JP4940375B1 - Content display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a content display system capable of easily finding content related to a TV program being displayed and improving user convenience.
A terminal device 5 of a content display system 1 includes a process of receiving a television program from a broadcast station apparatus 2, a process of acquiring content from a server apparatus 3 via a network 4, and a television program or content display apparatus. 6 for display on the display unit 8. When a predetermined user operation is performed by the remote controller 8 of the terminal device 2 while the TV program is displayed on the display unit 8, a reduced moving image of the TV program being displayed is displayed in the first display area of the display unit 8. At the same time, a partial matrix image including a reduced still image of content related to the TV program being displayed is selected from the matrix images in which reduced still images of a plurality of contents are arranged, and is displayed in the second display area of the display unit 8. The
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Description

  The present invention relates to a content display system that acquires and displays content related to a television program from a server device, and more particularly to a technique for improving user convenience.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system that acquires and displays VOD (video on demand) content related to a television program from a server is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In a conventional system, a list of available VOD contents (VOD program) is displayed (list display), and the VOD program can be viewed by accessing the VOD program from a client device.

Japanese Patent No. 4608234

  However, in the conventional system, the list of VOD contents is merely displayed as a list, and there is room for further improvement in the way of displaying the VOD contents in order to enhance the convenience for the user. For example, in a conventional system, a scene where a TV program is viewed is different from a scene where a VOD program is selected. Therefore, a user who wants to search for a VOD content related to the TV program when watching a TV program. There was a problem that it was not possible to respond to the request.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a content display system capable of improving user convenience.

  The content display system of the present invention includes a server device that holds a plurality of contents related to a television program, a terminal device connected to the server device via a network, and a display device connected to the terminal device. In the content display system, the terminal device includes a program receiving unit that receives a television program broadcast from a broadcasting station, a content acquisition unit that accesses the server device via a network and acquires content from the server device, and a television program. Or a display processing unit that performs processing for displaying content on the display unit of the display device, and the display processing unit is configured so that a predetermined user is operated by the operation unit of the terminal device when the television program is displayed on the display unit. When the operation is performed, the reduced moving image of the TV program being displayed is displayed in the first display area of the display unit, and the server A partial matrix image including a reduced still image of content related to the TV program being displayed is selected from matrix images in which reduced still images of a plurality of contents acquired from the display are arranged and displayed in the second display area of the display unit .

  Thereby, it is possible to receive and display a television program from a broadcasting station, and it is possible to easily acquire content (for example, VOD content) relating to the television program being displayed from the server device. Television programs and contents are displayed on the display unit of the display device. In the present invention, when a predetermined user operation (for example, pressing of a dedicated button) is performed by the operation unit of the terminal device while the TV program is displayed on the display unit, a reduced moving image of the displayed TV program is displayed. A matrix image in which reduced still images of a plurality of contents are arranged is displayed in the second display area of the display unit. In this case, a partial matrix image including the reduced still image of the content related to the television program being displayed is selected from the reduced still images of the plurality of contents and displayed in the second display area of the display unit.

  Therefore, the user can view a reduced moving image of the television program (displayed television program) displayed in the first display area of the display unit, and matrix images of a plurality of contents displayed in the second display area of the display unit. By looking at (a partial matrix image including a reduced still image of the content related to the television program being displayed), it is possible to easily find the content related to the television program being displayed.

  In the content display system of the present invention, the terminal device further includes an installation area specifying unit that specifies an area in which the terminal device is installed based on a television program that can be received by the program receiving unit. The content related to the television program that can be viewed in the area where the terminal device is installed is acquired from the server device, and the display processing unit reduces the content related to the television program that can be viewed in the area where the terminal device is installed. A partial matrix image including a reduced still image of content related to the television program being displayed may be selected from the matrix images arranged and displayed in the second display area of the display unit.

  Thereby, based on the television program that can be received by the terminal device, the region where the terminal device is installed is specified, and the server device relates to the television program that can be viewed in that region (the region where the terminal device is installed). Content is acquired. In this case, the reduced still image of the content related to the currently displayed TV program among the matrix images in which the reduced still images of the content related to the TV program that can be viewed in that region (the region where the terminal device is installed) is arranged. Is selected and displayed in the second display area of the display unit.

