JP2002374506A - Information acquisition method, information acquisition system, medium and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem that a conventional information acquisition system cannot provide useful information, if any, relating to a program because of the limit in the information quantity carried on a broadcast wave when the broadcast wave is broadcast including the program attached with program relevant information. SOLUTION: The information acquisition system of this invention is provided with; a TV 6 that has a display means 11 for displaying a program; and an information providing device 13 that provides information to the TV 6, and the TV 6 acquires information related to the program displayed on the display means 11 from the information providing device 13 by other means than a broadcast radio wave 5 of the program.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information acquisition method, an information acquisition system, a first device, a second device, a medium, and a program for acquiring information on a program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In television broadcasting, not only video and audio information constituting a program is broadcasted using broadcast waves, but also various information accompanying the program is added to broadcast the video and audio information. Is being broadcast using the Internet.

Information added to a program in this way includes, for example, EPG (Electronic Program Guide) information, closed captions (captions), character data broadcasting, and the like.

[0004] The EPG information is information on a list of programs and contents of the programs, and is used by a viewer to select a desired program. Closed captions are the titles, casts, explanations, dialogues, etc. of the program that are displayed in characters. In addition, the text data broadcast is a text broadcast, and such a text broadcast may be performed independently, or may be used to describe a program that broadcasts video and audio.

[0005] FIG. 13 shows a program to which character information is added as a TV program.
The example displayed on (television) is shown. The TV screen 90 is a display example of a program to which character information is added. TV screen 90
, Different information is displayed in two parts of the image 91 and the character 91, respectively. The image 91 is a video of a live broadcast of baseball in the game of Giants Hanshin, and is a video of a scene where a giant, Matsui, is at bat. The character 91 provides information on the Giant Hanshin Line, the batting performance of Matsui who is in the bat, information on other baseball games, and the like. Viewers
Information on baseball broadcasting can be obtained from not only the image 91 but also the characters 91, and the baseball broadcasting can be enjoyed more.

As described above, by adding various information to a program and broadcasting the program, for example, there is no need to select a program to be viewed, and even a foreign language program can be easily understood by subtitles. For example, it is possible for the viewer to view the program conveniently. Furthermore, if information such as an advertisement is added to a program and broadcast, the program provider can widely advertise services and articles sold by the program provider.

[0007]

However, the amount of information that can be broadcast using broadcast waves is limited. That is,
The amount of additional information that can be broadcast using a broadcast wave for broadcasting a program is limited. For this reason, for example, even if the amount of information such as the text 91 is further increased, it cannot be increased beyond the limit of the amount of information that can be broadcast by the broadcast wave for broadcasting the program. For this reason, the program providing side cannot provide more useful services related to the program, and thus the viewer side cannot acquire more useful information related to the program.

That is, when information accompanying a program is added to a broadcast wave for broadcasting the program and broadcast, it is possible to provide useful information related to the program even if there is useful information related to the program due to the limitation of the amount of information that the broadcast wave can broadcast. There is a problem that cannot be done.

[0009] Further, in the conventional method, the viewer can only obtain information prepared by the broadcasting station. That is, the type and amount of information to be obtained by the viewer is limited to a certain amount, and the information provider of the third party can freely send the information to the viewer even if they have information related to a specific program. There is a problem that can not be done.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and provides an information acquisition method, an information acquisition system, and a first device capable of acquiring useful information related to a program without being limited by the amount of information that a broadcast wave can broadcast. , A second device, a medium, and a program.

[0011] In the present invention, in consideration of the above problems, the type and amount of information obtained by a viewer are not limited to a certain level.
Provided is an information acquisition method, an information acquisition system, a first device, a second device, a medium, and a program that can be freely delivered to a viewer when a third information provider has information customary to a program. The purpose is to do so.

[0012]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 1) is to transmit information related to a program displayed on a display means to a broadcast wave of the program. This is an information acquisition method for acquiring information using other means.

Further, a second aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 2)
Comprises a first device having display means for displaying a program, and a second device for providing information to the first device, wherein the first device
The apparatus is an information acquisition system that acquires information related to a program displayed on the display unit from the second device using a unit other than a broadcast wave of the program.

A third aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 3)
Is a display means for displaying a program, and information obtained from a second apparatus for providing information to the first apparatus, using a means other than the broadcast wave of the program to obtain information related to the program displayed on the display means. A first device including an acquisition unit.

A fourth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 4)
The second device according to the third aspect of the present invention, wherein the second device has a database storing the related information, and the related information is obtained by searching the database with a predetermined key. One device.

A fifth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 5)
Is the first device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, wherein the predetermined key is an image.

The sixth invention (corresponding to claim 6)
The information obtaining means creates the predetermined key,
A first device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, which is passed to the second device.

The seventh invention (corresponding to claim 7)
In the first device according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the program is broadcasted with character information added thereto, and the information obtaining means creates the predetermined key by selecting the character information. is there.

An eighth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 8)
The program is broadcasted with genre information indicating the genre of the program added thereto, and the information obtaining means includes:
The first device according to a sixth aspect of the present invention, wherein the predetermined key is created using the genre information.

A ninth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 9)
Is a first device according to a sixth aspect of the present invention, wherein the program is broadcast with character information added thereto, and the information obtaining means creates the predetermined key using the character information. .

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 10), the information acquiring means creates prerequisite information which is a prerequisite for determining the predetermined key. The first device.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 11), the prerequisite information is all or a part of the program, and the information acquiring means is a part or a whole of information of the program. Is transmitted to the second device, and the second device is the first device according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, wherein the predetermined key is created using information of the transmitted program.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 12), the second device provides prerequisite information, which is prerequisite for determining the predetermined key, to the information obtaining means,
The information acquisition means is the first device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, wherein the predetermined key is determined using the premise information.

A thirteenth invention (corresponding to claim 13) is the first device according to the fourth invention, wherein the program is broadcast with the predetermined key added thereto.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 14), the predetermined key is created so that information provided by a trader who has contracted with the second device in advance is provided. 1 is a first device according to the present invention.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 15), the related information is information relating to a goods service, the key is information for specifying the goods service, and the information obtaining means. A key designation unit that designates the predetermined key from the program data, a key transmission unit that transmits the designated key, and a goods service information receiving unit that receives information about the specified goods service. The second device has an extraction information receiving unit that receives the transmitted key, a research unit that researches the goods service based on the received key, and the second device that is identified based on the research result. The first device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, further comprising a goods service information transmitting unit for transmitting information on the goods service.

A sixteenth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 16) is the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, wherein the information obtaining means further comprises a purchase means for applying for purchase of an article in accordance with the received information on the article service. It is a 1st apparatus of said.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 17), the second device has a counting means for counting the searched information, and transmits the counted result to another device. It is a 1st apparatus in any one of 3-16 of this invention.

According to an eighteenth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 18), the second device uses the first or the third aspect of the present invention using a network or another medium.
The first device distributes terminal software for realizing the function of the device to the first device in advance.

