Λ7 447222 _______H7____________ 五、發明說明（1 ) 1. 發明領域 本發明係關於一種消費性的電視系統，特別是關於—種 可觀看節目選擇及記錄電視節目之系統及方法。 2. 發明背景 由於消費性電視衛星接收碟形天線、光纖境線及其他傳 送之改善大幅增加了信號傳送至家庭的頻寬，使家用電视 的觀賞者增加了許多選擇節目頻道的機會。由於電视節目 内容的品質和數量大幅増加，導致錄放影機以熟知之「時 間移位J方式記錄節目而於稍後觀赏的技術’仔能利用電 視上之進步而益顯其重要。但另一方面也導致觀賞者很難 以一種簡單且親和的方式得到眾多節目中需要的部分，且 難以快速、進步之方式選擇節目，然後可以方便地對所需 之節目排程並記錄於帶子内。 依目前的錄放影機記錄技術而言，並無法充分滿足使用 者各種錄影方式的需求，且流傳著許多不方便操作的笑話 。然而，即使假設該技術得以一簡單的方法解決，而使_ 錄放影機可被規劃的錄影，但是對目前消費性電視的其他 問題卻仍無法加以解決，即前述由於將増加傳送至家庭的 頻寬，而由眾多頻道中選擇値得觀赏之電視節目以供綠影 或觀赏的問題》 在過去’許多方法被提出以協助觀賞者解決節目選擇之 問題。也許最爲人知的方法是刊登在地區性報紙的硬拷貝 「電視節目指南J或節目表。這些方式有明顯的限制，不 止是對每個節目所能提供的詳細内容有限，且亦無提供搜 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公；S > f請先¾¾背¾之?i意事項再填寫本頁} 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作杜印製Λ7 447222 _______H7____________ V. Description of the Invention (1) 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a consumer television system, and more particularly to a system and method for selecting and recording television programs for viewing programs. 2. Background of the Invention As consumer television satellite receiving dish antennas, fiber optic borders, and other improvements in transmission significantly increase the bandwidth of signals transmitted to homes, viewers of home televisions have increased many opportunities to choose program channels. As the quality and quantity of TV program content has increased significantly, the technology of recording and playing back the video recorder in the well-known "time-shift J-mode and watching it later" can take advantage of the progress on TV and it is important. On the other hand, it also makes it difficult for viewers to obtain the required parts of many programs in a simple and friendly manner, and it is difficult to select programs in a fast and progressive manner, and then it is easy to schedule and record the required programs in the tape. According to the current recorder and recorder recording technology, it cannot fully meet the needs of users in various recording methods, and there are many jokes that are inconvenient to operate. However, even if it is assumed that this technology can be solved in a simple way, _ recording and playback The video camera can be planned for recording, but other problems of the current consumer TV are still not solved, that is, because of the increase in bandwidth transmitted to the home, the TV programs selected by many channels for viewing are available for "Green Shadows or the Problem of Watching" In the past many methods have been proposed to assist viewers in solving the problem of program selection. Maybe A well-known method is a hard copy "Television Program Guide J or Program Guide" published in a regional newspaper. These methods have obvious limitations, not only the limited detailed content that each program can provide, but also no search paper size. Applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 males; S > f Please fill in this matter first and then fill in this page} Printed by the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs
I n K I J ϋ-*-1-°J· ϋ n I I— - - I I - n I n ti - n 1 n n - n n I l I I— n n n I 447222 A7 B7 五、發明說明（2 ) 尋的能力》更進一步而言，因爲一些衛星系統有多達1〇〇〇 或更多的頻道，很明顯地此種提供電視節目資訊之方法對 現今的需求而言已有所不足。 —種解決硬拷貝電視節目指南的弱點之方法係透過—境 線、網際網路或衛星節目提供者本身來提供此一電視節目 指南。但這也會因硬烤貝系統的弱點，即無動作中的搜尋 機制’而有所困擾。因此即使使用螢幕上出現之更便利的 節目表之實體型式，使用者仍然須透過困難且大量的勞幕 轉換才能找到感興趣的節目，也就是說使用者須透過許多 不感興趣之資訊及節目表之轉換才能找到其感興趣之節目 β更進一步而言’這些硬拷貝或電視節目指南的型式，由 於對終端使用者提供很豐富的資訊，因此因佔據許多頻寬 而僅能顯示當天的節目表。 在解決前述之終端使用者能輕易規劃錄放影機之時間移 位以及選擇値得觀赏之節目的問題上，爲終端使用者提供 影像切割服務的公司大量興起。利用影像切割方式，使用 者終於有了感興趣之類型。而公司將週期性地記錄與使用 者類型一致的節目，例如可能對應至使用者的興趣，然後 實際地傳送這些重要的節目至終端使用者。這種解決方式 也有許多嚴重和明顯的缺點，不止是因節目的選擇係由第 三人完成’且會造成傳送至使用者之實體錄影節目之時間 延遲和費用的昂貴。 此外’各種不同的產品在消費性市場上市以嘗試簡化錄 放影機之規劃，如”錄放影機+"。該系統之_係利用一位於 -5- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標率（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公;g ) (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁} 經濟部智慧財產局負工消費合作社印*'1^ W · I ----II ^ -11!111«1 t ---------------— — —If__ 447222 A? ----- B7 五、發明說明（3 ) 有線調諧盒及綠放影機之間的紅外線連接，因此一使用者 便可依據營幕上之節目指南而選擇一節目，藉此紅外線訊 號代表f十應即目之代碼而由有線盒傳至錄放影機以自動 規^該錄放影機。雖然該系統有巧妙之實施方式’然而仍 有則述t諸多缺點，即使用者仍將面對每天有成千個節目 表要予以分類的限制。