JP5584729B2 - Broadcast communication cooperative receiver - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus that can use a service in which broadcasting and communication cooperate.

  In recent years, with the advancement of digital broadcasting and broadband communication, research and development for the realization of broadcasting / communication cooperation services is being conducted. In such a broadcasting / communication cooperation service, contents are distributed using different transmission paths for broadcasting and communication, and the plurality of contents distributed to a receiver (broadcasting communication cooperation receiving apparatus) such as a digital television or a personal computer. It is considered that the display screens are simultaneously displayed together. For example, using an application program such as a widget (or gadget) or browser, the communication content such as text information and video distributed by communication is displayed superimposed on the display screen of the broadcast program that is the content distributed by broadcast. It is assumed that

  Conventionally, an application is controlled by an AIT (Application Information Table) in which control information is described as application activation information for controlling the activation state (operation such as start or end) of an application displayed in digital broadcasting. Display is known (Non-Patent Document 1). According to this technology, by using a control code stored for each application in the AIT, the broadcast station notifies the receiver of processing related to the application life cycle, and dynamically controls the application life cycle. It becomes possible to do.

(Radio Industry Association), “Application Information Table (AIT)”, “Application Execution Environment Standard for Digital Broadcasting (ARIB STD-B23 1.2 Edition)”, Part 2, Chapter 10, 10.16.1, July 29, 2009

  However, in the configuration based on the above-described standard, since the AIT is transmitted as an ES (Elementary Stream) of MPEG-2 TS (Transport Stream), the number of ESs is limited by operation, for example. In such a case, there is a problem that it becomes difficult to add the AIT as an ES. In the configuration based on the above-described standard, the receiver receives an unknown ES, which may cause a malfunction. In addition, in the configuration based on the above-described standard, there is a problem that costs are increased because it is necessary to change the broadcasting equipment on the broadcasting station side.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus that can reliably receive application activation information and can reduce the cost of receiving the application activation information. The issue is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a broadcast communication cooperative reception device according to claim 1 receives broadcast data from a broadcast transmission device via a broadcast wave and is included in the broadcast data from an application server via a communication line. The broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus acquires an application that is linked to content, and includes an application activation information extraction unit, an application acquisition unit, an application execution unit, and an application control unit.

According to such a configuration, the broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving apparatus uses an application activation information extracting unit to activate and activate an application for acquiring and controlling an application from a predetermined module of the DSM-CC data carousel transmitted by the broadcast transmitting apparatus. Extract the information file. Further, the application acquisition means refers to the address of the application server described in the application activation information file, and acquires the application from the application server. The application is executed by the application execution means. The application control means controls the activation state of the application executed by the application execution means in accordance with the control code described in the application activation information file received from the application activation information extraction means .

  Therefore, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus can acquire the application activation information file for acquiring and controlling the application via the broadcast wave, and can acquire the application via the communication line.

The broadcast communication cooperative reception device according to claim 2 receives broadcast data from a broadcast transmission device via a broadcast wave, and receives an application linked to content included in the broadcast data from an application server via a communication line. A broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device to obtain, application activation information extraction means, application acquisition means, application execution means, application control means, push notification server address extraction means, push notification permission means, application activation information an acquiring unit, and configured to Ru with a.

  According to such a configuration, the broadcast communication cooperative receiving device extracts the push notification server address.
Push notification for performing push notification for controlling the activation state of the application linked to the content from the information included in the transport stream of the broadcast data transmitted by the broadcast transmission device by means of the means Extract the server address. Further, the push notification permission means refers to the address of the push notification server and notifies the push notification server that the push notification is permitted. Then, the application activation information acquisition unit refers to the address of the application activation information server described in the push notification notified from the push notification server, and acquires the application activation information file from the application activation information server.

  Therefore, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus acquires the address of the push notification server via the broadcast wave, and permits the push notification to the push notification server, so that the broadcasting station side (broadcast transmitting apparatus) can perform any timing. You can receive push notifications made in.

The broadcast communication cooperative reception device according to claim 3 receives broadcast data from the broadcast transmission device via a broadcast wave, and interlocks with content included in the broadcast data from the application server via a communication line. A broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus for acquiring an application, wherein an application activation information extraction unit, an application acquisition unit, an application execution unit, an application control unit, a push notification server list request unit, a comparison unit, and an application activation information And an acquisition means.

  According to such a configuration, the broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving device uses the push notification server list requesting unit to perform push notification for the broadcast station that provides the content to perform the push notification for controlling the activation state of the application linked to the content. The push management server that manages the server is requested for a list of broadcast stations that have instructed the push notification server to perform push notification. Further, the comparison station compares the broadcast station described in the push notification server list with the broadcast station that provides the currently viewed content. When the broadcasting station described in the push notification server list matches the broadcasting station that provides the currently viewed content, the push notification is permitted to the corresponding push notification server. Notify you. In addition, the application activation information acquisition unit refers to the address of the application activation information server described in the push notification notified from the push notification server, and acquires the application activation information file from the application activation information server.

  Therefore, the broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving apparatus pushes the push notification server to the push notification server when the broadcast station described in the push notification server list matches the broadcast station that provides the currently viewed content. By permitting the notification, it is possible to receive a push notification performed at an arbitrary timing by the broadcast station side (broadcast transmission device).

  Further, the broadcast communication cooperative receiving device according to claim 4 is the broadcast communication cooperative receiving device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the application activation information file is the DSM-CC data carousel. The component tag and the module ID are fixed, and the application activation information extracting unit extracts the application activation information file with reference to the fixed component tag and module ID in the DSM-CC data carousel.

  Therefore, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus can extract the application activation information file from the DSM-CC data carousel by referring to the component tag and the module ID that are known in advance.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the application activation information can be transmitted from the broadcast transmission device using the existing broadcasting equipment, the application activation information can be reliably received, and the application activation information can be received. The cost for receiving can be reduced.

  According to the second and third aspects of the present invention, even when application activation information is provided from a plurality of broadcasting stations (a plurality of broadcast transmission apparatuses) by different methods, the application activation information is received. Can do.

  According to the invention of claim 4, since the component tag and the module ID are known in advance, the application activation information can be easily and reliably extracted from the DSM-CC data carousel.

It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic for demonstrating the application starting information used in the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (a) is a figure which shows the example of the descriptor which comprises application starting information, (b) () Is a diagram showing a control code in the application activation information. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the example which represented the application starting information used in the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention with the file format. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 7th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 8th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 9th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 10th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 11th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 12th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus which concerns on 13th Embodiment of this invention.

  A broadcast communication cooperative reception apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same configuration is given the same name and symbol, and detailed description is omitted.

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the broadcast communication cooperative receiving apparatus 2 according to the first embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. As shown in FIG. 1, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 receives video / audio and data of content broadcast as broadcasting data from the broadcasting transmitting apparatus 1 via the broadcast wave W and presents it to the user. To do. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 acquires an application linked to content such as a broadcasting program via the communication line N and presents it to the user.

