JP2009152745A - Server and method for managing member viewing and listening television program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology which can search other users viewing and listening the same program by collecting the viewing/listening information of a TV program and sharing the information among users belonging to a preset group, and can permit exchange of comment, or the like, easily among users sharing a viewing/listening program. <P>SOLUTION: A server for managing the members viewing and listening a TV program comprises a viewing/listening information recording means for recording the user's viewing/listening information of a TV program in association with the identification information of the user, a group information recording means for recording information indicating the correspondence of a group consisting of a plurality of users and the users belonging to that group, and a means for searching other users viewing/listening the TV program and belonging to the same group as that of the user based on the identification information of the user recorded in the viewing/listening information recording means in association with the viewing/listening information of a TV program and the information indicating the correspondence relation recorded in the group information recording means with regard to a TV program specified by a user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a TV program viewing member management server and a TV program viewing member management method.

  Weblog (blog) service that sends users' interests on the Internet and promotes discussions between users, and Social Networking (social networking) service that discusses interests between users who have approved each other as friends (Hereinafter referred to as SNS) has become widespread (Non-Patent Document 1). And such information distribution service has a possibility of becoming a base which expands each person's interest by browsing the transmission article of the user who has an interest close to himself, and the contents of discussion in the community.

On the other hand, with the spread of terrestrial digital broadcasting and one-segment broadcasting and the development of information appliances, various types of information processing related to viewing of television (hereinafter referred to as TV) broadcasts are possible. Therefore, it has become possible to create new services by combining viewing of TV programs and SNS performed daily by viewers (hereinafter referred to as users).
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: Current status analysis and future prediction of blogs and SNS, http: // www. soumu. go. jp / s-news / 2005 / 050517_3. html (2005)

  Many users watch TV at home on a daily basis, but the age structure of their families is usually different, and the TV programs they are interested in are not necessarily common. However, if you turn your eyes outside the family, there are means for easily communicating with friends who share preferences through SNS. Therefore, it is possible to exchange the impressions of TV programs that they have seen through sites such as bulletin boards, but the exchange of viewing and impressions of TV programs is often not close in time. Since no means for confirming who viewed the TV program is prepared, it is generally not easy to exchange impressions while maintaining the impression that was held at the time of viewing.

  Therefore, the present invention collects viewing information of TV programs and shares them among users belonging to a preset group, makes it possible to search for other users who view the same program, and easily among users who share the viewing program. The purpose is to provide technology that can exchange impressions.

  The inventor has found a mechanism for searching for other users who view the same program based on the TV program viewing information collected from each user and the information of the group to which each user belongs, and has completed the present invention. Specifically, the present invention provides the following.

  (1) Recording information recording means for recording viewing information of a user's TV program in association with identification information of the user, and information indicating a correspondence relationship between a group composed of a plurality of users and users belonging to the group Group information recording means, user identification information recorded on the viewing information recording means in association with viewing information on the TV program, and the group information recording means recorded on the TV information designated by the user A TV program viewing member management server comprising other viewer information search means for searching for other users who view the TV program and belong to the same group as the user based on the information indicating the correspondence relationship.

  According to such a configuration of the present invention, a person who views the same TV program in the group to which the user belongs can be easily searched and known. Since some TV programs are more enjoyable to watch while exchanging impressions with those who share preferences, the present invention can meet the needs of such users.

  (2) Other viewer information search instruction receiving means for receiving information related to the TV program designated by the user from a terminal connected to the Internet, in order to perform search by the other viewer information search means, and the other viewer And further comprising other viewer information transmitting means for transmitting to the terminal information related to other users who view the TV program based on the search result by the information search means and belong to the same group as the user. (2) The TV program viewing member management server according to (1).

  According to such a configuration of the present invention, the user can easily use the invention of (1) through the Internet, so that the user can know friends who watch the same program while watching TV at home. .

  (3) Information indicating a correspondence relationship between a group recorded by the group information recording unit and a user belonging to the group includes information indicating a correspondence relationship when one user belongs to a plurality of groups, and the other viewers (1) or (2), wherein another user who views a TV program to be searched by the information search means belongs to the same group as the user. The TV program viewing member management server described.

  According to such a configuration of the present invention, when one user belongs to a plurality of groups, it becomes possible to search for friends who view the same program from the plurality of groups. If it is more enjoyable to exchange impressions, it is possible to exchange opinions by selecting a group member who has a large number of friends to watch.