其他公司解決此—方法係提供與實 際印在節目指南上之節目相關的節目代碼。在此方式下， 終端使用者/觀赏者將可簡單地閲讀此實體節目指南，且 在選擇一感興趣之節目後，即可以一遙控之頻道切換器輸 入茲節目專有之代碼。然而此方法還是未解決或簡化由眾 多卽目中挑選所需節目之需求，且有其他前文所述與實體 之硬拷貝節目表有關的明顯缺點。 因此，旎使終端使用者以時間移位的方式规劃一綠放影 機之消費性電視系統有边切性地需要。再進一步而言，如 此之系統將被高度地預期能有效和便宜地提供一種機制， 藉此一終端使用者能輕易地以較仔細和完備之方式選擇和 儲存眞正反映出適合使用者個人觀赏需求之節目。 發明之簡要説明 —可攜帶的節目選擇裝置（PSD)儲存可下載至本裝置之節 目排程的相關資料β本裝置包含一資料庫、一應用程式及 一查詢該資料庫之終端使用者介面。該資料庫包含相關於 該電視節目的參數，例如節目描述、時間、節目長短、類 型、頻道數及相關於每個頻道之節目代碼且係以關键字搜 尋。一旦使用者利用關鍵字搜尋或藉由觀看一節目頻道/時 本紙張尺度通用中囡國家標準（CNS〉A4規格（210x297公釐） (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 -I — — — — — —II ·1111111· - II - - - - ( - - -- - ------- - ----^! — '产Λ1 4472 A7 B7 五、發明說明（4 ) 間之表列而點返一節目時，被選擇之節目便儲存於—f目 代碼，此代碼藉由一紅外線連結（IR link)送至遠 > 的錄欠^ 機或電視。因應於所接收之節目代碼，可自如a ’ 4目動規劃該錄放 影機以在適當的時間記錄選擇之節目，或當所選擇之節目 爲一即時節目時，該電視頻道會自動改變。 圖式之簡單説明 本發明將依照後附圖式來説明，其中： 圖1爲一高階功能方塊圖，係描述應用於围2之系统之一 節目選擇裝置之元件； 圖2爲一描述本發明之電視節目觀赏及排程系統之组成元 件之功能方塊圖，包含圖1所示之節目選擇元件；及 圖3爲一描述圖1之系統操作之流程圖。 較佳實施例説明 圖1描述一電腦系统之較佳實施例’其可實施本發明之改 良式GUI控制保護系統。本系統包含一中央處理器1〇、唯讀 記憶體（11〇1^)11、隨機存取記憶體（1^!^)12、1/〇轉接器13 、使用者介面轉接器18、通訊轉接器14及一顯示轉接器ι9 ，所有的連接均透過一共用之地址/資料及控制路徑或匯 /J5L排16。每個上述之元件均利用本行人士已知之傳統技術 來存取共用匯流排，其包含對系統内之每一元件指定特定 地址範圍，而以該中央處理器丨〇作爲匯流排主控者的技術 。如圖1中另顯示外部的元件，例如DASD 15介面，係透過 相對的轉接器’諸如I/O轉接器13，連接至共用匯流排16。 其他外部之元件，例如顯示器2 1，類似地使用相對的轉接 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS>A4規格（210 κ 297公餐 (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作杜印釗取 ^----- ---訂---------線丨 V---------------------- A7 447222 B7 ~ 1 ---- 五、發明說明（S ) 器，例如顯示轉接器19以提供匯流排16、顯示器2 1或其他 裝置之間之資料傳輸。不同的使用者介面裝置被提供以與 使用者介面轉接器18互連及使用，在圖中有一些使用者輪 入元件，例如一搖捍23、一滑鼠25、一鍵盤17 '和一喇叭 及/或一麥克風27。本系統更包含一傳統之作業系統29以執 行一或多個應用程式3〗。每個上述之單元均是如此被知悉 ，因此以下即不再多作描述。 本發明容許在任一電腦系統及其相對應之微處理器上實 施’例如RS/6000(TM)、RISC系列之工作站和執行AIX(TM) 及0S/2(TM)作業系統之IBM個人電腦，或類似的廠牌機器 ’其包含例如RS/6000工作站中之604PowerPC(TM)RISC晶 片（RS/6000、IBM、AIX、OS/2 和 PowerPC 爲 IBM 公司商標 下之一系統產品。 如圖1所示之中央處理器10，一般皆包含一或多個微處理 器來執行系統位址、資料及控制等圖1之系統所需正確作業 之處理功能。雖然本發明允許應用至不同的微處理器設計 ’但在本發明所揭示之實施例中，本微處理器採用IBM公 司所生產之PowerPC 604微處理器之型式，其爲一精簡指令 集（RISC型式）之微處理器。更仔細地介紹該微處理器之架 構及操作方法可見於IBM公司著作權所有之1994年11月印 行的PowerPC 604 RISC使用手册，資料編號#MPC604UM /AD，在此提出供參考。 在本發明之内文中，使用者將在螢幕21上觀看到不同的 標的，例如一游標和躍上（pop up)或躍下（pop down)之功能 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 ^------* 丨訂---------線I V------------------------ 經濟部智慧財產局貝工消費合作社印製 447222 A7 ___B7__五、發明說明（6 ) 表’其可使用不同的點選裝置，例如一滑鼠25或一聲控湖 覽器來達成。利用驅動軟體和該使用者介面轉接器丨8相結 合以供點選裝置25和麥克風27選用之節目代碼配合儲存在 RAM 12且/或在DASD 15内之作業環境及應用程式，可使 游標因應於或配合麥克風27所傳達的語音指令，能在顯示 螢幕21上移動。 如圖2所示，圖1之節目選擇裝置（psd)係以參考數字42簡 單地予以表示。這將適用於任何手持型的裝置，例如 Palmpilot '個人數位助理（PDA)或其他類似者。在其通用的 型式中’該節目選擇裝置將包含一小螢幕43以作為圖1所示 之顯示器39。其更包含一應用程式68，一些和圖1之鍵盤24 相同功能但有類型限制之鍵盤70，和一與圖1之點選裝置26 相類似之點選裝置72 »此外’亦提供一硬碟5 8或其他大量 讀寫之儲存裝置，例如圖1之磁碟驅動器20，其目的將於後 文詳》 PSD 42之功能之一在於可以和網際網路46通訊。其係以 一連接44，例如一電話線接至網際網路，其中該pSD 42包 含所有蜂巢式電話的功能或可插入至一個人電腦之數據機 之電話線卡夹之一連接器，用以連接網際網路46。此外， 該PSD 42亦可藉由連結48而與一網路服務提供者（ISP)50通 訊’該連結48可為連接至一電腦而與該網路服務提供者通 訊之電話線。連結44、48和網際網路46或網路服務提供者 50相連之目的係要使此等連結接至儲存電視節目資料之伺 服器，此資料可以儲存於儲存資料庫58之壓縮格式予以下 II I I — — ϊιιι—li ^ III n n n I 線_V------------------- (請先閱讀背面之注意ί項再填寫本頁》 本纸張尺度適用4»西國家標準（CNS)A4規格（21〇 x 297公釐） A7I n KIJ ϋ-*-1- ° J · ϋ n II—--II-n I n ti-n 1 nn-nn I l II— nnn I 447222 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (2) Ability to find " Furthermore, because some satellite systems have as many as 1,000 or more channels, it is clear that this method of providing television program information is insufficient for today's needs. -One way to address the weaknesses of hard copy television program guides is to provide such a television program guide through the Internet, the Internet, or the satellite program provider itself. But this will also be troubled by the weakness of the hard-roasted shellfish system, that is, the search mechanism without action. Therefore, even if the more convenient physical form of the program table appears on the screen, the user still has to find difficult programs through a lot of difficult and heavy labor conversions, which means that the user must go through many uninteresting information and program tables. The conversion can only find the program of interest β. Furthermore, these types of hard copy or TV program guides, because they provide end users with a wealth of