JP2012015980A - Information processing terminal and information system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing terminal and an information system which can display appropriate content information for a user.SOLUTION: The information processing terminal of an embodiment comprises: a first communication unit for performing communication with a content reproducer which has a content identifier concerning a content being displayed; a second communication unit for performing communication with a content information server which has the content information; a content identifier acquisition unit for acquiring the content identifier of the content being displayed from the content reproducer which performs communication with the first communication unit; a content information acquisition unit for acquiring the content information corresponding to the content identifier acquired by the content identifier acquisition unit from the content information server which performs communication with the second communication unit; and a display unit for displaying the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an information processing terminal and an information system that display content information in digital television broadcasting, multimedia content on the Internet, and the like.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a technology for acquiring and displaying content information from an external server via a network or digital television broadcast is known for content playback devices such as a digital television and a personal computer. In particular, in digital television broadcasting such as terrestrial digital television broadcasting, content information linked to the program is provided during broadcasting, and this content information is displayed on a television that receives the program. This content information is, for example, program broadcast time, program content, information related to the program content, and the like.

JP 2004-153673 A

  However, the content information of the program in the conventional digital broadcast is displayed on the TV receiving the program simultaneously with the reception of the program, and before the program starts, after the program ends, or when the user is not viewing the program. , I could not see the content information of the program. Also, since only program content information cannot be displayed or stored on other portable terminals that do not receive the program, such as portable personal computers and mobile phones, for example, content information can be obtained from the mobile phone when going out. could not.

In addition, since the content information to be displayed includes information unnecessary for the user, when a lot of content information is displayed, it is necessary to select necessary information on the user side, It was complicated. Therefore, it is desired that only content information necessary for the user is automatically selected and displayed.
In addition, the displayed content information is uniform and does not reflect user preferences. Therefore, display of content information that reflects user preferences is also desired.

  The present embodiment has been made in consideration of such points, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing terminal and an information system capable of displaying content information appropriate for a user.

  The information processing terminal according to the embodiment performs communication between a first communication unit that performs communication with a content player having a content identifier related to the content being displayed, and second communication that performs communication between a content information server including content information. A content identifier acquisition unit that acquires a content identifier of the content being displayed from the content player that communicates with the first communication unit, and content corresponding to the content identifier acquired by the content identifier acquisition unit A content information acquisition unit that acquires information from the content information server that communicates with the second communication unit; and a display unit that displays the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit. To do.

  The information system according to the embodiment includes an information system including a terminal, a content player that communicates with the terminal, and a content information server that performs network communication with the terminal. A content identifier corresponding to content information related to the content information server, the content information server has content information related to content, and the terminal communicates with the content player, the first communication unit, Corresponds to the second communication unit that communicates with the content information server, the content identifier acquisition unit that acquires the content identifier of the content being displayed from the content player, and the content identifier acquired by the content identifier acquisition unit Content information to be communicated by the second communication unit. It has a content information acquisition unit that acquires from Ntsu information server, and a display unit for displaying the content information acquired by the content information acquisition section, and wherein the.

1 is a configuration diagram showing a network system of a terminal, a content player, a router, and a content information server, which is a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of a terminal. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of a content reproduction machine. The flowchart which shows the basic operation example of a terminal, a content reproduction machine, and a content information server. The flowchart which shows the operation example of a terminal, a content reproduction machine, and a content information server when the content displayed on a content reproduction machine is switched. The flowchart which shows the operation example of a terminal, a content reproduction machine, and a content information server when trick play is performed. The flowchart which shows the operation example of a terminal, a content reproduction machine, and a content information server in the case of displaying the content information of a program in CM. The flowchart which shows the operation example of a terminal, a content reproduction machine, and a content information server when acquiring the content information of CM beforehand. The flowchart which shows the operation example of a terminal, a content reproduction machine, and a content information server when acquiring the content information of CM each time. The flowchart which shows the operation example of a terminal, a content reproduction machine, and a content information server in the case of detecting URL or a search keyword. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a network system of a terminal, a content player, a router, a content information server, and a viewing history server.

