JP4789135B2 - Character information display terminal device and character information display method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technical field of a character information display terminal device and a character information display method for displaying character information such as news and advertisements on display means.

  In this type of device, there is a device that divides information such as teletext information into normal information and special information (see, for example, Patent Document 1). According to the information distribution system disclosed in Patent Document 1 (hereinafter referred to as “conventional technology”), when the character information distribution server distributes the special information to the user, the information to be distributed is the special information. It is comprised so that the code | symbol which represents may be attached | subjected. In the information display terminal on the user side, this code enables the determination means to determine whether the received information is special information or normal information, and the special information can be displayed in real time. ing.

  In addition, a technique has been proposed in which attribute information is attached to distribution information, and information distributed based on the attribute information is selected (for example, see Patent Document 2).

JP 2003-32645 A JP 2002-171458 A

  The distributed information may include information of a type that is not suitable for the installation environment of the information display terminal. If no distribution information is selected, all the distribution information is displayed regardless of whether or not it should be displayed after all, which may cause inconvenience. However, when the distribution information is managed on the server side according to the circumstances of each information display terminal as in the prior art, the load on the server side becomes large when the character information distribution server supports a large number of information display terminals. Too inefficient. That is, the conventional technique has a technical problem that it is difficult to efficiently display only desired character information.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a character information display terminal device and a character information display method capable of efficiently displaying desired character information. .

In order to solve the above-described problem, a character information display terminal device according to claim 1 includes a data distribution server that supplies content and a display schedule, and a plurality of units that define different information contents using telop as unit character information. The advertisement display system accommodated in the network is configured together with the news server that supplies the predetermined character information including the character information, and the content data related to the content and the display schedule from the data distribution server via the network A terminal device for character information display configured to acquire display schedule data and display the content and the character information on a display unit, and according to the display schedule defined by the acquired display schedule data Via the network Te, or from the news server, the character information data acquiring means for acquiring character information data corresponding to the character information, based on the character information data to which the acquired include keywords that are registered in advance in the character information A determination means for determining whether or not each of the plurality of unit character information; and when the keyword is included in the character information, a portion of the character information excluding the unit character information including the keyword is displayed. Display control means for controlling the display means as described above.

In order to solve the above-described problem, a character information display method according to claim 3 includes a data distribution server that supplies content and a display schedule, and a plurality of unit character information that defines different information contents using telop as unit character information. An advertisement display system accommodated in a network together with a news server that supplies predetermined character information including the content data related to the content and the display schedule related to the display schedule from the data distribution server via the network A character information display method in a character information display terminal device configured to acquire data and display the content and the character information on a display means, which is defined by the acquired display schedule data According to the display schedule, Via a serial network, from the news server, the character information data acquisition step of acquiring character information data corresponding to the character information, based on the character information data to which the acquired and registered in advance in the character information keywords A determination step for determining whether or not a plurality of unit character information is included, and a portion of the character information excluding unit character information including the keyword when the keyword includes the keyword And a display control step for controlling the display means so as to be displayed.

<Embodiment of Terminal Device for Character Information Display>

An embodiment of a character information display terminal device includes a data distribution server that supplies content and a display schedule, and a predetermined character that includes a plurality of unit character information that defines different information contents using telop as unit character information. An advertisement display system accommodated in a network together with a news server that supplies information is acquired, and content data related to the content and display schedule data related to the display schedule are acquired from the data distribution server via the network, and displayed. A character information display terminal device configured to be able to display the content and the character information on a means , wherein the news is transmitted via the network according to the display schedule defined by the acquired display schedule data. From the server And character information data acquiring means for acquiring character information data corresponding to the character information, based on said acquired character information data, said whether the plurality of units include keywords that are registered in advance in the character information A discriminating means for discriminating each character information; and when the keyword is included in the character information, the display means is controlled so that a portion of the character information excluding unit character information including the keyword is displayed. Display control means.

  The “display means” in the present invention is a concept encompassing at least a display screen and means capable of displaying the character information according to the present invention, and preferably has a relatively large display area of the display screen. A display device such as a plasma display device, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display device, or a liquid crystal display device.

