JP2002033985A - Broadcast program selection system by portable browser terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To readily reserve a broadcast program by a portable terminal. SOLUTION: The individual information of a user is stored in a server connected with a network, so that a program is selected from among multi-channel broadcasting programs. The result is indicated by the user's portable terminal, and the necessary program is selected by the user himself/herself, and thereafter the result is also stored in an personal information part of the user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for displaying program information on a portable browser terminal, and selecting a program by a key operation of the portable browser terminal to easily reserve a program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Electronic program guides (EPGs) are well known as digitized program information. A system has been proposed in which this electronic program guide is selected on an Internet site, necessary information is downloaded, and the received program is recorded on a home server or the like. Alternatively, a method has been proposed in which an electronic program guide is downloaded from satellite broadcasting, selected on a personal computer, and the selected information is sent to a video device or the like for recording.

[0003] However, as the number of broadcast programs has increased due to satellite broadcasting, digitization, and the like, the number of programs to be selected has become very large, and it is not easy to select one's favorite program. . Furthermore, most users are busy and it would be convenient to be able to display their desired program information on their schedule. In recent years, mobile browser phones have become widespread and necessary information can be easily obtained anytime and anywhere.However, due to the structure of the display device, the image area for selecting programs is narrow and it is very difficult for the user to see it. is there.

[0004]

As described above, the number of broadcast programs has increased and it has become very difficult for the user to select a desired program. There is also a need for a system that allows a user to easily select a broadcast program he / she wants to watch and easily make a reservation while viewing his / her own schedule even in the narrow display area of a mobile browser phone that has become popular.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventor has taken the following methods as a result of earnest studies. That is, program information including a program name of a broadcast program, program content, a broadcast date, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time or a broadcast continuation time, and personal information of a user stored therein, and a personal information server connected to a network, A scheduler connected to a network that has a function of storing a user's schedule and displaying a schedule on a browser terminal that has accessed the browser, a mobile browser terminal, a broadcast program receiving device, broadcast program reception recording or broadcast program reception. In a system constituted by a recording device, A: program information supply means for collecting program information from an information source of program information and supplying program information in a predetermined data format B: program information from the program information supply means to the user Means for narrowing down program information according to the desired item C: the narrowing down Storage means for storing the program information narrowed down by the selecting means in the scheduler of the user D: selecting means for allowing the user to browse the schedule including the narrowed-down program information on a portable browser terminal and selecting desired program information E: According to the selected program information, it may be constituted by the components of a user's broadcast program receiving device, broadcast program receiving and recording device, broadcast program receiving and recording reservation device, or program reservation means for reserving a desired broadcast program in a home server.

The portable browser terminal has a unique identification code, and if it is possible to identify the user of the portable browser terminal, it is not necessary for the user to perform troublesome personal authentication when connecting to the personal information server. It is possible to connect by simple operation without any trouble, and it is possible to see necessary information and make necessary selections. Also, since the user is specified, the user's attribute is registered in the personal information server, and the broadcast program selection result of the specified user is counted by referring to the attribute registered in the personal information server, and for each attribute It can be extracted as audience rating data.

[0007] The reservation by the program reservation means is performed by the portable browser terminal and the broadcast program receiving device of the user.
The program is executed by wirelessly communicating with a broadcast program receiving and recording device, a broadcast program receiving and recording reservation device, or a home server using infrared rays or electromagnetic waves. This communication may be performed by radio waves using electromagnetic waves such as infrared rays which are generally spread in video devices and the like, or blue truth which is expected to spread rapidly in the future. Then, the communication protocol of the corresponding device (video recording device or the like) may be built in the portable browser terminal from the beginning, or a necessary one may be downloaded from a site.

[0008] If the above-mentioned narrowing means is performed by referring to the user's requirements prepared in advance in the user's personal information server, only the data necessary for each user can be distributed. Become. The request may be request data registered in advance by the user. Alternatively, the viewing tendency may be obtained by storing a log of the user's program selection result in advance and performing a predetermined calculation process on the stored log.

When the first narrowed-down program information data is stored in the user's scheduler, the program information requested by the user is displayed in the corresponding date and time portion of the user's schedule. It is possible to list them inside.

[0010]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. FIG. 1 is an overall view of the present invention. 10
1 is a program information organization center, CS digital broadcasting,
It collects program information on BS digital broadcast and analog terrestrial broadcast programs, forms it into a predetermined data format, and sends it to the server center 10 via a network.
2 and the program information is transmitted. Reference numeral 103 denotes a personal information server that stores personal request data. Here, the user's requirements were first registered in the personal information server. FIG. 2 shows an example of the user's request. Reference numeral 104 denotes a scheduler for storing program information narrowed down by a user's request and user's schedule.

