JP2010141781A - Transmission apparatus, receiving device, program reservation system, and program reservation method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To preserve a program, in simple configuration and by simple operation when a viewer watches a program propaganda spot program and reserves a program of main contents. <P>SOLUTION: In a program reservation system 1, reservation guide button contents for guiding a reservation of main contents of a program propaganda spot program, program selection button contents for selecting the main contents and a program selection reservation program for reserving a program by operating these button contents are transmitted from a transmission apparatus 10 to a receiving device 20. The receiving device 20 receives these button contents and the program and executes the program to display a banner in accordance with the button contents during airing of the program propaganda spot program. When a program of the main contents is selected by viewer operation, viewing/video-recording of the program of the main contents is reserved. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to program viewing / recording reservation, and more particularly to a technique for viewing / recording reservation of a main program when a program advertisement spot program is being broadcast.

  Conventionally, broadcast stations broadcast program advertisement spot programs scheduled to be broadcast in the near future between programs. This program advertisement spot program informs viewers by video and audio what kind of broadcast is broadcast on which channel. When a viewer watches a program advertisement spot program and reserves the main program, the viewer stores the start time and channel of the main program and takes notes.

  In recent years, digital broadcasting has become mainstream, and the receiving device has a data broadcast receiving function in accordance with the standard (see Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2). An electronic program guide called EPG (Electric Program Guide) is transmitted to such a receiving apparatus, and programs such as performers and synopses such as TV program guides, audio broadcasts, and data broadcasts are provided for a predetermined period. Information about is also being sent. Furthermore, the EPG has functions such as program recording reservation and program genre search. In a receiving apparatus such as a television or a DVD / HDD recorder that has received the EPG, it is possible to make a reservation for a program that the user desires to view using the EPG. Specifically, when the receiving device displays an EPG screen, the viewer can search for a program based on information on a program advertisement spot program and make a viewing reservation or a recording reservation.

  By the way, various techniques have been developed for such a program reservation. For example, when a viewer views a program advertisement spot program and wants to view or reserve the main program, the program is reserved using a portable terminal. The portable terminal acquires corresponding reservation information from the data broadcast transmitted together with the advertisement program in accordance with the reservation input from the viewer, and stores the reservation information in the storage device. Then, the receiving device records the broadcast program in the recording device according to the reservation information transmitted from the mobile terminal (see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, for example, a technique for reserving viewing or recording by a simple operation while viewing a program CM by adding a function for acquiring information necessary for reservation from the currently viewed program CM is also known (Patent Document). 2). Specifically, the character recognition processing unit and the voice recognition processing unit extract keywords from the moving image information and the voice information, and after the keywords are transferred to the keyword management unit, the program information processing unit presents the program information to the operator. Thus, the operator selects a desired program from the program information.

JP 2006-253895 (particularly FIGS. 1 to 3) JP 2008-236688 (in particular, FIG. 1) Japan Radio Industry Association, ARIB STD-B24, “Data Broadcast Coding and Transmission Methods in Digital Broadcasting” Radio Industries Association, ARIB TR-B14, “Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting Operation Rules”

  However, in the technique of the above-mentioned patent document 1, in order to communicate with a server apparatus etc. via a tuner part and a network, the portable terminal provided with the transmission means for transmitting a communication apparatus and reservation information to a recording device, for example, A mobile phone is required. In addition, since the broadcast program is recorded in the recording device according to the reservation information transmitted from the mobile terminal, it is easy to know whether the program to be advertised that the viewer is watching can be reserved or surely reserved. There was a problem that I could not. Furthermore, if a program advertisement spot program is broadcast in a short time, the viewer cannot make a reservation operation on the mobile terminal in time, or if a plurality of promoted programs are continuously broadcast, There was a problem that it was difficult to grasp whether the program was reserved.

  Further, in the technology of Patent Document 2, when the receiving device receives information transmitted from the transmitting device of the broadcast station, the character recognition processing unit and the speech recognition processing unit can use the character string that can be a keyword based on the character string of the received information. The program information processing unit presents program information to the operator. For this reason, there is a problem that special functions such as a character recognition processing unit and a voice recognition processing unit must be provided.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a simple configuration and simple operation when a viewer views a program advertisement spot program and reserves the main program. It is an object of the present invention to provide a transmission device, a reception device, a program reservation system, and a program reservation method capable of reserving a program.

