JP4705133B2 - TV receiver integrated mobile phone device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention is, TV receiver to a portable telephone Television receiver integral type provided integrally.

  Conventionally, EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data is acquired using a communication line like a portable terminal device or a timer reservation device described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-252789, and the data is wired or wirelessly set as a television receiver. (TV receivers) or VTRs (Video Tape Recorders) have been proposed to transmit to a fixed receiving device and enable specific program viewing and recording reservation.

  In Japan, CS digital broadcasting using a communication satellite (Communication Satellite) was started in 1996, and BS digital broadcasting using a broadcasting satellite (Broadcasting Satellite) was started at the end of 2000. In 2003, digital terrestrial broadcasting using terrestrial waves will start.

  In terrestrial digital broadcasting, since it is possible to receive broadcasts on mobile terminals and mobiles, which was very difficult with conventional terrestrial analog broadcasting, mobile phones with built-in television receivers built-in television receivers Telephone equipment is put into practical use.

JP 2002-252789 A

  When TV receiver-integrated mobile phone devices are put to practical use in the future, users can transmit information on TV programs that are currently being viewed to their other parties on their TV receiver-integrated mobile phone devices, It is assumed that the other party's TV receiver or TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device is set to be viewed so that the other party can view the same program as the TV program being viewed.

  For example, in the case of a television receiver-integrated mobile phone device that can watch digital terrestrial broadcasting, the broadcast service area that the user can receive and the broadcast service area that the other party can receive are not necessarily the same, Moreover, the user and the other party are not always receiving digital terrestrial broadcasting in the same broadcasting service area.

  In the case of the portable terminal device described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, the receiver of the other party that performs the viewing setting or recording reservation is a stationary recording device, and is a fixed receiver whose installation location is already known. If the other party's receiver is a TV receiver or TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device with communication means that does not fix the location, the other party's TV receiver or TV receiver There is a problem in that information such as EPG to be sent to the integrated mobile phone device cannot be specified unless the location of the other party is known.

  Further, in the case of a mobile phone device integrated with a television receiver, the battery consumption is greater than in the case of a mobile phone device alone. For this reason, there is a possibility that a situation may occur in which the user cannot make a call when he / she wants to make a call because the user has inadvertently watched the television for a long time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, according to receivable broadcast wave of the other party, the user corresponds to the identified television program able to view television program other party Rute An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone device integrated with a Levi receiver.

  The present invention also provides a television receiver-integrated mobile phone device that can use a battery for driving the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device preferentially for the mobile phone function rather than the TV viewing function. Objective.

  The TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device of the present invention is a TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device that includes a TV receiver section that receives and outputs TV broadcasts, and a mobile phone section that has a call function and a data communication function. The TV receiver unit acquires channel selection information and EPG information of the TV program received and output, switches the function of the mobile phone unit from the call mode to the data communication mode, and acquires the acquired channel selection information and EPG information. It is characterized by being sent to the other party.

The television receiver- integrated mobile phone device of the present invention is a television receiver- integrated mobile phone device that includes a television receiver section that receives and outputs a television broadcast, and a mobile phone section that has a call function and a data communication function. In this case, channel selection information and EPG information of a television program designated by the call partner transmitted from the call partner are received, and the reception setting is set in the television receiver unit.

According to television receivers integrated portable telephone device of the present invention, the following effects.

  When the user is making a call with the other party using the mobile phone device integrated with the television receiver of the present invention, the user himself / herself is connected to the other television receiver or the mobile phone device integrated with the television receiver. It becomes possible to automatically receive a program corresponding to the TV program specified by the body-type mobile phone device, and the usability in a scene where the content of the TV program in a call is a topic is greatly improved.

  At that time, the other party's broadcast service area (broadcast area) that is in the same series as the broadcast wave (broadcast station) that broadcasts the TV program specified by the user in the user's broadcast service area (broadcast area) ), The broadcast wave (broadcast station) is identified and the program corresponding to the TV program specified by the user can be received by the other party, so even if the other party's broadcast area is different from the user's broadcast area, The other party can receive a program corresponding to the television program specified by the user without error.

  Since the channel selection is automatically set by a predetermined operation on the user side, the other party can easily receive the program corresponding to the television program specified by the user without the need for the channel selection operation.

  Further, in the configuration in which the user specifies the TV program of interest and transmits the channel selection information including the EPG information of the program to the other party by the EPG information on the user side and the other party side, the user has specified. Even if the TV program or the corresponding program is broadcast in the other party's broadcast area at a different time from the user's broadcast area, the user side is not connected to the other party's TV receiver or TV receiver integrated mobile phone device. The user can make reservations for viewing and recording, and can prevent the other party from forgetting to watch.

  Also, whether the other party can view the program corresponding to the TV program specified by the user is notified to the other party's TV receiver or the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device, and the user's TV Since the confirmation result is also notified to the receiver-integrated mobile phone device from the other party's TV receiver or the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device, both the call partner and the user can specify the TV specified by the user at the other end of the call. It is possible to quickly and easily confirm whether or not the program corresponding to the program can be viewed.

  Also, in the case of a mobile phone device integrated with a television receiver on the user side, based on the device information of the other party, if the other party cannot view the TV, the user side records the content of the TV program that the other party wants to view. Since the recorded program content can be transmitted as a still image or moving image data to the other party's device, even if the other party's device is a mobile phone device that does not have a TV reception function, The television program specified by the user can be reliably viewed by the other party.

  Further, when the telephone with the other party who wants to watch the TV program specified by the user is not connected, the channel selection information of the TV program specified by the user is transmitted to the TV receiver of the other party or the TV receiver integrated mobile phone device. It is also possible to notify by e-mail.

  Furthermore, in the mobile phone device integrated with the television receiver, a configuration in which the battery for the mobile phone unit is separated from the battery for the TV receiver unit, or the same battery is shared between the mobile phone unit and the TV receiver unit. In some cases, you can watch TV continuously by setting the battery voltage threshold available for TV reception to the same or higher battery voltage threshold available for mobile phones. So you can avoid the situation where you can't make a call when you want to make a call.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

  A television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 according to the present embodiment includes a television receiver unit 200 and a mobile phone unit 300.

  The television receiver unit 200 includes a tuner / demodulator 201, a channel selection information acquisition unit 202, a channel selection information storage unit 203, a channel selection information setting unit 204, a tuner preset data acquisition unit 205, an affiliated station identification unit 206, a television reception. It is configured to include an equipment dedicated battery 228, a control unit / signal processing unit 231, a nonvolatile memory 232, a RAM 233, a ROM 234, an antenna 241, and a television receiver display unit 242.

  On the other hand, the cellular phone unit 300 includes a radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301, a channel selection information receiving unit 302, a channel selection information transmission unit 303, a base station data reception unit 305, a base station data storage unit 306, a base station data transmission unit 307, a region Code conversion means 308, communication mode switching means 309, mail reception means 319, mail transmission means 320, channel selection confirmation means 321, channel selection information extraction means 322, cell phone unit dedicated battery 328, control unit / signal processing unit 331, non-volatile 333, RAM 333, ROM 334, antenna 341, mobile phone display unit 342, microphone / speaker 343, and operation unit 344.

  And between the television receiver part 200 and the mobile telephone part 300, the control parts / signal processing parts 231 and 331 are configured to be able to transmit data to each other.

  With the television receiver-integrated portable telephone device 101 configured as described above, viewing of TV programs, telephone calls, and data communication are performed as follows.

  First, in the case of viewing a television program, a television broadcast wave is received by an antenna 241 of the television receiver unit 200, subjected to processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction by a tuner / demodulation unit 201. 2) Two transport stream TSs are obtained. In the control unit / signal processing unit 231, packet data of a desired program is separated from the transport stream TS, and video data and audio data compressed by the MPEG2 system are decoded. The decoded video data is supplied to the television receiver display unit 242, and a video signal is displayed and output. The decoded audio data is supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300, and the microphone / speaker. An audio signal is output from 343 as audio.

  On the other hand, in the case of a telephone call and data communication, communication radio waves from the mobile phone base station 700 are received by the antenna 341 of the mobile phone unit 300, and processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction is performed by the radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301. After that, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 performs processing such as decoding of the voice data and the reception data, the call voice is output from the microphone / speaker 343, and the data content to be presented to the user is displayed on the mobile phone display unit. The display is output to 342. Also, voice input from the microphone / speaker 343 and key input by the user such as on-hook and dial input from the operation unit 344 are processed by the control unit / signal processing unit 331 such as encoding of voice data and transmission data. After being applied, the signal is input to the radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301 and modulated, and the communication radio wave is transmitted from the antenna 341 to the mobile phone base station 700.

  Next, in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 of the present embodiment, a program information transmission configuration when transmitting information on a TV program that the user is currently viewing to the other party will be described in detail.

  In the description, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and each unit thereof are not as a television receiver-integrated mobile phone device on the user side, that is, the program information transmitting station side. In the case of functioning as a telephone receiver-integrated mobile phone device on the other party side, that is, on the program information receiving station side, the reference numeral attached to each part in FIG. The case of the program information receiving station side and the case of the program information receiving station side will be described separately.

  A program information transmission configuration by the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the program information transmission configuration of the present embodiment, when a user is watching a TV program on the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101, the user can make a call with a specific partner by receiving or calling. In this case, it is assumed that the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 'selects the same broadcast wave as the broadcast wave that is broadcasting the TV program that the user is watching.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a program information transmission configuration in the mobile phone device integrated with a television receiver according to the present embodiment.

  In the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 on the user side, that is, the program information transmitting station side, when a call is made by the mobile phone unit 300 while the TV receiver unit 200 is watching a TV broadcast, the TV reception is performed. The channel selection information acquisition unit 202 of the machine unit 200 acquires channel selection information of a broadcast wave that is broadcasting the currently viewed television program (step S101). The acquired channel selection information is recorded in the channel selection information storage unit 203 by the control unit / signal processing unit 231.

  Here, the channel selection information is acquired by the channel selection information acquisition unit 202 in the PSI included in the data multiplexed on a packet basis by, for example, the MPEG2 system method for the broadcast wave broadcasting the currently viewed television program. Among the information (Program Specific Information), “network_id” (network identification) for identifying the network, “transport_stream_id” (transport stream identification) for identifying the transport stream TS, channel (service “Service_id” (service identification) is selected for identification.

  Therefore, if the user and the other party are in the same broadcast area, the “network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id” acquired as the channel selection information of the currently viewed program are As long as the TV receiver unit 200 ′ of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 ′ on the program information receiving station side selects it, the other party on the call side selects the broadcast wave of the TV program that the user is currently watching. It becomes possible.

  Therefore, when the user wants the other party to select the same broadcast wave as the broadcast wave that is broadcasting the TV program that he / she is watching, the mobile phone unit 300 of the mobile phone device 101 with the integrated TV receiver 101 is used. The communication mode switching means 309 is switched from the call mode to the data communication mode (step S102). This switching is performed, for example, when the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 344 of the mobile phone unit 300 on the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101.

  Thereby, in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone apparatus 101, the communication mode switching means 309 switches the control unit / signal processing section 331 from the call mode to the data communication mode, and the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone apparatus 101 is switched. Establish data communication mode with '.

  In the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101, when the data communication mode with the other party is established, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 is replaced with the control unit of the TV receiver unit 200. The channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) recorded in the channel selection information storage unit 203 is read via the signal processing unit 231 and supplied to the channel selection information transmission unit 303.

  Based on the supplied channel selection information, the channel selection information transmission means 303 generates channel selection information transmission data to the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 ′. The control unit / signal processing unit 331 performs necessary processing such as encoding on the generated channel selection information transmission data and supplies it to the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301. The wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301 modulates the channel selection information transmission data subjected to this necessary processing, and transmits a communication radio wave including the channel selection information transmission data from the antenna 341 toward the mobile phone base station 700 (step S103). ).

  On the other hand, in the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 ′ on the communication partner side in which the data communication mode is established with the user-side TV receiver integrated mobile phone device 101 by the operation of the communication mode switching means 309. The communication radio wave transmitted from the mobile phone base station 700 ′ is received by the antenna 341 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′, and necessary processing such as detection, demodulation and error correction is performed by the radio transmission / reception circuit 301 ′. / Supplied to the signal processing unit 331 ′.

  In the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, the received data is decoded, and the decoded received data is supplied to the channel selection information receiving unit 302 ′, and the channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id” is supplied). )) Is received. The channel selection information received by the channel selection information receiving unit 302 'is recorded in the nonvolatile memory 332' or the RAM 333 'by the control unit / signal processing unit 331' (step S104).

  The control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ receives channel selection information from the user side recorded in the nonvolatile memory 332 ′ or RAM 333 ′ via the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ ( “Network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) are read, and the tuner / demodulator 201 ′ is set by the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′ (step S105).

  Then, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ allows the user to select a broadcast channel (broadcast wave) that can be received by the tuner / demodulation unit 201 ′ set by the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′. It is confirmed whether or not there is a program being viewed (step S212).

  In this case, whether or not there is a program that the user is viewing is confirmed by, for example, the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′ adjusting the tuner / demodulation unit 201 ′ to receive a broadcast that can be received in the broadcast area where the other party is calling. Channels are received sequentially from the lowest frequency, and the control unit / signal processing unit 231 receives PSI information (Program Specific Information) included in the multiplexed data for each broadcast channel reception. This is performed by checking whether there is channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) from the user side (step S106).

  In this confirmation, for example, the channel selection information from the user side is included in the PSI information of the receivable broadcast channel set by the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′ when the user and the other party are in the same broadcast area. (“Network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”), the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ displays a television program corresponding to the channel selection information on the television receiver display unit 242 ′, The same TV program as that on the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 is made viewable (step S107).

  As a result, the same TV program as the TV program being viewed on the user side is displayed on the TV receiver display unit 242 ′, and the same TV program as that on the user side is displayed on the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 ′ on the other party side. You can start watching the program.

  On the other hand, in this confirmation, for example, when the user and the other party are in different broadcast areas, the channel selection from the user is included in the PSI information of the receivable broadcast channel set by the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′. When there is no information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”), the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ displays the program specified in the television receiver display unit 242 ′. Is displayed on the screen (step S108).

  An example of this display message is a display such as “Cannot receive the program specified by Mr. *****”. Instead of this message display, an icon may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 342 'of the mobile phone unit 300', or a message or the like may be played by voice from the microphone / speaker 343 '. Further, the color of the screen specific part of the mobile phone display unit 300 ′ may be changed, the LED may be turned on, or the flushing may be performed. Further, by activating a vibration means and a sound generation means for notifying the incoming call, which are not shown in FIG. 1, the call partner who is the carrier of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 ′ is explicitly notified. May be.

  Further, the above confirmation result by the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ is supplied to the channel selection confirmation unit 321 ′ through the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′. Is done.

  The channel selection confirmation unit 321 ′ generates channel selection confirmation transmission data to the user based on the confirmation result, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ encodes the generated channel selection confirmation transmission data. The necessary processing is performed and modulated by the radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301 ′ and transmitted from the antenna 341 ′ to the mobile phone base station 700 ′ (step S109).

  In the mobile phone unit 300 of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101, communication radio waves transmitted from the mobile phone base station 700 are received by the antenna 341, and the radio transmitting / receiving circuit 301 needs to detect, demodulate, and correct errors. Then, it is supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331.

  The control unit / signal processing unit 331 decodes the received data, and the decoded received data is supplied to the channel selection confirming unit 321 so that the channel selection confirmation result is received on the call partner side. The channel selection confirmation means 321 can select a program designated by the channel selection information on the user side and can watch the same TV program as the user side on the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 ′. The channel selection confirmation result is supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the television receiver unit 200 via the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300.

  The control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the television receiver unit 200 displays a message on the television receiver display unit 242 indicating that the other party has been able to view or cannot watch the program designated by the user (step S110). ).

  Instead of displaying the message, an icon may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 342 of the mobile phone unit 300, or a message or the like may be played by voice from the microphone / speaker 343. In addition, the color of the screen specific portion of the mobile phone display unit 342 may be changed, the LED may be turned on, or flushed. Furthermore, the user who is the carrier of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 is explicitly notified by operating the vibration means and the sounding means for notifying the incoming call which are not shown in FIG. Good.

  Further, in response to the reception and notification of the channel selection confirmation result transmitted from the other party, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101, the communication mode switching means 309 of the mobile phone unit 300 operates in the data communication mode. Is switched from the communication mode to the call mode, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 is also switched from the data communication mode to the call mode, and establishes a call mode with the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 '. (Step S111).

  As a result, the user-side TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 and the call partner-side TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 ′ are automatically restored from the communication mode to the call mode, You can resume the call.

  Thus, according to the program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 according to the present embodiment, the channel selection information of the program that the user is currently watching is transmitted to the other party, and the other party's television reception is received. The apparatus-integrated mobile phone device 101 ′ can select the same broadcast wave as the broadcast wave that is broadcasting the TV program that the user is viewing, and set the TV program that the user is viewing as the calling party. Easy to do.

  Furthermore, the call partner can confirm whether or not the program designated by the user can be viewed, and by notifying the user, the user can also confirm whether or not the other party can view the program.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, a program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  Note that the configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 of this embodiment is different from that of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 shown in FIG. Although the control configuration of each unit by the signal processing units 231 and 331 is different, the individual configuration of each unit of the device is the same as or similar to that of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 shown in FIG. The description is omitted.

  Therefore, a program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the television receiver-integrated mobile phone apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment, when a user is watching a TV program on the television receiver-integrated mobile telephone apparatus 102, a specific partner is set based on an incoming call or an outgoing call. When a call is made, the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program being watched by the user and the broadcast wave of the affiliated station are transmitted to the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 '. It is a program information transmission configuration for selecting a channel.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a program information transmission configuration in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to the present embodiment.

  In the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 on the user side, that is, the program information transmitting station side, as in the case of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 of the first embodiment, the television by the television receiver unit 200 is used. When a call is made by the mobile phone unit 300 while watching the broadcast, the channel selection information acquisition unit 202 of the television receiver unit 200 selects the broadcast wave that is broadcasting the currently viewed TV program. Information is acquired (step S201). The acquired channel selection information is recorded in the channel selection information storage means 203.

  Here, the channel selection information is acquired by the channel selection information acquisition unit 202 with respect to the broadcast wave broadcasting the currently viewed television program, for example, among the PSI information included in the data multiplexed by the MPEG2 system method. Thus, “network_id” (network identification) for identifying the network, “transport_stream_id” (transport stream identification) for identifying the transport stream TS, and “service_id” (service identification) for identifying the channel (service) ) Is selected and performed.

  Next, when the user wants the other party to select the broadcast wave of the same affiliated station as the broadcast wave that is broadcasting the TV program that he / she is watching, The communication mode switching means 309 of the mobile phone unit 300 is switched from the call mode to the data communication mode (step S202). This switching is performed, for example, when the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 344 of the mobile phone unit 300 on the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102.

  Thus, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102, the communication mode switching means 309 of the mobile phone unit 300 is switched to the data communication mode, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 also performs data communication from the call mode. The mode is switched, and the data communication mode is established with the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 'on the other party side.

  Then, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102, when the data communication mode with the other party is established, in the present embodiment, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 is established. Generates a transmission request for registered base station data on the other party of the call, performs necessary processing such as encoding on the generated transmission request, modulates by the radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301, and transmits the registration base station from the antenna 341. A communication radio wave including a data transmission request is transmitted to the mobile phone base station 700 (corresponding to the registered base station on the user side) (step S203).

  On the other hand, in the mobile phone unit 300 ′ of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 ′ on the other end of the call side in which the data communication mode is established with the user side, the mobile phone base station 700 ′ (the other side The communication radio wave transmitted from the registered base station) is received by the antenna 341 ′, and necessary processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction is performed by the radio transmission / reception circuit 301 ′, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′. To be supplied.

  In the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, processing such as decoding of communication data is performed, and when the decoded communication data is a transmission request for registered base station data from the user side as a call partner, this is transmitted to the base station. The data is sent to the data sending means 307 ′.

  On the other hand, in the mobile phone device 102 ′ integrated with the television receiver on the other end of the call, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ determines itself based on the position information exchanged with the mobile phone base station 700 ′. Is recorded in the base station data storage means 306 ′ (step S204).

  Therefore, the base station data sending means 307 ′ to which the transmission request for the registered base station data from the user side is supplied is stored in the registered base station data storage means 306 ′ via the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′. Station data (identification information of the base station 700 ′ where the other party of the call is currently registered) is read, and registered base station transmission data is generated. The generated registration base station transmission data is subjected to necessary processing such as encoding by the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, modulated by the radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301 ′, and transmitted from the antenna 341 ′ to the mobile phone base station 700 ′. It is sent to (the registered base station on the other side) (step S205).

  Even in the mobile phone unit 300 of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102, communication radio waves transmitted from the mobile phone base station 700 are received by the antenna 341, and processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction is performed by the radio transmission / reception circuit 301. Is supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331. The control unit / signal processing unit 331 performs processing such as decoding of communication data, and when the decoded communication data is registered base station transmission data from the other side, it is supplied to the base station data receiving means 305.

  When the base station data receiving means 305 receives the registered base station transmission data, the base station data receiving means 305 receives the other party's registered base station data included in the registered base station transmission data via the control unit / signal processing unit 331. It records in the non-volatile memory 332 or RAM333 (step S206).

  The registered base station data on the other side is supplied to the area code converting means 308 by the control unit / signal processing unit 331.

  Thereby, the area code converting means 308 obtains the corresponding area code for presetting the channel information of the terrestrial digital television broadcast based on the registered base station data of the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone apparatus 102 '. Obtained (step S207). This area code represents an identification code of a broadcasting area including the location of the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 ′ (ie, registered base station 700 ′) in the area. Applicable to regional allocation codes, etc., assigned to almost all prefectures, used in TV broadcasting.

  When the other party's area code is acquired by the area code converting means 308, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the television receiver unit 200 receives this area via the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300. The code is provided and supplied to the tuner preset data acquisition unit 205.

  The tuner preset data acquisition unit 205 obtains tuner preset data corresponding to the supplied region code. This tuner preset data is channel information of each broadcast wave that can be received within the region represented by the region code. For example, the tuner preset data is stored in a database corresponding to each region code in advance, and the tuner preset data corresponding to the region code can be easily obtained. It is possible to ask for.

  When the tuner preset data acquisition unit 205 acquires the channel information of all broadcast waves that can be received at the location of the mobile phone device 102 ′ integrated with the receiver TV receiver, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 Based on the channel information acquired by the tuner preset data acquisition unit 205, the same-affiliation station identification unit 206 identifies the same-affiliation station of the broadcasting station that is broadcasting the TV program currently being viewed on the user side.

  For example, the affiliated station specifying unit 206 is acquired by the channel selection information acquisition unit 12 in the above-described step S201 and recorded in the channel selection information storage unit 203, and the channel selection information of the TV program currently being viewed by the user, Compared with the broadcast station data included in the channel information acquired by the tuner preset data acquisition unit 205, the TV program currently being viewed by the user is broadcast from the channel information acquired by the tuner preset data acquisition unit 205. The same affiliated station of the broadcast wave is specified (step S208).

  In the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300, the channel selection information of the TV program being viewed by the user including the channel information of the affiliated station identified by the affiliated station identifying unit 206 is received by the television receiver. It is provided via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the machine unit 200.

  Here, as the channel selection information of the TV program being watched by the user, for example, “network_id” (network identification) for identifying the network and TS included in the PSI information of the packet data of the broadcast wave are identified. “Transport_stream_id” (transport stream identification) to be used, and “service_id” (service identification) to identify the channel (service) may be used.

  When the channel selection information including the channel information of the affiliated station is provided, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 supplies the channel selection information to the channel selection information transmission unit 303.

  Based on this channel selection information, the channel selection information transmission means 303 generates channel selection information transmission data to the other party's TV receiver integrated mobile phone device 102 ′, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 The generated channel selection information transmission data is subjected to processing such as encoding, modulated by the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301, and transmitted from the antenna 341 toward the mobile phone base station 700 (step S209).

On the other hand, in the mobile phone unit 300 ′ of the mobile phone device 102 ′ integrated with the TV receiver on the other end of the call, a communication radio wave transmitted from the mobile phone base station 700 ′ is received by the antenna 341 ′, and a radio transmission / reception circuit is provided. In 301 ′, necessary processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction is performed and supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′. In the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, the received data is decoded, and the decoded received data is supplied to the channel selection information receiving unit 302 ′, and the channel selection information (“network # id”, “transport # stream #”) is supplied. id ”and“ service # id ”) are received. Tuning information receiving means 302 'tuning information received by the control unit / signal processor 331', the nonvolatile memory 232 via the 'controller / signal processor 231 of' the television receiver 200 'or It is recorded in the RAM 233 ′ (step S210).

  The control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ receives channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) from the user recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′. ) And the tuner / demodulator 201 ′ is set by the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′ to the broadcast channel of the channel information specified by the user-side affiliated station specification unit 206 included in the channel selection information. (Step S211).

  Then, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ checks whether or not there is a program that the user is viewing in the broadcast wave of the channel specified on the user side as channel information ( Step S212). The user can check whether there is a program that the user is viewing, for example, by selecting the channel selection information (“network_id” from the read user side in the PSI information included in the multiplexed data of the received broadcast channel. “,“ Transport_stream_id ”, and“ service_id ”) are confirmed by the controller / signal processor 231.

  In this confirmation, for example, in the broadcast region corresponding to the region code obtained by the user in step S207, the channel selection from the user is included in the PSI information of the same series of broadcast channels set by the channel selection information setting unit 204. When there is information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”), the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ displays a television program corresponding to the channel selection information on the television receiver display unit 242 ′. Then, the same television program as that on the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 is set to be viewable (step S213).

  As a result, the same television program as the television program being viewed on the user side is displayed on the television receiver display unit 242 ′, and the viewing of the same television program as that on the user side can be started on the other party.

  On the other hand, in this confirmation, for example, in the broadcasting region corresponding to the region code obtained by the user in step S207, the PSI information of the broadcasting channel of the same series set by the channel selection information setting unit 204 includes When there is no channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”), the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ is designated by the television receiver display unit 242 ′. A message indicating that the program cannot be viewed is displayed on the screen (step S214).

  The display message at this time is, for example, a message such as “The program specified by Mr. *****” cannot be received ”. Instead of this message display, an icon may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 342 'of the mobile phone unit 300', or a message or the like may be played by voice from the microphone / speaker 343 '. Further, the color of the screen specific portion of the mobile phone display unit 342 'may be changed, the LED may be turned on, or the flushing may be performed. Furthermore, by activating the vibration means and sounding means for notifying the incoming call which are not shown in FIG. 1, the call partner who is the carrier of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 ′ is explicitly notified. May be.

  Further, the above confirmation result by the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ is supplied to the channel selection confirmation unit 321 ′ through the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′. Is done.

  The channel selection confirmation unit 321 ′ generates channel selection confirmation transmission data to the user side based on the confirmation result, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ encodes the generated channel selection confirmation transmission data, such as encoding. Necessary processing is performed, modulation is performed by the radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301 ′, and the signal is transmitted from the antenna 341 ′ toward the mobile phone base station 700 ′ (step S215).

  In the mobile phone unit 200 of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102, communication radio waves transmitted from the mobile phone base station 700 are received by the antenna 341, and the radio transceiver circuit 301 needs to detect, demodulate, and correct errors. Then, it is supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331.

  In the control unit / signal processing unit 331, the received data is decoded, the decoded channel selection confirmation transmission data is supplied to the channel selection information receiving unit 302, and the channel selection confirmation result is received by the other party. The channel selection confirmation means 321 sends the channel selection confirmation result “whether or not the program designated by the channel selection information can be selected and viewed” to the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300. To the control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the television receiver unit 200.

  The control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the television receiver unit 200 displays a message on the television receiver display unit 242 indicating that the other party can or cannot watch the program designated by the user (step S216). ).

  Instead of displaying the message, an icon may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 342 of the mobile phone unit 300, or a message or the like may be played by voice from the microphone / speaker 343. In addition, the color of the screen specific portion of the mobile phone display unit 342 may be changed, the LED may be turned on, or flushed. Furthermore, by activating the vibration means and sounding means for notifying the incoming call which are not shown in FIG. 1, the call partner who is the carrier of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 ′ is explicitly notified. May be.

  Further, in response to the reception and notification of the channel selection confirmation result transmitted from the other party, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102, the communication mode switching means 309 of the mobile phone unit 300 operates in the data communication mode. The control unit / signal processing unit 331 is also switched from the call mode to the data communication mode, and establishes the call mode with the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 ′ on the other end of the call. (Step S217).

  As a result, the user-side TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 and the call partner-side TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 ′ are automatically restored from the communication mode to the call mode. You can resume the call.

  As described above, according to the program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 of the present embodiment, even when the other party is in an area where the broadcast wave received by the user cannot be received, Broadcast that broadcasts the TV program that the user is watching to the other party by specifying the broadcast wave of the affiliated station that the other party can receive based on this information by transmitting the registered base station data of the other party It is possible to easily set a television program that the user is viewing by selecting a wave and a broadcast wave of the same affiliated station.

  Furthermore, the call partner can confirm whether or not the program designated by the user can be viewed, and by notifying the user, the user can also confirm whether or not the other party can view the program.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, a program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 of this embodiment is different from that of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 shown in FIG. Although the control configuration of each unit by the signal processing units 231 and 331 is different, the individual configuration of each unit of the device is the same as or similar to that of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 shown in FIG. The description is omitted.

  A program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 according to the present embodiment, as in the second embodiment, when a user is watching a TV program on the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103, an incoming call is received. Or, when a call is made with a specific party based on the outgoing call, the same series as the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program being watched by the user on the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 ′ It has a program information transmission configuration that selects the broadcast wave of the station.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a program information transmission configuration in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to the present embodiment.

  In the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 on the user side, that is, the program information transmission side, when a call is being made by the mobile phone unit 300 while the TV receiver unit 200 is watching a television broadcast, The channel selection information acquisition unit 202 of the unit 200 acquires the channel selection information of the broadcast wave broadcasting the currently viewed television program (step S301). The acquired channel selection information is recorded in the channel selection information storage means 203.

  Here, the channel selection information includes, for example, “network_id” (network identification) for identifying the network, “transport_stream_id” (transport stream identification) for identifying the TS, among the aforementioned PSI information, “Service_id” (service identification) for identifying a channel (service) may be used.

  Also, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 is based on the location information exchanged with the mobile phone base station 700. Data of the registered mobile phone base station 700 is recorded in the base station data storage means 306 (step S302).

  Then, when the user wants to select the broadcast wave of the same affiliated station as the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program he / she is watching on the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 ′, The communication mode switching means 309 of the mobile phone unit 300 of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 is switched from the call mode to the data communication mode (step S303). This switching is performed, for example, when the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 344 of the mobile phone unit 300 on the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103.

  Thus, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103, the communication mode switching means 309 is switched to the data communication mode, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 is also switched from the call mode to the data communication mode. A data communication mode is established with the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 ′ on the other party side.

  Then, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103, when the data communication mode with the other party is established, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 causes the TV receiver unit 200 to The channel selection information recorded in the channel selection information storage unit 203 of the television receiver unit 200 is provided via the control unit / signal processing unit 231, and this channel selection information is supplied to the channel selection information transmission unit 303. Based on the channel selection information, the channel selection information transmission means 303 generates channel selection information transmission data to the other party's TV receiver integrated mobile phone device 103 '.

  Similarly, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103, when the data communication mode with the other party is established, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 stores the base station data. The registered base station data recorded in the means 306 is read, and this registered base station data is supplied to the base station data sending means 307. Based on the registered base station data, the base station data transmission means 307 generates registered base station transmission data to the other party's television receiver-integrated portable telephone device 1 '.

  The control unit / signal processing unit 331 performs necessary processing such as encoding on the generated channel selection information transmission data and registered base station transmission data, and then supplies them to the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301. The channel selection information transmission data and registered base station transmission data subjected to this necessary processing are modulated by the radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301, and communication radio waves including the channel selection information transmission data and registration base station transmission data are carried from the antenna 341. It is transmitted toward the telephone base station 700 (corresponding to the registered base station on the user side) (step S304).

  With the configuration described above, this embodiment is different from the case of the second embodiment described above in that the registered base station data of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 is received by the other party's television receiver. Supplied to the integrated mobile phone device 103 ′.

  Similarly, in the mobile phone unit 300 ′ of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 ′ on which the data communication mode is established with the user side, the mobile phone base station 700 ′ (registered base station on the call partner side) Communication radio waves transmitted from the radio communication circuit 301 ′ are subjected to necessary processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction, and supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′.

  The control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ performs processing such as decoding of received data, and the decoded communication data is supplied to the channel selection information receiving unit 302 ′ and the base station data receiving unit 305 ′, and transmitted from the user side. The received channel selection information transmission data and registered base station transmission data are received.

When the channel selection information transmission data is received, the channel selection information receiving unit 302 ′ extracts the channel selection information included in the channel selection information transmission data, and the channel selection information is received by the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′. The data is recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′. Further, when receiving the registered base station transmission data, the base station data receiving means 35 receives the registered base station data from the non-volatile memory 332 of the mobile phone unit 300 ′ by the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′. 'Or recorded in the RAM 333' (step S305).

  Then, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ reads out the registered base station data of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 recorded in the non-volatile memory 332 ′ or the RAM 333 ′, and sends it to the area code conversion unit 308 ′. Supply.

  Based on the registered base station data of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103, the region code converting means 308 ′ obtains a corresponding region code for acquiring channel information of the user-side digital terrestrial television broadcast. Obtained (step S306). This area code represents an identification code of a broadcasting area including the location of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 (that is, the registered base station 700 on the user side) in the area. This corresponds to the regional allocation code, etc. assigned to almost all prefectures used in digital television broadcasting.

  When the region code on the user side is acquired by the region code conversion means 308 ′, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ moves the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′. The region code is provided to the tuner preset data acquisition unit 205 ′.

  The tuner preset data acquisition unit 205 ′ obtains tuner preset data corresponding to the supplied region code. In this case, the acquired tuner preset data is channel information of each broadcast wave that can be received in the broadcast area including the location of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 (that is, the registered base station 700). Therefore, it is preset in the tuner / demodulator 201 of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103. For example, the tuner preset data is stored in advance in a database corresponding to each region code, and the tuner preset data corresponding to the broadcasting region can be easily obtained from the region code.

  When the tuner preset data acquisition unit 205 ′ acquires the channel information of all broadcast waves that can be received at the location of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′. Causes the affiliated station identification means 206 ′ to identify the affiliated station on the local station side (in this case, the counterpart side).

  The affiliated station specifying unit 206 ′ is configured to obtain all the broadcast waves that can be received by the own station side, that is, the own station side with respect to the channel information of all the broadcast waves that can be received by the user and acquired by the tuner preset data acquiring unit 205 ′. The same station is identified from the tuner preset data. The channel information of the broadcast wave that can be received on the user side and the broadcast wave that can be received on the local station side, specified by the affiliated station specifying means 206 ′, is sent via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′. And recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 or RAM 233 (step S307).

  The control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ selects the channel selection information (“network_id” of the television program currently being viewed on the user side recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ in step S 305 described above. ”,“ Transport_stream_id ”, and“ service_id ”), and the local station in the broadcast wave that is currently receivable on the user side recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or RAM 233 ′ in the above-described step S307 (in this case, the communication partner) The channel information of the same affiliated station that can be received is read out, and the tuner / demodulator 201 ′ is set by the channel selection information setting means 204 ′ (step S308). In this case, for example, the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′ adjusts the tuner / demodulation unit 201 ′ so that, for example, in order from the lowest frequency, the same station that can be received on the own station side (in this case, the other party side). Based on the channel information, broadcast waves of the same affiliated station are sequentially received, and in the PSI information included in the multiplexed data of the received broadcast channel, the channel selection information (“network_id”, The control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ sequentially checks whether or not “transport_stream_id” and “service_id”) exist (step S309).

  In this confirmation, the channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) from the user side is included in the PSI information of the broadcasting channel of the affiliated station set by the channel selection information setting unit 204. In this case, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ displays a television program corresponding to the channel selection information on the television receiver display unit 242 ′, and the same television program as the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103. Is in a viewable state (step S310).

  As a result, the same television program as the television program being viewed on the user side is displayed on the television receiver display unit 242 ′, and the same television program as that on the user side is displayed on the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 ′. You can start watching the program.

  On the other hand, in this confirmation, the channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) from the user side is included in the PSI information of the broadcasting channel of the affiliated station set by the channel selection information setting unit 204. If there is not, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ displays a message indicating that the designated program cannot be viewed on the television receiver display unit 242 ′ (step S311). .

  As a display message at this time, for example, a message such as “The program specified by Mr. *****” cannot be received ”is displayed. Instead of this message display, an icon may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 342 'of the mobile phone unit 300', or a message or the like may be played by voice from the microphone / speaker 343 '. Further, the color of the screen specific portion of the mobile phone display unit 342 'may be changed, the LED may be turned on, or the flushing may be performed. Furthermore, by activating the vibration means and sounding means for notifying the incoming call which are not shown in FIG. 1, the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 ′ is explicitly notified to the carrier. Also good.

  Further, the above confirmation result by the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ is supplied to the channel selection confirmation unit 321 ′ through the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′. Is done.

  The channel selection confirmation unit 321 ′ generates channel selection confirmation transmission data to the user based on the confirmation result, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ encodes the generated channel selection confirmation transmission data. The necessary processing is performed and modulated by the radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301 ′ and transmitted from the antenna 341 ′ to the mobile phone base station 700 ′ (step S312).

  In the mobile phone unit 300 of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103, communication radio waves transmitted from the mobile phone base station 700 are received by the antenna 341, and detection, demodulation, error correction, etc. are required by the radio transmission / reception circuit 301. Then, it is supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331.

  The control unit / signal processing unit 331 decodes the received data, and the decoded received data is supplied to the channel selection confirming unit 321 so that the channel selection confirmation result is received on the call partner side. The channel selection confirmation means 321 can select the program specified by the channel selection information on the user side and can watch the same TV program as the user side on the other party's TV receiver integrated mobile phone device 103 ′. The channel selection confirmation result is supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the television receiver unit 200 via the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300.

  The control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the television receiver unit 3 displays a message on the television receiver display unit 242 indicating that the other party has been able to view or cannot watch the program designated by the user (step S313). ).

  Instead of displaying the message, an icon may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 342 of the mobile phone unit 300, or a message or the like may be played by voice from the microphone / speaker 343. In addition, the color of the screen specific portion of the mobile phone display unit 342 may be changed, the LED may be turned on, or flushed. Further, the user who is the carrier of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 is explicitly notified by operating the vibration means and the sounding means for notifying the incoming call which are not shown in FIG. Good.

  Further, in response to the reception and notification of the channel selection confirmation result transmitted from the other party, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103, the communication mode switching means 309 of the mobile phone unit 300 operates in the data communication mode. Is switched from the call mode to the data communication mode, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 is also switched from the call mode to the data communication mode, and establishes the call mode with the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 ′. (Step S314).

  As a result, the user-side TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 and the call partner-side TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 ′ automatically recover from the communication mode to the call mode, You can resume the call.

  Thus, according to the program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 of the present embodiment, the channel selection can be performed regardless of whether the other party is in an area where the user can receive the same broadcast wave as the user. When transmitting information, it is possible to determine whether or not the other party is in the same broadcast area as the user side by transmitting the registered base station data on the side transmitting the channel selection information following the channel selection information. When in the broadcasting area, the broadcast wave that can be received by the other party can be identified based on the registered base station data, and the user can select the same broadcasting station as the broadcasting station being viewed. .

  Furthermore, the call partner can confirm whether or not the program designated by the user can be viewed, and by notifying the user, the user can also confirm whether or not the other party can view the program.

<Fourth embodiment>
Next, a program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  Note that the individual configuration of each unit of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 of this embodiment is the same as or similar to that of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 shown in FIG. A description thereof will be omitted.

  Accordingly, a program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 of the present embodiment, a broadcast that broadcasts the TV program being watched by the user to the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 ′ by mail communication by the user. It is a program information transmission configuration that selects the wave and the broadcast wave of the same affiliated station.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a program information transmission configuration in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to the present embodiment.

  In the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 on the user side, that is, the program information transmission side, during the viewing of the television broadcast by the television receiver unit 200, the channel selection information acquisition unit 202 of the television receiver unit 200 currently views The channel selection information of the broadcast wave that is broadcasting the TV program in the middle is acquired (step S401). The acquired channel selection information is recorded in the channel selection information storage means 203.

  Here, the channel selection information includes, for example, “network_id” (network identification) for identifying the network, “transport_stream_id” (transport stream identification) for identifying the TS, among the aforementioned PSI information, “Service_id” (service identification) for identifying a channel (service) may be used.

  Also, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 is based on the location information exchanged with the mobile phone base station 700. Data of the registered mobile phone base station 700 is recorded in the base station data storage means 306 (step S402).

  Then, when the user wants to select the broadcast wave of the same affiliated station as the broadcast wave that is broadcasting the TV program that he / she is watching as the mail transmission partner, for example, the user's TV receiver integrated mobile phone The operation is performed when the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 344 of the mobile phone unit 300 on the telephone device 104 while viewing the television program.

  Accordingly, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 receives the television reception via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the television receiver unit 200. The channel selection information recorded in the channel selection information storage means 203 of the machine unit 200 and the registered base station data recorded in the base station data storage means 306 (data of the mobile phone base station 700 that is currently registered) Upon receiving the provision, the channel selection information and the registered base station data are supplied to the mail transmission means 320.

  Then, the mail transmission means 320 creates a channel selection information transmission mail with the channel selection information and registered base station data attached to the mail transmission destination set by the user. In the mail transmission means 320, when creating the channel selection information transmission mail, an input box for the destination mail address is opened, and the user operates the operation unit 344 to send the destination mail address from the mail address book. It is possible to select and enter an e-mail address directly in the input box.

  When the destination mail address is specified in the input box, the channel selection information transmission mail generated by the mail transmission means 320 is supplied to the control / signal processing unit 331 and is transmitted from the antenna 341 via the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301. The channel selection information transmission mail is transmitted to the mobile phone base station 700 and transmitted on the network (step S403).

  On the other hand, in the mobile phone unit 300 ′ of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 ′ as the mail transmission partner, the communication radio wave transmitted from the mobile phone base station 700 ′ is received by the antenna 341 ′ and is transmitted by the radio transmission / reception circuit 301 ′. Necessary processes such as detection, demodulation, and error correction are performed and supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′.

  In the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, processing such as decoding of received data is performed, and the decoded communication data is also supplied to the mail receiving unit 319 ′ to receive the mail.

  The mail reception means 319 ′ is a channel selection information transmission mail including the channel selection information and the registered base station data on the user side (transmission source) when the opening operation of the mail received by the operation unit 344 is performed. The channel selection information received by the channel selection information extraction unit 322 ′ via the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ is confirmed if the received email is recognized as the channel selection information transmission email. An outgoing mail is supplied (step S404).

  The channel selection information extracting unit 322 ′ extracts the registered base station data on the user side as the mail sender and the channel selection information for receiving the program being viewed by the user from the supplied channel selection information transmission mail. To do.

The extracted registered base station data is supplied to the base station data receiving means 305 ′ and recorded in the nonvolatile memory 332 ′ or the RAM 333 ′. Further, the extracted channel selection information 'is supplied to the control unit / signal processor 331' tuning information receiving unit 302 by, through a 'controller / signal processor 231 of the' television receiver unit 200 nonvolatile Is recorded in the memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ (step S405).

  Then, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ reads out the registered base station data of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 recorded in the nonvolatile memory 332 ′ or the RAM 333 ′, and sends it to the area code conversion unit 308 ′. Supply.

  Based on the registered base station data of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104, the region code conversion means 308 ′ obtains a corresponding region code for acquiring channel information of the user-side digital terrestrial television broadcast. Obtained (step S406). This area code represents an identification code of a broadcasting area including the location of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 (that is, the registered base station 700) in the area. This corresponds to the allocation code for each region, etc., which is assigned to almost every prefecture.

  When the region code on the user side is acquired by the region code conversion means 308 ′, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ causes the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′ to operate. The region code is provided to the tuner preset data acquisition unit 205 ′.

  The tuner preset data acquisition unit 205 ′ obtains tuner preset data corresponding to the supplied region code. In this case, the acquired tuner preset data is the channel information of each broadcast wave that can be received in the broadcast area including the location of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 (that is, the registered base station 700). is there. For example, the tuner preset data is previously stored in a database corresponding to each region code, and the corresponding tuner preset data can be easily obtained from the region code.

  When the tuner preset data acquisition unit 205 ′ acquires channel information of all broadcast waves that can be received at the location of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′. Causes the affiliated station identification means 206 ′ to identify the affiliated station on the local station side (in this case, the counterpart side).

  For the channel information of all broadcast waves that can be received on the user side acquired by the tuner preset data acquisition means 205 ′, the affiliated station specifying means 206 ′ Specify the affiliated station. The channel information of the affiliated station on the mail transmission partner side of the broadcast wave currently receivable on the user side, identified by the affiliated station identifying means 206 ′, is stored in the nonvolatile memory via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′. It is recorded in 232 ′ or RAM 233 ′ (step S407).

  The control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ selects the channel selection information of the television program currently being viewed on the user side recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ (“ network_id ”,“ transport_stream_id ”, and“ service_id ”), and the broadcast wave local station (in this case, the mail transmission partner) that can be received by the user recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or RAM 233 ′ in step S407 described above The channel information of the same affiliated station on the side is read, and the tuner / demodulator 201 ′ is set by the channel selection information setting means 204 ′ (step S408). In this case, for example, the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′ adjusts the tuner / demodulation unit 201 ′ based on the channel information of the affiliated station on the local station side of the broadcast wave that can be received on the user side, for example, From the lowest order, broadcast waves of the same affiliated station are sequentially received, and the control unit / signal processing unit 231 receives the PSI information included in the multiplexed data of the received broadcast channel from the read user side. This is performed by checking whether there is channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) (step S409).

  In this confirmation, the channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) from the user side is included in the PSI information of the broadcasting channel of the affiliated station set by the channel selection information setting unit 204. In this case, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ displays a television program corresponding to the channel selection information on the television receiver display unit 242 ′, and the same television program as the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104. Is in a viewable state (step S410).

  As a result, the same TV program as the TV program being viewed on the user side is displayed on the TV receiver display unit 242 ′ of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 ′ on the mail transmission partner side. But you can start watching the same TV program as the user.

  On the other hand, in this confirmation, the channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) from the user side is included in the PSI information of the broadcasting channel of the affiliated station set by the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′. ), The control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ displays a message indicating that the designated program cannot be viewed on the television receiver display unit 242 ′ (step S411). ).

  As a display message at this time, for example, a message such as “The program specified by Mr. *****” cannot be received ”is displayed. Instead of this message display, an icon may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 342 'of the mobile phone unit 300', or a message or the like may be played by voice from the microphone / speaker 343 '. Further, the color of the screen specific portion of the mobile phone display unit 342 'may be changed, the LED may be turned on, or the flushing may be performed. Furthermore, by activating a vibration means and a sounding means for notifying the incoming call which are not shown in FIG. 1, the user of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 ′ on the mail transmission partner side is explicitly notified. It may be.

  Thus, according to the program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 according to the present embodiment, the partner identified by the user may or may not be in the area where the same broadcast wave as the user can be received. However, when the user transmits the channel selection information, by transmitting the user's own registered base station data together with the channel selection information, the other party can determine whether or not the user is in the same broadcast region, In the case of the user's registered base station data, it is possible to identify the same series of broadcast waves that can be received by the other party, and select the same station as the broadcast station that the user is viewing on the other party. Can be stationed.

  Further, in this embodiment, the channel selection information is transmitted to the other party specified by the user by sending an email with the channel selection information and the user's registered base station data attached to the email. In the situation where the telephone call from the mobile phone device cannot be immediately answered and the telephone connection between the user's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 and the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 104 ′ cannot be established. Even if there is, it can be easily dealt with.

  For example, even if the user specified by the user is on the phone with a third party other than the user, the user cannot respond immediately to the phone call from the user. The channel selection information can be transmitted to the other party regardless of the line connection with the integrated mobile phone device 104 ′. Also, the other party could not respond to the phone call from the user due to, for example, termination of the telephone call with a third party, but the user is watching as long as the mail can be received. The same TV program as the TV program can be watched.

  In the present embodiment, the user side television receiver that generates and transmits the channel selection information transmission mail and the television program that the user side receives and receives the channel selection information transmission mail from the user side. Although the TV receivers on the other end of the mail transmission side who watch the TV program have been described as the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 104 and 104 ′ having a telephone (call) function, the TV receiver and mail on the user side are described. If the TV receiver on the other end of the transmission side has a communication function capable of sending / receiving mail, it may not have a telephone (call) function, and has a TV reception function and a communication function. It may be a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile PC, or the like.

  Also, in this embodiment, when the channel selection information transmission mail is opened, the TV receiver on the other end of the mail transmission side broadcasts the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program being watched by the user and the broadcast wave of the affiliated station. Although the program information transmission configuration for selecting a channel is selected, when a channel selection information transmission mail is received, the received mail is the channel selection information transmission mail, and is the same series as the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program being viewed by the user A configuration may be provided in which whether or not to start receiving the broadcast wave of the station, that is, the opening of the channel selection information transmission mail is confirmed with the mail transmission partner.

<Fifth embodiment>
FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

  In the description of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 of the present embodiment, the same or similar components as those of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. Are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 of this embodiment, the mobile phone unit 300 is provided with a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiving means 323, and the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 has its own location information. Can be obtained. The position information acquired by the GPS receiving unit 323 is stored in the position information data storage unit 324. In order to transmit the position information acquired by the GPS receiving means 323 to the other party who is talking, a position information data sending means 326 is provided. In addition, position information data receiving means 325 is provided in order to receive position information data transmitted from the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 'during a call.

  Further, unlike the tuner preset data acquisition unit 205 of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 shown in FIG. 1, the tuner preset data acquisition unit 208 of the television receiver unit 200 does not acquire preset data by the area code. Rather, preset data can be obtained directly from the position information data described above.

  Next, in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 of the present embodiment, a program information transmission configuration in the case where the information of the TV program currently being viewed by the user is transmitted to the other party will be described in detail.

  In this description, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 and its components according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 6 are not used as a television receiver-integrated mobile phone device on the user side, that is, the program information transmitting station side. In the case of functioning as a telephone receiver-integrated mobile phone device on the other party side, that is, on the program information receiving station side, the reference numeral attached to each part in FIG. The case of the program information receiving station side and the case of the program information receiving station side will be described separately.

  A program information transmission configuration by the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the program information transmission configuration of the present embodiment, when a user is making a call with a specific party by an incoming call or a call while watching a TV program on the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 In addition, the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 ′ has a program information transmission configuration in which the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program that the user himself / herself is watching and the broadcast wave of the affiliated station are selected. Yes.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a program information transmission configuration in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to the present embodiment.

  In the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 on the user side, that is, the program information transmitting station side, when a call is made by the mobile phone unit 300 while the TV receiver unit 200 is watching a TV broadcast, the TV reception is performed. The channel selection information acquisition unit 202 of the machine unit 200 acquires the channel selection information of the broadcast wave broadcasting the currently viewed television program (step S501). The acquired channel selection information is recorded in the channel selection information storage means 203.

  Next, when the user wants to select the broadcast wave of the same affiliate station as the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program he / she is watching, the user of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone apparatus 105 The communication mode switching means 309 of the mobile phone unit 300 is switched from the call mode to the data communication mode (step S502). This switching is performed, for example, when the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 344 of the mobile phone unit 300 on the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105.

  As a result, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105, the communication mode switching unit 309 of the mobile phone unit 300 is switched to the data communication mode, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 also performs data communication from the call mode. The mode is switched, and the data communication mode is established with the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 'on the other party side.

  Then, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105, when the data communication mode with the call partner is established, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 displays the location information of the call partner. A data transmission request is generated, and the generated transmission request for position information data is subjected to necessary processing such as encoding, and then modulated by the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301 and communication including the position information data transmission request from the antenna 341 is performed. Radio waves are transmitted toward the mobile phone base station 700 (corresponding to the registered base station on the user side) (step S503).

  On the other hand, in the mobile phone unit 300 ′ of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 ′ on the other side of the call partner side, which has also established a data communication mode with the user side, the mobile phone base station 700 ′ (the other party side The communication radio wave transmitted from the registered base station) is received by the antenna 341 ′, and necessary processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction is performed by the radio transmission / reception circuit 301 ′, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′. To be supplied.

  In the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, processing such as decoding of communication data is performed, and when the decoded communication data is a request for transmission of position information data from the user who is a call partner, position information data sending means In 326 ′, position information transmission data described later is generated.

  At that time, in the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 ′ on the other party side, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′ is connected to the other party, that is, the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone. The position information data indicating where the telephone device 105 ′ itself is currently located is acquired, and the acquired position information data is recorded in the position information data storage unit 324 ′ (step S504).

  As a result, the position information data sending means 326 ′ to which the position information data transmission request from the user has been supplied is stored in the position information data storage means 324 ′ via the control unit / signal processing section 331 ′. To generate position information transmission data. The generated position information transmission data is subjected to necessary processing such as encoding by the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, modulated by the radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301 ′, and transmitted from the antenna 341 ′ to the mobile phone base station 700 ′ ( It is sent out to the other party's registered base station) (step S505).

  In the above description, the position information data is acquired by the GPS receiving means 323 ′ that receives radio waves from a plurality of GPS satellites and measures the position, but is received from a plurality of base stations 700 ′,. It is also possible to use a configuration in which positioning is performed using radio waves, or other communication means is provided to obtain position information from the outside. Further, in the above description, the GPS receiving means 323 ′ itself has been described as being integrally provided in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 ′. However, the GPS receiving means 323 ′ is a TV receiver-integrated mobile phone. It may be provided separately from the telephone device 105 ′. In this case, for example, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 ′ receives the position information data transmitted from the GPS receiver 323 ′ using a short-range wireless technology such as infrared communication or Bluetooth communication, and the position information data To get.

  In the mobile phone unit 300 of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105, communication radio waves transmitted from the mobile phone base station 700 are received by the antenna 341, and processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction is performed by the radio transmission / reception circuit 301. Is supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331.

