Cooperative communication/broadcasting system, application management server, receiver, reception method for receiver, and application management method for application management server

An application management server comprising:

• a terminal management table storage unit configured to store terminal device identification data for identifying a terminal device and information indicating whether or not transmission of notification data is necessary while correlating the terminal device identification data with the information;
• a registration request reception unit configured to receive from the terminal device, a registration request for registering transmission of notification data, and update the terminal management table storage unit based on the registration request;
• a release request reception unit configured to receive from the terminal device, a release request for releasing transmission of notification data, and update the terminal management table storage unit based on the release request;
• a via-broadcasting notification transmission unit configured to perform a process of including notification data in a broadcasting signal and transmitting the notification data;
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• a via-communication notification transmission unit configured to perform a process of referring to the terminal management table storage unit and transmitting the notification data to the terminal device.

A cooperative communication/broadcasting system comprising:

• a receiver;
• an application management server;
• a broadcast sending device;
• and
• a terminal device,
• wherein the receiver comprises:
• a broadcast reception unit configured to receive a broadcasting signal;
• a via-broadcasting notification reception unit configured to acquire notification data included in the broadcasting signal received by the broadcast reception unit;
• a communication input/output unit configured to perform input and output by communication;
• a via-communication notification reception unit configured to acquire the notification data received by the communication input/output unit;
• an application execution unit configured to execute an application program;
• a terminal cooperation processing unit configured to manage a state of a cooperation process with an external terminal device which is performed by the application program executed by the application execution unit, and transmit, when any one of the via-broadcasting notification reception unit and the via-communication notification reception unit acquires the notification data, the notification data acquired to the terminal device performing the cooperation process in association with the notification data;
• and
• an application control unit configured to, when any one of the via-broadcasting notification reception unit and the via-communication notification reception unit acquires the notification data, control the application program executed by the application execution program, in association with the notification data,
• the application management server comprises:
• a terminal management table storage unit configured to store terminal device identification data for identifying a terminal device and information indicating whether or not transmission of notification data is necessary while correlating the terminal device identification data with the information;
• a registration request reception unit configured to receive from the terminal device, a registration request for registering transmission of notification data, and update the terminal management table storage unit based on the registration request;
• a release request reception unit configured to receive from the terminal device, a release request for releasing transmission of notification data, and update the terminal management table storage unit based on the release request;
• a via-broadcasting notification transmission unit configured to perform a process of including notification data in a broadcasting signal and transmitting the notification data;
• and
• a via-communication notification transmission unit configured to perform a process of referring to the terminal management table storage unit and transmitting the notification data to the terminal device,
• the broadcast sending device is configured to transmit, based on the process performed by the via-broadcasting notification transmission unit, a broadcasting signal including the notification data, and
• the terminal device is configured to perform a process cooperatively with the receiver, and in a case that the notification data is received from the terminal cooperation processing unit, control an application program to be executed by the terminal device, in association with the notification data.

A reception method for a receiver, comprising:

• receiving a broadcasting signal;
• acquiring notification data included in the broadcasting signal received;
• executing an application program;
• managing a state of a cooperation process with an external terminal device which is performed by the application program, and transmitting, when the notification data is acquired, the notification data acquired to the terminal device performing the cooperation process in association with the notification data;
• and
• controlling, when the notification data is acquired, the application program in association with the notification data.

An application management method for an application management server, comprising:

• storing a terminal management table in which terminal device identification data for identifying a terminal device and is correlated with information indicating whether or not transmission of notification data is necessary;
• receiving from the terminal device, a registration request for registering transmission of notification data, and updating the terminal management table storage unit based on the registration request;
• receiving from the terminal device, a release request for releasing transmission of notification data, and updating the terminal management table storage unit based on the release request;
• and
• performing a process of including notification data in a broadcasting signal and transmitting the notification data, or a process of referring to the terminal management table storage unit and transmitting the notification data to the terminal device.