  In order to solve the above problems, a transmitting apparatus according to the present invention reserves a program start spot and an end time of a program advertisement spot program and a main program in the program advertisement spot program in a transmitting apparatus that broadcasts a program advertisement spot program. A program advertisement spot information registration unit for registering program advertisement spot information including program reservation information for the program, a reservation citation button content for inviting reservation of the main program in the program advertisement spot program, and the main program list A content information transmission unit for transmitting program selection button content for displaying a program and selecting a program, and a program selection reservation program for operating the button content to reserve the program as content information, and the program The program advertisement spot information registered by the advertisement spot information registration department Then, the banner display ON / OFF flag of the reservation invitation button content and the program reservation information of the main part included in the program advertisement spot information are edited as event messages, and the banner is displayed at the start time of the program advertisement spot program. An event message sending unit that sets a display ON / OFF flag to ON and sets a banner display ON / OFF flag to OFF at the end time of the program advertisement spot program, and sends the message message, and starts the program advertisement spot program A program advertisement spot program transmission unit for transmitting the program advertisement spot program from time to end time, content information transmitted by the content information transmission unit, an event message transmitted by the event message transmission unit, and the Transmitted by the program advertisement spot program transmitter A multiplexing unit for broadcasting by multiplexing program advertisement spots program which, characterized by comprising a.

  In the transmission device according to the present invention, the content information transmission unit transmits the content information by carousel transmission with a fixed period.

  Further, in the transmission device according to the present invention, the event message sending unit includes a banner display ON / OFF flag of the reservation invitation button content, the number of main programs in the program advertisement spot program, main program start time, network ID, stream An event message including an ID, a service ID, an event ID, and a program name is edited.

  The receiving device according to the present invention is a receiving device that receives and broadcasts a program advertisement spot program broadcast from a broadcasting station, and reserves a main program in the program advertisement spot program. Reservation invitation button content for inviting a program reservation, program selection button content for displaying the main program list and selecting a program, and operating the button content to reserve the program Reserving a program selection reservation program, a banner display ON / OFF flag in which the start time of the program advertisement spot program is set to ON and the end time is set to OFF, and the main program included in the program advertisement spot information A tuner unit for receiving and demodulating each event message including program reservation information for Reservation quotation button content demodulated by the tuner unit, program selection button content, and a program selection reservation program, a storage unit that stores the program selection reservation program stored in the storage unit, and demodulated by the tuner unit Based on the banner display ON / OFF flag of the event message, the reservation citation button content stored in the storage unit is displayed / erased, and the program stored in the storage unit by operating the reservation citation button content A control unit that displays the selection button content and reserves the main program selected by operating the program selection button content based on the main program reservation information included in the event message. It is characterized by.

  In the receiving apparatus according to the present invention, the main program reservation information in the event message includes a plurality of main program names, and the control unit stores the program selection button content stored in the storage unit. Thus, a plurality of main program names in the event message are displayed as a program list.

  The program reservation system according to the present invention is characterized by comprising the transmission device and the reception device.

  In addition, the program reservation method according to the present invention is the program reservation method by the transmitting device that broadcasts the program promotion spot program and causes the receiving device that receives the broadcast of the program promotion spot program to reserve the main program. Reservation invitation button content for inviting reservation of the main program in the program, program selection button content for displaying the main program list and selecting a program, and operating the button content An event including a step of transmitting a program selection reservation program for making a reservation, a banner display ON / OFF flag of the reservation invitation button content, and program reservation information for reserving a main program in the program advertisement spot program A message editing step, and the program advertisement spot program The banner display ON / OFF flag is set to ON at the start time, the event message is transmitted, and the banner display ON / OFF flag is set to OFF at the end time of the program advertisement spot program. And a step of transmitting.

  The program reservation method according to the present invention is a program reservation method for receiving a program advertisement spot program broadcast from a broadcasting station and broadcasting it, and reserving a main program in the program advertisement spot program. Reservation invitation button content for inviting reservation of the main program, program selection button content for displaying the main program list and selecting a program, and operating the button content to reserve the program A program selection reservation program to be received and stored; a banner display ON / OFF flag set to ON at the start time of the program advertisement spot program; and the main program included in the program advertisement spot information Receiving an event message including program reservation information for reservation; and the storage In accordance with the program selection reservation program, the stored reservation invitation button content is displayed by receiving the event message, and the stored program selection button content is displayed by operating the reservation invitation button content. And a step of reserving a main program selected by operating the program selection button content based on main program reservation information included in the event message.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the receiving apparatus executes the program selection reservation program received in advance, and performs an operation for program reservation to the viewer according to the display of the reservation invitation button content and the program selection button content. I was allowed to. Thus, the viewer may reserve the main program by operating according to the screen display. Therefore, it is possible to reserve a program with a simple configuration and simple operation.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.
[Configuration of the program reservation system]
First, the configuration of a program reservation system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of the program reservation system. The transmission device 10 is a transmission system on the broadcasting station side, and includes a program advertisement spot information registration device (program advertisement spot information registration unit) 11, an event message transmission device (event message transmission unit) 12, a content information transmission device (content information). A transmission part) 13, a program advertisement spot program transmission device (program advertisement spot program transmission part) 14, and a multiplexing device (multiplexing part) 15.

