公开(公告)号：US20040093352A1

公开(公告)日：2004-05-13

申请号：US10610611

申请日：2003-07-01

申请人： Sony Corporation

发明人： Kissei Matsumoto

IPC分类号： G06F017/00

CPC分类号： G06Q20/102 ,  H04H60/22 ,  H04H60/25 ,  H04H60/47 ,  H04H60/66 ,  H04H60/74 ,  H04M11/08 ,  H04N7/17318

摘要： A sending receiving method for data, such as musical data, in which plural data stored in a first storage unit are retrieved based on the request information sent from a host side device. The retrieved data is sent to a terminal side device. The sent data is checked to see as to whether or not the sent data is data newly stored in the first storage unit. If the results of check indicate that the sent data is data newly stored in the first storage unit, the sent data is stored in a second storage unit of the terminal side device.

摘要翻译： 用于根据从主机侧设备发送的请求信息来检索存储在第一存储单元中的多个数据的诸如音乐数据的数据的发送接收方法。 检索到的数据被发送到终端侧设备。 检查所发送的数据以查看所发送的数据是否是新存储在第一存储单元中的数据。 如果检查结果指示发送的数据是新存储在第一存储单元中的数据，则将发送的数据存储在终端侧设备的第二存储单元中。

公开(公告)号：US20040010524A1

公开(公告)日：2004-01-15

申请号：US10427344

申请日：2003-04-30

发明人： Michael W. Wallace ,  Larry Alan Westerman

IPC分类号： G06F012/00

CPC分类号： H04N21/8402 ,  H04H20/16 ,  H04H20/426 ,  H04H60/25 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/23617 ,  H04N21/2362 ,  H04N21/26291 ,  H04N21/4349 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4586 ,  H04N21/8166

摘要： A method, a computer readable medium, and a data system are provided for indicating when a superseded data file in a series of data files has been replaced with a changed data file. An index file is created and inserted in the series of data files. The index file includes a change indicator signifying that the changed data file has replaced the superseded data file. The index file is repeatedly transmitted with the series of data files.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种方法，计算机可读介质和数据系统，用于指示一系列数据文件中的替换的数据文件何时被替换为改变的数据文件。 创建索引文件并将其插入到一系列数据文件中。 索引文件包括一个更改指示符，表示已更改的数据文件已替换为取代的数据文件。 索引文件与一系列数据文件重复传输。

公开(公告)号：US20030225902A1

公开(公告)日：2003-12-04

申请号：US09090037

申请日：1998-06-10

发明人： GRAHAM PEREBOOM

IPC分类号： G06F015/16 ,  G06F009/00 ,  G06F012/00 ,  G06F017/30

CPC分类号： H04N21/435 ,  H04H20/16 ,  H04H60/07 ,  H04H60/25 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/4349 ,  H04N21/4586 ,  H04N21/63 ,  H04N21/8126 ,  H04N21/8402

摘要： The present invention is related to a communication system in which a transmitter (2) transmits cyclically a plurality of mutually related objects (20,22,24,26) to a terminal (10). If said objects are used in the terminal there is no mechanism to establish whether said objects are consistent, e.g. that they are originated at the same time. To ensure that the objects are consistent, they are combined in a common transport entity. The receiver is arranged to extract only the complete set of mutually related objects from the common transport entity. Consequently, the consistency is always ensured.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种通信系统，其中发射机（2）将多个相互关联的对象（20,22,24,26）周期性地传送到终端（10）。 如果在终端中使用所述对象，则不存在确定所述对象是否一致的机制，例如， 它们是在同一时间产生的。 为了确保对象一致，将它们组合在一个公共传输实体中。 接收器被布置成仅从公共传输实体提取完整的相互关联对象集合。 因此，始终保证一致性。

