JP2005333404A - Mobile terminal, and method and program for program start notification - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily give notice of the start of a desired program on a mobile terminal side. <P>SOLUTION: A mobile phone 1 receives and stores program information including the date and time of broadcasting by a television station, a program title, and a broadcasting channel in a scheduler 14, retrieves program information including an input keyword from program information, and registers its schedule before the date and time of broadcasting of the program information obtained by the retrieval, so that notice can be given before the date and time registered in the schedule according to calendar processing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to, for example, a mobile terminal, a program start notification method, and a program notification program.

  As a kind of database search, keyword search for television programs already exists (Patent Document 1). In addition, today, the program guide can be provided to the wireless communication terminal as an electronic program guide (EPG), which makes it possible to find desired program information even on the go (Patent Document 2).

  For the user, it is not always important to obtain the program information now, and there is a need to notify the start of the television program. Therefore, recently, a system has been proposed in which a program is registered in advance in a wireless portable terminal to notify the start of a registered program from the mail distribution terminal by e-mail (Patent Document 3).

JP-A-10-215419 International Publication Number WO01 / 019002 JP 2002-108776 A

  When the start of a program is notified by e-mail as in the above-described conventional system (Patent Document 3), it functions effectively in an environment where radio waves reach, but misses the e-mail reception timing in an underground environment or an environment where radio waves are difficult to reach. If you do, you may have missed the TV program. Furthermore, since notification is sent to the user by mail transmission, notification management for all registered users is required on the server side, and there is a problem that the server side bears a huge processing burden.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal, a program start notification method, and a program notification program that can easily notify a desired program start on the mobile terminal side.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the above object, a mobile terminal according to the invention of claim 1 has a wireless function, and stores program information and keywords including a date and time, a program title, and a broadcast channel broadcasted on a television station A portable terminal capable of communicating with a server to be stored, in which calendar processing means for performing calendar processing of date and time is associated with date, alarm setting time, broadcast time, program information and keywords A scheduler for storing; receiving means for accessing the server in response to an operation of a user; receiving program information including a date and time, a program title, a broadcast channel, and a keyword broadcast on a television station stored in the server; An update registration means for incorporating the program information and keywords received by the reception means into the scheduler for update registration; and a user In response to the operation, a receiving unit that receives an input of a keyword, a search unit that searches for one or more program information including the input keyword of the receiving unit from the keyword updated and registered in the scheduler, and the scheduler Alarm registration means for setting an alarm time before the date and time when one or more program information obtained by the search means is aired, and the date and time when the alarm registration means has registered the alarm according to the calendar processing of the calendar processing means And an informing means for informing the device.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the notification means may perform notification using sound.

  In addition, according to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the notification means may perform notification using vibration.

  The program start notification method according to the invention of claim 4 has a wireless function and is capable of communicating with a server for storing program information including a date and time, a program title, a broadcast channel, and a keyword broadcast on a television station. A program start notification method executable by the computer, wherein the computer performs a first step of performing calendar processing of date and time, accesses the server in response to a user operation, and stores it in the server The second step of receiving program information and keywords including the date and time, the program title and the broadcast channel to be broadcast on the TV station, and the date, alarm setting time, broadcast time, program information and keyword are associated with each other and stored in the scheduler The program information and keywords received in the second step are incorporated into the scheduler. A third step of updating and registering, a fourth step of receiving an input of a keyword in response to a user operation, and a search of one or more program information including the input keyword from the keyword updated and registered in the third step 5 steps, a sixth step for setting an alarm time before the broadcast date and time of one or more program information obtained in the fifth step, and a calendar process in the first step. Therefore, it includes a seventh step of notifying at the date and time when the alarm is registered in the sixth step.

