JPH06165222A - Information receiving situation monitor system for information distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily monitor an information receiving situation as occasion demands without applying a fault to the information reception by providing a receiving situation display information reading means which periodically and automatically reads a receiving situation display information. CONSTITUTION:A terminal 2 at a multiple information receiver side is equipped with a receiving situation display information recording means 4 which automatically records receiving situation display information indicating the information receiving situation in which information S such as the video information and voice information of a multi-channel is received. On the other hand, a center 1 at an information transmission side is equipped with a receiving situation display information reading means 5 which periodically and automatically reads the receiving situation display information M automatically recorded in the received situation display information recording means 4 of the terminal 2 at the multiple information receiver side. Then, the receiving situation display information M indicating the information receiving situation in which the information S such as the video information and voice information of the multi- channel is received by the terminal 2 at the information receiver side is automatically monitored by the information reading means 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention has a center on the side of an information sender and a large number of terminals on the side of the information receiver connected to the information distribution line. , Information such as multi-channel video information, audio information,
In an information distribution system that distributes information to a large number of terminals on the information receiver side, how many terminals on the information receiver side at a center on the information sender side receive information such as multi-channel video information and audio information. The present invention relates to an information reception status monitoring method capable of automatically monitoring the information reception status of whether or not it is being received.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an information sender side center and a large number of information receiver side terminals connected to it by information distribution lines have been used. Various information distribution systems for distributing information such as video information and audio information to a large number of terminals on the information receiver side have been proposed as seen in wireless television broadcasting systems, cable television broadcasting systems, and the like. .

Further, conventionally, in such an information distribution system, how a large number of terminals on the information receiver side receive information such as multi-channel video information and audio information at a center on the information sender side. The information reception status monitoring method that can automatically monitor the information reception status of
Information indicating that the center on the information sender side shows how many of the terminals on the information receiver side receive information such as multi-channel video information and audio information among the terminals on the information receiver side. This is required because it is possible to grasp the reception rate and to charge the terminals on the side of each information receiver for the information reception time according to the content of the received information.

[0004]

However, in the case of the above-mentioned information reception status monitoring method in the above-mentioned conventional information distribution system, the above-mentioned information reception status monitoring at the information sender side center is performed by the information receiver side. However, it has a drawback in that it cannot be easily performed at any time without impairing information reception at the terminal.

Therefore, the present invention proposes a new information reception status monitoring system in an information distribution system which can satisfy the above-mentioned requirements.

[0006]

An information reception status monitoring system in an information distribution system according to the present invention comprises: (i) a center on the information sender side, similar to a conventional information distribution system;
It has a large number of terminals on the information receiver side connected by an information distribution line, and multi-channel video information, audio information, and other information from the information sender side center,
In the information distribution system adapted to distribute to the terminals on the side of a large number of information recipients, (ii) (a) the terminal on the side of the information recipients has multi-channel image information and audio on the terminals on the information recipient side. There is provided reception status display information recording means for automatically recording reception status display information indicating the information reception status of how information is being received, while (b) the information sender side. In the center of, the reception status display information reading means for automatically reading the reception status display information automatically recorded in the reception status display information recording means in the terminal on the information receiver side is provided, and thus, (Iii) At the information sender side center,
Based on the reception status display information read by the reception status display information reading means, it is possible to determine how the information receiver side terminal receives information such as the multi-channel video information and audio information. The reception status display information indicating the information reception status can be automatically monitored.

[0007]

According to the information reception status monitoring method in the information distribution system of the present invention, the information reception status is monitored at the information sender side terminal at the information sender side terminal by the information sender side terminal. It can be easily carried out at any time without impairing the reception of information at.

