JP3994756B2 - Streaming content registration device, streaming content notification device, program, and content-readable recording medium - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a streaming content registration device, a streaming content notification device, a program, and a content-readable recording medium, and in particular, among streaming content that has a limited delivery time and cannot return to or advance to the previous or next content. The present invention relates to a streaming content registration device, a streaming content notification device, a program, and a content-readable recording medium for introducing content that suits the user's preference to a user.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Currently, there are enormous streaming contents on the Internet, and there are many Internet broadcasting stations that distribute these contents.
[0003]
Among these streaming contents, there are on-demand contents, and there are time restrictions when the user views the contents, and contents that cannot be freely moved to the preceding and following contents (hereinafter referred to as broadcast-type streaming contents). is there.
[0004]
This broadcast-type trimming content has a limited distribution within a certain period of time (such as live streaming of music or what is currently being broadcast on FM / AM broadcast on the Internet in real time) In some cases, a plurality of music contents are reproduced in order, and the reproduction is repeated endlessly by looping them.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, broadcast-type streaming content differs from on-demand streaming content in that the content viewed by the user changes with the passage of time to view the content, and all users view the same content at the same time. Become.
[0006]
Therefore, depending on the time when the broadcast-type streaming content is viewed, the user's favorite content may not be distributed. Also, when watching a certain broadcast-type streaming content, even if another Internet broadcasting station distributes the user's favorite content, the user has no means of knowing it and cannot view it again. Therefore, there is a problem in that viewing of favorite content is missed.
[0007]
This is inconvenient for the user, but also for an Internet broadcasting station that distributes broadcast-type streaming content, it misses the opportunity to view it even though it distributes content of a certain user preference. Become.
In addition, it is difficult for a user to find his / her favorite content from a large amount of broadcast-type streaming content as compared with on-demand content. Therefore, if there is a favorite Internet broadcasting station for the user, the opportunity to search for a new Internet broadcasting station is reduced.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and when a user's favorite content is distributed by broadcast-type streaming, no matter what the user views, by notifying the user of that fact. A streaming content registration method and a streaming content notification method capable of providing a chance to know a new Internet broadcast station and making it easier for a user to view broadcast-type content without failing to view desired content. An object is to provide an apparatus, a program, and a computer-readable recording medium .
[Means for Solving the Problems]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention.
[0009]
This onset Ming, Internet broadcasting station, a user terminal, portal, and, on the network, including the Internet, when delivering streaming content, streaming content registered for the user to register the information to notify the delivery of content to the desired A method,
In the portal,
The content information including the content name and the broadcast time length of the content is received from the Internet broadcasting station (Step 1), and stored in the content information DB for each Internet broadcasting station (Step 2).
Receiving the uniquely identifiable information received from the user terminal, the registration time, and the address of the Internet broadcasting station (step 3);
By searching the content information DB based on the registration time and the address of the Internet broadcasting station, the content name currently distributed is specified,
The identified content name, the Internet broadcast station name of the content, and information that can uniquely identify the user are stored in the user-specific registration information DB (step 4).
[0010]
This onset Ming, Internet broadcasting station, a user terminal, portal, and, on the network, including the Internet, when delivering streaming content, a streaming content notification method for the user to notify the delivery of content to the desired ,
In the portal,
Receives the content name, content information including the broadcast time length of the content, and the distribution start time from the Internet broadcasting station,
Search the registered name for each user that stores the content name, the name of the Internet broadcasting station that distributes the content, and the information that can uniquely identify the user by the received content name. Before becoming, the user terminal is notified that the content is distributed.
[0012]
FIG. 2 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.
[0013]
The present invention (Claim 1 ) is a streaming for registering information for notifying distribution of content desired by a user when distributing streaming content on an Internet broadcasting station, a user terminal, and a network including the Internet. A content registration device,
A broadcast station information storage unit 31 that receives content information including a content name and a broadcast time length of the content from an Internet broadcast station, and stores the content information in the content information DB 34 for each Internet broadcast station;
User information receiving means 32 for receiving information uniquely identifiable from a user terminal, registration time, and Internet broadcast station address;
By searching the content information DB 34 based on the registration time and the address of the Internet broadcasting station, the name of the currently distributed content is specified, and the specified content name, the Internet broadcasting station name of the content, and the user are uniquely identified. And registration means 35 for storing identifiable information in the registration information DB for each user.
[0014]
The present invention (Claim 2 ) is an Internet broadcast station, a user terminal, and a streaming content notification device for notifying distribution of content desired by a user when distributing streaming content over a network including the Internet. There,
Means for receiving the content name, content information including the broadcast time length of the content, and the distribution start time from the Internet broadcasting station;
Search the registered name for each user that stores the content name, the name of the Internet broadcasting station that distributes the content, and the information that can uniquely identify the user by the received content name. Means for notifying the user terminal that the content is to be distributed.
[0016]
The present invention (Claim 3 ) is an information search program for realizing the function of the streaming content registration apparatus according to Claim 1 by a computer.
