JP2006067255A - System, server and program for automatic video recording of television broadcast program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate trouble when recording a television program, and to enable viewing a recorded television program in other places than home by selecting the program desired to view from a portable radio terminal. <P>SOLUTION: A portable radio terminal 10 includes a means for inputting predetermined personal preference information including arbitrary preference information in regard to television programs, and a means for transmitting the input personal preference information to a preference server 21. The preference server 21 includes a means for receiving the personal preference information from the portable radio terminal 10, a means for extracting a television program data to be recorded based on the received personal preference information, a means for generating a predetermined recording reservation program list based on the extracted program data, and a means for transmitting the generated recording reservation program list to a television recorder 30. The television recorder 30 includes a means for receiving the recording reservation program list from the preference server 21, and a means for recording the television program indicated in the received recording reservation program list. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention extracts a TV program that suits individual tastes by a server, creates a program table, records a TV program with a TV recorder or the like based on the recording table, and reproduces it with a wireless portable terminal. The present invention relates to a recording system, a television broadcast program automatic recording server, and a television broadcast program automatic recording program.

If you want to automatically record TV broadcasts that suit your personal preferences on devices that can record TV programs, such as VCRs and DVD recorders, search for TV programs that meet your preferences beforehand in newspapers, magazines, etc., and make recording reservations. I had to.
However, there are cases in which the presence of a television program that suits the user's taste is overlooked, recording reservation cannot be made, and the television program to be viewed cannot be recorded.

Therefore, program data distribution in which a keyword of an arbitrary TV program is registered in advance in the service server from the wireless mobile terminal, the service server extracts a TV program matching the keyword from the TV program database, and is transmitted to the wireless mobile terminal. A system is provided (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
As a result, it becomes possible to receive information on TV programs that may be of interest to the wireless portable terminal, and to solve the problem of missing TV programs that suit the taste.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-179907 (first page, FIG. 12)

However, in the program data distribution system, the television program information extracted by the service server is transmitted to the personal wireless portable terminal, and the user of the wireless portable terminal receiving the information makes a reservation for recording the TV program to the service server. Without it, I couldn't record a TV program. That is, in this program data distribution system, only the TV program information extracted by the service server is frequently transmitted to the wireless portable terminal, and whether or not the TV program is recorded is determined whether or not the receiver performs TV recording each time. It had to be done after judgment and was complicated.
Further, in the above program data distribution system, even if it is possible to record a television program suitable for preference from a wireless portable terminal on a television recorder at home or the like, the television program recorded by the wireless portable terminal can be viewed. There wasn't. For this reason, the user of the wireless portable terminal cannot view a TV program at an arbitrary time when he / she is out, for example, in a train or at a meeting time.

  The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-described problems of the conventional technology, and transmits a program list of television programs that match the preferences extracted by the preference server, which is a service server, to the wireless portable terminal. On the other hand, the extracted TV program can be automatically recorded on a TV recorder at home or the like, thereby eliminating the trouble of recording the TV program and selecting the TV program to be viewed from the wireless portable terminal. The purpose is to view the recorded TV program even in places other than home.

To achieve the above object, a television broadcast program automatic recording system according to the present invention includes a wireless portable terminal capable of inputting arbitrary personal information, and a preference server provided in a service center connected to the wireless portable terminal via a network. And a television recorder connected to the wireless portable terminal and the preference server via a network, wherein the wireless portable terminal inputs predetermined personal preference information including arbitrary preference information related to a television program. And means for transmitting the inputted personal preference information to the preference server, wherein the preference server receives the personal preference information from the wireless portable terminal, and is a recording target based on the received personal preference information. Means for extracting the TV program data, means for generating a predetermined recording reservation program list based on the extracted program data, and generation Means for transmitting the recorded scheduled program list to the television recorder, and the television recorder is shown in the received scheduled recording program list and means for receiving the scheduled recording program list from the preference server. And means for recording a television program.
According to the television broadcast program automatic recording system of the present invention having such a configuration, the television recorder automatically records a television program based on a scheduled recording program list created by a preference server which is a television broadcast program automatic recording server. Therefore, the user can be eliminated from the trouble of recording the television program.

According to the television broadcast program automatic recording system of the present invention, the television recorder generates a recorded program list for which recording has been completed, and transmits the generated recorded program list to the wireless portable terminal. And a means for receiving a recorded program reproduction request from the wireless portable terminal, and a means for reproducing the recorded program according to the received reproduction request and transmitting the recorded program to the wireless portable terminal. Means for receiving the recorded program list from the television recorder, means for selecting an arbitrary TV program for requesting playback from the received recorded program list, and TV program information relating to the selected playback request. Means for transmitting to the television recorder, and means for receiving and reproducing a recorded program related to the reproduction request from the television recorder. Are you.
According to the TV broadcast program automatic recording system of the present invention having such a configuration, the recorded program list created by the TV recorder is transmitted to the wireless portable terminal and reproduced from the recorded program list on the wireless portable terminal. Recorded TV programs can be selected and played. Thereby, the recorded television program is reproduced from the wireless portable terminal, and the user can view the television program on the wireless portable terminal.

