GB2386243B - Digital broadcasting receiver - Google Patents

Digital broadcasting receiver

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Publication number
GB2386243B
GB2386243B GB0205141A GB0205141A GB2386243B GB 2386243 B GB2386243 B GB 2386243B GB 0205141 A GB0205141 A GB 0205141A GB 0205141 A GB0205141 A GB 0205141A GB 2386243 B GB2386243 B GB 2386243B
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Prior art keywords
digital broadcasting
broadcasting receiver
receiver
digital
broadcasting
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB0205141A
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GB2386243A (en
GB0205141D0 (en
Inventor
Marcus Lovell-Smith
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Individual
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Priority to GB0205141A priority Critical patent/GB2386243B/en
Publication of GB0205141D0 publication Critical patent/GB0205141D0/en
Priority to GBGB0218976.9A priority patent/GB0218976D0/en
Priority to PCT/GB2003/000862 priority patent/WO2003075556A1/en
Priority to AU2003216980A priority patent/AU2003216980A1/en
Publication of GB2386243A publication Critical patent/GB2386243A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2386243B publication Critical patent/GB2386243B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/4104—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices
    • H04N21/4126—The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04H—BROADCAST COMMUNICATION
    • H04H60/00—Arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linking to broadcast information or broadcast space-time; Broadcast-related systems
    • H04H60/76—Arrangements characterised by transmission systems other than for broadcast, e.g. the Internet
    • H04H60/78—Arrangements characterised by transmission systems other than for broadcast, e.g. the Internet characterised by source locations or destination locations
    • H04H60/80—Arrangements characterised by transmission systems other than for broadcast, e.g. the Internet characterised by source locations or destination locations characterised by transmission among terminal devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
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    • G11B31/00—Arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus
    • G11B31/003—Arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus with radio receiver
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04H—BROADCAST COMMUNICATION
    • H04H60/00—Arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linking to broadcast information or broadcast space-time; Broadcast-related systems
    • H04H60/27—Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
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    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/23—Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/234—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams, manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
    • H04N21/2347—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams, manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs involving video stream encryption
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    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/25—Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/262—Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists
    • H04N21/26208—Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists the scheduling operation being performed under constraints
    • H04N21/26241—Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists the scheduling operation being performed under constraints involving the time of distribution, e.g. the best time of the day for inserting an advertisement or airing a children program
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/4104—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices
    • H04N21/4108—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices characterised by an identification number or address, e.g. local network address
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/418—External card to be used in combination with the client device, e.g. for conditional access
    • H04N21/4184—External card to be used in combination with the client device, e.g. for conditional access providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/426—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof
    • H04N21/42684—Client identification by a unique number or address, e.g. serial number, MAC address, socket ID
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/433—Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations
    • H04N21/4334—Recording operations
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
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    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/472—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content
    • H04N21/47214—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/61—Network physical structure; Signal processing
    • H04N21/6106—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network
    • H04N21/6112—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network involving terrestrial transmission, e.g. DVB-T
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/81—Monomedia components thereof
    • H04N21/8106—Monomedia components thereof involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/162—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
    • H04N7/165—Centralised control of user terminal ; Registering at central
GB0205141A 2002-03-05 2002-03-05 Digital broadcasting receiver Expired - Fee Related GB2386243B (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0205141A GB2386243B (en) 2002-03-05 2002-03-05 Digital broadcasting receiver
GBGB0218976.9A GB0218976D0 (en) 2002-03-05 2002-08-14 Digital broadcasting system and recording receiver
PCT/GB2003/000862 WO2003075556A1 (en) 2002-03-05 2003-02-28 Digital broadcasting receiver
AU2003216980A AU2003216980A1 (en) 2002-03-05 2003-02-28 Digital broadcasting receiver

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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GB0205141A GB2386243B (en) 2002-03-05 2002-03-05 Digital broadcasting receiver

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GB0205141D0 GB0205141D0 (en) 2002-04-17
GB2386243A GB2386243A (en) 2003-09-10
GB2386243B true GB2386243B (en) 2004-03-03

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GBGB0218976.9A Ceased GB0218976D0 (en) 2002-03-05 2002-08-14 Digital broadcasting system and recording receiver

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US20070028271A1 (en) * 2005-07-26 2007-02-01 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Apparatus for receiving digital multimedia broadcasting and method for outputting audio using the same

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US5982363A (en) * 1997-10-24 1999-11-09 General Instrument Corporation Personal computer-based set-top converter for television services
US20010025376A1 (en) * 1999-12-24 2001-09-27 Mannesmann Vdo Ag Audio and/or video system, particularly for motor vehicles or home applications

Patent Citations (2)

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US5982363A (en) * 1997-10-24 1999-11-09 General Instrument Corporation Personal computer-based set-top converter for television services
US20010025376A1 (en) * 1999-12-24 2001-09-27 Mannesmann Vdo Ag Audio and/or video system, particularly for motor vehicles or home applications

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Effective date: 20070129

PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20140305