JP2002118884A - Remote controller, method for remote control and view totalizing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote controller capable of improving operability for selecting information contents. SOLUTION: The remote controller 101 is provided with a memory card 102 recording a banner file. Source information indicating a source for acquiring information contents and title information indicating contents are recorded in the banner file. When a button on a key operation part 106 is depressed, a CPU 113 successively displays the title information on an LCD 104, and when a 'determination' button is depressed, the source information corresponding to the title information is read out. A transmission part 108 wirelessly transmits the source information to an information control device. The control device acquires the information contents in accordance with the source information and displays the acquired information contents on the display.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote controller and a remote control method, and more particularly, to a remote controller and a remote control method for operating an information control device for displaying information contents obtained via broadcasting or the Internet on a display, and viewing. Regarding the tallying system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with the development of the Internet and the spread of satellite broadcasting, a huge variety of information contents has been provided. These information contents are sometimes viewed using a personal computer or the like, but are often displayed and viewed on a television display.

[0003] When the content is viewed on a television display, the display is connected to an information control device usually called a set-top box (STB), and information content is displayed on the display. In most cases, the STB is remotely operated from a remote place by a remote controller. Conventionally, television broadcasting has a small number of channels, and information content selection is limited to inputting only a limited number of channels. Therefore, it has been easy to input and operate a channel using a remote controller.

[0004] However, as the types of information contents provided recently increase, it becomes difficult for viewers to grasp which program is provided on which channel, and it is provided on the Internet. The information content is stored in a computer network address (eg, U
It is necessary to input and acquire a long character string such as RL).

When viewing on a personal computer, it is relatively easy to input a character string of a computer network address using a keyboard or the like, and it is possible to store a computer network address of desired information content as a bookmark, It is also possible to display an electronic program guide (EPG) on a display of a personal computer and select and view a desired program.

[0006] When viewing on a television display, an electronic program guide can be displayed on the display to select a program. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-1 discloses a technique for inputting a computer network address using a dedicated keyboard or transmitting a computer network address read by a scanner integrated with a remote controller.
No. 52924.

[0007]

However, when an electronic program guide is displayed on a television display, it is difficult to confirm the display contents from a place slightly away depending on the display resolution of the display. If you are not immediately before, you can not find the information content you want to watch.

Further, it is difficult to understand what kind of information content indicates only a character string such as a computer network address. Further, when the electronic program guide is displayed, the display of the information content is hindered. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a remote controller with improved operability for operating an information control device.

[0009] Further, in the case where the information content has an expiration date, if a computer network address or program information of the information content whose expiration date has passed is registered in the bookmark, unnecessary access may be made without knowing that the expiration date has expired. There is. In addition, it is difficult to easily transmit information such as a channel, a broadcast time, and a computer network address when transmitting a favorite information content to a person.

[0010] Further, it is troublesome to input authentication information every time the user accesses information contents requiring user authentication. In addition, there is little chance to know excellent information contents only by information of advertisements and electronic program guides transmitted from the contents creator. Another object of the present invention is to provide a user-friendly remote controller that further solves these problems.

[0011]

According to the present invention, there is provided a remote controller for remotely operating an information control device and displaying information contents on a display of the device, the information being displayed on the display. Storage means for storing a plurality of files in which title information indicating the content of the content is associated with source information indicating an acquisition source of the information content; a display device for displaying the title information; and a display device for displaying the title information. Receiving means for receiving a display update instruction and a selection instruction for the received title information, causing the display device to update and display the title information stored in the storage means in accordance with the display update instruction, and storing the title information in accordance with the title information selection instruction. Control means for reading out the corresponding source information stored in the And a transmitting means for transmitting to the information control device scan information as an output signal, the information control unit acquires the information content is set to be displayed on the display according to the received source information.

[0012]

Embodiments of a remote controller according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of Embodiment 1 of a remote controller according to the present invention. The remote controller 101 includes a memory card 102, a memory card I / F 103, and an LCD (Liquid Crys).
tal Display: liquid crystal display device) 104, display I / F 105, key operation unit 06, key input I / F
107, transmitting unit 108, remote control encoder 1
09, the receiving unit 110, and the remote control decoder 111
, A clock 112, and a CPU 113, a memory card I / F 103, a display I / F 105, a key input I / F 1
07, a remote control encoder 109, a remote control decoder 111, a clock 112, and a CPU 113 are connected by a bus 114.

FIG. 2 shows an external view of the remote controller 101. The remote controller 101 has a housing 2
An LCD 104 is provided in front of the front surface of the keypad 01, and a transmission key 202 and a reception key 20 constituting the key operation unit 106 are provided behind the LCD 104.
3. Mark setting key 204, mark release key 205, previous key 206, next key 207, previous mark key 208, next mark key 209, enter key 210, and user registration key 2
11 are arranged. A memory card slot 212 for attaching and detaching the memory card 102 is provided on the rear surface of the housing 201. On the front surface of the housing 201,
A transmitting unit 108 for transmitting a wireless signal and a receiving unit 110 for receiving a wireless signal are provided. A power button 213 is provided on a side surface of the housing 201.

The memory card 102 is made up of a flash memory and constitutes a file system as shown in FIG. A plurality of files are stored in the BANNER directory 302 immediately below the ROOT 301. Here, BNER0001. BAN, BNER
0002. BAN, ..., BNER0005. BAN
It is assumed that the following five files are stored.

Although all banner files are stored immediately below the BANNER directory,
Sub-directories may be provided below the NER directory to classify and store banner files. In each of these files, source information for acquiring information content and title information for introducing the information content are described. Such a file is called a banner file.

FIG. 3B shows an example of the data format of the banner file. BNER000
1. The BAN banner file 303 includes header information 3
04, source information 305, and title information 306 are described. The header information 304 includes a header tag 307
, Registration date and time 308, deletion date and time 309, mark setting date and time 310, source information offset 311, user information offset 312, and title information offset 31
3 and a file size 314 are described. From the source information offset 311, the source information 305 is described from the address 0x20 of the banner file 303, and from the title information offset 313, the title information 306 is written to the address 0x of the banner file 303.
44 shows that the information is described.

