# US 2014/0208375 A1 · Distributed non-real-time content > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0208375 A1 - Document ID: US20140208375A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/046,566 - Filed: 2013-10-04 - Published: 2014-07-24 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-24 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Luke FAY; Frederick J. ZUSTAK - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140208375A1 ## CPC - H04N 21/433: Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations - H04N 21/4325: {by playing back content from the storage medium (reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79)} - H04N 21/4622: {Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859)} - H04N 21/482: End-user interface for programme selection - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A method is provided for a reception apparatus to access non-real-time (NRT) content. The method includes receiving, by the reception apparatus, a selection of the NRT content included in a digital television broadcast signal broadcast by a content source. The reception apparatus determines whether the selected NRT content is stored in a memory of the reception apparatus. When the selected NRT content is determined not to be stored in the memory, the reception apparatus determines whether the selected NRT content can be downloaded from an external device that is accessible via a communication network. When the selected NRT content is determined to be downloadable from an external device that is accessible via the communication network, the reception apparatus downloads the selected NRT content from the external device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A reception apparatus, comprising: a receiver configured to receive non-real-time (NRT) content included in a digital television broadcast signal broadcast from a content source; a memory configured to store the NRT content; at least one processor configured to receive a selection of the NRT content; to determine whether the selected NRT content is stored in the memory, when the at least one processor determines that the selected NRT content is not stored in the memory, to determine whether the selected NRT content can be downloaded from an external device that is accessible via a communication network, and when the at least one processor determines that the selected NRT content can be downloaded from an external device that is accessible via the communication network, to download the selected NRT content from the external device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured, when the at least one processor determines that the selected NRT content cannot be downloaded from an external device that is accessible via the communication network, to download the selected NRT content from the digital television broadcast signal broadcast by the content source. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a list of the NRT content broadcast from the content source, and the at least one processor is configured to receive the selection of the NRT content from the list of the NRT content. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reception apparatus is a mobile device, the receiver is configured to receive the NRT content from a mobile network operator (MNO) that receives the digital television broadcast signal broadcast from the content source and downloads the NRT content from the digital television broadcast signal, and the at least one processor is configured to download the selected NRT content from the external device associated with the MNO. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The reception apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the at least one processor is configured, when the at least one processor determines that the selected NRT content cannot be downloaded from an external device that is accessible via the communication network, to download the selected NRT content from an evolved Multicast Broadcast Multimedia Service (eMBMS) signal broadcast from the MNO. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content source is a digital television broadcaster, the receiver is configured to receive the digital television broadcast signal, including the NRT content, from the content source, and the at least one processor is configured to determine whether the selected NRT content can be downloaded from an external device that is accessible via the communication network based on identification information included in a Service Signaling Channel (SSC) of the digital television broadcast signal broadcast from the content source. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the NRT content is associated with primary content included in the digital television broadcast signal broadcast from the content source, and the receiver is configured to receive the digital television broadcast signal that includes the NRT content and the primary content. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine whether the selected NRT content can be downloaded from an external device connected to a same subnet as the reception apparatus, and when the at least one processor determines that the selected NRT content cannot be downloaded from an external device connected to the same subnet as the reception apparatus, to determine whether the selected NRT content can be downloaded from an external device connected to another subnet different from the subnet of the reception apparatus. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to store a subset of the NRT content included in the digital television broadcast signal broadcast from the content source based on user preference information. ### Claim 10 A method of a reception apparatus for accessing non-real-time (NRT) content, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor of the reception apparatus, a selection of the NRT content included in a digital television broadcast signal broadcast by a content source; determining whether the selected NRT content is stored in a memory of the reception apparatus; when the selected NRT content is determined not to be stored in the memory, determining whether the selected NRT content can be downloaded from an external device that is accessible via a communication network; and when the selected NRT content is determined to be downloadable from an external device that is accessible via the communication network, downloading the selected NRT content from the external device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, further comprising: when the selected NRT content is determined not to be downloadable from an external device that is accessible via the communication network, downloading the selected NRT content from the digital television broadcast signal broadcast by the content source. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, further comprising: receiving, by a receiver of the reception apparatus, a list of the NRT content broadcast from the content source, wherein the step of receiving the selection includes receiving the selection of the NRT content from the list of the NRT content. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the reception apparatus is a mobile device, and the step of downloading the selected NRT content from the external device includes downloading the selected NRT content from the external device associated with a mobile network operator (MNO) that receives the digital television broadcast signal and downloads the NRT content from the digital television broadcast signal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, further comprising: when the selected NRT content is determined not to be downloadable from an external device that is accessible via the communication network, downloading the selected NRT content from an evolved Multicast Broadcast Multimedia Service (eMBMS) signal broadcast from the MNO. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the content source is a digital television broadcaster, and the method further includes receiving, by the reception apparatus, the digital television broadcast signal, including the NRT content, from the content source, and determining whether the selected NRT content is downloadable from an external device that is accessible via the communication network based on identification information included in a Service Signaling Channel (SSC) of the digital television broadcast signal broadcast from the content source. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the NRT content is associated with primary content included in the digital television broadcast signal broadcast from the content source, and the method further includes receiving, by the reception apparatus, the digital television broadcast signal that includes the NRT content and the primary content. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of determining whether the selected NRT content can be downloaded from an external device that is accessible via the communication network comprises: determining whether the selected NRT content can be downloaded from an external device connected to a same subnet as the reception apparatus, and when the selected NRT content is determined not to be downloadable from an external device connected to the same subnet as the reception apparatus, determining whether the selected NRT content can be downloaded from an external device connected to another subnet different from the subnet of the reception apparatus. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, further comprising: storing, in the memory, a subset of the NRT content included in the digital television broadcast signal broadcast from the content source based on user preference information. ### Claim 19 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embedded therein instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method for accessing non-real-time (NRT) content, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor of a reception apparatus, a selection of the NRT content included in a digital television broadcast signal broadcast by a content source; determining whether the selected NRT content is stored in a memory of the reception apparatus; when the selected NRT content is determined not to be stored in the memory, determining whether the selected NRT content can be downloaded from an external device that is accessible via a communication network; and when the selected NRT content is determined to be downloadable from an external device that is accessible via the communication network, downloading the selected NRT content from the external device.