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

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a network system 100 (information system) of a terminal 1, a content player 2, a router 3, and a content information server 4, which is a terminal 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal 1 is a portable personal computer having a wireless communication function, for example, and performs wireless communication connection (for example, wireless LAN connection) with the content player 2. The router 3 and the content information server 4 are connected to each other via an external network N so as to communicate with each other. The terminal 1 can communicate with other devices via the external network N by connecting to the router 3 by wireless communication.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the terminal 1. The terminal 1 includes a control unit 10, a power supply circuit unit 11, a display unit 12, an operation unit 13, a voice control unit 14, a wireless communication unit 15, a storage unit 16, an information storage medium 17, a clock unit 18, a user information database 21, and a CM. A database 22 and a content information storage unit 23 are configured to be communicable with each other via a bus.

  The power supply circuit unit 11 includes a power supply source (battery or the like), switches the power supply ON / OFF state of the terminal 1 based on an input via the operation key of the operation unit 13, and supplies power when the power supply is in the ON state. Electric power is supplied from the source to each unit to enable the terminal 1 to operate.

  The display unit 12 is a monitor or the like, and displays document data, image data, content information, and the like based on the control of the control unit 10. The operation unit 13 is an input device such as a touch panel or operation keys.

  The voice control unit 14 converts the analog voice signal collected by the microphone 142 into a digital voice signal based on the control of the control unit 10. Further, when acquiring the digital audio signal, the audio control unit 14 converts the digital audio signal into an analog audio signal based on the control of the control unit 10 and outputs the analog audio signal as audio from the speaker 141.

  The wireless communication unit 15 includes a wireless LAN communication unit 151 and a GPS (Global Positioning System) communication unit 152. Each communication unit processes the received signal received from the router 3 via the antenna 15a based on the control of the control unit 10, and decodes the data. This data is transmitted to the sound control unit 14 and output from the speaker 141 according to an instruction from the control unit 10, transmitted to the display unit 12, displayed, or recorded in the storage unit 16. Further, each communication unit acquires a voice signal converted into a digital voice signal by the voice control unit 14, a character string input by the operation unit 13, and data stored in the storage unit 16 based on the control of the control unit 10. Then, these data are processed and transmitted to the router 3 via the antenna 15a.

  The wireless LAN communication unit 151 is compliant with, for example, Wi-Fi (registered trademark) and performs communication with the content player 2. Also, ad hoc communication is performed with other wireless LAN communication-equipped terminals, and communication with other wireless LAN communication-equipped terminals is performed via the router 3 (access point) in the vicinity of the terminal 1.

  The GPS communication unit 152 receives a GPS signal from a satellite, and acquires position information by a position information acquisition unit 103 described later.

  The wireless LAN communication unit 151 and the GPS communication unit 152 perform communication using different antennas, but are not shown here.

  The storage unit 16 serves as a work area for the control unit 10 and the wireless communication unit 15 and can be realized by a RAM (Random Access Memory) or the like.

  The information storage medium 17 (a computer readable medium) stores programs, data, and the like, and can be realized by a hard disk, a memory (Flash Memory, ROM: Read Only Memory), or the like. The information storage medium 17 stores a program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the present embodiment (a program for causing a computer to execute processing of each unit), a plurality of applications, and the like.

  The clock unit 18 measures time. The clock unit 18 acquires time information using a GPS function or the like (not shown).

  The user information database 21 includes personal information such as the name, age, and gender of the user who uses the terminal 1, usage history information of the terminal 1, and content viewing history corresponding to the content identifier received by the terminal 1 from the content player 2. Store information. As examples of usage history information, a history of location information acquired by a location information acquisition unit 103, which will be described later, a browsing history of a Web page, a purchase history when Internet shopping is performed using the terminal 1, a Web page with a high browsing frequency Etc.

  The CM database 22 stores the CM audio feature amount and the CM content identifier corresponding to the feature amount of the CM audio sent from the content player 2. As described above, the content information server 4 may include a database similar to the CM database.

  The content information storage unit 23 stores content information acquired from the content information server 4.

  The control unit 10 is an arithmetic device that performs overall control of the terminal 1 and performs various other arithmetic processing and control processing. The function of the control unit 10 can be realized by hardware such as various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.), ASIC (gate array, etc.), and programs. The control unit 10 performs various processes of the present embodiment based on a program (data) stored in the information storage medium 17.

  The control unit 10 includes a content identifier acquisition unit 101, a content information acquisition unit 102, a position information acquisition unit 103, and a content information selection unit 104. The content identifier acquisition unit 101 acquires a content identifier of content such as a program displayed by the content player 2. The content information acquisition unit 102 acquires content information corresponding to the content identifier acquired by the content identifier acquisition unit 101 from the content information server 4. The position information acquisition unit 103 acquires position information based on the GPS signal received by the GPS communication unit 152. The content information selection unit 104 selects content information to be displayed on the display unit 12 from the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit 102. Details of content information selection will be described later.

