Granted Patent B2

US 10,873,495 · App. 16/730,438 · Granted Dec 22, 2020

Inventors: Minsung Kwak (Seoul, KR); Seungryul Yang (Seoul, KR); Woosuk Ko (Seoul, KR); Woosuk Kwon (Seoul, KR); Kyoungsoo Moon (Seoul, KR); Jangwon Lee (Seoul, KR); Sungryong Hong (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

H04L29/08648H04L65/4076H04L65/607H04L67/16H04L29/0809H04L29/08018H04L67/02

Abstract

Claims (70)

1. A method for delivering at least one service based on hybrid broadcast/broadband networks in a digital transmitter, the method comprising:

generating service layer signaling (SLS) information, wherein the SLS information provides information for discovery and acquisition of the at least one service and at least one content component of the at least one service, further the at least one content component comprises an audio component or a video component;

generating low level signaling (LLS) information, the LLS information including identification information for identifying a type of at least one table; and

transmitting a broadcast signal including the SLS information and the LLS information based on a broadcast network,

wherein the identification information included in the LLS information is used to represent a service list table (SLT) among the at least one table, further the SLT is used to enable a receiver to build a basic service list, and bootstrap a discovery of the SLS information for the at least one service, and

wherein the SLT includes SLS protocol information for indicating a type of a delivery protocol of the SLS information and uniform resource locator (URL) information comprising a first URL used for obtaining the SLS information via a broadband network different than the broadcast network,

wherein the first URL is used to make an hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request for requesting a specific SLS information to a signaling server, and

wherein a response message for the HTTP request from the signaling server includes a metadata envelope, and the metadata envelope includes next URL information comprising a second URL for obtaining next scheduled update for the specific SLS information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein

when the delivery protocol is a Real Time Object Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) protocol, the SLS information includes a media presentation description (MPD) fragment providing a description regarding a media presentation regarding the at least one service, and the MPD fragment includes an asset ID information for associating at least one content ID providing identification information of linear content and identification information of supplementary content of the at least one service.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein

the at least one content ID includes a first content ID providing identification information of entertainment-related supplementary content and a second content ID providing identification information of advertisement-related supplementary content.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the SLT includes service category information, and a service category includes at least one of a linear audio/video service, a service of only linear audio, an app-based service, an electronic service guide (ESG) service, or an emergency alert system (EAS) service.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein

when the service category is the ESG service, service data regarding the ESG service includes service guide information for announcing information regarding the at least one service, and the service guide information includes a service fragment having information regarding the at least one service and a content fragment having content information regarding the at least one service,

wherein the content fragment includes a preview icon element providing a third URL pointing to an icon used to represent the at least one service.

6. A digital transmitter for delivering at least one service based on hybrid broadcast/broadband networks, the digital transmitter comprising:

a processor configure to

generate service layer signaling (SLS) information, wherein the SLS information provides information for discovery and acquisition of the at least one service and at least one content component of the at least one service, further the at least one content component comprises an audio component or a video component,

generate low level signaling (LLS) information, the LLS information including identification information for identifying a type of at least one table; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a broadcast signal including the SLS information and the LLS information based on a broadcast network,

wherein the identification information included in the LLS information is used to represent a service list table (SLT) among the at least one table, further the SLT is used to enable a receiver to build a basic service list, and bootstrap a discovery of the SLS information for the at least one service, and

wherein the SLT includes SLS protocol information for indicating a type of a delivery protocol of the SLS information and uniform resource locator (URL) information comprising a first URL used for obtaining the SLS information via a broadband network different than the broadcast network, wherein the first URL is used to make an hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request for requesting a specific SLS information to a signaling server, and

wherein a response message for the HTTP request from the signaling server includes a metadata envelope, and the metadata envelope includes next URL information comprising a second URL for obtaining next scheduled update for the specific SLS information.

7. The digital transmitter of claim 6 , wherein

when the delivery protocol is a Real Time Object Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) protocol, the SLS information includes a media presentation description (MPD) fragment providing a description regarding a media presentation regarding the at least one service, and the MPD fragment includes an asset ID information for associating at least one content ID providing identification information of linear content and identification information of supplementary content of the at least one service.

8. The digital transmitter of claim 7 , wherein

the at least one content ID includes a first content ID providing identification information of entertainment-related supplementary content and a second content ID providing identification information of advertisement-related supplementary content.

9. The digital transmitter of claim 6 , wherein

the SLT includes service category information, and a service category includes at least one of a linear audio/video service, a service of only linear audio, an app-based service, an electronic service guide (ESG) service, or an emergency alert system (EAS) service.