A nineteenth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 19) comprises virtual language software executing means for executing software described in a virtual language, wherein the terminal software is dependent on the model of the first device. The virtual language software executing means is configured to execute the terminal software.
Is a first device according to the present invention.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 20), the second device provides advertisement data to the information acquisition means, and the display means displays the advertisement data in the third to the third display. A first device according to any of the nineteenth aspects of the invention.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 21), there is provided an information providing means for providing information to a first device having a display means for displaying a program, wherein the first device comprises the display means. A second device that obtains information related to a program shown in the information providing unit from the information providing unit using a unit other than the broadcast wave of the program.

A twenty-second aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 22) includes a database storing the related information, and the related information is obtained by searching the database with a predetermined key. 21 is a second device according to the twenty-first aspect of the present invention.

A twenty-third invention (corresponding to claim 23) is the second device according to the twenty-second invention, wherein the predetermined key is an image.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 24), the first device creates the predetermined key,
A second device according to the twenty-second aspect of the present invention passed to the information providing means.

According to a twenty-fifth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 25), the program is broadcast with text information added thereto, and the first device selects the text information to execute the predetermined program. 24. A second apparatus according to the twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, which generates the key of (1).

According to a twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 26), the program is broadcast with genre information indicating the genre of the program added thereto.
A second apparatus according to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, wherein the predetermined key is created using the genre information.

According to a twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 27), the program is broadcast with text information added thereto, and the first device uses the text information to execute the predetermined program. A twenty-second device according to the twenty-fourth invention for creating a key.

According to a twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 28), in the twenty-second aspect of the present invention, the first device creates prerequisite information which is prerequisite for determining the predetermined key. The second device.

According to a twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 29), the prerequisite information is all or a part of the program, and the first device stores all or a part of the information of the program. Is transmitted to the second apparatus, and the information providing means is the second apparatus according to the twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention that creates the predetermined key using information of the transmitted program.

According to a thirtieth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 30), the information providing means provides the first device with prerequisite information which is a prerequisite for determining the predetermined key,
The first device is a second device according to the twenty-second aspect of the present invention that determines the predetermined key using the premise information.

A thirty-first invention (corresponding to claim 31) is the second apparatus according to the twenty-second invention, wherein the program is broadcast with the predetermined key added thereto.

According to a thirty-second aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 32), the predetermined key is created so that information provided by a trader who has contracted with the information providing means in advance is provided. 3 is a second device according to the present invention.

According to a thirty-third aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 33), the related information is information relating to a goods service, the key is information specifying the goods service, and the first device A key designation unit that designates the predetermined key from the program data, a key transmission unit that transmits the designated key, and a goods service information receiving unit that receives information about the specified goods service. The information providing means has an extracted information receiving means for receiving the transmitted key, a research means for researching the goods service based on the received key, and the specified information based on the research result. A second device according to the twenty-second aspect of the present invention, further comprising a goods service information transmitting unit for transmitting information relating to the goods service.

A thirty-fourth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 34) is the thirty-third aspect of the present invention, wherein the first device further comprises a purchase means for applying for purchase of an article in accordance with the received information on the article service. It is a 2nd apparatus of said.

Further, a thirty-fifth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 35) comprises a totaling means for totalizing the searched information, and the information providing means transmits the totalized result to another device. 35. A second device according to any one of claims 34 to 34.

According to a thirty-sixth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 36), the information providing means comprises a first device according to any one of the twenty-first to thirty-fifth aspects of the present invention using a network or another medium. This is a second device that distributes terminal software for realizing the above function to the first device in advance.

According to a thirty-seventh aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 37), the terminal software is described in a virtual language that can be executed independently of the model of the first device, and the first device is And a virtual language software executing means for executing software described in the virtual language, wherein the virtual language software executing means is the second device according to the thirty-sixth aspect of the present invention for executing the terminal software.

According to a thirty-eighth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 38), the information providing means provides advertisement data to the first device, and the display means of the first device displays the advertisement data. A second device according to any one of the twenty-first to thirty-seventh aspects of the present invention.

According to a thirty-ninth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 39), in the information acquisition method according to the first aspect of the present invention, information related to a program displayed on a display means is transmitted to a broadcast wave of the program. It is a medium carrying a program for causing a computer to execute all or a part of the steps obtained by using other means, and is a medium that can be processed by a computer.

According to a fortieth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 40), in the information acquisition system according to the second aspect of the present invention, the first device having display means for displaying a program and the first device are provided. A medium that carries a program for causing a computer to function as all or a part of the second device that provides information, and is a medium that can be processed by a computer.

According to a forty-first aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 41), the display means for displaying a program of the first device according to the third invention and the second means for providing information to the first device are provided. A medium carrying a program for causing a computer to function as all or a part of information acquisition means for acquiring information related to a program displayed on the display means from a device using means other than broadcast waves of the program. Which is a medium that can be processed by a computer.

According to a forty-second aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 42), there is provided the information provision for providing information to the first device having display means for displaying a program of the second device according to the twenty-first aspect of the present invention. A medium that carries a program for causing a computer to function as all or a part of the means, and is a medium that can be processed by a computer.

According to a forty-third aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 43), in the information acquiring method according to the first aspect of the present invention, information related to a program displayed on a display means is transmitted to a broadcast wave of the program. This is a program for causing a computer to execute all or a part of the steps obtained by using other means.

A forty-fourth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 44) is the information acquisition system according to the second aspect, wherein the first device having display means for displaying a program, and This is a program for causing a computer to function as all or a part of a second device that provides information.

According to a forty-fifth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 45), the display means for displaying a program of the first apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention and the second means for providing information to the first apparatus are provided. A program for causing a computer to function as all or a part of information acquisition means for acquiring information related to a program displayed on the display means from an apparatus by using means other than broadcast waves of the program.

According to a forty-sixth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 46), the information is provided to provide information to the first device of the second device according to the twenty-first aspect having display means for displaying a program. A program for causing a computer to function as all or a part of the means.

[0058]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) First, a first embodiment will be described.

FIG. 1 shows an information acquisition system according to the present embodiment.

The information acquisition system according to the present embodiment includes a broadcasting station 2, a TV 6, and an information providing device 13. An antenna 3 is connected to the broadcasting station 2, and an antenna 4 is connected to the TV 6. The TV 6 and the information providing device 1
3 is connected to the Internet 1.

The broadcasting station 2 is a device for broadcasting a program and information accompanying the program by using a broadcast wave.

The TV 6 is a television device conforming to the HAVi standard.

The information providing device 13 is a device for providing information related to a program to the TV 6 via the Internet 1.

The TV 6 includes a tuner 7, additional information extracting means 8, keyword selecting means 9, displaying means 11, related information receiving means 12, and keyword transmitting means 10.

The tuner 7 is a means for receiving and demodulating a broadcast wave.

