JP2006221693A - Content reproducing device, and content reproducing system, method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide contents having high satisfaction for a user. <P>SOLUTION: The content reproducing device is provided with: a program information storing means which stores program information; and a program reproducing means which reproduces the stored program information from a prescribed output device; further a scenario information storing means which stores scenario information that includes scenario constituting data being constituted to combine a plurality of program information and to reproduce the data; and a scenario reproducing means which instructs the program reproducing means so that the program information stored in the program information storing means is to be reproduced based on the scenario constituting data included in the scenario information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a content reproduction apparatus, and more particularly to a content reproduction apparatus that edits and reproduces program information.

  In recent years, television program recording devices represented by HDD (hard disk drive) recorders have increased the number of stored programs due to the increase in capacity of HDDs, and the number of programs that can be recorded simultaneously has also been increasing. There are even devices that automatically record and store all programs broadcast from all broadcast stations. Such a device is not yet widespread at present, but is expected to be generalized in the future.

  On the other hand, as a conventional method of using the accumulated program information, in addition to normal viewing, digest viewing for extracting and viewing important points of the program, commentary information displayed according to the program, and past There is a method of displaying both the current program and the current program together. In addition, as a method for searching for accumulated programs, a method using a program table classified by broadcasting station, date, and genre, a program recommendation function based on a keyword search, a preference analysis based on user viewing history, etc. are used. There was a way, etc.

  However, in a program recording apparatus having an automatic recording function, a huge number (time) of programs are recorded and stored. For example, if there are 6 broadcast stations and one week's programs are stored, 6 [broadcast stations] × 24 [hours] × 7 [days] = 1008 [hours] are stored. Become. For this reason, the following problems arise.

  The first problem is that most recorded and accumulated programs are unlikely to be viewed at all. This is because the user selects and views a specific program from the stored programs, but it is almost impossible to view all of them, and many stored programs that are not viewed become unnecessary data, such as recording capacity. Is wasted.

  The second problem is that the user has few opportunities to find an unknown program. In the case of watching a broadcast in real time, it is possible to find a new program by sequentially switching channels and searching, but it is impossible to search for all the stored programs in this way. In the program search method described above, since the user basically sets search conditions, the possibility of finding a completely unknown program is reduced.

  From the above, in order to solve the above problems, a new usage method or viewing method of the stored program is required, and techniques shown in the following patent documents have been proposed. As one of the above-mentioned problems, Patent Document 1 discloses a method for easily exchanging scene specifying information. This is because information for specifying a program scene (eg, broadcast station name + broadcast date and time) is embedded in a sentence such as an HTML page or e-mail with a special tag so that the creator of the sentence can write the program scene in the sentence. Associate. Then, the viewer of this sentence can easily watch the scene of the program intended by the creator by clicking the tag (link) (if the program is recorded in the viewer's terminal). Can do.

  Patent Documents 2 and 3 disclose techniques for specifying a scenario in which a scene having one program is specified and additional data such as images and text is synchronously reproduced for the scene.

JP 2004-30327 A JP 2001-160237 A JP 2001-339691 A

  However, in the technique disclosed in the above patent document, a scenario is set only for one program, and only diversification of viewing for such one specific program is achieved. For example, a digest of a specific program is viewed, or a description of the specific program is only output as additional information. Therefore, it is still likely that most recorded programs are not viewed at all, and the problem that the user has few opportunities to find unknown programs still remains.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to make it possible for a user to browse many programs and to enhance the content by combining existing program information to provide content that is highly satisfactory for the user.

Therefore, a content playback apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is
A content reproduction apparatus comprising: program information storage means for storing program information; and program reproduction means for reproducing the stored program information from a predetermined output device,
Scenario information storage means for storing scenario information including scenario configuration data configured to reproduce a combination of a plurality of program information;
Scenario reproduction means for instructing the program reproduction means to reproduce program information stored in the program information storage means based on scenario configuration data included in the scenario information;
It is characterized by having.

The scenario information stored in the scenario information storage means includes additional data output in synchronization with the reproduction of the program information based on the scenario configuration data,
The scenario reproducing means outputs the additional data included in the scenario information from the output device in synchronization with the program information reproduced by the program reproducing means according to the reproduction instruction to the program reproducing means.
It is characterized by that.

