Receiver for digital broadcast programs in accordance with receiver profile, and billing method therefor
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsYouichi Kondou, Shinichi Shiotsu, Isamu Yamada
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Abstract
A receiver includes decoder means for decoding an audio and/or video data stream of a received digital broadcast program; and processor means for storing an identification code of the received digital broadcast program and a profile representative of quality of the decoded audio and/or video data stream.
Claims22
A receiver comprising:
- decoder means for decoding an audio and/or video data stream of a received digital broadcast program;
- and
- processor means for storing an identification code of said received digital broadcast program and a profile representative of quality of said decoded audio and/or video data stream.
A receiver comprising:
- processor means for storing a predetermined profile representative of quality of an audio and/or video data stream;
- descrambler means for descrambling a digital signal of a received digital broadcast program to produce an audio and/or video data stream;
- and
- decoder means for decoding said produced audio and/or video data stream in accordance with said predetermined profile;
- said processor means further storing an identification code of said received digital broadcast program.
A receiver comprising:
- processor means for storing a predetermined profile representative of quality of an audio and/or video data stream;
- descrambler means for descrambling a digital signal of a received digital broadcast program to produce an audio and/or video data stream;
- and
- decoder means for decoding said produced audio and/or video data stream in accordance with an actually available profile, when it cannot be decoded in accordance with said predetermined profile;
- said processor means storing an identification code of said received digital broadcast program and another profile representative of actual quality of an audio and/or video signal decoded by said decoder means.
An apparatus comprising billing means, said billing means receiving both of an identification code of a digital broadcast program reproduced on a receiver and a profile representative of quality of a reproduced audio and/or video signal of said reproduced digital broadcast program, said billing means calculating a metric of use of said reproduced digital broadcast program in accordance with said profile.
A program for a receiver stored on a storage medium, said program being operable to execute the steps of:
- causing an audio and/or video data stream of a received digital broadcast program to be decoded;
- and
- storing an identification code of said received digital broadcast program and a profile representative of quality of said decoded audio and/or video data stream.
A program for a receiver stored on a storage medium, said program being operable to execute the steps of:
- causing a digital signal of a received digital broadcast program to be descrambled to produce an audio and/or video data stream;
- causing said produced audio and/or video data stream to be decoded in accordance with a predetermined profile representative of quality of an audio and/or video data stream;
- and
- storing an identification code of said digital broadcast program, and a predetermined profile representative of quality of said produced audio and/or video data stream.
A program for a receiver stored on a storage medium, said program being operable to execute the steps of:
- causing a digital signal of a received digital broadcast program to be descrambled to produce an audio and/or video data stream;
- causing said produced audio and/or video data stream to be decoded in accordance with an actually available profile, when it cannot be decoded in accordance with a predetermined profile representative of quality of an audio and/or video data stream;
- and
- storing an identification code of said digital broadcast program, and another profile representative of actual quality of said decoded audio and/or video signal.
A program for a receiver stored on a storage medium, said program being operable to execute the steps of:
- causing a digital signal of a received digital broadcast program to be descrambled to produce an audio and/or video data stream;
- and
- causing said produced audio and/or video data stream to be decoded in accordance with a predetermined profile representative of quality of an audio and/or video data stream.
A program for a receiver stored on a storage medium, said program being operable to execute the steps of:
- receiving both of an identification code of a digital broadcast program reproduced on a receiver and a profile representative of quality of a reproduced audio and/or video signal of said reproduced digital broadcast program;
- and
- calculating a metric of use of said reproduced digital broadcast program in accordance with said profile.
In an information processing apparatus, a method for calculating charges for reproduced digital broadcast programs, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving both of an identification code of a digital broadcast program reproduced on a receiver and a profile representative of quality of a reproduced audio and/or video signal of said reproduced digital broadcast program;
- and
- calculating a metric of use of said reproduced digital broadcast program in accordance with said profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.