# US 9,883,248 B2 · Reception apparatus, reception method, transmission apparatus, and transmission method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,883,248 B2 - Document ID: US9883248B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/253,474 - Filed: 2014-04-15 - Published: 2014-08-14 - Granted: 2018-01-30 - Earliest claimed: 2012-08-13 - Assignees: Saturn Licensing LLC - Applicants: Saturn Licensing LLC - Inventors: Naohisa Kitazato; Yasuaki Yamagishi; Yoshiharu Dewa; Jun Kitahara; Mark Eyer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9883248B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/478: Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application - H04N 5/38: Transmitter circuitry {for the transmission of television signals according to analogue transmission standards} (H04N5/14 takes precedence) - H04N 5/44: Receiver circuitry {for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards} (H04N5/14 takes precedence) - H04N 21/23617: {by inserting additional data into a data carousel, e.g. inserting software modules into a DVB carousel (arrangements for broadcast or for distribution of identical information repeatedly in broadcast distribution systems H04H20/16)} - H04N 21/2362: Generation or processing of Service Information [SI] - H04N 21/43074: {of additional data with content streams on the same device, e.g. of EPG data or interactive icon with a TV programme} - H04N 21/4345: {Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream} - H04N 21/4349: {by extracting from data carousels, e.g. extraction of software modules from a DVB carousel} - H04N 21/4884: {for displaying subtitles} - H04N 21/8586: {by using a URL (processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A reception apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to receive audio/visual (AV) content, extract a feature quantity from data of said audio/visual content, provide the extracted feature quantity to a server via a communication network, receive control information that is associated with said audio/visual content from said server, the control information being for controlling an operation of an application to be executed concurrently with a display of said audio/visual content, said control information being received by the circuitry in response to the provided extracted feature quantity, said control information corresponding to an identification result of said audio/visual content according to said feature quantity, and control an operation of said application, which is executed concurrently with said display of said audio/visual content, based on said control information received from said server. ### Claim 2 A reception method of a reception apparatus comprising: receiving audio/visual content; extracting a feature quantity from data of said audio/visual content; providing, by circuitry of the reception apparatus, the extracted feature quantity to a server via a communication network, receive, by the circuitry, control information that is associated with said audio/visual content from said server, the control information being for controlling an operation of an application to be executed concurrently with a display of said audio/visual content, said control information being received by the circuitry in response to the provided extracted feature quantity, said control information corresponding to an identification result of said audio/visual content according to said feature quantity; and controlling, by the circuitry, an operation of said application, which is executed concurrently with said display of said audio/visual content, based on said control information received from said server. ### Claim 3 An information providing apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to store control information for controlling an operation of an application to be executed concurrently with a display of audio/visual content, receive, from a reception apparatus via a communication network, a feature quantity extracted from data of said audio/visual content, and provide, to said reception apparatus via said communication network and in response to said received feature quantity, said stored control information for controlling said operation of said application to be executed concurrently with said display of said audio/visual content. ### Claim 4 A method of an information providing apparatus for providing control information, the method comprising: storing, by circuitry of the information providing apparatus, said control information for controlling an operation of an application to be executed concurrently with a display of audio/visual content; receiving, from a reception apparatus via a communication network, a feature quantity extracted from data of said audio/visual content; and providing by the circuitry, to said reception apparatus via said communication network and in response to said received feature quantity, said stored control information for controlling said operation of said application to be executed concurrently with said display of said audio/visual content. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to: control an operation of said application in accordance with an operation mode specified in said control information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The reception apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the circuitry is configured to: acquire correlation information used to identify an action specified by an event for the application based on a character string included in the control information when the operation mode specified in said control information is a first operation mode, and acquire the application program based on the character string included in the control information when the operation mode specified in said control information is a second operation mode. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The transmission apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said control information is provided with an operation mode type that indicates an operation mode defined in accordance with a control scheme of said application. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The reception apparatus according to claim 7, wherein when the operation mode type specifies a first operation mode, the control information causes the reception apparatus to acquire correlation information used to identify an action specified by an event for the application based on a character string included in the control information, and when the operation mode type specifies a second operation mode, the control information causes the reception apparatus to acquire the application based on the character string included in the control information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control information is associated with said application and identifies an action to be performed for said application. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said application is configured to execute in synchronization with a specific one of a plurality of segments of said audio/visual content. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The reception method according to claim 2, wherein said application is configured to execute in synchronization with a specific one of a plurality of segments of said audio/visual content. ### Claim 12 (depends on 3) The information providing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said application is configured to execute in synchronization with a specific one of a plurality of segments of said audio/visual content. ### Claim 13 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein said application is configured to execute in synchronization with a specific one of a plurality of segments of said audio/visual content. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A television receiver comprising the reception apparatus according to claim 1.