JP2006203593A - System and method for televiewing tv broadcast - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means which does not need a televiewer's personal operation required for televiewing a TV program content that a televiewer personally wants to watch truly because it is very difficult for the televiewer to select a TV program content that the televiewer personally wants to watch truly from TV broadcast programs which are much increased in number due to a channel increase in broadcast programs and digitization of broadcast. <P>SOLUTION: Functions of acquiring users' tastes are installed in home servers which receive and store TV broadcasts. The rules of extracting the taste information are provided as extraction rules which can be updated through the Internet. The extraction rules are automatically collected and stored as profiles aiming at data on the tastes of users as a target. As to TV programs, the profiles of TV programs are collected based on iEPG data and information, such as broadcast captions etc, the same as above, and target TV programs are determined. As to a social common sense and fashions, a means is provided for acquiring the latest information on the social common sense and fashions through the Internet. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention automatically collects user profile data, and also obtains TV broadcast program profiles in the same manner, thereby enabling viewing of broadcasts that meet the user's preference. The present invention relates to a method for realizing a system for viewing a TV broadcast more suited to a user's preference by providing each user with rules to be created, various profiles, social common sense, fashion, and the like.

  In recent years, the number of TV broadcast channels has been increased and digitization of broadcasts has progressed, and more easy-to-use recording systems represented by HDD recorders are becoming popular. In addition, as the number of broadcast programs to be watched by users increases with the diversification of broadcast programs, it has become very difficult for users to select broadcasts that they should watch and store. . As a patent for actually solving these problems, JP-A-2002-300614 can be cited. This is a function of adding information for classifying programs by genre in advance and registering corresponding user preference information, comparing the information, and selecting broadcast contents desired by the user. It is to provide.

JP 2002-300614 A

However, as in the above publication, for the method of adding classification information for each genre for each broadcast program in advance, it is of course necessary to create the classification in advance, and for content for which such information does not exist There is a problem that the content cannot be selected. Moreover, it is fixed preference classification information, and it is difficult to deal with new keywords and fashions. In the method of registering data of interest to the user in advance, first, the user must be burdened with the registration. Furthermore, there may be a problem that the registered data really represents the user's preference correctly. Furthermore, user preferences change day by day, and in order to respond to such changes, it is realistic to request the user to update the registered preference information every day. It's not a solution.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to grasp user's preference information without burdening the user, and to select and provide a broadcast program that the user really wants.

  The present invention creates user profile data indicating user preferences based on the user's personal information and information referred to by the user, and uses the user's preference data based on broadcast program information collected and stored in advance from the Internet. A TV broadcast viewing system and a TV broadcast viewing method that compares the program profile data of each broadcast program created by the same method as the collection of preference data and presents the TV broadcast desired by the user and receives the broadcast. .

The present invention saves a TV broadcast received as content desired by a user in a TV broadcast viewing system in a broadcast storage means provided in a device that receives the TV broadcast, and at that time, text such as subtitles included in the broadcast TV data closer to the user's desire by acquiring data, storing it with the broadcast time data in the broadcast program, and updating and saving the program profile data in the same way as collecting user preference data This is a TV broadcast viewing system that allows broadcast viewing.
The present invention relates to a TV broadcast viewing system that enables TV viewing of only a portion of interest in a recorded program by collecting profile data linked to the time information being broadcast in the TV broadcast viewing system. is there.

In the TV broadcast viewing system, the present invention acquires, in addition to user preference data, data relating to social common sense and fashion, which has been stored in advance on the Internet, from the Internet to each TV broadcast viewing system. In addition, by comparing with program profile data for each broadcast program, it is a TV broadcast viewing system that enables viewing of TV programs that reflect individual preferences in social common sense and fashion.
The present invention provides a means for reflecting user preference data in data relating to social preferences and information managed by the Internet in a TV broadcast viewing system that utilizes data relating to social common sense and trends accumulated on the Internet. Therefore, it is a TV broadcast viewing system characterized by raising the accuracy of data related to common sense and fashion.