  Therefore, the user can display a matrix image of a plurality of contents displayed in the second display area of the display unit (a partial matrix image including a reduced still image of a content related to a television program that can be viewed in an area where the terminal device is installed). The content related to the TV program that can be viewed in the area can be appropriately found.

  A terminal device of the present invention is a terminal device used in a content display system, and the content display system is a server device that holds a plurality of contents related to a television program, and a terminal that is connected to the server device via a network. And a display device connected to the terminal device. The terminal device receives a television program broadcast from a broadcasting station, accesses the server device via a network, and transmits from the server device. A content acquisition unit that acquires content; and a display processing unit that performs processing for displaying a television program or content on a display unit of a display device. The display processing unit displays the television program on the display unit. Sometimes, when a predetermined user operation is performed by the operation unit of the terminal device, the reduced moving image of the TV program being displayed is displayed on the first table of the display unit. A partial matrix image including a reduced still image of a content related to the television program being displayed is selected from among matrix images in which reduced still images of a plurality of contents acquired from the server device are arranged, and displayed on the area. Displayed in the second display area.

  The content display method of the present invention is a content display method used in a content display system, and the content display system is connected to a server device holding a plurality of contents related to a television program, and the server device via a network. The content display method includes receiving a television program broadcast from a broadcasting station by the terminal device and transmitting the terminal device to the server device via the network. The terminal device obtains content from the server device, and the terminal device performs display processing for displaying the television program or content on the display unit of the display device. When the program is displayed on the display unit, a predetermined user operation is performed by the operation unit of the terminal device The reduced moving image of the currently displayed television program is displayed in the first display area of the display unit, and the matrix image in which reduced still images of a plurality of contents acquired from the server device are arranged is related to the currently displayed television program. A partial matrix image including a reduced still image of content is selected and displayed in the second display area of the display unit.

  Even with these terminal devices and content display methods, as in the content display system described above, the user can watch the reduced moving image of the TV program (displayed TV program) displayed in the first display area of the display unit, A matrix image of a plurality of contents displayed in the second display area of the display unit (a partial matrix image including a reduced still image of a content related to the television program being displayed) is viewed and related to the television program being displayed Content can be found easily.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily find content related to a television program being displayed, and it is possible to improve user convenience.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the content display system in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows an example of the display screen (TV screen and sales floor screen) of the content display system in embodiment of this invention Explanatory drawing of the matrix image and partial matrix image in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows an example of the display screen (purchase screen) of the content display system in embodiment of this invention Sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the content display system in the embodiment of the present invention

  Hereinafter, a content display system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a case of a content display system used for a VOD content distribution system or the like is illustrated.

  A configuration of a content display system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the content display system of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a content display system 1 includes a broadcasting station device 2 that broadcasts a television program, a server device 3 that holds a plurality of VOD contents (VOD programs) related to the television program, and a network connected to the server device 3. 4 and a display device 6 connected to the terminal device 5. The terminal device 5 is provided with a remote controller 7, and the user performs various user operations using the remote controller 7. The remote controller 7 corresponds to the operation unit of the present invention. The broadcast station apparatus 2 is an apparatus installed in the broadcast station. The server device 3 is installed in a VOD content production company or the like, and is configured by, for example, a computer device. For example, the Internet can be used as the network 4. The terminal device 5 and the display device 6 are installed at the user's home or the like. The display device 6 includes a display unit 8 such as a liquid crystal monitor.

  Here, the configuration of the terminal device 5 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 5 accesses a program receiving unit 9 that receives a television program broadcast from the broadcasting station device 2 and the server device 3 via the network 4 to receive VOD content from the server device 3. The content acquisition part 10 to acquire and the display process part 11 which performs the process (display process) for displaying a television program and VOD content on the display part 8 of the display apparatus 6 are provided. The terminal device 5 includes a storage unit 12 including a large-capacity HDD, a memory, and the like, and can record TV programs and VOD contents. In addition, the terminal device 5 includes an operation receiving unit 13 that receives a user input (contents of user operation) from the remote controller 7.

  When the television program is displayed on the display unit 8 (see the upper diagram of FIG. 2), the display processing unit 11 performs a predetermined user operation (for example, pressing a dedicated button) by the remote controller 7 of the terminal device 5. In addition, a reduced moving image of the TV program being displayed is displayed on a TV frame (first display area of the display unit 8), and a matrix image (for example, a plurality of reduced still images of VOD content acquired from the server device 3 is arranged) 3 × 3 VOD content reduced still images) are displayed on the sales floor frame (second display area of the display unit 8) (see the lower diagram of FIG. 2).