The additional information extracting means 8 is a means for extracting additional information added to the program from the demodulated program data.

The keyword selecting means 9 is a means for determining a keyword by selecting the extracted additional information.

The keyword transmitting means 10 transmits the keyword output from the keyword selecting means 9 to the Internet 1
This is a means for transmitting to the information providing apparatus 13 via.

The display means 11 displays demodulated program data,
This is a means for displaying, on the monitor of the TV 6, additional information and information related to the program provided by the information providing device 13.

The related information receiving means 12 includes the information providing device 1
3 is a means for receiving information related to a program transmitted from the Internet 3 via the Internet 1.

FIG. 12 shows a system configuration of the TV 6 configured as above as a TV 51 conforming to the HAVi standard.

The TVi compatible with the HAVi standard is JavaV
M / HAVi middleware 59, tuner 7, modem 5
1. Tuner driver 52, external device driver 5
3. Web proxy driver 54, modem driver 55, and application 56.

The JavaVM / HAVi middleware 59
Is a Java virtual machine that executes a Java program and middleware that is executed by the Java virtual machine.

The tuner 7 is a tuner connected to the antenna 4 and receiving a broadcast program as described with reference to FIG.

The modem 51 is a modem for connecting to the Internet 1.

The tuner driver 52 is driver software for operating the tuner 7.

The external device driver 53 is driver software for operating a device externally attached to the JAVi standard TV 51.

The web proxy driver 54 is driver software for accessing a web proxy server.

The modem driver 55 is driver software for operating the modem 51.

The tuner driver 52, external device driver 53, web proxy driver 54, and modem driver 55 are executed by JavaVM / HAVi middleware 59.

The application 56 is application software that operates under the control of a GUI or a remote controller, and is executed by the JavaVM / HAVi middleware 59.

As described in the HAVi standard compliant TV 51, all or a part of the functions of each block described with reference to FIG. 1 are realized as a driver and application software which operate on JavaVM.

The information providing device 13 includes a keyword receiving unit 14, a searching unit 15, a database 16, and a totaling unit 1.
7. A related information transmitting means 18 is provided.

The keyword receiving means 14 is a means for receiving a keyword sent from the TV 6 via the Internet 1.

[0086] The database 16 is a database that stores information to be provided to the TV 6.

The search means 15 is a keyword receiving means 14
Searches the database 16 with the keyword output by
This is a means for acquiring related information that is information corresponding to a keyword.

The related information transmitting means 18 is a means for transmitting information related to the program acquired by the searching means 15 to the TV 6 via the Internet 1.

The counting means 17 is means for counting the contents of the related information retrieved and obtained by the retrieval means 15.

Note that the TV of this embodiment is the first TV of the present invention.
It is an example of a device, the TV of the present embodiment is an example of the display means of the present invention, the information providing device of the present embodiment is an example of the second device of the present invention, and the keyword of the present embodiment is It is an example of the key of the present invention, and Java of the present embodiment is an example of the virtual language of the present invention.
HAVi middleware 9 is an example of virtual language software execution means of the present invention.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

When the user of the TV 6 uses the information providing apparatus 13, the user registers with the information providing apparatus 13 before using the information providing apparatus 13.

[0093] The information providing device 13 has a We
The b page is provided, and the user starts a browser from the TV 6 and accesses the Web page. And
The user registration is performed by inputting registration data such as an address, a name, and an e-mail address into a user registration form on the Web page transferred from the information providing apparatus 13.

When the data for user registration is transmitted from the TV 6, the information providing apparatus 13 performs user registration and
The software for using the information providing device 1 is transferred to V6. This software corresponds to a part of the application 56 in the system configuration shown in FIG.
This implements at least a part of the functions of each block in FIG. This software is described in a virtual language that can be executed independently of the type of terminal device such as TV6, and is described in, for example, the Java language.
Performed by M. The terminal software transferred from the information providing device 13 implements at least a part of the functions of each block in FIG.

On the other hand, the broadcasting station 2 is broadcasting a program.
That is, the broadcast station 2 places the program on the broadcast wave and
Broadcast from.

The TV 6 converts the broadcast wave into an electric signal by the antenna 4, and the tuner 7 receives the electric signal,
Demodulate. Then, the display means 11 displays the demodulated data on a monitor.

FIG. 2 shows an example in which the program being broadcast from the broadcasting station 2 is displayed on the monitor of the display means 11 as described above. In FIG. 2, the TV screen 70 is a program displayed on a monitor, and includes a video 71, characters 72, and an information providing site 73. The information providing site 73 is information related to a program provided from the information providing device 13, and will be described later.

[0098] The TV screen 70 displays an image of a baseball broadcast of the Hanshin Giants game in the same manner as in the prior art, and an image in which the current giant Matsui enters the bat and holds a bat is displayed. . As in the case of the conventional technology, information on the Giant Hanshin game, the batting performance of Matsui who is in the bat, information on other baseball games, and the like are provided in the character 72 in the same manner as the conventional technology.

Similar to the conventional technique, the baseball game of the game of Hanshin is broadcast as a program, and data on the game of the game of giant Hanshin and information on other baseball games are provided in text.

The additional information extracting means 8 includes a portion corresponding to the character 72 in the program data demodulated by the tuner 7,
The PG information is extracted and sequentially output to the keyword selecting means 9.

Here, it is assumed that the user wants to obtain information related to a program while watching the TV screen 70 of FIG.

In such a case, the user operates the remote controller of the TV 6 to specify a character to be used as a keyword for specifying information to be obtained. Assume that the user has specified "Matsui". Then, the keyword selecting means 9
The designated character is selected and transmitted to the keyword transmitting means 10.

At the same time, the keyword selecting means 9 selects genre information indicating the genre of the program from the EPG information added to the program. Since the program currently being received by the TV 6 is a baseball broadcast, for example, the selected genre information indicates that the program is baseball. The keyword selecting means 9 also transmits the selected genre information to the keyword transmitting means 1.
Output to 0.

The keyword transmitting unit 10 transmits these keywords to the information providing device 13 via the Internet 1.

The keyword receiving means 14 receives the keyword transmitted from the keyword transmitting means 10 and outputs the keyword to the searching means 15.

The search means 15 is a keyword receiving means 14
The information stored in the database 16 is searched for by the keyword received from. That is, information matching the keywords “Matsui” and “Baseball” is stored in the database 1.
Search from 6. Then, the search unit 15 reads information matching the keyword from the database 16 and transmits the information to the related information transmission unit 18.

The related information transmitting means 18 transmits the information received from the searching means 15 to the related information receiving means 12 via the Internet 1.

The counting means 17 searches the TV 6
And other information provided to terminals. The result of the counting by the counting means 17 is referred to when creating a program at the broadcasting station 2 or as a reference for determining information to be provided to the TV 6. 13 is provided via the Internet 1 to a company operating the company 13 or another company.

The related information receiving means 12 outputs the information sent from the related information transmitting means 18 to the display means 11,
The display means 11 displays on a monitor.

