JP2002057970A - Program information providing device, program information providing method, program recording reservation system, program recording reservation method, program recording system and program recording method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program recording reservation system/method by which a user at a remote place can make program recording reservation settings in simple operation. SOLUTION: The program recording reservation system 1 is provided with a program information providing device 3 that has a storage section 3a that stores program information being attribute information of programs and a program guide, transmits the program information and the program guide via a network in response to a transmission request from a portable terminal 2, and provided with a retrieval section that retrieves the program information stored in the storage section 3a on request of a program recording reservation setting from the portable terminal for which the program guide is transmitted, a program recording reservation setting script generating section that generates a program recording reservation setting script that is a control instruction to a recorder 5 that records programs in the program guide to a recording medium on the basis of the program information retrieved by the retrieval section, and a transmission section that transmits the program recording reservation setting script generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating section.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a program information providing device, a program information providing method, a program recording reservation system, and a program recording for setting a program recording reservation from a portable terminal device connected to a remote recording device via a network. The present invention relates to a reservation method, a program recording system, and a program recording method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For a program recording apparatus for recording a broadcasted program on a recording medium, a recording reservation setting for starting recording of the program on the recording medium at a set time is established from a remote location through a telephone line. There is a method to use it.

A program recording apparatus in which such a program recording reservation setting is made from a remote place has an interface to which a telephone line can be connected and a number selection signal input from a telephone for controlling the recording reservation of the program recording apparatus. A signal conversion processing unit that converts the signal into a signal. The user makes a telephone call from a remote place to input information for program recording reservation setting, for example, additional information such as a channel number of a program, a program start time, an end time, and a recording mode by pressing a push button. Is transmitted to the program recording apparatus as the number selection signal of the program. The interface of the program recording device receives the number selection signal, and the signal conversion processing unit converts the received number selection signal into a control signal for program recording reservation, and sets program recording reservation.

A portable PC (Personal Computer)
Alternatively, a program is recorded from a portable terminal device such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) to a PC having a receiving unit capable of receiving the program and a HDD (Hard Disk Drive) capable of recording the program by using a network such as the Internet. A method of inputting a program recording reservation setting for causing the user to make a program recording reservation is used. The user first establishes an Internet session with a remote portable PC from a portable terminal such as a portable PC or PDA. Subsequently, through this session, the control unit of the portable PC or PDA causes the Web browser to display an input screen for prompting input of predetermined input items for setting program recording reservation.
The user performs recording reservation setting of a program by inputting desired program information from the portable terminal device such as a portable PC or PDA to the above-described input screen.

[0005]

However, in the above-described method of making a program recording reservation setting from a telephone to a program recording device,
It was necessary to use a dedicated recording device provided with a signal conversion device for converting a telephone number selection signal into a control signal for making a program recording reservation setting. Furthermore, using the telephone push button, information for making a program recording reservation setting, such as a program channel number, a program start time, an end time,
There is a problem that inputting a recording mode or the like is very troublesome and complicated.

[0006] In addition, a remote PC from a portable PC or PDA
When a program recording reservation is set in C, it is necessary to input program information of a desired program to be set for program recording reservation from a portable PC or PDA, which is very laborious and complicated. .

Accordingly, the present invention has been devised in order to solve the above-described problems, and a program information providing apparatus capable of performing a program recording reservation setting of a program from a remote place by a simple operation. It is an object to provide a program information providing method, a program recording reservation system, a program recording reservation method, a program recording system, and a program recording method.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a program information providing apparatus according to the present invention has storage means for storing program information and program guide as attribute information of a program. In a program information providing apparatus for transmitting program information and a program table via a network in response to a transmission request from a terminal apparatus, the program information is stored in response to a program recording reservation setting request from the first terminal apparatus which transmitted the program table. A search means for searching for program information stored in the means, and a program recording reservation setting script which is a control instruction for a recording device for recording a program in a program table on a recording medium based on the program information searched by the search means. A program recording reservation setting script generating means for generating; and a transmitting means for transmitting the program recording reservation setting script generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating means. And wherein the Rukoto.

[0009] In order to achieve the above object, a program information providing method according to the present invention accumulates program information and program guide as attribute information of a program, and stores the program information in response to a transmission request from a first terminal device. In a program information providing method for transmitting information and a program table via a network, the first
In response to a program recording reservation setting request from the terminal device of the present invention, searching for program information stored in the storage means, and controlling the recording device for recording a program in a program table on a recording medium based on the searched program information. A program recording reservation setting script, which is an instruction, is generated, and the generated program recording reservation setting script is transmitted.

To achieve the above object, a program recording reservation system according to the present invention comprises: a first terminal device for requesting transmission of program information and a program guide, which are attribute information of a program; A program information providing device for transmitting program information and a program guide to the first terminal device in response to a transmission request from the first terminal device; In a program recording reservation system in which a second terminal device for making a recording reservation setting of a program in a program table is connected via a network, a display means for displaying received program information and a program table, and a program recording reservation setting request. A first transmitting means for transmitting a program recording reservation setting request input by the input means;
Terminal device, a first receiving means for receiving a program recording reservation setting request from the first terminal device, and a program recording reservation stored in response to the program recording reservation setting request received by the first receiving means. Searching means for searching for program information; second transmitting means for transmitting the program information searched by the searching means to the first terminal device; and a program in the program table based on the program information searched by the searching means. Program recording reservation setting script generating means for generating a program recording reservation setting script which is a control instruction for recording the program recording program on a recording medium, and a second program transmitting the program recording reservation setting script generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating means. A program information providing apparatus having a transmitting means, and a second program recording reservation setting script transmitted by the second transmitting means of the program information providing apparatus. Receiving means, characterized in that it comprises a second terminal device having a signal conversion means for converting a program recording reservation setting script received program recording reservation setting control signal by the second receiving means.

In order to achieve the above object, a program recording reservation method according to the present invention comprises: a first terminal device for requesting transmission of program information and a program table which are program attribute information; A program information providing apparatus for storing program information and a program guide to the first terminal device in response to a transmission request from the first terminal device; and a program in the program guide transmitted to the first terminal device. In a program recording reservation method in which a second terminal device for setting a recording reservation is connected via a network, the first terminal device displays the received program table, and displays the received program table. A program recording reservation setting request for a program is input, and the input program recording reservation setting request is transmitted to the program information providing device.
Receiving the program recording reservation setting request transmitted from the terminal device, searching for the program information stored in the storage means in response to the received program recording reservation setting request, and storing the searched program information in the first terminal device. At the same time, a program recording reservation setting script, which is a control instruction for recording a program in a program table on a recording medium, is generated based on the searched program information, and the generated program recording reservation setting script is The second terminal device receives the program recording reservation setting script transmitted from the program information providing device, and converts the received program recording reservation setting script into a program recording reservation setting control signal. It is characterized by.

In order to achieve the above object, a program recording system according to the present invention comprises a first terminal device for requesting transmission of program information and program guide, which are attribute information of a program, and a program information and program guide. A program information providing device having a storage unit for storing program information and a program guide to the first terminal device in response to a transmission request from the first terminal device, and a program transmitted to the first terminal device A program recording system in which a second terminal device for setting a recording reservation of a program in the table and a recording device for recording a program on a recording medium according to the program recording reservation setting of the second terminal device are connected via a network. And display means for displaying the received program information and program guide, input means for inputting a program recording reservation setting request, and first transmitting means for transmitting the program recording reservation setting request input by the input means. No. And the terminal device, a first receiving means for receiving a program recording reservation setting request from the first terminal device,
Search means for searching for program information stored in the storage means in response to the program recording reservation setting request received by the first receiving means, and the program information searched by the search means for the first time.
A second transmission means for transmitting to the terminal device of the first embodiment, and a program for generating a program recording reservation setting script which is a control instruction for recording a program in a program table on a recording medium based on the program information retrieved by the retrieval means. A program information providing apparatus having a recording reservation setting script generating unit, a second transmitting unit transmitting the program recording reservation setting script generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating unit, and a second transmission of the program information providing device Second receiving means for receiving the program recording reservation setting script transmitted by the means, signal converting means for converting the program recording reservation setting script received by the second receiving means into a program recording reservation setting control signal, and signal conversion. A second terminal device having third transmission means for transmitting the program recording reservation setting control signal converted by the means, Third receiving means for receiving the program recording reservation setting control signal transmitted by the third transmitting means of the terminal device, fourth receiving means for receiving a program in the program table, and receiving by the fourth receiving means Means for recording the program received by the fourth receiving means on the recording medium in response to the program recording reservation setting control signal received by the third receiving means. And a recording device having control means for performing the control.

[0013] In order to achieve the above object, a program recording method according to the present invention comprises a first terminal device for requesting transmission of program information and program guide as attribute information of a program; A program information providing device that accumulates and transmits program information and a program guide to the first terminal device in response to a transmission request from the first terminal device; A second terminal device for setting a recording reservation;
In a program recording method in which a recording device that records a program on a recording medium according to a program recording reservation setting of the terminal device is connected via a network, the first terminal device displays a received program table and displays the received program table. A program recording reservation setting request for the program shown in the received program table is input, the input program recording reservation setting request is transmitted to the program information providing device, and the program information providing device is transmitted from the first terminal device. Receiving the program recording reservation setting request, searching for the program information stored in the storage means in response to the received program recording reservation setting request, transmitting the searched program information to the first terminal device,
On the basis of the searched program information, a program recording reservation setting script which is a control command for recording a program in a program table on a recording medium is generated, and the generated program recording reservation setting script is transmitted to the second terminal device. The second terminal device receives the program recording reservation setting script transmitted from the program information providing device, and converts the received program recording reservation setting script into a program recording reservation setting control signal. A recording control signal is transmitted, the recording device receives the program recording reservation setting control signal transmitted from the second terminal device, receives the program in the program table, and receives the program recording reservation setting control signal in response to the program recording reservation setting control signal. The recorded program is recorded on a recording medium.

In order to achieve the above object, a program information providing apparatus according to the present invention has storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of program information as program attribute information, and stores program information stored in the storage means. In a program information providing apparatus for transmitting via a network, a program introduction e-mail to which at least one program introduction information which is program information for introducing a program among program information stored in storage means is generated. E-mail generating means for generating a program recording reservation setting address linked to the program information stored in the storage means, and generating the program recording reservation setting address generated in the program introduction e-mail for each program introduction information. An address generating and attaching means to be attached, and a program introduction e-mail to which a program recording reservation setting address is attached by the address generating and attaching means are transmitted at a predetermined time. Transmitting means for transmitting, searching means for searching for program information stored in the storing means in accordance with access input information to the program recording reservation setting address, and recording of a program based on the program information searched by the searching means Program recording reservation setting script generating means for generating a program recording reservation setting script which is a control instruction for a recording device for recording on a medium; transmitting means for transmitting the program recording reservation setting script generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating means; It is characterized by having.

In order to achieve the above object, a program information providing method according to the present invention comprises a storage unit for storing a plurality of program information, which is attribute information of a program, and a program for storing the program information stored in the storage unit on a network. In the method for providing program information transmitted via the program information, a program introduction e-mail to which at least one program introduction information which is program information for introducing a program among the stored program information is generated, The program recording reservation setting address linked to the program information that is present is generated, the generated program recording reservation setting address is attached to the program introduction e-mail for each program introduction information, and the program recording reservation setting address is attached. A program introduction e-mail is transmitted at a predetermined time, and the program information stored in the storage means is searched according to the input information for accessing the program recording reservation setting address. , Based on the retrieved program information,
A program recording reservation setting script, which is a control command for recording a program on a recording medium, is generated, and the generated program recording reservation setting script is transmitted.

In order to achieve the above object, a program recording reservation system according to the present invention has first storage means for storing a plurality of program information, which is attribute information of a program, and stores the program information in the first storage means. Program information transmitting apparatus for transmitting selected program information, a first terminal apparatus for receiving program information transmitted from the program information providing apparatus, and a program having program information transmitted to the first terminal apparatus as attribute information In a program recording reservation system in which a second terminal device for setting a recording reservation is connected via a network, among the program information stored in the first storage means, the program information is for introducing a program. E-mail generation means for generating a program introduction e-mail to which at least one program introduction information is attached, and a program recording reservation setting address linked to the program information stored in the first storage means And an address generating and attaching means for attaching the program recording reservation setting address generated in the program introducing e-mail to each program introduction information, and a program introducing and attaching the program recording reservation setting address by the address generating and attaching means. First transmission means for transmitting an e-mail at a predetermined time, search means for searching for program information stored in the first storage means in accordance with access input information for accessing an address, and search by the search means Program recording reservation setting script generating means for generating a program recording reservation setting script which is a control instruction for recording a program on a recording medium based on the received program information; and a program generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating means. Program information providing apparatus having second transmission means for transmitting recording reservation setting script, and program information providing apparatus A first receiving unit for receiving the e-mail transmitted by the first transmitting unit, a first display unit for displaying a program introduction e-mail received by the first receiving unit, and a first receiving unit. Input means for inputting access input information for accessing the program recording reservation setting address attached to the received program introduction e-mail, and third transmission means for transmitting the access input information input from the input means A first terminal device, a second receiving unit for receiving a program recording reservation setting script transmitted from a second transmitting unit of the program information providing device, and a program recording reservation setting script received by the second receiving unit. A second terminal device having signal conversion means for converting the signal into a program recording reservation setting control signal.

In order to achieve the above object, a program recording reservation method according to the present invention comprises: a program information providing apparatus for storing a plurality of program information as attribute information of a program; and transmitting the stored program information; A first terminal device that receives program information transmitted from the information providing device and a second terminal device that performs recording reservation setting of a program having the program information transmitted to the first terminal device as attribute information are networked. In the program recording reservation method connected via a network, the program information providing apparatus includes a program introduction e-mail attached with at least one program introduction information which is program information for introducing a program among the stored program information. , Generate a program recording reservation setting address linked to the stored program information, and use the program recording reservation setting address generated in the program introduction email to introduce each program At a predetermined time, a program introduction e-mail attached with a program recording reservation setting address is transmitted to the first terminal device, and the first terminal device transmits the transmitted program introduction e-mail. , Display the received program introduction e-mail, input the access input information for accessing the program recording reservation setting address attached to the received program introduction e-mail, and enter the input access input information into the program. Transmitted to the information providing apparatus, the program information providing apparatus searches for the stored program information according to the access input information for accessing the program recording reservation setting address, and based on the searched program information, A program recording reservation setting script, which is a control command for recording on the recording medium, is generated, and the generated program recording reservation setting script is transmitted to the second terminal device. End device receives the program recording reservation setting scripts sent, and converting the program recording reservation setting script received program recording reservation setting control signal.

In order to achieve the above object, a program recording system according to the present invention comprises: a program information providing device for storing a plurality of program information, which is attribute information of a program, and transmitting the stored program information; A first terminal device for receiving program information transmitted from the providing device, a second terminal device for setting a recording reservation of a program having the program information transmitted to the first terminal device as attribute information, a second terminal device; In a program recording reservation system in which a recording device that records a program on a recording medium according to a program recording reservation setting of a terminal device is connected via a network, a program is introduced from program information stored in storage means. E-mail generation means for generating a program introduction e-mail to which at least one program introduction information as program information is attached, and a link to the program information stored in the first storage means Address generating and attaching means for generating a program recording reservation setting address and attaching the program recording reservation setting address generated in the program introduction e-mail to each program introduction information, and a program recording reservation setting address by the address generation and attachment means. First transmission means for transmitting an e-mail attached with at a predetermined time, search means for searching for program information stored in the first storage means in accordance with access input information for accessing an address, A program recording reservation setting script generating means for generating a program recording reservation setting script which is a control instruction for recording a program on a recording medium based on the program information retrieved by the retrieval means; and a program recording reservation setting script generating means. A program information providing apparatus having second transmission means for transmitting the generated program recording reservation setting script; and First receiving means for receiving the e-mail transmitted by the first transmitting means of the program information providing apparatus, first displaying means for displaying the e-mail received by the first receiving means, and first receiving Input means for inputting access input information for accessing a program recording reservation setting address attached to the e-mail received by the means, and third transmitting means for transmitting the access input information input from the input means. A first terminal device, a second receiving means for receiving a program recording reservation setting script transmitted from a second transmitting means of the program information providing apparatus, and a program recording reservation setting script received by the second receiving means. Signal converting means for converting the control signal into a signal, and a fourth signal for transmitting the control signal converted by the signal converting means.
A second terminal device having a transmitting means, a third receiving means for receiving a control signal transmitted by the fourth transmitting means of the second terminal device, and a fifth receiving means for receiving a program in a program table.
Receiving means, a recording means for recording a program received by the fifth receiving means on a recording medium, and a program received by the fifth receiving means on the recording medium in response to a control signal received by the fourth receiving means. A recording device having control means for driving and controlling the recording means so as to perform recording.

In order to achieve the above object, a program recording method according to the present invention comprises: a program information providing apparatus for storing a plurality of pieces of program information, which are attribute information of a program, and transmitting the stored program information; A first terminal device for receiving program information transmitted from the providing device, a second terminal device for setting a recording reservation of a program having the program information transmitted to the first terminal device as attribute information, a second terminal device; A recording device for recording a program on a recording medium in accordance with the program recording reservation setting of the terminal device of
The program information providing device, among the stored program information,
Generating a program introduction e-mail attached with at least one program introduction information which is program information for introducing a program,
Generates a program recording reservation setting address linked to the stored program information, attaches the program recording reservation setting address generated in the program introduction e-mail to each program introduction information, and attaches the program recording reservation setting address Transmitting the received program introduction e-mail to the first terminal device at a predetermined time,
The first terminal device receives the transmitted program introduction e-mail, displays the received program introduction e-mail, and accesses a program recording reservation setting address attached to the received program introduction e-mail. The user inputs the access input information and transmits the input access input information to the program information providing apparatus. The program information providing apparatus receives the program information stored in accordance with the access input information for accessing the program recording reservation setting address. And generates a program recording reservation setting script, which is a control instruction for recording a program on a recording medium, based on the retrieved program information, and transmits the generated program recording reservation setting script to the second terminal device. Send,
The second terminal device receives the transmitted program recording reservation setting script, converts the received program recording reservation setting script into a program recording reservation setting control signal, and transmits the converted program recording reservation setting control signal to the recording device. Transmitting and recording device
It is characterized by receiving the transmitted program recording reservation setting control signal, receiving the program, and recording and recording the received program on a recording medium according to the program recording reservation setting control signal.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of a program information providing apparatus, a program information providing method, a program recording reservation system, a program recording reservation method, a program recording system, and a program recording method according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. This will be described in detail.

The present invention is applied to a program recording reservation system 1 as shown in FIG. 1 as a first embodiment.

The program recording reservation system 1 comprises portable terminal devices 2a, 2b, 2c, a program information providing device 3, a terminal device 4, and a recording device 5.

The portable terminal devices 2a, 2b, 2c are, for example, for displaying character information or image information.
Display unit 1 such as LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
Mobile phones or portable PCs (Personal Computers) or PDAs (Personal Computers) each having 2a, 12b, and 12c.
Digital Assistants).

The portable terminal device 2a includes a program information providing device 3
Stores a Web browser for acquiring program information for introducing a program of a television program provided on the Internet in a storage unit (not shown). Mobile terminal device 2
The control unit (a) retrieves the program information by searching the database 3a of the program information providing device 3 described later on the Internet using a Web browser stored in the storage unit, and displays the acquired program information on the display unit 12a. Display to

The portable terminal device 2b includes the program information providing device 3
A mailer software (hereinafter referred to as a mailer) for receiving an e-mail transmitted from the Internet and displaying the received e-mail on the display unit 12b is stored in a storage unit (not shown). The mobile terminal device 2b stores a Web browser in a storage unit (not shown) as mailer auxiliary software. The Web browser is activated when a URL (Uniform Resource Location) attached to an e-mail described later is checked, and displays the program information on the display unit 12b.

The portable terminal device 2c stores mailer software (hereinafter referred to as mailer) for receiving e-mails in a storage unit (not shown), and receives and receives e-mails transmitted from the program information providing device 3. The displayed e-mail is displayed on the display unit 12c.

