JP2006005700A - Information processing apparatus, method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change functions of a user interface for utilizing programs in accordance with conditions. <P>SOLUTION: A meta-data acquiring part 51 acquires meta-data (program name, broadcasting station name or the like) disclosed on the Internet and supplies the meta-data to a broadcasting condition acquiring part 52 and a control part 54. The broadcasting condition acquiring part 52 extracts predetermined information (broadcast start time) as a broadcasting condition from the meta-data supplied from the meta-data acquiring part 51 and supplies the predetermined information to the control part 54. A viewing condition acquiring part 53 acquires a viewing condition (present time) in response to a request and supplies the viewing condition to the control part 54. The control part 54 determines the function of the user interface mounted on a program introduction picture on the basis of the broadcasting condition (broadcast start time) supplied from the broadcasting condition acquiring part 52 and the viewing condition (present time) supplied from the viewing condition acquiring part 53. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, method, and program, and can provide a user with a function for using appropriately executed content via a user interface mounted on a content introduction screen. And a method and a program.

  In recent years, the spread of multi-channel digital broadcasting such as BS (Broadcasting Satellite) broadcasting and CS (Communication Satellite) broadcasting has been remarkable.

  By the way, the selection of a program in this multi-channel broadcasting is performed using an EPG (Electronic Program Guide), but the display may differ depending on the genre of a program such as a movie, music, or sports. Yes (see Patent Document 1). Thus, if the display of the EPG is changed according to a predetermined condition, the program can be easily selected.

JP 2001-54076 A

  However, the conditions for displaying the EPG are usually those that do not change with time (for example, the genre of the program), and changing the display of the EPG according to the conditions that change with time is not disclosed.

  For example, with the passage of time, the program changes its state (meaning), such as a pre-broadcast program, a program being broadcast, or a program that has been broadcast, and the user's method of use can be recorded depending on the state. It changes like reservation, watching from the middle of broadcasting, watching recorded video. That is, if the function of the user interface for using the EPG display and the content can be changed (determined) according to the state of the program that changes, appropriate information (function) can be provided to the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and makes it possible to determine the function of a user interface for using content in accordance with the state of a program.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a first acquisition unit that acquires predetermined information related to content provision as first condition information, and a second acquisition unit that acquires second information regarding predetermined information related to content use. Introducing content in which an acquisition unit, a determination unit that determines a function of a user interface based on the first condition information and the second condition information, and a user interface having the function determined by the determination unit are implemented Generating means for generating a content introduction screen, display control means for controlling display of the content introduction screen, and execution of executing a function in response to an operation on the user interface on the content introduction screen displayed by the display control means Means.

  Third acquisition means for acquiring content metadata can be further provided, and the first acquisition means can acquire the first condition information from the metadata.

  The content may be a broadcast program, the first condition information may be a broadcast start time of the program, and the second condition information may be a current time, and the determining means may start the broadcast of the program Based on the time and the current time, when it is determined that the broadcast of the program has not started, the function of the user interface is a function to reserve recording of the program, and when it is determined that the broadcast is started, The function can be a function of playing a program.

  The first condition information may be a broadcast start time and a broadcast end time of the program, and the determining means broadcasts the program based on the broadcast start time and broadcast end time of the program and the current time. When it is determined that the program is being recorded, the function of the user interface is set to a function for chasing and playing the program when the program is recorded, and when the content is not recorded, the function of the user interface is changed from the middle of broadcasting the program. It can be set as the function to reproduce.

  The determining means determines that the function corresponding to the user interface is recorded when the program is recorded when it is determined that the program broadcast is ended based on the program broadcast end time and the current time. It can be set as the function to reproduce a program.

  The execution means can execute exception handling when the function cannot be executed.

  The exception process can be a streaming playback process.

  A streaming site can be searched and streamed from that site.

  The exception process may be any one of a recording reservation process for the next week broadcast, a recording reservation process for the rebroadcast, a recording reservation process for a related program, or a display process for a related site.