  The content player 2 is, for example, a digital television or the like, and receives a program and a content identifier corresponding to the program from a television broadcast wave or the Internet. In addition, the content player 2 is connected to a media playback device such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) player (not shown), plays back and displays the content, and acquires a content identifier. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the content player 2. The content player 2 includes a control unit 210, a power supply circuit unit 211, a display unit 212, an operation unit 213, an audio control unit 214, a wireless communication unit 215, a storage unit 216, an information storage medium 217, a television reception unit 219, and a terminal database 221. Are communicably connected to each other via a bus. The power supply circuit unit 211, the operation unit 213, the storage unit 216, and the information storage medium 217 have substantially the same configuration as the terminal 1 and will not be described.

  The television receiver 219 includes a television antenna 219a, and receives a television broadcast wave such as a terrestrial digital television broadcast from a broadcasting station via the television antenna 219a. The television receiving unit 219 separates the received television broadcast wave reception data into an audio signal and an image signal, displays the image signal on the display unit 212, and transmits the audio signal to the audio control unit 214 via the speaker 241. The TV viewing process is performed.

  The display unit 212 is a display or the like, and displays the image signal acquired from the television receiving unit 219. When the audio control unit 214 acquires the digital audio signal from the television receiving unit 219, the audio control unit 214 converts the digital audio signal into an analog audio signal based on the control of the control unit 210 and outputs the analog audio signal as audio from the speaker 241.

  The terminal database 221 stores information on a user who views the content player 2 and a unique terminal identifier such as a MAC address of the corresponding terminal.

  The control unit 210 includes a face recognition unit 201, a terminal identification unit 202, an image recognition unit 203, and a URL / search keyword acquisition unit 204. The face recognition unit 201 recognizes the face of the user who views the content player 2. The terminal is identified by referring to the terminal database 221 from the user's face recognized by the terminal identification unit 202 and the face recognition unit 201. The image recognition unit 203 performs processing such as recognizing an image of content displayed on the display unit 212 and determining text data. A URL / search keyword acquisition unit 204 acquires a URL or a search keyword from text data obtained by image recognition by the image recognition unit 203.

  The wireless communication unit 215 includes a wireless LAN communication unit 251. The wireless LAN communication unit 251 conforms to, for example, Wi-Fi (registered trademark) and performs communication with the terminal 1 via the antenna 215a.

  The content information server 4 stores content information corresponding to a content identifier corresponding to content of a medium such as a program, CM (Commercial Message), DVD, or content on the Internet. The content information server 4 stores the CM audio feature quantity and the corresponding CM content identifier as a CM database.

  Here, the content information stored in the content information server 4 is, for example, information common to the content expressed only by text, information linked with reproduction in which the output timing within the content is designated, XML, HTML, There are multimedia information including video and moving images described in the above, dynamic information realized by a script language such as Javascript (Java (registered trademark)), and the like.

<Example of basic operation>
Next, basic operation examples of the terminal 1, the content player 2, and the content information server 4 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

  The content player 2 is turned on by the user, and the content player 2 receives the broadcast wave and displays the program content (step S101). The content player 2 makes a wireless connection with the terminal 1 (step S103).

  There are two wireless connections in step S103: a case where a connection request is made from the wireless LAN communication unit 151 of the terminal 1 to the content player 2 and a wireless connection is made, and a case where the content player 2 specifies the terminal 1 and makes a connection. There is. Among these, when the content player 2 specifies the terminal 1, the face recognition unit 201 of the content player 2 recognizes the user's face, and the terminal specification unit 202 determines the terminal from the user's face recognized by the face recognition unit 201. The corresponding terminal is identified with reference to the database 221. The wireless communication unit 215 performs a wireless connection by making a connection request to the terminal specified by the terminal specifying unit 202.

  When the terminal 1 and the content player 2 establish a wireless connection in step S103, the content identifier acquisition unit 101 of the terminal 1 requests the content identifier of the currently displayed program from the content player 2 (step S105). The content player 2 transmits the content identifier to the terminal 1 (step S107). The content identifier acquisition unit 101 acquires the transmitted content identifier.

