JP4818830B2 - Video display system and communication terminal device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a video display system and a communication terminal device, and more particularly to a video display system and a communication terminal device that display information related to content.

  In recent years, devices conforming to a standard (hereinafter also referred to as inter-device communication standard) for enabling data communication with each other among a plurality of types of devices in a home are becoming widespread. The inter-device communication standard is, for example, a DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) standard. Devices conforming to the inter-device communication standard are, for example, a television receiver, an HDD (Hard disk drive) recorder, an audio device, and the like. In addition, a device compliant with the inter-device communication standard is generally connectable to a network such as the Internet via a network device such as a router.

  In general, a device that conforms to a communication standard between different devices that can be connected to a network is a device that can be operated by a remote controller. Therefore, it is required to operate a plurality of types of devices that can be operated with a remote controller and can be connected to a network with a single device.

  In JP 2002-135810 A (Patent Document 1), a communication terminal device such as a mobile phone that can be connected to a network such as the Internet and has a very high penetration rate operates a device that can be connected to the network. A technique (hereinafter also referred to as a first prior art) used as a remote controller is disclosed.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-123780 (Patent Document 2) discloses a technique in which a TV automatically recognizes a surrounding mobile phone and provides a TV program that matches the user's preference of the mobile phone (hereinafter referred to as “second”). (Also referred to as prior art).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-157617 (Patent Document 3) discloses a technique (hereinafter also referred to as a third prior art) for specifying a recommended program based on user preference information.
JP 2002-135810 A JP 2005-123780 A JP 2004-157617 A

  Recently, there are an increasing number of cases where each of a plurality of types of devices has different information regarding the same content. For example, a communication terminal device such as a cellular phone holds content preference information, and a video display device such as a television holds information related to the content (for example, content recording reservation information).

  In this case, the information related to the content held by one device and the information related to the content held by the other device and the information held by the other device differ from the information related to the same content. Reference is required at That is, it is required to refer to different information related to the same content in each of a plurality of types of devices with one device.

  However, in the first to third prior arts, there is a problem in that different information relating to the same content that each of a plurality of types of devices has cannot be referred to by one device.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a video in which different information related to the same content of each of a plurality of types of devices can be easily referred to by a single device. To provide a display system.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal device that can easily refer to different information related to the same content of each of a plurality of types of devices with one device.

In order to solve the above-described problem, according to one aspect of the present invention, a video display system displays a content with a communication terminal device capable of data communication with a service server that distributes a content information list including a plurality of content information, and content. A video display system comprising a video display device, wherein the video display device receives a content information list from a service server via a network communication line and content processing related information relating to content processing or First storage means for storing content related information including at least one piece of recommended content information generated based on content preference information, first display means, and a content information list are displayed on the first display means. a first display control means, local content-related information to the communication terminal device And a first transmission means for transmitting via a communication line, the content-related information comprises a first content identification information for identifying the content, each of the plurality of content information included in the content information list, identify the content It includes a second content identification information for the communication terminal apparatus, the content information and the second receiving means for receiving the content-related information from the image display device via the local communication line, from the service server via a network communication line a third receiving means for receiving the list, the second display means to display a plurality of contents information contained in the content information list to the second display means, among the plurality of content information, included in the received content-related information Content information including second content identification information that matches the first content identification information Further comprising a second display control means for displaying on the second display means in association with the content-related information.
Preferably, the first display control means, Ru is displayed on the first display means in association with the content-related information with the content processing-related information to the content information list received by the first receiving means.

Preferably, the communication terminal apparatus, a plurality of content information or we displayed on the second display means, a selection means for selecting the content information specified by the instruction input, the content information is selected means selected, local communication and a second transmission means for transmitting to the image display device via the line, the image display device, a fourth receiving means to receive content information is selection means selected from the communication terminal apparatus via the local communication line further comprising, a first display control means, the content specified by the content information the fourth receiving means receives, Ru is displayed on the first display means.

Preferably, the recommended content information that may be included in the content related information displayed in association with the content information on the second display means is the recommended level of the content specified by the content information displayed in association with the second display means. Contains information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, and the data communication and the service server for distributing content information list including a plurality of content information, and, at least one of information content processing-related information or recommended content information relating to the processing of content and data communication and video display device for storing content-related information including a communication terminal apparatus for displaying the content information list, the content-related information comprises a first content identification information for identifying the content, the content information list content each of the plurality of contents information contained includes the second content identification information for identifying the content, the communication terminal apparatus, which receives the content-related information which is transmitted via the local communication line from the video display device and receiving means, network from the service server A list receiving means for receiving a content information list transmitted through a signal line, and display means for displaying information, is displayed on the display means a plurality of content information included in the content information list, the plurality of content information of, obtain Preparations and content information including the second content identification information matching the first content identification information included in the received content-related information, and a display control means for displaying on the display means in association with the content-related information .

Preferably, the image display device, when the communication terminal apparatus receives the selected content information from the communication terminal apparatus via the local communication line, an apparatus that presents the content identified by the received content information, communication terminal device, a plurality of content information or we displayed on the display means, and selection means for selecting content information specified by the instruction input, the content information is selected means selected, the image display device via the local communication line And a selection information transmitting means for transmitting to.

Preferably, the recommended content information that may be included in the content-related information displayed in association with the content information on the display unit of the communication terminal device is recommended content specified by the content information displayed in association with the content information. Contains degree information.

  Preferably, the communication terminal device includes a storage unit that stores content preference information, and a calculation unit that calculates a recommendation degree of each of a plurality of pieces of content information included in the content information list based on the content preference information. In addition, the display control means displays the content information having the recommendation level calculated by the calculation means having a predetermined value or more and the recommendation level having the predetermined value or more in association with each other on the display means.

  The video display system according to the present invention includes a communication terminal device and a video display device. The communication terminal device receives the content related information stored in the video display device, and includes the received content related information among the plurality of content information included in the content information list received by the communication terminal device. Corresponding content information and at least one of content processing related information and recommended content information corresponding to the content information are displayed in association with each other on the display means.

  Therefore, there is an effect that different information regarding the same content which each of a plurality of types of devices has can be easily referred to by one device.

  The communication terminal device according to the present invention receives content-related information stored in the video display device, and has received the content information included in the content information list received by the communication terminal device. The content information corresponding to the content related information and the content processing related information corresponding to the content information and / or the recommended content information are displayed in association with each other on the display unit.