information, can only display the program list for the day because they occupy a lot of bandwidth. In order to solve the aforementioned problems that the end users can easily plan the time shift of the video recorder and select the programs to be watched, a large number of companies providing image cutting services for the end users have emerged. Using image cutting method, users finally have the type of interest. The company will periodically record programs that are consistent with the type of user, for example, it may correspond to the interests of users, and then actually transmit these important programs to end users. This solution also has many serious and obvious shortcomings, not only because the selection of the program is done by a third person 'and it will cause the time delay and cost of the physical recording program transmitted to the user. In addition, 'a variety of products are listed in the consumer market in an attempt to simplify the planning of video recorders, such as "video recorders +". The system uses a paper located at -5- This paper standard is applicable to China's national standard (CNS ) A4 size (210 X 297 male; g) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page} Printed by the Consumers ’Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs * '1 ^ W · I ---- II ^ -11! 111 «1 t --------------- — — —If__ 447222 A? ----- B7 V. Description of the invention (3) The distance between the cable tuner box and the green projector Infrared connection, so a user can choose a program according to the program guide on the camp screen, so that the infrared signal represents the code of f ten should be transmitted from the cable box to the recorder to automatically regulate the recorder. Although the system has a clever implementation, 'there are still many shortcomings, that is, users will still face the restriction that there are thousands of program schedules to be classified every day. Other companies solve this-the method is to provide and actually print The program code associated with the program in the program guide. In this mode, the end user / viewer will Read this physical program guide separately, and after selecting a program of interest, you can enter a program-specific code with a remote-controlled channel switcher. However, this method has not solved or simplified the need to select from many projects Program requirements, and there are other obvious shortcomings related to the hard copy of the physical program table described above. Therefore, the consumer television system that allows end users to plan a green projector in a time-shifting manner has a cutting edge Yes, further, such a system is highly expected to provide an effective and cheap mechanism by which an end user can easily select and store in a more careful and complete manner, reflecting the suitability of the user Programs for personal viewing needs. Brief description of the invention-Portable Program Selection Device (PSD) stores relevant information of program schedules that can be downloaded to this device. Β This device contains a database, an application and a query for this information. End user interface of the library. The database contains parameters related to the television program, such as program description, time, program length Type, number of channels, and program codes related to each channel are searched by keywords. Once a user searches by keywords or by watching a program channel / time, the paper standard is generally in the national standard (CNS> A4 specification) (210x297 mm) (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page) Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs -I — — — — — — II · 1111111 ·-II----(--- -------------- ^! — 'Produce Λ1 4472 A7 B7 V. When the list of inventions (4) is clicked and a program is clicked, the selected program is stored in —f This code is sent to a remote recorder or TV via an IR link. Depending on the received program code, the video recorder can be freely planned to record the selected program at an appropriate time, or when the selected program is an instant program, the TV channel is automatically changed. Brief Description of the Drawings The present invention will be explained in accordance with the following drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a high-level functional block diagram illustrating components of a program selection device applied to a system of FIG. 2; FIG. 2 is a description of the present invention The functional block diagram of the components of the television program viewing and scheduling system includes the program selection components shown in FIG. 1; and FIG. 3 is a flowchart describing the operation of the system of FIG. 