Moreover, according to the television broadcast program automatic recording system of the present invention, the television broadcast program automatic recording server includes means for receiving evaluation information transmitted from the wireless portable terminal, storage means for storing the evaluation information, It is set as the structure which has further.
According to the TV broadcast program automatic recording system of the present invention having such a configuration, evaluation information of a user who has watched a recorded TV program reproduced on a wireless portable terminal is received by a preference server which is a TV broadcast program automatic recording server. This evaluation information can be stored. Thereby, the preference server which is a television broadcast program automatic recording server can record user's evaluation information.

In the television broadcast program automatic recording system of the present invention, the television recorder is provided in the service center.
According to the TV broadcast program automatic recording system of the present invention having such a configuration, even if the user of the wireless portable terminal does not have a TV recorder or the like at home, the service center is equipped with the TV recorder. TV programs can be recorded. That is, if the service center has a recording server, a recording server, and a distribution server that can obtain the same function as a television recorder, a television program can be recorded automatically. Therefore, the user of the wireless portable terminal is eliminated from the troublesome recording of the television program, and can view the television program recorded by the wireless portable terminal.

The television broadcast program automatic recording server of the present invention is a television broadcast program automatic recording server provided in a service center connected to a wireless portable terminal and a television recorder via a network. Means for receiving personal preference information from the wireless portable terminal; means for extracting television program data to be recorded based on the received personal preference information; and a predetermined recording reserved program list based on the extracted television program data. And a means for transmitting the generated scheduled recording program list to the television recorder.
According to the television broadcast program automatic recording server having such a configuration, the television recorder is automatically recorded on the basis of the scheduled recording program list created by the preference server which is the television broadcast program automatic recording server. Therefore, the user is eliminated from the trouble of recording the television program.

The television broadcast program automatic recording server of the present invention is configured to include means for receiving evaluation information transmitted from the wireless portable terminal and storage means for storing the evaluation information.
According to the television broadcast program automatic recording server having such a configuration, the preference server that is the television broadcast program automatic recording server receives evaluation information of the recorded television program viewed by the user of the wireless portable terminal from the wireless portable terminal. Can be recorded.

Further, the television broadcast program automatic recording program of the present invention causes the wireless portable terminal to function as means for inputting arbitrary personal information, and the television broadcast program automatic recording server receives the personal information from the wireless portable terminal. A program for automatically recording a television broadcast program for causing the television recorder to function as a means for recording a television program, wherein the wireless portable terminal is set to predetermined personal preference information including arbitrary preference information related to the television program. And means for transmitting the input personal preference information to the television broadcast automatic recording server, and the television broadcast program automatic recording server receiving the personal preference information from the wireless portable terminal; Means for extracting television program data to be recorded based on the received personal preference information, and the extracted television A function for generating a predetermined scheduled recording program list based on the set data, and a means for transmitting the generated scheduled recording program list to the television recorder, and the television recorder from the television broadcast program automatic recording server It is configured to function as means for receiving the scheduled recording program list and means for recording a television program shown in the received scheduled recording program list.
According to the TV broadcast program automatic recording program having such a configuration, the TV recorder automatically records a TV program based on a scheduled recording program list created by a preference server which is a TV broadcast program automatic recording server. Therefore, the user is eliminated from the trouble of recording the television program.

Further, the TV broadcast program automatic recording program according to the present invention includes a means for generating a recorded program list for which the TV recorder has finished recording, and a means for transmitting the generated recorded program list to the wireless portable terminal. The wireless portable terminal further functions as means for receiving a recorded program reproduction request from the wireless portable terminal and means for reproducing the recorded program according to the received reproduction request and transmitting the recorded program to the wireless portable terminal. Means for receiving the recorded program list from the TV recorder, means for selecting an arbitrary TV program for requesting playback from the received recorded program list, and TV program information relating to the selected playback request. Further functions as means for transmitting to the TV recorder and means for receiving and playing back the recorded program related to the playback request from the TV recorder There is a configuration in which the cell.
According to the TV broadcast program automatic recording program of the present invention having such a configuration, a recorded TV program is reproduced from the wireless portable terminal, and the user can view the TV program on the wireless portable terminal.

Further, the television broadcast program automatic recording program according to the present invention further functions as a means for receiving the evaluation information transmitted from the wireless portable terminal and a storage means for storing the evaluation information by using the television broadcast program automatic recording server. This is a configuration to be made.
According to the television broadcast program automatic recording program of the present invention having such a configuration, it is possible to record user evaluation information on a preference server which is a television broadcast program automatic recording server.

