JP2003076598A - Information processor, information processing method, information processing program and information processing program storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor, an information processing method, an information processing program and an information processing program storage medium capable of improving handleability. SOLUTION: In a computer system 2, by generating an updating change instruction according to a browser management program 53 based on an updating notification KT1 for instance received from a device driver 51 and changing display from a user selection icon 104A to a user selection updating icon 124A according to a browser engine 58 based on the updating change instruction, an updated result of contents is recognized in real time at the point of time at which updating is performed without forcing any prescribed operations to a user and thus the handleability is improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing program, and an information processing program storage medium, and is suitable for application to, for example, a personal computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various services have been realized via a network. Due to their ease of screen description and versatility, HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is widely used as a description method, and as a user interface thereof. , An HTML browser widely used as a receiving device for WWW (World Wide Web) services is used.

[0003]

However, when the HTML browser is used as the user interface, due to its nature, in order to determine whether the content provided by the content server has been updated, the user performs a predetermined operation each time to the content server. Based on this, there is a problem that it is necessary to access again and the usability is poor.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and is intended to propose an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing program, and an information processing program storage medium which can improve usability.

[0005]

In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, a predetermined description language is analyzed by an analyzing means using content information acquired from the outside, and a content information display screen is displayed on a display unit. When an update notification indicating that the content of the content information has been changed is received from the source of the content information, a change command for changing the content of the content information display screen is supplied to the analyzing means according to the update notification, and the analyzing means The content of the new content information display screen is updated and displayed via the.

Therefore, when the update notification is received, a change command corresponding to the update notification is supplied to the analysis means, and the content of the content information display screen is automatically updated and displayed via the analysis means, The latest content information can be recognized in real time when the content information is updated without forcing the user to perform a predetermined operation.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes the entire configuration of the content providing system as a whole, in which a personal computer 2 to which the present invention is applied is connected to content servers 4A to 4C via the Internet 3 and each content is provided. Various data communications can be performed with the servers 4A to 4C.

The personal computer 2 requests the content servers 4A to 4C via the Internet 3 to browse predetermined content such as images, and the contents provided from the content servers 4A to 4C. HTML (Hyper Text
Markup Language) The content is displayed via a browser.

Incidentally, the HTML document in which the content is defined in HTML is composed of tags and the like specified in HTML for designating how to display the content.

In this personal computer 2, as shown in FIG.
The CPU 10 (Central Pr
RAM (Random Access M
emory) 11, ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, image processing unit 13, memory stick interface 14, RTC for managing the clock function of the personal computer 2
(Real Time Clock) circuit 15, hard disk drive (HDD) 16, operation section 17 consisting of a plurality of operation keys, IrDA (Inf that receives infrared rays output from the remote controller 18
rared Data Association) A light receiving unit 19, a network interface 20 connected to the Internet 3, and a signal processing unit 21 are connected.

In the personal computer 2, H
An OS (Operatin) such as VxWorks (trademark) is installed in the DD 16.
g System) and various application programs are stored therein, and the CPU 10 reads out these OS and various application programs from the RAM 10 as needed.
By deploying on top, various functions are realized.

For example, the CPU 10 responds to an operation command given from the operation unit 17 or the remote controller 18 according to an HTML browser which is a predetermined application program.
Content servers 4A to 4C connected to the Internet 3 via the network interface 20 (FIG. 1)
It is designed to allow data communication with

Further, the CPU 10 inserts a memory stick (trademark of Sony Corporation) 23 for storing image data and the like into the memory stick interface 14, and then, when an image display command is supplied through the operation unit 17, The image data is read out, subjected to a predetermined process in the image processing unit 13, and then displayed on the display unit 22.

The antenna 24 receives broadcast radio waves from, for example, a communication satellite (not shown) and sends them to the tuner 25, which in turn sends the received signal of the channel selected by the CPU 10 to the signal processor 21. Send out.

The signal processing unit 21 demodulates the received signal and sends the resulting image data to the image processing unit 13,
The image processing unit 13 displays an image based on the image data on the display unit 22.

In the personal computer 2, as shown in FIG. 3, an OS 50, a device driver 51 including a graphics program 49 for recognizing image data, and an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Langua).
ge) browser 52, browser management program 53,
The electronic mail program 54 and the RAM are expanded on the RAM, and the HTML browser 52 is instructed to perform a predetermined process according to the browser management program 53.

That is, the personal computer 2 has the HTML browser 5 stored in the HDD 16 at the time of startup.
2 is started up and expanded on the RAM 11, a shared screen (described later) as a shared content information display screen on which various information is displayed is used as an initial screen for the display unit 22.
It is designed to be displayed.

