JP2005318254A - Program production system, terminal, managing server, program, and managing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently produce, store, distribute, and present a program. <P>SOLUTION: In a program production system comprising a program production terminal for producing a program and a program production managing server which is connected to the program production terminal through a communication network and manages information regarding the program obtained from the program production terminal, the program production terminal has a program producing means of producing the program on the basis of raw material data and text data representing direction contents, and an uploading means of uploading the information regarding the program obtained from the program producing means to the program production managing server. The program production managing server has a metadata generating means of generating channel summary information and program summary information in the form of metadata on the basis of the information regarding the program obtained from the uploading means and a storage means of storing the metadata obtained by the metadata generating means and the information regarding the program. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a program production system, a program production terminal, a program production management server, a program production program, and a program production management program, and in particular, a program production for efficiently realizing production, storage, distribution, and presentation of a program. The present invention relates to a system, a program production terminal, a program production management server, a program production program, and a program production management program.

  Conventionally, in program production, the technology in each field, such as planning a program, creating a program, accumulating the produced program, distributing the accumulated program, and downloading and viewing the program, Proposed separately. Therefore, the program is packaged as a “program” at the production stage, and at the stage after being packaged, information related to the “program” is only distributed by various methods.

  Furthermore, on the content production side that produces content called programs, it is necessary to make various settings, such as setting information (materials) that the content creator conveys to viewers and setting the production of programs using materials. was there.

Therefore, recently, when storing the produced program in the storage device, it is possible to search for the target program on the program viewing side by automatically adding metadata about the program based on the material, and further present it. There has been proposed a method of customizing a program to be performed according to personal preference (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-24610 A

  However, in the conventional technology described above, the technology from program material input to program production, storage, distribution and presentation in program production is divided for each field, and the program is packaged at the stage of program production. . For this reason, when creating a new program, it is not easy to reuse, modify the data at a stage after the program is created, or use a method other than the method intended by the program creator. I could n’t customize it.

  In addition, program production had to be performed in a special way by program producers with some experience. For this reason, it takes a lot of work to generate a large amount of content to meet the detailed needs of each viewer.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and a program production system, a program production terminal, a program production management server, a program production program for efficiently realizing production, storage, distribution, and presentation of a program, And a program production management program.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs means for solving the problems having the following characteristics.

  The invention described in claim 1 includes a program production terminal that produces a program, and a program production management server that is connected to the program production terminal through a communication network and manages information related to the program obtained from the program production terminal. In the program production system, the program production terminal uploads, to the program production management server, program production means for producing a program based on material data and text data indicating production contents, and information on the program obtained by the program production means. Uploading means, and the program production management server, based on information about the program obtained by the uploading means, metadata creation means for creating channel summary information and program summary information as metadata, and the metadata Metadata obtained by the creation means and information about the program And having a storage means for storing and.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the program production terminal can quickly update information relating to the produced program, and the program production management server creates channel summary information and program summary information as metadata. By accumulating, it is possible to efficiently manage information about programs. In addition, using the created metadata, it is possible to efficiently realize distribution and presentation of channels and programs to a program production terminal and other terminals.

  The invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that the program production terminal has a search means for acquiring a desired channel or program from the metadata stored in advance in the program production management server. To do.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to efficiently acquire a channel and a program by searching for a desired channel or program from the channel summary information and the program summary information. In addition, new programs can be efficiently produced using material data used for channels and programs.

  The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the metadata creating means creates metadata composed of RSS.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, by using RSS, related information such as summary information and material data of channels and programs can be easily managed, and channels and programs desired by the user can be easily acquired. be able to.

  The invention described in claim 4 is characterized in that the storage means stores the metadata and material data, program production engine, and program contents included in the information related to the program as independent data. .