As described above, the information providing site 7 shown in FIG.
3 shows an example in which the display means 11 displays information related to a program. In the information providing site 73, information providing sites providing Web pages are classified and displayed.
That is, an information providing site that provides information matching the keywords “Matsui” and “Baseball” is displayed.
For example, when "book" is selected, the address of an information providing site providing information on books related to the keywords "Matsui" and "baseball" and a brief description of the information providing site are displayed.

When "comic" is selected, the address of an information providing site that provides information about the keywords "Matsui" and "baseball" and the address of the information providing site are displayed.

Similarly, when "product" is clicked, information on an information providing site which sells products related to both Matsui and baseball, such as gloves and bats, is displayed. Also,
When "program" is clicked, an information providing site for providing information on a baseball program relating to Matsui is displayed. When "Sell" is clicked, the address of an information providing site that sells articles related to Matsui and baseball is displayed.

When the "book" is selected, a plurality of addresses of the information providing site displayed may be displayed depending on the selected keyword, or only one address may be displayed. Alternatively, the corresponding address may not be displayed. In any case, if the address described in the “book” portion is further selected, an information providing site providing the information can be accessed. Similarly, in the case of "comics", "products", "programs", and "sales", it is possible to access the information providing site that provides the information.

Although the case where the program is a baseball broadcast has been described above as an example, the information acquisition system of the present embodiment can be used to obtain information related to a program other than a baseball broadcast. I can do it.

FIG. 2 shows an example in which a news program is displayed on the monitor of the TV 6. The video 75 is displayed on the TV screen 72.
And the character 76 are displayed. In the same manner as described for the TV screen 70 in FIG. 2, the TV 6 receives a broadcast wave and displays a program on a monitor.

Here, it is assumed that the user has specified the character displayed in character 76 with the remote controller. Then, the keyword selecting means 9 selects a character specified by the remote controller as a keyword. Further, the keyword selecting means 9 selects program genre information from the EPG information.
It is assumed that the characters selected by the keyword selecting means 9 are "summer" and "festival", and the genre information of the program indicates news.

Then, these keywords are transmitted to the information providing device 13 in the same manner as described above. Then, the information providing device 13 acquires information matching the keyword from the database 16 and transmits the information to the TV 6.

Thus, the information providing site 77 is displayed on the monitor. If "Past" is selected on the information providing site 77, the address of the information providing site providing the past news among the information matching the keyword and a brief description of the information provided by the information providing site can be obtained. I can do it. If "person" is selected, the address of the information providing site that provides information on the person matching the keyword and a brief description of the information provided by the information providing site can be obtained. When "map" is selected, the address of an information providing site that provides map information related to the keyword and a brief description of the information provided by the information providing site can be obtained. Information site 77
By accessing the address obtained from, the user can obtain information related to the program.
Thus, various information related to each program can be obtained from the Internet 1 in conjunction with the program.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, information related to a program displayed on the monitor can be easily obtained from a place other than the broadcast wave of the program.

The information related to the program of the present invention has the key to the description of the information providing site and the address of the information providing site sent from the information providing apparatus 13 in the present embodiment. In other words, it only needs to be information related to a program, such as information on a book, detailed description of a program, and information on a product.

Further, the second device of the present invention is similar to the information providing device 13 like the database 16 in the present embodiment.
It is not limited to the one that searches the database owned by. You may search for data held by another device connected to a network such as the Internet 1 or a database held by another device. In addition, an inquiry may be sent to a researcher or a research apparatus registered in advance for each field to obtain the answer. In addition, the information providing device 1
3 may conduct its own investigation. That is, the second aspect of the present invention
The device need not necessarily be an online searcher. In short, the second device of the present invention only needs to be a device that acquires information related to a program using a key for specifying information such as a keyword and provides the information to the first device.

Further, in the present embodiment, a character as a keyword is designated from the character 72, but the present invention is not limited to this.
A character string or a sentence of interest may be designated from the character 72, and the keyword creation information creating means 20 may perform character processing on the designated character string or sentence to extract a keyword.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment will be described.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the information acquisition system of the present embodiment.

The TV 19 of the present embodiment differs from the TV 6 of the first embodiment in that it includes a keyword creation information creation unit in place of the keyword selection unit 9 and a keyword creation information unit in place of the keyword transmission unit 10. The transmission unit 21 is provided.

The information providing apparatus 22 of the present embodiment
Is different from the information providing apparatus 13 of the first embodiment,
A keyword creation information receiving means 23 is provided in place of the keyword receiving means 14, and a keyword creation means 24
Is provided.

The keyword creation information creation means 20 of the TV 19 is a means for creating keyword creation information for creating keywords according to the first embodiment.

The keyword creating information transmitting means 21 is a means for sending the keyword creating information to the information providing device 22.

The keyword creating information receiving means 23 of the information providing device 22 is a means for receiving the keyword creating information.

The keyword creating means 24 is a means for creating a keyword from the keyword creating information.

The other parts are the same as in the first embodiment.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described focusing on differences from the first embodiment.

The TV screen 70 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the monitor of the TV 19 in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

The user operates the remote control of the TV 19 to designate a character string from the characters 72 in FIG. Then, the keyword creating information creating means 20 selects the designated character string. This character string is an arbitrary sentence included in the character 72 portion.

Further, keyword creating information creating means 20
Creates information that identifies the channel currently being received.

Then, keyword creating information creating means 2
0 outputs the information for specifying the channel, the information for specifying the area where the TV 19 is installed, and the selected character to the keyword creation information transmitting means 21 as keyword creation information.

The keyword creating information transmitting means 21 sends the keyword creating information to the information providing device 22 via the Internet 1.

The keyword creation information receiving means 23 uses the T
The keyword creation information sent from V19 is received and output to keyword creation means 24.

Upon receiving the keyword creation information, the keyword creation means 24 creates a keyword from the keyword creation information.

That is, first, the program received by the TV 19 is specified from the information for specifying the channel and the information for specifying the area. Then, genre information of the specified program is obtained, and a keyword is created from the genre information. If the program is a baseball broadcast, the genre information indicates baseball, so the keyword creating means 24 uses baseball as a keyword. Further, character processing is performed on characters of the keyword creation information to extract keywords. The keyword creation unit 24 outputs the created keyword to the search unit 15.

The operation thereafter is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the description is omitted.

As described above, the TV 19 does not create a keyword, creates information for creating a keyword, and sends the information to the information providing device 22. The information providing device 22 creates a keyword from the information for creating the keyword. Even in this case, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.

In the present embodiment, it has been described that a part of characters of the teletext added to the program is designated and transmitted as the keyword creation information, but the present invention is not limited to this.
All the characters of the teletext added to the program may be sent to the information providing device 22 as keyword creation information.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment will be described.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the information acquisition system of the present embodiment.

