IP Library Granted Patent US 11,516,527
Granted Patent B2
US 11,516,527 · App. 17/357,158 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Broadcast receiver and broadcast receiving system

Inventors: Yasunobu Hashimoto (Kyoto, JP); Motoyuki Suzuki (Kyoto, JP); Kazuhiko Yoshizawa (Kyoto, JP); Nobuo Masuoka (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
H04N21/41407G06F21/629H04H60/14H04H60/72H04N21/23617H04N21/435H04N21/4312H04N21/4345H04N21/4348H04N21/472H04N21/478H04N21/488H04N21/6433H04N21/6543H04N21/8543G06F2221/2141
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Patent No.
US 11,516,527
App. No.
17/357,158
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a digital broadcast receiver capable of executing functions having higher added values. The broadcast receiver receives a broadcast wave of a digital broadcast service, controls an operation including activation and end of an application that is in cooperation with a broadcast program based on application-related information, and selects control relating to reactivation of the application based on a user's operation. If activation of the application is requested after the end of the application, the broadcast receiver controls the reactivation or non-reactivation of the application in accordance with the selection of control by the user.

Claims (32)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a broadcast wave containing a broadcast program and application related information related to an application;

a communication interface configured to communicate with a portable information terminal in cooperation with the display apparatus;

a display configured to display at least one of a video based on the broadcast program and an execution video of the application; and

a processor configured to control activation of the application on a basis of the application related information,

wherein, in a case where the activation of the application is defined or instructed by the application related information, the processor is configured to:

communicate with the portable information terminal via the communication interface;

request a user of the portable information terminal to select whether the activation of the application is allowed or not;

activate the application in a case where the activation is allowed in response to an operation of the user against the portable information terminal; and

not activate the application in a case where the activation is not allowed in response to the operation of the user against the portable information terminal.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the application acquires video content from a server via a network to present the video content to the user.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured so as not to activate the application in a case where the display apparatus cannot communicate with the portable information terminal in cooperation with the display apparatus.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to activate the application in a case where the display apparatus cannot communicate with the portable information terminal in cooperation with the display apparatus.

5. A display apparatus comprising,

a receiver configured to receive a broadcast wave containing a broadcast program and application related information related to an application;

a communication interface configured to communicate with a portable information terminal in cooperation with the display apparatus via a first network to acquire the application in cooperation with the broadcast program via a second network;

a display configured to display at least one of a video based on the broadcast program and an execution video of the application; and

a processor configured to control activation of the application on a basis of the application related information,

wherein, in a case where the activation of the application is defined or instructed by the application related information, the processor is configured to:

communicate with the portable information terminal via the communication interface;

request a user of the portable information terminal to select whether the activation of the application is allowed or not;

acquire the application via the second network and activate the application in a case where the activation is allowed in response to an operation of the user against the portable information terminal; and

not acquire the application in a case where the activation is not allowed in response to the operation of the user against the portable information terminal.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the application acquires video content from a server via a network to present the video content to the user.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the processor is configured so as not to acquire the application in a case where the display apparatus cannot communicate with the portable information terminal in cooperation with the display apparatus.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the processor is configured to acquire and activate the application in a case where the display apparatus cannot communicate with the portable information terminal in cooperation with the display apparatus.

Assignments (4)
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 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADD OMITTED 4TH ASSIGNOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 0156670 FRAME: 0763. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 29, 2021
From: YOSHIZAWA, KAZUHIKO; HASHIMOTO, YASUNOBU; SUZUKI, MOTOYUKI; MASUOKA, NOBUO
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056703/0381 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2021
From: YOSHIZAWA, KAZUHIKO; HASHIMOTO, YASUNOBU; SUZUKI, MOTOYUKI
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056670/0763 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2013-234540 · Nov 13, 2013 · national
JP 2014-099040 · May 12, 2014 · national
JP 2014-099048 · May 12, 2014 · national
JP 2014-099091 · May 12, 2014 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16843558 · Apr 8, 2020
Continuation 15878954 · Jan 24, 2018
Continuation 15036606
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