JP4224744B2 - Broadcast system, information providing apparatus, and broadcast communication apparatus - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a broadcast system, an information providing apparatus, and a broadcast communication device, and is suitable for application to, for example, a television broadcast or a radio broadcast.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, communication equipment for broadcasting such as a television device and a radio receiver has been widely used. When receiving a broadcast using such a broadcast communication device, the user operates the broadcast communication device to designate a desired channel. The broadcast communication device selects and demodulates a designated channel in accordance with a user operation, and displays video on the screen or reproduces audio.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, such a broadcast communication device has a problem that the user cannot obtain information (broadcast program, commercial, etc.) unless the user actively performs a channel selection operation.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and intends to propose a broadcasting system, an information providing apparatus, and a broadcasting communication device that can provide information corresponding to a user's hobbies and preferences.
[0005]
In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, a user's reception record for broadcasting is provided. The recommended viewing indicating whether or not the program is viewed based on at least program information of the program viewed by the user and the program information corresponding to the user's hobby preference included in the provided information already provided Including information Viewing information receiving means for receiving viewing information, and providing information that analyzes a user's hobby preference regarding broadcast viewing based on the viewing information and generates providing information including program information, advertisement information, and advertisement information corresponding to the hobby preference An information providing apparatus having a generating means, a provision information transmitting means for transmitting provision information, a broadcast receiving means for selecting and receiving a broadcast, a provision information receiving means for receiving provision information, and a user operation A receiving control means for controlling the broadcast receiving means to select a program corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences based on the program information included in the provided information, and the broadcast receiving means. Display control means for displaying a program corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences, advertisement information and advertisement information included in the provided information, viewing information generating means for generating viewing information, viewing information, And a viewing information transmitting means for transmitting information, the display control unit, the user In advance Set personal setting information Items Accordingly, a broadcast communication device is provided for determining whether or not to display a program corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences and whether or not to display advertisement information and advertisement information.
[0006]
The program information of the program viewed by the user and the recommended viewing information indicating whether the program is viewed based on the program information corresponding to the user's hobby preference included in the provided information already provided by the program. Based on the viewing information, generating provision information including a program corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences, advertisement information and advertisement information, and the provision information And personal setting information items preset for the user Program, advertisement information and advertisement information corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences are displayed on the display unit, so that the program, advertisement information and advertisement information corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences are displayed without any user operation. Can be provided.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0008]
(1) First embodiment
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a broadcasting system according to the first embodiment of the present invention as a whole, a broadcasting device 5 that performs television broadcasting, and a plurality of televisions that receive and display the television broadcasting via an antenna 70. The viewing information InfW transmitted from the device 20 and each television device 20 is analyzed to generate provided information InfD including information such as recommended programs for the user, and provided to each television device 20 via the telephone line 60. It is comprised with the information provision apparatus 10 to do.
[0009]
The broadcast device 5 transmits a television program based on a predetermined broadcast schedule as a broadcast wave S5. At this time, the broadcasting device 5 supplies the information providing device 10 with general information InfB composed of a program guide and program information of a television program, advertising information by a sponsor company, and advertising information.
[0010]
FIG. 2 shows an information providing apparatus 10 as a whole. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a RAM (Randam Access Memory) 12, a ROM (Read Only Memoly) 13, a hard disk 14, a modem 15, and an external communication unit 19 are connected to a bus BUS. It has the structure connected to.
[0011]
The information providing device 10 receives the general information InfB supplied from the broadcasting device 5 (FIG. 1) by the external communication unit 19 and stores it in the general information storage unit 14A in the hard disk 14, and also the television device 20 (FIG. 1). Is received by the viewing information receiving unit 15A of the modem 15 and stored in the viewing information storage unit 14B in the hard disk 14. FIG. 3 shows viewing information InfW, which is composed of a channel column indicating the channel number viewed, a viewing start date / time column, a viewing end date / time column, and a recommended viewing column indicating whether the viewing is based on the provided information InfD. .
[0012]
In FIG. 2, the CPU 11 operates in various modes by reading out a control program stored in the ROM 13 and developing it on the RAM 12 for execution. Then, the CPU 11 generates provision information InfD based on the general information InfB and the viewing information InfW, and transmits the provision information InfD to the television apparatus 20 via the provision information transmission unit 15B of the modem 15.
[0013]
That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 11 first operates as the statistical information analysis unit 17, reads the viewing information InfW accumulated in the viewing information storage unit 14B, analyzes the user's preference for viewing the program, The information is stored in the general information storage unit 14A as InfU.
[0014]
Next, the CPU 11 operates as the provision information generation unit 16, reads the viewing information InfW from the viewing information storage unit 14B, and reads the general information InfP and the user preference information InfU from the general information storage unit 14A. Then, based on the viewing information InfW and the user preference information InfU, the provision information generation unit 16 extracts the recommended program guide, the recommended program information, the advertisement and the advertisement information corresponding to the user's hobby preference from the general information InfB, and provides this Information InfD is transmitted to the television apparatus 20 (FIG. 2) as a broadcast communication device via the provision information transmitting unit 15B of the modem 15. The provision information InfD is transmitted when a predetermined transmission timing and general information InfB are updated.
[0015]
Incidentally, in FIG. 4, the general information storage unit 14A, the viewing information storage unit 14B, the provision information generation unit 16 and the statistical information analysis unit 17 as a whole provide the provision information creation unit 11 that creates the provision information InfD based on the viewing information InfW. Works as.
[0016]
FIG. 5 shows the television apparatus 20 as a whole, and has a configuration in which a CPU 23, a RAM 24, a ROM 25, a flash ROM 26, a modem 27, a receiving unit 33, and an operation input unit 54 for inputting user operations are connected to a bus BUS. Yes.
[0017]
The CPU 23 operates in various modes by reading out a control program stored in the ROM 25, developing it in the RAM 24, and executing it.
[0018]
That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the CPU 23 first operates as the reception control unit 42 and controls the reception unit 31 in accordance with the user's channel selection operation.
[0019]
Under the control of the reception control unit 42, the reception unit 31 generates a video signal S30 by selecting and demodulating a channel for the input broadcast wave S5, and outputs the video signal S30 to the display unit 32 for display. . At this time, the reception unit 31 outputs each information of the reception channel, the reception start time, and the reception end time as reception information InfR.
[0020]
Subsequently, the CPU 23 operates as the viewing information analysis unit 51, analyzes the reception information InfR to generate the viewing information InfW shown in FIG. 3, and stores this in the viewing information storage unit 26C and the personal setting information storage unit 26B.
[0021]
In addition, the television apparatus 20 stores the personal setting information InfP input by the user operating the operation input unit 54 in the personal setting information storage unit 26B. FIG. 7 shows the personal setting information InfP. The setting items include whether or not to display advertisement information and advertisement information, whether or not to display advertisement information and advertisement information in a broadcast commercial section, and whether or not to display a program based on recommended program information. Composed. By setting each setting item of the personal setting information InfP in advance, the user can obtain programs and information according to hobbies and preferences without operating the television device 20.
[0022]
Also, the television apparatus 20 receives the provision information InfD transmitted from the information provision apparatus 10 (FIG. 1) by the provision information reception unit 27 </ b> A of the modem 27 and stores it in the provision information storage unit 26 </ b> A of the flash ROM 26.
[0023]
The CPU 23 operates as the reception control unit 42, reads the provision information InfD from the provision information storage unit 26A, reads the personal setting information InfP and the viewing information InfW from the personal setting information storage unit 26B, and provides the provision information based on the personal setting information InfP. It is determined whether or not the program and information indicated by InfD can be displayed, and the receiving unit 31 is controlled accordingly.
[0024]
Thus, the television apparatus 20 automatically displays programs and information according to the provided information InfD. Incidentally, in FIG. 6, the provided information storage unit 26A and the reception control unit 42 constitute a provided information processing unit 40 that controls display of programs and information based on the personal setting information InfP, and the personal setting information storage unit 26B, viewing information The storage unit 26C, the viewing information analysis unit 51, and the operation input unit 54 constitute a viewing information creation unit 50 that analyzes the reception information InfR and generates the viewing information InfW. The reception unit 31 and the display unit 32 are a television device. The basic function unit 30 is configured to receive and display a television broadcast, which is the 20 basic functions.
[0025]
In the above configuration, the information providing apparatus 10 generates the provision information InfD according to the preference of the user of the television apparatus 20 based on the viewing information InfW transmitted from the television apparatus 20 and transmits the provision information InfD to the television apparatus 20. To do.
[0026]
The television device 20 automatically displays programs and information based on the provided information InfD, thereby displaying information such as programs, advertisements, and advertisements corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences without being operated by the user. Can do.
[0027]
According to the above configuration, the provision information InfD corresponding to the preference of the user of the television device 20 is generated based on the viewing information InfW, and the television device 20 is controlled using this, so that the user's Information such as programs, advertisements and promotions corresponding to hobbies and preferences can be automatically displayed.
[0028]
(2) Second embodiment
In FIG. 8, 2 shows a broadcasting system according to a second embodiment of the present invention as a whole, a broadcasting device 5 for performing television broadcasting, and receiving the television broadcasting via an antenna 70 to receive a video signal as a video tape. A plurality of video tape recorders (hereinafter referred to as VTRs) 21 that record and reproduce (not shown) and output video signals to the television apparatus 71, display video signals output from the VTR 21, and display the television. The television device 71 that receives and displays the broadcast via the antenna 70, analyzes the user's hobbies and preferences of the VTR 21, generates the provided information InfD that includes information such as recommended programs for the user, and each of them via the telephone line 60. The information providing apparatus 10 provided to the VTR 21 is configured except for the VTR 21 and the television apparatus 71. It is identical to the broadcasting system 1 shown. When viewing a television broadcast in the broadcasting system 2, the user receives the television broadcast with the television device 71 and views the television broadcast, and the television device 71 receives the television broadcast with the VTR 21 and displays the video. Two methods of displaying on the screen can be used.
[0029]
The broadcast device 5 transmits a television program based on a predetermined broadcast schedule as a broadcast wave S5. At this time, the broadcasting device 5 supplies the information providing device 10 with general information InfB composed of a program guide and program information of a television program, advertising information by a sponsor company, and advertising information.
[0030]
Based on the viewing information InfW, the information providing apparatus 10 extracts the recommended program table, recommended program information, advertisement, and advertisement information corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences from the general information InfB, and provides this information as provided information InfD to be provided by the modem 15 It transmits to VTR21 via the information transmission part 15B. The provision information InfD is transmitted when a predetermined transmission timing and general information InfB are updated.
[0031]
FIG. 9 shows the television apparatus 71 as a whole, and external communication for transmitting / receiving information to / from the CPU 123, RAM 124, ROM 125, receiving unit 133, operation input unit 154 for inputting user operations, and the VTR (FIG. 8). The unit 129 has a configuration connected to the bus BUS.
[0032]
The CPU 123 operates in various modes by reading out a control program stored in the ROM 125, developing it in the RAM 124, and executing it.
[0033]
For example, when the user receives a television broadcast using the VTR 21 (FIG. 8), as shown in FIG. 10, the CPU 123 of the television apparatus 71 operates as the reception control unit 142 and controls the reception unit 133 to control the VTR 21. The video signal S30 supplied from is displayed on the display unit 134.
[0034]
When the user receives a television broadcast using the television device 71, the CPU 123 first operates as the reception control unit 142, and sets the reception unit 133 according to the channel selection operation using the operation input unit 154 by the user. Control.
[0035]
Under the control of the reception control unit 142, the reception unit 133 performs channel selection and demodulation on the input broadcast wave S5 to generate a video signal S30, which is output to the display unit 134 and displayed. . At this time, the reception unit 133 outputs each information of the received channel, reception start time, and reception end time as reception information InfR. Subsequently, the CPU 123 operates as the viewing information analysis unit 151, analyzes the reception information InfR supplied from the reception unit 133, generates viewing information InfWt indicating the viewing record of the television device 71, and sends this to the external communication unit 129. Via the VTR 21.
[0036]
FIG. 11 shows the VTR 21 as a whole, and information between the CPU 23, RAM 24, ROM 25, flash ROM 26, modem 27, receiving unit 35, operation input unit 54 for inputting user operations, and the television device 71 (FIG. 8). The external communication unit 29 that transmits / receives is connected to the bus BUS.
[0037]
The CPU 23 operates in various modes by reading out the control program stored in the ROM 25, developing it in the RAM 24 and executing it.
[0038]
That is, as shown in FIG. 12, the CPU 23 first operates as a reception control unit 42 and controls the reception unit 35 and the recording / reproduction unit 36 in accordance with the user's channel selection, recording and reproduction operations.