The program information providing device 3 displays program information, which is attribute information of a program, for example, a program introduction sentence that briefly summarizes the contents of a program for each program, and program information of a program organized for each channel. And a database 3b for storing a program recording reservation setting script, which will be described later, in an account set for each user. The storage unit (not shown) of the program information providing device 3 stores a Web server program for providing the program information and the program guide stored in the database 3a via the Web browser provided in each of the mobile terminal devices 2a and 2b on the Internet. are doing.

The storage section of the program information providing device 3 acquires a program introduction sentence from the program information stored in the database 3a and attaches it to an e-mail to periodically transmit to the portable terminal devices 2b and 2c. Stores a mail server program for performing The transmission time of the e-mail to be transmitted to the portable terminal devices 2b and 2c can be set by the user, and can be transmitted, for example, every three hours or periodically at 6:00 every day. An e-mail transmitted from the program information providing device 3 is attached with a URL including information for specifying the program and information for specifying a user who is a recipient of the e-mail for each program introduction sentence. ing. The URL is linked to each piece of program information stored in the database 3a of the program information providing device 3. The URL attached to the electronic mail will be described later in detail.

Further, the program information providing device 3 generates and generates a program recording reservation setting script which is a control command based on the program information for controlling the recording device 5 to record the program on the recording medium. The program recording reservation setting script is transmitted to the terminal device 4.

The terminal device 4 is, for example, a PC (Personal
puter), a tuner that receives terrestrial waves, BS (Bro
adcasting Satellite) tuner, CS (Communication)
s Satellite) Built-in tuner. Each tuner receives a modulated program carried by radio waves of a predetermined frequency, and demodulates the program into a program composed of a VIDEO signal and an AUDIO signal. The terminal device 4 has a built-in recording medium or a recording unit to which a recording medium is attached and records a program on the recording medium. The recording medium is a magnetic tape, a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk, or the like. The terminal device 4 receives the program recording reservation setting script transmitted from the program information providing device 3. The control unit of the terminal device 4 converts the received program recording reservation script into a recording reservation control signal suitable for the recording unit, controls the recording unit according to the converted recording reservation control signal, and records the program on a recording medium. . Also, the terminal device 4
Transmits a program recording reservation setting script to a control signal corresponding to each recording device 5 when transmitting the program recording reservation setting script to the recording device 5 specified by the program recording reservation setting script. For example, IR (Infra Re
d) The program recording reservation setting script is transmitted after being converted into a control signal, a LAN (Local Area Network) control signal, an iLINK (registered trademark) control signal, or the like.

The terminal device 4 is provided with the program information providing device 3.
A program recording reservation setting script pickup software for acquiring a program recording reservation setting script stored for each account of the terminal device 4 in the database 3b of the terminal 3 is stored in a storage unit (not shown). This program recording reservation setting script pickup software is activated when a session is established between the terminal device 4 and the program information providing device 3, and executes the program recording reservation setting script stored in the corresponding user account in the database 3b. Search and download.

The recording device 5 has a built-in tuner for receiving terrestrial waves, a BS tuner, and a CS tuner. Each tuner receives a modulated program carried by radio waves of a predetermined frequency, and demodulates the program into a program composed of a VIDEO signal and an AUDIO signal. The recording device 5 has a built-in recording medium or a recording unit that mounts the recording medium and records a program on the recording medium. The recording medium is a magnetic tape, a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk, or the like. The recording device 5 receives a recording reservation control signal based on the program recording reservation setting script transmitted from the terminal device 4. The recording device 5
Receiving the recording reservation control signal transmitted from the terminal device 4,
The program is recorded on the recording medium according to the recording reservation control signal. The recording device 5 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
recording device 5a, which is a Gital Video), VTR (Video Tap)
e Recorder), DVD (Digital Vi
A plurality of recording devices such as a recording device 5c which is a deo disk) may be provided.

In the program recording reservation system 1 using the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the operation of the program recording reservation setting in the direct access mode in which the portable terminal device 2a directly accesses the program information providing device 3 via the Internet. Will be described.

In the direct access mode,
The user performs user registration before starting the program recording reservation service with the program information providing device 3. For example, a user's LoginName, Password, mail address, address, telephone number (portable terminal device 2 and terminal device 4), a recording unit and recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 for recording a program, necessary for performing a billing service. Information such as a card number and a profile such as a user's name, age, gender, and occupation are registered in advance. In addition, the recording units and the recording devices 5 of the terminal devices 4 can register the recording units and the recording devices 5 of the plurality of terminal devices 4 as recording devices that record programs.
When registering the recording units and the recording devices 5 of the plurality of terminal devices 4 as recording devices, one of the recording units or the recording devices 5 of the terminal device 4 to be mainly used is registered as a default device.

In step S1, the portable terminal device 2a
The control unit (not shown) accesses the program information providing device 3 via the Internet using a Web browser stored in a storage unit (not shown) in response to a user input. In response to this, the program information providing device 3 transmits the user's LoginName and PassP via the Web browser of the mobile terminal device 2.
Prompt for sword.

In step S2, the LoginName and the Pass that the user inputs from the Web browser of the portable terminal device 2a are entered.
According to the sword, the program information providing device 3 determines whether or not to establish a session for transmitting and receiving data between the portable terminal device 2a and the program information providing device 3. Lo
If ginName and Password are correct, a session is established and the process proceeds to step S3. If not correct, the process ends.

The LoginName and Password can be input by, for example, registering a user ID (identification) after receiving the service of the program recording reservation system 1 once.
It can be omitted from the second use.

In step S3, the portable terminal device 2a
The control unit (not shown) uses a Web browser to download a program table in which program information of programs is arranged for each channel from the database 3a. The mobile terminal device 2a displays the downloaded program guide on the display unit 12a.
FIG. 4 shows an example of a program table displayed on the display unit 12a.
The program guide of FIG. 4 includes ten channels CH1 to CH10 allocated to ten broadcast stations, respectively.
3 shows program information for 3 hours from 20:00 to 22:00.
In the program information column of each program, for example, in the time zone from 20:00 to 21:00 of the broadcast station “◎◎◎ General” to which CH1 is assigned, the program name of the program such as “XX professional wrestling” is displayed. Are located. The button labeled "reserved" attached to each program information column will be described later in detail.

In step S4, it is determined from the user's input via the portable terminal device 2a whether or not to set the program recording reservation for the program indicated in the program table. When the program recording reservation is set, the process proceeds to step S5, and when the program recording reservation is not set, the step ends. For example, when the program table shown in FIG. 4 is presented on the display unit 12a of the mobile terminal device 2a and program recording reservation setting is performed, a "reservation" button added to each program column of the program table is checked.
The program recording reservation setting mode is set for program recording reservation setting.

In step S5, the portable terminal device 2a
The control unit (not shown) uses the Web browser to display a screen for confirming that the program recording reservation setting has been made in response to the input by the user in step S4. For example, if the user checks the "reservation" button of the program guide displayed on the display unit 12a in step S4, the control unit of the mobile terminal device 2a checks the program recording reservation setting as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display unit 12a using a Web browser. On this program recording reservation setting confirmation screen, for example, the broadcast station name “station” where the program is broadcasted is “○ × TV” here, and the date the program is broadcasted “year” and “mont”.
h ”and“ date ”here are“ 2000 ”and“ 0 ”respectively.
9 ”,“ 01 ”, the broadcast start time of the program“ start ”is“ 21: 0 ”
0 ”, program end time“ end ”is“ 22:00 ”, program title“ program-title ”is“ world soccer ”,
A recording device for recording a program, wherein the subtitle "program-subtitle" of the program is "Japan vs. Germany", the number "Infra" for identifying the broadcasting means such as terrestrial broadcasting, CS broadcasting and BS broadcasting is "3". Number "device" specifying 5
The “id” is indicated as “1.” Also, on the program recording reservation setting confirmation screen, “device change” which is a button for changing a device for recording a program described later in step S6 is displayed. Button shown and step S
A "reservation confirmation" button, which is a button for executing generation of a program recording reservation setting script described in FIG. 8, is provided.

In step S6, the terminal device 4 set as the default device before entering step S1
Whether to change the recording unit or the recording device 5 to one of the recording unit and the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 that has been registered is performed by an input from the portable terminal device 2a of the user. If the recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 set as the default device is to be changed, the process proceeds to step S7, and if not, the process proceeds to step S8. If only one recording device 5 is registered, this step can be omitted. For example, when the program recording reservation setting confirmation screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display unit 12a of the mobile terminal device 2a via a Web browser, when "change device" is checked on the program recording reservation setting confirmation screen, The displayed device change screen is displayed on the display unit 12a of the mobile terminal device 2a via the Web browser. The device change screen shown in FIG. 6 is an ID (identification) in the recording unit of the terminal device 4 or the program recording reservation system 1 of the recording device 5.
“Device ID” indicating the number, “device type” indicating the type of the recording unit of the terminal device 4 and the device of the recording device 5, and “manufacturer” indicating the name of the manufacturer of the recording unit and the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 "Model" indicating the model number of the recording unit and the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 and "Default" indicating the recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 registered as the default device are shown for each device. . As shown in the device change screen of FIG. 6, the recording unit and the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 registered in the program recording reservation system 1 provide a DV (Digital Video) having a device ID of 1.
o) and a VTR (Video Tape Recorder) with a device ID of 2
der) and a DVD (Digital Video D
isc). Among these three devices, the recording device 5 whose device ID is 1 is registered as a default device.

In step S7, the recording unit of the terminal device 4 or the recording device 5 is changed by a user input from the portable terminal recording device 2a. To change the recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4, for example, check the recording unit of the terminal device 4 or the default column of the recording device 5 as a new default device on the device change screen shown in FIG. Check the "Yes" button in response to the message "Do you want to register as?""
When the check of the "Yes" button is completed, the screen of the Web browser returns to the program recording reservation setting confirmation screen shown in Fig. 5. When the recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 for recording the program is set. 7, icons corresponding to the set recording unit of the terminal device 4 or the set device of the recording device 5 are displayed in the corresponding program column of the program table. As shown, "World ○
In the program column of "Soccer", an icon image of DV is displayed.

In step S8, the portable terminal device 2a
It is determined whether or not a program recording reservation setting script is to be generated based on the user's input. If a program recording reservation setting script is to be generated, the process proceeds to step S9,
If not, the process returns to step S3. For example, when the user wants to generate a program recording reservation setting script, if the user checks the "reservation confirmation" button on the program recording reservation setting confirmation screen shown in FIG.

In step S9, the control section of the program information providing device 3 generates a program recording reservation setting script according to the input from the portable terminal device 2a. Further, when the program recording reservation setting script is generated, its history is stored in the database 3b of the program information providing device 3 for each user.

In step S10, the control section of the program information providing device 3 stores the program recording reservation setting script in the corresponding user account of the database server 3b.

If the program information providing device 3 accesses the terminal device 4 in step S11, the process proceeds to step S12.
When the terminal device 4 accesses the program information providing device, the process proceeds to step S13.

In step S12, the control unit of the program information providing device 3 establishes a session for accessing the terminal device 4 to transmit and receive data. When the program recording reservation setting script is stored in the account of the corresponding user in the database 3b in step S9, the control unit of the program information providing device 3 accesses the terminal device 4 immediately thereafter. When step S12 ends, the process proceeds to step S14.
Proceed to.

In step S13, the control unit of the terminal device 4 accesses the program information providing device 3 to establish a session for transmitting and receiving data. The control unit of the terminal device 4 accesses the program information providing device 3 periodically, for example, several times a day according to the settings of the user. When step S13 ends, the process proceeds to step S14.

In step S14, when a session is established between the program information providing device 3 and the terminal device 4,
The program recording reservation setting script pickup software, which is software for acquiring the program recording reservation setting script and stored in the recording unit of the terminal device 4, is activated.

The activated program recording reservation setting script pickup software accesses the program information providing device 3 to download the program recording reservation setting script stored in the database 3b of the program information providing device 3. The control unit of the number information providing device 3 performs an authentication operation for authenticating whether the accessed program recording reservation setting script pickup software is the program recording reservation setting script pickup software of the authorized user. The authentication work of the program recording reservation setting script pickup software is performed using the user ID or the user's Login ID and Password.

When the user installs the program recording reservation setting script pickup software on the terminal device 4, the user sets the user ID or the user's Login ID and Passsw
The ord is registered and stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the program information providing device 3.

The control unit of the program information providing device 3 responds to the access of the program recording reservation setting script pickup software by using the corresponding user ID stored in the storage unit or the user's Login ID and the program recording accessed using the Password. It is determined whether the reservation setting script pickup software is an authorized user of the account of the database 3b. If the user is a regular user, the process proceeds to step S15; otherwise, the process ends.

In step S15, the control unit of the terminal device 4 uses the program recording reservation setting script pickup software stored in the storage unit (not shown) to store the program recording reservation stored in the database 3b of the program information providing device 3. Download the configuration script. When the program recording reservation setting script is downloaded by the program recording reservation setting script pickup software of the terminal device 4, the control unit of the program information providing device 3 accesses a message notifying the fact from the Web browser. Set up and generate a program guide account that can be used.

In step S16, the control unit of the terminal device 4 obtains the program recording reservation setting script using the program recording reservation setting script pickup software stored in the storage unit, and obtains the program recording reservation setting script described in the program recording reservation setting script. The device that records the program that is
It is determined whether the recording unit is the recording unit or the recording device 5. When the device is the recording unit of the terminal device 4, the control unit of the terminal device 4 converts the program recording reservation setting script into a recording reservation control signal suitable for the recording unit. When the device is the recording device 5, the terminal device 4 converts the program recording reservation setting script into a signal suitable for the recording device 5 to be transmitted, and then transmits the signal to the corresponding recording device 5. The recording device 5
A recording reservation control signal generated based on the program recording reservation setting script is received from the terminal device 4, and recording reservation setting of the program is performed.

Next, an operation of invalidating the program recording reservation setting based on the program recording reservation setting script generated in the direct access mode described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 will be described.

In order to invalidate the once set program recording reservation setting, first, a program table (not shown) displayed on the display unit 12a of the portable terminal device 2a using a Web browser is used. "
Check the button displayed as "cancel". In response to the check of the "cancel" button, the control unit of the program providing device 3 determines a corresponding one of the program recording reservation histories of each user stored in the database 3b. The program recording reservation history of the user who has not yet performed recording in the recording unit of the terminal device 4 or the recording device 5 is taken out and displayed on the display unit 12a of the portable terminal device 2a. As shown in Fig. 8, the program recording reservation history is set such that the channel on which each program for which recording reservation is made is broadcast is "channel", for example, "CH".
The recording start time of the program is set as “recording start time” as in “1.” For example, if 22:30 on September 1, 2000, “2000/09/01 22:30:00” The program name of the program is shown as “Title”, for example, “Cute angel” Kent In FIG. “Kent”, “XX News”, “XX Science”, and “World X Soccer”.

When the program recording reservation history is displayed on the display unit 12a of the portable terminal device 2a, the user selects a program whose program recording reservation setting is to be invalidated from the program recording reservation history, and is displayed on the display unit 12a. Check the "Delete" button on the screen. The control unit of the program information providing device 3 generates a cancel script for invalidating the program recording reservation setting of the selected program in response to the input of the “delete” button of the mobile terminal device 2a. The generated cancellation script is transmitted from the program information providing device 3 to the terminal device 4, and further converted into a signal suitable for the recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 for which the program recording reservation has been set, and To the recording unit or the recording device 5. The recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 invalidates the program recording reservation setting according to the transmitted signal. When the program recording reservation setting of the recording unit of the terminal device 4 or the recording device 5 becomes invalid, the corresponding program recording reservation history is deleted and registered as a cancel history in the corresponding user account in the database 3b of the program information providing device 3. .

Next, in the program recording reservation system 1 using the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 9, 2 and 3, the program information providing device 3 periodically sends an electronic mail with a URL attached to the portable terminal device 2b, The operation of the program recording reservation setting in the first mail access mode for performing the program recording reservation setting using the Web browser of the portable terminal device 2b will be described.

In step S21, the control unit of the program information providing device 3 specifies the user, the channel of the program, the broadcast time of the program, and the end time of the broadcast for each program introduction sentence to the portable terminal device 2b. URL (Un
e-mail with attached iform Resource Location) via the Internet. FIG. 10 shows an example of an e-mail transmitted from the program information providing device 3 to the portable terminal device 2b. The program introduction sentence is a sentence that briefly summarizes the outline of the program, and is described in a column described as “program introduction sentence” indicated by hatching in FIG. Note that specific program introduction sentences are omitted. Also, this email contains “http: // ww
w. ◎◎ .com / MyMail / RecordSet / 1234_5_200009012100002
0000901220000.html ”. The URL indicates the location of a directory in the database 3a of the program information providing device 3 where the corresponding program information is stored, and specifies the user and accesses the URL. The “RecordSet” of the URL shown in FIG. 10 indicates that this URL is a URL for setting program recording reservation, and “1234” indicates the program recording reservation system 1. Shows the user identifier for identifying the user who is using it, followed by "
5 "indicates the program channel number" 20000901210000 "indicates the date and time when the program starts, 21:00 on September 1, 2000," 20000901220000 "indicates the date and time when the program ends, and 22:00 on September 1, 2000 Are respectively shown.

In step S22, the portable terminal device 2
It is determined whether or not to access the URL attached to the electronic mail by the user's input via b. If the user accesses the URL, the process proceeds to step S23. If the user does not access the URL, the process ends. For example, FIG.
When an electronic mail as shown in FIG. 0 is transmitted from the program information providing device 3 to the portable terminal device 2b, "http: //www.◎◎.
com / MyMail / RecordSet / 1234_5_2000090121000020000901
It can be accessed by checking the URL indicated as "220000.html".

In step S23, the portable terminal device 2
The control unit b searches for the program information of the corresponding program stored in the database 3a of the program information providing device 3 using the Web browser, and causes the display unit 12b to display the program information. When the process of step S23 is completed, the process proceeds to steps S4 to S16 shown in FIGS.

Steps S4 to S16 are as follows:
This is the same as the description in the direct access mode. Through the above steps, in the first mail access mode, a program recording reservation script can be generated, and the terminal device 4 or the recording device 5 can be set to program recording reservation.

Subsequently, the operation of invalidating the program recording reservation setting based on the program recording reservation setting script generated in the first mail access mode described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIG. 9, FIG. 2 and FIG. Will be described.

When the program recording reservation of at least one program has been set, the canceling URL is included in the e-mail transmitted from the program information providing device 3 to the portable terminal device 2b in step S21 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, "http: //www.◎◎.com/myPage/Cancel/1234.h
The cancellation URL can indicate a user and a function executed by accessing the URL. "Cancel" of the cancellation URL shown in FIG. This cancel URL indicates that it functions to invalidate the already set program recording reservation setting, and “1234” indicates a user identifier for specifying a user using the program recording reservation system 1. The set program recording reservation is canceled by the user checking the cancel URL attached to the e-mail via the terminal device 2b.
The control unit of the program information providing device 3 determines that the recording of the corresponding user from the program recording reservation history of each user stored in the database 3b has not yet been performed by the recording unit of the terminal device 4 or the recording device 5. The program recording reservation history is taken out and the cancellation URL is passed to the portable terminal device 2b. In response, the control unit of the portable terminal device 2b activates the Web browser and displays the program recording reservation history on the display unit 12b. For example, the control unit of the portable terminal device 2 b
The history of the program for which the program recording reservation is set as shown in FIG.
Using the web browser, the display unit 12 of the mobile terminal device 2b
b. The user operates the display unit 1 of the mobile terminal device 2b.
With reference to the program history screen on the screen displayed in 2b, a program whose program recording reservation setting is to be canceled is selected. Cancellation of the program recording reservation setting is performed by, for example, pressing a “delete” button as shown in FIG. 8 after the selection of the program is completed. The operation of canceling the program recording reservation setting in the following first mail access mode is the same as the operation of canceling the program recording reservation setting in the direct access mode described above.

