JP4433332B2 - Portable terminal device and display method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal device and a display method , and is suitable for application to a mobile terminal device having a display unit , for example.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a satellite broadcasting system that distributes various programs via, for example, a communication satellite has been realized, and a user refers to a digitized television signal distributed by the satellite broadcasting system as an IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder). The digital broadcast receiving apparatus is used for reception.

  This digital broadcast receiving apparatus selects one channel (program) from a plurality of channels of digital broadcast distributed via a communication satellite by a user operation. In addition, when a pay per view program (charged for each program) is viewed by the user, the viewing history of the pay per view program (charged for each program) is charged by the modem built in the digital broadcast receiver. Uploaded to the server.

  By the way, in the digital broadcast receiver (IRD) of such a satellite broadcast system, electronic program guide information called EPG (Electronic Program Guide) is received from received data in addition to digital broadcast of a plurality of channels distributed via a communication satellite. The data is extracted, displayed on a monitor, and a program schedule of satellite broadcasting about one week ahead is provided to the user.

  The user can easily find a desired program from the programs displayed by the EPG, display a currently broadcast program, select a channel, or record a program several days ahead, such as a digital VTR. A recording reservation can be made to the device. When the recording reservation is made, the program reserved by the user is started and the reserved program is automatically recorded in a recording device such as a digital VTR.

When making such a recording reservation, the user needs to directly operate the digital broadcast receiving apparatus and make a recording reservation on the EPG screen. However, for example, when a user issues outside, can not operate the digital broadcasting receiver directly.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, it is intended to propose a portable terminal apparatus and a display method capable of performing user go either et far septum control.

In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, a transmission means for transmitting a supply request signal for requesting supply of program guide information representing a list of broadcast programs to the recording terminal connected to the network via the network, Receiving means for receiving program guide information supplied from a recording terminal in response to a supply request signal via a network, program guide information is displayed, and one or a plurality of broadcast programs are designated from the displayed program guide information Display means for displaying a cursor, and operation means for moving and specifying the cursor according to a user's operation. The display means includes information on a date for one week and information on the date as program guide information. Simultaneously display multiple program information corresponding to multiple channels on one date selected from A broadcast program and date are displayed in the display form different from the other broadcast programs and other dates, to display information about the plurality of recording apparatuses capable of recording the selected recording target program by the cursor did.

Thus, in the present invention, remote control of the recording terminal can be easily performed based on the control signal input via a predetermined line.

In the present invention, a transmission step of transmitting a supply request signal for requesting supply of program guide information representing a list of broadcast programs to a recording terminal connected to the network via the network, and supplying via the network A reception step of receiving program guide information supplied from the recording terminal in response to the request signal, and displaying the program guide information, and one or more of the displayed program guide information according to the user's operation on the operation means A display step for displaying a cursor for designating a broadcast program. In the display step, as program guide information, information on a date for one week and a plurality of channels on one date selected from the information on the date are displayed. The corresponding program information is displayed at the same time, and the broadcast program and date specified by the cursor are displayed. Displays in display mode different from the broadcast program and other dates, and to display information about the recordable plurality of recording devices selected recording target program by the cursor.

Thus, in the present invention, remote control of the recording terminal can be easily performed based on the control signal input via a predetermined line.

According to the present invention as described above, based on the control signal input via a predetermined line can be easily performed remotely control the video recording device, thus performs user remote control video recording device from the road The obtained portable terminal and display method can be realized.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a digital broadcast receiving system as a whole, and a parabola antenna 3 receives a digital broadcast wave relayed by a communication satellite. The digital broadcast receiver (IRD) 2 inputs an IF signal output from an LNB (Low Noise Block downconverter) 3 A of the parabolic antenna 3 to the front end 20. The front end 20 selects the frequency of the IF signal to be received, performs QPSK demodulation processing by performing quadrature demodulation, and performs error correction processing using an error correction code.

  An IC card 33 including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a RAM (Random Access Memory) stores a key necessary for decrypting the cipher together with a decryption program. Since broadcast data (data stream) distributed via a communication satellite is encrypted, a key and a decryption process are required to decrypt this encryption. Therefore, this key is read from the IC card 33 via the card reader interface 32 and supplied to the demultiplexer 24. The demultiplexer 24 decrypts the encrypted broadcast data using this key and separates the data for each channel multiplexed in the broadcast data (data stream). Of the separated data, the digital video signal DV1 is supplied to an MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group) video decoder 25, and the digital audio signal DA1 is supplied to an MPEG audio decoder.

  The MPEG video decoder 25 stores the input digital video signal DV1 in a memory 25A having a DRAM (Dynamic RAM) configuration, and decodes the video signal compressed by the MPEG method. The decoded video signal DV2 is supplied to the NTSC encoder 27 and converted into an NTSC luminance signal (Y), chroma signal (C), and composite signal.

  The MPEG audio decoder 26 stores the digital audio signal DA1 supplied from the demultiplexer 24 in a memory 26A having a DRAM structure, and performs a decoding process on the digital audio signal compressed by the MPEG audio system. The MPEG audio decoder 26 sends the decoded audio signal DA2 to an analog signal by sending it to a digital / analog converter (D / A) 30, and converts the left (L) channel audio signal and the right (R) channel audio signal. Divided into audio signals for output.

  The video signal and audio signal decoded by the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 in this way are supplied to an externally connected analog video tape recorder (VTR) 6 and recorded on the video tape as necessary.

  Further, the demultiplexer 24 extracts electronic program guide information (EPG: Electronic Program Guide) distributed at a predetermined timing together with the broadcast program of each channel as received data, and stores it in the buffer memory 13. The electronic program guide information is described in section format tables called SI (Service Information) added to the data stream transmitted from the broadcasting station, and the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 extracts necessary information from this table. Displayed on the screen. Among these tables, there are an SDT (Service Description Table) representing channel information and an EIT (Event Information Table) representing program information. In this SDT, a channel number, a channel name, channel contents, and the like are described. The EIT describes the program name, program start time, synopsis, genre, and the like.

  That is, the electronic program guide information includes information (for example, program channel, broadcast time, title, genre, program description, etc.) relating to the program of each broadcast channel from the current time to several tens of hours later. The electronic program guide information is frequently distributed at a predetermined timing, so that the latest information is always stored in the buffer memory 13.

  The CPU 29 executes various processes according to programs stored in the flash memory 36. For example, when a user makes a timer recording reservation at home for a program to be broadcast several days later, when the user inputs a recording reservation setting key provided on the operation panel 40 in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus, the CPU 29 responds to the operation. Based on the command signal CONT 40 output from the operation panel 40, the latest electronic program guide information is read from the buffer memory 13 and displayed on a monitor (not shown). When the user designates a desired program by operating the operation panel 40 while viewing the electronic program guide information displayed on the monitor, the CPU 29 stores the program in the RAM 37 as a scheduled recording program.

  When reception of the program is started, the CPU 29 selects the program and supplies a video signal and an audio signal to the analog VTR 6. At the same time, the CPU 29 supplies a control signal CONT7 for starting recording to the infrared light emitting unit 7, so that the infrared light superimposed with the control signal CONT7 from the infrared light emitting unit 7 is a light receiving unit (not shown) of the analog VTR 6. Is irradiated. Thus, the analog VTR 6 turns on the power supply in response to the control signal CONT7, and inputs the video signal (Y signal, C signal and composite video signal) and the audio signal output from the digital broadcast receiver 2, and inputs them to the video tape. Start recording.

  In this way, the CPU 29 of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 that has started the reserved recording for the analog VTR 6 sends the control signal CONT 7 for stopping the recording to the analog VTR 6 at the same time as the program ends. The VTR 6 stops recording and turns off the power. Thus, the CPU 29 can record the program reserved by the user.