公开(公告)号：US06654540B2

公开(公告)日：2003-11-25

申请号：US09498566

申请日：2000-02-04

申请人： Max Artigalas ,  Paul-Louis Meunier ,  Alain Staron

发明人： Max Artigalas ,  Paul-Louis Meunier ,  Alain Staron

IPC分类号： H04N591

CPC分类号： H04H60/16 ,  G11B27/032 ,  G11B27/107 ,  G11B27/28 ,  G11B27/34 ,  G11B2220/41 ,  G11B2220/90 ,  H04H60/23 ,  H04H60/25 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04N5/9205 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N7/165 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/482

摘要： The disclosure relates to a recording and reading apparatus constituting a kind of video reservoir in the home of the consumer. Thanks to a large-capacity storing technique with suitable technical means, broadcasters transmit numerous programs via specific channels and the consumer may control the content of his reservoir (by recording, reading and erasing programs). The invention is applicable to on-demand video in the consumer's home with a video reservoir constituting a video-library that is regularly updated by broadcasters and/or by the consumer himself.

摘要翻译： 本公开涉及构成消费者家庭中的一种视频储存器的记录和读取装置。 由于具有适当技术手段的大容量存储技术，广播公司通过特定的频道传输许多节目，消费者可以通过记录，读取和删除节目来控制其水库的内容。 本发明可应用于消费者家庭中的点播视频，其中构建视频库的视频存储器由广播机构和/或消费者自己定期更新。

公开(公告)号：US06625813B1

公开(公告)日：2003-09-23

申请号：US09229450

申请日：1999-01-12

申请人： Simon J. Gibbs

发明人： Simon J. Gibbs

IPC分类号： H04N7173

CPC分类号： H04H20/91 ,  H04H60/25 ,  H04L12/1813 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： A broadcast system architecture implementing a method for distributing data for a multi-user application (e.g., a shared virtual world) between client systems. Included are a plurality of server systems communicatively coupled in a network and a digital broadcast source. A first group, a second group and a third group of client systems are communicatively coupled to the server systems, wherein a client system is coupled to a single server system. The first group and second group of client systems execute a partition of the multi-user application. Data are forwarded from a client system in the first group of the client systems to a first server system, wherein the data represent a change to the partition executed by the client system. The data are forwarded from the first server system to other server systems, wherein the other server systems each comprise at least one client system that interfaces with the partition. The data are forwarded from these other server systems to the second group of client systems interfacing with the partition. The data are also forwarded from the first server system to a broadcast source. The data are broadcast from the broadcast source to the third group of client systems not presently interfacing with the partition. The broadcast source distributes the data rapidly to a large number of users so that the consistency of the multi-user application is maintained for all users.

摘要翻译： 实现用于在客户端系统之间分配用于多用户应用（例如，共享虚拟世界）的数据的方法的广播系统架构。 包括通信地耦合在网络中的多个服务器系统和数字广播源。 第一组，第二组和第三组客户端系统通信地耦合到服务器系统，其中客户端系统耦合到单个服务器系统。 第一组和第二组客户端系统执行多用户应用程序的分区。 将数据从第一组客户端系统中的客户端系统转发到第一服务器系统，其中数据表示由客户端系统执行的分区的改变。 数据从第一服务器系统转发到其他服务器系统，其中其他服务器系统每个包括与分区接口的至少一个客户端系统。 数据从这些其他服务器系统转发到与分区接口的第二组客户端系统。 数据也从第一个服务器系统转发到广播源。 数据从广播源广播到当前未与分区接口的第三组客户端系统。 广播源将数据快速分发给大量用户，以便为所有用户维护多用户应用程序的一致性。

公开(公告)号：US06622004B1

公开(公告)日：2003-09-16

申请号：US09588182

申请日：2000-06-07

申请人： Yasuyuki Sonoda ,  Keisei Yamamuro

发明人： Yasuyuki Sonoda ,  Keisei Yamamuro

IPC分类号： H04H100

CPC分类号： H04N21/443 ,  H04H20/16 ,  H04H60/25 ,  H04H60/73 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/23617 ,  H04N21/2362 ,  H04N21/26266 ,  H04N21/4349 ,  H04N21/435