[0017]
The present invention (Claim 4 ) is an information search program for realizing the function of the streaming content notification apparatus according to Claim 2 by a computer.
[0019]
The present invention (Claim 5 ) is a computer-readable recording medium storing the program according to Claim 3 .
[0020]
The present invention (Claim 6 ) is a computer-readable recording medium storing the program according to Claim 4 .
[0022]
As described above, the present invention notifies the portal of the broadcast station address and time corresponding to the content desired to be viewed from the user terminal, and the portal uses the customer information (name, station name, broadcast) from the program table acquired from the Internet broadcast station. By providing information to the user terminal that the desired content is distributed before the start of broadcasting based on the customer information for the new program guide based on the customer information, etc. No longer miss the content they want to watch.
[0023]
Furthermore, even when the same content desired by the user is distributed at another Internet broadcast station, it is possible to notify the user that the desired content can be received from the broadcast station. It becomes.
[0024]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0025]
FIG. 3 shows a system configuration at the time of content registration by a user in one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows a system configuration at the time of registered content distribution in one embodiment of the present invention.
[0026]
The system shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 specifies the Internet broadcast station 10, the user terminal 20, and the currently distributed content that distributes the content by broadcast streaming, manages the content registration of the user, and the registered content is distributed. In this configuration, the portal 30 that notifies the user of the fact before being connected is connected to the network 40.
[0027]
As shown in FIG. 5, the Internet broadcast station 10 stores a streaming information DB 11 for storing a file (hereinafter referred to as content information) in which a content name, content time, and artist name are entered for each content to be distributed, and the content. The streaming information transmission unit 12 transmits information to the portal 30. FIG. 5 shows an example of a streaming information DB of a broadcasting station according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is broadcast from 19:00 in the order of song A, talk, song B and the like for the length of content time. It represents that .
The user terminal 20 receives a registered streaming information for receiving information notified from the portal 30 before the registered content is distributed, and a registration unit 21 that performs registration when there is content that the user likes after watching the broadcast streaming. The unit 22 is configured.
[0028]
The portal 30 includes a content information receiving unit 31 that receives content information from the Internet broadcasting station 10, a content information DB 34 that stores the received content information, and a user terminal 20 that has been transmitted when the user performs a registration operation. A registered content information receiving unit 32 that receives information, and a verification unit 33 that identifies the content registered by the user from the content information stored in the content information DB 34 and the information received by the registered content information receiving unit 32. A registration unit 35 for registering the specified registered content in the user-specific registration information DB 36, a search unit 38 for searching whether the registered content registered in the user-specific registration information DB 36 is in the content information DB 34, and the registered content If it exists in the content information DB 34, its registered content There consists matches the content information transmission unit 37 to notify the user before being delivered.
[0029]
Next, the operation of the portal 30 performed for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0030]
When the Internet broadcast station 10 starts distributing content, the Internet broadcast station 10 transmits the content information and the content distribution start time (hereinafter referred to as distribution start time) to the portal 30, and the portal 30 receives the received content. Information and distribution start time are stored for each Internet broadcasting station 10.
[0031]
First, a method for registering content that the user is currently viewing will be described.
[0032]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the operation at the time of content registration in one embodiment of the present invention.
[0033]
If the user wishes to notify the distribution of the distributed content during the broadcast streaming again, the user performs a registration operation from the user terminal 20 to the portal 30 when viewing the content. As the registration work, information that can uniquely identify the user is input. When the user performs the registration work, the user terminal 20 transmits to the portal 30 the time when the user registered (hereinafter referred to as registration time) and the address of the Internet broadcast station 10 currently being viewed (step 101). ).
[0034]
The portal 30 uses the difference between the registration time received from the user terminal 20 and the distribution start time of the Internet broadcast station 10 and the content time of the content information to identify what content is currently distributed (step) 102). As an example, in FIG. 5, it is assumed that the user views the content of the Internet broadcast station I, the distribution start time of the Internet broadcast station I is “19:00”, and the registration time is “19:09”. At this time, since the difference between the distribution starting time and the registration time of 9 minutes, the content being delivered to at registration time in Internet broadcasting station I is identified as the song B.
The portal 30 stores the identified content in the user registration DB 36 (step 103). An example of the user-specific registration DB 36 at this time is shown in FIG.
[0035]
Next, a method for notifying the registered user when the registered content is distributed by broadcast streaming will be described.
[0036]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an operation for notifying content distribution according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[0037]
If there is registered content in the registration DB 36 for each user of the portal 30 (step 201), the content information acquired from each Internet broadcast station 10 is sequentially searched for content that matches the registered content.
[0038]
If there is content that matches the registered content in the content information acquired from each Internet broadcast station 10, the user is notified immediately before the time when the corresponding content is distributed (step 202). As an example, a case where the content information acquired from the Internet broadcasting station 10 is FIG. 5 and the user-specific registration information DB 36 is FIG. 7 will be described. At this time, the distribution start time of the Internet broadcasting station I is “19:00:00”.
