JP2011023971A - Television receiver, menu display method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a television receiver capable of recommending a program suitable for a user, who is to view any program, without performing user identification even when a plurality of users utilizes the television receiver. <P>SOLUTION: The television receiver includes: a history storage part for storing a viewing history, which is a viewing history of contents viewed by a user, classified for each of predetermined time zones; and a menu generation-display part for generating and displaying a menu list of contents based on a view history of a time zone which is stored in the history storage part and to which the present time belongs, among the time zones. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a television receiver, a menu display method, and a program.

  The television receiver includes an audio reproduction unit such as a speaker, a video display unit such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) panel, and a tuner unit. After the tuner unit receives and analyzes the broadcast program, the video is reproduced by the video display unit and the audio is reproduced by the audio reproduction unit. With the diversification of media for transmitting broadcast programs such as terrestrial broadcasts, satellite broadcasts, and cable broadcasts, the number of broadcast programs to be provided has increased dramatically. Increasing the number of broadcast programs expands user options and satisfies more detailed user needs, but selecting a program suitable for the user from a large number of broadcast programs can be painful. For this reason, a number of technologies have been developed that automatically determine the user's preferences from the user's viewing history and recommend programs that meet the preferences, thereby assisting the user in selecting programs.

For example, in Patent Document 1, a program channel selection history is managed in a list, a program selection control list weighted for each channel from a channel duration is held, and a channel recommendation to a user is performed based on the list. ing. Furthermore, it is also mentioned that the program selection control list is managed for each user.
In Patent Document 2, the channel viewing situation of the previous week is managed, and when the TV receiver is turned on, the channel being viewed at the same time on the same day of the previous week is automatically selected or the same as the previous week. An invention is disclosed in which, when the channel is switched at the same time of the day of the week, the channel is automatically selected to the same channel even if the user does nothing.

JP 2005-506810 A JP-A-10-174008

However, the above-described television receiver has a configuration for requesting a special operation from the user or automatically identifying the user in order to identify the user who is going to view when used by a plurality of users. There is a problem that it is necessary and complicated for the user or a complicated apparatus configuration is required.
Also, in the method of presenting a viewing program at the same time on the same day of the previous week, if a program that you are watching regularly happens to be missed the previous week or if you watch another program, there is no recommendation suitable for the user. There is a problem that it is not.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a program suitable for a user who wants to view without identifying the user, even when a plurality of users use the program. To provide a television receiver, a menu display method, and a program that can be recommended.

(1) The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. The television receiver of the present invention is a viewing history of content viewed by a user, and is classified for each predetermined time zone. A history storage unit for storing the viewing history, and a viewing history stored in the history storage unit, and generating and displaying a menu list of content based on the viewing history of the time zone to which the current time belongs among the time zones And a menu generating / displaying section.

(2) Moreover, the television receiver of the present invention is the above-described television receiver, wherein the viewing history is information indicating the viewing frequency for each content in the time zone.

(3) Moreover, the television receiver of this invention is the above-mentioned television receiver, Comprising: The said time slot | zone is a time slot | zone set according to a user's life pattern, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

(4) Moreover, the television receiver of the present invention is the above-described television receiver, and periodically detects the content being viewed and updates the viewing frequency in the time zone to which the detection time belongs. A management unit is provided.

(5) Moreover, the television receiver of the present invention is the above-described television receiver, which detects that the same content is viewed continuously for a predetermined time, and the time to which the detection time belongs. A history management unit for updating the band viewing frequency is provided.

(6) Moreover, the television receiver of the present invention is the above-described television receiver, and at least one of the contents is content other than a broadcast program, and is from a server connected via a network. It is one of acquired content, content stored in a storage medium attached to the device, and content output from a video output device connected via a video input terminal.

(7) Further, the menu display method of the present invention is a television receiver provided with a history storage unit for storing a viewing history of content viewed by a user and classified by a predetermined time zone. A menu display method in a machine, wherein the television receiver is a viewing history stored in the history storage unit, and a content menu based on a viewing history of a time zone to which a current time belongs among the time zones. It has a process of generating and displaying a list.

(8) Further, the program of the present invention is a television receiver having a history storage unit that stores a viewing history of content viewed by a user and classified by a predetermined time zone. The television receiver generates and displays a menu list of content based on the viewing history stored in the history storage unit, the viewing history of the time zone to which the current time belongs among the time zones. It functions as a means.