The TV 26 according to the present embodiment includes a keyword creating unit 26 instead of the keyword selecting unit 9 according to the first embodiment, and a first transmitting / receiving unit 27 instead of the keyword transmitting unit 10.

The information providing apparatus 13 according to the present embodiment
Includes a second transmitting / receiving unit 30 in place of the keyword receiving unit 14 of the first embodiment, and further includes a keyword creating information creating unit 29.

The keyword creating means 26 of the TV 25 requests the information providing device 28 for keyword creating information for creating a keyword, and creates a keyword from the keyword creating information sent from the information providing device 28. is there.

[0149] The first transmitting / receiving means 27 is the Internet 1
This is a means for exchanging information with the information providing device 28 via the.

The second transmitting / receiving means 30 of the information providing device 28 is a means for exchanging information with the first transmitting / receiving means 27 of the TV 25 via the Internet 1.

The keyword creating information creating means 29 is means for creating keyword creating information.

The rest is the same as the first embodiment, so that the description will be omitted.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

A program is broadcast from the broadcasting station 2 in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and the TV 25 receives the program and displays it on the monitor. The program displayed on the monitor is the first
It is assumed that the broadcast is a baseball broadcast as in the embodiment.

[0155] Suppose that the user wants to obtain information related to a program. Then, the user operates the remote controller of the TV 25 to acquire information related to the program.
To instruct.

Then, the keyword creation means 26
The channel number of the program currently being received and the information specifying the area are output to the first transmitting / receiving means 27, and a request for keyword creation information, which is information for creating a keyword, is output to the first transmitting / receiving means 27. I do.

The first transmission / reception means 27 is the Internet 1
Via the keyword providing means 2 to the information providing device 28
The information output from 6 is transmitted.

[0158] The second transmitting / receiving means 30 comprises the first transmitting / receiving means 2
When receiving the information transmitted from 7, the information is output to the keyword generating information generating means 29.

Upon receiving the information output from the second transmitting / receiving means 30, the keyword generating information generating means 29 first determines the TV number from the channel number and the information for specifying the area.
5 specifies the program currently being received. Then, the information for keyword creation relating to the identified program is stored in the database 1.
Read from 6. This keyword creation information is stored in the database 16 of the information providing device 28 in advance,
The information includes information for specifying a genre of a program, data of contents related to the program, and the like.

When the second transmitting / receiving means 30 receives the keyword creating information output from the keyword creating information creating means 29, it sends it to the first transmitting / receiving means 27 via the Internet 1.

The first transmitting / receiving means 27 is the second transmitting / receiving means 3
When the keyword creation information sent from 0 is received, it is output to the keyword creation means 26.

The keyword creation means 26 creates a keyword from the keyword creation information. That is, since the information specifying the genre of the program indicates baseball, the keyword "baseball" is created. If the data of the content related to the program in the keyword creation information is sentence, the sentence Words are cut out and used as keywords. Then, the keyword creating unit 26 outputs the created keyword to the display unit 11.

The display means 11 includes a keyword creation means 26
The keyword output from is displayed on the monitor.

The user looks at the monitor of the TV 25,
A required keyword is designated, and the designated keyword is selected by the keyword creating means 26. The keyword creating means 26 outputs the selected keyword to the first transmitting / receiving means 27.

The first transmission / reception means 27 is the Internet 1
And outputs the keyword sent from the keyword creation means 26 to the search means 15 via the.

The subsequent operation is the same as in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, the information for creating the keyword is obtained from the information providing device 28, and the TV
Even if a keyword is created in 25, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a fourth embodiment will be described.

FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the information acquisition system of the present embodiment.

[0170] The information acquisition system of the present embodiment uses a TV.
6, a broadcasting station 31, and an information providing device 47. The broadcasting station 31 includes a broadcasting unit 35, a keyword adding unit 33,
An additional keyword receiving means 32 is provided.

The broadcasting means 35 is means for broadcasting the program data 34 using broadcast waves.

The additional keyword receiving means 32 is a means for receiving via the Internet 1 a keyword for searching for related information of a program sent from the information providing apparatus 47 to which a contract has been made in advance.

The keyword adding means 33 is means for adding the keyword received by the additional keyword receiving means 32 to the program.

The information providing apparatus 47 includes an additional keyword generating means 49 and an additional keyword transmitting means 48 in addition to the information providing apparatus 13 of the first embodiment.

The additional keyword generating means 49 is a means for generating, as an additional keyword, a keyword for specifying a product sold by a trader operating the information providing apparatus 47 or an information providing site operated by the trader. is there.

The additional keyword transmitting means 48 is means for transmitting the additional keyword generated by the additional keyword transmitting means 48 to the broadcasting station.

The TV 6 is the same as in the first embodiment.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described focusing on differences from the first embodiment.

First, the additional keyword generation means 49 of the information providing apparatus 47 obtains information desired to be provided as information related to a program to a user using the TV 6 among the information stored in the database 16. Generate keywords as additional keywords. That is, the additional keyword is a keyword that is added to the program and broadcast together with the program when the program is broadcast.

The additional keyword transmitting means 48 transmits the generated additional keyword to the broadcasting station 31 via the Internet 1.

The additional keyword receiving means 3 of the broadcasting station 31
2 receives the additional keyword sent from the information providing device 47 and outputs the keyword to the keyword adding means 33.

[0182] The keyword adding means 33 outputs the program data 34.
Is added with an additional keyword.

The broadcasting means 35 broadcasts the broadcast data to which the additional keyword has been added as a broadcast wave from the antenna 3.

On the other hand, a broadcast wave is received from the antenna 4 of the TV 6.

The tuner 7 demodulates the received broadcast wave.

The additional information extracting means 8 extracts a keyword added to the program data.

When the user operates the remote controller to specify all or some of the extracted keywords, the keyword selecting means 9 selects the specified keyword. Then, the keyword selecting unit 9 transmits the selected keyword to the keyword transmitting unit 10.

Thereafter, as in the first embodiment, information related to the program is sent from the information providing device 47 to the related information receiving means 12.

[0189] The related information receiving means 12 outputs information related to the program to the display means 11.

The display means 11 displays information related to the program as T
Display on V6 monitor.

FIG. 7 shows a TV screen 78 which is an example of a monitor screen displayed as described above. On the TV screen 78,
A video 79 shows a video of a news program, and a search result 80 shows information related to the program searched as described above. When searching for information related to a program, the keywords used were "news", "
"HAVi". In addition, the advertisement sent from the information providing device 47 can be displayed on the screen of the search result 80.

In this embodiment, the information providing device 47
A keyword is created so that information desired to be provided as information related to the program can be provided to V6, and the keyword is transmitted to the broadcasting station 31 so that the broadcasting station adds the keyword to the program and broadcasts it. The device 47 can provide the TV 6 with information to be provided as information related to the program. The information providing device 47 is charged by the broadcast station 31 by providing information to be provided to the broadcast station 31 as information related to the program, and pays a fee to the broadcast station 31.

