# US 11,444,885 B2 · Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, and reception method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,444,885 B2 - Document ID: US11444885B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/301,547 - Filed: 2016-01-29 - Published: 2017-02-02 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-10 - Assignees: Saturn Licensing LLC - Applicants: Saturn Licensing LLC - Inventors: Jun Kitahara; Naohisa Kitazato; Yasuaki Yamagishi; Kazuyuki Takahashi; Taketoshi Yamane - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11444885B2 ## CPC - H04L 47/34: ensuring sequence integrity, e.g. using sequence numbers - H04H 20/28: Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information - H04H 20/95: characterised by a specific format, e.g. an encoded audio stream - H04L 47/24: Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS - H04L 69/22: Parsing or analysis of headers - H04L 69/323: in the physical layer [OSI layer 1] - H04L 69/324: in the data link layer [OSI layer 2], e.g. HDLC - H04N 21/2362: Generation or processing of Service Information [SI] - H04N 21/434: Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream {(demultiplexing of data packets for data networks, e.g. RTP/UDP H04L65/00)} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04H: BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication aspects of broadcast systems H04N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract The present technology relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, and a reception method with each of which it becomes possible to perform transmission of control information according to an operation form. The reception device receives first data that includes control information, which includes information necessary for channel selection of a service, and transmission sequence information indicating a sequence in which the control information is transmitted and that is transmitted in a transmission sequence corresponding to the transmission sequence information, and controls processing on second data, which includes data of a component included in the service, on the basis of the control information acquired according to the transmission sequence information. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a television receiver. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A transmission device comprising: processing circuitry configured to generate (i) first data including control information, which includes information necessary for channel selection of a service, and (ii) a transmission sequence information item indicating a sequence in which the control information is transmitted, the transmission sequence information including: (a) a class ID for identification of a sequence of the control information, the class ID including a provider ID for identification of a provider of the service and a delivery class ID for identification of transmission sequences with different time sequences, and (b) version information indicating a version of the control information in each sequence; and transmission circuitry configured to transmit the first data according to the transmission sequence. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the class ID is for identification of the control information in each transmission cycle as a different transmission sequence, and the transmission circuitry transmits the first data in such a manner that the control information is transmitted in a transmission cycle corresponding to a transmission sequence. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The transmission device according to claim 2, wherein the class ID indicates that control information to be updated dynamically in a reception device configured to perform channel selection of the service and control information to be updated statically in the reception device are in different transmission sequences, and the transmission circuitry transmits the first data in such a manner that a transmission cycle of the control information to be updated dynamically becomes shorter than a transmission cycle of the control information to be updated statically. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the control information includes, for each service, one or a plurality of pieces of information to provide various functions, and the one or the plurality of pieces of information is associated to each sequence of the control information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the control information includes, for each service, one or a plurality of pieces of information to provide various functions, the one or the plurality of pieces of information is associated to sequences of the control information, and priority in updating according to the class ID is assigned to the sequences of the control information. ### Claim 6 A transmission method in a transmission device, comprising: generating, by circuitry of the transmission device, first data including (i) control information, which includes information necessary for channel selection of a service, and (ii) a transmission sequence information item indicating a sequence in which the control information is transmitted, the transmission sequence information including: (a) a class ID for identification of a sequence of the control information, the class ID including a provider ID for identification of a provider of the service and a delivery class ID for identification of transmission sequences with different time sequences, and (b) version information indicating a version of the control information in each sequence; and transmitting, by the circuitry of the transmission device, the first data according to the transmission sequence information. ### Claim 7 A reception device comprising: a receiver configured to receive first data that includes control information, which includes information necessary for channel selection of a service, and transmission sequence information indicating a sequence in which the control information is transmitted in a transmission sequence corresponding to the transmission sequence information; and processing circuitry configured to control processing on second data, which includes data of a component included in the service, based on the control information acquired according to the transmission sequence information, wherein the transmission sequence information includes: (a) a class ID for identification of a sequence of the control information, the class ID including a provider ID for identification of a provider of the service and a delivery class ID for identification of transmission sequences with different time sequences, and (b) version information indicating a version of the control information in each sequence. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The reception device according to claim 7, wherein the class ID is for identification of the control information in each transmission cycle as a different transmission sequence, and the receiver receives the first data transmitted in such a manner that the control information is transmitted in a transmission cycle corresponding to a transmission sequence. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The reception device according to claim 8, wherein it is identified with the class ID that control information to be updated dynamically in a reception device configured to perform channel selection of the service and control information to be updated statically in the reception device are in different transmission sequences, and the receiver receives the first data transmitted in such a manner that a transmission cycle of the control information to be updated dynamically becomes shorter than a transmission cycle of the control information to be updated statically. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The reception device according to claim 7, wherein the control information includes, for each service, one or a plurality of pieces of information to provide various functions, and the one or the plurality of pieces of information is associated to each sequence of the control information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The reception device according to claim 7, wherein the control information includes, for each service, one or a plurality of pieces of information to provide various functions, the one or the plurality of pieces of information is associated to sequences of the control information, and priority in updating according to the class ID is assigned to the sequences of the control information. ### Claim 12 A reception method in a reception device, comprising: receiving, by circuitry of the reception device, first data that includes control information, which includes information necessary for channel selection of a service, and transmission sequence information indicating a sequence in which the control information is transmitted and that is transmitted in a transmission sequence corresponding to the transmission sequence information; and controlling, with the circuitry of the reception device, processing on second data, which includes data of a component included in the service, based on the control information acquired according to the transmission sequence information, wherein the transmission sequence information includes: (a) a class ID for identification of a sequence of the control information, the class ID including a provider ID for identification of a provider of the service and a delivery class ID for identification of transmission sequences with different time sequences, and (b) version information indicating a version of the control information in each sequence. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The transmission device of claim 1, wherein the transmission sequence is an N-bit number segmented into consecutive first and second parts, the first part corresponding to the class ID, and the second part corresponding to the version information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The transmission device of claim 1, wherein the first data is transmitted in an IP packet of an L1 frame, and a header of the L1 frame includes information indicating that the L1 frame includes the first data. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The transmission device of claim 1, wherein the first data is transmitted along with second data including data of a component included in the service. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the delivery class ID is a delivery group ID.