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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsPhilip Newton, Declan Kelly, Jingwei Tan, Jun Shi, Liang Gan
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A method (1) of transmitting interactive television, whereby interactive television applications are transmitted inside application-modules. These modules are transmitted in a broadcast stream. Recording systems cannot decide which modules are to be recorded. Therefore storage related information of said modules is signalled in the broadcast stream. Module identification information related is implemented in the Application Information Table (AIT) and/or in the Download Information Indication (DII) message. Thus information is included in the broadcast stream concerning categories stating whether application modules are mandatory, optional or forbidden to record. Alternatively properties of a module are chosen from Code/Data/Both and/or Fixed/Variable. Recording systems use this information do decide if application modules are to be recorded or disregarded. Alternatively, application module identification information is transmitted in said broadcast stream. A module identification number is used to avoid multiple recordings. Application modules having the same category are preferably grouped together.
A method of transmitting interactive television, whereby at least an interactive television application is transmitted inside application-modules in a broadcast stream, said method comprising the step of
A method of receiving an interactive television broadcast stream for recording, whereby at least an interactive television application is comprised in the broadcast stream inside application-modules, said method comprising the steps of
An apparatus for recording and/or playing back interactive television, said apparatus being adapted to record and/or playback interactive television to and from a storage medium respectively, said apparatus being adapted to receive interactive television from a broadcast stream, said apparatus comprising
A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for processing by a computer, the computer program comprising
A signal for transmitting interactive television, whereby at least an interactive television application comprising modules is transmitted by said signal inside application-modules in a broadcast stream, said signal comprising
A graphical user interface for an interactive television DSMCC generator allowing specification of storage related information of modules to be transmitted inside application-modules in a broadcast stream.
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