  In the control unit / signal processing unit 331, processing such as decoding of communication data is performed, and when the decoded communication data is position information transmission data from the other party, it is supplied to the position information data receiving unit 325.

  When the location information data receiving means 325 receives the location information transmission data, the location information data of the other party included in the location information transmission data is transmitted to the nonvolatile memory 332 of the mobile phone unit 300 via the control unit / signal processing unit 331. Alternatively, it is recorded in the RAM 333 (step S506).

  The control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the TV receiver unit 200 receives the provision of the recorded position information data via the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300, and sends it to the tuner preset data acquisition unit 208. Supply.

  The tuner preset data acquisition unit 208 obtains tuner preset data corresponding to the supplied region code. This tuner preset data is channel information of each broadcast wave that can be received in the area including the location indicated by the position information data, and is pre-corresponding to each area, for example, from the area including the location. Corresponding tuner preset data can be easily obtained.

  When the tuner preset data acquisition unit 208 acquires channel information of all broadcast waves that can be received at the location of the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 ′, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 Based on the channel information acquired by the tuner preset data acquisition unit 208, the same station identification unit 206 identifies the affiliated station of the broadcasting station that is broadcasting the television program currently being viewed on the user side.

  For example, the affiliated station specifying unit 206 is acquired by the channel selection information acquiring unit 202 in the above-described step S501 and recorded in the channel selection information storage unit 203. The broadcast station data included in the channel information acquired by the tuner preset data acquisition unit 208 is compared, and the current channel information of the broadcast wave that can be received by the other party of the call acquired by the tuner preset data acquisition unit 208 is currently displayed by the user. The affiliated station of the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program being viewed is specified (step S507).

  The control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 receives the channel information of the affiliated station specified by the affiliated station specifying means 206 and the channel selection information of the TV program currently being viewed by the user. It is provided via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the machine unit 200.

  Here, as the channel selection information of the TV program currently being viewed by the user, for example, “network_id” (network identification) and TS for identifying the network included in the PSI information of the packet data of the broadcast wave are included. “Transport_stream_id” (transport stream identification) for identification and “service_id” (service identification) for identifying a channel (service) may be used.

  When the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 is provided with the channel information of the affiliated station and the channel selection information channel selection information of the TV program currently being viewed by the user, the channel information is transmitted. Supply to means 303.

  Based on these information, the channel selection information sending means 303 generates channel selection information transmission data to the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 ', and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 generates this data. The channel selection information transmission data is subjected to processing such as encoding, modulated by the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301 and transmitted from the antenna 341 toward the mobile phone base station 700 (step S508).

  On the other hand, in the mobile phone unit 300 ′ of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 ′ on the other party side, a communication radio wave transmitted from the mobile phone base station 700 ′ is received by the antenna 341 ′, and a radio transmission / reception circuit is provided. In 301 ′, necessary processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction is performed and supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′.

  In the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, the received data is decoded, and the decoded received data is supplied to the channel selection information receiving unit 302 ′, and the selection including the channel information specified as the affiliated station by the user side is performed. Station information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) is received. The channel selection information including the channel information of the affiliated station received by the channel selection information receiving means 302 ′ is transmitted by the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ to the television receiver unit 200. It is recorded in 'nonvolatile memory 232' or RAM 233 '(step S509).

  The control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ reads channel information specified as the same affiliated station by the user recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or RAM 233 ′, and selects channel selection information. The tuner / demodulator 201 ′ is set by 204 ′ (step S510).

  In this case, for example, the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′ adjusts the tuner / demodulation unit 201 ′ to receive, for example, broadcast waves of channel information specified as the same affiliate station by the user from the lowest frequency, For each received broadcast channel, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ selects the channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”) from the read user side in the PSI information included in the multiplexed data. , And “service_id”), the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ sequentially confirms (step S511).

  In this confirmation, for example, in the broadcast area corresponding to the position information of the other party obtained by the user in step S506, the PSI information of the broadcast channel of the same affiliated station that can be received set by the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′ is included. When there is channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) from the user side, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ receives a television program corresponding to the channel selection information on the television. The content is displayed on the machine display unit 242 ′, and the same television program as that on the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 can be viewed (step S512).

  As a result, the same television program as the television program being viewed on the user side is displayed on the television receiver display unit 242 ′, and the viewing of the same television program as that on the user side can be started on the other party.

  On the other hand, in this confirmation, for example, in the broadcast area corresponding to the position information of the other party obtained by the user in step S506, the PSI information of the broadcast channel of the same affiliated station set by the channel selection information setting means 14 can be received. When there is no channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) from the user side, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ displays the television receiver display. In the section 242 ′, a message indicating that the designated program cannot be viewed is displayed on the screen, for example, “The program designated by Mr. *** (****) cannot be received” (step S513).

  Instead of displaying the message, an icon may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 51 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′, or a message or the like may be played by voice from the microphone / speaker 343 ′. Further, the color of the screen specific portion of the mobile phone display unit 342 'may be changed, the LED may be turned on, or the flushing may be performed. Furthermore, by activating the vibration means and sounding means for notifying the incoming call, which are not shown in FIG. 6, the call partner who is the carrier of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 ′ is explicitly notified. May be.

  Further, the above confirmation result by the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ is a step in the case of the above-described television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 and 101 ′ of the first embodiment. In the same manner as in S109, S110, and S111, is it possible to view the TV program being watched by the user from the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 ′ to the user's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105? The confirmation result of whether or not is notified (step S514). Then, the user's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 that has received the notification of the confirmation result notifies the user of the confirmation result using the television receiver display unit 242 or the like (step S515), and communication mode switching means. 309 is switched from the data communication mode to the call mode, and the television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 105 and 105 ′ on the user side and the call partner side are automatically restored from the communication mode to the call mode. The telephone call can be resumed (step S516).

  As described above, according to the program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 of the present embodiment, even if the other party is in an area where the broadcast wave received by the user cannot be received. Broadcast that broadcasts the TV program that the user is viewing to the other party by identifying the broadcast wave of the affiliated station that the other party can receive based on the location information data of the other party It is possible to easily set a television program that the user is viewing by selecting a wave and a broadcast wave of the same affiliated station.

  Furthermore, the call partner can confirm whether or not the program designated by the user can be viewed, and by notifying the user, the user can also confirm whether or not the other party can view the program.

<Sixth embodiment>
Next, a program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 of this embodiment is different from that of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 shown in FIG. Although the control configuration of each unit by the signal processing units 231 and 331 is different, the individual configuration of each unit of the device is the same as or similar to that of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 shown in FIG. The description is omitted.

  Therefore, a program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As in the case of the fifth embodiment, the program information transmission configuration of the present embodiment is an incoming call or a call when a user is watching a television program on the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106. When a telephone call is made with a specific partner based on the other party, the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 'broadcasts the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program being watched by the user and the affiliated station. A situation where a wave is selected is assumed.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a program information transmission configuration in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to the present embodiment.

  In the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 on the user side, that is, the program information transmission side, when a telephone call is being made by the mobile phone unit 300 while the TV receiver unit 200 is watching a television broadcast, The channel selection information acquisition unit 202 of the unit 200 acquires channel selection information of a broadcast wave that is broadcasting the currently viewed television program (step S601). The acquired channel selection information is recorded in the channel selection information storage means 203.

  Here, the channel selection information includes, for example, “network_id” (network identification) for identifying the network, “transport_stream_id” (transport stream identification) for identifying the TS, among the aforementioned PSI information, “Service_id” (service identification) for identifying a channel (service) may be used.

  Further, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 receives GPS radio waves from a plurality of GPS satellites to determine the position of the GPS receiving unit 323. The position information data of the current location is acquired, and the position information data acquired by the GPS receiving unit 323 is recorded in the position information data storage unit 324 (step S602). In the present embodiment, the position information data is acquired by the GPS receiving means 323. However, the position information data is obtained from the outside through the communication means, by using the received radio waves from a plurality of base stations. It is good also as composition to do.

  On the other hand, when the user wants to select the broadcast wave of the same affiliated station and the broadcast wave that is broadcasting the TV program that he / she is watching, the mobile phone unit 106 of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 is selected. The communication mode switching means 309 of the telephone unit 300 is switched from the call mode to the data communication mode (step S603). This switching is performed, for example, by the user performing a predetermined operation on the operation unit 344 of the mobile phone unit 300 during a call on the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106. As a result, in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106, the communication mode switching means 309 switches the control unit / signal processing unit 331 from the call mode to the data communication mode, and the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone. A data communication mode is established with the device 106 ′.

  Then, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106, when the data communication mode with the other party is established, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 The channel selection information recorded in the channel selection information storage unit 203 of the television receiver unit 200 is provided via the control unit / signal processing unit 231, and this channel selection information is supplied to the channel selection information transmission unit 303. Based on this channel selection information, the channel selection information transmission means 303 generates channel selection information transmission data to the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 '.

  Similarly, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106, when the data communication mode with the other party is established, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 stores the location information data. The position information data recorded in the means 324 is read, and this position information data is supplied to the position information data sending means 326. Based on this position information data, the position information data sending means 326 generates position information sending data to the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 '.

  The control unit / signal processing unit 331 performs necessary processing such as encoding on the generated channel selection information transmission data and registered base station transmission data, and then supplies them to the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301. The channel selection information transmission data and registered base station transmission data subjected to this necessary processing are modulated by the radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301, and communication radio waves including the channel selection information transmission data and registration base station transmission data are carried from the antenna 341. It is transmitted toward the telephone base station 700 (corresponding to the registered base station on the user side) (step S604).

  With the configuration described above, this embodiment is different from the case of the fifth embodiment described above in that the location information data of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 is transmitted to the partner-side television receiver. Supplied to the integrated mobile phone device 106 '.

  Similarly, in the mobile phone unit 300 ′ of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 ′ in which the data communication mode has been established with the user side, the mobile phone base station 700 ′ (registered base station on the call partner side) Communication radio waves transmitted from the radio communication circuit 301 ′ are subjected to necessary processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction, and supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′. .

  The control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ performs processing such as decoding of received data, and the decoded communication data is supplied to the channel selection information receiving unit 302 ′ and the position information data receiving unit 325 ′ and transmitted from the user side. The received channel selection information transmission data and position information transmission data are received.

When the channel selection information transmission data is received, the channel selection information receiving unit 302 ′ extracts the channel selection information included in the channel selection information transmission data, and the channel selection information is received by the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′. The data is recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′. In addition, when the position information data receiving unit 325 ′ receives the position information transmission data, the position information data is similarly received by the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ by the nonvolatile memory 332 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′. Alternatively, it is recorded in the RAM 333 ′ (step S605).

  Then, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ is recorded in the nonvolatile memory 332 ′ or the RAM 333 ′ via the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′. The position information data of the TV receiver integrated mobile phone device 106 on the side is read and supplied to the tuner preset data acquisition means 208 ′.

  The tuner preset data acquisition unit 208 'obtains tuner preset data corresponding to the supplied position information data. In this case, the acquired tuner preset data is channel information of each broadcast wave that can be received in the broadcast area including the location of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106, and the user-side television reception data is received. This is preset in the tuner / demodulation unit 201 of the portable telephone device 106. For example, the tuner preset data is preliminarily created in a database corresponding to each broadcasting region, and tuner preset data for the corresponding broadcasting region can be easily obtained from the position information data.

  When the tuner preset data acquisition unit 208 ′ acquires the channel information of all broadcast waves that can be received at the location of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′. Causes the affiliated station identification means 206 ′ to identify the affiliated station on the local station side (in this case, the other party side).

  The affiliated station specifying unit 206 ′ is configured to obtain all the broadcast waves that can be received by the own station side, that is, the own station side with respect to the channel information of all the broadcast waves that can be received by the user and acquired by the tuner preset data acquiring unit 208 ′. The same station is identified from the tuner preset data. The channel information of the broadcast wave that can be received on the user side and the broadcast wave that can be currently received on the other party side of the affiliated station specified by the affiliated station specifying means 206 ′ is sent via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′. Then, it is recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ (step S606).

  The control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ selects channel selection information (“network_id” of the television program currently being viewed on the user side recorded in the non-volatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ in step S 605 described above. ”,“ Transport_stream_id ”, and“ service_id ”), and the local station (in this case, the other party in the broadcast wave that can be currently received by the user recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or RAM 233 ′ in step S606 above) The channel information of the same affiliated station that can be received at the side) is read out, and the tuner / demodulator 201 ′ is set by the channel selection information setting means 204 ′ (step S607). In this case, for example, the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′ adjusts the tuner / demodulation unit 201 ′, for example, based on the channel information of the same affiliated station that can be received by the other party in the order from the lowest frequency. The broadcast wave of the station is sequentially received, and in the PSI information included in the multiplexed data of the received broadcast channel, the channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id” from the read user side) is included. ")" Is performed by the control unit / signal processing unit 231 'sequentially confirming whether or not there is (step S608).

  In this confirmation, channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) from the user side is included in the PSI information of the broadcasting channel of the affiliated station set by the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′. If there is, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ displays the TV program corresponding to the channel selection information on the TV receiver display unit 242 ′, and the same TV as the TV receiver integrated mobile phone device 106 on the user side. The program is made viewable (step S609).

  As a result, the same TV program as the TV program being viewed on the user side is displayed on the TV receiver display unit 242 ′, and the same TV program as that on the user side is displayed on the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 ′ on the other party side. You can start watching the program.

  On the other hand, in this confirmation, the channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) from the user side is included in the PSI information of the broadcasting channel of the affiliated station set by the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′. ), The control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ indicates that the designated program cannot be viewed on the television receiver display unit 242 ′. A message such as “cannot receive program specified by (**)” is displayed on the screen (step S610).

  Instead of displaying the message, an icon may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 51 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′, or a message or the like may be played by voice from the microphone / speaker 343 ′. Further, the color of the screen specific portion of the mobile phone display unit 342 'may be changed, the LED may be turned on, or the flushing may be performed. Furthermore, by activating the vibration means and sounding means for notifying the incoming call, which are not shown in FIG. 6, the call partner who is the carrier of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 ′ is explicitly notified. May be.

  Further, the above confirmation result by the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ is a step in the case of the above-described television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 and 101 ′ of the first embodiment. In the same manner as in S109, S110, and S111, is it possible to view the TV program that the user is watching from the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 'to the user's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106? A confirmation result of whether or not is notified (step S611). Then, the user's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 that has received the notification of the confirmation result notifies the user of the confirmation result using the television receiver display unit 242 or the like (step S612), and communication mode switching means. 309 is switched from the data communication mode to the call mode, and the television receiver integrated mobile phone devices 106 and 106 'on the user side and the call partner side are automatically restored from the communication mode to the call mode. The telephone call can be resumed (step S613).

  According to the sixth embodiment, even when the call partner is in an area where the broadcast wave received by the user cannot be received, the user's location information data is transmitted to the call partner so that the call partner can receive the broadcast wave. By specifying the same affiliate station of the broadcast wave received by the user from the user, it is possible to make the other party select the broadcast wave of the user affiliated with the broadcast wave being viewed by the user.

  Furthermore, the call partner can confirm whether or not the program designated by the user can be viewed, and by notifying the user, the user can also confirm whether or not the other party can view the program.

<Seventh embodiment>
Next, a program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107 according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  Note that the individual configuration of each unit of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107 of the present embodiment is the same as or similar to that of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 shown in FIG. A description thereof will be omitted.

  Therefore, a program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107 according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107 according to the present embodiment, the TV program being watched by the user is broadcast to the partner's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107 ′ specified by the user by mail communication by the user. The program information transmission configuration is such that the broadcast wave of the same affiliated station is selected.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a program information transmission configuration in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to the present embodiment.

  In the TV receiver integrated mobile phone device 107 on the user side, that is, the program information transmission side, while the TV receiver unit 200 is watching a TV broadcast, the channel selection information acquisition unit 202 of the TV receiver unit 200 is currently watching the TV broadcast. The channel selection information of the broadcast wave that is broadcasting the TV program in the middle is acquired (step S701). The acquired channel selection information is recorded in the channel selection information storage means 203.

  Here, the channel selection information includes, for example, “network_id” (network identification) for identifying the network, “transport_stream_id” (transport stream identification) for identifying the TS, among the aforementioned PSI information, “Service_id” (service identification) for identifying a channel (service) may be used.

  Further, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 receives GPS radio waves from a plurality of GPS satellites to determine the position. The position information data of the current location is acquired, and the position information data acquired by the GPS receiving unit 323 is recorded in the position information data storage unit 324 (step S702). In the present embodiment, the position information data is acquired by the GPS receiving means 323. However, the position information data is obtained from the outside through the communication means, by using the received radio waves from a plurality of base stations. It is good also as composition to do.

  Then, when the user wants to select the broadcast wave of the same affiliated station as the broadcast wave that is broadcasting the TV program that he / she is watching as the mail transmission partner, for example, the user's TV receiver integrated mobile phone The operation is performed when the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 344 of the mobile phone unit 300 on the telephone device 107 while viewing the TV program.

  Accordingly, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 receives the television reception via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the television receiver unit 200. Upon receiving provision of channel selection information recorded in the channel selection information storage means 203 of the machine unit 200 and position information data (current data of the mobile phone base station 700) recorded in the position information data storage means 324, this selection is performed. Station information and position information data are supplied to the mail transmission means 320.

  Then, the mail transmission unit 320 creates a channel selection information transmission mail with channel selection information and position information data attached to the mail transmission destination set by the user. In the mail transmission means 320, when creating the channel selection information transmission mail, an input box for the destination mail address is opened, and the user operates the operation unit 344 to send the destination mail address from the mail address book. It is possible to select and enter an e-mail address directly in the input box.

  When the destination mail address is specified in the input box, the channel selection information transmission mail generated by the mail transmission means 320 is supplied to the control / signal processing unit 331 and is transmitted from the antenna 341 via the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301. The channel selection information transmission mail is transmitted to the mobile phone base station 700 and transmitted on the network (step S703).

  On the other hand, in the mobile phone unit 300 ′ of the mobile phone device 107 ′ integrated with the television receiver of the mail transmission partner, the communication radio wave transmitted from the mobile phone base station 700 ′ is received by the antenna 341 ′ and is transmitted by the radio transmission / reception circuit 301 ′. Necessary processes such as detection, demodulation, and error correction are performed and supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′.