  The receiving device 20 is a digital television broadcast receiver that receives data broadcasts, for example, provided on the viewer side, and is a digital tuner unit 21, a storage unit 22, a control unit 23, a communication unit 24, and an audio processing unit. 25, a video processing unit 26, a presentation processing unit 27, and an I / O 28. In addition, a remote controller 30 is provided outside. The remote controller 30 is a button for operating the receiving device 20 such as a power ON / OFF button, a communication switching button, a volume button, a channel setting 12 key button, etc., as well as a “decision button”, “ “Arrow buttons” of “↓” “→” “↑” “←” are provided.

  First, the configuration of the transmission device 10 will be described. The program advertisement spot information registration apparatus 11 of the transmission apparatus 10 is, for example, a personal computer, and the start time and end time of a program advertisement spot program scheduled to be broadcast in the near future by the operator's operation in accordance with a predetermined screen display. Program reservation information such as the start time and program name is entered and registered for each program. The registered program advertisement spot information is transmitted to the event message sending device 12 after being registered. Here, in the program advertisement spot program, for example, when the time of the program advertisement spot program is 2 minutes and each advertisement spot program to be promoted is allocated for 30 seconds, four advertisement spot programs are broadcast continuously. The Note that the start time and end time of the program advertisement spot program may be input and registered from an apparatus storing various data of the program advertisement spot program instead of the operation of the operator.

  The event message sending device 12 is a personal computer, for example, and receives the program advertisement spot information transmitted from the program advertisement spot information registration device 11, the banner display ON / OFF flag, and the advertisement spot program broadcast continuously. Data constituting the event message corresponding to the number (number of programs in the main part) is generated and stored. Also, the start time and end time of the program advertisement spot program registered by the program advertisement spot information registration device 11 are stored, the time information is input from a timer (not shown), and the banner display ON / OFF flag is turned ON at the start time. In the end time, the banner display ON / OFF flag is set to OFF, and an event message is transmitted.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data structure of an event message stored and sent in the event message sending device 12. The banner display ON / OFF flag of the first byte is set to “1” of ON at the start of banner display, and set to “0” of OFF at the end of banner display. As the number of continuous programs in the second byte, for example, “4” is set in the case of four advertising spot programs (four main programs). The 32 bytes from the third byte include the start time (for example, month and date) of the main program as the program reservation information of the main program in the first advertising spot program, network ID, stream ID, service ID, An event ID and program name (hereinafter, “start time, network ID, stream ID, service ID, event ID, program name” are simply referred to as “main program reservation information”) are set, followed by the second main program. Program reservation information, program reservation information of the third main part, and program reservation information of the nth main part are repeatedly set. This event message is sent to the multiplexing device 15 at the start time and end time of the program advertisement spot program. The main program reservation information included in the event message is a basis for making a viewing reservation and a recording reservation when the reception device 20 receives the program reservation information.

  Here, the network ID is a network identification value, and one is assigned to each transmission master in the case of digital terrestrial broadcasting. The stream ID is an identification value of an MPEG2 transport stream. The service ID is an identification value of a service (organization channel) and is used for identifying individual services in the network. The event ID is an event identification value and is uniquely assigned within one service. An event is a stream signal such as news and dramas whose start time and end time are determined within the same service (organization channel).

  Returning to FIG. 1, the content information transmission device 13 is, for example, a personal computer, and carousel transmits content information together with news, weather forecasts, traffic information, EPG, a program for the reception device 20 to control the function of data broadcasting, and the like. Send by. Carousel transmission refers to transmission that is transmitted at a constant cycle such as every 10 minutes or every 30 minutes so that the receiving device 20 can display the latest information at any time. Refer to Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2 for details. In the present embodiment, when the content information transmission device 13 reserves the main program of the advertisement spot program, the content information transmission device 13 performs a banner display for inviting a program reservation displayed on the receiving device 20 and performs an operation on the viewer. Reservation / quote button content to display, program list button content to display a program list as a banner and allow viewers to select a program, and the operation of these button contents to control the program viewing / recording reservation The program selection reservation program is stored, and the contents information including these button contents and the program selection reservation program is transmitted to the multiplexing device 15. The program selection button content transmitted from the content information transmission device 13 is used to select the main program in the program promotion spot information registered by the program promotion spot information registration device 11, and the main program is selected by the program selection button content. A list of program names is displayed.

  The program advertisement spot program sending device 14 is, for example, a personal computer or server, and stores program advertisement spot programs scheduled to be broadcast in the main part in the near future. The program advertisement spot program stored in the program advertisement spot program sending device 14 corresponds to the event message generated by the event message sending device 12 and is sent to the multiplexing device 15.

  The multiplexing device 15 multiplexes the event message sent by the event message sending device 12, the content information sent by the content information transmission device 13, and the program promotion spot program sent by the program promotion spot program sending device 14, Broadcast to the receiving device 20 using a transmission path of a band assigned to the broadcasting station.

  Next, the configuration of the receiving device 20 will be described. The receiving device 20 receives and demodulates the broadcast wave from the transmitting device 10 by the tuner unit 21, and for a normal program or the like, an audio processing unit 25 that performs audio processing of the received signal and a video processing unit 26 that performs video processing. The sound is output to a speaker (not shown) via a speaker terminal, and the image is output to a display device (not shown) made of a cathode ray tube, liquid crystal, plasma, or the like via a display terminal. The receiving device 20 may be any of a television receiver having a data broadcast receiving function to which a recorder is connected and a recorder having a data broadcast receiving function to which a display device is connected. The form is not particularly limited, such as a television receiver with a built-in hard disk.

  The storage unit 22 is divided according to uses such as a main memory and a display memory by a ROM and a RAM, and stores various programs for operating the receiving device 20. In the present embodiment, data relating to the program reservation of the main part in the program advertisement spot program transmitted from the transmission device 10 is further stored. Specifically, the storage unit 22 stores content information (reservation invitation button content, program selection button content and program selection reservation program) transmitted from the transmission device 10, an event message, and the like. The storage unit 22 also stores a broadcast extension function for reserving a main program in a program advertisement spot program that operates according to content information.

  The control unit 23 is a CPU, for example, and executes various programs stored in the storage unit 22. In the present embodiment, the control unit 23 executes the program selection reservation program transmitted from the transmission device 10, displays predetermined information as a banner using the reservation invitation button content, and displays a program list as a banner using the program selection button content. To do. In addition, when the viewer selects the “arrow button” on the remote controller 30, a control signal that changes the display color is output to the display device via the video processing unit 26 or the “decision button” is pressed. If there is an operation, a sound is output to a speaker via the audio processing unit 25, or a control signal for changing the image so that the viewer can easily recognize when each button is operated, Or output to the display device via the processing unit 26. When the viewer selects the main program, the program is reserved for viewing / recording using the main program reservation information included in the event message stored in the storage unit 22. Control. This viewing / recording reservation is performed by calling a broadcast extension function.

  A tuner unit 21, a storage unit 22, a control unit 23, a communication unit 24, an audio processing unit 25, a video processing unit 26, a presentation processing unit 27, and an I / O 28 are connected to the communication unit 24 via a bus. It is an intermediary interface. The communication unit 24 is connected to a recording device (not shown) such as an HDD recording device (not shown) built in the receiving device 20 or an external DVD / HDD recorder via a recording terminal, and the power source of the recording device Output ON / OFF or recording start / end signal.

  The presentation processing unit 27 superimposes the moving image or the still image output from the video processing unit 26 and the character graphic, subtitle, banner, button, and the like by data broadcasting, and outputs them to a display device (not shown) via a display terminal. . For example, subtitles received by data broadcasting are superimposed on a moving image or still image of a program being broadcast. In the present embodiment, during the broadcast of the program advertisement spot program, a banner display by the reservation invitation button content is displayed in an overlapping manner, and a banner display of the program list by the program selection button content is also displayed in an overlapping manner.

  The I / O 28 receives a signal from the remote control 30 in accordance with the button operation of the remote control 30 by the viewer. The received signal is output to the control unit 23 via the bus, and channel switching, volume adjustment, program reservation, and the like are performed.

[Flow of overall processing by program reservation system]
Next, the overall flow of the program reservation process by the program reservation system 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the overall flow of the program reservation process. In the transmitting apparatus 10 on the broadcasting station side, when the predetermined time tx is reached, the content information transmitting apparatus 13 displays a banner and performs a reservation operation for the viewer in order to invite reservation of the main program in the program advertisement spot program. Reservation invitation button content to display, program list of main part, program selection button content for allowing viewer to select program from among them, and operating these button content, selected by viewer A program selection reservation program for making a reservation for viewing / recording a program is transmitted as content information in advance to the receiver 20 on the viewer side via the multiplexer 15 by carousel transmission at a fixed period. The receiving device 20 stores the received content information in the storage unit 22. Then, the program selection reservation program in the content information is executed.

  When the broadcast time t1 of the program advertisement spot program comes, the program advertisement spot program sending device 14 transmits the advertisement spot program of the program 1 in the program advertisement spot program to the receiving device 20 via the multiplexing device 15. The event message sending device 12 also sends an event message with the banner display ON / OFF flag set to ON to the receiving device 20 via the multiplexing device 15.

  The receiving device 20 receives and broadcasts the advertising spot program of the program 1, receives an event message, and stores it in the storage unit 22. Along with the broadcast of the advertising spot program of program 1, the banner “Reserving program being promoted” for inviting the program reservation of the main part of the program advertising spot program by the reservation invitation button content according to the executed program selection reservation program indicate. Here, when the viewer presses the “decision button” using the remote controller 30, “(program name 1) recording reservation” “(program name 1) viewing reservation” “(program name 2) is selected by the program selection button content. A program list of “recording reservation”, “(program name 2) viewing reservation”... “Return” is displayed as a banner. Then, the viewer selects one of “(program name 1) recording reservation”, “(program name 1) viewing reservation”, “(program name 2) recording reservation”, “(program name 2) viewing reservation”, and the like. Then, the corresponding reservation process is performed. When “return” is selected, the program list is deleted and “reserved program being promoted” is displayed as a banner. The banner display of the program list is displayed according to the number of programs in the main part.