  Next, the content information acquisition unit 102 of the terminal 1 requests the content information server 4 for content information corresponding to the content identifier acquired in step S107 (step S109). The content information server 4 transmits the content information to the terminal 1 (step S111). The content information acquisition unit 102 acquires the transmitted content information. Next, the display unit 12 of the terminal 1 displays the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit 102 (step S113). Details regarding the display of the content information will be described later.

<When content is switched>
The operation when the content to be displayed on the content player 2 is switched will be described with reference to FIG.

  The terminal 1 and the content player 2 are wirelessly connected (step S201), and the content player 2 displays the content (step S202). The terminal 1 acquires the content information from the content information server 4 and displays it (step S203). When the channel of the content player 2 is switched by a user operation and the content being displayed is switched (“Yes” in step S205), the content player 2 transmits the content identifier of the switching destination to the terminal 1 ( Step S207). The content identifier acquisition unit 101 acquires the content identifier transmitted in step S207, and requests content information corresponding to the switching destination from the content information server 4 (step S209). The content information server 4 transmits the content information of the switching destination to the terminal 1 (step S211). The content information acquisition unit 102 acquires the transmitted content information of the switching destination. Next, the display unit 12 of the terminal 1 displays the switching destination content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit 102 (step S213). Details regarding the display of the content information will be described later.

<When trick play is performed>
The operation when the content player 2 reproduces and displays content from a media playback device such as a DVD player and trick play such as fast forward or rewind is performed will be described with reference to FIG.

  The terminal 1 and the content player 2 are wirelessly connected (step S301), and the content player 2 reproduces and displays the content from the media player (step S302). The terminal 1 acquires and displays the content information from the content information server 4 in advance (step S303). When a trick play such as fast forward or rewind is performed in response to a request from the media playback device and the playback time of the content being played back is moved (“Yes” in step S305), the content player 2 moves the destination Is notified to the terminal 1 (step S307).

  Next, the display unit 12 of the terminal 1 displays the moved content information based on the reproduction time information notified in step S307 (step S313). Since the content information at this time is divided every time, the corresponding content information can be displayed by notification of the reproduction time information. Details regarding the display of the content information will be described later.

<CM detection 1>
When the content player 2 receives a TV broadcast wave and detects a CM, it can be roughly divided into two types of operations: displaying program content information in the CM and displaying CM content information. .
First, an operation for displaying content information of a program during CM will be described with reference to FIG.

  The terminal 1 and the content player 2 are wirelessly connected (step S701), and the content player 2 displays the program content (step S702). The terminal 1 acquires the content identifier of the currently displayed content transmitted from the content player 2. The content information acquisition unit 102 of the terminal 1 requests the content information server 4 for content information corresponding to the acquired content identifier (step S703). The content information server 4 transmits the content information to the terminal 1 (step S705). The content information acquisition unit 102 acquires the transmitted content information. The acquired content information is stored in the content information storage unit 23 (step S707).

  Next, when the content player 2 detects the CM (“Yes” in step S709), the content player 2 notifies the terminal 1 of the CM detection (step S711) and displays the CM (step S710). The content information selection unit 104 of the terminal 1 selects the content information stored in step S707 from the content information storage unit 23 based on the CM detection notification in step S711, and displays it on the display unit 12 (step S713). . Details regarding the display of the content information will be described later.

  When the content player 2 detects the content of the program again (“Yes” in step S715), the content player 2 notifies the terminal 1 of the detection of the program (step S717) and displays the program content (step S716). The control unit 10 of the terminal 1 stops displaying the content information displayed on the display unit 12 in step S713 (step S719).

<CM detection 2-1>
Next, an operation for displaying CM content information when the content player 2 detects a CM will be described. First, the operation when the CM content information is acquired from the content information server 4 in advance will be described with reference to FIG.

  The content information acquisition unit 102 of the terminal 1 requests the CM content information from the content information server 4 before the content player 2 reproduces the content (step S401). The requested CM content information may be content information of at least one CM broadcasted in an arbitrary program, or may be content information of at least one CM broadcasted in an arbitrary program and its broadcast order. Alternatively, it may be CM content information broadcast over the entire requested date. The content information server 4 transmits the content information of the CM to the terminal 1 (step S403). The content information acquisition unit 102 acquires the transmitted CM content information.