Next, in the program recording reservation system 1 using the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 12, 2 and 3, the program information providing device 3 periodically sends an electronic mail with a URL attached to the portable terminal device 2c, The operation of the program recording reservation setting in the second mail access mode in which the portable terminal device 2c accesses the URL attached to the e-mail and sets the program recording reservation will be described.

In step S31, the control unit of the program information providing device 3 specifies the user, the channel of the program, the broadcast time of the program, and the end time of the broadcast for each program introduction sentence to the portable terminal device 2c. A program introduction e-mail with a URL attached is transmitted via the Internet. FIG. 13 shows an example of an e-mail transmitted from the program information providing device 3 to the portable terminal device 2c. The program introduction sentence is a sentence that briefly summarizes the outline of the program.
This is described in the column "Program introduction sentence" shown in the shaded area of No. 3. Note that specific program introduction sentences are omitted.

The program introduction e-mail includes, for example, “http: //www.◎◎.com/MyMail/RecordSet/1234_5_”.
A program recording reservation setting URL such as “2000090121000020000901220000.rev” is attached. This program recording reservation setting URL can specify a user and indicate a function to be executed by accessing the URL.
"RecordSet" of the program recording reservation setting URL shown in (1) indicates that this URL is a URL for program recording reservation setting, and "1234" specifies a user using the program recording reservation system 1. "5" indicates the channel number of the program, and "200009012"
“10000” indicates the date and time at which the program starts, 21:00 on September 1, 2000, and “20000901220000” indicates the date and time at which the program ends, at 22:00 on September 1, 2000.

Further, in the e-mail shown in FIG. 13, the recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 44 set as default is changed to the recording unit or the recording device 5 of another registered terminal device 4. The URL for the recording device setting mode for entering the mode is, for example, “http: //www.◎◎.com/
MyMail / ChangeDev / 1234.rev ". In the case where only one recording unit or recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 is registered, the URL for the recording device change mode is the electronic mail for program introduction. It is not attached to the email.

In step S32, the recording unit or recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 set as the default device
Is determined based on an input from the user's portable terminal device 2c to determine whether to make a change with any of the recording unit of the terminal device 4 or the recording device 5 in which is registered. If the recording unit of the terminal device 4 or the recording device 5 is to be changed, go to step S33.
If no change is made, the process proceeds to step S34.

For example, when changing the recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 which is set as default, FIG.
UR for recording device change mode for changing the default device attached to the program introduction e-mail shown in FIG.
L, “http: //www.◎◎.com/MyMail/ChangeDev/1234.re
Checking “v” sets the recording device change mode.
When the recording device change mode is set, the control unit of the program information providing device 3 sets the recording unit or the recording unit of the terminal device 4 for each program in the history with the program recording reservation history which is the history of the program for which the program recording reservation is set. A recording device change program selection e-mail to which the URL for the recording device selection mode for changing the device 5 is attached is transmitted to the portable terminal device 2c as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, the recording device change program selection e-mail has a recording device selection mode URL attached to each program for which program recording reservation has been set.

As shown in FIG. 14, the program recording reservation history indicates the time at which the recording of the program is started, for example, "CH3", where the channel on which each program for which the program recording reservation is made is made is "channel". To “Recording start time”
For example, at 22:30 on September 1, 2000, “2000/09/01 22:30:00” is used, and the time at which the recording of the program is ended is set as “recording end time”.
23:00 on September 1, 2000 "2000/09/01 23:00:00"
Thus, the title of the program is indicated as "title", for example, "cute angel Kent". Also, for each program, "http: //www.◎◎.com/MyMail/DevChan
ge / DevChange_1234_3_2000090122300020000901230000.r
A URL such as “ev” is attached. The URL for the recording device selection mode can indicate a user and a function to be executed by accessing the URL.
The "DevChange" of the URL shown in FIG. 4 indicates that this URL is a URL for making a program recording reservation setting.
"1234" indicates a user identifier for specifying a user who uses the program recording reservation system 1, "3" indicates a channel number of the program "20000901223000" indicates a date and time when the program starts, and September 1, 2000. Day 22:30, “20000901230000” indicates the date and time when the program ends, and 23:00 on September 1, 2000.

In step S33, the recording unit of the terminal device 4 or the recording device 5 is changed by a user input from the portable terminal recording device 2c. To change the recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4, check the URL for the recording device selection mode attached to each program for which program recording reservation of the recording device change program selection e-mail shown in FIG. 14 is set. By doing so, a recording apparatus selection mode in which a device registered in advance by the user can be selected is set. For example, if the title of the program is "world OO soccer"
When the RL is checked, the control unit of the program information providing device 3
A recording device selection e-mail attached with a recording device setting URL for selecting and setting a desired device from each of the terminal devices 4 and the recording device 5 registered in advance by the user is transmitted to the portable terminal device 2c.

The control unit of the portable terminal device 2c, which has received the recording device selection e-mail, uses the mailer software stored in the storage unit to display the message on the display unit 12c, for example, as shown in FIG.
A recording device selection e-mail as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. As shown in FIG. 15, the recording device selection e-mail is
As the program information of the program whose recording device is to be changed, “channel” is, for example, “CH5”, and “recording start time” is, for example, “2000/09/0121: 00: 00”.
A terminal device that displays “Recording end time” as “2000/09/01 22:00:00” and “Title” as “World soccer”, and is further registered in the program recording reservation system 1 The recording unit 4 and the recording device setting URL of the recording device 5 are displayed.The recording device setting URL attached to the recording device selection e-mail is, for example, "DigitalVideo" shown in FIG. //www.◎◎.com
/ MyMail / DevId / DevId_1234_15_2000090121000020000901
220000.rev ". The" 1234 "of the recording device setting URL of the Digital Video shown in FIG. “1” of “15” indicates a device ID, “5” indicates a channel number of a program, “20000901210000” indicates a date and time when the program starts, 21:00 on September 1, 2000, 200009012200
00 ”indicates the date and time at which the program ends, and 22:00 on September 1, 2000. FIG. 15 shows the recording unit and the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 registered in the program recording reservation system 1. In addition to the digital video, there are shown a total of three, a VTR and a DVD, and the device IDs are "2" and "3", respectively.

When the recording device selection e-mail is displayed on the display section 12c of the portable terminal device 2c, the user selects a desired recording device setting URL from the portable terminal device 2c. When a desired recording device setting URL is selected and transmitted to the program information providing device 3, the control unit of the program information providing device 3 sets the recording unit and recording of the terminal device 4 registered as the default device. The device 5 is set as the recording unit and the recording device 5 of the newly selected terminal device 4, and the program recording reservation setting script is modified as described above.

When the program recording reservation setting script is transmitted, the terminal device 4 sets the recording unit and the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 as default devices according to the modified program recording reservation setting script. When step S33 ends, the process proceeds to step S34.

In step S34, the portable terminal device 2
It is determined whether or not to access the program recording reservation setting URL attached to the program introduction e-mail by the user's input via c. If the user accesses the program recording reservation setting URL, the process proceeds to step S33. If the user does not access the URL, the process ends.

In step S35, the control unit of the program information providing device 3 responds to the access to the program recording reservation setting URL attached to the program introduction e-mail, from the program information stored in the database 3a. Search for. When the process of step S35 is completed, FIGS.
The process proceeds to steps S9 to S16 shown in FIG.

Steps S9 to S16 are as follows:
This is the same as the description in the direct access mode. Through the above steps, in the second mail access mode, a program recording reservation script can be generated, and the terminal device 4 or the recording device 5 can be set to program recording reservation.

Subsequently, an operation of invalidating the program recording reservation setting based on the program recording reservation setting script generated in the first mail access mode described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIG. 12, FIG. 2 and FIG. Will be described.

If the program recording reservation for at least one program has been made, the canceling URL shown in, for example, FIG. It is attached as "http: //www.◎◎.com/MyMail/Cancel/1234.rev". This cancel URL
Can indicate the user identification and the function to be performed by accessing this URL.

The "URL" of the cancel URL shown in FIG.
“ncel” indicates that the cancel URL functions to invalidate the program recording reservation setting that has already been set.
"1234" indicates a user identifier for specifying a user who uses the program recording reservation system 1. To cancel the set program recording reservation, the user attaches the e-mail to the e-mail via the terminal device 2c. UR for cancellation
This is executed by checking L. UR for cancellation
When L is checked, the control unit of the program information providing device 3 uses the recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 for the corresponding user from the program recording reservation history of each user stored in the database 3b. The program recording reservation history in which the recording of the program recording reservation has not been executed is taken out, and based on this, the program recording reservation setting canceling e-mail attached with the program recording reservation setting canceling URL is generated and transmitted to the portable terminal device 2c. The control unit of the portable terminal device 2b to which the program recording reservation setting canceling e-mail has been transmitted causes the display unit 12b to display the program recording reservation setting canceling e-mail using mailer software stored in the storage unit. For example, the control unit of the portable terminal device 2c causes the display unit 12c to display a program recording reservation setting canceling e-mail as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 17, the program recording reservation setting canceling e-mail has a recording start time of "2000" and a recording start time of "2000" as the program information of each program for which the program recording reservation has been set. / 09/01/22: 30: 00 ”,“ Record end time ”as“ 2000/09/01 23:00:00 ”, and“ Title ”as“ Cute angel Kent ”. ,
The URL for canceling the program recording reservation setting is "http: // www.
◎◎ .com / MyMail / Cancel / cancel_1234_3_2000090122300
020000901230000.rev ”. The URL for canceling the program recording reservation setting is specified by the user and this U
The function performed by accessing the RL can be indicated. “Cancel” of the URL for canceling the program recording reservation setting shown in FIG. 17 indicates that this URL is a URL for canceling the program recording reservation setting, and “123”.
"4" indicates a user identifier for specifying a user who uses the program recording reservation system 1, "3" indicates a channel number of the program, "20000901223000" indicates a start date and time of the program, and September 1, 2000. Day 22:30, "20000901230000" is the date and time when the program ends,
23 o'clock on September 1, 2000, respectively.

Subsequently, the user determines and checks a program whose program recording reservation setting is desired to be canceled from among programs for which program recording reservation setting has been made on the screen displayed on the display unit 12c of the portable terminal device 2c. This is transmitted to the program information providing apparatus 3 and the control unit of the program information providing apparatus 3 generates a cancel script for invalidating the program recording reservation setting of the selected program. The generated cancellation script is transmitted from the program information providing device 3 to the terminal device 4.
The program is further converted into a signal suitable for the recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 for which the program recording reservation has been set, and transmitted to the recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4. The recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 invalidates the program recording reservation setting according to the transmitted signal. When the program recording reservation setting of the recording unit of the terminal device 4 or the recording device 5 becomes invalid, the corresponding program recording reservation history is deleted and the program information providing device 3 is deleted.
Is registered as a cancellation history in the account of the corresponding user in the database 3b.

The control unit of the program information providing apparatus 3 generates an canceling script and, at the same time, transmits an execution confirmation e-mail notifying that the cancellation of the program recording reservation setting has been executed to the portable terminal device 2c. The control unit of the portable terminal device 2c causes the display unit 12c to display, for example, an e-mail for confirming cancellation as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 18, the cancellation effective confirmation e-mail includes, for example, a description indicating the “channel”, “recording start time”, “recording end time”, “title”, etc. of the canceled program. Has been done.

As described above, in the program recording reservation system 1, the program table stored in the database 3a of the program information providing device 3 is presented to the user via the Web browser on the display unit 12a of the portable terminal device 2a. , A recording reservation request for a desired program is input, and the program information providing device 3 generates a program recording reservation setting script in response to the recording reservation request. Recording reservation settings can be made.

In the program recording reservation system 1, the electronic mail attached with the program information stored in the database 3a of the program information providing device 3 and the URL linked to the program information in the database 3a is sent to the portable terminal devices 2b and 2c. The program information providing device 3 generates a program recording reservation setting script in response to the user's access to the URL from the portable terminal devices 2b and 2c, thereby transmitting the URL to the recording unit and the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4. , Recording reservation setting of a program can be made.

In the direct access mode, the first mail access mode, and the second mail access mode, the program information providing device 3 uses the CGI (Common G
ateway interface), information may be transmitted and received on an http basis, and program recording reservation setting may be performed.

CGI refers to a method in which a program corresponding to a request from a WWW (World Wide Web) server is started in response to a request from a client in a server-client type network, and the result obtained by this program is transmitted to the client. This is the interface to return. A program started on the WWW server is called a CGI script.

A program for generating a program recording reservation setting script or a canceling script in the above-described direct access mode, first mail access mode, and second mail access mode corresponds to the CGI script. The CGI script is stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the program information providing apparatus 3. In the case of the direct access mode, the program is started by accessing from the program table, and the first mail access mode and the second mail access mode are used. In the case of (1), it is activated by checking the URL attached to the electronic mail transmitted to each of the portable terminal device 2b and the portable terminal device 2c.

Here, the URL for starting the CGI script attached to the electronic mail transmitted to the portable terminal device 2b in the first mail access mode using the portable terminal device 2b will be described. As described in step S21 above, the program information providing device 3
An e-mail attached to the mobile terminal device 2b is attached to the program introduction sentence of the program and a URL for specifying the program channel, the broadcast time of the program, and the end time of the program for each program introduction sentence via the Internet. CGI in the program information providing device 3
When using this URL, for example, "http: //www.◎
◎ .com / MyMail / RecordSet / 1234_5_2000090121000020000
901220000.html ”instead of the following URL“ http: // w
ww. ◎◎ .com / MyMail / Record.cgi? userID = 1234 & InfraID =
1 & StationID = 3 & start = 20000901210000 & end = 20000901220
000 ”is attached to the email.

The URL is an address indicating the location value of the CGI on the Web server, and is described in the URL.
"?" And after are arguments for activating the GCI script.

The argument is, for example, the program recording reservation system 1
"UserI" indicating an identifier that identifies the user using
"D" is, for example, "userID = 1234", and the broadcasting means such as terrestrial broadcasting, CS broadcasting, and BS broadcasting for broadcasting a program is numbered such as 1 for terrestrial broadcasting, 2 for CS broadcasting, and 3 for BS broadcasting. "InfraID" to identify is, for example, "InfraID =
As “1”, “StationID” indicating a channel number corresponding to a frequency assigned to a broadcasting station broadcasting a program is set to “StationID = 3”, for example, and “start” indicating a date and time when the program starts is set to 2000, for example. At 21:00 on September 1, "start = 20000901210000", and "end" indicating the date and time at which the program ends, for example, September 9, 2000
If it is 22:00 on the first day of the month, it is indicated as end = 20000901220000. In addition, all the above-mentioned arguments are connected and described with "&".

Next, the operation of accessing the URL, generating a program recording reservation setting script, and setting program recording reservation will be described.

First, when the above-mentioned URL is checked by the user via the portable terminal device 2b, a script generation instruction which is an instruction for generating a program recording reservation setting script, a broadcasting station where the program is broadcast, and a program The broadcast information, the broadcast start time of the program, and the program information such as the end of the broadcast of the program are transmitted to the program information providing apparatus 3 and stored in the database 3b for each user account.

The terminal device 4 is periodically operated by, for example, a timer for managing time and a power supply control function, and establishes an Internet session with the program information providing device 3.

When an Internet session is established between the program information providing device 3 and the terminal device 4, the program recording reservation setting script pickup software stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the terminal device 4 executes the user login I / O.
The program information providing device 3 is accessed using authentication information such as D and Password, and a program recording reservation setting script generation CG stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the program information providing device 3 is generated.
Authenticate the user to use the I-script. After the authentication of the user is completed, the CGI script for generating a program recording reservation setting script generates a program recording reservation setting script from the script generation command stored in the database 3b for each user account and the program information. Transmit to the device 4. The terminal device 4 receives the transmitted program recording reservation setting script, transmits the program recording reservation setting script to the storage unit or the recording device 5 provided therein, and performs the program recording reservation setting.

After the program recording reservation setting is made by the program recording reservation setting script, the program information providing device 3 notifies the portable terminal device 2b whether or not the program recording reservation setting was successful.

First, after the program recording reservation setting is made by the program recording reservation setting script, the terminal device 4 accesses the program information providing device 3 using the authentication information, and stores the program information in the storage unit (not shown) of the program information providing device 3. The user authentication for using the program recording reservation setting result report CGI script for notifying the portable terminal device 2b of whether or not the stored program recording reservation setting has been made is performed. After the user authentication is completed, the program recording reservation setting result reporting CGI script generates an e-mail indicating whether the program recording reservation setting was successful using the program information as an argument, and transmits the electronic mail to the portable terminal device 2b. I do.

Further, the terminal device 4 transmits to the program information providing device 3 the program information of the program whose recording reservation is set in the recording section or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4, and sets the recording reservation in the program information providing device 3. The history of the performed program is generated.

First, the terminal device 4 accesses the program information providing device 3 using the authentication information, and generates the history of the program for which the recording reservation is set, which is stored in the storage unit (not shown) of the program information providing device 3. The user authentication for using the program recording reservation history generation CGI script is performed. After the user authentication is completed, the program recording reservation history generation CGI script generates the program recording reservation history of the program for which the recording reservation has been set, using the program information of the program for which the recording reservation has been set as an argument. I do. The generated program recording reservation history is transmitted to the terminal device 4 and stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the terminal device 4.

Further, the terminal device 4 transmits the program information of the program recorded on the recording medium by the recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 to the program information providing device 3, and transmits the program information to the program information providing device 3. A history of a program whose recording has been completed is generated.

First, the terminal device 4 accesses the program information providing device 3 using the authentication information, and sets the program recording reservation for which recording on the recording medium stored in the storage unit (not shown) of the program information providing device 3 is completed. Authentication of the user for using the CGI script for generating the program recording completion history for generating the history of the program being performed is performed. After the user authentication is completed, the program recording completion history generation CGI script generates a program recording completion history of the program using the program information of the program whose recording on the recording medium is completed as an argument. The generated program recording reservation history is transmitted to the terminal device 4 and
Are stored in a storage unit (not shown).

As described above, the program information providing device 3 uses the CGI
When the communication is performed on the basis of http or https using, the recording unit of the terminal device 4 or the recording device 5 which is set as the default can be changed in the same manner.

Further, the above-described step of generating the program recording reservation setting script is the same as that of generating the cancel script, and checks the cancel URL attached to the e-mail transmitted to the portable terminal device 2b. A canceling script that invalidates a recording reservation setting of a program set in the recording unit of the terminal device 4 or the recording device 5 by accessing a canceling CGI script stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the program information providing device 3. Can be generated.

In the direct access mode using the portable terminal device 2a and the second mail access mode using the portable terminal device 2c, the program recording reservation setting using the CGI and the program recording reservation setting using the cancel script are also used. Cancel program recording reservation settings,
All the operations described above, such as a change operation of the recording unit or the recording device 5 set as default, can be performed.

As described above, communication between the program information providing device 3 and the terminal device 4 with which the Internet session is established is performed by using http or https which is a protocol in which a security function is added to http, and the program information providing device 3 By using various CGI scripts stored in a storage unit (not shown), the operability at the time of setting the program recording reservation in the program recording reservation system 1 is improved, and the security against information leakage accompanying the exchange of information is improved. Becomes possible.

When communication involving exchange of personal information between the portable terminal devices 2a, 2b, 2c, the program information providing device 3, and the terminal device 4 in which an Internet session is established, https is used as a communication protocol. Thus, the security is improved and leakage of personal information can be prevented.

Next, the charging process in the program recording reservation system 1 shown in the present embodiment will be described.

[0108] The program information providing device 3 of the program recording reservation system 1 shown in FIG. The billing processing device cancels the program recording reservation setting or the program recording reservation setting in response to invalidating the program recording reservation setting or the program recording reservation setting in the storage unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4. Perform billing processing to the user. In the billing process, billing is performed when recording reservation setting for a program is performed, and billing is canceled when recording reservation setting for a program is canceled.

