JP2003153305A - Server, information processing unit, method for deciding program fee and method for deciding program broadcasting date - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that since the audience rating heretofore measured indicates the degree of a concern of the program for the already broadcast past program, even when next program production or organization is performed based on the searched result, it is not understood that the program to be broadcast from this time tends to be viewed with how degree it is expected, and hence a reaction of the viewer is not always obtained for the actually broadcast program but the effect of the advertisement of the return of the provider is not always imparted to a sponsor. SOLUTION: The advance notice of the program and the questionnaire of the program are broadcast from the broadcasting apparatus 1 to the information processing unit 2. The viewing and listening concerning information such as 'viewing and listening', 'viewing and listening if there is time', 'not viewing and not listening' and the like and storage concerning information are collected from the viewers based on the questionnaires. The proper viewing fee, the advertisement fee and the storage fee are decided for the program based on these pieces of the information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and the like that can determine, for example, a broadcast date and time of a program on a television or the like, a viewing fee, a storage fee, an advertisement fee and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, with respect to television programs and the like, research is conducted to measure the audience rating. This audience rating is used as one of the indexes for measuring the advertising effectiveness of sponsors, and is now also useful in the production and editing of programs. Moreover, this audience rating is also useful for knowing the movement of society, such as searching for the tendency of the interest of the viewer.

By the way, the system for measuring the audience rating comprises an online meter which is connected to a plurality of television receivers without wiring, and a computer center which receives the viewing condition transmitted from the online meter. The online meter automatically transmits the viewing status recorded in seconds on the online meter to the center computer every morning. Then, based on this transmitted data, the computer center side divides the total viewer rating per minute by the number of broadcast minutes to calculate the program viewer rating and time segment viewer rating, and then calculate the viewer rating from the TV broadcast station or advertising company. , Fax, online, iNEX (computer network service of video research), etc. are used for sending to advertisers.

[0004]

However, since the audience rating measured in this way indicates the degree of interest of the program with respect to the already broadcasted past program, based on the result of this investigation, Even if it's produced or organized, it's unclear how much hope viewers will see the upcoming program. Therefore, it is not always possible for the viewers to receive a response to the program that is actually broadcast, and it is not always possible for the sponsor to be provided with the effect of the advertisement for the return of the provision fee.

In view of the above problems, the present invention aims to establish a program system according to the viewer's wishes and to provide a sponsor with a reliable advertising effect. And

[0006]

That is, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention receives viewing-related information which is information concerning viewing of a program from a plurality of information processing devices in advance, and based on this viewing-related information. The fee and the broadcast date and time of the program to be broadcast from now on are decided.

The "information processing device" referred to here means
It is configured to be able to transmit data to a server device, and may be, for example, a so-called AV device such as a television, a video, or a stereo that is provided so as to be connectable to a network, or may be a personal computer or a mobile phone. .

The "program" includes audio and video transmitted to the viewer in units of a predetermined time, such as a movie or music watched through a television or a personal computer. It includes contents that can be browsed via.

The "viewing-related information" is used when determining a fee for a program, or when creating or organizing a program. The viewing-related information according to the present invention includes, for example, the presence / absence of viewing of a program based on a questionnaire provided to the viewer side in advance, desired viewing date and time, and the like.

[0010] The term "price relating to programs" means PPV.
It includes a viewing fee such as (pay-per-view) collected from the viewer on a program-by-program basis, and an advertising fee collected from the sponsor for the program. In the case of determining the fee for the program based on the viewing-related information, it is calculated in consideration of, for example, the number of viewer-desired persons and the weighting of the viewers and viewers.

As described above, since the fee for the program, the broadcast date and time, etc. are determined based on the preliminary survey,
The viewer can broadcast the program at the desired date and time, and more viewers can watch the program. In addition, since the viewer's expectation for the program can be grasped in advance, it becomes possible to set the charge according to the reaction of viewing.

