JP2012065265A - Viewing medium automatic switching device, display device, viewing medium automatic switching method, viewing medium ranking method, program and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a viewing medium automatic switching device that automatically provides programs or contents preferred by a user.SOLUTION: A predetermined weight is applied to a point according to the content of utilization information indicating a utilization status of a user with respect to programs and contents viewed in the past and programs and contents recorded on a recording device 120, a point calculation unit 105 calculates a point for each program received by a television broadcast reception unit 11, for each content received by an internet reception unit 12, and for each program and/or content recorded on the recording device 120 in advance, a viewing priority management unit 106 ranks the programs, the contents, and the programs and/or contents recorded on the recording device 120 in advance in descending order of the calculated points, and a viewing medium automatic switching engine 108 makes a display unit 15 automatically display high-rank programs or contents.

Description

  The present invention relates to a television broadcasting program, content on the Internet, a recorded program and content, a viewing media automatic switching device that automatically displays a favorite program or content on a display unit by a user, and such The present invention relates to a viewing media automatic switching method in a viewing media automatic switching device. The present invention also relates to a viewing media ranking method in which a user ranks a favorite program or content. The present invention also relates to a program for causing a computer to operate as such a viewing media automatic switching device, and a storage medium storing the program. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a display device including such a viewing media automatic switching device.

  In recent years, television broadcasts that can be received by television receivers (hereinafter referred to as televisions) are divided into various broadcast forms such as terrestrial broadcasts, BS broadcasts, CS broadcasts, cable television broadcasts, and as a result, there is a tendency to increase the number of channels It is in. Televisions having a recording function such as a hard disk recorder are also widespread. In addition, on a television connected to the Internet, it is possible to view content such as audio and video on the Internet.

  As the viewing environment diversifies and expands, TV broadcast programs to be viewed, video content on the Internet, and recorded programs and contents become enormous. It is a very difficult situation to do. In order to cope with such a situation, a method has been proposed in which a television automatically selects a program or content that a user wants to view. For example, Patent Document 1 includes an automatic channel switching function that reflects information on a selected television broadcast program, a selected time zone, and a user's degree of interest in the selected program. A television receiver is described.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2008-294942 (Released on December 4, 2008)

  However, the above-described prior art is merely a channel automatic switching function that reflects the degree of interest of the user and the like for TV broadcast programs, and for Internet content and programs and content recorded on a hard disk. Has a problem that the user needs to manually switch channels.

  In other words, conventional televisions cannot automatically switch and display optimal programs and content, including video content on the Internet, and recorded programs and content other than television broadcast programs. It cannot be said that the complexity of selecting the program and the content has been eliminated.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and its purpose is to provide television broadcast programs such as terrestrial broadcasts, BS broadcasts, CS broadcasts, cable television broadcasts, contents on the Internet, and hard disks. By automatically providing the user's favorite program or content among the programs and content recorded in the program, it is possible to eliminate the complexity of the user's program and content selection and improve convenience. Another object of the present invention is to realize an automatic viewing media switching device and a display device that displays programs and contents provided by automatically switching.

  In order to solve the above problems, an automatic viewing media switching device according to the present invention includes a television broadcast receiving unit that receives a television broadcast program and program information indicating the program, content on the Internet, and content information indicating the content, A viewing media automatic switching device for controlling a display device having an Internet receiving unit for receiving a program and a display unit for displaying a program received by the TV broadcast receiving unit or a content received by the Internet receiving unit. Program information management means for recording the program information received by the receiving section on the recording device, content information management means for recording the content information received by the Internet receiving section on the recording device, the program received by the television broadcast receiving section, and Contents received by the Internet receiver, program information and content Information recorded in the recording device in association with each other, and recorded viewing media information indicating programs and contents recorded in the recording device, and recorded recording media information recorded in the recording device, viewing media recording means, Usage information indicating the user's usage status for programs and contents that have been viewed in the past and the programs and contents recorded in the recording device are recorded in the program information of the programs, the content information of the contents, and the recording device. A program received by the TV broadcast receiving unit with a predetermined weight assigned to points according to the contents of the usage information management means for recording in the recording device in association with the recorded viewing media information of the program and the content, respectively. Every content received by the Internet receiver and received by the TV broadcast receiver Point and means for calculating points for each program and / or content that is received by the group and / or the Internet receiving unit in advance, and the television broadcasts in the descending order of the calculated points Programs received by the receiving unit, contents received by the Internet receiving unit, and programs received by the TV broadcast receiving unit and / or contents received by the Internet receiving unit and recorded in the recording device in advance And / or viewing priority management means for ranking a content and recording a priority list in which the ranking is associated with program information, content information, and recorded viewing media information on a recording device, and the viewing priority Program or content with a higher rank than the priority list recorded in the recording device by the management means And a viewing media automatic switching means for automatically displaying on the display unit.

  In order to solve the above problem, the viewing media automatic switching method of the viewing media automatic switching device according to the present invention includes a television broadcast receiving unit that receives a television broadcast program and program information indicating the program, and content on the Internet. Media switching for controlling a display device having an Internet reception unit that receives the content information indicating the content and a program received by the television broadcast reception unit or a display unit that displays the content received by the Internet reception unit An apparatus for automatically switching viewing media of a device, comprising: a program information management step for recording program information received by the television broadcast receiver in a recording device; and content information for recording content information received by the Internet receiver in a recording device Management step, and the program received by the TV broadcast receiver The content received by the Internet receiving unit, the program information and the content information are associated with each other and recorded in the recording device, and the recorded viewing media information indicating the program and the content recorded in the recording device is created, and the recorded viewing media A viewing media recording step for recording information in a recording device, a program and content viewed in the past, and usage information indicating a user's usage status for the program and content recorded in the recording device. The content information of the content, the program recorded in the recording device and the recorded viewing media information of the content are associated with the usage information management step recorded in the recording device, and a predetermined point is determined according to the content of the usage information Each program received by the TV broadcast receiver is weighted and the interface is weighted. Points for each content received by the network receiver and each program and / or content previously recorded in the recording device, which is a program received by the TV broadcast receiver and / or a content received by the Internet receiver. A point calculating step for calculating the program, the program received by the television broadcast receiver, the content received by the Internet receiver, and the program received by the TV broadcast receiver and / or the program in the descending order of the calculated points. Priorities that rank the programs and / or contents recorded in the recording device in advance and associated with the program information, content information, and recorded viewing media information, which are contents received by the Internet receiver. Viewing priority management step for recording the degree list in the recording device, and the viewing priority A viewing media automatic switching step of automatically displaying a program or content having a higher rank on the display unit than the priority list recorded in the recording device by the management step is provided.

  Here, the usage information is information indicating a user's usage status for a program or content. For example, a program or content that has been viewed in the past is a program received by a TV broadcast receiver, or content received by an Internet receiver. And media identification information indicating which of the program and content is recorded in the recording device, information such as the number of times of viewing and viewing time for the viewing media indicated by the media identification information, and a program or Genre information indicating the genre of the content, information such as the number of viewing times and viewing time for the genre indicated by the genre information, information on the title of the program or content viewed in the past, and the number of viewing times and viewing time for the title Information including information.