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the program production terminal efficiently acquires data by distributing only necessary data from the metadata, the material data, the program production engine, and the program contents from the program production management server. be able to.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program production terminal for producing a program using material data, a program production means for producing a program based on the material data and text data indicating contents of the production, and the program production means. And uploading means for uploading information relating to the program obtained by the above to a program production management server for managing the produced program, connected by a communication network.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the production, storage, distribution, and presentation of a program can be efficiently realized using the program production management server.

  The invention described in claim 6 has a search means for acquiring a desired channel or program from metadata created from information related to the program stored in advance in the program production management server. To do.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to efficiently acquire a channel and a program by searching for a desired channel or program from the channel summary information and the program summary information. In addition, new programs can be efficiently produced using material data used for channels and programs.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, in a program production management server that acquires information relating to a program produced by a program production terminal and manages the program, a channel summarization is performed based on information relating to the program obtained by the program production terminal. It is characterized by comprising metadata creating means for creating information and program summary information as metadata, storage means for storing metadata obtained by the metadata creating means, and information relating to the program.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, by creating and storing channel summary information and program summary information as metadata, it is possible to efficiently manage information about programs. In addition, using the created metadata, it is possible to efficiently realize distribution and presentation of channels and programs to a program production terminal and other terminals.

  In the invention described in claim 8, in response to a channel or program acquisition request from the program production terminal, the corresponding metadata is extracted by the storage means and distributed to the requested program production terminal. It has the means.

  According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the program producer can efficiently produce a new program by using already existing channels and material data used for the program.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program production program for causing a computer to execute a process of producing a program using material data, wherein the program produces a program based on the material data and text data indicating the contents of the production. The computer executes a production process and an upload process in which information related to the program obtained by the program production process is connected by a communication network and uploaded to a program production management server that manages the produced program.

  According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, program production, storage, distribution, and presentation can be efficiently realized using the program production management server. Moreover, program production can be easily realized by installing an execution program in a computer.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program production management program for causing a computer to execute processing for acquiring information related to a program produced by a program production terminal and managing the program, and the program obtained by the program production terminal. And a metadata creation process for creating channel summary information and program summary information as metadata based on information relating to the information, a storage process for storing metadata obtained by the metadata creation process, and information relating to the program. To run.

  According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to efficiently manage information about programs by creating and storing channel summary information and program summary information as metadata. In addition, using the created metadata, it is possible to efficiently realize distribution and presentation of channels and programs to a program production terminal and other terminals. Also, by installing the execution program in the computer, it is possible to realize management of the easily produced program.

  According to the present invention, program production, storage, distribution, and presentation can be efficiently realized.

<Outline of the present invention>
The present invention enables a program production management server and a program production terminal to handle functions of program production, storage (disclosure), distribution, and presentation in an integrated manner. Specifically, the program itself and the contents of the production (script) produced by the program production terminal are handled independently from production to presentation, thereby enabling customization of the program itself at any stage.

  In addition, at the stage of program accumulation, the program can be stored by creating metadata such as what kind of channel the program belongs to and what kind of material is used when automatically generating the program. (Publication) to presentation can be performed efficiently without human intervention.

  In addition, when a program producer creates content, it is possible to create content with a very simple operation by applying a template (program production engine) that facilitates in advance what kind of effects to add. It is possible to efficiently produce various contents that meet the needs of each viewer.

  Here, the program production engine is a CG character appearing in a program or an event such as “title display”, “zoom-in”, or “CG character operation” defined in advance for each operation in the program. By using this program production engine, program production can be realized efficiently.

<Embodiment>
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Exemplary embodiments of a program production system, a program production terminal, a program production management server, a program production program, and a program production management program according to the present invention having the above-described features are described in detail below with reference to the drawings. To do. In the present embodiment, TVML (TV program Marking Language) is used as an example of a script used for program production and presentation. TVML is an object-based description language for producing television programs. TVML describes the video and audio of a TV program divided into materials and scripts (production contents). When a program script is described, software that runs on a personal computer or the like reads it and instantly reads the TV program. It can be viewed (presented) as a program. It should be noted that the present invention can also be applied using an expression format other than TVML.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration example of a program production system according to the present invention. A program production system 10 shown in FIG. 1 is configured to include a program production management server 11 and at least one program production terminals 12-1 to 12-n. Further, the program production management server 11 and the program production terminal 12 are connected via a communication network 13 such as the Internet so that data can be transmitted and received.