  As described above, according to the television broadcast program automatic recording system, the television broadcast program automatic recording server, and the television broadcast program automatic recording program of the present invention, the television program that matches the preference extracted from the preference server that is the television broadcast program automatic recording server. Is automatically recorded by a TV recorder or a recording server, thereby eliminating the trouble of recording TV programs. In addition, it is possible to select a program to be viewed from the wireless portable terminal and view the recorded TV program even at a place other than home.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a television broadcast program automatic recording system, a television broadcast program automatic recording server, and a television broadcast program automatic recording program according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The television broadcast program automatic recording system according to the present invention is realized by a computer controlled by a television broadcast program automatic recording program.
Specifically, the TV broadcast program automatic recording function of the service center 20 is realized by a TV broadcast program automatic recording program recorded in a storage unit 215 of the preference server 21 or a storage unit 215a of the preference server 21a described later.

  The TV broadcast program automatic recording program is read into the preference server 21 and the like, thereby sending commands to the components of the computer, and receiving means for receiving personal preference information in predetermined means, for example, the communication means 211 of the preference server 21 described later. Then, the creation means 212 for creating a scheduled recording program list by data mining in the creation means 212 is caused to function. Thus, the TV broadcast program automatic recording function is realized by each configuration means of the preference server, which is a specific means in which the TV broadcast program automatic recording program as software and the preference server 21 as hardware resources cooperate. .

  The TV broadcast program automatic recording program for realizing the TV broadcast program automatic recording function is stored in a computer ROM, hard disk, computer-readable recording medium, external storage device, portable recording medium, and the like. can do.

  The external recording device refers to a memory expansion device that incorporates a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and is externally connected to the preference server 21 or the like. On the other hand, the portable recording medium is a recording medium that can be mounted on a recording medium driving device (drive device) and can be carried, for example, a flexible disk, a memory card, a magneto-optical disk, and the like.

The program recorded on the recording medium is loaded into the RAM of the computer and executed by the CPU. By this execution, functions such as the preference server 21 of the present embodiment described above are realized.
Furthermore, when a TV broadcast program automatic recording program is loaded by a computer, the TV broadcast program automatic recording program held by another computer can be downloaded to its own RAM or an external storage device using a communication line. . The downloaded TV broadcast program automatic recording program is also executed by the CPU, and realizes a TV broadcast program automatic recording function such as the preference server 21 of the present embodiment.

[First embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a television broadcast program automatic recording system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the wireless portable terminal, the service center, and the television recorder.
The television broadcast program automatic recording system 1 of the present invention includes a wireless portable terminal 10, a service center 20, and a television recorder 30. The wireless portable terminal 10, the service center 20, and the television recorder 30 are connected via a network 40, respectively.

The wireless portable terminal 10 is carried or possessed by a user having the TV recorder 30 at home or the like, and includes, for example, an information communication device that can be connected to the network 40 such as a mobile phone, PHS, PDA, and notebook computer. It is done. The wireless portable terminal 10 can input the name, address, age, sex, etc. of the individual user of the wireless portable terminal as personal information.
The wireless portable terminal 10 inputs personal preference information, selects a TV program to be viewed based on the scheduled recording program list and the recorded program list transmitted from the television recorder 30, and displays the wireless portable terminal 10. Play a TV program on the screen.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the wireless portable terminal 10 includes an input unit 101, a communication unit 102, a selection unit 103, a reproduction unit 104, a storage unit 105, and a control unit 106.
The input means 101 is means for inputting personal preference information. Specifically, it is a means for inputting preference information indicating information about the preference of an individual television program and the total recording time for recording. The communication unit 102 is a unit that transmits selection information when the user of the wireless portable terminal selects a television program, and receives a scheduled recording program list from the service center 20. The selection means 103 is a means for selecting a recorded television program that the user of the wireless portable terminal 10 views. The reproduction means 104 is means for reproducing the selected personal preference television program.

The storage means 105 can be composed of, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), an HDD (Haid Disc Drive), and the like, and a program for executing each function of the wireless portable terminal 10. Remember.
The control means 106 can be constituted by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), for example, and sends commands to each component of the wireless portable terminal 10 by reading and executing a program stored in the storage means 105. Alternatively, it operates and controls each function of the wireless portable terminal 10 by itself.

The service center 20 is a service center that provides information to the wireless portable terminal 10, and includes a preference server 21, a personal preference database (personal preference DB) 22, and a program information database (program information DB) 23.
The personal preference DB 22 receives the personal preference information transmitted from the wireless portable terminal 10 and creates a data table based on the personal preference information.
The program information DB 23 registers television program information and creates a data table based on the television program information. Here, the TV program information is information indicating the program contents of the TV program, and the TV program includes a TV program for a mobile phone in addition to a program for a fixed TV.

