JP2008295105A - Communication terminal device, program recording system, communication method and program recording method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To record a program meeting preference of a user who uses a communication terminal, by providing the user with program guide information meeting the preference of the user, irrespectively of a position of the user. <P>SOLUTION: A mobile phone MS2 transmits a user ID to an electronic program guide (EPG) server 71, receives EPG data meeting the preference of a user, transmitted from the EPG server 71 as a result of user ID transmission, generates reservation program data for reserving a program selected from the received EPG data by the user and transmits the generated reservation program data to an integrated receiver decoeder (IRD 5) to cause the IRD 5 to set a reservation. Thus, irrespectively of the position of a user who uses a communication terminal device, the user can be provided with program guide information meeting the preference of the user, and a program meeting the preference of the program can be recorded. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a communication terminal device, a program recording system, a communication method, and a program recording method , and is suitable for application to a system for recording a program that matches user preferences , for example.

  Conventionally, a broadcasting station that provides a broadcasting service by analog terrestrial broadcasting has been assigned a usable frequency band in advance, and uses the allocated frequency band to transmit its own program data. Yes. A receiver installed in the viewer's home (hereinafter referred to as an IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder)) is a program data sent from each broadcasting station according to the channel selection operation performed by the viewer. Program data of a desired broadcast station is selected, and the program data of the selected broadcast station is decoded and displayed on an external monitor.

  By the way, in the analog terrestrial broadcasting system, each of the so-called electronic program guide information (hereinafter referred to as EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data) is used for the purpose of notifying the viewer of a program provided from each broadcasting station. It has been proposed to regularly distribute data indicating the contents of a program from a specific broadcasting station. The EPG data includes information such as a program title, broadcast date / time, broadcast channel, and description of the program, and is used as a judgment material when a program to be viewed by a viewer is determined.

  In this case, the IRD receives EPG data periodically transmitted from a broadcasting station that transmits EPG data, stores the EPG data in a memory, and reads out the EPG data from the memory in accordance with a viewer's display operation. Display on an external monitor. Thereby, the viewer can determine the program to view by viewing the EPG data displayed on the monitor.

  At this time, when the viewer performs a reservation recording setting operation for a desired program, the IRD stores the program information such as the broadcast date and time and the channel of the program in a nonvolatile memory and records the program in a standby state. Transition to. The IRD performs a recording operation based on program information stored in the nonvolatile memory, and records a program desired by the viewer on an internal recording medium.

  By the way, the EPG data includes information on a huge number of programs, but since the display screen of the monitor that displays the EPG data is limited, the IRD is a part of the huge number of programs. Only information can be displayed on the monitor display screen. Therefore, the viewer has to perform a scrolling operation for searching for a desired program from a huge number of programs, and there is a problem that the search efficiency is low when searching for a program to be viewed.

  Further, when a plurality of users share and use the IRD, each user records program data on the same recording medium, so that the program data of each user is mixed on the recording medium, and any user can There is a possibility that program data of other users recorded on the recording medium may be erased by mistake.

  Further, a remote commander using infrared rays is generally used as a means for remotely controlling the IRD. However, since the remote commander can only be used within a certain range around the IRD, the viewer can remotely control the IRD. When operating, it is necessary to be present at the viewer's home where the IRD is installed, and there are restrictions on the locations where the remote commander can be used.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and can provide the user with program guide information that matches the user's preference regardless of the position of the user who uses the communication terminal device . The present invention intends to propose a communication terminal device, a program recording system, a communication method, and a program recording method capable of recording a program that matches the preference .

In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, the communication terminal device stores in advance program guide information indicating the contents of a program supplied by a predetermined program supply means, and associates user preferences with user identification information. The program guide information that stores the preference information to be shown in advance, searches the program guide information for a program that matches the user's preference based on the preference information, and generates and provides search program guide information including the searched program. The user identification information is transmitted to the providing device, the search program guide information transmitted from the program guide information providing device as a result of transmitting the user identification information is received, and the program selected by the user from the received search program guide information is received. Reservation program data for reservation is generated, and the generated reservation program data is selected from a plurality of programs supplied from a predetermined program supply means. By sending a program to be specified in a recording apparatus for recording a predetermined recording unit by about program data, the user program guide information that matches the preference of the user regardless of the position of the user using the communication terminal device provided to obtain, can it to record programs that further matching with the preference of the user to.

According to the present invention as described above, it can provide a program guide information that matches the preference of the user regardless of the position of the user using the communication terminal device to the user, further matching with the preference of the user A communication terminal device, a program recording system, a communication method, and a program recording method capable of recording a program can be realized.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) Configuration of Analog Terrestrial Broadcasting System In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes the configuration of an analog terrestrial broadcasting system for constructing a remote operation system as a whole, and a transmission apparatus 2A as program supply means installed in each broadcasting station ˜2N transmit the video signal and audio signal of the program via the transmission antennas 3A to 3N, respectively. The relay device 4 relays broadcast waves transmitted from the transmission devices 2A to 2N, respectively, and distributes them to a receiver (hereinafter referred to as IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder)) 5 installed in each viewer's house. To do.