As another aspect of the present invention, storage-related information, which is information regarding storage of programs, is received from a plurality of information processing devices, and a charge for future programs is determined based on the storage-related information.

Here, the "storage-related information" is mainly used when determining a charge for storing a program, and the storage-related information according to the present invention is, for example, a program storage reservation or , Information about the upper limit price for storing programs, and the like. Here, "accumulate"
The term "recording" performed on a recording medium such as a portable cassette tape, and "writing" performed on a storage unit such as a hard disk built in the device.

As described above, by determining the charge for storing the program based on the preliminary investigation, the charge of the program can be set according to the reaction, and in particular, the sponsor can respond to the advertisement charge. It becomes possible to provide the effect of the advertisement that was made.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an audience rating collection system 100 according to this embodiment. This system mainly includes a broadcasting device 1 provided in a broadcasting station, an information processing device 2, and a server device 3 connected to the information processing device 2 via the Internet 4.

In the audience rating collection system 100, the broadcast device 1 is provided with a television receiver in which the viewer side is provided with preview information, which is information indicating a trailer of a program, and a questionnaire regarding viewing and storage of the program. Monitor 200
The image information to be displayed on is stored. These pieces of information are provided from the broadcasting device 1 to the information processing device 2 using satellite broadcasting such as BS / CS. Then, the information processing apparatus 2 receives an answer input to the questionnaire from the viewer via the monitor 200 of the television receiver, the remote controller 201, or the like, and displays the viewing-related information and the storage-related information that are the answer information of the questionnaire. It is transmitted to the server device 3. The transmission from the information processing device 2 to the server device 3 is performed using the Internet 4, but a communication line other than this may be used. The server device 3 stores the viewing-related information and the storage-related information transmitted from two or more information processing devices 2, and based on these information, the broadcast date and time, the viewing fee, the storage fee, the advertisement fee, etc. for the program. To decide. Then, the information is transmitted to the program organization device 10 that constitutes the broadcasting device 1.

The broadcasting device 1 includes a program organization device 10 for organizing a program as shown in FIG. 2, and this program organization device 1.
The broadcasting means 11 is provided for broadcasting programs and the like organized by 0. Normally, this program organization device 10
CPU 10a, main storage device 10b, auxiliary storage device 10
c, an input unit 10d, a monitor 10e, and a hardware resource such as a communication interface 10f for outputting data to the outside. In this embodiment, the main storage device 10b stores preview information indicating a trailer of a program and screen information about a questionnaire for the program. The notice information and the screen information of the questionnaire include the corresponding program identifiers. As shown in FIG. 16 which is an example of the screen of the monitor 200 of the television receiver connected to the information processing device 2, the screen information of this questionnaire is “view”, “view when time is available”, “do not view”, etc. There are selection items. For the selection items of "Watch", "Reservation reservation""Expectrebroadcast""Giveup" in order to collect correspondence in the unlikely event that you cannot watch
And a questionnaire input item regarding the desired date and time of the rebroadcast in response to the expectation of the rebroadcast. In addition, for the selection item of "Watch when there is time", selection items such as "viewable day of the week" and "viewable time zone" are provided to collect the specific date and time. With regard to the selection item of “No”, an item related to the reason is provided so as to be selectable. Regarding the desired date and time, not only the day of the week and the time zone, but also the detailed date and time may be input, and the period such as Golden Week may be input. Further, in the screen information of the questionnaire, the “upper limit price” is selectably provided for each of the upper limit prices of the charges for viewing and storing. And
The advance notice information of these programs and the screen information of the questionnaire are read by the program stored in the auxiliary storage device 10c and broadcast to the information processing device 2 via the broadcasting means 11. Since this broadcasting means 11 performs data transmission to the information processing device 2 by electromagnetic broadcasting, it has a code multiplexing circuit 11a, a modulation circuit 11b, and a microwave transmission device 11.
It has c and so on. The questionnaire for this program may be transmitted to the information processing device 2 via a network such as the Internet 4 without using the broadcasting means 11.

On the other hand, the information processing device 2 receives the advance notice information of the program and the screen information of the questionnaire sent from the broadcasting device 1, and the television provided by connecting this information to the information processing device 2. The display is output to the monitor 200 of the receiver. In this embodiment, the screen information of this questionnaire is broadcast as image information together with the advance notice information.
It may be received in HTML format via the Internet 4. Then, it has a function of accepting an answer input from the viewer to this questionnaire through the operation of the remote controller 201 and transmitting the viewing-related information and the storage-related information which are the answer information of the questionnaire to the server device 3. There is. In the present embodiment, as the information processing device 2, a device which is used by being connected to a television receiver, or a device which is configured in a television receiver and realizes a function is described as an example. Alternatively, a general-purpose computer or mobile terminal may be used. This information processing device 2 is, for example, a CPU as shown in FIG.
2a, a main storage device 2b, an auxiliary storage device 2c that stores programs, an AV decoder 2d that outputs a video signal and an audio signal to a television receiver, a broadcast reception module 2e that receives a broadcast by the broadcasting device 1, and a remote controller 201. It is configured by including hardware resources such as a user interface 2f for receiving an input signal by the communication interface 2g, a communication interface 2g for performing communication via the Internet 4, and the like. Then, these hardware resources are made to cooperate to make the information receiving unit 20, the screen output instructing unit 21, the input receiving unit 22, and the information transmitting unit 23 function as shown in FIG.

The information receiving section 20 uses a broadcast receiving module 2e that receives information broadcast from the broadcasting device 1, and displays preview information of a broadcast program and a questionnaire about the program. Receive the screen information of. Then, the received advance notice information is divided into a video signal and an audio signal, and data processing is performed so that the received questionnaire screen information can be input via the remote controller 201.

The screen output instructing section 21 includes an AV decoder 2d.
Etc., the signals such as the notice information and the screen information received by the information receiving unit 20 are sent to the television receiver side, and the reservation information and the screen information of the questionnaire are displayed on the television receiver side. The output is associated with the monitor 200. The advance notice information is output from the monitor 200 together with the voice information, and the questionnaire information is
As shown in FIG. 15, the “to questionnaire” button 200 a displayed on the monitor 200 is displayed on the remote controller 2.
The display is output by inputting 01.

The input accepting section 22 accepts input information operated by the remote controller 201, sends the accepted information to the image output instructing section 21, displays the input result on the monitor 200, and confirms it. The viewing-related information and the storage-related information, which are the response results of the questionnaire, are sent to the information transmitting unit 23. In this embodiment, in the questionnaire, answer information for “viewing” (excluding the item “reservation reservation”), “viewing when time is available”, “not viewing”, and “viewing upper limit price” is used as viewing-related information. In addition, the response information for the "reservation reservation" and the "upper limit storage price" is handled as the storage-related information.

The information transmission section 23 uses the function of a communication interface and transmits / receives data to / from the server device 3 via the Internet 4. Specifically, the viewing-related information and the storage-related information, which are the answer information of the questionnaire received via the input receiving unit 22, are transmitted to the server device 3. The transmission to the server device 3 is not limited to the transmission using the Internet 4, but may be the transmission using a telephone line or the like.

Next, the configuration of the server device 3 will be described. The server device 3 has a function of receiving the viewing-related information and the storage-related information from the plurality of information processing devices 2 and determining the viewing fee, the advertisement fee, the broadcast date and time of the program based on the received information. The server device 3 includes, for example, a CPU 3a, a main storage device 3b, and
Auxiliary storage device 3c, monitor 3d, input unit 3e, timer 3
f, a communication interface 3g, and other hardware resources, and these are made to cooperate with each other, as shown in FIG. 6, a reception unit 30, a questionnaire result storage unit 31, a program provision date / time determination unit 32, a first program charge determination unit. 33, second program charge determination unit 3
4. The transmitter 35 and the like are made to function. The function of the server device 3 may be included in the program organization device 10 of the broadcasting station.