[0008]

[Embodiment 1] Next, a first embodiment of an information reception status monitoring system in an information distribution system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The information reception status monitoring system according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 includes (i) a center 1 on the information sender side and information distribution for the same as in the case of the information reception status monitoring system in the conventional information distribution system. The terminal 2 on the side of a large number of information receivers connected by the line 3 and the information 1 such as multi-channel video information and audio information from the center 1 on the side of an information sender, In the information distribution system known per se for distributing to the terminal 2 on the side, (i
i) (a) The reception status display information M indicating the information reception status indicating how the information S such as multi-channel video information and audio information is received is received by a large number of terminals 2 on the information receiver side. A reception status display information recording means 4 for automatically recording is provided, while (b) a reception status display information recording means 4 in a large number of information receiver terminals 2 is automatically provided in the center 1 on the information sender side. Received status display information M recorded in
A reception status display information reading means 5 is provided for automatically reading periodically.

In this case, the information distribution line 3 is connected between the center 1 and the terminal 2 so as to connect the reception status display information reading means 5 of the center 1 and the reception status display information recording means 4 of the terminal 2.
Are connected by a monitoring line 6 which is different from the logical or information distribution line 3 using. Further, the reception status display recording means 4 provided in the terminal 2 on the information receiver side,
(A) Terminal control unit 41 and (b) Reception controlled by the terminal control unit 41 and sequentially recording received information in a cycle shorter than a request cycle (set by the operator) from the center 1 It has an information recording unit 42 and (c) a communication processing unit 43.

Further, the reception status display information reading means 5 provided in the center 1 on the information sender side is a terminal according to the setting contents of (a) the reading status setting unit 51 and (b) the reading status setting unit 52. A read processing unit 52 that communicates with the communication unit 2 using a logical or physical monitoring line 6.
And (c) a journal recording unit 53 for recording the information read by the read processing unit 52.

Further, the printer 54 of the reception status display information reading means 5 is provided in the center 1 on the information sender side.

The above is the configuration of the first embodiment of the information reception status monitoring system in the information distribution system according to the present invention, which distributes information such as multi-channel video information and audio information to a large number of information receivers. Is.

According to the information reception status monitoring system in the information distribution system according to the present invention having such a configuration,
Based on the reception status display information M read by the reception status display information reading means 5 in the information sender side center 1, the information receiver side terminal 2 displays information such as multi-channel video information and audio information. The reception status display information, which indicates the reception status, is displayed by the printer 54, for example, as the time and the terminals (A, B, ...) As shown in FIG. Can be made.

Therefore, the monitoring of the above-mentioned information reception status at the information sender side center 1 can be easily performed at any time without impairing the information reception at the information receiver side terminal 2.
It can be done automatically.

[0016]

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the information reception status monitoring system in the information distribution system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 3, parts corresponding to those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the information reception status monitoring method in the information distribution system according to the present invention shown in FIG. 3, a large number of terminals 2 on the information receiver side use the information distribution line 3 in the center 1 on the information sender side. Instead of being directly connected, a large number of information receiving and receiving terminals 2 are connected to the information sender side center 1.
It is connected via the relay node 7 using the information distribution line 3, and the reception status display information reading means 5 is provided in the relay node 7, and the center 1 and the relay node are connected. 7 is logically connected to the information distribution line 3 or physically connected to the information distribution line 3 by a data communication line 8, and by using the data communication line 8, Relay
The present invention described above with reference to FIG. 1 except that the above-mentioned information M from the terminal 2 obtained by the reception status display information recording means 4 of the card 7 can be transmitted to the journal totaling unit 14. The system has the same configuration as the case of the information reception status monitoring method in the information distribution system.