摘要： An object is to make efficient pre-reading possible even in receivers having little memory for receiving. A CPU 147 acquires data size in each module by referring module control information for a received DII, (step S39). The data sizes of the modules are compared with the remaining memory in a RAM 144 (step S45), and modules smaller than the remaining memory are pre-read into the RAM 144 (step S47). When a pre-read flag is not on, then no pre-reading is done even when a module is smaller than the remaining memory. Thus data that are updated from time to time can be excluded from being subject to pre-reading.

摘要翻译： 即使在接收器少的接收器中，也有可能使读取成为有效的预读。 CPU147通过引用接收的DII的模块控制信息来获取每个模块中的数据大小（步骤S39）。 将模块的数据大小与RAM 144中的剩余存储器进行比较（步骤S45），并将小于剩余存储器的模块预读入RAM 144（步骤S47）。 当预读取标志未打开时，即使模块小于剩余存储器，也不会进行预读。 因此，不时更新的数据可能被排除在预读之外。

公开(公告)号：US06606748B1

公开(公告)日：2003-08-12

申请号：US09036696

申请日：1998-03-09

申请人： Yutaka Tomioka ,  Fumiyuki Kato ,  Nobuaki Tanaka ,  Kenji Soma ,  Yukio Shikatani ,  Yoshiaki Kushiki

发明人： Yutaka Tomioka ,  Fumiyuki Kato ,  Nobuaki Tanaka ,  Kenji Soma ,  Yukio Shikatani ,  Yoshiaki Kushiki

IPC分类号： H04N5445

CPC分类号： H04H60/25 ,  H04H20/26 ,  H04H20/28 ,  H04H20/76 ,  H04H60/47 ,  H04H60/72 ,  H04H60/94 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/0887

摘要： An information method and system enables information, from a set of original information which is updated at regular or irregular intervals, to be provided to each information receiving apparatus of respective users via a data transmission path which can be selected in accordance with the type of data to be transferred, stated preferences of the user with regard to providing of data, current operating status of a data communication network, etc. A set of framework data are selected as data which are rarely updated, by monitoring original information that is to be provided, over a suitably long period, and are stored at the information providing apparatus and each information receiving apparatus. Thereafter until a new set of framework data are selected, any differences between newly updated original information and the framework data are obtained as variation data, and transmitted to be stored at each information receiving apparatus, which can reconstitute desired data on request from a user by combining appropriate parts of the locally stored framework and variation data, thereby minimizing the amounts of data which must be transmitted to the information receiving apparatuses.

摘要翻译： 一种信息方法和系统使得能够经由可以根据数据类型选择的数据传输路径将以规则或不规则间隔更新的一组原始信息提供给各个用户的每个信息接收装置的信息 被传送，关于提供数据，数据通信网络的当前操作状态等的用户的所述偏好。通过监视要提供的原始信息，将一组框架数据选择为很少更新的数据 并且被存储在信息提供装置和每个信息接收装置中。 此后，直到选择一组新的框架数据，获得新更新的原始信息和框架数据之间的任何差异作为变化数据，并被发送以存储在每个信息接收设备上，该信息接收设备可以根据请求从用户重新构建期望的数据， 组合本地存储的框架的适当部分和变化数据，从而最小化必须传送到信息接收设备的数据量。

公开(公告)号：US06470496B1

公开(公告)日：2002-10-22

申请号：US09366017

申请日：1999-08-02

申请人： Naoe Kato ,  Keishi Sugimoto

发明人： Naoe Kato ,  Keishi Sugimoto

IPC分类号： G06F9445

CPC分类号： H04H20/91 ,  G06F8/65 ,  H04H60/25 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/4332 ,  H04N21/4349 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4586 ,  H04N21/8166 ,  H04N21/8173

摘要： To provide a control program downloading method that is used by a digital broadcast receiving apparatus equipped with a storing device which stores an update program and a non-update program that compose a control program. Under control of the update program, a new update program is received and written over data stored in a part of an area in the storing device where the non-update program has been stored. At the same time, a part of a new non-update program is received and written over data stored in another part of the area in the storing device where the non-update program has been stored. Once the new update program has been completely written into the storing device, under control of the new update program, the reception and writing of the part of the new non-update program is continued.