  The IRD 5 receives broadcast waves distributed from a plurality of broadcast stations by the receiving antenna 6, and a viewer (user) uses a mobile phone with a remote commander function (hereinafter referred to as a mobile phone with a remote control function) MS1. The program data of the designated broadcast station is selected from the received program data of a plurality of broadcast stations, and the program data of the selected broadcast station is demodulated as a display means Is output to the monitor 8 and displayed.

(2) Configuration of IRD As shown in FIG. 2, the IRD 5 receives the command signal S1 superimposed and transmitted from the mobile phone MS1 (FIG. 1) with a remote control function in the infrared transmission / reception unit 10, and receives the command signal. After converting S1 into an electrical signal and generating a command signal S2, it is sent to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11.

  The CPU 11 reads a control program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12 as necessary, and transfers the read control program to a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13 for development. The CPU 11 controls each circuit of the IRD 5 by reading and executing the control program developed in the RAM 13.

  When the CPU 11 analyzes the command signal S2 sent from the infrared transmitter / receiver 10 and, as a result, determines that the viewer has performed a channel selection operation on the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 (FIG. 1), the channel selection is performed. A channel selection signal S3 corresponding to the operation is generated and sent to the tuner 15.

  The tuner 15 extracts a broadcast wave of a channel (broadcast station) corresponding to the channel selection signal S3 from broadcast waves received by the receiving antenna 6 (FIG. 1), and demodulates the broadcast wave of the extracted channel. The audio signal S5 and the video signal S6 are generated, and the audio signal S5 is sent to the audio processing unit 16 while the video signal S6 is sent to the video processing unit 17.

  The audio processing unit 16 converts the audio signal S5 from analog to digital, and then compresses and encodes the audio signal S5 using an encoding method based on the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) standard. To the audio decoder 19. The video processing unit 17 converts the video signal S6 from analog to digital, and then compresses and encodes the video signal S6 by an encoding method based on the MPEG standard. Send it out.

  The audio decoder 19 decompresses and decodes the audio encoded data S7 and sends the audio data S9 obtained as a result to the digital analog (D / A) conversion circuit 21. The D / A conversion circuit 21 restores the audio signal S10 before being input to the audio processing unit 16 by digital-analog conversion of the audio data S9, and outputs this to the monitor 8 (FIG. 1).

  The video decoder 20 decompresses and decodes the encoded video data S8, and sends the resulting video data S11 to the RGB encoder 22. The RGB encoder 22 generates the video signal S12 by converting the video data S11 into NTSC (National Television System Committee) luminance and color difference signals and digital-analog conversion, and sends this to the monitor 8 (FIG. 1). To do.

  Thus, the video of the program selected by the viewer is displayed on the display screen 8A of the monitor 8 (FIG. 1), and the audio of the program selected by the viewer is output from the speaker of the monitor 8.

  By the way, in the analog terrestrial broadcasting system 1, it is called electronic program guide information (hereinafter referred to as EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data) for the purpose of notifying the viewer of programs provided from each broadcasting station. Program explanation data is regularly distributed from a specific broadcasting station.

  This EPG data is generated for each program. As shown in FIG. 3, the program ID (IDentification) unique to the program, the broadcast station number of the transmission source, the broadcast station name of the transmission source, the start time of the program, It consists of information such as the program length (or end time), the program title, the program subtitle that complements the program title, the program description, and the genre of the program. ing. Incidentally, the program ID, broadcast station number, and genre are represented by code data, the broadcast station name, program title, program subtitle, and program description are represented by text data, and the start time and length are represented by time data.

  The transmission apparatus 2 installed in a specific broadcasting station superimposes EPG data for one week, for example, on a vertical blanking interval (VBI) of a video signal, for example, a time zone such as midnight or early morning Send regularly every day using.

  In this case, the tuner 15 of the IRD 5 extracts the broadcast wave of the channel on which the EPG data is superimposed from the broadcast waves received by the receiving antenna 6 (FIG. 1), and demodulates the broadcast wave of the extracted channel. Generates a video signal S15 and sends it to the VBI slicer 25.

  The VBI slicer 25 extracts the EPG data S16 from the video signal S15, and transfers it to the RAM 13 as program guide information storage means via the bus BUS for storage. In this way, the IRD 5 updates the EPG data S16 stored in the RAM 13 every day, and always stores the latest EPG data S16 in the RAM 13.

  In this state, when the viewer performs an operation for displaying the EPG screen on the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 (FIG. 1), the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 transmits / receives an instruction signal S1 for displaying the EPG screen by infrared transmission / reception. To the unit 10. The infrared transmission / reception unit 10 converts the command signal S1 into a command signal S2 composed of an electrical signal and sends it to the CPU 11.

  When the CPU 11 detects that the command signal S2 has been supplied, it performs graphic processing on the EPG data S16 on the RAM 13 based on dictionary data such as characters and symbols stored in the ROM 12, thereby providing EPG screen data S17. Is transmitted to the graphic engine 26 via the bus BUS.

