JPH03198490A - Catv receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate necessity for make reservation by a telephone set within fixed time fixed by a CATV(Cable Television) company by automatically reserving the pay broadcast program of a CATV at real time or at designated time through an input means provided in the main body of a CATV receiver. CONSTITUTION:A program reserving device 9 for reserving the pay broadcast program of the CATV is built in a main body 5 of the CATV receiver directly connected to a telephone line 2, can input information necessary for reserving the program and is composed of a microcomputer 6, storage 7 to store the input information and dialer and speech network circuit 8 under the control of the microcomputer 6. By sending out the inputted reservation information and the output of the storage 7 to the telephone line 2, the pay broadcast program of the CATV is reserved at real time or automatically reserved at the designated time. Thus, it is not necessary to make the reservation by the telephone set within the time determined by the CATV company.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is directed to a CATV (Cable TV) that is configured to receive pay broadcast programs via a cable line.
1) This relates to a receiver, and particularly relates to a program reservation function.

[Prior Art] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional CATV receiver used to reserve a pay broadcast program. In the figure, (1) is a telephone connected to a telephone line (2).

(5) is a CATV receiver body, which is installed physically and spatially separated from the telephone (1). (3)
is the CATV signal cable line, and the descrambler (4
) is connected to the CATV receiver body (5).

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained.

When reserving a CATV supplementary broadcast program, call the telephone number (1.
) to reserve the program you want. C who received a reservation
A descrambling signal is input from the ATV company to the descrambler (4) through the cable line (3), and the CATV receiver body (5) receives the desired reserved pay broadcast program.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Conventional CATV receivers are configured as described above, so in order to reserve a desired program, the viewer needs to call the CATV company within the time predetermined by the CATV company. There was a problem in that freedom in terms of time and space was restricted in order to reserve paid broadcasting.

This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems; there is no need to make a reservation by telephone, and it is possible to
To provide a CATV receiver capable of automatically reserving a desired broadcast program even before the time decided by an ATV company.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A CATV receiver according to the present invention includes means for inputting information necessary for reserving a set for CATV pay broadcasting 1;
The present invention is characterized in that a storage means for storing the input information is provided, and the input reservation information and the output of the storage means are configured to be sent to a telephone line.

[Function] According to the present invention, by using the reservation information input means and storage means provided in the CATV receiver body, it is possible to reserve CATV pay broadcast programs in real time or automatically at a designated time. This eliminates the need to make a reservation by telephone within the time determined by the CATV company.

[Embodiment of the Invention] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a CATV receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The ATV receiver is directly connected to the receiver's main phone line (2).

(8) is a program reservation device for reserving CATV pay broadcast programs, which is built into the CATV receiver body (5) and contains information necessary for program reservations, such as the telephone number of the CATV company and the program code. , a microcomputer (6) that can input ID codes, etc. and has a timer function, a storage device (7) that stores the input information, and the microcomputer (6)
) controlled by a dialer and speech network circuit (8).

(3) is a CATV@ cable line, which is connected to the CATV receiver body (5) via a descrambler (4).

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained.

The timer function of the microcomputer (8) is used to set the program reservation time, and information necessary for program reservation is input to the microcomputer (6), and the input information is stored in the storage device fi (7).
to be memorized.

When the above set time comes, the microcomputer (8) operates to control the dialer and speech network circuit (8), and the memory device! ! The information necessary for program reservation stored in (?) is transmitted to the CATV company through the telephone circuit (2). After receiving this information, the CATV company sent the cable line (3
), a descrambling signal is input to the descrambler (4), and the desired paid broadcast program that has been reserved is CAT'd.
The V receiver body (5) receives it.

Furthermore, if the reservation time is not set using the timer function, the information input to the microcomputer (6) is immediately transmitted to the CATV company through the telephone circuit (2), allowing the program to be reserved in real time.

In the case of a CATV receiver having a channel program function, one program reservation and a channel program can be automatically executed consecutively by setting a program reservation and a channel program.

Further, in the embodiment E, the storage device (7) is provided separately from the microcomputer (6), but the storage device (7) may be built into the microcomputer (8).

Furthermore, a tone ringer circuit may be included in the dialer and speech network circuit (8), and the same effects as in the embodiment described above can be obtained.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to watch CATV pay broadcast programs in real time or by specifying them through the input means provided in the CATV receiver body without using a telephone. Since reservations can be made automatically at any given time, a desired CATV pay broadcast program can be reserved without being restricted in terms of time or space.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a CATV receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional CATV receiver when reserving a pay broadcast program. (2)...Telephone line, (3)...Cable line, (5
)...CATV receiver body, (6)...microcomputer,
(7)...Storage device. Note that the same reference numerals in the figures indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Reservation information input means for inputting information necessary for reserving CATV pay broadcast programs, storage means for storing the input information, and outputs of the reservation information input means and storage means are connected to a telephone line. A CATV receiver comprising: means for transmitting data.