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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Junichi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Xuan Liao, Singapore, SG;
Zhongyang Huang, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 20/71 (2008.01); H04H 60/00 (2008.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A transmitting apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate a notification message and a transmission unit configured to transmit the notification message. The notification message includes a broadcast identifier identifying a broadcast and timing control information indicating when media information related to and distinct from the broadcast is to be displayed. A receiving apparatus includes a broadcast reception unit configured to receive broadcast and a notification message reception unit configured to extract broadcast identifiers and timing control information from the notification messages.