  The program production management server 11 creates, as metadata, settings of a channel to which a program belongs to a program produced by the program production terminal 12 and summary information of the channel and the program. Here, the summary information includes a title, an outline, and materials used in the program. In the present invention, RSS (Resource Description Framework (SDF) Site Summary) is used as the metadata to be created.

  The program production terminal 12 causes a user (program producer) to produce a program and uploads information related to the produced program to the program production management server 12. Further, the program production terminal 12 acquires metadata (channel summary information, program summary information) stored in the program production management server 11, further acquires the material data and the like, and uses it when producing a program. be able to. In addition, a program acquired from the program production management server 11 can be presented. The program production system 10 also has a viewing terminal provided only with a function for acquiring and presenting a program from the program production management server 11.

  With such a system configuration, program production, storage, distribution, and presentation can be efficiently realized. Next, specific functional configuration examples of the program production management server 11 and the program production terminal 12 will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Program production management server>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the program production management server in the present embodiment. The program production management server 11 shown in FIG. 2 is configured to include a program management unit 21, a channel management unit 22, a metadata creation unit 23, a storage unit 24, and a request response unit 25.

  The program management means 21 accumulates and manages information related to programs sent from the program production terminal 12 via the communication network 13 such as the Internet. For example, management such as acceptance of new addition, editing, and deletion of a program (content) is performed.

  Here, the information relating to the program includes program content, a program production engine, material data, and the like. Further, the program content has specific contents constituting the program, such as what kind of material and program production engine are used to generate the program. In addition, the program management unit 21 outputs information about the program to the storage unit 24.

  The channel management means 22 determines which channel each program managed by the program management means 21 belongs to, or a newly established channel, sets the channel of the program, and sets the channel information. to manage. For example, management such as acceptance of new establishment, editing, and deletion of a channel is performed.

  The metadata creation unit 23 creates summary information of channels and programs managed by the program management unit 21 and the channel management unit 22 as metadata with respect to information about the program sent from the program production terminal 12. The present invention uses RSS as metadata. Therefore, the metadata creation means 23 creates the channel RSS, the RSS of the program included in each channel, and the like. With RSS, it is possible to grasp where and what information (material) is related to a produced program. In addition, the metadata creation unit 23 outputs the created RSS to the storage unit 24.

  The storage unit 24 stores the program content 31, the program production engine 32, the material data 33, and the RSS 34. Here, the material data 33 includes not only the program itself but also voice information of the character, video information, image information, and the like.

  The request answering unit 25 acquires the RSS, the program production engine, and the like corresponding to the channel, the program, etc. requested by the search keyword from the program production terminal 12 from the storage unit 24, and the requested program production terminal 12 Deliver to.

<Program production terminal>
Next, the program production terminal 12 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the program production terminal according to the present embodiment. The program production terminal 12 shown in FIG. 3 has a search means 41, a program list generation means 42, a program production means 43, an input means 44, an upload means 45, a display means 46, and a storage means 47. It is configured.

  The search means 41 acquires RSS from the program production management server 11 based on search information such as keywords input by the user through the input means 44 such as a keyboard and a mouse. Further, the search means 41 downloads the material data of the program designated by the user from the program production terminal 12 and the program production engine.

  Moreover, the program list generation means 42 acquires RSS from the program production management server 11, and produces | generates a channel list (list), a program list (list), etc. based on this RSS.

  The program production means 43 performs editing based on the program production engine 51 and the material data 52 accumulated in advance by the accumulation means 47 to produce a program. Further, the program production means 43 searches the program production management server 11 for a desired program using keywords or the like, and uses the program material data distributed from the program production management server 11 or a new program using the program production engine. Or re-edit the delivered program.

