JP2010119144A - Method and apparatus for broadcasting program information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize the waiting time for a televiewer to operate an electronic program guide for searching for and reserving a program, in a program information broadcasting system. <P>SOLUTION: A program information broadcasting method includes: a step of preparing program basic information containing a title and an ID of each program and master information containing text data related to the each program; and a step of transmitting the program basic information and the master information in cycles different from each other. Thus, a program guide can be created in an extremely short time only by fetching the program basic information of which the amount of data is extremely less than that of master data, regarding the program information, for a receiving terminal apparatus, thereby extremely reducing the time required for completing storage into a memory on the receiving terminal apparatus. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a program information broadcasting system that broadcasts information of elements constituting a program, such as genre information and performer information of each program scheduled to be broadcast, a broadcasting device used in this broadcasting system, and various broadcast programs The present invention relates to a receiving terminal device that can receive information and display it quickly and efficiently.

  In recent years, multimedia information such as audio information and visual information has been digitized and provided to users due to the development of communication technology and data processing technology, and large volumes of data can be broadcasted with the advent of large-capacity storage media. It is becoming possible for a broadcasting system that uses a communication facility to send, receive and store in a terminal device on the user side, and view and listen at an arbitrary timing.

  Normally, when a viewer watches a broadcast on a receiving terminal device such as a television receiver or a radio receiver, the program schedule such as a TV / radio column of a newspaper or magazine is used to know the contents of the scheduled program and its scheduled broadcast time. , Refer to it and decide the program you want to watch. When a program is reserved, the broadcast channel, the scheduled broadcast time, etc. of the scheduled broadcast program described in the newspaper or magazine are input and set. For this reason, when there is no newspaper or magazine at hand, there is a problem that the program reservation input operation cannot be performed because there is no program schedule to be referred to.

  Under such circumstances, for example, in the case of television broadcasting, program information including a program title and other information is broadcast in a video format multiplexed with a video signal, a television receiver equipped with a data decoder, and a program In some cases, a schedule is displayed on the screen of a television receiver. As an example, even in digital satellite broadcasting recently started broadcasting in Japan, program information and broadcast programs are broadcast.

  In such a program information broadcast that has been proposed in the past, the center side creates program information data (master data) and transmits the program information in the form of a broadcast. The received program information data is received, reproduced (including decoded), and displayed on a display unit such as a display. The program information related to each program includes a program identification number, a program name, a broadcast channel, a description of the contents of the program, a program genre, and individual keywords related to the program (data items such as performers, directors, and original authors). Information ”), broadcast start date and time, broadcast end date and time, and the like.

  In digital satellite broadcasting, the program information is transmitted simultaneously with the broadcast program. The receiving terminal device receives these program information, thereby creating an electronic program guide (also referred to as EPG) and displaying the program information to the user. Using this electronic program guide, a user can obtain various information about a program on a television screen in the same manner as when examining a program in a newspaper or the like. In addition, reservations and purchases of programs and the like can be performed using this electronic program guide. Electronic program guides have already been put into practical use in digital satellite broadcasting that is currently in practical use. When searching for program information on such an electronic program guide, the data of the program information is received by the receiving terminal device, temporarily stored in the memory on the receiving terminal device, and then searched for display or the like. It is displayed on the display screen (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-289266

  However, in such broadcast of program information that has been proposed in the past, the search is performed after all the data to be searched (in this case, the program information data) is loaded into the memory, or the search is performed while loading the data. However, in any case, the search cannot be completed until all program information has been imported, and the user gives instructions to display the program information until the program information is actually displayed. There was a problem of waiting for a relatively long time.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object thereof is to wait for a viewer to search for a program or make a reservation by operating a program guide in a program information broadcasting system. It is an object of the present invention to provide a program information broadcasting method and a program information broadcasting apparatus designed to minimize the number of programs.

    In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides, as a program information broadcasting method, a step of preparing program basic information including a title and an ID of each program and master information including text data relating to each program, and the program basic information And the step of transmitting the master information at different periods.