  (4) A TV program viewing member according to (1) or (2), wherein the viewing status detection means for detecting the viewing status of the user's TV program and the information related to the viewing status detected by the viewing status detection means are transmitted via the Internet. TV viewing information management device comprising viewing information transmitting means for transmitting to the management server, and viewing information receiving means for receiving information relating to the viewing status of the user's TV program transmitted from the TV viewing information management device. The TV program viewing member management server and the TV program viewing member management through the Internet for requesting information related to other users who designate the TV program and view the TV program and belong to the same group as the user Other viewer information search instruction means to be transmitted to the server, and before transmitted from the TV program viewing member management server TV program viewing member management system including an other viewer information display device and a other audience information receiving display means for receiving and displaying information.

  According to such a configuration of the present invention, the TV program viewing member management server can grasp and collect viewing information of the TV program when the user views, and a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) connected to the Internet. ), Users can search for friends who watch the same program as their own, so not only TV programs that have been viewed in the past but also TV programs that are currently being watched can be found and commented on. Therefore, it is possible to enjoy watching TV programs more happily.

  (5) The other viewer information display device includes a program guide creation instruction means for sending an instruction for requesting creation of a TV program guide related to viewing of the user through the Internet to the TV program viewing member management server, and the TV program. And a program guide receiving / displaying means for receiving and displaying information relating to the TV program guide transmitted from the viewing member management server, wherein the TV program viewing member management server is transmitted from the other viewer information display device. A program guide creation instruction receiving means for receiving the received instruction, a program guide creation means for creating a TV program guide related to viewing of the user based on the instructions, and the other viewing of the TV program guide created by the program guide creation means The TV program viewing member management system according to (4), further comprising program guide transmission means for transmitting to the person information display device.

  According to such a configuration of the present invention, the user can display the TV program guide that he / she watched on his / her personal computer or the like, so that the TV program whose opinion is to be exchanged can be viewed while viewing the displayed TV program guide. You can choose.

  (6) The TV program specified by the other viewer information search instruction means is performed using a screen related to the TV program guide displayed by the program guide reception display means. (5) TV program viewing member management system.

  According to such a configuration of the present invention, it is possible to find a friend for easily exchanging impressions by clicking a displayed TV program guide with a mouse.

  (7) A viewing information recording step in which the server records the viewing information of the user's TV program in association with the identification information of the user, and information indicating a correspondence relationship between a group composed of a plurality of users and users belonging to the group For the TV program designated by the user, the server shows the correspondence between the user identification information recorded in association with the viewing information of the TV program and the group and the user belonging to the group Based on the information, another viewer information searching step for searching for other users who view the TV program and belonging to the same group as the user, and an Internet terminal for searching for the searched TV program TV program viewing provided with another viewer display step for displaying other users who view and belong to the same group as the user Member management method.

  According to such a configuration of the present invention, since the invention described in (1) is realized by using a computer, the same effect as in (1) can be achieved, and an impression can be exchanged with a personal computer or the like. For this reason, it is possible to display a friend for the purpose, so that it is possible to easily find an opponent.

  According to the present invention, the daily act of watching TV programs and the communication means through the Internet called SNS are combined to increase the enjoyment of watching TV programs, and by applying communication topics, The intimacy can be further increased.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This is merely an example, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to this.

(First embodiment)
[overall structure]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a TV program viewing member management system. The TV program viewing member management system includes a TV program viewing member management server 1, a TV receiver 11, an information home appliance management device 20, an internet terminal 30, an internet 40 for connecting them, and a home network 41. Composed. Although not included in the TV program viewing member management system, a broadcasting station 42 that broadcasts a TV program is also shown in FIG.

  The TV program viewing member management server 1 receives viewing information receiving means 2 for receiving viewing information of a TV program transmitted from the information home appliance management device 20, and viewing information recording for recording the received viewing information together with a user ID related to viewing. Means 3, a program guide creation instruction receiving means 4 for receiving a program guide creation instruction transmitted from the Internet terminal 30, a program guide creation means 5 for creating a TV program guide related to viewing of the user who has given the creation instruction, and Program guide transmitting means 6 for transmitting the TV program guide to the user's Internet terminal 30, and other viewer information search instruction receiving means for receiving a search instruction for other viewers related to viewing the same program transmitted from the Internet terminal 30. 7, other viewer information search means 8 for searching for information related to other viewers, and information related to the searched other viewers to the Internet terminal It includes other viewer information transmitting means 9 for transmitting a 0, and the group information recording means 10 which records a membership to a group of users that are referenced by another viewer information retrieval means 8.