[0039]
That is, the receiving unit 35 generates a video signal S30 by performing channel selection and demodulation on the input broadcast wave S5 in accordance with the control of the reception control unit 42, and generates the video signal S30, which is converted into the television device 71 (FIG. 8). Are output and displayed and supplied to the recording / reproducing unit 36. When a recording operation is performed by the user, the reception control unit 42 controls the recording / reproducing unit 36 according to the recording operation, and records the video signal S30 on a video tape (not shown). At this time, the reception unit 35 outputs each information of the received or recorded channel, the reception or recording start time, and the reception or recording end time as reception information InfR.
[0040]
Subsequently, the CPU 23 operates as the viewing information analysis unit 51, analyzes the reception information InfR supplied from the reception unit 35, generates viewing information InfW indicating viewing and recording of the VTR 21, and generates the viewing information InfW. It is stored in the personal setting information storage unit 26B.
[0041]
The VTR 21 receives the viewing information InfWt transmitted from the television device 71 (FIG. 8) by the external communication unit 29 and stores it in the viewing information storage unit 26C and the personal setting information storage unit 26B.
[0042]
The VTR 21 stores the personal setting information InfP input by the user operating the operation input unit 54 in the personal setting information storage unit 26B. Personal setting information InfP includes whether or not advertisement information and advertisement information can be displayed, whether or not advertisement information and advertisement information can be displayed in a commercial section of a broadcast, whether or not a program can be displayed based on recommended program information, and programs and information based on recommended program information It consists of setting items for whether or not automatic recording is possible. The user operates the operation input unit 54 to set such setting items in advance.
[0043]
Further, the VTR 21 receives the provision information InfD transmitted from the information provision apparatus 10 (FIG. 8) by the provision information reception unit 27A of the modem 27 and stores it in the provision information storage unit 26A.
[0044]
The CPU 23 operates as the reception control unit 42, reads the provision information InfD from the provision information storage unit 26A, reads the personal setting information InfP, the viewing information InfW, and the viewing information InfWt from the personal setting information storage unit 26B, and stores them in the personal setting information InfP. Based on this, it is determined whether the program and information indicated by the provided information InfD can be displayed and whether the program and information can be recorded, and the receiving unit 31 is controlled accordingly.
[0045]
Thus, the VTR 21 automatically displays and records the program and information according to the provided information InfD.
[0046]
In the above configuration, the information providing apparatus 10 generates the provided information InfD according to the user preference of the VTR 21 based on the viewing information InfW transmitted from the VTR 21 and transmits it to the VTR 21.
[0047]
The VTR 21 can display information such as programs, advertisements, and advertisements corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences without being operated by the user by automatically displaying the program and information based on the provided information InfD.
[0048]
According to the above configuration, the provision information InfD corresponding to the user's preference of the VTR 21 is generated based on the viewing information InfW, and the VTR 21 is controlled using this, so that the program corresponding to the user's taste preference Information such as advertisements and advertisements can be automatically displayed.
[0049]
(3) Third embodiment
In FIG. 13, 3 indicates a broadcasting system according to a third embodiment of the present invention as a whole, a broadcasting device 5 that performs radio broadcasting, a plurality of radio receivers 22 that receive the radio broadcasting and reproduce sound, and Information providing apparatus that analyzes viewing information InfW transmitted from each radio receiver 22 to generate provided information InfD including information such as a recommended program for the user and provides the information to each radio receiver 22 via a telephone line 60 10 is the same as the broadcasting system 1 shown in FIG. 1 except that the broadcasting device 5 performs radio broadcasting instead of television broadcasting and the radio receiver 22.
[0050]
The broadcast device 5 transmits a radio program based on a predetermined broadcast schedule as a broadcast wave S5. At this time, the broadcasting device 5 supplies the information providing device 10 with general information InfB including a program guide and program information of a radio program, advertising information and advertising information by a sponsor company, and the like.
[0051]
Based on the viewing information InfW supplied from the radio receiver 22, the information providing apparatus 10 obtains the recommended program table, the recommended program information, the advertisement and the advertisement information corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences from the general information InfB. The information is extracted and provided as provided information InfD to the radio receiver 22 via the provided information transmitting unit 15B of the modem 15. The provision information InfD is transmitted when a predetermined transmission timing and general information InfB are updated.