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Fig. 1 illustrates a preferred embodiment of a computer system 'which can implement the improved GUI control and protection system of the present invention. The system includes a central processing unit 10, read-only memory (1101 ^) 11, random access memory (1 ^! ^) 12, 1 / 〇 adapter 13, and user interface adapter 18. , Communication adapter 14 and a display adapter ι9, all connections are through a shared address / data and control path or sink / J5L row 16. Each of the above components uses a conventional technology known to the bank to access the shared bus, which includes specifying a specific address range for each component in the system, and using the central processing unit as the bus master technology. As shown in FIG. 1, external components, such as the DASD 15 interface, are connected to the common bus 16 through the opposite adapter 'such as the I / O adapter 13. Other external components, such as the display 21, similarly use the corresponding adapter. The paper size applies to the Chinese national standard (CNS > A4 specification (210 κ 297 meals (please read the precautions on the back before filling this page)) Intellectual Property Bureau employee consumption cooperation Du Yinzhao ^ ----- --- Order --------- line 丨 V ------------------ ---- A7 447222 B7 ~ 1 ---- 5. Description of the invention (S), such as display adapter 19 to provide data transfer between bus 16, display 21 or other devices. Different users The interface device is provided for interconnection and use with the user interface adapter 18, in the figure there are some user turn-in components, such as a shake 23, a mouse 25, a keyboard 17 ', and a speaker and / or A microphone 27. The system further includes a traditional operating system 29 to execute one or more applications 3. Each of the above-mentioned units is so known, so it will not be described further below. The invention allows Computer systems and their corresponding microprocessors, such as RS / 6000 (TM), RISC series workstations and AIX (TM) and OS / 2 (TM) operations Industrial PCs, or similar brand machines, which include, for example, the 604 PowerPC (TM) RISC chip in an RS / 6000 workstation (RS / 6000, IBM, AIX, OS / 2, and PowerPC are one of the IBM company trademarks System products. The central processing unit 10 shown in FIG. 1 generally includes one or more microprocessors to perform system address, data, and control processing functions required for the correct operation of the system of FIG. 1. Although the present invention allows Application to different microprocessor designs' But in the embodiment disclosed by the present invention, the microprocessor uses the type of PowerPC 604 microprocessor produced by IBM, which is a micro-instruction set (RISC type). Processor. A more detailed introduction to the architecture and operation of the microprocessor can be found in the PowerPC 604 RISC User's Manual, file number # MPC604UM / AD, published in November 1994, owned by IBM, and is hereby incorporated by reference. In the content of the invention, users will see different targets on the screen 21, such as a cursor and pop up or pop down functions. (CNS) A4 size (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs ^ ------ * 丨 Order ----- ---- Line I V ------------------------ Printed by Shellfish Consumer Cooperative of Intellectual Property Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs 447222 A7 ___B7__ V. Description of Invention (6) The table can be achieved using different