  According to the above configuration, the usage information management unit records the usage information in a recording device, and the point calculation unit weights the usage information according to the usage status of the user, for each program, for each content, and Calculate for each recorded program and content. That is, the point calculation means calculates points weighted so as to give high points to programs or contents that are frequently used by the user. The viewing priority management means ranks the programs or contents in descending order of the points given in this way, and the viewing media automatic switching means automatically displays the program or contents having the highest rank on the display unit.

  Here, since a program or content with a large number of viewing times can be said to be a user's favorite program, the point weighted from the use information can be said to be a point reflecting the user's preference. Therefore, the viewing media automatic switching device automatically selects not only the program but also the content, and the program and content that the user likes among the program and content recorded on the recording device, and the program and content recorded on the recording device. The effect that it can provide to a user in an effect is produced.

  Further, the use information management means of the viewing media automatic switching device according to the present invention records user preference information including a user's favorite performer, program title, and keyword in a recording device, and the point calculation means includes the above A point is given a predetermined weight according to the content of the user preference information, and each program received by the television broadcast receiver, each content received by the Internet receiver, and a program received by the television broadcast receiver and / or Alternatively, the content is received by the Internet receiver, and points are calculated for each program and / or content recorded in advance in a recording device, and the viewing priority management means is configured such that the point calculation means uses the user preference information. Using the points calculated according to the contents and the points calculated according to the contents of the usage information, The program received by the broadcast receiver, the content received by the Internet receiver, and the program received by the television receiver and / or the content received by the Internet receiver, which are recorded in the recording device in advance. Preferably, a priority list ranking the programs and / or contents is recorded on the recording device.

  According to the above configuration, the user information management unit records the user preference information in a recording device, and the point calculation unit assigns a weight according to the user preference information, and is recorded for each program, for each content, and for recording. Calculated for each program and content. That is, the point calculation means calculates a point weighted so as to give a high point to a program or content including user preference information such as a user's favorite performer. The viewing priority management means ranks programs or contents using the points calculated from the user preference information and the points calculated from the usage information, and the viewing media automatic switching means has the highest ranking. The program or content is automatically displayed on the display unit.

  Thus, the viewing media automatic switching device can automatically provide the user with a program or content that the user likes.

  Further, the content information management means of the automatic viewing media switching device according to the present invention receives content information from the Internet receiver so that the content information recorded by the content information management means is in the latest state, and It is preferable to update the information.

  According to the above configuration, the content information management unit acquires the latest information about the content received by the Internet reception unit and records it in the recording device, so that the viewing media automatic switching unit is automatically added to the display unit. Content can be displayed.

  In addition, the content information updated by the content information management unit of the automatic viewing media switching device according to the present invention includes the number of accesses to the content by other users, and the point calculation unit corresponds to the number of accesses to the content. It is preferable that points including weighted points are calculated for each content.

  According to the above configuration, the content information management means acquires the number of accesses by other users for the content received by the Internet receiver, and stores it in the storage device. Here, since the content frequently accessed by other users can be said to be content that is generally popular, there is a high possibility that the content is of interest to the user. Therefore, the program or content displayed on the display device using the points calculated from the number of accesses by other users is highly likely to be a user's favorite program or content, and the viewing media automatic switching device is Such a program or content can be automatically provided to the user.

  In the viewing media automatic switching device according to the present invention, the viewing media automatic switching means automatically displays the program or content having the highest rank from the priority list recorded in the recording device by the viewing priority management means. It is preferable to further include setting means for setting according to an instruction from the user to display on the display unit, or to display the program and content on the display unit in order from the highest priority.

  According to the above configuration, the user's favorite programs and contents can be automatically displayed regardless of whether the user's favorite programs and contents are one or more. Programs and contents can be provided.

  When programs and contents are arranged and displayed on the display unit in descending order, the selected program or contents are displayed on the full screen by selecting one of the programs or contents to be viewed by the user. Is preferred.

  Also, the viewing media automatic switching device according to the present invention is configured such that when the program information management means and the content information management means confirm that a broadcast program and / or content on the Internet exists in the same time zone, the viewing priority is given. Instructs the viewing media recording means to automatically display the highest priority program or content in the priority list recorded in the recording device by the degree management means on the display unit and record other programs and / or contents. Or displaying the programs and contents in order of descending order on the display unit, and allowing the user to select a program or content to be viewed and a program and / or content to be recorded from the displayed program and content. It is preferable to further include setting means for setting the value according to an instruction from the user.

  According to the above configuration, even when the program or content that the user wants to watch exists at the same time, the user can automatically watch the program or content other than the program or content to be viewed while viewing the program or content that is most interesting. Can be recorded. Therefore, a viewing media automatic switching device with higher convenience can be provided.

  The recording device of the viewing media automatic switching device according to the present invention includes the program information recorded by the program information management means, the content information recorded by the content information management means, and the recorded information recorded by the viewing media recording means. A viewing media information database including viewing media information may be included.

  Further, the recording device of the viewing media automatic switching device according to the present invention is the usage information recorded by the usage information management means and / or recorded by the usage information management means, and the user's favorite performers and program titles are recorded. And a preference information database including user preference information including keywords.

  The recording device of the automatic viewing media switching device according to the present invention may include a viewing media priority database including a priority list recorded in the recording device by the viewing priority management means.

  By including these databases, it is possible to provide the user with programs and contents that meet the user's preference.

  Moreover, the said preference information database may be managed for every 1 or several user and every 1 or several group which consists of a 1 or several user.

  The viewing media priority database may be managed for each of one or a plurality of users and for each of one or a plurality of groups including one or a plurality of users.

  As a result, it is possible to provide programs and contents that meet the preferences of a plurality of users.

Viewing information including program information related to broadcast programs that the user has viewed in the past, content information regarding contents on the Internet that the user has viewed in the past, and recorded viewing media information indicating the broadcast programs or content recorded on the recording medium (1) and
From the recording means in which the broadcast program, the content, and the numerical data (2) reflecting the usage status of the user for each of the viewing media including the broadcast program or the content recorded on the recording medium are recorded in association with each other, Call information (1) and numerical data (2),
For each of the viewing media, by substituting the numerical data (2) into a predetermined arithmetic expression, an operation for obtaining a point indicating the usage status of the user is performed.
Creating a list in which each of the viewing media is ranked and recording it in the recording means;
A viewing media ranking method characterized by:

  The viewing media ranking method has an effect that it can be used for automatic switching between reception of the viewing media or reading from the recording medium.

  Further, a display device provided with the viewing media automatic switching device, a program for operating a computer provided in the viewing media automatic switching device, and a program for causing the computer to execute as each of the above means, and A computer-readable recording medium recording the program is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the viewing media automatic switching device according to the present invention receives a television broadcast receiving unit that receives a television broadcast program and program information indicating the program, content on the Internet, and content information indicating the content. A viewing media automatic switching device for controlling a display device having an Internet receiving unit and a display unit that displays a program received by a television broadcast receiving unit or a content received by an Internet receiving unit, a program viewed in the past, For each program received by the television broadcast receiver, the Internet receiver is given a predetermined weight according to the content of the content and the usage information indicating the user's usage status for the program and the content recorded in the recording device. For each content received by the TV broadcast program and / or the program received by the TV broadcast receiver. Is the content received by the Internet receiving unit, the points are calculated for each program and / or content previously recorded in the recording device, and the programs received by the television broadcast receiving unit in the descending order of the calculated points, The contents received by the Internet receiver, and the programs received by the TV broadcast receiver and / or the contents received by the Internet receiver, and the programs and / or contents recorded in advance on the recording device are ranked. However, it is characterized in that a program or content having a high ranking is automatically displayed on the display unit.

  As a result, a high point is given to a program or content that is frequently used by the user, and the program or content having a high assigned point can be automatically displayed on the display unit. It is possible to automatically provide the user with a favorite program or content.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the viewing-and-listening media automatic switching apparatus which operates the structure of the display apparatus in this invention, and a display apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows a series of flows of the viewing media automatic switching method in the viewing media automatic switching apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed an example of the viewing media information database, (a) is the figure which showed an example of program information, (b) is the figure which showed an example of content information, (c), It is the figure which showed an example of recorded viewing-and-listening media information. It is a figure which shows an example of the program and content which the viewing media recording part recorded on the recording device in association with program information and content information. It is the figure which showed an example of the preference database, (a) is the figure which showed an example of the past viewing habit list according to media, (b) is the figure which showed an example of the past viewing habit list according to genre (C) is a diagram showing an example of a past viewing habit list by performer, (d) is a diagram showing an example of a past viewing habit list by title, (e) It is the figure which showed an example of the preference setting list. It is the figure which showed an example of the viewing priority list | wrist provided with the point according to the user preference contained in a viewing media priority database.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

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First, the configuration of the display device 1 and the configuration of the viewing media automatic switching device 10 that controls the display device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the display device 1 and the configuration of a viewing media automatic switching device 10 that controls the display device 1.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the display device 1 includes a viewing media automatic switching device 10, a television broadcast receiving unit 11, an Internet receiving unit 12, an input receiving unit 13, an input information management unit 14, and a display unit 15. .

  The viewing media automatic switching device 10 includes a program information management unit (program information management unit) 101, a content information management unit (content information management unit) 102, a viewing media recording unit (viewing media recording unit) 103, and a usage information management unit. (Usage information management means) 104, point calculation section (point calculation means) 105, viewing priority management section (viewing priority management means) 106, setting section (setting means) 107, viewing media automatic switching engine (viewing media automatic switching) Means) 108 and a recording device 120. Further, the recording device 120 includes a viewing media information database 121, a preference database 122, and a viewing media priority database 123.

  The television broadcast receiving unit 11 includes a television broadcast program (hereinafter referred to as a program) such as terrestrial broadcast, BS broadcast, CS broadcast, and cable television broadcast, and broadcast program information (hereinafter referred to as program information) indicating the program. Receive. The program information can be obtained from data transmitted by being multiplexed with broadcast waves. Further, the television broadcast receiving unit 11 supplies the received program and program information to the viewing media recording unit 103 and the viewing media automatic switching engine 108. Also, the program information is supplied to the program information management unit 101.

  The Internet receiving unit 12 receives content on the Internet (hereinafter referred to as content) and Internet content information (hereinafter referred to as content information) indicating the content. Content information can be obtained when accessing content on the Internet. Further, the Internet receiver 12 supplies the received content and content information to the viewing media recording unit 103 and the viewing media automatic switching engine 108. Also, the content information is supplied to the content information management unit 102.

  The input receiving unit 13 receives an instruction signal from the user. The instruction signal from the user is, for example, a signal indicating an instruction (recording instruction) for recording a program or content in the recording device 120, a user's favorite performer, a program title, and user preference information including a keyword. A signal indicating an instruction to record in 120 (preference information recording instruction), and a viewing media automatic switching engine 108 (to be described later) from the viewing media priority list recorded in the recording device 120 by the viewing priority management unit 106 A signal indicating an instruction (setting instruction) for automatically displaying the highest program or content on the display unit 15 or setting the program and content to be displayed on the display unit 15 in order from the highest . The input reception unit 13 transmits the received instruction signal to the input information management unit 14.

  The input information management unit 14 instructs each unit to execute an instruction included in the instruction signal received from the input reception unit 13. For example, when the received instruction signal is a signal indicating a recording instruction, the input information management unit 14 instructs the viewing media recording unit 103 to record the program or content in the recording device 120. When the received instruction signal is a signal indicating a preference information recording instruction, the input information management unit 14 instructs the usage information management unit 104 to record the user preference information in the recording device 120. When the received instruction signal is a signal indicating a setting instruction, the input information management unit 14 uses the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 from the viewing media priority list recorded in the recording device 120 by the viewing priority management unit 106. The setting unit 107 is instructed to automatically display the program or content with the highest ranking on the display unit 15 or arrange the programs and content in order of highest ranking to be displayed on the display unit 15.

  Based on an instruction from the viewing media automatic switching engine 108, the display unit 15 includes a program received by the television broadcast receiving unit 11, a content received by the Internet receiving unit 12, and a program and content recorded in the recording device 120. , Display at least one. Specifically, the display unit 11 includes a display element such as an LCD, an EL (Electroluminescence) display, and a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), and a driver circuit that drives the display element.

(Viewing media automatic switching device 10)
The viewing media automatic switching device 10 comprehensively controls various components in the display device 1. Program information management unit 101, content information management unit 102, viewing media recording unit 103, usage information management unit 104, point calculation unit 105, viewing priority management unit 106, setting unit 107, provided in the viewing media automatic switching device 10 The viewing media automatic switching engine 108 and the recording device 120 will be described below.

  The recording device 120 stores various data and programs. Examples of the recording device 120 include a ROM (Read Only Memory) that is a read-only semiconductor memory that stores fixed data such as a program required when the viewing media automatic switching device 10 operates, data used for calculation, and There is a RAM (Random Access Memory) as a so-called working memory for temporarily storing calculation results and the like.

  A rewritable removable disk such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a BD (Blu-ray Disc: registered trademark) can be applied to the RAM.

  The recording device 120 includes a viewing media information database 121, a preference database 122, and a viewing media priority database 123.

  The recording device 120 records the program received by the television receiver 11 and the content received by the Internet receiver 12, the program information, and the content information in association with each other.

  In the present embodiment, the viewing media information database 121, the preference database 122, the viewing media priority database 123, and the case where programs and / or contents are recorded in the recording device 120 will be described. It may be recorded in the recording device 120.

  The recording device 120 may not be configured in the viewing media automatic switching device 10. That is, it may be configured in the display device 1 separately from the viewing media automatic switching device 10 or may be configured separately from the display device 1.

  The program information management unit 101 records the program information supplied from the television broadcast receiving unit 11 in the viewing media information database 121. In addition, the program information management unit 101 acquires program information recorded in the viewing media information database 121 and supplies the program information to the point calculation unit 105 and the viewing priority management unit 106.

  The content information management unit 102 records the content information supplied from the Internet reception unit 12 in the viewing media information database 121. In addition, the content information management unit 102 receives content information from the Internet receiving unit 12 and records the content information recorded in the viewing media information database 121 so that the content information recorded in the viewing media information database 121 becomes the latest state. The content information is updated. This process can be performed not only when the viewing media automatic switching device 10 is in the activated state (power is on), but also in the standby state (power is off). Further, the update frequency is not particularly limited, but it is preferable to update the content information frequently.

  In addition, the content information management unit 102 acquires content information recorded in the viewing media information database 121 and supplies the content information to the point calculation unit 105 and the viewing priority management unit 106.

  The viewing media recording unit 103 follows the instruction from the input information management unit 14 or the instruction from the viewing media automatic switching engine 108, the program received by the TV broadcast receiving unit 11, the content received by the Internet receiving unit 12, and the program. Information and content information are associated with each other and recorded in the recording device 120. In addition, when the viewing media recording unit 103 records the program and content in the recording device 120, the viewing media recording unit 103 creates recorded viewing media information indicating the program and content. The viewing media recording unit 103 records the created recorded viewing media information in the viewing media information database 121.

  Also, the viewing media recording unit 103 acquires the recorded viewing media information recorded in the viewing media information database 121 and supplies the recorded viewing media information to the point calculation unit 105 and the viewing priority management unit 106.

  The viewing media information database 121 is a database included in the recording device 120, the program information recorded by the program information management unit 101, the content information recorded by the content information management unit 102, and the recording recorded by the viewing media recording unit 103. Already viewed media information.

  3A is a diagram illustrating an example of program information recorded in the viewing media information database 121, and FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of content information recorded in the viewing media information database 121. And (c) is a diagram showing an example of recorded viewing media information recorded in the viewing media information database 121. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program and content recorded by the viewing media recording unit 103 in the recording device 120 in association with the program information and content information.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the program information is information that can specify what kind of content a program is to be broadcast on, on which channel, for example, channel, broadcast time, title, appearance And the genre and the like are described. Such program information can be obtained from an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) received by the television broadcast receiver 11.

  As shown in FIG. 3B, the content information includes access information (URL), title, performer, genre, viewing time, number of times others access, and the like. Here, the others access count is the number of accesses to content by other users.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the program and the content recorded in the recording device 120 are recorded in association with program information or content information such as access information indicating a channel or URL, title, performer, and genre. Here, in FIG. 4, the program and the content are described simply as “program 2” and “content 1”, but actually, the substance of the data of the program and the content is recorded.

  FIG. 3C shows the recorded viewing media information created by the viewing media recording unit 103 when a program and content are recorded in the recording device 120 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3C, the recorded viewing media information indicating the program and content recorded in the recording device 120 includes the recording channel or recording access information (URL), recording time, title, In addition to the performers and genres, an HDD recording number indicating the recording location in the recording device 120 that records the program or content is recorded.

  In this embodiment, a hard disk drive is used as an example of the recording device 120 for recording a program or content, and information indicating the location where the program or content is recorded is an HDD recording number. It is not limited to. For example, when the recording device 120 is a BD (Blu-ray Disc), a disc number indicating a BD in which a program or content is recorded and a BD address indicating a recording area in the BD in which the program or content is recorded It may be information.

  Note that the program information, the content information, and the recorded viewing media information can be collectively referred to as viewing information, and the content is not limited to this, and may include other information. For example, instead of the recorded viewing media information, history information indicating broadcast programs and / or contents that the user has viewed in the past among the broadcast programs or contents recorded in the recording device 120 may be created.

  The usage information management unit 104 receives from the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 usage information indicating programs and content that the user has viewed in the past, and usage status of the user with respect to the programs and content recorded in the recording device 120. The program information of the program, the content information of the content, the program recorded in the recording device 120, and the recorded viewing media information of the content are associated with each other and recorded in the preference database 122.

  Here, the usage information is information indicating a user's usage status for a program or content. For example, a program or content that has been viewed in the past is a program received by a television broadcast receiver, content received by an Internet receiver, And media identification information indicating whether the program or content is recorded in the recording device 120, information such as the number of viewing times and viewing time for the viewing media indicated by the media identification information, Genre information indicating the genre of the content, information such as the number of viewing times and viewing time for the genre indicated by the genre information, information on the title of the program or content viewed in the past, and the number of viewing times and viewing time for the title Information including information.

  The usage information is not limited to the above-mentioned information. For example, viewing density information indicated by viewing time and viewing frequency converted per predetermined time (for example, one day), a predetermined period (for example, the last one month) ) May be information indicating the viewing time and the number of times of viewing in each viewing media, information on the viewing day of the week, information on the viewing time zone, and the like. It may be numerical data.

  Further, the usage information management unit 104 records user preference information including the user's favorite performers, program titles, and keywords in the preference database 122 in accordance with instructions from the input information management unit 14. Information including the program information of the program that the user has viewed in the past, the content information of the content, and the recorded recording media information (history information) of the program and content recorded in the recording device 120 is referred to as viewing information. .

  Further, the usage information management unit 104 acquires usage information and user preference information from the preference database 122 and supplies the acquired usage information and user preference information to the point calculation unit 105. The usage information management unit 104 receives points calculated according to the contents of the supplied usage information and user preference information from the point calculation unit 105. The usage information management unit 104 records the received points in association with usage information and user preference information.

  The preference database 122 is a database included in the recording device 120, and includes usage information and user preference information recorded in the recording device 120 by the usage information management unit 104.

  Note that information in which usage information and user preference information are in a list format are referred to as a past viewing habit list and a preference setting list, respectively. That is, it can be said that the past viewing habit list is a list of past viewing habits, and the preference setting list is a list of user preferences.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a past viewing habit list and a preference setting list recorded in the preference database 122.

  FIG. 5A is a diagram showing an example of a past viewing habit list (viewing habit list by media). As shown in FIG. 5A, a program or content that has been viewed in the past includes a program received by the TV broadcast receiving unit 11, a content received by the Internet receiving unit, and a program and content recorded in the recording device 120. The media identification information indicating which is the information and the information such as the number of times of viewing and the viewing time for the viewing media indicated by the media identification information are recorded in association with each other. In addition, a viewing media priority contribution point (hereinafter referred to as a contribution point) calculated from the number of viewing times and the viewing time by a point calculation unit 105 described later is given.

  5B shows an example of a past viewing habit list (viewing habit list by genre), FIG. 5C shows an example of a past viewing habit list (viewing habit list by performers), and FIG. d) is a diagram showing an example of a past viewing habit list (viewing habit list by title). As shown in FIGS. 5B to 5D, the number of times of viewing, viewing time, and contribution for each genre information, performer, and title included in program information, content information, and recorded viewing media information. You can see that the points are recorded in association.

  FIG. 5E is a diagram illustrating an example of the preference setting list. As shown in FIG. 5E, the preference setting list includes a genre, performers, titles, and free words (free keywords) that the user desires to view. Further, contribution points calculated by the point calculation unit 105 are given.

  In addition, the past viewing habit list is not limited to the above-described viewing habit list by media, viewing habit list by genre, viewing habit list by performer, and viewing habit list by title, for example, a list recorded by channel. Also good. The contents of the past viewing habit list and the preference setting list are not limited to this, and may include other information.

  The point calculation unit 105 calculates a point (contribution point) with a predetermined weight applied to the point according to the contents of the usage information and user preference information supplied from the usage information management unit 104.

  Specifically, in the case of contribution points shown in the viewing habit list for each media shown in FIG. 5A, the point calculation unit 105 calculates, for example, the total number of times of viewing recorded for each viewing media, A ratio (viewing frequency ratio) between the number of viewing times for the viewing media and the total value of the viewing times is calculated. Similarly, the total value of the viewing time recorded for each viewing medium is calculated, and the ratio (viewing time ratio) between the viewing time and the total viewing time for each viewing medium is calculated. The point calculation unit 105 calculates the contribution point by assigning the calculated viewing frequency ratio and viewing time ratio to the contribution point as a weight.

  As an example, a method for calculating the contribution point will be described based on the viewing habit list for each medium shown in FIG. Now, it is assumed that in the media-specific viewing habit list, as shown in FIG. 5A, there are actually recorded two viewing histories: BS viewing history and recorded viewing media viewing history.

  In this case, first, the total number of viewing times recorded for each viewing medium is 14 times, including 8 times of BS and 6 times of recorded viewing media. Therefore, the viewing frequency ratio is 8/14 for BS and 6/14 for recorded viewing media.

  If the viewing time is calculated in the same manner, the BS is 53/78 and the recorded viewing media is 25/78.

  Assuming that the base point per calculation for calculating the contribution point is 10 points, the BS contribution point is 10 × 8 / 14≈5.7 = 6, and the contribution point of the recorded viewing media is 10 × 6 / 14≈4.3 = 4.

  Regarding the viewing time, the contribution point of BS is 10 × 53 / 78≈6.8 = 7, and the contribution point of recorded viewing media is 10 × 25 / 78≈3.2 = 3.

  Therefore, when this media-specific viewing habit list is updated, the newly acquired BS contribution point total is 6 + 7 = 13, and the recorded viewing media total contribution point is 4 + 3 = 7.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the BS contribution point before the update is 306, and as a result of adding the newly acquired contribution point, the BS contribution point after the update is 319. Similarly, The contribution point of the recorded viewing media after the update is 25.

  In the case of the contribution points shown in the preference setting list shown in FIG. 5E, the point calculation unit 105 calculates the contribution points by weighting the preference items desired to be viewed for each rank. For example, when the item “drama” is the largest in the genre information, the contribution point is calculated so that the contribution point of the preference setting list whose genre is “drama” is high.

  In addition, when the usage information is information on a viewing time zone (numerical data), for example, usage information that a TV music program has been watched in the past, usage information that a TV movie has been watched, When the user switches on the TV at 20:00, the user gives a contribution point for the TV song program and the TV movie with the same time zone, and the user switches on the TV at a different time. In this case, it is possible to give a weight such that a contribution point smaller than the above contribution point is given as time goes away from 20:00.

  Also, by calculating not only the time zone but also the day of the week, day, and month information, and adding a weight such as giving a large contribution point when the numerical values match, the point calculation unit 105 causes the weekday morning. It is possible to calculate contribution points corresponding to various user usage information such as news, nighttime drama, and sunday horse racing.

  The point calculation unit 105 transmits the contribution points calculated as described above to the usage information management unit 104.

  The point calculation unit 105 also supplies program information supplied from the program information management unit 101, content information supplied from the content information management unit 102, and supplied from the viewing media recording unit 103 in accordance with an instruction from the viewing priority management unit 106. Referring to the recorded viewing media information, the past viewing habit list and the preference setting list supplied from the usage information management unit, each program received by the TV broadcast receiving unit 11 and received by the Internet receiving unit 12 A viewing media priority point (for each program and / or content previously recorded in the recording device 120) for each content and for the program received by the television broadcast receiver 11 and / or the content received by the Internet receiver 12. Hereinafter, it is referred to as a point).

  For example, the point calculation unit 105 determines from the program information supplied from the program information management unit 101 that the drama in which the female J appears is currently being broadcast by BS broadcasting (for example, at 19:00 on Wednesday). In this case, the point calculation unit 105 acquires contribution points given to the BS broadcast from the viewing habit list for each media shown in FIG. Moreover, the point calculation part 105 acquires the contribution point provided to the drama from the viewing habit list according to genre shown in FIG. In addition, the point calculation unit 105 acquires contribution points given to the female J from the audience-specific viewing habit list shown in FIG. 5C included in the preference database 122. The point calculation unit 105 sums the acquired contribution points and calculates the points of the program.

  In this way, the program information, the content information, and the information included in the recorded viewing media information and the preference database 122 are referred to, for each program received by the TV broadcast receiving unit 11, for each content received by the Internet receiving unit 12, Further, points are calculated for each program and / or content that is recorded in the recording device 120 in advance, which is the program received by the television broadcast receiver 11 and / or the content received by the Internet receiver 12. The point calculation unit 105 supplies the calculated points to the viewing priority management unit 106.

  In addition, the point calculation unit 105 calls the viewing information and numerical data from the recording device 120, and substitutes numerical data into a predetermined arithmetic expression for each of the viewing media, thereby calculating a point indicating the usage status of the user. You can also do.

  In addition, the point calculation unit 105 is not limited to calculating the above points by adding the contribution points included in the past viewing habit list and the preference setting list as they are, and changes the ratio according to the user's preference. It is also possible to calculate it. For example, the contribution points included in the preference setting list can be doubled to calculate the points.

  Also, the point calculation unit 105 calculates a point weighted according to the number of accesses by other users included in the content information supplied from the content information management unit 102 as a contribution point, and assigns it to the point for each content. It is also possible. Here, since the content frequently accessed by other users can be said to be content that is generally popular, there is a high possibility that the content is of interest to the user. Therefore, by assigning points calculated based on the number of accesses by other users, it is possible to calculate points that reflect user preferences.

  The viewing priority management unit 106 uses the past viewing habit list and the preference setting list included in the preference database 122 for each program received by the television broadcast receiving unit 11, for each content received by the Internet receiving unit 12, and for the television. The point calculation unit 105 is instructed to calculate a point for each program and / or content that is a program received by the broadcast receiving unit 11 and / or content received by the Internet receiving unit 12 and recorded in the recording device 120 in advance. .

  In addition, the viewing priority management unit 106 includes, in descending order of the points supplied from the point calculation unit 105, the programs received by the television broadcast receiving unit 11, the contents received by the Internet receiving unit 12, and the television broadcast receiving unit 11 The received program and / or the content received by the Internet receiving unit 12, ranking the program and / or content previously recorded in the recording device 120, and the program supplied from the program information management unit 101 A viewing media priority list (hereinafter referred to as a priority list) in which information, content information supplied from the content information management unit 102, and recorded viewing media information supplied from the viewing media recording unit 103 are associated with each other. Record in the media priority database 123.

  That is, the priority list is recorded in the preference information database 122 for each program or content indicated by the program information, content information, and recorded viewing media information recorded in the viewing media information database 121. By adding the contribution points included in the past viewing habit list and the preference setting list, the points are calculated, and the programs and contents are ranked in descending order of the points. It can be said that

  Note that the program information and content indicated by the program information and the content information included in the priority list are programs and content that can be viewed when the priority list is created or updated. For example, the priority list can be created by listing programs currently being broadcast (viewable programs) with reference to the EPG. Further, for example, the priority list can be created by listing contents (viewable contents) that can be accessed when the content information is updated to the access information included in the content information.

  Note that the priority list can be updated not only when the viewing media automatic switching device 10 is in the activated state (power is on) but also in the standby state (power is off). Further, the update frequency is not particularly limited, but it is preferable to update the priority list at a high frequency.

  The viewing media priority database 123 is a database included in the recording device 120 and includes a priority list recorded by the viewing priority management unit 106.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a priority list recorded in the viewing media priority database 123. As shown in FIG. 6, the priority list includes viewing priority (order), viewing media, access information, viewing time, viewing media priority points (points). In this way, program information, content information, and recorded viewing media information ranked in descending order of points are recorded together with points.

  In accordance with the setting instruction from the input information management unit 14, the setting unit 107 (1) causes the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 to automatically display the program or content with the highest priority in the priority list on the display unit 15. Alternatively, (2) it is set to display the programs and contents on the display unit 15 in descending order. The setting unit 107 transmits the set content to the viewing media automatic switching engine 108.

  The viewing media automatic switching engine 108 displays a program or content on the display unit 15 according to the content transmitted from the setting unit 107. That is, when the content set by the setting unit 107 is (1), the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 uses the priority list recorded in the viewing media priority database 123 of the recording device 120 by the viewing priority management unit 106 based on the priority list. The program or content having the highest ranking is acquired from any one of the television broadcast receiving unit 11, the Internet receiving unit 12, and the recording device 120, and is automatically displayed on the display unit 15.

  Also, the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 transmits the program or content program information displayed on the display unit 15, content information, or recorded viewing media information to the usage information management unit 104.

  When the content set by the setting unit 107 is (2), the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 causes the display unit 15 to display programs and contents arranged in order from the priority list.

  When the content set by the setting unit 107 is (2), the selected program or content is displayed in full screen on the display unit 15 by selecting one of the programs or content to be viewed by the user. Is preferred.

  As a result, the user's favorite programs and contents can be automatically displayed regardless of whether the user's favorite programs and contents are one or more. Can be provided.

[Flow of viewing media automatic switching method]
Next, the flow of the viewing media automatic switching method in the viewing media automatic switching device 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a series of flows of the viewing media automatic switching method in the viewing media automatic switching device 10. Here, the case where the display unit 15 displays the program or content having the highest priority in the priority list will be described as an example.

  The power (system power supply) of the viewing media automatic switching device 10 is turned on (step S1, hereinafter simply referred to as S1). Here, turning on the power of the viewing media automatic switching device 10 mainly returns from the standby state. Thereby, the content information management unit 102 can update the content information so that the content information recorded in the viewing media information database 121 is in the latest state in the standby state of the automatic content switching device 10. The point calculation unit 105 can calculate points using this content information. In this case, compared to the case where the content information is updated only when the power is turned on, there is an effect that the accuracy of the priority list can be constantly increased.

  Thereafter, the viewing priority management unit 106 updates the priority list so that the priority list becomes the latest state (S2). That is, the program information management unit 101 updates the program information shown in FIG. 3A, the content information management unit 102 updates the content information shown in FIG. 3B, and the viewing media recording unit 103 The recorded viewing media information shown in 3 (c) is updated, and the usage information management unit 104 updates the past viewing habit list and the preference setting list shown in FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (e). Thereafter, the viewing priority management unit 106 refers to the updated program information, content information, recorded viewing media information, past viewing habit list, and preference setting list, and updates the priority list. It is to be noted that the execution of S2 following S1 is not essential to the essence of the present invention in which a program or content having a higher rank is automatically displayed on the display unit 15 based on the priority list. For example, S2 may be appropriately executed based on a user instruction.

  Subsequently, the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 selects a program or content with the highest priority (first viewing priority) from the updated priority list or the priority list at that time (S3).

  When the first viewing priority program or content is a TV broadcast program (TV broadcast at S4), the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 receives the program (target program) from the TV broadcast receiving unit 11 (S5). .

  When the program or content having the first viewing priority is content on the Internet (content on the Internet in S4), the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 receives the content (target content) from the Internet receiver 12 (S6). ).

  When the first viewing priority program or content is a program or content previously recorded in the recording device 120 (viewed viewing media recorded in S4), the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 sends the program or content ( (Target recorded viewing media) is read (S7).

  The viewing media automatic switching engine 108 causes the display unit 15 to display the video, audio, data, and the like of the program or content (display target viewing media) received or read from any one of S5, S6, and S7 ( S8).

  Here, the processing from S4 to S8 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the priority list shown in FIG. 6, it can be seen that the program or content with the first viewing priority is content on the Internet. For this reason, the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 receives the content received from the URL (http://www.douga.co.jp/5g8j9lm) described in the access information by the Internet receiving unit 12 in the viewing time. It is received for one minute and displayed on the display unit 15.

  If the program or content having the first viewing priority is a television broadcast having the third viewing priority in FIG. 6, the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 is accessed by the television broadcast receiving unit 11. Are received from 20:00 to 21:58 and are displayed on the display unit 15.

  Also, for example, when the program or content having the first viewing priority is the program or content recorded in advance in the recording device 120 having the second viewing priority in FIG. The program or content is read from the HDD recording number (569) described in the access information indicating the location recorded in the recording device 120, and the read program or content is displayed on the display unit 15 for 53 minutes described in the viewing time. Display.

  When the display of the program or content on the display unit 15 ends in S8 and the user ends the use of the viewing media automatic switching device 10 (turns off the power of the viewing media automatic switching device 10) (Yes in S9). ) The viewing media automatic switching device 10 transitions to a standby state (S10). If the user does not turn off the viewing media automatic switching device 10, the user does not end the use of the viewing media automatic switching device 10 (No in S9). Causes the display unit 15 to display the program or content having the highest priority based on the priority list at this time.

  In this way, the user can automatically view the program or content having the first viewing priority without performing a troublesome remote control operation or the like.

  As described above, the usage information management unit 104 of the automatic viewing media switching device 10 records the usage information and the user preference information in the recording device, and the point calculation unit 105 determines the user's information from the usage information and the user preference information. Weighting is performed according to the usage status and user preference information, and calculation is performed for each program, each content, and each recorded program and content. That is, the point calculation unit 105 calculates a point weighted so as to give a high point to a program or content frequently used by a user and a program or content including user preference information. The viewing priority management unit 106 ranks the programs or contents in descending order of the points given in this way, and the viewing media automatic switching means automatically displays the program or content having the highest rank on the display unit 15. .

  Here, since a program or content with a large number of viewing times can be said to be a user's favorite program, the point weighted from the use information can be said to be a point reflecting the user's preference. Therefore, the viewing media automatic switching device automatically selects not only the program but also the content, and the program and content that the user likes among the program and content recorded on the recording device, and the program and content recorded on the recording device. The effect that it can provide to a user in an effect is produced.

  Also, the content information management unit 102 updates the content information recorded in the viewing media information database 121. Therefore, the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 can automatically display new content on the display unit 15.

  The content information updated by the content information management unit 102 includes the number of accesses by other users. The point calculation unit 105 can calculate points weighted according to the number of accesses by other users. In this way, the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 can automatically provide the user with a program or content that more favors the user by using the priority list created from the points reflecting the user's preferences. it can.

  In addition, the recording device 120 includes a viewing media information database 121, a preference database 122, and a viewing media priority database 123. By including these databases, programs and contents more suited to the user's preference can be obtained. Can be provided to the user.

[Another example of setting contents of setting unit 107]
In the present embodiment, the setting unit 107 (1) causes the viewing media automatic switching engine 108 to automatically display the program or content having the highest priority in the priority list on the display unit 15, or (2) Although it has been described that the program and content are set to be displayed on the display unit 15 in descending order, the content set by the setting unit 107 is not limited to this.

  For example, when the program information management unit 101 and the content information management 102 confirm that there is a broadcast program and / or content on the Internet in the same time period, the setting unit 107 (3) the viewing priority management unit 106 Instructing the viewing media recording unit 103 to automatically display the highest priority program or content in the priority list recorded in the recording device 120 on the display unit 15 and record other programs and / or content; Or (4) programs and contents arranged in descending order of priority in the priority list and displayed on the display unit 15; from the displayed programs and contents, programs to be viewed or contents and programs and / or contents to be recorded Set to let the user select.

  According to the above configuration, even when the program or content that the user wants to watch exists at the same time, the user can automatically watch the program or content other than the program or content to be viewed while viewing the program or content that is most interesting. Can be recorded. Therefore, a viewing media automatic switching device with higher convenience can be provided.

  When the content set by the setting unit 107 is (4), the selected program or content is displayed in full screen on the display unit 15 by selecting one of the programs or content to be viewed by the user. Is preferred.

[Another example of the preference information database 122]
In this embodiment, the case where there is one preference information database 122 has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, for each one or a plurality of users and from one or a plurality of users. It may be one or a plurality of databases managed for each of one or a plurality of groups.

  As a result, it is possible to provide programs and contents that meet the preferences of a plurality of users.

[Another example of viewing media priority database 123]
In the present embodiment, the case where there is one viewing media priority database 123 has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, for each one or a plurality of users and one or a plurality of It may be one or a plurality of databases managed for each group of one or a plurality of users.

  As a result, it is possible to provide programs and contents that meet the preferences of a plurality of users.

  Note that the tables in FIGS. 3 to 6 used for the explanation above are written in Japanese for the sake of explanation, but when implemented in the system, only alphanumeric characters are used. Also good.

[Program and recording medium]
Each block of the viewing media automatic switching device 10 described above may be configured by hardware logic, or may be realized by software using a CPU as follows.

  That is, the viewing media automatic switching device 10 includes a central processing unit (CPU) that executes instructions of a control program for realizing each function, a read only memory (ROM) that stores the program, and a random access memory (RAM) that expands the program. memory), a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data. An object of the present invention is to enable a computer to read program codes (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of a control program (authentication program) of the viewing media automatic switching device 10 which is software for realizing the above-described functions. This can also be achieved by supplying the recording medium recorded in the above to the viewing media automatic switching device 10 and reading and executing the program code recorded in the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, and an optical disk such as a CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  Alternatively, the viewing media automatic switching device 10 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Further, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR (high data rate), mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope shown in the claims. That is, embodiments obtained by combining technical means appropriately modified within the scope of the claims are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  The present invention can also be expressed as follows.

  A television broadcast receiving unit for receiving a program video to be broadcasted on TV, program information on the program video, a video from a video site on the Internet, and an Internet receiving unit for receiving content information on the video, The viewing media recording unit that records the program video received by the television broadcast receiving unit in association with the program information, and records the moving image received by the Internet receiving unit in association with the content information; Broadcast program information related to a program video broadcasted on television, Internet content information related to a video from a video site on the Internet, and the program video received by the TV broadcast receiving unit are recorded in association with the program information. The video received by the Internet receiver is transferred to the content. Viewing media information database consisting of recorded viewing media information recorded when recording in association with information, past viewing habit list that lists past viewing habits, and preference setting list that sets user preferences And a viewing media priority list in which broadcast programs, contents on the Internet, and recorded viewing media in the viewing media information database are arranged in order of viewing priority based on the preference information database. Based on the information in the media priority database and the viewing media priority database, the program video, the content on the Internet, or the recorded viewing media is selected, and the program or content is automatically switched. And a viewing media automatic switching engine. Viewing media automatic switching display device.

  The past viewing habit list in the preference information database includes media identification information indicating whether the media viewed in the past is a broadcast program, Internet content, or recorded viewing media, the number of times of viewing, the viewing time, the genre, The list is configured by recording information including the number of times of viewing, the time of viewing, the performers, the number of times of viewing, the time of viewing, the title, the number of times of viewing, and the time of viewing. A viewing media automatic switching display device having a configuration.

  In addition, the preference setting list in the preference information database is set by designating a genre, a performer, a title, a free keyword, and the like that the user desires to view together with the order in which the user desires to view. A viewing media automatic switching display device configured to be a list.

  The viewing media priority list is stored in the preference information database for each program or content in the broadcast program information in the viewing media information database, content information on the Internet, and recorded viewing media information. A viewing media priority point is calculated based on the past viewing habit list and the preference setting list, and the programs and contents are ranked and listed in descending order of the points. Viewing media automatic switching display device configured to perform.

  In addition, with regard to the content information on the Internet, the content information on the video site on the Internet is periodically accessed based on the information in the preference information database, and the content information on the Internet is constantly updated. Automatic viewing media switching display device.

  The viewing media automatic switching display device having a configuration in which the number of accesses to the moving image content by others is described in the content information on the Internet.

  A viewing media automatic switching display device having a configuration in which the preference information database and the viewing media priority database are held for each of a plurality of viewers and / or groups.

  In addition, the program or content with the highest viewing media priority point is automatically displayed, or the program or content is listed in order from the highest viewing media priority point, and the user selects which program or content to view. A viewing media automatic switching display device having a configuration in which which method to select is selected in advance.

  Also, if there is a broadcast program or content on the Internet at the same time, the highest viewing media priority point is automatically displayed and others are recorded, or the viewing media priority point is high A viewing media automatic switching display device having a configuration in which the user selects a list to be recorded in real time and a user selects which to view and record in real time.