Here, when the IrDA light receiving section 19 receives a shared screen display command from the remote controller 18, for example, the shared screen display command is sent to the serial I / O 6 of the device driver 51.
0 and the key input monitoring program 56 are transferred to the system state management program 53A of the browser management program 53 via the GUI interface 57.

The system state management program 53A generates a read request command for reading the HTML data for the shared screen based on the shared screen display command, and transfers this read request command to the browser engine 58 via the GUI interface 57. .

The browser engine 58 reads out the HTML data for the corresponding shared screen from the HDD 16 via the file I / O 55 based on the read request command.

The browser engine 58 creates a basic window based on the simple window program 59, interprets the read HTML data, and displays common screen data for displaying icons representing various information through the window. To generate.

The image processing unit 13 includes a browser engine 58.
Predetermined processing is performed on the shared screen data generated by, and the shared screen (described later) is displayed on the display unit 22.

At this time, the system state management program 53
A recognizes that the shared screen corresponding to the shared screen display command passed from the HTML browser 52 is currently displayed on the display unit 22, and can manage the state of the display screen.

Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the shared screen 100 is displayed.
2 includes a mode change area 101, a content icon display area 102, and a personal screen change area 103.

The content icon display area 102
Includes user selection icons 104A to 104H and Fami.
The ly Disk icon 105 is displayed.

User selection icons 104A to 104H
Is received via the antenna 24 and server connection icons 104A to 104D that can connect to predetermined content servers 4A to 4C and download contents such as sports information and travel information by selecting an icon via the operation unit 17 or the like. HDD1 with contents such as movie broadcasting
HDD icon 104E indicating that the data is stored in No. 6
104G and a program broadcast icon 104H that displays a moving image such as a TV program set by the user.

When the Family Disk icon 105 is selected, the titles of other selectable contents that are not currently displayed in the content icon display area 102 are displayed in a list (not shown). .

At this time, when the IrDA light receiving section 19 receives the icon selection command corresponding to the title selected from the remote controller 18, the device driver 51 sends the icon selection command to the serial I / O 60, the key input monitoring program 56 and the GUI section interface. User management program 5 of browser management program 53 via 57
Hand it over to 3E.

As a result, the user management program 53E
Can recognize that an icon corresponding to the selected title is additionally displayed in the content icon display area 102.

Incidentally, in the personal computer 2, according to the display screen customizing program 65, icons representing a typical still image of the content reduced to a predetermined size are displayed in the content icon display area 102 as user selection icons 104A to 104H. In the shared screen 100, for example, when a family shares the personal computer 2, a desired icon arbitrarily selected by each individual user is displayed as C
The image can be displayed on the display unit 22 via the image processing unit 13 under the control of the PU 10.

When the execution command for selecting the user selection icons 104E to 104G from the remote controller 18 is received via the IrDA light receiving section 19, the CPU 10 follows the browser engine 58 and the device driver 51, and the contents corresponding to the user selection icons 104E to 104G. HD
Read from D16.

Under the control of the CPU 10, the image processing unit 13 performs a predetermined process on the content corresponding to the user selection icons 104E to 104G read out from the HDD 16 and displays it on the display unit 22.

When the execution command for selecting the user selection icons 104A to 104D from the remote controller 18 is received via the IrDA light receiving section 19, the CPU 10 is preset in the user selection icons 104A to 104D according to the browser engine 58 and the device driver 51. The content server 4A-4C is connected based on the URL and the content provided by the content server 4A-4C is downloaded.

When an execution command for selecting the user selection icon 104H from the remote controller 18 is received via the IrDA light receiving section 19, the CPU 10 follows the browser engine 58 and displays the moving image displayed on the user selection icon 104H in the content icon display area. The image is enlarged and displayed on 102.

At this time, the system state management program 53
A is the selected user selection icon 104A to 104H
The screen display notification indicating that the screen based on the display is displayed on the display unit 22 is passed from the browser engine 58 through the GUI unit interface 57, whereby the content displayed on the display unit 22 and the content server 4 are displayed.
A to 4C are recognized and the state of the display screen can be managed.

In this case, the personal computer 2
The following description will be made on the premise that the connection state with all the content servers 4A to 4C is maintained and the connection state is always maintained.

Here, the CPU 10 is, for example, the shared screen 10
When the content of the sports information (golf) corresponding to the user selection icon 104A displayed at 0 is updated in the content server 4A of the transmission source, the transmission source of the updated content of the new sports information (baseball) is changed. The URL shown is received as the update notification KT1 (FIG. 3) from the content server 4A via the network interface 20.

At this time, the device driver 51 sends the update notification KT1 to the serial I / O 60 and PPP (Point to Point).
t Protocol) 61 and TCP / IP (Transmision Contr)
ol Protocol / Internet Protocol) 62 in sequence and passed to the system state management program 53A of the browser management program 53.

