JP2002300491A - Apparatus for outputting information on program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily acquire event information on television programs. SOLUTION: A program information acquisition means 4 is used to acquire program information. A display data creation means 8, that has received outputs program table data for displaying a television program table on a screen 18 onto the screen 18, based on the program information. Also, the event information acquisition means 4 acquires the event information, and the display data creation means 8 outputs event data for displaying acquired event information 16 on the screen 18, in connection with the television programs.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for displaying information on an event relating to a television program constituting an electronic program guide, and more particularly, to facilitating and efficiently obtaining the information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a technique for displaying a program guide such as a TV program list in a newspaper or magazine on a display, an EPG (Elastic Program) is used.
(ectronic Program Guide) technology is known. FIG.
FIG. 1 shows an example of an electronic program guide displayed on a display using the EPG technology.

As shown in FIG. 15, the contents of a program scheduled to be broadcast by each television station are arranged and displayed in chronological order in an electronic program guide. The viewer can select a desired program from the electronic program guide displayed on the display via the input means, and can easily perform viewing reservation and recording of the program. This allows the viewer to enjoy the television program without fail to miss the program he / she wants to watch, and by reliably recording the program.

[0004] On the other hand, with the rapid spread of personal computers and the Internet in recent years, the manner of spending leisure time at home, where viewing television programs has been the main entertainment in the past, has also become diversified. More and more people spend their leisure time.

An example of using such a personal computer as entertainment is a chat. Chat is a system that allows real-time text-based conversations with other users connected to the network. By chatting between users having a common hobby, real-time information exchange can be enjoyed. For example, in a chat about an actor, a drama performed by the actor is often critiqued among users.

[0006]

However, the chat is
Usually, it is held at various sites on the network, and the holding time varies depending on each site.
For this reason, there is a problem that the operation from the user searching for a desired chat site on the network to actually joining the chat site is troublesome. Further, when there are a plurality of similar chats performed in different time zones, it may be necessary to take a considerable time to find a chat held in a time zone in which one wishes to participate.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to make it easy to obtain chat information by displaying information on a television program and chat information on the television program in association with each other on a screen.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention (1)
A program guide data output device according to the present invention generates and outputs program guide data for displaying a program guide on a screen based on the program information obtained by the program information obtaining means. A display data creation unit, further comprising: an event information acquisition unit that acquires event information on the program, wherein the display data creation unit is configured to acquire the event information acquired by the event information acquisition unit. Event data for displaying event information on the screen in association with the program is created and output.

[0009] Therefore, it is possible to display event information performed on the site at various times in association with a program broadcast at a predetermined time. Thereby, the user can easily acquire event information on various programs from the program table.

(2) A program guide data output apparatus according to the present invention is a program information obtaining means for obtaining program information of a television program, and displays a program guide on a screen based on the program information obtained by the program information obtaining means. A display data generating unit for generating and outputting program table data to be executed, further comprising a chat information obtaining unit for obtaining chat information on the television program, wherein the display data generating unit is Creating and outputting chat data to be displayed on a screen in association with the TV program, wherein the chat information obtained by the chat information obtaining unit is output;
It is characterized by the following.

Therefore, it is possible to display information on chats performed on the site for various times in association with a television program broadcast at a predetermined time. This allows
The user can easily obtain chat information on various TV programs from the program guide.

(3) In the program guide data output device according to the present invention, the display data creating means creates and outputs the program guide data including the chat information based on the program information and the chat information.

Therefore, it is possible to display chat information on a program together with the program information. This makes it easier to obtain chat information.

(4) In the program guide data output apparatus according to the present invention, the display data creating means outputs the data for displaying the program information on the screen in association with the chat information after outputting the program guide data. .

Therefore, it is possible to display chat information related to a television program without changing the contents of the program table. Thereby, chat information can be obtained without impairing the display function of the program guide.

