Patents by Inventor Gomer Thomas

Gomer Thomas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8869219
    Abstract: A method for controlling an inactive channel for building a channel map in an internet protocol television (IPTV) receiver and the IPTV receiver thereof are provided. The method includes receiving a master service information (SI) table including a first element defining location of a virtual channel map table, parsing the first element in the received master SI table, receiving the virtual channel map table including a second element defining location of a virtual channel description table based on the parsed location element, parsing the second element in the received virtual channel map table, receiving the virtual channel description table, which includes a third element indicating designation of times when a virtual channel service is active, based on the parsed second element, parsing the third element in the received virtual channel description table, and controlling display of a virtual channel according to the parsed third element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Hui Lee, Jae Hyung Song, Gomer Thomas
  • Patent number: 8855098
    Abstract: A transmitting/receiving system and a data processing method of the same are disclosed herein. The receiving system may include a receiving unit, a first processing unit, and a second processing unit. The receiving unit receives a broadcast signal including mobile service data and an FIC segment from at least one slot. Herein, a transmission frame may be configured of a plurality of sub-frames for receiving at least one ensemble and at least one mobile service, and a sub-frame may be configured of a plurality of slots. The a first processing unit extracts FIC segments each having a different FIC chunk major protocol version from the broadcast signal, and acquires a number of the corresponding FIC segment, a number of the last FIC segment, and FIC chunk major protocol version information from each segment header of the extracted FIC segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Hyung Song, In Hwan Choi, Gomer Thomas
  • Patent number: 8848685
    Abstract: A transmitting/receiving system and a data processing method of the same are disclosed herein. The receiving system may include a receiving unit, a first processing unit, and a second processing unit. The receiving unit receives a broadcast signal including mobile service data from at least one slot. The first processing unit acquires FIC segments divided from an FIC chunk of at least one sub-frame. Herein, each FIC segment comprises a 2-byte segment header and a 35-byte segment payload. The segment header includes an FIC type information, a number of a corresponding FIC segment, and a number of a last FIC segment among the FIC segments divided from the FIC chunk. The second processing unit obtains the FIC chunk including signaling information between at least one ensemble and at least one mobile service from respective payloads of the FIC segments, based upon the acquired FIC type information, number of the corresponding FIC segment, and number of the last FIC segment of each FIC segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Hyung Song, In Hwan Choi, Gomer Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140289784
    Abstract: A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT) service and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of receiving a broadcast signal including an NRT service, method comprises receiving a broadcast signal including first signaling information and second signaling information, identifying the NRT service based on the first signaling information, identifying an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an NRT service signaling data based on the first signaling information and the second signaling information, receiving the NRT service signaling data by accessing the IP address, and downloading a desired NRT service based on the NRT service signaling data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jong Yeul SUH, Gomer THOMAS, Jae Hyung SONG, Jin Pil KIM, Ho Taek HONG, Joon Hui LEE
  • Patent number: 8839329
    Abstract: A method of processing a non-real time service of a broadcast receiver includes receiving a signaling information table including additional information on contents configuring a non-real time service and a content identifier for each content, acquiring the additional information on contents and the content identifier for each content from the signaling information table, storing contents being downloaded through a FLUTE or an internet in a storage medium, based upon the additional information on contents and the content identifier for each content, and displaying a list of recordings including the contents stored in the storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Hyung Song, Jong Yeul Suh, Gomer Thomas, Jun Hui Lee, Jin Pil Kim, Ho Taek Hong, Kwan Suk Kim, Chang Sik Yun
  • Publication number: 20140259077
    Abstract: A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Pil Kim, C. Gomer Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140259076
    Abstract: A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Pil Kim, C. Gomer Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140259064
    Abstract: A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Pil Kim, C. Gomer Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140259066
    Abstract: A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Pil Kim, C. Gomer Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140250479
    Abstract: A broadcast service receiving method of a broadcast receiving device provided. The method includes: receiving a trigger including location information of a bookmark target object; extracting the location information of the bookmark target object from the trigger; receiving bookmark target object related information including bookmark signaling data by using the location information of the bookmark target object; extracting the bookmark signaling data from the bookmark target object related information; when the bookmark signaling data is extracted, displaying that a bookmark target object is able to be bookmarked; when a user input for bookmarking the bookmark target object is received, saving the location information of the bookmark target object; and displaying location information of a saved bookmark target object at a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joonhui Lee, Gomer Thomas, Kyoungsoo Moon, Jinpil Kim, Kyungho Kim, Sanghyun Kim
  • Patent number: 8813155
    Abstract: A method for receiving service information (SI) for building a channel map in an internet protocol television (IPTV) receiver and the IPTV receiver thereof are provided. The method includes receiving a provisioning information table which includes information of location to receive a first stream carrying a master SI table and parsing the received provisioning information table, receiving the first stream carrying the master SI table which includes information of location to receive a second stream carrying other SI tables based on the parsed provisioning information table and parsing the received first stream, parsing the second element in the received first stream, receiving the second stream carrying the other SI tables, and parsing the other SI tables, wherein the IPTV does not leave the first stream and leave the second stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Hui Lee, Jae Hyung Song, Gomer Thomas