  In the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, processing such as decoding of received data is performed, and the decoded communication data is also supplied to the mail receiving unit 319 ′ to receive the mail.

  The mail receiving unit 319 ′ is a channel selection information transmission mail including the channel selection information and the position information data on the user side (transmission source) when the mail received by the operation unit 344 is opened. If the received mail is recognized as a channel selection information transmission mail, the channel selection information transmission received by the channel selection information extraction means 322 ′ is transmitted via the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′. Mail is supplied (step S704).

  The channel selection information extraction unit 322 ′ extracts the location information data on the user side as the email sender and the channel selection information for receiving the program being viewed by the user from the supplied channel information transmission mail. .

The extracted position information data is supplied to the position information data receiving means 325 ′ and recorded in the nonvolatile memory 332 ′ or the RAM 333 ′. Further, the extracted channel selection information 'is supplied to the control unit / signal processor 331' tuning information receiving unit 302 by, through a 'controller / signal processor 231 of the' television receiver unit 200 nonvolatile Is recorded in the memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ (step S705).

  Then, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ reads the position information data of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107 recorded in the nonvolatile memory 332 ′ or the RAM 333 ′, and sends it to the tuner preset data acquisition unit 208 ′. Supply.

  The tuner preset data acquisition unit 208 'obtains tuner preset data corresponding to the supplied position information data. In this case, the acquired tuner preset data is channel information of each broadcast wave that can be received in the broadcast area including the location of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107, and the user-side television reception is received. This is preset in the tuner / demodulation unit 201 of the integrated cellular phone device 107. For example, the tuner preset data is preliminarily created in a database corresponding to each broadcasting region, and tuner preset data for the corresponding broadcasting region can be easily obtained from the position information data.

  When the tuner preset data acquisition unit 208 ′ acquires the channel information of all broadcast waves that can be received at the location of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′. Causes the affiliated station identification means 206 ′ to identify the affiliated station on the local station side (in this case, the other party side).

  The affiliated station specifying unit 206 ′ is configured to obtain all the broadcast waves that can be received by the own station side, that is, the own station side with respect to the channel information of all the broadcast waves that can be received by the user and acquired by the tuner preset data acquiring unit 208 ′. The same station is identified from the tuner preset data. The channel information of the broadcast wave that can be received on the user side and the broadcast wave that can be currently received on the other party side of the affiliated station specified by the affiliated station specifying means 206 ′ is sent via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′. Is recorded in the non-volatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ (step S706).

  The control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ selects the channel selection information (“network_id” of the television program currently being viewed on the user side recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ in step S705 described above. ”,“ Transport_stream_id ”, and“ service_id ”), and the local station in the broadcast wave that is currently receivable on the user side recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or RAM 233 ′ in the above-described step S706 (in this case, the call partner) The channel information of the same affiliated station that can be received is read out, and the tuner / demodulator 201 ′ is set by the channel selection information setting means 204 ′ (step S707). In this case, for example, the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′ adjusts the tuner / demodulation unit 201 ′, for example, based on the channel information of the same affiliated station that can be received by the call partner from the lowest frequency. The broadcast wave of the station is sequentially received, and in the PSI information included in the multiplexed data of the received broadcast channel, the channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id” from the read user side) is included. ") Is performed by the controller / signal processor 231 'sequentially confirming whether or not there is (step S708).

  In this confirmation, channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) from the user side is included in the PSI information of the broadcasting channel of the affiliated station set by the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′. If there is, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ displays the television program corresponding to the channel selection information on the television receiver display unit 242 ′, and the same television as the television receiver integrated mobile phone device 107 on the user side. The program is made viewable (step S709).

  As a result, the same TV program as the TV program being viewed on the user side is displayed on the TV receiver display unit 242 ′, and the same TV program as that on the user side is displayed on the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107 ′ on the other party side. You can start watching the program.

  On the other hand, in this confirmation, the channel selection information (“network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id”) from the user side is included in the PSI information of the broadcasting channel of the affiliated station set by the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′. ), The control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ indicates that the designated program cannot be viewed on the television receiver display unit 242 ′. A message such as “cannot receive program specified by (**)” is displayed on the screen (step S710).

  Instead of this message display, an icon may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 342 'of the mobile phone unit 300', or a message or the like may be played by voice from the microphone / speaker 343 '. Further, the color of the screen specific portion of the mobile phone display unit 342 'may be changed, the LED may be turned on, or the flushing may be performed. Furthermore, by activating the vibration means and sounding means for notifying the incoming call, which are not shown in FIG. 6, the call partner who is the carrier of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107 ′ is explicitly notified. May be.

  According to the seventh embodiment, when a user transmits channel selection information, whether the user specified by the user is in an area where the user can receive the same broadcast wave as the user or not, the user is sent together with the channel selection information. By transmitting its own registered base station data, the other party can determine whether or not the user is in the same broadcast area. If the user is in a different broadcast area, the other party Thus, it is possible to identify broadcast waves of the same series that can be received by the other party, and to select the same station as the broadcast station that the user is viewing on the other side.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the channel selection information is transmitted to the partner specified by the user by sending an email with the channel selection information and the user location information data attached to the email. The telephone call cannot be immediately answered to the telephone call of the user, and the telephone connection between the user's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107 and the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 107 'cannot be established. However, this is easily handled.

  For example, even if the user specified by the user is on the phone with a third party other than the user, the user cannot respond immediately to the phone call from the user. The channel selection information can be transmitted to the other party regardless of the line connection with the integrated mobile phone device 107 ′. Also, the other party could not respond to the phone call from the user due to, for example, termination of the telephone call with a third party, but the user is watching as long as the mail can be received. The same TV program as the TV program can be watched.

  In the present embodiment, the user side television receiver that generates and transmits the channel selection information transmission mail and the television program that the user side receives and receives the channel selection information transmission mail from the user side. Although the TV receivers on the other end of the mail transmission side who watch the TV program have been described as the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 107 and 107 ′ having a telephone (call) function, the user-side TV receiver and mail If the TV receiver on the other end of the transmission side has a communication function capable of sending / receiving mail, it may not have a telephone (call) function, and has a TV reception function and a communication function. It may be a PDA, a mobile PC, or the like.

  Also, in this embodiment, when the channel selection information transmission mail is opened, the TV receiver on the other end of the mail transmission side broadcasts the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program being watched by the user and the broadcast wave of the affiliated station. Although the program information transmission configuration for selecting a channel is selected, when a channel selection information transmission mail is received, the received mail is the channel selection information transmission mail, and is the same series as the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program being viewed by the user A configuration may be provided in which whether or not to start receiving the broadcast wave of the station, that is, the opening of the channel selection information transmission mail is confirmed with the mail transmission partner.

<Eighth Embodiment>
FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of a television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

  In the description of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 of the present embodiment, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. Constituent parts that are the same as or similar to those of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 according to the embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.

  In the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 of this embodiment, the mobile phone unit 300 includes an EPG information receiving means 311 and an EPG information sending means 312 so that EPG (Electric Program Guide) information can be transmitted and received. Yes.

  The television receiver unit 200 includes an EPG information acquisition unit 211, an EPG information storage unit 212, and an EPG information setting unit 213. The EPG information acquisition unit 211 receives EPG information from a terrestrial digital data broadcast or a predetermined site on the Internet. The data is acquired and stored in the EPG information storage unit 212. The EPG information setting means 213 is configured to set the TV program designated by the user and the EPG information of the channel.

  Also, the television receiver unit 200 is provided with viewing reservation means 215, program recording reservation means 216, and program recording means 217, and when the television program designated by the EPG information is to be broadcast later, its viewing is reserved. Or recording reservation and recording.

  Next, in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 of the present embodiment, refer to FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 for the program information transmission configuration when the user transmits the information of the TV program currently being viewed to the other party. The details will be described.

  In the description, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 10 and its components are not used as a television receiver-integrated mobile phone device on the user side, that is, the program information transmitting station side. In the case of functioning as a telephone receiver-integrated mobile phone device on the other party side, that is, on the program information receiving station side, the reference numerals attached to the respective parts in FIG. The case of the program information receiving station side and the case of the program information receiving station side will be described separately.

  In this embodiment, when a user is making a call with a specific party based on an incoming call or a call while viewing a TV program on the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108, the other party The TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 ′ is configured to transmit a program information transmission structure in which a broadcast wave broadcasting a TV program being viewed by the user and a broadcast wave of the same affiliated station are selected.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a program information transmission configuration in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to the present embodiment.

  In the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 on the user side, that is, the program information transmitting station side, the EPG information acquisition unit 211 stores EPG information of all broadcast waves that can be received by the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 at present. It is acquired and recorded in the EPG information storage means 212 (step S801).

  When there is a TV program to be notified to the call partner, the user operates, for example, the operation unit 344 and all receivable broadcast waves recorded in the EPG information storage unit 212 via the control unit / signal processing unit 331. The television program to be notified to the other party is specified (selected) from the EPG information. In the present embodiment, at this specific time, the television program to be notified is designated as a program that is currently being viewed or is scheduled to be broadcast. Then, the EPG information of the television program specified as described above is recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 or the RAM 233 of the television receiver unit 200 via the control unit / signal processing unit 331 (step S802).

  The specific operation of the television program to be notified to the call partner is not only performed during the call, but can be performed in advance before calling the call partner. In this case, after the user performs a specific operation of a television program to be notified to the call partner, the user makes a call to the call partner and starts a call with the other party.

  In addition, when the user wants the other party to select a TV program designated by the user during a call, the communication mode switching means 309 of the mobile phone unit 300 of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 is selected. Is switched from the call mode to the data communication mode (step S803). This switching is performed, for example, when the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 344 of the mobile phone unit 300 on the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108.

  As a result, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108, the communication mode switching means 309 of the mobile phone unit 300 is switched to the data communication mode, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 also performs data communication from the call mode. The mode is switched to establish a data communication mode with the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 'on the other party side.

  Then, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108, when the data communication mode with the other party is established, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 causes the television receiver unit 200 to The TV program specified by the user is provided via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 and provided with the EPG information of the TV program specified by the user recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 or the RAM 233 of the TV receiver unit 200. Is supplied to the EPG information sending means 312.

  Here, the program EPG information is data that can specify a program such as a program title, broadcast date and time, broadcast content, etc. included in SI (Service Information, program arrangement information) information included in data multiplexed in the MPEG2 system, for example. is there.

  The EPG information sending means 312 generates program EPG information sending data to the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 ′ on the other end of the call based on the supplied program EPG information of the TV program.

  The control unit / signal processing unit 331 performs necessary processing such as encoding on the generated program EPG information transmission data, and then supplies it to the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301. The program EPG information transmission data subjected to this necessary processing is modulated by the radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301 and transmitted from the antenna 341 toward the mobile phone base station 700 (corresponding to the registered base station on the user side) ( Step S804).

  Similarly, in the mobile phone unit 300 ′ of the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 ′ in which the data communication mode has been established with the user side, the mobile phone base station 700 ′ (registered base station on the other party side) Communication radio waves transmitted from the radio communication circuit 301 ′ are subjected to necessary processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction, and supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′. .

  In the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, processing such as decoding of received data is performed, and the decoded communication data is supplied to the EPG information receiving unit 311 ′, and the program EPG designated by the user sent from the user side. Information transmission data is received.

When the EPG information receiving means 311 ′ receives the program EPG information transmission data, the EPG information receiving means 311 ′ extracts the EPG information of the designated program included in the program EPG information transmission data, and the EPG information of the designated program is controlled. ', the television receiver 200' parts / signal processing unit 331 is recorded on or RAM 233 '' nonvolatile memory 232 via the 'controller / signal processor 231 of the (step S805).

  When the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ obtains EPG information of the program designated by the user, the EPG information obtaining unit 211 ′ currently uses the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108. The EPG information of all broadcast waves that can be received by '(except for the part already broadcasted) is acquired and recorded in the EPG information storage means 212' (step S806).

  Next, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ causes the program specifying unit 207 ′ to specify the program specified by the user side on the local station side (in this case, the other party side). .

  The program specifying unit 207 ′ is, for example, a program specified by the user that is received by the EPG information receiving unit 311 ′ in step S805 described above and recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′. TV receiver which is acquired by the EPG information acquisition means 211 ′ based on the EPG information (data that can specify the program title, broadcast date and time, broadcast content, etc.) and stored in the EPG information storage means 212 ′ The EPG information of all broadcast waves that can be received by the integrated mobile phone device 108 'is inquired, and it is confirmed whether or not the program designated by the user is included in all the broadcast waves that can be received by the other party. (Steps S807 and S808). At the time of this confirmation, if the program designated by the user is among all the broadcast wave programs that can be received by the other party, the EPG of the corresponding program that can be received by the other party for the program designated by the user Information (data that can specify a program such as a program title, broadcast date / time, and broadcast content) is recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or RAM 233 ′ by the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′.

  Based on the confirmation result by the program specifying means 207 ′, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ determines that the TV program designated by the user is in a program that can be received by the call partner. Determines whether or not viewing is currently possible (steps S809 and S810). In this case, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ reads the EPG information of the corresponding program recorded in the non-volatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ and determines whether the specified corresponding program is currently being broadcast or scheduled to be broadcast in the future. It is judged whether it is a program.

  In the present embodiment, the determination as to whether the program is currently being broadcast or is scheduled to be broadcast in the future is based on, for example, the existing setting contents of the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′ or the EPG information setting unit 213 ′. Current time information included in TOT (Time Offset Table) information in SI (Service Information, program arrangement information) information of the current broadcast wave received by the tuner / demodulator 201 ′ via the antenna 241 ′, and identification Judgment is made by comparing the broadcast date and time information of the programs included in the EPG information of the corresponding program.

  As a result, when it is determined that the identified corresponding program is currently being broadcast, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ converts the EPG information of the identified corresponding program into EPG information. Based on the EPG information of the corresponding program set in the EPG information setting unit 213 ′, the tuner / demodulator 201 ′ is operated to supply the specified corresponding program to the TV receiver display unit 242. The TV program designated by the user and made available for viewing (step S811).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the identified corresponding program is a program scheduled to be broadcast in the future, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ performs the EPG of the identified corresponding program. The information is supplied to the viewing reservation unit 215 ′ or the program recording reservation unit 216 ′, and the viewing reservation or program recording reservation at the broadcast date and time of the program is set (step S812).

  Here, the viewing reservation unit 215 ′ and the program recording reservation unit 216 ′ will be described. The viewing reservation unit 215 ′ is based on the set EPG information of the program, for example, when the broadcast date / time is reached, for example, the control unit / signal Forgetting to watch the set program such as displaying it on the television receiver display unit 242 ′ by the processing unit 231 ′, receiving the set program and displaying it on the television receiver display unit 242 ′, etc. To prevent this. Further, based on the set EPG information of the program, the program recording reservation unit 216 ′, for example, turns on the power and controls the program recording unit 217 ′ by the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′, for example, when the broadcast date / time comes. Then, the set program is automatically recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the like.

  Note that the place and device for reservation for viewing and recording are not limited to the television receiver display unit 242 ′ and the non-volatile memory 232 ′ in the cellular phone device 108 ′ integrated with the television receiver, and further, the cellular phone unit 200 ′. The video / audio data of the set program is transmitted to another TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 "or another device using the recorded program receiving means 317 'and the recorded program sending means 318' provided in However, it is also possible to view and record with another television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 "or another device.

  In this case, the selection of another device is performed on the television receiver display unit 242 ′ or the cellular phone display unit 342 ′ when it is determined that the program is scheduled to be broadcast in the future in the above-described steps S809 and S810 or at the broadcast date and time. This is done by displaying a plurality of video / audio data destinations recorded in the non-volatile memory 232 ′ or 332 ′ which are set in advance and selecting a desired destination by operating the operation unit 344 ′. In addition, a desired destination is set in advance in the non-volatile memory 232 ′ or 332 ′ in advance regardless of the above-mentioned determination or the broadcast date and time, and the set device is automatically set. It is also possible to send program video / audio data.

  The recording destination of the EPG information of the specified corresponding program to be reserved for viewing or recording, and the recording destination of the video / audio data that is reserved for recording and recorded by the program recording means 217 ′ are stored in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233. However, the present invention is not limited to ', and a recording medium such as a memory card that can be removed from the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 "because of miniaturization and convenience may be used.

  For sending video / audio data by the recorded program receiving means 317 ′ and the recorded program sending means 318 ′, a mail or other communication means (for example, wireless communication means such as infrared communication or Bluetooth communication) is provided separately. It is also possible to transmit to an external device such as a video recorder, a home server, a personal computer, a network-compatible television, and view or record a corresponding program specified by the external device.

  As a result, the program designated by the user on the call partner side is automatically selected and can be viewed.

  On the other hand, when there is no corresponding program of the program specified by the user in the above-described steps S807 and S808, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ displays the television receiver display unit 242 ′. In addition, a message indicating that the designated program cannot be viewed, for example, “The program designated by Mr. *** (****) cannot be received” is displayed on the screen (step S813).

  Instead of displaying the message, an icon may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 51 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′, or a message or the like may be played by voice from the microphone / speaker 343 ′. Further, the color of the screen specific portion of the mobile phone display unit 342 'may be changed, the LED may be turned on, or the flushing may be performed. Furthermore, by activating the vibration means and sounding means for notifying the incoming call, which are not shown in FIG. 10, the call partner who is the carrier of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device ′ is explicitly notified. May be.

  Further, the above confirmation result by the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ is a step in the case of the above-described television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 and 101 ′ of the first embodiment. In the same manner as S109, S110, and S111, is it possible to view the TV program being watched by the user from the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 'to the user's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108? A confirmation result of whether or not is notified (step S814). The user's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 that has received the notification of the confirmation result notifies the user of the confirmation result using the television receiver display unit 242 or the like (step S815), and communication mode switching means. 309 is switched from the data communication mode to the call mode, and the television receiver integrated mobile phone devices 108 and 108 'on the user side and the call partner side are automatically restored from the communication mode to the call mode. The telephone call can be resumed (step S816).

