JP2005323090A - Digital broadcast receiving device, digital broadcast transmitting device, digital broadcast receiving means, and program implementing digital broadcast receiving method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of enabling reservation of a desired program in scene units and giving notice in steps as a desired program scene approaches so as not to miss the desired program. <P>SOLUTION: A digital broadcast receiving device is equipped with a TS decoding part which filters a received TS, a section analysis part which separates a section filtered by the TS decoding part into a section regarding program scene information and a section regarding application data and registers them, an application starting part which starts and controls an application program, an operation reception part which receives information specifying a scene that a viewer inputs by the application program, a monitor part which converts program scene information into a timer list, a notification part which sends an instruction for displaying a scene approach notice message on a display, and an application display part which displays the scene approach notice message. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for viewing a program being viewed on a television receiver, and in particular, can execute a platform-independent application included in a broadcast wave that informs when a registered program scene to be viewed approaches. The present invention relates to a digital broadcast receiving apparatus.

Conventionally, when viewing only a scene of a program (hereinafter referred to as a desired program scene) in viewing a program with a television receiver, the viewer does not need to see another scene of the program, so Zapping such as watching programs. Then, when the scene of the desired program starts, the channel is returned.
Further, as a method for detecting a desired program scene, Patent Document 1 discloses that character data (telop) superimposed on a broadcast is automatically recognized and determined as a desired scene.
JP-A-10-191190

  However, in this method, there is a case where a desired program scene is missed when the start time of the scene of the desired program is different from the usual time zone or when the zapping destination program is interesting.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and by providing a method for making a viewing reservation in advance in units of scenes of a desired program and notifying in stages when a desired program scene approaches. The purpose is to avoid missing a desired program scene.

  In order to solve the conventional problem, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus of the invention of claim 1 includes a TS decoding unit that filters a received TS, a section that is filtered by the TS decoding unit, a section that relates to program scene information, Separated into sections related to application data, a section of program scene information is converted into a program scene information table and registered in the program scene information storage section, and a section related to application data is converted into an application program and registered in the application data storage section An analysis unit; an application activation unit that controls activation of the application program; an application program activated by the application activation unit; an operation reception unit that receives information identifying a scene input by a viewer; and the received scene Emotion And the program scene information registered in the program scene information storage unit, the matching program scene information is converted into a timer list, the timer activation time of the timer list is monitored, the timer activation time A notification unit that sends an instruction to display a scene approach notification message on the display, and an application display unit that receives the instruction and displays a scene approach notification message.

  In the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the program scene information table includes a program ID for specifying a program including the scene, a program scene ID for specifying the scene, a keyword related to the scene, It includes the time from the beginning.

  The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to a third aspect of the invention is characterized in that the information specifying the scene includes information specifying the notification timing of the scene.

  Further, the notification timing information of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the invention of claim 4 is a timing at which the start of the program is notified stepwise or a timing at which the start of the scene is notified stepwise.

  In the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the invention, the timer list specifies a program ID for specifying a program including a scene, a timer activation time for specifying a timing for notifying the approach of the scene, and the contents of the scene. It includes a keyword and a notification time for specifying the relationship between the notification timing and the scene start.

  Further, the timer start time of the timer list of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the invention is dynamically rewritten when there is a program time change.

  The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the seventh aspect of the present invention displays a CM at the same time as displaying the broadcast when the channel is switched to a program that broadcasts the scene triggered by a scene approach notification message.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an SI information generating unit that registers scene specifying information in an arbitrary scene in SI for each program, and scene specification on the terminal side using the scene specifying information. Superimpose an application program that performs processing.

  In the digital broadcast transmitting apparatus according to claim 9, the scene specifying information includes a program ID for specifying a program including a scene, a keyword for specifying the content of the scene, and a time from the start of the program to the start of the scene. (Relative time).

