(19)
(11) EP 0 957 600 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.09.2001 Bulletin 2001/37

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/46

(21) Application number: 99303249.9

(22) Date of filing: 27.04.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04H 1/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 28.04.1998 JP 13453298

(71) Applicant: PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION
Meguro-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Toki, Katsuhiko, Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Kawagoe-shi, Saitama (JP)
  • Miyake, Takashi, Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Kawagoe-shi, Saitama (JP)
  • Abe, Mikito, Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Kawagoe-shi, Saitama (JP)

(74) Representative: Haley, Stephen 
Gill Jennings & Every, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) Receiver for receiving digital broadcast programmes comprising information about a plurality of programmes


(57) A digital broadcast receiver for receiving a digital audio broadcast which transmits digital signals indicating information about a plurality of services which constitute an ensemble such that the digital signals are transmitted together with audio information of the plural services, the digital broadcast receiver incorporating: a storage portion which is capable of storing information relating to the services in a quantity corresponding to the plural services; and determining means for determining information about the service which must be stored in the storage portion in accordance with information about the plural services obtained from the ensemble which is being received, wherein the determining means determines information about the service which must be stored in the storage portion in accordance with at least information about the service which is being selected.






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