In the process of collecting user preference data, the present invention provides a means for providing an extraction rule necessary for the process as an extraction rule from the outside, and managing the data itself by a management server on the Internet. If necessary, by providing means for each user of the TV broadcast viewing system to provide the extraction rule, and by providing means for updating the extraction rule according to the user's preference, This is a TV broadcast viewing system having a function capable of updating a user preference data collection algorithm.
The present invention hierarchically manages data indicating user preferences, thereby ensuring maintainability of keywords indicating preferences, and for each layer, more detailed individual preferences from the field-specific preference themes. This is a preference data management method for a TV broadcast viewing system capable of managing a user profile that can correspond to a theme.

The present invention relates to a preference data management method in which, when a keyword extracted in accordance with an extraction rule is a new keyword in the preference data management method, it can be reflected as data of a shared server on the Internet. It is.
The present invention provides a shared management server on the Internet by combining personal information such as occupation, sex, age, birthplace, hobby, etc. collected in advance and a user profile indicating the user's preference. Thus, the TV broadcast viewing system allows a third party to select a TV program to view based on the profile data of another user.

According to the present invention, in a TV broadcast viewing system, a user profile provided by a user is grouped based on the personal information to generate a profile specialized for a person of a specific occupation, and according to the personality. This is a TV broadcast viewing system that enables selection of programs to be viewed.
The present invention provides a TV broadcast viewing system that can prevent provision of personal information and profile information of a user to a shared management server on the Internet by a user specifying in advance. System.
In the TV broadcast viewing system, the present invention sets a price for personal information provided by a user and a user profile indicating the user's preference. For personal information with many users, the price is set to the profile provider. This is a TV broadcast viewing system that can be reduced.
The present invention provides a function for adding an ID for identifying an individual to a remote controller for operation used by a user and a similar device in a usage environment having a plurality of users such as in the home. This is a TV broadcast viewing system in which personal information and profile information are selected and a TV viewing according to the preference of each user is possible.
The present invention provides a remote control device capable of automatically selecting a TV broadcast suitable for the user's preference according to the user profile of the user at the time of TV operation by the remote control device having a function for authenticating an individual, and the TV broadcast It is a viewing system.

  According to the present invention, in selecting a viewing program, it is not necessary to define new information as a whole society, and it is possible to select a TV program that the user really wants to watch while minimizing the burden on the user. Since the extraction rule, which is a profile creation condition at that time, is updated as needed, it is possible to flexibly deal with new fields and provide optimal viewing program information. In addition, it is possible to provide a new viewing style for TV broadcasting, such as a search based on social common sense and fashion, and selection of a program based on a profile of a specific group.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to minimize the burden on the user when selecting a viewing program and to view a TV broadcast that meets the user's preference.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
First, an outline of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is an example of a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes a home server. This is the position of a home network server that can receive and store broadcast programs and can be connected to the Internet. That is, the home server has a broadcast receiving function, a communication function with the Internet, a data storage function available from various Internets, and a broadcast data storage function. These data are stored in the personal DB 102. Broadcasts stored in the home server can be viewed from the TV 103 connected to the server. In addition, the broadcast can be referred from the PC 105, and various management information stored in the personal DB 102 of the home server 101 can be updated. The PC 105 accesses the home server 101 via the home LAN 106. The remote controller 104 is mainly used for viewing broadcast programs stored in the home server 101 and operating the TV 103. If necessary, this remote control can be replaced with a portable information terminal, or with a mobile phone or the like. The home network is connected to the Internet 108 via the router 107. The Internet is connected to a shared server 109 and other Internet server 112 that contain a shared DB 110, which is one element constituting the system of this time.

Next, a specific example of this will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 shows a specific configuration example of this system. When classified broadly, it is divided into profile data extraction / registration 201 for collecting user profiles, TV keyword extraction 203, viewing / recording program data extraction 202, and recommended program processing 225. Profile data extraction / registration 201 recognizes the user with the personal identification ID 217 and acquires the contents of the email 214 and the content of the reference home page 215 and the page transmitted by the individual for each individual. The search keywords and operation keywords 218 used in the above are registered in the user profile 205 as user profile information by performing keyword extraction, keyword classification, and keyword weighting according to the extraction rule 206.