When the system state management program 53A recognizes that the update notification KT1 is the update notification KT1 for the content of sports information (golf) in the shared screen 100 currently displayed on the display unit 22, the HD content rewriting program 53B. Hand over to.

Then, the HD content rewriting program 53
B generates a URL based on the update notification KT1 as an update change command, and passes this update change command to the browser engine 58 of the HTML browser 52 via the GUI interface 57.

As a result, the CPU 10 requests the acquisition of HTML data of a user selection update icon (described later) indicating that the content of sports information (baseball) has been updated according to the URL of the update change command based on the browser engine 58, on the content server 4A. To the network via the network interface 20.

The CPU 10 is also a contents server 4A.
Receives the HTML data of the user selected update icon from the network interface 20.

At this time, the device driver 51 (FIG. 3)
Displays the HTML data of the user selected update icon as serial I / O60, PPP61, TCP / IP62 and HT.
It is passed to the browser engine 58 via the TP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) 63 in sequence.

As a result, the personal computer 2
By interpreting the HTML data according to the browser engine 58, as shown in FIG. 5 in which parts corresponding to those in FIG. 4 described above are assigned the same reference numerals, the user selection icon 104A for sports information (golf) on the shared screen 100 (FIG. The user selection update icon 124A indicating the updated sports information (baseball) instead of 4) can be displayed on the display unit 22.

That is, when each content provided by the content servers 4A to 4C is updated, the personal computer 2 changes the user selection icons 104A to 104H corresponding to the updated content by the HTML browser 52, and changes this. The content is displayed on the shared screen 100 so that the user can easily recognize that the content has been updated without forcing a predetermined operation.

At this time, when the personal computer 2 receives, via the IrDA light receiving section 19, that the user has selected the cursor by hovering over the user selection update icon 124A, the personal computer 2 receives the latest updated content server 4A based on the browser engine 58. The contents of sports information (baseball) can be viewed.

The personal computer 2 uses SSL (Secure
The Sockets Layer) protocol 64 ensures the security of data communication on the Internet 3.

Subsequently, in the personal screen change area 103 of the shared screen 100, for example, a family of personal computers 2
When sharing, the personal screen change icon 110 for changing the Taro icon 110A, the Hanako icon 110B, the Taku icon 110C, and the Momo icon 110D to the dedicated screen as the dedicated content information display screen for each individual
Is provided.

Here, when the IrDA light receiving unit 19 receives a Taku-dedicated screen display command from the remote controller 18 which selects the Taku icon 110A for changing to the "Taku" -dedicated screen, the device driver 51 outputs the Taku-dedicated screen display command.
Serial I / O 60 and key input monitoring program 56
From the system state management program 53A of the browser management program 53 via the GUI interface 57
Hand over to.

The system state management program 53A uses Ta
Based on the ku-dedicated screen display command, a read request command for reading HTML data for displaying a Taku-dedicated screen (described later) is generated, and the read request command is passed to the browser engine 58 via the GUI interface 57.

The browser engine 58 reads out the HTML data for the corresponding Taku-dedicated screen from the HDD 16 via the file I / O 55 based on the read request command.

As a result, the personal computer 2
According to the browser engine 58, the read HTML data is interpreted, and the parts corresponding to those in FIG.
A Taku-only screen 130 as shown in FIG.

At this time, the system state management program 53
A receives a Taku-dedicated screen display notification indicating that the Taku-dedicated screen 130 is displayed from the browser engine 58 via the GUI interface 57,
It recognizes that the Taku-only screen 130 is currently displayed on the display unit 22, and can manage the state of the display screen.

Incidentally, the personal computer 2 is
A password input field (not shown) for inputting a password when displaying the ku-only screen 130 is displayed on the display unit 22,
When the password is entered, the Taku-only screen 130 is displayed.

In the content icon display area 102 of the Taku-dedicated screen 130, user selection icons 134A to 134J composed of server connection icons 134A to 134F selected by Taku, HDD icons 134G to 134I, and program broadcasting icon 134J.
, A My Disk icon 125, and a Mail icon 126 are displayed.

The personal computer 2 displays the user selection icon 134 in the content icon display area 102.
When the content corresponding to A to 134J is updated by the content servers 4A to 4C that are the transmission sources, the content server 4 is updated as in the case of the shared screen 100 described above.
The update notification KT2 is received from A to 4C, and the update notification K is received.
User selection icons 134A to 134J corresponding to T2
Is changed by the HTML browser 52, and thus Taku can easily recognize that the content has been updated.