  The graphic engine 26 converts the EPG screen data S17 into an NTSC luminance signal and a color difference signal and performs digital / analog conversion to generate an EPG image signal S18 and sends it to the RGB encoder 22. The RGB encoder 22 mixes the video signal S12 and the EPG image signal S18 and outputs them to the monitor 8 (FIG. 1), and displays an EPG screen corresponding to the EPG image signal S18 on the display screen 8A of the monitor 8.

  By the way, when the viewer performs an operation for recording video and audio of a program in the mobile phone MS1 with remote control function (FIG. 1), the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 transmits and receives an instruction signal S1 for performing a recording operation by infrared transmission / reception. To the unit 10. The infrared transmission / reception unit 10 converts the command signal S1 into a command signal S2 composed of an electrical signal and sends the command signal S2 to the CPU 11.

  When the CPU 11 detects that the command signal S2 has been supplied, it controls the operation of each circuit via the bus BUS, so that the video and audio of the program specified in the mobile phone MS1 with the remote control function (FIG. 1). Is made to record. At this time, the multiplexing / demultiplexing unit 18 multiplexes the audio encoded data S7 obtained through the tuner 15 and the audio processing unit 16 in sequence and the video encoded data S8 obtained through the tuner 15 and the video processing unit 17 in sequence. To generate multiplexed data S20, which is transferred to the recording medium unit 30 and recorded on a built-in recording medium (not shown).

  At this time, if the CPU 11 determines that the recording of the program designated by the viewer has been completed, a list of program titles recorded in the recording media unit 30 based on the EPG data S16 stored in the RAM 13 in advance. The recorded title list data S 21 is generated and stored in the flash memory 31. The CPU 11 always stores the latest recorded title list data S21 in the flash memory 31 by updating the recorded title list data S21 each time a new program is recorded on the recording medium unit 30.

  In this state, when the viewer performs an operation for displaying the recorded title list screen on the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 (FIG. 1), the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 receives a command signal for displaying the recorded title list screen. S1 is transmitted to the infrared transceiver 10. The infrared transmission / reception unit 10 converts the command signal S1 into a command signal S2 composed of an electrical signal and sends it to the CPU 11.

  When the CPU 11 detects that the command signal S2 has been supplied, it transfers the recorded title list data S21 to the RAM 13, and the recorded title list data S21 on the RAM 13 based on dictionary data such as characters and symbols stored in the ROM 12. Is subjected to graphic processing to generate recorded title list screen data S22, which is sent to the graphic engine 26 via the bus BUS.

  The graphic engine 26 converts the recording title list screen data S22 into NTSC luminance signals and color difference signals and performs digital / analog conversion to generate a recording title list image signal S23 and sends it to the RGB encoder 22. The RGB encoder 22 mixes the video signal S12 and the recording title list image signal S23 and outputs them to the monitor 8 (FIG. 1), and displays the recording title list screen corresponding to the recording title list image signal S23 on the display screen of the monitor 8 Display on 8A.

  Here, an operation for the viewer to reproduce the video and audio of a desired program on the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 (FIG. 1) while viewing the recorded title list screen displayed on the display screen 8A of the monitor 8. Then, the mobile phone MS1 with a remote control function transmits a command signal S1 for performing a reproduction operation to the infrared transceiver unit 10. The infrared transmission / reception unit 10 converts the command signal S1 into a command signal S2 composed of an electrical signal and sends the command signal S2 to the CPU 11.

  When the CPU 11 detects that the command signal S2 has been supplied, it controls the operation of each circuit via the bus BUS, so that the video and audio of the program specified in the mobile phone MS1 with the remote control function (FIG. 1). Has been made to play. That is, the recording medium unit 30 reads the multiplexed data S25 of the designated program from among the multiplexed data of a plurality of programs recorded on a built-in recording medium (not shown), and reads this data from the multiplexing / separating unit 18 To send.

  The multiplexing / separating unit 18 separates the multiplexed data S25 into audio encoded data S26 and video encoded data S27, of which the audio encoded data S26 is sequentially passed through the audio decoder 19 and the D / A conversion circuit 21. The audio signal S28 is generated and output to the monitor 8 (FIG. 1), and the video encoded data S27 is sequentially generated through the video decoder 20 and the RGB encoder 22 to generate the video signal S29, which is sent to the monitor 8. To do.

  A CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) 35 stores a program logo of a standard program and a face photo icon made up of a representative photograph of a representative performer of the standard program. When set to, the CD-ROM decoder 36 reads the program logo and face photo icon data from the CD-ROM 35 as program association data S35 associated with the program, and transfers this to the flash memory 31 via the CPU 11. And store. The operation input unit 37 is for performing various setting operations, and notifies the CPU 11 of the set operation information.

(3) User Registration Processing Procedure In the case of this embodiment, there are a plurality of users who use the IRD 5, and each of the plurality of users is given their own mobile phone MS. In this case, each user can share and use one IRD 5 by remotely operating the IRD 5 via the mobile phone MS1 with a remote control function using the dedicated mobile phone MS, and the IRD 5 can be used from the outside. Can be operated remotely.

  Each mobile phone MS is assigned a telephone number as unique identification information. When the telephone number of each mobile phone MS is input via the operation input unit 37, the CPU 11 of the IRD 5 receives the input. The telephone number of each mobile phone MS is stored in the flash memory 31 and registered.