  According to the above invention, since a plurality of program information is reproduced based on the scenario configuration data, new content combining a plurality of existing program information can be provided to the user. At this time, the content can be further enhanced by outputting the additional data from the output device in synchronization with the reproduction of the program information. As described above, since new contents are constituted by a plurality of programs, the recorded program information can be used effectively, and the user can increase the chances of viewing the new programs. As a result, it is possible to improve the satisfaction of the user who views the content.

  Further, the scenario configuration data is characterized in that it is data configured to reproduce a part of each piece of program information in combination. As a result, a large amount of program information can be incorporated into the scenario, and new content to be provided can be enhanced and information to be provided to users can be diversified.

  The scenario configuration data is characterized in that it is data configured by combining a plurality of pieces of program information based on a specific theme. Thereby, new content according to the user's preference can be provided, and the user's satisfaction can be further improved.

  Further, the additional data is characterized in that it is data corresponding to the content of the program information specified by the scenario configuration data, for example, moving image data. As a result, additional data corresponding to the program information reproduced according to the scenario, such as moving image data different from the program, is reproduced synchronously, so that the content can be further enhanced.

In addition, it comprises a program designation information accepting means for accepting input of program designation information for designating program information being reproduced based on the scenario configuration data,
The program reproducing means reads out program information designated by the program designation information received by the program designation information accepting means from the program information storage means and reproduces only the program information from the output device.
It is characterized by that.

  Thus, when the user is concerned about a program being played back according to the scenario configuration, only the program is played back by inputting information specifying the program. Therefore, only a specific program can be viewed according to the user's preference.

  Further, the present invention is characterized by comprising program information acquisition means for receiving program information and storing it in the program information storage means. As a result, a large amount of program information can be accumulated, and content diversification can be achieved.

  The scenario information stored in the scenario information storage means includes schedule scenario data for designating a broadcast-scheduled program included in the scenario configuration data, and the program information acquisition means stores program information based on the scheduled scenario data as a predetermined information. It is characterized by being received from a program providing apparatus and stored. As a result, program information is acquired based on the scheduled scenario data, and new content is generated using the acquired program information. Therefore, program recording can be performed without waste, and storage capacity can be saved. be able to.

In addition, a content reproduction system according to another aspect of the present invention is
A content reproduction system comprising any one of the content reproduction apparatuses described above and a scenario distribution server that accumulates and distributes scenario information connected to the content reproduction apparatus via a network,
The content playback device includes scenario acquisition means for acquiring scenario information from the scenario distribution server and storing it in the scenario information storage means,
It is characterized by that.

  Thereby, since various and latest scenario information can be acquired and program information can be reproduced based on the acquired scenario information, the content can be enhanced.

The scenario information includes scenario summary data that explains the content to be reproduced based on the scenario configuration data.
The scenario playback means outputs scenario summary data from the output device,
The scenario acquisition means possessed by the content playback device acquires scenario summary data, scenario configuration data, and additional data separately.
It is characterized by that.

  As a result, first, scenario summary data is acquired and output, and a scenario that is actually acquired by the user is determined. Thereafter, scenario configuration data and additional data of the determined scenario are acquired. Therefore, scenario information can be acquired according to the user's preference, and useless communication can be suppressed.

Further, a content distribution program according to another aspect of the present invention is
A program information storage means for storing program information is provided, and a content playback apparatus for playing back the stored program information,
Program reproduction means for reproducing program information from a predetermined output device;
Scenario information storage means storing scenario information including scenario configuration data configured to reproduce a combination of a plurality of program information and additional data output in synchronization with the reproduction of the program information based on the scenario configuration data The scenario information is read out from the program, and the program reproduction means is instructed to reproduce the program information stored in the program information storage means based on the scenario configuration data, and the program information reproduced by the program reproduction means in accordance with the reproduction instruction Scenario reproduction means for outputting additional data included in the scenario information to the output device in synchronization with
Is a program for reproducing content.

