Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090070540 | Receiving Apparatus, Receiving Method, Transmitting Apparatus, Transmitting Method, and Medium - A receiving apparatus has a first memory area accessible by a first provider providing first contents and a second memory area accessible by a second provider providing second contents. A receiving unit receives a first access right file and a second access right file. An output unit outputs the first contents or the second contents. A memory control unit stores first information associated with the first contents in the first memory area and stores second information associated with the second contents in the second memory area. A switching unit switches from outputting the first contents to outputting the second contents. A determining unit determines whether the second provider is permitted to access the first memory area. An output controller reads the first information and outputs the second contents based on the first information to the output unit when the second provider is permitted to access the first memory area. | 03-12-2009 |
20090300696 | Receiving Apparatus, Display Control Method, and Program - A receiving apparatus includes: a receiving means for receiving broadcasted broadcast content and information relating thereto; an acquisition means for acquiring network content and information relating thereto from a predetermined server via a network; and a start-up controlling means for starting up, in a non-display state, a browser which provides a frame display of the broadcast content and the information relating to the broadcast content and also provides a frame display of the network content and the information relating to the network content, and maintaining the start-up condition of the browser, regardless of whether the receiving apparatus is in a broadcast content mode in which at least one of the broadcast content or the information relating to the broadcast content is displayed, or in a network content mode in which at least one of the network content or the information relating to the network content is displayed. | 12-03-2009 |
20090313621 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a recording medium, and a program that can run an application for playing an optical disc and an application that provides a unique function of the apparatus in cooperation with each other. A JVM converts JAVA™ bytecode into native code and executes the native code. An API library is a set of commands and functions that can be used when developing a navigation program and a set of protocols defining procedures. The navigation program is a program that reproduces data recorded on an optical disc and can control hardware of a reproducing apparatus only within the range of the API library. An application program provides a function unique to the reproducing apparatus. The navigation program and the application program execute a process in cooperation with each other using IXC. | 12-17-2009 |
20090313663 | CONTENT PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, CONTENT RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CONTENT DOWNLOADING SYSTEM - A content providing apparatus for providing a content to a content receiving apparatus. The content providing apparatus includes: a content-information providing mechanism providing content information necessary for specifying a content to be downloaded to the content receiving apparatus; a control-information providing mechanism providing download control information necessary for downloading the content and corresponding to the content specified on the basis of the content information to the content receiving apparatus; a delivery mechanism delivering a broadcast-based content using a broadcasting signal in accordance with a predetermined broadcasting schedule; and a content providing mechanism providing a communication-based content through a network in response to a request from the content receiving apparatus on the basis of the download control information. | 12-17-2009 |
20100088734 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, AND SERVER APPARATUS - A reception apparatus includes an acquisition section and a transmission section. The acquisition section acquires program information containing an ID that is assigned to a broadcast program by a broadcaster and a broadcast date and time. The transmission section transmits, to a server apparatus that manages the broadcast program using identification information formed by combination of the ID and the broadcast date and time, a request containing the identification information formed by combination of the ID and the broadcast date and time that are contained in the program information. | 04-08-2010 |
20100106800 | CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD, SHARED CONTENT OUTPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a content providing system and method, a shared content providing apparatus and method, a content output apparatus and method, and a program for making it possible to provide content to a different user without infringing on copyright. Content items are provided from a content server | 04-29-2010 |
20100211763 | Data broadcast processing device, method and program - The present invention relates to a data broadcast processing device, method, and program which enable secure control of an operation of a data broadcast processing device. Since a flag standalone is not set in a script NCL Script | 08-19-2010 |
20100223674 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTION METHOD, CONTENT PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provided a content delivery system that can deliver content by way of the Internet. In the system, a browser requests a content server to deliver a startup file. The content server transmits the startup file to the browser. The startup file describes that the content is to be delivered by streaming or that it is to be delivered by downloaded files. A content reproducing section determines if the content is that to be delivered by streaming or that to be delivered by downloaded files according to the description of the startup file it receives from the browser. A television receiving set may be used as content processing apparatus for receiving the delivery of the content from a content delivery apparatus of such a system. | 09-02-2010 |
20110096232 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND BROADCASTING SYSTEM - The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder creating an encoded content signal by encoding the content, a generator generating sign language word identification information corresponding to chronologically-ordered sign language words appearing in a speech in the content, a creating unit creating control information containing the generated chronologically-ordered sign language word identification information, a storage unit storing sign language word images for displaying a sign language video corresponding to the sign language words by grouping the sign language word images into a plurality of modules according to a frequency of appearance of the sign language words in the speech in the content, a multiplexer creating a data stream by combining the encoded content signal with the control information and by repeatedly replicating the plurality of modules at a frequency corresponding to the frequency of appearance, and a transmitter transmitting the created data stream. | 04-28-2011 |
20110219047 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of appropriately executing an application program in one program execution environment even in the case where a built-in library includes a plurality of libraries having the same library names. | 09-08-2011 |