  In the present invention, “character information” is information represented by characters, preferably news, announcement information, or information belonging to a category such as advertisement or promotional information, as long as it can be displayed on the display means. The category is not limited at all. In addition to the text information, the display means may further display video information, image information, auxiliary information, and any other information.

According to the embodiment of the character information display terminal device of the present invention, character information data corresponding to the character information is acquired from the news server or the equivalent device by the character information data acquisition means via the network during the operation. Is done . The network, for example, LAN (Local Area Network) or WAN (Wide Area Network) communication network such as, or may be connectable Internet via an appropriate these communication networks. In addition, these communication networks are constructed as a wired communication network including a part or all of a normal telephone line, an ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), an ISDN line, an optical fiber, etc., or a part as a wireless communication network. May be .

The “character information data” in the present invention is data for displaying character information on the display means, and is displayed on the connection form between the character information data acquisition means and the news server that is the source of the data, or on the display means. Various aspects can be taken according to various conditions such as the type of character information to be performed. For example, the character information data may have a data or data file format suitable for transmission over a network (for example, a compressed data file or data file). Further, for example, it may be instruction data or a data file described in a language such as XML (eXtensible Markup Language).

  When such character information data is supplied in a state where optimization according to the preference of each character information display terminal device is not performed, if no measures are taken, the installation environment of the character information display terminal device Depending on the situation, information that should not be displayed may be displayed on the display means. Therefore, in the embodiment according to the character information display terminal device of the present invention, the determination unit and the display control unit are provided to solve the problem.

That is, the determination unit determines whether or not a keyword registered in advance is included in the character information based on the acquired character information data . In particular, it is determined whether or not a keyword is included for each of a plurality of unit character information (telop) that defines different information contents included in the character information.
Here, the “keyword” refers to a character string that can be registered in advance as not to be displayed on the display means on the character information display terminal device side. For example, when a character information display terminal device is installed in an educational institution such as a university, a character string such as “scoring error” may cause anxiety of a student or the like and may not be displayed. In such a case, “grading mistake” may be registered as a keyword. The content, size, quantity, etc. of the registered keyword are not limited at all.

  “Registered” means that it is stored by some storage means in a format that can be referred to by the terminal device for displaying character information. Such storage means may be, for example, non-volatile such as ROM (Read Only Memory), or non-volatile such as HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and DVD that can be rewritten (additionally registered) as appropriate. It may be a thing. Such storage means may be incorporated in the character information display terminal device, or may be installed outside the character information display terminal device as long as it can be referred to by the character information display terminal device. Good.

  The determination means may perform such determination as long as it can determine whether or not a keyword is included in the character information. However, when the character information data includes text data, The determination is performed by referring to the character string of the keyword and the character string of the text data. At this time, not only the keyword but also a character string corresponding to the synonym of the keyword may be searched simultaneously. Such synonyms may be prepared in advance in association with keywords, or may be appropriately generated according to some algorithm.

When the keyword is included in the character information, the display control unit controls the display unit so that a portion of the character information excluding the predetermined unit character information (telop) including the keyword is displayed.

Here, a telop that is “unit character information” is a concept that includes at least a part of character information and includes a part defined by some sort of character information content. For example, character information includes a plurality of character information. In the case of news, it refers to one news item in the entire news .

That is, in the character information, and the portion excluding the predetermined unit character information including the keyword (telop), for example, an N-number of news telop character information in total (unit character information), n th News in the case but including the keyword, it refers to character information consisting configured of n-1 news ticker as n-1-th news next (n + 1) th news is displayed.

  Such unit character information may be defined in advance by some control information or control code in the corresponding character information data. For example, when the character information data is XML format data (data file), such control information (control code) may be a tag provided in the data (data file) according to a predetermined standard. .

