JP4079559B2 - TV program reservation system using mobile phone - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a TV program reservation system using a mobile terminal phone, and in particular, for example, viewing program history information stored in a TV broadcast receiver is received by a mobile terminal phone, and a program desired by a user based on this information is stored on the go. The present invention relates to a TV program reservation system using a mobile terminal phone that can be reserved remotely.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, with the remarkable progress and development of communication technology, a remote control system that can remotely control electronic devices such as air conditioners, electric rice cookers, video tape recorders, etc. from a terminal device using a network such as a telephone line is practical. It has become.
[0003]
For example, a desired TV program can be reserved for recording on a VTR connected to a TV broadcast receiver by transmitting a predetermined remote control signal via a telephone line.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above case, the user may not be able to perform remote control such as VTR as desired. That is, as remote control, for example, when making a recording reservation from outside, it is necessary to specify the TV program channel to be recorded and the start time and end time of the recording. They rarely go out with the necessary information and rarely memorize it.
[0005]
For this reason, when an incorrect channel or start time is designated, there is a problem that the TV program desired by the user is not recorded. In addition, even if the user wants to watch a continuous program or a special program that the user normally watches, the user may forget it. Therefore, it is very convenient if viewing program history information is accumulated and a desired continuous program or the like can be reserved by remote control based on this information.
[0006]
Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to store a program that the user is viewing in the TV receiver as viewing program history information, transfer the stored data to the user's mobile terminal phone, and program based on the viewing program history information. It is to provide a program reservation system using a portable terminal phone that enables a reservation service.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention includes a TV broadcast receiver including storage means for storing viewing program history information and program reservation means, and a mobile terminal phone including display means for receiving and displaying viewing program history information and program reservation instruction means. A TV program reservation system using a mobile terminal phone, in which the program information displayed on the display means is confirmed and the desired program is registered in the program reservation means of the TV broadcast receiver by the mobile terminal phone by the program reservation instruction means. It is.
[0008]
[Action]
The viewing program history information stored in the TV broadcast receiver is transferred to the mobile terminal phone and displayed on the display means, so that the user knows the program information before the start of the program that is usually viewed. In addition, the program information can be confirmed, and the desired program can be reserved and registered in the TV broadcast receiver remotely from the mobile terminal phone.
[0009]
The viewing program history information may be transferred from a TV broadcast receiver or may be transferred from another mobile terminal phone.
[0010]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, a desired program can be reserved and registered in a TV broadcast receiver from a remote location based on the viewing program history information of the user, and an effective program information service can be provided.
[0011]
The above object, other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.
[0012]
【Example】
This TV program reservation system 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes a TV screen 12, a data storage unit 14 for storing viewing program history information of programs viewed by the user, and a program in accordance with instructions from a mobile terminal phone 28 owned by the user described later. Receiving and transmitting the program reservation registration unit 16 for reservation registration and the TV broadcast receiver 20 including the VTR 18 for recording TV programs, and the viewing program history information transferred from the data storage unit 14 of the TV broadcast receiver 20 Unit 22, a liquid crystal display unit 24 for displaying viewing program history information received by the transmission / reception unit 22, and a TV program for receiving and receiving the desired program after the user confirms the program information displayed on the display unit 24. And a portable terminal telephone 28 having a program reservation instruction section 26 such as a keyboard for instructing the program reservation registration section 16 of the machine 20. Furthermore, other mobile terminal telephones 30 and other TV broadcast receivers 32 may be additionally provided in the TV program reservation system 10 as necessary. In this case, the configurations of the other mobile terminal phone 30 and the other TV broadcast receiver 32 are the same as those of the mobile terminal phone 28 and the TV broadcast receiver 20 described above, and corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. The description is omitted.
[0013]
It should be understood in advance that the mobile terminal telephones 28 and 30 include a so-called mobile telephone, PHS, and any other mobile telephone.
[0014]
In CS (communication satellite) digital broadcasting, program information such as an event ID, a title, and a program start / end time is transmitted, and viewing program history information can be constructed based on the program information. For example, the accumulated program history information includes (1) a program for which a program reservation has been executed, (2) a purchased program, and (3) a program that has been watched for 80% or more of the program broadcast time. Also, prediction information of the next program from the program history information includes: (1) a program having the same series ID of program information, (2) a program at the same time (one week or one day), and (3) a program having the same title (Genre information is not a movie).
[0015]
Here, in order to transfer the viewing program history information from the TV broadcast receiver to the mobile terminal phone, the following functions are newly added.
[0016]
On the TV side,
(1) Viewing history holding program (2) Next program prediction program (3) Connection terminal with portable terminal phone (4) Viewing history information / next program prediction information transmission program to portable terminal phone On the portable terminal side,
(1) Connection terminal with TV broadcast receiver (2) Viewing history information / next program prediction information reception program to mobile terminal phone Further, when a program reservation instruction is given to the TV broadcast receiver, the CS digital broadcast receiver Has a modem and uploads billing information and voting (program voting). Therefore, if this modem is used, it is possible to receive reservation information from the portable terminal telephone.
[0017]
The CS digital broadcast receiver has a program reservation function. If a program reservation is made using the reservation information received by the modem, the reservation can be executed by the existing program reservation function.
[0018]
In this case, the following functions are required as functions newly added to the TV side and the portable terminal side.
[0019]
On the TV side,
(1) Modem incoming program (2) Reservation information receiving program from mobile terminal phone (3) Program for adding reservation information received from mobile terminal phone to existing reservation information
(1) Next program start message display program (2) Next program reservation reception program (3) Reservation information transmission program to TV broadcast receiver (4) Program list display program and portable terminal When transferring program information by using the existing communication function between mobile terminal phones, program information can be transmitted and received. In addition, it is possible to make a program reservation on the TV based on the program information.
[0020]
In this case, the following functions are newly added to the mobile terminal phone.
(1) Program information transmission program to mobile terminal phone (2) Program information reception program from mobile terminal phone Here, an outline of the operation of the TV program reservation system 10 shown in the embodiment will be described.
[0021]
First, for example, stored user viewing program history information is transferred from the data storage unit 14 of the TV broadcast receiver 20 to the user's mobile terminal phone 28 based on an instruction from the mobile terminal phone 28. This program information is received by the transmission / reception unit 22 and appropriately displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 24 of the portable terminal telephone 28, and this program information is transmitted to the user as a message. Therefore, when the user confirms the displayed program information and wishes to view the program information that he / she often sees this time, he / she instructs the program reservation instruction unit 26 of the mobile terminal telephone 28 to program the TV broadcast receiver 20. It is registered in the reservation registration unit 16. In this case, it is also possible to make a recording reservation for the VTR 18 just in case. Examples of registered contents include a channel, a program start time, and an end time. Of course, a plurality of programs can be registered if desired.
[0022]
In addition, when the user wants to transfer viewing program history information received by the mobile terminal phone 28 to a friend, acquaintance or friend, if it is transmitted to another mobile terminal phone 30 owned by them, they own it. Since the viewing program history information transferred to the liquid crystal display unit 24 of the mobile terminal phone 30 is displayed, the program information can be confirmed. Then, if there is desired program information, they set the channel and program start time from the program reservation instruction unit 26 of their mobile terminal phone 30 to the program reservation registration unit 16 of the TV broadcast receiver 32 provided in their home. And register the end time. Also in this case, a recording reservation can be made to the VTR 18 provided in the TV broadcast receiver 32.
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 1, viewing program history information from a friend, acquaintance, or fellow mobile terminal phone 30 to the user's mobile terminal phone 28 can be reversely transferred.
[0024]
In this embodiment, the TV program reservation system in which both the TV broadcast receiver and the mobile terminal phone are two units has been described, but the operation is the same even in the case of three or more systems.
[0025]
Next, transfer of viewing history information from the TV side to the mobile terminal side, program reservation from the mobile terminal side to the TV side, and transfer of program information between the mobile terminals based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. explain.