[0052]
14 shows the radio receiver 22 as a whole, a CPU 23, a RAM 24, a ROM 25, a flash ROM 26, a modem 27, a receiving unit 37, a display unit 39 for displaying the operating state of the radio receiver 22 and various information supplied from the outside. The operation input unit 54 is connected to the bus BUS.
[0053]
The CPU 23 operates in various modes by reading out a control program stored in the ROM 25, developing it in the RAM 24, and executing it.
[0054]
That is, as shown in FIG. 15, the CPU 23 first operates as a reception control unit 42 and controls the reception unit 37 in accordance with a user operation.
[0055]
Under the control of the reception control unit 42, the reception unit 37 selects and demodulates the input broadcast wave S5 to generate an audio signal S31, which is output to the speaker 38 and reproduced. At this time, the reception unit 37 outputs the received broadcast station, reception start time, and reception end time information as reception information InfR.
[0056]
Subsequently, the CPU 23 operates as the viewing information analysis unit 51, analyzes the reception information InfR to generate viewing information InfW indicating the viewing record of the radio receiver 22, and generates the viewing information InfW and the personal setting information of the flash ROM 26. Store in the storage unit 26B.
[0057]
Further, the radio receiver 22 stores the personal setting information InfP set by the user in the personal setting information storage unit 26B. The personal setting information InfP is configured with setting items for whether to display advertisement information and advertisement information, and whether to receive a program based on recommended program information. The user operates the operation input unit 54 to set such setting items in advance.
[0058]
Further, the radio receiver 22 receives the provided information InfD transmitted from the information providing apparatus 10 (FIG. 11) by the provided information receiving unit 27A of the modem 27 and stores it in the provided information storage unit 26A of the flash ROM 26.
[0059]
The CPU 23 operates as the reception control unit 42, reads the provision information InfD from the provision information storage unit 26A, reads the personal setting information InfP and the viewing information InfW from the personal setting information storage unit 26B, and provides the provision information based on the personal setting information InfP. It is determined whether or not the program indicated by InfD can be received and information can be displayed, and the receiving unit 31 is controlled accordingly.
[0060]
Thus, the radio receiver 22 automatically receives a program and displays information according to the provided information InfD.
[0061]
In the above configuration, the information providing apparatus 10 generates the provided information InfD according to the user preference of the radio receiver 22 based on the viewing information InfW transmitted from the radio receiver 22 and transmits the provided information InfD to the radio receiver 22. To do.
[0062]
The radio receiver 22 automatically receives programs and displays information based on the provided information InfD, so that information such as programs, advertisements, and advertisements corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences can be displayed without the user's operation. Can be displayed.
[0063]
According to the above configuration, the provision information InfD corresponding to the preference of the user of the radio receiver 22 is generated based on the viewing information InfW, and the radio receiver 22 is controlled by using this information. Information such as reception of programs corresponding to hobbies and preferences, advertisements and promotions can be automatically displayed.
[0064]
(4) Other embodiments
In the second embodiment described above, as personal setting information InfP, whether or not advertising information and advertising information can be displayed, whether or not advertising information and advertising information can be displayed in a broadcast commercial section, and a program based on recommended program information Although whether or not to display, whether or not to automatically record programs and information based on recommended program information is set, the present invention is not limited to this, and other various items are set according to the function of the VTR 21. May be.
[0065]
For example, if the VTR 21 has a tape data memory function for identifying video tapes and entering recording information using a memory chip attached to the video tape, items relating to the tape data memory function are set.
[0066]
In other words, based on the tape data memory function, the recordable tape number that permits automatic recording, whether or not over-recording can be performed on the already-viewed portion of the videotape, and whether or not automatic recording can be performed on a videotape without a memory chip are set in the personal setting information InfP By doing so, it is possible to prevent overwriting recording of an unintended video tape by automatic recording, and it is possible to further improve usability.
[0067]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, The program information of the program viewed by the user and the recommended viewing information indicating whether the program is viewed based on the program information corresponding to the user's hobby preference included in the provided information already provided by the program. Based on the viewing information, generating provision information including a program corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences, advertisement information and advertisement information, and the provision information And personal setting information items preset for the user Program, advertisement information and advertisement information corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences are displayed on the display unit, so that the program, advertisement information and advertisement information corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences are displayed without any user operation. Can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a broadcasting system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of the information providing apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a table showing viewing information.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating functional blocks of the information providing apparatus.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of a television device.
