JP2009290655A - Recorded content viewing system and recorded content viewing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recorded content-viewing system which enable viewing of recorded content regardless of the operating state of a recording apparatus which recorded the content, and to provide a recorded content-viewing method. <P>SOLUTION: The system has a portable terminal, a distribution server, and a recording device. The portable terminal reproduces the video contained in the recorded content received via a network. The distribution server has a reception means which receives recording reservation information of program content of TV broadcasting from the portable terminal and a distribution means which distributes the specified recorded content to the portable terminal via the network in response to a distribution request from the potable terminal. The recording device has a reservation information acquisition means which acquires the recording reservation information retained by a reservation information retention means of the distribution server, a recording means which receives and records the program content broadcasted by TV, a recording control means which controls reservation recording operations by a recording means based on the recording reservation information, and a transmitting means which transmits the recorded content generated by the recording means to the distribution server and subjects the content to a distribution process by the distribution means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a recorded content viewing system and a recorded content viewing method.

  In recent years, functions of personal computers (personal computers) have been enhanced, and personal computers equipped with a function for recording TV programs have been widely used by general users. On the other hand, mobile terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) are becoming more sophisticated. At the same time, general users can watch TV programs and other broadcast contents. The diversification of forms is also progressing.

  As an example, there is a viewing mode in which content recorded on a personal computer installed at a user's home is viewed on the go using a mobile terminal.

As a system for realizing such remote viewing of recorded content, a reproduction request from a user's mobile terminal is relayed to a recording device such as a personal computer via a server, and the recorded content is transferred from the recording device to the user's mobile terminal. Has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2006-80901 A

  In the configuration in which the recorded content is transmitted from the recording device that recorded the content to the mobile terminal, as in the content remote viewing system described above, the personal computer functioning as the recording device and the playback device has a playback request that the user transmits from the outside. It is necessary to prepare for operation so that it can respond to anytime. That is, it is necessary to always turn on the power or to set the personal computer so that it can be activated in response to an external access.

  However, if the computer is always turned on, it consumes power wastefully. On the other hand, if it is started in response to an external access, the playback takes place due to the time required for the PC startup process. It takes time from the request to the start of content playback, and the response is deteriorated.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a recorded content viewing system and a recorded content viewing method that enable viewing of recorded content regardless of the operating state of a recording device that has recorded the content.

  The above-described object can be achieved by a recorded content viewing system disclosed below.

  The feature of this recorded content viewing system is that a portable terminal that reproduces a moving image included in the recorded content received via the network, reception means for receiving recording reservation information of the TV broadcast program content from the portable terminal, and recording reservation information A distribution server having reservation information holding means for holding and a distribution means for distributing the recorded content designated by the distribution request to the portable terminal via the network in response to a distribution request from the portable terminal; and reservation information holding means for the distribution server Based on the reservation information acquisition means for acquiring the recording reservation information held in the recording means, the recording means for receiving the television broadcast and generating the recorded content including moving image data obtained by recording the broadcasted program content, and the recording reservation information The recording control means for controlling the reserved recording operation by the recording means and the recording means generated by the recording means In that it comprises a recording device and a sending means for sending the image content to the distribution server subjected to the delivery process by the delivery means.

  In the recorded content viewing system configured as described above, the scheduled recording information of the program content designated by the mobile terminal is temporarily held in the holding means of the distribution server, and the recording control of the recording device is performed according to the access from the recording device side. This is used for the control processing of the recording means by the means. The recorded content formed by the recording unit is delivered to the distribution server by the transmission unit of the recording apparatus, and distributed by the distribution unit in response to a distribution request from the portable terminal.

  In this way, by distributing the processing for accepting the recording reservation of the program content and the processing for distributing the recording content in response to the request from the mobile terminal to the distribution server, these acceptance processing and the recording reservation are set in the recording device And the process of sending the recorded content to the distribution server can be executed asynchronously.

  Regardless of the operating state of the recording device that recorded the content, the recorded content can be viewed.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a recorded content viewing system.

  In FIG. 1, the recorded content viewing system includes a personal computer 210 corresponding to a recording device, a distribution server 220 that distributes recorded content as described later, and a portable terminal 230 that serves as a means for reproducing recorded content. . A personal computer 210 shown in FIG. 1 is installed in a user's home or the like, and is connected to the distribution server 220 via a network (for example, the Internet). The user's portable terminal 230 is connected to the above-described network via a wireless access point installed in the vicinity.