    According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a step of preparing program basic information including a title and ID of each program, master information including text data relating to each program, the program basic information and the master information. A program information broadcasting method including a step of transmitting at different periods, and the time until the receiving terminal device finishes capturing program basic information for all program information and storing it in the memory on the receiving terminal device is extremely small Has the effect of

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the program information broadcasting method according to the first aspect, the program basic information transmits a plurality of related programs collectively.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the program information broadcasting method according to the second aspect, the relevance of the program includes program identification information, program name, broadcast channel, service provider, program content description, program Genre, performer, director, broadcast start date and time, or broadcast end date and time.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the program information broadcasting method according to the first aspect, the transmission period of the master information is made longer than the basic program information.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the program information broadcasting method according to the first aspect, information indicating a master information acquisition destination in the program is added to the program basic information. is there.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the program information broadcasting method according to the first aspect, the master information includes a character string for explaining a program in detail.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the program information broadcasting method according to the first aspect, the master information is at least one of a genre, a performer, a broadcast start date / time, a broadcast end date / time, a broadcast channel, and a detailed program description. Is included.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the program information broadcasting method according to the seventh aspect, the detailed program description includes a summary introduction of the contents of the program.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the program information broadcasting method according to the first aspect, the program basic information includes an ID, a program name, and a broadcast start as the minimum necessary items for creating a program guide. The date and time, the broadcast channel, and the acquisition source of the master information are included.

    The invention according to claim 10 of the present invention is a program information management unit for preparing program basic information including a title and ID of each program, master information including text data related to each program, the program basic information, and the program information A program information transmission device including a transmission unit that transmits master information at different periods, and the reception terminal device captures program basic information for all program information and completes storage in the memory on the reception terminal device. It has the effect of significantly reducing time.

    According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a step of preparing program basic information including a title and ID of each program and master information including text data relating to each program, and the program basic information and the master information are mutually connected. A program information broadcasting method comprising: transmitting at different periods; and receiving each of the program basic information and master information, wherein the receiving terminal device captures program basic information for all program information, and the receiving terminal device It has the effect of extremely reducing the time until it finishes accumulating in the upper memory.

    According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the method for receiving broadcast program information, master information including text data relating to each program and program basic information including the title and ID of each program are provided at different periods. A program information receiving method comprising: a receiving step; a step of creating a program guide from the received program basic information; and a step of presenting the created program guide. It has the effect of extremely reducing the time until the program basic information is taken in and stored in the memory on the receiving terminal device.

  According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the program information receiving method according to the twelfth aspect, the program guide is created using master information indicated by a pointer of the master information according to a user instruction. Is.

  According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the program information receiving method according to the twelfth aspect, the program guide is created using master information indicated by a pointer of the master information according to a user instruction. Is.

  According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the program information receiving method according to the twelfth aspect, the program guide is represented as a column structure listed according to the passage of time of a program provided in each channel. It is a thing.

    According to the sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the receiving terminal device for broadcast program information, master information including text data relating to each program and program basic information including the title and ID of each program differ in different periods. A receiving terminal device comprising: a receiving unit that receives the received program basic information; a program guide generating unit that generates a program guide from the received program basic information; and a display unit that presents the generated program guide. The apparatus has the effect of extremely reducing the time until the basic information of all the program information is taken in and stored in the memory on the receiving terminal device.

  In the present invention, as in the above-described configuration, it takes only a very short time until program basic information having a data amount much smaller than that of master data is taken and stored in the memory on the receiving terminal device. Therefore, it is possible to quickly perform a processing operation for performing a subsequent search and displaying it on a display screen such as a display, thereby increasing the efficiency of the program information display operation.