  At time t2, the broadcast of the advertising spot program of program 1 ends in the receiving device 20, and the program advertising spot program sending device 14 transmits the advertising spot program of program 2 to the receiving device 20 via the multiplexing device 15. Then, the receiving device 20 receives and broadcasts the advertisement spot program of the program 2.

  At time t3, the broadcast of the advertising spot program of program 2 is finished at the receiving device 20. When the broadcast of the advertising spot program of all the programs ends and at time t4, the event message sending device 12 receives the event message with the banner display ON / OFF flag set to OFF via the multiplexing device 15. Transmit to device 20. Receiving device 20 receives this event message, and when “Reserve program being promoted” is displayed as a banner, the display is erased. On the other hand, “(program name 1) recording reservation” “(program name 1) viewing reservation” “(program name 2) recording reservation” “(program name 2) viewing reservation”... Do not erase this display when In this case, the viewer selects one of “(program name 1) recording reservation”, “(program name 1) viewing reservation”, “(program name 2) recording reservation”, “(program name 2) viewing reservation”, and the like. Then, the corresponding reservation is processed, and when “Return” is selected, the banner display of this program list is erased.

[Processing by transmitter]
Next, processing of the transmission device 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating processing performed by the transmission device 10. The processing of the transmitting apparatus 10 is mainly divided into program advertisement spot information registration processing, content information transmission processing, event message transmission processing, and content information transmission processing.

(Program advertisement spot information registration process)
This program advertisement spot information registration process is performed by the program advertisement spot information registration apparatus 11 of the transmission apparatus 10 shown in FIG. The program advertisement spot information registration device 11 inputs the start time and end time of the program advertisement spot program by an operator's operation or the like so that the main program can be reserved while the program advertisement spot program is being broadcast. The start date and time, network ID, stream ID, service ID, event ID, and program name, which are reservation information, are input for each program in the main part, and these pieces of information are registered as program advertisement spot information (step S1). Then, the program advertisement spot information registration device 11 determines whether or not the registered program advertisement spot information data exists in a server (not shown) (step S2). If it is determined that the registered program advertisement spot information data does not exist (step S2: No), the process returns to step S1. If it is determined that the registered program advertisement spot information data exists (step S2: Yes), the program advertisement spot information is sent to the event message sending device 12 (step S3).

(Content information transmission processing)
This content information transmission process is performed by the content information transmission apparatus 13 of the transmission apparatus 10 shown in FIG. The content information transmission device 13 is prepared in advance with a reservation citation button content, a program selection button content, and a program selection reservation program, and these are transmitted as content information to the multiplexing device 15 (step S11).

(Event message transmission processing)
This event message sending process is performed by the event message sending device 12 of the sending device 10 shown in FIG. When the event message sending device 12 receives the program advertisement spot information from the program advertisement spot information registration device 11 (step S21), the event message sending device 12 generates the event message shown in FIG. 2 based on the program advertisement spot information (step S22). The number of consecutive programs in the event message is set according to the number of program reservation information of the main part in the program advertisement spot information. Then, the event message sending device 12 determines whether or not the start time of the program advertisement spot program is reached (step S23), and when it is determined that the start time of the program advertisement spot program is reached (step S23: Yes). Then, the banner display ON / OFF flag is set to ON (step S24). On the other hand, when it is determined that it is not the start time of the program advertisement spot program (step S23: No), it is determined whether or not the end time is reached (step S25). When determining that the end time of the program advertisement spot program has come (step S25: Yes), the event message sending device 12 sets the banner display ON / OFF flag to OFF (step S26). On the other hand, when it is determined that it is not the end time of the program advertisement spot program (step S25: No), the process returns to step S23. Then, the event message sending device 12 sends the event message to the multiplexing device 15 (step S27).

(Program advertisement spot program transmission processing)
This program advertisement spot program sending process is performed by the program advertisement spot program sending device 14. The program advertisement spot program sending device 14 stores the program advertisement spot program in advance (step S31). The program advertisement spot program is composed of advertisement spot programs corresponding to the number of programs of the main part constituting the event message. Then, the program advertisement spot program sending device 14 determines whether or not the start time of the program advertisement spot program is reached (step S32), and when it is determined that the start time is not reached (step S32: No), the start time Wait until When it is determined that the start time has come (step S32: Yes), the program advertisement spot program transmission device 14 transmits the program advertisement spot program to the multiplexing device 15 (step S33).