[Fig. 6] Fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating functional blocks of the television device.
FIG. 7 is a table showing personal setting information.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a broadcasting system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of a television device.
FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating functional blocks of a television device.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a VTR.
FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing functional blocks of a VTR.
FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a broadcasting system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a radio receiver.
FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing functional blocks of a radio receiver.
[Explanation of symbols]
1, 2, 3, ... broadcasting system, 5 ... broadcasting device, 10 ... information providing device, 11 ... CPU, 12 ... RAM, 13 ... ROM, 14 ... hard disk, 15 ... modem, 19 ... ... external communication device, 13 ... ROM, 14 ... hard disk, 15 ... modem, 16 ... provided information generation unit, 17 ... statistical information analysis unit, 20 ... television device, 21 ... video tape recorder, 22: Radio receiver, 23: CPU, 24: RAM, 25: ROM, 26: Flash ROM, 27: Modem, 33: Reception unit, 34: Display unit, 51: Viewing information Analysis unit, 60 ... telephone line, 70 ... antenna, 71 ... television device.

Claims (6)

Whether the program is viewed based on the program information corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences included in the provided information already provided by the user, and the program information viewed by the user as the user's reception record for the broadcast Viewing information receiving means for receiving viewing information including recommended viewing information indicating whether or not ;
Based on the viewing information by analyzing the tastes regarding broadcast viewing of the user, program information corresponding to the tastes, and provides information generating means for generating the provided information including promotional information and advertising information,
An information providing device comprising: provision information transmitting means for transmitting the provision information;
Broadcast receiving means for selecting and receiving the broadcast;
Providing information receiving means for receiving the providing information;
Reception control means for controlling the broadcast receiving means to select a program according to the user's operation or to select a program corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences based on the program information included in the provided information When,
Display control means for displaying a program corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences selected by the broadcast receiving means, and advertisement information and advertisement information included in the provided information on a display unit;
Viewing information generating means for generating the viewing information;
Viewing information transmitting means for transmitting the viewing information,
The display control means determines whether or not to display a program corresponding to the user's hobbies and whether or not to display the advertisement information and advertisement information in accordance with items of personal setting information preset for the user. A broadcasting system comprising a broadcasting communication device. Program information corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences included in the provided information already provided by the user, and at least the program information of the program viewed by the user as the user's reception record for the broadcast supplied from a predetermined broadcast communication device Viewing information receiving means for receiving viewing information including recommended viewing information indicating whether or not the program has been viewed based on :
Providing information generating means for analyzing hobbies and preferences relating to broadcast viewing of the user based on the viewing information and generating providing information including program information, advertisement information and advertisement information corresponding to the hobbies and preferences;
An information providing apparatus comprising: provided information transmitting means for transmitting the provided information to the broadcast communication device. The information providing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the provision information generation unit generates the provision information by extracting program information corresponding to the hobby preference of the user from the program broadcast schedule of the broadcast based on the viewing information. . The information providing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the provision information generation unit updates the provision information when the program broadcast schedule is updated. Broadcast receiving means for selecting and receiving broadcasts;
Providing information receiving means for receiving providing information including program information, advertisement information and advertisement information corresponding to user's hobbies and preferences related to broadcast viewing;
Reception control means for controlling the broadcast receiving means to select a program according to the user's operation or to select a program corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences based on the program information included in the provided information When,
Display control means for displaying a program selected by the broadcast receiving means, and advertisement information and advertisement information included in the provided information on a display unit;
Whether the broadcast reception record is a program viewed based on at least program information of the program viewed by the user and program information corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences included in the provided information for which the program has already been provided Viewing information generating means for generating viewing information including recommended viewing information indicating whether or not ;
And viewing information transmitting means for transmitting the viewing information.
The display control means includes
A broadcast communication apparatus that determines whether or not to display a program corresponding to the user's hobbies and preferences and whether or not to display the advertisement information and advertisement information in accordance with items of personal setting information preset for the user. In the item of the personal setting information, whether or not the advertisement information and advertisement information can be displayed in the commercial section of the broadcast is shown.
The display control means includes
Depending on whether the display of the advertisement information and the advertisement information in the commercial section of the indicated above broadcast as items of the personal configuration information, to determine whether the display of the advertisement information and the advertisement information in the commercial section of the broadcast The broadcast communication apparatus according to claim 5.

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