(5) In the program guide data output apparatus of the present invention, the program selection data is further selected by a reservation selecting means for reserving participation in a chat relating to the television program displayed on the screen. Display data control means for outputting data for automatically displaying a site on which the chat is performed on a screen based on the information of the chat.

Therefore, the user can make a reservation for a chat to participate by watching the TV program table. Also, when the reservation time comes, the site where the chat is performed is automatically displayed, and the user can surely participate in the chat.

(6) In the program guide data output apparatus according to the present invention, when the participation in the chat is reserved by the reservation selecting means, the display data creating means transmits the chat information of the reserved chat to the program guide. Create and output data to be mixed and displayed.

Therefore, it is possible to incorporate and display the chat information in the television program guide. This allows
The participation time of the reserved chat can be easily known from the TV program guide.

(8) A program guide data output device according to the present invention acquires a program guide data of a television having a predetermined broadcast time, and creates and outputs data for displaying the acquired program guide data on a screen. A table data output device, among content servers connected to the Internet, a content server that distributes information related to a program constituting the program table, wherein the content server has a limited distribution time of the content. Is acquired from the limited distribution time information database, and program table data in which the program table data and the opening information are mixed is created.

Therefore, it is possible to simultaneously display the program information for which the broadcast time is determined and the event information relating to the program performed on the Internet. As a result, it is possible to acquire information in which the distribution time of the Internet is limited.

"Display in association with a program" means that the television program is displayed not only if the user can grasp the association without switching the display screen by displaying the television programs in a mixed manner in the display area of each television program. This includes a case where the association can be grasped for the first time by the user by the display made by switching the display screen in the state where the display is switched.

The term "mixed display" refers to not only displaying all chat information as shown in FIG. 8 but also displaying an identifier indicating that a chat exists as shown in FIG. 14A. Including cases.

In the embodiment, the "program information acquisition means" corresponds to the processing of the CPU in steps S100 and S104 in FIG.

In the embodiment, the "event information acquisition means" corresponds to the processing of the CPU in steps S106 and S110 in FIG.

In the embodiment, the "display data creating means" refers to a CP for displaying the program table shown in FIGS. 8, 14 and 15.
The process of U corresponds.

In the embodiment, the "display data control means" corresponds to the processing of the CPU for switching the display on the display 18 as shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B.

[0028]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [Summary of the Invention] First, an overview of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a program guide data output device 2 according to the present invention comprises a program information acquiring unit 4, an event information acquiring unit 6, a display data creating unit 8, a reservation selecting unit 10,
And display data control means 12.

As shown in FIG. 1, the program information acquisition means 4 first acquires program information 14 and outputs the program information 14 to the display data creation means 8. The display data creating means 8 having received the program information 14 creates data (program guide data) for displaying the TV program guide on the screen 18 based on the program information 14 and outputs the data to the screen 18. As a result, a program table in which television programs are arranged and arranged for each channel and time zone as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the screen 18.

The event information acquisition means 4 acquires the event information 14 and outputs the event information 16 to the display data creation means 8 as shown in FIG. The display data creating means 8 creates and outputs data (event data) to display the acquired event information 16 on the screen 18 in association with the television program. As a result, on the screen 18, event information relating to the television program is displayed in association with the television program.

In this way, the event information relating to the television program is displayed on the screen 18 in association with the television program. Thereby, the user of the program guide data output device 2 can not only know the information of the TV program from the program guide but also easily acquire the event information related to the TV program.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the program guide data output device 2 of the present invention includes a reservation selecting means 10 for selecting an event relating to the television program displayed on the screen 18 and making a reservation. Information such as the start time of the event selected by the reservation selection means 10 is output to the display data control means 12. The display data control unit 12 automatically displays the site where the event is performed on the screen 18 at the start time based on the information of the event selected by the reservation selection unit 10.

Therefore, the user of the program guide data output device 2 does not need to remember when and where an event is performed by making a reservation. Thus, the user can surely participate in an event related to a television program.