  According to the present invention, even when a plurality of users use the program, it is possible to recommend a program suitable for the user who wants to view without identifying the user.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the television receiver by one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a functional configuration realized by a CPU 101 reading and executing a program from a memory 104 in the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the content of the log | history management table which the log | history memory | storage part 206 in the same embodiment memorize | stores. It is a flowchart explaining the update process of the log | history management table by the log | history management part 207 in the embodiment. 4 is a flowchart illustrating menu generation / display processing by a menu generation / display processing unit 205 in the embodiment. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display panel 105 by the television receiver 100 in the same embodiment. FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a television receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention. The television receiver 100 in this embodiment includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, a tuner unit 102, a speaker 103, a memory 104, a display panel 105, an audio reproduction unit 106, a video reproduction unit 107, and user input. Unit 108, external input unit 109, network connection unit 110, memory card slot 111, bus 112, audio processing unit 113, and video processing unit 114.

  The CPU 101 controls the entire television receiver 100 by reading and executing a program stored in the memory 104. Details of the control by the CPU 101 will be described later. The memory 104 is a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, or a flash memory, a storage medium that can only be read such as a CR-ROM, a volatile memory such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), or A combination of these is stored, and a program for operating the CPU 101 is stored.

  The tuner unit 102 is connected to an antenna 115, and demodulates a channel designated by the CPU 101 via the bus 112 among broadcast waves received by the antenna 115, and encodes video data and encoded audio. Generate data and. Further, the tuner unit 102 demodulates the broadcast wave, acquires program information for an EPG (Electric Program Guide) including a program title, an outline, a distribution schedule, and the like, and outputs the program information to the CPU 101 via the bus 112.

  Although only one antenna 115 is illustrated in FIG. 1, the television receiver 100 receives a plurality of broadcast waves such as terrestrial digital broadcast, BS (Broadcast Satellite) digital broadcast, and CS (Communication Satellite) digital broadcast. If possible, an antenna 115 corresponding to the broadcast wave may be connected for each broadcast wave. Here, the encoded video data and the encoded audio data are data encoded by moving picture compression codes such as MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) 2 and MPEG4, and audio compression codes.

  The audio reproducing unit 106 decodes the encoded audio data. The audio processing unit 113 generates an audio signal obtained by synthesizing the audio data decoded by the audio reproduction unit 106 and the audio data input from the CPU 101 via the bus 112, and outputs the audio signal to the speaker 103. The speaker 103 outputs a sound corresponding to the input sound signal. The video reproduction unit 107 decodes the encoded video data. The video processing unit 114 generates a video signal obtained by combining the video data decoded by the video playback unit 107 and the video data input from the CPU 101 via the bus 112, and outputs the video signal to the display panel 105. The display panel 105 includes a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, and the like, and displays an image corresponding to the input video signal.

The user input unit 108 includes an infrared light receiving unit, receives an infrared signal transmitted from the remote controller 120, and outputs user operation information corresponding to the signal. The remote controller 120 has four-way buttons (up / down / left / right), an enter button, and the like. When these buttons are pressed, the remote controller 120 transmits an infrared signal corresponding to the buttons. The external input unit 109 includes one or a plurality of video input external input terminals conforming to standards such as a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) terminal and a D terminal. The external input unit 109 performs video processing on the video signal and the audio signal input from the external device 130, which is a video output device connected through the terminal designated by the CPU 101, through the bus 112. Output to the unit 114 and the audio processing unit 113.
The network connection unit 110 is connected to a network 140 such as the Internet, and communicates with a server 150 connected to the network 140. The memory card slot 111 is a slot for mounting a memory card 160 such as an SD memory card.

Further, the CPU 101 executes the application program read from the memory 104 in accordance with the input from the user input unit 108, and the audio data and video data generated as a result of the execution are transmitted to the audio processing unit 113 and the video processing via the bus 112. Output to the unit 117. Further, when the program is a network application such as a web browser, the network content transmitted from the other device connected to the network 140 or the server 150 is received through the network connection unit 108, and based on the network content. Audio data and video data generated by the CPU 101 may be output to the audio processing unit 113 and the video processing unit 117 via the bus 112.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a functional configuration realized by the CPU 101 according to the present embodiment reading out a program from the memory 104 and executing the program. In FIG. 2, an application processing unit 201, a television processing unit 202, a network processing unit 203, an external connection processing unit 204, a menu generation / display unit 205, a history management table 206, and a history management unit within a broken line with a symbol L. Reference numeral 207 denotes a functional block realized by the CPU 101 reading and executing a program from the memory 104.