pointing devices, such as a mouse 25 or a voice-activated lake browser. Using the driver software and the user interface adapter 丨 8 in combination to select the program code for the pointing device 25 and the microphone 27 in cooperation with the operating environment and application programs stored in RAM 12 and / or within DASD 15, can make the cursor It can move on the display screen 21 in response to or in accordance with the voice instructions transmitted by the microphone 27. As shown in FIG. 2, the program selection device (psd) of FIG. 1 is simply indicated by reference numeral 42. This will work on any handheld device, such as Palmpilot's Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or similar. In its general version, the program selection device will include a small screen 43 as a display 39 shown in FIG. It also includes an application 68, some keyboards 70 with the same functions as the keyboard 24 of FIG. 1, but with type restrictions, and a pointing device 72 similar to the pointing device 26 of FIG. 1 »In addition, a hard disk is also provided. 58 or other mass-storage storage devices, such as the disk drive 20 in FIG. 1, whose purpose will be described later in detail. One of the functions of the PSD 42 is to communicate with the Internet 46. It is connected by a connection 44 such as a telephone line to the Internet, where the pSD 42 contains all the functions of a cellular phone or a connector of a telephone line clip that can be plugged into a personal computer's modem to connect Internet 46. In addition, the PSD 42 can also communicate with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) 50 through a link 48 'The link 48 can be a telephone line that communicates with the Internet Service Provider for connection to a computer. The purpose of the links 44 and 48 and the Internet 46 or Internet service provider 50 is to connect these links to a server that stores TV program data. This data can be stored in a compressed format in the storage database 58 and can be downloaded under II. II — — ϊιιι —li ^ III nnn I LINE_V ------------------- (Please read the note on the back before filling this page ” Applicable 4 »Western National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (21 × 297 mm) A7
447222 五、發明說明（7 ) 載至PSD 42且藉由應用程式68來加予讀取。 該資料將包含比目前在電視螢幕上之硬拷貝之電视節目 指南更多更詳細的資料，—種如此詳細之代表性取樣資料 被顯示於螢幕60，其内容將如預期般地出現於觀赏者之讀 取螢幕43上。對每個觀賞者而言，可看到每個節目的資料 集，包含，例如節目之更詳細描述、日期、時間、節目長 短、王要演員、節目類型（喜劇、話劇、動作片等卜演出頻 道及與該節目相關之獨特的節目代碼，下文將有説明。， 在螢幕43可額外觀賞的部分爲規劃之表列Μ，其用於每 一天下載至PSD 42資料，包含區塊之表列，每個區塊結合 曰期及頻道之特定時間。每個表列區塊將包含簡略的表^ 或節目的描述，使得在該特殊之表列區塊内使用一點選裝 172並因此而致能該區塊時，螢幕6〇上的資料將經由psD 42之螢幕43而傳達給終端使用者。 在觀賞者看見資料集60内之資訊而認爲該節目値得欣賞 時，該終端使用者將啓動一區塊，例如以—點選裝置72和 —游標62去啓動一區塊6〗，確認其需要規劃錄放影機M， 而若該節目係以即時的方式進行，使電视56即時地改變至 該節目。下給該綠放影機以於未來時點記錄節目或改變電 視以快速轉台的指令，可以傳統位&pSD 42、錄放影機54 及電視56間之紅外線連結52加以完成。 本發明之一特性係提供資料集6〇之關鍵字搜尋。因此， 利用點選裝置72在螢幕43上劉覽，使用者將可以鍵盤7〇輸 入關鍵字以取回其感覺興趣之節目。例如，若使用者想了 I -10- 本紙張尺度適用中國因家標準（CNS)A4規格（2】0 X 297公爱)* --- (靖先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 經濟部智慧財產局員工消费合作社印製 · I I I I I f I — — — — flit — I — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 4^7222 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 A7 B7 1、發明說明（8 ) 解下週是否有約翰韋恩主演的電影，使用者可以藉由鍵盤 70、點選裝置72及螢幕43輸入關鍵字”約翰拿恩，，及曰期 ，則類似於表列64之一表列將列出所有約翰韋恩主演的電 影6 依據該節目之詳細描述程度，使用者亦可提供更具複雜 性的關鍵字，例如”動物、非洲、科學小説”以在資料庫58 中檢索與該等關鍵字有關之所有節目。本發明並非限制於 任何特別之搜尋策略，而是在於允許以目前技術水準下， 任何方式之資料庫及查詢方法，包含人工智慧，以—儲存 之終端使用者提問檔或類似檔案搜尋全文或僅搜尋部分均 可》另外，使用者亦可輸入與資料集60内之資訊有關之關 鍵字。例如，使用者可輸入一類型的關鍵字，諸如「喜劇』 和「電影」和使用者可觀赏節目的日期及時間，而這即將 來臨的日期及時間可能爲輸入之唯一關鍵字。因爲這種使 用錄放影機54之自動節目功能特性，更可預期的是由網際 網路46、網路服務提供者50或其他遠端連結所傳送之資料 集將不像一般全拷貝或螢幕上的節目列表，而可包含未來 一段時間的節目列表。在此方法下，當使用者選擇—未來 的節目作规劃時，藉執行對應於該節目之獨特節目代碼， 可使錄放影機54記錄這些未來將播放之節目。使用者亦將 以PSD 2查詢這些已被選擇的節目，以作爲將來編輯修改之 用= 如圖3所示，係一個流程圖描述圖2中達成本發明目的之 系統操作順序》 -11 - 本紙張尺度適用中困®家標準（CNS>A4規格（210x297公釐） <請先Μ讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) ·> W------- — 訂---------線— ^------------------------ 斗 47 2 22 A7 ___B7 五、發明說明（9 > 請參閱圖3，首先假設有—終端使用者藉*pSD 42所提供 之遠端通訊能力而連接至一適當的節目排程來源（無論其爲 網際網路46、網路服務提供者50或其他來源），本步驟將於 方塊80所描述。 終端使用者下一步將和PSD 42互動，藉由連結44 ' 48下 載節目之排程資料，這個步驟將被顯示在圖3之方塊82。