Reference numeral 106 denotes a portable browser terminal, which connects to the server center 102 through the base station of the portable browser terminal 105 and performs necessary operations. Reference numeral 107 denotes a video device for making a communication reservation using infrared light provided in the video device 107.
FIG. 3 illustrates the process. The program information transmitted from the program information organization center 101 narrows down the program information based on the user's request (FIG. 2) data stored in the personal information server 103.

[0012] The narrowed result is the scheduler 104.
Is stored in The user accesses the scheduler 104 with the mobile browser terminal 106 to display the narrowed-down program information and displays the program information on the liquid crystal screen of the mobile browser terminal. FIG. 4 shows the state at that time. Next, the user selects a broadcast program to be reserved from the displayed program information. FIG. 5 shows this state. Date and time: April 19 (Wed) 22: 0
0-22: 54 "Saturday", channel D is selected. The result is converted into reservation data for the video device in order to reserve the broadcast program for the video device, and transmitted by infrared communication from the portable browser terminal to make a reservation.

[0013] The portable browser terminal has a unique identification code, and the user's unique information can be extracted without performing any special processing. A log of the user's program reservation selection result in the scheduler 104 is stored, and the reservation data is totaled for each user attribute, thereby referring to the attribute of the user specified from the unique identification code and for each attribute of the broadcast program. The reservation status can be extracted. This becomes the audience rating data by attribute of the program which is useful for the broadcast station and the sponsor of the broadcast program. By distributing this data to the broadcasting station, it becomes possible to reflect the user's demands on the composition of the broadcast program more than ever.

In this embodiment, the communication means is infrared. However, the communication means is not limited to infrared, and may be connected wirelessly or by wire. In the above embodiment, the personal information server 103
The request is registered first, but the viewing tendency obtained by mining the saved reservation log by a predetermined calculation process is also effective as the request.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to select program information using a portable browser terminal without complicated work. In addition, since the log of the reservation data can be stored, the audience rating data for each attribute can be extracted by specifying the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 Overall system configuration

FIG. 2 User's request

FIG. 3 Process

FIG. 4 shows the display of narrowed-down program information.

FIG. 5 shows a state of program information selection

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 program information organization center 102 server center 103 personal information server 104 scheduler 105 base station 106 portable browser terminal 107 video device

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A personal computer which stores program information including a program name, program contents, a broadcast date, a broadcast start time, a broadcast end time or a broadcast continuation time of a broadcast program, and personal information of a user, and is connected to a network. An information server, a scheduler connected to a network, having a function of storing a user's schedule and displaying a schedule on a browser terminal that has accessed the browser, a mobile browser terminal, a broadcast program receiving device, and a broadcast program reception recording. Alternatively, in a system constituted by a broadcast program receiving and recording apparatus: A: a program information supply means for collecting program information from an information source of the program information and supplying the program information in a predetermined data format B: a program from the program information supply means Program information narrowing means for narrowing information according to the user's desired items C: Storage means for storing the program information narrowed down by the screening means in the scheduler of the user. D: Selection means for the user to browse the schedule including the narrowed-down program information on a portable browser terminal and to select desired program information. E: It is composed of each element of a user's broadcast program receiving device, broadcast program receiving and recording device, broadcast program receiving and recording reservation device, or program reservation means for reserving a desired broadcast program in a home server based on the selected program information. A broadcast program selection system characterized by the following. 2. The broadcast program selection system according to claim 1, wherein said portable browser terminal has a unique identification code and can identify a user of said portable browser terminal. 3. The reservation by the program reservation means is performed by connecting the portable browser terminal to the user's broadcast program receiving device, broadcast program receiving and recording device, broadcast program receiving and recording reservation device, or home server via a network, 2. The broadcast program selection system according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast program selection system is executed by operating the keys of a portable browser terminal while the user browses the operation screen displayed by the browser. 4. The reservation in the program reservation means is performed by the portable browser terminal and the user's broadcast program receiving device, broadcast program receiving and recording device, broadcast program receiving and recording reservation device, or home server by radio using infrared rays or electromagnetic waves. 2. The broadcast program selection system according to claim 1, wherein the system is executed by communicating. 5. The broadcast program selection system according to claim 1, wherein the narrowing-down by said narrowing-down means is performed by referring to a user's request prepared in advance in a user's personal information server. 6. The broadcast program selection system according to claim 5, wherein said request items are requests registered by a user in advance. 7. The desired item is a viewing tendency obtained by storing a log of a user's program selection result in advance and performing predetermined arithmetic processing on the stored log. Item 6. The broadcast program selection system according to Item 5. 8. Registering the user's attribute in the personal information server, summing up the specified user's broadcast program selection result with reference to the attribute registered in the personal information server, and obtaining audience rating data for each attribute. 3. The broadcast program selection system according to claim 2, wherein the broadcast program is extracted as: 9. The broadcast program selection system according to claim 1, wherein the program information stored in the scheduler is displayed at a corresponding date and time portion in a schedule display on the portable browser terminal.