  Therefore, there is an effect that different information regarding the same content which each of a plurality of types of devices has can be easily referred to by one device.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a network system 1000 according to the present embodiment. With reference to FIG. 1, a network system 1000 includes a home network 501.

  Home network 501 is, for example, a network provided in a home. The home is, for example, a user's home, a company, or the like. Home network 501 includes communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and communication unit 50.

  Communication terminal device 500 is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance). Communication terminal device 500 has a telephone function. Communication terminal device 500 may not have a telephone function. Communication terminal device 500 is not limited to a PDA, and may be any device (for example, a PC (Personal Computer) or a mobile phone) as long as it has a communication function and is portable.

  The communication terminal device 500 can perform data communication with the telephone network 60 by radio. The telephone network 60 is a telephone network for mobile phones, for example. Note that when the communication terminal device 500 performs data communication with the telephone network 60, a packet fee corresponding to the amount of data used at the time of data communication is generated.

  The video display device 600 is a liquid crystal television. The video display device 600 is not limited to a liquid crystal television, and may be any device that can display an image. Video display device 600 may be, for example, a plasma television. The video display device 600 may be a device that includes a display device for displaying an image and an image data transmission device that transmits image data to be displayed on the display device. The image data transmitting device is, for example, an STB (Set Top Box), HDD recorder, DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) recorder, or the like.

  Communication terminal device 500 and video display device 600 perform data communication wirelessly or by wire. That is, the communication terminal device 500 and the video display device 600 constitute a video display system.

  The communication unit 50 has a function of performing data communication with each of the communication terminal device 500, the video display device 600, and the network 70. The network 70 is an external network such as the Internet.

  The communication unit 50 has a function of performing data communication simultaneously with a plurality of devices by using a wireless technology based on any one of IEEE802.11a, IEEE802.11b, and IEEE802.11g, which are wireless LAN standards. Note that the radio technology is not limited to a technology based on any of IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, and IEEE 802.11g, and may be other radio technologies. Therefore, communication unit 50 can perform data communication with each of communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and network 70 wirelessly.

  The communication unit 50 further has a communication interface using Ethernet (registered trademark). When a device in the home network 501 issues a connection request to the network 70, the address of the device is set in the network 70. It has a router function including a NAT (Network Address Translation) function for converting addresses. Therefore, the communication unit 50 can perform data communication with each of the communication terminal device 500, the video display device 600, and the network 70, for example, via a LAN cable. That is, the communication unit 50 can perform data communication with each of the communication terminal device 500, the video display device 600, and the network 70 by wire.

  The communication unit 50 further has a communication interface function (for example, a router function) using Ethernet (registered trademark). Therefore, the communication unit 50 can perform data communication with each of the communication terminal device 500, the video display device 600, and the network 70, for example, via a LAN cable. That is, the communication unit 50 can perform data communication with each of the communication terminal device 500, the video display device 600, and the network 70 by wire.

  The network 70 can perform data communication with the telephone network 60 by radio or wire. Therefore, the communication terminal device 500 can perform data communication with the network 70 via the telephone network 60.

  Network system 1000 further includes service server 800A, search server 800S, and Web server 800W.

  The service server 800A is a server that provides content, information related to the content, and the like. The content is, for example, a moving image or music data. For example, when the content is a moving image of a program, the information related to the content is, for example, program information. Service server 800A is a PC. The service server 800A is not limited to a PC, and any device can be used as long as it has a function of providing content such as moving images, content such as music data, information related to the content, and the like. May be.

  The service server 800A records all the programs of all the channels in the period from the current date and time to the date and time before a predetermined period (for example, 24 hours), and stores recorded data obtained by recording the program. Service server 800A automatically deletes recorded data after a predetermined period (for example, 24 hours) from the current date and time. Therefore, the service server 800A stores the recording data of all the programs of all the channels in the period from the current date and time to the date and time before the predetermined period. The service server 800A stores video content such as a movie to be distributed in response to a distribution request from the apparatus, separately from the recording data of the broadcast program. If there is a recording data distribution request, the service server 800A transmits or performs streaming distribution of the recording data requested to be distributed to the apparatus that has requested the recording data distribution.

  Further, the service server 800A stores in advance a program currently being broadcast and moving image data scheduled to be broadcast for a predetermined period (for example, 24 hours). If there is a distribution request for moving image data of a program that is currently being broadcast, the distribution-requested moving image data is streamed to the apparatus that has requested the distribution of moving image data.

  When a search server 800S receives a keyword as search information from a terminal device connected to the network 70, the search server 800S searches a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a Web page of information related to the received keyword. The search server 800S is a PC. The search server 800S is not limited to a PC, and when receiving a keyword from a terminal device connected to the network 70, the search server 800S searches for a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a Web page of information related to the received keyword. Any device having a function may be used.

  Web server 800W is a server that provides data of a plurality of Web pages corresponding to each of a plurality of types of information. Web server 800W provides data of a plurality of Web pages corresponding to information related to a movie, for example. Web server 800W is a PC. Web server 800W is not limited to a PC, and may be any device that has a function of providing data of a plurality of Web pages corresponding to each of a plurality of types of information.

  Each of service server 800A, search server 800S, and Web server 800W performs data communication with network 70 in a wireless or wired manner.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that communication unit 50 can perform high-speed data communication with each of communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and network 70. It is assumed that the communication unit 50 can perform data communication with each of the communication terminal device 500, the video display device 600, and the network 70, for example, at a maximum speed of 100 Mbps.

  In addition, it is assumed that the network 70 can perform high-speed data communication with each of the communication unit 50, the telephone network 60, the service server 800A, the search server 800S, and the Web server 800W. It is assumed that the network 70 can perform data communication with each of the communication unit 50, the telephone network 60, the service server 800A, the search server 800S, and the Web server 800W, for example, at a maximum speed of 100 Mbps. Therefore, for example, it is assumed that the maximum speed of data communication between the video display device 600 and the network 70 is 100 Mbps. For example, it is assumed that the maximum speed of data communication between the communication terminal device 500 and the network 70 is 100 Mbps.

  It is assumed that the data communication speed between communication terminal device 500 and telephone network 60 is slower than the data communication speed between communication terminal device 500 and network 70. Assume that the maximum speed of data communication between communication terminal device 500 and telephone network 60 is, for example, 256 kbps.

  Further, it is assumed that the data communication speed between the communication terminal device 500 and the video display device 600 is sufficiently higher than the data communication speed between the communication terminal device 500 and the telephone network 60. It is assumed that the maximum speed of data communication between the communication terminal device 500 and the video display device 600 is 4 Mbps, for example.

Next, the communication terminal device 500 will be described in detail.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the external appearance of the communication terminal device 500 from the front. Referring to FIG. 2, communication terminal device 500 includes a display unit 530, an audio output unit 570, an LED 576, and an input unit 540.

  The display unit 530 has a function of displaying characters, images, and the like. The display unit 530 is a device that uses either an LCD panel (Liquid Crystal Display Panel) or an organic EL display panel (Organic Electroluminescence Display Panel). Note that the display unit 530 may be a device using a panel of a display method other than the above.

  The resolution of the display unit 530 is horizontal 480 (dots) × vertical 640 (dots). The resolution of the display unit 530 is not limited to horizontal 480 (dots) × vertical 640 (dots), and may be another resolution (for example, horizontal 240 (dots) × vertical 320 (dots)). .

  The display unit 530 has a touch panel function that allows the user to input information by directly touching the screen. Display unit 530 transmits the position information of the user touching the screen to control unit 510 described later. Control unit 510 performs predetermined processing based on the received position information.

  The voice output unit 570 has a function of outputting the voice of the telephone. Audio output unit 570 includes a speaker that outputs audio. The audio output unit 570 outputs audio based on audio data received from the control unit 510 described later from the speaker.

  The LED 576 performs light notification according to processing performed in the communication terminal device 500. For example, the LED 576 blinks light when an incoming call is received.

  The input unit 540 includes a button group 541. The button group 541 includes direction buttons 541A, 541B, 541C, 541D, and an enter button 541E. The direction buttons 541A, 541B, 541C, and 541D are displayed when the image is displayed on the display unit 530 by a short time (for example, less than 1 second) pressing operation (hereinafter also referred to as a short pressing operation) by the user. This is a button for moving an object to be moved (for example, a cursor) vertically and horizontally. Specifically, the direction buttons 541A, 541B, 541C, and 541D in which a short press operation has been performed are buttons for moving the cursor up, down, left, and right, respectively, for example.

  The determination button 541E is a button for determining an item or the like selected by a short press operation of the direction buttons 541A, 541B, 541C, 541D, for example.

  Input unit 540 further includes function buttons 542A, 542B, 543A, and 543B. Each of the function buttons 542A and 542B is a button for starting a program or the like preset by the user, for example, by a short press operation.

  The function button 543A is a button for starting a call by a short press operation when a call is made to the communication terminal device 500. The function button button 543B is a button for ending the call by a short press operation when the communication terminal device 500 is in a call. The function button button 543B is a button for switching the power supply of the communication terminal device 500 on and off in response to a pressing operation (hereinafter also referred to as a long pressing operation) for a long time (for example, 1 second or more) by the user. It is.

  The input unit 540 transmits a button signal corresponding to a short-pressed or long-pressed button among a plurality of buttons included in the input unit 540 to the control unit 510 described later. That is, the input unit 540 is an interface for the user to operate the communication terminal device 500. Hereinafter, an operation of the input unit 540 or a touch operation on the display unit 530 by the user is also referred to as an interface operation M.

  Communication terminal device 500 further includes a voice input unit 574. The voice input unit 574 has a function of inputting voice during a call. The voice input unit 574 includes a microphone for inputting voice. The voice input unit 574 converts voice acquired by the microphone into voice data, and transmits the voice data to the control unit 510 described later in the communication terminal device 500.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an appearance of the communication terminal device 500 from the left side. Referring to FIG. 3, communication terminal apparatus 500 includes a recording medium insertion unit 550A. The recording medium insertion unit 550A is a part that inserts a recording medium, which will be described later, into the communication terminal device 500.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the appearance of the communication terminal device 500 from the back. With reference to FIG. 4, communication terminal apparatus 500 further includes an audio output unit 572 and an imaging unit 578. The audio output unit 572 has a function of outputting audio corresponding to processing performed by the control unit 510 described later. The sound output unit 572 includes a speaker that outputs sound. The audio output unit 572 outputs audio based on audio data received from the control unit 510 described later from the speaker.

  The imaging unit 578 has a function of performing an imaging process for imaging a subject to be imaged. The imaging unit 578 includes an imaging lens, a light receiving unit, and a color filter unit (not shown). The light receiving unit has a function of converting input light into an electrical signal. The light receiving unit is composed of a plurality of light receiving elements. The light receiving element is an element using, for example, a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) image sensor or a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor.

  The color filter unit is composed of a plurality of color filters. The color filter is a filter corresponding to each of R, G, and B. The plurality of color filters are provided corresponding to the plurality of light receiving elements, respectively.

  The following processing is performed in the imaging processing. First, the imaging unit 578 inputs light reflected by the subject to be imaged and incident on the imaging lens to the light receiving unit via the color filter unit. The light receiving unit converts the input light into an electrical signal. The imaging unit 578 converts the converted electrical signal into digital data (hereinafter also referred to as captured image data).

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of communication terminal apparatus 500. FIG. 5 also shows a recording medium 555 for explanation. A recording medium 555 stores a program 180 described later. That is, the program 180 is recorded on a medium or the like and distributed as a program product. The recording medium 555 is also distributed as a program product.

  Referring to FIG. 5, communication terminal apparatus 500 further includes a control unit 510, a temporary storage unit 522, and a storage unit 520.

  The storage unit 520 has a function of storing data in a nonvolatile manner. The storage unit 520 is accessed by the control unit 510. The storage unit 520 is a medium (for example, a flash memory) that can hold data in a nonvolatile manner even when power is not supplied. The storage unit 520 stores a program 180, recording data to be described later, various other data, and the like. The program 180 includes a remote control program described later.

  Control unit 510 has a function of performing various types of processing, arithmetic processing, and the like for each unit in communication terminal device 500 in accordance with program 180 stored in storage unit 520. The control unit 510 may be any of a microprocessor, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and other circuits having arithmetic functions.

  Temporary storage unit 522 is accessed as data by control unit 510 and used as a work memory for temporarily storing data. The temporary storage unit 522 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory), an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), an SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM), a DDR-SDRAM (Double Data Rate SDRAM), and an RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random). (Access Memory (registered trademark)), Direct-RDRAM (Direct Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory (registered trademark)), or any other circuit having a configuration capable of storing and storing data in a volatile manner.