  An EPG (Electronic Program Guide) server 201 is connected to this network. By accessing the EPG server 201, detailed information such as the program name and series name of the program content to be broadcast is obtained. It is possible to receive distribution of program information including information necessary for recording reservation such as the broadcast date and time of the program and the name of the broadcasting station.

  In the personal computer 210 shown in FIG. 1, the recording control unit 211 records the program content received by the TV broadcast receiving unit 213 based on the recording reservation information held in the reservation information holding unit 212 and includes moving image data. Recorded content is formed and held in the recorded content holding unit 214. The upload control unit 216 sends the recorded content held in the recorded content holding unit 214 to the distribution server 220 as described later. Further, the reservation information acquisition unit 215 shown in FIG. 1 acquires the recording reservation information from the distribution server 220 as described later, and holds it in the reservation information holding unit 212.

  In the distribution server shown in FIG. 1, the recorded content uploaded from the personal computer 210 is stored in the recorded content storage unit 221 via the reception processing unit 223. Further, the recording reservation information sent from the mobile terminal 230 as described later is held in the reservation information holding unit 222 via the reception processing unit 223. The recording reservation information is then passed to the requesting personal computer 210 via the reservation information management unit 225 when the reception processing unit 223 detects a request from the personal computer 210. The recorded content stored in the recorded content storage unit 221 is distributed to the requesting mobile terminal 230 via the distribution control unit 224 when the reception processing unit 223 detects a request from the mobile terminal 230. .

  Hereinafter, the recording reservation setting operation and the distribution operation of the recorded content by the recorded content viewing system shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail.

  FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the recorded content viewing system. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the reception processing unit.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2, when the mobile terminal 230 accesses the EPG server 201 in accordance with a user operation, program contents scheduled to be broadcast are arranged from the EPG server 201 to the mobile terminal 230. The program guide information representing the program guide is distributed, and the program guide is displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal 230. The distributed program guide information includes, for example, program information corresponding to individual program contents arranged in each column of the program guide, and a portable terminal as a program guide in which programs scheduled to be broadcast are arranged for each broadcasting station 230 is displayed on the display unit 230 and is used for program selection by the user.

  When the program content to be recorded is determined by the selection operation by the user, the mobile terminal 230, for example, sets setting information (for example, a broadcasting station) necessary for executing the recording operation from the program information corresponding to the selected program content. And information regarding the broadcast date and time) are extracted, and a reservation setting request including the extracted setting information is transmitted to the distribution server 220. In addition to the minimum necessary setting information as described above, the reservation setting request can be created including related information such as a program name and a series name corresponding to the program content to be recorded. Below, the case where the video recording reservation information which consists of the setting information mentioned above and related information is passed from the portable terminal 230 to the delivery server 220 is demonstrated.

  When receiving the reservation setting request from the mobile terminal 230, the reception processing unit 223 of the distribution server 220 determines the recording reservation information passed from the mobile terminal 230 together with the reservation setting request as an affirmative determination in step 301 shown in FIG. Is held (step 302). At this time, the reception processing unit 223 assigns identification information for identifying the program content to be recorded to the recording reservation information, and holds setting information and related information included in the recording reservation information with the reservation information holding unit 222 and related information. The unit 226 holds the information corresponding to the identification information.

  Thereafter, the reservation information acquisition unit 215 provided in the personal computer 210 sends a reservation information request to the distribution server 220 according to an acquisition schedule preset in the reservation information acquisition unit 215, for example. In the reservation information acquisition unit 215, for example, an acquisition schedule for sending a reservation information request to the distribution server 220 at a predetermined time interval (for example, every hour) can be set.

  When the reception processing unit 223 detects a reservation information request from the personal computer 210, the reception processing unit 223 instructs the reservation information management unit 225 to send the setting information as an affirmative determination in step 303 (step 304). In response to this instruction, the reservation information management unit 225 reads the setting information and the identification information corresponding to the setting information from the reservation information holding unit 222, and responds to the reservation information request with the reservation information including the setting information and the identification information. Response to the requesting personal computer 210.

  The reservation information transferred to the personal computer 210 in this way is held in the reservation information holding unit 212 by the reservation information acquisition unit 215 shown in FIG. 1 and is used for controlling the recording process by the recording control unit 211.

  As described above, the information related to the reservation of the program content designated by the reservation setting request from the portable terminal 230 is once held in the distribution server 220, and from the distribution server 220 to the personal computer 210 in response to the reservation information request from the personal computer 210. Passed to.