[System Configuration and Hardware Configuration] Next, the chat information 16 relating to the television program is displayed on the screen 18.
An embodiment in the case of displaying above is described below. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration and a hardware configuration for implementing the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the system used in this embodiment includes a chat information server 20, a program information server 24, and a program guide data output device 2 (FIG. 1) communicably connected via a network 28. reference)
Is provided. The chat information server 20 is a content server.

As shown in FIG. 2, the program information server 24 stores a plurality of program information (see FIG. 1) in advance.
26. The program information is stored in the program information server 24.
Done by the administrator. As an administrator of the program information server 24, for example, a service provider that provides a program guide, a television station that broadcasts a television program, and the like can be considered.

FIG. 3 shows a data structure of each program information stored in the program DB 26. As shown in FIG.
Stores a plurality of pieces of program information for each television program.
Each piece of program information stores data relating to items necessary for creating program guide data for each program. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, for a television program with a management ID of “0001”, the item of the program name is stored as “Drama E”, and information about other items such as contents and genre is stored. ing.

As shown in FIG. 2, the chat information server 20 has a chat DB 22 in which a plurality of pieces of chat information (see FIG. 1) are stored in advance. It is conceivable that the storage of the chat information is performed by, for example, automatic registration by an Internet patrol type search engine or voluntary registration in the chat information server 20 by a chat establisher. Note that the chat DB 22 corresponds to a limited distribution time information database.

FIG. 4 shows the data structure of each piece of chat information stored in the chat DB 22. As shown in FIG.
The chat information is created for each chat, and data representing specific contents of the chat is stored in each chat information. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, for the chat with the management ID “1001”, the chat name is stored as “chat E1”, and the genre, the start time, the end time, and the URL Information is stored.

As shown in FIG. 2, the program guide data output PC2 includes a CPU 30, a memory 32, a communication board 34, a hard disk 36, a recording medium reader 38, and a tuner 4.
2 is provided. Further, the program guide data output PC2 is provided with a keyboard / mouse 1 serving as the reservation selecting means 10 (see FIG. 1).
0 is provided. The display (screen) 18 is connected to the program guide data output PC2 and displays a program guide, a broadcast of a television program, and the like.

Software such as an operating system (OS) and a program guide display program is installed on the hard disk 36. The program guide display program describes processing for the program guide data output PC 2 to output program guide data and the like on the display 18.
The CPU 30 and the memory 32 are used to execute processing performed by the program guide display program. To install the program guide display program, the recording medium 40 in which the program guide display program is stored in advance is inserted into a recording medium reader 38 to read out data, and the data is read from the hard disk 36.
This is done by copying to

Further, the hard disk 36 has a user program DB. The user program DB stores program information and chat information that are read when creating program table data. Creation of program guide data is performed by the user program DB
This is performed by synthesizing the data read out from the frame with the frame data of the program guide. The data structure of the user program DB will be described later.

The program information and the chat information are obtained when the program guide data output PC 2 performs data communication with the chat information server 20 and the program information server 24 via the communication board 34. Instead of acquiring the program information and chat information from the chat information server 20 and the program information server 24, the program information and chat information are recorded in advance on the recording medium 40, and the program information and chat information are recorded by the recording medium reader 38. It may be obtained by reading and storing it in the hard disk 36 of the program guide data output PC2.

The keyboard / mouse 10 is used to reserve a program to be viewed or a chat to participate in from among the programs and chats displayed on the display 18. The broadcast of the program reserved via the keyboard / mouse 10 is displayed on the display 18 at a predetermined time by controlling the tuner 42 connected to the antenna 44 for television broadcast reception. Similarly, the reserved chat site is displayed on the display 18 at a predetermined time via the communication board 34.

[Method of Creating User Program DB] Next, processing performed when data is stored in the user program DB used for displaying a program table will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a chat information display setting window. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a process performed when displaying the program guide. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of a user program DB stored in a hard disk 36.

An embodiment in which the program guide data output PC2 creates and outputs program guide data together with chat information as well as program information will be described.