  Incidentally, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 is provided with a remote commander 5 operated by the user together with an operation panel 40 operated by the user, and the user operates the remote commander 5 so that a command corresponding to the operation is given. The signal is superimposed on the infrared light and supplied to the light receiving unit 39 of the digital broadcast receiver 2. The light receiving unit 39 converts the command signal CONT 39 superimposed on the received infrared light into an electrical signal and sends it to the CPU 29. Therefore, the user can operate the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 by using either the operation panel 40 or the remote commander 5.

  Also, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 receives the digital video signal DV1 before decoding and the digital audio signal DA1 before decoding separated for each channel in the demultiplexer 24 via an interface (data bus) 51 defined by IEEE1394. The compressed encoded data is sent to a magneto-optical disk device (MD: Mini Disc) 52, a digital VTR 53, a hard disk recorder 54, or a digital television (TV) device 55 as it is.

  The magneto-optical disk device 52 records a digital audio signal compressed and encoded by an ATRAC (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic coding) method on a magneto-optical disk having a diameter of 2.5 inches by using a magnetic field modulation method. In order to reproduce the recorded digital audio signal, the digital audio signal is decoded by an audio decoder provided therein and output to the outside from an output terminal (not shown).

  The digital VTR 53 is adapted to record a digital video signal compression-encoded by the MPEG system on a video tape with the compression-encoded data. When the recorded video signal is reproduced, the reproduced MPEG data is output to the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 via the interface (data bus) 51 defined by IEEE 1394, and is stored in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2. The data is decoded by the provided MPEG decoder and displayed on the monitor.

  The hard disk recorder 54 receives data such as game programs distributed along with the data of each channel and records the data.

  The digital TV device 55 inputs a digital video signal compression-encoded by the MPEG system as it is, and decodes it by an MPEG decoder provided therein and displays it on a monitor.

  In the same manner as when recording reservation is designated for the analog VTR 6, the user can operate the operation panel 40 or the remote commander 39 to make data recording reservation for the magneto-optical disk device 52, digital VTR 53 or hard disk recorder 54. it can. When the CPU 29 accepts these recording reservations, it sends a control signal CONT 51 via the interface 51 to any recording device (the magneto-optical disk device 52, the digital VTR 53 or the hard disk recorder 54) designated by the user according to the start of the program. Thus, these devices are controlled to start recording.

  In this way, when the user operates the operation panel 40 or the remote commander 39 to designate a recording reservation for each recording device to the CPU 29, the CPU 29 executes control for each recording device accordingly.

  Here, in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2, in addition to a method in which a user designates a recording reservation to the CPU 29 by operating the operation panel 40 or the remote commander 5, a public telephone is provided via a telephone interface (I / F) 34. Each recording apparatus can be controlled based on a control signal input from a line.

  That is, the user designates the recording reservation of each recording device (analog VTR 6, magneto-optical disk device 52, digital VTR 53 or hard disk recorder 54) to the CPU 29 of the digital broadcast receiving device 2 from the outside through a public telephone line. Can do. As shown in FIG. 2, the telephone I / F unit 34 of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 is connected to a public telephone line network 70 via a modem 81. When the user calls out the telephone I / F unit 34 of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 by the telephone 60 as a calling unit when he / she is out, the telephone I / F unit 34 receives the call signal S60 via the modem 81. Input to the detector 82. When detecting the call signal S60, the call detection unit 82 sends a call detection signal CONT82 to the CPU 29 accordingly.

  When the CPU 29 recognizes the incoming call detection signal CONT82, it sends the line connection control signal CONT80 to the closing part SW80 constituted by a relay to close the closing part SW80, thereby connecting the line.

  A control signal (key operation signal) output from the telephone device 60 when the user operates the telephone device 60 is sent to a DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency) decoder 83 via a modem 81, a line transformer 88, and a reception amplifier 87. Entered. The DTMF decoder 83 obtains a digital signal D83 by decoding the DTMF signal output from the telephone 60, and sends it to the CPU 29.

  The CPU 29 identifies the DTMF signal (digital signal D83) from the telephone device 60 on the calling side, thereby identifying the operation button of the telephone device 60 operated by the user on the go and the combination of the operation buttons. Parse specific instructions by.

  The CPU 29 executes various processes based on a command transmitted from the telephone device 60 on the calling side and sends response information CONT 84 based on the command to the voice synthesizer 84. The voice synthesizer 84 stores voice data corresponding to the response information CONT84 output from the CPU 29 in advance in an internal memory (not shown), and reads the voice data corresponding to the response information CONT84 output from the CPU 29 at this time. The voice signal S84 corresponding to the response information CONT84 is generated by voice synthesis.

  The voice signal S84 generated in this way is output to the public telephone line network 70 via the transmission amplifier 86, the line transformer 88, and the modem 81, and at this time, is sent to the telephones 60 connected to each other.

  Therefore, the user who operates the telephone device 60 at the outside can recognize the response information output from the CPU 29 of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 installed at home by voice. Here, the user can make a recording reservation by remote control for the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 by operating the telephone 60.

  That is, when the user operates the operation button of the telephone device 60 to connect a line with the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2, and further operates the operation button of the telephone device 60 to designate a recording reservation by telephone, The CPU 29 of the broadcast receiving apparatus 2 executes recording reservation via a telephone line.

  In this case, the CPU 29 first selects a recording device (analog VTR 6, magneto-optical disk device 52, currently connected to the digital broadcast receiving device 2) as a recording device that performs recording reservation in response to the user specifying recording reservation. An inquiry as to which recording device of the digital VTR 53 or the hard disk recorder 54) is to be reserved for recording is converted into a voice signal S84 via the voice synthesizer 84 of the telephone I / F 34, and this is converted into a public telephone line. The data is transmitted to the telephone device 60 via the network 70. Thus, the CPU 29 can make an inquiry about the recording target to the user by voice.

  The user designates, for example, the analog VTR 6 by operating the operation button of the telephone device 60 in response to the inquiry by voice. When the CPU 29 recognizes the designation of the recording device, the content of the latest electronic program guide information (EPG) stored in the buffer memory 13 (FIG. 1) is used as the response information CONT84, followed by the telephone I / F unit. 34 to the voice synthesizer 84.

  When the voice synthesizer 84 receives the contents of the electronic program guide information from the CPU 29 as response information CONT84, the voice synthesizer 84 synthesizes a voice signal S84 corresponding to the response information CONT84 and is operated by the user via the public telephone line network 70. Send to phone 60. For example, when receiving the character information “Bangmi”, the voice synthesizer 84 converts the information into a voice signal that pronounces “Bangmi”. Incidentally, in the electronic program guide information (EPG), katakana is assigned as data representing each program, and the voice synthesis unit 84 converts the response information CONT84 represented by the katakana into voice. Thus, the user can recognize the electronic program guide information possessed by the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 at home through voice through the voice output unit of the telephone 60.

  A user operating the telephone device 60 inputs a code representing a desired program by operating an operation button of the telephone device 60 based on the electronic program guide information transmitted from the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2. . As a result, the code data is input from the telephone 60 to the CPU 29 via the public telephone network 70 and the telephone I / F unit 34 of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2. The CPU 29 reads the start time of the program desired by the user from the electronic program guide information stored in the buffer memory 13 based on the code data, and sets the time in the internal timer.

  The exchange between the user and the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 will be described with reference to FIG. 3. First, the user calls the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 from the outside. Upon receiving the telephone call, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus transmits a menu voice guidance to the user, and the user inputs a desired menu number, for example, No. 1 corresponding to the recording reservation. Next, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus inquires to the recording apparatus which recording is performed, and the user inputs a desired recording apparatus number, for example, No. 1 corresponding to the digital VTR. Next, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus inquires the user about the broadcast start time of the program to be reserved for recording, and the user inputs the date and time. For example, if you want to start recording from 14:30 on February 1, 1999, enter 19990201430. Next, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus inquires to the user which channel is to be reserved for recording, the user inputs a desired channel number, and the digital broadcast receiving apparatus side provides voice guidance to the user on the selected program name, Confirm whether to enable this recording reservation. The user side inputs a number corresponding to YES if desired, and inputs a number corresponding to NO when canceling the main recording reservation. When the recording reservation is completed by the above operation, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus finally sends a setting completion message to the user.

  Thus, when the program designated by the user is started, the CPU 29 turns on the power of the analog VTR 6 via the infrared light emitting unit 7 and controls the recording to the recording start state, and the program reserved by the user for the analog VTR 6 is recorded. Select the channel and supply the video signal and audio signal. Thus, the analog VTR 6 can record a program designated by the user.

  Incidentally, when the start time of the program designated by the user is changed, the change information is immediately distributed as new electronic program guide information from the broadcasting station to each digital broadcast receiving device 2 and the buffer memory 13 of the digital broadcast receiving device 2. Since the electronic program guide information stored in is updated, the CPU 29 changes the setting of the internal timer based on the new program start time, and starts recording to the analog VTR 6 when the changed program start time is reached. can do.

  Thus, the CPU 29 causes the analog VTR 6 to record the designated program, and at the same time when the program ends, the analog VTR 6 stops recording and the power is turned off, thereby terminating the reserved recording. By the way, the end of the program is that an identification code representing the program is added to a part of the data stream received as the data of the program, and the CPU 29 can recognize the end of the program by analyzing the identification code. it can.

  Since the end of the program is stored in the buffer memory 13 as electronic program guide information, the CPU 29 can recognize the end time of the program based on the electronic program guide information, thereby recording the analog VTR 6. It can also be stopped.

  On the other hand, when the user operates the telephone 60 to reserve any one of the magneto-optical disk device 52, the digital VTR 53, and the hard disk recorder 54 as a recording target, the CPU 29 responds accordingly to the device designated by the user. Any one of (the magneto-optical disk device 52, the digital VTR 53, or the hard disk recorder 54) is recognized as a target for reserved recording. Therefore, when the program designated by the user starts at this time, the CPU 29 turns on the power of the recording device designated at this time via the interface 51 and also transmits the data of the program designated by the user to the recording device. The encoded data is supplied as it is and is recorded in the recording device.

  In addition, when the user connects a portable terminal 90 having a computer configuration to an output terminal 60A provided in the telephone 60, various service information such as electronic program guide information output from the CPU 29 of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 is provided. D29A can be input to the mobile terminal device 90 via the public telephone line network 70 and the telephone 60. Incidentally, when the portable terminal device 90 is connected to the telephone device 60, a signal supplied from the public telephone line network 70 passes through the telephone device 60 and is input to the portable terminal device 90.

  Therefore, for example, when a user who operates the mobile terminal device 90 in the place of going out specifies a recording reservation for the digital broadcast receiving device 2 by operating the input operation unit 90B of the mobile terminal device 90, the user inputs from the mobile terminal device 90. The command signal D29B is sent to the CPU 29 via the public telephone line network 70 and the modem 81 of the telephone I / F unit 34.

  As a result, the CPU 29 reads the latest electronic program guide information stored in the buffer memory 13 and connects it to the telephone device 60 on the user side via the modem 81 of the telephone I / F unit 34 and the public telephone line network 70. To the mobile terminal device 90. As a result, for example, electronic program guide information EPG as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the monitor 90A of the portable terminal device 90, and the user can view a desired program while viewing the electronic program guide information displayed on the monitor 90A. Is specified by operating the input operation unit 90B of the mobile terminal device 90. As this operation, for example, a cursor is displayed together with electronic program guide information EPG representing a plurality of programs displayed on the monitor 90A, and the user operates the input operation unit 90B to align the cursor with a desired program column and designate the program. The technique of doing is used. The designated program column is switched to a display form having a brightness (or color) different from that of the other program columns, so that the user can easily grasp the designated program on the monitor.

  Along with the designation of the program, the user designates a device to be recorded by operating the input operation unit 90B of the portable terminal device 90. In the case of this embodiment, as described above with reference to FIG. 1, a plurality of recording / reproducing devices (analog VTR 6, magneto-optical disk device 52, digital VTR 53 and hard disk recorder 54) are connected to the digital broadcast receiving device 2. The user operates the input operation unit 90B of the mobile terminal device 90 in response to an inquiry from the CPU 29, thereby specifying any device as a recording target.

  The exchange between the user and the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 will be described with reference to FIG. 5. First, the user calls the digital broadcast receiving apparatus from the outside. Upon receiving the telephone call, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus transmits menu data to the mobile terminal device on the user side, and the user selects a desired menu from the menu screen. For example, a menu called EPG screen request is selected. Upon receiving the EPG screen request, the digital broadcast receiver side sends the EPG data to the mobile terminal device on the user side to display the EPG screen. While viewing the EPG screen of the mobile terminal device, the user selects a program to be reserved for recording, a recording target device, and the like, sends predetermined recording reservation data to the digital broadcast receiving device, and sets a recording reservation. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus transmits program data set for reservation to the mobile terminal device, and confirms whether or not to enable the recording reservation. The user side transmits a message corresponding to “YES” if it is good and “NO” if it is desired to cancel the recording reservation. When the recording reservation is completed by the above operation, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus finally sends a setting completion message to the user-side mobile terminal apparatus.

  Thus, the CPU 29 can make a recording reservation for the recording device and the program specified by the user via the portable terminal device 90 when going out, and when the specified program is started, the power of the device to be recorded is And start recording. As a result, the user can easily make a recording reservation for the digital broadcast receiving device 2 by operating the mobile terminal device 90 while away from home.

  In the above configuration, when a user makes a recording (recording) reservation to the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 from the outside via the public telephone network 70, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 is designated by the recording (recording) reservation. When the program is started, the program is selected and the recording device (analog VTR 6, magneto-optical disk device 52, digital VTR 53 or hard disk recorder 54) designated by the user as a recording target is recorded (recorded). Instruct the start.

  When the user makes a (recording) recording reservation to the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 in this way, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 is a recording target apparatus (analog VTR 6 or magneto-optical disk apparatus) designated by the user at this time. 52, the digital VTR 53 or the hard disk recorder 54) is controlled to start recording (recording) with the start of the program.

  Thus, according to the above configuration, the user can remotely operate the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 via the public telephone line network 70, thereby controlling the recording (recording) reservation and the like for the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2. It can be done easily. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 can control a plurality of apparatuses (analog VTR 6, magneto-optical disk apparatus 52, digital VTR 53, hard disk recorder 54, etc.) connected to the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2. Can remotely control each device connected to the digital broadcast receiver 2 from a remote location by remotely operating the digital broadcast receiver 2 via the public telephone line network 70.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 is remotely controlled via the public telephone line network 70 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the public telephone line network 70 is ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) may be used. In this way, various control data can be transmitted at a higher speed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case of setting program recording reservation from the outside using a telephone or the like has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when a predetermined time is reached in a digital broadcast receiving apparatus. It is also possible to make a setting such as a program start reservation where an automatically set program starts.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the recording reservation etc. is set on the digital broadcast receiving apparatus side has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. An infrared signal may be transmitted to the recording device, and a recording reservation etc. may be set on the recording device side. Furthermore, the recording apparatus may control recording reservation or the like using an interface (data bus) 51 defined by IEEE1394 instead of the infrared signal.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the user performs an operation such as recording reservation of the digital broadcast receiving device 2 using the mobile terminal device 90 connected to the telephone 60 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the user performs an operation such as recording reservation of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 from the mobile phone 100 having the display unit 101 and watching the EPG displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone 100. You may make it perform setting, such as recording reservation.