[0039]
When the content information acquired from the Internet broadcasting station 10 is compared with the user-specific registration information 36, “Song B” registered by the user (1) and the user (2) and “Song C” registered by the user (1). Can be seen from the Internet broadcasting station I.
[0040]
Further, it can be seen from FIG. 5 that the distribution start time of “Song B” is “19:08:54” and the distribution start time of “Song C” is “19:10:18”.
[0041]
Therefore, the portal 30 immediately before “Song B” is distributed to the user (1) and the user (2) , for example, 20 seconds before here, but “19:08:34” Notification that “Song B” will be distributed. Since the user terminal address of the user is managed for each user name as shown in FIG. 7, the address of the user terminal 20 can be specified using the registration information DB 36 for each user.
[0042]
When notifying the user terminal 20, the portal 30 also transmits to the user terminal 20 the address of the Internet broadcast station 10 to which “Song B” is distributed (in this case, the address of the Internet broadcast station I).
[0043]
FIG. 9 is an example of the screen image of the user terminal 20 when notified, and when the user presses (clicks) the button “Change viewing content”, the content that is automatically viewed is currently being viewed. The content is switched to the content of the Internet broadcasting station I.
[0044]
As this notification method, in addition to the method of displaying on the screen of the user terminal 20 as shown in FIG. 9, a method of notifying the user using mail can be considered.
[0045]
Further, the user (1) performs registration when “Song C” is distributed by the Internet broadcasting station I. According to FIG. 10, the “Song C” can also be distributed by the Internet broadcasting station II. Since it is managed by the portal 30, it is possible to notify the user (1) of the fact immediately before the time when “Song C” is distributed by the Internet broadcasting station II.
[0046]
In addition, the user (2), because it has a "song F 'of the artist A as a registered content, if you wish the user (2), but the content name is different, the content of the same artists," Song A "delivery It is also possible to notify the user to that effect. This is not limited to the artist name, and any part of the content information of the registered content may be used.
[0047]
Moreover, constructing the components of the portal 30 in the above embodiment as a program, it is distributed via a network, or it can be installed on a computer that is used as a portal.
[0048]
Furthermore, a hard disk and connected to the computer to be used a program that is constructed as a portal, a flexible disk, may be stored in the portable storage medium such as a CD-ROM, by installing in the practice of the present invention The present invention can be easily realized.
[0049]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications and applications can be made within the scope of the claims.
[0050]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, no matter what the user is watching, if the content that the user wants to listen to is delivered by broadcast streaming, the user is notified of this, I didn't know when the content was delivered, so there would be no time lapse and missed the opportunity to watch the content.
[0051]
In addition, it is a chance to inform the user of the existence of another Internet broadcasting station using one content as a key.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram at the time of content registration by a user according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram when a registered content is distributed according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an example (broadcasting station I) of a streaming information DB of a broadcasting station in an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the operation at the time of content registration in one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an example of a registration information DB for each user according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an operation for notifying content distribution according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a screen example of a user terminal that has received a notification according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a data example of another broadcasting station of the streaming information DB in the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Internet Broadcasting Station 11 Streaming Information DB
12 streaming information transmission unit 20 user terminal 21 registration unit 22 registration streaming information reception unit 30 portal 31 broadcast station information storage unit, content information reception unit 32 user information reception unit, registered content information reception unit 33 verification unit 34 program table storage unit, Content information DB
35 registration means, registration unit 36 user registration information storage means, user-specific registration information DB
37 Match content information transmission unit 38 Search unit 40 Network

Claims (6)

A streaming content registration device for registering information for notifying distribution of content desired by a user when distributing streaming content on a network including an Internet broadcasting station, a user terminal, and the Internet,
Broadcast station information storage means for receiving content information including the content name and the broadcast time length of the content from the Internet broadcast station and storing the content information in the content information DB for each Internet broadcast station;
User information receiving means for receiving information uniquely identifiable from the user terminal, registration time, and Internet broadcast station address;
By searching the content information DB based on the registration time and the address of the Internet broadcasting station, the name of the currently distributed content is identified, the identified content name, the Internet broadcasting station name of the content, the unique Registration means for storing in the user-specific registration information DB information that can identify the user;
A streaming content registration apparatus comprising: A streaming content notification device for notifying distribution of content desired by a user when distributing streaming content on a network including an Internet broadcast station, a user terminal, and the Internet,
Means for receiving a content name, content information including a broadcast time length of the content, and a distribution start time from the Internet broadcast station;
A search is made with the received content name for the content name, the name of the Internet broadcasting station that distributes the content, and the user-specific registration information DB that stores information that can uniquely identify the user. Means for notifying the user terminal that the content is distributed before the start time;
A streaming content notification apparatus comprising: An information retrieval program for realizing the function of the streaming content registration apparatus according to claim 1 by a computer. An information retrieval program for realizing the function of the streaming content notification device according to claim 2 by a computer. A computer-readable recording medium storing the program according to claim 3 . A computer-readable recording medium storing the program according to claim 4 .

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