  The information home appliance management apparatus 20 is connected to the TV program viewing member management server 1 via the Internet 40, and viewing status detecting means 21 for detecting the viewing status of the TV program, and the user ID using the detected viewing status as viewing information. In addition, viewing information transmitting means 22 for transmitting to the TV program viewing member management server 1 is provided. Here, the information home appliance management apparatus 20 corresponds to a TV viewing information management apparatus. The user ID may be stored in the storage unit of the information home appliance management device 20 when logging in to the TV program viewing member management server 1 from the information home appliance management device 20 for the first time.

  The TV receiver 11 can receive terrestrial digital broadcasts broadcast from the broadcasting station 42, and is connected to the information home appliance management apparatus 20 via the home network 41, wired LAN, wireless LAN, IPv4, UPnP (universal plug and play). ) Etc.

  The Internet terminal 30 is a terminal that can be connected to the Internet and has a display unit, and can be easily used by an individual such as a personal computer or a mobile phone. The Internet terminal 30 includes a program guide creation instructing means 31 that instructs the TV program viewing member management server 1 to create a program guide of a TV program that the user has watched, and a program guide transmitted from the TV program viewing member management server 1. The TV program viewing member management server 1 searches the TV program viewing member management server 1 to search for other members of the group to which the user belongs who has designated the TV program and viewed the TV program. Other viewer information search instruction means 33 for instructing, and other viewer information reception display means 34 for displaying information of other members sharing the viewing transmitted from the TV program viewing member management server 1 on the display unit. The internet terminal 30 corresponds to another viewer information display device.

[Hardware configuration diagram of TV program viewing member management server]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the TV program viewing member management server 1 according to the present embodiment. The TV program viewing member management server 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 61 (a plurality of CPUs such as the CPU 62 may be added in a multiprocessor configuration), a bus line 50, a communication I / F (I / F: interface) 63, a main memory 64, a basic input output system (BIOS) 65, a display device 66, an I / O controller 67, and an input device 68 such as a keyboard and a mouse.

  The control unit 60 is a part that centrally controls the TV program viewing member management server 1, and cooperates with the hardware described above by appropriately reading and executing various programs stored in the hard disk 70 (described later). Various functions according to the present invention are realized.

  In the communication I / F 63, the TV program viewing member management server 1 receives various input information from the information home appliance management apparatus 20 (FIG. 1) and the Internet terminal 30 (FIG. 1) via the Internet 40 (FIG. 1), It is also a network adapter for transmitting the contents displayed on the screen. The communication I / F 63 may include a modem, a cable modem, and an Ethernet (registered trademark) adapter.

  The BIOS 65 records a boot program executed by the CPU 61 when the TV program viewing member management server 1 is started, a program depending on the hardware of the TV program viewing member management server 1, and the like.

  The display device 66 includes a display device such as a cathode ray tube display device (CRT) or a liquid crystal display device (LCD).

  A storage device 72 such as a hard disk 70 and a semiconductor memory 71 can be connected to the I / O controller 67.

  The input device 68 receives input by the administrator of the TV program viewing member management server 1.

  The hard disk 70 stores various programs for causing the hardware to function as the TV program viewing member management server 1, a program for executing the functions of the present invention, and a table to be described later. Note that the TV program viewing member management server 1 can use an external hard disk (not shown) as an external storage device.

  The hardware configuration of the TV program viewing member management server 1 has been mainly described above, but the functions described above can be performed by installing a program in a computer and operating the computer as the TV program viewing member management server 1. It can also be realized. Therefore, the functions realized by the TV program viewing member management server 1 described as one embodiment in the present invention are executed by executing the above-described method by the computer or by introducing the above-described program into the computer. This can also be realized.

  The computer referred to in the present invention refers to an information processing device including a storage device, a control unit, and the like, and the TV program viewing member management server 1 includes an information processing device including a storage device 72, a control unit 60, and the like. This information processing apparatus is included in the concept of the computer of the present invention.

