

controlling the operation of the application program distributed via a network in accordance with the control information.

11. A transmission apparatus comprising:

one or more transmitters configured to:

transmit broadcast content using digital broadcasting; and

transmit transmission data other than data-broadcast content, the transmission data being transmitted in a data carousel transmission scheme using the digital broadcasting, wherein the transmission data corresponds to control information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed, by a reception apparatus, in conjunction with the broadcast content, wherein identification information on a module for transmitting the control information is described in an additional data descriptor different from a data-encoding-scheme descriptor in a data elementary stream description region of a PMT (Program Map Table) transmitted using the digital broadcasting.

12. A transmission method of a transmission apparatus, the transmission method comprising:

transmitting, by the transmission apparatus, broadcast content using digital broadcasting; and

transmitting, by the transmission apparatus, transmission data other than data-broadcast content, the transmission data being transmitted in a data carousel transmission scheme using the digital broadcasting, wherein the transmission data corresponds to control information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed, by a reception apparatus, in conjunction with the broadcast content, wherein identification information on a module for transmitting the control information is described in an additional data descriptor different from a data-encoding-scheme descriptor in a data elementary stream description region of a PMT (Program Map Table) transmitted using the digital broadcasting.