For example, the program recording reservation setting script generated by the program information providing device 3 is transmitted to the terminal device 4,
If the operation of invalidating the program recording reservation setting by the program recording reservation setting script to the recording unit or the recording device 5 of the terminal device 4 or the program recording reservation setting by the program recording reservation setting canceling script is successful, the terminal device 4 is not shown. The program recording reservation setting script pickup software stored in the storage unit uses the program information and the user authentication information as arguments to store the above-described program recording stored in the storage unit (not shown) of the program information providing apparatus 3. Access the CGI script for the reservation setting result report. The program recording reservation setting result reporting CGI script generates an e-mail notifying that the program recording reservation setting or the program recording reservation setting has been invalidated in response to the access, and generates the electronic mail.
a, 2b, and 2c. The control unit of the program information providing device 3 transmits the e-mail to the portable terminal devices 2a, 2b, and 2c, and at the same time, determines that charging is possible, and sets the program recording reservation setting or the program recording reservation setting invalid. Is charged.

Further, the fee charged by the charging processing device to the terminal device 4 is determined when the program information providing device 3 and the terminal device 4 establish an Internet session. The fee charged to the terminal device 4 differs depending on whether the user accesses the terminal device 4. When the program information providing device 3 accesses the terminal device 4 as described in step S12 of FIG. 3, a charge obtained by adding the use fee of the program recording reservation system 1 and the telephone charge at the time of access is charged. Processing device to terminal device 4
Will be charged. When the terminal device 4 accesses the program information providing device 3 as described in step S13 of FIG. 3, the telephone charge is directly charged to the terminal device 4 by the telephone company. Only the usage fee is charged to the terminal device 4 from the charging processing device.

As described above, in the program recording reservation system 1, the user sets the recording reservation of the program desired by the user in the recording section of the terminal device 4 and the recording device 5 from the portable terminal device 2, and the charging processing device is used. With this arrangement, the user using the program recording reservation system 1 can be charged.

Although the portable terminal devices 2a, 2b and 2c shown in the present embodiment are described as having different functions, they may have different functions.

Further, in the present embodiment, a command for generating a program recording reservation setting script is input using the portable terminal devices 2a, 2b, 2c such as a portable telephone, a PDA, and a portable PC. Although described, the program recording reservation system 1 may be configured using a PC having equivalent functions instead of the portable terminal devices 2a, 2b, and 2c.

Next, a description will be given of a program recording reservation system 100 as a second embodiment in which the program recording reservation setting system 1 described above is adapted to an actual service, with reference to FIG.

The program recording reservation system 100 includes a portable terminal device 110, a server device 120, and a terminal device 130 connected via the Internet.

The portable terminal device 110 can display character information and image information, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Displ.).
ay) is a portable wireless telephone device provided with a display unit 110a, such as mailer software for transmitting and receiving e-mail to and from a storage unit (not shown);
A predetermined HTML data is downloaded from the W server 122 and analyzed, and the display unit 11 of the portable terminal device 110 is downloaded.
0a.

The server device 120 is the mail server 12
1. It comprises a WWW server 122 and a database server 123, and serves as a starting point of service provision in the program recording reservation system 100, and manages user information of a user who uses the service of the program recording reservation system 100;
A program recording reservation setting script, which is a control command for executing the program recording reservation setting at 0, is generated.

Electronic mails generated by the mail server 121 and transmitted to the portable terminal device 110 include visit mails and operation result mails.

The visit mail is an electronic mail to which a URL for accessing the WWW server 122 of the server device 120 which is generated at a predetermined time and transmitted to the portable terminal device 110 is attached. The user can use the mobile terminal device 11
When the user accesses the URL attached to the visit mail via the "0", a session is established with the server device 120, and the user can receive various services of the server device 120.

On the other hand, the operation result mail is an e-mail attached with an execution result of the command executed by the server device 120 in response to a command transmitted from the portable terminal device 110 by a user input.

The WWW server 122 has a plurality of CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts for executing a program of a predetermined operation according to the argument described in the URL. For example, the CGI script may include the portable terminal device 110 or the terminal device 1 depending on the argument described in the URL.
In response to a request from the server 30, a program table is generated and transmitted via the Internet, or a program recording reservation setting script, which is a control command for setting recording reservation of a program, is generated.

The database server 123 is a database in which all data relating to the present system, such as user information of a user who uses the program recording reservation system 100 and program information of programs for which recording reservation can be set by the program recording reservation system 100, is stored. Database 1 with 123a
23a is managed.

The database 123a is composed of a plurality of databases, and stores all data relating to the program recording reservation system 100 for each type as described above. Hereinafter, examples of various databases (hereinafter, also referred to as DBs) stored in the database 123a managed by the database server 123 will be described.

The database 123a stores personal information of a user who uses the program recording reservation system 100, for example,
A user information DB for storing user IDs and passwords, a program DB for storing program information of programs for which program recording reservation can be set by the program recording reservation setting system 100, and a reservation D for storing information on programs for which recording reservation has been set by the user.
B, an access history DB that accumulates a history of the terminal device 130 accessing the server device 120, an operation DB that accumulates operation scripts, and a history of time when the access software of the portable terminal device 110 periodically accesses the server device 120 It is provided with a polling DB for performing the operation.

The terminal device 130 includes a terrestrial television tuner (not shown) for receiving a terrestrial television signal transmitted from a television station (not shown), and a hard disk drive (HDD).
a PC (Personal Computer) including a recording medium 131 such as an isk drive and a recording unit (not shown) for recording the received television signal on the recording medium 131.

The terminal device 130 includes a display unit (not shown) for displaying a program transmitted from a television station, and allows a user to view a desired program.

The storage unit 132 of the terminal device 130 accesses the server device 120 periodically, downloads the program recording reservation setting script generated by the WWW server 122, and stores the downloaded program recording reservation setting script in the It stores access software for converting to control signals suitable for the recording unit.

The control unit 133 of the terminal device 130 controls the recording medium to automatically record the program received by the terrestrial tuner according to the control signal converted from the program recording reservation setting script by the access software. .

Next, the processing operation for making a program recording reservation in the program recording reservation system 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the mail server 1 of the server device 120
21 is activated at a predetermined time (step S101), and V
Check the isit mail transmission time (step S1
02), a mail address of a predetermined user is searched from among registered user addresses registered for use of the program recording reservation system 100 stored in the database 123a (step S103), and a URL for accessing the server device 120 is searched. Is generated and transmitted to the portable terminal device 110 (step S10).
4).

[0131] The portable terminal device 110 is connected to the mail server 12.
The visit mail transmitted from No. 1 is received, and the visit mail is displayed on the display unit 110a using mailer software stored in a storage unit (not shown).

At this time, the display unit 11 of the portable terminal device 110
0a is, for example, Visi of a screen as shown in FIG.
The t-mail is displayed. The URL attached to the visit mail is “https://www.rompass.com/imode/remote/i
ndex.html? LoginID = 1234567 ", and the user's" LoginID "is described in advance as an argument, such as" 1234567 ", so that the user can access the server device 12 from the portable terminal device 110 via the URL.
When the user accesses “0”, the server device 120 can specify from which user the access request is issued.

When the URL attached to the visit mail is accessed by the user from the portable terminal device 110, the control unit (not shown) of the portable terminal device 110, at the same time as accessing the URL, executes the browser software stored in the storage unit (not shown). Start. This browser software accesses the WWW server 122 of the server device 120 and makes a transfer request of the HTML information described in the URL.

In response to this, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.
Determines whether the accessed browser software is predetermined browser software of the portable terminal device 110 that is permitted to use the program recording reservation system 100 (step S105). An error message is transmitted to portable terminal device 110 (step S106). If it is legitimate browser software, enter the password (Passwor
An authentication menu screen described in HTML format for prompting the input of d) is issued and transmitted to the portable terminal device 110 (step S107).

[0135] The browser software of the portable terminal device 110 receives the HTML information transmitted from the WWW server 122, analyzes it, and displays it on the display unit 110a, for example.
An authentication menu screen as shown in FIG. 23 is displayed.

The authentication menu screen is provided with a field for inputting a password by the user, and further provided with a "Send" button for transmitting the password input after the password has been input. The “send” button corresponds to the URL of the WWW server 122, and the password input in the password field is an argument of the URL.
For example, the URL linked to the "Send" button is "http
s: //www.rompass.com/imode/remote/imodeCheckPasswor
d.cgi? LoginID = ** & PW = ** ”and“ LoginID
The login ID is written after “=”, and the password written in the password entry field is written after “PW =”.

When the user selects the “Send” button and accesses this URL, the portable terminal 1
The browser software of W. 10 is
Access to the WW server 122 to access the HTM described in the URL.
Request transfer of L information.

In response to this, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.
Acquires the argument described in the URL (step S1).
11) It is determined whether the accessed browser software is predetermined browser software of the portable terminal device 100 permitted to use the program recording reservation system 100 (step S112). Sends an error message to the portable terminal device 110 (step S113), and if the browser software is legitimate, acquires a password described in the URL (step S114).

The CGI script of the WWW server 122 controls the database server 123 to search the password stored in the database 123a using the login ID described in the URL, and obtain the password of the corresponding user (S115). Further, the CGI script determines whether the password checked by the database server 123 matches the password input by the user (step S116), and if not, sends an error message to the portable terminal device 110 (step S116).
117) If the password is a legitimate password, a Top menu screen described in an HTML format for selecting a mode for requesting transmission of a program guide or a mode for requesting a reserved list for program recording reservation is issued. Mobile terminal device 1
10 (step S118).

[0140] The browser software of the portable terminal device 110 receives the HTML information transmitted from the WWW server 122, analyzes the HTML information, and displays the HTML information on the display unit 110a, for example.
An authentication menu screen as shown in FIG. 25 is displayed.

The Top menu screen is a mode for acquiring a program table, "1, a normal program table", and a mode for displaying a list of programs for which program recording reservation has been set, "2, already reserved". This is a screen for selecting one of “list”. "1, ordinary program guide" and "2, reserved list" are stored in the WWW server 122 as shown below.
URL. The URL is "https: // www.
rompass.com/imode/remote/OpRequest.cgi?LoginID=**&
PW = ** & COM = ** ”and the argument is“ LoginI
D ”,“ PW ”, and“ COM. ”After“ COM = ”, a predetermined command is described, and here,“ 1, a normal program guide ”or“ 1 ”according to the user's selection. 2. A command indicating “reserved list” is an argument. When the URL is accessed, the browser software of the portable terminal device 110 accesses the WWW server 122 of the server device 120 and issues a request to transfer the HTML information described in the URL. I do.

In response to this, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.
Acquires the argument described in the URL (step S121),
Mobile terminal device 1 whose accessed browser software is permitted to be used in program recording reservation system 100
00 is determined (step S122), and if the browser software is not legitimate browser software, an error message is displayed.
10 (step S123).

If it is legitimate browser software, the database server 123 determines whether the login ID and password described in the URL match the login ID and password of the user stored in the database 123a (step S124). If not, an error message is transmitted to the portable terminal device 110 (step S125), and if there is a match, the command ID described in the URL indicates "1 creation of an ordinary program guide".
It is determined whether the D number, for example, the command ID = 100 (step S126), and the command ID is 10
If it is 0, a program table described in HTML format is created by a predetermined CGI script stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the WWW server 122 (step S127).

When the command ID is not 100,
It is determined whether the command ID is an ID number indicating “2 reserved list”, for example, the command ID = 101 (step S128). If not, an error message is transmitted to the portable terminal device 110 (step S128). S129), if the command ID is 101, W
A reserved program list, which is a list of programs already reserved for recording by the user, is acquired from the database 123a by a predetermined CGI script stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the WW server 122 (step S13).
0), a reserved list table is created in HTML format (step S131).

The generated program table or reserved list is
The data is transmitted to the portable terminal device 110, analyzed by browser software (not shown), and displayed on the display unit 110a. The user selects a predetermined program while referring to the display unit 110a of the mobile terminal device 110, and performs recording reservation setting of the program and cancels recording reservation setting of the program for which recording reservation has been set.

For example, if the first “normal program guide” is selected on the screen shown in FIG.
Thus, an ordinary program guide is generated, and a list of broadcasting stations that broadcast programs as shown in FIG. 27 is first displayed on the display unit 110a of the portable terminal device 110.

Each of the broadcasting stations displayed on the display unit 110a has an ID number. When the user selects a desired broadcasting station, the ID number becomes UR as a CGI argument.
L. For example, the URL is "https: // www.
rompass.com/imode/remote/Station.cgi?LoginID=**&PW
= ** & STID = ** & DT = ** & STA = ** & LEN = ** ”, the broadcast station ID, the date of the program table desired to be transmitted, and the program table desired to be transmitted in addition to the login ID and password. Are described in the “**” column below “STID =”, “DT =”, “STA =”, and “LEN =”, respectively.

For example, if a broadcaster's program table of XX is desired for 2 hours from 19:00 on March 29, 2000, if the ID of XX is "1",
The arguments are “STID = 1”, “DT = 20000329”, “STA =
190000 ”and“ LEN = 020000 ”.

When the user accesses the URL, the browser software of the portable terminal device 110 accesses the WWW server 122 of the server device 120 to make a request to transfer the HTML information described in the URL.

UR having an argument for selecting a broadcast station
By accessing L, the display unit 110a of the portable terminal device 110 displays a plurality of programs to be broadcasted at the selected broadcasting station as shown in FIG. A program selection screen for selection is displayed.

The user operates the portable terminal device 110 shown in FIG.
The user selects a program for which program recording reservation setting is desired while referring to the screen displayed on the display unit 110a.

Each program is stored in the WW of the server device 120.
It is linked to a URL for accessing the W server 122, and a different argument is added to this URL for each program. For example, the URL is "https://www.rompass.com/im
ode / remote / Station.cgi? LoginID = ** & PW = ** & STID = ** & DT
= ** & STA = ** ", and include, as arguments, a login ID, a password, a broadcast station ID, a broadcast date of a broadcasted program, and a broadcast start time of the program.

For example, if the user selects “XX News 7” to be broadcast from 19:00, “DT” indicating the broadcast date of the program “March 29, 2000” is used as an argument in the URL. 20000329 "Broadcast start time of program" 19
"STA" indicating "time" is added as "190,000", which makes it possible to specify a program desired by the user, "xx news 7".

The screen of the display unit 110a shown in FIG. 28 can be scrolled by an operation from an input unit (not shown) of the portable terminal device 110, and is scheduled to be broadcast during the time period designated in FIG. When there are a plurality of programs, a desired program can be searched by scrolling the screen.

Further, as shown in FIG.
Check the "Previous" button if the program is broadcast at a time before the time described on the screen shown in Fig. a, and click the "Next" button if the program is broadcast at a time after the screen. Check, and if you want to make a recording reservation for a program broadcast on another broadcast station, check the “To another channel” button, display a new program selection screen on the display unit 110a, and use the above-described method to select a desired program. Select

Each button shown in FIG. 29 also has a UR corresponding to the WWW server 122 of the server device 120 as described above.
L, and each URL has an argument specifying a button.

When the program desired by the user is selected from FIG. 28 or FIG. 29, the browser software of the portable terminal device 110 obtains the HTML information from the WWW server 122, analyzes the obtained HTML information, and shows in FIG. Such a reservation operation confirmation screen is displayed on the display unit 110a.

Here, for example, in FIG.
It is assumed that “xx news 7” of the broadcast station “xx general” broadcasted between 19:00 and 19:45 on March 29, 2000 is selected by the user. The “Ye” for final confirmation of whether to make a recording reservation setting is displayed on the reservation operation screen.
An “s” button and a “No” button are provided.To set recording reservation for a program described on the screen, use “Ye” button.
Check the "s" button and check the "No" button if you do not want to set the recording reservation.The "Yes" button and the "No" button are linked to the URLs shown below, and each button must be checked. And the browser software included in the mobile terminal device 110 is the server device 1
The server searches the 20 WWW servers 122 and requests transmission of HTML information.

The URL linked to each button is “https:
//www.rompass.com/imode/remote/comform/.cgi?LoginI
D = ** & PW = ** & STID = ** & DT = ** & STA = ** & COM = ** ”and CG
A login ID, a password, a broadcast date of the program, a broadcast start time of the program as arguments of the I-script,
A command ID is added. The command ID is “Y
In the URL linked to the “es” button, the ID number of the command indicating that the recording reservation setting is to be performed. Will be added.

On the other hand, if the second “reserved list” is selected on the screen shown in FIG.
A reserved list is generated, and a list of reserved programs as shown in FIG. 31 is displayed on the display unit 110a of the portable terminal device 110. Each program is stored in the server 1
URL for accessing 20 WWW servers 122
And a different argument is added to this URL for each program.

For example, the URL is “https: //www.rompas
s.com/imode/remote/PgCancel.cgi?LoginID=**&PW=**&S
TID = ** & DT = ** & STA = ** 2, login I as argument
D, a password, a broadcast station ID, a broadcast date of a broadcasted program, and a broadcast start time of the program.

For example, assuming that the user has selected “ぱ ぱ ぱ ぱ ○ △ ×”, “DT” indicating the broadcast date of the program “March 28, 2000” is “2000032” as an argument in the URL.
8 "," STA "indicating broadcast start time of program" 19:00 "
190000 ". This makes it possible to specify a program desired by the user," ぱ ぱ ぱ ぱ ○ △ × ".

When the program desired by the user is selected from FIG. 31, the browser software of the portable terminal device 110
HTML information is acquired from the WWW server 122, the acquired HTML information is analyzed, and a reservation operation confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 32 is displayed on the display unit 110a.

Here, for example, in FIG.
It is assumed that the user has selected “ぱ ぱ ぱ ぱ ○ △ ×” of the broadcast station “XX General” broadcasted between 19:00 and 19:45 on March 28, 2000. The “Ye” for final confirmation of whether to make a recording reservation setting is displayed on the reservation operation screen.
An “s” button and a “No” button are provided.To set recording reservation for a program described on the screen, use “Ye” button.
Check the "s" button and check the "No" button if you do not want to set the recording reservation.The "Yes" button and the "No" button are linked to the URLs shown below, and each button must be checked. And the browser software included in the mobile terminal device 110 is the server device 1
The server searches the 20 WWW servers 122 and requests transmission of HTML information.

The URL linked to each button is “https:
//www.rompass.com/imode/remote/comform/.cgi?LoginI
D = ** & PW = ** & STID = ** & DT = ** & STA = ** & COM = ** ”and CG
A login ID, a password, a broadcast date of the program, a broadcast start time of the program as arguments of the I-script,
A command ID is added. The command ID is “Y
In the URL linked to the “es” button, the ID number of the command indicating that the recording reservation setting is released is set. In the URL linked to the “No” button, the ID number of the command indicating that the recording reservation setting is not canceled is set to “& COM =”. Is added after.

Next, using the flowchart shown in FIG. 33, the server device 120 when the recording reservation setting or the recording reservation setting is canceled from the screen of the display unit 110a of the portable terminal device 110 shown in FIG. 30 or FIG. The operation of will be described.

First, the WWW server 1 of the server device 120
Reference numeral 22 denotes an argument obtained from the URL in response to the check of the “Yes” button or the “No” button on the recording reservation confirmation screen or the recording reservation setting release screen shown in FIG. 30 (step S141), and the browser that has accessed the browser. It is determined whether the software is predetermined browser software of the portable terminal device 100 permitted to use in the program recording reservation system 100 (step S142).

WWW server 122 of server device 120
Transmits an error message to the portable terminal device 110 when the accessed browser software is not legitimate browser software (step S143),
If the browser software is legitimate, the database server 123 determines whether the login ID and password described in the URL match the login ID and password of the user stored in the database 123a (step S144). If not, an error message is transmitted to the portable terminal device 110 (step S14).
5) If they match, the program information stored in the program DB is inspected from the broadcast station ID acquired in step S141 and the argument indicating the program start time to determine whether or not the program information exists (step S141). Step S146).

If there is no program information, an error message is transmitted to portable terminal device 110 (step S147). If there is program information, is the program described in the URL broadcast before the current time? It is determined whether or not the program was broadcast in the past (step S148). If the program was broadcast in the past, an error message is transmitted to the portable terminal device 110 (step S149).