The control performed by the display control means includes, for example, control for generating a video signal according to the mode of the display means (performance, display area size, specification, etc.) and supplying it to the display means. Further, any display format may be used when the display control means displays character information on the display means. For example, character information may be displayed as a still image, or character information may be displayed as a moving image. The aspect of displaying character information as a moving image typically indicates scroll display. When the character information is scroll-displayed, for example, the character information is displayed while moving in a predetermined or indefinite direction within a predetermined area . When no keyword is included in the character information, the character information is displayed on the display means without such exclusion.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the character information display terminal device of the present invention, unit character information (telop) including a keyword registered in advance is not displayed on the display means among the character information. Information is displayed on the display means in the desired form. Further, at this time, it is efficient because the determination as to whether or not the keyword is included can be executed on the character information display terminal device side. That is, desired character information can be efficiently displayed.
In addition, since the character information includes a plurality of unit character information, and it is determined whether or not a keyword is included for each of the plurality of unit character information, the processing related to the determination is reduced.
Note that “different information contents” related to a plurality of unit character information (telops) does not affect the display of the unit character information before and after the exclusion, in other words, such display is It means content that does not give the viewer a sense of incompatibility even if it is performed.

According to the configuration of the present embodiment , the character information data is supplied from a news server that is a server device on the network. Accordingly, the terminal device for displaying character information according to the present invention can be installed literally as a terminal device, for example, around the display means. In this case, the advertisement display system as a whole system including these takes the form of an advertisement distribution display system represented by, for example, RCBB (RemoteCast (registered trademark) Broad Band), and the character information display terminal device is It may be configured as a part thereof.

In one aspect of the embodiment of the character information display terminal device of the present invention, the character information display terminal device further comprises input means for prompting registration of the keyword.

According to this aspect, it is possible to easily input a keyword on the character information display terminal device by the input means for prompting registration of the keyword. Such input means may have any form as long as keyword registration is possible, and may include, for example, part or all of a keyboard, a mouse, a touch pad, and various button switches. Good.
<Embodiment of Character Information Display Method>

Embodiments according to the character information display method include a data distribution server that supplies content and a display schedule, and predetermined character information that includes a plurality of unit character information that defines different information contents using telop as unit character information. An advertisement display system accommodated in a network together with a news server for supplying the content data, acquiring content data related to the content and display schedule data related to the display schedule via the network from the data distribution server, and display means A character information display method in a terminal device for character information display configured to be capable of displaying the content and the character information on the network according to the display schedule defined by the acquired display schedule data. Through From the news server, and character information data acquisition step of acquiring character information data corresponding to the character information, based on said acquired character information data, whether the keyword is included, which is pre-registered in the character information A determination step for determining each of the plurality of unit character information, and when the character information includes the keyword, a portion of the character information excluding the unit character information including the keyword is displayed. And a display control step for controlling the display means.

  According to the embodiment related to the character information display method of the present invention, the desired character is obtained by the operation in each step capable of realizing the same operation as each means of the embodiment related to the character information display terminal device of the present invention described above. Information can be efficiently displayed.

  As described above, the embodiment according to the character information display device of the present invention includes the character information data acquisition unit, the determination unit, and the display control unit, so that desired character information can be efficiently displayed on the display unit. Is possible. Moreover, since the embodiment according to the character information display method of the present invention includes the character information data acquisition step, the determination step, and the display control step, it is possible to efficiently display desired character information on the display means.

  These effects and other advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the embodiments described below.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Configuration of Example>
<Configuration of advertisement display system>
First, the configuration of the advertisement display system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the advertisement display system 10.

  1, the advertisement display system 10 includes a terminal device 100, a display device 200, a data distribution server 300, and a news server 400. The terminal device 100, the data distribution server 300, and the news server 400 are accommodated in the network 20, respectively. System.

  The network 20 is, for example, the Internet connected via a LAN or the like, and is configured so that various data compliant with HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) can be exchanged between the terminal device 100, the data distribution server 300, and the news server 400. 1 is an example of a “network” according to the present invention. Further, the network 20 may be constructed so that the terminal device 100 and the data distribution server 300 and the news server 400 can communicate with each other under a predetermined contract.

  The terminal device 100 is configured to be able to display image information, video information, character information, and the like on the display device 200 according to the management schedule supplied from the data distribution server 300. It is an example of a “terminal device”. The detailed configuration of the terminal device 100 will be described later.

  The display device 200 is, for example, a plasma display device, and is an example of a “display unit” according to the present invention that includes a relatively large (for example, about 50 to 80 inches) screen unit 210. The detailed configuration of the screen unit 210 will be described later.

  The data distribution server 300 is a server that manages information display schedules in the terminal device 100 and other terminal devices (not shown) and supplies various contents to them.