The schematic block diagram which shows the structure of one Embodiment of the broadcast apparatus for operating the program information broadcasting system by this invention The figure which shows schematically the master data and program basic information of the program information produced by the broadcasting apparatus in the said embodiment The figure which shows in more detail the data structure of the master data of the program information produced by the broadcasting apparatus in the said embodiment, and program basic information The figure which shows the specific example of a display of the master data produced by the broadcasting apparatus in the said embodiment. The block diagram which shows the program information broadcasting system structure which implement | achieves fundamental operation | movement in this invention. The figure which shows the program guide which the program was extracted based on the fixed attribute in the program information broadcasting system of this invention, and was put together in the list form form, and was created A data configuration diagram showing a mode in which program basic information and program extension information are linked to each other and master data is constituted by both pieces of information in the embodiment. The block diagram which shows the program information broadcast system structure which implement | achieves the one-way | direction broadcast operation | movement of the mail by the broadcasting apparatus in the said embodiment. The block diagram which shows the program information broadcasting system structure which implement | achieves the broadcast operation | movement of the mail accompanying the vote and questionnaire reply by the broadcasting apparatus in the said embodiment. The block diagram showing the structure of one Embodiment of the receiving terminal device integrated in the program information broadcasting system of this invention

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a broadcasting apparatus as a center apparatus for operating a program information broadcasting system according to the present invention. In this figure, reference numeral 1 is a program information data creating unit for creating program data master data for introducing or recognizing the program by dividing program elements constituting a broadcast program into a plurality of items. An information search unit for searching and extracting the minimum necessary items for creating a program guide from data, 3 a transmission data generation unit for converting the master data and program basic information into transmittable data, 4 is a communication control unit for controlling transmission data to be transmitted correctly, 5 is a transmission unit for transmitting transmission data by broadcast under the control of the communication control unit 4, and 6 is a program information sent from the transmission unit 5. Among the transmission data, an audio transmission unit for transmitting an audio signal, and 7 is a video transmission unit for transmitting a video signal among the transmission data of the program information transmitted from the transmission unit 5. Forming a basic structure of a broadcast apparatus in this embodiment by the functional units of al. The communication control unit 4 includes a data transmission unit 8 that transmits transmission data generated by the transmission data generation unit 3 and a transmission control unit 9 that controls the data transmission operation in the data transmission unit. Here, the program guide refers to a program table that lists programs provided in each channel over time and presents them in a column structure, and in addition, for example, sports related programs are grouped into a list format. It refers to various types of program guides created according to various attributes, such as those shown, or a program list listing recommended programs on a weekly basis.

  The broadcast apparatus in this embodiment is also provided separately from the program information data creation unit 1, and a mail data creation unit 10 that creates mail data, and a transmission data generation unit that integrates program information data and mail data. 3 and a transmission information database unit 11 to be sent to 3. The transmission information database unit 11 integrates program information data and mail data and manages the schedule, while sending the program information data and mail data to the information search unit 2 or not to the information search unit 2. In this configuration, the data is directly sent to the data generation unit 3 for transmission.

  Further, the broadcasting apparatus in this embodiment includes a voting / questionnaire data creating unit 12 for creating voting and questionnaire data. The voting / questionnaire data creating unit 12 uses the created voting / questionnaire data as program information data. The data is sent to the creation unit 1 or the mail data creation unit 10.

  In addition, the broadcasting device in this embodiment includes a voting data receiving unit that receives voting created in the voting / questionnaire data creating unit 12 or answer data to the questionnaire separately from each function unit for broadcasting program information 13 and a voting data processing unit 14 for processing the received voting data. This broadcasting apparatus is installed in a center such as a broadcasting station.

  An operation of creating and transmitting program information and program basic information in the broadcasting apparatus having such a configuration will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing program data master data 21 and program basic information 22 created by the broadcasting apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 shows the data structure of master data 21 and program basic information 22 in more detail. It is a figure shown in detail. In this broadcasting apparatus, the program information data creating unit 1 divides each program element constituting the broadcast program into a plurality of items for each program and converts it into data, and master data 21 for a plurality of program information for introducing or recognizing the program. (21a, 21b,...) Is created. Information for introducing a broadcast program is incorporated in the master data 21 as much as possible. As shown in FIG. 3, the information for introducing the broadcast program includes a program name (title), a genre, a performer, a broadcast start date and time, a broadcast end date and time, a broadcast channel, a detailed program description (including user participation). There are various items such as whether or not, whether a coupon is attached, whether or not linked to an e-mail, and the like. A specific display example of such master data 21 is shown in FIG. This shows an example in which program information of a certain program is displayed on the display 23, and a summary introduction of the contents of the program as a detailed explanation of the program, including the program name, genre, performer, broadcast start date and time, and broadcast channel. Introducing coupons and links to emails are included, and switches 24, 25 for activating them are displayed. In addition to this, it is also possible to additionally incorporate introductions of directors, performers, and other programs related to the past. These additional information can be displayed by switching the screen of the display 23.