In this way, in addition to the first to third effects, the broadcasting station 31 further provides information related to the program to increase the added value of the program.
, The cost of program production is reduced, and the information providing apparatus 41 has more opportunities to provide information for promoting itself.

(Fifth Embodiment) Next, a fifth embodiment will be described.

FIG. 8 shows the configuration of the information acquisition system of the present embodiment.

The information acquisition system according to the present embodiment includes a broadcasting station 31, a TV 45, and an information providing device 41.

The TV 45 is different from the first and fourth embodiments in that the key selecting means 36, the clock 37, the goods service information receiving means 38, the purchasing means 39, the key transmitting means 40,
A tuner 7 and a display unit 11 are provided.

The key selecting means 36 is a means for selecting, as a key, the video of the program displayed on the display means 11.

The clock 37 is a clock for generating information indicating the current time.

The key transmitting means 40 is means for transmitting the selected key.

The goods service information receiving means 38 is means for receiving goods service information.

The purchasing means 39 is a means for purchasing a goods service.

The tuner 7 and the display means 11 are the first
This is the same as the embodiment of FIG.

The information providing device 41 includes a key receiving unit 42, a database 16, a searching unit 15, and a checking unit 10.
0, totaling means 17, and goods service information transmitting means 43.

The key receiving means 42 is a means for receiving the key transmitted from the key transmitting means 40 of the TV 45.

The investigating means 100 is information for identifying a goods service by investigating a key transmitted from the TV 45 using program data of the broadcasting station 34.

The goods service information transmitting means 43 is means for transmitting the goods service information to the TV 45.

The other parts are the same as in the first embodiment.

[0209] The broadcasting means 35 of the broadcasting station 2 is means for broadcasting the program data 34 by broadcast waves.

The key selecting means of the present embodiment is an example of the key specifying means of the present invention.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

[0212] The broadcasting means 35 of the broadcasting station 2 outputs the program data 3
4 is being broadcast. That is, the program is broadcast from the antenna 3 in a broadcast wave.

[0213] The tuner 7 of the TV 45 demodulates the broadcast wave received by the antenna 4.

[0214] The display means 11 displays the demodulated program data on the monitor of the TV 45. On the monitor of TV45,
As shown on the TV screen 102 of FIG. 9, a soccer relay program is shown.

[0215] The user operates the TV 45 remote controller,
When the area where the soccer ball 85 in FIG. 9 is displayed is designated, the key selecting means 36 selects the designated image as a key and outputs the selected image to the key transmitting means 40. At the same time, the key selection means 36 obtains, from the clock 37, time information indicating the time at which the area including the circle ball 85 was instructed, and also obtained the channel number of this program and the information specifying the area where the TV 45 is installed. The time information is output to the key transmitting means 40 as a key.

The key transmitting means 40 transmits these keys to the information providing device 41 via the Internet 1.

The key receiving means 42 of the information providing device 41
Receiving the key sent from the TV 45,
Output to 0.

Upon receiving the key from the key receiving means 42, the checking means 100 specifies the program and the scene of the program from the information for specifying the channel number, the area, and the time information, and transmits the program information relating to the scene via the dedicated line 101. From the broadcasting station 34. Then, the program information transmitted from the broadcasting station 34 is examined, the image transmitted as a key is identified as an image of a soccer ball, a keyword “circle ball” is generated, and the keyword is output to the retrieval means 15. I do.

[0219] The search means 15 searches the database 16 with the keyword "Sarker ball". The database 16 stores sales information for selling soccer balls, and the search unit 15 acquires this sales information and outputs it to the goods service information transmitting unit 43. The goods service information transmitting means 43 transmits the goods service information received from the searching means 15 to the TV via the Internet 1.
Send to 45.

The goods service information receiving means 38 of the TV 45
When receiving the goods service information 39 sent from the information providing device 41, the goods service information 39 is output to the display means 11 and the purchase means 39.

The display means 11 displays the goods service information on the TV.
45 is displayed on the monitor. On the monitor, as the goods service information, for example, the name of a trader selling soccer balls, an address, a telephone number, a catalog of circle balls, a URL of a Web page for ordering circle balls, and the like are displayed.

The user looks at the goods service information displayed on the display means 11 and decides whether or not to make a purchase.

When the user looks at the goods service information and purchases a soccer ball, he operates the remote control of the TV 6 to give an instruction to that effect.

Then, the purchase means 39 accesses the order-required Web page of the trader designated by the user,
According to an instruction from the user, the player purchases a circle ball.

As described above, by extracting the image including the article to be purchased from the video of the program shown on the monitor of the TV 45 as a key and transmitting the extracted image to the information providing apparatus 41,
Items can be easily purchased.

In the present embodiment, the image is MP
With the EG4 format, a soccer ball can be encoded and broadcast as one object. According to such a method, a soccer ball is specified as an object on the screen, and information associated with the object is used as a key, so that the article can be specified more easily on the screen. This is particularly effective in that a target can be specified and searched more accurately by using information attached to the object.

(Sixth Embodiment) Next, a sixth embodiment will be described.

FIG. 10 shows the configuration of the information acquisition system of the present embodiment.

[0229] The information acquisition system of the present embodiment is a broadcast station 3
1, a TV 44 and an information providing device 46.

[0230] The broadcasting station 31 is the same as the broadcasting station 31 of the fourth embodiment.

[0231] The information providing device 46 includes the database 16,
The search unit 15 includes the search unit 15, the counting unit 17, the key receiving unit 42, the goods service information transmitting unit 43, the additional keyword generating unit 49, and the additional keyword transmitting unit 48.

The key receiving means 42, the goods service information transmitting means 43, the database 16, the searching means 15, and the counting means 17 are the same as those described in the fifth embodiment.

Further, the additional keyword generating means 49 and the additional keyword transmitting means 48 are the same as those described in the fourth embodiment.

The TV 44 is a TV 45 according to the fifth embodiment.
In addition to the above, an additional information extracting means 8 is provided.

[0235] The additional information extracting means 8 is a means for extracting keys, character information and the like which are added to the program and broadcasted by the broadcasting station 31.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

[0237] As in the fourth embodiment, the information providing device 46 transmits a keyword to be added to a program and broadcast to the broadcast station 31.

The broadcasting station 31 also adds the keyword sent from the information providing device 46 to the program data 34 in the same manner as in the fourth embodiment. Then, the program to which the keyword is added is broadcast by the broadcast wave 5.

On the other hand, the tuner 7 of the TV 44 has the antenna 4
Demodulates the received broadcast wave 5. Then, the additional information extracting means 8 extracts the additional information in the same manner as in the first embodiment. At the same time, the display means 11 displays the video of the program and the information added to the program on the monitor of the TV 44.

The key selecting means 36 selects and / or creates a key for acquiring information on articles from the extracted additional information and the video of the program displayed on the display means 11.

Hereinafter, the case where the program displayed by the display means 11 is a soccer broadcast will be described as an example.