  The digital broadcast receiving method of the invention of claim 10 separates the TS decoding step for filtering the received TS, the section filtered by the TS decoding step into a section relating to program scene information, and a section relating to application data, A section of program scene information is converted into a program scene information table and registered in a program scene information storage area, a section relating to application data is converted into an application program and registered in the application data storage area, and the application program An application activation step for controlling activation, an application program activated in the application activation step, an operation reception step for receiving information specifying a scene input by a viewer, and the received scene A monitor step of comparing the program scene information registered in the program scene information storage area with the information identifying the program and converting the matched program scene information into a timer list, and monitoring the timer activation time of the timer list And a notification step for sending an instruction to display a scene approach notification message on a display when the timer activation time is reached, and an application display step for receiving the instruction and displaying a scene approach notification message. .

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for executing a digital broadcast receiving method, a TS decoding step for filtering a received TS, a section relating to program scene information, a section relating to program scene information, and a section relating to application data. A section analysis step for converting a section of program scene information into a program scene information table and registering it in a program scene information storage area, and converting a section related to application data into an application program and registering it in the application data storage area; An application activation step for controlling activation of the application program, and an operation reception step for accepting information for specifying a scene input by a viewer for the application program activated in the application activation step A monitor step of comparing the information specifying the received scene with the program scene information registered in the program scene information storage area and converting the matching program scene information into a timer list; and a timer of the timer list A notification step of monitoring an activation time and sending an instruction to display a scene approach notification message on a display when the timer activation time is reached; and an application display step of receiving the instruction and displaying a scene approach notification message It is characterized by.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when broadcasting of a scene set by a viewer starts, even if another program is being viewed, it is notified, so that it is possible to surely view the desired scene. It becomes.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the scene set by the viewer is notified step by step 10 minutes before the scene start, 5 minutes before, and 1 minute before, so that it is possible to surely view the desired scene. It becomes possible.

  Further, according to the present invention, even if the broadcast time of the program broadcast before the broadcast of the program including the scene set by the viewer is changed, the broadcast time of the scene is also changed. It is possible to view the scene reliably.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the viewer changes the channel to the corresponding program by the start notification of the scene, the CM is displayed along with the display of the corresponding broadcast, so that the viewer specifies and views the scene. It becomes possible to eliminate the disadvantage of the sponsor.

  In addition, according to the present invention, a service for specifying a scene on the receiver side is provided by transmitting information identifying a scene for each program and an application program for monitoring registration and approach of the scene superimposed on the TS. Make it possible.

(Embodiment 1)
Next, an embodiment of a method for registering and notifying a desired program scene according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Platform-independent analysis of program scene information according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as program scene information), program scene information, presentation to the viewer, registration of the program scene, and notification of the desired program scene time An application (hereinafter simply referred to as “application”) is transmitted from the broadcasting station to the receiving device. In the receiving apparatus, the program scene information is analyzed by an application, displayed, and registered by the operation of the viewer to notify a desired program scene.

One configuration method for realizing the above is shown in FIGS.
A digital broadcast receiving apparatus 100 in FIG. 1 includes a tuner 101 for viewing a main broadcast that demodulates a digital signal received from an antenna, and a TS decoding unit 102 that decodes an input transport stream (hereinafter referred to as TS). The AV decoding unit 103 that decodes the video data and audio data decoded by the TS decoding unit 102 in synchronization and outputs them to a display or a speaker, and the section data decoded by the TS decoding unit 102 are related to program information. It is divided into a section, a section related to application data, and a section related to program scene information. In the case of a program information section, it is converted into a program information table, analyzed, and stored as program information. In the program scene information storage unit 106 In the case of a section related to application data, the section is converted into an application program, the section analysis unit 104 stores the program in the application data storage unit 105, and the operation reception unit 108 receives an operation from a viewer using a remote controller or the like. In response to an instruction from the operation accepting unit, an application activation unit 110 that controls the activation of the application, an application execution environment 111 that includes the application activation unit 110 and controls the activation, execution, and termination of the application, and an application with a minimum configuration A keyword selection unit 112 for inputting / selecting a keyword of a scene desired by a viewer, a program scene information reference unit 113 for referring to data of program scene information, and a desired scene or program is started from the registered keyword. Stores information on the monitor 114 that monitors time and the registered timer In the timer list 116, an app that is activated when a predetermined time comes, and an app that includes a notification unit 115 that gives an instruction to display on the display that a desired scene is started, and an app that displays the activated app on the display And a display unit 107.