  The news server 400 is an example of a “server device” according to the present invention configured to be able to supply telop data related to telops such as news to the terminal device 100 and other terminal devices (not shown). . The news server 400 is uploaded with telop data corresponding to the latest news sequentially from a creator (not shown) or the like.

<Detailed Configuration of Terminal Device 100>
Next, a detailed configuration of the terminal device 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the terminal device 100. In the figure, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same parts as those in FIG. 1, and the description thereof is omitted.

  2, the terminal device 100 includes a control unit 110, a playback unit 120, a storage unit 130, a communication unit 140, and an input unit 150.

  The control unit 110 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 111, a ROM 112, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 113.

  The CPU 111 is a control unit that controls the entire operation of the terminal device 100, and is configured to be able to execute a telop display process to be described later, and each of the “discriminating means” and “display control means” according to the present invention. It is configured to function as an example.

  The ROM 112 is a non-volatile memory that stores various application programs. The RAM 113 is a volatile memory configured to be able to temporarily store various data generated in the process in which the CPU 111 executes an application program stored in the ROM 112.

  The playback unit 120 is a module that is controlled by the CPU 111 and generates display data for displaying a telop, which is an example of “character information” according to the present invention, on the screen unit 210 of the display device 200 and displays the data. The apparatus 200 can be supplied to the apparatus 200. The reproduction unit 120 functions together with the CPU 111 as an example of the “display control unit” according to the present invention.

  The storage unit 130 is, for example, an HDD, and records data related to various contents supplied from the data distribution server 300 and the news server 400 on a recording medium, and a keyword that defines a character string that is prohibited from being displayed on the screen unit 210. Is a rewritable storage device that is configured to be able to register.

  The communication unit 140 is an example of the “character information data acquisition unit” according to the present invention configured to be able to acquire various data from the data distribution server 300 and the news server 400 via the network 20.

  The input unit 150 includes, for example, a keyboard and a pointing device, and is configured to be able to register the keyword described above in the storage unit 130 when operated by a user of the terminal device 100 or the like. It is an example of “means”.

<Configuration of Display Device 200>
Next, a detailed configuration of the screen unit 210 in the display device 200 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the screen unit 210.

  In FIG. 3, the screen unit 210 is divided into a moving image display area 211, still image display areas 212 and 213, and a text scroll area 214.

  The moving image display area 211 is a display area for displaying moving image information based on various content data supplied from the data distribution server 300. The moving image information is, for example, an advertisement video such as a commercial video.

  The still image display areas 212 and 213 are display areas for displaying still image information based on various content data supplied from the data distribution server 300. The still image information is a commercial image that switches at a predetermined time interval, such as an electronic poster. Different still images can be displayed in the still image display areas 212 and 213, respectively.

  The text scroll area 214 is a display area for displaying a telop based on the telop data supplied from the news server 400.

<Details of text scroll area>
Here, a detailed configuration of the text scroll area 214 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the text scroll area 214.

  In FIG. 4, a telop Tp is displayed in the text scroll area 214. The telop Tp is controlled by the control unit 110 of the terminal device 100 so as to be scroll-displayed at a constant speed in the scroll direction in the figure.

<Operation of Example>
<Operational overview of advertisement display system>
Here, the operation outline of the advertisement display system 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 1 again.

  In FIG. 1, the data distribution server 300 accumulates and manages content data to be supplied to the terminal device 100 and a display schedule in the terminal device 100. The terminal device 100 polls the data distribution server 300 in accordance with HTTP at regular intervals, and updates the control information that defines the display schedule and the like. Based on the appropriately updated control information, the terminal device 100 displays various information on the display device 200. For example, for content belonging to the images and videos to be displayed in the moving image display area 211 and the still image display areas 212 and 213, the content data is downloaded from the data distribution server 300 as appropriate via the communication unit 140, and the playback unit After various processing for image display is executed by 120, the image is displayed on the display device 200.

  On the other hand, text information with relatively high update frequency such as news is uploaded to the news server 400 sequentially. The terminal device 100 accesses the news server 400 existing at a predetermined address on the network 20 at a predetermined time according to the control information acquired from the data distribution server 300, acquires the latest telop data, and enters the text scroll area 214. A scroll display is provided as the telop Tp.

  Here, the telop data supplied from the news server 400 is a single data that is equally supplied to other terminal devices, and when the telop is displayed based on such single data. In some cases, a telop that is undesirable in the installation environment of the terminal device 100 is displayed in the text scroll area 214. Therefore, in the terminal device 100, the CPU 111 executes a telop display process described below in accordance with an application program stored in the ROM 112, and displays only a desired telop on the display screen 210.

<Details of telop display processing>
Next, the details of the telop display process will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the telop display process.

  In FIG. 5, the CPU 111 controls the communication unit 140 based on a display schedule included in the control information acquired in advance from the data distribution server 300 and downloads telop data from the news server 400 via the network 20 (step A10). The telop data is an XML format data file, and the downloaded character information data is temporarily stored in the RAM 113 and then stored in the storage unit 130.

  Here, the telop data according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram of telop data.

  In FIG. 6, the telop data includes n data blocks that define the telop, and n telops Tpi (i = 0, 2,..., N−1) are defined as a whole. The data block that defines individual telops is an example of text data representing telops corresponding to individual news (an example of “unit character information” according to the present invention, in particular “unit character information that defines mutually different information contents”). ), And an example of “character information” according to the present invention is configured by the entire n telops.

  Here, the details of the telop data will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a data structure that defines the telop Tpi in the telop data.

  In FIG. 7, the telop Tpi is represented as text data representing the content of one news item. The telop data is an XML format data file, and the telop Tpi is defined by a pair of tags Tgi. In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, the data etc. which specify the display color etc. of a telop other than the text data showing telop Tpi may be contained between a pair of tags Tgi. That is, various control information for displaying the telop Tpi on the screen unit 210 may be included in a portion sandwiched between the pair of tags Tgi.

  Returning to FIG. 5, when the telop data is downloaded, the CPU 111 acquires the number n of telops included in the telop data (step A11).

  When the number of telops n is acquired, the CPU 111 resets the counter i for designating one telop and sets it to “0” (step A12), and reads the telop Tpi from the storage unit 130 (step A13).

  When the telop defined by the counter i is read, the CPU 111 determines whether or not the telop Tpi is a displayable telop (step A13). Here, the “displayable telop” is defined based on the installation environment of the terminal device 100, refers to a telop that does not include a keyword registered in the terminal device 100 in advance, and is suitable for being displayed on the screen unit 210. It refers to the telop. For example, when the terminal device 100 is installed in an educational institution such as a university, if the telop Tpi is news about scoring errors as shown in FIG. 7, the telop Tpi is a telop that is not suitable for display. Therefore, in this case, if the character string “grading mistake” is registered as a keyword in advance, the telop Tpi is determined to be a telop that is not suitable for display. That is, in step A13, the telop is censored. Specifically, when the telop Tpi (text data) and the keyword (text data) stored in the storage unit 130 are collated, and there is no character string corresponding to the keyword in the telop Tpi, It is determined that the telop Tpi is a displayable telop.

  This keyword is registered in advance through the input unit 150 on the terminal device 100 side. Here, being registered means that it is stored in the storage unit 130 in a format that can be referred to as a keyword. In addition, the keyword can be always additionally registered via the input unit 150. Note that this keyword may be singular or plural, and when multiple keywords are registered, for example, a logical sum is taken, and a telop including even one of the registered keywords cannot be displayed. It is determined that Of course, logical product is taken, and it may be determined that a telop including all registered keywords cannot be displayed.

  When the telop Tpi is a displayable telop (step A14: YES), the CPU 111 controls the reproduction unit 120 to reproduce the telop Tpi (step A15). At this time, the reproducing unit 120 generates display data for displaying the telop Tpi (content represented by the text data) on the screen unit 210 of the display device 200 and supplies the display data to the display device 200. In accordance with the supplied display data, the telop Tpi is scroll-displayed in the text scroll area 214 of the screen unit 210 and reproduced.

  When the telop Tpi is reproduced, the CPU 111 increments the counter i by “1” (step A16) and determines whether or not the value of the counter i is “n” (step A17). On the other hand, when it is determined in step A14 that the telop Tpi is a display-prohibited telop (step A14: NO), the CPU 111 immediately shifts the processing to step A16 without reproducing the telop Tpi. .