  Next, the content player 2 receives a television broadcast wave. Thereafter, the operation until the content information of the program is displayed on the terminal 1 is the same as the operation in steps S101 to S113 in FIG.

  When the content player 2 displays the program content and the terminal 1 displays the program content information, if the content player 2 detects the CM (“Yes” in step S405), the content player 2 displays the CM audio. Are transmitted to the terminal 1 (step S407). The content identifier acquisition unit 101 of the terminal 1 determines the content identifier of the corresponding CM with reference to the CM database 22 from the transmitted CM audio feature amount (step S409). Then, the content information acquisition unit 102 determines the CM content information corresponding to the CM content identifier determined in Step S409 from the CM content information acquired from the content information server 4 in Step S403 (Step S411), and the display unit. 12 is displayed (step S413). Details regarding the display of CM content information will be described later.

<CM detection 2-2>
As another example, of operations for displaying CM content information when the content player 2 detects a CM, operations for obtaining CM content information from the content information server 4 each time will be described with reference to FIG. I will explain.

  The terminal 1 and the content player 2 are wirelessly connected (step S501), and the content player 2 displays the content (step S502). The terminal 1 obtains the content information from the content information server 4 and displays it (step S503). When the content player 2 detects the CM (“Yes” in step S505), the content player 2 transmits the feature amount of the CM audio to the terminal 1 (step S507). The content identifier acquisition unit 101 of the terminal 1 determines the content identifier of the corresponding CM with reference to the CM database 22 from the transmitted CM audio feature amount (step S509).

  Next, the content information acquisition unit 102 of the terminal 1 requests the content information server 4 for content information corresponding to the content identifier determined in step S509 (step S511). The content information server 4 transmits the content information to the terminal 1 (step S513). The content information acquisition unit 102 acquires the transmitted content information.

  Note that the terminal 1 transmits the CM audio feature amount notified from the content player 2 to the content information server 4 as it is, and the content information server 4 uses the CM content identifier and the corresponding CM identifier in the CM database in the content information server 4. CM content information may be determined.

  Next, the display unit 12 of the terminal 1 displays the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit 102 (step S515). Details regarding the display of CM content information will be described later.

<Detection of URL or search keyword>
An operation when the content player 2 detects a URL or a search keyword displayed in the CM content will be described with reference to FIG.

  The terminal 1 and the content player 2 are wirelessly connected (step S801), and the content player 2 displays the content (step S802). The terminal 1 obtains the content information from the content information server 4 and displays it (step S803).

  Next, when the content player 2 detects the CM (“Yes” in step S805), the image recognition unit 203 of the content player 2 recognizes the CM image and determines text data (step S807). Next, the URL / search keyword acquisition unit 204 acquires a URL display or search keyword from the text data determined by the recognition process in step S807 (step S809). Here, in order to specify the search keyword, for example, the image recognition unit 203 recognizes the display of the search box and the “search” button, and the URL / search keyword acquisition unit 204 reads the text displayed in the search box. Get as a search keyword. In addition, since it takes an enormous amount of time to recognize all the images of one CM, the image recognition unit 203 performs the image recognition processing on the I frame from the 14th second to the end of the CM if the CM is for 15 seconds, for example. Do.

  Next, the content player 2 transmits the URL or search keyword acquired by the URL / search keyword acquisition unit 204 in step S809 to the terminal 1 (step S811). The control unit 10 of the terminal 1 displays on the display unit 12 a Web page corresponding to the URL transmitted in Step S811 or a Web page indicating a search result on the search site using the search keyword (Step S813). .

  Note that the content information server 4 may transmit the content information to a plurality of terminals.

<Application example of content information display>
The “content information display” (steps S113, S213, S313, S713) and “CM content information display” (steps S413, S515) of the terminal 1 in FIGS. 4 to 9 are stored in the user information database 21. The content information selection unit 104 may select content information and display it on the display unit 12 based on the user usage history, the location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit 103, or the time measured by the clock unit 18.
A part of the content information acquired by the content information selection unit 104 based on the user usage history stored in the user information database 21, the location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit 103, or the time counted by the clock unit 18. May be modified / added for the user.