  Here, before concrete description of the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2, a peripheral system configuration will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the broadcast transmission device 1 transmits broadcast data to the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2 via a broadcast wave W. The application server 3 stores an application linked to the content in advance and transmits the application to the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2 via the communication line N.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 includes a broadcast receiving unit 21, a broadcast signal analyzing unit 22, a video / audio decoding unit 23, a data broadcast decoding unit 24, an application control unit 25, an application, An acquisition unit 26, a communication transmission / reception unit 27, an application storage unit 28, an application execution unit 29, and a composite display unit 30 are provided.

  The broadcast receiving unit 21 receives broadcast data from the broadcast transmission device 1 via the broadcast wave W. Specifically, the broadcast receiving means 21 receives and demodulates broadcast data from the broadcast transmitting apparatus 1 and performs decoding such as error correction and TMCC (Transmission and Multiplexing Configuration Control) decoding, as shown in FIG. Is output to the broadcast signal analysis means 22 as an MPEG-2 TS (Transport Stream).

  The broadcast signal analyzing means 22 analyzes a broadcast signal of digital broadcasting. Specifically, the broadcast signal analyzing means 22 separates the TS in which video / audio and data are multiplexed into PES (Packetized Elementary Stream) data and section data. Then, the broadcast signal analyzing means 22 outputs the PES data to the video / audio decoding means 23 and the section data to the data broadcast decoding means 24 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the broadcast signal analysis unit 22 includes an application activation information extraction unit 220.

  The application activation information extraction unit (means) 220 extracts application activation information from the TS input from the broadcast receiving means 21. Here, the application activation information is data including information for identifying an application such as an application identifier (ID), an application location (address), and additional information for controlling the application. It is. The application activation information can be composed of a descriptor (application activation information descriptor) described in a binary format as shown in FIG.

  The information specifying the application includes the following information. For example, in FIG. 2A, the application name is described in the (5) to (8) lines. Also, (9) line describes the organization that created the application, and (10) line describes the number that uniquely identifies the application within the organization. The numbers shown in the (9) and (10) lines are application IDs that uniquely identify the application. In addition, the location (address) of the application is described in the lines (20) to (23). In addition to these, as shown in lines (32) to (34), additional information used by the application, for example, the location (address) of metadata, image data, etc. is described. Also good. Thus, by describing the reference destination of additional data, the amount of data added to the EIT can be suppressed.

  Further, additional information for controlling the application includes the following information. For example, in FIG. 2A, the control code (application control code) for controlling the application state is described in the (11) line. This application control code takes a value as shown in FIG. 2B, for example.

  This application control code is basically the same as that defined in ARIB STD-B23. For example, “AUTOSTART” indicates that the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 is an application that automatically starts regardless of the user's operation. “PRESENT” indicates that the application is not automatically started. “DESTROY” and “KILL” are control codes for instructing termination of the application. Whether the termination is normal termination (for example, termination after user confirmation) or forced termination (for example, user confirmation is performed). Immediately exit). As described above, this application control code is basically the same as that defined in ARIB STD-B23, but “KILLALL” is further added here. This “KILLALL” indicates the forced termination of all currently activated applications in the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 regardless of the application corresponding to the composition channel.

  The application activation information configured by the descriptor shown in FIG. 2A is described here in the p / f area of the EIT (Event Information Table) in the SI (Service Information) table included in the TS. Is done. That is, in the broadcast communication cooperative receiving apparatus 2 according to the first embodiment, application activation information is described in the EIT on the broadcast station side (broadcast transmission apparatus 1), and this is transmitted to the receiver side (broadcast communication cooperative reception apparatus 2). It is premised on sending. The EIT is a table in which the program name, program content, performers, program genre, etc. are described. The p / f region is the next program (content) currently being broadcast in the EIT. This is the area where the program to be broadcast is described.

  As described above, the broadcast communication cooperative receiving apparatus 2 acquires and controls an application used for the content currently being broadcast and the content scheduled to be broadcast next in order to extract the application activation information from the p / f region of the event information table. can do. Thereby, according to the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2, since the application used by the content currently broadcasted and the content scheduled to be broadcast next can be acquired and controlled, the application is executed in conjunction with the content. Can do.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the application activation information extraction unit 220 stores the application activation information shown in FIG. 2A in the p / f area of the EIT included in the TS input from the broadcast receiving means 21. It is confirmed whether or not it is described, and if the content is described, it is extracted. And the application starting information extraction part 220 outputs the extracted content to the application control means 25 as application starting information, as shown in FIG.

  The video / audio decoding means 23 decodes the video / audio received and demodulated by the broadcast receiving means 21. For example, when the video / audio is encoded by the MPEG-2 encoding method, the video / audio decoding means 23 performs MPEG-2 decoding, and as shown in FIG. -It outputs to the synthetic | combination display means 30 as audio | voice data.

  The data broadcast decoding unit 24 decodes the data (data file) received by the broadcast receiving unit 21 and demodulated. Here, a data file broadcast as a Japanese data broadcast is described in BML which is a markup language. Therefore, the data broadcast decoding means 24 specifically functions as a BML analysis means for analyzing the BML, and synthesizes data (data broadcast data) converted into an output format capable of displaying the BML as shown in FIG. Output to the display means 30.

  The application control means 25 controls the activation state of the application executed by the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the application control means 25 is an application ID described in the application activation information input from the application activation information extraction unit 220 and the application server 3 in which the application is stored. With reference to the address, the application acquisition unit 26 is instructed to acquire an application from the application server 3.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 1, when the application acquisition unit 26 acquires the target application from the application server 3, the application control unit 25 acquires the application control code described in the application activation information (FIG. 2 (a), ( b), the application execution means 29 is instructed to put the application in the activated state described in the application control code. As described above, the application control unit 25 issues an instruction to acquire and control an application executed by the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2 according to the content of the application activation information.

  In addition, the application control means 25, when the application having the application ID described in the application activation information input from the application activation information extraction unit 220 is already stored in the application storage means 28, Thus, without giving an instruction to acquire an application from the application server 3, the application execution unit 29 is instructed to put the application into an activated state described in the application control code.

  The application acquisition unit 26 acquires an application linked to the content from the application server 3. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the application acquisition unit 26 receives an application from the application server 3 via the communication transmission / reception unit 27 that is a communication interface and the communication line N in accordance with an instruction from the application control unit 25. To get. Note that, as described above, the instruction from the application control unit 25 includes the application ID of the application to be controlled and the address of the application server 3 in which the application is stored. 26 can acquire a target application in accordance with an instruction from the application control means 25.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 1, the application acquisition unit 26 acquires the application from the application server 3 and outputs it to the application storage unit 28. However, when the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 executes the application on the fly without temporarily storing the application, the application acquisition unit 26 can directly output the application to the application execution unit 29 as shown in FIG. .

  Note that the case where the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 temporarily stores and executes an application is, for example, a case where the acquired application is used in a news program broadcast every day at the same time, that is, the same application. The case where it uses many times etc. is assumed. On the other hand, the case where the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 executes the application on the fly assumes, for example, a case where the acquired application is used in a one-time broadcast program, that is, a case where the same application is used only once. Is done.

  The communication transmission / reception means 27 performs data communication via a communication line N as shown in FIG. The communication transmitter / receiver 27 transmits / receives data using a TCP / IP communication protocol.