According to the second embodiment of the duplicated computer according to the present invention shown in FIG. 3, except for the matters mentioned above, FIG.
Since it has the same configuration as the duplicated computer according to the present invention described above, detailed description thereof will be omitted, but the information obtained at the terminal 2 described above can be obtained at the relay node 7.
Then, the information can be aggregated at the center 1 and printed out by the printer 54. Therefore, the information receiver can monitor the information reception status at the information sender side terminal 1 at the information sender side center 1. This can be easily performed at any time without impairing information reception at the terminal 2 on the side.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram for explaining a first embodiment of an information reception status monitoring system in an information distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of information reception status display information for explaining the first embodiment of the information reception status monitoring system in the information distribution system according to the present invention shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a system diagram for explaining a second embodiment of the information reception status monitoring system in the information distribution system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Center 2 Terminal 3 Information Distribution Line 6 Monitoring Line 8 Data Communication Line 14 Journal Aggregation Unit 41 Terminal Control Unit 42 Received Information Recording Unit 43 Reading Processing Unit 51 Reading Status Setting Unit 52 Reading Processing Unit 53 Jars Null recording unit 54 Printer

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] February 15, 1993

[Procedure Amendment 1]

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[Name of item to be corrected] Claim 1

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[Procedure Amendment 2]

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[Correction content]

According to the information reception status monitoring system in the information distribution system according to the present invention having such a configuration,
Based on the reception status display information M read by the reception status display information reading means 5 in the information sender side center 1, the information receiver side terminal 2 displays information such as multi-channel video information and audio information. Information indicating how the information is being received is displayed by the printer 54 from the information sender center 1 to the terminals 2 on the information receiver side. In the case of multi-channel video information, for example, as shown in FIG.
At a time and at that time, a large number of terminals 2 (these terminals A, B ...
(Shown as ...) can be printed in the table by the channel number of the video information received.

[Procedure 3]

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[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

In the information reception status monitoring method in the information distribution system according to the present invention shown in FIG. 3, a large number of terminals 2 on the information receiver side use the information distribution line 3 in the center 1 on the information sender side. Instead of being connected directly, a large number of information receiving side terminals 2 are connected to the information sender side center 1 through the relay node 7 using the information distribution line 3, The relay node 7 is provided with the reception status display information reading means 5, and the center 1 and the relay node 7 are logically provided on the information distribution line 3 or physically distributed. It is connected by a data communication line 8 provided separately from the data line 3 and the relay node is connected using the data communication line 8.
1 except that the above-mentioned information M from the terminal 2 obtained by the reception status display information recording means 4 of the card 7 can be transmitted to the journal totaling unit 14 provided in the center 1. The configuration is similar to that of the information reception status monitoring method in the information distribution system according to the present invention described above.

[Procedure amendment 4]

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[Correction target item name] 0019

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

According to the second embodiment of the information reception status monitoring method in the information distribution system according to the present invention shown in FIG. 3, the information reception in the information distribution system according to the present invention described above with reference to FIG. Since the configuration is similar to that of the situation monitoring system, detailed description thereof will be omitted, but the relay node 7 can obtain the information obtained by the terminal 2 described above, and the center 1 collects the information. It can be printed out by the printer 54, so
In the information sender side center 1, it is possible to easily monitor the information reception status at the information sender side terminal 2 at any time without impairing the information reception at the information receiver side terminal 2. You can

Claims (1)

[Claims] (I) An information sender side center and a large number of information receiver side terminals connected by an information distribution line with or without relay nodes, In an information distribution system in which information such as multi-channel video information and audio information is distributed from the center of the information sender side or the relay node to the terminals of the large number of information receivers, (ii) ) (A) A reception status indicating to the information receiver side terminal the information reception status of how the information receiver side terminal receives information such as multi-channel video information and audio information. Receiving status display information recording means for automatically recording display information is provided, and (b) the receiving status display information recording means in the terminal of the information receiver side at the center or the relay node of the information sender side. Automatically The reception status display information reading means for automatically reading the received reception status display information periodically is provided. Therefore, (iii) the reception read by the reception status display information reading means at the center of the information sender side. Based on the status display information, the reception status display information indicating the information reception status of how the information receiver terminal receives the information such as the multi-channel video information and audio information. A method for monitoring information reception status in an information distribution system, which is capable of automatically monitoring.