[0026]
In FIG. 2, on the TV side, in the first step S1, the viewing history is retained and the next program is predicted from the viewing history. In step S3, the CPU determines whether or not there is a transfer instruction to the portable terminal phone 28. If the result is "NO", the process returns to step S1, and if "YES", the process proceeds to step S5. In step S5, it is determined whether or not the mobile terminal telephone 28 is connected. If the result is “NO”, the process returns to step S1, and if “YES”, the process proceeds to step S7. Transfer viewing history information to.
[0027]
On the other hand, on the mobile terminal phone side, the TV broadcast receiver 20 is connected in step S9, and the viewing history information is received from the TV broadcast receiver 20 by the transmission / reception unit in step S11.
[0028]
Next, in FIG. 3, in the mobile terminal telephone 28, the CPU determines whether or not it is the start time of the next program in step S <b> 13. In step S15, a message for starting the program is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 24. In parallel, it is determined whether or not the program list display of the menu is selected in step S17. If the result is “NO”, the process waits as it is, and if “YES”, the process proceeds to step S19. A list of programs is displayed on the display unit 24. In step S21, it is determined whether or not there is a program reservation instruction. If the result is “NO”, the process returns to step S13. If the result of step S21 is “YES”, the program reservation instruction unit 26 instructs the TV broadcast receiver 20 to make a reservation in step S23.
[0029]
On the other hand, on the TV side, it is determined whether or not there is an incoming call from the portable terminal telephone 28 in step S25. If the result is “NO”, the process waits as it is, and if “YES”, the process proceeds to step S27. In step S27, the reservation information from the portable terminal telephone 28 is received and the process proceeds to step S29. In step S29, the received reservation is added to the normal reservation information and registered in the program reservation registration unit 16.
[0030]
Further, in FIG. 4, it is determined whether or not the program information transmission of the menu is selected from the other mobile terminal telephone 30 to the mobile terminal telephone 28 in step S1, and if the result is “NO”, the process waits as it is. If "YES", the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, a program to be transmitted is selected and a destination telephone number is input, and the process proceeds to step S5 to transmit the program information selected here.
[0031]
On the other hand, the other mobile terminal phone 30 determines whether or not there is an incoming call from the mobile terminal phone 28 in step S7. If the result is “NO”, it waits as it is. Receive information. Based on the received program information, the program is reserved and registered in another TV broadcast receiver 32 owned by the user.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a TV program reservation system showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an overview when viewing program history information is transferred from a TV broadcast receiver to a mobile terminal phone;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline in the case of performing a program start message and a program reservation instruction in a mobile terminal phone;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an outline when program information received by a mobile terminal phone is transferred to another mobile terminal phone.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... TV program reservation system 12 ... TV screen 14 ... Data storage part 16 ... Program reservation registration part 18 ... VTR
20, 32 ... TV broadcast receiver 22 ... transmission / reception unit 24 ... liquid crystal display unit 26 ... program reservation instruction unit 28, 30 ... mobile terminal telephone

Claims (2)

A TV program reservation system comprising a TV broadcast receiver having a recording function and a portable terminal,
The TV broadcast receiver
Storage means for storing viewing program history information,
Program reservation means,
Predicting means for predicting the next program from the viewing program history information,
A transmission means for transmitting the next program information predicted by the prediction means to the mobile terminal;
The portable terminal is
Receiving means for receiving next program information from the TV broadcast receiver;
Determining means for determining the start of the next program based on the received next program information;
Means for notifying the start of the next program when the determining means determines the start of the next program;
Program reservation instruction means for instructing program reservation to the program reservation means of the TV broadcast receiver is provided.
A TV program reservation system characterized by the above. A recording function comprising storage means for storing viewing program history information, program reservation means, prediction means for predicting the next program from the viewing program history information, and transmission means for transmitting the next program information predicted by the prediction means to the outside. A portable terminal for making a program recording reservation for a TV broadcast receiver provided;
Receiving means for receiving next program information from the TV broadcast receiver;
Determining means for determining the start of the next program based on the received next program information;
Means for notifying the start of the next program when the determining means determines the start of the next program;
A portable terminal comprising program reservation instruction means for instructing program reservation to the program reservation means of the TV broadcast receiver.

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