EP1770882A1 - Procédé et système d'utilisation d'un service de radiodiffusion dans un réseau de communications - Google Patents

Procédé et système d'utilisation d'un service de radiodiffusion dans un réseau de communications Download PDF

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EP1770882A1
EP1770882A1 EP05292040A EP05292040A EP1770882A1 EP 1770882 A1 EP1770882 A1 EP 1770882A1 EP 05292040 A EP05292040 A EP 05292040A EP 05292040 A EP05292040 A EP 05292040A EP 1770882 A1 EP1770882 A1 EP 1770882A1
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electronic device
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metadata file
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Celia Martinie
Ouelid Abdesselem
Karine Alborna
Dwight R. Smith
Faouzy Soilihi
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Priority to ARP060104291A priority patent/AR056113A1/es
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    • H04H60/00—Arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linking to broadcast information or broadcast space-time; Broadcast-related systems
    • H04H60/76—Arrangements characterised by transmission systems other than for broadcast, e.g. the Internet
    • H04H60/78—Arrangements characterised by transmission systems other than for broadcast, e.g. the Internet characterised by source locations or destination locations
    • H04H60/80—Arrangements characterised by transmission systems other than for broadcast, e.g. the Internet characterised by source locations or destination locations characterised by transmission among terminal devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04H—BROADCAST COMMUNICATION
    • H04H60/00—Arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linking to broadcast information or broadcast space-time; Broadcast-related systems
    • H04H60/68—Systems specially adapted for using specific information, e.g. geographical or meteorological information
    • H04H60/73—Systems specially adapted for using specific information, e.g. geographical or meteorological information using meta-information