FIG. 11 shows a TV screen 82 which is a screen of a program displayed by the display means 11. TV screen 8
2 is composed of an image 83 and an article sales screen 84. In addition, the image of the circle 83 is shown in the image 83.

[0243] The key selection means 36 acquires genre information from the EPG information broadcast accompanying the program. Then, a key is created from the genre information. If the genre information indicates soccer, a keyword “soccer” is created. Further, a keyword added and broadcast by the broadcasting station 31 is selected according to an instruction from the user. It is assumed that the keywords selected in this way are “Nakada” and “Japan”. In this way,
The keyword selected by the key selection means 36 is displayed in the Keyword portion on the article sales screen 84.

Further, the user operates the remote controller to specify an area including the soccer ball 85,
Enter soccer ball for the target name.

Then, it is assumed that the user operates the remote controller and clicks on the request and the still image transmission.

Then, the key selecting means 36 outputs to the key transmitting means 40 as a key an image including the key "soccer" representing the genre and the selected keywords "Nakada" and "Japan" and the soccer ball 85. I do.

The key transmitting means 40 transmits these keys to the information providing device 46 via the Internet 1.

The key receiving means 42 of the information providing device 46
Upon receiving the key transmitted from the TV 44, the key is output to the search unit 15.

The search means 15 searches the database 16 based on the key received from the key receiving means 42, and obtains the corresponding goods service information. Then, the search means 15 outputs the obtained goods service information to the goods service information transmitting means 43.

[0250] The goods service information transmitting means 42 transmits the received goods service information to the T via the Internet 1.
V44.

The TV 4 can display goods service information on a monitor and purchase a soccer ball in the same manner as in the fifth embodiment.

In the present embodiment, a case has been described where a program being broadcast using a broadcast wave is displayed on a monitor by a display means. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
A program broadcast using a broadcast wave is recorded on a recording device such as an integrated VTR, and the program recorded on the recording device is reproduced and displayed on a monitor by a display means. You may search for information related to.

Furthermore, the key and the keyword in the present embodiment may specify a plurality of pieces of information related to a program, or may uniquely specify information related to a program. As an example of uniquely specifying a program, keywords include, for example, a book title, an author name, and a product name.

In the present invention, the functions of all or a part of the information acquisition system or the first device or the second device (or devices, elements, circuits, units, etc.) of the present invention are executed by a computer. And a program that operates in cooperation with a computer.

Furthermore, the present invention provides all or some steps (or steps,
(Operation, operation, etc.) by a computer, and is a program that operates in cooperation with the computer.

Further, the present invention is a medium carrying a program for causing a computer to execute all or some of the operations of all or some of the steps of the information acquisition method of the present invention, and is readable by a computer. In addition, the read program is a medium that executes the operation in cooperation with the computer.

Further, the present invention carries a program for causing a computer to execute all or a part of functions of all or a part of the information acquisition system or the first device or the second device of the present invention. A medium that is readable by a computer and that executes the function in cooperation with the computer.

Note that some means (or devices, elements, circuits, units, and the like) of the present invention and some steps (or steps, operations, functions, and the like) of the present invention refer to a plurality of these means. Or means of several means or steps of a step, or means of one means or step
It means some functions or some operations.

The present invention also includes a computer-readable recording medium on which the program of the present invention is recorded.

[0260] One use form of the program of the present invention may be such that the program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium and operates in cooperation with the computer.

[0261] One use form of the program of the present invention may be such that the program is transmitted through a transmission medium, read by a computer, and operates in cooperation with the computer.

[0262] The recording medium includes a ROM or the like, and the transmission medium includes a transmission medium such as the Internet.
Light, radio waves, sound waves, etc. are included.

The computer of the present invention described above
It is not limited to pure hardware such as a CPU, but may include firmware, an OS, and peripheral devices.

As described above, the configuration of the present invention may be realized by software or hardware.

[0265]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention provides an information acquisition method capable of acquiring useful information related to a program without being limited by the amount of information that a broadcast wave can send. , Information acquisition system, first
An apparatus, a second apparatus, a medium, and a program can be provided.

Further, according to the present invention, the type and amount of information obtained by a viewer are not limited to a certain level, and the information provider of a third party can freely use the information when the information provider has information customary for a program. , An information acquisition method, an information acquisition system, a first device, a second device, a medium, and a program that can be delivered to a company.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information acquisition system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a TV screen according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a TV screen according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information acquisition system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information acquisition system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information acquisition system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a TV screen according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information acquisition system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a TV screen according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information acquisition system according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a TV screen according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 shows a TV according to the first to sixth embodiments of the present invention.
Figure showing the system configuration of

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example in which a conventional program to which character information is added is displayed on a TV (television).

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Internet 2 Broadcasting station 3 Antenna 4 Antenna 5 Broadcast wave 6 TV 7 Tuner 8 Additional information extraction means 9 Keyword selection means 10 Keyword transmission means 11 Display means 12 Related information reception means 13 Information provision device 14 Keyword reception means 15 Search means 16 Database Reference Signs List 17 totaling means 18 related information transmitting means 19 TV 20 keyword creating information creating means 21 keyword creating information transmitting means 22 information providing device 23 keyword creating information receiving means 24 keyword creating means 25 TV 26 keyword creating means 27 first transmitting / receiving means 28 Information Provision Device 29 Keyword Creation Information Creation Means 30 Second Transmission / Reception Means 31 Broadcast Station 32 Addition Keyword Receiving Means 33 Keyword Addition Means 34 Program Data 35 Broadcasting Means 36 Key Selection Means 3 Clock 38 Goods and Services information receiving unit 39 purchasing instrument 40 key transmitting means 41 the information providing apparatus 43 goods service information transmission means 45 TV 47 the information providing device 48 adds a keyword transmission unit 49 adds a keyword generation unit 100 checking means 101 dedicated line

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat ゛ (Reference) H04N 7/035 (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Iizuka 1006 Kazuma Ooji, Kadoma City, Osaka Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72 Inventor Takuya Nishimura 1006 Kadoma Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shoichi Goto 1006 Okadoma Kadoma, Kadoma City Osaka Pref. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 1006 Kadoma Kadoma Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 5C025 BA14 BA25 BA28 CA01 CA02 CB10 DA01 DA05 5C063 AB07 CA23 CA36 DA01 DA07 DA13 EB04 EB35 EB37

Claims (46)

