JP2000261390A - Digital audio broadcasting receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a digital audio broadcasting receiver capable of automatically retrieving an HTTP address included in a dynamic label and directly accessing the retrieved HTTP address. SOLUTION: The digital audio broadcasting receiver 1 is provided with an HTTP address retrieving means 13 for retrieving and fetching the HTTP address on the Internet 3 from text data included in digital audio broadcasting and an Internet access means 14 for obtaining HTML data through the Internet 3 by using the HTTP address fetched by the means 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a digital audio broadcast receiver, and more particularly to a digital audio broadcast receiver capable of reading an HTTP address from text data included in digital audio broadcast.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Broadcasting for transmitting digital audio signals using terrestrial waves or satellites is called digital audio broadcasting (DAB).
Especially in Europe, digital and
Refers to audio broadcasting. In this method, an audio signal is encoded with high efficiency and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM: Or
It is modulated by thogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) and broadcast.

[0003] Data called a Dynamic Label is transmitted simultaneously with the DAB service. Dynamic labels provide information about each service, up to 16 characters x
8 (line) × 8 (page) text data,
In addition to the tunes, HTTP (Hyper Text Tra
nsfer Protocol) address.

However, the current DAB receiver does not have a function of browsing the Internet, nor does it have a function of specially recognizing an HTTP address in a dynamic label. Therefore, at present, in order to actually obtain the data of this address from the HTTP address described in the dynamic label, the dynamic label is displayed on the display of the DAB receiver, and the HTTP address is read from the dynamic label. The only option is to manually enter the HTTP address into another Internet-enabled device.

[0005] DAB uses HTML (Hyper Text M).
arkup Language) format data,
Now, data to be transmitted on the Internet is DAB
However, the broadcasting station must construct a new system for this purpose. In addition, even after the broadcast, HTM
In order to be able to view L data, it is necessary to provide a memory for storing HTML data in the DAB receiver and store it in the DAB receiver.

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional DAB receiver, HT included in the dynamic label is used.
TP address can be read, but its HTTP
To access the address and get the data, the HTT
The only option was to manually enter the P address into another Internet-enabled device. The present invention solves this problem and automatically searches for an HTTP address included in a dynamic label by using a relatively simple method.
D address that can store the P address and output it to the outside, or directly access the retrieved HTTP address
It is an object to realize an AB receiver.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a digital audio broadcast receiver for receiving digital audio broadcast, which searches for an HTTP address from text data contained in the digital audio broadcast. HTTP address search means for extracting the data.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a digital audio broadcast (DAB) receiver according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is the DA of the present invention.
B is a receiver, 2 is HTML data on a server, 3
Is an Internet network. 11 is a receiving circuit of the DAB receiver 1, and 12 is a receiving circuit 11
The dynamic label 13 received from the dynamic label 12 is an HTTP address search means capable of extracting only a portion representing an HTTP address from the dynamic label 12.
Reference numeral 4 denotes an Internet access unit, and 15 denotes a display unit for displaying the HTML data 2 and the like acquired by the Internet access unit 14.

As described above, in this embodiment, the HTTP address searching means 13 which can extract only the portion representing the HTTP address from the text data of the dynamic label 12 and the HTTP address which can be connected to the Internet 3 are used. Internet access means 14 for obtaining data from the Internet 3
Are mounted on the DAB receiver 1.

The extraction of the HTTP address from the text data of the dynamic label 12 by the HTTP address search means 13 starts with, for example, "http: ///" and ".
You can easily do this by looking for a string that ends with "html". Also, the search can be performed using a common format, such as surrounding with a fixed symbol. Obtaining data from the Internet 3 using an HTTP address can be realized, for example, by using a simple WWW (World Wide Web) browser for displaying data.