  The information processing method of the present invention includes a first acquisition step of acquiring predetermined information relating to content provision as first condition information, and a second acquisition step of acquiring second information regarding predetermined information relating to use of the content. Introducing content in which an acquisition step, a determination step for determining a function of the user interface based on the first condition information and the second condition information, and a user interface having the function determined by the determination step are implemented A generation step for generating a content introduction screen, a display control step for controlling display of the content introduction screen, and an execution for executing a function in response to an operation on the user interface on the content introduction screen displayed by the display control step And a step.

  The program according to the present invention includes a first acquisition step of acquiring predetermined information related to content provision as first condition information, and a second acquisition step of acquiring predetermined information related to content use as second condition information. And a determination step for determining a function of the user interface based on the first condition information and the second condition information, and a user interface having the function determined by the determination step is implemented. A generation step for generating a content introduction screen, a display control step for controlling display of the content introduction screen, and an execution step for executing a function in response to an operation on the user interface on the content introduction screen displayed by the display control step; It is characterized by causing a computer to execute a process including:

  In the information processing apparatus, method, and program according to the present invention, the predetermined information related to the provision of the content is acquired as the first condition information, the predetermined information regarding the use of the content is acquired as the second condition information, Based on the condition information and the second condition information, the function of the user interface is determined, and a content introduction screen for introducing the content on which the user interface having the determined function is mounted is generated, and the content introduction screen Is displayed, and the function is executed in response to an operation on the user interface on the displayed content introduction screen.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a function that is appropriately executed via the user interface of the content introduction screen.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. The correspondence relationship between the invention described in this specification and the embodiments of the invention is exemplified as follows. This description is intended to confirm that the embodiments supporting the invention described in this specification are described in this specification. Therefore, although there is an embodiment which is described in the embodiment of the invention but is not described here as corresponding to the invention, it means that the embodiment is not It does not mean that it does not correspond to the invention. Conversely, even if an embodiment is described herein as corresponding to an invention, that means that the embodiment does not correspond to an invention other than the invention. Absent.

  Further, this description does not mean all the inventions described in this specification. In other words, this description is for the invention described in the present specification, which is not claimed in this application, that is, for the invention that will be applied for in the future or that will appear and be added by amendment. It does not deny existence.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a first acquisition unit (for example, the broadcast condition acquisition unit 52 in FIG. 3) that acquires predetermined information regarding provision of content as first condition information (for example, broadcast conditions), a content, 2nd acquisition means (for example, viewing condition acquisition part 53 of Drawing 3) which acquires predetermined information about the use of as 2nd condition information (for example, viewing conditions), 1st condition information, and 2nd conditions Based on the information, a determination unit (for example, the control unit 54 in FIG. 3) for determining the function of the user interface and a user interface (for example, the operation button UIa in FIG. 6) having the function determined by the determination unit are implemented. Further, a generation means (for example, the control unit 54 in FIG. 3) for generating a content introduction screen (for example, the program introduction screen in FIG. 6) for introducing the content, Display control means for controlling the display (for example, the interface unit 55 in FIG. 3) and execution means for executing functions in accordance with operations on the user interface on the content introduction screen displayed by the display control means (for example, FIG. 3). And a processing unit 57).

  A third acquisition unit (for example, the metadata acquisition unit 51 in FIG. 3) that acquires the metadata of the content (for example, the metadata in FIG. 5) is further provided. The first condition information can be acquired.

  The content may be a broadcast program, the first condition information may be a broadcast start time of the program, and the second condition information may be a current time, and a determination unit (for example, FIG. 4). When the control unit 54 in FIG. 3 that performs the processing of step S5 or steps S9, S11, and S14 determines that the broadcast of the program is not started based on the broadcast start time of the program and the current time, the user interface This function can be a function for reserving a recording of a program, and when it is determined that broadcasting is started, the function of the user interface can be a function for reproducing a program.

  The first condition information can be a broadcast start time and a broadcast end time of the program, and the determining means (for example, the control unit 54 of FIG. 3 that performs the process of step S9 or step S11 of FIG. 4) When it is determined that the program is being broadcast based on the broadcast start time and broadcast end time of the program and the current time, when the program is recorded, the function of the user interface is followed and reproduced. As a function, when the content is not recorded, the function of the user interface can be a function of reproducing the program from the middle of broadcasting.