  Communication terminal device 500 further includes an antenna 502, a tuner 505, and a data processing unit 507.

  The antenna 502 is connected to the tuner 505. The tuner 505 receives a broadcast signal having a frequency instructed by the control unit 510 via the antenna 502. The tuner 505 has a function of receiving broadcast signals based on digital broadcasting and analog broadcasting.

  The broadcast signal includes image data, audio data, text data, and EPG (Electric Program Guide) data. When the broadcast signal is a signal based on digital broadcasting, the broadcast signal further includes BML (Broadcast Markup Language) data and the like. The EPG data is data indicating a plurality of program information. BML data is data for controlling the arrangement position and operation of each of image data, audio data, and text data. The tuner 505 transmits the received broadcast signal to the data processing unit 507.

  The data processing unit 507 demodulates the received broadcast signal to obtain demodulated data. When the received broadcast signal is a signal based on analog broadcast, the data processing unit 507 performs the following processing. First, the data processing unit 507 decodes the demodulated data to obtain image data and audio data, and obtains text data and EPG data from a vertical blanking interval (VBI) of the broadcast signal.

  When the data processing unit 507 receives a display instruction for causing the display unit 530 to display an image from the control unit 510, the data processing unit 507 transmits the image data to a VDP (Video Display Processor) 532 described later. When receiving the image data, the VDP 532 displays an image (moving image or still image) based on the image data on the display unit 530.

  In addition, when the data processing unit 507 receives a recording instruction for performing a recording process from the control unit 510, the data processing unit 507 compresses the image data and the audio data and stores the compressed image data and the audio data in the storage unit 520. The recorded data in this case is also referred to as content below. The recorded data is data compressed in MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) 4 format. The recorded data is not limited to data compressed in the MPEG4 format, and may be data compressed in another format. Here, other formats include, for example, MPEG1, MPEG2, H.264. H.264 or the like.

  When the received broadcast signal is a signal based on digital broadcast, the data processing unit 507 performs the following processing. First, the data processing unit 507 decodes the demodulated data based on the digital broadcasting standard to obtain decoded data. The decoded data includes image data, audio data, text data, EPG data, and BML data. Image data and audio data included in the decoded data are data compressed in the MPEG4 format. The image data and audio data included in the decoded data are not limited to data compressed in the MPEG4 format, and may be data compressed in other formats. Here, other formats include, for example, MPEG1, MPEG2, H.264. H.264 or the like.

  When the data processing unit 507 receives a display instruction for displaying an image on the display unit 530 from the control unit 510, the data processing unit 507 transmits the image data included in the decoded data of the channel specified by the display instruction to the VDP 532 described later. Send. When receiving the image data, the VDP 532 displays an image (moving image or still image) based on the image data on the display unit 530.

  Further, when receiving a recording instruction for performing a recording process from the control unit 510, the data processing unit 507 stores the decoded data of the channel designated by the recording instruction in the storage unit 520 as the recording data. The recorded data in this case is also referred to as content below. In this case, the recorded data includes image data, audio data, text data, and BML data.

  Communication terminal apparatus 500 further includes VDP 532 and VRAM (Video Random Access Memory) 536.

The VRAM 536 has a function of temporarily storing image data.
Control unit 510 issues a drawing instruction to VDP 532 according to program 180 stored in storage unit 520. The drawing instruction is an instruction for generating an image and causing the display unit 530 to display the image.

  The VDP 532 is connected to the display unit 530. The VDP 532 reads font data, graphic data, and the like from a program 180 (to be described later) in the storage unit 520 in response to a drawing instruction from the control unit 510 and generates an image using the VRAM 536. The VDP 532 reads out the image data stored in the VRAM 536 and causes the display unit 530 to display an image based on the image data.

  Communication terminal device 500 further includes an input unit 540 and a recording medium access unit 550.

  Control unit 510 receives, from input unit 540, a button signal corresponding to a button that has been subjected to a short press operation or a long press operation among the plurality of buttons included in input unit 540. Control unit 510 performs processing according to the received button signal.

  The recording medium access unit 550 can access the recording medium 555 when the recording medium 555 is inserted (attached) to the communication terminal device 500 from the recording medium insertion unit 550A. As a result, the recording medium access unit 550 can read the program 180 from the recording medium 555 on which the program 180 is recorded.

  The program 180 stored in the recording medium 555 is read by the recording medium access unit 550 by the installation process of the control unit 510, and the control unit 510 stores the program 180 in the storage unit 520. The installation processing program is stored in advance in the storage unit 520, and the installation processing is performed by the control unit 510 based on the installation processing program.

  Note that the program 180 may not be installed in the storage unit 520. In this case, control unit 510 reads program 180 stored in recording medium 555 via recording medium access unit 550, and performs predetermined processing based on program 180. The recording medium 555 further records content data and the like. The content data is, for example, music data, moving image data, and the like.

  The recording medium 555 includes a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a CF (Compact Flash (registered trademark)) card, SM (Smart Media (registered trademark)), MMC (Multi Media Card (registered trademark)), and SD (Secure Digital (registered trademark)). (Trademark)) Memory Card, Memory Stick (Registered Trademark), xD Picture Card (Registered Trademark), and non-volatile memory other than the above.

Communication terminal device 500 further includes a communication unit 560 and a communication unit 562.
Communication unit 560 exchanges data with control unit 510. The communication unit 560 has a function of transmitting and receiving data to and from the video display device 600 in a wired or wireless manner.

  The communication unit 560 has a function of a communication interface that performs serial transfer based on the USB (Universal Serial Bus) 1.1 or USB 2.0 standard. Note that the standard of the communication interface for performing serial transfer is not limited to USB 1.1 or USB 2.0, but may be another standard.

  Note that the communication unit 560 may have a function of a communication interface that performs parallel transfer. The communication interface that performs parallel transfer is, for example, an interface that conforms to a standard based on Centronics (registered trademark) or a standard of IEEE 1284 (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 1284). Further, the communication unit 560 may have a communication interface function based on the IEEE 1394 or SCSI standard.

  Communication unit 560 further has a wireless data communication function. The wireless data communication function has a function of performing data communication wirelessly using Bluetooth (Bluetooth (registered trademark)). Note that the wireless data communication is not limited to a method using Bluetooth (registered trademark), and may be another communication method using infrared light, for example. Communication unit 560 performs data communication with video display device 600 wirelessly in response to a control instruction from control unit 510.