  When the value of the counter i is not n, that is, when there is a telop in the telop included in the telop data for which reproduction (display) or reproduction (display) prohibition has not yet been determined in step A14 (step (A17: NO), the CPU 111 returns the process to step A13 and executes a series of processes from step A13 to step A17 already described. When the value of the counter i is n, that is, all telops Tpi (i = 0, 1,..., N−1) included in the telop data are reproduced (displayed) or reproduced (displayed) in step A14. When the prohibition is determined (step A17: YES), the CPU 111 determines whether the telop data has been updated (step A18). Note that the CPU 111 accesses the news server 400 at regular timings via the communication unit 140 and sequentially monitors whether the telop data is updated.

  When the telop data has not been updated (step A18: NO), the CPU 111 returns the process to step A12, and again a series of processes (step A13 to step A17) for sequentially displaying the telop Tpi included in the telop data from the beginning. ) To continue the telop display process. On the other hand, if the telop data has been updated (step A18: YES), the CPU 111 returns the process to step A10 again, acquires new telop data from the news server 400, and continues the telop display process.

  It should be noted that the second and subsequent telop display based on the telop data that is not updated can be more comfortably executed by appropriately buffering the determination result of step A14 in the RAM 113 in the first process. .

  As described above, according to the terminal device 100 according to the present embodiment, the telop data uniformly supplied from the news server 400 is censored, and reproduction of telops including pre-registered keywords is prohibited. It is configured to be able to. That is, a desired telop can be efficiently displayed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the application program to be executed by the CPU 111 is stored in the ROM 112 in advance. For example, such an application program is stored via a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM. It may be supplied to the terminal device 100 as appropriate. At this time, the supplied application program may be appropriately stored in a storage medium such as a hard disk built in or externally attached to the terminal device 100. Alternatively, such an application program may be supplied by being downloaded as appropriate via the network 20.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist or concept of the invention that can be read from the claims and the entire specification, and for character information display accompanying such changes. The terminal device and the character information display method are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1 is a conceptual diagram of an advertisement display system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the terminal device in the advertisement display system of FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the screen part of the display apparatus in the advertisement display system of FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the text scroll area in the screen part of FIG. It is a flowchart of the telop display process performed by the terminal device of FIG. It is a conceptual diagram of the telop data acquired in the telop display process of FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the data structure in the telop data of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Advertisement display system, 20 ... Network, 100 ... Terminal device, 110 ... Control part, 120 ... Playback part, 130 ... Memory | storage part, 140 ... Communication part, 150 ... Input part, 200 ... Display apparatus, 210 ... Screen part, 214 ... Text scroll area, 300 ... Data distribution server, 400 ... News server.

Claims (3)

Accommodated in a network together with a data distribution server that supplies content and a display schedule, and a news server that supplies predetermined character information including a plurality of unit character information that defines different information contents using telop as unit character information The content display related to the content and the display schedule data related to the display schedule can be acquired from the data distribution server via the network, and the content and the character information can be displayed on the display means. A character information display terminal device configured as follows:
Character information data acquisition means for acquiring character information data corresponding to the character information from the news server via the network according to the display schedule defined by the acquired display schedule data ;
Determining means for determining, for each of the plurality of unit character information, whether or not a keyword registered in advance in the character information is included based on the acquired character information data;
Display control means for controlling the display means so that a portion of the character information excluding unit character information including the keyword is displayed when the keyword is included in the character information. A terminal device for displaying character information. The character information display terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising an input unit that prompts registration of the keyword. Accommodated in a network together with a data distribution server that supplies content and a display schedule, and a news server that supplies predetermined character information including a plurality of unit character information that defines different information contents using telop as unit character information The content display related to the content and the display schedule data related to the display schedule can be acquired from the data distribution server via the network, and the content and the character information can be displayed on the display means. A character information display method in a terminal device for character information display constituted by :
A character information data acquisition step of acquiring character information data corresponding to the character information from the news server via the network according to the display schedule defined by the acquired display schedule data ;
A determination step of determining, for each of the plurality of unit character information, whether or not a keyword registered in advance in the character information is included based on the acquired character information data;
A display control step of controlling display means so that a portion of the character information excluding unit character information including the keyword is displayed when the keyword is included in the character information. Character information display method.

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