  The master data 21 created in this way is sent from the program information data creation unit 1 to the transmission information database unit 11 where the integrated schedule is managed and further sent to the information search unit 2. The master data 21 is sent directly from the program information data creation unit 1 to the transmission data generation unit 3.

  The information search unit 2 searches and extracts the minimum necessary items for creating a program guide from the master data, and creates a plurality of program basic information 22 (22a, 22b,...). The minimum necessary items for creating a program guide are, for example, items such as program name, genre, performer, broadcast start date and time, and broadcast channel. In view of the gist of the present invention, the program guide is created. To search for the minimum necessary items is to partially extract the items necessary for creating the program guide from many items, and the number of extracted items can be slightly increased or decreased. It is. As shown in FIG. 2, the program basic information 22 includes the minimum necessary item data such as a title, item 1, item 2,..., And each program basic information 22a, 22b,. ... are given an ID and an address. For example, a program identification number of each program can be assigned to the ID, but other codes may be assigned. In addition, information for linking the master data 21a, 21b,... Corresponding to each program basic information 22a, 22b,. Then, after creating the program basic information 22, the information search unit 2 sends the program basic information 22 to the transmission data generation unit 3. The information search unit 2 may send the created program basic information 22 to the transmission data generation unit 3 in the order in which it is created, or collects the program basic information about a plurality of programs having some relations together. The data may be sent to the transmission data generation unit 3. FIG. 2 illustrates an example in which the program basic information 22 is sent to the transmission data generation unit 3 by the latter method. For example, a program with the same genre (sports, Western movies, etc.) is selected and collected according to the attributes of the program. Program basic information 22 is sent together.

  In such a case, as shown in FIG. 3, various attributes are key-coded for program search and extraction (or collection) with respect to the program basic information, and a key (collection) used as a search keyword. Search keyword list data 27 that lists (key) 26 and collection key search result list data 28 that lists the program basic information 22 extracted and created in the search process based on each collection key 26. Created. In FIG. 3, the collection key 26 is abstractly listed as collection key 1, collection key 2,..., Collection key M. Specifically, for example, collection key 1 in search keyword list 27 is shown. Is a search keyword for searching for and picking up a program belonging to “foreign film” among a number of programs, and for the program for which the program basic information 22 has been created based on the search keyword, the search result list 28 of the collection key 1 is used. Therefore, the program identification number 1, the program identification number 3, the program identification number 7,..., And the program identification number 30 are applicable.

  Similarly, for example, the collection key M in the search keyword list 27 is a search keyword for searching for and picking up a program belonging to “sports” among a number of programs, and the program basic information 22 is created based on the search keyword. This means that the program identification number 2, program identification number 3, program identification number 9,... Program identification number X corresponds to the search result list 28 of the collection key M. Incidentally, depending on how the collection key 26 is set, there may be a program that is searched for in any of the search processes according to the plurality of collection keys 26 (for example, program identification number 3 in FIG. 3). Although not shown in FIG. 3, each program identification number 26 in the collection key search result list 28 corresponds to the ID of the program basic information 22 as described above, and the program basic information 22 of each program. It corresponds to. However, as is clear from the arrow 29 in FIG. 3, the master data 21 (for example, identification number 1) and the program basic information 22 (identification number 1) corresponding thereto are linked to each other.