The source information 305 includes the banner file BNER0001. The acquisition source of the information content shown by BAN is shown. Source information 305 includes URL tag 3
15, a URL size 316, and a specific URL 317
Is described. The title information 306 includes the banner file BNER0001. It indicates the content of the information content indicated by the BAN. Title information 306
Describes an image tag 318, an image size 319, and bitmap information 320.

An image 321 of the bitmap information 320
Is shown in FIG. 3 (c). Memory card I / F1
Numeral 03 performs input / output of the memory card 102 with the CPU 113. The LCD 104 displays an image 321 of the bitmap information included in the title information under the control of the CPU 113 via the display I / F 105, as shown in FIG.

The display I / F 105 has a CP on the LCD 104.
The bitmap information notified from U113 is displayed.
The key operation unit 106 receives a press of the keys 202 to 211 by the viewer and determines a key input I / F 1 in order to determine information content to be displayed by the information control device described later.
07, the CPU 113 notifies the CPU 113 of an input signal of the pressed key.

The key input I / F 107 is a key operation unit 10
The CPU 113 notifies the CPU 113 of the input signal of the key pressed in step 6. Transmitting section 108 wirelessly transmits the signal encoded by remote control encoder 109 to the information control device. The remote control encoder 109 converts the source information notified from the CPU 113 into an encoded signal, and notifies the encoded signal to the transmitting unit 108.

Receiving section 110 receives an encoded signal from the outside and notifies remote control decoder 111 of the encoded signal. The remote control decoder 111 decodes the encoded signal notified from the receiving unit 110 and notifies the CPU 113 of the decoded signal. Clock 112
Measures the current time and notifies the CPU 113.

The CPU 113 turns on the power button 213
Then, it is determined via the memory card I / F 103 whether or not the memory card 102 is inserted. When mounted, the BANNER directory 302
Access the title information of the first banner file of the default. Here, the first banner file is the number “XXX” in the file name “BNERXXX.BAN”.
X "means the smallest one. BA shown in FIG.
In the NNER directory 302, the banner file "B
NER0001. "BAN" is the first banner file.

Note that the first banner file accessed when the power is turned on is not the first banner file but the start date and time recorded in the banner file.
It can also be the one closest to the current time measured by. The CPU 113 reads out the bitmap information 320 of the title information 306 of the accessed banner file via the memory card I / F 103 and displays the display I / F 105.
Notify.

Next, the CPU 113 operates the key input I / F 1
It is determined whether the signal notified from 07 is one of the “previous” key 206, the “next” key 207, and the “enter” key 210. If the signal is the "previous" signal, the title information of the banner file before the currently displayed bitmap information is accessed, the bitmap information of the title information is read, and the display I / F 105 is notified. In the banner file “BNER0001.BAN”, there is no previous banner file, so the last banner file “BNER0.
005. "BAN" is the previous banner file.

When the CPU 113 is notified of the “next” signal, the CPU 113 displays the currently displayed banner file and “BNER000”.
1. BAN ”next banner file“ BNER000 ”
2. BAN ”is read, the bitmap information of the title information is read, and the display I / F 10
Notify 5 The banner file "BNER000
5. When the "next" signal is notified while the bitmap information of "BAN" is displayed, the process returns to the top and accesses the title information of the banner file "BNER0001.BAN".

When notified of the "decision" signal, the CPU 113 reads out the source information of the banner file including the bitmap information currently displayed on the LCD 104 via the memory card I / F,
Notify 9. For example, when the bitmap information 320 of the title information 306 of the banner file “BNER0001.BAN” shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the LCD 104, “http: // www” of the source information 317 is displayed.
w. marubatsu. co. jp "is notified to the remote control encoder 109.

Further, the CPU 113 executes a predetermined time interval,
For example, when a notification of the current time is received from the clock 112 at intervals of 10 seconds, it is determined whether or not the memory card 102 is mounted via the memory card I / F 103. To access the banner file. The erasure date 309 is read from the banner file header information 304, and it is determined whether or not the notified current time has passed the erasure date 309. If it is determined that the time has elapsed, the banner file is deleted via the memory card I / F 103. If it is determined that the time has not passed, similar processing is sequentially performed on the banner files stored in the BANNER directory 302.

As a result, the title information of the banner file is not displayed on the LCD 104 after the date and time set in advance as the deletion date and time. Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting source information to the information control device.

In the CPU 113, the power button 213 is turned on.
(S402), and the memory card I / F1
It is determined whether or not the memory card 102 is inserted into the memory card slot 212 via the memory card slot 03 (S40).
4). When installed, the memory card I / F 10
3, the title information 306 of the first banner file
Is accessed (S406). The bitmap information 320 of the title information 306 is read and notified to the display I / F 105 (S408). The display I / F 105 is the LCD 1
The bitmap information 320 notified in step 04 is displayed (S410).

The CPU 113 determines whether the signal notified from the key input I / F 107 is a "decision" signal (S4).
12) If not, it is determined whether or not the signal is a “previous” signal (S)
414). If the signal is "before", the title information 306 of the previous banner file is accessed (S416), and S40 is executed.
Return to 8. If not, it is determined whether the signal is the “next” signal (S
418) In the case of the “next” signal, the title information of the next banner file is accessed (S420), and the process returns to S408. If not, the process returns to S412.

If the signal is a "decision" signal in S412, the source information 305 of the banner file is read and notified to the remote controller encoder 109 (S42).
2). The remote controller encoder 109 converts the notified source information 305 into a format suitable for wireless communication, and
08 to the information control device (S42).
4), end the process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of deleting an unnecessary banner file stored in the memory card 102. First, the CPU 113 sets the clock 11
Then, the current time is acquired from Step 2 (S502). CPU 504
Indicates that the memory card 102 is
Is determined (S504), and if it is mounted, the top banner file is accessed (S5).
06). The deletion date / time 309 of the header information 304 of the banner file is read, and it is determined whether the current time has passed the deletion time (S508). If it has elapsed, the banner file is deleted from the BANNER directory 302 of the memory card 102 (S51).
0).