  Specifically, the program production means 43 has an editor function typified by a word processor or the like, and inputs production contents such as lines and titles spoken by the CG character transmitted to the viewer by the input means 44 as text data, Create a program by pasting images used in the program.

  The upload unit 45 uploads the program content, the program production engine, and the material data constituting the program produced by the program production unit 43 to the program production management server 11 via the communication network 13.

  The display means 46 presents a screen for the user to produce or view a program. The storage unit 47 stores the program production engine 51 and the material data 52 produced by the program production unit 43 or acquired from the program production management server 11.

  With the functional configurations of the program production management server 11 and the program production terminal 12 described above, program production, storage, distribution, and presentation can be efficiently realized.

  Here, program management in the program production management server 11 and program production in the program production terminal 12 can be realized by using the general-purpose computer or the like and having the above-described functions using software or the like. Specifically, a computer process based on an input form using a GUI (graphical user interface) is performed.

In other words, as described above, the program production management server 11 and the program production terminal 12 can perform program production and management according to the present invention with a dedicated device configuration, but can cause a computer to execute the processing in each configuration. A program that can be produced, managed, and presented in the present invention can be realized by generating an executable execution program and installing the program in, for example, a general-purpose personal computer or workstation.
<Hardware configuration>
Here, an example of a hardware configuration of an executable computer in the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration capable of realizing program production, management, and presentation processing according to the present invention.

  4 includes an input device 61, an output device 62, a drive device 63, an auxiliary storage device 64, a memory device 65, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 66 that performs various controls, and a network connection device. 67, which are connected to each other by a system bus B.

  The input device 61 has a pointing device such as a keyboard and a mouse operated by the user, and inputs various operation signals such as execution of a program from the user. The output device 62 has a display for displaying various windows and data necessary for operating the computer main body for performing processing according to the present invention, and displays the program execution progress, results, and the like by the control program of the CPU 66. can do.

  Here, in the present invention, the execution program installed in the computer main body is provided by, for example, a recording medium 68 such as a CD-ROM. The recording medium 68 on which the program is recorded can be set in the drive device 63, and the execution program included in the recording medium 68 is installed from the recording medium 68 to the auxiliary storage device 64 via the drive device 63.

  The auxiliary storage device 64 is storage means such as a hard disk, and can store an execution program in the present invention, a control program provided in a computer, and the like, and can perform input / output as necessary.

  The CPU 66 performs processing of the entire computer such as various operations and input / output of data with each hardware component based on a control program such as an OS (Operating System) and an execution program read and stored by the memory device 65. Each process can be realized by controlling the above. Various information necessary during the execution of the program can be acquired from the auxiliary storage device 64 and can also be stored.

  The network connection device 67 obtains an execution program from another terminal connected to the communication network by connecting to a communication network or the like, or an execution result obtained by executing the program or an execution in the present invention The program itself can be provided to other terminals.

  With the hardware configuration described above, program production, management, and presentation can be realized efficiently at low cost without requiring a special device configuration. Also, by installing the program, it is possible to realize the parallel word extraction process with ease.

<Processing procedure>
Next, a processing procedure in the present invention will be described using a flowchart. Note that program production processing, storage (management) processing, and presentation processing will be described as processing.

<Program production process>
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a program production processing procedure. First, it is determined whether data necessary for producing a program (material data, program production engine, etc.) has already been accumulated in the terminal (S01). If the necessary data is insufficient (NO in S01), the program production management server is inquired (acquisition request) for the insufficient data using a keyword or the like (S02), and the necessary data is acquired (S03). Note that the data acquired from the program production management server 11 is stored by storage means or the like.

  In S01, if necessary data has already been accumulated (YES in S01), or after the process of S03 is completed, the accumulated data is edited to produce a program (S04).