A configuration example of a data table of personal preference information recorded in the personal preference DB 22 is shown in FIG. 3, and a configuration example of a data table of television programs recorded in the program information DB 23 is shown in FIG.
The data table of personal preference information recorded in the personal preference DB 22 has a user name, a user address, a recorder address, a program keyword, and a recording time.
The user name is a name that identifies the user of the wireless portable terminal 10 of the television broadcast program automatic recording system according to the present invention. The user address is an address that identifies the wireless portable terminal 10 of the television program system according to the present invention. The recorder address is an address that identifies the TV recorder 30 of the TV program system according to the present invention.
The user name, user address, and recorder address may be registered in advance before using the TV broadcast program automatic recording system according to the present invention, or preference information and recording time as personal preference information are input. You may register at the time.

The program keyword is preference information for causing the preference server 21 to extract a television program that matches the preference. As the program keyword, one or more keywords can be input from the wireless portable terminal 10.
Here, the preference information is information about the preference of an individual television program, and specifically refers to the field, genre, title, category, target, application, location, etc. of the television program.

The recording time is the total recording time of the TV program recorded by the TV recorder 30.
When the recording time is input, the television program listed in the recording reservation program list is recorded within the recording time range. When there is no recording time input, all the TV programs created in the recording reservation program list by data mining by the preference server 21 are recorded. When not all TV programs can be recorded, such as exceeding the storage capacity of the TV recorder, recording is performed within the recordable range.

As shown in FIG. 4, the data table recorded in the program information DB 23 includes a program ID, a television program name, a broadcast time, a channel, and a program keyword.
The program ID is an ID for identifying a television program, and the broadcast date and broadcast time represent the broadcast date and broadcast time of the television program. The channel represents the channel of the broadcasting station of the television program, and the program keyword is a keyword used when data mining is performed by the preference servers 21 and 21a.

The preference server 21 is a TV recording program automatic recording server that performs data mining based on the data in the data table recorded in the personal preference DB 22 and the program information DB 23 to create a scheduled recording program list.
Here, data mining refers to extracting a TV program that matches the preference information from the TV program information.
FIG. 5 shows an example of the configuration of a recording reservation program list of TV programs data mined from personal preference information and TV programs. The scheduled recording program list has a program ID, a television program name, a broadcast time, a channel, and a recording time.

As shown in FIG. 2B, the preference server 21 includes a communication unit 211, a creation unit 212, a recording unit 213, a storage unit 214, a storage unit 215, and a control unit 216.
The communication unit 211 is a unit that receives preference information transmitted from the wireless portable terminal 10 and transmits a recording reservation program list and the like.
The creation unit 212 is a unit that creates a scheduled recording program list by data mining a television program to be recorded.
The recording means 213 is a means for recording the created scheduled recording program list and the like.
The storage unit 214 is a unit that records evaluation information transmitted from the wireless portable terminal 10 by the user who has viewed the television program recorded on the wireless portable terminal 10 in the personal preference DB 22.

  The storage unit 215 can be configured by, for example, a ROM, a RAM, an HDD, and the like, and stores predetermined data and programs for executing various functions of the preference server 21. The predetermined data stored by the storage means includes a scheduled recording program list. The control unit 216 can be configured by, for example, a CPU, and by reading and executing a program stored in the storage unit 215, the control unit 216 sends a command to each component of the preference server 21 or operates on its own, Various functions of the preference server 21 are executed and controlled.

  The television recorder 30 is owned by the user of the wireless portable terminal 10 at the user's home or the like, and examples thereof include a video deck and a DVD recorder. The television recorder 30 records a television program based on the scheduled recording program list received from the service center 20, creates a recorded program list, and transmits the recorded program list to the wireless portable terminal 10. Further, the television recorder 30 receives the selection information of the television program from the wireless portable terminal 10 and transmits the content of the recorded television program based on the selection information to the wireless portable terminal 10.

As shown in FIG. 2C, the television recorder 30 includes a communication unit 301, a recording unit 302, a recording unit 303, a selection unit 304, a creation unit 305, a storage unit 306, and a control unit 307.
The receiving unit 301 is a unit that receives a recording reservation program list or the like from the service center 20 and transmits a recorded TV program or the like to the wireless portable terminal 10. The recording means 302 is means for recording a television program. The recording means 303 is means for recording the recorded television program. The selection means 304 is means for selecting a television program from among recorded television programs based on selection information from the wireless portable terminal 10. The creation means 305 is a means for creating a recorded program list from recorded television programs.

  The storage unit 306 can be configured with, for example, a ROM, a RAM, an HDD, and the like, and is a unit that stores programs for executing various functions of the television recorder 30. The control unit 307 is a control unit of the television recorder 30 and can be constituted by, for example, a CPU. Each component of the television recorder 30 is read and executed by reading a program stored in the storage unit 306. A command is sent to the unit or operated by itself to execute and control various functions of the television recorder 30.