  Therefore, if the mobile phone MS1 with a remote control function sends the command information sent from the mobile phone MS to the IRD 5 as a command signal S1, the IRD 5 stores each command stored in the flash memory 31. Based on the telephone number of the mobile phone MS, the mobile phone MS that has issued the command information, that is, the user can be specified.

  Here, in the case of this embodiment, the IRD 5 prestores and registers the preference information of each user's broadcast program (hereinafter referred to as program preference information) in the flash memory 31 serving as preference information storage means. Has been made. That is, when the user operates the user registration screen key of the operation input unit 37 provided in the IRD 5, the CPU 11 of the IRD 5 generates user registration screen data on the RAM 13 based on the control program developed in the RAM 13, A predetermined user registration screen based on the generated user registration screen data is displayed on the display screen 8A of the monitor 8.

  Then, according to the guidance on the user registration screen, when program preference information including information such as a channel and a genre that the user likes is sequentially input via the operation input unit 37 for each user, the CPU 11 determines the program preference of each user. Information is stored and registered in the flash memory 31 in association with the telephone number of the mobile phone MS used by each user.

(4) Configuration of Mobile Phone System The mobile phone with remote control function MS1 is arranged at a predetermined position in the viewer's house and transmits and receives infrared rays to and from the IRD 5. FIG. 4 shows a configuration of a mobile phone MS1 with a remote control function. The mobile telephone MS1 with a remote control function inputs a user's voice signal input from the microphone 40 to the transmission / reception circuit unit 41. The transmission / reception circuit unit 41 generates a transmission signal by sequentially performing digitization processing, compression coding processing, modulation processing, and the like on the audio signal, and transmits the transmission signal via the antenna 42.

  On the other hand, at the time of reception, the mobile phone MS1 with a remote control function inputs a reception signal received by the antenna 42 to the transmission / reception circuit unit 41. The transmission / reception circuit unit 41 restores the audio signal by sequentially performing demodulation processing, decompression decoding processing, analogization processing, and the like on the received signal, and outputs this from the speaker 43. Thereby, the user can hear the voice of the other party through the speaker 43.

  The CPU 44 reads the control program stored in the memory 45 as necessary, and controls the operation of each circuit by executing the read control program. The CPU 44 controls the operation of each circuit based on the operation information input via the operation input unit 46 and displays predetermined information on the display 47 as necessary.

  The infrared transmission / reception unit 48 superimposes the command signal S1 supplied from the CPU 44 on the infrared rays and transmits it to the IRD 5, receives the transmission signal transmitted from the IRD 5 superimposed on the infrared rays, and converts the received reception signal into the electric signal. It is converted into a signal and sent to the CPU 44.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone MS1 with a remote control function exists in a cell C1 obtained by dividing an area where communication service by the mobile phone system is provided into a desired size, and is installed in the cell C1. Wireless communication with the base station BS1 is performed. The base station BS1 is further connected to a mobile communication control station 50 of a higher hierarchy, and the mobile communication control station 50 has a mobile phone MS1 with a remote control function in the cell C1 based on a signal sent from the base station BS1. Is stored in the home memory 51.

  In this state, it is assumed that the user goes out with his / her mobile phone MS2 and moves from the viewer's house to, for example, the cell C2 in which the base station BS2 is installed. In this case, the mobile phone MS2 is adapted to wirelessly communicate with the base station BS2 in the cell C2, and the mobile communication control station 50 allows the mobile phone MS2 to enter the cell C2 based on a signal sent from the base station BS2. The location information indicating the presence is stored in the home memory 51.

  FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the mobile phone MS2. The mobile phone MS <b> 2 inputs the user's voice signal input from the microphone 55 to the transmission / reception circuit unit 56. The transmission / reception circuit unit 56 generates a transmission signal by sequentially performing digitization processing, compression coding processing, modulation processing, and the like on the audio signal, and transmits the transmission signal via the antenna 57.

  On the other hand, at the time of reception, the cellular phone MS2 inputs the reception signal received by the antenna 57 to the transmission / reception circuit unit 56. The transmission / reception circuit unit 56 restores the audio signal by sequentially performing demodulation processing, decompression decoding processing, analogization processing, and the like on the received signal, and outputs this from the speaker 58. Thereby, the user can hear the voice of the other party through the speaker 58.

  The CPU 59 reads the control program stored in the memory 60 as necessary, and controls the operation of each circuit by executing the read control program. Further, the CPU 59 controls the operation of each circuit based on operation information input via the operation input unit 61 and displays predetermined information on the display 62 as necessary. The voice synthesizer 63 generates a voice signal based on an instruction from the CPU 59 and outputs it from the speaker 58 to transmit desired information to the user.

(5) Program Reservation Setting Processing Procedure As shown in FIG. 1, when the mobile phone MS2 exists in the cell C2, the user operates the call key of the operation input unit 61 to set the telephone number of the mobile phone with remote control function MS1. Upon input, the CPU 59 of the mobile phone MS2 executes a program reservation setting processing procedure RT1 when acquiring EPG data from the IRD 5, as shown in FIGS.