In addition, a content distribution method according to another aspect of the present invention is
A content reproduction method using a content reproduction device comprising program information storage means for storing program information and control means for reproducing the stored program information from a predetermined output device,
The control means of the content playback device
Scenario information storage means storing scenario information including scenario configuration data configured to reproduce a combination of a plurality of program information and additional data output in synchronization with the reproduction of the program information based on the scenario configuration data The scenario information is read out from the program, and the program information stored in the program information storage means is reproduced based on the scenario configuration data, and the additional data included in the scenario information is output to the output device in synchronization with the reproduced program information. To
It is characterized by that.

  Even the program or method having the above-described configuration operates in the same manner as the above-described content distribution apparatus, and thus the object of the present invention can be achieved.

  Since the present invention is configured and functions as described above, according to this, new contents using a plurality of existing program information can be provided to the user, and therefore the recorded program information can be effectively used. In addition, it is possible to increase the opportunity for the user to view a new program, and as a result, it is possible to improve the satisfaction of the user who views the content.

  The present invention is characterized in that a scenario is formed by combining a plurality of recorded program information to generate new content and to be played back to the user. Hereinafter, a specific configuration will be described in Examples.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 are diagrams showing the configuration of the present invention. 5 to 7 are diagrams for explaining the structure of data used in the present invention. 8 to 17 are diagrams for explaining the operation in the present invention.

[Constitution]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the present invention. The present invention is mainly configured by a recording / playback apparatus 1 (content playback apparatus). The recording / playback apparatus 1 is connected to a television 5 as an output device for playing back a recorded program, and a scenario distribution server 6 is connected via a network N. Furthermore, the recording / playback apparatus 1 is equipped with an antenna and can receive program information transmitted from the broadcasting station 7. However, the program information received by the recording / playback apparatus 1 is not limited to information transmitted from the broadcasting station 7 by radio waves, but may be program information distributed from another computer on the network N via the network N. Good.

  FIG. 2 shows the relationship among the configurations 1, 5, and 6. As shown in this figure, the recording / playback apparatus 1 records a program broadcast from the broadcast station 7 as an accumulated program P. In addition, the recording / playback apparatus 1 acquires scenario configuration data S2 and additional data S3 from the scenario distribution server 6. Then, in synchronization with the stored program P, the stored program information and text included in the scenario configuration data S2 and the additional data S3, which is a moving image, are displayed on the television 5 (the code (a in code 5 in FIG. 2 (a ), (B), (c), (d)). Hereinafter, each apparatus etc. are explained in full detail.

<Recording and playback device>
The recording / playback apparatus 1 is, for example, a recorder provided with an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) as the storage device 3 and is connected to a television 5 as an output device in each home. The storage device 3 is not limited to the HDD, and may be configured by other storage devices such as a DVD. The configuration of the recording / playback apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 includes an arithmetic device 2 having information arithmetic processing capability such as a CPU, a storage device 3 having a predetermined storage capacity such as HDD and DVD, and the recording / reproducing apparatus 1. And an operation unit 4 such as a remote controller for inputting operation instructions. Then, by incorporating a predetermined program into the arithmetic device 2, a recording processing unit 21, a scenario acquisition processing unit 22, a scenario reproduction processing unit 23, a program reproduction processing unit 24, an output processing unit 25, An input reception processing unit 26 is constructed. In the storage device 3, a program information storage unit 31 and a scenario information storage unit 35 are constructed. Hereinafter, the processing units 21 to 26 and the storage units 31 and 35 will be described in detail.

  The recording processing unit 21 (program information acquisition means) receives a television program broadcast from each television broadcasting station 7 with an antenna (not shown) and continues to record automatically for 24 hours or based on an instruction from the user. . That is, the program information is stored in the automatic recording program storage unit 32 formed in the program information storage unit 31 (program information storage unit) as the stored program P so as to be stored for a certain period for each program. In the automatic recording program recording unit 32, the recorded stored program P is automatically deleted after a certain period, and the latest broadcast program is always recorded. The program information storage unit 31 includes a stored program recording unit 33. The storage unit 33 records a program instructed to be stored by the user from among the automatically recorded stored programs P. . The stored program P recorded in the storage unit 33 is not deleted unless a deletion instruction is explicitly given to the arithmetic device 2. The stored program storage unit 33 is used to store a program that the user likes, or to store a program specified by the scheduled scenario data as described in the second embodiment.