  Next, the material constituting the produced program and the program production engine are converted into data in the XML (extensible Markup Language) format (S05). Note that the data format converted in the process of S05 is not limited to XML, and is easily converted by the program production management server or converted into a preset data format.

  Next, it is determined whether or not to reference (preview) the produced program (S06). When previewing (YES in S06), a TVML script for reproducing the program is generated, and the program is reproduced and displayed using a display or the like provided in the terminal (S07).

  If the preview is not performed (NO in S06), or after the reference in S07 is completed, it is determined whether or not to re-edit the produced program (S08). If re-editing is not performed (YES in S08), the program content, program production engine information, and material data are uploaded to the program production management server (S09). If re-editing is necessary in the processing of S08 (NO in S08), the processing after S04 is performed.

  Thereby, for example, the deficient data can be acquired from the program production management server to efficiently realize the program production.

<Accumulation (management) processing>
Next, the accumulation processing procedure will be described using a flowchart. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an accumulation processing procedure. In FIG. 6, first, program contents, a program production engine, and material data are input from the terminal that produced the program (S11). Next, the program is managed for the information related to the input program (S12). Specifically, the program (content) that has already been stored is referred to, and management is performed such as whether a new program is added, edited, or deleted.

  In addition, the channel to which the program to be processed in S12 belongs is set and managed (S13). Specifically, it is necessary to set a channel by determining whether it is necessary to open a new channel or to edit an existing channel compared to the channels already stored, and the latest channel information. And manage program information.

  Next, RSS (metadata) of channel summary information and program summary information is created (S14). Further, the data obtained by the above processing is stored in the storage means (S15). Using this accumulated data, it is possible to distribute data corresponding to an acquisition request for insufficient data for program production or an acquisition request for viewing a program. A specific example of RSS generated in S14 will be described later.

<Presentation process>
Next, the presentation processing procedure will be described using a flowchart. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the presentation processing procedure. First, in order to present a program, an RSS acquisition request stored in the program production management server is made (S21), and RSS data is obtained from the program production management server (S22). Here, regarding the RSS acquisition method, it is possible to acquire only the desired RSS using a keyword or the like, and the conditions set in advance by the program production management server, for example, the latest RSS data for each predetermined period are obtained. It can also be acquired based on conditions such as distribution.

  Next, a channel list and a program list are generated using the acquired RSS (S23), and the generated channel or program list is displayed using a display or the like provided in the terminal (S24).

  If the program that the user wants to acquire is in the displayed list, the program production management server is requested to acquire the material data and program content of the program (S25), and the corresponding material data and program content are acquired (S25). S26). If the terminal does not have a program production engine corresponding to the acquired program, the program production management server is requested to acquire the program production engine (S27), and the corresponding program production engine is acquired (S28).

  Next, a TVML script for reproducing the program is generated by the material data acquired by the processing of S26 and S28, the program contents, and the program production engine (S29), and the generated TVML script is displayed on a display or the like provided in the terminal. Presentation is performed by reproduction (S30).

  Thereby, presentation of a desired program can be realized efficiently. In addition, it can be made to operate | move as a viewer terminal by producing | generating the execution program which performs only the presentation process mentioned above, and installing in a terminal.

<Example of RSS>
Here, an example of the RSS generated in S14 described above will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of RSS in the present embodiment. In FIG. 8, in FIG. 8 (a), it is defined in what format RSS is expressed. FIG. 8B shows what kind of channel this RSS has. Specifically, it includes a channel title (Title), a server address (link), a channel outline (description), a language used, a channel creator, a channel production date, a channel content, and the like. FIG. 8B shows that three types of programs, channel001 to channel003, are included.

  FIG. 8C shows information about icons and the like displayed on the screen corresponding to this channel. FIG. 8D shows the specific contents of channel001, and FIG. 8E shows the specific contents of channel002.

  Here, in the present invention, when a new program is uploaded from the program production terminal, the RSS is updated (edited) when the program corresponds to the channel shown in FIG. In this way, the RSS can be easily grasped with the contents of the accumulated program by being constantly updated to the latest information. Also, by distributing RSS to a program production terminal, a desired program can be efficiently acquired and presented.