  As described above, the master data 21 is sent from the transmission information database unit 11 and the program basic information 26 is sent from the information search unit 2 to the transmission data generation unit 3. The transmission data generator 3 converts the master data 21 and the program basic information 22 into transmittable data. This conversion processing is executed by, for example, an SI / EPG compiler. The transmission data generated thereby is sent to the data transmission unit 8 of the communication control unit 4. The data sending unit 8 sends the transmission data of the master data 21 and the transmission data of the program basic information 22 under the control of the transmission control unit 9. In this embodiment, the master data 21 and the program basic information 22 are transmitted at different periods so that the master data 21 has a longer period than the program basic information 22. The data transmission operation with different periods is realized by a control signal output from the transmission control unit 9. For example, the transmission period is determined such that the master data 21 has a 7-second period and the program basic information 22 has a 4-second period. .

  The transmission data transmitted from the data transmission unit 8 is sent to the transmission unit 5 and is transmitted from here as a broadcast wave signal. In this case, the audio signal of the program information transmission data transmitted from the transmission unit 5 is transmitted from the audio transmission unit 6, and the video signal of the program information transmission data is transmitted from the video transmission unit 7. FIG. 5 shows a program information broadcasting system configuration that realizes the basic operation in the present embodiment. In FIG. 5, the broadcasting apparatus also includes a normal broadcasting system 30 for performing normal broadcasting.

  The broadcast program information is received by the receiving terminal device 31 on the user side. The receiving terminal device 31 receives the program basic information 22 broadcast in a short time period, thereby creating a program guide in a very short time (almost instantaneously) and displaying the program information to the user. Using this program guide, the user can obtain various information about the program on the television screen in the same manner as when examining the program in a newspaper or the like. In addition, operations such as reservation and purchase of programs can be performed using this program guide. An example of the display is shown in FIG. This shows a screen of the display 23 on which the collection key 26 described above is “recommended program of the week”, a program belonging to this is searched and picked up, and the resulting program is listed.

  Actually, it usually takes 4 to 5 seconds to transmit program information (master data 21) for all programs by broadcasting. Therefore, in a normal case, when the receiving terminal device tries to create a program guide after receiving all the program information, it takes a considerable time until the program guide is displayed after the user issues a program information display command. Will be spent. On the other hand, since the program basic information 22 is composed of a much smaller amount of data than the master data 21 as described above, it takes only a short time to transmit the program basic information 22 for all programs by broadcasting. . Therefore, even when the receiving terminal device receives all the program information and creates the program guide, it only takes a few seconds after the user issues a program information display command. As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can program the program basic information 22 with a very short waiting time due to the fact that the program basic information 22 is broadcast in a short transmission cycle and the data amount of the program basic information 22 is extremely small. You can see information. On the other hand, since the master data 21 is transmitted in a long cycle, it takes a longer time than usual to receive and display the data such as the detailed description of the program, but the user will explain the detailed description of the program for all the programs. The waiting time does not become a big problem because the outline of the program is obtained by the reproduction display of the first program basic information 21.

  As is clear from the above explanation, the data of the minimum necessary items for creating the program guide is broadcast as the program basic information 22 separately from the master data 21. It is also possible to delete the data used to create the program basic information 22 to create program extension information 32 (32 a, 32 b,...) And broadcast the program extension information 32 instead of the master data 21. In this case, the program basic information 22 and the program extended information 32 are linked to each other. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a mode in which the program basic information 22 and the program extended information 32 are linked to each other, and the master data 21 is constituted by both pieces of information. Also in this case, the transmission cycle of the program extension information 32 is longer than the transmission cycle of the program basic information 22 between the program extension information 32 and the program basic information 22 as described above. It is transmitted with a different period so as to have a long period. Further, the data transmission operation with the different periods is realized by a control signal from the transmission control unit 9.

  Further, the broadcasting device of the center can create and broadcast mail while creating and transmitting program information. The mail and the program information are linked to each other so that the receiving terminal apparatus can access the link data of the program information from the received mail. The mail is created by the mail data creation unit 10. In creating this mail, if the contents of the mail request or expect the user's vote, the necessary voting / questionnaire data is created by the voting / questionnaire data creating unit 12 and transferred to the mail data creating unit 10 Is done. In this case, the mail data creation unit 10 incorporates the voting / questionnaire data into the mail data and sends it to the transmission information database unit 11. Further, the voting / questionnaire data created in the voting / questionnaire data creating unit 12 may be sent to the program information data creating unit 1 and incorporated into the program information. In this case as well, the program information data creation unit 1 incorporates the voting / questionnaire data into the program information data and sends it to the transmission information database unit 11.