  In addition, the program start notification program according to the invention of claim 5 has a wireless function and can communicate with a server that stores program information including a date and time, a program title, a broadcast channel, and a keyword that are broadcast on a television station. A program start notification program that can be executed by a computer of a portable terminal, wherein the computer performs a first step of performing calendar processing of date and time, and accesses the server in response to a user operation. The second step of receiving program information and keywords including the date and time, the program title, and the broadcast channel broadcasted on the TV station stored in the program, the date, the alarm setting time, the broadcasting time, the program information and the keyword in association with each other The program information and keywords received in the second step are stored in the schedule. A third step of incorporating and updating and registering in a ruler; a fourth step of receiving an input of a keyword in response to a user operation; and one or more pieces of program information including an input keyword from the keyword updated and registered in the third step A fifth step of searching for the alarm time, a sixth step of setting an alarm time before the date and time when one or more program information obtained in the fifth step is broadcasted to the scheduler, and the first step In accordance with the calendar process, the seventh step of informing at the date and time when the alarm was registered in the sixth step is executed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a portable terminal, a program start notification method, and a program notification program that can easily notify a desired program start on the band terminal side.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network system according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a server according to the present embodiment, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams illustrating information stored in the server. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the mobile phone according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining information stored in the mobile phone according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, 1 is a mobile phone, 2 is a server, 3 is a broadcasting station control device, 4 is the Internet, 5 is a base station, and 6 is a mobile communication network. A mobile communication network 6, a server 2, and a broadcast station control device 3 are connected to the Internet 4 and can communicate with each other. The mobile phone 1 can be connected to the Internet 4 via a base station 5 connected to the mobile communication network 6. The mobile phone 1 can connect to the server 2 via a network and request a program start advance notice of a TV program. Reference numeral 7 denotes a television device.

  Although not shown, the broadcast station control device 3 includes a schedule database (DB) 31 based on, for example, an EPG (electronic program guide).

  The mobile phone 1 is capable of browsing the web with the server 2, for example, and for performing an input operation on a display 11 that displays a page provided by the server 2, for example, a page displayed on the display 11. The key group 12 includes, for example, a browser application 13 that displays a page provided by the server 2, an infrared transmission unit (not shown) that transmits infrared as an operation command to the television apparatus, and the like.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the server 2 includes a WEB application 21, a master information storage unit 22, a user information storage unit 23, and the like. The master information storage unit 22 stores, for example, a part of EPG data in the server 2, and stores, as stored information, the date, day of the week, broadcast time, program content, and keywords related to the program in association with each other. . In the example of FIG. 4, the drama “Aiueo / 10ch” is shown as the program, the date and time of the broadcast are April 1, 2004 (Thursday), the airtime is 16: 00-17: 00, and the keyword for the program is “Incoming melody” "And" Shibuya "are stored in association with each other.

  The user information storage unit 23 stores user identification information for identifying a mobile phone corresponding to the user and user contact information. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the name, telephone number, e-mail address, and others (address, account number, etc.) are stored in association with the user ID that identifies the user. In the example of FIG. 3, the name “Taro” is associated with the user ID 1, 090-1111222 as the telephone number, and taro @ aaa. co. jp is associated.

  In this embodiment, in a mobile phone, program information including the date and time, program title, and broadcast channel broadcasted on a television station is received and stored in the scheduler 14, and program information including an input keyword is searched from the program information. It is possible to register the schedule before the broadcast date and time of the program information obtained by the search, and notify the schedule before the date and time registered according to the calendar process.

  Next, the configuration of the mobile phone 1 will be described. An exemplary configuration of the mobile phone 1 is shown in more detail in FIG. The communication processing unit 102, sound processing unit 105, CPU 106, ROM 107, RAM 108, display 11, key group 12, infrared transmission unit (not shown), etc. are connected to the internal system bus 109, and data, address signals, control signals, etc. It is the structure which implement | achieves various processes by transmitting.

  The communication processing unit 102 is connected to the antenna 101 and communicates with the mobile communication network 6 via the antenna 101. With this communication processing unit 102, voice communication and communication with the server 2 can be realized. The sound processing unit 105 is connected to a speaker 15 for voice output and a microphone 104 for voice input, and performs voice processing during reception and transmission.