  Note that the information included in the RSS shown in FIG. 8 is not limited to the above-described information. For example, which user (viewer) watched this program and when, or which user (program producer) is for editing. By accumulating access information such as whether or not a program has been used as metadata, the program production management server can also distribute and present a usage ranking of information related to the program to the program production terminal.

<Screen example>
Next, screen examples for program production and presentation will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the example of arrangement | positioning of each part in the example of a screen mentioned later is not limited to the arrangement | positioning shown to a figure, You may display each part using a some screen.

<Screen example during program production>
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen during program production. The program production screen 80 shown in FIG. 9 includes an editing unit 81, a program production engine selection unit 82, a program reference unit 83, a program operation area 84, a program list display area 85, a program production content setting area 86, And a keyword input area 87.

  The editing unit 81 allows the user to input the contents of effects such as the title of the program and the dialogue spoken by the program caster (CG character) provided to the viewer by the input means, or the setting of an image (material) to be displayed on the program Or The editing unit 81 can describe the production contents as if writing a sentence with a user, a word processor, or the like, and can produce a program. In FIG. 9, a title 90 “Tonight's side dish”, character information 91, and an image 92 are shown.

  Next, the program production engine selection unit 82 selects a desired program production engine from a program production engine stored in advance in the program production terminal 12, a program production engine acquired from the program production management server 11, or the like. This program production engine is, so to speak, a part corresponding to the production of the program. In FIG. 8, the production “program” (program production engine) is selected.

  In addition to madam, there are “casters (male, female)”, “animals”, etc., which can be selected by the program producer according to the contents of the program.

  In addition, by modeling a character designed by himself using a CG tool or the like and preparing a text file describing information on the character (for example, limb length), a program production engine is generated, and a TVML script You can also use it by calling

  Next, the program reference unit 83 displays the program edited by the editing unit 81. If audio data, BGM, or the like is set at the same time, the corresponding audio is output. Here, the program reference unit 83 presents a program based on the operation setting set in the program operation area 84. As the operation setting, settings such as “rewind”, “play”, “pause”, “stop”, “fast forward”, and the like can be performed, for example.

  Thus, since the program can be confirmed by the video reference unit 83 after the program is produced by the editing unit 81 and before being uploaded to the program production management server 11, processing such as re-editing can be performed efficiently. Can do.

  The program list display area 85 displays a channel list and a program list generated from RSS acquired from the program production management server 11 by inputting a keyword in the keyword input unit 87. At this time, the channel name of the program list ("Madam CH program list" in FIG. 9) can also be displayed.

  The program list display area 85 can also store the previously displayed channel list or program list in the program production terminal 12 and display the list.

  The program production content setting area 86 is an area for displaying a group of buttons for setting the production contents of the program. For example, a “new button”, “edit button”, “delete button”, “upload button”, “ Search button "and the like.

  The “new button” is a button for clearing the contents of the editing unit 81 when a program is produced without using an existing program. The “edit button” is used to select a specific program from among the programs displayed in the program list display area 85 and select the “edit button” to display the contents of the program selected by the editing unit 81. It is a button for displaying material data.

  Note that editing using the “edit button” can be used not only to change the original program but also to create a new program using the original program. In addition, even when using an existing program, by providing security such as user authentication, it can be used only by a preset user or the original program cannot be edited. It can be used to create new programs.

  The “delete button” is used for selecting a specific program from the programs displayed in the program list display area 85 and selecting the “delete button” to delete the information of the selected program. Button.

  The “upload button” is a button for uploading the program edited by the editing unit 81 to the program production management server 11. The user (program producer) previews the program produced by the program reference unit 83, and if there is no problem with the contents, selects the “upload button” to output information on the produced program to the program production management server. To do.

