JP2003143517A - Device for reserving program video recording and method for distributing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily reserve video recording by selecting contents related to a program that is currently received and reproduced by a TV and reserving the program for video recording. SOLUTION: A program video recording reserving device has a receiving and reproducing means 110 for receiving and reproducing a selected program from an electronic program guide, a program information acquiring means 106c for acquiring information related to the program that is currently received and reproduced, and a video recording controlling means 106d for setting video recording reservation information according to the program information obtained by the program information acquiring means 106c, and can reserve the program related to the program that is currently received and reproduced for video recording.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video tape recorder (hereinafter referred to as VTR), a hard disk video recorder (HDD-VTR) or a DVD recording device (D).
The present invention relates to reserved recording such as VD-RAM), and more particularly to a recording reservation device and a program distribution method that use distributed program information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Although many VTRs have a reservation recording function, the setting operation thereof is complicated and many users cannot use it. Therefore, although the system using the G code is also widely used, the recording error due to the input error of the G code,
It is not always easy to use, as it is necessary to input every time even in series programs. Recently, there is a program that uses an electronic program guide (EPG) to display the program content on a TV screen, and a remote controller is used to determine a program and make a recording reservation. It is rather inconvenient to display it in and select from among them.

Also, when recording a program currently being broadcast instead of reserved recording, only the operation of the record button causes the end time to be set without setting the end time, or the end of the tape can be recorded or the TV and VTR can be recorded. The channels are different,
There are often mistakes in recording something that is not what you want.

However, considering the background of our VTR reservation, we sometimes look at the program table in detail and pick up a recorded program to make a recording reservation, but see the trailer introduced in the program guide etc. In many cases, the next reservation of the program currently being viewed is reserved, or the program itself being viewed is reserved.

[0005]

As described above, the conventional V
The TR recording reservation device has the following problems. (1) When a timer is reserved by using a remote controller, many users do not remember the operation procedure because the operation is complicated or do not try to remember it from the beginning. (2) In case of timer reservation, recording reservation error occurs because it is not associated with the actual program name. (3) When making a reservation using the G code, it is necessary to make a reservation for each program, and it is not possible to make a series reservation for the series. (4) When the EPG is displayed on the TV screen to make a recording reservation, it is difficult to select a desired program from the program guide displayed on the screen.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to easily make a recording reservation by selecting a content related to a program currently being received and reproduced on a TV and making a recording reservation. To do. It is also intended to make a recording reservation intuitively and easily by distributing a trailer for recording reservation in advance.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is provided with program information acquisition means for acquiring information on a program currently being received and reproduced on a television. As the program information acquisition means, a method of obtaining from the EPG, a method of adding recording information to the program itself, and distributing the program can be considered.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is a receiving and reproducing means for receiving and reproducing a program selected by an electronic program guide, and program information for acquiring information related to the program being received and reproduced. It is characterized by having an acquisition means and a recording control means for setting recording reservation information according to the program information obtained by the program information acquisition means, and recording reservation of a program related to a program being received and reproduced is possible. It has the action of

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the program recording reservation apparatus according to the first aspect, the receiving / reproducing means displays the contents reserved for recording on a part of the screen of the receiving / reproducing means. This has the effect of confirming the recording reservation contents with the user and ensuring them.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the program recording reservation apparatus according to the first aspect, the receiving / reproducing means displays the reserved recording contents and then cancels the reserved recording contents. Thus, it has an effect of confirming and canceling the contents of the recording reservation.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the trailer distributed via broadcasting or the Internet is provided with information relating to the distribution of the main part. After confirming the trailer, the distribution of the main part is confirmed. It has the effect of enabling.

The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that, in the program distribution method according to claim 4, the information relating to the main part distribution provided is information for making a reservation for distribution of the main part. After confirming the above, it has the effect of enabling distribution of the main part.

The invention according to claim 6 receives a trailer distributed for recording reservation via broadcasting or the Internet, and reserves a program based on the information related to the main part distribution given to the trailer. The feature is that it has an action of confirming the recording reservation content with the user and ensuring it.

The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that, in the program reservation method according to claim 7, program reservation is performed by selecting a trailer being reproduced to reserve the main program. This has an effect of enabling recording reservation of a program related to the program being received and reproduced.

The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 6 or 7.
In the program reservation method described in (4), the user registers the preference for the trailer in advance via the Internet or the like, and the selected reproduction is performed according to the preference of the user. It has an effect of enabling recording reservation by receiving the trailer of the selected program.

The invention described in claim 9 is from claim 6 to claim 8.
In the program reservation method described in any one of (1) to (4), the trailer to which the information related to the main part distribution is added is characterized by being accumulated by a storage medium and selectively reproducing the accumulated trailer. Thus, it has the effect of confirming the recording reservation contents with the user and ensuring them.