  When the determining means (for example, the control unit 54 in FIG. 3 that performs the process in step S14 in FIG. 4) determines that the broadcast of the program has ended based on the broadcast end time of the program and the current time, When a program is recorded, the function corresponding to the user interface can be a function of playing back the recorded program.

  The execution means can execute an exception process (for example, the process of FIG. 12 or FIG. 15) when the function cannot be executed.

  The exception process can be a streaming reproduction process (for example, the process of FIG. 12).

  A streaming site can be searched and streamed from that site (for example, steps S53 and S54 in FIG. 12).

  The exception processing is any one of the recording reservation processing for the next week broadcast, the recording reservation processing for the rebroadcast, the recording reservation processing of the related program, or the display processing of the related site (for example, the processing of FIG. 15). can do.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of use of a personal computer 3 to which the present invention is applied.

  For example, the server 1 publishes information (program name, broadcast station name, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, etc.) related to the provision of programs to be broadcast on the Internet 2. Information relating to the provision of this program exists as metadata in an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) document for each program.

  The personal computer 3 can generate and display a screen for introducing a program to the user (hereinafter referred to as a program introduction screen) using the metadata published on the Internet 2. The program introduction screen generated here has a user interface (for example, an operation button) for using the content, and a function corresponding to the user interface has predetermined information (for example, program provision) (for example, It is determined (switched) based on broadcast start time and end time (hereinafter referred to as broadcast conditions) and predetermined information relating to program use (for example, current time) (hereinafter referred to as viewing conditions). ing.

  FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of the personal computer 3.

  An input / output interface 16 is connected to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 via a bus 15. The CPU 11 receives commands from an input unit 18 such as a keyboard and a mouse via the input / output interface 16. When input, it is stored in a recording medium such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a hard disk 14, or a magnetic disk 31, an optical disk 32, a magneto-optical disk 33, or a semiconductor memory 34 attached to the drive 20. The program is loaded into a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13 and executed. As a result, various processes described later are performed.

  Further, the CPU 11 outputs the processing result to the display unit 17 such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) via the input / output interface 16 as necessary. The program is stored in advance in the hard disk 14 or ROM 12 and provided to the user integrally with the computer 3 or as package media such as the magnetic disk 31, the optical disk 32, the magneto-optical disk 33, and the semiconductor memory 34. Or can be provided to the hard disk 14 via the communication unit 19 from a satellite, a network, or the like.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the functional configuration of a portion of the personal computer 3 related to the present invention. This functional configuration is realized by the CPU 11 in FIG. 2 executing a predetermined application program by controlling each unit in FIG.

  The metadata acquisition unit 51 acquires metadata (program name, broadcast station name, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, etc.) disclosed on the Internet 2 and supplies the acquired metadata to the broadcast condition acquisition unit 52 and the control unit 54.

  The broadcast condition acquisition unit 52 extracts predetermined information (for example, broadcast start time and end time) from the metadata supplied from the metadata acquisition unit 51 as a broadcast condition, and supplies it to the control unit 54.

  The viewing condition acquisition unit 53 acquires the viewing condition in response to the request and supplies it to the control unit 54. In this example, the viewing condition acquisition unit 53 incorporates a clock (not shown), detects the current time in response to a request, and notifies the control unit 54 of the current time.

  Based on the broadcast conditions (broadcast start time and end time) supplied from the broadcast condition acquisition unit 52 and the viewing conditions (current time) supplied from the viewing condition acquisition unit 53, the control unit 54 displays a program introduction screen. Determine the user interface functions implemented in.

  The control unit 54 activates the function determined based on the display of each information of the metadata supplied from the metadata acquisition unit 51 (display of program name, broadcast station name, etc.) and the broadcast condition and viewing condition. A program introduction screen including a user interface (for example, an operation button) is generated and supplied to the interface unit 55.

  The interface 55 unit causes the display unit 56 to display the program introduction image supplied from the control unit 54.

  The interface unit 55 also causes the processing unit 57 to execute a predetermined function corresponding to the user interface (operation button) on the program introduction screen displayed on the display unit 56 when operated.