20120005606 | DISPLAY CONTROLLING DEVICE, DISIPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides a display controlling device including: a receiving section receiving data of data broadcasting; a first display controlling section making a focus item as a predetermined item highlighted in a first display area of a display section and making an item other than the focus item normally displayed in the first display area based on the data; a second display controlling section making information corresponding to the focus item within the first display area displayed in a second display area of the display section based on the data; a selecting section selecting one of an automatic transition mode in which automatic transition of the focus item is effected and a normal mode in which the focus item is determined according to an user's operation; and a determining section determining one of a plurality of the items displayed in the first display area as the focus item. | 01-05-2012 |
20120060197 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a receiving device for receiving an AV content broadcast by a broadcasting wave, including: an obtaining section adapted to obtain a description document described in a predetermined computer language for displaying another content different from the AV content; a determining section adapted to determine whether the obtained description document is managed by a broadcaster which broadcasts the AV content or is managed by a different operator other than the broadcaster; and a controlling section adapted to control execution of the obtained description document in response to a result of the determination by the determining section. | 03-08-2012 |
20120072965 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND BROADCASTING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus for receiving AV content, including: a receiver configured to trigger information for controlling processing associated with an application program to be executed in conjugation with a progress of the AV content; a holder configured to hold the application program; and a controller configured to control a state of a first application program depending on whether first trigger information for specifying processing associated with the first application program held in the holder as a subject of control has been received in synchronization with a predetermined reception timing. | 03-22-2012 |
20120082266 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception block configured to receive broadcast content broadcast via a broadcasting network; an acquisition block configured to acquire inserted content that is inserted in the broadcast content during the reception thereof; an output block configured to output at least one of the broadcast content and the inserted content; a switch block configured to switch between the broadcast content and the inserted content outputted from the output block; and a buffer configured to sequentially store data of the received broadcast content when the broadcast content is switched to the inserted content; wherein, if the inserted content is switched to the broadcast content, the output block outputs the broadcast content from the buffer while the inserted content is outputted. | 04-05-2012 |
20120174170 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [Object] To realize processing for switching a reproduction state from broadcast data to network data and resuming the reproduction of the original broadcast data. | 07-05-2012 |
20120274848 | RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD, TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides a receiving device including, a receiver that receives AV content, a detector, an acquirer, a tentative reservation registering part, and a definitive reservation registering part. | 11-01-2012 |
20120281141 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A reception apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive a broadcast stream at least including a data stream for data broadcasting; a first style selector configured to select a display style for each of data broadcast content acquired from the broadcast stream received by the reception unit; a second style selector configured to select, when the data broadcast content corresponding to the style selected by the first style selector corresponds to a plurality of display styles, one display style out of the plurality of display styles; and a display unit configured to display the data broadcast content corresponding to the style selected by the first style selector or the second style selector. | 11-08-2012 |
20120320266 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS, BROADCAST SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A transmission apparatus including a generation unit and a transmission unit. The generation unit is configured to generate, in broadcast data, in association with a delivery data body, posting time information of the delivery data body, and identification information for identifying a delivery subject of the delivery data body, delivery data including the delivery data body, the posting time information, and the identification information. The transmission unit is configured to transmit the broadcast data including the generated delivery data such that, based on the identification information of the delivery data, a reception apparatus can receive the delivery data body corresponding to the identification information. | 12-20-2012 |
20130031569 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception portion configured to receive AV content being transmitted; a command execution portion configured to execute a first application program in response to a first command for controlling the operation of the first application program executed in interlocked related to the AV content; a command transmission portion configured to transmit to an external terminal apparatus a second command for controlling the operation of a second application program that can be executed by the terminal apparatus in interlocked relation to the AV content when the terminal apparatus is connected to the reception apparatus; and a command reception portion configured to receive the first command transmitted from the terminal apparatus executing the second application program. The command execution portion executes the first application program in response to the received first command. | 01-31-2013 |
20130152127 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, BROADCASTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a receiving apparatus including: a broadcast reception block; a network connection block; an operation input block; a display block; a broadcast content display block; a network content processing block; a pseudo-data broadcast content processing block configured to process pseudo-data broadcast content having a first designation part and a second designation part, and a data broadcast content processing block. | 06-13-2013 |
20130167171 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception portion configured to receive AV content; a trigger acquisition portion configured to acquire trigger information for operating an application program to be executed in interlocked relation to the AV content; a table acquisition portion configured to acquire a correspondence table associating a command for controlling the operation of the application program with a valid time of the command; and a control portion configured such that when the time acquired from the trigger information as indicative of the progress of the AV content satisfies a predetermined condition of validity in reference to the valid time of the command on the basis of the acquired correspondence table, the control portion controls the operation of the application program in accordance with the command being valid. | 06-27-2013 |