  According to the eighth embodiment, the other party transmits the EPG information of the TV program designated by the user to the other party, and is transmitted from the EPG information of all the broadcast waves that can be received by the other party. By specifying the corresponding program specified based on the EPG information of the specified TV program, the TV program specified by the user can be automatically selected by the other party.

  Furthermore, the call partner can confirm whether or not the program designated by the user can be viewed, and by notifying the user, the user can also confirm whether or not the other party can view the program.

<Ninth embodiment>
Next, a program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 in this embodiment is different from that of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 shown in FIG. Although the control configuration of each unit by the signal processing units 231 and 331 is different, the individual configuration of each unit of the device is the same as or similar to the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 shown in FIG. The description is omitted.

  Therefore, a program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 12. FIG.

  As in the case of the eighth embodiment, the program information transmission configuration of this embodiment is an incoming call or a call when a user is watching a TV program on the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109. When a telephone call is made with a specific partner based on the other party, the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 'broadcasts the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program being viewed by the user and the affiliated station. A situation where a wave is selected is assumed.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a program information transmission configuration in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to the present embodiment.

  When the user wants to select the broadcast wave of the same affiliated station and the broadcast wave that is broadcasting the TV program that he / she is watching on the other end of the call, the user can select the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 during the call. The communication mode switching means 309 of the mobile phone unit 300 is switched from the call mode to the data communication mode (step S901). This switching is performed, for example, when the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 344 of the mobile phone unit 300 on the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109.

  As a result, in the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109, the communication mode switching means 309 of the mobile phone unit 300 is switched to the data communication mode, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 also performs data communication from the call mode. The mode is switched to establish the data communication mode with the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 ′ on the other party side.

Then, in the mobile phone device 109 integrated with the television receiver on the user side, when the data communication mode with the other party is established, in the present embodiment, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300. Is necessary to generate a transmission request for EPG information of all broadcast waves that can be currently received by the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 on the other end of the call, and to encode the transmission request for the generated other-side EPG information. After performing the processing, the radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301 modulates the communication radio wave including the transmission request for the other party EPG information from the antenna 341 toward the mobile phone base station 700 (corresponding to the registered base station on the user side). It is sent out (step S902).

  Here, the EPG information is data that can specify a program, such as a program title, broadcast date and time, and broadcast content, included in the above-described SI (Service Information, program arrangement information) information, for example.

On the other hand, in the mobile phone unit 300 ′ of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 ′ on the other end of the call side in which the data communication mode is established with the user side, the mobile phone base station 700 ′ (the other side The communication radio wave transmitted from the registered base station) is received by the antenna 341 ′, and necessary processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction is performed by the radio transmission / reception circuit 301 ′, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′. To be supplied.

  In the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, processing such as decoding of communication data is performed, and the decoded communication data is a transmission request for EPG information of all broadcast waves currently receivable from the user who is a call partner. Causes the EPG information sending means 312 ′ to generate EPG information sending data described later.

  At that time, in the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 ′ on the other party side, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′ is replaced with the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the TV receiver unit 200 ′. The EPG information acquisition unit 211 ′ acquires the EPG information of all broadcast waves that can be received by the mobile phone device 109 ′ integrated with the television receiver, and records it in the EPG information storage unit 212 ′ (step S903). .

  The EPG information sending means 312 ′ sends the EPG information sending data to the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 on the user side based on the EPG information of all receivable broadcast waves recorded in the EPG information storing means 212 ′. Then, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ performs processing such as encoding on the generated EPG information transmission data, modulates it by the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301 ′, and transmits it from the antenna 341 ′ to the mobile phone base station 700 ′. It is sent out (step S904).

  On the other hand, the communication radio wave transmitted from the mobile phone base station 700 (corresponding to the registered base station on the user side) also in the mobile phone unit 300 of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 in which the data communication mode is established. Is received by the antenna 341, subjected to necessary processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction by the wireless transmission / reception circuit 301 and supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331.

  The control unit / signal processing unit 331 decodes the received data, and the decoded received data is supplied to the EPG information receiving unit 311, and sends out EPG information including EPG information of all the broadcast waves that can be received by the other party. Data is received.

  In the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109, all the EPG information of the broadcast waves that can be received by the call partner side received by the EPG information receiving means is transmitted by the control unit / signal processing unit 331 to the control unit / signal. The data is recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 or the RAM 233 of the television receiver unit 200 via the processing unit 231 (step S905).

  Then, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the television receiver unit 200 ′ specifies the program specified by the user from the EPG information of all broadcast waves that can be received by the calling party on the program specifying unit 207. Make it.

  For example, when the user selects a program that the user is currently viewing, the program specifying unit 207 sends the EPG information setting unit 213 out of all the EPG information of the broadcast waves that can be received by the user stored in the EPG storage unit 212. Based on the EPG information (data that can specify the program title, broadcast date and time, broadcast content, etc.) of the currently viewed program that is selected for setting and recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 or RAM 233 The EPG information of all broadcast waves that can be received by the other party's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 'recorded in the memory 232 or the RAM 233 is inquired, and the program corresponding to the program that the user is currently viewing is called The program is identified from all the broadcast wave programs that can be received in step S906.

  In the identification, the program identification means 207 includes the EPG information of all broadcast waves that can be received by the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 ′ that is the other party of the telephone call. In this case, the EPG information of the corresponding program is output as the program identification result, and all the broadcast waves that can be received by the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 ′ that is the program currently being watched by the user are received by the user. If it is not included in the EPG information, the fact is output as a program identification result.

  When the program identification unit 207 identifies the program currently being viewed from all broadcast wave programs that can be received by the other party, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the television receiver unit 200 controls the mobile phone unit 300. The program specifying result is supplied to the EPG information sending means 312 via the recording / signal processing unit 331.

  The EPG information sending means 312 is based on the program identification result of the corresponding program that can be received on the other party side corresponding to the program currently being viewed on the user side identified by the program identification means 207, The program identification result transmission data to the integrated mobile phone device 109 ′ is generated, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 performs processing such as encoding on the generated program identification result transmission data, and the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301 The modulated signal is transmitted from the antenna 341 toward the mobile phone base station 700 (step S907).

  The mobile phone unit 300 ′ of the other party's TV receiver integrated mobile phone device 109 ′ receives a communication radio wave transmitted from the mobile phone base station 700 ′ via the antenna unit 341 ′ and the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301 ′. If the received radio wave is related to the program specifying result transmission data transmitted from the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109, it is supplied to the EPG information receiving means 311 ′.

When the EPG information receiving means 311 ′ receives the program identification result transmission data, the EPG information reception means 311 ′ extracts the program identification result included in the program identification result transmission data, and this program identification result is obtained by the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′. Then, it is recorded in the non-volatile memory 232 ′ or RAM 233 ′ via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ (step S908).

  The control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ is based on the program identification result recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or RAM 233 ′. It is determined whether or not the television program specified in (1) can be viewed (step S909).

  Then, based on the determination result, the processing in step S910 and subsequent steps similar to the processing in step S809 and subsequent steps in the above-described eighth embodiment is performed.

  That is, based on this program identification result, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′, when there is program EPG information of the corresponding program that can be received by the other party as the program identification result, It is determined whether or not the corresponding program can be viewed (steps S910 and S911). In this case, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ reads the program EPG information of the corresponding program included in the program specifying result recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′, and the specified corresponding program is currently being broadcast. It is determined whether the program is a program scheduled to be broadcast in the future.

  In the present embodiment, the determination as to whether the program is currently being broadcast or is scheduled to be broadcast in the future is based on, for example, the existing setting contents of the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′ or the EPG information setting unit 213 ′. Current time information included in the TOT information in the SI information of the current broadcast wave received by the tuner / demodulator 201 ′ via the antenna 241 ′ and the program included in the program EPG information of the identified corresponding program Judge by comparing broadcast date and time information.

  As a result, when it is determined that the corresponding program as the program identification result is currently being broadcast, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ displays the program EPG information of the identified corresponding program. Is supplied to the EPG information setting means 213 ′, and the tuner / demodulation unit 201 ′ is operated based on the program EPG information of the corresponding program set in the EPG information setting means 213 ′ to receive the specified corresponding program on the television. It is displayed on the machine display unit 242 ′, and the television program designated by the user can be viewed (step S912).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the corresponding program as the program identification result is a program scheduled to be broadcast in the future, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ determines the identified corresponding program. The program EPG information is supplied to the viewing reservation unit 215 ′ or the program recording reservation unit 216 ′, and the viewing reservation or program recording reservation at the broadcast date and time of the program is set (step S913).

  Here, the viewing reservation unit 215 ′ and the program recording reservation unit 216 ′ will be described. The viewing reservation unit 215 ′ is based on the program EPG information of the set program, for example, when the broadcast date / time is reached, for example, the control unit / The signal processing unit 231 ′ displays the fact on the television receiver display unit 242 ′, receives the set program and displays it on the television receiver display unit 242 ′, etc. Prevent forgetting. Also, the program recording reservation unit 216 ′, based on the program EPG information of the set program, for example, when the broadcast date and time comes, for example, turns on the power, and the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ sets the program recording unit 217 ′. And the set program is automatically recorded in the non-volatile memory 232 ′ or the like.

  Note that the location and device for reservation for viewing and recording are not limited to the television receiver display unit 242 ′ and the non-volatile memory 232 ′ in the cellular phone device 109 ′ integrated with the television receiver, and further, the cellular phone unit 200 ′. The video / audio data of the set program is transmitted to another television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 "or another device using the recorded program receiving means 317 'and the recorded program sending means 318' provided in However, it is also possible to view and record with another television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 ″ or another device.

  In this case, the selection of another device is performed by, for example, the television receiver display unit 242 ′ or the mobile phone display unit 342 when it is determined that the program is scheduled to be broadcast in the future in the above-described steps S910 and S911, 'Indicates a plurality of destinations of video / audio data set in advance and recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232' or 332 ', and a desired destination is selected by operating the operation unit 344'. In addition, regardless of the above determination and the broadcast date and time, a desired transmission destination is set in advance in the non-volatile memory 232 ′ or 332 ′, and the set device is set in advance. It is also possible to automatically send video / audio data of a program.

  The recording destination of the EPG information of the specified corresponding program to be reserved for viewing or recording, and the recording destination of the video / audio data that is reserved for recording and recorded by the program recording means 217 ′ are stored in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233. However, the present invention is not limited to the above, and a recording medium such as a memory card that can be removed from the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 ″ because of miniaturization and convenience may be used.

  For sending video / audio data by the recorded program receiving means 317 ′ and the recorded program sending means 318 ′, a mail or other communication means (for example, wireless communication means such as infrared communication or Bluetooth communication) is provided separately. It is also possible to transmit to an external device such as a video recorder, a home server, a personal computer, a network-compatible television, and view or record a corresponding program specified by the external device.

  As a result, the program designated by the user on the call partner side is automatically selected and can be viewed.

  On the other hand, when there is no corresponding program of the program specified by the user in the above-described steps S910 and S911, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ displays the television receiver display unit 242 ′. In addition, a message indicating that the designated program cannot be viewed, for example, “The program designated by Mr. *** (****) cannot be received” is displayed on the screen (step S914).

Instead of displaying the message, an icon may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 51 ′ of the mobile phone unit 300 ′, or a message or the like may be played by voice from the microphone / speaker 343 ′. Further, the color of the screen specific portion of the mobile phone display unit 342 'may be changed, the LED may be turned on, or the flushing may be performed. Further, by activating the vibration means and sounding means for notifying the incoming call, which are not shown in FIG. 10, the call partner who is the carrier of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 ′ is explicitly notified. May be.

  Further, the above confirmation result by the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ is a step in the case of the above-described television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 and 101 ′ of the first embodiment. In the same manner as in S109, S110, and S111, is it possible to view the TV program being viewed by the user from the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 'to the user's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109? The confirmation result of whether or not is notified (step S915). The user's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 109 that has received the notification of the confirmation result notifies the user of the confirmation result using the television receiver display unit 242 or the like (step S916), and communication mode switching means. 309 is switched from the data communication mode to the call mode, and the television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 109 and 109 'on the user side and the call partner side are automatically restored from the communication mode to the call mode. The telephone call can be resumed (step S917).

  According to the present embodiment, even when the calling party is in a broadcasting area where the user cannot receive the broadcast wave received by the user, the user receives EPG information of the broadcasting area that the calling party can receive from the calling party. The EPG information of the program corresponding to the television program being viewed on the user side can be specified from the EPG information provided by the other party.

  In addition, even when the specified corresponding program is not currently broadcast and is scheduled to be broadcast in the future, it is possible to make a viewing reservation or a recording reservation and view the program later.

<Tenth Embodiment>
Next, a program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110 according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The configuration of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110 according to the present embodiment is different from that of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 shown in FIG. Although the control configuration of each unit by the signal processing units 231 and 331 is different, the individual configuration of each unit of the device is the same as or similar to the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 shown in FIG. The description is omitted.

  Therefore, the program information transmission configuration of the television receiver-integrated portable telephone device 109 according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The program information transmission configuration of the present embodiment is a broadcast wave in which a user is watching a TV program and is broadcasting a TV program that the user is currently watching or is about to watch to a specific partner. It is assumed that the broadcast wave of the affiliated station is selected.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a program information transmission configuration in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to the present embodiment.

  In the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110 on the user side, that is, the program information transmitting station side, the EPG information acquisition unit 211 stores all EPG information of all broadcast waves that can be received by the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110 at present. It is acquired and recorded in the EPG information storage means 212 (step S1001).

  When there is a TV program to be notified to the call partner, the user operates, for example, the operation unit 344 and all receivable broadcast waves recorded in the EPG information storage unit 212 via the control unit / signal processing unit 331. The TV program to be notified to the other party is specified (selected) from the EPG information (step S1002). In the present embodiment, at this specific time, the television program to be notified is designated as a program that is currently being viewed or is scheduled to be broadcast. The EPG information of the television program specified in this way is recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 or the RAM 233 of the television receiver unit 200 via the control unit / signal processing unit 331.

  In the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300 is connected to the television receiver unit 200 via the control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the television receiver unit 200. The EPG information of the specified television program recorded in the non-volatile memory 232 or RAM 233 is provided, and this EPG information is supplied to the mail transmission means 320. The mail transmission means 320 creates a program EPG information transmission mail including the EPG information of the specified television program to the mail transmission destination set by the user. In the mail transmission means 320, when the program EPG information transmission mail is created, an input box for the destination mail address is opened, and the user operates the operation unit 344 to send the destination mail address from the mail address book. It is possible to select and enter an e-mail address directly in the input box. When the destination mail address is specified in the input box, the program EPG information transmission mail generated by the mail transmission means 320 is supplied to the control / signal processing unit 331 and is transmitted from the antenna 341 via the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301. The program EPG information transmission mail is transmitted to the mobile phone base station 700 and transmitted over the network (step S1003).

  The creation of the program EPG information transmission mail may be performed during a call, or may be made before calling and then the other party may be called.

  On the other hand, in the mobile phone unit 300 ′ of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110 ′ that is the mail transmission partner, the communication radio wave transmitted from the mobile phone base station 700 ′ is received by the antenna 341 ′ and is transmitted by the radio transmission / reception circuit 301 ′. Necessary processes such as detection, demodulation, and error correction are performed and supplied to the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′.

  In the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, processing such as decoding of received data is performed, and the decoded communication data is also supplied to the mail receiving unit 319 ′ to receive mail (step S 1004).

  The mail receiving means 319 ′ checks whether the received mail is a program EPG information transmission mail including the EPG information of the specified television program when the mail received by the operation unit 344 is opened. When the received mail is recognized as the program EPG information transmission mail, the received program EPG information transmission mail is supplied to the channel selection information extracting means 322 ′ via the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′.

The channel selection information extraction unit 322 ′ extracts the program EPG information of the television program specified on the user side from the supplied program EPG information transmission mail. The extracted program EPG information of the specified television program is supplied to the EPG information receiving means 311 ′, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ causes the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ to be used. Via the non-volatile memory 232 ′ or RAM 233 ′ (step S1005).

  On the other hand, in the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110 ′ on the other party side, when the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the TV receiver unit 200 ′ acquires the EPG information of the program specified by the user, the EPG The information acquisition unit 211 ′ acquires all the EPG information of broadcast waves that can be received by the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110 ′ (excluding the part already broadcasted), and stores the EPG information storage unit 212. 'Is recorded (step S1006).

  Next, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ causes the program specifying unit 207 ′ to specify the program specified by the user side on the local station side (in this case, the partner side).

  The program specifying unit 207 ′ is, for example, a program specified by the user that is received by the EPG information receiving unit 311 ′ in step S805 described above and recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′. TV EPG information acquired by the EPG information acquisition means 211 ′ based on the program EPG information (data that can specify the program title, broadcast date and time, broadcast content, etc.) and stored in the EPG information storage means 212 ′ Inquires about the EPG information of all broadcast waves that can be received by the integrated cellular phone device 110 ', and confirms whether the program specified by the user is among all the broadcast waves that can be received by the other party. (Steps S1007 and S1008). As a result of the confirmation, if the program specified by the user is among all the broadcast wave programs that can be received by the other party, the corresponding program that can be received by the other party for the program specified by the user EPG information (data that can specify a program such as a program title, broadcast date / time, and broadcast content) is recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or RAM 233 ′ by the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′.

  Based on the confirmation result by the program specifying means 207 ′, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ determines that the TV program designated by the user is in a program that can be received by the call partner. Determines whether or not viewing is currently possible (steps S1009 and S1010). In this case, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ reads the program EPG information of the corresponding program recorded in the non-volatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 ′ and determines whether the specified corresponding program is a currently broadcast program or a future broadcast. Determine if it is a scheduled program.

  In the present embodiment, the determination as to whether the program is currently being broadcast or is scheduled to be broadcast in the future is based on, for example, the existing setting contents of the channel selection information setting unit 204 ′ or the EPG information setting unit 213 ′. Current time information included in the TOT information in the SI information of the current broadcast wave received by the tuner / demodulator 201 ′ via the antenna 241 ′ and the program included in the program EPG information of the identified corresponding program Judge by comparing broadcast date and time information.