下 載之資料將被預期以壓縮的方式儲存，而pSD 42將解壓縮 這個資料》 其:入，g下載結束後，PSD 42將儲存節目排程資料在儲 存裝置58，且更特別地是以使用者可查詢之資料庫的型式 儲存。本步驟顯示於方塊84。如前所述，資料庫58之查詢 機構係具親和力與高度功能性以儘可能以使用者提問檔、 關鍵字輸入或其他資料點選之方式來取出資訊。本發明係 經由仔細地考慮，例如由使用者輸入類型資料於pSD 42 , 將可經常地在連結44或48上自動獲得節目排程資料，週期 性地更新資料庫58，且在螢幕43上顯示給終端使用者，符 合使用者未來觀賞及/或錄影所設定標準之即將來臨的節 目。 由圖3中亦可觀察出，一旦節目排程資料被儲存於方塊84 ’則此程序進行至方塊86以查詢使用者是否想去规劃未來 的節目，或想去觀赏節目及/或编輯預先爲錄影所作的節目 排程。若終端使用者指出要錄影未來的節目，本程序沿著 路徑88進行，直到使用者鍵入搜尋標準來搜尋節目排程資 料-此步驟如方塊92所示。使用者的搜尋若有需要的話則除 -12· 本紙張尺度適用t國國家標準（CNS>A4規格（210 X 297公釐> (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印*1^ y--------tT---------f >---------------------- 447222 A7 B7 五、發明說明（) 了關鍵字搜尋外，還藉由應用程式68對含有節目排程資枓 的資料庫58予以查詢’資料庫58的查詢結果將呈現在顯示 器43之上，供使用者選擇和互動。 如方塊94所示’因應於顯示之結果和資料查詢，使用者 可以選擇喜歡的節目以觀賞或錄影。若本節目供錄影用， 這項決定將被儲存於方塊96的儲存裝置58之内，因此該節 目之節目代碼將在方塊98中被傳送，即透過紅外線連結52 至錄放影機54作爲下一步的記綠。另—方面，若該節目正 播运中，圖2之系統將傳送一節目代碼以使在電視56播放之 内容即時改變，如方塊1 〇 Ο β 其次’應用程式68所執行之系統在螢幕43上詢問使用者 是否在規劃或觀赏/編輯間做另一選擇，如方塊1〇2。若不 需更進一步之互動，則程序將沿著路徑1〇6至丨〇8而結束。 而另一方面’若使用者藉由鍵盤7〇或點選裝置72指出有要 规劃或觀賞的另一選擇時’系統流程沿著路徑1 〇4至方塊86 。在方塊86 ’系統將再查詢是否要规劃一未來之節目以作 爲i己錄，或觀賞一即時選擇的節目或編輯已査詢節目之節 目表作爲將來綠影之用。本程序如前所述地進行，其中若 使用者指出要規劃另一個節目，流程走出方塊86進入左邊 路徑88以進行其他節目進一步規劃的步驟。而另_方面， 因應於方塊86的查詢，若使用者欲即時觀賞一節目或欲编 輯曰後所要錄影的節目排程，流程將由方塊86之右側走出 沿著路徑90進行。若有一指示顯示要编輯節目排程，則方 塊110則指示收回且編輯記錄用之節目排程的已選擇的節目 -13- 本纸張尺度適用中國國家株準（CNS)A4規格<210 X 297公爱） ' ί靖先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 ^----I---訂 --------線 I. ^-------------------------- Λ7 447222 B7 ------------------ 五、發明說明（11 ) 表。另一方面’因應於方塊8 6的查詢’觀赏者指出辨選擇 —目前之節目而觀賞，本排程將被提供以選擇目前要播放 之節目’即方塊112。本程序將沿著路徑1 14，系統再次杳 詢是否終端使用者有進一步之互動要求。若没有，本程序 由路徑106進入方塊1 〇8而結束。 本發明之技術内容及技術特點巳揭示如上，然而熟采本 項技術之人士仍可能基於本發明之敎示及揭示而作種種不 背離本發明精神之改變及修飾；因此，本發明之保護範圍 應不限於實施例所揭示者’而應包括各種不背離本發明之 改變及修飾，並爲以下之申請專利範固所涵蓋。 (請先閲讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) ,Ύ____ 經濟部智慧財產局員工消费合作社印製 本紙張尺度適用中國固家標準（CNS>A4規格（21〇 κ 297公« ) 4 訂---------線-· ^------------------------447222 Fifth, the description of the invention (7) is loaded into the PSD 42 and read by the application program 68. This material will contain more detailed information than the current hard copy of the TV show guide on the TV screen—a representative sample of such detailed information is displayed on screen 60, and its content will appear on the watch as expected Read on screen 43. For each viewer, you can see the data set of each program, including, for example, a more detailed description of the program, date, time, program length, Wang Yao actor, program type (comedy, drama, action film, etc.) The channel and the unique program code related to the program will be explained below. The part that can be watched on screen 43 is the planned list M, which is used to download to the PSD 42 data every day, including the list of blocks , Each block combines the date and the specific time of the channel. Each listed block will contain a brief table ^ or description of the program, which makes it possible to use one point of option 172 in this particular listed block, and as a result When the block is enabled, the data on the screen 60 will be transmitted to the end user via the screen 43 of the psd 42. When the viewer sees the information in the data set 60 and thinks that the program can be enjoyed, the end user A block will be started, for example,-click device 72 and-cursor 62 to start a block 6, confirm that it needs to plan the recording and playback machine M, and if the program is performed in a real-time manner, the TV 56 will be real-time Change to this section The instructions given to the green video player to record a program at a future point in time or change the TV to quickly switch channels can be completed with an infrared link 52 between the traditional bit & pSD 42, the video player 54 and the TV 56. This invention One feature is to provide a keyword search of the data set 60. Therefore, using the pointing device 72 to browse on the screen 43, the user will be able to enter keywords on the keyboard 70 to retrieve programs that interest him. For example, if using I thought I -10- This paper size is applicable to China Standards (CNS) A4 (2) 0 X 297 public love) * --- (Jing first read the precautions on the back before filling out this page) Ministry of Economic Affairs