Patent ID: 8726318
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A multimedia information receiving apparatus, comprising: a broadcast system receiving unit configured to receive multimedia information which is transmitted by way of a broadcast system, and acquire the received multimedia information as broadcast system information; an other transmission system receiving unit configured to receive multimedia information which is simultaneously transmitted by way of a transmission system other than the broadcast system in parallel with said multimedia information transmitted by way of the broadcast system, and acquire said received multimedia information as other transmission system information, where the multimedia information transmitted by way of both the broadcast system and the transmission system indicate an identical content; a combining unit configured to select elements having fewer errors in between elements of said acquired broadcast system information and corresponding elements of said acquired other transmission system information, and generate a series of received multimedia information by combining the selected elements; and a decoding unit configured to decode the one series of received multimedia information generated by the combining unit, and reproduce data by using the decoded information, wherein the combining unit comprising: