JP2010246022A - Reproduction device and contents introduction system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reproduction device by which a user can save the time to seek contents while controlling the complication of organization. <P>SOLUTION: A BD player 100 includes an optical pickup 11 to read the contents of BD 150, a control portion 16 to control the reproduction of the contents, and a communication portion 15 to transmit meta-information of the contents to a server device 301. The communication portion 15 receives, from the server device 301, a list of recommended contents prepared according to a sale time of contents, and the control portion 16 causes a display 200 to display a list of the recommended contents received from the communication portion 15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a playback device and a content introduction system that provide a user with a list of recommended content.

  Conventionally, a content introduction system that provides a user with a list of recommended content is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Patent Document 1 discloses a content introduction system including a terminal that reproduces content and a center that distributes content to the terminal. A plurality of contents and work evaluation information of each content are recorded in the center. This work evaluation information is supplied to the terminal via a telephone line or the like. The terminal includes a display that displays content video, a personal preference database that stores user preferences, analogy means, and filter means.

  The analogy means estimates the user's preference based on the usage status of the user and updates the contents of the personal preference database based on the analogy result. The filter means selects recommended content based on the contents of the personal preference database and the work evaluation information supplied from the center. A list of recommended contents selected by the filter means is displayed on the display.

  In the content introduction system, when the user selects content from the list of recommended content, the selected content is distributed from the center, and the content is displayed on the display of the terminal. As a result, it is possible to save the user from searching for the content that the user wants to view.

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  However, in the conventional content introduction system disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to provide the terminal with a personal preference database, an analogy means, a filter means, and the like, and there is a problem that the configuration of the terminal is complicated.

  The present invention solves the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a playback apparatus and content that can save the user from searching for content while suppressing the complexity of the configuration. To provide an introduction system.

  The playback device according to the present invention is a playback device including an acquisition unit that acquires content and a control unit that controls playback of the content acquired by the acquisition unit. The communication unit further includes a communication unit that transmits to the server device, the communication unit receives a list of recommended content created based on the release date of the content acquired by the acquisition unit from the server device, and the control unit receives the list by the communication unit Display a list of recommended contents that have been selected.

  By configuring in this way, the list of recommended contents is displayed on the display unit, so that it is possible to save the user from searching for the contents. Further, by receiving a list of recommended contents from the server device, it is possible to suppress the configuration from becoming complicated as compared with the case where a configuration for creating a list of recommended contents is provided as in Patent Document 1 described above. it can.

  In the above playback device, the server device stores the sales volume ranking for each content period, and the recommended content list includes the content release time acquired by the acquisition unit and the sales volume ranking for each time period. And may be created based on the above.

  If comprised in this way, when the content acquired by the acquisition part is old, the user can be provided with a list of recommended contents that are popular at the time of the release of the content acquired by the acquisition part. .

  In the playback apparatus, the control unit may display a list of recommended contents on the display unit after the playback of the content acquired by the acquisition unit is completed.

  With this configuration, a list of recommended contents related to the release date of the contents can be provided to the user after the reproduction of the contents is completed.

  In the playback apparatus, the information related to the content may include information related to the release date of the content.

  In the above playback device, the control unit may order the selected content via the communication unit when the content is selected from the list of recommended content displayed on the display unit.

  Further, the content introduction system of the present invention includes an acquisition unit that acquires content, a control unit that controls reproduction of the content acquired by the acquisition unit, a playback device including a communication unit, a control unit, and a storage unit. In the content introduction system including the server device including the communication unit, the sales unit ranking for each content period is recorded in the storage unit of the server device. Then, the communication unit of the playback device transmits information related to the content acquired by the acquisition unit to the server device via the network, and the control unit of the server device transmits information related to the content acquired by the acquisition unit. When received by the communication unit, a list of recommended contents is created based on the release date of the content acquired by the acquisition unit and the sales volume ranking for each period, and the communication unit of the server device A list of recommended contents is transmitted to the playback apparatus via the network, and the control unit of the playback apparatus displays the list of recommended contents on the display unit when the list of recommended contents is received by the communication unit.

  By configuring in this way, the list of recommended contents is displayed on the display unit, so that it is possible to save the user from searching for the contents. In addition, by creating a list of recommended contents based on the release date of contents and the ranking of sales volume for each period, a list of recommended contents is created based on the user's playback history as in Patent Document 1 above. Compared with the case where it does, it can suppress that a structure becomes complicated. In addition, when the content acquired by the acquisition unit is old, it is possible to provide the user with a list of recommended content that is popular at the time of release of the content acquired by the acquisition unit.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a playback device and a content introduction system that can save the user from searching for content while suppressing the complexity of the configuration.

1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a BD player according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the ranking of the sales quantity for every period recorded on the server apparatus. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an operation at the time of reproduction of content of the BD player in FIG. 1. It is the figure which showed the state by which the order screen was displayed on the display apparatus.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiment, a case where the present invention is applied to a BD (Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc) player which is an example of a playback apparatus will be described.

  First, the configuration of a BD player 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the BD player 100 according to the present embodiment includes a player main body 1 to which a display device 200 is connected, and a remote controller 2 for remotely operating the player main body 1.

  The player main body 1 includes an optical pickup 11, a signal processing unit 12, an output interface (hereinafter referred to as “output I / F”) 13, a receiving unit 14, a communication unit 15, and a control unit 16. These are connected via a bus 1a. The optical pickup 11 is an example of the “acquisition unit” in the present invention.

  The optical pickup 11 has a laser light source, a light receiving unit, and the like, reads (acquires) a content signal recorded on the BD 150, and outputs the read signal to the signal processing unit 12. The signal processing unit 12 includes a decoder circuit, an OSD (On-Screen Display) circuit, and the like, and performs predetermined processing on the signal input from the optical pickup 11. Then, the signal processing unit 12 outputs a signal subjected to predetermined processing to the output I / F 13.

  The output I / F 13 is, for example, an HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) terminal, and outputs a signal input from the signal processing unit 12 to the display device 200. The display device 200 is a liquid crystal television receiver, for example, and displays an image or the like based on a signal output from the player body 1. The display device 200 is an example of the “display unit” in the present invention.

  The receiving unit 14 includes a photodiode and receives a remote control signal output from the remote controller 2. The communication unit 15 includes a LAN card and the like, and communicates with the server devices 301 and 302 via the network 300. The BD player 100 and the server device 301 constitute a content introduction system 500.

  The control unit 16 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and controls the operation of the player body 1. Specifically, the control unit 16 controls the reproduction of the BD 150 read by the optical pickup 11 and controls the display of an order screen W (see FIG. 4) described later. The control unit 16 controls communication with the server devices 301 and 302.

  The remote controller 2 includes an operation button that receives an operation command from a user, a transmission unit that transmits a remote control signal in response to the operation command, and the like.

  The server device 301 has a function of providing a list of recommended contents to the BD player 100. The server device 301 includes a control unit 301a having a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, a storage unit 301b having a hard disk, and a communication unit 301c having a LAN card. In the storage unit 301b, a list of contents and a ranking of sales quantity for each period of the contents are recorded. Note that the content of the content (content itself) is not recorded in the storage unit 301b. Further, the sales volume ranking for each period is, for example, a list in which the weekly sales volumes are ranked in descending order as shown in FIG.

  The server device 302 has a function of receiving an order from the BD player 100. The server device 302 includes a control unit 302a having a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, a storage unit 302b having a hard disk, and a communication unit 302c having a LAN card. In the storage unit 302b, content details and product information of the content are recorded. Note that the content product information is information such as the price, outline, and jacket image of the content.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, the operation of the BD player 100 according to the present embodiment at the time of reproducing content will be described. In this flowchart, the steps of the BD player 100 and the server devices 301 and 302 are executed by the control units 16, 301a and 302a, respectively. In the BD player 100 and the server devices 301 and 302, the following operations are repeatedly performed.

  First, in the BD player 100 (see FIG. 1), it is determined in step S1 in FIG. 3 whether or not the reproduction of the BD 150 (see FIG. 1) has started. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the receiving unit 14 (see FIG. 1) has received a predetermined remote control signal by operating the remote controller 2 (see FIG. 1) by the user. If it is determined that the reproduction of the BD 150 is not started, step S1 is repeated. That is, the BD player 100 stands by until the reproduction of the BD 150 is started. If it is determined that the reproduction of the BD 150 has started, the process proceeds to step S2. At this time, the optical pickup 11 (see FIG. 1) reads the content of the BD 150, and the read content is output from the output I / F 13 (see FIG. 1), whereby the content is displayed on the display device 200 (see FIG. 1). Is displayed.

  Next, in step S <b> 2, information (meta information) related to the content whose reproduction has been started is acquired by the optical pickup 11. The meta information includes information such as the title name of the content and the release date of the content. In step S3, the acquired meta information is transmitted to the server device 301 (see FIG. 1) via the network 300 by the communication unit 15 (see FIG. 1).

  In the server device 301, in step S21, it is determined by the communication unit 301c (see FIG. 1) whether or not meta information has been received from the BD player 100 via the network 300. If it is determined that the meta information has not been received, step S21 is repeated. That is, the server apparatus 301 waits until receiving meta information. If it is determined that the meta information has been received, the process proceeds to step S22.

  Next, in step S22, based on the release date of the content included in the meta information received by the communication unit 301c and the ranking of the sales quantity for each period recorded in the storage unit 301b (see FIG. 1), the recommended content Is created. That is, the list of recommended contents is created based on the sales volume ranking at the time of release of the BD150. For example, if the release date of the BD 150 is “○ year ○ month first week”, a list is created with “content 1”, “content 2”, and “content 3” as recommended contents as shown in FIG. The In step S <b> 23, the created recommended content list is transmitted to the BD player 100 via the network 300 by the communication unit 301 c.

  In the BD player 100, in step S4, it is determined whether or not the communication unit 15 has received a list of recommended contents. If it is determined that the list of recommended contents has not been received, step S4 is repeated. If it is determined that a list of recommended contents has been received, the process proceeds to step S5.

  Next, in step S <b> 5, the communication unit 15 requests product information of recommended content from the server device 302 (see FIG. 1) via the network 300.

  In the server device 302, in step S41, it is determined whether or not product information of recommended content is requested. If it is determined that the product information of the recommended content is requested, in step S42, the product information of the recommended content recorded in the storage unit 302b (see FIG. 1) is stored by the communication unit 302c (see FIG. 1). The data is transmitted to the BD player 100. On the other hand, if it is determined that the product information of the recommended content is not requested, the process proceeds to step S43.

  In the BD player 100, in step S6, it is determined by the communication unit 15 whether or not the product information of the recommended content has been received. If it is determined that the product information of the recommended content has not been received, step S6 is repeated. If it is determined that the product information of the recommended content has been received, the process proceeds to step S7.

  Next, in step S7, it is determined whether or not the reproduction of the BD 150 has ended. If it is determined that the reproduction of the BD 150 has not ended, step S7 is repeated. If it is determined that the reproduction of the BD 150 has ended, the process proceeds to step S8. When the playback of the BD 150 is finished, the content of the BD 150 is played to the end, and in addition to the case where the playback is automatically finished, the user operates the remote controller 2 to play the BD 150. Including the case where is stopped.

  Next, in step S8, the order screen W generated by the signal processing unit 12 (see FIG. 1) is displayed on the display device 200. At this time, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, a list L of recommended contents (in FIG. 4, “content 1”, “content 2”, “content 3”) is displayed on the order screen W, and the price is displayed. Information P (in FIG. 4, “XX circle”, “XXX circle”, “ΔΔΔ circle”) is displayed. The order screen W displays an item N (“No order” in FIG. 4) for closing the order screen W without ordering recommended content. The recommended content list L is displayed based on the recommended content list received from the server device 301, and the price information P is displayed based on the product information received from the server device 302. On the order screen W, the user operates the cursor C using the remote controller 2 to select any one of “content 1”, “content 2”, “content 3”, and “not order”. It is possible.

  Next, in step S9, it is determined whether or not a content is selected from the recommended content list. In the example of FIG. 4, it is determined whether any of “content 1”, “content 2”, and “content 3” is selected. If it is determined that the content is selected from the recommended content list, the process proceeds to step S10. On the other hand, when it is determined that the content is not selected from the list of recommended content, for example, when it is determined that “No order” is selected, the order screen W is closed and the BD player 100 is played back. This completes the operation.

  Next, in step S <b> 10, the selected content is ordered from the server device 302 via the communication unit 15 and the network 300. Note that content ordering refers to, for example, applying for provision (downloading or streaming) of content via the network 300.

  In the server device 302, it is determined in step S43 whether or not the content has been ordered. If it is determined that the content has been ordered, the ordered content is provided via the communication unit 302c and the network 300 in step S44. On the other hand, if it is determined that the content has not been ordered, the process returns to step S41.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the list L of recommended contents is displayed on the display device 200, so that it is possible to save the user from searching for the contents. In addition, by receiving a list of recommended contents from the server device 301, it is possible to suppress the configuration of the BD player 100 from becoming complicated as compared with a case where a configuration for creating a list of recommended contents is provided.

  In this embodiment, a list of recommended contents is created based on the user's playback history by creating a list of recommended contents based on the release date of the BD 150 and the ranking of the sales volume for each period of the contents. Compared with the case where it does, it can suppress that the structure of the server apparatus 301 becomes complicated. Also, by creating a list of recommended contents based on the sales volume ranking at the time of release of the BD 150, when the BD 150 is old, a list of recommended contents that are popular at the time of the release of the BD 150 is provided to the user. be able to.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the meta information is transmitted to the server device 301, and the recommended content is received from the server device 301 by receiving the list of the recommended content created by the server device 301. As compared with the case of selecting, it is possible to suppress the load on the bandwidth of the network 300.

  In this embodiment, product information of recommended content is acquired from the server apparatus 302, and price information P is displayed together with a list L of recommended content, so that it is easy for the user to determine whether or not to order the content. can do.

  In this embodiment, after the reproduction of the BD 150 is completed, a list of recommended contents is displayed, and after the reproduction of the BD 150 is completed, a list of recommended contents related to the release date of the BD 150 is provided to the user. can do.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the content release time is included in the meta information transmitted to the server device 301, so that the server device 301 can easily create a list of recommended content based on the sales volume ranking at the time of release of the BD 150. can do.

  The present invention can employ various embodiments other than those described above. For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to the BD player 100 that is an example of a playback apparatus has been described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention may be applied to other playback apparatuses such as a hard disk recorder. . In this case, the recommended content list may be displayed after the content recorded on the hard disk is reproduced.

  In the above embodiment, an example is shown in which the list of recommended contents is requested when the reproduction of the BD 150 is started. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the contents provided via the network 300 are reproduced. In addition, a list of recommended contents may be requested. That is, in the above embodiment, the optical pickup 11 is shown as an example of the acquisition unit of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the communication unit 15 may function as the acquisition unit.

  In the above embodiment, an example in which the server device 301 that provides a list of recommended contents to the BD player 100 and the server device 302 that receives an order from the BD player 100 is provided, but the present invention is not limited thereto. One server device that provides a list of recommended contents to the player 100 and receives orders from the BD player 100 may be provided.

  In the above embodiment, an example is shown in which the meta information includes the content release time. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the meta information may not include the content release time. In this case, the server device 301 may determine the release time of the content based on the title name of the content.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example of creating a list of recommended contents based on the ranking of sales quantities at the time of release of the BD 150 has been shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A list of recommended contents may be created depending on the genre or the like.

  Moreover, although the example which requests | requires the merchandise information of recommended content was shown to the server apparatus 302 in the said embodiment, not only this but the merchandise information of content is recorded on the memory | storage part 301b of the server apparatus 301, and the server apparatus When a list of recommended contents is transmitted from 301, product information of recommended contents may be transmitted at the same time. In this way, the BD player 100 can acquire the recommended content product information without requesting the server device 302 for the recommended content product information.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which a list of recommended contents is displayed after the reproduction of the BD 150 has been shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the BD 150 placed on a disc tray (not shown) is removed from the BD player 100. A list of recommended contents may be displayed when discharged. Further, a list of recommended contents may be displayed by the user operating the remote controller 2.

  In the above embodiment, when the BD player 100 orders content, information indicating that the content has been ordered may be transmitted to the server device 301. When the server device 302 accepts the order, the content may be transmitted. May be transmitted to the server device 301. In this case, by configuring the server device 301 to be able to identify the BD player 100 (user), it is possible to exclude the ordered content from the list of recommended content provided thereafter.

  In the above embodiment, the price information P is displayed on the order screen W. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other product information such as an outline of contents and a jacket image is displayed on the order screen W. It may be. If comprised in this way, it can make it easier to judge whether a user orders a content.

  In the above embodiment, an example is shown in which application for content is applied via the network 300 in step S10. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a purchase or rental (rental) of a storage medium on which the content is recorded is applied. May be. In this case, when it is determined that the content is ordered in the server device 302, a storage medium on which the content is recorded is sent to the user by an administrator of the server device 302 or the like.

  In the above embodiment, the server device 301 may distribute the firmware of the BD player 100.

11 Optical pickup (acquisition part)
15 Communication Unit 16 Control Unit 100 BD Player (Playback Device)
200 Display device (display unit)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 300 Network 301 Server apparatus 301a Control part 301b Storage part 301c Communication part 500 Content introduction system

Claims (6)

An acquisition unit for acquiring content;
A control unit that controls playback of the content acquired by the acquisition unit;
A communication unit that transmits information related to the content acquired by the acquisition unit to a server device;
The communication unit receives a list of recommended content created based on the release date of the content acquired by the acquisition unit from the server device,
The control unit causes the display unit to display a list of recommended contents received by the communication unit. The playback device according to claim 1,
In the server device, the ranking of the sales volume for each content period is recorded,
The list of recommended contents is created based on the release time of the contents acquired by the acquisition unit and the ranking of the sales quantity for each period. In the reproducing | regenerating apparatus of Claim 1 or Claim 2,
The control unit displays a list of the recommended content on a display unit after the reproduction of the content acquired by the acquisition unit is completed. In the reproducing | regenerating apparatus in any one of Claim 1 thru | or 3,
The information related to the content includes information related to the release date of the content. The playback apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
When the content is selected from a list of recommended content displayed on the display unit, the control unit orders the selected content via the communication unit. A playback device that includes an acquisition unit that acquires content, a control unit that controls playback of the content acquired by the acquisition unit, and a communication unit;
In a content introduction system including a control unit, a storage unit, and a server device including a communication unit,
In the storage unit of the server device, the ranking of the sales quantity for each period of content is recorded,
The communication unit of the playback device transmits information related to the content acquired by the acquisition unit to the server device via a network,
When the control unit of the server device receives the information related to the content acquired by the acquisition unit by the communication unit, the release time of the content acquired by the acquisition unit and the sales quantity for each period Create a list of recommended content based on ranking and
The communication unit of the server device transmits a list of the recommended content created to the playback device via a network,
The content introduction system, wherein the control unit of the playback apparatus displays the list of recommended contents on a display unit when the list of recommended contents is received by the communication unit.

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