Incidentally, the CPU 10 has a screen 130 dedicated to Taku.
Is displayed on the display unit 22, the shared screen 10
0, when the content corresponding to the user selection icon 104A is updated in the transmission source content server 4A, the shared screen 100 is displayed from the content server 4A.
Update notification K corresponding to the user selection icon 104A above
T1 is received via the network interface 20.

At this time, the device driver 51 sends the HTML data of the user-selected update icon to the serial I / O 60, PPP according to the URL specified in the update notification KT1.
61, TCP / IP62 and HTTP (Hyper Text Tran
sfer Protocol) 63 through the browser engine 58
Hand over to.

Further, the device driver 51 uses the update notification K.
The HTML data based on T1 is passed from the browser engine 58 to the file I / O 55, and the file I / O
The data can be stored in the HDD 16 via 55.

As a result, the personal computer 2
Simply changing from the Taku-dedicated screen 130 to the shared screen 100 allows the content server 4 to be displayed on the shared screen 100.
The user can be made aware that the content of the sports information provided by A has been updated.

The personal computer 2 is My Dis
When the k icon 135 is selected, like the Family Disk icon 105, the content icon display area 10 is displayed.
Other selectable content titles not currently displayed in 2 are displayed in a list (not shown), and an icon corresponding to the title arbitrarily selected by the user from among them is additionally displayed on the user selection icons 134A to 134J. It is designed to do.

Incidentally, in the personal computer 2, the content icon is displayed in the content icon display area 102.
When the IrDA light receiving unit 19 receives a selection command for the Mail icon 136, the SMTP (Simple Mai) email message created based on the mail management program 54D (FIG. 3) is displayed.
l Transfer Protocol) 54A is transmitted to a predetermined mail server (not shown), and POP3 is transmitted by a predetermined operation.
According to (Post Office Protocol 3) 54B, the electronic mail text addressed to oneself is downloaded from the mail server. Furthermore, the personal computer 2 uses a MIME (Multipurpose Intern) of the electronic mail program 54.
et Mail Extensions) 54C, video data, audio data, etc. can be transmitted and received.

Next, the CPU 10 causes the mode change area 1
The execution command that selects the Home icon 114 of 01 is IrDA
When the light receiving unit 19 receives light, the shared screen 100 (FIG. 4), which is the initial screen, is displayed again via the image processing unit 13.

Here, in the mode change area 101 of the shared screen 100, in addition to the Home icon 114, EPG (Electro
nic program guide), an EPG icon 111 for displaying an EPG screen (described later) showing a program guide table, a connection request icon 112 for displaying a screen (not shown) for requesting a connection to another content server, and a memory stick. Memory stick icon 1 that reads out the image data etc. stored in the memory and displays the screen corresponding to the image data
And 13 are provided.

Here, when the IrDA light receiving unit 19 receives an EPG screen display command for selecting the EPG icon 111 from the remote controller 18, the IrDA light receiving unit 19 sends the EPG screen display command to the device driver 51, the GUI unit interface 57 and the system state management program 53A. EPG through sequentially
It is passed to the screen display rewriting program 53C.

The EPG screen display rewriting program 53C is
EPG screen based on EPG screen display command (described later)
A read request command for reading the HTML data for displaying is generated, and the read request command is issued to the GUI interface 5
7 to the browser engine 58.

The browser engine 58 sends the HTML data based on the received signal of the EPG screen received via the antenna 24 to the file I / O 5 according to the read request command.
Read from HDD 16 via 5.

As a result, the personal computer 2
The read HTML data is interpreted according to the browser engine 58, and the EPG screen 140 as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 22.

Incidentally, the system state management program 53A
Receives an EPG screen display notification indicating that the EPG screen 140 has been displayed from the browser engine 58 via the GUI interface 57, and E is currently displayed on the display unit 22.
The PG screen 140 is recognized to be displayed, and the state of the display screen can be managed.

This EPG screen 140 is displayed in the area date / time selection area 141 for selecting the area and date / time when the program is broadcast.
And a program guide table 142 that displays the broadcast contents of each channel according to the date and time, such as the TV section of a newspaper.

Here, the CPU 10 makes the EPG screen 14
When the content of the program guide table 142 is newly updated while 0 is displayed, an update notification KT3 of the EPG screen (described later) is received via the antenna 24.

At this time, the device driver 51 passes the update notification KT3 from the serial I / O 60 to the EPG screen display rewriting program 53C for rewriting the EPG screen 140 via the system state management program 53A.

The EPG screen display rewriting program 53C is
EPG updated based on the received update notification KT3
HTML data of the entire screen is generated and passed as an update change command from the GUI interface 57 to the browser engine 58 of the HTML browser 52.