First, the user sets the display method of the chat information before displaying the program guide. The display setting of the chat information is performed by checking each setting item of the chat information display setting window as shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the display method includes an item "when a program table is displayed" C10 and an item "embed in a program table" C14, and the genre includes a "television program". C20 and "Drama E" C3
The item of 0 is checked. Thereby, when the program guide is displayed, only the chat information related to drama E is incorporated in the program guide and set so as to be displayed on the display 18, so that it is possible to obtain the chat information according to the user's preference. become.

When the check of the chat display setting items is completed, the "OK button" B10 is clicked, and the display setting of the chat information is completed. Based on the contents set here, the following process of storing data in the user program DB is performed.

First, the program guide data output PC 2 is connected to the program information server 2 via the communication board 34 as shown in FIG.
4 and requests a plurality of pieces of program information (step S1).
00). The request for the program information is automatically performed based on preset contents, but may be set to be performed periodically, for example, every week,
You may set so that it may always be performed when the program guide display program is started.

In response to a request from the program guide data output PC2,
The program information server 24 transmits the requested program information to the program guide data output PC2 (step S102). For example, when the program information of February 19, 2000 is requested, the program information server 24 extracts all the program information of the date concerned from the program DB 26 and outputs the program table data output P
Send to C2.

The program guide data output PC 2 stores the acquired program information in the user program DB of the hard disk 36 (step S104). FIG. 7A shows an example of data in the user program DB when program information is stored. As shown in FIG. 7A, the program information extracted from the program DB 26 is stored almost as it is in the user program DB.

Next, the program guide data output PC 2 connects to the chat information server 20 via the communication board 34,
A request is made for chat information belonging to the set genre (step S106). In response to this, the chat information server 20 extracts chat information belonging to the requested genre from the chat DB 22, and outputs the program table data output PC2
(Step S108).

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the "TV program" C20 and the "Drama E" C
When 30 is selected, whether or not there is a chat related to “Drama E” for the item “Theme” is searched.
As a result, as shown in FIG.
Data of “E1” and “chat E2” are extracted, and data belonging to the row of the chat is transmitted to the program guide data output PC2.

The program guide data output PC2 executes step S1.
At 04, the chat information is further added to the corresponding date and time of the user program DB storing the program information and stored (step S110).

FIG. 7B shows an example of data of the user program DB in which chat information is further stored after storing the program information. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7B,
"Chat E1" in the table of the program name of management ID "0001"
Are additionally stored. The TV program with the management ID “0001” is on the same channel as drama E, and has the same “2001” as the start time and end time of chat E1.
The program is scheduled to be broadcast on February 19, 20:00 to 21:00 ". The data is stored with the symbol “;” between them to distinguish between the two data. As shown in FIG. 7, among the data items of the program information and the chat information, “program name” is set to “chat name”, “content” is set to “theme”,
“Channel” is stored in association with “URL”.

[Process from display of program guide to selection of reservation and automatic display] The user program DB is created by the above processing, and preparation for displaying the program guide is completed. When the program guide display program is started, the data stored in the user program DB and the frame data of the program guide are combined to create program guide data and output to the display 18. Thus, as shown in FIG. 8, the chat information is displayed on the display 18 in association with the television program.

Here, the association with the television program means that "chat E1" and "chat E2" are displayed in the time zone before and after the same channel as the television program "drama E" as shown in FIG. However, other associations may be used.

As described above, since the chat information is displayed in association with the television program, the user can easily know that the chat information on the television program exists.

Further, a chat information display area R10,
If the display area R30 of the television program and the display area R30 of the television program have the same color, they can be displayed further in association with each other. This makes it possible to easily identify the presence of a chat related to a TV program even when the time zone in which the chat is performed is separated from the broadcast time of the TV program.