  The application storage means 28 stores an application. As shown in FIG. 1, the application storage means 28 is configured so that the application acquired by the application acquisition means 26 can be input and output to the application execution means 29. Note that the application storage unit 28 is specifically implemented by a memory, a hard disk, or the like that can store data.

  The application execution means 29 is for executing an application. Specifically, the application execution unit 29 executes the application acquired by the application acquisition unit 26 in accordance with an instruction from the application control unit 25, as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 1, the application execution unit 29 outputs drawing data and audio data of the executed application (for example, data such as sound effects when executing the application) to the composite display unit 30.

  The composite display means 30 combines video / audio, data, and applications. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the composite display means 30 includes video / audio data input from the video / audio decoding means 23, data broadcast data input from the data broadcast decoding means 24, and application execution means. The drawing data and the audio data input from 29 are synthesized and output to the monitor Mo and the speaker Sp, respectively. Here, the composite display means 30 can be realized by a general GDC (Graphic Display Controller).

  The broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 having the above configuration extracts application activation information from the p / f region of the EIT included in the TS transmitted from the broadcast transmission apparatus 1 by the application activation information extraction unit 220. The application to be controlled can be acquired from the application server 3 and the activation state of the application can be controlled. That is, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 can acquire application activation information for acquiring and controlling an application via the broadcast wave W, and can acquire the application via the communication line N.

  As a result, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2 can reliably receive the application activation information transmitted from the broadcast transmission device 1 using the existing broadcasting equipment, thereby reducing the cost for receiving the application activation information. can do.

[Operation of First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception apparatus 2 according to the first embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 3 (refer to FIG. 1 as appropriate). In the following description, the operation of the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 will be described with a focus on processing related to execution and execution of the application, and description of other processing will be omitted as appropriate.

  First, when the broadcast receiving unit 21 receives a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting (step S1), the broadcast communication cooperative receiving apparatus 2 extracts application activation information from the p / f region of the EIT by the application activation information extraction unit 220. (Step S2). Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 refers to the application activation information by the application control unit 25 and acquires the application from the application server 3 by the application acquisition unit 26 according to the instruction of the application control unit 25 (step S3). ). Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 executes the application by the application execution unit 29 and controls the activation state of the application by the application control unit 25 (step S4).

  As described above, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 extracts the application activation information from the p / f region of the EIT included in the TS transmitted from the broadcasting transmitting apparatus 1, so that the currently broadcast content and the next broadcast are broadcast. Since the application used for the scheduled content can be acquired and controlled, the application can be executed in conjunction with the content.

[Second Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2A according to the second embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A includes a broadcast signal analyzing unit 22a instead of the broadcast signal analyzing unit 22, and a data broadcast decoding unit 24a instead of the data broadcast decoding unit 24. The broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2 according to the first embodiment has the same configuration. Therefore, in the following description, it demonstrates centering around difference with the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted about the structure which overlaps with the said broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2. FIG.

  The broadcast signal analysis means 22a analyzes a broadcast signal of digital broadcast, and the basic function is the same as that of the broadcast signal analysis means 22 described above. However, unlike the broadcast signal analysis unit 22, the broadcast signal analysis unit 22a does not include the application activation information extraction unit 220, as shown in FIG. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, the broadcast signal analyzing means 22a does not extract the application activation information from the TS, the PES data separated from the TS is sent to the video / audio decoding means 23, and the section data is the data broadcast decoding means. To 24a.

  The data broadcast decoding unit 24a decodes the data (data file) received and demodulated by the broadcast receiving unit 21, and the basic function is the same as that of the data broadcast decoding unit 24 described above. However, unlike the data broadcast decoding unit 24, the data broadcast decoding unit 24a includes an application activation information extracting unit 240 as shown in FIG.

  The application activation information extraction unit (means) 240 extracts application activation information from data transmitted in the DSM-CC data carousel. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the application activation information extraction unit 240 extracts an application activation information file stored in a predetermined module of the DSM-CC data carousel, and uses the application activation information file as the application control unit 25. Output to. That is, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2A according to the second embodiment is configured such that, on the broadcasting station side (broadcasting transmission device 1), the application activation information file is transmitted to the receiver side (broadcasting communication cooperation receiving device 2A) using the DSM-CC data carousel. It is premised on sending. As shown in FIG. 5, the application activation information file means the content of the application activation information expressed in a file format such as XML.

  As described above, when the application activation information file is transmitted to the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2A using the DSM-CC data carousel, the broadcast transmission device 1 fixes the component tag and the module of the transmission carousel for the application activation information file. Send. For example, the broadcast transmitting apparatus 1 fixes both component tag: AA and module ID: 0000, and transmits broadcast data to the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A by the DSM-CC data carousel method. As a result, the application activation information extraction unit 240 can easily and reliably extract the application activation information file from the DSM-CC data carousel based on the component tag and the module ID that are known in advance. In addition, the application activation information extraction unit 240 monitors the update of the module described above, and immediately re-extracts the application activation information file when updated. Thereby, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2A can execute designated control (application life cycle control) performed at an arbitrary timing on the broadcast station (broadcast transmission device 1) side.

  When the broadcast transmission apparatus 1 transmits an application activation information file using the DSM-CC data carousel, the broadcast descriptor 1 uses the type descriptor for identifying the module type (file format) of the DSM-CC data carousel as the application activation information file. The type descriptor may be increased and transmitted. The type descriptor is more specifically one of DII (Download Info Indication) items transmitted in the DSM-CC data carousel. When one file is transmitted as one module, the type descriptor is a module. It describes the format of the file to be transmitted. As a result, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A can more reliably detect the data contents (application activation information file) by referring to the DII in the DSM-CC data carousel.

  The broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A having the above-described configuration extracts the application activation information file transmitted from the broadcast transmission apparatus 1 by the DSM-CC data carousel by the application activation information extraction unit 240, whereby the application server 3 The application to be controlled can be acquired from the control and the activation state of the application can be controlled. That is, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A can acquire the application activation information file for acquiring and controlling the application via the broadcast wave W, and can acquire the application via the communication line N.

  As a result, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2A can reliably receive the application activation information transmitted from the broadcast transmission device 1 using the existing broadcasting equipment, thereby reducing the cost for receiving the application activation information. can do.

[Operation of Second Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception apparatus 2A according to the second embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 6 (refer to FIG. 4 as appropriate). In the following description, the operation of the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A will be described with a focus on processing related to execution and execution of the application, and description of other processing will be omitted as appropriate.

  First, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A receives a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting by the broadcast receiving means 21 (step S11), and analyzes the broadcast signal by the broadcast signal analyzing means 22a (step S12). Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving device 2A decodes the data broadcast by the data broadcast decoding unit 24a (step S13), and the application activation information is extracted from the data transmitted in the DSM-CC data carousel by the application activation information extraction unit 240. A file is extracted (step S14).

  Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A refers to the application activation information by the application control unit 25, and acquires the application from the application server 3 by the application acquisition unit 26 according to the instruction of the application control unit 25 (step S15). ). Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A executes the application by the application execution unit 29 and controls the activation state of the application by the application control unit 25 (step S16).