  Therefore, when the reservation setting request is transmitted from the portable terminal 230, the personal computer 210 does not need to be in an operating state, and the information necessary for the recording reservation is taken into the personal computer 210 according to the preset acquisition schedule, The reservation information holding unit 212 can hold it. Thereby, the program content by the personal computer 210 at home can be used from the outside by using the mobile terminal 230 without setting the personal computer 210 to be always in operation or setting it to operate according to an instruction from the outside. It is possible to schedule recordings.

  Based on the reservation information held in the reservation information holding unit 212 as described above, the recording control unit 211 controls the TV broadcast receiving unit 213 to receive the program content indicated by the setting information included in the reservation information. Then, the received program content is recorded, and the moving image data obtained by this recording is held in the recorded content holding unit 214 corresponding to the identification information (see FIG. 2).

  Thereafter, the upload control unit 216 provided in the personal computer 210 adds the identification information corresponding to the moving image data held in the recorded content holding unit 214 to form the recorded content, and uploads the recorded content to the distribution server 220. (See Figure 2).

  When the upload of the recorded content from the personal computer 210 is detected, the reception processing unit 223 stores the newly received recorded content in the recorded content storage unit 221 as an affirmative determination in step 305 shown in FIG. 3 (step 306). ). As described above, since the uploaded recorded content includes identification information indicating the recorded program content, the recorded content and reservation information stored in the recorded content storage unit 221 using this identification information. It is also possible to manage the correspondence between the reservation information and the related information held in the holding unit 222 and the related information holding unit 226, respectively.

  Thereafter, when a service request (see FIG. 2) for requesting a recorded content viewing service is transmitted from the mobile terminal 230 to the distribution server 220 in accordance with a user operation, the reception processing unit 223 of the distribution server 220 As an affirmative determination in step 307 of FIG. 3, the following processing is performed.

  First, the reception processing unit 223 reads related information corresponding to the recorded content stored in the recorded content storage unit 221 from the related information holding unit 226, and sends the related information to the mobile terminal 230. To the user (step 308).

  Thus, by presenting relevant information (program name, series name, etc.) corresponding to the program content, it is possible to assist the user in selecting the program content. When an operation for selecting any program content corresponding to the presented related information is performed, a distribution request including identification information corresponding to the selected program content is returned from the portable terminal 230 to the distribution server 220 (FIG. 2). reference).

  In response to this, the reception processing unit 223 instructs the distribution control unit 224 to start the distribution processing of the recorded content corresponding to the identification information designated as an affirmative determination in step 309 in FIG. 3 (step 310). In response to this instruction, the distribution control unit 224 starts processing to transmit the moving image data of the designated recorded content to the mobile terminal 230 (see FIG. 2), and is used for the playback processing of the recorded content by the mobile terminal 230. .

  As described above, the recorded content obtained by recording the program content using the recording function of the personal computer 210 is uploaded from the personal computer 210 to the distribution server 220 and temporarily held in the distribution server 220. The content is distributed from the distribution server 220 to the portable terminal 230 in response to the viewing service request.

  In this way, by distributing the processing for distributing the recorded content to the mobile terminal 230 to the distribution server 220, the recorded content is distributed in response to a viewing service request from the mobile terminal 230 regardless of the operating state of the personal computer 210. Can do. Therefore, in the recorded content viewing system shown in FIG. 1, in preparation for a viewing service request from the mobile terminal 230, the personal computer 210 is set to be always in an operating state or set to operate in response to an instruction from the outside. There is no need to go. As a result, the portable terminal 230 can be used from outside without being bothered by unnecessary power consumption by always turning on the personal computer and waiting time until the personal computer is started in response to an instruction from the outside. Thus, it is possible to enjoy the program content recorded using the personal computer 210 at home.

  The reservation information management unit 225 shown in FIG. 1 can also manage the process of reflecting the reservation information held in the reservation information holding unit 222 to the reservation information holding unit 212 of the personal computer 210.

  For example, the acquisition schedule set in the reservation information acquisition unit 215 of the personal computer 210 is also stored in the reservation information management unit 225, and a reservation information request from the personal computer 210 is detected even after the date and time indicated by this acquisition schedule has passed. If not, the reservation information management unit 225 can detect an abnormality related to acquisition of reservation information. In addition, the reservation information management unit 225 creates a message indicating the detected abnormality, and transmits this message to the mobile terminal 230 to indicate that an abnormality has occurred in the process of reflecting the reservation information to the personal computer 210 to the user. You can be notified. In addition, the reservation information management unit 225 creates a mail including the above-described message, and transmits the mail to a pre-registered address, so that the occurrence of the abnormality as described above is transmitted to the user via the personal computer 210. You can also be notified.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the recorded content viewing system.