摘要翻译： 提供一种由配备有存储更新程序的存储装置和组成控制程序的非更新程序的数字广播接收装置使用的控制程序下载方法。 在更新程序的控制下，接收和写入新的更新程序，该数据存储在已存储非更新程序的存储装置中的一部分区域中。 同时，通过存储在非更新程序已存储的存储装置中的区域的另一部分中的数据来接收和写入新的非更新程序的一部分。 一旦新的更新程序已被完全写入存储设备，在新的更新程序的控制下，继续接收和写入新的非更新程序的一部分。

公开(公告)号：US20020025777A1

公开(公告)日：2002-02-28

申请号：US09793971

申请日：2001-02-28

发明人： Yukihiro Kawamata ,  Kimiya Yamaashi ,  Takaharu Ishida ,  Osamu Tomobe

IPC分类号： H04H001/00

CPC分类号： H04H60/11 ,  H04H20/24 ,  H04H60/12 ,  H04H60/25 ,  H04H60/91 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/41422 ,  H04N21/4392 ,  H04N21/441 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/6131 ,  H04N21/6143 ,  H04N21/6375 ,  H04N21/8106 ,  H04N21/8352

摘要： A broadcast content that is at least a part of an original content is broadcasted, and a differential content, which is at least a part of the original content, is transmitted in response to a request from a reception terminal. The differential content and the broadcast content are merged with each other to reproduce a perfect original content. Therefore, the perfect original content can be obtained at low price and in short time even when the original content contains a large amount of data.

摘要翻译： 广播至少是原始内容的一部分的广播内容，并且响应于来自接收终端的请求来发送作为原始内容的至少一部分的差分内容。 差分内容和广播内容相互合并，以再现完美的原始内容。 因此，即使原始内容包含大量数据，也可以在低价格和短时间内获得完美的原始内容。

公开(公告)号：US6055566A

公开(公告)日：2000-04-25

申请号：US005562

申请日：1998-01-12

申请人： Dan Kikinis

发明人： Dan Kikinis

IPC分类号： H04H1/00 ,  H04H20/61 ,  H04H20/82 ,  H04H60/25 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L67/2861 ,  H04H20/61 ,  H04H20/82 ,  H04H60/25 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04L67/26 ,  H04L67/28 ,  H04L67/306

摘要： An information dissemination system comprises an Internet-connected server adapted for gathering information from plural sources, and sorting the information according to subscriber preferences. The sorted information is transmitted via the Internet to a subscriber's Internet Applicance (IA) as electronic documents, where the documents are downloaded to a connected playback device. The playback device may be disconnected from the PC, and the information electronic documents rendered as speech to a speaker in the playback device by a text-to-speech system. In a preferred embodiment annotation is added at the Internet-connected server to control speech characteristics, such as inflection, upon playback. In some embodiments updates may be made by radio with the playback device disconnected from the IA.

摘要翻译： 信息传播系统包括适于从多个源收集信息的因特网连接的服务器，以及根据用户偏好对信息进行排序。 排序的信息通过因特网被传送到用户的因特网应用（IA）作为电子文档，其中文档被下载到连接的回放设备。 回放设备可以从PC断开，并且信息电子文档通过文本到语音系统作为语音呈现给播放设备中的扬声器。 在优选实施例中，在因特网连接的服务器处添加注释，以便在播放时控制诸如拐点的语音特征。 在一些实施例中，可以通过无线电来进行更新，其中播放设备与IA断开连接。