According to a tenth aspect of the invention, in the program reservation method according to any of the sixth to ninth aspects, the information relating to the main part distribution given to the trailer is temporarily stored,
The feature is that the program is reserved based on the information related to the main part distribution based on the rebroadcast information, and even if the main broadcast has already finished when the trailer was confirmed, the rebroadcast will automatically be performed using the electronic program guide. It has an effect of enabling searching and recording reservation.

The invention according to claim 11 is to receive and reproduce means for reproducing a trailer including information related to a program distributed via broadcasting or the Internet, and to obtain information related to the program being received and reproduced. And recording control means for setting recording reservation information according to the program information obtained by the program information acquisition means. Recording of a program related to a program being received and reproduced is performed. It has the effect of enabling reservations.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, a storage means for receiving a trailer for recording reservation distributed via broadcasting or the Internet and accumulating the received content, and a reception / reproduction for reproducing the received content. Means, program information acquisition means for acquiring information related to the program being received and reproduced, and recording control information transmission means for sending information for controlling recording reservation according to the program information obtained by the program information acquisition means. It is characterized by having a terminal device and a recording device for receiving a recording control information transmitted through a communication network and making a recording reservation. It is possible to make a program recording reservation by a remote operation from a terminal which has confirmed a trailer. It has the effect of doing.

According to the invention described in claim 13, a receiving / reproducing means for reproducing a trailer including information related to a program distributed via broadcasting or the Internet, and information related to the program being received / reproduced. Re-broadcasting of the programs accumulated by the recording reservation program means by using a program information acquisition means, a recording reservation program accumulation means for accumulating the program information obtained by the program information acquisition means, and an electronic program guide. It is characterized by having a rebroadcast search means for searching and a recording control means for setting recording reservation information using the information obtained by the search means, and the main broadcast has already ended when the trailer is confirmed. Even in such a case, it has an effect of automatically retrieving a rebroadcast using the electronic program guide and making a recording reservation.

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

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a program recording reservation apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 102 is a terrestrial wave receiving antenna for receiving terrestrial broadcasting, 103 is a satellite broadcasting receiving antenna for receiving satellite broadcasting, 104 is video distribution via the Internet, etc., and each broadcasting / EPG information etc. is distributed. Communication means, 105 receiving means for receiving such information, 106 control means for controlling the entire program reservation device, 107 storage means for storing EPGs, trailers and the like, 1
Reference numeral 08 is an interface with a remote controller, 109 is a remote controller, 110 is a receiving / reproducing apparatus represented by a television or a personal computer, 111 is a VTR, HDD-VTR, DVD-
A recording device represented by a RAM or the like.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the control unit 106. EPG
EPG reception control means 106a for receiving a program, a program reception control means 106b for receiving a program and controlling a playback device, a program information acquisition means 106c for obtaining information about a program which is currently being received and played back, and a recording for making a recording reservation for a video recording device. It is composed of the control means 106d. Although the same communication means for receiving TV broadcast and communication means for receiving EPG are used in the first embodiment, this does not restrict the present invention.

The operation of the program recording reservation device configured as described above will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the program recording reservation device.

The communication means 102 to 104 are used in advance for the EPG.
It is assumed that it has been acquired by the reception control means 106a and the program information acquisition means 106c, and that the broadcast is received by the TV 110 by the program reception control means 106b.

When the recording button of the remote controller 109 is operated during reception and reproduction on the TV 110 (ST21),
The program information acquisition means 106c obtains the program information currently being reproduced from the storage means 107 (ST22). The program information acquisition means determines from the acquired program information whether the program currently being received is a trailer or a main part to be recorded (ST23).

When the program currently being received is a trailer, the program information acquisition means first acquires from the EPG stored in the storage means 107 based on the content of the program information of the trailer (ST2
4) Then, the program information acquisition means acquires the content to be recorded next, that is, the recording information such as the date and time of the main broadcast and the channel (ST.
25), the recording control means 106d sets the recording reservation for the VTR 111 (ST26).

If the program currently being received is not a trailer, "Record the program currently being received" 31, "Record next broadcast" 32 or " As in "series recording" 33, the program reception control means 106b displays information for confirming the recording contents, and the remote control 109 or the like selects the information (ST27). When recording the program currently being received, the program information acquisition unit 106c acquires the program information such as the end time using the EPG accumulated in the accumulation unit 107 (ST29), and the recording control unit 106d causes the VTR 111 to operate. Check the condition (ST3
0), recording setting of the VTR 111 is performed, and recording is started (ST30). In the case of the next broadcast recording, the storage means 10
The program information acquisition unit 106c acquires the program information for the next broadcast using the EPG or the like accumulated in 7 (ST28), and the recording control unit 106d sets the recording reservation for the VTR 111 (ST26). In the case of series reservation, similarly, the program information acquisition unit 106c acquires the program information for the next time onward by using the EPG or the like stored in the storage unit 107 (ST28), and the recording control unit 106d sets the recording reservation for the next time onward. Is set (ST26).