  The scenario acquisition processing unit 22 (scenario acquisition means) acquires the scenario information S distributed by the scenario distribution server 6. Here, the configuration of the scenario information S is shown in FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 5, the scenario information S includes scenario summary data S1 (S1a, S1b,...), Scenario configuration data S2 (S2a, S2b,...), And additional data S3 (S3a,. S3b,...). However, the scenario acquisition processing unit 22 acquires the scenario summary data S1, the scenario configuration data S2, and the additional data S3 of the scenario information S separately. This will be described later.

  The scenario configuration data S2 is data configured to reproduce a combination of a plurality of stored programs P stored in the program information storage unit 31, and in particular, an arbitrary scene of a television program according to a specific theme. In order to connect (part), time information specifying the scene is included. Specifically, the data structure is as shown in FIG. 7, and a scenario ID, time information for specifying each scene, a list of additional data to be used, and the additional data and each scene are reproduced in synchronization. Timeline information. Based on such data, as will be described later, the scenario playback processing unit 23 of the recording / playback apparatus 1 performs synchronized playback of the stored program and the additional data. As described above, the additional data S3 is data that is reproduced in synchronization with the stored program P having a scenario configuration, and is associated with the scenario configuration data S2. Here, the additional data S3 is data such as text data and moving image data corresponding to the contents of each scene of the stored program P reproduced based on the scenario configuration data S2, for example.

  The scenario summary data S1 is data that describes the content that is reproduced based on the scenario configuration data S2. Therefore, the scenario summary data S1 is prepared corresponding to each scenario configuration data S2, and is managed with the same ID as that of the scenario configuration data S2. Specifically, the scenario summary data S1 has a structure shown in FIG. 6, and is used for grasping the scenario identification ID (scenario ID), meta information such as a title, and the scenario contents. It consists of an outline description of each scene (scene outline) and a list of programs (reference programs) necessary for viewing this scenario.

  The scenario acquisition processing unit 22 acquires the scenario information S in response to an operation from the user. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, each recording / playback apparatus 1 acquires the scenario information S from the scenario distribution server 6. However, the scenario acquisition processing unit 22 first acquires the scenario summary data S1 from the scenario distribution server 6 and stores it in the scenario summary storage unit 36 formed in the scenario information storage unit 35 (scenario information storage means). At this time, the scenario outline data S1 is acquired as a list of a plurality of scenarios, ie, a scenario outline (reference numerals S1a and S1b in FIG. 5). The scenario summary list is displayed later on the screen of the television 5 by the scenario reproduction processing unit 23 via the output processing unit 25 (see FIG. 10).

  Further, the scenario acquisition processing unit 22 obtains scenario configuration data S2 corresponding to the scenario summary data S1 designated by the user via the operation unit 4 and the input reception processing unit 26 from the scenario summary list displayed as described above. , Acquired from the scenario distribution server 6. At this time, the scenario configuration data S2 having the same ID as the designated scenario summary data S1 and the additional data S3 associated therewith are acquired and stored in the scenario storage unit 37 formed in the scenario information storage unit 35. To do. For example, the codes S2a and S3a in FIG. 5 are acquired in association with each other.

  Next, the scenario reproduction processing unit 23 (scenario reproduction unit) and the program reproduction processing unit 24 (program reproduction unit) will be described. Here, FIG. 8 shows the transition state of the display screen of the television 5 by the reproduction processing units 23 and 24, and will be described with reference to this.

  The scenario reproduction processing unit 23 operates to receive a scenario reproduction instruction input from the user via the operation unit 4 and the input reception processing unit 26 and reproduce the content. Specifically, when a scenario outline reproduction instruction is received, the scenario outline data S1 is read from the scenario outline storage unit 36, and the scenario outline list (list) is displayed (reference numeral (FIG. 8)). 1) See FIG. 10). In addition, when any scenario is specified from the displayed scenario outlines and a reproduction instruction for the scenario outline is received, the scenario outline is displayed in detail (see reference numeral (2) in FIG. 8). (See FIG. 12). Further, when an instruction to reproduce the scenario itself is received, the scenario configuration data S2 stored in the scenario storage unit 37 and the additional data S3 associated therewith are read out and reproduced to the scenario configuration data S2. The program reproduction processing unit 24 is notified of a reproduction instruction for the stored program P incorporated in such a manner.