  In this example, the processing unit 57 includes a recording reservation processing unit 57A to a recorded program reproduction processing unit 57D.

  The recording reservation processing unit 57A accepts the recording reservation of the designated program, and records the program input via the communication unit 19 (FIG. 2) on the hard disk 14. The on-air program reproduction processing unit 57B controls an image processing unit (not shown) to reproduce the program that has been input (received) through the communication unit 19 (from the middle of broadcasting the on-air program). Process).

  The chasing playback processing unit 57C performs chasing playback of a program being broadcast and recorded. By chasing playback, it is possible to start playback from the beginning of the already recorded program while recording the program. The recording / playback processing unit 57D performs a process of playing back a recorded program that has been broadcast.

  Next, the operation of the personal computer 3 when displaying the program introduction screen will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S <b> 1, the metadata acquisition unit 51 of the personal computer 3 acquires metadata published on the Internet 2 and supplies it to the broadcast condition acquisition unit 52 and the control unit 54.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the metadata DA of the program A. This metadata DA includes program name A, program name (<title>), overview (<description>), program A home page (<link>), broadcasting area (<location>), broadcasting station (<channel>). ), Broadcast start time (<start time>), broadcast end time (<end time>), broadcast date information (<cycle>), and the like.

  In the following, it is assumed that a program introduction screen for program A is generated based on metadata DA of program A.

  In step S <b> 2, the broadcast article acquisition unit 52 acquires predetermined information as a broadcast condition from the metadata supplied from the metadata acquisition unit 51 and notifies the control unit 54 of it. In this example, the broadcast start time ts and the broadcast end time te are acquired as broadcast conditions and notified to the control unit 54.

  Next, in step S <b> 3, the control unit 54 acquires viewing conditions (in this example, current time tn) from the viewing condition acquisition unit 53.

  In step S4, the control unit 54 compares the program broadcast start time ts (broadcast condition) with the current time tn (viewing condition), determines whether or not the program broadcast start time has passed, and determines that it has not passed. If it has been performed (when broadcasting has not yet started), the process proceeds to step S5.

  In step S <b> 5, the control unit 54 generates a program introduction screen for the program A including a user interface (operation button UIa) for activating a function for reserving recording of the program A, and supplies the program introduction screen to the interface unit 55. The interface unit 55 displays the program introduction screen supplied from the control unit 54 on the display unit 56.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a program introduction screen for program A displayed here. On the program introduction screen, an operation button UIa for starting a function for recording recording of the program A is displayed together with a program name of the program A, a broadcast station name, a broadcast area name, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time. It is displayed in association with the message "I can do it."

  Returning to FIG. 4, in step S <b> 6, the interface unit 55 executes processing corresponding to the operation on the operation button UIa of FIG. 6. Specifically, when the operation button UIa is operated, the interface unit 55 controls the recording reservation processing unit 57A to accept the recording reservation of the program A and execute the process of recording the program A.

  When it is determined in step S4 that the program broadcast start time has passed (when the program has already started and recording reservation cannot be made), the process proceeds to step S7, and the control unit 54 determines the broadcast end time (broadcast condition). The current time (viewing condition) is compared to determine whether or not the broadcast of program A has ended.

  When it is determined in step S7 that the broadcast of program A has not ended (when program A is being broadcast), the control unit 54 proceeds to step S8 and determines whether or not the program A is being recorded. If it is determined that recording is not being performed, the process proceeds to step S9.

  In step S <b> 9, the control unit 54 generates a program introduction screen for the program A including a user interface (operation button UIb) for starting the function of reproducing the program A from the middle of broadcasting, and supplies the program introduction screen to the interface unit 55. The interface unit 55 displays the program introduction screen supplied from the control unit 54 on the display unit 56.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of a program introduction screen for program A displayed here. On this program introduction screen, the operation button UIb for starting the function of reproducing the program A from the middle of broadcasting is associated with the message “Can be viewed from the middle” together with the program name of the program A, the name of the broadcasting station, and the like. Is displayed.