  Communication unit 562 exchanges data with control unit 510. The communication unit 562 has a function of performing data communication using a wireless technology based on any one of IEEE802.11a, IEEE802.11b, and IEEE802.11g, which are wireless LAN standards. Note that the radio technology is not limited to a technology based on any of IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, and IEEE 802.11g, and may be other radio technologies. Therefore, the communication unit 562 can perform data communication with the communication unit 50 wirelessly. For example, the communication unit 562 sends a recording data transmission request to the video display device 600 via the communication unit 50 and transmits the recorded recording. Data can be received and streaming playback can be performed.

  The communication unit 562 further has a communication interface function using Ethernet (registered trademark). Therefore, the communication unit 562 can perform data communication with the communication unit 50 via, for example, a LAN cable.

  Therefore, communication terminal device 500 according to the present embodiment can also download a program from network 70 via communication unit 50 and communication unit 562 and store the program in storage unit 520. In this case, the downloaded program is the program 180.

  Control unit 510 performs predetermined processing in accordance with a program (program 180) downloaded from network 70. The download program is stored in advance in the storage unit 520, and the download process is performed by the control unit 510 based on the download program.

Communication terminal device 500 further includes an antenna 564 and a communication unit 566.
The antenna 564 is connected to the communication unit 566. The communication unit 566 has a function of transmitting and receiving a wireless communication signal using the antenna 564. The communication unit 566 receives a wireless communication signal having a frequency designated by the control unit 510 via the antenna 564. The wireless communication signal is a signal including voice data, character data, image data, and the like.

  Communication unit 566 uses antenna 564 to communicate with the nearest base station (not shown) using a wireless communication signal. The nearest base station can communicate with the telephone network 60. Therefore, the communication unit 566 uses the antenna 564 to communicate with the telephone network 60 via the nearest base station using a wireless communication signal. When receiving the wireless communication signal, the communication unit 566 demodulates the wireless communication signal and transmits data based on the demodulated wireless communication signal to the control unit 510. Further, when transmitting a wireless communication signal, the communication unit 566 receives data (for example, audio data) from the control unit 510 and converts the data into a wireless communication signal based on a predetermined protocol. Communication unit 566 then uses antenna 564 to transmit the converted wireless communication signal to telephone network 60 via the nearest base station (not shown).

  The communication unit 566 can also acquire information indicating the position of the base station (hereinafter also referred to as base station position information) by communicating with the nearest base station. The communication unit 566 transmits the acquired base station position information to the control unit 510 in response to a control instruction from the control unit 510. Control unit 510 can roughly grasp the position of communication terminal apparatus 500 based on the received base station position information.

  The communication unit 566 has a GPS (Global Positioning System) function. The GPS function is a function of communicating with the artificial satellite and acquiring information (hereinafter also referred to as GPS position information) of the position (position based on latitude, longitude, altitude, etc.) of the communication terminal device 500. The communication unit 566 acquires GPS position information in response to a control instruction from the control unit 510 and transmits it to the control unit 510.

  Control unit 510 performs data communication with voice output units 570 and 572 and voice input unit 574 described above.

  When control unit 510 transmits audio data to audio output unit 570, audio output unit 570 outputs audio based on the audio data received from control unit 510 from the speaker. When control unit 510 transmits audio data to audio output unit 572, audio output unit 572 outputs audio based on the audio data received from control unit 510 from the speaker.

  When the user utters voice to the microphone included in the voice input unit 574, the voice input unit 574 converts voice acquired by the microphone into voice data, and transmits the voice data to the control unit 510.

  The control unit 510 performs data communication with the LED 576 and the imaging unit 578 described above. The LED 576 emits light based on a control instruction from the control unit 510.

  The imaging unit 578 performs the above-described imaging processing based on a control instruction from the control unit 510 and transmits captured image data to the control unit 510. Upon receiving the captured image data, control unit 510 stores the captured image data in any of temporary storage unit 522, storage unit 520, and recording medium 555.

  Communication terminal device 500 further includes a vibration unit 579. The vibration unit 579 has a function of vibrating the communication terminal device 500 based on a control instruction from the control unit 510. The vibration unit 579 vibrates the communication terminal device 500 based on a control instruction from the control unit 510 when, for example, an incoming call or an e-mail is received.

  Communication terminal device 500 further includes RFID 580. The RFID 580 is an integrated circuit based on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) having a security function such as Felica (registered trademark), and communicates with a reading terminal (not shown) in a non-contact manner. The RFID 580 outputs data such as a terminal ID based on a control instruction from the control unit 510.

Next, the video display device 600 will be described in detail.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the external appearance of the video display device 600 from the front. Referring to FIG. 6, video display device 600 includes a display unit 630 and an audio output unit 670.

  The display unit 630 has a function of displaying characters, images, and the like. The display unit 630 is a device using any one of an LCD panel, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), an FED panel (Field Emission Display Panel), a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), and an organic EL display panel. Note that the display unit 630 may be a device using a panel with a display method other than the above. The resolution of the display unit 630 is larger than the resolution of the display unit 530. For example, the resolution of the display unit 630 is a resolution of horizontal 1366 (dots) × vertical 768 (dots) at which a PC image can be displayed. The resolution of the display unit 630 is not limited to horizontal 1366 (dots) × vertical 768 (dots), but may be other resolutions (for example, 1024 × 768). The aspect ratio of the display unit 630 displaying the video is 16: 9. The aspect ratio is not limited to 16: 9 and may be 4: 3.

  The audio output unit 670 has a function of outputting audio corresponding to processing performed by the control unit 610 described later. Audio output unit 670 includes a speaker that outputs audio. The audio output unit 670 outputs audio based on audio data received from the control unit 610 described later from the speaker.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the video display device 600. FIG. 7 also shows a recording medium 555A for explanation. A recording medium 555A records a program 180A described later. That is, the program 180A is recorded on a medium or the like and distributed as a program product. The recording medium 555A is also distributed as a program product.

  Referring to FIG. 7, video display device 600 further includes a control unit 610, a temporary storage unit 622, and a storage unit 620.

  The storage unit 620 has a function of storing data in a nonvolatile manner. The storage unit 620 is accessed by the control unit 610. The storage unit 620 is a hard disk capable of storing a large amount of data. Note that the storage unit 620 is not limited to a hard disk, and may be any medium (for example, a flash memory) that can hold data in a nonvolatile manner even when power is not supplied. The storage unit 620 stores a program 180A, recording data to be described later, a device ID for identifying the video display device 600, various other data, and the like.

