IP Library Granted Patent US 11,057,668
Granted Patent B2
US 11,057,668 · App. 16/535,206 · Granted Jul 6, 2021

Broadcast receiving device

Inventors: Masayuki Hirabayashi (Ibaraki, JP); Kazuhiko Yoshizawa (Ibaraki, JP); Yasunobu Hashimoto (Ibaraki, JP); Motoyuki Suzuki (Ibaraki, JP); Tomonori Nomura (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
H04N21/435H04H20/91H04H60/13H04H60/82H04L67/18H04L69/28H04N5/775H04N9/806H04N9/8042H04N9/8205H04N21/4334H04N21/462H04N21/4722H04N21/8166H04N21/8586
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Patent No.
US 11,057,668
App. No.
16/535,206
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A broadcast receiving device is provided with: a broadcast receiving unit which receives a digital broadcast signal including broadcast program video and application-related information; a storage unit which stores the received broadcast program video and application-related information; a video decoding unit which decodes the video; an application acquisition unit which acquires an application on the basis of location information included in the application-related information; an application execution unit which executes the acquired application; an output unit which is able to output the video; and a control unit for reproducing and decoding the broadcast program video from the storage unit, reproducing the application-related information from the storage unit, acquiring the application on the basis of the location information included in the reproduced application-related information, and executing the acquired application.

Claims (29)

1. A broadcast receiving device which is capable of executing an application in cooperation with a broadcast program and capable of receiving a digital broadcast signal of a digital broadcast, comprising:

a broadcast receiver that receives the digital broadcast signal including a broadcast program video and application-related information;

a storage that stores application expiration time limit information and location information included in the application-related information;

a processor configured to:

decode the broadcast program video;

acquire a predetermined application from a server, on a network, on the basis of the location information reproduced from the storage; and

execute the acquired predetermined application to generate an application-executed video; and

a display,

wherein the display is configured to perform displaying based on the decoded video and/or the application-executed video,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

not execute the acquired predetermined application and control the display to perform displaying of a message indicating that an expiration time limit of the predetermined application has expired upon determining that the predetermined application has already been acquired and the expiration time limit indicated in the application expiration time limit information has already expired, and

not acquire the predetermined application from the server upon determining that the predetermined application has not been acquired and the expiration time limit indicated in the application expiration time limit information has already expired.

2. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the application expiration time limit information is information indicating a time limit within which the application already acquired can be executed.

3. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the application expiration time limit information is information indicating the expiration time limit within which the predetermined application can be acquired.

4. A broadcast receiving device which is capable of executing an application in cooperation with a broadcast program and capable of receiving a digital broadcast signal of a digital broadcast, comprising:

a broadcast receiver that receives the digital broadcast signal including a broadcast program video and application-related information;

a storage that stores application expiration time limit information and location information included in the application-related information;

a processor configured to:

decode the broadcast program video;

acquire a predetermined application from a server, on a network, on the basis of the location information reproduced from the storage;

store the acquired predetermined application in the storage; and

execute the acquired predetermined application to generate an application-executed video; and

a display,

wherein the display is configured to perform displaying based on the decoded video and/or the application-executed video, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

not execute the acquired predetermined application and delete the acquired predetermined application from the storage upon determining that the predetermined application has already been acquired and the expiration time limit indicated in the application expiration time limit information has already expired, and

not acquire the predetermined application from the server upon determining that the predetermined application has not been acquired and the expiration time limit indicated in the application expiration time limit information has already expired.

5. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 4 , wherein the application expiration time limit information is information indicating a time limit within which the application already acquired can be executed.

6. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 4 , wherein the application expiration time limit information is information indicating the expiration time limit within which the predetermined application can be acquired.

Assignments (2)
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2013-270913 · Dec 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15902075 · Feb 22, 2018
Continuation 15107979
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