IP Library Granted Patent US 9,800,953
Granted Patent B2
US 9,800,953 · App. 14/306,066 · Granted Oct 24, 2017

Transmitting/receiving system and method for processing a broadcast signal

Inventors: Minsung Kwak (Seoul, KR); Jeongwoo Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04N21/814H04H20/59H04L1/0041H04L1/0065H04N19/89H04N21/2383H04N21/4382H04W4/22H04W4/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,800,953
App. No.
14/306,066
Granted
Oct 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and broadcast terminal for receiving an emergency alert message in a sleep mode, are discussed. In one embodiment, the method includes monitoring fast information channel (FIC) wake-up indicator in an FIC segment to determine if the broadcast terminal should be switched to an active mode to receive the emergency alert message; getting an FIC-Chunk payload responsive to the FIC wake-up indicator in the FIC segment, the FIC-Chunk payload including an emergency alert data package indicator; receiving an alert data indicated by a data package identification included in the FIC-Chunk payload, the emergency alert data package indicator indicating an emergency alert table describing the emergency alert message is carried in the data; and parsing the emergency alert message based on the emergency alert table.

Claims (31)

1. A method of receiving an emergency alert message by a broadcast terminal in a sleep mode, the method comprising:

receiving a broadcast signal including service data for a service and signaling data,

wherein the signaling data include a first signaling table and a second signaling table,

wherein the first signaling table includes first service identification information to identify the service, type information to indicate whether a type of the service is an emergency alert service, and indication information to indicate whether the service is hidden or not,

wherein the second signaling table includes the emergency alert message,

wherein the emergency alert message includes text data for an emergency notification and priority information to specify a priority of the emergency alert message,

wherein the first signaling table and the second signaling table are received in Internet Protocol (IP) packets,

wherein IP access information for accessing the first signaling table is identical to IP access information for accessing the second signaling table, and

wherein the first signaling table and the second signaling table are identified by a table identifier;

demodulating the received broadcast signal;

first decoding the service data and the signaling data in the demodulated broadcast signal; and

second decoding the first-decoded service data and the first-decoded signaling data,

wherein the method further comprises:

monitoring, by the broadcast terminal, wake-up indication information in the broadcast signal to determine if the broadcast terminal should be switched to an active mode to receive the emergency alert message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second signaling table further includes second service identification information to identify a broadcast service related to the emergency alert message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the IP access information for accessing the first signaling table and the second signaling table includes a well-known IP address and a well-known port number.

4. A broadcast terminal for receiving an emergency alert message in a sleep mode, the broadcast terminal comprising:

a tuner configured to receive a broadcast signal including service data for a service and signaling data,

wherein the signaling data include a first signaling table and a second signaling table,

wherein the first signaling table includes first service identification information to identify the service, type information to indicate whether a type of the service is an emergency alert service, and indication information to indicate whether the service is hidden or not,

wherein the second signaling table includes the emergency alert message,

wherein the emergency alert message includes text data for an emergency notification and priority information to specify a priority of the emergency alert message,

wherein the first signaling table and the second signaling table are received in Internet Protocol (IP) packets,

wherein IP access information for accessing the first signaling table is identical to IP access information for accessing the second signaling table, and

wherein the first signaling table and the second signaling table are identified by a table identifier;

a demodulator configured to demodulate the received broadcast signal;

a first decoder circuit configured to first decode the service data and the signaling data in the demodulated broadcast signal; and

a second decoder circuit configured to second decode the first-decoded service data and the first-decoded signaling data,

wherein the broadcast terminal is configured to monitor wake-up indication information in the broadcast signal to determine if the broadcast terminal should be switched to an active mode to receive the emergency alert message.

5. The broadcast terminal of claim 4 , wherein the second signaling table further includes second service identification information to identify a broadcast service related to the emergency alert message.

6. The broadcast terminal of claim 4 , wherein the IP access information for accessing the first signaling table and the second signaling table includes a well-known IP address and a well-known port number.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 14119823
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