As a result, the personal computer 2 can interpret the HTML data according to the browser engine 58 and display the newly updated EPG screen 150 as shown in FIG. 8 in which the same parts as those in FIG. Has been done.

In practice, the personal computer 2 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, MHK on February 6 (02/06).
When the broadcast of "baseball relay" 143 is scheduled from 14:00 to 16:00 of the general broadcast, if the broadcast of "baseball relay" 143 is suddenly extended to 17:00, as shown in FIG. The EPG screen 150 that informs that the program of "Animal Earth Travel [Re]" 144 (Fig. 7), which is scheduled to be broadcast until 17:00, has been stopped and has been changed to the program of "Baseball extension of relay" 154, can be displayed. ing.

As a result, the personal computer 2
An EP of the program guide table 152 that extended the broadcast of baseball broadcasts, etc.
When the HTML data of the G screen 150 is received, the newly updated EPG screen 150 can be displayed in real time on the display unit 22 in place of the EPG screen 140 that has been displayed so far without a predetermined operation by the user. .

Incidentally, the personal computer 2 is adapted to store a channel and a recording time zone which are preset by the user for recording reservation in the reservation management program 53D, and the RTC circuit 15 (see FIG. 2) is stored in accordance with the reservation management program 53D. ), It is possible to record the program broadcast or the like of the set channel when recognizing that the present time supplied from (1) has reached the set start time.

The CPU 10 uses, for example, "baseball relay" 143.
When the program of the “baseball relay” 143 is extended while the program of FIG. 7 is reserved for recording, the update notification KT3 of the newly updated EPG screen 150 is received via the antenna 24.

At this time, the reservation management program 53D, the HTML data of the program guide table 142 before update, and the EPG
By comparing with the HTML data of the updated program guide table 152 generated according to the screen display rewriting program 53C, it is recognized that the program of "baseball relay" 153 has been extended ("baseball relay extension" 154), and this In accordance with the above, the preset recording end time of the "baseball relay" 143 is extended to the newly extended "baseball relay extension" 154 end time so that the preset time of the recording reservation can be automatically changed. Has been done.

At this time, the personal computer 2 generates a reservation change notification command indicating that the recording reservation has been changed according to the reservation management program 53D, and transfers the reservation change notification command to the browser engine 58 via the GUI interface 57, and the browser engine concerned. According to 58, a comment sentence such as “The preset end time of the recording time is automatically changed” can be displayed on the display unit 22.

Next, as described above, the HTML browser 5
An example of a control processing procedure for controlling the No. 2 according to the browser management program 53 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The CPU 10 enters from the start step of the routine RT1 and moves to step SP1. Step SP1
At, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the shared screen display command output from the remote controller 18, for example, is received by the IrDA light receiver 19.

If a negative result is obtained in step SP1, it means that the shared screen display command from the remote controller 18 is not received by the IrDA light receiving unit 19, and CP
U10 returns to step SP1 again and waits until the shared screen display command output from the remote controller 18 is received by the IrDA light receiver 19.

On the other hand, when a positive result is obtained in step SP1, the remote screen 18 issues a common screen display command to IrD.
A light receiving section 19 indicates that light is received, and CP
U10 then moves to step SP2.

At step SP2, the device driver 51 of the personal computer 2 passes the shared screen display command to the system state management program 53A of the browser management program 53 through the key input monitoring program 56, the GUI interface 57 and the browser management program 53 in sequence. , Go to next step SP3.

In step SP3, the system state management program 53A of the personal computer 2 generates a read request command for reading the HTML data for the shared screen 100 based on the shared screen display command, and the read request command is issued via the GUI interface 57 to the HTML browser. It is passed to the browser engine 58 of 52, and the process proceeds to the next step SP4.

In step SP4, the browser engine 58 of the personal computer 2 reads the HTML data for the shared screen 100 from the HDD 16 based on the read request command, interprets the HTML data according to the simple window program 59 and the browser engine 58, and then the shared screen is displayed. 100 is displayed on the display unit 22, and the next step S
Move to P5.

At step SP5, the CPU 10 determines whether or not any one of the EPG icon 111 displayed on the shared screen 100, the user selection icons 104A to 104H, the personal screen change icon 110, etc. is selected. If a positive result is obtained in step S, the next step S
Move to P6.

When, for example, the Taku icon 110C displayed on the shared screen 100 is selected in step SP6, the device driver 51 of the personal computer 2 is selected.
Is the GUI interface 57 for the Taku screen display command.
And to the HTML browser 52 via the browser management program 53.

As a result, H of the personal computer 2
The TML browser 52 displays the Taku-dedicated screen 130 on the display unit 2
2 is displayed, and the above-mentioned step S
After performing the same processing as P2, step SP3 and step SP4, the process returns to step SP5 again.

