Method of transmitting and receiving broadcast signal and apparatus for receiving broadcast signal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9402046-B2
Application number	US-201213591852-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2012
Priority date	Jul 12, 2007
Publication date	Jul 26, 2016
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed are a method of transmitting and receiving a broadcast signal and an apparatus for receiving the broadcast signal. In the present invention, first program table information describing a broadcasting stream, and second program table information including additional service identifier information of the multiplexed stream and third program table information describing the additional service data for the multiplexed stream are obtained. The additional service can be provided with the additional service data by using the third program table information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of transmitting a broadcast signal, the method comprising:
generating a broadcast signal including a main channel and an additional channel, the main channel carrying real time service data, first table information describing a virtual channel in the broadcast signal, and second table information describing program mapping in the broadcast signal, and the additional channel carrying third table information describing a non-real time service in the broadcast signal,
wherein the non-real time service is associated with one or more content items, each of which consists of one or more files,
wherein the first table information includes a service type identifier for identifying a service type for the non-real time service which is transmitted in non real time via the broadcast signal and provided by content that is delivered in advance of use and used after being stored in a receiving device, and the first table information announces the additional channel associated with the service type identifier to signify the non real time service,
wherein the second table information includes a stream type identifier for identifying a stream type for data sections for delivering the non-real time service and a packet identifier for identifying MPEG-2 TS packets carrying the data sections for delivering the non-real time service,
wherein the second table information describes an MPEG-2 program containing a program element of the stream type for data sections,
wherein the data sections referenced by the packet identifier includes delivery units carrying the non-real time service,
wherein the second table information includes a descriptor containing an identifier of the non-real time service carried in the MPEG-2 TS packets with the same packet identifier,
wherein the third table information is accessed within the additional channel based on the second table information included in the main channel, the third table information includes signaling data for the non-real time service, the signaling data being separate from the first table information and the second table information, the signaling data describing content items available for download to storage in the receiving device,
and
transmitting the broadcast signal,
wherein the third table information includes subscription period information specifying a subscription period for the content items when the content items are purchased, length information specifying a duration of playback of the content item, and location information specifying a location of the content item when the content item is available to be retrieved via an internet.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first table information is a virtual channel table (VCT) and the second table information is a program map table (PMT).

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the non-real time service data is a video clip of a scene unit.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the third table information includes at least one of a clip identifier, which is the non-real time service data, a content type provided as the non-real time service, and information indicating whether the non-real time service can be copied.

5. A transmitter of transmitting a broadcast signal, the transmitter comprising:
an information generator configured to generate a broadcast signal including a main channel and an additional channel, the main channel carrying real time service data, first table information describing a virtual channel in the broadcast signal, and second table information describing program mapping in the broadcast signal, and the additional channel carrying third table information describing a non-real time service in the broadcast signal,
wherein the non-real time service is associated with one or more content items, each of which consists of one or more files,
wherein the first table information includes a service type identifier for identifying a service type for the non-real time service which is transmitted in non real time via the broadcast signal and provided by content that is delivered in advance of use and used after being stored in a receiving device, and the first table information announces the additional channel associated with the service type identifier to signify the non real time service,
wherein the second table information includes a stream type identifier for identifying a stream type for data sections for delivering the non-real time service and a packet identifier for identifying MPEG-2 TS packets carrying the data sections for delivering the non-real time service,
wherein the second table information describes an MPEG-2 program containing a program element of the stream type for data sections,
wherein the data sections referenced by the packet identifier includes delivery units carrying the non-real time service,
wherein the second table information includes a descriptor containing an identifier of the non-real time service carried in the MPEG-2 TS packets with the same packet identifier,
wherein the third table information is accessed within the additional channel based on the second table information included in the main channel, the third table information includes signaling data for the non-real time service, the signaling data being separate from the first table information and the second table information, the signaling data describing content items available for download to storage in the receiving device,
and
a transmitter configured to transmit the broadcast signal,
wherein the third table information includes subscription period information specifying a subscription period for the content items when the content items are purchased, length information specifying a duration of playback of the content item, and location information specifying a location of the content item when the content item is available to be retrieved via an internet.

6. The transmitter according to claim 5 , wherein the first table information is a virtual channel table (VCT) and the second table information is a program map table (PMT).

7. The transmitter according to claim 5 , wherein the non-real time service data is a video clip of a scene unit.

8. The transmitter according to claim 5 , wherein the third table information includes at least one of a clip identifier, which is the non-real time service data, a content type provided as the non-real time service, and information indicating whether the non-real time service can be copied.

Assignees

• Hong Ho Taek
• Suh Jong Yeul
• Lee Joon Hui
• Song Jae Hyung
• Kim Jin Pil
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Hong Ho Taek
• Suh Jong Yeul
• Lee Joon Hui
• Song Jae Hyung
• Kim Jin Pil

Classifications

• H04N5/44543 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4334

  Recording operations (recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27) · CPC title

• H04H60/72

  using electronic programme guides [EPG] (focusing on identifying broadcast space time H04H60/39 {; menu type display of EPG in television receivers H04N21/47}) · CPC title

• H04N5/76

  Television signal recording · CPC title

• H04N21/4438

  Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface · CPC title