摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transmitting apparatus which transmits a content schedule table (CST) required for storage reservation at a receiving side when transmitting contents, and to provide a receiving apparatus which receives the CST. <P>SOLUTION: A CST includes: broadcasting time identification information representing a starting time when broadcasting contents, a broadcasting duration and the number of times of broadcasting; a specific identifier assigned for each of contents; and a descriptor representing described contents of the contents. A transmitting apparatus transmits the CST at predetermined intervals, transmits contents associated by the CST using a data block associated by the identifier according to a carousel method and further, rebroadcasts the contents using the data block associated by the identifier. A receiving apparatus receives the CST, generates a content table for reserving storage of the contents associated by the CST, controls the start of storage reservation according to the starting time for contents specified to reserve storage according to the content table, and executes the storage of the contents in main broadcasting or re-broadcasting for the unit of a data block. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT</p> |