Next, the processing procedure of the television broadcast program automatic recording method in the television broadcast program automatic recording system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6a and 6b.
This figure is an operation procedure diagram showing a processing procedure of the television broadcast program automatic recording method according to the present embodiment.
First, in the wireless portable terminal 10, the preference server 21 is accessed using the web page browsing function of the wireless portable terminal 10 (step 1), and a service screen is downloaded from the preference server 21 to the wireless portable terminal 10 (step 2). ) A TV broadcast program automatic recording service screen is displayed (step 3). In accordance with an instruction from the preference server 21, personal preference information is input from the wireless portable terminal 10 (step 4), and the entered personal preference information is transmitted from the wireless portable terminal 10 to the personal preference DB (steps 5 and 6). It is registered in the preference DB 22 (step 7).
In the program information DB 23, television program information is registered in real time or periodically (step 8).

Next, a data extraction request is sent from the preference server 21 to the personal preference DB 22 (step 9), personal preference information is extracted from the personal preference DB 22 (step 10), and personal preference information is transmitted from the personal preference DB 22 to the personal preference server 21. (Steps 11 and 12).
A data transmission request is sent from the preference server 21 to the program information DB 23 (step 13), and on the basis of this request, television program information is sent from the program information DB 23 to the preference server 21 (steps 14 and 15).

Based on the personal preference information received from the personal preference DB and the television program information received from the program information DB 23, the control means 214 of the preference server 21 performs data mining on the television program (step 16).
The data-mined television program is created in the scheduled recording program list by the creation unit 212 of the preference server 21 (step 17), and the created scheduled recording program list is stored in the storage unit 215 of the preference server 21 ( Step 18).
The scheduled recording program list stored in the preference server 21 is transmitted to the television recorder 30 (steps 19 and 20), and the scheduled recording program list is registered in the television recorder 30 (step 21).

The television recorder 30 records a television program based on the scheduled recording program list (step 22), and the contents of the recorded television program are stored in the television recorder 30 (step 23).
When the user requests transmission of the scheduled recording program list from the wireless portable terminal 10 to the television recorder 30 (step 24), the scheduled recording program list is transmitted from the television recorder 30 to the wireless portable terminal 10 (steps 25 and 26). ).
When the user requests a recorded program list from the wireless portable terminal 10 to the television recorder 30 (step 27), a recorded program list is created by the television recorder 30 (step 28), and the television recorder 30 wirelessly transmits the list. The recorded program list is transmitted to the portable terminal 10 (steps 29 and 30).
As a result, the user of the wireless portable terminal 10 can select a TV program scheduled to be recorded by the TV recorder 30 according to the scheduled recording program list received from the preference server 21 or a TV recorded by the TV recorder 30 according to the recorded program list. You can check the program.

Next, when the user of the wireless portable terminal 10 selects a TV program to be played back on the wireless portable terminal 10 from the recorded program list transmitted to the wireless portable terminal 10 (step 31), the wireless portable terminal 10 The selection information 103 of the TV program to be reproduced is generated (step 32), and the selection information is transmitted from the wireless portable terminal 10 to the TV recorder 30 (steps 33 and 34).
The television recorder 30 selects the content of the television program selected based on the selection information by the selection means 304 of the television recorder 30 (step 35), and transmits it to the wireless portable terminal 10 (steps 36 and 37).
As a result, the content of the television program selected by the wireless portable terminal 10 is received from the television recorder 30, and the content of the selected television program is reproduced in the wireless portable terminal 10 (step 38), and the user views the television. be able to.

When transmitting the contents of the television program to the wireless portable terminal 10, the data may be transmitted by streaming.
Here, streaming refers to a technology capable of sequentially reproducing digital data such as video and audio on a server while downloading them via a network such as the Internet. Therefore, since the contents of the TV program can be simultaneously reproduced while being received by the wireless portable terminal 10, even if there is a large amount of data, the wireless portable terminal 10 can reproduce it without waiting for download.

  After viewing the television program, the user of the wireless portable terminal 10 can input evaluation information of the television program viewed from the wireless portable terminal 10 (step 39). The input personal preference information is transmitted to the preference server 21 (steps 40 and 41), and is recorded in the personal preference DB 22 by the storage unit 214 of the preference server 21 (step 42).

As described above, according to the television broadcast program automatic recording system according to the present embodiment, keywords or the like adapted to individual preferences are registered in the preference server 21 which is a television broadcast program automatic recording server from the wireless portable terminal 10. The preference server 21 can automatically record a television program on the television recorder 30 automatically based on the information, and can further reproduce the recorded program on the wireless portable terminal 10.
This eliminates the complexity of recording a television program. In addition, it is possible to select a program to be viewed from the wireless portable terminal 10 and view the recorded TV program even at a place other than home.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a television broadcast program recording system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
This embodiment shows an embodiment when the television recorder 30 is provided in the service center 20.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a television broadcast program automatic recording system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, where (a) shows a case where a service center has a television recorder, and (b) shows a television recorder as a server. Shows the case of replacement.

