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Method and system for devices efficiently sharing information regarding the content of a digital television bit-stream

a technology of digital television and information sharing, applied in the field of efficient sharing of information regarding the content of a digital television bitstream, can solve the problems of inefficient command structure b>200/b>, many bytes in the dsd command data structure not being used, waste of memory space on the devices, etc., and achieves efficient command structure, efficient allowing a controller device, and minimal bandwidth

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-02
SONY CORP +1
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This approach reduces memory and bandwidth waste by using valid flags to specify table types within a single attribute field, enabling efficient data transfer and compatibility with existing standards.

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Unfortunately, many bytes in the DSD command data structure are not used.
Therefore, the command structure 200 is inefficient, and many of these command structures are issued during the normal course of system activity.
Consequently, memory space on the devices is wasted.
Additionally, bandwidth is wasted transmitting a command 200 with bytes that have no meaning or use.

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[0020]In the following detailed description of the present invention, a system and method for efficiently allowing a controller device to receive information from a tuner device regarding the content of a digital television bit-stream, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be recognized by one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details or with equivalents thereof. In other instances, well known methods, procedures, components, and circuits have not been described in detail as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the present invention.

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[0021]Some portions of the detailed descriptions which follow are presented in terms of procedures, steps, logic blocks, processing, and other symbolic representations of operations on data bits that can be performed on computer memory. These descriptions and representations are the mean...

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A method and system for efficiently allowing a controller device to receive information from a tuner device regarding the content of a digital television bit-stream. The present invention first receives a digital television bit-stream at a tuner device. The digital television bit-stream comprises video, audio, and data information, as well as tables that describe the content of the bit-stream. Next, to obtain a table, a controller device sets a value specifying a desired table in an attribute field of a command. Next, the controller sets at least one flag in a flag field of the command. The setting of the flag indicates the table which is being requested. Additionally, because a single attribute field may hold different types of information, the flags indicate which type of information is in the attribute field for this issuance of the command. The controller, then issues the command to the tuner, which determines what table is being requested, based upon the flags set. The tuner then returns that table to the controller.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 596,853, filed Jun. 19, 2000, naming Sho Kou as the inventor, and having attorney docket number SONY-50N3456.01, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 146,071, filed Jul. 28, 1999. These applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and for all purposes.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The process of transmitting digital television signals, whether terrestrially or over cable, involves digitizing, compressing, and multiplexing video and audio signals into a single bit-stream before transmitting them. The bandwidth in a typical terrestrial broadcast is wide enough to transmit a number of compressed digitized television channels over the same bit-stream. Additionally, data such as, weather reports, stock prices, news, pay-per-view information, and classified advertisements may be multiplexed into the bit-stream.[0...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
CPCH04N7/165H04N21/2362H04N21/4104H04N21/4345H04N21/43615H04N21/4112
Inventor KOU, SHO
Owner SONY CORP
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