  Furthermore, the “search button”, when producing a program, inputs the keyword of the desired program to the keyword input unit 87 and then selects the “search button” to acquire the RSS corresponding to the keyword. A channel list and a program list are generated and displayed in the program list display area 85. By selecting a desired program from the acquired list and performing processing such as editing, the user can efficiently produce a program without duplicating the same program. Further, by acquiring and referring to related programs, it is possible to produce highly accurate program contents that meet the needs of users (viewers).

  Note that the screen and the processing using the screen as shown in FIG. 9 can be provided as a tool (“TV creator”) that can easily produce a television program, for example.

<Screen example when presenting a program>
Next, an example of a screen for presenting a produced program will be described. Note that a terminal having a function of creating a program can present the program using the above-described screen example, but the program may be presented using a screen example described later. In a terminal having only a function for viewing a program, the program is presented by a screen example described later.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen when a program is presented. A program presentation screen 100 shown in FIG. 10 is configured to include a program presentation unit 101, a program list display area 102, a question input unit 103, and a program operation area 104.

  The program presentation unit 101 acquires material data, program contents, and a program production engine from a program production management server by selecting a program displayed in the program list display area 102, and automatically generates and generates a program using a TVML script. The displayed program is presented to the program presentation unit 101.

  The program list display area 102 displays a channel list and a program list generated based on the RSS acquired from the program production management server corresponding to the question content input by the question input unit 103. The program list display area 102 can also store the previously displayed channel list or program list in the program production terminal 12 in advance and display the list.

  The program list display area 102 can display channel names and the like corresponding to the program list acquired as a headline.

  The question input unit 103 inputs a channel name and a program name in order to acquire a desired channel and program. That is, the question input unit 103 inputs a question content for making an inquiry to the program production management server, and selects a “GO button”. Also, the contents of the CG character presented in the program presentation unit 101, the words displayed in the program, etc. are input to the question input unit 103 as “What is XX”, etc. Can be acquired from the program production management server or other servers by asking what is a message. The acquired information can also be set, for example, to speak from a CG character using a TVML script.

  Further, the program operation area 104 sets operation settings for a program presented to the program presentation unit 101. As the operation setting, settings such as “rewind”, “play”, “pause”, “stop”, “fast forward”, and the like can be performed, for example.

  As described above, by displaying the presentation screen as the user interface of the terminal, efficient program acquisition and presentation can be performed. In the program list display area 102 described above, the channel list is first displayed and the program list shown in FIG. 10 is displayed by the user's selection, or the program is created based on the items input to the question input unit. The result extracted by the management server may be displayed. Here, a display example of a list in the program list display area 102 corresponding to the above-described content will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example of a list in the program list display area. As shown in FIG. 11A, the channel list generated from the RSS acquired first from the program production management server is displayed, and the user is allowed to select which channel's program list is to be displayed. For example, by selecting “Madam CH” from the channel list shown in FIG. 11A, the program list of “Madam CH” can be displayed as shown in the program list display area 102 of FIG.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 11B, for example, the word “net” is input to the question input unit, and the program production management server is searched for the result obtained from searching the program production management server using the input word. It can also be displayed in the list display area.

  Furthermore, the program production management server can store the history of channels and programs accessed so far, and display the viewing ranking of the channels based on the history information. The program production terminal can acquire, produce and present a desired program efficiently by displaying such various lists.

  Note that the screen and the process using the screen as shown in FIG. 10 are, for example, a tool (“TV” that can search and view a huge amount of programs stored in a program production management server or the like according to individual viewer's preference. Browser ").

  By using the above-mentioned “TV creator”, “TV browser” or the like, the present invention can be applied to, for example, a conventional TV4U (TV for You) system.

  As described above, according to the present invention, program production, storage, distribution, and presentation can be efficiently realized. Specifically, the program producer can produce a program by a simple operation such as text input and image pasting. As a result, anyone can produce programs, and various programs can be produced easily.