  As described above, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2A acquires and controls the application used in the currently viewed content by extracting the application activation information file transmitted from the broadcasting transmitting device 1 through the DSM-CC data carousel. Therefore, the application can be executed in conjunction with the content.

[Third Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2B according to the third embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2 </ b> B includes a broadcasting signal analyzing unit 22 b instead of the broadcasting signal analyzing unit 22, and further includes an application activation information acquiring unit 31. A configuration similar to that of the communication cooperative reception device 2 is provided. Therefore, in the following description, it demonstrates centering around difference with the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted about the structure which overlaps with the said broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2. FIG.

  The broadcast signal analyzing unit 22b analyzes a broadcast signal of digital broadcasting, and the basic function is the same as the broadcast signal analyzing unit 22 described above. However, the broadcast signal analyzing unit 22b includes an application activation information server address extracting unit 221 unlike the broadcast signal analyzing unit 22, as shown in FIG.

  The application activation information server address extraction unit (means) 221 extracts the address of the application activation information server 4 from the TS input from the broadcast receiving means 21. Here, the application activation information server 4 stores in advance application activation information for controlling the activation state of the application linked to the content, and transmits the application to the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2B via the communication line N. The activation information is transmitted. Here, the address of the application activation information server 4 is described in the p / f area of the EIT in the SI table included in the TS. That is, in the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2B according to the third embodiment, the address of the application activation information server 4 is described in the EIT on the broadcast station side (broadcast transmission device 1), and this is received on the receiver side (broadcast communication cooperative reception). It is assumed that it is transmitted to the device 2B).

  In this way, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2B extracts the address of the application activation information server 4 from the p / f area of the event information table, and therefore the application used for the content currently being broadcast and the content scheduled to be broadcast next. Can be acquired and controlled. Thereby, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2B can execute the application in conjunction with the content.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the application activation information server address extracting unit (means) 221 stores the application activation information server 4 in the p / f area of the EIT included in the TS input from the broadcast reception unit 21. It is confirmed whether or not an address is described. If the address is described, it is extracted. Then, the application activation information server address extraction unit 221 outputs the extracted address to the application activation information acquisition unit 31, as shown in FIG.

  The application activation information acquisition unit 31 acquires application activation information for controlling an application from the application activation information server 4. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the application activation information acquisition unit 31 includes a communication transmission / reception unit 27 that is a communication interface and a communication line N according to the address input from the application activation information server address extraction unit 221. Then, the application activation information is acquired from the application activation information server 4. Then, the application activation information acquisition unit 31 outputs the acquired application activation information to the application control unit 25 as shown in FIG.

  The broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving device 2B having the above configuration extracts the address of the application activation information from the p / f region of the EIT included in the TS transmitted from the broadcast transmitting device 1 by the application activation information extracting unit 220. Thus, the application activation information can be acquired from the application activation information server 4. The broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2B can acquire the application to be controlled from the application server 3 and control the activation state of the application according to the application activation information. That is, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2B acquires the address of the application activation information server 4 in which the application activation information for acquiring and controlling the application is acquired via the broadcast wave W, and the application is transmitted via the communication line N. Can be acquired.

  Thereby, since the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2B can transmit the application starting information from the broadcasting transmitting device 1 using the existing broadcasting equipment, the receiving device can reliably receive the application starting information, and the application The cost for receiving the activation information can be reduced. In addition, by arranging the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2B on the receiver side of the digital broadcasting, only the address of the application activation information needs to be transmitted from the broadcasting station side (the broadcasting transmitting device 1). Can be saved.

[Operation of Third Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2B according to the third embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 8 (refer to FIG. 7 as appropriate). In the following description, the operation of the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2B will be described with a focus on processing related to execution and execution of the application, and description of other processing will be omitted as appropriate.

  First, when the broadcast receiving unit 21 receives a broadcast wave of a digital broadcast by the broadcast receiving unit 21 (step S31), the broadcast communication cooperative receiving device 2B extracts the address of the application activation information server 4 by the application activation information server address extracting unit 221 ( Step S32). Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2B acquires application activation information from the application activation information server 4 according to the address described above by the application activation information acquisition unit 31 (step S33).

  Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2B refers to the application activation information by the application control unit 25, and acquires the application from the application server 3 by the application acquisition unit 26 according to the instruction of the application control unit 25 (step S34). ). Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2B executes the application by the application execution unit 29 and controls the activation state of the application by the application control unit 25 (step S35).

  As described above, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2B extracts the address of the application activation information from the p / f area of the EIT included in the TS transmitted from the broadcasting transmitting apparatus 1, thereby allowing the content currently being broadcast and the next Since it is possible to acquire and control an application used for content scheduled to be broadcast, the application can be executed in conjunction with the content.

[Fourth Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2 </ b> C according to the fourth embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 9. As shown in FIG. 9, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2C includes a broadcast signal analysis unit 22c instead of the broadcast signal analysis unit 22, and further includes a push notification permission unit 32 and an operation control unit 33. It has the same configuration as the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2 according to the first embodiment. Therefore, in the following description, it demonstrates centering around difference with the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted about the structure which overlaps with the said broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2. FIG.

  The broadcast signal analyzing means 22c analyzes a broadcast signal of digital broadcasting, and the basic function is the same as that of the broadcast signal analyzing means 22 described above. However, the broadcast signal analysis means 22c includes a push notification server address extraction unit 222, unlike the broadcast signal analysis means 22, as shown in FIG.

  The push notification server address extracting unit (means) 222 extracts the address of the push notification server 5 from the TS input from the broadcast receiving means 21. Here, as shown in FIG. 9, the push notification server 5 performs push notification (Push Notification) to the broadcast communication cooperative receiving device 2C in accordance with an instruction from the broadcast transmitting device 1, that is, a broadcasting station. Here, the address of the push notification server 5 is described in the p / f area of the EIT in the SI table included in the TS. That is, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2C according to the fourth embodiment describes the address of the push notification server 5 in the EIT on the broadcasting station side (broadcasting transmission device 1), and this is described on the receiver side (broadcasting communication cooperation receiving device). 2C) is assumed to be transmitted.

  In this case, the push notification refers to the broadcast state in order to control the activation state of the application executed in the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2C at an arbitrary timing from the digital broadcast station side (broadcast transmission device 1). This is information notified from the transmission device 1. This push notification includes, for example, the address of the application activation information server 4 in which application activation information is stored.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the push notification server address extracting unit 222 describes the address of the push notification server 5 in the p / f area of the EIT included in the TS input from the broadcast receiving means 21. If the address is described, it is extracted. Then, the push notification server address extraction unit 222 outputs the extracted address to the push notification permission unit 32 as shown in FIG.

  The push notification permission unit 32 permits push notification to the push notification server 5. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the push notification server 32 receives the address of the push notification server 5 from the push notification server address extraction unit 222. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the push notification permission unit 32 receives an instruction to permit push notification from the user via the operation control unit 33.

  The push notification permission unit 32 notifies the push notification server 5 that the push notification is permitted when both of these inputs are received. Thereby, the push notification permission means 32 can receive the push notification made by the broadcast station side (broadcast transmission device 1) via the push notification server 5. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the push notification permission unit 32 outputs the address of the application activation information server 4 included in the push notification received from the push notification server 5 to the application activation information acquisition unit 31.