  1 receives content information from the content information transmission device 13, receives an event message from the event message transmission device 12, and receives a program advertisement spot from the program advertisement spot program transmission device 14. A program is received, multiplexed, and broadcast using a transmission path of a band assigned by a broadcasting station.

[Processing by the receiving device]
Next, processing of the receiving device 20 illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing by the receiving device 20. In this flowchart, after receiving the contents of the reservation invitation button content, the program selection button content, and the content information of the program selection reservation program, a banner for inviting the program reservation to the viewer “reserving the program being promoted” ”, A banner of the program list is displayed in accordance with the operation of the viewer, and a series of processing from the viewing / recording reservation of the program selected by the viewer is shown. FIGS. 6A and 6B are diagrams showing a display example for program reservation, where FIG. 6A shows a banner display example using a reservation citation button content, and FIG. 6B shows a banner display example using a program reservation button content. .

  The storage unit 22 of the receiving device 20 is assumed to store in advance a reservation citation button content, a program reservation button content, and a program selection reservation program. The control unit 23 performs each process shown in FIG. 5 by reading and executing the program selection reservation program from the storage unit 22 at a predetermined timing.

  In accordance with the program selection reservation program, the control unit 23 determines whether or not the received data is content information with the reception of the data broadcast from the broadcasting station (step S51). If it is determined that the received data is content information (step S52: Yes), the content information is stored in the storage unit 22 (step S53), and the process proceeds to step S54. Thereby, the content information of the reservation citation button content, the program reservation button content, and the program selection reservation program stored in the storage unit 22 is updated. On the other hand, when it determines with the received data not being content information (step S52: No), the control part 23 transfers to step S54.

  The control unit 23 determines whether or not the received data is an event message (step S54). If it is determined that the received data is an event message (step S54: Yes), it is determined whether the banner display ON / OFF flag of the event message is ON (step S55). On the other hand, when it determines with the received data not being an event message (step S54: No), it transfers to step S58.

  When the control unit 23 determines that the banner display ON / OFF flag is ON (step S55: Yes), the control unit 23 reads the reservation invitation button content from the storage unit 22, and displays "Reserve program being promoted" as a banner. (Step S56, see FIG. 6A), the process proceeds to Step S58. On the other hand, if it is determined that the banner display ON / OFF flag is not ON (OFF) (step S55: No), if “Reserving a program being promoted” is displayed as a banner by the reservation invitation button content, the banner is displayed. Is deleted, and the process is terminated (step S57). In step S59, which will be described later, when a program list is displayed as a banner using the program selection button content, the process waits until “return” is selected in step S62, which will be described later, and when “return” is selected. The process ends.

  When the banner of “Reserving a program being promoted” is displayed as a banner in step S56, the control unit 23 operates the remote controller 30 (pressing the “decision button”) by the viewer to “Reserve a program being promoted”. Whether or not is selected is determined (step S58). When it is determined that “Reserve a program being promoted” is selected (step S58: Yes), “program name” corresponding to the number of continuous programs of the program selection content and event message is read from the storage unit 22, respectively. ”As a program list (see step S59, see FIG. 6B), and the process proceeds to step S60. On the other hand, if it is determined that “Reserve program being promoted” is not selected (step S58: No), the process proceeds to step S60. FIG. 6B shows a case where the number of continuous programs is 2, and the program list is displayed as a banner according to the number of continuous programs.

  When the program list is displayed as a banner in step S59, the control unit 23 selects “program” from the program list by operating the remote controller 30 by the viewer (pressing the “arrow button” and “decision button”). It is determined whether or not (step S60). If it is determined that “program” has been selected (step S60: Yes), reservation processing for the “program” is performed (step S61), and the process proceeds to step S62. Specifically, the control unit 23 reads program reservation information for the “program” selected by the viewer from the event message stored in the storage unit 22. Then, the “start time”, “network ID”, “stream ID”, “service ID”, and “event ID” of the “program” are designated, and a broadcast extension function for reservation is called to perform reservation processing. The broadcast extension function is a function for operating the receiving apparatus defined by ARIB. When viewing reservation is selected by the viewer, a broadcast extension function (epgReserve ()) for viewing reservation is called, and when recording reservation is selected, a broadcast extension function for recording reservation ( epgRecReserve ()) is called. Then, the reservation process is performed with “network ID”, “stream ID”, “service ID”, and “event ID” as arguments. On the other hand, when it determines with the "program" not being selected (step S60: No), the control part 23 transfers to step S62.

  Whether or not “return” has been selected by the operation of the remote controller 30 by the viewer (pressing of the “arrow button” and “decision button”) when the control unit 23 displays the program list as a banner in step S59. Is determined (step S62). If it is determined that “return” is selected (step S62: Yes), the process proceeds to step S56. If it is determined that “return” is not selected (step S62: No), the process proceeds to step S51.