  Control unit 610 has a function of performing various types of processing, arithmetic processing, and the like for each unit in video display device 600 in accordance with program 180A stored in storage unit 620. Since control unit 610 is similar to control unit 510 described above, detailed description will not be repeated.

  The temporary storage unit 622 is used as a work memory that is accessed by the control unit 610 and temporarily stores data. Since temporary storage unit 622 is similar to temporary storage unit 522 described above, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

  The video display device 600 further includes an antenna 602, a tuner 605, and a data processing unit 607.

  The antenna 602 is connected to the tuner 605. The tuner 605 receives a broadcast signal having a frequency instructed by the control unit 610 via the antenna 602. The tuner 605 has a function of receiving broadcast signals based on digital broadcasting and analog broadcasting.

  The broadcast signal includes image data, audio data, text data, and EPG data. When the broadcast signal is a signal based on digital broadcasting, the broadcast signal further includes the BML data described above. The tuner 605 transmits the received broadcast signal to the data processing unit 607.

  The data processing unit 607 demodulates the received broadcast signal to obtain demodulated data. When the received broadcast signal is a signal based on analog broadcast, the data processing unit 607 performs the following processing. First, the data processing unit 607 decodes the demodulated data, acquires image data and audio data, and acquires text data and EPG data from the vertical blanking interval of the broadcast signal.

  When the data processing unit 607 receives a display instruction for displaying an image on the display unit 630 from the control unit 610, the data processing unit 607 transmits the image data to the VDP 632 described later. When receiving the image data, the VDP 632 displays an image (moving image or still image) based on the image data on the display unit 630.

  In addition, when the data processing unit 607 receives a recording instruction for performing a recording process from the control unit 610, the data processing unit 607 compresses the image data and the audio data, and stores them in the storage unit 620 as recorded data. The recorded data is data compressed in the MPEG2 format. The recorded data is not limited to data compressed in the MPEG2 format, and may be data compressed in another format. Here, other formats include, for example, MPEG1, H.264, and the like. H.264 or the like.

  When the received broadcast signal is a signal based on digital broadcast, the data processing unit 607 performs the following processing. First, the data processing unit 607 decodes the demodulated data based on the digital broadcasting standard to obtain decoded data. The decoded data includes image data, audio data, text data, EPG data, and BML data. Image data and audio data included in the decoded data are data compressed in the MPEG2 format. The image data and audio data included in the decoded data are not limited to data compressed in the MPEG2 format, and may be data compressed in other formats. Here, other formats include, for example, MPEG1, H.264, and the like. H.264 or the like.

  When the data processing unit 607 receives a display instruction for causing the display unit 630 to display the image data from the control unit 610, the data processing unit 607 converts the image data included in the decoded data of the channel designated by the display instruction into a VDP 632 described later. Send to. When receiving the image data, the VDP 632 displays an image (moving image or still image) based on the image data on the display unit 630.

  Hereinafter, an image based on a broadcast signal received by the tuner 605 and displayed on the display unit 630 is also referred to as a TV image. Note that the number of types of TV image channels that can be directly selected by pressing the numeric buttons “1” to “12” provided on the remote controller 300 to be described later for operating the video display device 600 is as follows. Assume that the maximum is 12. As a matter of course, the more number buttons provided on the remote controller 300, the larger the number of TV image channel types that can be directly selected.

  Remote control channel numbers “1” to “12” are set in the numeric buttons “1” to “12” of the remote control 300, respectively. For example, the remote control channel number “3” is set to the numeric button “3”. One TV image channel can be registered in one remote control channel number. For example, it is assumed that the TV image channel number “8” is registered for the remote control channel number “1”. In this case, the numeric button “1” of the remote controller 300 is pressed by the user, so that a remote control signal for selecting a TV image of the channel number “8” is transmitted from the remote controller 300 to the video display device 600. Sent.

  Note that the video display device 600 has a function of simultaneously displaying a plurality of types of TV images on the display unit 630. In addition, the video display device 600 has a function of simultaneously displaying a TV image and other types of images on the display unit 630.

  In addition, when the data processing unit 607 receives a recording instruction for performing a recording process from the control unit 610, the data processing unit 607 causes the storage unit 620 to store the decoded data of the channel designated by the recording instruction as the recording data. The recorded data in this case is also referred to as content below. In this case, the recorded data includes image data, audio data, text data, and BML data.

The video display device 600 further includes a VDP 632 and a VRAM 636.
The VRAM 636 has a function of temporarily storing image data.

  The control unit 610 issues a drawing instruction to the VDP 632 according to the program 180A stored in the storage unit 620. The drawing instruction is an instruction for generating an image and causing the display unit 630 to display the image.

  The VDP 632 is connected to the display unit 630. In response to a drawing instruction from the control unit 610, the VDP 632 reads font data, graphic data, and the like from a program 180A described later in the storage unit 620, and generates an image using the VRAM 636. The VDP 632 reads out the image data stored in the VRAM 636 and causes the display unit 630 to display an image based on the image data.

  The video display device 600 further includes an input unit 640 and a recording medium access unit 650.

  Input unit 640 includes a plurality of buttons (not shown). The plurality of buttons are provided outside the video display device 600. When any one of the buttons is pressed by the user, the input unit 640 transmits a button signal corresponding to the pressed button to the control unit 610. Control unit 610 performs predetermined processing based on the received button signal. Hereinafter, the button operation of the input unit 640 by the user is also referred to as an interface operation T.

  The recording medium access unit 650 has a function of reading the program 180A from the recording medium 555A on which the program 180A is recorded. The program 180A stored in the recording medium 555A is read by the recording medium access unit 650 by the installation process of the control unit 610, and the control unit 610 stores the program 180A in the storage unit 620. The installation processing program is stored in advance in the storage unit 620, and the installation processing is performed by the control unit 610 based on the installation processing program.

  Note that the program 180A may not be installed in the storage unit 620. In this case, control unit 610 reads program 180A stored in recording medium 555A via recording medium access unit 650, and performs predetermined processing based on program 180A. Content data and the like are also recorded on recording medium 555A. The content data is, for example, music data, moving image data, and the like.

