IP Library Granted Patent US 11,800,182
Granted Patent B2
US 11,800,182 · App. 17/342,842 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Broadcast receiving device

Inventors: Masayuki Hirabayashi (Ibaraki, JP); Kazuhiko Yoshizawa (Ibaraki, JP); Yasunobu Hashimoto (Ibaraki, JP); Motoyuki Suzuki (Ibaraki, JP); Tomonori Nomura (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
H04N21/435H04H20/91H04H60/13H04H60/82H04L67/52H04L69/28H04N5/775H04N9/806H04N9/8042H04N9/8205H04N21/4334H04N21/462H04N21/4722H04N21/8166H04N21/8586
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Patent No.
US 11,800,182
App. No.
17/342,842
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A broadcast receiving device is provided with: a broadcast receiving unit which receives a digital broadcast signal including broadcast program video and application-related information; a storage unit which stores the received broadcast program video and application-related information; a video decoding unit which decodes the video; an application acquisition unit which acquires an application on the basis of location information included in the application-related information; an application execution unit which executes the acquired application; an output unit which is able to output the video; and a control unit for reproducing and decoding the broadcast program video from the storage unit, reproducing the application-related information from the storage unit, acquiring the application on the basis of the location information included in the reproduced application-related information, and executing the acquired application.

Claims (15)

1. A broadcast receiving device, comprising:

a broadcast receiver that receives a digital broadcast signal including a video of a broadcast program and application-related information related to a predetermined application;

a storage that stores application expiration time limit information and location information of the predetermined application included in the application-related information received by the broadcast receiver;

a processor configured to:

decode the broadcast program video;

acquire the predetermined application from a server on a network based on the location information reproduced from the storage; and

execute the acquired predetermined application to generate an application-executed video; and

a display,

wherein the display is configured to perform displaying based on the decoded broadcast program video and/or the application-executed video, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire the predetermined application from the server upon determining that the predetermined application has not been acquired and an expiration time limit indicated in the application expiration time limit information has not expired, and

not acquire the predetermined application from the server upon determining that the predetermined application has not been acquired and an expiration time limit indicated in the application expiration time limit information has already expired.

2. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined application is an application executed in cooperation with the broadcast program.

3. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined application acquires a video from the server on the network to display the acquired video on the display.

4. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined application acquires a video related to the broadcast program from the server on the network to display the acquired video on the display.

Assignments (2)
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-270913 · Dec 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16535206 · Aug 8, 2019
Continuation 15902075 · Feb 22, 2018
Continuation 15107979
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