TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION METHOD
Suppression of the data amount of a transmission media stream and reduction of bandwidth consumption are achieved. A transmission side transmits a transmission media stream to a reception side through a predetermined transmission line, the transmission media stream being obtained by multiplexing on a time division basis a first transmission packet containing transmission media in a payload and a second transmission packet containing information on the transmission media in a payload. In this case, reference information is inserted into an insertion area for presentation control information of the transmission media, the reference information being for acquiring the presentation control information, the insertion area being provided in the payload of the second transmission packet. A reception side acquires the presentation control information based on the reference information and performs presentation control of the transmission media.
1 . A transmission apparatus, comprising:
a transmission section that transmits a transmission media stream to a reception side through a predetermined transmission line, the transmission media stream being obtained by multiplexing on a time division basis a first transmission packet containing transmission media in a payload and a second transmission packet containing information on the transmission media in a payload; and
an information insertion section that inserts reference information into an insertion area for presentation control information of the transmission media, the reference information being for acquiring the presentation control information, the insertion area being provided in the payload of the second transmission packet.
2 . The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the information insertion section inserts identification information into a predetermined area of the payload of the second transmission packet, the identification information being for identifying whether the reference information is inserted into the insertion area, the predetermined area corresponding to the insertion area.
3 . The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the information insertion section inserts version information into a predetermined area of the payload of the second transmission packet, the version information indicating a version of the presentation control information acquired by the reference information inserted into the insertion area, the predetermined area corresponding to the insertion area.
4 . The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the reference information is an URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for acquiring the presentation control information from a web server.
5 . The transmission apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the presentation control information acquired from the web server is an uncompressed HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file or a compressed HTML file.
6 . The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the transmission packets is an MMT (MPEG Media Transport) packet, and
the insertion area is an area of CI (Composition Information) content of an MCI (MMT Composition Information) table.
7 . A transmission method, comprising:
transmitting a transmission media stream to a reception side through a predetermined transmission line, the transmission media stream being obtained by multiplexing on a time division basis a first transmission packet containing transmission media in a payload and a second transmission packet containing information on the transmission media in a payload; and
inserting reference information into an insertion area for presentation control information of the transmission media, the reference information being for acquiring the presentation control information, the insertion area being provided in the payload of the second transmission packet.
8 . A reception apparatus, comprising:
a reception section that receives a transmission media stream from a transmission side through a predetermined transmission line, the transmission media stream being obtained by multiplexing on a time division basis a first transmission packet containing transmission media in a payload and a second transmission packet containing information on the transmission media in a payload, the payload of the second transmission packet including an insertion area for presentation control information of the transmission media, reference information for acquiring the presentation control information being inserted into the insertion area;
an information acquisition section that acquires the presentation control information based on the reference information inserted into the insertion area; and
a presentation control section that performs presentation control of the transmission media contained in the first transmission packet, based on the acquired presentation control information.
9 . The reception apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the payload of the second transmission packet includes a predetermined area corresponding to the insertion area, identification information for identifying whether the reference information is inserted into the insertion area being inserted into the predetermined area, and
the information acquisition section acquires, when an insertion of the reference information into the insertion area is identified by the identification information, presentation control information of the transmission media based on the reference information inserted into the insertion area.
10 . The reception apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the payload of the second transmission packet includes a predetermined area corresponding to the insertion area, version information indicating a version of the presentation control information acquired by the reference information inserted into the insertion area being inserted into the predetermined area, and
the information acquisition section acquires, when there is a change in the version indicated by the version information, the presentation control information of the transmission media based on the reference information inserted into the insertion area.
11 . The reception apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the reference information is an URL for acquiring the presentation control information from a web server.
12 . The reception apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein
the presentation control information acquired from the web server is an uncompressed HTML file or a compressed HTML file.
13 . The reception apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
each of the transmission packets is an MMT packet, and
the insertion area is an area of CI content of an MCI table.
14 . A reception method, comprising:
receiving a transmission media stream from a transmission side through a predetermined transmission line, the transmission media stream being obtained by multiplexing on a time division basis a first transmission packet containing transmission media in a payload and a second transmission packet containing information on the transmission media in a payload, the payload of the second transmission packet including an insertion area for presentation control information of the transmission media, reference information for acquiring the presentation control information being inserted into the insertion area;
acquiring the presentation control information of the transmission media based on the reference information inserted into the insertion area; and
performing presentation control of the transmission media based on the acquired presentation control information.
15 . A reception apparatus, comprising:
a reception section that receives a transmission media stream in which reference information for acquiring presentation control information of transmission media is embedded; and
a processing section that processes the received transmission media stream.
16 . The reception apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein
the processing section includes a web browser, the web browser acquiring the presentation control information from a web server based on the reference information and performing processing of presenting the transmission media.
17 . The reception apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein
the transmission media stream includes a first transmission packet and a second transmission packet that are multiplexed on a time division basis, the first transmission packet containing the transmission media in a payload, the second transmission packet containing information on the transmission media in a payload, and
the reference information is inserted into an insertion area for the presentation control information of the transmission media, the insertion area being provided in the payload of the second transmission packet.