On the other hand, when a negative result is obtained in step SP5, this means that, for example, no icon on the shared screen 100 currently displayed on the display unit 22 is selected, and the CPU 10 Is the next step S
Move to P7.

In step SP7, the CPU 10 updates the notification KT1 according to the system state management program 53A.
Is received via the network interface 20, for example.

When a negative result is obtained in step SP7,
This means that the update notification KT1 has not been received, that is, the content provided by the content server 4A has not been updated. At this time, C
The PU 10 returns to step SP5 again and repeats the above processing.

On the other hand, when a positive result is obtained in step SP7, this means that the update notification KT1 has been received, that is, the content provided by the content server 4A has been updated. The CPU 10 moves to next step SP8.

At step SP8, the system state management program 53A of the personal computer 2 judges whether the content of the update notification KT1 is the URL of the user selected update icon 124A and displays the user selected icon 104A corresponding to the update notification KT1. Shared screen 10
It is determined whether 0 is currently displayed on the display unit 22.

When a negative result is obtained in step SP8,
This is, for example, the Taku-only screen 1 other than the shared screen 100.
30 or the EPG screen 140 or the like is displayed on the display unit 22, and at this time, the CPU 10 moves to next step SP9.

In step SP9, the browser engine 58 of the personal computer 2 acquires the HTML data of the user selection update icon 124A according to the URL specified in the update notification KT1 via the device driver 51, stores it in the HDD 16 and stores it again. Step SP
Go to 5.

As a result, in the personal computer 2, the user selection icon 104A on the shared screen 100 is updated based on the update notification KT1 only by changing the Taku dedicated screen 130 to the shared screen 100, for example. By displaying the update icon 124A, the user can recognize the update status of the selected content.

On the other hand, when a positive result is obtained in step SP8, this means that the shared screen 100 is currently displayed on the display unit 2.
2 is displayed, and at this time the CPU
10 moves to the next step SP10.

At step SP10, the system state management program 53A of the personal computer 2 transfers it to the HD content rewriting program 53B corresponding to the update notification KT1 and moves to the next step SP11.

At step SP11, the HD content rewriting program 53B of the personal computer 2
The URL based on the update notification KT1 is used as an update change command, which is passed to the browser engine 58 via the GUI interface 57, and the process proceeds to the next step SP12.

At step SP12, the browser engine 58 of the personal computer 2 interprets the HTML data based on the URL of the update change command and updates the user selection icon 104A corresponding to the update notification KT1 displayed on the display unit 22 by the user selection update. The icon 124A is updated, the process returns to step SP4 again, and the above-described processing is repeated.

Incidentally, in step SP5, the CPU 10
If the Taku-only screen 130 is displayed,
It is configured to determine whether or not any one of the EPG icon 111 and the user selection icons 134A to 134H on the dedicated screen 130 has been selected, and the same processing as described above is performed.

In the above configuration, the personal computer 2 receives the update notification KT1 or K from the content servers 4A to 4C according to the system state management program 53A.
Upon receiving T2, the HD content rewriting program 53
According to B, an update change command corresponding to the update notification KT1 or KT2 is generated, and this is passed to the browser engine 58, and the user selection icon 1 corresponding to the update change command is generated.
By updating the display of 04A to 104H and 134A to 134I, it is possible to cause the user to recognize the update result of the desired content in real time at the time of the update without forcing the user to perform any predetermined operation.

Then, in the personal computer 2, when the HTML data of the updated EPG screen 150 is received as the update notification KT3 while the EPG screen 140 is displayed on the display unit 22, the personal computer 2 generates it according to the EPG screen display rewriting program 53C. The updated update command is passed to the browser engine 58, and the EPG screen 140 to the EPG screen 150 are thereby transferred according to the browser engine 58.
By updating the display, the update result of the EPG screen 150 can be recognized in real time when the update is performed without forcing the user to perform a predetermined operation.

Further, in the personal computer 2, the update change command generated according to the browser management program 53 can be interpreted by the HTML browser 52 which has been generally used in a personal computer or the like, so that the GUI (Graphical) User
The interface program does not need to be newly created from scratch, and the control processing according to the present invention can be easily executed.

Further, in the personal computer 2, for example, when the personal computer 2 is shared by a family, the user selection icon 10 selected by each individual.
By displaying 4A to 104H on the shared screen 100, the user selection icons 104B and 1 selected by Taku are displayed.
When 04D is updated, the content desired by Taku from other families watching the shared screen 100 has been updated.
You can inform Taku indirectly.

By the way, in the personal computer 2, for example, by displaying the user selection icons 134A to 134I selected only by Taku on the Taku-dedicated screen 130, the update notification KT2 allows the update result of only the content desired by Taku to be easily displayed. Can be recognized.

