Transmitting apparatus and method, receiving apparatus and method, program and recording medium, and transmitting/receiving system

A transmitting method for transmitting upgrade information for upgrading first data, comprising:

• a data transmitting step for transmitting said first data;
• a classifying step for classifying second data of interest into one of classes, said second data of interest being included in second data generated by upgrading said first data;
• an acquiring step for acquiring the upgrade information, which is set for each of the classes;
• a detecting step for detecting a predetermined event;
• and
• an upgrade-information transmitting step for transmitting the upgrade information when the predetermined event is detected,
• wherein said upgrade information is tap coefficient data for the classes.

A program for causing a computer to perform a transmitting process for transmitting upgrade information for upgrading first data, said program comprising:

• a data transmitting step for transmitting said first data;
• a classifying step for classifying second data of interest into one of classes, said second data of interest being included in second data generated by upgrading said first data;
• an acquiring step for acquiring the upgrade information, which is set for each of the classes;
• a detecting step for detecting a predetermined event;
• and
• an upgrade-information transmitting step for transmitting the upgrade information when the predetermined event is detected,
• wherein said upgrade information is tap coefficient data for the classes.

A recording medium containing a program for causing a computer to perform a transmitting process for transmitting upgrade information for upgrading first data, said program comprising:

• a data transmitting step for transmitting said first data;
• a classifying step for classifying second data of interest into one of classes, said second data of interest being included in second data generated by upgrading said first data;
• an acquiring step for acquiring the upgrade information, which is set for each of the classes;
• a detecting step for detecting a predetermined event;
• and
• an upgrade-information transmitting step for transmitting the upgrade information when the predetermined event is detected,
• wherein said upgrade information is tap coefficient data for the classes.

A receiving apparatus for receiving first data which is transmitted in identical form a plural number of times, and upgrade information for upgrading said first data, said receiving apparatus comprising:

• data receiving means for receiving the first data;
• data storage means for storing the first data;
• adding means for performing addition for weighting the first data stored in said data storage means and the first data received by said data receiving means, and for using the resultant values of the addition as new first data to replace the first data stored in said data storage means;
• quality-determining means for determining the quality of the new first data;
• requesting means for requesting, in accordance with the quality of the new first data, the upgrade information, which is set for each of classes obtained by classifying second data generated by upgrading the first data;
• upgrade-information receiving means for receiving the upgrade information when the upgrade information is transmitted in response to the request by said requesting means;
• and
• predicting means for calculating, based on the first data stored in said data storage means and the upgrade information, a predicted value of the second data which corresponds to the first data.

A receiving method for receiving first data which is transmitted in identical form a plural number of times, and upgrade information for upgrading said first data, said receiving method comprising:

• a data receiving step for receiving the first data;
• a data storage step for storing the first data in a data storage device;
• an adding step for performing addition for weighting the first data stored in said data storage device and the first data received by said data receiving step, and for using the resultant values of the addition as new first data to replace the first data stored in said data storage device;
• a quality-determining step for determining the quality of the new first data;
• a requesting step for requesting, in accordance with the quality of the new first data, the upgrade information, which is set for each of classes obtained by classifying second data generated by upgrading the first data;
• an upgrade-information receiving step for receiving the upgrade information when the upgrade information is transmitted in response to the request by said requesting step;
• and
• a predicting step for calculating, based on the first data stored in said data storage device and the upgrade information, a predicted value of the second data which corresponds to the first data.

A program causing a computer to perform a receiving process for receiving first data which is transmitted in identical form a plural number of times and upgrade information for upgrading said first data, said program comprising:

• a data receiving step for receiving the first data;
• a data storage step for storing the first data in a data storage device;
• an adding step for performing addition for weighting the first data stored in said data storage device and the first data received by said data receiving step, and which uses the resultant values of the addition as new first data to replace the first data stored in said data storage device;
• a quality-determining step for determining the quality of the new first data;
• a requesting step for requesting, in accordance with the quality of the new first data, the upgrade information, which is set for each of classes obtained by classifying second data generated by upgrading the first data;
• an upgrade-information receiving step for receiving the upgrade information when the upgrade information is transmitted in response to the request by said requesting step;
• and
• a predicting step for calculating, based on the first data stored in said data storage device and the upgrade information, a predicted value of the second data which corresponds to the first data.

A recording medium containing a program causing a computer to perform a receiving process for receiving first data which is transmitted in identical form a plural number of times and upgrade information for upgrading said first data, said program comprising:

• a data receiving step for receiving the first data;
• a data storage step for storing the first data in a data storage device;
• an adding step for performing addition for weighting the first data stored in said data storage device and the first data received by said data receiving step, and which uses the resultant values of the addition as new first data to replace the first data stored in said data storage device;
• a quality-determining step for determining the quality of the new first data;
• a requesting step for requesting, in accordance with the quality of the new first data, the upgrade information, which is set for each of classes obtained by classifying second data generated by upgrading the first data;
• an upgrade-information receiving step for receiving the upgrade information when the upgrade information is transmitted in response to the request by said requesting step;
• and
• a predicting step for calculating, based on the first data stored in said data storage device and the upgrade information, a predicted value of the second data which correspond to the first data.