For example, in the case of FIG. 4, when content information is transmitted from the content information server 4 to the terminal 1 in step S111, the position information acquisition unit 103 of the terminal 1 acquires the current position information of the terminal 1, and the content information selection unit 104 may select content information related to a location close to the current position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 103 and display it on the display unit 12. Specifically, when the current location information is home, if content information about a restaurant near the home is transmitted to the terminal 1, the content information selection unit 104 selects the content information and displays it on the display unit 12. indicate.
In the case of FIG. 4, when the content information is transmitted from the content information server 4 to the terminal 1 in step S111, the position information acquisition unit 103 of the terminal 1 acquires the current position information of the terminal 1 and selects the content information. The unit 104 may modify a part of the content information acquired according to the current position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 103 and display it on the display unit 12. Specifically, when the current position information is Tokyo, the content information selection unit 104 selects only information related to Tokyo from the weather forecast information of the whole country regarding the information related to the weather forecast in the content information. And displayed on the display unit 12. A portion of the content information that can be corrected according to the location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit 103 may be specified in the content information, or the content information selection unit 104 may analyze the transmitted content information and A portion that can be corrected may be selected by referring to the position information acquired by the information acquisition unit 103. Information reflecting the current position information may be added to the transmitted content information. For example, when the current location information is Tokyo, weather information on Tokyo is acquired from the Internet, added to the content information, and displayed on the display unit 12.

Further, when the content information is transmitted from the content information server 4 to the terminal 1 in step S111, the content information selection unit 104 determines the content based on the time counted by the clock unit 18 from the content information including the information related to the time. Information may be selected and displayed on the display unit 12. For example, when lunch information or last train information is included as content information, if the current time is noon, the lunch information is displayed on the display unit 12.
Further, when the content information is transmitted from the content information server 4 to the terminal 1 in step S111, the content information selection unit 104 determines the content based on the time counted by the clock unit 18 from the content information including information related to the time. The information may be corrected and displayed on the display unit 12. For example, in the case of having railway operation information as content information, if the current time is noon, the operation information after noon is displayed on the display unit 12. A portion of the content information that can be corrected according to the time acquired by the clock unit 18 may be specified in the content information, or the content information selection unit 104 analyzes the transmitted content information and A portion that can be corrected may be selected by referring to the acquired time. Information reflecting the time acquired from the clock unit 18 may be added to the transmitted content information. For example, if the current time is noon, operation information after noon is acquired from the Internet, added to the content information, and displayed on the display unit 12.

Furthermore, when content information is transmitted from the content information server 4 to the terminal 1 in step S111, the content information selection unit 104 refers to the user information database 21 and selects content information based on the usage history in the user information database 21. May be. For example, content information related to a frequently viewed web page may be selected and displayed on the display unit 12, content information related to a purchased product may be selected and displayed on the display unit 12, The content information may be selected according to gender or age and displayed on the display unit 12.
Furthermore, when content information is transmitted from the content information server 4 to the terminal 1 in step S111, the content information selection unit 104 refers to the user information database 21 and corrects the content information based on the usage history in the user information database 21. May be. For example, depending on the genre of a Web page that is frequently viewed, information other than the genre may be deleted from the content information and displayed on the display unit 12. If the user is a woman, the content information for men is deleted and displayed. You may display on the part 12. Furthermore, when content information is transmitted from the content information server 4 to the terminal 1 in step S111, the content information selection unit 104 refers to the user information database 21 and adds content information based on the usage history in the user information database 21. May be. For example, when a web page with high browsing frequency is news, the latest news may be acquired from the Internet and added to the content information.

  A list of a plurality of pieces of content information transmitted from the content information server 4 may be displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal 1, and content information to be displayed on the display unit 12 may be selected from the list by a user operation. .

  The user's usage history stored in the user information database 21, the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 103, or the time counted by the clock unit 18 are combined to select, modify, and add information to be acquired. Also good.

The content information may be generated not only from the content information server 4 but also generated on the terminal 1 side. As a method of generating content information, the content is identified from the content identifier, and in the case of Internet search or terrestrial digital TV broadcasting, information on the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) is used to determine the content title and performers. And information such as genre are acquired, and content information is generated from the information. In addition, content information reflecting user usage history stored in the user information database 21, position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 103, or time measured by the clock unit 18 may be generated.

  Further, although the content information transmitted from the content information server 4 in FIG. 7 is stored in the content information storage unit 23, the content information may be stored in the content information storage unit 23 in the case of other operation examples. Good. Similarly, in this case, the content information selection unit 104 may refer to the user information database 21 and select and store only the content information based on the usage history in the user information database 21, or by user operation. Content information may be selected and saved. The storage of the content information may be performed at a timing such as when the program ends, when a CM detection is notified, or when the content player 2 is turned off.