  The operation control means 33 notifies the broadcast communication cooperative receiving apparatus 2C of an instruction corresponding to the input content of the remote controller Re operated by the user. Here, as shown in FIG. 9, the operation control means 33 notifies the push notification permission means 32 of a push notification permission or non-permission instruction performed by the user operating the remote controller Re. Note that the above-described instruction to allow push notification by the user is, for example, when the user is viewing a certain content by the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2C, on the monitor Mo, “push notification is turned on”, “ When two options “Turn off push notification” are displayed, it is assumed that the user has selected the option “Turn on push notification” with the remote control Re.

  In the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2C having the above-described configuration, the push notification server address extracting unit 222 obtains the address of the push notification server 5 from the p / f region of the EIT included in the TS transmitted from the broadcast transmitting device 1. By extracting, it is possible to receive the push notification from the push notification server 5 and acquire the application activation information from the application activation information server 4 according to the push notification. Then, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2C can acquire the application to be controlled from the application server 3 and control the activation state of the application according to the application activation information. That is, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2C acquires the address of the push notification server 5 via the broadcast wave W, and permits the push notification server 5 to perform the push notification, so that the broadcasting station side (the broadcasting transmitting device 1). ) Can be received at any timing.

  Thereby, since the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2C can transmit the application starting information from the broadcasting transmitting device 1 using the existing broadcasting equipment, the receiving device can reliably receive the application starting information, and the application The cost for receiving the activation information can be reduced. In addition, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2C can acquire and control an application at an arbitrary timing determined by the broadcasting station side (the broadcasting transmitting device 1).

[Operation of Fourth Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2C according to the fourth embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 10 (refer to FIG. 9 as appropriate). In the following description, the operation of the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2C will be described focusing on processing related to execution and execution of the application, and description of other processing will be omitted as appropriate.

  First, when the broadcast receiving unit 21 receives a broadcast wave of a digital broadcast (step S51), the broadcast communication cooperative receiver 2C extracts the address of the push notification server 5 by the push notification server address extraction unit 222 (step S52). ). Next, the broadcast communication cooperative receiving device 2 </ b> C receives an instruction to permit push notification from the user via the operation control unit 33, and the push notification permission unit 32 causes the push notification server 5 to A notification that the push notification is permitted is sent (step S53).

  Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2C confirms the presence / absence of the push notification to the push notification server 5 by the push notification permission unit 32 (step S54), and if the push notification exists (Yes in step S54), This is received (step S55). On the other hand, if there is no push notification (No in step S54), the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2C stands by until the push notification is made. Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2C acquires the application activation information from the application activation information server 4 by the application activation information acquisition unit 31 in accordance with the push notification (step S56).

  Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2C refers to the application activation information by the application control unit 25, and acquires the application from the application server 3 by the application acquisition unit 26 according to the instruction of the application control unit 25 (step S57). ). Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2C executes the application by the application execution unit 29 and controls the activation state of the application by the application control unit 25 (step S58).

  As described above, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2C extracts the address of the push notification server 5 from the p / f region of the EIT included in the TS transmitted from the broadcast transmission device 1, and By permitting the push notification, it is possible to receive the push notification performed by the broadcast station side (broadcast transmission device 1) at an arbitrary timing. Therefore, at the arbitrary timing determined by the broadcast station side (broadcast transmission device 1). Can get and control the application.

[Fifth Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2D according to the fifth embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the broadcast / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2D includes a broadcast signal analyzing unit 22a instead of the broadcast signal analyzing unit 22c, a push notification permitting unit 32a instead of the push notification permitting unit 32, and a push management server. Except for further including an address storage unit 34 and a push notification server list storage unit 35, the configuration is the same as that of the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2C according to the fourth embodiment. The broadcast signal analyzing means 22a is the same as the broadcast communication cooperative receiving device 2A according to the second embodiment. Therefore, in the following description, it demonstrates centering around difference with broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A, 2C, and abbreviate | omits detailed description about the structure which overlaps with the said broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A, 2C.

  The push notification permission unit 32a permits push notification to the push notification server 5, and the basic function is the same as the push notification permission unit 32 described above. However, unlike the push notification permission unit 32, the push notification permission unit 32a includes a push notification server list request unit 320 and a comparison unit 321 as illustrated in FIG.

  The push notification server list request unit (means) 320 requests the push management server 6 for a list of push notification servers 5 that perform push notification. Here, as shown in FIG. 11, the push management server 6 manages the number of push notification servers 5 and their respective addresses. The number of push notification servers 5 managed by the push management server 6 may be singular or plural. Also, the list of push notification servers is a list in which, for example, the address of the push notification server 5 that issued the push notification and the name of the broadcasting station that issued the push notification instruction to the push notification server 5 are associated with each other. (For example, “http: //... (XX TV)”).

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, the push notification server list request unit 320 receives an instruction to permit push notification from the user via the operation control unit 33. Then, the push notification server list request unit 320 acquires the address of the push management server 6 stored in advance in the push management server address storage unit 34, and sends a list of the push notification server 5 to the push management server 6. Request. Then, the push notification server list request unit 320 outputs the list of the push notification server 5 to the push notification server list storage unit 35 as shown in FIG.

  The comparison unit (means) 321 compares the list of the push notification server 5 with the channel information of the content currently being viewed by the user. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, the channel information of the content that the user is viewing is input to the comparison unit 321 via the operation control unit 33. Then, the comparison unit 321 acquires the list of the push notification server 5 from the push notification server list storage unit 35, and compares the broadcast station name described in the list with the broadcast station name included in the channel information. Note that the channel information of the content being viewed by the user is, for example, information about the channel and the broadcast station name input from the remote controller Re to the operation control means 33 when the user selects a channel using the remote controller Re. (For example, “1ch (XX TV)”).

  When the broadcast station name described in the list of the push notification server 5 includes the broadcast station name that provides the content that the user is currently viewing, the comparison unit 321 corresponds to the corresponding push notification server. 5 is notified that push notification is permitted. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 11, when receiving the push notification from the push notification server 5, the comparison unit 321 outputs the address of the application activation information server 4 included in the push notification to the application activation information acquisition unit 31.

  The push management server address storage unit 34 stores the address of the push management server 6. As shown in FIG. 11, the push management server address storage unit 34 is configured so that the address of the push management server 6 is input in advance and can be output to the push notification server list request unit 320. The push management server address storage unit 34 is specifically implemented by a memory, a hard disk, or the like that can store data.

  The push notification server list storage unit 35 stores a list of push notification servers 5. As shown in FIG. 11, the push notification server list storage unit 35 is configured so that the list of push notification servers 5 acquired by the push notification server list request unit 320 can be input and output to the comparison unit 321. The push notification server list storage unit 35 is specifically implemented by a memory, a hard disk, or the like that can store data.