  The application processing unit 201 selects content stored in the memory card 160 inserted in the memory card slot 111 in accordance with user operation information received from the user input unit 108, and displays the content and outputs audio. Video data and audio data are generated, the video data is output to the video processing unit 114, and the audio data is output to the audio processing unit 113. For example, the application processing unit 201 performs a slide show display of image files stored in the memory card 160.

The television processing unit 202 selects a medium such as terrestrial digital broadcast, BS digital broadcast, and CS digital broadcast and a channel according to the user operation information received from the user input unit 108, and receives the channel through the tuner unit. By instructing 102, broadcast program display and audio output are performed.
The network processing unit 203 selects content stored in the server 150 connected to the network connection unit 110 via the network 140 according to the user operation information received from the user input unit 108, and acquires the content. Further, the network processing unit 203 generates video data and audio data for displaying the acquired content and outputting audio, outputs the video data to the video processing unit 114, and outputs the audio data to the audio processing unit 113. Output. For example, the network processing unit 203 is a Web browser, acquires an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file from the server 150, and displays a Web page.

  The external connection processing unit 204 generates video data and audio data for performing display and audio output of the content from content input from the external device 130 connected to the external input unit 109, and converts the video data into video The audio data is output to the processing unit 114, and the audio data is output to the audio processing unit 113. For example, when a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) player is connected to the external input unit 109 as the external device 130, the video data and audio data output from the DVD player are sent to the video processing unit 114 and the audio processing unit 113. Output. When a plurality of external devices 130 are connected to the external input unit 109, the external device 130 is selected according to the user operation information received from the user input unit 108, and the content input from the external device 130 is selected. Display and audio output.

  The menu generation / display unit 205 displays a content selection menu (menu list) in which the display order is determined based on the viewing history of the time zone to which the current time belongs among the viewing history of the content stored in the history storage unit 206. That is, the menu generation / display unit 205 generates image data for displaying the content selection menu and outputs the image data to the video processing unit 114. Here, the content selection menu is a menu of content belonging to a category selected based on user operation information received from the user input unit 108 by classifying the content into categories to be described later.

When the menu generation / display unit 205 selects content from the content selection menu based on the user operation information received from the user input unit 108, the application processing unit 201, the television introduction unit 202, and the network processing unit 203. In the external connection processing unit 204, the processing unit corresponding to the selected content is activated, and the activated processing unit is instructed to display the selected content.
The history storage unit 206 stores a history management table that stores the viewing history of the content viewed by the user, and stores the viewing history classified for each predetermined time zone. More preferably, the viewing history is information representing the viewing frequency for each content.
The history management unit 207 periodically acquires the operation status of the application processing unit 201, the television processing unit 202, the network processing unit 203, and the external connection processing 204, thereby detecting the content being viewed and storing the history. The viewing frequency of the time zone to which the detection time belongs is updated in the history management table stored in the unit 206.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents of a history management table stored in the history storage unit 206 according to the present embodiment. The history management table is a table in a table format composed of rows and columns. The first and second columns store the category and content name of the viewed content. In the third and subsequent columns, a score representing the viewing frequency of the content is stored every hour of each day of the week. In the present embodiment, the content is divided into four categories: “broadcast”, “application”, “Internet”, and “external connection”.

  For the category “broadcast”, channel names such as “terrestrial digital 1ch” and “terrestrial digital 2ch” are stored as content names. For the category “application”, an application name such as “slide show” is stored as a content name. For the category “Internet”, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) such as “http://www.xxx...” Is stored as a content name. For the category “external connection”, the terminal name to which the external device 130 such as “input terminal 1” is connected is stored as the content name. Note that the categories and content names shown in FIG. 2 are merely examples, and the categories and content may be classified according to other criteria.