  4 that are the same as those shown in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

  In the distribution server 220 illustrated in FIG. 4, the program information acquisition unit 228 performs acquisition of the program guide information that the mobile terminal 230 has directly accessed the EPG server 201 in the first embodiment described above.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 5, when the reception processing unit 223 detects access from the mobile terminal 230 to the distribution server, the program information acquisition unit 228 accesses the EPG server in response to an instruction from the reception processing unit 223. The program guide information is acquired. Next, the program information acquisition unit 228 narrows down the program guide information received from the EPG server 201 according to a preset narrowing condition. For example, a narrowing condition indicating broadcast stations that can be received in an area where the user's personal computer 210 is installed or a broadcast station designated by the user can be set in advance.

  The program information acquisition unit 228 selects program information included in the program guide information according to such narrowing conditions, forms a program guide in which the narrowed program information is arranged, and transmits this program guide to the mobile terminal. . In this way, a program guide showing programs that can be recorded on the user's personal computer 210 and a program guide reflecting user preferences are provided to the user via the portable terminal 230 (see FIG. 5).

  When the user performs an operation of selecting program content from the program guide, the mobile terminal 230 sends a reservation setting request to the distribution server 220 together with information specifying the program content selected by the operation of the user. .

  In response to the reservation setting request, the reception processing unit 223 receives setting information regarding the broadcast station and broadcast date and time of the designated program content from the program information acquisition unit 228 and holds the setting information in the reservation information holding unit 222. At this time, in response to an instruction from the reception processing unit 223, the program information acquisition unit 228 holds related information corresponding to the program content specified by the reservation setting request in the related information holding unit 226.

  In this way, instead of the mobile terminal 230, the distribution server 220 acquires the program guide information from the EPG server 201 and the like, provides the program guide to the mobile terminal 230 via the distribution server 220, and the program content by the user Can be used for selection.

  In such a configuration, since the portable terminal 230 does not directly access the EPG server 201 or the like, the processing load on the EPG server 201 side can be reduced.

  The distribution server 220 periodically acquires and holds the program guide information from the EPG server 201 and the like, and the user target is based on the stored program guide information in response to access from the mobile terminal 230. It is also possible to provide and form a program guide. In this configuration, the distribution server 220 only needs to periodically acquire the program guide information from the EPG server 201, so that both the processing load on the distribution server 220 and the EPG server 201 can be reduced.

  As described above, in the configuration in which the program information acquisition unit 228 of the distribution server 220 selects the program information, the amount of information provided to the user via the mobile terminal 230 can be narrowed down. Thereby, the program guide of the grade which can be displayed also on the display part of a portable terminal can be provided.

  On the other hand, all the program guide information acquired by the program information acquisition unit 228 can be passed to the mobile terminal 230 and the mobile terminal 230 can perform a narrowing process. In this case, it is necessary to incorporate software or the like for narrowing down program information in the mobile terminal 230. However, since individual users can freely set narrowing conditions, the user's preference is reflected. Can be provided.

  Further, as described above, instead of providing the user with a program guide based on the program guide information, the reception processing unit 223 of the distribution server 220 gives the broadcast station, the recording start date and time, the recording end date and time, and the program. It is also possible to present a reservation setting screen in which a Gemster code (G code) can be input from the mobile terminal 230.

  For example, the setting information or G code input on the reservation setting screen is passed from the reception processing unit 223 to the program information acquisition unit 228, and the program information acquisition unit 228 uses the EPG server 201 based on the setting information or G code. The related information of the corresponding program is selectively acquired from the information and the related information is held in the related information holding unit 226. Such a configuration is suitable for the reservation setting when a mobile phone that allows easy input of character information is used for the reservation setting operation instead of the portable terminal for viewing program content.

  On the other hand, in the distribution server 220 shown in FIG. 4, the accumulation management unit 227 manages the recording content accumulation processing in the recorded content accumulation unit 221 based on the reservation information held in the reservation information holding unit 222.