  Viewing information receiving means 2, program guide creation instruction receiving means 4, program guide creating means 5, program guide sending means 6, other viewer information search instruction receiving means 7, other viewer information searching means 8, and other viewer information sending means 9 mainly corresponds to the control unit 60, and the viewing information recording unit 3 and the group information recording unit 10 mainly correspond to the storage device 72.

  The hardware configuration of the TV program viewing member management server 1 has been described above. However, in the present invention, the information home appliance management device 20 and the Internet terminal 30 can also be realized with the same hardware configuration.

[Affiliation group table]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an affiliation group table. It holds a user ID, user name, and group IDs 1 to 3 to which the user belongs, which are information for identifying the user. Therefore, the affiliation group table represents the correspondence between groups and users belonging to the groups. Up to three of the groups to which each user belongs are held, but may be increased or decreased as necessary.

  According to FIG. 3, Mr. Yamao Yamao of the user ID 1001 indicates that the group IDs belong to three groups of 1, 21 and 35. On the other hand, Mr. Yamaichi Yamada, whose user ID is 1004, indicates that he belongs only to the group whose group ID is 1. The belonging group table is recorded in the group information recording means 10.

[Viewing record table]
FIG. 4 is a view showing a viewing record table. The viewing record table holds the program ID, viewing date, and user ID of the TV program viewed by the user. Here, the user ID is user identification information. The viewing record table is recorded in the viewing information recording means 3.

  FIG. 4A shows a viewing record table recorded in the order of viewing.

  FIG. 4B shows a viewing record table extracted by specifying the user ID and viewing date. In this example, the program ID viewed by Mr. Yamao Yamakawa with the user ID 1001 on the viewing date 2007/12/10 is extracted.

  FIG. 4C shows a viewing record table extracted by specifying the program ID and viewing date. In this example, the user ID that has viewed the TV program with the program ID 200004 on the viewing date 2007/12/10 is extracted. Here, four users with user IDs 1001, 1002, 1003, and 1004 are extracted.

[Program management table]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a program management table. For a TV program broadcast by terrestrial digital broadcasting, a program ID, a program name, a broadcast channel, a broadcast time, a broadcast date, and a broadcast day of the week are held.

[Program display screen]
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a program display screen. An example of a screen in which a user who has watched a TV program obtains a program guide of the TV program that he / she watched from the TV program viewing member management server and displays it on the Internet terminal is shown. In this example, it is assumed that the user has already viewed programs A, F, and H and currently viewed L on three channels 1, 2, and 3. For these viewed programs, display methods such as changing the color of the part can be used.

  In this screen, when the user designates his / her user ID and viewing date and instructs to create a program guide, the TV program viewing member management server 1 first searches the user ID of the user from the viewing record table (FIG. 4). The program ID is extracted based on the viewing date (FIG. 4B), and the program management table (FIG. 5) is referred to based on the extracted program ID, and is constructed in the HTML language or the like.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another viewer information screen. The user designates the program ID and the viewing date, instructs the retrieval of other users who have watched the TV program and belong to the group to which the user belongs, and the search result received from the TV program viewing member management server 1 is obtained. This is the screen to be displayed.

  In this example, another user who has watched the program H (program ID = 200004, viewing date = 2007/12/10) and belongs to a group to which he belongs (in this case, Mr. Yamao Yasuo with a user ID of 1001) belongs. Those belonging to the TV program viewing member management server 1 are retrieved and displayed. This is created as follows.

  When the user designates his / her user ID, program ID, and viewing date and instructs to search for other viewer information, the TV program viewing member management server 1 first stores the program ID and the program ID from the viewing record table (FIG. 4). The user ID is extracted based on the viewing date (FIG. 4C).

  Next, with respect to the extracted user ID excluding the user ID of the user, the belonging group table (FIG. 3) is referred to and the belonging group ID of the user is grasped.

  Then, the user name is grasped for the user ID having the same group ID as the group ID of the group to which the user belongs, and the screen is constructed by the HTML language or the like together with the group ID.

  In FIG. 7, a new screen is provided for display, but another method may be used.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of displaying other viewer information on the program display screen. A search instruction is given from the program display screen, and the search result is displayed as a drop-down list 82.