  The recording medium 555A includes a BD (Blu-ray Disc), an HD-DVD (High-Definition Digital Versatile Disc), a DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disk Read Only Memory), a DVD-R (Digital Versatile Disk Recordable), and a DVD-RAM. (Digital Versatile Disk Random Access Memory), DVD + RW (Digital Versatile Disk Re-Writable), DVD-RW, CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), MO (Magneto Optical Disk), floppy (registered trademark) disk, CF card (Registered trademark), SM (Smart Media (registered trademark)), MMC (registered trademark), SD memory card (registered trademark), Memory Stick (registered trademark), xD Picture Card (registered trademark), USB memory, magnetic tape, and the above Any other nonvolatile memory may be used.

Video display device 600 further includes a communication unit 660 and a communication unit 662.
Communication unit 660 exchanges data with control unit 610. The communication unit 660 has a function of transmitting / receiving data to / from the communication terminal device 500 in a wired or wireless manner. Communication unit 660 has the same configuration and function as communication unit 560 described above, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated.

  Communication unit 662 transmits / receives data to / from control unit 610. Since communication unit 662 has the same configuration and function as communication unit 562 described above, detailed description will not be repeated. Therefore, communication unit 662 can perform data communication with communication unit 50 wirelessly. Communication unit 662 can perform data communication with communication unit 50 via, for example, a LAN cable. Therefore, when there is a request for transmission of the recorded data stored in the storage unit 620 to the communication unit 662 via the communication unit 50, transmission or streaming distribution is performed to the device that requested the recorded data.

  Therefore, video display apparatus 600 according to the present embodiment can also download a program from network 70 via communication unit 50 and communication unit 662 and store the program in storage unit 620. In this case, the downloaded program is the program 180A.

  Control unit 610 performs predetermined processing according to a program (program 180A) downloaded from network 70. The download program is stored in advance in the storage unit 620, and the download process is performed by the control unit 610 based on the download program.

  Video display device 600 further includes a remote control signal receiver 680. The remote control signal receiving unit 680 has a function of receiving a remote control signal for operating the video display device 600 output from the remote control (remote controller) 300. Remote control signal receiving unit 680 transmits the received remote control signal to control unit 610. Control unit 610 performs corresponding processing in accordance with the received remote control signal. As described above, the remote controller 300 is provided with numeric buttons “1” to “12” for selecting a TV image. Hereinafter, the operation of the remote controller 300 by the user is also referred to as an interface operation T.

  The control unit 610 performs data communication with the voice output unit 670 described above. When control unit 610 transmits audio data to audio output unit 670, audio output unit 670 outputs audio based on the audio data received from control unit 610 from the speaker.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the service server 800A. Referring to FIG. 8, service server 800A includes a display unit 830, a control unit 810, a temporary storage unit 822, and a storage unit 820.

  The display unit 830 has a function of displaying characters, images, and the like. Since display unit 830 is similar to display unit 630 described above, detailed description will not be repeated.

  The storage unit 820 has a function of storing data in a nonvolatile manner. The storage unit 820 is accessed by the control unit 810. The storage unit 820 is a hard disk capable of storing a large amount of data. Note that the storage unit 820 is not limited to a hard disk, and may be any medium (for example, a flash memory) that can hold data in a nonvolatile manner even when power is not supplied. The storage unit 820 stores a program 180B, recording data, content data, various other data, and the like.

  Control unit 810 has a function of performing various types of processing, arithmetic processing, and the like for each unit in service server 800A in accordance with program 180B stored in storage unit 820. Since control unit 810 is similar to control unit 510 described above, detailed description will not be repeated.

  The temporary storage unit 822 is accessed as data by the control unit 810, and is used as a work memory that temporarily stores data. Since temporary storage unit 822 is similar to temporary storage unit 522 described above, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

Service server 800A further includes a VDP 832 and a VRAM 836.
The VRAM 836 has a function of temporarily storing image data.

  The control unit 810 issues a drawing instruction to the VDP 832 in accordance with the program 180B stored in the storage unit 820. The drawing instruction is an instruction for generating an image and causing the display unit 830 to display the image.

  The VDP 832 is connected to the display unit 830. In response to a drawing instruction from the control unit 810, the VDP 832 reads font data, graphic data, and the like from a program 180 described later in the storage unit 520, and generates an image using the VRAM 836. The VDP 832 reads out the image data stored in the VRAM 836 and causes the display unit 830 to display an image based on the image data.

Service server 800A further includes an input unit 840.
A mouse 842 and a keyboard 844 are connected to the input unit 840. The user uses the mouse 842 or the keyboard 844 to give an instruction to the service server 800A. An input instruction from the mouse 842 or the keyboard 844 is transmitted to the control unit 810 via the input unit 840. Control unit 810 performs predetermined processing based on an input instruction from input unit 840.

The service server 800A further includes a communication unit 860 and a communication unit 862.
The communication unit 860 performs data transmission / reception with the control unit 810. The communication unit 860 has a function of transmitting and receiving data to and from other devices not shown in a wired or wireless manner. Communication unit 860 has the same configuration and function as communication unit 560 described above, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated.

  Communication unit 862 transmits and receives data to and from control unit 810. Since communication unit 862 has the same configuration and function as communication unit 562 described above, detailed description will not be repeated. Accordingly, the communication unit 862 can perform data communication with the network 70 wirelessly. The communication unit 862 can perform data communication with the network 70 via, for example, a LAN cable.

  Each of search server 800S and Web server 800W has the same configuration as that of service server 800A described above, and thus detailed description will not be repeated.

  Next, processing for using communication terminal device 500 as a remote controller for operating video display device 600 (hereinafter also referred to as a display device remote controller) will be described. When control unit 510 executes a remote control program of program 180 by interface operation M, communication terminal device 500 can be used as a display device remote control. In this case, the following remote control image MG100 is displayed on display unit 530.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a remote control image MG100 as an example. Referring to FIG. 9, button images MBG110, MBG120, and MBG130 are arranged in remote control image MG100.

  Each of the button images MBG110, MBG120, and MBG130 is pressed by the interface operation M, so that the control unit 510 transmits a corresponding remote control signal described later to the video display device 600 using the communication unit 560. It is a button image for doing.

  The button image MBG110 is a button image for transmitting a power supply remote control signal to the video display device 600 by being pressed by the interface operation M. The power remote control signal is a remote control signal for switching between a state where the power of the video display device 600 is on and a state where the power of the video display device 600 is off.