It should be noted that, in the case of receiving the trailer, it can be realized by describing the information regarding the content of the trailer in the EPG, and, as will be described later, the content of the trailer itself is linked with the information of the main portion. Realization methods are also possible.

FIG. 5 shows the reserved recording contents by the program name without interrupting the program currently being received by displaying the reserved recording contents by using a part 41 of the screen. It is an example of a display screen that can be.
In this case, the reservation information display means can display the recording reservation information from the recording control means on the receiving / reproducing means.

FIG. 6 shows a part of the screen 51 for displaying the contents reserved for recording, confirming the contents of the reserved recording by the program name without interrupting the program currently being received, and if necessary, This is an example of a display screen on which a reservation can be canceled 52.

As described above, according to the present invention, the recording reservation of the program related to the program currently being viewed can be realized without a complicated operation.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a program recording reservation apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The same numbers are given to those having the same functions as those in the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, the first embodiment
In addition to the above configuration, there is a trailer reception control means 106e. The trailer reception control unit 106e acquires the trailer via the Internet or satellite broadcasting. Since it is not necessary to acquire the EPG information, the EPG reception control means 106a is deleted from the configuration diagram, but this does not limit the present invention at all.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the data format of the trailer. The storage unit 107 has, as metadata, information about the main program such as the program title, the broadcast date / time channel of the main program, performers, and a description of the content. In this example, the metadata and the program content (trailer) are included in the same file, but this does not restrict the present invention and may be provided as a separate file.

By operating the recording button of the remote controller 109 when receiving and viewing the trailer, the recording control means 106d can make a recording reservation for the main content based on the metadata held in the storage means 107. The trailers of the programs can be collectively broadcast at an appropriate time, or can be obtained via the Internet when necessary.

As described above, according to the present invention, by watching the trailer, it is possible to make a recording reservation of the program by intuitively simple operation.

(Third Embodiment) FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a program recording reservation apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In addition to the second embodiment, the preference control means 106f and the trailer editing means 106g are provided in the control means 106, and the points different from the second embodiment will be mainly described.

In the preference registration means 106f, the title (for example, series name) and keyword of the program for which the trailer is desired to be obtained are set.

The program preview editing means 106g compares the metadata (program title, performers, content description) added to the trailer from the program title and keywords set in the preference registration means 106f, Select only the trailer that suits your taste.

The selected trailer is read from the storage means 107 by the trailer reception control means 106e, and the TV 1
Receive and view at 10. When the program reservation for the main part is required, the recording button of the remote controller 109 is operated so that the recording control means 106d can make the recording reservation for the main part based on the metadata held in the storage means 107. it can.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently watch the trailer and schedule the recording of the program.

In the third embodiment, the EPG / trailer trailer storage device 107 is provided, but the same effect can be obtained by acquiring such information through broadcasting, the Internet, etc. each time without storing means. Is also possible.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a recording reservation system according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

The program preview information such as the trailer and program information is
Similar to the first to third embodiments, it is received / viewed by the terminal 112 via each communication means 102, 103, 104 such as the Internet or satellite broadcasting. Terminal 112 in this case
Include those that can be carried and have a moving image reproducing function and an information transmitting function, such as a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA). After the trailer is played back on the terminal 112 and the program to be recorded is determined, the information required for recording control is recorded on the Internet by the recording control information transmitting means 106h.
VTR 11 at home using communication means 120 such as a telephone
It is adapted to be transmitted to the first.

As described above, according to the present invention, by connecting the trailer receiving / viewing means and the recording device with the communication means, the program watched by the trailer can be easily viewed at home.
You can make a recording reservation in TR.

(Fifth Embodiment) FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a program recording reservation apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In addition to the configuration of the second embodiment, a storage unit 106j that stores information about a program to be recorded and a rebroadcast search unit 10
6i is provided, and different points from the second embodiment will be mainly described.

Internet 104, satellite broadcasting 103,
The program trailer acquired through the terrestrial broadcast 102 is accumulated in the accumulating unit 107 and can be played back and viewed when necessary. However, in some cases, when the trailer is viewed, the main broadcast may have already ended. At that time, the storage means 1 stores the program information to be reserved for recording.
When the rebroadcast search means 106i searches the EPG of the storage means 107 to obtain rebroadcast information, the program information acquisition means 106c acquires the rebroadcast information. Again VTR 11
The recording reservation is set to 1.