Intellectual Property Printed by the Bureau's Consumer Cooperatives · IIIII f I — — — — flit — I — — — — — — — — — — — — — 4 ^ 7222 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 B7 1 (8) To find out if there is a movie starring John Wayne next week, the user can enter the keywords "John Nahn," and date by keyboard 70, pointing device 72, and screen 43, which is similar to the table One of the column 64 List all movies starring John Wayne6 Depending on the level of detail of the show, users can also provide more complex keywords such as "Animals, Africa, Science Fiction" to retrieve from the database 58 All programs related to keywords. The present invention is not limited to any particular search strategy, but is to allow the database and query methods in any way under the current technical level, including artificial intelligence, to store end-user question files Or similar files to search the full text or only part of it. "In addition, the user can also enter keywords related to the information in the data set 60. For example, the user can enter a type of keywords such as" comedy "and" movie "And the date and time when users can watch the show, and this upcoming date and time may be the only keywords entered. Because of this automatic program feature using the video recorder 54, it is more predictable that the data set transmitted by the Internet 46, Internet Service Provider 50, or other remote links will not be like a full copy or on screen , And can include a list of shows for a period of time in the future. In this method, when the user selects a future program for planning, by executing a unique program code corresponding to the program, the recorder 54 can be made to record these programs to be played in the future. Users will also use PSD 2 to query these selected programs for future editing and modification. As shown in Figure 3, it is a flowchart describing the operating sequence of the system in Figure 2 to achieve the purpose of the invention. The paper size applies to the China Standard® Standard (CNS > A4 size (210x297 mm) < Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page) · > W ------- — Order ---- ----- line — ^ ------------------------ Dou 47 2 22 A7 ___B7 V. Description of the invention (9 > See Figure 3 First, suppose that—the end user connects to an appropriate program scheduling source (whether it is the Internet 46, Internet service provider 50, or other source) by using the remote communication capabilities provided by * pSD 42. The steps will be described in block 80. The next step for the end user will be to interact with PSD 42 to download the schedule information of the program via the link 44 '48. This step will be shown in block 82 in Figure 3. The downloaded information will be expected It is stored in a compressed manner, and pSD 42 will decompress this data. "It: Enter. After the download is complete, PSD 42 will store the program schedule data in the storage device 58. And more specifically, it is stored in the form of a database that the user can query. This step is shown in box 84. As mentioned earlier, the query mechanism of the database 58 is affinity and highly functional to make the user's question file as much as possible , Keyword input or other data selection methods to extract information. The present invention is based on careful consideration, for example, the user enters type data into pSD 42, and will automatically obtain program schedule data on link 44 or 48 The database 58 is periodically updated and displayed on the screen 43 to the end user, which is an upcoming program that meets the criteria set by the user for future viewing and / or recording. It can also be observed from Figure 3, once the program is scheduled The process data is stored in box 84 ', and the process proceeds to box 86 to inquire whether the user wants to plan future programs, or wants to watch the programs and / or edit the program schedule made for recording in advance. If the end user Pointing out that a future program is to be recorded, the process proceeds along path 88 until the user enters search criteria to search for program