  For example, the accumulation management unit 227 monitors whether the writing process to the recorded content accumulation unit 221 is performed according to a schedule. The accumulation management unit 227 detects upload failure when a corresponding recorded content writing process is not performed before a predetermined time elapses from the recording end time indicated by the reservation information. At this time, the accumulation management unit 227 determines that an abnormality has occurred in the recording processing in the personal computer 210 or the upload processing from the personal computer 210 to the distribution server 220, and a message indicating that (for example, “recording failed”). Is transmitted to the portable terminal 230 (see FIG. 5) and notified to the user. In addition, the personal computer 210 can be notified by sending a mail including the above message to a pre-registered mail address.

  Of course, when the recorded content is successfully uploaded from the personal computer 210, the recorded content viewing system shown in FIG. 4 presents related information in response to a request from the portable terminal 230 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. In addition, a process of transmitting the selected recorded content to the portable terminal 230 is performed.

  It is also possible to automatically update the recording reservation on the distribution server 220 side using the function of the program information acquisition unit 228.

For example, when the related information corresponding to the recorded content that has been viewed by the mobile terminal 230 indicates that the corresponding program content is a series of programs, the program information acquisition unit 228 causes the EPG server 201 to Then, the setting information necessary for the next recording reservation may be acquired and stored in the reservation information holding unit 222 as new reservation information. For the next recording reservation, when a message confirming the user's intention is transmitted to the portable terminal 230 and a response to perform the recording reservation is received from the portable terminal 230, the reservation information as described above is stored. You may go. Alternatively, when it is detected that a reservation according to an instruction from the user has not been made, a message prompting the reservation can be transmitted to the mobile terminal 230.
(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the recorded content viewing system.

  6 that are equivalent to the components shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In the recorded content viewing system shown in FIG. 6, the function of acquiring the related information of the recorded program content is shared by the personal computer 210.

  The personal computer 210 illustrated in FIG. 6 includes a program information acquisition unit 217 that accesses the EPG server 201 to acquire related information corresponding to desired program content, and a related information holding unit 218 that holds the acquired related information. ing.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the reception processing unit 223 of the distribution server 220 receives setting information including a broadcasting station, a recording start date / time, and a recording end date / time from the mobile terminal 230 in response to an access from the mobile terminal 230. Present the reservation setting screen that can be entered.

  The setting information input by the user on the reservation setting screen by operating the mobile terminal 230 is transferred to the distribution server 220 together with the reservation setting request and held in the reservation information holding unit 222, and then in the first embodiment described above. In the same manner as described, the data is transferred to the personal computer 210.

  The program information acquisition unit 217 acquires the setting information related to a new recording reservation from the distribution server 220 by the reservation information acquisition unit 215, for example, and every time this new setting information is held in the reservation information holding unit 212, To access the EPG server 201 and obtain related information about the corresponding program content (see FIG. 7). The related information acquired in this way is held in the related information holding unit 218 and used for the upload process by the upload control unit 216.

  For example, when uploading the recorded content held in the recorded content holding unit 214, the upload control unit 216 reads the corresponding related information from the related information holding unit 218 and adds it to the recorded content, and the related information is added. The recorded content may be uploaded to the distribution server 220. When the recording control unit 211 holds new recorded content in the recorded content holding unit 214, the corresponding related information held in the related information holding unit 218 is held in the recorded content holding unit 214 together with the recorded content. You can also keep it.

  As described above, the recorded content to which the related information uploaded to the distribution server 220 is added is separated into the recorded content and the related information by the reception processing unit 223, and the recorded content storage unit 221 and the related information holding unit 226, respectively. And is used for the recorded content viewing process similar to that of the first embodiment described above.

  In this way, instead of the portable terminal 230 or the distribution server 220, the personal computer 210 selectively acquires related information corresponding to the program content to be recorded from the EPG server 201 or the like, and uses the portable terminal 230 to When viewing recorded content, it can be used for the process of presenting relevant information regarding individual recorded content to the user.

  In such a configuration, it is not necessary to add a function of accessing the EPG 201 to the distribution server 220 or the portable terminal 230, so that the processing burden can be reduced. Such a configuration is particularly suitable for reservation setting when a mobile phone that allows easy input of character information is used for the reservation setting operation instead of the portable terminal for viewing program content.

  In any of the configurations described in the first to third embodiments described above, processing for distributing recorded content in response to a distribution request from the mobile terminal 230 is shared by the distribution server 220. Therefore, it is not necessary to set the personal computer 210 of the user as a recording device so that it can be activated in response to an operation instruction via the network, and the personal computer 210 is not exposed to external access. Therefore, in the recorded content viewing system configured as described above, it is possible to view a desired program recorded by the user using the personal computer or the like on the go while maintaining the security of the user's personal computer.