As described above, according to the present invention, even when the recording setting is already after the end of the main broadcasting, the recording reservation of the program can be made by searching the rebroadcasting schedule by using the EPG.

The route for obtaining the EPG or the trailer for recording reservation is not particularly limited to the Internet, the use of text broadcasting by a TV tuner, satellite data broadcasting, or the like. Further, the means for transmitting the information to the VTR after setting the program recording information is not particularly limited, such as cable connection, infrared communication, transmission / reception via a remote controller, or the like.

In the present invention, when there is no desired program, the recording reservation operation may not be involved. Further, a configuration without a recording reservation function, which uses the service of the present invention for confirming the contents of a program without making a recording reservation, is also possible.

[0052]

As described above, according to the present invention, the T
With respect to the program being received and reproduced by V, if the program being reproduced is, for example, a trailer, the main program is reserved, or if the main program is being received, the next broadcast is reserved. It can be done without any operation. Also, by receiving the trailer for recording reservation, it is possible to make an effective program reservation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a program recording reservation device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a control means of the program recording reservation device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow of processing in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a program recording reservation device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a trailer according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a program recording reservation device according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a recording reservation system according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a program recording reservation device according to the fifth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 Program recording reservation device 102 terrestrial antenna 103 satellite broadcasting 104 Internet etc. 105 receiving means 106 control means 106a EPG reception control means 106b Program reception control means 106c Program information acquisition means 106d recording control means 106e Trailer reception control means 106f preference registration means 106g Trailer editing means 106h Recording control information transmitting means 106i rebroadcast search means 106j storage means 107 storage means 108 Interface with remote controller 109 remote controller 110 Reception / reproduction device 111 Recording device 112 Terminal devices such as mobile phones and PDAs

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Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A receiving / reproducing means for receiving and reproducing a program selected by an electronic program guide, a program information acquiring means for acquiring information related to a program being received and reproduced, and a program obtained by the program information acquiring means. A program recording reservation device, comprising: a recording control means for setting recording reservation information according to the information. 2. The program recording reservation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiving / reproducing means displays the contents reserved for recording on a part of the screen of the receiving / reproducing means. 3. The receiving / reproducing means cancels the recording reservation contents after displaying the recording reservation contents on a part of the screen for the recording reservation contents.
The program recording reservation device described. 4. A program distribution method, wherein information relating to main program distribution is added to a trailer distributed via broadcasting or the Internet. 5. The program distribution method according to claim 4, wherein the information related to the main part distribution provided is information for making a reservation for distribution of the main part. 6. A program reservation method, characterized by receiving a trailer distributed for recording reservation via broadcasting or the Internet, and making a program reservation based on information related to the main part distribution given to the trailer. 7. The program reservation method according to claim 7, wherein the program reservation is made by selecting a trailer being reproduced to reserve the main program. 8. The program reservation method according to claim 6, wherein the user preliminarily registers his / her preference for the trailer via the Internet or the like, and selectively reproduces it according to the preference of the user. 9. The program reservation method according to claim 6, wherein the trailer to which the information regarding the main program distribution is added is accumulated by a storage medium, and the accumulated trailer is selectively reproduced. 10. The information about the main program distribution given to the trailer is temporarily stored, and the program is reserved based on the information about the main program distribution based on the rebroadcast information.
10. The program reservation method according to claim 9. 11. A receiving / reproducing means for reproducing a trailer containing information related to a program distributed by broadcasting or the Internet, and a program information acquiring means for acquiring information related to the program being received / reproduced. A program recording reservation device, comprising: recording control means for setting recording reservation information in accordance with the program information obtained by the program information acquisition means. 12. A storage unit for receiving a trailer for recording reservation distributed via broadcasting or the Internet, for accumulating the received content, a receiving / reproducing unit for reproducing the received content, and a receiving / reproducing unit. A terminal having a program information acquisition unit for acquiring information related to a program and a recording control information transmission unit for transmitting information for controlling recording reservation according to the program information obtained by the program information acquisition unit, and a communication network. A program recording reservation device, comprising: a recording device that receives recording control information transmitted via the recording device and makes a recording reservation. 13. A receiving / reproducing means for reproducing a trailer including information related to a program distributed by broadcasting or the Internet, and a program information acquiring means for acquiring information related to a program being received and reproduced. Recording reservation program accumulating means for accumulating the program information obtained by the program information acquiring means, and rebroadcast retrieving means for searching rebroadcast of the programs accumulated by the recording reservation program means by using an electronic program guide. A program recording reservation apparatus, comprising: recording control means for setting recording reservation information using the information obtained by the searching means.