For example, in step S148, the control unit of the server device 120 sets the program start time of the program described in the URL to Tlprog, and sets the current time to Tlcurr. If “Tlprog ≦ Tlcurr”, the control unit of the server device 120 The control unit that does not determine determines that the broadcast start time of the program has passed, and proceeds to step S149 to transmit to the mobile phone device 110 that the program recording reservation setting cannot be performed. "Tlprog
> Tlcurr ", the control unit of the server device 120 determines that the broadcast has not been started yet, and proceeds to step S150 of the next step.

For example, in step S150, the time when the access software of the terminal device 130 polled last time (the time when the terminal device 130 accesses the server device 120) is set as POprev, and the terminal device 130 performs the process on the server device 120. Assuming that the polling interval, which is a constant interval between polling, is INTVPo, the polling time POnext indicating the time of the next polling performed from the access software of the mobile phone device 110 to the server device 120 is “POnext = POprev + INTVPo”. Can be expressed as

Therefore, when “Tlprog ≦ POnext”, the control unit of server device 120 determines that the program recording reservation cannot be set, and proceeds to step S151 to transmit to portable telephone device 110 that the program recording reservation cannot be set. I do.

When “Tlprog> POnext”, the server device 12
The control unit of 0 advances the process to step 152 so as to execute the recording reservation setting of the program at the next polling by the access software of the portable terminal device 110.

Subsequently, the control unit of server device 120 determines whether or not the command ID obtained in step S141 is a correct command (step S152). If the command is not correct, an error message is output to portable terminal device 110. (Step S153).

The control unit of the server device 120 is the terminal device 1
A program recording reservation setting script or a program recording reservation setting canceling script of a predetermined format corresponding to 30 program recording reservation setting software (hereinafter, a program recording reservation setting script or a program recording reservation setting canceling script is referred to as an operation script). Is generated (step S154). The predetermined format is:
For example, it includes a broadcast station name, a program start time, a program end time, a program title, information attached to a program, and the like, and further includes a command and a user LoginID as EXT information.

The control unit of the server device 120 registers the access from the portable terminal device 110 as an operation history in the operation DB of the database 123a according to the generation of the operation script (step S155), and reserves the portable terminal device 110. When the terminal device 130 receives a notification that the event has been received, and further receives a program recording reservation setting script or a script for canceling the program recording reservation setting, the terminal device 110 transmits an e-mail to that effect to the terminal device 110. Is notified (step S156).

When the program recording reservation setting script or the program recording reservation setting canceling script is generated, the terminal device 130 executes the program recording reservation setting script or the script as described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The program recording reservation setting cancel script is downloaded from the server device 120.

First, as shown in FIG.
The control unit 133 activates the terminal device 130 at a predetermined time (polling time) and obtains a reservation list (L1), which is a list of programs for which program recording reservation setting has been made, stored in a terminal device database (not shown). (Step S161).

L1 is composed of a list of programs reserved by the program recording reservation setting script generated by the server device 120 and programs for which recording reservation has been set by the user directly from the input unit (not shown) of the terminal device 130. Have been. In other words, the entire list of programs reserved for recording in the terminal device 130 is L1.

Subsequently, the controller 133 of the terminal device 130
Acquires a completion list (L2), which is a list of programs that have already been recorded in the programs recorded on the recording medium 131 (step S163). Among the programs listed in L2, a reserved program is attached with a "reserved" status indicating that the reserved program is set.

Further, the control unit 133 of the terminal device 130
Acquires information from a recording reservation / completion file, which is a file of a program for which recording reservation setting has been completed in response to a recording reservation setting request from the mobile terminal device 110 (step S16).
4).

The control unit 133 of the terminal device 130 compares the acquired L1 and L3, and sets a program recording reservation by directly operating the terminal device 130 for a program that is in L1 but not in L3. It is determined that the program is a program, and is added to the state list (step S165). Further, the terminal device 130
The control unit 133 adds the program to which the “reserved” status is attached in the acquired L2 to the status list (step S166).

The terminal device 130 may be set for recording reservation by the portable terminal device 110, or may be set for recording reservation by a direct operation by the user. When the recording reservation is set from the portable terminal device 110, the setting is made via the server device 120.
Can recognize a program to be reserved from the mobile terminal device 110.

The server apparatus 120 which needs to manage all information in the program recording reservation system 100, when the user makes a direct reservation setting to the terminal apparatus 130,
Can't keep track of reserved programs. Thus, the status list is provided for reporting the setting status of a program outside the control of the server device 120 to the server device 120.
Thus, the status list is updated each time the terminal device 130 downloads the operation script from the server device 120. The program added to the state list is hereinafter referred to as an element.

When step S166 ends, the flow continues to the flowchart shown in FIG.

As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 35, the control unit 133 of the terminal device 130 executes the access software stored in the storage unit 131 at a predetermined time according to a polling interval that specifies the time for accessing the server device 120. The terminal device 130 is activated to access the server device 120, and a session is established between the terminal device 130 and the server device 120 (step S167). When the session is established, the process proceeds to the next step. When the session establishment fails, an error message is transmitted to portable terminal device 110 (step S168).

The access software stored in the storage unit 132 of the terminal device 130 accesses the CGI script of the WWW server 122 provided in the server device 120 via http and accesses the CGI script of the portable terminal device 110 stored in the operation history DB. The operation script is checked (step S169). If there is operation information, the process proceeds to step S171. If there is no operation information, step S184.
The process proceeds to (Step S170). The http command for accessing the CGI script is, for example, "ht
tp: //www.rompass.com/imode/remote/get.OpInfo.cgi? L
oginID = ** & PW = ** & VER = ** ”, and includes a login ID, a password, and version information as arguments.

[0188] The CGI script of the WWW server 122 extracts the login ID and the password, collates the user ID with the user information DB, and approves the user (step S17).
1). When the user is approved, the database server 123 of the server device 120 registers the access time in the access history DB of the database 123a.

The CGI script is stored in the database server 1
23 to control the operation history DB of the database 123a.
, The operation script after the current time is extracted, and the access software of the terminal device 130 reads out only one operation script extracted by the CGI script (step S172). The operation script read out from the operation history DB by the CGI script is composed of at least one or more operation scripts, and the access software reads out and processes the operation scripts one by one.

FIG. 36 shows an example of the operation script. The operation script shown in FIG. 36 is an operation script of one program, and a plurality of pieces of program information defined by tags are
One operation script is defined by <TVProgram> to </ TVProgram>. If there are a plurality of operation scripts, tags <GPOperation> to </ GPOpe shown in FIG.
Define multiple operation scripts in ration>.

The access software of the terminal device 130 reads <command> to </ command
The operation command defined by> is taken out (step S1
73), the program information portion other than the operation command is extracted (step S174), and it is determined whether the read parameters are valid (step S175). If it is valid, the process proceeds to step S175. If it is not valid, the process returns to step S172.

The control unit of the terminal device 130 determines whether the operation command of the operation script determined to be valid by the access software is a recording reservation command or a reservation deletion command. Then, a device operation command, which is a control command to a recording unit (not shown) for recording a program on the recording medium 132, is issued and transmitted to the recording unit (step S176). Terminal device 1
The control unit 30 registers the above-mentioned operation status in an operation log file (not shown) (step S177).

Subsequently, the access software of the terminal device 130 determines whether or not there is another operation script (step S178). If there is an operation script, the process proceeds to step S179. If there is no operation script, step S172. Return the process to.

When the number of times of transmitting the operation result of the terminal device 3 by the operation script to the server device 120 becomes N (here, N = 3), the process proceeds to step S182 without transmitting the operation result. If the number of transmissions is less than N, the process proceeds to step S180 until the transmission of the operation result to the server device 120 succeeds (step S180).
179).

The access software of the terminal device 130 is connected to the WW provided in the server device 120 via http.
The CGI script of the W server 122 is accessed, and the operation result on the terminal device 130 by the operation script is transmitted (step S180). At this time, ht for transmitting the operation result generated by the access software of the terminal device 130
The tp command is, for example, "http://www.rompass.com/i
mode / remote / remoteResult.cgi? LoginID = ** & PW = ** & VER =
** & ST = ** & STA = ** & COM = ** & RES = ** ”
Broadcast station ID, broadcast start time, operation command,
The operation result is added after “ST =”, “STA =”, “COM =”, and “RES =”, respectively.

In accordance with the reception status of the operation result transmitted from terminal device 130, the CGI script of server device 120 returns a script defined by tags <Result> to </ Result> as a return value to report the reception status. Send to 130.

The server apparatus 120 transmits “0” to the terminal apparatus 130 when reception of the operation result transmitted from the terminal apparatus 130 succeeds, and transmits “1” to the terminal apparatus 130 when reception fails. When the operation result is successfully received by the server device 120,
The process proceeds to step S182, and if unsuccessful, the process returns to step S179 (step S181).

If the transmission of the operation result to the server device 120 succeeds, the control unit 133 of the terminal device 130 records the fact in the operation Log file and the reservation / completion file (step S182), and the operation result information If there is still more, the process returns to step S179, and if there is no operation result information, the process proceeds (step S183).

When there is an element in the state list, control section 133 of terminal apparatus 130 extracts one element from the state list (steps S184 and S185), and when there is no element, advances the process to step S190.

The number of times one element extracted from the state list is transmitted to the server device 120 is N (here, N = 3).
And ), The process proceeds to step S189 without transmitting the element, and if the number of transmissions is less than N, the process proceeds to step S187 until the transmission of the element to the server device 120 is successful ( Step S18
6).

[0201] The access software of the terminal device 130 is provided on the WW provided in the server device 120 via http.
The CGI script of the W server 122 is accessed, and the element extracted in step S185 is transmitted (step S185).
187). The http command differs depending on the element to be transmitted, and in the case of a program whose recording has been completed, "http: //www.rom
pass.com/imode/remote/remoteRecorded.cgi?LoginID=*
* & PW = ** & STID = ** & DT = ** & STA = ** & VER = ** ”, and in the case of a program for which recording reservation is set directly in the terminal device 3,“ http: // w
ww.rompass.com/imode/remote/remoteReserved.cgi?Log
inID = ** & PW = ** & STID = ** & DT = ** & STA = ** & VER = ** ”.

According to the reception status of the element transmitted from the terminal device 130, the CGI script of the server device 120 transmits a script defined by tags <Result> to </ Result> as a return value and reporting the reception status. Server device 12
0 transmits "0" when the reception is successful, and transmits "1" when the reception fails. If the server device 120 successfully receives the element, the process proceeds to step S189; otherwise, the process returns to step S186 (step S1).
88).

If there is an element in the state list, control unit 133 of terminal device 130 returns the process to step S185, and if there is no other element, the process proceeds to step S190 (step S189).

Subsequently, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 38, the data server 123 of the server device 120 saves the element obtained and transmitted from the status list of the terminal device 130 in the reservation DB of the database 123a (step S1).
90), the session between the terminal device 130 and the server device 120 ends (step S191). If the session does not end properly, an error message
10 (step S192).

Next, the operation of the server device 120 when receiving the setting result of the operation script transmitted from the terminal device 130 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the WWW server 1 of the server device 120
The CGI script 22 obtains all the arguments from the http command generated by the access software of the terminal device 130 (step S201), searches the user information DB of the database 123a from the obtained login ID and password, and searches for the user ID. Is specified (step S203).

If the user cannot be specified, the server 1
20 transmits an error message to the portable terminal device 110 (step S203). If the user is identified, the process proceeds to step S204, and the CGI script is converted into the data server 123 based on the broadcast station ID and the program start time. To obtain the program information (step S204). If the program information cannot be obtained, an error message is transmitted to the terminal device 130 (step S205).

Database server 1 of server device 120
23 stores the operation history of the program having the program information acquired in step S204 in the operation D of the database 123a.
A search is performed from B (step S206). If there is no operation history, an error message is transmitted to the terminal device 130 (step S207).
The operation result transmitted from 0 is entered in the result item column of the operation DB (step S208), and the access date and time is entered in the polling DB (step S209).

Subsequently, the CGI script is transmitted to the terminal device 1
In order to notify the terminal device 130 of whether or not the report of the operation result described above is successful, the tags <Result> to </ Result
Send a script indicating the success or failure of the operation result report defined in>. If the operation result report is successful, “0” is transmitted, and if the operation result report fails, “1” is transmitted (step S210).

[0210] Further, the server device 120 determines in step S
The e-mail address of the portable terminal device 110 is searched in the user information DB of the database 123a from the user ID searched in 202 (step 212), and if the address is found, the mail server 121 sends the operation script to the terminal device 130. An e-mail attached with an operation result comment for notifying that the setting was successful is generated (step S213) and transmitted to the portable terminal device 110 (step S213).
214), if the e-mail address of the portable terminal device 130 cannot be retrieved, the terminal device 110 transmits an error message.

Next, the operation of the server device 120 when acquiring the elements of the status list transmitted from the terminal device 130 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

First, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 40, a case will be described in which the server device 120 receives an element indicating program information of a program for which a user has made a direct reservation setting in the terminal device 130.

The WWW server 122 of the server device 120
Receives the http command transmitted from the terminal device 130, and acquires all the arguments added to the http command (step S221).

[0214] The CGI script of the WWW server 122 obtains the user ID from the user information DB of the database 123a based on the login ID and password of the acquired arguments.
D is searched and the user is specified (step S222).
If the user cannot be specified, the server device 120 transmits an error message to the portable terminal device 110 (step S223). If the user can be specified, the process proceeds to step S224, where the broadcast station ID and the program start time are set. Thus, the CGI script controls the data server 123 to acquire the program information (step S224). If the program information cannot be obtained, an error message is transmitted to the terminal device 130 (step S225).

Further, the CGI script searches the reservation DB and the operation DB of the database server 123a for the program whose program information has been acquired from the program DB as described above. If there is no such program in the reservation DB, this program is reserved D
Register with B. Operation DB of programs registered in reservation DB
For example, in order to indicate that the program is a program for which recording reservation is set directly in the terminal device 130, an identification mark such as "manual reservation" is added to the program registered in the reservation DB.

Next, using the flowchart shown in FIG. 41, the element indicating the program information of the program recorded on the recording medium of the terminal device 130 for which the recording reservation has been set is stored in the server device 1.
The case of receiving at 20 will be described.

The WWW server 122 of the server device 120
Receives the http command transmitted from the terminal device 130, and acquires all the arguments added to the http command (step S231).

[0218] The CGI script of the WWW server 122 obtains the user ID from the user information DB of the database 123a based on the login ID and password of the acquired arguments.
D is searched and a user is specified (step S232).
If the user cannot be specified, the server device 120 transmits an error message to the portable terminal device 110 (step S233). If the user can be specified, the process proceeds to step S234, where the broadcast station ID and the program start time are set. Thus, the CGI script controls the data server 123 to acquire the program information (step S234). If the program information cannot be obtained, an error message is transmitted to the terminal device 130 (step S235).

The CGI script is stored in the database 123
database 123 based on the program information retrieved in
The reservation DB is searched to determine whether or not the searched program is a program to which a "manual reservation" mark is attached (step S236).

[0220] If the "manual reservation" mark is not attached, a "completion mark" is newly attached to the program information in the reservation DB (step S237), and the mail server 1
21 issues an e-mail (step S238),
If the “manual reservation” mark is attached, the process ends.

Further, the CGI script contains the user information D
From B, the e-mail address of the portable terminal device 110 is searched using the user ID searched in step S232 (step S239). If the e-mail address is not searched, an error message is transmitted to the terminal device 130 (step S240). If the e-mail address is found, an operation result comment indicating that the program for which recording reservation has been set has been recorded on the recording medium is generated from the portable terminal device 110 (step S241), and the e-mail generated in step S238 is added to step S239. Then, an e-mail is sent to the portable terminal device 110 with the e-mail address searched in step S240 and the operation result comment generated in step S240 attached (step S242).

Thus, the program recording reservation system 1
In the case of 00, the recording reservation setting of the program desired by the user in the terminal device 130 is performed by using the existing network such as the Internet so that the portable terminal device 10 in the remote place can be set.
It can be done from zero.

Further, even when the recording reservation is set by directly operating the terminal device 130, the predetermined management information is transmitted to the server device via the above-mentioned network, whereby the program reserved for recording by the terminal device 130 is transmitted. To the server device 120
Can be managed centrally.

Further, since the existing network can be used, the cost and time required for installing the infrastructure can be greatly reduced, and the user's system usage fee can be greatly reduced.

[0225]

As is apparent from the above description, the program information providing apparatus, the program information providing method, the program recording reservation system, the program recording reservation method, the program recording system, and the program recording method of the present invention provide program information provision. For a desired program in a program table transmitted from the device, a program recording reservation setting request, which is an instruction for recording reservation of a program, is input from the input means of the portable terminal device to the program information providing device, and the program information is provided. The apparatus records a program recording reservation setting script, which is a control instruction for recording a program in a program table on a recording medium in response to a program recording reservation setting request, based on the program information stored in the first storage means. The program recording reservation setting script generated by the reservation setting script generating means is transmitted to the terminal device, and the program recording reservation setting script is transmitted by the signal conversion means of the terminal device. The program is converted to a program recording reservation setting control signal suitable for the recording device, and the recording means is recorded on the recording medium by the control means of the recording device based on the program recording reservation setting control signal, thereby recording the program from a remote place. The reservation setting can be performed by a simple operation.

Further, as is clear from the above description,
A program information providing apparatus, a program information providing method, a program recording reservation system, a program recording reservation method, a program recording system and a program recording method according to the present invention introduce a program by an e-mail generating means and a URL generating and attaching means of the program information providing apparatus. And a program recording reservation setting UR linked with the program information of the program stored in the first storage means.
A program-introducing e-mail attached with an L is generated, the generated program-introducing e-mail is transmitted to the portable terminal device, and the program information is provided in response to the access to the program recording reservation setting URL from the portable terminal device. A program recording reservation setting script is generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating means of the device, the generated program recording reservation setting script is transmitted to the terminal device, and the program recording reservation setting script is transmitted to the recording device by the signal conversion means of the terminal device. The program is converted into a suitable program recording reservation setting control signal, and recording of the program on a recording medium is performed by the control means of the recording device based on the program recording reservation setting control signal, so that the recording reservation setting of the program from a remote place can be easily performed. It can be performed by operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a configuration of a program recording reservation system shown as a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a first flowchart for explaining an operation when a program recording reservation setting script is generated in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 3 is a second flowchart for describing an operation when a program recording reservation setting script is generated in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a program table provided to a portable terminal device via a Web browser in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a confirmation screen of a recording reservation setting presented to a portable terminal device via a Web browser in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for selecting a recording device for recording a program presented to a portable terminal device via a Web browser in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 7 shows an example of how the icon of a recording device for which recording reservation has been set is displayed in the program table in the program table presented to the portable terminal device via the Web browser in the program recording reservation system. FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for selecting a program for which recording reservation setting is to be canceled from programs set for program recording reservation presented to a portable terminal device via a Web browser in the program recording reservation system. .

FIG. 9 is a third flowchart for describing an operation when the program recording reservation setting script is generated in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail attached with a URL for program recording reservation setting transmitted from the program information providing device to the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail attached with a URL for shifting to a mode for canceling a program recording reservation setting transmitted from the program information providing device to the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system. is there.

FIG. 12 is a fourth flowchart for explaining an operation when the program recording reservation setting script is generated in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail attached with a URL for changing to a mode for changing a recording device for recording a program transmitted from the program information providing device to the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system. It is.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail attached with a URL for selecting a program for changing the recording device transmitted from the program information providing device to the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail attached with a URL for changing a recording device for recording a program transmitted from the program information providing device to the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system. .