  In this way, the control unit 23 of the receiving device 20 performs each process shown in FIG. 5 according to the program selection reservation program, so that the main part selected by the viewer according to the banner display during the broadcast of the program advertisement spot program is performed. Program viewing / recording reservation can be made.

  As described above, according to the program reservation system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the transmission device 10 displays the reservation invitation button content, the program selection button content, and the program selection reservation program prior to the broadcast of the program advertisement spot program. An event message including a banner display ON / OFF flag and main program reservation information is transmitted. In addition, the receiving device 20 displays a reservation citation button content as a banner when the program advertisement spot program is broadcast according to the program selection reservation program received from the transmission device 10, and displays the program list as a banner using the program selection button content according to the operation of the viewer. The program reservation information of the program to be reserved is read out from the event message and the viewing / recording reservation is performed in accordance with the program reservation operation desired by the viewer. Conventionally, when viewing / recording reservation of the main program in a program advertisement spot program being broadcast, the viewer has to remember the broadcast date and time, take notes, and perform reservation operation using EPG or the like. However, in the embodiment of the present invention, since it is only necessary to perform an operation according to the banner displayed on the screen, the viewer can make a program reservation on the spot while watching the program advertisement spot program by a simple operation. Further, since the receiving device 20 performs the reservation process based on the reservation citation button content, the program selection button content, the program selection reservation program, and the event message, the existing data broadcast reception function may be used as it is. Accordingly, it is possible to make a program reservation of the main part in the program advertisement spot program with a simple configuration. In addition, the receiving device 20 can make a program reservation without being equipped with a special function such as a character recognition processing unit or a voice recognition processing unit.

  The present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the technical idea thereof. For example, the control unit 23 of the receiving device 20 may display a banner of information such as “start time” in addition to “program name” as a program list by program selection button content. Further, the form of the banner displayed by the reservation invitation button content and the program selection button content may be arranged vertically as shown in FIG. 6, or may be displayed side by side in two columns. , May be displayed side by side. Further, the control unit 23 may display a banner so that the recording reservation destination can be selected from a DVD or an HDD by the program selection button content.

  In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the program advertisement spot information registration apparatus 11, the event message transmission apparatus 12, the content information transmission apparatus 13, the program advertisement spot program transmission apparatus 14, and the multiplex that constitute the transmission apparatus 10. The transmission apparatus 10 has been described as an independent apparatus, but the transmission apparatus 10 is not configured by individual apparatuses, but may be a single apparatus (for example, a personal computer) having these functions. .

  In the embodiment, when the control unit 23 of the receiving device 20 determines that “Reserve a program being advertised” is selected by the operation of the remote controller 30 by the viewer, the program selection content and the event are stored from the storage unit 22. “Program names” corresponding to the number of continuous programs in the message are read out, and a program list as shown in FIG. 6B is displayed as a banner. As a modified example, only the advertisement spot programs that have been aired and are being aired among a plurality of advertisement spot programs aired by the program advertisement spot program may be displayed as a program list and displayed as a banner. In addition, a display to that effect may be included in the program list so that a reserved program cannot be reserved again.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another display example for program reservation. (A) is a screen displayed at the time t1 shown in FIG. 3 and the step S56 shown in FIG. 5 when the advertising spot program of the program 1 is aired. A banner is displayed. (B) is a screen displayed in step S59 shown in FIG. 5 when the advertising spot program of program 1 is aired. Since “Reserve program being promoted” is selected on the screen of (a), a program list of only program 1 is displayed as a banner. (C) is a screen displayed at time t2 shown in FIG. 3 when the broadcast of the advertising spot program of program 1 is completed and the advertising spot program of program 2 is subsequently broadcast. (D) is a screen displayed in step S59 shown in FIG. 5 when the advertising spot program of program 2 is being broadcast. Since “Reserve program being promoted” is selected on the screen of (c), program lists of program 1 and program 2 are displayed as banners. (E) is a screen displayed after the reservation process of step S61 shown in FIG. 5 is completed (after the recording reservation of program 1 is made). “Recorded recording of program 1” is displayed as a banner.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 23 of the receiving device 20 broadcasts and broadcasts among a plurality of advertisement spot programs broadcast by the program advertisement spot program by the program selection button content according to the program selection reservation program. Only the advertisement spot program in the inside is displayed as a banner in the program list. Thus, the viewer can reserve a desired program from the advertisement spot programs actually viewed. Further, the control unit 23 displays a banner by including it in the program list so that the reserved program cannot be reserved again by the program selection button content. Thereby, since the viewer can know the reserved program, the redundant reservation operation is not performed.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a program reservation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of an event message. It is a figure explaining the flow of the whole program reservation process. It is a flowchart which shows the process by a transmitter. It is a flowchart which shows the process by a receiver. It is a figure which shows the example of a display for program reservation. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display for program reservation.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Program reservation system 10 Transmission apparatus 11 Program advertisement spot information registration apparatus 12 Event message transmission apparatus 13 Content information transmission apparatus 14 Program advertisement spot program transmission apparatus 15 Multiplexer 20 Reception apparatus 21 Tuner part 22 Storage part 23 Control part 24 Communication part 25 Audio processing unit 26 Video processing unit 27 Presentation processing unit 28 I / O
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Claims (8)

