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(11) EP 0 967 747 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.11.2005 Bulletin 2005/46

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/52

(21) Application number: 99304626.7

(22) Date of filing: 15.06.1999
(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: 26.06.1998 JP 18094098
20.04.1999 JP 11165599

(71) Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ueda, Eiji
    Toyoda-gun, Hiroshima-ken 729-2507 (JP)
  • Hanaura, Toshitaka
    Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken 733-0851 (JP)
  • Kawano, Shinji
    Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken 731-5136 (JP)

(74) Representative: Butcher, Ian James et al
A.A. Thornton & Co. 235 High Holborn
London WC1V 7LE
London WC1V 7LE (GB)

   


(54) Method and apparatus for receiving a digital transmission, comprising a computer-readable recording medium


(57) A tuner 101 receives broadcast data from a broadcasting station 109 and forwards RDI (Receiver Data Interface) data, including multimedia data, to a data decoder 102. The data decoder 102 decodes the data into MOT data according to a given protocol. A file manager 103 identifies files according to IDs generated by a file system 104, and produces a timer monitoring table from information such as a trigger time written in a MOT header. The file system 104 stores files in a storage unit 105 and produces a directory information table in which file display availability statuses and display order are recorded for files with the same name. A data browser 108 receives display instructions from a user and displays, in order, multimedia data that is recorded in the directory information table as being available for display.






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