The display mode of the chat information is not only displayed in parallel in the display area of each program as shown in FIG. 8 and displayed in parallel, but also the display area of the chat information occupies the entire display area of each program. May be displayed as follows.
Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the information may be displayed three-dimensionally so as to be distinguished from chat information. Also, 3
When displaying in a two-dimensional manner, the area for displaying the chat information may be displayed so as not to overlap the display area of the original program. Further, when the program is partially or wholly displayed, a part of the original program may be displayed transparently.

After the program guide is displayed as described above,
The user makes a chat participation reservation and a TV program viewing reservation.

When the program guide (see FIG. 8) is displayed on the display 18, the user selects a chat display area to participate in via the keyboard / mouse 10 while watching the program guide, and enters a chat. Make a reservation. Thus, at a predetermined time, a chat site is displayed on the display 18 based on chat information such as a URL. That is, the display area of the chat information (for example, the display areas R10 and R20 in FIG. 8) is an entrance to the chat site. This simplifies the procedure for participating in the chat.

For example, when the user wants to participate in the “chat E1” in the time slot of 20:00 to 21:00 of the eight channels in the program table shown in FIG. 8, the user sets the display range R10 of the chat by using the keyboard / mouse. Select through 10.

In response, the display 18 displays a chat participation reservation window as shown in FIG. When the user wants to participate in the chat, the user checks the column C40 of “participation”. Thereby, the reservation for participation in “chat E1” is completed. Here, the reserved program or chat is processed by changing the color of the display area or displaying a mark indicating that the reservation has been made. This is for distinguishing whether the program or chat is reserved.

It should be noted that viewing reservation of a television program is performed in the same manner. For example, in FIG. 8, the television program "Drama E"
Is desired to make a viewing reservation, the display range R30 is selected via the keyboard / mouse 10. The user selects the reservation of the program to be viewed in the displayed television program viewing reservation window (not shown).

As described above, when the reservation for chat participation is selected, the start time, end time, and URL of the chat are read into the memory 32, and when the chat start time is reached, the chat is performed. The site is automatically displayed on the display 18.

For example, in FIG. 8, "chat E1"
The display on the display 18 that is performed when the participation in “chat E2” is reserved and the viewing of “drama E” is further reserved will be described.

First, at 20:00 which is the start time of “chat E1”, the browser is started and the URL of the site where chat E1 is performed “http // www.chatxxx.net”
/...ID=1001 "is input. Thereby, the site where “chat E1” is performed as shown in FIG. 11B is automatically displayed on the display 18. Furthermore, at 21:00 which is the end time of “chat E1”, the browser is automatically ended.

Next, at 21:00 which is the broadcast time of the television program “Drama E”, the CP of the program table data output PC 2
The U30 controls the tuner 42 to match the eight channels. As a result, the display 18 shown in FIG.
The broadcast of "Drama E" as shown in FIG. 1A is automatically displayed. Further, at 22:00 which is the end time of the television program "Drama E", the connection of the tuner 42 is automatically cut off.

At 22 o'clock, which is the start time of “chat E2”, a site where “chat E2” is performed as shown in FIG. Will be displayed automatically. Further, at 23:00 which is the end time of “chat E2”, the browser is automatically terminated.

In this way, the user can not only watch the television program at a predetermined time, but also can surely chat with the television program.

In this embodiment, the site where the chat is performed is automatically displayed. However, in order to prompt the user to connect to the site where the chat is performed, a button provided with a link to the site is clicked. The information may be displayed automatically or an alarm may be sounded.

[Chat Information is Displayed After Displaying Program Guide] In the above-described embodiment, the program guide is displayed including the chat information when it is displayed.
The chat information may be displayed according to a certain operation after the program guide is displayed.

An embodiment in which a chat reservation is selected after the program table is displayed and the chat information is mixedly displayed in the program table will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart in the case where the chat information is displayed after the program guide is displayed. FIG. 13 shows a chat participation selection window.