  The CPU 106 controls the entire mobile phone 1 according to the OS stored in the ROM 107. The ROM 107 stores programs such as an OS installed in advance. The CPU 106 controls processing according to the present embodiment by various portable applications (for example, JAVA (registered trademark) application). Further, the CPU 106 receives an input from the key group 12 and executes various processes, and controls display on the display 11 according to the various processes.

  In addition to the browser application 13 for realizing communication according to the present embodiment, the RAM 108 includes a scheduler 14, a mailer application 16, a calendar application 17, a work area that stores contents such as ringtones and various data, and various data. The key group 12 includes various keys for inputting a telephone number, an address, and the like, and for performing input when executing service selection described later. The display 11 displays a captured image, displays an operation guidance screen, and displays a general display screen when using a telephone or mail function.

  As shown in FIG. 6, for example, the scheduler 14 stores year, month, day of the week, broadcast time, program information, and keywords related to the program in association with each other. In the example of FIG. 6, the drama “Aiueo / 10ch” as the program, April 1, 2004 (Thursday) as the broadcast date and day of the week, 16: 00-17: 00 as the broadcast time, “Incoming melody” as the program keyword "And" Shibuya "are stored in association with each other. Also, the drama “abc / 8ch” as the program, the broadcast date and day of the week as of April 10, 2004, the broadcast time as 21: 00-23: 00, the keywords related to the program “incoming melody” and “Shibuya” "Is stored in association with each other. This indicates a result of the user searching for a program including “incoming melody” and “Shibuya” as keywords.

  Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of screen transition according to the present embodiment, FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining processing between the broadcast station control apparatus and the server according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a mobile terminal according to the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a program search procedure according to this embodiment, and FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining advance notification based on a scheduler according to this embodiment.

  First, between the broadcast station control device 3 and the server 2, the server 2 requests the broadcast station control device 3 for a program guide (SV1), and the broadcast station control device 3 confirms whether there is an update for the request. (BS1). The update portion is transmitted from the broadcast station control device 3 to the server 2 (BS2), and when the program guide is received at the server 2, update registration is performed in the master information storage unit 22 (SV2).

  Subsequently, when the mobile phone 1 accesses the server 2 (MB1), the server 2 confirms the user according to the access (SV11). At this time, when the user ID is sent from the mobile phone, the user information storage unit 23 can confirm the user. If it is an unregistered user, it may be newly registered as a member.

  When a matching WEB page is generated according to the user's model, it is transmitted to the mobile phone 1 (SV12). When the mobile phone 1 receives the WEB page, the page is displayed on the display 11 (MB2). Thereafter, a program guide can be requested from the mobile phone 1 to the server 2. In this case, in the mobile phone 1, by performing an input operation (MB3), a program guide is requested from the server 2 (MB5). In the server 2, when a request for a program guide is received from the mobile phone 1, the request is received and the updated portion is confirmed (SV13). Then, the updated part is transmitted to the mobile phone 1 (SV14). In the mobile phone 1, when the program guide transmitted from the server 2 is received, the program guide is updated and registered in the scheduler 14 (MB6).

  When there is a television program that the user wants to watch, the user needs to make a setting for the mobile phone 1 to be notified in advance before broadcasting. In this case, the scheduler 14 is first activated (MB11), and a program search screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 7A, for example. Specifically, a screen for selecting a genre is displayed. Then, for example, when the drama genre designation field BT1 is selected from the drama, sports, news, etc. by the user's operation and the decision button BT3 is operated (MB12), this time, for example, as shown in FIG. The input screen is displayed. Here, the keyword is input to the keyword input field KW by operating the key group (MB13).