20130185758 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception block configured to receive AV content; a definition information acquisition block configured to acquire definition information defining the life cycle of an application program to be executed in linkage with the AV content; an application acquisition block configured to acquire the application program distributed over a network in accordance with the acquired definition information; and a control block configured to control the performance of the acquired application program. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185760 | STREAMING DISTRIBUTING DEVICE AND METHOD, STREAMING RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD, STREAMING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed herein is a streaming distributing device including: a content fragment generating section configured to generate a fragment storing data of a content to be distributed by streaming, the fragment being defined by an MP4 file format; and a subtitle fragment generating section configured to generate a fragment storing a TTML (Timed Text Markup Language) document instance relating to a subtitle to be displayed in the content, the fragment being defined by the MP4 file format, wherein the subtitle fragment generating section adds, to header information of the fragment, instance classification distinguishing information for distinguishing whether the TTML document instance stored in the fragment is a TTML document instance specifying a rendering context relating to the subtitle. | 07-18-2013 |
20130191860 | RECEIVER, RECEPTION METHOD, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a receiver including: a reception section operable to receive AV content transmitted by a broadcasting wave; a trigger acquisition section operable to acquire trigger information adapted to operate an application program to be executed in response to the received AV content; a table acquisition section operable to acquire a correlation table correlating the trigger information to commands adapted to control the operation of the application program; an application acquisition section operable to acquire, based on the acquired correlation table, the application program transmitted by the broadcasting wave when the command correlated to the trigger information indicates the acquisition of the application program; and a control section operable to control the operation of the acquired application program in accordance with the command correlated to the trigger information. | 07-25-2013 |
20130201399 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a receiving apparatus, a receiving method, and a program which are configured to provide application programs to be executed in response to AV content. The receiving apparatus includes: a receiving block; a trigger acquisition block; an application acquisition block; and a control block. The control block acquires trigger information and, on the basis of a command obtained from the acquired trigger information, acquires a data broadcast application from an application server on the Internet or a data broadcast application transmitted as NRT content of an NRT service using a FLUTE session by referencing an FDT identified by an SMT and an NRT-IT. In accordance with a command obtained from the acquired trigger information, the control block controls an operation of the acquired application program. The present technology is applicable to television receivers configured to receive digital television broadcast signals. | 08-08-2013 |
20130219444 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND SUBTITLE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a receiving apparatus, including: a program receiving section configured to receive broadcast program data; a program reproduction section configured to reproduce the received program data; a clock functioning as a timer; a subtitle-data obtaining section configured to obtain subtitle data via a network, the subtitle data corresponding to the program data, time to display the subtitle data being previously specified; and a reproduction-time shifting section configured to delay, in a case where the time to display the obtained subtitle data is behind time of the clock, time to reproduce the program data by the program reproduction section for at least a time lag between time to display the subtitle data and time of the clock. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219447 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AIT TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RECEPTION APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a transmission apparatus, including: an application data transmission section adapted to transmit data of an application for HbbTV; and an table transmission section adapted to transmit an table including an application profile which represents one or more additional functions to the application and is configured from a first bit region of high-order n bits and a second bit region of lower-order (16-n) bits which represent presence or absence of functions allocated to bit positions thereof with a bitmap structure and wherein, in the first bit region, values for changing over the functions to be allocated to the bit positions in the second bit region are set. | 08-22-2013 |
20130282870 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A reception apparatus includes a reception part configured to receive contents transmitted by broadcast waves and targeted to be downloaded. The apparatus further includes a file attribute information acquisition part configured to acquire file attribute information set for each of the files of the contents. The apparatus still further includes a control part configured to control predetermined operations on the files of the contents based on the file attribute information acquired. | 10-24-2013 |
20140020038 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND BROADCASTING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a receiving device for receiving AV contents, the receiving device including: an obtaining section configured to obtain a description document described in a program language for displaying contents from a server present on a network connected with the receiving device; a determining section configured to determine whether the obtained the description document is obtained from a first server managed on a broadcaster side broadcasting the AV contents; and a controlling section configured to control execution of the obtained the description document according to a result of determination by the determining section. | 01-16-2014 |
20140040965 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND TRANSMITTING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a receiving device including: a receiver that receives AV content; a trigger information acquirer that acquires trigger information adapted to identify control information to control operation of an application program run in conjunction with the AV content; a table acquirer that acquires a table in which the control information identified by the trigger information is stored in response to first version information that is included in the trigger information and indicates a version of the table; and a control section that controls the operation of the application program in response to the control information that is identified by the trigger information and is stored in the table. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040968 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - Enable appropriate caching of application programs executed in coordination with AV content. The cache memory temporarily stores a coordinated application that is executed in coordination with received AV content. When a plurality of coordinated applications are stored in the cache memory, a control block controls the cache memory according to the priority of the coordinated applications which corresponds to a predetermined frequency specified for each of them in advance. The present technology is applicable to, for example, television receivers that receive digital television broadcast signals. | 02-06-2014 |
