Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8660123B2/en
Timestamp: 2018-10-21 22:39:22
Document Index: 407401455

Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 200680054445', 'Application No. 06810103', 'Application No. 06810103', 'Application No. 2005', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 06810103']

US8660123B2 - Broadcast-content transmission apparatus, and broadcast-content transmission method - Google Patents
US8660123B2
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The broadcast-content-group-address selecting unit 1104 shown in FIG. 7 selects, from a receiving unit 600, broadcast content 100 corresponding to the IP-multicast group address A or B output from the preferred-recipient-information comparing unit 1102 to enable reception thereof by the terminal device 112. Although the IP-multicast group address A or B is selected after the receiving unit 600 receives all of the broadcast content 100 in the configuration of FIG. 7, the configuration is not limited hereto, and the broadcast-content-group-address selecting unit 1104 can be configured to acquire, with regard to the IP packets 100 a input to the receiving unit 600, only the packets corresponding to the selected IP-multicast group address A or B, and discard other packets.
1. A broadcast-content transmission and receiving system, comprising:
a broadcast-content transmission apparatus, comprising:
an IP packetizing unit that adds an IP header to a content item and IP packetizes the content item into an IP packet, the IP header being added to the content item for transmitting the content item through a communication network;
a first transmitting unit that transmits the IP packet through the communication network;
an encapsulating unit that encapsulates the IP packet into a transmission packet, the IP packet being encapsulated for transmitting the content item through a broadcast network which is different from the communication network;
a second transmitting unit that transmits the transmission packet through the broadcast network by IP multicast; and
an IP-multicast-correspondence-information generating unit that generates, for each content item, information that concerns IP multicast correspondence and correlates an IP-multicast group address and a condition for receiving the content item by a broadcast content receiving apparatus, the IP-multicast group address being an address that groups receiver broadcast content receiving apparatus and is used for the broadcast content receiving apparatus to select a content item; and
the broadcast-content receiving apparatus, comprises:
a communication network receiving unit that receives, through the communication network, the IP packet that includes the packetized content item and the IP header added to the packetized content item for the purpose of transmitting the content item through the communication network;
a broadcast network receiving unit that receives, through the broadcast network that is different from the communication network, the transmission packet that is formed by encapsulating the IP packet, the IP packet being encapsulated for the purpose of transmitting the content item through the broadcast network;
an extracting unit that decapsulates the transmission packet received by the broadcast network receiving unit, and extracts the content item included in the IP packet;
an IP-multicast-correspondence-information receiving unit that receives, for each content item, the information that concerns the IP multicast correspondence and correlates the IP-multicast group address and the condition for receiving the content item, the IP-multicast group address being the address that groups the broadcast content receiving apparatus and is used for the broadcast content receiving apparatus to select a content item;
an IP address selecting unit that selects, when the condition for receiving the content item matches a predetermined condition, the IP-multicast group address corresponding to the condition for receiving the content item and sets the selected IP-multicast group address as an IP address for receiving the content item; and
a routing unit that transmits the content item to an external device connected to a given communication network.
2. The broadcast-content transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content item is also transmitted through the communication network as the IP packet.
3. The broadcast-content receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content item is also received through the communication network as the IP packet.
4. A broadcast-content transmission and receiving method comprising:
an IP packetizing step of adding an IP header to a content item and IP packetizing the content item into an IP packet, the IP header being added to the content item for transmitting the content item through a communication network;
a transmitting step of transmitting the IP packet through the communication network;
an encapsulating step of encapsulating the IP packet into a given transmission packet, the IP packet being encapsulated for transmitting the content item through a broadcast network which is different from the communication network;
a transmitting step of transmitting the transmission packet through the broadcast network by IP multicast;
an IP-multicast-correspondence-information generating step of generating, for each content item, information that concerns IP multicast correspondence and correlates an IP-multicast group address and a condition for receiving the content item by a broadcast content receiving apparatus, the IP-multicast group address being an address that groups the broadcast content receiving apparatus and is used for the broadcast content receiving apparatus to select a content item;
a receiving step of a broadcast content receiving apparatus receiving, through the communication network, the IP packet that includes the packetized content item and the IP header added to the packetized content item for the purpose of transmitting the content item through the communication network;
a receiving step of the broadcast content receiving apparatus receiving, through the broadcast network that is different from the communication network, the transmission packet that is formed by encapsulating the IP packet, the IP packet being encapsulated for the purpose of transmitting the content item through the broadcast network;
an extracting step of decapsulating the transmission packet received through the broadcast network, and extracting content item included in the IP packet;
an IP-multicast-correspondence-information receiving step of receiving, for each content item, information that concerns the IP multicast correspondence and correlates the IP-multicast group address and the condition for receiving the content item, the IP-multicast group address being the address that groups the broadcast content receiving apparatus and is used for the broadcast content receiving apparatus to select a content item;
an IP address selecting step of selecting, when the condition for receiving the content item matches a predetermined condition, the IP-multicast group address corresponding to the condition for receiving the content item and setting the selected IP-multicast group address as an IP address for the content item; and
routing the content item to an external device connected to a given communication network.
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