schedule data-this step is shown in block 92. The user's search except for -12 if necessary. This paper size is applicable to national standards of China (CNS > A4 size (210 X 297 mm). (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page). Printed by the Property Bureau Staff Consumer Cooperatives * 1 ^ y -------- tT --------- f > ------------------- --- 447222 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention () In addition to the keyword search, the application database 68 is also used to query the database 58 containing program scheduling resources. The query results of the database 58 will be displayed on the display 43 For users to choose and interact with. As shown in box 94 ', in response to the displayed results and data query, the user can select a favorite program to watch or record. If this program is for recording, this decision will be stored in the storage device 58 in box 96, so the program code for the program will be transmitted in box 98, that is, via infrared link 52 to the recorder 54 as the next step Remember the green. On the other hand, if the program is being broadcasted, the system of FIG. 2 will transmit a program code to make the content displayed on the TV 56 change immediately, such as block 1 00 β followed by the system executed by the application 68 on screen 43 The user is asked whether to make another choice between planning or viewing / editing, such as box 102. If no further interaction is required, the procedure will end along paths 106 to 08. On the other hand, 'if the user indicates by the keyboard 70 or the pointing device 72 that there is another option to plan or view', the system flow follows the path 104 to box 86. At block 86 ', the system will query again whether to plan a future program as an i-record, or watch a program selected in real time or edit the schedule of the query program for future green shadows. This procedure is performed as previously described, in which if the user indicates that another program is to be planned, the flow goes out of box 86 and enters path 88 on the left for further planning of other programs. On the other hand, in response to the query in block 86, if the user wants to watch a program in real time or edits the program schedule to be recorded later, the flow will go out from the right side of box 86 and follow path 90. If there is an indication that the program schedule is to be edited, then block 110 indicates that the selected program that is being recalled and edited for the recording schedule -13- This paper size applies to China National Strain Standard (CNS) A4 specifications < 210 X 297 public love) 'ί Jing first read the notes on the back before filling out this page) Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs ^ ---- I --- Order -------- line I. ^ -------------------------- Λ7 447222 B7 ------------------ V. Invention Explanation (11) table. On the other hand, the viewer pointed out to identify the selection—the current program for viewing in response to the inquiry in box 86. This schedule will be provided to select the program to be currently played, that is, box 112. This procedure will follow path 14 and the system will again ask if the end user has any further interaction requirements. If not, the program ends at path 106 through block 106. The technical content and technical features of the present invention are disclosed as above, but those skilled in the art may still make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit of the present invention based on the disclosure and disclosure of the present invention; therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention It should not be limited to those disclosed in the embodiments, but should include various changes and modifications that do not depart from the present invention, and are covered by the following patent applications. (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page), Ύ ____ The paper size printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs applies this Chinese paper standard (CNS > A4 specification (21〇κ297 公 «)) 4 Order- ------- line- · ^ ------------------------