In this embodiment, first, "after program table display" C16 is checked in the chat display setting window shown in FIG. Thus, a normal program guide (see FIG. 15) that does not include the chat information in the user DB is displayed on the display 18. As described above, the program guide display method is as follows: the program guide data output PC2 reads out the data of the user program DB in which the program information is stored in advance and combines the data with the frame data of the program guide to create the program guide. This is done by outputting.

After the program guide is displayed, the CPU 30 of the program guide data output PC 2 determines whether or not the program is selected via the keyboard / mouse 10, as shown in FIG. 12 (step S200). ).

When a program is selected, the program table data output P
C2 accesses the chat information server 20 and inquires whether there is chat information on the program (step S202).

The program guide data output PC 2 includes the chat information as shown in FIG. 13 when a response indicating that a chat related to the selected program exists from the chat information server 20 and the chat information of the chat is obtained. Display a chat participation selection window (step S20)
4). In this way, the chat information about the television program is displayed on the display 18 based on the operation of selecting the program. On the other hand, program table data output P
When C2 obtains a response indicating that there is no chat related to the selected program, the process ends without displaying the chat participation selection window.

When the participation in the chat is selected, the program guide data output PC 2 additionally records the information of the chat in the user program DB (step S208). For example, in FIG. 13, when the chat names “chat E1” and “chat E2” are selected and the join button B20 is pressed, the chat information of the chat names “chat E1” and “chat E2” is stored in the user program DB. (FIG. 7B
reference).

Further, the program guide data output PC2 reads out the user program DB, creates and outputs program guide data including chat information in the program guide (step S21).
0). As a result, the display 18 displays a program guide in which the chat information of the chat for which the reservation is selected is mixed as shown in FIG. 8, and the user can check the chat information by looking at the program guide. Become. This allows
The user can easily acquire the chat information selected for reservation.

Further, the site where the chat selected for reservation is performed is displayed on the display 1 based on the chat information.
8 is automatically displayed. The display of the site where the chat is performed is performed in the same manner as the method described in the above embodiment.

In this embodiment, the program guide is displayed after the program guide is displayed, so that the program guide in which the chat information is mixed is displayed. Alternatively, a program guide in which chat information is mixed may be displayed by selecting whether or not to display chat information.

[Other Embodiments] In each of the above-described embodiments, the chat information such as the chat name and the theme is displayed on the program guide. First, it is shown that the chat information on the TV program exists. The identifier may be displayed. FIG. 14 shows an example of a program guide displaying an identifier indicating the presence of chat information.

First, in this embodiment, the item C12 of "identifier only" is checked in the chat display setting window shown in FIG. As a result, when the program guide is displayed, only whether or not there is chat information related to each television program is searched. For example, FIG.
As shown in (2), when the chat information of the television program "Drama E" exists, the identifier 300 is displayed in the display area R30 of the program.

Further, when the identifier 300 is selected via the keyboard / mouse 10, the display R10 of "chat E1" and the "chat E2" as shown in FIG.
Is displayed R20. This allows the user to easily determine whether or not a chat exists without impairing the display function of the program guide.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the program guide data is generated and output based on the program information obtained by the program guide data output PC 2. However, the program guide data output PC 2 obtains the program guide data. You may make it.

In each of the above embodiments, a television program has been described. However, the present invention can be applied to a radio program and the like.

In the above-described embodiments, the chat information is used as the event information related to the television program. However, information such as a questionnaire, a quiz, and shopping may be used. This makes it possible to display information on questionnaires, quizzes, and shopping conducted on the site at various times in association with television programs broadcast at predetermined times. Therefore, the user can easily acquire information on questionnaires, quizzes, and shopping related to various television programs from the program guide.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a system that exchanges information with a person other than a television station that broadcasts a television program such as a chat is displayed as event information. It is possible to share information about programs. However, a device that exchanges information with a television station that broadcasts a television program may be used as event information. This allows the viewer to participate in the content of the television program.

In the above-described embodiment, the program information is obtained from the program information server 24. However, the program information may be obtained from broadcast data of a TV program via the antenna 44 and the tuner 42.