  In this case, the display processing unit 11 is currently displaying among all matrix images (for example, 96 × 9 reduced still images of VOD content) in which reduced still images of a plurality of VOD contents acquired from the server device 3 are arranged. A partial matrix image including a reduced still image of content related to a television program (for example, a reduced still image of 3 × 3 VOD content) is selected and displayed on the sales floor frame (second display area of the display unit 8). (See FIG. 3).

  In all matrix images, reduced still images of a plurality of VOD contents are arranged by genre. For example, the reduced still images of the “Drama” VOD content are arranged in a certain area (partial area for the drama) in the entire matrix image, and similarly, the reduced still image of the “Sport” VOD content is arranged. The images are arranged so as to be collected in a certain area (partial area for sports) in the entire matrix image.

  For example, when the TV program being displayed is a genre of “drama”, reduced still images of VOD content arranged in the “3 × 3” area in the drama partial area are selected. . More specifically, for example, “Drama 5 (latest story)” of a drama with a TV program being displayed, and the VOD contents of “Drama 1” to “Story 4” of the drama are distributed. If so, the position “3 × 3” is set so that the VOD content (at least one of them) is included.

  In other words, in the entire area “96 × 9”, the position of the partial area “3 × 3” is set according to the TV program being displayed. In this case, the “3 × 3” partial area can be considered as a “cursor”. In that case, it can be said that the start position of the cursor is set according to the television program being displayed. That is, the cursor start position changes depending on the television program being received. This makes it possible to select a VOD linked to a broadcast program more than ever.

  Note that the entire matrix image may be generated for each television station. For example, an entire matrix image A in which VOD contents related to the television program of the television station A are arranged, an entire matrix image B in which VOD contents related to the television program of the television station B are arranged, and the like may be generated. In addition, here, the case where the entire matrix image is “96 × 9” and the partial matrix image is “3 × 3” is illustrated, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to this, and the entire matrix image is not limited to this. The size of the image or partial matrix image can be arbitrarily determined.

  When one VOD content is selected from a partial matrix image (for example, a reduced still image of 3 × 3 VOD contents) displayed in the sales floor frame (second display area of the display unit 8), the VOD content A purchase screen is displayed (see FIG. 4).

  On the purchase screen, in addition to information on the selected VOD content (program outline, performers, etc.), information on VOD content related to the VOD content is displayed. For example, if the selected VOD content is a “first episode” of a certain drama, and the VOD contents of the “second episode” to “fourth episode” of the drama are also distributed, those VOD contents A reduced still image is also displayed. In addition, when the information of an unbroadcast program of the drama (for example, “sixth episode” or “seventh episode”) can be acquired, a reduced still image (or a broadcast schedule, etc.) of the unbroadcast program is displayed May be.

  Furthermore, the terminal device 5 includes an installation area specifying unit 14 that specifies an area (for example, Kanto area) in which the terminal device 5 is installed based on a television program that can be received by the program receiving unit 9. Yes. The content acquisition unit 10 acquires content related to a television program that can be viewed in the area where the terminal device 5 is installed from the server device 3. The display processing unit 11 is a reduced still image of content related to the currently displayed television program among all matrix images in which reduced still images of content related to television programs that can be viewed in the area where the terminal device 5 is installed. Is selected and displayed in the sales floor frame (second display area of the display unit 8).

  Moreover, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted in FIG. 1, the content display system 1 may contain a portable terminal device (a mobile telephone, a smart phone, etc.). The mobile terminal device may have a function of receiving television. When the portable terminal device does not have a function of receiving television, the television program once received by the terminal device 5 (television receiver) can be transmitted to the portable terminal device so that the television program can be viewed on the portable terminal device. It may be. By using the operation unit of the mobile terminal device as the “operation unit of the present invention” and using the display unit of the mobile terminal device as the “display unit of the present invention”, it is also possible to display the VOD content as described above. It is. Although FIG. 1 shows an example in which the terminal device 5 is composed of one device, the terminal device 5 may be composed of two devices. For example, the function of the program receiving unit 9 of the terminal device 5 is provided. It can also be physically divided into a device provided and a device provided with the function of the content acquisition unit 10. In that case, the two devices (the device having the function of the program receiving unit 9 and the device having the function of the content acquiring unit 10) need only be able to exchange information with each other by wireless communication or the like.