  In the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 2 that receives a video signal compressed by the MPEG method. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and compression encoding is performed by other various methods. The present invention can be widely applied to devices that receive received data.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the digital broadcast receiving device 2 of the satellite broadcasting system that broadcasts various information via the communication satellite 3 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention can also be applied to a digital broadcast receiving apparatus of a system that broadcasts various types of information by terrestrial waves.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the digital broadcast receiver by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the telephone interface part of the digital broadcast receiver by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of voice guidance. It is a basic diagram which shows the example of a display of the electronic program guide information displayed on the monitor of a portable terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of PDA (Personal DigitalAssistance) guidance. It is a perspective view which shows the EPG screen displayed on a mobile telephone.

Explanation of symbols

  2 …… Digital broadcasting receiver, 3 …… Parabolic antenna, 6 …… Analog video tape recorder, 7 …… Infrared light emitter, 20 …… Front end, 24 …… Demultiplexer, 25 …… Video decoder, 26 …… Audio decoder 29... Central processing unit (CPU) 34... Telephone interface unit 51... Data bus 52. Magneto-optical disk device 53. Digital video tape recorder 54. ... Digital television apparatus, 60 ... Telephone, 81 ... Modulator / demodulator (modem), 84 ... Speech synthesizer, 90 ... Mobile terminal, 100 ... Mobile phone.

Claims (5)

Transmitting means for transmitting a supply request signal for requesting supply of program guide information representing a list of broadcast programs to the recording terminal connected to the network via the network;
Receiving means for receiving the program guide information supplied from the recording terminal in response to the supply request signal via the network;
Display means for displaying the program guide information and displaying a cursor for designating one or a plurality of broadcast programs from the displayed program guide information;
An operation means for moving and specifying the cursor according to a user operation;
Have
The display means is
As the program guide information, the date information for one week and a plurality of program information corresponding to a plurality of channels on one date selected from the date information are simultaneously displayed and designated by the cursor. A portable terminal device that displays a broadcast program and the date in a display form different from other broadcast programs and other dates, and displays information about a plurality of recording devices capable of recording the recording target program selected by the cursor. . The display means is
The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast program and the date specified by the cursor are displayed in a color or brightness different from those of other broadcast programs and other dates. The transmission means is
In response to a user operation on the operation means, a recording setting request signal is transmitted to the recording terminal so as to record the broadcast program on the specified date on the specified recording device from the plurality of recording devices. The mobile terminal device according to claim 2 . The receiving means is
Receiving a confirmation signal for confirming whether or not to enable the recording setting executed in response to the recording setting request signal;
The display means is
Check the effectiveness of the above recording settings for the user,
The transmission means is
The portable terminal device according to claim 3 , wherein a message corresponding to the user's operation is transmitted to the recording terminal. A transmission step of transmitting a supply request signal for requesting supply of program guide information representing a list of broadcast programs to the recording terminal connected to the network via the network;
Receiving the program guide information supplied from the recording terminal in response to the supply request signal via the network;
Displaying the program guide information, and displaying a cursor for designating one or a plurality of broadcast programs from the displayed program guide information in response to a user operation on the operation means,
In the above display step,
As the program guide information, the date information for one week and a plurality of program information corresponding to a plurality of channels on one date selected from the date information are simultaneously displayed and designated by the cursor. A display method for displaying a broadcast program and the date in a display form different from other broadcast programs and other dates, and displaying information about a plurality of recording devices capable of recording a recording target program selected by the cursor .

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