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail attached with a URL for shifting to a mode for canceling a program recording reservation setting transmitted from the program information providing device to the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system. is there.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail attached with a URL for selecting a program for canceling recording reservation setting of a program transmitted from the program information providing device to the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system. It is.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail transmitted from the program information providing device to the portable terminal device and notifying that the recording reservation setting has been canceled in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a program recording reservation system shown as a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when an electronic mail is transmitted from the server device to the mobile terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail received by the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart for explaining an operation when a password is input from the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a screen for prompting a password input displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart for explaining an operation in which the server device 120 authenticates a password input to the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a screen for selecting a menu displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the server device when executing the menu selected by the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an example of a program table displayed on a display unit of the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of a program table displayed on a display unit of the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing an example of a program table displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the portable terminal device when deciding to execute program recording reservation setting in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing an example of a program list set for recording reservation displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal device when canceling recording reservation setting of a program in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a server device when generating an operation script in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 34 is a first flowchart for explaining the operation of the terminal device when the operation script generated by the server device is downloaded in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 35 is a second flowchart illustrating the operation of the terminal device when the operation script generated by the server device is downloaded in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 36 is a diagram showing an operation script generated by a server device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 37 is a diagram showing an operation script generated by a server device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 38 is a third flowchart illustrating the operation of the terminal device when the operation script generated by the server device is downloaded in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the server device when receiving the download result of the operation script transmitted from the terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 40 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of the server device when receiving information on a program set for reservation transmitted from the terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

FIG. 41 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the server device when receiving information on a program that has been recorded on a recording medium and transmitted from a terminal device in the program recording reservation system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,100 program recording reservation system, 2,110 portable terminal device, 3 program information providing device, 3a, 123a database, 4,130 terminal device, 5 recording device, 1
20 server devices, 121 mail server, 122 W
WW server, 123 database server

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Claims (253)