The receiving unit 30 constitutes the viewing-related receiving unit and the storage-related receiving unit of the present invention, and determines the type of the received information by the identifier included in the header of the information transmitted from the outside, When it is determined that the viewing-related information and the storage-related information are transmitted from the information processing device 2 by this, the viewing-related information and the storage-related information are sent to the questionnaire result storage unit 31.

The questionnaire result storage unit 31 uses the main storage device 3b, and as shown in the memory map of FIG. 7, the viewing-related information transmitted from the information processing device 2 for each program identification information. And accumulation-related information is accumulated.
Specifically, when the viewing-related information and the storage-related information are received from the information processing device 2, the items “view”, “view when time is available”, and “do not view” are associated with respective program identifiers. The total value of the responses is counted up, and corresponding to each item, "reservation reservation", "rescheduled date and time", "give up", "viewable day", "time zone", " Answer information for "reason" etc. is sequentially accumulated. The viewing-related information and the storage-related information are continuously stored during the questionnaire collection period. The broadcast station side informs the collection period of the questionnaire response information, and the period is monitored using the function of the timer 3d.

The program provision date / time determining unit 32 determines the broadcast date / time of the program, and determines the broadcast date / time of the program based on the viewing-related information and the storage-related information after the end of the questionnaire collection period. Specifically, first, of the viewing-related information and the storage-related information received from the information processing device 2, the program for which the most reply is given to the item of “viewing” or “viewing when time is available” Extract the identifier. At this time, a weighting of "1" is given to the number of "viewing" responses, and a lower weighting of "0.5" is given to the number of "viewing if there is time". You may make it add each and may extract a program identifier with the highest numerical value. Then, based on the "review desired date and time" selected in the "Watch" item in the questionnaire for that program, and the viewable days and hours selected in the "Watch if there is time" item Then, the most desired day of the week and time of day are extracted, and the broadcast is decided at that date and time. Similarly, for the second program, the program identifier with the second highest response to the item of "viewing" or "viewing if there is time" is extracted, and the program for that program is extracted. "Re-broadcast desired date and time" selected in the "Watch" item of the questionnaire, and
The most desired day and time of day are extracted based on the day of the week and the time of day that can be viewed, which is input in the item "Watch when there is time". At this time, when the day of the week and the time zone overlap with the broadcast day and the time zone of the program that has already been determined, the next most selected viewable day and the time zone are extracted and determined. Hereinafter, the broadcasting day and time are similarly determined.

The first program charge determination unit 33 determines the viewing charge and the advertisement charge of the broadcast program, and relates to the program based on the viewing related information and the storage related information received from the plurality of information processing terminal devices. Determine each fee. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, the viewing fee and the advertisement fee corresponding to the number of respondents who "view" are stored in correspondence with the program identifier, and the finally decided broadcast day Each fee is determined according to the number of viewers who have selected the same date and time as the date and time. This fee is determined in consideration of the upper limit price transmitted from the information processing device 2. For example, the viewing fee may be determined within the average value of the upper limit prices selected for the viewing fee of this program, or the fee may be determined within the highest value of the upper limit prices answered. As a method of determining this fee, the charge may be determined in proportion to the number of people who have selected "view", and in consideration of the number of people who answered "view when there is time". The viewing fee may be determined.

The second program charge determining unit 34 determines the charge for the storage of the program, and like the first program charge determining unit 33, determines the charge based on the viewing related information and the storage related information. Usually, since the accumulated programs can be viewed many times, the fee determined by the second program fee determination unit 34 is set higher than the viewing fee, and for example, determined by the first program fee determination unit 33. The accumulated charge is determined by adding a predetermined amount to the viewing charge. Further, the charge for this storage is determined by referring to the upper limit price returned from the viewer. In this case, the charge for the storage may be determined within the average value of the returned upper limit prices, or the charge may be determined within the maximum value of the returned upper limit prices. Note that the determination may be made based on a unique table.