In the case shown in FIG. 7A, even if the TV recorder is not owned at home or the like, the service center 20 automatically records a TV program, and the wireless portable terminal 10 records the recorded TV program. You can play and watch.
The block diagram of the preference server and the television recorder, which are the television broadcast program automatic recording servers in the case shown in FIG. 7A, is the same as the block diagram of the preference server and the television recorder shown in FIG. Omitted. 7A is the same as the processing procedure of the television broadcast program automatic recording method in the television broadcast program automatic recording system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Yes, omitted.

The case shown in FIG. 7B is a case where the service center 20 has a recording server 24, a recording server 25, and a distribution server 26 having the same functions as the television recorder 30, and the service center 20 automatically sets a television set. The program can be recorded, and the recorded TV program can be played back and viewed on the wireless portable terminal 10.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram of each server in the case shown in FIG. 7 (b), where (a) is a preference server that is a TV broadcast program automatic recording server, (b) is a recording server, (c) is a recording server, (D) is a distribution server.
Note that, in the TV broadcast program automatic recording method in the TV broadcast program automatic recording system according to the present embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted. Description is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 7B, the present invention includes a wireless portable terminal 10 and a service center 20. The wireless portable terminal 10, the preference server 21 a of the service center 20 and the distribution server 26 are connected via a network 40.
The service center 20 includes a preference server 21a, a personal preference DB 22, a program information DB 23, a recording server 24, a recording server 25, and a distribution server 26. Each of these servers is connected to each other by a network such as a LAN in the service center 20.

  The personal preference DB 22 receives the personal preference information transmitted from the wireless portable terminal 10 and creates a data table based on the personal preference information. The program information DB 23 registers television program information and creates a data table based on the television program information.

The preference server 21a is a television broadcast program automatic recording server that performs data mining based on data in the data table recorded in the personal preference DB 22 and the program information DB 23 to create a scheduled recording program list.
As shown in FIG. 8A, the preference server 21 includes a creation unit 211a, a recording unit 212a, a storage unit 213a, a communication unit 214a, a storage unit 215a, and a control unit 216a.

  The creating unit 211a is a unit that creates a scheduled recording program list by data mining a TV program to be recorded, and the recording unit 212a is a unit that records the created scheduled recording program list. The storage unit 213a is a unit that records the evaluation information of the TV program viewed by the user of the wireless portable terminal 10 in the personal preference DB 22. The communication unit 214a is a unit that receives, for example, personal preference information and transmits a scheduled recording program list. The storage unit 215a is a unit that stores a program for executing various functions of the preference server 21. The control unit 216a is a unit for controlling the preference server 21a, and can be configured by, for example, a CPU. Each component of the preference server 21a can be configured by reading and executing a program stored in the storage unit 215a. A command is sent to the unit or operated by itself to execute and control various functions of the preference server 21a.

  The recording server 24 records a television program and transmits the contents of the recorded television program to the recording server. As shown in FIG. 8B, the recording server 24 includes a recording unit 241, a recording unit 242, a communication unit 243, a storage unit 244, and a control unit 245.

  The recording unit 241 is a unit that records a scheduled recording program list, and the recording unit 241 is a unit that records a television program. The communication unit 242 is a unit that transmits and receives the contents of a recorded television program, and the storage unit 243 is a unit that stores a program for executing various functions of the recording server 24. The control unit 244 is a unit for controlling the recording server 25 and can be configured by, for example, a CPU. Each component of the recording server 24 is read and executed by reading a program stored in the storage unit 213. A command is sent to the unit or operated by itself to execute and control various functions of the recording server 24.

The recording server 25 records the recorded television program, transmits a recorded program list in response to a request from the wireless portable terminal 10, and transmits the contents of the recorded television program.
As shown in FIG. 8C, the recording server 25 includes a recording unit 251, a creation unit 252, a selection unit 253, a communication unit 254, a storage unit 255, and a control unit 256.

  The recording unit 251 is a unit that records a recorded television program and the like, and the creation unit 252 is a unit that creates a recorded program list. The selection unit 253 is a unit that selects the selected recorded TV program based on the TV program selection information transmitted from the wireless portable terminal 10, and the communication unit 254 receives the selection information, for example. Means for transmitting the selected recorded television program; Furthermore, the storage means 255 is a means for storing a program for executing various functions of the recording server 25, and the control means 256 is a means for controlling the recording server 25, and may be constituted by a CPU, for example. In addition, by reading and executing the program stored in the storage means 255, commands are sent to the respective components of the recording server 25 or operated by themselves to execute and control various functions of the recording server 25.

The distribution server 26 receives data from the wireless portable terminal 10 and transmits data from the service center 20 to the wireless portable terminal 10.
As shown in FIG. 8D, the distribution server 26 includes a communication unit 261, a storage unit 262, and a control unit 263.