The application configuration diagram of FIG. 2 is a diagram showing details of App1 of FIG. In order to monitor a specific scene of a program, this application assigns a name to the scene as a keyword and combines it with the time information at which the scene starts to form program scene information that is superimposed on the TS packet. FIG. 3 shows a configuration diagram of an application for notifying the start time of a program scene in broadcasting.
It is roughly divided into a program scene information reference section, a keyword selection / input section, a monitor section, and a notification timer section.

  The program scene information reference unit extracts, from the program scene information stored in the program scene information storage unit 106, keywords associated with a scene with a program that the viewer desires to view, scene start time information, and the like. The program scene information analysis unit 213 for analyzing the program scene information, the scene specification keyword acquisition unit 214 for acquiring only the scene specification keyword such as the time zone specified by the program scene information analysis unit 213, and the viewer wants to watch It includes a scene specific time information acquisition unit 215 that acquires time information for determining a start time of a scene corresponding to a keyword associated with a corner of a desired program.

  The keyword selection / input unit also displays a keyword display for organizing and displaying the scene specific keywords acquired from the input receiving unit 205 and the scene specific keyword acquiring unit 214 for receiving input from the viewer by a remote controller or the like. The keyword received by the input accepting unit 205 with respect to the keyword displayed by the unit 206 and the keyword display unit 206 and the keyword selected by pressing the enter button, or the keyword arbitrarily designated by the user using a GUI keyboard, etc. It comprises a keyword registration unit 207 that registers as a specific keyword.

  Also, the monitor unit compares the keyword arbitrarily registered by the user with the keyword acquired from the scene specific keyword acquisition unit 214, and if a match is found, the keyword comparison unit 208 notifies the timer registration unit, and the keyword For the keyword registered in the registration unit 207 and the keyword notified from the keyword comparison unit 208, scene start time information for the keyword is acquired from the scene specific time information acquisition unit 215, and the scene start time is given to the viewer at a predetermined time. If the timer registration unit 209 registers the timer for performing the notification and the program after the program that may be extended, if the timer is registered, the EPG indicates whether the corresponding program is started at a regular time. Monitored by data, if the start time deviates, registered according to the start time of the program A program monitoring unit 210 to re-register of the timer, at a specified time, consisting of the timer start section 212 that invokes the notification timer has been registered.

  The notification timer unit includes a display data creation unit 216 that creates a notification message for the viewer, and a notification unit 217 that transfers the message created by the display data creation unit 216 to the application display unit 107.

Next, program arrangement information (SI) will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram when the program scene information is included in an information table called Local Event Information Table (LIT) of MPEG2-SYSTEM.
The program arrangement information 301 is a transmission control signal standardized by MPEG2-SYSTEM, and is necessary for operations such as time schedule information, detailed information for pay broadcasting, and information on other networks and other streams. There is information.
The program scene information 307 is a table in which data for specifying scenes in a program are collected, and includes the following items. It consists of a program ID 308 for identifying a specific program, a short keyword 309 representing a scene in the program, and a relative time 310 from the start of the program representing the time at which a scene in the program appears.
In addition, an EPG service or the like can be provided by data such as an Event Information Table (EIT) that transmits the name of a program (event), a description, a scheduled broadcast time, and the like.
An application that handles program scene information is included in the application information table of the program information table (PMT) 311.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram when the program scene information 406 is included in the EIT. The program scene information 406 is embedded in the EIT descriptor () 405. Each item of the program scene information 406 is the same as that in FIG. However, the EIT needs to include information on all broadcast stations, such as data for EPG. An application that handles program scene information is included in the application information table 411 of the program information table (PMT) 410.

Next, how program scene information in a certain program is related is shown in FIG.
Program scene information 506, 507, and 508 are prepared for the program scenes 503, 504, and 505, respectively. These programs may be created manually by the program organizer of the broadcasting station, for example, by analyzing the subtitle data in advance to identify the scene and creating the program scene information. Good. These program scene information needs to be transmitted in advance, but may be transmitted together with EPG data or the like from one to two weeks ago, or may be transmitted on the day of broadcasting the program.
FIG. 6 shows a table in which the program scene information set as described above is managed by the program scene information storage unit 106. In the management table, an ID is added to each program scene information.