  That is, in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, when the CPU 59 of the mobile phone MS2 enters the program reservation setting processing procedure RT1 when acquiring EPG data from the IRD 5, the CPU 59 moves to step SP1 and controls the operation of the transmission / reception circuit unit 56 to control the remote controller. A call is made to the function-equipped mobile phone MS1, and in the following step SP2, it is determined whether or not the mobile phone MS2 and the remote-control function-equipped mobile phone MS1 are line-connected, and the processing steps SP1 and SP2 are sequentially performed until a positive result is obtained. repeat.

  If an affirmative result is obtained in step SP2, this indicates that the mobile phone MS2 and the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 are connected to each other. At this time, the CPU 59 of the mobile phone MS2 moves to step SP3 and operates. When the reservation key of the input unit 61 is pressed, this is detected, and the process proceeds to the subsequent step SP4, where the reservation command data corresponding to the pressed reservation key is read from the memory 60, and the read reservation command data is transmitted and received. The data is transmitted to the mobile phone MS1 with a remote control function via the circuit unit 56 and the antenna 57 sequentially.

  In step SP5, the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 receives the reservation command data sent from the mobile phone MS2, and adds the telephone number of the mobile phone MS2 to the received reservation command data as a command signal S1. As shown in FIG. In the subsequent step SP6, the CPU 11 of the IRD 5 analyzes the command signal S1 received by the infrared transmitter / receiver 10 and determines whether or not the telephone number of the mobile phone MS2 indicated by the analysis result is stored in the flash memory 31.

  If an affirmative result is obtained in step SP6, this indicates that the telephone number of the mobile phone MS2 is stored in the flash memory 31. At this time, the CPU 11 of the IRD 5 moves to the following step SP7, and retrieves the search means. The program preference information corresponding to the telephone number of the mobile phone MS2 is read from the flash memory 31. Based on the program preference information, the CPU 11 of the IRD 5 searches the EPG data S16 stored in the RAM 13 for a program that matches the user's preference, generates EPG data including the searched program, and generates the generated EPG data. The EPG data is transmitted from the infrared transmitting / receiving unit 10 to the mobile phone with remote control function MS1.

  In the subsequent step SP8, the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 receives the EPG data sent from the IRD 5, and transmits the received EPG data to the mobile phone MS2. In step SP9, the cellular phone MS2 receives the EPG data sent from the cellular phone with remote control function MS1 by the antenna 57, and sends it to the CPU 59 via the antenna 57 and the transmission / reception circuit unit 56 sequentially. The CPU 59 of the cellular phone MS2 stores the EPG data in the memory 60 and displays an EPG screen corresponding to the EPG data on the display 62 as a notification unit.

  In this state, when the user presses the voice guide key of the operation input unit 61, the CPU 59 reads EPG data from the memory 60 and supplies it to the voice synthesis unit 63. The voice synthesizer 63 generates a voice signal based on the EPG data and outputs the voice signal from the speaker 58 as a notification means, thereby notifying the user of information corresponding to the EPG screen.

  Then, when a desired program is selected from among a plurality of programs displayed on the EPG screen in step SP10, the CPU 59 of the mobile phone MS2 moves to the next step SP11, where the broadcast date / time, channel, and channel of the selected program are selected. A program title or the like is transmitted as reserved program data to the mobile telephone MS1 with a remote control function.

  In the subsequent step SP12, the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 receives the reserved program data sent from the mobile phone MS2, and transmits the received reserved program data to the IRD 5. In step SP13, the IRD 5 receives the reserved program data by the infrared transmission / reception unit 10, stores the received reserved program data in the flash memory 31, performs reservation setting, and indicates that the reservation setting is completed. Reservation completion data is transmitted from the infrared transmitting / receiving unit 10 to the mobile phone MS1 with a remote control function.

  In step SP14, the mobile telephone with remote control function MS1 receives the reservation completion data sent from the IRD 5, and transmits the received reservation completion data to the mobile telephone MS2. In the following step SP15, the mobile phone MS2 receives the reservation completion data by the antenna 57 and sends it to the CPU 59 via the antenna 57 and the transmission / reception circuit unit 56 in order. The CPU 59 generates message information corresponding to the reservation completion date and displays it on the display 62 to notify the user that the reservation has been completed.

  In this state, when the user presses the voice guide key of the operation input unit 61, the mobile phone MS2 outputs a voice from the speaker 58 that the reservation is completed. Then, the CPU 59 of the mobile phone MS2 ends the processing procedure at step SP16.

  On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP6, this indicates that the telephone number of the mobile phone MS2 is not registered in the flash memory 31 of the IRD 5, and at this time, the CPU 11 of the IRD 5 moves to step SP17. Then, the reservation impossible data indicating that the reservation setting is impossible is generated and transmitted from the infrared transmitting / receiving unit 10 to the mobile phone MS1 with a remote control function.