  When content information is stored in the content information storage unit 23, the following example is also possible. When the user goes to a location with the terminal 1, the location information acquisition unit 103 acquires location information of the location, and the content information selection unit 104 relates to a location close to the location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit 103. The content information may be selected from the content information storage unit 23 and displayed on the display unit 12.

  In addition, when the user purchases a product at the store, the content information selection unit 104 selects content information (for example, discount or privilege information) related to the product from the content information storage unit 23 by the user's operation, and the display unit 12 may be displayed. The user may receive a privilege by presenting the display of the terminal 1 to the store clerk when purchasing the product.

  Further, when a user browses a certain Web page on the terminal 1, the content information selection unit 104 may select content information regarding the Web page from the content information storage unit 23 and display it on the display unit 12.

  In the above configuration, the user information database 21 is included in the terminal 1, but it may be connected to the external network N as an external database. In this case, the user information database stores not only the terminal 1 but also other terminal information (personal information, usage history information, etc.) for each terminal.

  In the above configuration, the viewing history information is stored in the user information database 21 of the terminal 1, but may be connected to the external network N as the external viewing history server 6. FIG. 11 shows a configuration diagram of the network system 100 in this case. In this case, the content player 2 can be connected to the external network N, and transmits the viewing history of content such as a program to the viewing history server 6. The viewing history server 6 stores viewing histories of not only the content player 2 but also a plurality of other content players.

  In the above configuration, the terminal 1 and the content player 2 are connected by wireless communication, but may be connected by wired communication.

  According to the embodiment described above, the terminal receives the content identifier corresponding to the content displayed on the content player, acquires the content information corresponding to the content identifier from the content information server, and based on the user's action history Select and display the acquired content information. Therefore, since content information can be selected and displayed according to a user's action history, content information appropriate for the user can be provided. Further, since the content information can be stored in the terminal, the content information of the program can be referred to other than when viewing the program.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail with reference to drawings, the specific structure is not restricted to this embodiment, The design change etc. of the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention are included.

  For example, the terminal 1 and the content player 2 may be the same device. Further, the present invention may be applied to a mobile phone or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) instead of the terminal in the above embodiment.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Network system, 1 ... Terminal, 2 ... Content player, 3 ... Router, 4 ... Content information server, 6 ... Viewing history server, N ... External network, 10, 210 ... Control part, 12, 212 ... Display part, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13, 213 ... Operation part, 14, 214 ... Voice control part, 15, 215 ... Wireless communication part, 16, 216 ... Storage part, 17, 217 ... Information storage medium, 18 ... Clock part, 21 ... User information database, 22 ... CM database, 23 ... Content information storage unit, 219 ... TV receiver, 221 ... Terminal database, 101 ... Content identifier acquisition unit, 102 ... Content information acquisition unit, 103 ... Position information acquisition unit, 104 ... Content information selection unit, 151 ... Wireless LAN communication unit 152 ... GPS communication unit 201 ... Face recognition unit 202 ... Terminal specifying unit 203 ... Image Recognition unit, 204 ... URL / Search keyword acquisition unit.