[Claims] 1. An information acquisition method for acquiring information related to a program displayed on a display means using means other than the broadcast wave of the program. 2. A first device having display means for displaying a program, and a second device for providing information to the first device, wherein the first device displays a program displayed on the display means. An information acquisition system for acquiring related information from the second device using means other than the broadcast wave of the program. 3. A display means for displaying a program, and information relating to a program displayed on the display means from a second apparatus for providing information to the first apparatus, using means other than a broadcast wave of the program. A first device comprising: information acquisition means for acquiring information. 4. The second device according to claim 3, wherein the second device has a database storing the related information, and the related information is obtained by searching the database with a predetermined key. One device. 5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined key is an image.
A first device according to claim 1. 6. The first device according to claim 4, wherein the information acquisition unit creates the predetermined key and passes the key to the second device. 7. The first device according to claim 6, wherein the program is broadcast with character information added thereto, and wherein the information obtaining means creates the predetermined key by selecting the character information. 8. The program is broadcast with genre information indicating a genre of the program added thereto, and the information obtaining means creates the predetermined key using the genre information. First device. 9. The first apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the program is broadcast with character information added thereto, and wherein the information acquiring means creates the predetermined key using the character information. 10. The first apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said information obtaining means creates prerequisite information which is prerequisite for determining said predetermined key. 11. The premise information is all or a part of the program, the information acquisition unit sends all or a part of information of the program to the second device, 11. The first device according to claim 10, wherein the predetermined key is created using information of the transmitted program. 12. The second device provides prerequisite information, which is a prerequisite for determining the predetermined key, to the information obtaining means, and the information obtaining means uses the prerequisite information to generate the predetermined key. The first device of claim 4, wherein the first device determines a key. 13. The first apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the program is broadcast with the predetermined key added thereto. 14. The first device according to claim 13, wherein the predetermined key is created such that information provided by a contractor with the second device in advance is provided. 15. The related information is information related to a goods service, the key is information for specifying the goods service, and the information obtaining unit specifies the predetermined key from data of the program. Key specifying means; key transmitting means for transmitting the specified key; and goods service information receiving means for receiving information on the specified goods service, wherein the second device has the transmitted key. Extraction information receiving means for receiving, based on the received key, investigating means for investigating the goods service, and goods service information transmitting means for transmitting information on the specified goods service based on the result of the investigation The first device according to claim 4, comprising: 16. The first apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said information obtaining means further comprises a purchase means for applying for purchase of an article according to the received information on the article service. 17. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the second device has a counting means for counting the searched information, and transmits the counted result to another device.
The first device according to any one of claims 6 to 13. 18. The second device distributes terminal software for realizing the function of the first device according to any one of claims 3 to 17 to the first device in advance using a network or another medium. The first device to do. 19. A virtual language software executing means for executing software described in a virtual language, wherein the terminal software is described in the virtual language that can be executed without depending on a model of the first device. 19. The first device according to claim 18, wherein the virtual language software executing means executes the terminal software. 20. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the second device provides advertisement data to the information obtaining means, and the display means displays the advertisement data.
20. The first device according to any one of claims 1 to 19. 21. A first apparatus having display means for displaying a program.
An information providing unit that provides information to the device, wherein the first device obtains information related to the program displayed on the display unit from the information providing unit using a unit other than a broadcast wave of the program. Second device. 22. The second apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising a database storing the related information, wherein the related information is obtained by searching the database using a predetermined key. 23. The second device according to claim 22, wherein the predetermined key is an image. 24. The second device according to claim 22, wherein the first device creates the predetermined key and passes it to the information providing unit.
apparatus. 25. The second device according to claim 24, wherein the program is broadcast with text information added thereto, and wherein the first device creates the predetermined key by selecting the text information. 26. The program according to claim 24, wherein the program is broadcast with genre information indicating a genre of the program added thereto, and wherein the first device creates the predetermined key using the genre information. Second device. 27. The second device according to claim 24, wherein the program is broadcast with text information added thereto, and the first device creates the predetermined key using the text information. 28. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the first device creates prerequisite information serving as a premise for determining the predetermined key.
A second device as described. 29. The premise information is all or a part of the program, the first device sends all or a part of the information of the program to the second device, 29. The second method according to claim 28, wherein the predetermined key is created using information of the transmitted program.
apparatus. 30. The information providing means provides the first device with prerequisite information that is a prerequisite for determining the predetermined key, and the first device uses the prerequisite information to execute the predetermined key. 23. The second device of claim 22, wherein the key is determined. 31. The second apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the program is broadcast with the predetermined key added thereto. 32. The second apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the predetermined key is created such that information provided by a trader who has contracted with the information providing means in advance is provided. 33. The related information is information on a goods service, the key is information for specifying the goods service, and the first device specifies the predetermined key from data of the program. Key specifying means; key transmitting means for transmitting the specified key; and goods service information receiving means for receiving information on the specified goods service, wherein the information providing means includes the transmitted key. Extraction information receiving means for receiving, based on the received key, research means for researching the goods service, and goods service information transmission means for transmitting information on the specified goods service based on the result of the research 23. The second device according to claim 22, comprising: 34. The second apparatus according to claim 33, wherein the first apparatus further includes a purchase unit for applying for purchase of an article according to the received information on the article service. 35. The second device according to claim 21, further comprising a totaling unit that totalizes the searched information, wherein the information providing unit transmits the totaled result to another device. 36. The information providing means stores terminal software for realizing the function of the first device according to any one of claims 21 to 35 in advance in the first device using a network or another medium. The second device to distribute. 37. The terminal software is described in a virtual language that can be executed without depending on the model of the first device, and the first device is a virtual language that executes software described in the virtual language. 37. The second device according to claim 36, further comprising software execution means, wherein the virtual language software execution means executes the terminal software. 38. The second information processing apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the information providing means provides advertisement data to the first device, and the display means of the first device displays the advertisement data. apparatus. 39. The computer according to claim 1, wherein all or a part of the step of obtaining information related to the program displayed on the display means by using means other than the broadcast wave of the program. A medium carrying a program to be executed, the medium being processable by a computer. 40. The information acquisition system according to claim 2,
A medium having a program for causing a computer to function as a whole or a part of a first device having display means for displaying a program, and a second device for providing information to the first device, the medium being processed by a computer Medium that is possible. 41. The display device of the first device according to claim 3, wherein the display device displays a program, and the second device that provides information to the first device displays information related to the program displayed on the display device. A medium that carries a program for causing a computer to function as all or a part of an information acquisition unit that acquires information using means other than the broadcast wave of a program, and that can be processed by the computer. 42. A program for causing a computer to function as all or a part of information providing means for providing information to a first device having display means for displaying a program of the second device according to claim 21. A medium that can be processed by a computer. 43. A computer according to claim 1, wherein all or a part of the step of acquiring information related to the program displayed on the display means by using means other than the broadcast wave of the program. The program to be executed. 44. The information acquisition system according to claim 2,
A program for causing a computer to function as all or part of a first device having display means for displaying a program, and a second device for providing information to the first device. 45. The display device of the first device according to claim 3, further comprising: a display device for displaying a program; and a second device for providing information to the first device, wherein information relating to the program displayed on the display device is displayed. A program for causing a computer to function as all or a part of information acquisition means acquired using means other than the broadcast wave of a program. 46. A program for causing a computer to function as all or a part of information providing means for providing information to a first device having display means for displaying a program in the second device according to claim 21.