  In the subsequent step SP18, the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 receives the non-reservable data sent from the IRD 5, and transmits the received non-reservable data to the mobile phone MS2. In the following step SP19, the cellular phone MS2 receives the non-reservable data sent from the cellular phone with remote control function MS1 by the antenna 57 and sends it to the CPU 59 via the antenna 57 and the transmission / reception circuit unit 56. The CPU 59 generates message information corresponding to the reservation impossible data and displays it on the display 62 to inform the user that the reservation is impossible.

  In this state, when the user presses the voice guide key of the operation input unit 61, the mobile phone MS2 outputs from the speaker 58 by voice that the reservation is impossible. Then, the CPU 59 of the mobile phone MS2 ends the processing procedure at step SP16.

  Thereafter, the CPU 11 of the IRD 5 operates as a recording control means, executes a recording operation based on the reserved program data stored in the flash memory 31, and records the program reserved and set by the above-described program reservation setting processing procedure RT1. Recording on the media unit 30. At that time, the CPU 11 of the IRD 5 generates the recorded title list data S21 of the user who uses the mobile phone MS2 in association with the telephone number of the mobile phone MS2, based on the EPG data S16 stored in the RAM 13 in advance. Is stored in the flash memory 31.

  Then, when the user performs an operation for displaying the recorded title list screen on the mobile phone MS2, the CPU 11 of the IRD 5 reads the recorded title list data S21 from the flash memory 31, and uses the read recorded title list data S21 as a remote control function. The recorded title list screen corresponding to the recorded title list data S21 transmitted to the cellular phone MS2 via the attached cellular phone MS1 is displayed on the display 62 of the cellular phone MS2.

(6) Operation and Effect of Embodiment In the above configuration, the IRD 5 stores the program preference information of each user in the flash memory 31 in association with the telephone number of the mobile phone MS used by each user.

  In this state, when the user performs an EPG screen display operation from the outside using the mobile phone MS2, the CPU 11 of the IRD 5 sends the mobile phone MS2 sent from the mobile phone MS2 via the mobile phone MS1 with a remote control function. The program preference information corresponding to the telephone number is read from the flash memory 31, and EPG data matching the preference of the user using the mobile phone MS2 is generated based on the read program preference information.

  Then, the CPU 11 of the IRD 5 transmits the generated EPG data to the mobile phone MS2 via the mobile phone with remote control function MS1, and displays an EPG screen corresponding to the transmitted EPG data on the display 62 of the mobile phone MS2.

  As a result, each user can carry out the enormous number of programs included in the EPG data S16 stored in the IRD 5 simply by operating the mobile phone MS2 when the user goes out with the mobile phone MS2. A program matching the user's preference can be retrieved from the inside and displayed on the display 62 of the mobile phone MS2. Thus, each user can use the IRD 5 as if it were a dedicated IRD.

  The number of programs recorded in the recording media unit 30 is displayed by displaying only the programs recorded by the user among the programs recorded in the recording media unit 30 on the display 62 of the mobile phone MS2 as a recording title list screen. Even if the number of programs increases, it is possible to reduce the effort required for program management. At that time, since the user can only display his / her own recorded title list screen on the display 62, it is possible to prevent an erroneous operation such as deleting a program recorded by another user by mistake.

  According to the above configuration, program preference information of a plurality of users is registered in advance in the IRD 5 for each telephone number of the mobile phone MS used by each user, and any user among the plurality of users can carry his / her mobile phone. When the display operation of the program list is performed via the telephone MS, the user using the mobile telephone MS based on the program preference information corresponding to the telephone number transmitted from the portable telephone MS via the portable telephone MS1 with a remote control function. Providing a user with a program list that matches the user's preferences regardless of the position of the user using the mobile phone MS by generating a list of programs that match the preference and transmitting the list to the mobile phone MS Can do.

(7) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiment, the case where the mobile phone MS2 acquires EPG data from the IRD 5 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. You may make it acquire EPG data from other various information provision apparatuses like the EPG server 71 connected to the communication control station 50 via the internet 70. FIG. When acquiring EPG data from the EPG server 71, the IRD 5 does not need to store the EPG data S16 in the RAM 13 of the IRD 5, so that the memory capacity of the RAM 13 can be saved.

  In this case, the user registers his / her program preference information in advance in a database unit (not shown) of the EPG server 71 in association with a user ID (IDentification) as identification information.

  Then, when the user of the mobile phone MS2 operates the call key of the operation input unit 61 and inputs the telephone number of the access point of the Internet provider, the CPU 59 of the mobile phone MS2 performs the EPG as shown in FIGS. A program reservation setting process procedure RT2 for obtaining EPG data from the server 71 is executed.

  That is, in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, when the CPU 59 of the mobile phone MS2 enters the program reservation setting processing procedure RT2 when acquiring EPG data from the EPG server 71, the CPU 59 moves to step SP20 and controls the operation of the transmission / reception circuit unit 56. Then, a call is made to the access point of the Internet provider, and the EPG server 71 is accessed in the subsequent step SP21.

  When the user inputs a user ID via the operation input unit 61, the CPU 59 of the mobile phone MS2 sends the input user ID to the EPG server 71 via the transmission / reception circuit unit 56 and the antenna 57 in step SP22. Send. In step SP23, the EPG server 71 receives the user ID sent from the mobile phone MS2, and determines whether or not the received user ID is registered in the database unit.