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A first communication unit for communicating with a content player having a content identifier related to the content being displayed;
A second communication unit for communicating with a content information server having content information;
A content identifier acquisition unit that acquires a content identifier of the content being displayed from the content player that communicates with the first communication unit;
A content information acquisition unit that acquires content information corresponding to the content identifier acquired by the content identifier acquisition unit from the content information server that communicates with the second communication unit;
A display unit for displaying the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit;
An information processing terminal comprising: The content is at least an arbitrary program received from a broadcast wave, or video / audio data played back by a media playback device.
The information processing terminal according to claim 1. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, further comprising: a content information selection unit that selects, modifies, or adds to the content information the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit. The content information selection unit is configured to analyze the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit and select a portion to be corrected.
The information processing terminal according to claim 3. The content information selection unit acquires information indicating a part for correcting content information included in the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit,
Selecting a part for correcting the content part based on information indicating the part for correcting the acquired content information;
The information processing terminal according to claim 3. A user information storage unit for storing the user's behavior history;
The content information selection unit is configured to select, modify, or add the content information based on the user's action history stored in the user information storage unit.
The information processing terminal according to claim 1. It further has a position information acquisition unit for acquiring position information,
The content information selection unit is configured to select, modify, or add content information related to the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit.
The information processing terminal according to claim 1. The user behavior history stored in the user information storage unit is at least one of location information history acquired by the location information acquisition unit, browsed web page history, operation history, and frequently viewed web pages. is there,
The information processing terminal according to claim 7. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a content information storage unit that stores the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit. The content information selection unit selects, corrects, or adds content information related to the current position information acquired by the user or the position information acquisition unit from the content information storage unit,
The display unit is configured to display the selected content information;
The information processing terminal according to claim 9. When the first communication unit receives that the content player detects and receives the CM, the display unit displays the content information stored in the content information storage unit, and the content player selects the CM. Configured to display while displaying,
The information processing terminal according to claim 9. A CM database that stores CM content identifiers and corresponding CM audio feature values;
When the first communication unit receives a feature amount of CM audio from the content player, the content identifier acquisition unit determines a content identifier of the corresponding CM with reference to the CM database,
The content information acquisition unit acquires content information of a CM corresponding to a content identifier of the CM from the content information server;
The information processing terminal according to claim 1. When the first communication unit receives a feature amount of CM audio from the content player, and the second communication unit transmits the feature amount of CM sound to the content information server,
The content information acquisition unit acquires CM content information corresponding to the feature amount of the CM audio from the content information server having a CM database.
The information processing terminal according to claim 12. The content information acquisition unit acquires CM content information from the content information server in advance and stores the content information in the content information storage unit.
When the first communication unit receives a feature amount of CM audio from the content player, the content identifier acquisition unit determines a content identifier of the corresponding CM with reference to the CM database,
The content information selection unit selects CM content information corresponding to the content identifier of the CM stored in the content information storage unit.
The information processing terminal according to claim 12. The content identifier acquisition unit is configured to acquire a content identifier corresponding to the switched content when the content to be displayed on the content player is switched to another content.
The information processing terminal according to claim 1. The content information acquisition unit acquires content information from the content information server in advance,
When the display time of the content being displayed is moved by the content player, the display unit is configured to display destination content information among the acquired content information.
The information processing terminal according to claim 1. The first communication unit performs communication in response to a connection request from the content player having a terminal specifying unit that recognizes a user's face and specifies a terminal.
The information processing terminal according to claim 1. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, wherein the second communication unit performs communication with an external user information database that stores a plurality of user behavior histories for each user. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, wherein the second communication unit communicates with an external viewing history server that stores a viewing history of content displayed on a content player. A second communication unit for communicating with a content information server having content information related to the content;
A content identifier acquisition unit that acquires a content identifier of any content via a broadcast wave or a network;
A content information acquisition unit that acquires content information corresponding to the content identifier acquired by the content identifier acquisition unit from the content information server that communicates with the second communication unit;
A display unit for displaying the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit;
An information processing terminal comprising: In an information system comprising a terminal, a content player that communicates with the terminal, and a content information server that performs network communication with the terminal,
The content player has a content identifier corresponding to content information related to the content being displayed,
The content information server has content information related to content,
The terminal
A first communication unit that communicates with the content player;
A second communication unit for communicating with the content information server;
A content identifier acquisition unit for acquiring a content identifier of the content being displayed from the content player;
A content information acquisition unit that acquires content information corresponding to the content identifier acquired by the content identifier acquisition unit from the content information server that communicates with the second communication unit;
A display unit that displays the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit,
An information system characterized by that. The terminal further includes a content information selection unit that selects, modifies, or adds to the content information the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit based on a predetermined condition.
The information system according to claim 21, wherein: The terminal further includes a user information storage unit that stores a user's behavior history,
The content information selection unit is configured to select, modify, or add the content information based on the user's action history stored in the user information storage unit.
The information system according to claim 21, wherein: The content player is
A face recognition unit for recognizing a user's face;
A terminal identification unit that identifies a terminal corresponding to the user recognized by the face recognition unit;
A first communication unit that communicates with the terminal specified by the terminal specifying unit;
The information system according to claim 21, comprising: The content player further includes an image recognition unit that recognizes an image of a frame at an arbitrary time of the content being displayed,
The image recognition unit recognizes a URL or a search keyword;
25. The information system according to claim 24. A user information database for storing a plurality of user behavior histories for each user;
The information system according to claim 21, wherein: A viewing history server for storing a viewing history of content displayed on the content player;
The information system according to claim 21, wherein:

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