  As a result, when it is determined that the identified corresponding program is currently being broadcast, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ transmits the program EPG information of the identified corresponding program to the EPG. Based on the program EPG information of the corresponding program set in the EPG information setting unit 213 ′, the tuner / demodulation unit 201 ′ is operated to display the specified corresponding program on the television receiver. The television program displayed on the section 242 ′ and made available for viewing by the user is set in a state where it can be viewed (step S1011).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the identified corresponding program is a program scheduled to be broadcast in the future, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ determines the program of the identified corresponding program. The EPG information is supplied to the viewing reservation unit 215 ′ or the program recording reservation unit 216 ′, and the viewing reservation or program recording reservation at the broadcast date and time of the program is set (step S1012).

  Here, the viewing reservation unit 215 ′ and the program recording reservation unit 216 ′ will be described. The viewing reservation unit 215 ′ is based on the set EPG information of the program, for example, when the broadcast date / time is reached, for example, the control unit / signal Forgetting to watch the set program such as displaying it on the television receiver display unit 242 ′ by the processing unit 231 ′, receiving the set program and displaying it on the television receiver display unit 242 ′, etc. To prevent this. Further, based on the set EPG information of the program, the program recording reservation unit 216 ′, for example, turns on the power and controls the program recording unit 217 ′ by the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′, for example, when the broadcast date / time comes. Then, the set program is automatically recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the like.

  Note that the place and device for making reservations for viewing and recording are not limited to the television receiver display unit 242 ′ and the non-volatile memory 232 ′ in the cellular phone device 110 ′ integrated with the television receiver, and further, the cellular phone unit 200 ′. Video / audio data of the set program is transmitted to another TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110 "or another device using the recorded program receiving means 317 'and the recorded program sending means 318' provided in However, it is also possible to view and record with another television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110 ″ or another device.

  In this case, the selection of another device is performed on the television receiver display unit 242 ′ or the mobile phone display unit 342 ′ when it is determined that the program is scheduled to be broadcast in the future in the above-described steps S1009 and S1010, or at the broadcast date and time. Displaying a plurality of video / audio data destinations recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or 332 ′ that are set in advance, and selecting a desired destination by operating the operation unit 344 ′. In addition, regardless of the above-mentioned judgment and the broadcast date and time, a desired destination is set in advance in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or 332 ′, and the set device is automatically set. It is also possible to send the video / audio data of the program.

  The recording destination of the EPG information of the specified corresponding program to be reserved for viewing or recording, and the recording destination of the video / audio data that is reserved for recording and recorded by the program recording means 217 ′ are stored in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a recording medium such as a memory card that can be removed from the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110 "may be used because it is small and convenient.

  For sending video / audio data by the recorded program receiving means 317 ′ and the recorded program sending means 318 ′, a mail or other communication means (for example, wireless communication means such as infrared communication or Bluetooth communication) is provided separately. It is also possible to transmit to an external device such as a video recorder, a home server, a personal computer, a network-compatible television, and view or record a corresponding program specified by the external device.

  As a result, the program designated by the user on the call partner side is automatically selected and can be viewed.

  On the other hand, if there is no corresponding program of the program specified by the user in the above-described steps S1007 and S1008, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 ′ of the television receiver unit 200 ′ displays the television receiver display unit 242 ′. In addition, a message indicating that the designated program cannot be viewed, for example, “The program designated by Mr. *** (****) cannot be received” is displayed on the screen (step S1013).

  Instead of this message display, an icon may be displayed on the mobile phone display unit 342 'of the mobile phone unit 300', or a message or the like may be played by voice from the microphone / speaker 343 '. Further, the color of the screen specific portion of the mobile phone display unit 342 'may be changed, the LED may be turned on, or the flushing may be performed. Furthermore, by activating the vibration means and sounding means for notifying the incoming call, which are not shown in FIG. 10, the call partner who is the carrier of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110 ′ is explicitly notified. May be.

  According to the tenth embodiment, the program EPG information transmission mail including the program EPG information of the program specified by the user regardless of whether or not the partner specified by the user is in an area where the same broadcast wave as that of the user can be received. By transmitting to the other party, it is possible to specify a program corresponding to the program specified by the user from among the programs that can be received by the other party, and to view the program specified by the user on the other party.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the channel selection information is transmitted to the partner specified by the user by sending an email with the channel selection information and the user location information data attached to the email. In this situation, the user cannot immediately answer the telephone call and cannot establish a call connection between the user's television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110 and the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 110 '. However, this is easily handled.

  For example, even if the user specified by the user is on the phone with a third party other than the user, the user cannot respond immediately to the phone call from the user. The channel selection information can be transmitted to the other party regardless of the line connection with the integrated mobile phone device 110 ′. Also, the other party could not respond to the phone call from the user due to, for example, termination of the telephone call with a third party, but as long as the mail can be received, the TV program specified by the user Can be watched.

  In the present embodiment, the television receiver on the user side that generates and transmits the program EPG information transmission mail and the TV program that the user side is watching after receiving the program EPG information transmission mail from the user side are the same. Although the TV receivers on the other end of the mail transmission side who watch TV programs have been described as the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 110 and 110 ′ having a telephone (call) function, the user-side TV receiver and mail If the TV receiver on the other end of the transmission side has a communication function capable of sending / receiving mail, it may not have a telephone (call) function, and has a TV reception function and a communication function. It may be a PDA, a mobile PC, or the like.

  Also, in this embodiment, when the channel selection information transmission mail is opened, the TV receiver on the other end of the mail transmission side broadcasts the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program being watched by the user and the broadcast wave of the affiliated station. Although the program information transmission configuration for selecting a channel is selected, when a channel selection information transmission mail is received, the received mail is the channel selection information transmission mail, and is the same series as the broadcast wave broadcasting the TV program being viewed by the user A configuration may be provided in which whether or not to start receiving the broadcast wave of the station, that is, the opening of the channel selection information transmission mail is confirmed with the mail transmission partner.

<Eleventh embodiment>
FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram of a television receiver-integrated mobile phone device on the program information transmitting station side according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 15 is a block diagram of an example of a mobile phone device on the program information receiving station side with respect to the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device on the program information transmitting station side according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention.

  In the description of the mobile phone device 111 integrated with the television receiver 111 of this embodiment and the mobile phone device 112 with respect to the mobile phone device 111 integrated with the television receiver, FIG. 1, FIG. 6 and FIG. Constituent parts that are the same as or similar to the television receiver-integrated mobile phone apparatuses 101, 105, and 108 according to the first, fifth, and eighth embodiments shown in the drawings are given the same reference numerals, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted. To do.

  In the case of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 on the program information transmitting station side shown in FIG. 14, the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101, 105, and 108 according to the first, fifth, and eighth embodiments. In addition to the configuration described above, the mobile phone unit 300 includes terminal information receiving means 315, terminal information sending means 316, and recorded program sending means 318.

  In the case of the mobile phone device 112 on the program information receiving station side shown in FIG. 15, unlike the TV receiver integrated mobile phone device 111 on the program information transmitting station side, the mobile phone unit is not provided with the TV receiver unit 200. In connection with this, the channel selection information receiving unit 302, the channel selection information sending unit 303, the area code converting unit 308, the EPG information receiving unit 311, the EPG information sending unit 312, the channel selection confirmation unit 321 and the channel selection are also provided. The information extraction means 322 is not provided, but a terminal information transmission means 316 and a recorded program reception means 317 are provided instead.

  Next, in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 of the present embodiment, the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 on the side of the program information receiving station of the other party or the mobile phone The program information transmission configuration for transmission to the telephone device 112 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  In the description, regarding the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 14 and each unit thereof, as the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device on the user side, that is, the program information transmitting station side, In the case of functioning as a telephone receiver-integrated mobile phone device on the other party side, that is, on the program information receiving station side, the reference numeral attached to each part in FIG. A description will be given by distinguishing between the case of the station side and the case of the program information receiving station side. Further, each part of the mobile phone device 112 on the program information receiving station side is represented by adding a dash (') to the reference numeral attached to each part in FIG. 15, and the TV receiver integrated mobile phone device shown in FIG. A description will be given by distinguishing each part 111.

  In the program information transmission configuration of the present embodiment, when a user is making a call with a specific party by an incoming call or a call while watching a TV program on the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 In addition, it is possible to determine whether or not the mobile phone device 111 ′ or 112 ′ of the other party has a TV reception function, and so on, so that the mobile phone device 112 ′ has no TV reception function or cannot use the TV reception function. For example, it is assumed that the TV program currently being viewed is recorded, and the recorded data is transmitted to the mobile phone device 112 ′ of the other party.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a program information transmission configuration in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to the present embodiment.

  In the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 on the user side, that is, the program information transmitting station side, when a call is made by the mobile phone unit 300 while the TV receiver unit 200 is watching a TV broadcast, the TV reception is performed. The channel selection information acquisition unit 202 of the machine unit 200 selects the channel selection information (for example, “network_id”, “transport_stream_id”, and “service_id” in the PSI information) of the broadcast wave that is broadcasting the currently viewed television program. Is acquired (step S1101). The acquired channel selection information is recorded in the channel selection information storage unit 203 by the control unit / signal processing unit 231.

  Therefore, when the user wants the other party to select the same broadcast wave as the broadcast wave that is broadcasting the TV program that he / she is watching, the mobile phone unit 300 of the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 is selected. The communication mode switching means 309 is switched from the call mode to the data communication mode (step S1102). This switching is performed, for example, when the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 344 of the mobile phone unit 300 on the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111. Thereby, in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111, the communication mode switching means 309 switches the control unit / signal processing unit 331 from the call mode to the data communication mode, and the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone. A data communication mode is established with the device 111 ′ or 112 ′.

  Then, in the mobile phone device 111 with the television receiver integrated on the user side, when the data communication mode with the other party is established, in the present embodiment, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300. Generates a terminal information transmission request on the call partner side, performs necessary processing such as encoding on the generated terminal information transmission request, modulates by the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301, and transmits the registration base station from the antenna 341. A communication radio wave including a data transmission request is transmitted to the mobile base station 700 (corresponding to the registered base station on the user side) (step S1103).

  On the other hand, in the mobile phone unit 111 ′ of the mobile phone device 111 ′ or 112 ′ on the other end of the call side where the data communication mode is established with the user side, the terminal information transmission request supplied from the user side is The controller / signal processor 331 ′ supplies the terminal information transmission means 316 ′ to generate terminal information transmission data. Here, the terminal information includes, for example, whether or not the mobile phone device 111 ′ or 112 ′ itself on the other end of the call has the TV receiver unit 200 ′, and includes the TV receiver unit 200 ′ to provide a TV reception function. If installed, which broadcast format such as analog, digital, etc. can be received, and whether a tuning information receiving function such as tuning information receiving means 302 ′ or EPG information receiving means 311 ′ is installed, Etc. are included. Here, the terminal information is set and recorded in advance in, for example, the nonvolatile memory 332 '. The generated terminal information transmission data is subjected to necessary processing such as encoding by the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, modulated by the radio transmission / reception circuit unit 301 ′, and transmitted from the antenna 341 ′ to the mobile base station 700 ′ (call It is sent out to the other party's registered base station (step S1104).

  In the mobile phone unit 300 of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111, the terminal information transmission data received from the other party is supplied to the terminal information receiving means 315 by the control unit / signal processing unit 331, and the terminal information reception is performed. The means 315 displays the terminal information such as whether or not the mobile phone device 111 ′ or 112 ′ of the communication partner included in the terminal information transmission data includes the television receiver unit 200, etc., as a control unit / signal processing unit 331. The terminal information of the mobile phone device 111 ′ or 112 ′ is acquired through the non-volatile memory 332 or the RAM 333 of the mobile phone unit 300 (step S1105).

  In the mobile phone unit 300 of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 reads the terminal information recorded in the nonvolatile memory 232 or the RAM 333, and based on this terminal information, the other party is called It is determined whether or not the mobile phone device 111 ′ or 112 ′ is equipped with a television reception function (television receiver 200 ′) (step S1106). If there is, it is confirmed whether or not the channel selection information reception function is installed (step S1107).

  If the mobile phone device of the other party is a TV receiver integrated mobile phone device 111 ′ having the same configuration as the user side that has a TV reception function and further has a channel selection information reception function, For example, the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 and the call partner-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 ′ are, for example, the television receiver according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. In the same manner as the processing after step S103 (steps S103 to S111) in the program information transmission configuration of the integrated mobile phone device 101, the processing from step S1108 (corresponding to step S103) to step S1116 (corresponding to step S111) is performed.

  That is, the channel selection information transmission data is transmitted from the user-side TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 to the call partner TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 ′ (step S1108). The body-type mobile phone device 111 ′ receives the channel selection information transmission data, records the channel selection information in the nonvolatile memory 232 ′ or the RAM 233 (step S 1109), and supplies the channel selection information to the channel selection information setting unit 204. Then, the tuner / demodulator 201 is set (step S1110), and depending on whether or not the program designated by the user is the other party (step S1111), it can be viewed (step S1112), or The other party is notified that the viewing is impossible (step S1113). From the other party's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 'to the user's TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111, a selection indicating whether or not the program designated by the user can be viewed on the other party's side is selected. The station confirmation transmission data is transmitted (step S1114), and the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 on the user side is notified of the channel selection confirmation result from the other party (step S1115) and communicates with the other party. Is returned from the data communication mode to the call mode (step S1116).

  On the other hand, the mobile phone device of the other party is not equipped with a TV reception function, such as the mobile phone device 112 ', or has a channel selection information reception function even if it is equipped with a TV reception function. If not, the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 and the caller-side mobile phone device 112 ′ perform the following processing.

  In the television receiver unit 200 of the user-side television receiver-integrated cellular phone device 111, the control unit / signal processing unit 231 operates the program recording unit 217 to obtain data of the television program currently being viewed on the user side. Recording is performed (step S1117). Here, the data format of the program to be recorded is, for example, data in the transport stream TS format, and the recording medium is, for example, a recording medium such as a built-in nonvolatile memory 232 or an external hard disk drive.

  Accordingly, in the mobile phone unit 300 of the user-side television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 passes through the control unit / signal processing unit 231 of the television receiver unit 200, for example. The recorded data of the TV program currently being viewed on the user side recorded in the non-volatile memory 232 is read as needed and supplied to the recorded program sending means 318. The recorded program transmission means 318 sequentially generates recorded program transmission data based on the recorded data of the currently viewed television program, and the control unit / signal processing unit 331 encodes the generated recorded program transmission data. Necessary processing is performed and supplied to the wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301. The wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 301 modulates this and transmits communication radio waves including recorded program transmission data from the antenna 341 to the mobile base station 700 ( Step S1118).

  On the other hand, in the mobile phone device 112 ′ on the communication partner side in which the data communication mode is established with the user-side television receiver integrated mobile phone device 111 by the operation of the communication mode switching means 309, the mobile phone base station The communication radio wave transmitted from 700 ′ is received by the radio transmission / reception circuit 301 ′ through the antenna 341 ′ after necessary processing such as detection, demodulation, and error correction, and received by the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′. When the received data is recorded program transmission data, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ supplies this to the recorded program receiving means 317 ′ (step S1119).

  The recorded program receiving means 317 ′ extracts the recorded data (still image or moving image data) of the TV program currently being viewed by the user from the recorded program transmission data, and, for example, via the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′, The information is recorded on a non-volatile memory 332 ′, a removable external memory card (not shown), a recording medium such as a hard disk drive, or the like, and later, for example, by a predetermined operation of the operation unit 344, a mobile phone display unit 342 and a microphone / The speaker 343 is stored so that it can be viewed (step S1120).

  Then, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ switches the communication mode switching unit 309 ′ when recording of the recording data (still image or moving image data) of the TV program currently being viewed by the user into the nonvolatile memory 332 ′ is completed. Then, the communication mode is switched from the data communication mode (step S1121).

  As a result, in the cellular phone device 112 ′, the communication mode switching unit 309 ′ switches the control unit / signal processing unit 331 ′ from the call mode to the data communication mode, and contrary to the case of step S1102 described above, A call mode is established between the mobile phone device 112 ′ on the side and the mobile phone device 111 with the television receiver on the user side.

  Thereby, the call can be resumed between the user and the other party, and the recorded TV program is, for example, non-volatile by the predetermined operation of the operation unit 344 ′ provided in the mobile phone device 112 ′. It is called from the memory 332 ′ or the like, displayed on the mobile phone display unit 342 ′, and output from the microphone / speaker 343 ′ so that it can be viewed on the other party side (step S1122).

  In the present embodiment described above, not only the program transport stream TS data but also the contents of the program being viewed are immediately transmitted to the mobile phone device 112 'of the other party with no TV reception function. If the still image data of one scene of the program is sent, the other party can see the still image on the spot.

  In this case, if the still image data is, for example, data compressed in the JPEG format, a still image can be viewed on the spot in a mobile phone device equipped with a JPEG decoder.

  In the above-described embodiment, the processing in the case where the mobile phone device on the other party side includes the television receiver unit 200 and the like shown in Step S1101 and Steps S1108 to S1116 will be described. For example, the device is the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 102 ′ according to the second embodiment, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 103 ′ according to the third embodiment, or a fifth device. The television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 ′ according to the sixth embodiment, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 106 ′ according to the sixth embodiment, or the television receiver according to the eighth embodiment. Each embodiment depends on whether it is an integrated mobile phone device 108 'or a television receiver integrated mobile phone device 109' according to the ninth embodiment. Program information transmission arrangement in accordance (Fig. 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, see FIG. 12) can be changed.

  Thus, according to the eleventh embodiment, even when the other party is a mobile phone device 112 that is not equipped with a television reception function, the program data recorded by the own station can be transmitted to the other party.

  In the case of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 of the eleventh embodiment shown in FIG. 14, as shown in the figure, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 101 of the previous embodiments are used. 110 is also provided, and each of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 110 of each of the first to tenth embodiments has a system configuration that can operate independently. For this reason, in the description of the eleventh embodiment, although omitted for the sake of simplicity, communication is performed in a mode corresponding to which embodiment according to the type of the television receiver or mobile phone device of the other party. Or, the information can be transmitted in advance to the other party's television receiver or mobile phone device so that it can be confirmed between both the user side device and the other party device. Thereby, in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 shown in FIG. 14, in addition to the program information transmission configuration according to the eleventh embodiment, a plurality of program information transmission configurations according to the first to tenth embodiments. These processes can be integrated, improving usability. On the other hand, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 shown in FIG. 14 prevents the lack of diversity as a system, and specifically, for example, What kind of data communication is performed before sending channel selection information, program EPG information, etc. from the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111, and when requesting location information, EPG information, etc. The additional information data defining the contents for specifying the processing procedure is transmitted from the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 to the other party's television receiver or mobile phone device. As a result, the television receiver or mobile phone device of the other party receives this additional information data, and what kind of processing (for example, what is transmitted from the user side is received next) It is possible to promptly interpret and judge whether or not it is necessary to perform processing such as whether information should be transmitted, and respond appropriately.