The transmitting unit 35 uses the function of the communication interface 3g, and transmits the determined broadcast date / time, viewing charge, and accumulated charge to the program organization device 10 of the broadcasting station for each program identifier.

The operation of the system according to this embodiment will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 9 to 14.

First, the broadcasting device 1 reads out the notice information of the program which is to be broadcast from now on and the screen information showing the questionnaire from the main storage device 10b (step S).
1) Broadcast to the information processing device 2 (step S2). The information processing device 2 receives the information broadcast from the broadcasting device 1 by the information receiving unit 20 (step S10), and switches the notice information and the screen information of the questionnaire to the channel (step S11). Information is sent to the image output instructing section 21 and displayed on the monitor 200 of the television receiver.

Then, the trailer of the program is output from the monitor 200 (step S12), and as shown in FIG. 15, a "to questionnaire" button 200a is displayed on this screen.
Is selected by the operation of the remote controller 201 (step S13), the questionnaire for this program is displayed (step S14), and the input using the remote controller 201 for each item is awaited (step S15).

Here, if the item of "viewing" is selected for this program (step S150), next, "storage reservation" is taken as a countermeasure in the unlikely event that the program cannot be viewed.
Input of item (step S151) Input of item of "expect rebroadcast" (step S152) Input of item of "give up" (step S154) Accept any one of
At this time, when the item for "expect rebroadcast" is selected, the input for "desired date and time" is allowed (step S153).

If the item of "view when there is time" is selected (step S155), then "viewable day" and "viewable time" to collect specific dates and times. The input of the questionnaire is permitted (step S155).

On the other hand, when an item for "do not view" is selected and input (step S157), the input for "reason" is accepted (step S15).
8).

Further, an input of an upper limit price desired by the viewer for viewing and storage is accepted (step S15).
9), "Send" after completing these questionnaires 2
When the button 00b is selected (step S160),
The viewing related information "viewing" (excluding the answer regarding "reservation reservation"), "viewing when time is available", "not viewing", and "viewing upper limit price", and the storage-related information "storage" A reply to the items of "reservation" and "upper limit price" is transmitted to the server device 3 (step S1).
6). Similarly, the other information processing devices 2 also transmit the viewing-related information and the storage-related information to the server device 3.

When the server device 3 receives the viewing-related information and the storage-related information from the information processing device 2 (step S
20) Count up the total number of answers to the items “view”, “view when time is available”, and “do not view” corresponding to each program identifier, and also correspond to each item. , "Reservation reservation", "re-broadcast desired date", "give up", "viewable day", "viewable time period", "reason", "viewing limit price", "storage limit price", etc. Accumulate answers (step S2)
1). The viewing-related information and the storage-related information are continuously stored during the questionnaire collection period (step S2).
2). The collection period of this questionnaire is notified from the broadcasting station side, and the period is monitored using the function of the timer 3f.

When the collection period of the questionnaire transmitted from the information processing device 2 is over, "view" is selected from the information stored in the main storage device 3b in order to determine the broadcast date and time of the program. Alternatively, the program identifier of the program for which the largest number of answers are received for the item "view if there is time" is extracted (step S230). And
In order to determine the broadcast date and time of the program corresponding to this program identifier, the most selectable viewing day (step S231) is selected from the items of "viewing" or "viewing if there is time" for this program. ) And a viewable time zone are extracted (step S232), and the broadcasting of the program is determined on the day of the week / time zone (steps S233 and S234).