  The communication unit 261 is, for example, a unit that receives selection information of a selected TV program from the wireless portable terminal 10 and transmits a selected recorded TV program. The storage unit 262 is a unit that stores a program for executing various functions of the distribution server 26. The control unit 263 is a unit that controls the distribution server 26, and can be configured by, for example, a CPU. The control unit 263 reads each program stored in the storage unit 262 and executes it, so A command is sent or operated by itself to execute and control various functions of the distribution server 26.

9a and 9b are operation procedure diagrams showing the processing procedure of the television broadcast program automatic recording method in the television broadcast program automatic recording system according to the present embodiment.
The processing procedure (step 51 to step 68) from the wireless portable terminal 10 to accessing the preference server 21a and recording the scheduled recording program list in the preference server 21a is the same as in the first embodiment.
In the second embodiment, the scheduled recording program list created by the preference server 21a is transmitted to the recording server 24 and the recording server 25 (steps 69, 70, 71). In the recording server 24, a scheduled recording program list is recorded (step 72), and a television program is recorded based on the scheduled recording program list (step 73). The recorded television program is transmitted to the recording server 25 (steps 74 and 75), and the recorded television program is recorded in the recording server 25 (step 76).

  When a request for a scheduled recording program list is transmitted from the wireless portable terminal 10 to the distribution server 26 (step 77), the distribution server 26 transmits a request for a scheduled recording program list to the recording server 24 (step 78). The recording server 24 that has received the request for the scheduled recording program list transmits the scheduled recording program list to the distribution server 26 (steps 79 and 80), and the distribution server 26 that has received the scheduled recording program list records the recording to the wireless portable terminal 10. The reserved program list is transmitted (steps 81 and 82).

  When the request for the recorded program list is transmitted from the wireless portable terminal to the distribution server 26 (step 83), the distribution server 26 transmits the request for the recorded program list to the recording server 25 (step 84). Receiving the recorded program list, the recording server 25 creates a scheduled recording program list (step 85), and transmits the recorded program list to the distribution server 26 (steps 86 and 87). The distribution server 26 that has received the recorded program list transmits the recorded program list to the wireless portable terminal 10 (steps 88 and 89).

Next, when the user of the wireless portable terminal 10 selects a television program to be reproduced from the recorded program list transmitted to the wireless portable terminal 10 (step 90), the selection unit 103 of the wireless portable terminal 10 Selection information of a television program to be reproduced is generated (step 91), and the selection information is transmitted from the wireless portable terminal 10 to the distribution server 26 (steps 92 and 93). The distribution server 26 that has received the TV program selection information transmits the selection information to the recording server 25 (steps 94 and 95), and the recording server 95 that has received the selection information is selected by the selection means 253 of the recording server 25. A recorded television program is selected (step 96) and transmitted to the distribution server 26 (steps 97 and 98). The recorded television program received by the distribution server 26 is transmitted to the wireless portable terminal 10 (steps 99 and 100).
As a result, the content of the television program selected by the wireless portable terminal 10 is received from the distribution server 26, and the content of the selected television program is reproduced in the wireless portable terminal 10 (step 101). Can watch.

  The user of the wireless portable terminal 10 who has watched the television program can input an evaluation of the viewed television program from the wireless portable terminal 10 (step 102), and this evaluation information is transmitted to the personal preference DB (step 103, 104), it is recorded in the personal preference information of the personal preference DB 22 (step 105).

As described above, according to the TV broadcast program automatic recording system according to the present embodiment, even if the TV recorder 30 is not at home or the like, keywords or the like that match the personal preference from the wireless portable terminal 10 can be obtained. Registered in the preference server 21a, the preference server 21a can automatically record a television program on the recording server 24 based on the information, and can further reproduce the recorded program on the wireless portable terminal 10.
This eliminates the complexity of recording a television program. In addition, it is possible to select a program to be viewed from the wireless portable terminal 10 and view the recorded TV program even at a place other than home.

As described above, the TV broadcast program automatic recording system, the TV program broadcast program automatic recording server, and the TV broadcast program automatic recording program according to the present invention have been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. The broadcast program automatic recording server and the television broadcast program automatic recording program are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention.
For example, the television recorder 30 may be any device that can be connected to the network 40 and record a television program. For example, a personal computer may be used in addition to the above-described video deck and DVD recorder.

It is a block diagram of the television broadcast program automatic recording system which concerns on 1st embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a wireless portable terminal, a preference server, and a television recorder. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the data table registered into personal preference DB. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the data table registered into program information DB. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the data table of the recording reservation program list of the television program by which data mining was carried out. It is an operation | movement procedure figure which shows the operation | movement in the television broadcast program automatic recording system which concerns on 1st embodiment. It is an operation | movement procedure figure which shows the operation | movement in the television broadcast program automatic recording system which concerns on 1st embodiment. It is a block diagram of the television broadcast program recording and playback method concerning a second embodiment, (a) is a case where a service server has a television recorder, and (b) has the same function as a television recorder. This is a case where a recording server, a recording server, and a distribution server are included in the service server. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a preference server, a video recording server, a recording server, and a delivery server. It is an operation | movement procedure figure which shows the operation | movement in the television broadcast program automatic recording system which concerns on 2nd embodiment. It is an operation | movement procedure figure which shows the operation | movement in the television broadcast program automatic recording system which concerns on 2nd embodiment. It is an operation | movement procedure figure which shows the operation | movement in the television broadcast program automatic recording system which concerns on 2nd embodiment. It is an operation | movement procedure figure which shows the operation | movement in the television broadcast program automatic recording system which concerns on 2nd embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