FIG. 7 shows an image diagram regarding how to use the program scene information.
On the EPG screen 701, when the program scene display is selected for the song program A from 20:00 of ch31, the application superimposed on the broadcast wave is activated, and the viewing scene selection application screen 702 for the song program A is displayed. The Since this GUI screen is an image, when these applications are mounted, they may be freely mounted.
On the viewing scene selection application screen 702 for the song program A, a keyword that expresses the program scene briefly, a selection button for determining whether to view the program scene, and a notification method are displayed several minutes before the start of the program. There is a notification method determination button for determining how many minutes before the start of the notification.
In FIG. 7, by designating a program, an application linked to the program is started and registration is performed for a desired program scene. In the example shown in FIG. 18, a viewer arbitrarily inputs a keyword. This shows that there is also a method for registering program scene viewing notification for program scene information that matches the keyword.

Next, in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus having the above-described configuration in the digital broadcast including the program scene information and the application for analyzing the program wave as described above, the operation related to the present invention is based on the flowcharts of FIGS. explain.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart up to keyword registration, which is the first step for the viewer to register scene specifying information stored in the program scene information storage unit 106 of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 100.
First, in order to register a scene of a program that is not to be missed, the information is displayed as a part of a program table or the like. However, the keyword display unit 206 displays a program scene for a specified channel and a specified time. The scene specific keyword acquisition unit 214 confirms whether the information exists (S802).
When program scene information exists under specified conditions such as time and channel, the keyword is extracted from the scene specific keyword acquisition unit 213. At this time, keywords for all program scene information about related programs are acquired (S803).
The extracted keywords are displayed using the GUI from the keyword display unit 206 (S804).

As a result of such processing, for example, a viewing scene selection screen 702 (FIG. 7) of the song program A is displayed.
Based on the keyword information displayed on the GUI, a keyword of a scene of a program that the viewer does not want to miss is selected by moving the cursor or the like by input from a remote controller or the like and pressing the enter button (S805).
In the viewing scene selection screen 702 of the song program A, it indicates that a button having a dark color is selected and determined.
About the determined keyword, the keyword registration part 207 preserve | saves about the keyword storage list prepared inside the application (S806).
The keyword storage list may store the program scene ID related to the keyword. (Fig. 6)
Confirm whether to register other keywords. If other keywords are to be registered, the process returns to step S805 (S807).
When there is no need to register other keywords, a program start time monitor registration process S901 is performed.

FIG. 9 shows the program start time monitor registration process.
The keyword registration unit 207 obtains the program ID from the program scene ID stored in the application, and acquires the start time of the program from the EPG data based on the program ID (S902).
Based on this time, a program start time monitor timer is registered (S903). FIG. 13 shows the program start time monitor timer registration list 1311. In this example, since the program start notification is set immediately before (FIG. 7), the activation time is 20:00.
When registration of the program start time monitor timer is completed, a program scene start time monitor registration process is performed (S1001).

FIG. 10 shows the program scene start time monitor registration process.
The program ID is obtained from the program scene ID stored in the application by the keyword registration unit 207, and the start time of the program is obtained from the EPG data based on the program ID (S1002).
The actual time for actually starting the timer is calculated from the program start time and the relative time of the program scene information (S1003).
A timer for notifying the start time of the program scene is registered at the calculated real time (S1004).
It is checked whether there is a program scene start time monitor to be registered. If there is, the procedure returns to S1002, and if not, the registration processing is terminated (S1005).

FIG. 11 describes a process for starting the registered program start time monitor.
First, it is determined whether it is the start time of the program start time notification timer. This is registered in real time at the time of registration (program start time monitor timer registration list 1311 in FIG. 13) (S1102).
If it is the start time, first, it is checked from the EPG data whether the program start time is changed. If there is no change, the registered timer is started from the timer starting unit 212 as it is (S1104).
On the other hand, when the previous program is a baseball game or the like and the start time of the program is changed, the changed time information is acquired from the EPG data (S1105).
For the changed program start time, the registration of the program start time monitor timer and the program scene start time monitor timer is changed and re-registered (S1106) (see FIG. 14).
In order to notify the changed program start time, a message in which the start of the program is extended is passed and a notification timer is started (S1107).
In the display data creation unit, for example, when a program is started, “Song program A including the talk scene of Hiroshima Taro has started” or when the start time of the program is extended, “Hiroshima The start time of the song program A including Taro's talk scene has been changed "(S1108).
The created message is displayed on the TV screen, and the viewer is notified of program scene viewing and the start of the registered program (S1109).