  The extraction rule 206 acquires the extraction rule 211 stored in the shared server 109 on the Internet, and updates each other according to the rule change. User information 216 is stored in personal information 204. In the present embodiment, description will be made on the assumption that the personal information 204 is stored. However, even if this information does not exist, it is possible to search for favorite program information according to the user profile 205. The social common sense / fashion DB 207 is a function of the social data extraction 221 of the shared server 109. Based on the information collected from the Internet, the social common sense / fashion DB 212 is constructed, and the information is stored in the social common sense / fashion DB 207. get. By deciding how much of this information is reflected and searching for favorite program information, it will change whether the program is more user-preferred or a more common-sense program is proposed. .

  It is possible to reflect the preference information created based on the personal information 204 and the user profile 205 for each user in the social information / fashion DB in the social common sense / fashion DB. The user profile base 224 stores data that is the basis for generating the user profile 205 for each user, and the content of the user profile base 224 changes as each user uses it. It will be. Also, if necessary, information can be provided from the user side to the shared server 109 side as a basic configuration of the user profile.

  The TV program to be received refers to the EPG data 112 of the Internet server 112 in advance, and applies the extraction rule 206 based on the program information to generate a TV program profile 222. The TV program profile 222 and the user profile 205 are compared, and a program that suits the user's preference is selected. Further, the program selected at this time is recorded in the recording file 209 and stored. Since the stored program can be obtained additional data such as caption data 208 at the time of broadcasting, this information is further managed by viewing / recording program data extraction 202 together with relative position information in the broadcast program, Registered in the TV program profile 222. At this time, information other than the program automatically extracted from the TV program profile 222 and recorded is similarly extracted by the viewing / recording program data extraction 202.

  Further, the viewing / recorded program data extraction 202 actually updates the user profile as preference data for the user profile 205 when the user refers to the TV 103 using the TV 103. The recommended program processing 225 provides a program viewing program to be provided to the user by referring to the TV program profile 222 and the user profile 205 in advance or on the day. In this program, the user is specified by the personal identification ID 217 of the remote controller 104 and the corresponding program is displayed on the TV 103. This information is also held in the viewing management DB 226.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the user profile 205. This file is managed for each user profile ID 305 and is also managed at the information collection time 306. The extracted keywords 302 indicating interest are managed by a hierarchical structure, and the degree of interest 304 is indicated by a numerical value. This numerical value is a sum of the interest levels of the lower components, and the larger this numerical value, the better the user's preference. For example, the sport 315 has a ball game 329, a swimming 330, and an Olympic 331 as its subordinate items. Although omitted in this table, there may be further substructures. These tables are created in advance according to the rules of the extraction rule 206. In addition, for rules that do not exist in the extraction rule 206, new rules are added to the extraction rule 206 as appropriate, thereby corresponding to new data. In the user profile 205 of FIG. 3, this user is interested in the genre of the sport 315 and further has a strong interest in information on the Olympics 331.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the personal information 204. This information is used to manage basic information about the user's individual. The personal information 204 and the user profile 205 are combined and managed on the shared server 109, so that each user's personal information is managed. It is possible to view a program that suits the user profile. The personal information 204 is merely an example, and it goes without saying that items such as hobbies may be present. Since the personal information 204 is not an essential item in the TV broadcast viewing system, the user can use the TV broadcast viewing system without registering information in the personal information 204. .

  FIG. 5 is an example of the TV program profile 222. This is an example of data generated based on iEPG information of a certain program. No. 501, a relationship 502 indicating a keyword relationship, a keyword 503, an interest level, and 504, and information on a program ID 505 and a recording time 506 is also managed at the same time. This program has a high interest level 504 for sports 515, and it can be assumed that this program is a sports program.