  The subsequent mail transmission operation is substantially the same as the program information transmission operation described above. Transmission data is generated by the transmission data generation unit 3, sent from the data transmission unit 8 to the transmission unit 5, and broadcast as a broadcast wave signal. Is done. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a program information broadcasting system that realizes a one-way broadcasting operation of mail by the broadcasting device in the present embodiment. The broadcast mail is received by the receiving terminal device 31 on the user side and displayed on the display 23. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a program information broadcasting system that realizes a mail broadcasting operation accompanied by voting / questionnaire responses by a broadcasting device in the present embodiment. The broadcast mail is received by the receiving terminal device 31 on the user side and displayed on the display 23. The vote or questionnaire response from the user is received by the voting data receiving unit 13 of the broadcasting apparatus and processed by the voting data processing unit 14, and then stored in the voting / questioning server 34.

  The broadcast device broadcasts a mail list when sending a mail, and checks whether or not the items listed in the mail list have already been read in the receiving terminal device 31 and only reads unread mail. indicate. Further, when sending the mail, the mail is sent with a receiving condition, and the receiving terminal device 31 checks whether or not the user of the own device satisfies the receiving condition, and only when the receiving condition satisfies the receiving condition Can be received and displayed.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the receiving terminal device 31 incorporated in the program information broadcasting system of the present invention. For example, a multimedia storage / display device is used as the receiving terminal device 31. The receiving terminal device 31 mainly has a function as a receiving terminal in the program information broadcasting system, and viewer attribute information and viewing performance information as necessary. Alternatively, it can be used as a transmission terminal that transmits the return coupon information 15 to the center. In FIG. 7, reference numeral 41 is an antenna for receiving a broadcast, 42 is a tuner that detects a signal in synchronization with the received radio wave, 43 is a descrambler that decrypts the received signal, and 44 is required from received data. Transport for selecting and extracting information 45, MPEG video decoder for decoding video data among the information extracted by the transport 44 and generating compressed image data, 46 for audio among the information extracted by the transport 44 An MPEG audio decoder 47 that decodes data and generates compressed audio data, an NTSC conversion unit 48 that decompresses the digital data compressed by the MPEG video decoder 45 and converts it into an analog video signal that is displayed as video, 48 Digital data compressed by the MPEG audio decoder 46 A D / A converter 49 that decompresses the data and converts it into an analog audio signal that is output as a voice, 49 represents each video signal and audio signal obtained by the conversion process in the NTSC converter 47 and the D / A converter 48 It is a display device as a display that displays or outputs.

  Reference numeral 50 denotes a transport for selecting data from the data broadcast information and transferring it to the storage device side, 51 a disk device for storing and storing the received broadcast data, and 52 for the received broadcast data. A secondary storage device 53 as an external storage medium set separately from the disk device 51 for storage and accumulation, and 53 performs operation matching with other functional units in order to store data in the disk device 51. Built-in HDD interface, 54 is an external secondary storage device interface for performing operation matching with other functional units for storing data in the secondary storage device 52, 55 is broadcast data reception operation, data MPU is a data processing control unit having various data such as a program and a character viewer program And it is composed of a main memory. 56 is a public telephone line, 57 is a modem connected between the phrase telephone line 56 and the data processing control unit 55 and modulates / demodulates transmission / reception data, 58 is a remote controller for remotely operating an operation command to this receiving terminal device, Reference numeral 59 denotes a man-machine interface that sends and receives signals to and from the remote controller 58 and sends the signals to the data processing control unit 55. Reference numeral 60 denotes an IC card that is connected to the data processing control unit and executes various operations. The data processing control unit 55 stores decryption means, that is, a program for decrypting the encrypted coupon information in the built-in main memory. This decryption program may be stored in the IC card 60.