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  • This invention relates in general to communication networks, and more specifically, to a method and system for utilizing a broadcast service in a communication network.
  • a broadcast service provider relays broadcast services in a communication network.
  • broadcast services include a music program relayed as a streaming audio, a football match relayed as a combination of a streaming video and a streaming audio, and so forth.
  • These broadcast services are accessed by electronic devices in the communication network.
  • electronic devices include a mobile phone, a set-top box, a computer, a laptop, a satellite phone, and so forth.
  • Examples of the communication network include a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network, a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) network, the Internet, a Local Area Network (LAN), and a Wide Area Network (WAN).
  • CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communication
  • LAN Local Area Network
  • WAN Wide Area Network
  • One method includes connecting an electronic device to the Internet and searching for the desired service, using various search engines available on the Internet.
  • the electronic device can connect to the Internet by using Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), and so forth.
  • WAP Wireless Application Protocol
  • GPRS General Packet Radio Service
  • a broadcast service provider relays selective broadcast services. Thereafter, a list of the broadcast services is sent to an electronic device via General Packet Radio Service (GPRS). A user can select any broadcast service from the list, to access the broadcast service.
  • GPRS General Packet Radio Service
  • the methods can search a desired broadcast service when the electronic device is connected to the Internet. If the electronic device is not capable of connecting to the Internet then such methods cannot search for the desired broadcast service. The electronic device should have the capability of connecting to the Internet. This increases the cost of the electronic device.
  • the methods can fail to search for the desired broadcast service when broadcast services are broadcasted on a communication network other than the Internet. In this case, the information about the desired broadcast service may not be available on the Internet.
  • the methods provide access to only a limited number of broadcast services included in the list sent across the electronic device. Fourth, the methods cannot search for a broadcast service on an electronic device, based on information forwarded by another electronic device.
  • FIG. 1 is an exemplary environment illustrating communication between a plurality of electronic devices and a broadcast service provider, in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for utilizing a broadcast service in a communication network, in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating another method for utilizing a broadcast service in a communication network, in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a system for utilizing a broadcast service in a communication network, in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an electronic device, in accordance with the present invention.
  • the present invention resides primarily in combinations of method steps and apparatus components related to the method and system for sharing broadcast service information in a communication network. Accordingly, the apparatus components and method steps have been represented where appropriate by conventional symbols in the drawings, showing only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the present invention, so as not to obscure the disclosure with details that will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, having the benefit of the description herein.
  • the present invention describes a method and a system for utilizing a broadcast service in a communication network.
  • the method includes retrieving reference identifiers from a metadata file sent across by a first electronic device to a second electronic device in a communication network. Further, at least one broadcast service is located and an action is performed in the second electronic device, based on the reference identifiers.
  • a communication network 112 enables an electronic device such as the electronic device 104 to receive a metadata file from another electronic device such as the electronic device 106.
  • Examples of a communication network include, but are not limited to, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), an Internet, a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), and a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT).
  • CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communication
  • LAN Local Area Network
  • WAN Wide Area Network
  • VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal
  • These reference identifiers include information about the broadcast service, as well as the preferences of a user of the electronic device 106.
  • the preferences of the user include, but are not limited to, the duration of the broadcast service, the channel of the broadcast service, the language, generic type associated with the broadcast service, and an action field specifying the action to be taken by the electronic device 104.
  • a generic type includes, but is not limited to, a football match, a movie, a music program, and a cartoon.
  • An action field can contain instructions to record the broadcast service. Examples of the preferences of a user can include a movie, to be relayed between 09:00 AM to 09:00 PM in French.
  • the electronic device 104 locates at least one broadcast service matching the description from the one or more broadcast services relayed by the broadcast service provider 110.
  • FIG. 2 there is shown an exemplary flowchart illustrating a method for utilizing a broadcast service in a communication network 112, in accordance with the present invention.
  • a metadata file sent by a first electronic device, is received at a second electronic device from a plurality of electronic devices at step 204.
  • one or more reference identifiers for the broadcast service are retrieved from the metadata file.
  • at least one broadcast service is located, based on the one or more reference identifiers.
  • an action is performed by the second electronic device, based on the preferences of a user of the first electronic device.
  • Examples of an action include, but are not limited to, sending a message to the first electronic device in response to locating the at least one broadcast service, accessing the at least one broadcast service, scheduling a time for accessing the at least one broadcast service and recording a program corresponding to the at least one broadcast service in at least one file.
  • the at least one file is stored in a first format.
  • the at least one file is transformed from the first format to a second format.
  • a video file, in a first format may be converted from an MPEG 4 format to a H264 format, i.e., the second format. Thereafter, the process terminates at step 212.
  • FIG. 3 there is shown an exemplary flowchart illustrating another method for utilizing a broadcast service in a communication network 112, in accordance with the present invention.
  • a metadata file sent by a first electronic device is received at a second electronic device, at step 304.
  • the metadata file is sent by a first electronic device from the plurality of electronic devices.
  • one or more reference identifiers are retrieved from the metadata file.
  • at least one broadcast service is located, based on the one or more reference identifiers.
  • the broadcast service provider if the broadcast service provider does not relay the at least one broadcast service associated with the one or more reference identifiers, then the broadcast service provider contains a Resolving Authority Record (RAR) pointing to another broadcast service provider.
  • RAR Resolving Authority Record
  • the RAR is required to locate a broadcast service provider. Thereafter, the another broadcast service provider is located.
  • a broadcast service is relayed, it contains Internet Media Guide (IMG) Announce information.
  • the IMG Announce information is a platform that supports various formats of metadata associated with a service and its identification.
  • the IMG Announce information indicates the location of TV Anytime (TVA) metadata, associated with at least one broadcast service.
  • TVA metadata contains information related to the content, quality, condition and location of the corresponding broadcast service.
  • the at least one broadcast service is located based on the TVA metadata.
  • the located broadcast service matches the preferences of the user of the first electronic device specified in the one or more reference identifiers.