  The history management table illustrated in FIG. 3 displays a slide show of image files stored in the memory card 160 installed in the memory card slot 111 in order from the top in the terrestrial digital 1ch, 2ch, 3ch,. Application “slide show”,..., Acquisition and display of a Web file indicated by URL “http: //www.xxx ...” from the Internet, first external input terminal “input terminal 1”, second The score for the external device 130 connected to the external input terminal “input terminal 2” is stored. For example, the terrestrial digital 1ch score is “22” from 1 o'clock on Monday, “0” from 1 o'clock on Monday, ..., “373” from 18:00 on Wednesday, every Wednesday. It is “6” from 19:00, “0” from 20:00 on Wednesday, and “0” from 23:00 on Sunday.

In this embodiment, if this score is large in a certain time zone, it indicates that the priority is high in that time zone, that is, the possibility of being selected by the user is high.
In the example of FIG. 3, the digital terrestrial 1ch score “22”, the terrestrial digital 2ch score “0”, the terrestrial digital 3ch score “5”, and the slide show “0” for one hour from 0:00 on Monday. The URL “http://www.xxx...” Has a score “0”, the input terminal 1 has a score “0”, and the input terminal 2 has a score “0”. Therefore, in 1 hour from 0 o'clock on Monday, the score in the time zone is “22”, and it is most likely that the largest terrestrial digital 1ch is selected. Next, the score “5” is set. There is a high possibility that the terrestrial digital 3ch is selected.

  In the present embodiment, the score of each content is set for every hour of each day of the week, but may be set for each time zone according to the user's life pattern, and may be a unit other than the above. For example, if the lifestyle pattern is the same regardless of the day of the week on weekdays, and Saturday and Sunday have different lifestyle patterns from weekdays, every hour on weekdays, every hour on Saturday, and every hour on Sunday A score may be set. Also, in the daytime, the number of users who view is limited, and in the case where the users who view frequently change at night, for example, from 9:00 to 18:00 every 3 hours, from 0:00 to 9:00 The score may be set every hour from 18:00 to 24:00. In addition, the number of rows in the history management table may be increased or decreased according to the number of contents viewed.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining history management table update processing by the history management unit 207 according to this embodiment. The update process shown in FIG. 4 is periodically performed at 1-minute intervals while the television receiver 100 is turned on. This interval is an example of a preset numerical value, and may be longer or shorter than the one-minute interval. This update process may be executed when it is detected that the same content is viewed continuously for a predetermined time. This one minute is an example of a predetermined time length, and may be longer or shorter than one minute.

  When the update process is started, in step S301, the history management unit 207 acquires the content category and content name from the processing unit corresponding to the content currently being browsed. For example, it is assumed that a slide show of an application is currently being browsed. Next, in step S302, the history management unit 207 determines whether there is content in the history management table 206 that matches the category acquired in step S301 and the content name. When it is determined that the content does not exist, the content line, that is, the acquired category and content name line is added. In the example of the history management table shown in FIG. 3, the line corresponding to the slide show of the application exists in the fifth line, so no line is added.

  Next, in step S303, the history management unit 207 adds a constant m to the current time score of the row of the content being browsed. Further, in step S304, the history management unit 207 subtracts the constant n from the current time score of the other content line, and ends the process. However, when the constant n is subtracted and the score is 0 or less, the score is equally 0.

  Here, it is assumed that the value of the constant m is “1”, the value of the constant n is also “1”, and the digital terrestrial 2ch is displayed for 5 minutes from 19:00 on Wednesday. Then, since the history update process of FIG. 4 is performed, “1” is added to the score of the row of the category “broadcast” and the content name “terrestrial digital 2ch” in the history management table shown in FIG. 3 every minute. Therefore, “0” is changed to “5”. On the other hand, the score of the category “broadcast” and content name “terrestrial digital 2ch” is subtracted from “1” every minute, but becomes “−1” when “1” is subtracted from “0”. Since this is “0” or less, the score remains “0”.

  In addition, the score of the row of the category “broadcast” and the content name “terrestrial digital 1ch” is changed from “6” to “1” because “1” is subtracted every minute. The score of the category “broadcast” and content name “terrestrial digital 3ch” is subtracted from “1” every minute, so “3” is changed to “0” in 3 minutes, and in the next 2 minutes When “1” is subtracted from “0”, “−1” is obtained, and since this is “0” or less, the score is “0”.