[Claims] 1. A program which has storage means for storing program information and a program table as attribute information of a program, and which transmits the program information and the program table via a network in response to a transmission request from a first terminal device. An information providing device, comprising: a search unit configured to search for program information stored in the storage unit in response to a program recording reservation setting request from a first terminal device that has transmitted the program table; Based on the received program information,
Program recording reservation setting script generating means for generating a program recording reservation setting script which is a control instruction for a recording device for recording a program in the program table on a recording medium; and program recording generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating means. Transmitting means for transmitting the reservation setting script to the second terminal device. 2. The program recording reservation setting script generating means according to claim 1, wherein said program recording means is configured to change the recording device for recording a program in response to a recording device change request for changing a recording device for recording said program. 2. The program information providing device according to claim 1, wherein the reservation setting script is modified. 3. A program recording reservation setting canceling script generation for generating a program recording reservation setting canceling script in response to a program recording reservation setting canceling script generation request which is a control instruction for invalidating the program recording reservation setting script. 2. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means. 4. The transmission means for transmitting a program recording reservation setting canceling script generated by the program recording reservation setting canceling script generation means to the second terminal device. Program information providing device. 5. A program information providing method for storing program information and a program table, which are attribute information of a program, and transmitting the program information and the program table via a network in response to a transmission request from a first terminal device. Searching for program information stored in the storage means in response to a program recording reservation setting request from the first terminal device that has transmitted the program table, and based on the searched program information, Program information for generating a program recording reservation setting script, which is a control command for a recording device for recording a program in progress on a recording medium, and transmitting the generated program recording reservation setting script to a second terminal device. Delivery method. 6. A program recording reservation setting script is modified so that the recording device that records a program in response to a recording device change request for changing a recording device that records the program on a recording medium is changed. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein
The described program information providing method. 7. After the program recording reservation setting script is transmitted, the program recording reservation setting cancel script is canceled in response to a program recording reservation setting cancel script generation request which is a control instruction for invalidating the program recording reservation setting script. 7. The program information providing method according to claim 6, wherein a script is generated. 8. The program information providing method according to claim 7, wherein the generated program recording reservation setting canceling script is transmitted to the second terminal device. 9. A first terminal device for requesting transmission of program information and a program guide, which are attribute information of a program, and storage means for storing the program information and the program guide. A program information providing device for transmitting program information and a program table to the first terminal device in response to a transmission request of the first terminal device;
A second terminal device for making a recording reservation setting of a program in a program table transmitted to the terminal device of the first embodiment, the second terminal device being connected via a network, Display means for displaying information and a program table, input means for inputting a program recording reservation setting request, and first transmitting means for transmitting the program recording reservation setting request input by the input means; The information providing device includes: a first receiving unit that receives a program recording reservation setting request from the first terminal device; and an accumulation unit that responds to the program recording reservation setting request received by the first receiving unit. Search means for searching the stored program information; second transmission means for transmitting the program information searched by the search means to the first terminal device;
Based on the program information searched by the search means,
Program recording reservation setting script generating means for generating a program recording reservation setting script which is a control instruction for recording a program in the program table on a recording medium; and program recording reservation generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating means. A second transmission unit for transmitting a setting script, wherein the second terminal device receives the program recording reservation setting script transmitted by the second transmission unit of the program information providing device. And a signal conversion means for converting the program recording reservation setting script received by the second receiving means into a program recording reservation setting control signal. 10. The program recording reservation system according to claim 9, wherein said second terminal device has third receiving means for receiving a program in said program table. 11. The program recording reservation according to claim 10, wherein said second terminal device has one or more recording means for recording a program received by said third receiving means on a recording medium. system. 12. The second terminal device controls the driving of the recording device in response to the program recording reservation setting control signal converted by the signal conversion device and receives the recording medium on the recording medium by the third receiving device. 12. The program recording reservation system according to claim 11, further comprising control means for recording the recorded program. 13. The program recording reservation setting script generating means of the program information providing device corrects the generated program recording reservation setting script so that the recording means for recording a program is changed in response to a recording means change request. The program recording reservation system according to claim 11, wherein 14. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said program information providing apparatus generates a program recording reservation setting cancel script which is a control instruction for invalidating said program recording reservation setting script in response to a program recording reservation setting cancel request. 10. The program recording reservation system according to claim 9, further comprising a cancel script generation unit. 15. The program information providing device, wherein the second transmitting means transmits the program recording reservation setting canceling script generated by the program recording reservation setting canceling script generating means to the second terminal device. 15. The program recording reservation system according to claim 14, wherein: 16. The program according to claim 15, wherein the second receiving means of the second terminal device receives the program recording reservation setting cancel script transmitted by the second transmitting means. Record reservation system. 17. The signal conversion means of the second terminal device converts a program recording reservation setting cancel script received by the second receiving means into a control signal for cancellation. Program recording reservation system. 18. The control means of the second terminal device, according to the canceling control signal converted by the signal converting means, invalidates the corresponding program recording reservation setting control signal. The program recording reservation system according to claim 17. 19. The second terminal device, in response to receiving the program recording reservation setting script or the program recording reservation setting canceling script by the second receiving means, script reception information indicating that. 17. A program recording reservation system according to claim 16, further comprising script reception information transmitting means for transmitting the program reception information to the program information providing apparatus. 20. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising script reception information receiving means for receiving script reception information transmitted from the script reception information transmission means of the second terminal device. Program recording reservation system. 21. The program information providing device, wherein the program recording reservation setting script or the program recording reservation setting canceling script is executed in response to the reception of the script reception information by the script reception information receiving means. 21. The program recording reservation system according to claim 20, further comprising an e-mail generating means for generating an e-mail indicating that the terminal device has received the e-mail. 22. The program information providing device, wherein the electronic mail generated by the electronic mail generating means is transmitted to the first electronic mail.
22. The program recording reservation system according to claim 21, further comprising a third transmission unit for transmitting to the terminal device. 23. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the first terminal device has third receiving means for receiving an e-mail transmitted from the third transmitting means of the program information providing apparatus. Program recording reservation system. 24. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising: a billing processing unit that performs a billing process for a program recording reservation setting in response to the reception of the script reception information by the script reception information receiving unit. 21. The program recording reservation system according to claim 20, wherein: 25. A first terminal device for requesting transmission of program information and program guide as attribute information of a program, and accumulating the program information and program guide, and responding to a transmission request from the first terminal device. A program information providing device for transmitting program information and a program table to the first terminal device, and a second terminal device for setting a recording reservation of a program in the program table transmitted to the first terminal device. A program recording reservation method connected via a network, wherein the first terminal device displays a received program table, and inputs a program recording reservation setting request for the program indicated in the displayed program table. Transmitting the input program recording reservation setting request to the program information providing device, the program information providing device receiving the program recording reservation setting request transmitted from the first terminal device, Recording reservation setting request In response to this, the program information stored in the storage means is searched, and the searched program information is transmitted to the first terminal device. At the same time, a program in the program table is searched based on the searched program information. Generating a program recording reservation setting script, which is a control instruction for causing the recording means to record the program recording reservation on the recording medium, and transmitting the generated program recording reservation setting script to the second
The second terminal device receives the program recording reservation setting script transmitted from the program information providing device, and converts the received program recording reservation setting script into a program recording reservation setting control signal. A program recording reservation method. 26. The program recording reservation method according to claim 25, wherein the second terminal device receives a program in the program table. 27. The program according to claim 26, wherein the second terminal device records the program in the received program table on a recording medium in accordance with the converted program recording reservation setting control signal. Recording reservation method. 28. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the generated program recording reservation setting script is modified so that the recording means for recording a program on a recording medium is changed in response to a recording means change request. 24. The program recording reservation method according to claim 23. 29. The program information providing device, according to a program recording reservation setting cancel request, generates a program recording reservation setting canceling script which is a control instruction for invalidating the program recording reservation setting script. The program recording reservation method according to claim 25, wherein: 30. The program recording reservation method according to claim 29, wherein the program information providing device transmits the generated program recording reservation setting cancel script to the second terminal device. 31. The program recording reservation method according to claim 30, wherein the second terminal device receives a program recording reservation setting cancel script transmitted from the program information providing device. 32. The program recording reservation method according to claim 31, wherein the second terminal device converts the received program recording reservation setting canceling script into a canceling control signal. 33. The program recording according to claim 32, wherein the second terminal device invalidates the corresponding program recording reservation setting control signal in accordance with the converted control signal for cancellation. How to book. 34. In response to receiving the program recording reservation setting script or the program recording reservation setting canceling script, the second terminal device sends script reception information indicating that to the program information providing device. The program recording reservation method according to claim 31, wherein the program recording is transmitted. 35. The program recording reservation method according to claim 34, wherein the program information providing device receives the script reception information transmitted from the second terminal device. 36. The program information providing device, wherein the program recording reservation setting script or the program recording reservation setting canceling script is received by the second terminal device in response to receiving the script reception information. And generating an e-mail notifying the user of the request.
5. The program recording reservation method according to 5. 37. The program recording reservation method according to claim 36, wherein the program information providing device transmits the generated e-mail to a first terminal device. 38. The program recording reservation method according to claim 37, wherein the first terminal device receives an electronic mail transmitted from the program information providing device. 39. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the program information providing apparatus performs a charging process for a program recording reservation setting in response to receiving the script reception information.
4. The program recording reservation method according to item 4. 40. A first terminal device for requesting transmission of program information and a program guide, which are attribute information of a program, and storage means for storing the program information and the program guide. A program information providing apparatus for transmitting program information and a program table to the first terminal device in response to the transmission request of the first terminal device; And a recording device for recording a program on a recording medium in accordance with a program recording reservation setting of the second terminal device, wherein the first terminal device comprises: Display means for displaying received program information and a program table; input means for inputting a program recording reservation setting request; and first transmitting means for transmitting the program recording reservation setting request input by the input means. And the above program information A first receiving unit for receiving a program recording reservation setting request from the first terminal device; and storing the program recording reservation in the storage unit in response to the program recording reservation setting request received by the first receiving unit. Searching means for searching the searched program information, second transmitting means for transmitting the program information searched by the searching means to the first terminal device,
Based on the program information searched by the search means,
Program recording reservation setting script generating means for generating a program recording reservation setting script which is a control instruction for recording a program in the program table on a recording medium; and program recording reservation setting generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating means. A second transmission unit for transmitting a script, wherein the second terminal device receives the program recording reservation setting script transmitted by the second transmission unit of the program information providing device. A signal conversion unit for converting the program recording reservation setting script received by the second receiving unit into a program recording reservation setting control signal; and a third unit for transmitting the program recording reservation setting control signal converted by the signal conversion unit. The recording device is configured to transmit the program recording reservation set transmitted by the third transmitting device of the second terminal device. A third receiving unit for receiving a control signal, a fourth receiving unit for receiving a program in the program table, a recording unit for recording a program received by the fourth receiving unit on a recording medium, Control means for controlling the recording means so as to record the program received by the fourth receiving means on the recording medium in response to the program recording reservation setting control signal received by the receiving means of the third aspect. Program recording system. 41. The program recording reservation setting script generating means of the program information providing device corrects a program recording reservation setting script generated so that the recording device that records a program in response to a recording device change request is changed. 41. The program recording system according to claim 40, wherein: 42. A program recording reservation setting apparatus for generating a program recording reservation setting canceling script which is a control instruction for invalidating the program recording reservation setting script in response to a program recording reservation setting cancel request. 41. The program recording system according to claim 40, further comprising a cancel script generation unit. 43. A second transmitting means of the program information providing apparatus, wherein the program recording reservation setting canceling script generated by the program recording reservation setting canceling script generating means is transmitted to the second terminal device. 43. The program recording system according to claim 42, wherein: 44. The program according to claim 43, wherein the second receiving means of the second terminal device receives the program recording reservation setting cancel script transmitted by the second transmitting means. Recording system. 45. The signal conversion means of the second terminal device converts the program recording reservation setting cancellation script received by the second reception means into a cancellation control signal. Program recording system. 46. The program recording apparatus according to claim 45, wherein said third transmitting means of said second terminal device transmits the canceling control signal converted by said signal converting means to said recording device. system. 47. The program recording system according to claim 46, wherein the third receiving means of the recording device receives the canceling control signal transmitted by the third transmitting means. 48. The control means of the recording device, wherein
According to the canceling control signal received by the receiving means of
48. The program recording system according to claim 47, wherein the corresponding program recording reservation setting control signal is invalidated. 49. The second terminal device, when the program recording reservation setting control signal or the canceling control signal transmitted by the third transmitting means is received by the third receiving means of the recording device. 48. The program recording system according to claim 47, further comprising control signal reception information transmitting means for transmitting control signal reception information indicating the fact to said program information providing apparatus. 50. The program information providing device, further comprising: control signal reception information receiving means for receiving control signal reception information transmitted from control signal reception information transmission means of the second terminal device. Item 50. The program recording system according to Item 49. 51. The program information providing device, wherein the program recording reservation setting control signal or the cancel control signal is transmitted to the recording device in response to the control signal reception information receiving means receiving the control signal reception information. The program recording system according to claim 50, further comprising: an e-mail generating unit that generates an e-mail indicating that the e-mail has been received. 52. The program recording apparatus according to claim 51, wherein said program information providing apparatus has a fourth transmitting means for transmitting the electronic mail generated by said electronic mail generating means to a first terminal device. system. 53. The apparatus according to claim 52, wherein the first terminal device has fourth receiving means for receiving an electronic mail transmitted from the fourth transmitting means of the program information providing device. Program recording system. 54. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 54, further comprising: charging processing means for performing a charging process for a program recording reservation setting in response to the control signal reception information receiving means receiving the control signal reception information. Claim 50.
A program recording system as described. 55. A first terminal device for requesting transmission of program information and program guide as attribute information of a program, and storing the program information and program guide in response to a transmission request from the first terminal device. A program information providing device for transmitting program information and a program table to the first terminal device, a second terminal device for setting recording reservation of a program in the program table transmitted to the first terminal device, A program recording method in which a recording device for recording a program on a recording medium according to a program recording reservation setting of the second terminal device is connected via a network, wherein the first terminal device receives a received program table. Is displayed, a program recording reservation setting request for the program indicated in the displayed program table is input, and the input program recording reservation setting request is transmitted to the program information providing device. , The first terminal device Receiving the program recording reservation setting request transmitted from the first terminal, searching for the program information stored in the storage means in response to the received program recording reservation setting request, and transmitting the searched program information to the first terminal. At the same time as transmitting to the apparatus, a program recording reservation setting script which is a control command for recording a program in the program table on a recording medium is generated based on the searched program information, and the generated program recording reservation is generated. Set the configuration script to the second
The second terminal device receives the program recording reservation setting script transmitted from the program information providing device, and converts the received program recording reservation setting script into a program recording reservation setting control signal. Transmitting the converted program recording reservation setting control signal; receiving the program recording reservation setting control signal transmitted from the second terminal device; receiving the program in the program table; A program recording method characterized by recording the received program on a recording medium in response to the program recording reservation setting control signal. 56. The program information providing device according to claim 56, wherein the generated program recording reservation setting script is modified so that the recording device that records a program is changed in response to a recording device change request. 55. The program recording method according to 55. 57. The program information providing device, according to a program recording reservation setting cancel request, generates a program recording reservation setting canceling script that is a control instruction for invalidating the program recording reservation setting script. 56. The program recording method according to claim 55, wherein: 58. The program recording method according to claim 57, wherein the program information providing device transmits the generated program recording reservation setting canceling script to the second terminal device. 59. The program according to claim 58, wherein the second terminal device receives the program recording reservation setting canceling script transmitted from the program information providing device.
The program recording method described. 60. The program recording method according to claim 59, wherein the second terminal device converts the received program recording reservation setting canceling script into a canceling control signal. 61. The program recording method according to claim 60, wherein the second terminal device transmits the converted control signal for cancellation to the recording device. 62. The recording apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the recording device receives the transmitted control signal for cancellation.
1. The program recording method according to 1. 63. The program recording method according to claim 62, wherein the recording device invalidates a corresponding program recording reservation setting control signal in accordance with the received control signal for cancellation. 64. The second terminal device, in response to the program recording reservation setting control signal or the canceling control signal transmitted by the recording device being received, transmits control signal reception information indicating the reception to the recording device. 63. The program recording method according to claim 62, wherein the program is transmitted to the program information providing device. 65. The program recording method according to claim 64, wherein said program information providing device receives control signal reception information transmitted from said second terminal device. 66. The program information providing device, in response to receiving the control signal reception information, receiving an electronic signal indicating that the program recording reservation setting control signal or the canceling control signal has been received by the recording device. 67. The program recording method according to claim 65, wherein a mail is generated. 67. The program recording method according to claim 66, wherein said program information providing device transmits the generated electronic mail to said first terminal device. 68. The program recording method according to claim 67, wherein said first terminal device receives an electronic mail transmitted from said program information providing device. 69. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 65, wherein, in response to receiving the control signal reception information, the program information providing apparatus performs a charging process for a program recording reservation setting.
The program recording method described. 70. A program information providing apparatus having storage means for storing a plurality of program information as program attribute information, and transmitting the program information stored in said storage means to a first terminal device via a network. An e-mail generating means for generating a program introduction e-mail to which at least one program introduction information, which is program information for introducing a program, among program information stored in the storage means, Address generation for generating a program recording reservation setting address linked to the program information stored in the storage means and attaching the program recording reservation setting address generated in the program introduction e-mail to each program introduction information. Attachment means, and a program introduction e-mail attached with a program recording reservation setting address by the address generation attachment means to the first terminal device at a predetermined time. First transmission means for transmitting the program information stored in the storage means in accordance with the access input information to the program recording reservation setting address; and a program searched by the search means. Based on the information,
A program recording reservation setting script generating means for generating a program recording reservation setting script which is a control instruction for a recording device for recording the program on a recording medium; and a program recording reservation setting script generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating means. A program information providing device, comprising: a second transmitting unit that transmits the program information to a second terminal device. 71. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 70, wherein said first transmitting means transmits the program information retrieved by said retrieval means to said first terminal device in response to a transmission request. apparatus. 72. The program recording reservation setting address generated by the address generation / attachment means is an address for setting a program recording reservation, and information for specifying a user who makes a program recording reservation. 71. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 70, wherein the information about the program to be reserved for recording is visually indicated. 73. The program information according to claim 70, further comprising second storage means for storing, for each user, a generation history of the program recording reservation setting script generated by said program recording reservation setting script generating means. Providing device. 74. When the program recording reservation setting script generation means has already generated at least one program recording reservation setting script by the program recording reservation setting script generation means, the address generation / attachment means is stored in the second storage means. 72. A recording apparatus change mode address linked to the program recording reservation setting script generation history of the user among the program recording reservation setting script generation histories, and attached to the program introduction e-mail. The described program information providing device. 75. The recording device change mode address generated by the address generation and attachment means is an address for shifting to a mode for changing the recording device, and specifies a user who changes the recording device. 75. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 74, wherein the information to be displayed is visually indicated. 76. The search means according to claim 27, wherein said search means is configured to output said second information in response to access input information for a recording apparatus change mode address.
75. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 74, wherein the program recording reservation setting script generation history of the user stored in said storage means is searched. 77. The e-mail generating means according to claim 76, wherein said e-mail generating means generates an e-mail for selecting a recording device change program attached with a program record reservation setting script generation history searched by said search means. Program information providing device. 78. The address attaching unit links the program information stored in the first storage unit with each history of the recording device change program selection e-mail to which the program recording reservation setting script generation history is attached. 8. The program according to claim 7, further comprising the step of attaching the selected address for changing the recording device.
7. The program information providing device according to item 7. 79. The recording device change program selection address generated by the address generation and attachment means is an address for selecting a program whose recording device is to be changed, and selects a recording device change program. 79. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 78, wherein information for specifying a user and information of a program whose recording device is to be changed are visually indicated. 80. The apparatus according to claim 77, wherein said first transmitting means transmits the recording device change program selecting e-mail generated by said e-mail generating means to said first terminal device. Program information providing device. 81. A program recording reservation setting script generating means for generating a program recording reservation setting script for generating a program for changing the recording device which records a program in accordance with access input information to a recording device change program selection address. 79. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 78, wherein the program information is corrected. 82. The address generating and attaching means, if at least one program recording reservation setting script has already been generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating means, is stored in the second storage means. The program recording reservation setting cancel mode address linked to the program recording reservation setting script generation history of the user in the program recording reservation setting script generation history is generated and attached to the program introduction e-mail. 73. The program information providing device according to 73. 83. The program recording reservation setting cancel mode address generated by the address generation / attachment means is an address for shifting to a mode for canceling a program recording reservation setting, and a program recording reservation setting. 83. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 82, wherein information for specifying a user who cancels the program is visually indicated. 84. The search means searches for the program record reservation setting script history of the user stored in the second storage means in accordance with access input information to a program recording reservation setting cancel mode address. 83. The program information providing device according to claim 82, wherein: 85. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 84, wherein said electronic mail generating means generates a canceling electronic mail to which a program record reservation setting script generation history searched by said search means is attached. . 86. A program record linked to the program information stored in the first storage means for each history of the canceling e-mail to which the program record reservation setting script generation history is attached. 9. A reservation setting cancel address is attached.
5. The program information providing device according to 5. 87. The program recording reservation setting canceling address generated by the address generation / attachment means is an address for canceling the program recording reservation setting, and a user canceling the program recording reservation. 87. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 86, wherein the information for specifying the recording information and the information of the program whose recording reservation setting is canceled are visually indicated. 88. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 85, wherein said first transmitting means transmits the canceling e-mail generated by said e-mail generating means to said first terminal device. . 89. The program according to claim 86, wherein the search means searches the program information stored in the first storage means in accordance with access input information to a program recording reservation setting canceling address. Program information providing device. 90. A cancel script generating means for generating a cancel script which is a control command for invalidating a program recording reservation setting script based on the program information searched by the search means. 89. The program information providing device according to 89. 91. The second transmission means transmits the program recording reservation setting canceling script generated by the program recording reservation setting canceling script generation means to the second terminal device. Item 90. The program information providing device according to Item 90. 92. A program information providing method, comprising: storage means for storing a plurality of program information as program attribute information, and transmitting the program information stored in the storage means to a first terminal device via a network. A program introduction e-mail to which at least one program introduction information, which is program information for introducing a program, among the stored program information is attached, and linked to the accumulated program information. A program recording reservation setting address is generated, and the program recording reservation setting address generated in the program introduction e-mail is attached to each program introduction information, and the program recording reservation setting address is attached to the program introduction. An e-mail is transmitted to the first terminal device at a predetermined time, and is stored in the storage means in accordance with the access input information to the program recording reservation setting address. A program recording reservation setting script, which is a control instruction for recording the program on a recording medium, based on the searched program information; and generating the generated program recording reservation setting script. A program information providing method, wherein the program information is transmitted to the terminal device of (2). 93. The program information providing method according to claim 92, wherein said transmitting means transmits said searched program information to said first terminal device in response to a transmission request. 94. The generated program recording reservation setting address is an address for setting recording reservation of a program, information for specifying a user who makes a recording reservation of a program, and recording reservation. 93. The program information providing method according to claim 92, wherein information on a program to be executed is visually indicated. 95. The program information providing method according to claim 92, wherein the generation history of the generated program recording reservation setting script is accumulated for each user. 96. If at least one program recording reservation setting script has already been generated, the program recording reservation setting script generation history of the user is included in the stored program recording reservation setting script generation history. The program information providing method according to claim 95, wherein a recording device change mode address to be linked is generated and attached to the program introduction e-mail. 97. The generated recording device change mode address visually indicates that this address is an address for shifting to a mode for changing the recording device, and information for specifying a user who changes the recording device. 97. The program information providing method according to claim 96, wherein: 98. A program information providing method according to claim 96, wherein a search history of a program recording reservation setting script generation history of said user stored is searched in accordance with access input information to said recording device change mode address. . 99. The program information providing method according to claim 97, wherein an electronic mail for selecting a recording device change program to which said searched program recording reservation setting script generation history is attached is generated. 100. A recording apparatus change program selection address linked to the program information stored for each history of the recording apparatus change program selection e-mail to which the program recording reservation setting script generation history is attached. The program information providing method according to claim 99, wherein: 101. The generated recording device change program selection address is that this address is an address for selecting a program whose recording device is to be changed, and information that specifies a user who selects the recording device change program. The program information providing method according to claim 99, wherein the information of the program whose recording device is to be changed is visually indicated. 102. The program information providing method according to claim 99, wherein the generated recording device change program selection e-mail is transmitted to the first terminal device. 103. A program recording reservation setting script generated so as to change the recording device that records a program in accordance with access input information to the recording device change program selection address is modified. 100
The described program information providing method. 104. When at least one program recording reservation setting script has already been generated, the program recording reservation setting script generation history of the user is included in the stored program recording reservation setting script generation history. 93. The program information providing method according to claim 92, wherein a program recording reservation setting cancel mode address to be linked is generated and attached to the program introduction e-mail. The generated program recording reservation setting cancel mode address is an address for shifting to a mode for canceling the program recording reservation setting, and a user who cancels the program recording reservation setting. The program information providing method according to claim 104, wherein the specified information is visually indicated. 106. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 104, wherein a history of the program recording reservation setting script of said user stored is searched according to access input information to said program recording reservation setting cancel mode address. Method. 107. The program information providing method according to claim 106, wherein a canceling e-mail to which the searched program recording reservation setting script generation history is attached is generated. 108. A program recording reservation setting canceling address linked to the program information stored for each history of the canceling e-mail to which the program recording reservation setting script generation history is attached is attached. Item 107. The program information providing method according to Item 107. The generated program recording reservation setting canceling address includes an address for canceling the program recording reservation setting, and information for specifying a user who cancels the program recording reservation. ,
108. The program information providing method according to claim 107, wherein the information of the program whose recording reservation setting is canceled is visually indicated. 110. The program information providing method according to claim 107, wherein the generated canceling e-mail is transmitted to the first terminal device. 111. A search for the stored program information according to access input information to the program recording reservation setting canceling address.
08. The program information providing method described in 08. 112. A cancel script generating means for generating a cancel script which is a control command for invalidating the program recording reservation setting script based on the searched program information.
The described program information providing method. 113. The program information providing method according to claim 112, wherein the generated program recording reservation setting canceling script is transmitted to the second terminal device. 114. A program information providing apparatus, comprising: first storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of program information as program attribute information; and transmitting the program information stored in the first storage means.
A first terminal device for receiving program information transmitted from the program information providing device, and a second terminal device for setting a recording reservation of a program having the program information transmitted to the first terminal device as attribute information And a program recording reservation system connected by a network, wherein the program information providing device is a program information which is program information for introducing a program among program information stored in the first storage means. An e-mail generating means for generating an e-mail for program introduction to which at least one introductory information is attached; Means for attaching a program recording reservation setting address generated in the electronic mail for each program introduction information, and a program recording schedule by the address generating and attaching means. A first transmitting means for transmitting a program introduction e-mail to which a setting address is attached at a predetermined time; and a first storing means stored in the first storing means in accordance with access input information for accessing the address. Search means for searching for the program information, and a program recording reservation setting script for generating a program recording reservation setting script which is a control command for recording the program on a recording medium based on the program information searched by the searching means Generating means, and second transmitting means for transmitting the program recording reservation setting script generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating means, wherein the first terminal device is a first terminal of the program information providing device. Receiving the e-mail transmitted by the transmitting means of the first
Receiving means, first display means for displaying the program introduction e-mail received by the first reception means, and program recording reservation attached to the program introduction e-mail received by the first reception means Input means for inputting access input information for accessing the setting address; and third transmitting means for transmitting the access input information input from the input means, wherein the second terminal device includes the program information Second receiving means for receiving the program recording reservation setting script transmitted from the second transmitting means of the providing device, and converting the program recording reservation setting script received by the second receiving means into a program recording reservation setting control signal A program conversion reservation system comprising: 115. The program recording reservation setting address generated by the address generation / attachment means is an address for setting a program recording reservation, and information for specifying a user who makes a program recording reservation. 115. The program recording reservation system according to claim 114, further comprising: visually indicating information on a program to be reserved for recording. 116. The program recording reservation system according to claim 114, wherein said first terminal device has control means for requesting transmission of the program information searched by the search means of said program information providing device. . 117. The program information providing device transmits the program information retrieved from the first storage device by the retrieval device to the first terminal device in response to a transmission request of the first terminal device. 117. The program recording reservation system according to claim 116, further comprising a fourth transmission unit. 118. The program recording reservation system according to claim 117, wherein said first terminal device has second display means for displaying program information transmitted from said program information providing device. . 119. The second terminal device has a third receiving means for receiving a program.