10. The digital transmitter of claim 9 , wherein

when the service category is the ESG service, service data regarding the ESG service includes service guide information for announcing information regarding the at least one service, and the service guide information includes a service fragment having information regarding the at least one service and a content fragment having content information regarding the at least one service,

wherein the content fragment includes a preview icon element providing a third URL pointing to an icon used to represent the at least one service.

11. A method for providing at least one service based on hybrid broadcast/broadband networks in a digital receiver, the method comprising:

receiving a broadcast signal including service layer signaling (SLS) information and low level signaling (LLS) information based on a broadcast network,

wherein the SLS information provides information for discovery and acquisition of the at least one service and at least one content component of the at least one service, further the at least one content component comprises an audio component or a video component;

wherein the LLS information includes identification information for identifying a type of at least one table; and

processing the broadcast signal including the SLS information and the LLS information,

wherein the identification information included in the LLS information is used to represent a service list table (SLT) among the at least one table, further the SLT is used to enable a receiver to build a basic service list, and bootstrap a discovery of the SLS information for the at least one service, and

wherein the SLT includes SLS protocol information for indicating a type of a delivery protocol of the SLS information and uniform resource locator (URL) information comprising a first URL used for obtaining the SLS information via a broadband network different than the broadcast network,

wherein the first URL is used to make an hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request for requesting a specific SLS information to a signaling server, and

wherein a response message for the HTTP request from the signaling server includes a metadata envelope, and the metadata envelope includes next URL information comprising a second URL for obtaining next scheduled update for the specific SLS information.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein

when the delivery protocol is a Real Time Object Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) protocol, the SLS information includes a media presentation description (MPD) fragment providing a description regarding a media presentation regarding the at least one service, and the MPD fragment includes an asset ID information for associating at least one content ID providing identification information of linear content and identification information of supplementary content of the at least one service.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein

the at least one content ID includes a first content ID providing identification information of entertainment-related supplementary content and a second content ID providing identification information of advertisement-related supplementary content.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein

the SLT includes service category information, and a service category includes at least one of a linear audio/video service, a service of only linear audio, an app-based service, an electronic service guide (ESG) service, or an emergency alert system (EAS) service.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein

when the service category is the ESG service, service data regarding the ESG service includes service guide information for announcing information regarding the at least one service, and the service guide information includes a service fragment having information regarding the at least one service and a content fragment having content information regarding the at least one service,

wherein the content fragment includes a preview icon element providing a third URL pointing to an icon used to represent the at least one service.

16. A digital receiver for providing at least one service based on hybrid broadcast/broadband networks, the digital receiver comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a broadcast signal including service layer signaling (SLS) information and low level signaling (LLS) information based on a broadcast network,

wherein the SLS information provides information for discovery and acquisition of the at least one service and at least one content component of the at least one service, further the at least one content component comprises an audio component or a video component;

wherein the LLS information includes identification information for identifying a type of at least one table; and

a processor configured to process the broadcast signal including the SLS information and the LLS information,

wherein the identification information included in the LLS information is used to represent a service list table (SLT) among the at least one table, further the SLT is used to enable a receiver to build a basic service list, and bootstrap a discovery of the SLS information for the at least one service, and

wherein the SLT includes SLS protocol information for indicating a type of a delivery protocol of the SLS information and uniform resource locator (URL) information comprising a first URL used for obtaining the SLS information via a broadband network different than the broadcast network,

wherein the first URL is used to make an hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request for requesting a specific SLS information to a signaling server, and

wherein a response message for the HTTP request from the signaling server includes a metadata envelope, and the metadata envelope includes next URL information comprising a second URL for obtaining next scheduled update for the specific SLS information.

17. The digital receiver of claim 16 , wherein

when the delivery protocol is a Real Time Object Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) protocol, the SLS information includes a media presentation description (MPD) fragment providing a description regarding a media presentation regarding the at least one service, and the MPD fragment includes an asset ID information for associating at least one content ID providing identification information of linear content and identification information of supplementary content of the at least one service.

18. The digital receiver of claim 17 , wherein

the at least one content ID includes a first content ID providing identification information of entertainment-related supplementary content and a second content ID providing identification information of advertisement-related supplementary content.

19. The digital receiver of claim 16 , wherein

the SLT includes service category information, and a service category includes at least one of a linear audio/video service, a service of only linear audio, an app-based service, an electronic service guide (ESG) service, or an emergency alert system (EAS) service.

20. The digital receiver of claim 19 , wherein

when the service category is the ESG service, service data regarding the ESG service includes service guide information for announcing information regarding the at least one service, and the service guide information includes a service fragment having information regarding the at least one service and a content fragment having content information regarding the at least one service,

wherein the content fragment includes a preview icon element providing a third URL pointing to an icon used to represent the at least one service.

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