IP Library Granted Patent US 10,735,801
Granted Patent B2
US 10,735,801 · App. 16/379,424 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Broadcast receiving apparatus for receiving program contents based on location information

Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa (Kyoto, JP); Takuya Shimizu (Kyoto, JP); Yasunobu Hashimoto (Kyoto, JP); Mitsunobu Watanabe (Kyoto, JP); Nobuo Masuoka (Kyoto, JP); Masayuki Hirabayashi (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
H04N21/4334H04N5/775H04N5/91H04N21/23614H04N21/4122H04N21/433H04N21/4348H04N21/462H04N21/4821H04N21/64322H04N21/6543
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Patent No.
US 10,735,801
App. No.
16/379,424
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A digital broadcast receiving apparatus executing a function with a higher added value can include: a broadcast receiving unit configured to receive broadcasting data of broadcasting program contents and location information from a broadcast transmission path, a reference destination for obtaining data related to the broadcasting data being described in the location information; a communication unit configured to receive communication data of the program contents from the reference destination described in the location information via a communication line; a recording/reproducing unit configured to record and reproduce the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiving unit; an outputting unit configured to output the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents reproduced from the recording/reproducing unit to external equipment; and a server function unit for external equipment. The outputting unit can include a state where the location information is outputted together with reproduced broadcasting data.

Claims (38)

1. A broadcast receiving apparatus, comprising:

a broadcast receiver configured to receive broadcasting data of broadcasting program contents and location information from a broadcast transmission path, a reference destination for obtaining data related to the broadcasting data being described in the location information;

a network transceiver configured to receive data related to the broadcasting program contents from the reference destination described in the location information via a network;

a storage configured to store and reproduce the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver; and

an outputting interface configured to output the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents reproduced from the storage to external equipment,

wherein as an output state of the outputting interface, there is a state where the outputting interface is configured to output both of the data related to the broadcasting program contents received by the network transceiver and the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver as a multiplexed IP stream and where the location information in which a description of the reference destination is rewritten into a description indicating that the data related to the broadcasting program contents is multiplexed in the same IP stream as the location information is outputted together with the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents and the received data related to the broadcasting program contents.

2. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a format of the rewritten location information is the same as a format of the location information received by the broadcast receiver.

3. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein both of table information in which the location information is included at the broadcast transmission path and table information in which the rewritten location information is included to be outputted in the multiplexed IP stream from the outputting interface are MMT package table information.

4. A broadcast receiving apparatus, comprising:

a broadcast receiver configured to receive broadcasting data of broadcasting program contents and location information from a broadcast transmission path, a reference destination for obtaining data related to the broadcasting data being described in the location information;

a network transceiver configured to receive data related to the broadcasting program contents from the reference destination described in the location information via a network; and

an outputting interface configured to output the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver to external equipment,

wherein as an output state of the outputting interface, there is a state where the outputting interface is configured to output both of the data related to the broadcasting program contents received by the network transceiver and the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver as a multiplexed IP stream and where the location information in which a description of the reference destination is rewritten into a description indicating that the data related to the broadcasting program contents is multiplexed in the same IP stream as the location information is outputted together with the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents and the received data related to the broadcasting program contents.

5. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein a format of the rewritten location information is the same as a format of the location information received by the broadcast receiver.

6. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein both of table information in which the location information is included at the broadcast transmission path and table information in which the rewritten location information is included to be outputted in the multiplexed IP stream from the outputting interface are MMT package table information.

7. A broadcast receiving apparatus, comprising:

a broadcast receiver configured to receive broadcasting data of broadcasting program contents, location information, and layout control information from a broadcast transmission path, a reference destination for obtaining data related to the broadcasting data being described in the location information, the layout control information relating to a display layout of the broadcasting program contents;

a network transceiver configured to receive data related to the broadcasting program contents from the reference destination described in the location information via a network;

a storage configured to store and reproduce the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver; and

an outputting interface configured to output the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents reproduced from the storage to external equipment,

wherein as an output state of the outputting interface, there is a state where the outputting interface is configured to output both of the data related to the broadcasting program contents received by the network transceiver and the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver as a multiplexed IP stream and where the location information in which a description of the reference destination is rewritten into a description indicating that the data related to the broadcasting program contents is multiplexed in the same IP stream as the location information is outputted together with the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents, the layout control information, and the received data related to the broadcasting program contents.

8. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein a format of the rewritten location information is the same as a format of the location information received by the broadcast receiver.

9. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein both of table information in which the location information is included at the broadcast transmission path and table information in which the rewritten location information is included to be outputted in the multiplexed IP stream from the outputting interface are MMT package table information.

10. A broadcast receiving apparatus, comprising:

a broadcast receiver configured to receive broadcasting data of broadcasting program contents, location information, and layout control information from a broadcast transmission path, a reference destination for obtaining data related to the broadcasting data being described in the location information, the layout control information relating to a display layout of the broadcasting program contents;

a network transceiver configured to receive data related to the broadcasting program contents from the reference destination described in the location information via a network; and

an outputting interface configured to output the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver to external equipment,

wherein as an output state of the outputting interface, there is a state where the outputting interface is configured to output both of the data related to the broadcasting program contents received by the network transceiver and the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver as a multiplexed IP stream and where the location information in which a description of the reference destination is rewritten into a description indicating that the data related to the broadcasting program contents is multiplexed in the same IP stream as the location information is outputted together with the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents, the layout control information, and the received data related to the broadcasting program contents.

11. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 10 ,

wherein a format of the rewritten location information is the same as a format of the location information received by the broadcast receiver.

12. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 10 ,

wherein both of table information in which the location information is included at the broadcast transmission path and a table information in which the rewritten location information is included to be outputted in the multiplexed IP stream from the outputting interface are MMT package table information.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058666/0407 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058255/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2019
From: YOSHIZAWA, KAZUHIKO; SHIMIZU, TAKUYA; HASHIMOTO, YASUNOBU; WATANABE, MITSUNOBU; MASUOKA, NOBUO; HIRABAYASHI, MASAYUKI
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 048848/0857 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2015-146853 · Jul 24, 2015 · national
JP 2015-147974 · Jul 27, 2015 · national
JP 2015-148399 · Jul 28, 2015 · national
JP 2015-149626 · Jul 29, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15746670
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