Patent ID: 6778222
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A data broadcast apparatus for repeatedly broadcasting broadcast data using a carousel method, to a reception apparatus which stores the broadcast data into a memory and reproduces the broadcast data stored in the memory, comprising:acquiring means for acquiring a plurality of sets of broadcast data for each of which a reproduction start time is specified; generating means for generating carousel data including the plurality of sets of broadcast data acquired by the acquiring means; controlling means for controlling the operation of the data broadcast apparatus, the controlling means including a clock for managing operational timing and issuing instructions; carousel data broadcasting means for repeatedly broadcasting the carousel data using the carousel method, according to the operation instruction from the controlling means; and instruction broadcasting means for broadcasting, for each set of broadcast data, a reproduction instruction to start reproduction of the set of broadcast data, according to the operation instruction from the controlling means, wherein the controlling means (i) instructs the carousel data broadcasting means to start broadcasting the carousel data at an earliest one of a plurality of reproduction start times of the plurality of sets of broadcast data, and (ii) instructs the instruction broadcasting means to broadcast the reproduction instruction at a reproduction start time of the set of broadcast data.