  When a keyword is input and the enter button BT3 is operated, the program guide of the scheduler 14 is searched based on the input keyword (MB14). Until there is one or more hits (NO route of MB15), the process is re-executed from the input of the keyword. If there is one or more hits (YES route of MB15), for example, as shown in FIG. 7C, an alarm setting screen is displayed and a registration instruction is waited (MB16).

  For example, if it is set to ring 5 minutes ago, a registration process is executed for the scheduler 14 by further operating the registration button BT4 (MB17).

  Thereafter, the date and time is calculated by calendar processing (MB21), and the result is compared with the date and time of the alarm setting of the scheduler 14 (in the setting of 5 minutes, it is registered 5 minutes before the start of broadcasting) (MB22). As a result, if a match is obtained (YES route of MB23), the matched alarm setting target program information is read from the scheduler 14 (MB24), displayed on the display 11, and an alarm is activated. (MB25).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to easily notify the desired program start on the band terminal side.

  The present invention is used in industries that manufacture portable terminals, program start notification methods, and program notification programs.

It is a figure which shows an example of the network system by this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows one structural example of the server by this Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the information memorized by a server. It is a figure explaining the information memorized by a server. It is a block diagram which shows the example of 1 structure of the mobile telephone by this Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the information memorized by a cellular phone. It is a figure explaining an example of the screen transition by this Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the process between the broadcast station control apparatus by this Embodiment, and a server. It is a flowchart explaining the process between the mobile telephone and server by this Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement of the mobile telephone by this Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement of the mobile telephone by this Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone 2 Server 3 Broadcasting station control apparatus 22 Master information storage part 23 User information storage part 31 Schedule DB

Claims (15)

A portable terminal having a wireless function,
Calendar processing means for performing calendar processing of date and time;
Receiving means for receiving program information including a date and time, a program title, and a broadcast channel broadcasted on a television station;
Program storage means for storing program information received by the receiving means;
Search means for searching program information including an input keyword from program information stored in the program storage means;
Schedule registration means for registering a schedule before the broadcast date of program information obtained by the search means;
Informing means for informing prior to the date and time registered by the schedule registration means according to the calendar processing of the calendar processing means;
A portable terminal characterized by comprising: The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the schedule registration unit performs schedule registration in response to a user operation. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit performs notification using sound. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit performs notification using vibration. The portable terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the receiving means accesses an external server to receive program information. A program start notification method on a mobile terminal side having a wireless function,
A first step for calendaring the date and time;
A second step of receiving program information including a date and time, a program title, and a broadcast channel broadcasted on a television station;
A third step of storing the program information received in the second step in a memory;
A fourth step of searching for program information including an input keyword from the program information stored in the third step;
A fifth step of registering a schedule before the broadcast date of the program information obtained in the fourth step;
A sixth step of informing prior to the date and time registered in the fifth step according to the calendar processing of the first step;
A program start notification method comprising: The program start notification method according to claim 6, wherein the fifth step performs schedule registration in response to a user operation. 8. The program start notification method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the sixth step performs notification using sound. The program start notification method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the sixth step performs notification using vibration. The program start notification method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein in the second step, an external server is accessed to receive program information. A program start notification program executable by a computer of a portable terminal having a wireless function,
In the computer,
A first step for calendaring the date and time;
A second step of receiving program information including a date and time, a program title, and a broadcast channel broadcasted on a television station;
A third step of storing the program information received in the second step in a memory;
A fourth step of searching for program information including an input keyword from the program information stored in the third step;
A fifth step of registering a schedule before the broadcast date of the program information obtained in the fourth step;
A sixth step of informing prior to the date and time registered in the fifth step according to the calendar processing of the first step;
A program start notification program characterized in that 12. The program start notification program according to claim 11, wherein the fifth step performs schedule registration in response to a user operation. The program start notification program according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the sixth step performs notification using sound. The program start notification program according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the sixth step performs notification using vibration. The program start notification program according to any one of claims 11 to 14, wherein in the second step, an external server is accessed to receive program information.

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