  FIG. 6 is an example in which more detailed preference information is further collected based on the caption information added to the program after the recording of the program. No. 501, a relationship 502 indicating a keyword relationship, a keyword 503, an interest level, and 504, and information on a program ID 505 and a recording time 506 is also managed at the same time. It is not a simple sports program, the degree of interest in the culture 611 indicates 20, and the keyword 503 is based on the history 616 and the record 617. In addition, the degree of interest 504 of the life 614 is included, and the keyword 603 is travel 618. From this, it is inferred that this program is not a mere sports program but a program including cultural elements and life information elements. In actuality, by comparing this degree of interest 504 with the preference of the user profile, it is possible to propose viewing of a program more suitable for the user.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a processing sequence for extracting a program profile from program information.
In order to acquire a program profile, it is necessary to obtain program information. For this information, first, iEPG information provided by the Internet 108 / Internet server 112 is obtained. For this purpose, information on the iEPG server on the Internet is actually retrieved from the TV program information collection 701. On the other hand, iEPG information transmission 702 is performed, and data indicating the contents of the program is obtained. This data is subjected to program-by-program information analysis processing 711 in accordance with the extraction rule 206 to create a TV program profile 222. This process is performed for all programs provided by iEPG. When the broadcast 111 is actually received and the TV program is stored in the recording file 209, the subtitles included in the broadcast are analyzed by the subtitle data analysis processing 712 for each program, and the information collected thereby is displayed on the TV program. Update the profile 222. After that, if necessary, the TV program related information collection 703 is performed, the metadata corresponding to the program and the related information of the program are collected from the Internet server 112 of the Internet article 108, and the information analysis processing 711 for each program The TV program profile 222 is updated.

  FIG. 8 shows an update processing sequence of the extraction rule 206 for extracting a profile. When the home server 101 is activated for the first time, the home server 101 performs acquisition processing of the latest extraction rule 211 from the home server 101 to the shared server 109 by the extraction rule acquisition request 801, and the extraction rule provision 802 causes the home server 101 to The extraction rule is sent to By the extraction rule storage process 811, the extraction rule 206 is newly saved in the home server 101.

  When the extraction rule is generated by the extraction rule generation 812 of the home server 101, the new extraction rule is provided to the shared server 109 by the extraction rule update 803. The shared server 109 makes a determination to fetch the new extraction rule, and notifies the corresponding home server 101 of the result by an extraction rule update result notification 804. The extraction rule storage 811 process of the home server 101 performs an extraction rule update process according to the extraction rule update result notification 804.

FIG. 9 shows an information collection sequence when Internet search is performed via the home server 101 in updating the user profile. Search keywords input from the PC 105 or the like connected to the home server are also notified to the home server 101. This mechanism can be realized by using a mechanism such as proxy. If this is a search keyword input by the user, the search keyword collection process 911 performs an extraction process from the search keyword and updates the user profile 205. Thereafter, an Internet information search 901 is performed on the Internet 108, and a search key is notified to a search server on the Internet.
As a response, the search information list 902 is notified to the PC 105 via the home server 101. Further, an item to be referred to is selected from the search information list, a reference item selection 903 is performed, and a corresponding page display 904 is performed. In the selected page information collection processing 912 of the home server 101, the relevant page information is extracted in accordance with the extraction rule 206, and the user profile 205 is updated.

FIG. 10 shows an example of user profile update processing.
FIG. 10 shows an update processing sequence of the user profile 205. When the home server 101 is activated for the first time, the home server 101 acquires the latest user profile base DB 224 from the shared server 109 to the user profile base acquisition request 1001, and the user profile base provision 1002 The user profile base DB 224 is transmitted to the home server 101. A user profile 205 is newly saved in the home server 101 by the user profile base storage process 1011.

  When a new user profile item is generated by the user profile base generation 1012 of the home server 101, the new user profile data item is provided to the shared server 109 by the user profile base update 1003. The shared server 109 determines whether to fetch the new user profile data item, and notifies the corresponding home server 101 of the result by a user profile bale update result notification 1004. The user profile base storage 1011 processing of the home server 101 performs user profile item update processing in accordance with the user profile veil update result notification 1004.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of information acquisition processing of the social common sense / fashion DB 207. Social common sense / fashion information collected by the shared server 109 is stored in the shared server 109 as a social common sense / fashion DB 212 in the form of a database. The home server 101 can obtain the latest social common sense and trend data by regularly collecting the information of this DB to the shared server 109. At the time of updating the social common sense / fashion DB 207, the home server 101 transmits a social common sense / fashion DB information acquisition request 1101 to the shared server 109. In response to this, the shared server 109 transmits update information to the home server 101 as social common sense / fashion DB information provision 1102. The home server 101 activates the social common sense / fashion DB information storage 1111 and updates the social common sense / fashion DB 207. Moreover, it is also possible to provide profile information for each user, which is a combination of the user's personal information 204 and the user profile 205, as shared data as social common sense / fashion information.