  A link is embedded in each program display column of the program display screen (FIG. 8). When the mouse pointer 81 is placed on the desired program display field 80 and clicked, the program ID corresponding to the program is identified. This can be done by incorporating the program ID as a parameter in the link described when creating this screen. The user ID may be input when logging in to the TV program viewing member management server from this Internet terminal. In addition, the system date may be used as the viewing date, but it is possible to deal with past programs by incorporating them as parameters in the link in advance.

  In this example, since the programs A, F, and L have been viewed in the past, when creating a program display screen in advance, it is possible to incorporate other viewer information in HTML or the like. However, since the program H is the program that is currently being viewed, this cannot be done for other users who have started viewing after creating the program display screen. Therefore, when the program display field 80 is clicked by a technique such as Ajax, it is preferable to make an inquiry to the TV program viewing member management server. By doing so, the latest viewing information of other viewers can always be obtained. After grasping friends who can exchange impressions in this way, communication may be performed in a normal manner using functions such as instant messenger.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the TV program viewing member management system.

  First, viewing information recording will be described.

  S1: A TV broadcast is viewed on the TV receiver 11.

  S2: The home appliance management device 20 detects the viewing situation. Here, the information home appliance management device 20 functions as the viewing status detection means 21.

  S3: The home information management device 20 transmits the viewing status detected in S2 to the TV program viewing member management server 1 as viewing information. Here, the information home appliance management device 20 functions as the viewing information transmission means 22.

  S4: The TV program viewing member management server 1 receives the viewing information transmitted from the information home appliance management device 20. Here, the TV program viewing member management server 1 functions as viewing information receiving means 2.

  S5: The TV program viewing member management server 1 records the received viewing information. Here, the TV program viewing member management server 1 functions as the viewing information recording means 3.

  Next, creation of a program guide will be described.

  S6: The user transmits a request to create a program guide for the TV program viewed by the user from the Internet terminal 30 to the TV program viewing member management server 1. Here, the Internet terminal 30 functions as a program guide creation instruction unit 31.

  S7: The TV program viewing member management server 1 receives a program table creation request. Here, the TV program viewing member management server 1 functions as the program guide creation instruction receiving means 4.

  S8: The TV program viewing member management server 1 creates a program guide. Here, the TV program viewing member management server 1 functions as the program guide creation means 5.

  S9: The TV program viewing member management server 1 transmits the created program guide to the Internet terminal 30. Here, the TV program viewing member management server 1 functions as the program guide transmission means 6.

  S10 to S11: The internet terminal 30 receives the program guide transmitted from the TV program viewing member management server 1 and displays it on the display unit. Here, the Internet terminal 30 functions as program guide reception display means 32.

  Next, extraction of other viewer information will be described.

  S12: The user transmits a search request for information on other viewers belonging to the same group as the user sharing the TV program viewing to the TV program viewing member management server 1 from the Internet terminal 30. Here, the Internet terminal 30 functions as the other viewer information search instruction means 33.

  S13: The TV program viewing member management server 1 receives a search request for information of other viewers. Here, the TV program viewing member management server 1 functions as the other viewer information search instruction receiving means 7.

  S14: The TV program viewing member management server 1 searches for information of other viewers. Here, the TV program viewing member management server 1 functions as the other viewer information search means 8.

  S15: The TV program viewing member management server 1 transmits the search result to the Internet terminal 30. Here, the TV program viewing member management server 1 functions as the other viewer information transmission means 9.

  S16 to S17: The internet terminal 30 receives the other viewer information transmitted from the TV program viewing member management server 1 and displays it on the display unit. Here, the Internet terminal 30 functions as the other viewer information reception display means 34.

(Second Embodiment)
The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a TV broadcast is received by an Internet terminal.

  By receiving terrestrial digital broadcasting and one-segment broadcasting with a personal computer or a mobile phone, the TV receiver and the information home appliance management device described in the first embodiment can be integrated into the Internet terminal.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the TV program viewing member management system according to the present embodiment. The part that fulfills the receiving function of the TV receiver 11 is the TV broadcast receiving means 12, except that it is taken into the Internet terminal 30 together with the two means (viewing status detecting means 21 and viewing information transmitting means 22) that the information home appliance management apparatus 20 takes. It is not different from FIG. In this case, the Internet terminal 30 corresponds to the TV viewing information management device and the other viewer information display device.