  Receiving this, the program reproduction processing unit 24 reads the scene at the corresponding time of the stored program P specified by the scenario configuration data S2 from the program information storage unit 31 (32, 33), and based on the scenario configuration data S2. Is output on the screen of the television 5 via the output processing unit 25 at the same timing.

  Then, the scenario reproduction processing unit 23 synchronizes with the stored program P reproduced by the program reproduction processing unit 24 according to a reproduction instruction to the program reproduction processing unit 24, and transmits text data and moving image data as additional data S3 to the television. 5 (see reference numeral (3) in FIG. 8, see FIG. 14).

  Further, as described above, when the stored program P being reproduced based on the scenario is designated by the user via the operation unit 4 and the input reception processing unit 26, the program reproduction processing unit 24 performs the designation. All the stored program P data is read from the program information storage unit 31 (32, 33) and only the stored program P is displayed on the television 5 (see reference numeral (4) in FIG. 8, see FIG. 16). ).

  Note that, as described above, the output processing unit 25 performs output control so that the stored program P and additional data are displayed on the television 5 based on instructions from the scenario reproduction processing unit 23 and the program reproduction processing unit 24. The input reception processing unit 26 notifies the user instruction input to the operation unit 4 such as a remote controller to the scenario acquisition processing unit 22, the scenario reproduction processing unit 23, and further the program reproduction processing unit 24. For example, in order to receive an instruction for designating the stored program P reproduced based on the scenario and notify the program reproduction processing unit 24, in this case, it operates as program designation information accepting means.

<Scenario distribution server>
Next, the scenario distribution server 6 will be described with reference to FIG. The scenario distribution server 6 is a server computer operated by a predetermined business operator, and includes a calculation device 61 and a storage device 65. And the scenario storage process part 62, the scenario outline | summary transmission process part 63, and the scenario transmission process part 64 are constructed | assembled by the predetermined program being integrated in the arithmetic unit 61. FIG. The storage device 65 includes a scenario summary storage unit 66 and a scenario storage unit 67. Details will be described below.

  First, the scenario storage processing unit 62 accepts scenario summary data S1, scenario configuration data S2, and additional data S3 input by the operator of the operator or via a terminal on another network, and the storage device 65 To remember. At this time, the scenario summary data S1 is stored in the scenario summary storage unit 66, and the scenario configuration data S2 and the additional data S3 associated therewith are stored in the scenario storage unit 67. These data are as described above.

  Further, the scenario outline transmission processing unit 63 transmits the scenario outline data S1 in response to a request from the recording / playback apparatus 1. At this time, a plurality of scenario summary data S1 are transmitted together.

  The scenario transmission processing unit 64 transmits scenario configuration data S2 corresponding to the designated scenario summary data S1 and additional data S3 associated therewith in response to a request from the recording / playback apparatus 1.

[Operation]
Next, the operation of the present invention in the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 to FIG. 16 are diagrams showing a state of processing and display screens when displaying each screen. Specifically, FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an operation when acquiring scenario summary data, and FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a list display screen of scenario summary data. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an operation when a scenario summary is displayed, and FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a scenario summary display screen. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a situation during scenario configuration data acquisition and scenario reproduction, and FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a screen during scenario reproduction. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the relationship between the scenario configuration data and the display screen. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display screen of the selected stored program. FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the operation of the recording / playback apparatus 1. Below, it demonstrates mainly along the flowchart of FIG.

  First, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 receives the program information broadcast from the broadcast station 7, and stores this as the stored program P in the program information storage unit 31 (step S1). Subsequently, when the user wishes to reproduce a scenario, and the user requests the operation unit 4 to acquire a scenario list, the input reception processing unit 26 notifies the scenario reproduction processing unit 23 of information to that effect (FIG. 9). Arrow (1)). Then, the scenario acquisition processing unit 22 requests the scenario distribution server 6 to acquire the scenario summary data S1, acquires it from the scenario distribution server 6 and stores it in the scenario summary storage unit 36. Then, the scenario reproduction processing unit 23 displays a list of scenario summary data S1 on the television 5 via the output processing unit 25 (see step S2, arrows (2) and (3) in FIG. 9). Then, as shown in FIG. 10, a list (scenario list screen) such as scenario titles described in each scenario summary data S1 is displayed.