  The broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2D having the above-described configuration acquires a list of push notification servers 5 that perform push notification by the push notification server list request unit 320, and the comparison unit 321 performs the push notification server 5D. Are compared with the channel information of the content currently being viewed by the user. The broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2D receives the push notification from the push notification server 5 when the list of the push notification server 5 includes the name of the broadcasting station that distributes the content that the user is currently viewing. In accordance with the push notification, the application activation information can be acquired from the application activation information server 4. And broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2D can control the starting state of the said application while acquiring the application used as a control object from the application server 3 according to application starting information. That is, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2D causes the push notification server 5 to notify the push notification server 5 when the broadcast station described in the list of the push notification server 5 matches the broadcast station that provides the currently viewed content. On the other hand, by permitting the push notification, it is possible to receive the push notification performed by the broadcast station side (broadcast transmission device 1) at an arbitrary timing.

  As a result, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2D can transmit the application activation information from the broadcast transmission device 1 using the existing broadcasting equipment, and therefore can reliably receive the application activation information, and the application The cost for receiving the activation information can be reduced. Also, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2D can acquire and control an application at an arbitrary timing determined by the broadcast station side (broadcast transmission device 1).

[Operation of Fifth Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception apparatus 2D according to the fifth embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 12 (also refer to FIG. 11 as appropriate). In the following description, the operation of the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2D will be described with a focus on processing related to execution and execution of the application, and description of other processing will be omitted as appropriate.

  First, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2D receives a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting by the broadcasting receiving means 21 (step S71). Next, when an instruction to permit push notification is input from the user via the operation control unit 33, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2 </ b> D is sent to the push management server 6 by the push notification server list request unit 320. Then, a list of push notification servers 5 is requested (step S72). Next, when the channel information of the content that the user is viewing is input via the operation control unit 33, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2D pushes the channel (information) being viewed and the push by the comparison unit 321. The list of the notification server 5 is compared (step S73). When the list of the push notification server 5 includes the name of the broadcasting station that distributes the content that the user is currently viewing, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2D performs the broadcast by the push notification permission unit 32a. The station notifies the push notification server 5 that performs the push notification that the push notification is permitted (step S74).

  Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2D confirms the presence / absence of the push notification to the push notification server 5 by the comparison unit 321 (step S75), and if there is a push notification (Yes in step S75), Receive (step S76). On the other hand, if there is no push notification (No in step S75), the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2D stands by until the push notification is made. Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2D acquires the application activation information from the application activation information server 4 by the application activation information acquisition unit 31 according to the push notification (step S77).

  Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2D refers to the application activation information by the application control unit 25, and acquires the application from the application server 3 by the application acquisition unit 26 according to the instruction of the application control unit 25 (step S78). ). Next, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2D executes the application by the application execution unit 29 and controls the activation state of the application by the application control unit 25 (step S79).

  As described above, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2D acquires the list of the push notification server 5 performing the push notification, the list of the push notification server 5, the channel information of the content currently being viewed by the user, By allowing the push notification based on the comparison result, the broadcast station side (broadcast transmission device 1) can receive the push notification performed at an arbitrary timing, so the broadcast station side (broadcast transmission device 1) The application can be acquired and controlled at an arbitrary timing determined by.

[Sixth Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2E according to the sixth embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 13, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2E has the same configuration as the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2B according to the third embodiment except that the broadcasting / signal analysis receiving means 22d is provided instead of the broadcasting signal analysis means 22b. I have. Therefore, in the following description, it demonstrates centering around difference with the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2B, and abbreviate | omits detailed description about the structure which overlaps with the said broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2B. Also, the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2E is similar to the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2 and 2B described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

  The broadcast signal analyzing means 22d analyzes the digital broadcast TS, and the basic function is the same as the broadcast signal analyzing means 22 described above. However, unlike the broadcast signal analysis unit 22, the broadcast signal analysis unit 22d includes an application activation information extraction unit 220 and an application activation information server address extraction unit 221 as shown in FIG.

  The broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2E includes the application activation information extraction unit 220, and thus can extract application activation information described in the p / f region of the EIT in the SI table included in the digital broadcasting TS. In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative receiving device 2E includes the application activation information server address extracting unit 221, so that the address of the application activation information server 4 described in the p / f area of the EIT in the SI table included in the digital broadcasting TS is provided. And the application activation information can be acquired from the application activation information server 4. That is, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2E can acquire the application activation information from both the broadcast wave W and the communication line N.

  As a result, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2E can reliably receive the application activation information transmitted from the broadcast transmission device 1 using the existing broadcasting equipment, thereby reducing the cost for receiving the application activation information. can do. In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2E can receive the application activation information even when application activation information is provided from a plurality of broadcast stations (a plurality of broadcast transmission devices 1) by different methods.

[Seventh Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2F according to the seventh embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2F has the same configuration as the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2C according to the fourth embodiment except that the broadcasting / signal cooperation receiving device 22e is provided instead of the broadcasting signal analysis unit 22c. I have. Therefore, in the following description, it demonstrates centering around difference with the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2C, and abbreviate | omits detailed description about the structure which overlaps with the said broadcast communication cooperation reception apparatus 2C. Also, the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2F is the same as the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2 and 2C, and the description thereof is omitted here.

  The broadcast signal analyzing unit 22e analyzes a digital broadcast TS, and the basic function is the same as the broadcast signal analyzing unit 22 described above. However, unlike the broadcast signal analysis unit 22, the broadcast signal analysis unit 22e includes an application activation information extraction unit 220 and a push notification server address extraction unit 222, as shown in FIG.

  The broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2F includes the application activation information extraction unit 220, and thus can extract application activation information described in the p / f region of the EIT in the SI table included in the digital broadcasting TS. In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative receiving device 2F includes the push notification server address extracting unit 222, thereby extracting the address of the push notification server 5 described in the p / f area of the EIT in the SI table included in the digital broadcasting TS. The application activation information can be acquired in accordance with the push notification from the push notification server 5. That is, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2F can acquire the application activation information from both the broadcast wave W and the communication line N.

  As a result, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2F can reliably receive the application activation information transmitted from the broadcast transmitting device 1 using the existing broadcasting equipment, thereby reducing the cost for receiving the application activation information. can do. In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2F can receive the application activation information even when application activation information is provided from a plurality of broadcast stations (a plurality of broadcast transmission devices 1) by different methods.

[Eighth Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2G according to the eighth embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2G has the same configuration as the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2D according to the fifth embodiment except that the broadcasting signal analysis means 22 is provided instead of the broadcasting signal analysis means 22d. I have. The broadcast signal analyzing means 22 is the same as the broadcast communication cooperative receiving device 2 according to the first embodiment. Therefore, in the following description, it demonstrates centering around difference with the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatuses 2 and 2D, and abbreviate | omits detailed description about the structure which overlaps with the said broadcast communication cooperation reception apparatuses 2 and 2D. Also, the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2G is the same as the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2 and 2D, and the description thereof is omitted here.

  The broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2G includes the application activation information extraction unit 220, and thus can extract application activation information described in the p / f region of the EIT in the SI table included in the digital broadcasting TS. In addition, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2 </ b> G includes the push notification permission unit 32 a, thereby acquiring the application activation information according to the push notification from the push notification server 5. That is, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2G can acquire the application activation information from both the broadcast wave W and the communication line N.