  In this case, the personal data profile information (interesting data) generation / provision processing 1112 is used on the home server 101, and the user's personal information and profile information are sent to the shared server 109 in the form desired or approved by the user. Provide offers. By using the profile information provided by this function, it becomes possible to collect general trends of social common sense and fashion, and in addition, for each group (occupation, age, place of residence, etc.) By integrating profiles, users belonging to a certain group can watch interesting TV. In order to realize this function, the personal data profile information (interesting data) generation / provision processing 1112 provides information to the shared server 109 as social common sense / fashion DB information provision 1103.

  On the other hand, after specifying what kind of group profile is required, the home server 101 sends a data request 1104 classified by social common sense / fashion information to the shared server 109 from the home server 101. Send. The shared server side transmits the specified social common sense / fashion information field-specific data to the home server 101 as the social common sense / fashion information data data provision 1105. The home server 101 activates the social common sense / popular information field-specific data information storage 1113, stores the relevant information in the social common sense / popularity DB 207 of the home server 101, and uses it for searching for viewing programs.

  FIG. 12 shows an example of a processing flow for extracting user profile data. The profile data extraction / registration process 201 uses the keyword extraction process 1201 to identify the user's interests such as the mail 214, the reference home page 215, the operation keyword 218 such as the search condition, and the caption data 208 of the TV program actually viewed. Necessary keywords are extracted from the text information including the indicated data according to the extraction rule 206. Thereafter, the keyword classification processing 1201 classifies the extracted keywords by keyword genre. This classification by genre is also performed based on the information defined in the extraction rule 206. Further, the extracted / classified keywords are weighted by the keyword weighting process 1203 according to the content of the text, and the results of the processes performed by these processes are updated by the user profile registration 1204.

  FIG. 13 shows an example of the process flow of the TV keyword extraction process 203. The TV keyword extraction process 203 refers to the iEPG data 213 and the program related data 223 by the keyword extraction process 1301, and extracts necessary keywords from the text information indicating the contents of the program according to the extraction rule 206. Thereafter, the keyword classification processing 1302 classifies the extracted keywords by genre. This classification by genre is also performed based on the information defined in the extraction rule 206. Furthermore, the extracted and classified keywords are weighted by the keyword weighting process 1303 according to the content of the text, etc., and the results of the processes performed by these processes are updated by the TV program profile registration 1304. Do. This process is performed before actual reception.

  FIG. 14 shows an example of the processing flow of the viewing / recording data extraction processing 202. Viewing / recording data extraction processing 202 refers to iEPG data 213, program-related data 223, and caption data 208 by keyword extraction processing 1401, and extracts necessary keywords from text information indicating the contents of the program according to extraction rule 206. I do. After that, the keyword classification processing 1402 classifies the extracted keywords by genre. This classification by genre is also performed based on the information defined in the extraction rule 206. Further, the extracted / classified keywords are weighted by the keyword weighting process 1403 according to the contents of the text, etc., and the results of the processes performed by these processes are updated by the TV program profile registration 1404. Do. This process is performed at the time of actual reception or recording.

FIG. 15 shows an example of a processing flow of recommended program processing 225 for selecting a recommended program to be provided to the user. With reference to the TV program profile 222, a TV program that can be viewed today is extracted at 1501. A user profile 205 comparison 1502 indicating the user's preference is performed on the extracted program profile. If the program meets the user's preference, it is determined 1503 whether or not the program has already been recorded. If it is unrecorded (a program to be broadcast from now on), today's recommended program registration 1504 is performed in the viewing management DB 226 and added to the viewing target list when broadcasting in real time. In addition, registration processing is similarly performed in the viewing management DB 226 as a recording target program. If it has already been recorded, it refers to the detailed program profile information obtained by receiving it registered in the TV program, and compares it with the user profile 1506. Based on the comparison result, the recommended priority of the viewing management DB 226 is updated 1507, and the priority of programs to be viewed today is adjusted, including those viewed in real time. In this case, it is also possible to change the viewing priority of the program as necessary with reference to social common sense / fashion DB information and the like. In addition, in the process of proposing a recommended program to the user based on the priority data, in addition to the function of automatically proposing one program,
To some extent, it is possible to make a proposal that can be chosen by the user.