  Subsequently, when the user operates the operation unit 4 and selects an arbitrary scenario on the scenario list screen, the input reception processing unit 26 notifies the scenario reproduction processing unit 23 that a specific scenario has been selected. (See arrow (1) in FIG. 11). Then, the scenario reproduction processing unit 23 creates a scenario summary screen from the scenario summary data S1 and displays it on the television 5 via the output processing unit 25 (see arrows (2) and (3) in FIG. 11). An example of this scenario summary screen is shown in FIG. 12, and as shown in this figure, scenario summary information such as the outline of each scene is displayed in detail. On this screen, scenes can be individually viewed by selecting the displayed scene outlines, but here, a case where the scenarios are viewed together will be described. That is, it is assumed that the user selects a button “view the scenario together” via the operation unit 4.

  The recording / playback apparatus 1, that is, the input reception processing unit 26 that has received the selection (step S3) notifies the scenario acquisition processing unit 22 (see arrow (1) in FIG. 13). Then, the scenario acquisition processing unit 22 transmits the scenario ID described in the selected scenario summary data S1 to the scenario distribution server 6, requests and acquires the scenario configuration data S2 having a common ID, and stores the scenario information. (See step S4, arrow (2) in FIG. 13). At this time, the scenario acquisition processing unit 22 analyzes the scenario configuration data S2 and distributes all the additional data S3 associated with the scenario configuration data S2 based on the additional data information described in the scenario. It is acquired from the server 6 (see step S4, arrow (3) in FIG. 13) and stored in the scenario information storage unit 35.

  Thereafter, the scenario acquisition processing unit 22 issues a scenario playback instruction to the scenario playback processing unit 23 (see arrow (4) in FIG. 13). Then, the scenario reproduction processing unit 23 starts scenario reproduction (step S5). The scenario playback may be started by a scenario playback instruction from the user input to the operation unit 4. Then, the scenario reproduction processing unit 23 analyzes the scenario configuration data S2, instructs the program reproduction processing unit 24 to reproduce the stored program P (see arrows (6) and (7) in FIG. 13), and performs such accumulation. The additional data S3 is reproduced in synchronization with the program P (see arrow (5) in FIG. 13). Then, the result of scenario reproduction is output to the television 5 by the output processing unit 25 (see arrow (8) in FIG. 13).

  Here, an example of a scenario viewing screen is shown in FIGS. As shown in this figure, on the screen of the television 5, the stored program P, the specified information D1 of the stored program based on the scenario configuration data S2, the additional data S3 based on the moving image, and the text data D2 included in the scenario configuration data S2 are displayed. , Is displayed. This figure shows a case where the screen changes from (a) to (b) based on the scenario.

  FIG. 15 shows the correspondence between the scenario configuration data S2 and the scenario viewing screen (screen of the television 5). As shown in this figure, the stored program P and additional data to be displayed transition based on the scenario configuration data S2.

  Note that a user who is interested in the displayed stored program P during scenario viewing designates the stored program P from the operation unit 4 (Yes determination in step S6). Then, information indicating that the stored program P is designated is notified to the program reproduction processing unit 24, and only the stored program P is reproduced by the program reproduction processing unit 24. That is, all the stored programs P are read from the program information storage unit 31 and reproduced on the television 5 screen. FIG. 16 shows a state of transition to the viewing screen for the stored program P itself.

  In this way, it is possible to provide the user with new content that is a combination of a plurality of existing stored programs. At this time, by outputting additional data from the output device in synchronization with the reproduction of the program information. The content can be enhanced. Therefore, since new content is composed of a plurality of programs, the recorded program information can be used effectively, and the user can increase opportunities to view new programs. As a result, it is possible to improve the satisfaction of the user who views the content.

  In addition, since the user designates a program that is being reproduced according to the scenario configuration, only that program is reproduced, so that only a specific program can be viewed according to the user's preference. Improvements can be made.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation when recording program information based on scheduled scenario data, and FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a display screen for reservation scenario data. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a part of the operation of the recording / playback apparatus in the present embodiment.