  As a result, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2G can reliably receive the application activation information transmitted from the broadcast transmitting device 1 using the existing broadcasting equipment, and thus the cost for receiving the application activation information can be reduced. can do. In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2G can receive the application activation information even when application activation information is provided from a plurality of broadcast stations (a plurality of broadcast transmission devices 1) by different methods.

[Ninth Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2H according to the ninth embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, the broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving apparatus 2H has the same configuration as that of the broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving apparatus 2B according to the third embodiment, except that the data broadcasting decoding means 24a is provided instead of the data broadcasting decoding means 24. I have. The data broadcast decoding unit 24a is the same as the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2A according to the second embodiment. Therefore, in the following description, it demonstrates centering on difference with broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A, 2B, and abbreviate | omits detailed description about the structure which overlaps with the said broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A, 2B. Also, the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2H is the same as the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2A and 2B described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

  The broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2H includes an application activation information server address extracting unit 221 to extract the address of the application activation information server 4 described in the p / f area of the EIT in the SI table included in the digital broadcasting TS. The application activation information can be acquired from the application activation information server 4. In addition, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2H includes the application activation information extraction unit 240, so that the application activation information can be extracted from the data transmitted in the DSM-CC data carousel. That is, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2H can acquire the application activation information from both the broadcast wave W and the communication line N.

  As a result, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2H can reliably receive the application activation information transmitted from the broadcast transmission device 1 using the existing broadcasting equipment, and thus reduces the cost for receiving the application activation information. can do. In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2H can receive the application activation information even when application activation information is provided from a plurality of broadcast stations (a plurality of broadcast transmission devices 1) by different methods.

[Tenth embodiment]
Hereinafter, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2I according to the tenth embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 17, the broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving apparatus 2I has the same configuration as that of the broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving apparatus 2C according to the fourth embodiment, except that the data broadcasting decoding means 24a is provided instead of the data broadcasting decoding means 24. I have. The data broadcast decoding unit 24a is the same as the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2A according to the second embodiment. Therefore, in the following description, it demonstrates centering around difference with broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A, 2C, and abbreviate | omits detailed description about the structure which overlaps with the said broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A, 2C. Also, the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2I is the same as the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2A and 2C described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

  The broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2I includes the push notification server address extracting unit 222, thereby extracting the address of the push notification server 5 described in the p / f region of the EIT in the SI table included in the digital broadcasting TS, Application activation information can be acquired in accordance with the push notification from the push notification server 5. In addition, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2I includes the application activation information extraction unit 240, so that the application activation information can be extracted from the data transmitted in the DSM-CC data carousel. That is, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2I can acquire the application activation information from both the broadcast wave W and the communication line N.

  As a result, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2I can reliably receive the application activation information transmitted from the broadcast transmitting device 1 using the existing broadcasting equipment, thereby reducing the cost for receiving the application activation information. can do. In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2I can receive the application activation information even when the application activation information is provided from a plurality of broadcast stations (a plurality of broadcast transmission devices 1) by different methods.

[Eleventh embodiment]
Hereinafter, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2J according to the eleventh embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 18, the broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving apparatus 2J has the same configuration as that of the broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving apparatus 2D according to the fifth embodiment, except that the data broadcasting decoding means 24a is provided instead of the data broadcasting decoding means 24. I have. The data broadcast decoding unit 24a is the same as the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2A according to the second embodiment. Therefore, in the following description, it demonstrates centering on difference with broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A, 2D, and abbreviate | omits detailed description about the structure which overlaps with the said broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2A, 2D. Also, the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2J is similar to the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2A and 2D described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

  The broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2J includes the application activation information extraction unit 240, so that the application activation information can be extracted from the data transmitted in the DSM-CC data carousel. In addition, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2 </ b> J includes the push notification permission unit 32 a, thereby acquiring the application activation information according to the push notification from the push notification server 5. That is, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2J can acquire the application activation information from both the broadcast wave W and the communication line N.

  As a result, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2J can reliably receive the application activation information transmitted from the broadcast transmitting device 1 using the existing broadcasting equipment, and thus the cost for receiving the application activation information is reduced. can do. In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2J can receive the application activation information even when application activation information is provided from a plurality of broadcast stations (a plurality of broadcast transmission devices 1) by different methods.

[Twelfth embodiment]
Hereinafter, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2K according to the twelfth embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 19, the broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving apparatus 2K has the same configuration as the broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving apparatus 2C according to the fourth embodiment, except that it includes a broadcasting signal analyzing means 22f instead of the broadcasting signal analyzing means 22c. I have. Therefore, in the following description, it demonstrates centering around difference with the broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2C, and abbreviate | omits detailed description about the structure which overlaps with the said broadcast communication cooperation reception apparatus 2C. Also, the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2K is the same as the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2B and 2C described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

  The broadcast signal analyzing means 22f analyzes the digital broadcast TS, and the basic function is the same as the broadcast signal analyzing means 22 described above. However, unlike the broadcast signal analysis unit 22, the broadcast signal analysis unit 22f includes an application activation information server address extraction unit 221 and a push notification server address extraction unit 222, as shown in FIG.

  The broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2K includes the application activation information server address extraction unit 221 to extract the address of the application activation information server 4 described in the p / f area of the EIT in the SI table included in the digital broadcasting TS. The application activation information can be acquired from the application activation information server 4. In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative receiving device 2K includes the push notification server address extraction unit 222, thereby extracting the address of the push notification server 5 described in the p / f area of the EIT in the SI table included in the digital broadcasting TS. The application activation information can be acquired in accordance with the push notification from the push notification server 5.

  As a result, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2K can reliably receive the application activation information transmitted from the broadcast transmitting device 1 using the existing broadcasting equipment, thereby reducing the cost of receiving the application activation information. can do. Also, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2K can receive the application activation information even when the application activation information is provided from a plurality of broadcast stations (a plurality of broadcast transmission devices 1) by different methods.

[Thirteenth embodiment]
Hereinafter, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2L according to the thirteenth embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 20, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2L has the same configuration as the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2D according to the fifth embodiment, except that the broadcasting / signal analysis means 22b is provided instead of the broadcasting signal analysis means 22d. I have. The data broadcast decoding unit 24b is the same as the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2B according to the second embodiment. Therefore, in the following description, it demonstrates centering on difference with broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2B, 2D, and abbreviate | omits detailed description about the structure which overlaps with the said broadcast communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2B, 2D. Also, the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2L is the same as the operation of the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2B and 2D described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

  The broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus 2L includes the application activation information server address extracting unit 221 to extract the address of the application activation information server 4 described in the p / f area of the EIT in the SI table included in the digital broadcasting TS. The application activation information can be acquired from the application activation information server 4. In addition, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2 </ b> L includes the push notification permission unit 32 a, so that the application activation information can be acquired according to the push notification from the push notification server 5.

  As a result, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving device 2L can reliably receive the application activation information transmitted from the broadcast transmitting device 1 using the existing broadcasting equipment, and thus the cost for receiving the application activation information is reduced. can do. In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative reception device 2L can receive the application activation information even when application activation information is provided from a plurality of broadcast stations (a plurality of broadcast transmission devices 1) by different methods.