  A television apparatus for displaying an automatically switched program or content having a display for displaying the automatically switched program or content with respect to the viewing media automatic switching display device.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for a television broadcasting program, Internet content, and a display device provided with a recording device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Display apparatus 10 Viewing media automatic switching apparatus 101 Program information management part (program information management means)
102 content information management unit (content information management means)
103 viewing media recording unit (viewing media recording means)
104 Usage information management unit (Usage information management means)
105 point calculation unit (point calculation means)
106 Viewing priority management unit (viewing priority management means)
107 Setting section (setting means)
108 viewing media automatic switching engine (viewing media automatic switching means)
120 recording apparatus (recording means, recording medium)
121 viewing media information database 122 preference database 123 viewing media priority database 11 television broadcast receiving unit 12 internet receiving unit 13 input receiving unit 14 input information managing unit 15 display unit

Claims (16)

A TV broadcast receiving unit that receives a TV broadcast program and program information indicating the program, an Internet receiving unit that receives content on the Internet and content information indicating the content, and a program received by the TV broadcast receiving unit, or A viewing media automatic switching device for controlling a display device having a display unit for displaying content received by an Internet receiving unit,
Program information management means for recording the program information received by the television broadcast receiver in a recording device;
Content information management means for recording content information received by the Internet receiver on a recording device;
The program received by the TV broadcast receiver and the content received by the Internet receiver, the program information and the content information are associated with each other and recorded on the recording device, and the recorded viewing showing the program and the content recorded on the recording device Viewing media recording means for creating media information and recording the recorded viewing media information on a recording device;
Usage information indicating the user's usage status for programs and contents that have been viewed in the past and the programs and contents recorded in the recording device are recorded in the program information of the programs, the content information of the contents, and the recording device. Usage information management means for recording in the recording device in association with recorded viewing media information of the program and content,
A predetermined weight is given to points according to the contents of the usage information, and each program received by the TV broadcast receiving unit, each content received by the Internet receiving unit, and programs received by the TV broadcast receiving unit and / or Or point calculation means for calculating points for each program and / or content that is the content received by the Internet receiver and recorded in advance in the recording device;
In order of the calculated points, the program received by the TV broadcast receiver, the content received by the Internet receiver, the program received by the TV broadcast receiver, and / or the content received by the Internet receiver. Then, programs and / or contents recorded in advance in the recording device are ranked, and a priority list in which the ranking is associated with program information, content information, and recorded viewing media information is recorded in the recording device. Viewing priority management means,
Automatic viewing media switching means for automatically displaying a program or content having a higher rank on the display unit than the priority list recorded in the recording device by the viewing priority management means;
A viewing media automatic switching device characterized by comprising: The usage information management means records user preference information including a user's favorite performer, program title, and keyword in a recording device,
The point calculation means weights points according to the content of the user preference information for each program received by the television broadcast receiving unit, for each content received by the Internet receiving unit, and for receiving the television broadcast. A point received for each program and / or content previously recorded in the recording device, which is a program received by the unit and / or content received by the Internet receiving unit,
The viewing priority management means is received by the television broadcast receiver using the points calculated by the point calculation means according to the contents of the user preference information and the points calculated according to the contents of the usage information. A program, content received by the Internet receiver, and program received by the television broadcast receiver and / or content received by the Internet receiver, the program and / or content recorded in advance on a recording device. 2. The viewing media automatic switching device according to claim 1, wherein the prioritized priority list is recorded in a recording device.   The content information management means receives the content information from the Internet reception unit and updates the content information so that the content information recorded by the content information management means becomes the latest state. The viewing media automatic switching device according to 1 or 2. The content information updated by the content information management means includes the number of accesses to the content by other users,
4. The viewing media automatic switching apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the point calculating means calculates points including points weighted according to the number of accesses to the content for each content.   The viewing media automatic switching means causes the display unit to automatically display the program or content having the highest ranking from the priority list recorded in the recording device by the viewing priority management means, or in the descending order. 5. The automatic viewing media switching device according to claim 1, further comprising setting means for setting a program and a content to be displayed side by side on a display unit in accordance with an instruction from a user. . When the program information management means and the content information management means confirm that there is a broadcast program and / or content on the Internet at the same time,
The viewing media recording so that the highest priority program or content in the priority list recorded in the recording device by the viewing priority management means is automatically displayed on the display unit, and other programs and / or content are recorded. Instructing means, or arranging and displaying programs and contents on the display unit in descending order, and displaying the program or content to be viewed and the program and / or content to be recorded to the user from the displayed program and content. The viewing media automatic switching device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising setting means for setting the selection according to an instruction from a user. The recording device includes program information recorded by the program information management means,
Content information recorded by the content information management means;
6. The viewing media automatic switching device according to claim 1, further comprising a viewing media information database including recorded viewing media information recorded by the viewing media recording means.   The recording device records the usage information recorded by the usage information management means and / or user preference information recorded by the usage information management means, including user favorite performers, program titles, and keywords. 8. The viewing media automatic switching apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an information database.   The viewing media automatic database according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the recording device includes a viewing media priority database including a priority list recorded in the recording device by the viewing priority management unit. Switching device.   9. The viewing media automatic switching device according to claim 8, wherein the preference information database is managed for each of one or a plurality of users and for one or a plurality of groups of one or a plurality of users.   The viewing media automatic switching according to claim 9, wherein the viewing media priority database is managed for each of one or a plurality of users and for one or a plurality of groups of one or a plurality of users. apparatus.   A display device comprising the viewing media automatic switching device according to claim 1. A TV broadcast receiving unit that receives a TV broadcast program and program information indicating the program, an Internet receiving unit that receives content on the Internet and content information indicating the content, and a program received by the TV broadcast receiving unit, or A viewing media automatic switching method of a viewing media automatic switching device for controlling a display device having a display unit for displaying content received by an Internet receiver,
A program information management step for recording the program information received by the television broadcast receiver in a recording device;
A content information management step of recording content information received by the Internet receiver on a recording device;
The program received by the TV broadcast receiver and the content received by the Internet receiver, the program information and the content information are associated with each other and recorded on the recording device, and the recorded viewing showing the program and the content recorded on the recording device Viewing media recording step of creating media information and recording the recorded viewing media information on a recording device;
Usage information indicating the user's usage status for programs and contents that have been viewed in the past and the programs and contents recorded in the recording device are recorded in the program information of the programs, the content information of the contents, and the recording device. A usage information management step of recording in a recording device in association with recorded viewing media information of a program and content;
A predetermined weight is given to points according to the contents of the usage information, and each program received by the TV broadcast receiving unit, each content received by the Internet receiving unit, and programs received by the TV broadcast receiving unit and / or Or a point calculation step of calculating points for each program and / or content that is the content received by the Internet receiver and recorded in advance in the recording device;
In order of the calculated points, the program received by the TV broadcast receiver, the content received by the Internet receiver, the program received by the TV broadcast receiver, and / or the content received by the Internet receiver. Then, programs and / or contents recorded in advance in the recording device are ranked, and a priority list in which the ranking is associated with program information, content information, and recorded viewing media information is recorded in the recording device. Viewing priority management steps;
A viewing media automatic switching step for automatically displaying a program or content having a higher rank on the display unit than the priority list recorded in the recording device by the viewing priority management step;
A viewing media automatic switching method for a viewing media automatic switching device. Viewing information including program information related to broadcast programs that the user has viewed in the past, content information regarding contents on the Internet that the user has viewed in the past, and recorded viewing media information indicating the broadcast programs or content recorded on the recording medium (1) and
From the recording means in which the broadcast program, the content, and the numerical data (2) reflecting the usage status of the user for each of the viewing media including the broadcast program or the content recorded on the recording medium are recorded in association with each other, Call information (1) and numerical data (2),
For each of the viewing media, by substituting the numerical data (2) into a predetermined arithmetic expression, an operation for obtaining a point indicating the usage status of the user is performed.
Creating a list in which each of the viewing media is ranked and recording it in the recording means;
A viewing media ranking method characterized by:   A control program for operating the viewing media automatic switching device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the control program causes a computer to function as each of the means.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the control program according to claim 15 is recorded.

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