In addition, in the personal computer 2, the program guide table 142 before update and the program guide table 152 after update are compared according to the reservation management program 53D, and preset based on the newly updated EPG screen 150. By automatically changing the recording time zone of the recording reservation, it is possible to surely record even if the program broadcast that the user desires to record is changed.

According to the above configuration, the personal computer 2 generates an update change command according to the browser management program 53 based on the update notification KT1 received from the device driver 51, and the user according to the browser engine 58 based on this update change command. Selection icon 1
By updating the display of 04A to the user selection update icon 124A, it is possible to recognize the update result of the content in real time at the time of the update without forcing the user to perform any predetermined operation, thus improving usability. be able to.

In the above embodiment, when the update notification KT1 of the shared screen 100 is received while the Taku-dedicated screen 130 is displayed, the HTML data of the user-selected update icon 124A is changed to H according to the update notification KT1.
Although the case of storing in the DD 16 has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and when the update notification KT1 of the shared screen 100 is received while the Taku dedicated screen 130 is displayed, the user selection update icon 124A according to the update notification KT1. The HTML data of may be additionally displayed on the Taku-dedicated screen 130.

In this case, the CPU 10 uses the Taku-dedicated screen 1
Even if 30 is displayed on the display unit 22, the shared screen 10
The user can be surely recognized that the contents on 0 have been updated.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the CP operated by the HTML browser 52 is used as the analysis means.
Although the case of using the U10 has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and an analyzing unit having various other configurations such as the CPU 10 operated by an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) browser may be used.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the CPU 10 which operates by the browser management program 53 is used as the display control means has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the display control having various other configurations. Means may be used.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the CPU 10 operated by the reservation management program 53D is used as the recording reservation means has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the recording reservation having various other configurations is also possible. Means may be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the CPU 10 operated by the reservation management program 53D is used as the recording reservation updating means has been described.
The present invention is not limited to this, and various other recording reservation updating means may be used.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the display is changed to the user selection icon 124A by the update notification KT1 when the user selection icon 104A is displayed on the shared screen 100 has been described. Not limited to this, even when the user selection icon 104A is not displayed on the shared screen 100, the update notification KT
Alternatively, the user selection icon 124A may be additionally displayed according to 1.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the update notification KT1 or KT2 is received from the content servers 4A to 4C via the Internet 3 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the update notification KT1 or KT2 is not limited thereto.
2 may be received from the content servers 4A to 4C via an intranet or a local net.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the network interface 20 or the antenna 24 is used as a receiving means for receiving an update notification from the transmission source of the content information that the content of the content information has been changed.
Although the case where the tuner 25 is applied has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and various other receptions can be performed if an update notification indicating that the content of the content information has been changed can be received from the transmission source of the content information. Means may be applied.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the URL indicating the transmission source of the updated content is set as the update notification KT1.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the HTML data of the updated content may be used as the update notification. In this case, the update is performed without causing the user to perform a predetermined operation. HT of created content
The ML data can be acquired, and thus the usability can be further improved.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the user selection icon 104A is updated based on the update notification KT1 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this.
The user selection icon 104A may be deleted based on the update notification.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the personal computer 2 is applied as the information processing apparatus has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various other information processing apparatuses may be applied. .

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the EP updated as the update change instruction to the browser engine 58.
The case where HTML data of the entire G screen 150 is transferred has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the program guide table 1 updated as an update change command to the browser engine 58.
Alternatively, only the updated HTML data such as 52 may be transferred.

Further, in the above embodiment, the HTM is stored in the flash ROM 12 of the personal computer 2.
The case where the L browser 52 and the browser management program 53 are pre-installed has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Re) in which these various application programs are stored.
ad Only Memory), DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile)
Various application programs may be installed via a program storage medium that is a package medium such as Disk-Read Only Memory), and a program such as a semiconductor memory or a magneto-optical disk in which the application programs are temporarily or permanently stored. Various application programs may be installed via a storage medium.

As means for storing various application programs in these program storage media, wired and wireless communication media such as local area networks and digital satellite broadcasting may be used, and various communication interfaces such as routers and modems may be interposed. You may make it store it.

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As described above, according to the present invention, the HTML
While receiving the update notification while taking advantage of the advantage of, by supplying a change command according to the update notification to the analysis means, by automatically updating and displaying the contents of the content information display screen via the analysis means. , An information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of recognizing the latest content information in real time when the content information is updated without forcing the user to perform a predetermined operation, thus improving usability. An information processing program and an information processing program storage medium can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a content providing system.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a circuit configuration of a personal computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing configurations of an OS and each application program.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a shared screen.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a shared screen after updating.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a Taku-only screen.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an EPG screen.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an EPG screen after updating.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of a control processing procedure for controlling an HTML browser according to a browser management program.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Content providing system, 2 ... Personal computer, 10 ... CPU, 11 ... RAM, 12 ...
ROM, 16 ... HDD, 52 ... HTML browser,
53 ... Browser management program, 53A ... System state management program, 53B ... HD content rewriting program, 53C ... EPG screen display rewriting program,
53D ... Reservation management program, 53E ... User management program.