FIG. 12 shows a program scene start time notification timer activation process.
First, it is determined whether it is the start time of the program scene start time notification timer. This is registered in real time at the time of registration.
If it is the start time, the timer starter 212 starts a notification timer (S1203).
From the display data creation section and the program scene start time monitor timer registration list 1312, for example, as shown in FIG. 19, it is 10 minutes before the “Taro Hiroshima talk” scene. Is displayed and displayed on the TV screen (S1204, S1205).

(Embodiment 2 according to the present invention)
Embodiment 2 according to the present invention relates to a method for notifying a desired program scene in a live broadcast program such as a baseball broadcast.
FIG. 15 shows a digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the second embodiment. Basically, it is the same as FIG. 1, but it is necessary to monitor another program in real time, so that it has a configuration having two tuners and a TS decoding unit.
FIG. 16 shows program scene information in the baseball broadcast. In baseball broadcasts and the like, since the start time of the program scene is not known in advance, the item of relative time from the start of the program is not necessary, and is composed only of a program ID and a keyword that directly represents the desired program scene.
FIG. 17 shows how program scene information is transmitted in a live broadcast program such as a baseball broadcast.
First, it is assumed that the program scene information of FIG. 16 is registered to view the “Hiroshima team attack times” scene and the “popular Ichitaro's at-bat” scene on the selection screen as shown in FIG.
In the case of a baseball game, events such as “the end of the Tokyo team attack times” and “the start and end of the batting of the players in front of popular Ichitaro” occur before the above scene. Therefore, by broadcasting these before the attack time of the Hiroshima team, which is a desired program scene, can be notified and displayed in advance that the program scene of the attack time of the Hiroshima team starts.

(Embodiment 3 according to the present invention)
In Embodiments 1 and 2 according to the present invention, program scene information is added to a TS to facilitate viewing of a program scene desired by a viewer. However, such a method causes an abnormality in the business model of the CM revenue of the broadcasting station. For this reason, when a viewer who has received a program scene notification sees a desired program scene in accordance with the notification, a channel switching monitor unit for judging the program scene is added to activate the CM display application. Also good.

  A digital broadcast receiving apparatus, a digital broadcast transmitting apparatus, a digital broadcast receiving method, and a program for executing the digital broadcast receiving method according to the present invention provide a digital broadcast providing a service for notifying a scene set by a viewer without missing a scene. Applicable to receiving devices.

The functional block diagram in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The functional block diagram of the application in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram of program arrangement | sequence information when program scene information is contained in LIT. The block diagram of program arrangement | sequence information when program scene information is contained in EIT. The correlation figure of program scene information and a program scene. The figure which shows the registration table of program scene information. The image figure of GUI which selects the program scene in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The flowchart of the keyword registration regarding a program scene. The registration flowchart of the timer which monitors program start time. 6 is a flowchart for registering a timer for monitoring a program scene start time. The start flowchart of the timer which monitors program start time. The start flowchart of the timer which monitors a program scene start time. The figure of the timer registration list in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The image figure when the program start time is changed in the timer registration list in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The functional block diagram in Embodiment 2 of this invention. The block diagram of program arrangement | sequence information when the program scene information in Embodiment 2 of this invention is contained in EIT. The correlation figure of the program scene information and program scene in Embodiment 2 of this invention. Fig. 3 is an image diagram of a GUI for selecting a program scene by keyword input according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The image figure of the scene notification in Embodiment 1 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Digital broadcast receiver 101 Tuner 102 TS decoding part 103 AV decoding part 104 Section analysis part 105 Application data storage part 106 Program scene information storage part 107 Application display part 108 Operation reception part 109 App1
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 Application start part 111 Application execution environment 112 Keyword selection part 113 Program scene information reference part 114 Monitor part 115 Notification part 116 Timer list

Claims (11)