  If an affirmative result is obtained in step SP23, this indicates that the user ID of the user who uses the mobile phone MS2 is registered in the database unit. At this time, the EPG server 71 proceeds to the subsequent step SP24. The program preference information corresponding to the user ID is read from the database unit, EPG data matching the user preference is generated based on the read program preference information, and this is transmitted to the mobile phone MS2.

  In step SP25, the cellular phone MS2 receives the EPG data sent from the EPG server 71 by the antenna 57, and sends it to the CPU 59 via the antenna 57 and the transmission / reception circuit unit 56 sequentially. The CPU 59 of the mobile phone MS2 stores the EPG data in the memory 60 and displays an EPG screen corresponding to the EPG data on the display 62.

  In this state, when the user presses the voice guide key of the operation input unit 61, the CPU 59 reads EPG data from the memory 60 and supplies it to the voice synthesis unit 63. The voice synthesizer 63 generates a voice signal based on the EPG data and outputs the voice signal from the speaker 58, thereby notifying the user of information corresponding to the EPG screen.

  Then, when a desired program is selected from among a plurality of programs displayed on the EPG screen in step SP26, the CPU 59 of the mobile phone MS2 moves to the next step SP27, where the broadcast date / time, channel, and channel of the selected program are selected. A program title or the like is transmitted as reserved program data to the mobile telephone MS1 with a remote control function.

  In the subsequent step SP28, the mobile telephone with remote control function MS1 receives the reserved program data sent from the mobile telephone MS2, and transmits the received reserved program data to the IRD 5. In step SP29, the IRD 5 receives the reserved program data by the infrared transmission / reception unit 10, stores the received reserved program data in the flash memory 31, performs reservation setting, and indicates that the reservation setting is completed. Reservation completion data is transmitted from the infrared transmitting / receiving unit 10 to the mobile phone MS1 with a remote control function.

  In step SP30, the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 receives the reservation completion data sent from the IRD 5, and transmits the received reservation completion data to the mobile phone MS2. In the following step SP31, the cellular phone MS2 receives the reservation completion data by the antenna 57, and sends it to the CPU 59 via the antenna 57 and the transmission / reception circuit unit 56 sequentially. The CPU 59 generates message information corresponding to the reservation completion date and displays it on the display 62 to notify the user that the reservation has been completed.

  In this state, when the user presses the voice guide key of the operation input unit 61, the mobile phone MS2 outputs a voice from the speaker 58 that the reservation is completed. Then, the CPU 59 of the mobile phone MS2 ends the processing procedure at step SP32.

  On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP23, this indicates that the user ID of the user who uses the mobile phone MS2 is not registered in the database unit. At this time, the EPG server 71 proceeds to step SP33. Then, unregistered data indicating that the user ID is unregistered is generated and transmitted to the mobile phone MS2.

  In step SP34, the cellular phone MS2 receives the unregistered data sent from the EPG server 71 by the antenna 57 and sends it to the CPU 59 via the antenna 57 and the transmission / reception circuit unit 56. The CPU 59 generates message information corresponding to the unregistered data and displays it on the display 62 to notify the user that the input user ID is unregistered.

  In this state, when the user presses the voice guide key of the operation input unit 61, the mobile phone MS2 outputs a voice from the speaker 63 that the input user ID is unregistered. Then, the CPU 59 of the mobile phone MS2 ends the processing procedure at step SP32.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the setting operation of the reserved recording is performed from the mobile phone MS2 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various settings such as power on / off, channel switching, and reproduction are performed. An operation may be performed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the EPG screen is displayed on the display 62 of the mobile phone MS2 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the EPG screen is displayed on the display screen 8A of the monitor 8. Also good.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the IRD 5 is operated from the mobile phone MS2 via the mobile phone with remote control function MS1 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may have a function of transmitting and receiving infrared rays. For example, the IRD 5 may be operated via various other remote commanders connected to a predetermined communication means such as a fixed telephone connected to a public line.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the remote-control-equipped mobile phone MS1 and the IRD 5 are connected via infrared rays has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and, for example, wired using Ethernet (registered trademark). You may make it connect.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the telephone number of the mobile phone MS2 is transmitted every time the command signal S1 is transmitted from the mobile phone MS1 with a remote control function to the IRD5 has been described. The telephone number of the mobile phone MS2 may be transmitted when the power supply of the mobile phone MS2 is turned on and the telephone number is registered in the IRD 5, and the registration may be canceled when the power supply is turned off or the reservation setting is completed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where EPG data indicating the contents of a program provided from a broadcasting station is provided from the IRD 5 to the mobile phone MS2 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other various programs are provided. The program guide information indicating the contents of the above may be provided from the program guide information providing apparatus to the mobile phone MS2.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the mobile phone MS2 is used as the communication terminal device has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other various communication terminal devices can be widely applied.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the information received by the IRD 5 of the analog terrestrial broadcasting system 1 is displayed has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this and is distributed by digital satellite broadcasting or cable broadcasting. It can be widely applied to display information.