[Constitution]
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 18, the scenario information S provided by the scenario distribution server 6 and acquired by the scenario acquisition processing unit 22 of the recording / playback apparatus 1 includes the broadcast schedule included in the scenario configuration data S2. Scheduled scenario data S4 for designating a program is included. The scheduled scenario data S4 has the same configuration as the scenario summary data S1 (see FIG. 6) described above, and includes meta information of the scenario itself such as “scenario ID”, “title”, “summary explanation”, A “reference program list” to be used in this scenario is described. However, “scene overview” is not described in the scheduled scenario data. This is not included in the scheduled scenario data but is included in the scenario overview data S1 to be distributed later because the outline of the scene becomes clear after the program specified in the scheduled scenario data is broadcast.

  Then, as described above, the recording / playback apparatus 1 that has acquired the scheduled scenario data S4 uses the recording processing unit 21 based on the reference program list included in the scheduled scenario data S4 from the broadcast station 7 and other program distribution facilities. The broadcast program information is recorded and stored in the stored program recording unit 33.

  Thereafter, the scenario summary data S1, the scenario configuration data S2, and the additional data S3 based on the stored program P are distributed from the scenario distribution server 6, and are acquired and the scenario is reproduced in the same manner as described above. The scenario summary data S1 may not be distributed, and only the scenario configuration data may be distributed later and used for scenario reproduction.

[Operation]
Next, the operation in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when the user wishes to reserve a scenario, the scenario acquisition processing unit 22 acquires the scheduled scenario data S4 from the scenario distribution server 6 and stores it in the scenario information storage unit 35 (step S11).

  Thereafter, the scheduled scenario data S4 is displayed on the TV 5 screen as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the user reserves a viewing / listening of the scheduled scenario, a scenario reservation command is input from the operation unit 4 (see arrow (1) in FIG. 18). Then, the scenario reproduction processing unit 23 instructs the recording processing unit 21 to make a recording reservation for a program included in the scheduled scenario based on the scheduled scenario data S4 (see arrows (2) and (3) in FIG. 18). .

  Then, the recording processing unit 21 reserves or saves all the TV programs on the reference scheduled program list described in the scheduled scenario data S4 (steps S12 and S13). At this time, the recording processing unit 21 normally records and records in the automatically recorded program recording unit 32, but records the program reserved for storage in the stored program recording unit 33. Note that a program that has already been broadcast is saved from the automatically recorded program recording unit 32 to the stored program recording unit 33.

  As a result, the stored program P scheduled to be used for scenario playback is saved, and thereafter, scenario playback can be realized by performing the processing after step S2 in FIG. The scenario summary data S1 and the scenario configuration data S2 are created and distributed by a vendor after all programs included in the scheduled scenario are broadcast.

  Here, for example, all the stored programs P based on the scheduled scenario are recorded in the stored program recording unit 33, but the data in the storage unit 33 is stored unless there is a deletion command from the user. Thus, for example, when the storage period of the automatically recorded program storage unit 32 is one week, the stored program recording unit 33 is used to view a scenario in which programs broadcast over a period of one week or more are used. It becomes possible to do.