  • Patent number: 8806561
    Abstract: A method of processing a broadcast signal including an interactive broadcast service at a transmitter is disclosed. The method comprises generating an parameter table containing metadata about applications and interactive broadcast events targeted to the applications, dividing the parameter table into a plurality of parameter blocks, inserting each of the parameter blocks into each of a plurality of parameter table sections, generating a trigger which is a signaling element to identify signaling and establish timing of playout of the interactive broadcast events, inserting the trigger into a closed caption channel of the broadcast signal, transmitting the broadcast signal including the closed caption channel and a specific channel carrying the plurality of parameter table sections, wherein the trigger includes location information specifying a location of the parameter table in the broadcast signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyungho Kim, Gomer Thomas, Seungjoo An, Jinpil Kim, Sejin Oh, Kyoungsoo Moon
  • Publication number: 20140223484
    Abstract: A method of processing a non-real time service of a broadcast receiver, which receives and processes a service being transmitted in non-real time, and a broadcast receiver are disclosed. Herein, the method of processing a non-real time service of a broadcast receiver includes receiving a signaling information table including additional information on contents configuring a non-real time service and a content identifier for each content, acquiring the additional information on contents and the content identifier for each content from the signaling information table, storing contents being downloaded through a FLUTE or an internet in a storage medium, based upon the additional information on contents and the content identifier for each content, and displaying a list of recordings including the contents stored in the storage medium, wherein a list of recordings screen displaying the list of recordings includes at least one of a content name, a channel name, a date of recording, and a content size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jae Hyung SONG, Jong Yeul SUH, Gomer THOMAS, Jun Hui LEE, Jin Pil KIM, Ho Taek HONG, Kwan Suk KIM, Chang Sik YUN
  • Publication number: 20140204271
    Abstract: A broadcast service receiving method of a broadcast receiving device is provided. The method includes: receiving a trigger; receiving a triggered object; when a target of the received trigger is the triggered object, performing a trigger action on the triggered object at a trigger time; receiving real-time data available for the triggered object by an operation of the triggered object according to the performing of the triggered action; and providing a service by using the real-time data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyungho Kim, Kwansuk Kim, Joonhui Lee, Gomer Thomas, Kyoungsoo Moon, Aettie Ji, Jinpil Kim, Jongyeul Suh, Songhyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20140208377
    Abstract: A method of processing a non-real time service of a broadcast receiver includes receiving a signaling information table including additional information on contents configuring a non-real time service and a content identifier for each content, acquiring the additional information on contents and the content identifier for each content from the signaling information table, storing contents being downloaded through a FLUTE or an internet in a storage medium, based upon the additional information on contents and the content identifier for each content, and displaying a list of recordings including the contents stored in the storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jae Hyung SONG, Jong Yeul SUH, Gomer THOMAS, Jun Hui LEE, Jin Pil KIM, Ho Taek HONG, Kwan Suk KIM, Chang Sik Yun
  • Publication number: 20140201779
    Abstract: A method of processing an interactive service and an apparatus thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sejin Oh, Byungsun PARK, Kyoungsoo MOON, Gomer THOMAS, Seungjoo AN, Jinwon LEE, Jinpil KIM, Kyungho KIM, Aettie JI
  • Publication number: 20140201797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control device and a control target device, and particularly, to a method for transmitting a content list of a control target device and a control device. A method for allowing a control point device to receive a content list from a control target device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: transmitting a content list request message to the control target device; receiving a response message which includes a fragment of the content list; and displaying the content list based on the fragment, wherein the fragment includes a plurality of content objects corresponding to the number of content objects for one content list fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyungho Kim, Gomer Thomas, Kyoungsoo Moon, Jongyeul Suh, Joonhui Lee
  • Patent number: 8782695
    Abstract: A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Pil Kim, C. Gomer Thomas
  • Patent number: 8782725
    Abstract: A method of processing a non-real time service of a broadcast receiver includes receiving a signaling information table including additional information on contents configuring a non-real time service and a content identifier for each content, acquiring the additional information on contents and the content identifier for each content from the signaling information table, storing contents being downloaded through a FLUTE or an internet in a storage medium, based upon the additional information on contents and the content identifier for each content, and displaying a list of recordings including the contents stored in the storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Hyung Song, Jong Yeul Suh, Gomer Thomas, Jun Hui Lee, Jin Pil Kim, Ho Taek Hong, Kwan Suk Kim
  • Publication number: 20140173681
    Abstract: A method of receiving and process a broadcast signal including a Non-Real Time (NRT) service and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of processing a broadcast signal including a Non-Real Time (NRT) service, the method comprises receiving and processing a signaling information table including access information of the NRT service, receiving and storing data of the NRT service based on the signaling information table in non-real time, extracting access information of additional information relating to the NRT service from the signaling information table, and downloading the additional information relating to the NRT service based on the extracted access information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Yeul SUH, Gomer THOMAS, Jae Hyung SONG, Jin Pil KIM, Ho Taek HONG, Joon Hui LEE