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US 11,336,937 · App. 17/120,089 · Granted May 17, 2022

Transport and acquisition of DRM-related information

Inventors: Mark Eyer (Woodinville, WA); Tatsuya Igarashi (Tokyo, JP); Brant Candelore (San Diego, CA); Paul Hearty (Poway, CA)
Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
H04N21/2541H04N21/4345H04N21/4627H04N21/64322
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Patent No.
US 11,336,937
App. No.
17/120,089
Granted
May 17, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reception apparatus includes receiver and processing circuitry. The receiving circuitry is configured to receive a broadcast stream. The processing circuitry is configured to extract a service list table (SLT) from the broadcast stream. The SLT includes service information for each of a plurality of services in the broadcast stream. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the broadcast stream includes a digital rights management (DRM) service that is supported by the reception apparatus based on service category information in the service information for the plurality of services in the broadcast stream. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire DRM-related information, which is associated with the reception apparatus and delivered in the DRM service, based on a determination that the broadcast stream includes the DRM service that is supported by the reception apparatus.

Claims (33)

1. A reception apparatus, comprising:

receiver circuitry configured to receive a broadcast stream including a service list table (SLT) and a digital rights management (DRM) data service, the SLT including service information for the DRM data service; and

processing circuitry configured to

extract the service information for the DRM data service from the SLT included in the received broadcast stream, the service information for the DRM data service including a DRM system identifier, and

acquire DRM information from the DRM data service based on the DRM data service being supported by the reception apparatus and one or more conditions regarding a user of the reception apparatus being satisfied.

2. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to decrypt scalable content based on the DRM information.

3. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more conditions regarding the user includes a payment to a content provider.

4. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more conditions regarding the user includes filling out a questionnaire.

5. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more conditions regarding the user includes sharing history information.

6. The reception apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the shared history information includes viewing or browsing information.

7. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more conditions regarding the user includes sharing demographic information.

8. The reception apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the demographic information includes gender, age, or marital status information.

9. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the SLT includes location information of a service layer signaling (SLS) and the processing circuitry is configured to acquire the SLS signaling based on the location information included in the SLT.

10. The reception apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the SLS includes metadata for a file carried in a layered coding transport (LCT) channel.

11. The reception apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the file includes the DRM information.

12. The reception apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to acquire a file which is shared among broadcast applications based on metadata included in the SLS.

13. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more conditions is defined by a broadcaster.

14. A method of a reception apparatus for acquiring digital rights management (DRM) information comprising:

receiving, by processing circuitry of the reception apparatus, a broadcast stream including a service list table (SLT) and a digital rights management (DRM) data service, the SLT including service information for the DRM data service;

extracting, by the processing circuitry of the reception apparatus, the service information for the DRM data service from the SLT included in the received broadcast stream, the service information for the DRM data service including a DRM system identifier, and

acquiring, by the processing circuitry of the reception apparatus, DRM information from the DRM data service based on the DRM data service being supported by the reception apparatus and one or more conditions regarding a user of the reception apparatus being satisfied.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the one or more conditions regarding the user includes a payment to a content provider.

16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the one or more conditions regarding the user includes filling out a questionnaire.

17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the one or more conditions regarding the user includes sharing history information.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the shared history information includes viewing or browsing information.

19. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the one or more conditions regarding the user includes sharing demographic information.

20. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the demographic information includes gender, age, or marital status information.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method of a reception apparatus for acquiring digital rights management (DRM) information, the method comprising:

receiving a broadcast stream including a service list table (SLT) and a digital rights management (DRM) data service, the SLT including service information for the DRM data service;

extracting the service information for the DRM data service from the SLT included in the received broadcast stream, the service information for the DRM data service including a DRM system identifier, and

acquiring DRM information from the DRM data service based on the DRM data service being supported by the reception apparatus and one or more conditions regarding a user of the reception apparatus being satisfied.

22. A television comprising the reception apparatus of claim 1 .

23. A television including a reception apparatus and operating according to the method of claim 14 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2021
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 055649/0604 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2020
From: EYER, MARK; IGARASHI, TATSUYA; CANDELORE, BRANT; HEARTY, PAUL
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054623/0404 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16796886 · Feb 20, 2020
Continuation 16250582 · Jan 17, 2019
Continuation 15680068 · Aug 17, 2017
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