  The operation of the content display system 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when using the content display system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, first, channel operation is performed with the remote controller 7 of the terminal device 5 (S1). Then, display processing of the television program received from the broadcasting station device 2 is performed (S2), and a television screen (see the upper diagram in FIG. 2) is displayed on the display device 6 (S3).

  Next, when the dedicated button is operated with the remote control 7 of the terminal device 5 during the display of the television screen (S4), the display process of the sales floor screen is performed (S5), and the display section 8 of the display device 6 displays the sales floor. A screen (see the lower diagram of FIG. 2) is displayed (S6). On the sales floor screen, a reduced moving image of the TV program being displayed is displayed in the TV frame, and among the VOD content acquired from the server device 3, a reduced still image (3 of the VOD content related to the TV program being displayed is displayed. × 3 VOD content reduced still image) is displayed in the sales floor frame.

  When the user selects one VOD content desired to be purchased (viewed) by the remote controller 7 of the terminal device 5 from the VOD contents displayed in the sales floor frame during the display of the sales floor screen (S7), the purchase screen is displayed. Is displayed (S8), and a purchase screen (see FIG. 4) is displayed on the display unit 8 of the display device 6 (S9).

  When the user operates the purchase button with the remote control 7 of the terminal device 5 during the display of the purchase screen (S10), the VOD content is downloaded from the server device 3, and the processing for displaying the VOD content in a streaming manner is performed. (S11). Thereby, the selected (purchased) VOD content is displayed on the display unit 8 of the display device 6, and the user can view the VOD content.

  According to the content display system 1 of the embodiment of the present invention as described above, VOD content related to the TV program being displayed can be easily found, and user convenience can be improved.

  That is, in the present embodiment, a television program can be received from the broadcasting station device 2 and displayed, and content (for example, VOD content) relating to the television program being displayed can be easily obtained from the server device 3. Can do. The TV program and VOD content are displayed on the display unit 8 of the display device 6. In the present embodiment, when a predetermined user operation (for example, pressing of a dedicated button) is performed by the remote control 7 of the terminal device 5 while the TV program is displayed on the display unit 8, the TV program being displayed is reduced. A moving image is displayed on the TV frame (first display area of the display unit 8), and a matrix image in which reduced still images of a plurality of VOD contents (for example, reduced still images of 3 × 3 VOD contents) are arranged on the sales floor It is displayed on the frame (second display area of the display unit 8). In this case, the partial matrix including the reduced still image of the content related to the TV program being displayed out of the entire matrix image (for example, the reduced still image of the 96 × 9 VOD content) in which the reduced still images of the plurality of contents are arranged. An image (for example, a reduced still image of 3 × 3 VOD content) is selected and displayed on the sales floor frame (second display area of the display unit 8).

  Accordingly, the user can view the sales floor frame (second display area of the display unit 8) while watching the reduced moving image of the TV program (displayed TV program) displayed on the TV frame (first display area of the display unit 8). A matrix image of a plurality of VOD contents displayed in (a partial matrix image including a reduced still image of a VOD content related to the TV program being displayed) is easily viewed, and VOD content related to the TV program being displayed is easily displayed. You can find out.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the area where the terminal device 5 is installed is specified based on the television program that can be received by the terminal device 5, and the area (the area where the terminal device 5 is installed) is identified from the server device 3. The VOD content related to the TV program that can be viewed is acquired. In this case, among the matrix images in which reduced still images of VOD content related to a TV program that can be viewed in that region (region where the terminal device 5 is installed) are arranged, VOD content related to the TV program being displayed. The partial matrix image including the reduced still image is selected and displayed in the sales floor frame (second display area of the display unit 8).

  Therefore, the user can obtain a matrix image of a plurality of contents displayed in the sales floor frame (second display area of the display unit 8) (a reduced still image of contents related to a television program that can be viewed in the area where the terminal device 5 is installed). The content related to the television program that can be viewed in the area can be appropriately found.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described above by way of example, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and can be changed or modified according to the purpose within the scope of the claims. is there.