Similarly, the identifier of the program for which the second largest answer is sent to the item "view" or "view when time is available" stored in the main storage device 3b is set. Output (step S235, step S
230). Then, in order to determine the broadcast date and time of the program corresponding to this program identifier, the most answered answer is "viewing" or "viewing if there is time" for this program. The available days of the week (step S230) and time zones (step S231) that can be viewed are extracted. Here, if the extracted day of the week and time of day overlap with the program that has already been determined (step S233), the next most viewable day of the week and time of day are extracted and set to the day of the week and time of day. The broadcast date and time is determined (steps S231 to S234).

Next, the viewing fee, the storage fee, the advertisement fee, and the like for the program whose broadcast date and time have been determined are determined (step S24). Specifically, the broadcast date and time for the determined program is extracted (step S240), and the number of responses with the broadcast date and time as the desired viewing date and time and the number of responses for which "view" is selected are counted (step S240). S
241). Then, the viewing fee is set within the average value of the charge system and the upper limit price that is shown in FIG. 8 (step S243).
Then, the advertisement fee is determined (step S244), and the viewing fee and the advertisement fee for all programs are similarly determined (step S245). Also, regarding the accumulated charge,
A predetermined amount of money is added to this viewing fee, and the storage fee is determined within the average value of the upper limit prices answered (step S
25).

Then, the broadcast date / time, the viewing fee, the storage fee, and the advertisement fee of the program thus determined are transmitted to the program organization device 10 provided in the broadcasting device 1 via the transmission section (step S26). The program organization device 10 side receives these broadcast dates and times and various charges (step S4), and stores these information in the main storage device 10b (step S4).
5) Further, the program is organized by performing final correction work or the like through the input unit 10d as appropriate.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the broadcast device 1 broadcasts the advance notice information of a program and the questionnaire about the program to the information processing device 2, and the viewer " Since the viewing related information such as "viewing", "viewing when time is available", and "not viewing" is collected, it is possible to determine an appropriate viewing fee and advertisement fee for the program based on this information. become. Also, at this time, the preview information of the program and the screen information for the questionnaire are not separately broadcast, but the preview information of the program and the questionnaire are broadcast so that they can be viewed substantially at the same time, so the program was watched immediately before. You can get reliable survey results based on the trailer.

Further, since the desired date and time for rebroadcasting is collected based on the item "Watch when there is time" in this questionnaire, the broadcast date and time of the program should be determined based on the desired date and time. It is possible to improve the audience rating for the program.
Then, when collecting the desired date and time, the information is collected by dividing into the day of the week and the time zone, so that the broadcast date and time of the program can be assigned to the same time zone of another week.

In particular, in this embodiment, both the broadcast date and time and the charge for the program are determined based on the program questionnaire, and at this time, after determining the broadcast date and time when the viewership is highest, the broadcast date and time is determined. Since the number of users who want to view the program is counted to determine the charge, it is possible to increase the viewing rate and the charge of the program.

In addition, not only the questionnaire about program viewing but also the answer results of the questionnaire about program accumulation are collected, so that the number of users who accumulate programs can be grasped. You can set the charge for storage. In this case, the charge for viewing and the charge for storing are set in different systems, and in particular, the charge for storing is set to be an amount obtained by adding a predetermined amount to the charge for viewing, thus facilitating the setting of the charge for storing. be able to.

Further, when determining such a charge, the upper limit price of the charge is collected based on the questionnaire from the viewer, and various charges are set in consideration of the upper limit price. It becomes possible to provide a program at a price close to the recognition.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in detail above. For example, when collecting answer information for a questionnaire, it is necessary to inform the viewers of the preview information of the program. However, the preview information of the program will be published in a magazine and distributed, and the questionnaire for the preview information will be distributed. In order to accept the above online, only the screen information indicating the questionnaire may be sent from the broadcasting device 1 side to the information processing device 2.

Further, this audience rating collection system comprises a program organization device 10 which operates based on a program stored in the auxiliary storage devices 10c, 2c and 3c in advance, a server device 3, an information processing device 2 and the like. However, the programs of these devices may be independently downloaded via a network, or the programs may be stored in a portable recording medium and distributed.