Next, the CPU 113 determines whether or not the next banner file is stored (S512). If the next banner file is not stored, the CPU 113 terminates the processing. If the next banner file is stored, the CPU 113 accesses the banner file. (S514), S508
Return to In the present embodiment, the title information 3
06 is composed of bitmap information of a still image, but may be a moving image or composite information of a moving image and audio. In the case of including audio, a speaker for outputting the audio and an audio I / F must be provided.

Next, the operation of the information control device using the remote controller 101 will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a state in which the remote controller 101 operates the information control device. The information control device 601 has the ST
B, record and read information contents to and from the large-capacity recording device 602, receive broadcast radio waves with the antenna 603, perform communication via the communication line 604, and display information contents and the like on the display 605. . These controls are performed by receiving a wireless signal from the remote controller 101 such as an infrared ray or a radio wave.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of the information control device 601. The information control device 601 includes a receiving unit 701 that receives a wireless signal from the remote controller 101, and a decoder 702 that decodes a wireless signal received by the receiving unit.
And a tuner 703 for acquiring a broadcast wave received by an antenna 603, a modem 704 for communicating via a communication line 604, a clock 705 for measuring the current time, and recording for inputting and outputting to and from a large-capacity recording device 602. Device I / F706
A display I / F 707 for displaying information content on an external display 605; and a CPU 708.

The large-capacity storage device 602 is composed of a hard disk, a DVD-RAM, or the like, and has a file structure as shown in FIG. IN just below ROOT801
In the ET directory 802 and below, information contents acquired via the communication line 604 are #
1, # 2, ... are stored. INET. IDX
8B, the source information of the information content is described by a URL tag 804, a URL size 805, and a URL 806 in the storage order of the information contents # 1, # 2,... As shown in FIG.

In the BROAD directory 807 immediately below the ROOT 801, information contents acquired by the tuner 703 are stored in directory units, such as # 1, # 2,. BROAD. The IDX 808 describes the source information of the information contents in the storage order of the information contents # 1, # 2,... As shown in FIG. 8C. BROA
D. The IDX 808 includes a program tag 809, a program information size 810, a program ID 811 and channel information 810.
, A start date and time 813, an end date and time 814, and an option flag 815 are described as source information.

Now, as shown in FIG. 6, the source information "http" is transmitted from the transmission unit 108 of the remote controller 101.
p: // www. marubatsu. co. When the receiving unit 701 of the information control device 601 receives the wireless signal of “jp”, it is decoded into source information by the decoder 702, and C
The PU 708 is notified. The CPU 708 determines whether the notified source information includes a URL or a program ID. In this case, the source information is URL “http: // w
ww. marubatsu. co. jp "
Via the recording device I / F 706, the INET. IDX803
To determine whether the same URL is recorded. If the same URL can be searched, the large-capacity recording device 6
02 is read from the INET directory 802 and displayed on the display 605 via the display I / F 707. As shown in FIG.
T. If the same URL cannot be found in # 1, # 2,... Of the IDX 803, the URL “http://www.ma.com” is transmitted from the communication line 604 via the modem 704.
rubatsu. co. jp ”is acquired and displayed on the display 605 in the same manner.

When the notified source information includes the program ID, the CPU 708 receives a notification of the current time from the clock 705 and determines whether or not the start date and time included in the source information is later than the current time. When the result is affirmative, the recording reservation for the large-capacity recording device 602 is set. If it is determined that the current time has not passed the end date and time included in the source information, it is determined whether the current time has passed. If the current time has passed, the BROAD. The IDX is searched to determine whether or not the same program ID as the notified program ID is recorded. If the program ID is recorded, the information content of the program ID is read from the large-capacity recording device 602, and the display I / F 70
7 is displayed on the display 605. When it is determined that the current time has not passed the end date and time included in the source information, the tuner 703 is set to acquire the information content of the program ID.

The tuner 703 notifies the obtained information content to the display I / F 707, and the display I / F 707
The information content is displayed on the display 605. Next, the operation of the information control device 601 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when the source information transmitted from the remote controller 101 is notified from the decoder 702 (S901), the CPU 708 determines whether or not the source information is a URL (S902). Recorded INE
T. IDX803 is searched (S903), and the same URL is searched.
It is determined whether or not is recorded (S904). If not, the modem 704 is connected to the line 604, the URL is accessed, and the information content is obtained (S905). If it is recorded, the corresponding information content is obtained from the large-capacity recording device 602 (S
906). Display the acquired information content on display 6
05 (S907), and the process ends.

If the source information is not a URL but a program ID, the CPU 708 obtains the current time from the clock 705 (S908) and determines whether the current time is before the start date and time of the source information (S909). ), Before,
Large-capacity recording device 602 for the program identified by the program ID
Is set (S910), and the process ends. If it is after the start date and time, it is determined whether or not the current time has passed the end date and time of the source information (S911). If it has passed, the BROAD. IDX
808 (S912), and determines whether the same program ID 811 is recorded (S913). If it is not recorded, the process is terminated. If it is recorded, the corresponding information content is obtained from the large-capacity recording device 602 (S914), and the process proceeds to S917.

If the CPU 708 determines in S911 that the current time has not passed the end date and time, the tuner 7
03 is set according to the channel information 812 of the program identified by the program ID, and the information content is acquired (S
915), and it moves to S907. (Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the remote controller according to the present invention will be described.

FIG. 10 shows remote controllers.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a state in which the contents of a banner file stored in a memory card of a first remote controller are transmitted to a second remote controller and recorded on a memory card of the second remote controller. Here, the configurations of the first remote controller 101 and the second remote controller 1001 are the same as the configurations shown in FIG. However, unlike the memory card 102 of the first remote controller 101, one banner file “BANER001.BAN” 1102 is stored in the BANNER directory 1101, unlike the memory card 102 of the first remote controller 101, as shown in FIG. Shall be

In the first remote controller 101,
A transmission mode is set to transmit a banner file to the second remote controller 1001. When the “send” button 202 of the key operation unit 106 is pressed by the viewer, the key input I / F 107 outputs the “send” signal to C
Notify the PU 113. Upon receiving the notification of the “transmission” signal, the CPU 113 reads the banner file including the title information 306 currently displayed on the LCD 104 from the memory card 102 via the memory card I / F 103 and notifies the remote controller encoder 109 of the read banner file.

