IP Library Granted Patent US 11,044,517
Granted Patent B2
US 11,044,517 · App. 16/529,440 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Receiving device, receiving method, transmitting device, and transmitting method

Inventors: Naohisa Kitazato (Tokyo, JP); Yasuaki Yamagishi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
H04N21/4343H04H20/95H04N21/2362H04N21/23605H04N21/42684H04N21/434H04N21/438H04N21/4345H04N21/4622H04N21/64322H04N21/64707
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Patent No.
US 11,044,517
App. No.
16/529,440
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A receiving device including a receiver and processing circuitry is provided. The receiver is configured to receive a broadcast stream. The broadcast stream includes a plurality of services. Each of the plurality of services includes one or a plurality of components and a first control signal transmitted by a unidirectional transport session. The processing circuitry is configured to process the one or the plurality of components constituting a particular service of the plurality of services included in the broadcast stream, and process the first control signal of the particular service received from signals transmitted by the unidirectional transport session according to an Internet Protocol (IP) address. Each of the plurality of services is associated with a different IP address that is contained in packets of the one or the plurality of components and the first control signal of the respective service, and in an IP layer.

Claims (41)

1. A receiving device, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a broadcast stream, the broadcast stream including a plurality of services, each of the plurality of services including one or a plurality of components and a first control signal transmitted by a unidirectional transport session; and

processing circuitry configured to process the one or the plurality of components constituting a particular service of the plurality of services included in the broadcast stream, and process the first control signal of the particular service received from signals transmitted by the unidirectional transport session according to an Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein

each of the plurality of services is associated with a different IP address that is contained in packets of the one or the plurality of components and the first control signal of the respective service, and in an IP layer, wherein no transport layer exists between the IP layer and a physical layer in a protocol stack.

2. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein

the broadcast stream is broadcast according to an IP transmission method, and

the first control signal is used in a first layer that is higher than the IP layer of the protocol stack of the IP transmission method, and at least contains information about the one or the plurality of components constituting the particular service.

3. The receiving device according to claim 2 , wherein

the broadcast stream includes a second control signal used in a second layer that is lower than the first layer, and

the second control signal at least contains an identification for identifying a network, an identification for identifying a transport stream, and an identification for identifying a service.

4. The receiving device according to claim 3 , wherein the first control signal of the particular service transmitted by the unidirectional transport session is designated based on uniform resource locator (URL) information contained in an electronic service guide in the broadcast stream for designating the first control signal of the particular service.

5. The receiving device according to claim 3 , wherein the second control signal contains information indicating whether the particular service is on the air.

6. The receiving device according to claim 3 , wherein the first control signal of the particular service and the second control signal are contained in a service guide delivery unit (SGDU) container and transmitted.

7. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the unidirectional transport session is a file delivery over unidirectional transport (FLUTE) session.

8. A receiving method comprising:

receiving a broadcast stream, the broadcast stream including a plurality of services, each of the plurality of services including one or a plurality of components and a first control signal transmitted by a unidirectional transport session; and

processing the one or the plurality of components constituting a particular service of the plurality of services included in the broadcast stream, and processing the first control signal of the particular service received from signals transmitted by the unidirectional transport session according to an Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein

each of the plurality of services is associated with a different IP address that is contained in packets of the one or the plurality of components and the first control signal of the respective service, and in an IP layer, wherein no transport layer exists between the IP layer and a physical layer in a protocol stack.

9. The receiving method according to claim 8 , wherein

the broadcast stream is broadcast according to an IP transmission method, and

the first control signal is used in a first layer that is higher than the IP layer of the protocol stack of the IP transmission method, and at least contains information about the one or the plurality of components constituting the particular service.

10. The receiving method according to claim 9 , wherein

the broadcast stream includes a second control signal used in a second layer that is lower than the first layer, and

the second control signal at least contains an identification for identifying a network, an identification for identifying a transport stream, and an identification for identifying a service.

11. The receiving method according to claim 10 , wherein the first control signal of the particular service transmitted by the unidirectional transport session is designated based on uniform resource locator (URL) information contained in an electronic service guide in the broadcast stream for designating the first control signal of the particular service.

12. The receiving method according to claim 10 , wherein the second control signal contains information indicating whether the particular service is on the air.

13. The receiving method according to claim 10 , wherein the first control signal of the particular service and the second control signal are contained in a service guide delivery unit (SGDU) container and transmitted.

14. The receiving method according to claim 8 , wherein the unidirectional transport session is a file delivery over unidirectional transport (FLUTE) session.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when being executed by processing circuitry of a receiving device, cause the processing circuitry to perform a method comprising:

receiving a broadcast stream, the broadcast stream including a plurality of services, each of the plurality of services including one or a plurality of components and a first control signal transmitted by a unidirectional transport session; and

processing the one or the plurality of components constituting a particular service of the plurality of services included in the broadcast stream, and processing the first control signal of the particular service received from signals transmitted by the unidirectional transport session according to an Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein

each of the plurality of services is associated with a different IP address that is contained in packets of the one or the plurality of components and the first control signal of the respective service, and in an IP layer, wherein no transport layer exists between the IP layer and a physical layer in a protocol stack.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein

the broadcast stream is broadcast according to an IP transmission method, and

the first control signal is used in a first layer that is higher than the IP layer of the protocol stack of the IP transmission method, and at least contains information about the one or the plurality of components constituting the particular service.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 16 , wherein

the broadcast stream includes a second control signal used in a second layer that is lower than the first layer, and

the second control signal at least contains an identification for identifying a network, an identification for identifying a transport stream, and an identification for identifying a service.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein the first control signal of the particular service transmitted by the unidirectional transport session is designated based on uniform resource locator (URL) information contained in an electronic service guide in the broadcast stream for designating the first control signal of the particular service.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein the second control signal contains information indicating whether the particular service is on the air.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein the first control signal of the particular service and the second control signal are contained in a service guide delivery unit (SGDU) container and transmitted.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2020
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 053537/0870 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2020
From: KITAZATO, NAOHISA; YAMAGISHI, YASUAKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053522/0785 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-209056 · Oct 4, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16053517 · Aug 2, 2018
Continuation 14914950
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