[Broadcasting communication reception program]
Here, the broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatuses 2 to 2 </ b> L can be realized by operating a general computer by a program that causes each of the above-described units and units to function. This program can be distributed via a communication line, or can be written on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM for distribution.

  The broadcast communication cooperative receiving devices 2 to 2L according to the present invention have been specifically described above by the mode for carrying out the invention, but the gist of the present invention is not limited to these descriptions, and the claims It should be interpreted broadly based on the scope description. Needless to say, various changes and modifications based on these descriptions are also included in the spirit of the present invention.

  For example, although the above-described broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatuses 2 to 2 </ b> L are provided with each storage unit inside, they may be provided outside.

  The broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2, 2E, 2F, and 2G described above are described in the p / f region of the EIT in the SI table included in the TS input from the broadcast transmission device 1 by the application activation information extraction unit 220. However, the application activation information may be described in an SDT (Service Description Table) in the SI table. Note that SDT means a table in which basic information related to services such as service names and business names are described.

  In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2B, 2E, 2H, 2K, and 2L described above have the EIT p / P in the SI table included in the TS input from the broadcast transmission device 1 by the application activation information server address extraction unit 221. Although the configuration is such that the address of the application activation information server 4 described in the f area is extracted, the address of the application activation information server 4 may be described in the SDT in the SI table.

  Also, the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2C, 2F, 2I, and 2K described above are placed in the p / f region of the EIT in the SI table included in the TS input from the broadcast transmission device 1 by the push notification server address extraction unit 222. The address of the described push notification server 5 is extracted, but the address of the push notification server 5 may be described in the SDT in the SI table.

  In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2C, 2F, 2I, and 2K described above have received the address of the push notification server 5 provided outside by the broadcast wave W, but to manage the push notification server 5 outside. The push management server 6 may be provided, and the address of the push management server 6 may be received by the broadcast wave W.

  Further, the broadcast communication cooperative receiving devices 2C, 2F, 2I, and 2K have received the address of the push notification server 5 provided outside by the broadcast wave W, but the address of the push notification server 5 is not illustrated. A configuration in which the storage unit stores the information in advance may be used.

  In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2C, 2F, 2I, and 2K have received the address of the push notification server 5 provided outside by the broadcast wave W, but the push notification server 5 is one. There may be more than one. Note that the single push notification server 5 means that, for example, a plurality of broadcast stations use a common push notification server 5. The plurality of push notification servers 5 means that, for example, a plurality of broadcast stations respectively use the push notification servers 5 provided for the respective broadcast stations.

  In addition, the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2D, 2G, 2J, and 2L described above are configured to acquire a list of push notification servers 5 that perform push notification by the push notification server list request unit 320. The list may be stored in advance in storage means (not shown).

  Further, in the broadcast communication cooperative reception devices 2C, 2D, 2F, 2G, 2I, 2J, 2K, and 2L, the address of the application activation information server 4 in which the application activation information is stored is included in the push notification. Although an example has been described, application activation information may be included directly in the push notification.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Broadcast transmission device 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G, 2H, 2I, 2J, 2K, 2L Broadcast communication cooperation receiving device 3 Application server 4 Application starting information server 5 Push notification server 6 Push management server 21 Broadcast receiving means 22, 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e, 22f Broadcast signal analyzing means 23 Video / audio decoding means 24, 24a Data broadcast decoding means 25 Application control means 26 Application acquisition means 27 Communication transmission / reception means 28 Application storage means 29 application execution means 30 composite display means 31 application activation information acquisition means 32, 32a push notification permission means 33 operation control means 34 push management server address storage means 35 push notification server list storage means 220, 40 application starting information extracting section 221 application activation information server address extracting section 222 push notification server address extraction unit 320 push notification server list requesting unit 321 comparison unit Mo monitor N communication line Re remote W broadcast wave

Claims (4)

A broadcast communication cooperative reception device that receives broadcast data from a broadcast transmission device via a broadcast wave and acquires an application linked to content included in the broadcast data from an application server via a communication line,
Application activation information extraction means for extracting an application activation information file for acquiring and controlling the application from a predetermined module of the DSM-CC data carousel transmitted by the broadcast transmission device;
Application acquisition means for acquiring the application from the application server with reference to the address of the application server described in the application activation information file;
Application execution means for executing the application;
Application control means for controlling the activation state of the application executed by the application execution means in accordance with the control code described in the application activation information file received from the application activation information extraction means ;
A broadcasting / communication cooperative receiving apparatus comprising: A broadcast communication cooperative reception device that receives broadcast data from a broadcast transmission device via a broadcast wave and acquires an application linked to content included in the broadcast data from an application server via a communication line,
Application activation information extraction means for extracting an application activation information file for acquiring and controlling the application from a predetermined module of the DSM-CC data carousel transmitted by the broadcast transmission device;
Application acquisition means for acquiring the application from the application server with reference to the address of the application server described in the application activation information file;
Application execution means for executing the application;
Application control means for controlling the activation state of the application executed by the application execution means according to the control code described in the application activation information file;
A push notification server that performs push notification for controlling the activation state of the application linked to the content from the information included in the transport stream of the broadcast data transmitted by the broadcast transmission device. A push notification server address extracting means for extracting an address;
A push notification permission unit that refers to the address of the push notification server and notifies the push notification server that the push notification is permitted ;
Application start information acquisition means for referring to the address of the application start information server described in the push notification notified from the push notification server and acquiring the application start information file from the application start information server. The broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus according to claim. A broadcast communication cooperative reception device that receives broadcast data from a broadcast transmission device via a broadcast wave and acquires an application linked to content included in the broadcast data from an application server via a communication line,
Application activation information extraction means for extracting an application activation information file for acquiring and controlling the application from a predetermined module of the DSM-CC data carousel transmitted by the broadcast transmission device;
Application acquisition means for acquiring the application from the application server with reference to the address of the application server described in the application activation information file;
Application execution means for executing the application;
Application control means for controlling the activation state of the application executed by the application execution means according to the control code described in the application activation information file;
A broadcast station that provides content issues a push notification instruction to the push notification server that manages a push notification server that performs a push notification for controlling the activation state of the application linked to the content. Push notification server list requesting means for requesting a list of broadcast stations,
Comparing means for comparing the broadcasting stations described in the push notification server list with the broadcasting stations that provide the currently viewed content ;
Application activation information acquisition means for referring to the address of the application activation information server described in the push notification notified from the push notification server, and acquiring the application activation information file from the application activation information server ,
The comparing means permits the push notification to the corresponding push notification server when the broadcasting station described in the push notification server list matches the broadcasting station providing the currently viewed content. A broadcasting / communication cooperation receiving apparatus, which notifies that it is to be performed. In the application activation information file, a component tag and a module ID are fixed in the DSM-CC data carousel,
The application starting information extracting means, one of claims 1, characterized in that referring to the fixed component tag and the module ID in the DSM-CC data carousel to extract the application startup information file according to claim 3 linked digital terrestrial television broadcasting receiver according to an item or.

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