  The receiving terminal device 31 having such a configuration performs operations such as reception of program information created and broadcast by the broadcasting device, and reception of e-mails, voting by e-mails, and responses to questionnaires. In the basic operation of the receiving terminal device 31, the receiving terminal device 31 receives program information transmitted from the broadcasting device, that is, master data and basic program information, and receives a display instruction for the program information from the user. Accordingly, the master data is received and displayed in the display command for detailed information or the like, while the program guide only is displayed, or the program guide instructed by receiving the program basic information is displayed in the display command of the recommended list, for example.

  On the other hand, the receiving terminal device 31 can perform another operation other than the receiving operation corresponding to the program information broadcasting system of the present invention described so far. In other words, the normal broadcast system transmits the normal program information (that is, master data) in the broadcast device, and the reception terminal device 31 receives the program information regardless of whether there is a program information display command from the user. The program information is stored in the disk device 51, and from the program information stored in the disk device 51 by the operation of the data processing control unit 55, only the minimum necessary items for creating a program guide are retrieved and extracted. Program basic information 22 (22a, 22b,...) Is created. In this case, the search keyword list data 27 that lists the collection key 26 in the program information broadcasting system 22 and the search for the collection key that lists the program basic information 22 extracted and created in the search process based on each collection key 26. The result list data 28 may be additionally created. The program basic information 22 created in this way is stored in the built-in memory of the data processing control unit 55. That is, the built-in memory of the data processing control unit 55 is used as an auxiliary memory or a cache memory. Of course, the storage means as the cache memory may be one way even if an external memory or a partial partition of the storage medium of the disk device 51 is used.

  Even in this case, the program basic information is created by extracting frequently used information or based on a predetermined attribute from the master data of the program information, as in the case of the program basic information creating stage on the center side. It may be created by extracting data. Further, the attribute that is the basis for creating the program basic information can be related to at least one of the program genre, individual information, and the service provider, and the program basic information is included in the attribute. You can also add changes such as creating multiple types of related items. In addition, the generated data of the plurality of program basic information includes the data obtained by key-coding the attribute that is the basis for generating the program basic information into a list form, and the identification of the program extracted based on the attribute The above program in a state in which the information is composed of data in the form of a list, and the attribute is key-coded into the list form and the data in which the identification information is in the form of a list are linked to each other It can also be stored in a built-in memory for storing basic information.

  If there is no instruction to display the program information from the user, the data processing control unit 55 accumulates the received program information in the disk device 51 at a predetermined cycle, and further the disk device is operated by the operation of the data processing control unit 55. 51, only the minimum necessary items for creating a program guide are searched and extracted from the program information stored in 51 to create a plurality of program basic information 22 (22a, 22b,...) The memory data is updated with the newly created program basic information 22. When the program information display command is input from the user, the data processing control unit 55 reads the program basic information 22 from the built-in memory and reads the electronic program guide or other program guide in a very short time (almost instantaneously). The program information is displayed to the user by creating and transferring it to the display 23. Using this program guide, the user can obtain various information about the program on the television screen in the same manner as when examining the program in a newspaper or the like. In addition, operations such as reservation and purchase of programs can be performed using this program guide.

  As described above, according to the present invention, as a program information broadcasting system, the program information master system data for recognizing the program by dividing the program elements constituting the broadcast program into a plurality of items at the center. To create program basic information by extracting the minimum necessary items to create a program guide from each data constituting the master data, and transmit the master data and program basic information simultaneously with broadcasting In the receiving terminal device, before the reception of the master data is completed, the program basic information is received, reproduced, and displayed, so that the program basic information having a much smaller data amount than the master data is taken in and received. It takes very little time to complete the accumulation in the memory on the terminal device. Therefore, it is possible to quickly perform a processing operation for performing a subsequent search and displaying it on a display screen such as a display, thereby increasing the efficiency of the program information display operation.