  FIG. 16 shows an image of individual user identification by the remote control device 107. Assuming normal home use, it is easy to imagine sharing the same home server 101 with a plurality of families. At that time, since the program to be viewed is expected to be completely different depending on the individual, the user profile and the viewing management DB must be managed for each individual. In this switching, there is also a method of leaving it to the user's selection, but in that case, since there may be a problem of privacy, a function for identifying an individual and a personal identification ID 217 are provided to the remote controller 107 to be used and similar devices. By providing means for sending, it is possible to propose a recommended program that identifies the user who is operating at that time, and to learn a profile.

FIG. 17 shows an example of a device configuration diagram of the remote controller 107. The CPU 1701 executes various programs in the remote controller 107. A storage device 1702 is a large-capacity storage device such as a RAM / ROM / FLASH memory and a hard disk device. In this embodiment, the storage device 1702 is used for storing an operation program on the remote control side or storing a personal identification ID 217. . The communication device 1703 is a means for realizing communication with the home server 101. In addition to infrared communication, communication using a wireless LAN, Bluetooth, or the like is also conceivable. The input device 1704 realizes an operation as the remote controller 107, and a keypad, a touch panel, and the like are conceivable.
The display device 1705 displays an operation status, and an LCD or the like is conceivable. The personal authentication device 1706 is for identifying the person who is currently using it, and in terms of software, it is a function that uses a password input by a keypad, a function that uses a contactless card, a function that uses biometric authentication (fingerprint, vein, etc.) Etc. are considered. This time, because it is a remote control device, it is limited to the operation of the home server 101, but by transferring the TV program stored in the home server 101 to the storage device of this remote control 107 device, as a personal viewer Utilization is also conceivable.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing an overall configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a specific configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which showed the structure of the file which stores a user profile. It is explanatory drawing which showed the structure of the file which stores personal information. It is explanatory drawing which showed the structure of the file which stores a TV program profile. It is explanatory drawing of the usage example of the file which stores a TV program profile. It is a processing sequence diagram which extracts a program profile from program information. It is an update process sequence diagram of an extraction rule. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram when updating a user profile based on Internet search information. It is a sequence diagram of the update process of the basic information of a user profile, and the update process of structure data. It is a processing sequence diagram regarding collection of social common sense / fashion information and distribution of social common sense information. It is a processing flowchart of profile data extraction / registration processing. It is a processing flowchart of TV keyword extraction processing. It is a processing flowchart of viewing / recording program data extraction processing. It is a processing flowchart of recommended program processing. It is an image figure of switching of a profile according to user. It is a hardware block diagram of the operation remote control used at the time of the switching of a profile.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 ... Home server, 103 ... TV, 104 ... Remote control, 105 ... PC, 109 ... Shared server 111 ... Broadcast, 112 ... Intenet server, 201 ... Profile data extraction / registration processing, 202 ... Viewing / recording program data extraction, 203 ... TV keyword extraction processing, 204 ... personal information, 205 ... user profile, 206 ... extraction rules, 207 ... social common sense / popularity DB, 208 ... subtitle data, 209 ... recording file, 211 ... extraction rules, 212 ... social common sense / popularity DB 213 ... iEPG data, 214 ... email, 215 ... reference homepage, 216 ... user information, 217 ... personal identification ID, 218 ... operation keyword, 219 ... user information, 220 ... viewed program, 221 ... social data extraction, 222 ... TV Program profile, 223 ... Program related data, 224 ... User profile Rubesu DB, 225 ... recommended program processing, 226 ... viewing management DB

Claims (16)