  In step S10, the interface unit 55 executes processing corresponding to the operation on the operation button UIb. Specifically, when the operation button UIb is operated, the interface unit 55 controls the broadcast program reproduction processing unit 57B to execute a process of reproducing the program A from the middle of the broadcast. Thereby, the user can view the program A from the middle.

  When it is determined in step S8 that the program A is being recorded (when the program A is being recorded), the process proceeds to step S11, and the control unit 54 activates a user interface (operation) for chasing and reproducing the program A. A program introduction screen of the program A including the button UIc) is generated and supplied to the interface unit 55. The interface unit 55 displays the program introduction screen supplied from the control unit 54 on the display unit 56.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of a program introduction screen for program A displayed here. On this program introduction screen, an operation button UIc for starting the chasing playback function is displayed in association with a message “chasing playback is possible” along with the program name, broadcasting station name, and the like of program A.

  In step S <b> 12, the interface unit 55 executes processing corresponding to the operation on the operation button UIc. Specifically, when the operation button UIc is operated, the interface unit 55 controls the chasing playback processing unit 57C to execute a process of chasing and playing the program A. As a result, the user can view the program A from the beginning.

  If it is determined in step S7 that the broadcast has ended, the process proceeds to step S13, and the control unit 54 determines whether or not the program A is recorded. If it is determined that the program A is recorded, step S14 is performed. Proceed to

  In step S <b> 14, the control unit 54 generates a program introduction screen for the program A including a user interface (operation button UId) for starting a function of playing back the recorded program A, and supplies the program introduction screen to the interface unit 55. The interface unit 55 displays the program introduction screen supplied from the control unit 54 on the display unit 56.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of a program introduction screen for program A displayed here. In this program introduction screen, the operation button UId for starting the function of reproducing the recorded program A is associated with the message “You can watch the recording” together with the program name of the program A, the broadcast station name, etc. Is displayed.

  In step S15, the interface unit 55 executes processing corresponding to the operation on the operation button UId. Specifically, when the operation button UId is operated, the interface unit 55 controls the recorded program reproduction processing unit 57D to execute a process of reproducing the recorded program A. As a result, the user can view the program A.

  When the process corresponding to the operation button UI is executed in the process in step S6, step S10, step S12, or step S15, the process ends. If it is determined in step S13 that the program A is not recorded (the program introduction screen for the program A is not displayed), the process is terminated.

  That is, in the above example, as shown in FIG. 10, when the broadcast of the program A is not started (when the current time (time tn1) is a time before the program broadcast start time ts), it is possible to make a recording reservation. Therefore, the function corresponding to the user interface UI is a function for recording reservation (FIG. 6). Also, when program A is being broadcast (when the current time (time tn2) is the time when program A is being broadcast), recording reservation cannot be made, so the function corresponding to the user interface UI If the function to reproduce (FIG. 7) or the program A is being recorded, the function is to perform the chasing reproduction (FIG. 8). When the broadcast of the program A has ended (when the current time (time tn3) is a time after the broadcast end time of the program A), as well as recording reservation, viewing from the middle or chasing playback Therefore, the function of the user interface UI is a function for viewing the recorded program A when the program A is recorded (FIG. 9).

  Thus, since the function of the user interface for using the program is determined based on the broadcast condition and the viewing condition, it is possible to provide the user with a function that is appropriately executed.

  By the way, for example, in the process of step S5 in FIG. 4, after the program introduction screen (FIG. 6) including the operation button UIa for making a recording reservation is displayed, other data is stored in the hard disk 14 and the program A is recorded. When the remaining capacity is lost, the program A cannot be recorded (the process corresponding to the operation button UIa is not properly executed).

  Further, if the recording of the program A is deleted for some reason after the program introduction screen (FIGS. 8 and 9) including the operation buttons UIc and UId is displayed in the processing of step S11 and step S14, the program A Cannot be reproduced (functions corresponding to the operation buttons UIc and UId are not executed).

  Thus, when the function corresponding to the operation button UI is not executed, other functions can be executed as exception processing instead of the function.

  The flowchart in FIG. 11 shows the details of the recorded program playback process in step S15 in FIG. 4 in which the exception process is executed.