  • the at least one broadcast service is located, based on a search algorithm.
  • the located broadcast service is compatible with at least one of the first electronic devices and the second electronic device.
  • a broadcast service is selected from amongst the at least one broadcast service located by the second electronic device.
  • a list of the at least one broadcast service matching the preferences of a user is displayed to the user of the first electronic device. Thereafter, the user selects a broadcast service from the list.
  • an action is performed on the selected broadcast service in the second electronic device.
  • the metadata file is transmitted to at least one of the plurality of electronic devices through the communication network 112, via Bluetooth, infrared, and so forth.
  • the metadata file can be transmitted as an attachment in a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS).
  • MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
  • a program corresponding to at least one broadcast service is transmitted to at least one of the plurality of electronic devices. Thereafter, the process terminates at step 316.
  • FIG. 4 there is shown an exemplary block diagram illustrating a system for utilizing a broadcast service in a communication network 112, in accordance with the present invention.
  • the system includes a retrieving module 402 and a service management module 404.
  • the system is contained in a second electronic device.
  • a metadata file is sent by a first electronic device to a second electronic device.
  • the retrieving module 402 retrieves one or more reference identifiers for a broadcast service from the metadata file.
  • the one or more reference identifiers include preferences of the user of the first electronic device.
  • the service management module 404 locates at least one broadcast service, based on the one or more reference identifiers containing the preferences of the user of the first electronic device.
  • the system also includes a messaging module 406, which sends a message to at least one of the plurality of electronic devices.
  • the message can be sent as a Short Message Service (SMS), MMS, and so forth.
  • SMS Short Message Service
  • MMS Mobile Broadband Services
  • the message contains a list and description of the at least one broadcast service located by the service management module 404.
  • a message can contain the titles of at least one broadcast service, the channel on which the at least one broadcast service is relayed, the time of relay, and the names of the artists associated with it.
  • the list is displayed to the user of the first electronic device. Thereafter, the user selects a broadcast service from the list.
  • the system also includes a service consumption module 408, which accesses the at least one broadcast service.
  • the at least one broadcast service is accessed based on the preferences of the user of the first electronic device, contained in the reference identifiers retrieved from the metadata file.
  • the at least one broadcast service is accessed when an action field, in the preferences, contains instruction to access the at least one broadcast service.
  • the system includes, a memory 410 that records a program corresponding to the at least one broadcast service.
  • the program is recorded when the action field contains instruction to record the at least one broadcast service.
  • the program is recorded in at least one file, which is stored in a first format.
  • a set-top box locates a football match that is available in a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG 4) format.
  • MPEG 4 Moving Picture Experts Group
  • the memory 410 in a set-top box can record the football match in the MPEG-4 format.
  • the system also includes a converter 412.
  • the recorded program is transformed from the first format to a second format using the converter 412.
  • the converter 412 may transform the program from the MPEG 4 format to a H264 format.
  • the system also includes a scheduling module 414 that schedules an action to be performed on the at least one broadcast service at a specified time.
  • the scheduling module 414 schedules a time for accessing the at least one broadcast service by the service consumption module 408.
  • the scheduling module 414 can schedule the service consumption module 408 to access a music program selected by a user from a list sent to the user, at 10:00 A.M.
  • the scheduling module 414 schedules the memory 410 to record the at least one broadcast service.
  • the scheduling module 414 can schedule the memory 410 to record a speech, selected by a user from a list sent to the user, at 11:00 P.M.
  • the action is scheduled when the action field in the preferences, contains instruction to schedule a specific action at a specified time.
  • the system also include a transmitting module 416 that transmits the at least one broadcast service recorded by the memory 410 to at least one of the plurality of electronic devices.
  • the transmitting module 416 in a mobile phone, can transmit a video clip of the stored movie to another mobile phone via Bluetooth or infrared.
  • the electronic device 104 includes a processor 502 and a match finder module 504.
  • the processor 502 is a microprocessor chip that manages and controls the functioning of all the components and modules of the electronic device 104.
  • the match finder module 504 is operatively coupled to the processor 502.
  • the match finder module 504 locates at least one broadcast service, based on one or more reference identifiers retrieved from a metadata file sent by another electronic device.
  • the electronic device 104 also includes a decoder 506, which decompresses the at least one broadcast service, located by the match finder module 504, to enable the electronic device 104 to access the at least one broadcast service.
  • the electronic device 104 includes a buffer 508, which temporarily stores the at least one broadcast service.
  • the temporary storing equalizes the rate at which the at least one broadcast service is decompressed by the decoder 506 and rate at which the at least one broadcast service is viewed at the electronic device 104.
  • the electronic device 104 also includes a synchronization module 510, which synchronizes one or more data streams corresponding to at least one broadcast service.
  • a synchronization module 510 which synchronizes one or more data streams corresponding to at least one broadcast service.
  • an audio stream and a video stream can correspond to a dance program. Both the streams should be synchronized to view the dance program on an electronic device properly.
  • the electronic device 104 also includes a memory 512 for recording the at least one broadcast service.
  • the present invention provides method and system for utilizing a broadcast service in a communication network.
  • the method and system enables a first electronic device to locate the broadcast service, based on preferences specified in a metadata file sent across to it by a second electronic device in the communication network.
  • the modules described herein may be comprised of one or more conventional processors and unique stored program instructions that control the one or more processors to implement, in conjunction with certain non-processor circuits, some, most, or all of the functions of the modules described herein.
  • the non-processor circuits may include, but are not limited to, a radio receiver, a radio transmitter, signal drivers, clock circuits, power source circuits, and user input devices.
  • these functions may be interpreted as steps of a method for sharing broadcast service information in a communication network
  • some or all functions could be implemented by a state machine that has no stored program instructions, or in one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), in which each function or some combinations of certain of the functions are implemented as custom logic.
  • ASICs application specific integrated circuits

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EP05292040A EP1770882A1 (fr) 2005-09-30 2005-09-30 Procédé et système d'utilisation d'un service de radiodiffusion dans un réseau de communications
PCT/US2006/034985 WO2007040907A1 (fr) 2005-09-30 2006-09-08 Procede et systeme d'utilisation d'un service de diffusion dans un reseau de communication
TW095134995A TWI419496B (zh) 2005-09-30 2006-09-21 在通信網路中使用廣播服務之方法及系統
MYPI20064193A MY151765A (en) 2005-09-30 2006-09-22 Method and system for utilizing a broadcast service in a communication network
ARP060104291A AR056113A1 (es) 2005-09-30 2006-09-28 Metodo y sistema para utilizar un servicio de difusion en una red de comunicaciones
JP2006266849A JP4496190B2 (ja) 2005-09-30 2006-09-29 通信ネットワークにおいて放送サービスを利用するための方法及びシステム

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