The remote controller encoder 109 converts the content of the notified banner file into an encoded signal and notifies the transmitter 108 of the encoded signal. Transmitting section 108 wirelessly transmits the signal encoded by remote controller encoder 109 to second remote controller 1001. Note that the CPU 113
Reads out the banner file except for the user information when the banner file contains the user information described later.

The second remote controller 1001 sets a reception mode in order to receive a banner file transmitted from the first remote controller 101. When the “Receive” button 203 of the key operation unit 106 is pressed by the viewer, the key input I / F 107 notifies the CPU 113 of a “Receive” signal. The receiving unit 110
When a signal transmitted from the first remote controller 101 is received, the signal is notified to the coder 111 for the remote controller.

The remote controller encoder 111 decodes the notified signal and notifies the CPU 113 of the decoded signal. CPU
113 receives the notification of the “reception” signal, and displays the display I / F.
“Receiving” is displayed on the LCD 104 via the display 105 as shown in FIG. Further, upon receiving the notification of the decoded banner file from the remote controller decoder 111, the CPU 113 transmits the BANNER directory 1101 of the memory card 102 via the memory card I / F 103.
Banner file "BNER0001.BAN" at the beginning of
1102, the banner file 1102 is read, and it is determined whether or not the content is the same as the content of the notified banner file. If they are not the same, the next banner file is accessed, the banner file is read, and it is determined whether or not the content is the same as the notified banner file. If the content of the banner file is not the same as the content of all the banner files stored in the memory card 102 of the remote controller 1001, the content of the notified banner file is replaced with the header information 30.
Update 4 and record. If the contents of the banner file already stored in the memory card 102 and the contents of the notified banner file are the same, the notified banner file is rejected because there is no need to record duplicately.

When recording the banner file notified to the memory card 102, the header information 30 of the banner file is recorded.
4 is updated by acquiring the current time from the clock 112. As shown in FIG. 11B, the name of the banner file is “BNE” obtained by adding “1” to the number of the file name of the banner file 1102 already recorded.
R0002. BAN "1103.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described separately for the first remote controller 101 on the transmitting side of the banner file and the second remote controller 1001 on the receiving side. Since the operation of the first remote controller 101 is different from the operation of S412, S422, and S424 in the flowchart of FIG. 4 described in the first embodiment, each step is read as follows.

At S412, CPU 113 determines whether or not the signal is a "transmission" signal. If affirmative, in S422, the banner file is read, and in S424, the transmission unit 108 transmits the banner file encoded by the remote controller encoder 109. The operation of the second remote controller 1001 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The CPU 113 waits for the reception of the "reception" signal from the key input I / F 107 (S120).
2) Display “receiving” on the LCD 104 via the display I / F 105. Next, the receiving unit 110 receives a banner file from the first remote controller 101 (S1206).

Upon receiving the notification of the banner file, the CPU 113 determines whether the banner file is stored in the BANNER directory 1101 of the memory card 102 (S1208). If no banner file is stored, the registration date and time 308 of the header information 304 of the received banner file is updated to the current time (S1210), and additionally recorded as a new banner file in the BANNER directory 1101 (S1212).
The process ends.

When the banner file is stored in step S1208, the
Access the top banner file in the directory (S
1214). The contents of the first banner file and the received banner file are compared (S1216). It is determined whether or not the banner file is the same (S1218). If it is the same, the process is terminated. If not, it is determined whether or not the next banner file is stored in the BANNER directory 1101 (S1220). S if not stored
The process moves to 1210, and if it is stored, the next banner file is accessed (S1222), and the process returns to S1216.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the remote controller according to the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, the viewer sets a mark in advance in the banner file 303 or the like stored in the memory card 102 and displays only the marked title information when selecting the information content. It is.

The structure of this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment.
Since the configuration is the same as that described above, description will be given with reference to FIG. The viewer displays the title information 306 of the banner file stored in the BANNER directory 302 of the memory card 102 on the LCD 104, and when the favorite title information 306 is displayed, the “mark setting” button 204 of the key operation unit 106 Press.

To cancel the mark setting of the banner file in which the mark is set, the title information 306 is displayed on the LCD 104 and the “mark cancel” button 205 of the key operation unit 106 is pressed. Key input I /
F107 receives the press of the “mark setting” button 204, and notifies the CPU 113 of a “mark setting” signal. Further, when the “unmark” button 205 is pressed, the “unmark” signal is notified to the CPU 113.

The key input I / F 107 outputs a “previous mark” signal when the “previous mark” button of the key operation unit 106 is pressed, and outputs a “next mark” signal when the “next mark” button is pressed. Are notified to the CPU 113, respectively. CP
When U113 is notified of the "mark setting" signal, U113
12 to obtain the current time. CPU 113 is an LCD
In 104, the current time acquired at the mark setting date and time in the header information 304 of the banner file corresponding to the title information currently being displayed is written.

For example, as shown in FIG.
4 Banner file "BNER0001.BAN" 30
When the “mark setting” signal is notified when the image 321 of the bitmap information 320 of the title information 306 of No. 3 is displayed, the banner file 30 shown in FIG.
The current time is written at the mark setting date and time 310 of No. 3,
As shown in FIG. Banner file "BNER0
001. “2000/1 / 1.18: 0” is written in the mark setting date 1302 of “BAN” 1301.

The CPU 113 displays the title information 1303 of the banner file 1301 in which the mark is set, that is, the set date and time written in the mark set date and time 1302, on the LCD1.
At the time of display on the image 04, as shown in FIG. 14, a mark 1402 is added to the image 1401 of the title information and displayed. The CPU 113 determines that the image 1401 of the title information 1303 of the marked banner file 1301 is L
When the notification of the "mark release" signal is received while being displayed on the CD 104, the set date and time written in the mark set date and time 1302 is reset, that is, the full bit is turned on. The banner file 1301 is a banner file 3 in which the mark setting date and time 310 shown in FIG.
03.

When the “power” button 213 is turned on, the CPU 113 displays the title information of the first banner file on the LCD 104 by default, and upon receiving a “previous mark” signal, receives the banner file being displayed. Is accessed, it is determined whether or not the set date and time is written in the mark set date and time 1302 of the header information 304. If not, the previous banner file is accessed and the mark set date and time 1302 is set. It is determined whether or not the set date and time are written in the. When the banner file in which the mark setting date and time 1302 is written is reached, the title information 130 of the banner file is written.
3 is read, and a mark 1 is added to the image of the bitmap information on the LCD 104 via the display I / 105.
402 is displayed.

Similarly, upon receiving the notification of the “next mark” signal, the CPU 113 finds the next banner file in which the set date and time is written in the mark set date and time 1302, and puts the mark 14 on the image of the title information 1303 of the banner file.
02 is displayed. Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an operation for setting a mark on a desired banner file. Note that the same steps as those in the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 of the first embodiment are denoted by the same step numbers. , The description of which is omitted. Steps S412, S422, S in the first embodiment
424 are different. In S1502, the CP
U113 determines whether the signal is a "mark setting" signal. If not, the process proceeds to S414. If affirmative, the current time is obtained from the clock 112 (S1504), and the memory card I / O is acquired.
The obtained time is written to the mark setting date and time 1302 of the header information of the banner file via F103 (S
1506).

In the operation for unmarking the banner file once the mark has been set, it is determined whether or not the signal is an "unmark" signal instead of S1502. If not, S41
4, if affirmative, instead of S1504 and S1506, the full bit ON of the mark setting date and time 1302 of the header information of the banner file is performed via the memory card I / F.

Next, the operation of transmitting source information to the information control device 601 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. It is to be noted that the operations of steps S414 to S420 in the flowchart of FIG. 4 according to the first embodiment are mainly different from the first embodiment, and therefore only operations unique to the present embodiment will be described. In S412, the CPU 113
If it is determined that the signal is not the “decision” signal, it is determined whether the signal is the “previous mark” signal (S1602). If the signal is the "previous mark" signal, the previous banner file is accessed (S1604), and it is determined whether or not the set date and time is described in the mark set date and time 1302 of the header information of the banner file (S1606). S if not listed
Returning to 1604, if it is described, the process returns to S408. If it is determined in S1602 that the signal is not the “previous mark” signal, it is determined whether the signal is the “next mark” signal (S1602).
1608) If not, return to S412. "Next mark"
If it is a signal, access the next banner file (S1
610), it is determined whether or not the set date and time is described in the mark set date and time 1302 of the header information (S161).
2). If not, the process returns to S1610, and if not, the process returns to S408.

In S410, the CPU 113
When the image of the bitmap information is displayed on the LCD 104, if the set date and time is described in the mark set date and time 1302, the mark 1402 is added and displayed. By doing so, the memory card 102
Even if a large number of banner files 303 are stored in the banner, the banner file of the information content of the "favorite" of the viewer is marked in advance, and the banner with the mark is selected when the information content is selected. The information content can be efficiently selected by accessing only the file.

In the present embodiment, the source information to be transmitted is selected from the banner file in which the mark is set. However, a “batch transmission” button is provided in the key operation unit 106 of the remote controller 101.
The source information of all the marked banner files may be transmitted to the information control device in a batch in response to the pressing of the “batch transmission” button. In the information control device,
It is also possible to display information contents one by one according to the source information received collectively.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 17 shows a state in which a keyboard is connected to a remote controller in order to register user information in a banner file in a remote controller according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. The configuration of the remote controller 101 is the same as that shown in FIG. 1 of the first embodiment.

In the present embodiment, when a user ID and a password are required to obtain information contents,
A user ID and a password are transmitted to the information control device 601 as user information together with source information. “User registration” button 21 of key operation unit 106
When 1 is pressed by the viewer, the key input I / F 107
The CPU 113 is notified of a “user information registration” signal.

When the keyboard 1701 is connected to the bus 114 and notified of a “user information registration” signal from the key input I / F 107, the CPU 114
Are registered in the banner file to which the displayed title information belongs. At the same time, instead of displaying the title information, an image 17 displaying the user ID and the password input to the LCD 104 is displayed.
02 is displayed.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a banner file in which the user information of the memory card 102 is registered.
In the banner file 1801, user information 1802 is newly registered. The user information 1802 is a user ID
Tag 1803, user ID size 1804, and user I
D1805, a user password tag 1086, a user password size 1807, and a user password 1809. When a user ID and a user password are input from the keyboard 1701 by the viewer, the CPU 1
13, data is written into each item, and the header information 1
The user information offset 1811 at 810 also indicates “BNER
0001. The offset value of the address in the “BAN” banner file 1801 is written.

As described above, the user information 1802 is registered in the banner file 1801 in advance, and the source information 181 is registered.
If the user information is transmitted at the same time as the transmission of 2, it is possible to avoid the trouble of inputting the user information every time the user accesses the information content requiring the user authentication.
Next, the operation of registering user information according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The same steps as those in the operation of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

Subsequent to S410, the CPU 113 determines whether or not the signal notified from the key input I / F 107 is a "user information registration" signal (S1902).
Move to 414, and if yes, the connected keyboard 17
The input of the user ID and the user password from 01 is received (S1904), the user information including the user ID and the user password is registered in the banner file being accessed (S1906), and the process ends.

Next, the operation of the information control device 601 will be described with reference to FIG.
0 will be described. In the remote controller 101 according to the present embodiment, the CPU 113
Upon receiving the notification of the “decision” signal, reads the user information together with the source information of the banner file, and the transmitting unit 108 transmits the signal of the user information to the information control device 601 together with the source information.

Operations similar to those in the flowchart of FIG. 9 described in the first embodiment are denoted by the same step numbers, and description thereof is omitted. S906, S914, S91
In each of the steps 5, upon acquiring the information content, the CPU 708 determines whether or not the information content requests user information (S2002).
If so, the user ID and password of the user information are checked against the authentication condition of the information content (S2004). If the check is successful (S2006), the information content is output to the display (S907), and the process is performed. To end. If the collation fails, the process ends. If the user information is not requested, the content is output to the display (S907), and the process ends.

In S901, the receiving unit 701
Receives the user information together with the source information and notifies the CPU 708 via the decoder 702. (Embodiment 5) FIG. 21 is a configuration diagram of a viewing counting system of Embodiment 5 using a remote controller according to the present invention. This viewing and counting system includes a remote controller 101, an information control device 601, and an information content providing personal computer 2101.
1 and the information content providing personal computer 2101 are connected by a communication line 604.

Information content provider PC 2101
The banner creator database 2102 and the viewing and counting unit 2101 include a banner creator database 2102 and an output unit 2105. FIG. 22A shows the BANN of the memory card 102 of the remote controller 101.
The banner file "B" recorded in the ER directory
NER0001. BAN ".

Source information 22 of banner file 2201
02 is a program tag 2 for specifying information contents.
203, program information size 2204, program ID 2205,
In addition to the channel information 2206 and the option flag 2209, creator information 2213 indicating the creator of the banner file 2201 and address information 221 for viewing and counting
7 is recorded.

The creator information 2213 includes a banner creator tag 2210 indicating the creator information, a banner creator information size 2211, and a banner creator ID 2212 for identifying the creator of the banner file. The address information 2217 includes an information content creator tag 2214.
, An address size 2215, and an address 2216 of a mail destination for viewing and counting.

The title information 2218 includes the information in the first embodiment.
Similarly, bitmap information 2219 indicating the content of the information content is included.
When the image 219 is displayed on the LCD 104, an image 2220 as shown in FIG. Image 22 on LCD 104
When the viewer presses the “OK” button 210 while “20” is displayed, a “OK” signal is notified to the CPU 113 from the key input I / F 107.

The CPU 113 has a memory card I / F 10
2, “BNER0001.B” recorded in the BANNER directory 302 of the memory card 102.
Source information 2202 of the banner file 2201 of “AN”
And notifies the remote control encoder 109.
The transmission unit 108 transmits the source information 2202 converted into the transmission signal by the remote control encoder 109 to the information control device 60.
1 for wireless transmission.

The information control device 601 acquires the information content according to the source information and displays the information content on the display 605 as in the first embodiment. At this time, the creator information 2213 included in the source information
And program ID 2205 or URL 317 in source information
(See FIG. 3B) via the modem 704 to the communication line 604 addressed to the address 2216 in the address information 2217.
Communicate by

Information content providing personal computer 2101
Constitutes a counting device, and is specified by an address 2216. The banner creator database 2102 stores a banner creator list in which creators of banner files recorded in the BANNER directory 302 of the memory card 102 are described.

FIG. 23 shows an example of a banner creator list. The banner creator list 2301 is provided with a banner creator ID column 2302, a banner creator name column 2303, and a mail address column 2304 which is a contact address of the banner creator. The viewing counting unit 2103 has a RAM and the like,
A program ID or URL communicated from a plurality of information control devices 601 or the like via the communication line 604 and a banner creator ID for identifying a creator of a banner file are recorded together with a communication date and time.

FIG. 24 shows an example of a viewing summary table recorded in the viewing summary section 2103. Viewing schedule 2401
Has a program ID or URL column 2402 and a date / time column 2402.
3 and a banner creator ID column 2404 are provided.
The viewed information content is specified by the program ID or the content recorded in the URL column 2402. Date and time column 2
From the content recorded in 403, the date and time when the information content was displayed on the display 605 by the information control device 601 can be known. When this information content is viewed on the basis of the recorded contents of the banner creator ID column 2404, it is possible to know which banner file the viewer has selected with reference to.

For example, the program ID “0x1234567”
The information content identified by "8" is a viewing totaling table 2401.
As shown in the first, second, and fourth rows of the banner creator ID “0”
x12312312 "and viewed and viewed, and as shown on the third line, the banner creator ID" 0x789 "
01234 "is viewed and viewed.
The calculating unit 2104 calculates the viewing totaling table 2401 recorded in the viewing totaling unit 2103 for each information content in a predetermined period on a daily or weekly basis, that is, the same program ID or the same UR.
For each L, the number of views for each banner creator ID recorded in the banner creator ID column 2404 is calculated. Calculation unit 2104
Calculates the contribution rate of how much each banner creator contributed to the viewing of information content by dividing the number of views for each banner creator ID by the total number of views.

Next, since the amount of reward given to the advertisement of the banner file for the viewing of the information content from the information content provider is input in advance, the calculating unit 2104 calculates the contribution rate of each banner creator to the amount of reward. To determine the amount of distribution. The output unit 2105 notifies the banner creator of the distribution amount determined by the calculation unit 2104 using the mail address described in the banner creator database 2102.

Next, the operation of the information control apparatus 601 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Operations that are the same as the operations in the first embodiment are given the same step numbers, and descriptions thereof are omitted. Subsequent to step S907, the CPU 708 transmits the banner creator ID and the like to the address 2216 of the information content provider PC 2101 of the information content creator via the communication line 604 (S907).
2502), the process ends.

As described above, by writing the banner creator information 2213 in the source information of the banner file of the memory card 102, the information content provider can know which banner file has selected the information content. And pay the creator of attractive banner files the right reward. In the above embodiments, the removable memory card 102 is used, but the memory card 102 may be integrated with the remote controller 101.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the information management in the remote controller 101 is realized by the file system, but there are various other methods such as management as records in a database. In the above embodiments, a specific data structure is shown in the banner file, but other data structures may be used.

In each of the above embodiments, the information control device 601 is provided with a large-capacity recording device 602, an antenna 603, and a communication line 60 as means for obtaining information contents.
4 is connected, but information means may be obtained by only some means or by other means. In each of the above embodiments, the information control device 601 communicates with the communication line 604 via the modem 704. However, when connecting to the local area network, it is necessary to communicate via a dedicated LAN card. is there.

In the fourth embodiment, the user information is a character string of an ID and a password, but may be biometric information such as a fingerprint or a face image. In each of the above embodiments, the method of obtaining the banner file includes the method of distributing the memory card and the method of copying between the remote controllers described in the second embodiment.
There are various methods such as publishing on the homepage.

Further, if the remote controller is integrated with the portable telephone, it goes without saying that the banner file can be easily distributed via the telephone line.

[0093]

As described above, the present invention relates to a remote controller for remotely operating an information control device and displaying information contents on a display of the information control device, wherein the contents of the information contents displayed on the display are displayed. Storage means for storing a plurality of files in which title information is associated with source information indicating an acquisition source of the information content, a display device for displaying the title information, and a display device for displaying the title information. Receiving means for receiving a display update instruction and a selection instruction; updating the title information stored in the storage means on the display device in accordance with the display update instruction; and storing the title information in the storage means in accordance with the title information selection instruction Control means for reading the corresponding source information, and an output signal To a transmitting means for transmitting to the information control device, the information control device is directed to be displayed on the display to obtain information content according to the received source information. With this configuration, the viewer can see the title information indicating the content of the information content displayed on the remote controller at hand even from a place away from the display, so that the operation instruction can be reliably sent to the information control device. And does not hinder the display of the currently viewed information content on the display.

Further, a clock is provided, and each file stored in the storage means includes header information describing an erasure date and time, and the control means obtains a current time from the clock. In addition, there is provided an erasing section for erasing each file whose erasure date and time has elapsed from the storage means. With such a configuration, when the information content has a use expiration date, it is possible to prevent unnecessary access without knowing that the expiration date has expired.

Further, the apparatus further comprises receiving means for receiving a file transmitted from another remote controller, wherein the receiving means has a receiving section for receiving a file receiving and transmitting instruction, and the transmitting means comprises: A transmission unit that wirelessly transmits a file to a controller, wherein the control unit reads a file including title information displayed on the display device from the storage unit according to a transmission instruction, and notifies the transmission unit of the read notification unit; An update unit that updates a registration date and time described in header information and stores the updated date and time in the storage unit when a file received by the reception unit according to a reception instruction does not match a file stored in the storage unit. I have to do that. With such a configuration, it is possible to easily transmit the favorite information content to another person.

Further, a clock is provided, and each file stored in the storage means includes header information describing a mark setting date and time, and the reception means displays the mark setting date and time on the display device. A mark registration receiving unit that receives a mark registration instruction to register a mark in a file including title information, and a mark update instruction unit that receives a display update instruction of title information of a file in which the mark is registered, and the control unit includes: When a mark registration instruction is received, a recording unit that records the current time at the mark setting date and time of the file, and according to a display update instruction of the file in which the mark is registered, the header information of the file stored in the storage unit is stored. A mark title display system for reading title information in which a mark set date and time is recorded and displaying the title information on the display device It is set to have a part. With such a configuration, a favorite information content is previously searched and marked, and the information content can be efficiently selected based on the mark.

[0097] The control means further includes a mark display control unit for displaying a mark in accordance with the title information displayed on the display device. Such a configuration makes it clear that the information content is a favorite information content. Further, the receiving unit further includes a release receiving unit that receives a mark release instruction for releasing the registration of the mark of the file in which the mark is registered, and the control unit further includes a header of the file that has received the mark release instruction. It has a reset unit for resetting the mark setting date and time of the information. With such a configuration, the mark of the information content that is no longer needed can be released.

Further, the receiving means further has a batch transmission receiving section for receiving a batch transmission instruction of the source information, and the control means further stores the batch transmission instruction in the storage means when the batch transmission instruction is issued. A source information batch reading unit that reads all the source information in which the mark setting date and time of the header information of the file is recorded, wherein the transmitting unit collectively uses the read source information as an output signal and outputs the source information. I am going to send to. With such a configuration, favorite information contents can be displayed on the information control device in a lump.

The receiving means has a user registration unit for receiving a user information registration instruction, and a keyboard for inputting user information including a user ID and a user password. The control means transmits the user information registration instruction to the user information registration instruction. When notified, when there is input of user information from the keyboard, a user information registration unit for registering user information in a file displaying title information on the display device, and in accordance with a title information selection instruction, A user information reading unit that reads out user information together with the corresponding source information stored therein, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the source information and the user information to the information control device as output signals, and the information control device When the user information is successfully collated, the information content is displayed on the display. With such a configuration, a user ID, a user ID,
A password can be input, and there is no need to input a password or the like after selecting the information content.

The present invention also relates to a remote control method for remotely operating an information control device to display information contents on a display of the information control device, comprising: title information indicating the contents of the information contents displayed on the display; A storage step of storing in advance a plurality of files associated with source information indicating an acquisition source of information content, a display step of displaying title information, a display update instruction and a selection instruction of the title information displayed in the display step And displaying the title information stored in the storage step in accordance with the display update instruction in the display step, and reading out the corresponding source information stored in the storage step in accordance with the title information selection instruction. The control step and the read source information as output signals And a transmitting step of transmitting to the information control unit, the information control unit acquires the information content is set to be displayed on the display according to the received source information. With this configuration, the viewer can see the title information indicating the content of the information content displayed on the remote controller at hand even from a place away from the display, so that the operation instruction can be reliably sent to the information control device. And does not hinder the display of the currently viewed information content on the display.

Further, the present invention is a viewing and counting system comprising a remote controller, an information control device, and a counting device according to claim 1, wherein the source information includes a file creator ID, an information content, The information control device communicates a file creator ID and identification information of the information content to the address of the aggregation device when the information content is displayed on a display. The counting device includes a recording unit that records the communicated creator ID and the identification information of the information content by adding the communication date and time, and a file creation unit for each information content according to the creator ID. Calculation means for calculating whether or not the content has been contributed, and information provided by the information content provider according to the contribution of the file creator. It is set to be provided with determination means for determining the distribution amount. With such a configuration, an appropriate amount of reward can be determined for the creator of the file used to select the information content.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a remote controller according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a remote controller according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3A illustrates a memory card 10 according to the embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a banner file stored in the second embodiment. (B) is a figure showing an example of the data composition of the above-mentioned portable banner file. (C) is a diagram illustrating an example of an image of bitmap information included in title information according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of deleting a banner file according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an operation state of an information control device using the remote controller described in the above embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of the information control device shown in FIG. 6 of the embodiment.

FIG. 8A is a diagram showing a file configuration recorded in the large-capacity recording device of the embodiment. (B)
Is the INET. It is a figure showing an example of the contents of IDX. (C) shows the BROA of the above embodiment.
D. It is a figure showing an example of the contents of IDX.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the information control device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing a second embodiment for updating the contents of the memory card of the remote controller according to the present invention.