20140043540 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception block configured to receive AV content; a trigger information capture block configured to capture trigger information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in coordination with said AV content; and a control block configured to control an operation of said application program in accordance with an operation mode specified in said trigger information. | 02-13-2014 |
20140150040 | RECEIVER, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMITTER AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - Disclosed herein is a receiver including: a reception section adapted to receive AV, namely audio and visual content; a registration section adapted to register related content relating to the AV content based on control information included in an application program executed in response to the AV content; and a presentation control unit adapted to exercise control in such a manner that if the registered related content is selected, the selected related content is presented. | 05-29-2014 |
20140173665 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a receiving apparatus, a reception method, a transmitting apparatus, a transmission method, and a program that enable data broadcasting content and an application program executed in linkage with the broadcasting content to be started according to priorities. | 06-19-2014 |
20140250481 | RECEIVER, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, BROADCAST SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - To compound broadcast content and network content and suitably reproduce the two pieces of content concurrently using a data broadcast service. | 09-04-2014 |
20140304759 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AIT TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RECEPTION APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a transmission apparatus, including: an application data transmission section adapted to transmit data of an application for HbbTV; and an AIT transmission section adapted to transmit an AIT including an application profile which represents one or more additional functions to the application and is configured from a first bit region of high-order n bits and a second bit region of Lower-order (16−n) bits which represent presence or absence of functions allocated to bit positions thereof with a bitmap structure and wherein, in the first bit region, values for changing over the functions to be allocated to the bit positions in the second bit region are set. | 10-09-2014 |
20140310762 | RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND DISTRIBUTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - There is provided a receiving device including a receiving unit configured to receive a stream of a content to be distributed live, an analysis unit configured to analyze fragmented text information corresponding to subtitle data included in the received stream, and a control unit configured to control display of first text information so as to allow the display to be continued when second text information out of the text information is displayed based on a result of the analysis, the second text information being started to be displayed temporally after the first text information is displayed. | 10-16-2014 |
20140344883 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [Object] To enable a user to conveniently use broadcast of a data program that the user wishes to view under an environment where data broadcast and Internet-related broadcast coexist. | 11-20-2014 |
20150033252 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a receiving apparatus, a reception method, a transmitting apparatus, a transmission method, and a program that enable management information of an application program to be transmitted without changing existing facilities.
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20150046937 | TRANSMISSION APAPRATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND BROADCASTING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a transmission apparatus for transmitting AV (Audio/Video) content, including: an acquirer configured to acquire an estimated number of audience terminals indicative of an estimated number of reception apparatuses receiving the AV content; a computer configured, in conjugation with the AV content, to compute, on the basis of the estimated number of audience terminals, a validity probability of trigger information associated with control of an application program to be executed in the reception apparatus; a generator configured to generate the trigger signal including the computed validity probability; and a transmitter configured to transmit the generated trigger information with the AV content. | 02-12-2015 |
20150058875 | RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD, TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides a receiving device including, a receiver that receives AV content, a detector, an acquirer, a tentative reservation registering part, and a definitive reservation registering part. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058911 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception portion configured to receive AV content being transmitted; a command execution portion configured to execute a first application program in response to a first command for controlling the operation of the first application program executed in interlocked related to the AV content; a command transmission portion configured to transmit to an external terminal apparatus a second command for controlling the operation of a second application program that can be executed by the terminal apparatus in interlocked relation to the AV content when the terminal apparatus is connected to the reception apparatus; and a command reception portion configured to receive the first command transmitted from the terminal apparatus executing the second application program. The command execution portion executes the first application program in response to the received first command. | 02-26-2015 |
20150082367 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception portion configured to receive AV content; a trigger acquisition portion configured to acquire trigger information for operating an application program to be executed in interlocked relation to the AV content; a table acquisition portion configured to acquire a correspondence table associating a command for controlling the operation of the application program with a valid time of the command; and a control portion configured such that when the time acquired from the trigger information as indicative of the progress of the AV content satisfies a predetermined condition of validity in reference to the valid time of the command on the basis of the acquired correspondence table, the control portion controls the operation of the application program in accordance with the command being valid. | 03-19-2015 |