[0049]

According to the present invention, viewing-related information, which is information concerning viewing of a program, is received from a plurality of information processing devices in advance, and a fee, a broadcast date and time, etc. regarding a future program are determined based on this viewing-related information. As a result, it is possible to determine the program price setting, the broadcast date and time, etc. according to the audience's reaction, and in particular, it is possible to provide the sponsor with the effect of the advertisement corresponding to the advertisement fee. Become.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an audience rating collection system showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the broadcasting device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of hardware resources of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the contents of hardware resources of the server device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the server device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a memory map of the server device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a memory map of the server device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of the broadcasting device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a questionnaire input procedure of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a procedure of the server device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a date and time determination procedure of the server device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a charge determination procedure of the server device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an example of a screen displayed on the television receiver.

FIG. 16 is an example of a screen displayed on the television receiver.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... Information processing device 3 ... Server device 20 ... Information receiving unit 21 ... Screen output instructing unit 22 ... Input receiving unit 23 ... Information transmitting unit 30 ... Receiving unit (viewing Related information receiving unit, accumulated related information receiving unit) 32 ... Program provision date / time determination unit 33 ... First program charge determination unit 34 ... Second program charge determination unit

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A viewing-related information receiving unit that receives at least two viewing-related information that is information related to viewing a program from two or more information processing devices, and a fee for the program is determined based on the at least two viewing-related information. A server device including a first program charge determining unit. 2. A viewing-related information receiving section for receiving two or more viewing-related information having program identifiers for identifying programs and time information which is information indicating a time when viewing is possible from two or more information processing devices, and the two or more. And a program providing date and time determining unit that determines the broadcast date and time of the program identified by the program identifier based on the viewing-related information. 3. The viewing related information includes a program identifier and time information which is information indicating a time when viewing is possible, and the broadcast date and time of the program identified by the program identifier is determined based on the two or more viewing related information. The server device according to claim 1, further comprising: a program providing date and time determining unit for performing the program providing. 4. A storage-related information receiving unit that receives at least two storage-related information, which is information related to storage of a program, from two or more information processing devices, and a charge for the program is determined based on the two or more storage-related information. A server device having a second program charge determining unit. 5. The viewing-related information includes price information which is information about an upper limit price for viewing the program, and the first program fee determining unit relates to the program based on the viewing-related information including the price information. The server device according to claim 1, wherein a fee is determined. 6. The storage-related information includes price information, which is information about an upper limit price for storing the program, and the second program fee determination unit relates to the program based on the storage-related information including the price information. The server device according to claim 4, wherein a fee is determined. 7. An information processing device for transmitting viewing-related information or storage-related information to the server device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the preview information is information indicating a trailer of the program, and the program. For receiving the viewing-related information or the storage-related information of the program in association with the screen information forming the screen for inputting the viewing-related information, and for inputting the viewing-related information or the storage-related information based on the screen information. Screen output instructing unit for instructing to output the screen, an input receiving unit for receiving input of viewing-related information or storage-related information, and transmission of the viewing-related information or storage-related information received by the input receiving unit to the server device. An information processing device comprising: 8. A transmission device for transmitting the trailing information, which is information indicating a trailer of a program, and screen information forming a screen for inputting viewing-related information of the program or storage-related information of the program in association with each other. 9. A method comprising: receiving viewing-related information, which is information related to viewing a program, from two or more information processing apparatuses; and determining a fee for the program based on the two or more viewing-related information. Program fee determination method. 10. A step of receiving, from two or more information processing devices, viewing-related information having a program identifier for identifying a program and time information which is information indicating when viewing is possible, and based on the two or more viewing-related information. Determining the broadcast date and time of the program identified by the program identifier. 11. A step of receiving storage-related information, which is information related to storage of programs, from two or more information processing apparatuses,
Determining the fee for the program based on the two or more storage-related information.