Patent ID: 7503051
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A broadcast data receiving device for receiving and outputting broadcast data, broadcast on a designated channel, including a plurality of multimedia data and attribute information, said broadcast data receiving device comprising: a receiving unit operable to sequentially receive the plurality of multimedia data and the attribute information, the plurality of multimedia data and the attribute information being included independently of each other in the broadcast data, the attribute information including a table of information respectively corresponding to the plurality of multimedia data, and the table of information including information indicating a data type of the plurality of received multimedia data; a storing unit operable to store the plurality of received multimedia data and the attribute information; an outputting unit operable to output the plurality of stored multimedia data; and a managing unit operable to create management information for collectively managing the plurality of stored multimedia data and the attribute information, to manage the plurality of stored multimedia data with reference to the attribute information associated with the management information, the plurality of stored multimedia data and the attribute information being kept under management in association with each other, to refer to the data type included in the attribute information associated with the management information, and to change a process, performed by the outputting unit, for outputting the plurality of stored multimedia data according to the data type, wherein the attribute information includes an identification code, a storage location, a number of links to other multimedia data, an image number, and a data size of each received multimedia data in association with each other in the table of information respectively corresponding to the plurality of received multimedia data, the identification code of each multimedia data respectively specifies each multimedia data present in the plurality of received multimedia data, the storage location of each multimedia data is recorded as a uniform resource locator; the number of links to the multimedia data specifies data which is linked to other multimedia data present in the plurality of received multimedia data, and the image number of each multimedia data specifies a number of sheets of images included in the multimedia data.