In a transmission device that broadcasts a program advertisement spot program,
A program advertisement spot information registration unit for registering program advertisement spot information including start time and end time of the program advertisement spot program and program reservation information for reserving a main program in the program advertisement spot program;
Reservation invitation button content for inviting reservation of the main program in the program advertisement spot program, program selection button content for displaying the main program list and selecting a program, and operating the button content A content information transmission unit for transmitting, as content information, a program selection reservation program for reserving the program;
The program advertisement spot information registered by the program advertisement spot information registration unit is input, and a banner display ON / OFF flag of the reservation invitation button content and the program reservation information of the main part included in the program advertisement spot information are provided as event messages. The banner display ON / OFF flag is set to ON at the start time of the program advertisement spot program, and the banner display ON / OFF flag is set to OFF at the end time of the program advertisement spot program. An event message sending part to send each;
A program advertisement spot program sending unit for sending the program advertisement spot program from the start time to the end time of the program advertisement spot program;
A multiplexing unit for multiplexing and broadcasting the content information transmitted by the content information transmission unit, the event message transmitted by the event message transmission unit, and the program advertisement spot program transmitted by the program advertisement spot program transmission unit; ,
A transmission device comprising: The transmission apparatus according to claim 1,
The content information transmission unit transmits the content information by carousel transmission with a fixed period. The transmission device according to claim 1 or 2,
The event message sending unit includes a banner display ON / OFF flag of the reservation citation button content, the number of main programs in the program advertisement spot program, main program start time, network ID, stream ID, service ID, event ID, and program A transmission apparatus that edits an event message including a name. In a receiving apparatus for receiving and broadcasting a program advertisement spot program broadcast from a broadcasting station and reserving a main program in the program advertisement spot program,
Reservation invitation button content for inviting reservation of a main program in the program advertisement spot program, program selection button content for displaying the main program list and selecting a program, and operating the button content The program selection reservation program for reserving the program, the banner display ON / OFF flag in which the start time of the program advertisement spot program is set to ON and the end time is set to OFF, and the program advertisement spot information A tuner unit for receiving and demodulating each event message including program reservation information for reserving the main program included,
A storage unit for storing the reservation citation button content demodulated by the tuner unit, the program selection button content, and the program selection reservation program;
In accordance with the program selection reservation program stored in the storage unit, based on the banner display ON / OFF flag of the event message demodulated by the tuner unit, the reservation citation button content stored in the storage unit is displayed / erased. The program selection button content stored in the storage unit is displayed by an operation on the reservation invitation button content, and the main program selected by the operation on the program selection button content is displayed in the event message. A control unit for making a reservation based on the program reservation information of the main part included;
A receiving apparatus comprising: The receiving device according to claim 4,
The program reservation information of the main part in the event message includes a plurality of main part program names,
The control unit displays a plurality of main program names in the event message as a program list by a program selection button content stored in the storage unit.   A program reservation system comprising the transmission device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and the reception device according to claim 4 or 5. In a program reservation method by a transmission device that broadcasts a program promotion spot program and causes a receiving device that receives the broadcast of the program promotion spot program to reserve the main program,
Reservation invitation button content for inviting reservation of the main program in the program advertisement spot program, program selection button content for displaying the main program list and selecting a program, and operating the button content Transmitting a program selection reservation program for reserving the program;
Editing an event message including a banner display ON / OFF flag of the reservation citation button content and program reservation information for reserving a main program in the program advertisement spot program;
Setting a banner display ON / OFF flag to ON at the start time of the program advertisement spot program, and transmitting the event message;
A banner display ON / OFF flag is set to OFF at the end time of the program advertisement spot program, and the event message is transmitted;
A program reservation method characterized by comprising: In a program reservation method for receiving and broadcasting a program advertisement spot program broadcast from a broadcasting station and reserving a main program in the program advertisement spot program,
Reservation invitation button content for inviting reservation of the main program in the program advertisement spot program, program selection button content for displaying the main program list and selecting a program, and operating the button content Receiving and storing a program selection reservation program for reserving the program;
A step of receiving an event message including a banner display ON / OFF flag set to ON and program reservation information for reserving a main program included in the program advertisement spot information at a start time of the program advertisement spot program; When,
Displaying the stored reservation citation button content upon receipt of the event message in accordance with the stored program selection reservation program;
Displaying the stored program selection button content by an operation on the reservation invitation button content;
Reserving the main program selected by operating the program selection button content based on the main program reservation information included in the event message;
A program reservation method characterized by comprising:

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