  In any of the embodiments, the program information acquisition destination is not limited to the EPG server. For example, the program information can be acquired from a WEB site of program information or various fan sites.

1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a recorded content viewing system. It is a sequence diagram showing operation | movement of a video recording content viewing system. It is a flowchart showing operation | movement of a reception process part. It is a figure which shows another embodiment of a video recording content viewing system. It is a sequence diagram showing program information presentation operation. It is a figure which shows another embodiment of a video recording content viewing system. It is a sequence diagram showing program information acquisition operation.

Explanation of symbols

201 ... EPG server 210 ... PC personal computer 211 ... recording control unit 212 ... reservation information holding unit 213 ... TV (TV) broadcast receiving unit 214 ... recorded content holding unit 215 ... reservation information acquisition unit 216 ... upload control , 217, 228... Program information acquisition unit, 218, 226... Related information holding unit, 220... Distribution server, 221... Recorded content storage unit, 222, 231. 225, reservation information management unit, 227, storage management unit, 230, portable terminal.

Claims (6)

A mobile device that plays the video included in the recorded content received over the network,
A receiving means for receiving recording reservation information of the program content of the television broadcast from the portable terminal, a reservation information holding means for holding the recording reservation information, and designated in the distribution request in response to a distribution request from the portable terminal A distribution server having distribution means for distributing the recorded content to the portable terminal via the network;
Reservation information acquisition means for acquiring the recording reservation information held in the reservation information holding means of the distribution server, and recorded content including moving image data obtained by receiving a television broadcast and recording the broadcast program content Based on the recording reservation information, recording control means for controlling the reserved recording operation by the recording means, and the recorded content generated by the recording means is sent to the distribution server, and the distribution means A recording content viewing system comprising: a recording device having a sending means for use in distribution processing according to the above. The recorded content viewing system according to claim 1,
The distribution server
Acquisition schedule holding means for holding acquisition schedule information indicating a schedule for the recording apparatus to acquire the recording reservation information from the reservation information holding means;
Based on the acquisition schedule information, an acquisition abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality in the schedule acquisition process in which the recording device acquires recording reservation information;
Recorded content comprising: an acquisition abnormality notification means for notifying at least one of the portable terminal and the recording device according to a detection result indicating that an abnormality has been detected in the schedule acquisition process Viewing system. In the recorded content viewing system according to claim 1 or 2,
The distribution server
A transmission abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality in a content transmission process in which the recording device transmits a recorded content based on the recording reservation information;
Recorded content comprising: a transmission abnormality notification means for notifying at least one of the portable terminal and the recording device in accordance with a detection result indicating that an abnormality in content transmission processing has been detected. Viewing system. In the recorded content viewing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The distribution server
Program information acquisition means for acquiring program information corresponding to the program indicated by the recording reservation information from a program information distribution server for distributing program information related to program content broadcast by television broadcasting;
A recorded content viewing system comprising: program information providing means for transmitting the program information to the mobile terminal separately from the recorded content and providing the display information to the mobile terminal. In the recorded content viewing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The recording device comprises:
Program information acquisition means for acquiring program information corresponding to the program indicated by the recording reservation information from a program information distribution server that distributes program information related to program content broadcast by television broadcasting,
The sending means is configured to include information adding means for adding the acquired program information to the corresponding recorded content,
The distribution server
Extraction means for extracting the program information added to the recorded content received from the recording device;
A recorded content viewing system comprising: program information providing means for transmitting the program information to the mobile terminal separately from the recorded content and providing the display information to the mobile terminal. Receiving the recording reservation information of the program content of the television broadcast from the portable terminal by the receiving means of the distribution server,
The recording reservation information is held by the reservation information holding means of the distribution server,
The recording reservation information held in the reservation information holding means of the distribution server is acquired by the reservation information acquisition means of the recording device,
Based on the recording reservation information, the reserved recording operation by the recording unit of the recording apparatus for generating the recording content including moving image data obtained by receiving the television broadcast and recording the broadcasted program content is recorded by the recording apparatus. Controlled by the control means,
The recorded content generated by the recording means is sent to the distribution server by the sending means of the recording device, and is provided for the distribution processing by the distribution means of the distribution server,
In response to a distribution request from the portable terminal, the recorded content specified in the distribution request is distributed to the portable terminal by a distribution unit of the distribution server via a network,
A recorded content viewing method, wherein a moving image included in recorded content received via the network is played on the mobile terminal.

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