In a digital broadcast receiving apparatus that receives a transport stream (hereinafter referred to as TS) on which information identifying a scene corresponding to a program scene is superimposed,
A TS decoding unit for filtering the received TS;
The section filtered by the TS decoding unit is separated into a section related to program scene information and a section related to application data. The section of program scene information is converted into a program scene information table and registered in the program scene information storage unit.
A section analysis unit that converts the application data section into an application program and registers it in the application data storage unit,
An application launcher for controlling the launch of the application program;
The application program activated by the application activation unit is an operation reception unit that receives information specifying a scene input by a viewer;
A monitor unit that compares the information specifying the received scene with the program scene information registered in the program scene information storage unit and converts the matching program scene information into a timer list;
A notification unit that monitors the timer activation time of the timer list and sends an instruction to display a scene approach notification message on the display when the timer activation time is reached;
A digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising an application display unit that receives the instruction and displays a scene approach notification message.   2. The program scene information table includes a program ID for specifying a program including the scene, a program scene ID for specifying a scene, a keyword related to the scene, and a time from the beginning of the program. The digital broadcast receiver as described.   2. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information for specifying the scene includes information for specifying a notification timing of the scene.   4. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the notification timing information is a timing at which the start of the program is notified stepwise or a timing at which the start of the scene is notified stepwise.   The timer list includes a program ID for specifying a program including a scene, a timer activation time for specifying the timing for notifying the approach of the scene, a keyword for specifying the contents of the scene, and a notification for specifying the relationship between the notification timing and the scene start. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, comprising time.   6. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the timer activation time of the timer list is dynamically rewritten when there is a program time change.   2. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a channel is switched to a program that broadcasts the scene by using the scene approach notification message as a trigger, a CM is also displayed at the same time as the broadcast is displayed. In a digital broadcast transmitting apparatus that transmits Transport Stream (hereinafter referred to as TS),
An SI information generation unit for registering scene specific information in an arbitrary scene for each program in Service Information (hereinafter referred to as SI);
An apparatus for superimposing an application program for performing processing relating to scene specification on the terminal side using the scene specification information.   9. The scene specifying information includes a program ID for specifying a program including a scene, a keyword for specifying the contents of the scene, and a time (relative time) from the start of the program to the start of the scene. The digital broadcast transmission device described. In a digital broadcast receiving method for receiving a transport stream (hereinafter referred to as TS) on which information for identifying a scene corresponding to a scene of a program is superimposed,
TS decoding step for filtering the received TS;
The section filtered in the TS decoding step is separated into a section related to program scene information and a section related to application data. The section of program scene information is converted into a program scene information table and registered in a program scene information storage area.
A section analysis step for converting the application data section into an application program and registering it in the application data storage area,
An application activation step for controlling the activation of the application program;
The application program started in the application starting step is an operation receiving step for receiving information specifying a scene input by a viewer;
A step of comparing the information specifying the received scene with the program scene information registered in the program scene information storage area, and converting the matching program scene information into a timer list;
A notification step of monitoring a timer activation time of the timer list and sending an instruction to display a scene approach notification message on a display when the timer activation time is reached;
A digital broadcast receiving method comprising: an application display step of receiving an instruction to display a scene approach notification message in response to the instruction. In a program for executing a digital broadcast receiving method for receiving a transport stream (hereinafter referred to as TS) on which information for identifying a scene corresponding to a program scene is superimposed,
TS decoding step for filtering the received TS;
The section filtered in the TS decoding step is separated into a section related to program scene information and a section related to application data. The section of program scene information is converted into a program scene information table and registered in a program scene information storage area.
A section analysis step for converting the application data section into an application program and registering it in the application data storage area,
An application activation step for controlling the activation of the application program;
The application program started in the application starting step is an operation receiving step for receiving information specifying a scene input by a viewer;
A step of comparing the information specifying the received scene with the program scene information registered in the program scene information storage area, and converting the matching program scene information into a timer list;
A notification step of monitoring a timer activation time of the timer list and sending an instruction to display a scene approach notification message on a display when the timer activation time is reached;
A program for executing a digital broadcast receiving method, comprising an application display step of receiving an instruction to display a scene approach notification message in response to the instruction.

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