  The present invention can be used as an HDD recorder that customizes and reproduces stored program information, and has industrial applicability.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of this invention. FIG. 2 shows the relationship among the configurations 1, 5, and 6. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of a video recording / reproducing apparatus. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of a scenario delivery server. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of scenario information. It is a figure which shows the structure of scenario summary data. It is a figure which shows the structure of scenario structure data. It is a figure which shows the transition state of the display screen of a television. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of acquiring scenario summary data. It is a figure which shows the list display screen of scenario summary data. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of displaying a scenario outline. It is a figure which shows the display screen of a scenario outline | summary. It is a figure which shows the mode at the time of acquisition of scenario structure data and scenario reproduction | regeneration. FIGS. 14A and 14B are diagrams showing display screens during scenario reproduction. It is a figure which shows the relationship between scenario structure data and a display screen. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the accumulation | storage program selected at the time of scenario reproduction | regeneration. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a video recording / reproducing apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement at the time of recording program information based on schedule scenario data. It is a figure which shows the display screen of reservation scenario data. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a part of the operation of the recording / playback apparatus according to the second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 Recording and playback device (content playback device)
2 Arithmetic device 3 Storage device 4 Operation unit 5 Television (output device)
6 Scenario distribution server 7 Broadcasting station (program providing device)
21 Recording processing unit (program information acquisition means)
22 Scenario acquisition processing part (scenario acquisition means)
23 Scenario playback processing section (scenario playback means)
24 Program playback device (program playback means)
25 output processing unit 26 input reception processing unit 31 program information storage unit (program information storage means)
32 automatically recorded program storage unit 33 stored program storage unit 35 scenario information storage unit (scenario information storage means)
36 scenario summary storage unit 37 scenario storage unit 62 scenario storage processing unit 63 scenario summary transmission processing unit 64 scenario transmission processing unit 66 scenario summary storage unit 67 scenario storage unit P stored program S scenario information S1 scenario summary data S2 scenario configuration data S3 addition Data S4 Scheduled scenario data N Network

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A content reproduction apparatus comprising: program information storage means for storing program information; and program reproduction means for reproducing the stored program information from a predetermined output device,
Scenario information storage means for storing scenario information including scenario configuration data configured to reproduce a combination of a plurality of the program information;
Scenario reproduction means for instructing the program reproduction means to reproduce the program information stored in the program information storage means based on the scenario configuration data included in the scenario information;
A content playback apparatus comprising:   2. The content reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the scenario configuration data is data configured to be reproduced by combining a part of each program information.   The content playback apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the scenario configuration data is data configured by combining the plurality of program information based on a specific theme. The scenario information stored in the scenario information storage means includes additional data output in synchronization with the reproduction of the program information based on the scenario configuration data,
The scenario reproduction means outputs additional data included in the scenario information from the output device in synchronization with the program information reproduced by the program reproduction means in response to a reproduction instruction to the program reproduction means.
A content reproduction apparatus characterized by the above.   5. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the additional data is data corresponding to the content of the program information specified by the scenario configuration data.   6. The content reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the additional data is moving image data. Comprising program designation information accepting means for accepting input of program designation information for designating the program information being reproduced based on the scenario configuration data;
The program reproduction means reads out the program information designated by the program designation information received by the program designation information acceptance means from the program information storage means and reproduces only the program information from the output device.
7. The content reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.   8. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising program information acquisition means for receiving the program information and storing it in the program information storage means. The scenario information stored in the scenario information storage means includes scheduled scenario data for designating a broadcast-scheduled program included in the scenario configuration data,
The program information acquisition means receives and stores the program information from a predetermined program providing device based on the scheduled scenario data.
9. The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 8, wherein A content reproduction system comprising: the content reproduction apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9; and a scenario distribution server that accumulates and distributes the scenario information connected to the content reproduction apparatus via a network. There,
The content reproduction device comprises scenario acquisition means for acquiring the scenario information from the scenario distribution server and storing it in the scenario information storage means;
A content reproduction system characterized by the above. The scenario information includes scenario summary data that explains the content to be reproduced based on the scenario configuration data,
The scenario playback means outputs the scenario summary data from the output device,
The scenario acquisition means acquires the scenario summary data, the scenario configuration data, and the additional data separately.
The content reproduction system according to claim 10. A program information storage means for storing program information is provided, and a content playback apparatus for playing back the stored program information,
Program reproduction means for reproducing the program information from a predetermined output device;
The scenario information is read from scenario information storage means storing scenario information including scenario configuration data configured to be reproduced by combining a plurality of the program information, and the program information storage means is read based on the scenario configuration data Scenario reproduction means for instructing the program reproduction means to reproduce the stored program information;
A program for content playback to achieve the above. A content reproduction method using a content reproduction apparatus comprising program information storage means for storing program information and control means for reproducing the stored program information from a predetermined output device,
The control means of the content playback device comprises:
The scenario information is read from scenario information storage means storing scenario information including scenario configuration data configured to be reproduced by combining a plurality of the program information, and the program information storage means is read based on the scenario configuration data Playing back the stored program information;
A content reproduction method characterized by the above.

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