As described above, in the DAB, for each service, information related to the service such as a song title is transmitted as text data called a dynamic label. An HTTP address may be described as information in the dynamic label. However, now that HT
In order to obtain data using a TP address, the dynamic label must be read on a display, and the HTTP address in the dynamic label must be manually input to another Internet-compatible device. However, according to the present embodiment, the DAB receiver 1 has a mechanism for extracting the portion corresponding to the HTTP address from the dynamic label and obtaining the data from the address destination. Can be easily obtained without work.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, 1 is the D of the present invention.
AB receiver, 2 is HTML data on a server,
Reference numeral 3 denotes an Internet network. Also, 11
Is a receiving circuit of the DAB receiver 1, 12 is a dynamic label received by the receiving circuit 11, 13 is an HTTP address searching means capable of extracting only a portion representing an HTTP address from the dynamic label 12, 14 is an Internet access means, Reference numeral 15 denotes display means for displaying the HTML data 2 and the like acquired by the Internet access means 14, which have the same configuration as that of FIG. This embodiment is different from FIG. 1 in that an HTTP address storing an HTTP address searched by an HTTP address search unit 13 is stored.
The point is that the P address storage means 16 is provided. By recording the acquired HTTP address in the HTTP address storage unit 16 in this manner, desired data can be obtained using the stored HTTP address even after the broadcast ends.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of still another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, 1 is a DAB receiver of the present invention, 2 is HTML data on a server, 3 is an Internet network, and 4 is an external device capable of accessing the Internet.
11 is a receiving circuit of the DAB receiver 1, and 12 is a receiving circuit 11.
The dynamic label 13 received from the dynamic label 12 is an HTTP address search means capable of extracting only a portion representing an HTTP address from the dynamic label 12.
Reference numeral 6 denotes an HTTP address storage unit, 17 denotes an HTTP address output unit that outputs an HTTP address obtained from the HTTP address search unit 13 or the HTTP address storage unit 16 to an external medium 18, and 18 denotes an external medium. With such a configuration, the acquired HTTP address is recorded on the external medium 18, and the external medium 18 is input to another Internet-compatible device 4, thereby
The HTTP address received by the DAB receiver 1 can be used by another Internet-compatible device 4. Therefore, DAB receiver 1 that cannot connect to Internet 3
However, a data service can be used by applying this embodiment.

[0015]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in a digital audio broadcast receiver for receiving a digital audio broadcast, an HTTP address is searched from text data included in the digital audio broadcast. And an HTTP address search means for extracting the data. This allows digital
An HTTP address included in the dynamic label received by the audio broadcast receiver can be automatically searched.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an HTTP server for storing an HTTP address retrieved by an HTTP address retrieval means.
It is characterized by having a TTP address storage means.
As a result, a digital audio broadcast receiver that stores the searched HTTP address and can access the HTML document via the Internet even after the end of the broadcast is obtained.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an HTTP address output means for outputting the HTTP address searched by the HTTP address search means to an external medium. As a result, the HTTP address is transmitted to the external Internet-compatible device via the external medium,
It becomes possible to access an HTML document required by an external Internet-compatible device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an Internet access means for acquiring HTML data via the Internet, wherein the Internet access means accesses the HTTP address searched by the HTTP address search means and converts the HTML data. It is characterized by acquiring. As a result, a digital audio broadcast receiver that can automatically acquire an HTML document when HTML data is required to be acquired can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a digital audio broadcast receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the digital audio broadcast receiver of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of still another embodiment of the digital audio broadcast receiver of the present invention.

[Description of Signs] 1 ... DAB receiver, 2 ... HTML data, 3 ... Internet network, 4 ... External equipment, 11 ... Receiving circuit,
12 dynamic label, 13 HTTP address search means, 14 Internet access means, 15 display means, 16 HTTP address storage means, 17 HT
TP address output means, 18 is an external medium

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A digital audio broadcast receiver for receiving a digital audio broadcast, comprising: searching for an HTTP address description part from text data included in the digital audio broadcast;
A digital audio broadcast receiver comprising a TTP address search means. 2. The digital audio broadcast receiver according to claim 1, further comprising HTTP address storage means for storing the HTTP address searched by said HTTP address search means. 3. An HTTP which outputs the HTTP address searched by the HTTP address searching means to an external medium.
2. An address output means, comprising:
A digital audio broadcast receiver according to claim 1. 4. An Internet access means for acquiring HTML data via the Internet, wherein the Internet access means accesses the HTTP address searched by the HTTP address search means to access the HTTP data.
2. The digital audio broadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein the digital audio broadcast receiver acquires ML data.