Patent ID: 7877778

Claim:
An information processing system, comprising: a receiving apparatus which receives a broadcast signal; and a data generating unit which creates notice information relating to download for update data multiplexed with the broadcast signal for transmission and that updates software in the receiving apparatus, the data generating unit including: means for describing information which describes a prescribed model ID defined by a predetermined standard in order to uniquely identify a model of the receiving apparatus in a prescribed area in the notice information defined by the predetermined standard and which describes an extended model ID used in combination with the prescribed model ID to uniquely identify a larger number of models of the receiving apparatus than the number of the prescribed model IDs in a predetermined area in the notice information; and means for generating the notice information in which the prescribed model ID and the extended model ID are described by the means for describing information, and the receiving apparatus including: means for determining a prescribed ID which determines whether the prescribed model ID in the notice information multiplexed with the broadcast signal matches a prescribed model ID owned by the receiving apparatus; means for determining an extended ID which determines whether the extended model ID in the notice information matches the owned extended model ID when it is determined that the prescribed model ID in the notice information matches the owned prescribed model ID; and means for acquiring update data from the broadcast signal based on the notice information when it is determined that the extended model ID in the notice information matches the owned extended model ID.