Claims (20)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus which acquires content information from the outside and displays a content information display screen generated in a predetermined description language using the content information, analyzes the description language, and displays the content on the display unit. An analysis means for displaying the content information display screen, a receiving means for receiving an update notification indicating that the content of the content information has been changed from the source of the content information, and a receiving means for receiving the update notification when the update notification is received. In response to this, by giving a change command for changing the content of the content information display screen to the analysis means, the content of the new content information display screen is updated and displayed via the analysis means. An information processing apparatus comprising: a display control unit. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the analysis means displays a shared content information display screen commonly used by a plurality of users as the content information display screen. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the analysis means displays a dedicated content information display screen that can be used by only a single user as the content information display screen. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the analysis means displays a program guide table of programs broadcast from a broadcast source as the content information display screen. 5. A recording reservation means for making a recording reservation of a predetermined program on the basis of the program guide table, and when the update notification is received by the receiving means, the program guide table after the change according to the update notification is displayed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising recording reservation updating means for updating the contents of the recording reservation according to the changed contents. 6. A display step of displaying a content information display screen on a display unit by analyzing a predetermined descriptive language based on analysis means by using content information acquired from the outside, and the content information from a sender of the content information. A receiving step of receiving an update notification indicating that the content of the content has been changed; a supplying step of giving a change command for changing the content of the content information display screen to the analyzing means in response to the update notification; And a display control step of updating and displaying the content of the new content information display screen according to the change command. 7. The information processing method according to claim 6, wherein the displaying step displays a shared content information display screen commonly used by a plurality of users as the content information display screen. 8. The information processing method according to claim 6, wherein the displaying step displays a dedicated content information display screen that can be used by only a single user as the content information display screen. 9. The information processing method according to claim 6, wherein the display step displays a program guide table of programs broadcast from a broadcast source as the content information display screen. 10. A recording reservation step of making a recording reservation of a predetermined program based on the program guide table, and receiving the update notification by the receiving step,
10. The information processing method according to claim 9, further comprising a recording reservation updating step of updating the contents of the recording reservation according to the changed contents of the program guide table after the change according to the update notification. 11. A display step of displaying a content information display screen on a display unit by analyzing a predetermined description language by an analyzing means using content information acquired from the outside to an information processing device, said content information. A receiving step of receiving an update notification indicating that the content of the content information has been changed, and a supplying step of giving a change command for changing the content of the content information display screen according to the update notification to the analyzing means. And a display control step of updating and displaying the content of the new content information display screen according to the change command via the analysis means. 12. The information processing program according to claim 11, wherein the display step displays a shared content information display screen commonly used by a plurality of users as the content information display screen. 13. The information processing program according to claim 11, wherein the displaying step displays a dedicated content information display screen that can be used only by a single user as the content information display screen. 14. The information processing program according to claim 11, wherein the display step displays a program guide table of programs broadcast from a broadcast source as the content information display screen. 15. A recording reservation step of making a recording reservation of a predetermined program based on the program guide table, and when the update notification is received by the receiving step,
15. The information processing program according to claim 14, further comprising a recording reservation updating step of updating the contents of the recording reservation according to the changed contents of the program guide table after the change according to the update notification. 16. A display step of displaying a content information display screen on a display unit by analyzing a predetermined descriptive language based on analysis means by using content information obtained from the outside, and the content information from a sender of the content information. A receiving step of receiving an update notification indicating that the content of the content has been changed; a supplying step of giving a change command for changing the content of the content information display screen to the analyzing means in response to the update notification; And a display control step of updating and displaying the content of the new content information display screen according to the change command. 17. The information processing program storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the displaying step displays a shared content information display screen commonly used by a plurality of users as the content information display screen. 18. The information processing program storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the display step displays a dedicated content information display screen that can be used by only a single user as the content information display screen. 19. The information processing program storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the display step displays a program guide table of programs broadcast from a broadcast source as the content information display screen. 20. A recording reservation step of making a recording reservation of a predetermined program based on the program guide table, and receiving the update notification by the receiving step,
20. The information processing program storage according to claim 19, further comprising a recording reservation updating step of updating the contents of the recording reservation according to the contents of change of the program guide table after the change according to the update notification. Medium.