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US 9,883,247 B2Granted
Reception apparatus, reception method, transmission apparatus, and transmission method
AssigneeSaturn Licensing LLC
InventorsNaohisa Kitazato, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Yoshiharu Dewa, Jun Kitahara, Mark Eyer
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception block configured to receive AV content; a trigger information capture block configured to capture trigger information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in coordination with said AV content; and a control block configured to control an operation of said application program in accordance with an operation mode specified in said trigger information.
Claims19
A reception apparatus comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- receive audio/visual (AV) content;
- acquire first control information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in coordination with said audio/visual content;
- determine whether a first operation mode or a second operation mode is specified by a first control information type identifier included in said first control information;
- acquire, based on said first control information, second control information for controlling said operation of said application program when said first control information type identifier specifies said first operation mode, said second control information including a plurality of events which are referenced by a plurality of different first control information and are related to execution of said application program;
- and
- acquire, based on said first control information, said application program when said first control information type identifier specifies said second operation mode.
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A reception method of a reception apparatus comprising:
- receiving audio/visual content;
- acquiring, by circuitry of said reception apparatus, first control information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in coordination with said audio/visual content;
- determining, by said circuitry, whether a first operation mode or a second operation mode is specified by a first control information type identifier included in said first control information;
- acquiring, based on said first control information, second control information for controlling said operation of said application program when said first control information type identifier specifies said first operation mode, said second control information including a plurality of events which are referenced by a plurality of different first control information and are related to execution of said application program;
- and
- acquiring, based on said first control information, said application program when said first control information type identifier specifies said second operation mode.
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A transmission apparatus comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- generate first control information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in coordination with audio/visual content, said first control information including a first control information type identifier that specifies whether an operation mode of said application program is a first operation mode or a second operation mode, said operation mode being defined in accordance with a control scheme of said application program;
- and
- transmit said first control information along with said audio/visual content to a reception apparatus which outputs the audio/visual content for display to a user, wherein
- when said first control information type identifier specifies said first operation mode, said reception apparatus acquires, based on said first control information, second control information for controlling said operation of said application program, said second control information including a plurality of events which are referenced by a plurality of different first control information and are related to execution of said application program, and
- when said first control information type identifier specifies said second operation mode, said reception apparatus acquires, based on said first control information, said application program.
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A transmission method of a transmission apparatus comprising:
- generating, by circuitry of said transmission apparatus, first control information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in coordination with audio/visual content, said first control information including a first control information type identifier that specifies whether an operation mode of said application program is a first operation mode or a second operation mode, said operation mode being defined in accordance with a control scheme of said application program;
- and
- transmitting, by said circuitry, said first control information along with said audio/visual content to a reception apparatus which outputs the audio/visual content for display to a user, wherein
- when said first control information type identifier specifies said first operation mode, said reception apparatus acquires, based on said first control information, second control information for controlling said operation of said application program, said second control information including a plurality of events which are referenced by a plurality of different first control information and are related to execution of said application program, and
- when said first control information type identifier specifies said second operation mode, said reception apparatus acquires, based on said first control information, said application program.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.