FIG. 11A is a diagram showing a banner file before updating the memory card according to the embodiment. FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a banner file of the memory card after updating according to the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a mark setting date and time of header information of a banner file is written according to the third embodiment of the remote controller according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a mark added to an image of title information displayed on the LCD according to the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of setting a mark on a banner file according to the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of transmitting source information according to the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a state where a keyboard is connected for registering user information in a remote controller according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing user information registered in a banner file according to the embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of registering user information according to the embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the information control device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a configuration diagram of a viewing and counting system according to a fifth embodiment using a remote controller according to the present invention.

FIG. 22A is a diagram showing a data structure of a banner file registered in a memory card of the remote controller according to the embodiment. (b) is a figure which shows an example of the image of the bitmap information of the said embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a banner creator list stored in a banner creator database of the information content providing side personal computer of the embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a viewing summary table stored in a viewing summary section of the information content providing side personal computer of the embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the information control device of the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101, 1001 Remote controller 102 Memory card 103 Memory card I / F 104 LCD 105 Display I / F 106 Key operation unit 107 Key input I / F 108 Transmission unit 109 Remote control encoder 110 Receiver 111 Remote control decoder 112 Clock 113 CPU 114 Bus 212 Memory card slot 213 Power button 601 Information control device 602 Large capacity recording device 603 Antenna 604 Communication line 605 Display 701 Receiver 702 Decoder 703 Tuner 704 Modem 705 Clock 706 Recording device I / F 707 Display I / F 708 CPU 2101 Information Content providing personal computer 2102 Banner creator database 2103 Viewing and counting section 2104 Calculation section 2105 Output section

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A remote controller for remotely operating an information control device to display information content on a display of the information control device, comprising: title information indicating the content of the information content displayed on the display; and an acquisition source of the information content. Means for storing a plurality of files in association with source information indicating a title, a display device for displaying title information, and a reception for receiving a display update instruction and a selection instruction for title information displayed on the display device Means for controlling the display device to update and display the title information stored in the storage means in accordance with a display update instruction, and to read out corresponding source information stored in the storage means in accordance with a title information selection instruction; Transmits the read source information to the information control device as an output signal That a transmitting means, said information controller, remote controller, characterized in that to display the acquired information content according to the received source information on the display. 2. The system further comprises a clock, wherein each file stored in the storage unit includes header information describing an erasure date and time, and the control unit acquires a current time from the clock. 2. The remote controller according to claim 1, further comprising an erasing unit for erasing each file whose erasure date and time has elapsed from the storage unit. A receiving unit for receiving a file transmitted from another remote controller, wherein the receiving unit has a receiving unit for receiving a file receiving and transmitting instruction; A transmission unit that wirelessly transmits a file to a controller, wherein the control unit reads a file including title information displayed on the display device from the storage unit according to a transmission instruction, and notifies the transmission unit of the file. An update unit that updates a registration date and time described in header information and stores the updated date and time in the storage unit when a file received by the reception unit does not match a file stored in the storage unit according to a reception instruction. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein: 4. A file further comprising a clock, wherein each file stored in the storage unit includes header information describing a mark setting date and time, and the reception unit displays the mark setting date and time on the display device. A mark registration receiving unit that receives a mark registration instruction for registering a mark in a file including title information, and a mark update instruction unit that receives a display update instruction for title information of a file in which the mark is registered, wherein the control unit includes: When a mark registration instruction is received, a recording unit that records the current time at the mark setting date and time of the file, and according to a display update instruction of the file in which the mark has been registered, the header information of the file stored in the storage unit is A mark title display system for reading title information in which a mark setting date and time is recorded and displaying the title information on the display device. The remote controller according to claim 1, characterized by having a part. 5. The remote controller according to claim 4, wherein the control unit further includes a mark display control unit that displays a mark in accordance with the title information displayed on the display device. 6. The receiving unit further includes a release receiving unit that receives a mark release instruction for releasing registration of a mark of a file in which a mark is registered, and the control unit further receives a mark release instruction. 5. The remote controller according to claim 4, further comprising a reset unit for resetting a mark setting date and time of the header information of the file. 7. The receiving unit further includes a batch transmission receiving unit that receives a batch transmission instruction of source information, and the control unit further stores a batch transmission command when the batch transmission command is issued. A source information batch reading unit that reads all the source information in which the mark setting date and time of the header information of the file is recorded, wherein the transmitting unit collectively uses the read source information as an output signal 5. The remote controller according to claim 4, wherein the remote controller transmits the call to the remote controller. 8. The receiving means has a user registration unit for receiving a user information registration instruction, and a keyboard for inputting user information including a user ID and a user password. When notified, when there is an input of user information from the keyboard, a user information registration unit for registering user information in a file displaying title information on the display device; and A user information reading unit that reads out user information together with the corresponding source information stored therein, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the source information and the user information to the information control device as output signals; Displaying the information content on a display when the user information is successfully collated. Remote controller 1 described. 9. A remote control method for remotely operating an information control device and displaying information content on a display of the information control device, comprising: title information indicating the content of the information content displayed on the display; and acquisition of the information content. A storage step of storing a plurality of files associated with source information indicating a source in advance, a display step of displaying title information, and a reception of receiving a display update instruction and a selection instruction for the title information displayed in the display step A control step of: displaying the title information stored in the storage step in the display step in accordance with a display update instruction, and reading out the corresponding source information stored in the storage step in accordance with the title information selection instruction; The information control device uses the read source information as an output signal. Outgoing and a step, wherein the information control unit, a remote control method for causing the display to obtain information content according to the received source information to display sending to. 10. A viewing counting system comprising the remote controller according to claim 1, an information control device, and a counting device, wherein the source information includes a file creator ID and information content viewing / listening. The information control device, when displaying the information content on a display, communicates a file creator ID and information content identification information to the address of the tallying device; The apparatus includes a recording unit that records the transmitted creator ID and the identification information of the information content by adding the communication date and time, and which file creator contributed to the viewing of the information content according to the creator ID for each information content. And the distribution amount of the reward provided by the information content provider according to the contribution of the file creator And a deciding means for deciding the viewing / listening.