JPH11146359A - Program information retrieval and display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable retrieval of a program only from specified key information like TV personality information, etc., by providing a program information retrieval and display device with a retrieval means of program information in which the key information of a storage means is defined as a key and a browser means to display the program information. SOLUTION: Character information is acquired from a CD-ROM 3 at a CD-ROM data acquisition part 4, a character information list is displayed on a character list display 6, a character is selected based thereon at a character selection part 7 and is transmitted to a character-related information retrieval part 8. And a correspondence table between a program table and CD-ROM data is issued, correspondence data between the character and program table data is acquired and referred from a managing part 5 and a name, a broadcasting station, date and time of the program in which the subject character appears are retrieved. And these retrieval results are displayed by listing the name of the character, the broadcasting station, the data and time and the name of the program at a retrieval result display part 9, a recording reservation table is issued by selecting the retrieval results at a recording reservation table issuing part 10, after that, the recording reservation table is browsed on a program recording reservation display part 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention enables a user to easily search and confirm information on a huge number of programs of multi-channel broadcast media transmitted from a network (whether wireless or wired). The present invention relates to a program information search and display device that can be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the recent spread of network technology,
Wo using the Internet via a wire such as a telephone line
It has become possible to acquire a television broadcast program guide from ld Wide Web (WWW).

[0003] In addition, the start of a service of inserting a television program guide into a part of a conventional broadcast wave and transmitting the program is being studied.

[0004] The user uses these program guides,
It is possible to select a desired program or make a recording reservation.

[0005]

However, the bandwidth of these transmission paths is greatly limited. Therefore, in order to suppress transmission costs, the program guides transmitted to these driving paths are mainly composed of character strings.

[0006] Therefore, a program table that can be obtained from this driving path is also formed mainly of character strings.

[0007] In the present age, the number of channels of broadcast media has been increased, and generations of programs have been changed and diversified.

[0008] In addition, it is not unusual for performers of a program to change generations intensely, suddenly become famous, and quickly disappear. It is difficult to infer the program contents from only character string information in a program table. By the time you choose
A great deal of time and effort is required for the user. Further, it takes more time to manually set the reservation of a recording device such as a video deck.

To solve this problem, there are provided a means for simultaneously displaying key information such as personal information such as talent information and a program guide to a user, a means for retrieving a program guide from the key information, and a recording using the program guide. A means for setting a reservation of a device is provided.

[0010]

According to the present invention, to solve these problems, a program guide obtained from a network and key information such as personal information such as talent information in a recording device such as a CD-ROM are simultaneously recorded. Then, a program search is performed from the key information, and a recording reservation program table is created and displayed.

Means for performing a keyword search using a keyword such as personal information such as talent information in a recording device such as a CD-ROM for a program table (regardless of terrestrial waves or satellites) obtained from a network (regardless of whether it is terrestrial or satellite). Means for extracting, from the CD-ROM, personal information such as talent information corresponding to the keyword obtained as a result of the keyword search; means for displaying personal information such as a program guide and talent information; There is provided a means for displaying a table, and an effect is obtained that a program recording reservation table can be easily obtained from only personal information keywords such as talent information.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention searches a program table obtained from a wireless or wired network from specific key information, and creates a program table for a recording device. A program information retrieval and display device for displaying, a means for analyzing each program information included in the program table, a recording means such as a CD-ROM, and a program information using key information in the recording means as a key. A program information search and display device comprising a search means and a browser means for displaying the same, wherein the program information can be easily searched from only specific key information such as talent information. Have.

Further, the invention according to claim 2 of the present invention provides:
2. The program information search and display device according to claim 1, wherein the key information is personal information such as talent information, and the program information can be easily searched based on the personal information. Have.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 of the present invention provides:
3. A program information search and display device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising means for controlling recording reservation, reproduction and the like for the recording device using the key information, wherein the searched key information Has the effect that recording reservation and reproduction can be performed.

The invention according to claim 4 of the present invention provides:
According to the first, second or third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program information search and display device provided with an infrared remote controller, which has an effect that control can be easily performed using the remote controller.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a person information selecting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a person list display unit, which simultaneously displays supplementary information of a person such as a person name, person image information, and document information. The user selects one or a plurality of persons from the person list by the person selecting device 2.

The user can select any one of the persons from the person selection device 2 by referring to three of the person list person name, person image data, and document information in the person list display section 1.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram in the embodiment. The operation in FIG. 1 will be described below.

In FIG. 1, a program guide is obtained by the program guide data acquisition unit 14 from the network 13. CD from CD-ROM3
-The person information is acquired by the ROM data acquisition unit 4, and a list of the person information is displayed on the person list display unit 6. The user selects a person in the person selecting section 7 based on this information, and the information is sent to the person related information searching section 8.

The program table and CD-ROM data correspondence table creation and management section 5 uses the person information obtained by the CD-ROM data acquisition section 4 and the program table data from the program table data analysis section 15 to generate a person table. And a correspondence table of program guide data.

Based on the person name information of the selected person, a person-related information retrieving unit 8 creates a program table and a CD-ROM data correspondence table, acquires correspondence data of person and program table data from the management unit 5, and refers to the data. Then, the program name, the broadcasting station, and the date and time in which the target person appears are searched.

The search results obtained from the search results are displayed on the search result display section 9 in a list of person names, broadcast stations, dates and times, and program names.

The recording reservation table creating unit 10 creates a recording reservation table by selecting list items from the search results displayed in a list.

After the program recording reservation table display section 11 has created the program recording reservation table, the program recording reservation table being created is browsed.

When the user inputs a transmission instruction to the apparatus, the recording reservation table transmitting unit 12
, The recording reservation information is transmitted to the video tape recorder. Thereby, the recording reservation information is set in the video tape recorder.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Using personal information such as talent information as keywords, it is possible to perform a consistent operation from program search to recording reservation,
The effect is very large.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a person information selection device according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 CD-ROM 4 CD-ROM data acquisition unit 5 management unit 6 person list display unit 7 person selection unit 8 person related information search unit 9 search result display unit 10 recording reservation table creation unit 11 recording reservation table display unit 12 recording reservation table Transmission unit 13 Network 14 Program table data acquisition unit 15 Program table data analysis unit

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A program information search and display device for searching a program table obtained from a wireless or wired network from specific key information, and creating and displaying a program table for a recording device. Means for analyzing each program information included in the table, recording means such as a CD-ROM, means for searching for program information using key information in the recording means as a key, and browser means for displaying the same. A program information search and display device comprising: 2. The program information search and display device according to claim 1, wherein the key information is personal information such as talent information. 3. The program information search and display device according to claim 1, further comprising means for controlling recording reservation and reproduction of the recording device using the key information. 4. The program information search and display device according to claim 1, further comprising an infrared remote controller. 5. A program information search and display method for retrieving a program table obtained from a wireless or wired network from specific key information, and creating and displaying a program table for a recording device. A step of analyzing each program information included in the table, a step of searching for program information using key information on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM as a key, and a browser step for displaying the program information. Characteristic program information search and display method.