Thus, in the example of the contents of the history management table shown in FIG. 3, the score for 1 hour from 19:00 on Wednesday was the top in the content name “terrestrial digital 1ch” of the category “broadcast” with “6”. 4, the content name “terrestrial digital 1ch” of the category “broadcast” becomes “1” and the content name “terrestrial digital 2ch” of the category “broadcast” becomes “5”. , "Terrestrial digital 2ch" is the leader.
Although the constants m and n are “1” here, other values may be used.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining menu generation / display processing by the menu generation / display processing unit 205. The menu generation / display processing shown in FIG. 5 is performed when a display instruction of a content selection menu is received or a change instruction of a category to be displayed is received by a user operation.
First, in step S <b> 401, the menu generation / display unit 205 acquires a category requested by the user from the user operation information received from the user input unit 108. At this time, the user can request not only one category but also a plurality of categories or all categories.

  Next, in step S402, the menu generation / display unit 205 extracts only the line that matches the category acquired in step S401 from the history management table stored in the history storage unit 206. Next, in step S403, the menu generation / display unit 205 rearranges the rows extracted in step S402 in descending order of scores in the time zone to which the current time belongs. Next, in step S404, the menu generation / display unit 205 generates image data of a selection menu in which menu items indicating each content are arranged in the order rearranged in step S403, and outputs the generated image data to the video processing unit 114. That is, the menu items are arranged so that the higher the score is, the higher the score of the time zone to which the current time belongs, the higher the score, the higher the score is displayed. The menu item is generated from the category and the content name, but if the category is broadcast, the content of the EPG program information generated by the tuner unit 102 may be used. By using the program information in this way, the program title can be included in the menu item.

  Note that step S401 may be deleted, and a selection menu for one or a plurality of preset categories or all categories may be displayed. Also. Steps S402 and S403 may be performed in reverse order.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display panel 105 by the television receiver 100 according to the present embodiment. In the screen example shown in FIG. 6, the video of the broadcast program, the video input from the external device 130, the video generated by the application, the video of the Internet content, etc. are moved to the left side of the full screen A500 and displayed in the content display area A501. It is displayed in a reduced size. On the right side of the content display portion 501, a content selection menu display area A502 and a category selection menu display area 503 are displayed. The menu generation / display unit 205 includes items of predetermined categories (here, “broadcast”, “Internet” indicated as “net” in the figure, and “external input” in the figure) as menu items. The category selection menu is generated by arranging the three “external connections” arranged side by side. The user can select the category of the category selection menu by using the remote controller 120 to select and determine the category of content to be displayed in the content selection menu display area A502.

  The content selection menu display area A502 displays a content selection menu in which information indicating the content is arranged in descending order of the scores in the time zone to which the current time belongs among the contents of the category selected in the category selection menu. Has been. That is, a higher score (viewing frequency) is recommended to the user by displaying it at the top. In the example of FIG. 6, “Broadcast” is selected as the category, and “terrestrial digital 3ch today news”, “terrestrial digital 2ch drama“ A content selection menu in which “Tomorrow”, “CS5ch professional baseball” and “BS8ch gardening course” are arranged is displayed.

  Here, the information indicating the content displayed as the menu item of the content selection menu includes “terrestrial digital 3ch” and “BS8ch”, which are abbreviations of the content name, and the program title “Today's news. ”And“ Drama “Tomorrow” ”are also displayed at the same time. The program title may be EPG program information acquired from a broadcast wave such as data broadcasting, or may be acquired from a server connected to the network 140 that provides EPG program information. You may use what you did.

  The user can select content to be displayed on the content display unit A501 by selecting and determining the menu item of the content selection menu using the remote controller 120. The content selection menu need not always be displayed. For example, the remote controller 120 is provided with a button for instructing display / non-display of the content selection menu and the category selection menu, and is transmitted when the user presses the button. The display / non-display of the content selection menu and the category selection menu may be switched based on the infrared signal. Furthermore, when the content selection menu and the category selection menu are not displayed, the video processing unit 114 may display the content video on the full screen A500.

  In this embodiment, the category selection menu display area A503 and the content selection menu display area A502 are arranged on the right side of the content display area A501 for displaying the reduced content. A503 or the content selection menu display area A502 may be arranged on any of the upper side, the lower side, and the left side of the content display area A501. Alternatively, the content may be displayed without being reduced, the content display area may be the entire screen, and the content selection menu and the category selection menu may be overlaid on the content display area. Moreover, it is good also as only a content selection menu, without having a category selection menu.