  As described above, the content display system according to the present invention has an effect that the content related to the TV program being displayed can be easily found, and the convenience of the user can be improved. It is used for distribution systems and is useful.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Content display system 2 Broadcast station apparatus 3 Server apparatus 4 Network 5 Terminal apparatus 6 Display apparatus 7 Remote control 8 Display part 9 Program receiving part 10 Content acquisition part 11 Display processing part 12 Storage part 13 Operation reception part 14 Installation area specification part

Claims (4)

A server device that holds a plurality of contents related to a television program, a terminal device connected to the server device via a network, and a display device connected to the terminal device, and operates the terminal device In the content purchase system for performing the purchase of the content and enabling the purchased content to be displayed on the display device ,
The terminal device
A program receiving unit for receiving a TV program broadcast from a broadcasting station;
A content acquisition unit that accesses the server device via the network and acquires the content from the server device;
A display processing unit for performing processing for displaying the television program or the content on a display unit of the display device;
With
The display processing unit
When a predetermined user operation is performed by the operation unit of the terminal device while the television program is displayed on the display unit, the reduced moving image of the television program being displayed is displayed in the first display area of the display unit. And displaying the partial matrix image including the reduced still image of the content related to the TV program being displayed from among the matrix images in which the reduced still images of the plurality of contents acquired from the server device are arranged. In the second display area of the
The second display area is a sales floor frame of the sales floor screen of the content. When one content is selected from a plurality of contents displayed as the partial matrix image in the sales floor frame, the purchase of the selected content is performed. A content display system , wherein a screen is displayed, and when the user purchases the content on the purchase screen, the purchased content can be displayed on the display terminal . The terminal device further includes an installation area specifying unit that specifies an area where the terminal device is installed based on a television program receivable by the program receiving unit,
The content acquisition unit acquires content related to a television program that can be viewed in an area where the terminal device is installed from the server device,
The display processing unit displays a reduced still image of content related to the currently displayed TV program among matrix images in which reduced still images of content related to a TV program that can be viewed in an area where the terminal device is installed. The content display system according to claim 1, wherein a partial matrix image is selected and displayed in a second display area of the display unit. A terminal device used in a content purchase system,
The content purchase system includes a server device that holds a plurality of contents related to a television program, the terminal device connected to the server device via a network, and a display device connected to the terminal device. The content is purchased by operating the terminal device, and the purchased content can be displayed on the display device.
The terminal device
A program receiving unit for receiving a TV program broadcast from a broadcasting station;
A content acquisition unit that accesses the server device via the network and acquires the content from the server device;
A display processing unit for performing processing for displaying the television program or the content on a display unit of the display device;
With
The display processing unit
When a predetermined user operation is performed by the operation unit of the terminal device while the television program is displayed on the display unit, the reduced moving image of the television program being displayed is displayed in the first display area of the display unit. And displaying the partial matrix image including the reduced still image of the content related to the TV program being displayed from among the matrix images in which the reduced still images of the plurality of contents acquired from the server device are arranged. In the second display area of the
The second display area is a sales floor frame of the sales floor screen of the content. When one content is selected from a plurality of contents displayed as the partial matrix image in the sales floor frame, the purchase of the selected content is performed. A terminal device , wherein a screen is displayed, and when the user purchases the content on the purchase screen, the purchased content can be displayed on the display terminal . A content purchase method used in the content purchasing system,
The content display system includes a server device that holds a plurality of contents related to a television program, a terminal device connected to the server device via a network, and a display device connected to the terminal device, The content is purchased by operating the terminal device, and the purchased content can be displayed on the display device,
The content display method includes:
And said terminal device, to receive television programs broadcast from a broadcast station,
And said terminal device, the access via the network to the server apparatus, the terminal apparatus acquires the content from the server apparatus,
The terminal device, and rows Ukoto display processing for displaying the television program or the content on a display unit of said display device,
Including
The display process includes
When a predetermined user operation is performed by the operation unit of the terminal device while the television program is displayed on the display unit, the reduced moving image of the television program being displayed is displayed in the first display area of the display unit. And displaying the partial matrix image including the reduced still image of the content related to the TV program being displayed from among the matrix images in which the reduced still images of the plurality of contents acquired from the server device are arranged. In the second display area of the
The second display area is a sales floor frame of the sales floor screen of the content. When one content is selected from a plurality of contents displayed as the partial matrix image in the sales floor frame, the purchase of the selected content is performed. A content display method characterized in that, when a screen is displayed and an operation of purchasing the content is performed on the purchase screen, the purchased content can be displayed on the display terminal .

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