  Next, the battery level of the above-described television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 111 will be described in more detail.

  In the above-described TV receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 111, each part of the TV receiver unit 200 is driven by the TV receiver unit dedicated battery 228, and each unit of the mobile phone unit 300 is driven by the mobile phone unit dedicated battery 328. It is the composition which becomes.

  In the above-described TV receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 111, each part of the TV receiver unit 200 and each part of the mobile phone unit 300 are driven by independent batteries 228 and 328, thereby receiving TV by watching TV. It is configured so that it is possible to prevent the use of all the power sources of the machine-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 111 and the inability to make calls and communications.

  Further, in the above-described television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 111, the batteries 228 and 328 having different capacities are used, and the capacity of the TV receiver unit dedicated battery 228 is larger than that of the cell phone unit dedicated battery 328. It is also possible to make the entire battery larger. Further, in this case, the television receiver unit dedicated battery 228 having a large capacity image can be used in each unit of the mobile phone unit 300. However, also in this case, the cell phone unit dedicated battery 328 is configured not to be used on the television receiver unit 200 side as a dedicated battery.

  As described above, in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 111, the mobile phone unit-integrated battery 328 that cannot be used on the TV receiver unit 200 side is separately prepared, so that the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone can be viewed by watching TV. The configuration is such that all the power sources of the devices 101 to 111 are used up and it is possible to prevent the telephone call and communication from being disabled. And even when the capacity of the battery 228 dedicated to the television receiver is exhausted while the television is being viewed, and the mobile phone dedicated battery 328 is not consumed even when the television is likely not to be viewed, the television receiver-integrated cellular phone device 111 is not consumed. As described above, if the mobile phone unit 300 includes the terminal information sending unit 316 and the recorded program receiving unit 317, the capacity of the TV receiver unit dedicated battery 228 is lost, and the TV cannot be viewed by itself. Since it is possible to receive recording data (still image data or moving image data) of a TV program from another TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101-111, the program portion that can no longer be viewed is recorded and received on the TV It is also possible to view a program portion that can no longer be viewed when the dedicated battery 228 is recovered.

  Further, even if the power of the cell phone unit battery 328 is reduced due to frequent use of the cell phone, the TV receiver unit battery 228 can be used on the cell phone unit 300 side as well. The device unit battery 228 can function as a spare battery for the cell phone unit battery 328, which is very convenient.

  Next, in the above-described television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 111, a modified example in which the television receiver unit dedicated battery 228 and the mobile phone unit dedicated battery 328 are shared by one battery will be described.

  FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a modification in the case where the television receiver battery and the mobile phone battery are shared by one battery in the above-described television receiver-integrated mobile phone device.

  FIG. 17A is a configuration diagram of a power supply system in a television receiver-integrated mobile phone device in which a television receiver battery and a mobile phone battery are shared by one battery.

  FIG. 17B is an explanatory diagram of the relationship between the voltage change state of the shared battery and the voltage supply state to each part of the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device.

  In this example, the television receiver unit battery and the mobile phone unit battery are shared and used by a single battery, and the minimum voltage threshold that can be used by the television receiver unit 200 and the mobile phone unit 300 can be used. The case where the threshold value of the minimum voltage is set separately is shown.

  In FIG. 17A, 350 is a shared battery, and the battery 350 is connected to the television receiver unit 200 via a first switching circuit 351 (hereinafter abbreviated as SW1 circuit 351). Are connected to the mobile phone unit 300 via a switching circuit 352 (hereinafter abbreviated as SW2 circuit 352), and a driving power source is supplied to each unit 200, 300.

  The SW1 circuit 351 and the SW2 circuit 352 are connected between the battery 350 and the television receiver unit 200 and between the battery 350 and the mobile phone based on a control signal supplied from the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300. The unit 300 can be connected or disconnected.

  The battery 350 is also connected to the battery level lowering detection unit 363. In this example, the battery level drop detection unit 363 previously detects the minimum voltage VTV that can be used by the television receiver unit 200 and the minimum voltage VTEL that can be used by the mobile phone unit 300 to perform a call or data communication. Is set as a threshold value.

The magnitude relationship between these threshold voltages VTV and VTEL is
VTV> VTEL
It has become.

  The battery level decrease detection unit 363 detects that the voltage of the battery 350 has decreased to the threshold voltages VTV and VTEL, and outputs a detection signal to the control unit / signal processing unit 331 of the mobile phone unit 300. ing.

  When the voltage of the battery 350 detected based on the detection signal from the battery level lowering detection unit 363 is equal to or higher than the threshold voltage VTV, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 turns both the SW1 circuit 361 and the SW2 circuit 362 on (connected). The power is supplied from the battery 350 to the television receiver unit 200 and the mobile phone unit 300. As a result, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 111 can watch TV broadcasts and can also make telephone calls or data communications.

  Further, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 determines that the voltage of the battery 350 detected based on the detection signal from the battery level decrease detection unit 363 is lower than the threshold voltage VTV but is equal to or higher than the threshold voltage VTEL. Only the power supply from the battery 350 to the television receiver unit 200 is stopped by turning off the circuit 361 and turning off the SW2 circuit 362. As a result, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 111 are prohibited from viewing television broadcasts, and only the storage system such as the RAM 233 (see FIGS. 1, 5, 10, and 14) holds data. Although it is made possible, only a call or data communication is possible.

  Furthermore, when the voltage of the battery 350 detected based on the detection signal from the battery level decrease detection unit 363 is lower than the threshold voltage VTEL, the control unit / signal processing unit 331 performs the SW1 circuit 361 and the SW2 circuit 362. Are turned off (connected state), the power supply from the battery 350 to the mobile phone unit 300 is also stopped, and the mobile phone unit 300 is reset to power off. As a result, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 111 not only allow viewing of television broadcasts but also disable calls and data communications, and the RAM 333 (FIGS. 1 and 5) is disabled by supplying power from the battery 350. , FIG. 10 and FIG. 14) only the storage system is in a state where data can be stored.

  In FIG. 17B, region 1 indicates a voltage region of the battery 350 that can be freely used for both watching TV broadcasting and calling and data communication. An area 2 indicates a voltage area of the battery 350 that can be used only for calling and data communication. An area 3 is a voltage area of the battery 350 that cannot perform TV broadcast viewing and calling and data communication. Is the only operable area.

  Thus, in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 111 of this example, even if the television receiver battery and the mobile phone battery are shared by the single battery 350, the television receiver 200 On the other hand, it is possible to prevent the phone 350 from using up all of the power of the battery 350 and making calls and data communications impossible.

  As described above, although the television receiver and the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device of the present invention are configured, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, Variations are possible.

  For example, each of the above-described television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 101 to 111 includes the television receiver display unit 242 in addition to the mobile phone display unit 342. However, the television receiver display unit 242 may be a mobile phone. The display unit 342 may be shared, and the mobile phone display unit 342 may display a television program.

  Further, the television receiver integrated mobile phone device 101 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is combined with the program information transmission configuration provided in the television receiver integrated mobile phone devices 102 to 104 shown in FIGS. Even if the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 105 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is used, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 106 and 107 shown in FIGS. 10 and FIG. 11, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 is provided in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 109 and 110 shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. Even if the program information transmission configuration is provided, the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 101 to 101 shown in FIGS. 1 to 13 is provided as in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device 111 shown in FIGS. Prepared for 110 It may be provided together program information transmission configurations.

  In this case, the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 is provided with the program information transmission configuration provided in the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone devices 109 and 110 shown in FIGS. In this case, the TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device 108 selects the TV program channel selection information (program EPG information) designated by the user as the call partner. 11 is initially transmitted by the program information transmission configuration shown in FIG. 11, and as a result, when the TV program designated by the user on the other party side cannot be viewed, the program information shown in FIG. It can also be transmitted in a program information transmission configuration.

  When the other party is a person who is usually located in the same broadcasting area as the user, all the receivable broadcast waves that can be acquired by the user side can be received by the other party. All EPG information can be used as it is. Therefore, when the mobile phone unit 300 is provided with a telephone directory function, when the telephone number of the other party is registered in the telephone directory function, the same broadcasting area as that of the user himself / herself is selected according to the individual telephone party. If the person is present, information to that effect is set in advance in the telephone directory. Thereby, when transmitting the channel selection information (program EPG information) of the TV program designated as the call partner from the user, the broadcast area information of the call partner in this telephone directory is referred to, and the user is located in the same broadcast area as the user himself / herself. If the user is a person, the program information transmission configuration shown in FIG. 11 is first used. If the user is not in the same broadcasting area as the user himself / herself, the program information transmission configuration shown in FIG. You can also.

  Furthermore, in this case as well, the telephone directory function is not used, and as described above, the program information is initially transmitted according to the program information transmission configuration shown in FIG. If the program information cannot be transmitted, the program information transmission configuration shown in FIG. 12 is used for transmission, and at that time, the program information transmission configuration shown in FIG. It is also possible to accumulate statistical data as to whether or not, and based on this statistical data, depending on the call partner, it is possible to send out from the beginning with the program information transmission configuration shown in FIG.

1 is a configuration diagram of a mobile phone device integrated with a television receiver according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the program information transmission structure in the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the program information transmission structure in the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the program information transmission structure in the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the program information transmission structure in the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the program information transmission structure in the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the program information transmission structure in the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the program information transmission structure in the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the 7th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the 8th Embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the program information transmission structure in the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the 8th Embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the program information transmission structure in the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the 9th Embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the program information transmission structure in the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the 10th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the side of the program information transmission station by the 11th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the Example of the mobile telephone apparatus of the program information receiving station side with respect to the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus of the program information transmitting station side by the 11th Embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the program information transmission structure in the television receiver integrated mobile telephone apparatus by the 11th Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a modification in the case where a television receiver battery and a mobile phone battery are shared by one battery in the television receiver-integrated mobile phone device.

Explanation of symbols

101 to 111 TV-integrated mobile phone device 112 mobile phone device 200 TV receiver unit 201 tuner / demodulation unit 202 channel selection information acquisition unit 203 channel selection information storage unit 204 channel selection information setting unit 205 tuner preset data acquisition unit 206 Station specifying means 207 Program specifying means 208 Tuner preset data acquisition means 211 EPG information acquisition means 212 EPG information storage means 213 EPG information setting means 215 Viewing reservation means 216 Program recording reservation means 217 Program recording means 228 Television receiver unit dedicated battery 231 Control Unit / signal processing unit 232 nonvolatile memo 233 RAM
234 ROM
241 Antenna 242 Television receiver display unit 300 Mobile phone unit 301 Wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 302 Channel selection information reception unit 303 Channel selection information transmission unit 305 Base station data reception unit 306 Base station data storage unit 307 Base station data transmission unit 308 Area code Conversion means 309 Communication mode switching means 311 EPG information receiving means 312 EPG information sending means 315 Terminal information receiving means 316 Terminal information sending means 317 Recorded program receiving means 318 Recorded program sending means 319 Mail receiving means 320 Mail sending means 321 Tuning confirmation means 322 Channel selection information extraction unit 323 GPS reception unit 324 Location information data storage unit 325 Location information data reception unit 326 Location information data transmission unit 328 Cell phone unit dedicated battery 331 Control unit / signal processing unit 332 Non-volatile memory 333 AM
334 ROM
341 Antenna 342 Mobile phone display unit 343 Microphone / speaker 344 Operation unit 350 Battery 361 First switching circuit (SW1 circuit)
362 Second switching circuit (SW2 circuit)
363 Battery Level Low Detection Unit 700 Base Station

Claims (10)

A TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device comprising a TV receiver unit that receives and outputs TV broadcasts, and a mobile phone unit that has a call function and a data communication function,
Channel selection information acquisition means for acquiring channel selection information of a television program received and output by the television receiver unit;
Location identification information acquisition means for acquiring location identification information for identifying the current location;
The function of the mobile phone unit is switched from the call mode to the data communication mode during a call in the call mode with the caller's mobile phone device, and a call connection is used with the caller's mobile phone device. Communication mode switching means for establishing the data communication mode ,
Channel selection information sending means for sending the channel selection information acquired by the channel selection information acquisition means to the call partner via the mobile phone unit that is switched from the call mode to the data communication mode by the communication mode switching means. When,
Location identification information sending means for sending the location identification information acquired by the location identification information acquisition means to the call partner via the mobile phone unit that is operated to switch to the data communication mode ,
In order to allow the other party to view the TV program corresponding to the TV program, the channel selection information of the TV program received and output by the TV receiver unit and the location specifying information for specifying the current location are stored in the mobile phone of the other party. A television receiver-integrated portable telephone device characterized by being transmitted using a line connected for telephone communication with the telephone device. A TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device comprising a TV receiver unit that receives and outputs TV broadcasts, and a mobile phone unit that has a call function and a data communication function ,
And tuning information receiving means for receiving the channel selection information of television programs coming is the data transmitted using the line from the mobile phone device of the other party is connected to the call,
Location specifying information receiving means for receiving location specifying information for specifying the current location of the call partner, which is transmitted from the mobile phone device of the call partner using a line connected for calling ;
Based on the location specifying information said predetermined resident specific information receiving means receives, obtains the broadcast region that the other party is currently located, the tuning preset information acquisition for acquiring current receivable broadcast waves all tuning preset information in the broadcast region Means,
Based on the channel selection preset information acquired by the channel selection preset information acquisition unit, the channel receiver information can be received by the TV receiver unit in the same series as the broadcast wave of the TV program acquired by the channel selection information acquisition unit. Same station specifying means for specifying broadcast wave channel selection preset information,
Channel selection information for receiving and setting channel selection information of the TV program transmitted from the other party received by the channel selection information receiving means and channel preset information specified by the affiliated station specifying means to the television receiver unit. Setting means,
To view a television program specified by the calling party, received by the television receiver portion of the same series that have been identified based on the location specifying information for specifying the current location of the other party transmitted from the communication partner possible broadcast wave tuning preset information, and the television receiver integrated cellular telephone device and performs reception setting of the television receiver section according to tuning information of the television program transmitted from the communication partner . A TV receiver-integrated mobile phone device comprising a TV receiver unit that receives and outputs TV broadcasts, and a mobile phone unit that has a call function and a data communication function,
Channel selection information acquisition means for acquiring channel selection information of a television program received and output by the television receiver unit;
Location identification information acquisition means for acquiring location identification information for identifying the current location;
The function of the mobile phone unit is switched from a call mode to a data communication mode during a call in a call mode with a mobile phone device of a call partner, and a line connected to the call with the mobile phone device of the call partner is connected. Communication mode switching means for establishing a data communication mode using ;
Channel selection information sending means for sending the channel selection information acquired by the channel selection information acquisition means to the call partner via the mobile phone unit that is switched from the call mode to the data communication mode by the communication mode switching means. When,
Location identification information sending means for sending the location identification information acquired by the location identification information acquisition means to the call partner via the mobile phone unit operated to be switched to the data communication mode ;
And tuning information receiving means for receiving the channel selection information of television programs coming is the data transmitted using the line from the mobile phone device of the other party is connected to the call,
Location specifying information receiving means for receiving location specifying information for specifying the current location of the call partner, which is transmitted from the mobile phone device of the call partner using a line connected for calling;
Based on the location specifying information received by the location specifying information receiving means, the broadcast preset where the other party is located is obtained, and channel preset information is acquired for all the broadcast waves currently receivable in the broadcast region. Means,
Based on the channel selection preset information acquired by the channel selection preset information acquisition unit, the channel receiver information can be received by the TV receiver unit in the same series as the broadcast wave of the TV program acquired by the channel selection information acquisition unit. Same station specifying means for specifying broadcast wave channel selection preset information,
Channel selection information for receiving and setting channel selection information of the TV program transmitted from the other party received by the channel selection information receiving means and channel preset information specified by the affiliated station specifying means to the television receiver unit. Setting means,
In order to allow the other party to watch the TV program corresponding to the TV program, the TV receiver section outputs the channel selection information of the TV program received and output, and the location specifying information for specifying the current location. In order to view the TV program specified by the other party, the TV receiver unit of the same series identified based on the location identification information for identifying the current location of the other party transmitted from the other party can be received. A television receiver-integrated mobile phone device, wherein reception setting of the television receiver unit is performed in accordance with channel selection preset information of a broadcast wave and channel selection information of a television program transmitted from the other party. The location identification information acquired by the location identification information acquisition means is a broadcast corresponding to the location of the mobile phone base station converted based on base station data transmitted from the mobile phone base station with which the mobile phone unit can communicate. 4. The television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone device is a regional code. The location specifying information received by the location specifying information receiving means corresponds to the location of the mobile phone base station converted based on the base station data transmitted from the mobile phone base station with which the mobile phone device of the other party can communicate 3. The television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to claim 2, wherein the mobile phone device is an area code of a broadcasting area. 4. The television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to claim 1, wherein the location specifying information acquired by the location specifying information acquiring unit is location information measured by the positioning unit. 3. The television receiver-integrated cellular phone device according to claim 2, wherein the location specifying information received by the location specifying information receiving means is position information measured by the positioning means. It is characterized by comprising channel selection confirmation result notifying means for notifying a confirmation result as to whether or not a television program corresponding to the channel selection information set in the channel selection information setting means can be received by the television receiver unit. 4. A television receiver-integrated portable telephone device according to claim 2 or 3 . It includes a mating channel selection check result notification means for receiving and notifying whether the mating channel selection confirmation result can receive TV program corresponding to the channel selection information transmitted to the other party by the selection information transmitting means The television receiver-integrated mobile phone device according to claim 1 or 3, After the function of the mobile phone unit is switched from the call mode to the data communication mode by the communication mode switching means, additional information data designating a processing procedure for transmitting channel selection information and location specifying information is transmitted to the call partner. The television receiver-integrated cellular phone device according to claim 1 or 3.

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