  Even a large television receiver used by a plurality of users is often used by the same user in the same time zone according to the lifestyle pattern, for example, the same time zone on the same day of the week. Therefore, as described above, as shown in the viewing history table of FIG. 3, the viewing history of the content viewed by the user and stored for each predetermined time zone is stored, and FIG. As shown in the flowchart, the menu list of the content is generated and displayed based on the viewing history of the time zone to which the current time belongs, so the menu list based on the viewing history of the user who wants to view without identifying the user It is possible to generate content and recommend content suitable for the user with a high probability.

  Furthermore, by setting the time zone for classifying the viewing history as the time zone according to the lifestyle pattern, the viewing history for each time zone is for a specific user who often uses a television receiver during that time zone. Since there are many viewing history components, it is more likely to generate a menu list based on the viewing history of the user who is trying to view without identifying the user and recommend content suitable for the user. You can do it.

  Further, in recent television receivers, not only broadcast program images, but also VTR (Video Tape Recorder), Blu-ray Disc (registered trademark) player, and the like, like the television receiver 100 in the present embodiment. To display video output from external devices, WEB pages acquired from networks such as the Internet, and to execute various applications built in the television receiver itself, such as slideshows of photos read from a memory card Has been added.

  In the case of such a television receiver, the user does not use the television receiver only for viewing the broadcast program. Therefore, even if only the broadcast program or channel is recommended, the user's original intended use is not expected. There is a high possibility that it will be removed. For example, it is meaningless to recommend a broadcast program to a user who activates a television receiver to view news information on the Internet. The television receiver 100 according to the present embodiment includes, in addition to a broadcast program, content other than the broadcast program, that is, content acquired from a server connected via a network, content stored in a memory card attached to the device, video For content output from a video output device connected via an input terminal, information indicating viewing frequency is generated, so that content suitable for the user's original intended use can be recommended with higher probability. it can.

  2 can be read by a computer to realize the functions of the application processing unit 201, the television processing unit 202, the network processing unit 203, the external connection processing unit 204, the menu generation / display unit 205, and the history management unit 207 in FIG. The processing of each of these units may be performed by recording in a recording medium, reading the program recorded in the recording medium into a computer system, and executing the program. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes design changes and the like within a scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.

  The present invention is suitable for use in a large television receiver used by a plurality of users, but is not limited thereto.

100 ... Television receiver 101 ... CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 102 ... Tuner part 103 ... Speaker 104 ... Memory 105 ... Display panel 106 ... Audio | voice reproduction part 107 ... Video | video reproduction part 108 ... User input part 109 ... External input part 110 ... Network connection part 111 ... Memory card slot 112 ... Bus 113 ... Audio | voice Processing unit 114 ... Video processing unit 115 ... Antenna 120 ... Remote controller 130 ... External device 140 ... Network 150 ... Server 160 ... Memory card

Claims (8)

A history storage unit that stores the viewing history of content viewed by the user, the viewing history being classified for each predetermined time period;
A viewing history stored in the history storage unit, comprising: a menu generation / display unit that generates and displays a menu list of content based on the viewing history of the time zone to which the current time belongs among the time zones. A featured television receiver.   The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein the viewing history is information indicating a viewing frequency for each content in the time period.   The television receiver according to claim 2, wherein the time zone is a time zone set according to a user's life pattern.   The television receiver according to claim 2, further comprising a history management unit that periodically detects the content being viewed and updates the viewing frequency in a time zone to which the detection time belongs.   The television according to claim 2, further comprising a history management unit that detects that the same content is viewed continuously for a predetermined time and updates the viewing frequency in a time zone to which the detection time belongs. John receiver.   At least one of the contents is content other than a broadcast program, obtained from a server connected via a network, content stored in a storage medium attached to the device, via a video input terminal The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein the television receiver is any one of contents output by a video output device connected in the manner described above. A menu display method in a television receiver including a history storage unit that stores a viewing history of content viewed by a user, the viewing history being classified for each predetermined time period,
The television receiver has a process of generating and displaying a menu list of content based on the viewing history stored in the history storage unit and based on the viewing history of the time zone to which the current time belongs. A menu display method characterized by that. A television receiver computer having a history storage unit that stores a viewing history of content viewed by a user and classified by a predetermined time period, the television receiver including the history A viewing history stored in a storage unit, the program functioning as means for generating and displaying a menu list of content based on a viewing history of a time zone to which the current time belongs among the time zones.

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