  User profile data indicating user preferences is created based on the user's personal information and information referred to by the user, and the user profile data based on broadcast program information collected and stored in advance from the Internet is created. A TV broadcast viewing system that compares the program profile data of each broadcast program created by the same method as the collection, presents the TV broadcast desired by the user, and receives the broadcast.   2. The TV broadcast viewing system according to claim 1, wherein the TV broadcast received as the content desired by the user is stored in a broadcast storage means provided in the apparatus that receives the TV broadcast, and subtitles included in the broadcast at that time TV data that is desired by the user by acquiring the text data of the program and storing it together with the broadcast time data in the broadcast program, and updating and saving the program profile data in the same way as collecting user preference data. A TV broadcast viewing system that allows broadcast viewing.   3. The TV broadcast viewing system according to claim 2, wherein profile data is collected by linking to broadcast time information so that only a more interesting part of the recorded program can be viewed. system.   In the TV broadcast viewing system according to claim 1, in addition to user preference data, data relating to social common sense and fashion that has been stored in advance on the Internet is acquired from the Internet to each TV broadcast viewing system, and the user's preference data is acquired. A TV broadcast viewing system that enables viewing of TV programs that reflect individual preferences in social common sense and fashion by comparing preference information with program profile data for each broadcast program.   5. In the TV broadcast viewing system according to claim 4, by providing means for reflecting user preference data in data relating to social preferences and information managed by the Internet, the accuracy of data relating to social common sense and trends is increased. A TV broadcast viewing system that is characterized by being followed.   In the TV broadcast viewing system according to claim 1, in the process of collecting user preference data, means for providing an extraction rule necessary for the process as an extraction rule from the outside, and the data itself on the Internet By managing with the management server, it is possible to provide the extraction rules for each user of each TV broadcast viewing system as needed, and the extraction rules are updated according to the user's preference. A TV broadcast viewing system having a function capable of updating a user preference data collection algorithm by providing means.   By managing data indicating user preferences in a hierarchical manner, maintainability of keywords indicating preferences is ensured, and for each level, it corresponds to more detailed individual preference themes from preference themes for each field. User profile management capable of managing preference data for TV broadcast viewing systems.   8. The preference data management system according to claim 7, wherein when the keyword extracted according to the extraction rule is a new keyword, the keyword can be reflected as data of a shared server on the Internet. Preference data management method.   By combining personal information such as occupation, gender, age, birthplace, hobbies, etc. collected in advance with a user profile indicating the user's preferences, it is provided to the shared management server on the Internet. TV broadcast viewing system that enables a user to select a TV program to view based on the profile data of another user   10. The TV broadcast viewing system according to claim 9, wherein user profiles provided by a user are grouped based on the personal information to generate a profile specialized for a person of a specific occupation, and the personality is A TV broadcast viewing system that enables selection of programs to be viewed.   10. The TV broadcast viewing system according to claim 9, wherein the user can preliminarily specify the user's personal information and profile information to the shared management server on the Internet. Viewing system.   10. The TV broadcast viewing system according to claim 9, wherein a consideration is set for personal information provided by a user and a user profile indicating a preference of the user, and the consideration is provided for personal information with many users. TV broadcast viewing system that can be returned to the user.   In a usage environment with multiple users, such as at home, personal information for each user is provided by providing a function to add an ID that identifies an individual to a remote controller for operation and similar devices used by the user. Also, a TV broadcast viewing system in which profile information is selected and TV viewing is possible according to the preference of each user.   14. The remote control device according to claim 13, further comprising a remote control device to which an individual authentication function is added, and the remote control device can automatically select a TV broadcast that suits the user's preference according to the user profile of the user during TV operation. TV broadcast viewing system Creating user profile data indicating user preferences based on user personal information and information referenced by the user;
Creating program profile data for each broadcast program created in the same manner as user preference data collection based on broadcast program information collected and stored in advance from the Internet;
A TV broadcast viewing method, wherein the created user profile data is compared with the created program profile data, and predetermined broadcast reception is performed based on the comparison result. 16. The TV broadcast viewing method according to claim 15, wherein the program profile data is obtained by creating text data such as subtitles included in the broadcast together with broadcast time data in the broadcast program. Method.

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