  In addition, since the e-mail transmission using the broadcast is linked to the broadcast of the program information so that the user's vote and questionnaire response can be obtained, the amount of information in the e-mail itself can be minimized, and the use of e-mail Various effects can be obtained, for example, efficiency can be improved.

  Further, in the receiving terminal device that receives the digital satellite broadcast, the created program basic information 22 is stored in the internal memory of the data processing control unit 55, and the internal memory of the data processing control unit 55 is used as a cache memory. When a program information display command is input from the user, the program basic information 22 is read from the built-in memory, a program guide such as an electronic program guide is instantly created, and the program guide is transferred to the display. Since the program information is displayed, the user can quickly perform operations such as reservation and purchase of programs using the program guide.

  The program basic information created by extracting the minimum necessary items to create the program guide from the master data of the program information is taken in, played back, and displayed, so it is stored in the memory on the receiving terminal device. It takes very little time to finish. For this reason, it is possible to quickly perform a processing operation for performing a subsequent search and displaying it on a display screen such as a display, which has the advantage of increasing the efficiency of the program information display operation.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Program information data preparation part 2 Information search part 3 Transmission data generation part 4 Communication control part 5 Transmission part 6 Audio | voice transmission part 7 Video | video transmission part 8 Data transmission part 9 Transmission control part 10 Mail data preparation part 11 Transmission information database part 12 Voting / questionnaire data creating unit 13 Voting data receiving unit 14 Voting data processing unit 21 Master data 22 Program basic information 26 Collection key 27 Search keyword list 28 Collection key search result list 31 Receiving terminal device

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Preparing program basic information including the title and ID of each program, and master information including text data relating to each program;
Transmitting the program basic information and the master information at different periods from each other.   2. The program information broadcasting method according to claim 1, wherein the program basic information transmits a plurality of related programs collectively.   The relevance of the program includes any one of program identification information, program name, broadcast channel, service provider, program description, program genre, performer, director, broadcast start date, or broadcast end date. Item 2. The program information broadcasting method according to item 2.   The program information broadcasting method according to claim 1, wherein a transmission cycle of the master information is longer than that of the program basic information.   The program information broadcasting method according to claim 1, wherein the program basic information is provided with information indicating a master information acquisition source in the program.   The program information broadcasting method according to claim 1, wherein the master information includes a character string for explaining a program in detail.   2. The program information broadcasting method according to claim 1, wherein the master information includes at least one of a genre, a performer, a broadcast start date / time, a broadcast end date / time, a broadcast channel, and a detailed program description.   9. The program information broadcasting method according to claim 8, wherein the detailed program description includes a summary introduction of program contents.   2. The program information broadcasting method according to claim 1, wherein the program basic information includes an ID, a program name, a broadcast start date and time, a broadcast channel, and a master information acquisition source as the minimum necessary items for creating a program guide. Program basic information including the title and ID of each program, and a program information management unit for preparing master information including text data related to each program,
A program information transmitting apparatus comprising: a transmitting unit that transmits the program basic information and the master information at different periods. Preparing program basic information including the title and ID of each program, and master information including text data relating to each program;
Transmitting the program basic information and the master information at different periods;
Receiving the program basic information and master information, respectively;
Program information broadcasting method including In the method of receiving broadcast program information,
Receiving master information including text data related to each program and program basic information including the title and ID of each program at different periods;
Creating a program guide from the received program basic information;
Presenting the created program guide;
A program information receiving method comprising:   13. The program information receiving method according to claim 12, wherein the program guide is created based on an ID of the received program basic information, a program name, a broadcast start date and time, a broadcast channel, and a master information acquisition source.   13. The program information receiving method according to claim 12, wherein the program guide is created by using master information indicated by a pointer of the master information according to a user instruction.   13. The program information receiving method according to claim 12, wherein the program guide is represented in a column structure listed according to the passage of time of a program provided in each channel. In the receiving terminal device of the broadcast program information,
A receiving unit for receiving master information including text data relating to each program and program basic information including the title and ID of each program at different periods;
A program guide creating unit for creating a program guide from the received program basic information;
A display unit for presenting the created program guide;
A receiving terminal device comprising:

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