  That is, when the operation button UId shown in FIG. 9 is operated, the interface unit 55 determines whether or not the data of the program A exists in the hard disk 14 in step S31. If it is determined that the data exists, the process proceeds to step S32. Then, the data of the program A is read from the hard disk 14 and reproduced through the recorded program reproduction processing unit 57D.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S31 that the data of program A does not exist on the hard disk 14 (if the data of program A has been erased for some reason), the process proceeds to step S33, and that is notified to the control unit 54. Then, the control unit 54 executes predetermined exception processing.

  The exception processing here will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. In the exception process in FIG. 12, the program A is played back by streaming.

  In step S51, the control unit 54 determines whether or not the description of the streaming content (for example, the URL as the streaming source of the program A) is included in the metadata of the program A, and the description (URL). If it is determined that the URL is included, the process proceeds to step S52.

  In step S <b> 52, the control unit 54 generates a program introduction screen for the program A including the operation button UIe for starting the streaming playback function, and supplies the program introduction screen to the interface unit 55. The operation button UIe is associated with a URL as a streaming source of the program A.

  The interface unit 55 displays the program introduction screen supplied from the control unit 54 on the display unit 56 instead of the program introduction screen (FIG. 9) displayed in step S14 of FIG.

  FIG. 13 shows an example of a program introduction screen for program A displayed here. On the program introduction screen, an operation button UIe for starting the streaming playback function is displayed in association with a message “streaming playback is possible” along with the program name of the program A, the broadcast station name, and the like.

  When it is determined in step S51 that the description of the streaming content is not included in the metadata of the program A, the process proceeds to step S53, and the control unit 54 controls the communication unit 19 to stream the program A. Search for the original site.

  In step S54, the control unit 54 generates a program introduction screen corresponding to the search result in step S53. For example, when a site as a streaming source is searched, the control unit 54 generates a program introduction screen on which an operation button UIe for starting the streaming playback function as shown in FIG. Supply. The site searched in step S53 is associated with this operation button UIe.

  The interface unit 55 displays the program introduction screen supplied from the control unit 54 instead of the program introduction screen (FIG. 9) displayed in step S14.

  When the program introduction screen is displayed in step S52 or step S54, the process proceeds to step S55, and the interface unit 55 executes processing corresponding to the operation on the operation button UIe. Specifically, when the operation button UIe is operated, the interface unit 55 controls the processing unit 57 to execute streaming playback of the program A from the site associated with the operation button UIe. In this example, the processing unit 57 is further provided with a streaming playback processing unit 57E as shown in FIG. 14, and the streaming playback processing unit 57E performs streaming playback of the program A.

  Next, exception processing in FIG. 15 will be described. In this exception process, a recording reservation for the next broadcast is performed.

  In step S71, the control unit 54 determines whether the program A is broadcast every week, whether there is a rebroadcast of the program A, whether there is a program related to the program A such as a digest version of the program A, or the program A. Whether or not a related home page exists is checked with reference to the metadata of the program A.

  In step S <b> 72, the control unit 54 generates a program introduction screen for the program A reflecting the confirmation result in step S <b> 71 and supplies the program introduction screen to the interface unit 55. The interface unit 55 displays the program introduction screen supplied from the control unit 54 on the display unit 56.

  FIG. 16 shows an example of a program introduction screen for program A displayed here. The program introduction screen includes an operation button UIa-1 for starting the recording reservation function for the next week together with the program name and broadcasting station name of program A, and an operation for starting the recording reservation function for the related broadcast. A button UIa-2 is displayed.

  In step S <b> 73, the interface unit 55 executes processing corresponding to the operation on the operation button UI. In the case of the example in FIG. 16, when the operation button UIa-1 is operated, the interface unit 55 controls the recording reservation processing unit 57A to perform recording reservation for the next weekly broadcast of the program A. When the button UIa-2 is operated, the interface unit 55 controls the recording reservation processing unit 57A to make a recording reservation for the related program of the program A.

  As described above, even when the function of the user interface cannot be executed, the exception processing is executed, so that a function that is appropriately executed can be provided to the user.