10 wireless portable terminal 20 service center 21, 21a preference server 22 personal preference DB
23 Program information DB
24 recording server 25 recording server 26 distribution server 30 TV recorder 40 network

Claims (9)

A wireless portable terminal that can input arbitrary personal information;
A television broadcast program automatic recording server provided in a service center connected to the wireless portable terminal via a network;
A TV recorder connected to the wireless portable terminal and the TV broadcast program automatic recording server via a network;
The wireless portable terminal is:
Means for inputting predetermined personal preference information including arbitrary preference information related to a television program, and means for transmitting the inputted personal preference information to the television broadcast program automatic recording server,
The television broadcast program automatic recording server includes:
Means for receiving personal preference information from the wireless portable terminal, means for extracting TV program data to be recorded based on the received personal preference information, and generating a predetermined scheduled recording program list based on the extracted program data And means for transmitting the generated scheduled recording program list to the television recorder,
The TV recorder is
A television broadcast program automatic recording system comprising: means for receiving the scheduled recording program list from the television broadcast program automatic recording server; and means for recording the television program indicated in the received scheduled recording program list . The TV recorder is
Means for generating a recorded program list for which recording has been completed; means for transmitting the generated recorded program list to the wireless portable terminal; means for receiving a recorded program playback request from the wireless portable terminal; Means for reproducing the recorded program according to the request and transmitting it to the wireless portable terminal;
The wireless portable terminal is:
Means for receiving the recorded program list from the TV recorder, means for selecting an arbitrary TV program that requests playback from the received recorded program list, and TV program information relating to the selected playback request; 2. The television broadcast program automatic recording system according to claim 1, further comprising means for transmitting to a recorder, and means for receiving and playing back a recorded program related to a playback request from the television recorder. The television broadcast program automatic recording server includes:
The television broadcast program automatic recording system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising means for receiving evaluation information transmitted from the wireless portable terminal, and storage means for storing the evaluation information.   The television broadcast program automatic recording system according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the television recorder is provided in the service center. A television broadcast program automatic recording server provided in a service center connected to a wireless portable terminal and a television recorder via a network,
This TV broadcast program automatic recording server
Means for receiving personal preference information from the wireless portable terminal; means for extracting television program data to be recorded based on the received personal preference information; and a predetermined recording reserved program list based on the extracted television program data. Means for generating, means for transmitting the generated recording reservation program list to the television recorder,
A TV broadcast program automatic recording server characterized by comprising: The television broadcast program automatic recording server includes:
6. The television broadcast program automatic recording server according to claim 5, further comprising means for receiving evaluation information transmitted from the wireless portable terminal and storage means for storing the evaluation information. The wireless portable terminal functions as a means for inputting arbitrary personal information,
A TV broadcast program automatic recording server functioning as means for receiving the personal information from the wireless portable terminal;
A TV broadcast program automatic recording program for causing a TV recorder to function as a means for recording a TV program,
The wireless portable terminal functions as means for inputting predetermined personal preference information including arbitrary preference information related to a television program, and means for transmitting the input personal preference information to the television broadcast automatic recording server,
The television broadcast program automatic recording server includes means for receiving the personal preference information from the wireless portable terminal, means for extracting television program data to be recorded based on the received personal preference information, and extracted television program data A function for generating a predetermined recording reservation program list based on the function, and a means for transmitting the generated recording reservation program list to the television recorder,
The television recorder is made to function as means for receiving the scheduled recording program list from the television broadcast program automatic recording server and means for recording the television program indicated in the received scheduled recording program list. Broadcast program automatic recording program. Means for generating a recorded program list for which the television recorder has been recorded; means for transmitting the generated recorded program list to the wireless portable terminal; and receiving a recorded program playback request from the wireless portable terminal And a means for playing back the recorded program related to the received playback request and transmitting it to the wireless portable terminal,
Means for receiving the recorded program list from the TV recorder, means for selecting an arbitrary TV program for requesting playback from the received recorded program list, and the selected playback request. 8. The television broadcast program automatic recording program according to claim 7, wherein the program further functions as means for transmitting the television program information to the television recorder, and means for receiving and playing back the recorded program according to a reproduction request from the television recorder. .   8. The television broadcast program automatic recording server according to claim 6 or 7, further functioning as a means for receiving evaluation information transmitted from the wireless portable terminal and a storage means for storing the evaluation information. program.

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