IP Library Granted Patent US 11,729,455
Granted Patent B2
US 11,729,455 · App. 16/910,519 · Granted Aug 15, 2023

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.
H04N21/4334H04N5/775H04N5/91H04N21/23614H04N21/4122H04N21/433H04N21/4348H04N21/462H04N21/4622H04N21/4821H04N21/64322H04N21/6543
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Patent No.
US 11,729,455
App. No.
16/910,519
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
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 (27)

1. A broadcast receiving apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

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 program contents 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

a transmitting interface configured to transmit video data based on the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents reproduced from the storage to external equipment,

wherein as a transmitting state of the transmitting interface, there is a state where the transmitting interface is configured to transmit both of the video data based on the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver and second location information indicating a reference destination from which the external equipment obtains data related to the broadcasting program contents via a one cable interface,

wherein the video data based on the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver and the second location information are transmitted by using a same line of the one cable interface,

wherein the data related to the broadcasting program contents is transmitted by using a different line of the one cable interface from the line by which the video data based on the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver is transmitted, and

wherein the second location information is rewritten, by the processor, into a description indicating a server function in the broadcast receiving apparatus, and transmitted by using the same line of the one cable interface in a case where the data related to the broadcasting program contents is transmitted by using the different line of the one cable interface.

2. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a format of the second 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 included in the second location information transmitted from the transmitting interface are MPEG Media Transport (MMT) package table information.

4. A broadcast receiving apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

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 program contents 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

a transmitting interface configured to transmit video data based on the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver to external equipment,

wherein as a transmitting state of the transmitting interface, there is a state where the transmitting interface is configured to transmit both of the video data based on the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver and second location information indicating a reference destination from which the external equipment obtains data related to the broadcasting program contents via a one cable interface,

wherein the video data based on the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver and the second location information are transmitted by using a same line of the one cable interface,

wherein the data related to the broadcasting program contents is transmitted by using a different line of the one cable interface from the line by which the video data based on the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiver is transmitted, and

wherein the second location information is rewritten, by the processor, into a description indicating a server function in the broadcast receiving apparatus, and transmitted by using the same line of the one cable interface in a case where the data related to the broadcasting program contents is transmitted by using the different line of the one cable interface.

5. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein a format of the second 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 included in the second location information transmitted from the transmitting interface are MPEG Media Transport (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 Jun 24, 2020
From: YOSHIZAWA, KAZUHIKO; SHIMIZU, TAKUYA; HASHIMOTO, YASUNOBU; WATANABE, MITSUNOBU; MASUOKA, NOBUO; HIRABAYASHI, MASAYUKI
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053026/0927 →
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 (3)
Continuation 16379424 · Apr 9, 2019
Continuation 15746670
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