In the above-described embodiment, a chat site having a fixed start time and a fixed end time has been described as a content server with a limited distribution time. Then, the present invention can be applied to other content servers.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration and a hardware configuration for implementing the invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of program information stored in a program DB 26;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of chat information stored in a chat DB 22.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a chat information display setting window.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a process performed when displaying a program guide.

FIG. 7 shows a user program D stored in the hard disk 36.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of data B.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of chat information displayed in association with a television program.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a program table in which chat information is displayed three-dimensionally.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a chat participation window.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example of a program broadcast and a chat site automatically displayed on the display 18.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a flowchart in a case where chat information is displayed after a program table is displayed.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a chat participation selection window.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a program table when chat information is displayed using an identifier indicating the presence of chat information.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display example of a program guide according to the related art.

[Description of Signs] 2... Program table data output device (program table data output P
C) 4 ··· Program information acquisition means 6 ··· Event (chat) information acquisition means 8 ··· Display data creation means 10 ··· Reservation selection means (keyboard / mouse) 12 ··· Display data control means 14 Program information 16 Event information 18 Screen (display) 20 Chat information server 22 Chat DB 24 Program information server 26 program DB 28 network 30 CPU 32 memory 34 communication board 36 hard disk 38 recording medium reader 40 .Recording medium 42 Tuner 44 Antenna

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[Claims] 1. Program information acquisition means for acquiring program information; display data creation means for creating and outputting program guide data for displaying a program guide on a screen based on the program information acquired by the program information acquisition means; A program table data output device, further comprising: event information acquisition means for acquiring event information on the program, wherein the display data creation means, the event information acquired by the event information acquisition means, A program guide data output device, which creates and outputs event data to be displayed on a screen in association with a program. 2. Program information acquisition means for acquiring program information of a television program, display data for creating and outputting program guide data for displaying a program guide on a screen based on the program information acquired by the program information acquisition means. A program table data output device comprising: a chat information acquisition unit that acquires chat information about the television program; and the display data creation unit includes the chat acquired by the chat information acquisition unit. A program guide data output device, wherein chat data for displaying information on a screen in association with the television program is created and output. 3. The program guide data output device according to claim 2, wherein the display data creating means creates and outputs the program guide data including the chat information based on the program information and the chat information. Features. 4. The program guide data output device according to claim 2, wherein said display data creating means outputs chat program for associating said chat information with said television program on a screen after outputting said program guide data. Features of outputting. 5. The program guide data output device according to claim 2, further comprising: reservation selecting means for reserving participation in a chat relating to said television program displayed on a screen; Display data control means for outputting data for automatically displaying a site where the chat is performed on a screen based on information of the chat. 6. The program guide data output device according to claim 2, further comprising: reservation selecting means for reserving participation in a chat relating to the television program displayed on a screen; Display data control means for outputting data for displaying, on the screen, a display for prompting connection to a site where the chat is performed, based on the information of the chat. 7. The program guide data output device according to claim 5, wherein said display data creating means, when a chat participation is reserved by said reservation selecting means, transmits chat information of said reserved chat. A program for generating and outputting data to be mixed and displayed in the program guide. 8. A program table data output device for acquiring program table data of a television having a predetermined broadcast time, creating and outputting data for displaying the acquired program table data on a screen, and connecting to the Internet. Of the content servers
A content server for distributing information related to a program constituting the program guide, wherein a distribution time of the content server whose distribution time of the content is limited is obtained from a limited distribution time information database, And generating program table data in which the opening information is mixed. 9. A program guide data output method for displaying a TV program guide on a screen based on program information of an obtained TV program, comprising: obtaining chat information on the TV program; And displaying it on a screen in association with the program guide data. 10. A program guide data output program for causing a computer to perform a process of displaying a TV program guide on a screen based on program information of an obtained TV program, the program guide data obtaining program comprising: A computer-readable program guide data output program for performing a process of displaying the chat information on a screen in association with the television program.