The present invention can be widely used, for example, in a program recording system using EPG.

1 is a block diagram showing an analog terrestrial broadcasting system according to the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the information receiver by this invention. It is a basic diagram which shows the content of EPG data. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone with a remote control function. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a mobile telephone. It is a flowchart which shows the program reservation setting process sequence in the case of acquiring EPG data from IRD. It is a flowchart which shows the program reservation setting process sequence in the case of acquiring EPG data from IRD. It is a flowchart which shows the program reservation setting process sequence in the case of acquiring EPG data from an EPG server. It is a flowchart which shows the program reservation setting process sequence in the case of acquiring EPG data from an EPG server.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Analog terrestrial broadcasting system, 2 ... Transmitter, 4 ... Relay device, 5 ... IRD, 7 ... Remote commander, 8 ... Monitor, 8A ... Display screen, 10 ... Remote commander receiver , 11... CPU, 12... ROM, 13... RAM, 15... Tuner, 16... Audio processor, 17 .. video processor, 18 .. multiplex / separator, 19. ...... Video decoder, 21 ... D / A conversion circuit, 22 ... RGB encoder, 25 ... VBI slicer, 30 ... recording media section, 31 ... flash memory.

Claims (6)

Program guide information indicating the contents of a program supplied by a predetermined program supply means is stored in advance, and preference information indicating a user's preference is stored in advance in association with user identification information, and based on the preference information described above A user identification information transmission unit that transmits user identification information to a program guide information providing apparatus that searches a program that matches a user's preference from program guide information and generates and provides searched program guide information including the searched program. When,
A search program guide information receiving unit for receiving the search program guide information transmitted from the program guide information providing apparatus as a result of transmitting the user identification information;
A reserved program data generating unit for generating reserved program data for reserving a program selected by the user from the received search program guide information;
A reserved program data transmission unit that transmits the generated reserved program data to a recording device that records a program specified by the reserved program data among a plurality of programs supplied from the predetermined program supply unit in a predetermined recording unit When
A communication terminal device comprising: The reserved program data transmission unit
The reserved program data is transmitted to the recording device via the remote commander of the recording device.
The communication terminal device according to claim 1. A reservation completion data receiving unit for receiving reservation completion data indicating that the reservation setting of the program designated by the reserved program data, which is transmitted from the recording device as a result of transmitting the reserved program data, is completed.
The communication terminal device according to claim 1. A user identification information receiving unit for receiving user identification information transmitted from the communication terminal device;
A program guide information storage unit for preliminarily storing program guide information indicating the contents of a program supplied by a predetermined program supply means;
A preference information storage unit that stores in advance preference information indicating user preferences in association with user identification information;
A search unit for searching for a program matching the user's preference from the program guide information based on the preference information corresponding to the received user identification information and generating search program guide information including the searched program;
A search program guide information transmitting unit for transmitting the generated search program guide information to the communication terminal device;
A program guide information providing device comprising:
A user identification information transmitting unit for transmitting the user identification information to the guide information providing device;
A search program guide information receiving unit for receiving the search program guide information transmitted from the program guide information providing apparatus as a result of transmitting the user identification information;
A reserved program data generating unit for generating reserved program data for reserving a program selected by the user from the received search program guide information;
A reserved program data transmitting unit for transmitting the generated reserved program data to a recording device;
A communication terminal device having
A reserved program data receiving unit for receiving the reserved program data transmitted from the communication terminal device;
A recording control unit for recording, in a predetermined recording unit, a program specified by the received reserved program data among a plurality of programs supplied from the predetermined program supply means;
A recording apparatus having
A program recording system. Program guide information indicating the contents of a program supplied by a predetermined program supply means is stored in advance, and preference information indicating a user's preference is stored in advance in association with user identification information, and based on the preference information described above User identification information is transmitted to a program guide information providing device for searching for a program that matches a user's preference from program guide information and generating and providing search program guide information including the searched program,
Receiving the search program guide information transmitted from the program guide information providing apparatus as a result of transmitting the user identification information;
Generating reserved program data for reserving a program selected by the user from the received search program guide information,
The generated reserved program data is transmitted to a recording device that records a program specified by the reserved program data among a plurality of programs supplied from the predetermined program supply means in a predetermined recording unit.
Communication method. A program guide information providing apparatus that stores in advance program guide information indicating the contents of a program supplied by a predetermined program supply means and stores in advance preference information indicating user preferences in association with user identification information, Receiving user identification information transmitted from the communication terminal device;
The program guide information providing device searches the program guide information for a program that matches the user's preference based on the preference information corresponding to the received user identification information, and generates search program guide information including the searched program And
The program guide information providing device transmits the generated search program guide information to the communication terminal device,
The communication terminal device receives the search program guide information transmitted from the program guide information providing device,
The communication terminal device generates reserved program data for reserving a program selected by the user from the received search program guide information,
The communication terminal device transmits the generated reserved program data to a recording device,
The recording device receives the reserved program data transmitted from the communication terminal device,
  The recording apparatus records, in a predetermined recording unit, a program specified by the received reserved program data among a plurality of programs supplied from the predetermined program supply means.
Program recording method.

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