# US 12,120,365 B2 · Reception device, reception method, transmission device, and transmission method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,120,365 B2 - Document ID: US12120365B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/373,346 - Filed: 2023-09-27 - Published: 2024-03-28 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2014-06-20 - Assignees: Saturn Licensing LLC - Applicants: Saturn Licensing LLC - Inventors: Yasuaki Yamagishi; Naohisa Kitazato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120365B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/2343: involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements {(video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762)} - H04N 21/64322: {IP} - H04N 21/2353: {specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata} - H04N 21/23614: {Multiplexing of additional data and video streams (arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information H04H20/28)} - H04N 21/2381: Adapting the multiplex stream to a specific network, e.g. an Internet Protocol [IP] network {(transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601)} - H04N 21/252: {Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data} - H04N 21/25883: {being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address (arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52)} - H04N 21/25891: {being end-user preferences (retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)} - H04N 21/4348: {Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams} - H04N 21/435: Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream - H04N 21/438: Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. retrieving encoded video stream packets from an IP network - H04N 21/4532: {involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)} - H04N 21/454: Content {or additional data} filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements - H04N 21/4755: {for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre (retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306)} - H04N 21/4758: {for providing answers, e.g. voting} - H04N 21/482: End-user interface for programme selection - H04N 21/658: Transmission by the client directed to the server - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A reception device is provided that comprises processing circuitry configured to extract, from a digital broadcast signal based on an Internet Protocol (IP) transmission scheme, a signaling packet that includes a service table including tuning information and bootstrap information for accessing service signaling information. The processing circuitry is further configured to extract, from the signaling packet during an initial scanning process, the tuning information and the bootstrap information, store the tuning information and the bootstrap information extracted during the initial scanning process, and control a tuning process based on the tuning information stored. The signaling packet is received based on a first protocol layer of the IP transmission scheme and the service signaling information is received based on a second protocol layer of the IP transmission scheme. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A reception device comprising: a tuner configured to: receive a digital broadcast signal containing packets based on an Internet Protocol (IP) transmission scheme; processing circuitry configured to: extract, from the digital broadcast signal, a signaling packet that includes a service table including tuning information and bootstrap information for accessing service signaling information; extract, from the signaling packet during an initial scanning process, the tuning information and the bootstrap information; store the tuning information and the bootstrap information extracted during the initial scanning process in a memory; and control a tuning process executed by the tuner based on the tuning information stored in the memory, wherein the signaling packet is received based on a first protocol layer of the IP transmission scheme and the service signaling information is received based on a second protocol layer of the IP transmission scheme. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The reception device according to claim 1, wherein the second protocol layer is in an upper layer of a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) layer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The reception device according to claim 1, wherein the second protocol layer is a protocol layer based on File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The reception device according to claim 1, wherein the second protocol layer and a physical layer of the protocol stack have at least one more protocol layer interposed therebetween than a number of protocol layers interposed between the first protocol layer and the physical layer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The reception device according to claim 1, wherein the service signaling information includes a User Service Description (USD), a Media Presentation Description (MPD), a Session Description Protocol (SDP), or a File Delivery Table (FDT). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The reception device according to claim 1, wherein the signaling packet comprises low layer signaling (LLS) information that includes the service table, an emergency alerting table, or a region rating table. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The reception device according to claim 6, wherein the emergency alerting table includes information regarding an emergency alert, and the emergency alerting table is described in a markup language. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The reception device according to claim 6, wherein the region rating table includes rating information, and the region rating table is described in a markup language. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The reception device according to claim 1, wherein the signaling packet comprises low layer signaling (LLS) information that includes the service table including the tuning information and the bootstrap information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The reception device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to acquire the service signaling information based on the bootstrap information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The reception device according to claim 1, wherein the first protocol layer is lower than the second protocol layer. ### Claim 12 A reception device comprising: processing circuitry configured to: extract, from a digital broadcast signal based on an Internet Protocol (IP) transmission scheme, a signaling packet that includes a service table including tuning information and bootstrap information for accessing service signaling information; extract, from the signaling packet during an initial scanning process, the tuning information and the bootstrap information; store the tuning information and the bootstrap information extracted during the initial scanning process; and control a tuning process based on the tuning information stored, wherein the signaling packet is received based on a first protocol layer of the IP transmission scheme and the service signaling information is received based on a second protocol layer of the IP transmission scheme. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The reception device according to claim 12, wherein the signaling packet comprises low layer signaling (LLS) information that includes the service table, an emergency alerting table, or a region rating table. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The reception device according to claim 13, wherein the emergency alerting table includes information regarding an emergency alert, and the emergency alerting table is described in a markup language. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The reception device according to claim 13, wherein the region rating table includes rating information, and the region rating table is described in a markup language. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The reception device according to claim 12, wherein the service signaling information includes a User Service Description (USD), a Media Presentation Description (MPD), a Session Description Protocol (SDP), or a File Delivery Table (FDT). ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The reception device according to claim 12, wherein the signaling packet comprises low layer signaling (LLS) information that includes the service table including the tuning information and the bootstrap information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The reception device according to claim 12, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to acquire the service signaling information based on the bootstrap information. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The reception device according to claim 12, wherein the first protocol layer is lower than the second protocol layer. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The reception device according to claim 12, wherein the reception device is a television receiver set.