  Also, the input program content can be uploaded to the program production management server via the communication network, and the management server side independently accumulates information on the program produced by creating an RSS from the program content and the like. . As a result, the program production terminal can efficiently acquire only necessary RSS and information related to the program to produce and view the program. Also, the program production management server can extract only necessary information in response to a data acquisition request from a program production terminal, a viewing terminal or the like and efficiently distribute it.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, but the present invention is not limited to such specific embodiments, and various modifications, within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims, It can be changed.

It is a figure which shows the example of a schematic structure of the program production system in this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of the program production management server in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of the program production terminal in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions which can implement | achieve the program production in this invention, management, and a presentation process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a program production process procedure. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the accumulation | storage process procedure. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a presentation process procedure. It is a figure which shows an example of RSS in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen at the time of program production. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen at the time of program presentation. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the list in a program list display area.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Program production system 11 Program production management server 12 Program production terminal 21 Program management means 22 Channel management means 23 Metadata management means 24, 47 Storage means 25 Request response means 31 Program content 32, 51 Program production engine 33, 52 Material data 34 RSS
41 Search means 42 Program list generation means 43 Program production means 44 Input means 45 Upload means 46 Display means 61 Input device 62 Output device 63 Drive device 64 Auxiliary storage device 65 Memory device 66 CPU
67 Network connection device 68 Recording medium 80 Program production screen 81 Editing unit 82 Program production engine selection unit 83 Program reference unit 84, 104 Program operation area 85, 102 Program list display area 86 Program production content setting area 87 Keyword input area 90 Title 91 Character information 92 Image 100 Program presentation screen 101 Program presentation unit 103 Question input unit

Claims (10)

In a program production system comprising a program production terminal that produces a program, and a program production management server that is connected to the program production terminal through a communication network and manages information about the program obtained from the program production terminal,
The program production terminal includes: program production means for producing a program based on material data and text data indicating production contents; and upload means for uploading information on the program obtained by the program production means to the program production management server. Have
The program production management server includes: metadata creation means for creating channel summary information and program summary information as metadata based on information about the program obtained by the upload means; metadata obtained by the metadata creation means; And a program production system comprising a storage means for storing information relating to the program. The program production terminal is
2. The program production system according to claim 1, further comprising search means for acquiring a desired channel or program from the metadata stored in advance in the program production management server. The metadata creation means includes:
The program production system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein metadata composed of RSS (RDF Site Summary) is created. The storage means includes
The program production according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the metadata, material data included in information related to the program, a program production engine, and program contents are stored as independent data. system. In a program production terminal that produces a program using material data,
Program production means for producing a program based on the material data and text data indicating the contents of the effect;
A program production terminal comprising: uploading means for uploading information relating to a program obtained by the program production means to a program production management server for managing the produced program, connected by a communication network.   6. The program production terminal according to claim 5, further comprising search means for acquiring a desired channel or program from metadata created from information related to the program stored in advance in the program production management server. . In a program production management server that acquires information about programs produced by program production terminals and manages programs,
Metadata creation means for creating channel summary information and program summary information as metadata based on information about the program obtained by the program production terminal;
A program production management server comprising storage means for storing metadata obtained by the metadata creation means and information relating to the program.   A request answering unit for extracting metadata corresponding to the channel or program acquisition request from the program production terminal by the storage unit and distributing the metadata to the requested program production terminal. 8. The program production management server according to 7. In a program production program for causing a computer to execute a process of producing a program using material data,
A program production process for producing a program based on the material data and text data indicating the production contents;
A program production program for causing a computer to execute an upload process in which information related to a program obtained by the program production process is connected to a program production management server connected to a communication network and manages the produced program. In a program production management program for causing a computer to execute processing for acquiring information on a program produced by a program production terminal and managing the program,
Metadata creation processing for creating channel summary information and program summary information as metadata based on information about the program obtained by the program production terminal;
A program production management program for causing a computer to execute an accumulation process for accumulating metadata obtained by the metadata creation process and information related to the program.

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