  According to the present embodiment, viewing of a TV broadcast and a search request of other viewers can be performed on the same terminal. For example, while watching a one seg broadcast on a mobile phone, an impression is exchanged with a friend immediately. In addition, it is possible to exchange impressions with friends in a timely and easy manner.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. The effects described in the embodiments of the present invention are only the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments of the present invention. is not.

It is a figure showing the whole TV program viewing member management system composition concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of TV program viewing member management server 1 concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a figure which shows the affiliation group table which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the viewing-and-listening recording table which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the program management table which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the program display screen which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other viewer information screen which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is the figure which showed the example which displays other viewer information on the program display screen which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the processing flow of the TV program viewing member management system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the TV program viewing viewing member management system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 TV program viewing member management server 11 TV receiver 20 Information appliance management apparatus 30 Internet terminal 40 Internet 41 Home network 42 Broadcasting station 50 Bus line 60 Control part 72 Storage device 80 Program display column 81 Mouse pointer 82 Drop-down list

Claims (7)

Viewing information recording means for recording viewing information of a user's TV program in association with the identification information of the user;
Group information recording means for recording information indicating a correspondence relationship between a group composed of a plurality of users and users belonging to the group;
For the TV program designated by the user, user identification information recorded in the viewing information recording means in association with the viewing information of the TV program, and information indicating the correspondence relationship recorded in the group information recording means And other viewer information search means for searching for other users who view the TV program and belonging to the same group as the user,
A TV program viewing member management server comprising: Other viewer information search instruction receiving means for receiving information related to the TV program designated by the user from a terminal connected to the Internet in order to perform a search by the other viewer information search means;
Other viewer information transmitting means for transmitting to the terminal information related to another user who views the TV program based on a search result by the other viewer information searching means and belongs to the same group as the user; ,
The TV program viewing member management server according to claim 1, further comprising: The information indicating the correspondence between the group recorded by the group information recording means and the users belonging to the group includes information indicating the correspondence when one user belongs to a plurality of groups,
2. The other users who watch TV programs searched by the other viewer information search means and belong to the same group as the users are related to the plurality of groups. The TV program viewing member management server according to claim 2. Viewing status detection means for detecting the viewing status of the user's TV program;
Viewing information transmission means for transmitting information related to the viewing situation detected by the viewing situation detection means to the TV program viewing member management server according to claim 1 or 2, over the Internet,
A TV viewing information management device comprising:
The TV program viewing member management server further comprising viewing information receiving means for receiving information related to the viewing status of the user's TV program transmitted from the TV viewing information management device;
Other viewer information for transmitting a request for information relating to another user who designates a TV program and views the TV program and belongs to the same group as the user to the TV program viewing member management server via the Internet Search instruction means;
Other viewer information reception display means for receiving and displaying the information transmitted from the TV program viewing member management server;
Other viewer information display device comprising:
TV program viewing member management system. The other viewer information display device includes a program guide creation instruction means for transmitting an instruction to request creation of a TV program guide relating to viewing of the user through the Internet to the TV program viewing member management server;
Program guide reception display means for receiving and displaying information related to the TV program guide transmitted from the TV program viewing member management server;
Further comprising
The TV program viewing member management server includes a program guide creation instruction receiving means for receiving an instruction transmitted from the other viewer information display device;
A program guide creation means for creating a TV program guide related to viewing by the user based on the instruction;
A program guide transmitting means for transmitting the TV program guide created by the program guide creating means to the other viewer information display device;
The TV program viewing member management system according to claim 4, further comprising:   6. The TV program viewing according to claim 5, wherein the designation of the TV program by the other viewer information search instruction means is performed using a screen relating to the TV program guide displayed by the program guide reception display means. Member management system. A viewing information recording step in which the server records viewing information of the user's TV program in association with the identification information of the user;
Information indicating a correspondence relationship between a group composed of a plurality of users and users belonging to the group is recorded,
For the TV program specified by the user, based on the user identification information recorded in association with the viewing information of the TV program and the information indicating the correspondence between the group and the user belonging to the group, Other viewer information search step for searching for other users who view the TV program and belonging to the same group as the user;
Another viewer display step in which the Internet terminal device displays other users who view the searched TV program and belong to the same group as the user;
TV program viewing member management method comprising:

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