  In the present specification, the steps describing the method and the program are executed in parallel or individually even if they are not necessarily processed in time series, as well as the processes performed in time series in the order described. It also includes the processing.

An example of use of a personal computer to which the present invention is applied is shown. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the personal computer of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structural example of the personal computer of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining a program introduction screen display process. It is a figure which shows the example of metadata. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a program introduction screen. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display of a program introduction screen. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display of a program introduction screen. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display of a program introduction screen. It is a figure explaining the function corresponding to a user interface. It is a flowchart explaining the detail of step S15 of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the exception process of step S33 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display of a program introduction screen. It is a block diagram which shows the other functional structural example of the personal computer of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the other exception process of step S33 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display of a program introduction screen.

Explanation of symbols

  1 server, 2 internet, 3 personal computer, 51 metadata acquisition unit, 52 broadcast condition acquisition unit, 53 viewing condition acquisition unit, 54 control unit, 55 interface unit, 56 display unit, 57 processing unit

Claims (11)

In an information processing apparatus for displaying a content introduction screen on which a predetermined user interface for executing a predetermined function is implemented,
First acquisition means for acquiring predetermined information regarding provision of content as first condition information;
Second acquisition means for acquiring predetermined information regarding use of the content as second condition information;
Determining means for determining a function of the user interface based on the first condition information and the second condition information;
Generating means for generating a content introduction screen for introducing the content, wherein the user interface having the function determined by the determining means is mounted;
Display control means for controlling the display of the content introduction screen;
An information processing apparatus comprising: execution means for executing the function in response to an operation on the user interface on the content introduction screen displayed by the display control means. A third acquisition means for acquiring content metadata;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first acquisition unit acquires the first condition information from the metadata. The content is a broadcast program,
The first condition information is a broadcast start time of the program,
The second condition information is a current time,
When the determination means determines that broadcasting of the program has not started based on the broadcast start time and the current time of the program, the function of the user interface is a function for recording recording of the program, The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the program is started, the function of the user interface is a function of playing the program. The first condition information is a broadcast start time and a broadcast end time of the program,
The determination means determines that the program is recorded when the program is being recorded when it is determined that the program is being broadcast based on the broadcast start time and broadcast end time of the program and the current time. The function according to claim 3, wherein the function is a function for playing back the program, and the function of the user interface is a function for playing the program from the middle of broadcasting when the content is not recorded. Information processing device. The determination means is a function corresponding to the user interface when the program is recorded when it is determined that the broadcast of the program is ended based on the broadcast end time and the current time of the program. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a function of reproducing the recorded program is provided. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the execution unit executes an exception process when the function cannot be executed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the exception process is a streaming reproduction process. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a streaming site is searched and streaming reproduction is performed from the site. The exception processing is any one of a recording reservation process for a next week broadcast, a recording reservation process for a rebroadcast, a recording reservation process for a related program, or a display process for a related site. The information processing apparatus described. In an information processing method for displaying a content introduction screen on which a predetermined user interface for executing a predetermined function is implemented,
A first acquisition step of acquiring predetermined information regarding provision of content as first condition information;
A second acquisition step of acquiring predetermined information relating to use of the content as second condition information;
A determining step for determining a function of the user interface based on the first condition information and the second condition information;
Generating a content introduction screen for introducing the content, in which the user interface having the function determined by the determining step is implemented;
A display control step for controlling display of the content introduction screen;
An information processing method comprising: an execution step of executing the function in response to an operation on the user interface on the content introduction screen displayed in the display control step. A program for displaying a content introduction screen on which a predetermined user interface for executing a predetermined function is implemented,
A first acquisition step of acquiring predetermined information regarding provision of content as first condition information;
A second acquisition step of acquiring predetermined information relating to use of the content as second condition information;
A determining step for determining a function of the user interface based on the first condition information and the second condition information;
Generating a content introduction screen for introducing the content, in which the user interface having the function determined by the determining step is implemented;
A display control step for controlling display of the content introduction screen;
A program causing a computer to execute a process including an execution step of executing the function in response to an operation on the user interface on the content introduction screen displayed in the display control step.

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