A transmitting/receiving system comprising:

• a transmitting apparatus for transmitting first data and upgrade information for upgrading the first data;
• and
• a receiving apparatus for receiving the first data and the upgrade information, wherein:
• said transmitting apparatus comprises:
• data transmitting means for transmitting said first data in identical form a plural number of times;
• classifying means for classifying second data of interest into one of classes, said second data of interest being included in second data generated by upgrading said first data;
• acquiring means for acquiring the upgrade information;
• detecting means for detecting a predetermined event;
• and
• upgrade-information transmitting means for transmitting the upgrade information when the predetermined event is detected;
• and
• said receiving apparatus comprises:
• data receiving means for receiving the first data transmitted in identical form the plural number of times;
• data storage means for storing the first data;
• adding means for performing addition for weighting the first data stored in said data storage means and the first data received by said data receiving means, and for using the resultant values of the addition as new first data to replace the first data stored in said data storage means;
• quality-determining means for determining the quality of the new first data;
• requesting means for requesting the upgrade information in accordance with the quality of the new first data;
• upgrade-information receiving means for receiving the upgrade information when the upgrade information is transmitted in response to the request by said requesting means;
• and
• predicting means for calculating, based on the first data stored in said data storage means and the upgrade information, a predicted value of the second data which corresponds to the first data.

A receiving apparatus for receiving upgrade information for upgrading first data, comprising:

• upgrade-information receiving means for receiving the upgrade information;
• upgrade-information storage means for storing the upgrade information;
• upgrade-information updating means for finding new upgrade information based on said upgrade information received by said upgrade-information receiving means and said upgrade information stored in said upgrade-information storage means, and for using the new upgrade information to update said upgrade information stored in said upgrade-information storage means;
• and
• predicting means for calculating, based on said upgrade information stored in said upgrade-information storage means and the first data, a predicted value of second data generated by upgrading the first data,
• wherein the upgrade information is a tap coefficient for use in predicting calculation using the first data.

A receiving method for receiving upgrade information for upgrading first data, comprising:

• an upgrade-information receiving step for receiving the upgrade information;
• an upgrade-information storage step for storing the upgrade information in an upgrade-information storage device;
• an upgrade-information updating step for finding new upgrade information based on said upgrade information received by said upgrade-information receiving step and said upgrade information stored in said upgrade-information storage device, and for using the new upgrade information to update said upgrade information stored in said upgrade-information storage device;
• and
• a predicting step for calculating, based on said upgrade information stored in said upgrade-information storage device and the first data, a predicted value of second data generated by upgrading the first data,
• wherein the upgrade information is a tap coefficient for use in predicting calculation using the first data.

A program causing a computer to perform a receiving process for receiving upgrade information for upgrading first data, said program comprising:

• an upgrade-information receiving step for receiving the upgrade information;
• an upgrade-information storage step for storing the upgrade information in an upgrade-information storage device;
• an upgrade-information updating step for finding new upgrade information based on said upgrade information received by said upgrade-information receiving step and said upgrade information stored in said upgrade-information storage device, and for using the new upgrade information to update said upgrade information stored in said upgrade-information storage device;
• and
• a predicting step for calculating, based on said upgrade information stored in said upgrade-information storage device and the first data, a predicted value of second data generated by upgrading the first data,
• wherein the upgrade information is a tap coefficient for use in predicting calculation using the first data.

A recording medium containing a program causing a computer to perform a receiving process for receiving upgrade information for upgrading first data, said program comprising:

• an upgrade-information receiving step for receiving the upgrade information;
• an upgrade-information storage step for storing the upgrade information in an upgrade-information storage device;
• an upgrade-information updating step for finding new upgrade information based on said upgrade information received by said upgrade-information receiving step and said upgrade information stored in said upgrade-information storage device, and for using the new upgrade information to update said upgrade information stored in said upgrade-information storage device;
• and
• a predicting step for calculating, based on said upgrade information stored in said upgrade-information storage device and the first data, a predicted value of second data generated by upgrading the first data,
• wherein the upgrade information is a tap coefficient for use in predicting calculation using the first data.

A transmitting/receiving system comprising:

• at least one transmitting apparatus for transmitting upgrade information for upgrading first data;
• and
• a receiving apparatus for receiving the upgrade information, wherein:
• said at least one transmitting apparatus comprises:
• upgrade-information calculating means for calculating, based on the first data and second data generated by upgrading the first data, the upgrade information;
• and
• upgrade-information transmitting means for transmitting the upgrade information;
• said receiving apparatus comprises:
• upgrade-information receiving means for receiving the upgrade information;
• upgrade-information storage means for storing the upgrade information;
• upgrade-information updating means for finding new upgrade information based on the upgrade information stored in said upgrade-information storage means and the upgrade information received by said upgrade-information receiving means, and for using the new upgrade information to update the upgrade information stored in the upgrade-information storage means;
• and
• predicting means for calculating, based on the upgrade information stored in the upgrade-information storage means and the first data, a predicted value of the second data which corresponds to the first data,
• wherein the upgrade information is a tap coefficient for use in predicting calculation using the first data.