14. The program recording reservation system according to item 14. 120. The program recording reservation according to claim 119, wherein said second terminal device has one or more recording means for recording a program received by said third receiving means on a recording medium. system. 121. The second terminal device drives and controls the recording means in response to the program recording reservation setting control signal converted by the signal conversion means, and receives the recording medium on the recording medium by the third receiving means. 121. The program recording reservation system according to claim 120, further comprising control means for recording the selected program. 122. The program information providing apparatus further comprises a second storage unit for storing a generation history of the program recording reservation setting script generated by the program recording reservation setting script generation unit for each user. 115. The program recording reservation system according to claim 114. 123. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said program generation reservation setting script generation means generates at least one program recording reservation setting script.
If at least one of them has already been generated, of the program recording reservation setting script generation histories stored in the second storage unit, a recording unit change mode address linked to the program recording reservation setting script generation history of the user 123. The program recording reservation system according to claim 122, wherein the program recording program is generated and attached to the program introduction e-mail. 124. The recording means change mode address generated by the address generating and attaching means is an address for shifting to a mode for changing the recording means, and specifies a user who changes the recording means. 123. The information to be visually displayed.
Program recording reservation system as described. 125. The search means of the program information providing apparatus stores the program record reservation setting script generation history of the user stored in the second storage means in accordance with the access input information to the recording means change mode address. The program recording reservation system according to claim 124, wherein a search is performed. 126. An e-mail generating means of the program information providing apparatus generates an e-mail for selecting a recording means change program attached with a program record reservation setting script generation history searched by the searching means. Claim 125
Program recording reservation system as described. 127. The program information providing device, wherein the address generation and attachment means is stored in the first storage means for each history of the recording means change program selection e-mail to which the program recording reservation setting script generation history is attached. 127. The program recording reservation system according to claim 126, further comprising attaching a recording means change program selection address linked to said program information. 128. The recording means changing program selection address generated by the address generating and attaching means is an address for selecting a program whose recording means is to be changed, and selects a recording means changing program. 128. The program recording reservation system according to claim 127, wherein information for specifying a user and information on a program whose recording device is to be changed are visually indicated. 129. The first transmitting means of the program information providing apparatus transmits the recording-means-change program selecting e-mail generated by the e-mail generating means to the first terminal device. 127. The program recording reservation system according to claim 126. 130. The program recording reservation setting script generating means of the program information providing apparatus, wherein the program for recording the program according to the access input information to the recording means changed program selection address is generated so that the recording means is changed. 130. The program recording reservation system according to claim 127, wherein the recording reservation setting script is modified. 131. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program generation reservation setting script generation means includes at least one program recording reservation setting script.
One or more program recording reservation setting cancel modes that are linked to the program recording reservation setting script generation history of the user among the program recording reservation setting script generation histories stored in the second storage means if they have already been generated. A program recording reservation system according to claim 122, wherein a program address is generated and attached to said program introduction e-mail. 132. The program recording reservation setting cancel mode address generated by the address generating and attaching means is an address for shifting to a mode for canceling a program recording reservation setting, and a program recording reservation setting. 132. The program recording reservation system according to claim 131, wherein information for specifying a user who cancels the program is visually indicated. 133. The search means of the program information providing apparatus generates the program recording reservation setting script of the user stored in the second storage means in accordance with the access input information to the program recording reservation setting cancel mode address. The program recording reservation system according to claim 132, wherein a history is searched. 134. The e-mail generating means of the program information providing device generates an e-mail for cancellation to which a program record reservation setting script generation history searched by the searching means is attached. Program recording reservation system. 135. The program information providing apparatus further comprises: an address generating and attaching unit configured to store the program information stored in the first storing unit for each history of the canceling e-mail to which the program recording reservation setting script generating history is attached. 135. The program recording reservation system according to claim 134, wherein a program recording reservation setting canceling address linked to the program recording attachment is attached. 136. The program recording reservation setting canceling address generated by the address generating and attaching means is:
This address is an address for canceling the recording reservation setting of the program, and information for specifying a user who cancels the recording reservation of the program and information of the program for canceling the recording reservation setting are visually shown. 135. The program recording reservation system according to claim 135, wherein: 137. The apparatus according to claim 134, wherein said first transmitting means of said program providing device transmits the canceling e-mail generated by said e-mail generating means to said first terminal device. Program recording reservation system. 138. The search means of the program information providing apparatus searches for the program information stored in the first storage means in accordance with access input information to a program recording reservation setting canceling address. 139. The program recording reservation system according to claim 136. 139. The program information reservation device generates a program recording reservation setting canceling script which is a control instruction for invalidating the program recording reservation setting script based on the program information retrieved by the retrieval means. 139. The program recording reservation system according to claim 138, further comprising a setting cancel script generation unit. 140. The second transmitting means of the program information providing apparatus transmits the program recording reservation setting canceling script generated by the program recording reservation setting canceling script generating means to the second terminal device. 140. The program recording reservation system according to claim 139, wherein: 141. The program according to claim 140, wherein the second receiving means of the second terminal device receives the program recording reservation setting cancel script transmitted by the second transmitting means. Record reservation system. 142. The signal conversion means of the second terminal device converts the program recording reservation setting cancellation script received by the second reception means into a cancellation control signal. Program recording reservation system. 143. The control means of the second terminal device,
142. The program recording reservation system according to claim 142, wherein the corresponding program recording reservation setting control signal is invalidated according to the canceling control signal converted by the signal conversion means. 144. The second terminal device, in response to receiving the program recording reservation setting script or the program recording reservation setting canceling script by the second receiving means, script reception information indicating that. 142. The program recording reservation system according to claim 141, further comprising script reception information transmitting means for transmitting a program reception information to the program information providing apparatus. 145. The program information providing device, comprising:
153. The program recording reservation system according to claim 144, further comprising script reception information receiving means for receiving script reception information transmitted from the script reception information transmission means of the terminal device. 146. An e-mail generating means of the program information providing device, wherein the program recording reservation setting script or the program recording reservation setting canceling is performed in response to the reception of the script receiving information by the script receiving information receiving means. 146. The program recording reservation system according to claim 145, wherein a script reception result report electronic mail indicating that the script has been received by the second terminal device is generated. 147. The first transmission means of the program information providing device transmits the script reception result report e-mail generated by the e-mail generation means to the first terminal device. Item 146. The program recording reservation system according to Item 146. 148. The first receiving device of the first terminal device receives the script reception result report e-mail transmitted from the first transmitting device of the program information providing device. Item 147. The program recording reservation system according to Item 147. 149. The program information providing device, further comprising: charging processing means for performing charging processing for a program recording reservation setting in response to reception of the script reception information by the script reception information receiving means. 146. The program recording reservation system according to claim 145. 150. A program information providing apparatus for storing a plurality of pieces of program information as program attribute information and transmitting the stored program information, and a first program information receiving apparatus for receiving program information transmitted from the program information providing apparatus. A program recording reservation method in which a terminal device and a second terminal device for setting recording reservation of a program having program information transmitted to the first terminal device as attribute information are connected via a network, The program information providing device generates a program introduction e-mail to which at least one program introduction information, which is program information for introducing a program, among the stored program information, is attached. Generating a program recording reservation setting address linked to the information; attaching the generated program recording reservation setting address to the program introduction e-mail to each program introduction information; At a predetermined time, a program introduction e-mail attached with a set recording reservation setting address is transmitted to the first terminal device, and the first terminal device receives the transmitted program introduction e-mail. Displaying the received program introduction e-mail, inputting the access input information for accessing the program recording reservation setting address attached to the received program introduction e-mail, and inputting the input access information to the program The program information providing device transmits the program information to the information providing device. The program information providing device searches for the stored program information according to the access input information for accessing the program recording reservation setting address, and based on the searched program information. Then, a program recording reservation setting script, which is a control instruction for causing the recording means to record the program on a recording medium, is generated. A setting script is transmitted to the second terminal device. The second terminal device receives the transmitted program recording reservation setting script, and converts the received program recording reservation setting script into a program recording reservation setting control signal. A program recording reservation method. 151. The generated program recording reservation setting address is an address for making a recording reservation setting of a program, information for specifying a user who makes a recording reservation of the program, and recording reservation. The program recording reservation method according to claim 150, characterized by visually indicating information on a program to be recorded. 152. The program recording reservation method according to claim 150, wherein said second terminal device receives said program. 153. The program recording reservation method according to claim 152, wherein said second terminal device records said received program on said recording medium in accordance with said program recording reservation setting control signal. 154. The program recording reservation method according to claim 150, wherein said program information providing device accumulates a generation history of said generated program recording reservation setting script. 155. The first terminal device requests transmission of searched program information.
0, a program recording reservation method. 156. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 155, wherein said program information providing device transmits said searched program information to said first terminal device in response to a transmission request of said first terminal device. Program recording reservation method. 157. The program recording reservation method according to claim 156, wherein said first terminal device displays program information transmitted from said program information providing device. 158. The program information providing device, if at least one program recording reservation setting script has already been generated, the program recording reservation setting script generation history stored in the stored program recording reservation setting script generation history 157. The program recording reservation method according to claim 154, wherein a recording means change mode address linked to the recording reservation setting script generation history is generated and attached to said program introduction e-mail. 159. The generated recording means change mode address is an address for shifting to a mode for changing the recording means, information for specifying a user who changes the recording means, and recording information. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information of the program for changing the means is visually indicated.
58. The program recording reservation method described in 58. 160. The program information providing apparatus retrieves a program record reservation setting script generation history of the user stored in accordance with access input information to the recording unit change mode address. 1
58. The program recording reservation method described in 58. 161. The program recording reservation according to claim 160, wherein said program information providing device generates a recording device change program selection e-mail to which said retrieved program recording reservation setting script generation history is attached. Method. 162. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a program for selecting a recording means change program linked to said program information stored for each history of a recording means change program selection e-mail to which said program recording reservation setting script generation history is attached. 162. The program recording reservation method according to claim 161, wherein a program address is attached. 163. The generated recording-means-change-program-selecting address is an address for selecting a program whose recording means is to be changed, and information for specifying a user who selects the recording-means-change program. 163. The program recording reservation method according to claim 162, wherein the information of the program whose recording means is changed is visually indicated. 164. The program according to claim 161, wherein said program information providing apparatus transmits to said first terminal device an electronic mail for selecting a recording means change program generated by said electronic mail generating means. Recording reservation method. 165. The program information providing apparatus corrects a program recording reservation setting script generated so that the recording means for recording a program in accordance with access input information to a recording means changed program selection address is changed. 163. The program recording reservation method according to claim 162, wherein: 166. The program information providing device, if at least one program recording reservation setting script has already been generated, the program recording reservation script generation history stored in the stored program recording reservation setting script generation history 157. The program recording reservation method according to claim 154, wherein a program recording reservation setting cancel mode address linked to the recording reservation setting script generation history is generated and attached to said program introduction e-mail. 167. The program recording reservation setting cancel mode address is an address for shifting to a mode for canceling the program recording reservation setting, and information for specifying a user who cancels the program recording reservation setting. 17. A visual indication of
6. The program recording reservation method according to 6. 168. The program information providing device retrieves a program recording reservation setting script history of the user stored in accordance with access input information to the program recording reservation setting cancel mode address. Item 166. The program recording reservation method according to Item 166. 169. The program recording reservation method according to claim 168, wherein said program information providing apparatus generates a canceling e-mail attached with the searched program recording reservation setting script generation history. 170. The program information providing device attaches a program recording reservation setting canceling address linked to the program information stored for each history of the canceling e-mail to which the program recording reservation setting script generation history is attached. 170. The program recording reservation method according to claim 169, wherein 171. The program recording reservation setting canceling address is an address for canceling the program recording reservation setting, information for specifying a user who cancels the program recording reservation, and recording reservation information. The program recording reservation method according to claim 170, wherein the information of the program whose setting is to be canceled is visually indicated. 172. The program recording reservation method according to claim 169, wherein said program providing device transmits the generated cancellation e-mail to said first terminal device. 173. The program recording reservation method according to claim 170, wherein said program information providing apparatus searches for the stored program information according to access input information to a program recording reservation setting canceling address. . 174. The program information providing device generates a program recording reservation setting canceling script which is a control instruction for invalidating the program recording reservation setting script based on the retrieved program information. Item 17
3. The program recording reservation method described in 3. 175. The program information providing device transmits the generated program recording reservation setting canceling script to the second terminal device.
4. The program recording reservation method according to item 4. 176. The program recording reservation method according to claim 175, wherein the second terminal device receives the transmitted program recording reservation setting canceling script. 177. The second terminal device converts the received program recording reservation setting canceling script into a canceling control signal.
The program recording reservation method described. 178. The second terminal device, according to the cancellation control signal converted by the signal conversion means, invalidates the corresponding program recording reservation setting control signal. The program recording reservation method described. 179. In response to receiving the program recording reservation setting script or the program recording reservation setting canceling script, the second terminal device sends script reception information indicating that to the program information providing device. 177. The program recording reservation method according to claim 176, wherein the program recording is transmitted. 180. The program information providing device, wherein the second
178. The program recording reservation method according to claim 179, wherein the script reception information transmitted from the terminal device is received. 181. The program information providing device, in response to receiving the script reception information, receiving the program recording reservation setting script or the program recording reservation setting canceling script at the second terminal device. 180. The program recording reservation method according to claim 180, wherein an electronic mail is generated to notify the user of the fact. 182. The program recording reservation method according to claim 181, wherein the program information providing device transmits the generated e-mail to a first terminal device. 183. The program recording reservation method according to claim 182, wherein the first terminal device receives an electronic mail transmitted from the program information providing device. 184. The program recording reservation method according to claim 180, wherein said program information providing apparatus performs charging processing for program recording reservation setting in response to receiving said script reception information. 185. A program information providing apparatus for storing a plurality of program information, which is attribute information of a program, and transmitting the stored program information, and a first for receiving program information transmitted from the program information providing apparatus. A terminal device, a second terminal device for making a recording reservation setting of a program having the program information transmitted to the first terminal device as attribute information, and recording according to the program recording reservation setting of the second terminal device A program recording reservation system in which a recording device for recording a program on a medium is connected to a network by a network, wherein the program information providing device is for introducing a program among program information stored in the storage means. E-mail generating means for generating an e-mail for program introduction to which at least one program introduction information as program information is attached; and a number linking the program information stored in the first storage means. Address generating and attaching means for generating a recording reservation setting address and attaching the program recording reservation setting address generated in the program introduction e-mail to each program introduction information; and a program recording reservation setting address by the address generation and attachment means. A first transmitting means for transmitting an e-mail attached with a predetermined time at a predetermined time, and a search for searching the program information stored in the first storing means in accordance with access input information for accessing the address Means, program recording reservation setting script generating means for generating a program recording reservation setting script which is a control instruction for recording the program on a recording medium based on the program information retrieved by the retrieval means, and the program recording Second for transmitting the program recording reservation setting script generated by the reservation setting script generating means
Wherein the first terminal device receives the electronic mail transmitted by the first transmitting device of the program information providing device.
, A first display for displaying the e-mail received by the first receiving means, and a program recording reservation setting address attached to the e-mail received by the first receiving means. Input means for inputting access input information; and third transmitting means for transmitting the access input information input from the input means, wherein the second terminal device is a second terminal of the program information providing device. Second receiving means for receiving the program recording reservation setting script transmitted from the transmitting means, signal converting means for converting the program recording reservation setting script received by the second receiving means into a program recording reservation setting control signal, A fourth transmission unit for transmitting the program recording reservation setting control signal converted by the signal conversion unit, wherein the recording device transmits the program recording reservation setting control signal to the fourth terminal of the second terminal device. Third receiving means for receiving the program recording reservation setting control signal transmitted by the means, fourth receiving means for receiving the program in the program table, and a recording medium for receiving the program received by the fourth receiving means. Recording means for recording the program received by the fourth receiving means in response to the program recording reservation setting control signal received by the third receiving means. A program recording system, comprising: a control unit. 186. The program recording reservation setting address generated by the address generation / attachment means is an address for setting a program recording reservation and information for specifying a user who makes a program recording reservation. 185. The program recording system according to claim 185, wherein information on a program to be reserved for recording is visually indicated. 187. The program information providing apparatus further comprises a second storage unit for storing a generation history of the program recording reservation setting script generated by the program recording reservation setting script generating unit. A program recording system as described. 188. The program recording system according to claim 185, wherein said first terminal device has control means for requesting transmission of the program information searched by the search means of said program information providing device. 189. The program information providing device transmits the program information retrieved from the first storage device by the retrieval device to the first terminal device in response to a transmission request of the first terminal device. 189. The program recording system according to claim 188, further comprising: fifth transmission means. 190. The program recording system according to claim 189, wherein said first terminal device has second display means for displaying program information transmitted from said program information providing device. 191. The program information providing device, wherein the program information reservation setting script includes at least one program recording reservation setting script.
If at least one has already been generated, the recording device change mode address linked to the program recording reservation setting script generation history of the user in the program recording reservation setting script generation history stored in the second storage means. 189. The program recording system according to claim 187, wherein the program recording system generates and attaches the generated electronic mail to the program introduction e-mail. 192. The recording device change mode address generated by the address generation / attachment means is an address for shifting to a mode for changing the recording device, and specifies a user who changes the recording device. 191. The information to be visually displayed.
A program recording system as described. 193. The search means of the program information providing apparatus stores the program record reservation setting script generation history of the user stored in the second storage means in accordance with the access input information for the recording device change mode address. 199. The program recording system according to claim 191, wherein a search is performed. 194. The electronic mail generation means of the program information providing apparatus generates a recording apparatus change program selection electronic mail attached with a program record reservation setting script generation history searched by the search means. Claim 193
A program recording system as described. 195. The program information providing apparatus, wherein the address attaching means is stored in the first storage means for each history of the recording device change program selection e-mail to which the program recording reservation setting script generation history is attached. 199. The program recording system according to claim 194, wherein a recording device change program selection address linked to the program information is attached. 196. The recording device change program selection address generated by the address generation and attachment means is an address for selecting a program whose recording device is to be changed, and selects a recording device change program. 195. The program recording system according to claim 195, wherein information for specifying a user and information on a program whose recording device is to be changed are visually indicated. 197. The program recording reservation setting script generating means of the program information providing device, wherein the program for generating a program that changes the recording device that records a program in accordance with access input information to a recording device change program selection address is changed. The program recording system according to claim 195, wherein the recording reservation setting script is modified. 198. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program information reservation setting script generation means includes at least one program recording reservation setting script.
One or more of the program recording reservation setting script cancellation histories linked to the user's program recording reservation setting script creation history among the program recording reservation setting script generation histories stored in the second storage means. 187. The program recording system according to claim 187, wherein an address is generated and attached to the program introduction e-mail. 199. The program recording reservation setting cancel mode address generated by the address generation / attachment means is an address for shifting to a mode for canceling a program recording reservation setting, and a program recording reservation setting. 198. The program recording system according to claim 198, wherein information for specifying a user who cancels the program is visually indicated. 200. The search means of the program information providing apparatus generates the program recording reservation setting script of the user stored in the second storage means in accordance with the access input information to the program recording reservation setting cancel mode address. 199. The program recording system according to claim 198, wherein a history is searched. 201. An e-mail generating means of the program information providing apparatus, wherein the e-mail generating means generates a canceling e-mail attached with a program record reservation setting script generation history searched by the search means. Program recording system. 202. The address attaching means of the program information providing device, wherein the first electronic mail for each history of the cancel e-mail to which the program recording reservation setting script generation history is attached is attached.
189. The program recording system according to claim 185, further comprising: attaching a program recording reservation setting canceling address linked to the program information stored in the storage means. The program recording reservation setting canceling address generated by the address generating and attaching means is:
This address is an address for canceling the recording reservation setting of the program, and information for specifying a user who cancels the recording reservation of the program and information of the program for canceling the recording reservation setting are visually shown. 203. The program recording system according to claim 202, wherein: 204. The apparatus according to claim 201, wherein the first transmitting means of the program information providing apparatus transmits the canceling e-mail generated by the e-mail generating means to the first terminal device. Program recording system. 205. The search means of the program information providing apparatus searches for the program information stored in the first storage means in accordance with access input information to a program recording reservation setting canceling address. 203. The program recording system according to claim 202. 206. The program information reservation device generates a program recording reservation setting canceling script which is a control instruction for invalidating the program recording reservation setting script based on the program information retrieved by the retrieval means. 205. The program recording system according to claim 205, further comprising a setting cancel script generation unit. 207. The program information providing apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the second transmitting means transmits the program recording reservation setting canceling script generated by the program recording reservation setting canceling script generating means.
6. The program recording system according to item 6. 208. The program according to claim 207, wherein the second receiving means of the second terminal device receives the program recording reservation setting cancel script transmitted by the second transmitting means. Recording system. 209. The signal conversion means of the second terminal device converts the program recording reservation setting cancellation script received by the second reception means into a cancellation control signal. Program recording system. 210. The program recording system according to claim 209, wherein the third transmitting means of the second terminal device transmits the canceling control signal converted by the signal converting means. 211. The third receiving means of the recording device,
210. The program recording system according to claim 210, wherein the canceling control signal transmitted by said fourth transmitting means is received. 212. The program according to claim 211, wherein said control means of said recording device invalidates a program recording reservation setting control signal in response to a cancel control signal received by said third receiving means. Recording system. 213. The second terminal device, when the program recording reservation setting control signal or the canceling control signal transmitted by the fourth transmitting means is received by the third receiving means of the recording device. The program recording system according to claim 211, further comprising control signal reception information transmitting means for transmitting control signal reception information indicating the fact to said program information providing device. 214. The program information providing device, wherein the second
213. The program recording system according to claim 213, further comprising control signal reception information receiving means for receiving control signal reception information transmitted from the control signal reception information transmission means of the terminal device. 215. The electronic mail generation means of the program information providing device, wherein the control signal reception information receiving means receives the control signal reception information, and the program recording reservation setting control signal or the cancel control 215. The program recording system according to claim 214, wherein a control signal reception report e-mail indicating that the signal has been received by the recording device is generated. 216. The first transmission means of the program information providing device transmits the control signal reception report e-mail generated by the e-mail generation means to the first terminal device. 215. The program recording system according to Item 215. [217] The first receiving means of the first terminal device receives the control signal reception report e-mail transmitted from the first transmitting means of the program information providing device. 216. The program recording system according to item 216. 218. The program information providing apparatus further comprises a charging processing unit for performing a charging process for a program recording reservation setting in response to the control signal reception information receiving unit receiving the control signal reception information. Claim 2
15. The program recording system according to item 14. 219. A program information providing apparatus for storing a plurality of program information as attribute information of a program and transmitting the stored program information, and a first terminal for receiving program information transmitted from the program information providing apparatus. Device, a second terminal device for making a recording reservation setting of a program having program information transmitted to the first terminal device as attribute information, and a recording medium according to the program recording reservation setting of the second terminal device A program recording reservation method, wherein a recording device for recording a program is connected via a network, wherein the program information providing device is program information for introducing a program among the stored program information. A program introduction e-mail with at least one program introduction information attached is generated, a program recording reservation setting address linked to the stored program information is generated, and the program introduction e-mail is generated. Attach the generated program recording reservation setting address to each program introduction information, and transmit a program introduction e-mail to which the program recording reservation setting address is attached to the first terminal device at a predetermined time; The first terminal device receives the transmitted program introduction e-mail, displays the received program introduction e-mail, and sets a program recording reservation attached to the received program introduction e-mail. Inputting the access input information for accessing the address, transmitting the input access input information to the program information providing device, the program information providing device providing the access input information for accessing the program recording reservation setting address; A control command for searching for the program information stored in accordance with the program information and for recording the program on a recording medium based on the searched program information. Generating a group recording reservation setting script; transmitting the generated program recording reservation setting script to the second terminal device; the second terminal device receiving the transmitted program recording reservation setting script; The program recording reservation setting script is converted into a program recording reservation setting control signal, the converted program recording reservation setting control signal is transmitted to the recording device, and the recording device receives the transmitted program recording reservation setting control signal. A program recording method comprising: receiving the program; and recording and recording the received program on a recording medium in response to the program recording reservation setting control signal. 220. The generated program recording reservation setting address is an address for setting a program recording reservation, information for specifying a user who makes a recording reservation of the program, and a recording reservation. 220. The program recording method according to claim 219, wherein information of a program to be executed is visually indicated. 221. The program recording method according to claim 219, wherein said program information providing device accumulates a generation history of said generated program recording reservation setting script. 222. The first terminal device requests transmission of the searched program information.
9. The program recording method according to item 9. 223. The program information providing apparatus transmits the searched program information to the first terminal device in response to a transmission request from the first terminal device.
22. The program recording method according to claim 22, wherein 224. The program recording method according to claim 223, wherein the first terminal device displays the program information transmitted from the program information providing device. 225. The program information providing device, if at least one or more of the program recording reservation setting scripts have already been generated, select the program of the user from among the stored program recording reservation setting script generation histories. 223. The program recording method according to claim 221, wherein a recording device change mode address linked to the recording reservation setting script generation history is generated and attached to the program introduction e-mail. 226. The generated recording device change mode address is an address for shifting to a mode for changing the recording device, information for specifying a user who changes the recording device, and recording. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein information of a program for changing the apparatus is visually indicated.
26. The program recording method according to item 26. 227. The program information providing apparatus searches the program record reservation setting script generation history of the user stored in accordance with the access input information for the recording device change mode address.
The program recording method described. 228. The program recording method according to claim 227, wherein said program information providing device generates a recording device change program selection e-mail to which said searched program recording reservation setting script generation history is attached. . 229. The program information providing apparatus, wherein for each history of the recording device change program selection e-mail to which the program record reservation setting script generation history is attached, the storage device change linked to the stored program information is provided. 229. The program recording method according to claim 228, further comprising attaching a program selection address. 230. The generated recording device change program selection address is that this address is an address for selecting a program whose recording device is to be changed, and information that specifies a user who selects the recording device change program. 229. The program recording method according to claim 229, wherein information on a program whose recording device is to be changed is visually indicated. 231. The program according to claim 228, wherein said program information providing device transmits the recording device change program selection e-mail generated by said e-mail generation means to said first terminal device. Recording method. 232. The program information providing apparatus corrects a program recording reservation setting script generated so that the recording device that records a program according to access input information to a recording device change program selection address is changed. 230. The program recording method according to claim 229, wherein: 233. The program information providing device, if at least one program recording reservation setting script has already been generated, stores the program of the user in the stored program recording reservation setting script generation history. 223. The program recording method according to claim 221, wherein a program recording reservation setting cancel mode address linked to the recording reservation setting script generation history is generated and attached to the program introduction e-mail. 234. The generated program recording reservation setting cancel mode address specifies that this address is an address for shifting to a mode for canceling a program recording reservation setting, and specifies a user who cancels a program recording reservation. 233. The program recording method according to claim 233, wherein the information to be executed is visually indicated. 235. The program information providing device searches the stored program recording reservation setting script history according to access input information to the program recording reservation setting cancel mode address.
3. The program recording method according to 3. 236. The program recording method according to claim 235, wherein said program information providing apparatus generates a canceling e-mail attached with the searched program recording reservation setting script generation history. 237. The program information providing device attaches a program recording reservation setting canceling address linked to the program information stored for each history of the canceling e-mail to which the program recording reservation setting script generation history is attached. 220. The program recording method according to claim 219, wherein: 238. The program recording reservation setting canceling address generated by the address generating and attaching means is:
This address is an address for canceling the recording reservation setting of the program, and information for specifying a user who cancels the recording reservation of the program and information of the program for canceling the recording reservation setting are visually shown. 237. The program recording method according to claim 237, wherein: 239. The program recording method according to claim 236, wherein said program information providing device transmits the generated cancellation e-mail to said first terminal device. 240. The program recording method according to claim 237, wherein said program information providing apparatus searches for the stored program information according to access input information to a program recording reservation setting canceling address. 241. The program information providing device generates a program recording reservation setting canceling script which is a control instruction for invalidating the program recording reservation setting script based on the retrieved program information. Item 24
0 program recording method. 242. The program information providing device transmits the generated program recording reservation setting canceling script to the second terminal device.
1. The program recording method according to 1. 243. The program recording method according to claim 242, wherein said second terminal device receives said transmitted program recording reservation setting canceling script. 244. The second terminal device converts the received program recording reservation setting canceling script into a canceling control signal.
The program recording method described. 245. The program recording method according to claim 244, wherein said second terminal device transmits said converted cancellation control signal to said recording device. 246. A program recording method according to claim 245, wherein said recording device receives the transmitted control signal for cancellation. 247. The program recording method according to claim 246, wherein said recording device invalidates a program recording reservation control signal in accordance with the received control signal for cancellation. 248. The second terminal device, in response to the program recording reservation setting control signal or the canceling control signal transmitted by the recording device being received, transmits control signal reception information indicating that fact. 246. The program recording reservation method according to claim 246, wherein the program recording is transmitted to the program information providing device. 249. The program information providing device, comprising:
249. The program recording method according to claim 248, wherein control signal reception information transmitted from the terminal device is received. 250. The program information providing device, in response to receiving the control signal reception information, performing a control indicating that the program recording reservation setting control signal or the canceling control signal has been received by the recording device. 249. The program recording method according to claim 249, wherein an electronic mail for signal reception report is generated. 251. The program recording reservation method according to claim 250, wherein said program information providing device transmits the generated control signal reception report e-mail to a first terminal device. 252. The program recording method according to claim 251, wherein the first terminal device receives the control signal reception report e-mail transmitted from the program information providing device. 253. The program information providing apparatus performs a charging process for a program recording reservation setting in response to receiving the control signal reception information.
49. The program recording method according to 49.