  The button image MBG 120 is a button image for transmitting a program guide display remote control signal to the video display device 600 by being pressed by the interface operation M. The program guide display remote control signal is a remote control signal for causing the display unit 630 of the video display device 600 to display a program guide image to be described later.

  The button image MBG 130 is a button image for transmitting a menu display remote control signal to the video display device 600 by being pressed by the interface operation M. The menu display remote control signal is a remote control signal for causing a display unit 630 of the video display device 600 to display a menu image to be described later.

  In remote control image MG100, button images MBG142, MBG144, MBG152, and MBG154 are further arranged. Each of the button images MBG142, MBG144, MBG152, and MBG154 is pressed by the interface operation M, so that the control unit 510 uses a communication unit 560 to transmit a corresponding remote control signal, which will be described later, to the video display device 600. It is a button image for transmitting to.

  The button image MBG 142 is a button image for transmitting a volume up remote control signal to the video display device 600 by being pressed by the interface operation M. The volume up remote control signal is a remote control signal for increasing the sound output from the audio output unit 670 of the video display device 600. The button image MBG 144 is a button image for transmitting a volume down remote control signal to the video display device 600 by being pressed by the interface operation M. The volume down remote control signal is a remote control signal for reducing the sound output from the audio output unit 670 of the video display device 600.

  The button image MBG 152 is a button image for transmitting a channel plus remote control signal to the video display device 600 by being pressed by the interface operation M. The channel plus remote control signal is a remote control signal for incrementing the remote control channel number by 1 when a TV image is displayed on the display unit 630 of the video display device 600. When the remote control channel number is “12” and the above-described process of incrementing by 1 is performed, the remote control channel number is “1”.

  The button image MBG154 is a button image for transmitting a channel minus remote control signal to the video display device 600 by being pressed by the interface operation M. The channel minus remote control signal is a remote control signal for decrementing the remote control channel number by 1 when a TV image is displayed on the display unit 630 of the video display device 600. When the remote control channel number is “1” and the above decrementing process is performed, the remote control channel number is “12”.

  In remote control image MG100, button images MBG170 and MBG180 are further arranged. Each of the button images MBG 170 and MBG 180 is pressed by the interface operation M so that the control unit 510 transmits a corresponding remote control signal to be described later to the video display device 600 using the communication unit 560. It is a button image.

  The button image MBG 170 is a button image for transmitting a set image display remote control signal to the video display device 600 by being pressed by the interface operation M. The setting image display remote control signal is a remote control signal for causing the display unit 630 of the video display device 600 to display a setting image to be described later. Button image MBG 180 is a button image for transmitting a detailed remote control image display remote control signal to video display device 600 by being pressed by interface operation M. The detailed remote control image display remote control signal is a remote control signal for causing the display unit 630 of the video display device 600 to display a detailed remote control image. The detailed remote control image is an image for transmitting a remote control signal other than a remote control signal frequently used for the video display device 600 to the video display device 600.

  Hereinafter, the operation mode of the communication terminal device 500 when the communication terminal device 500 can operate the video display device 600 by transmitting a remote control signal to the video display device 600 is also referred to as a remote control mode.

  Next, processing for recording a log of content displayed on the display unit 630 of the video display device 600 will be described. The content displayed on display unit 630 is generally content (for example, a program) that the user is viewing. That is, the content log displayed on display unit 630 is a viewing log. That is, in the following, processing for describing viewing information in viewing log data stored in advance in the storage unit 630 (hereinafter also referred to as viewing information description processing) will be described. Note that the viewing log data has no information described in the initial state. The viewing information description process is automatically performed when the video display device 600 is powered on.

  Also, when the power of the video display device 600 is turned on, the control unit 610 automatically performs a date and time management process for managing the current date and time independently of other processes. Therefore, the information on the current date and time managed by the date and time management process changes with the passage of time.

  Note that the video display device 600 can record programs of a plurality of channels at the same time. That is, it is assumed that tuner 605 includes a plurality of tuners.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the viewing information description process. FIG. 10 shows processing performed in each of video display device 600 and service server 800A.

In video display device 600, first, the process of step S110 is performed.
In step S110, program data acquisition processing is performed. In the program data acquisition process, the control unit 610 uses the communication unit 662 to transmit a program data acquisition request to the service server 800A via the communication unit 50 and the network 70. The program data acquisition request is a request for acquiring EPG data as program data.

In service server 800A, first, the process of step S140 is performed.
In step S140, control unit 810 determines whether a program data acquisition request has been received. If YES in step S140, the process proceeds to step S141. On the other hand, if NO at step S140, the process at step S140 is performed again.

  In step S141, control unit 810 transmits EPG data as program data to the apparatus that transmitted the program data acquisition request. Thereafter, the process of step S140 is performed again.

  Then, the control unit 610 of the video display device 600 receives EPG data D100 described below. When receiving the EPG data D100, the control unit 610 stores the received EPG data D100 in the storage unit 620. Thereafter, the process of step S110 ends.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing EPG data D100 as an example. Referring to FIG. 11, EPG data D100 is composed of a plurality of pieces of program information data for one day, for example. The “management number” is a number for managing a plurality of program information data. The “ID number” is a number for identifying a program. “Channel number” is a channel number assigned to a broadcasting station. “Broadcasting station code” is a code number assigned to a broadcasting station. “Broadcasting station name” is the name of the broadcasting station.

  “Title” indicates the title of the corresponding program. The “start date / time” indicates the broadcast start date / time of the corresponding program. “End date and time” indicates the broadcast end date and time of the corresponding program. “Genre” indicates the genre of the corresponding program. “Performers” are the main performers of the corresponding program. “Program content” indicates simple content of a corresponding program. The EPG data D100 may further include “voice information”. “Audio information” is information indicating whether the audio of the corresponding program is stereo or monaural.

  Referring to FIG. 10 again, when the process of step S110 ends, the process proceeds to step S112.

  In step S112, control unit 610 determines whether or not a TV image is displayed on display unit 630. As described above, the TV image is an image based on the broadcast signal received by the tuner 605. If YES in step S112, the process proceeds to step S114. On the other hand, if NO at step S112, the process proceeds to step S120 described later.

  In step S114, viewing information description processing A is performed. In the viewing information description process A, the control unit 610 determines the channel of the TV image displayed on the display unit 630, and based on the current date and EPG data D100 managed by the date and time management process, the TV image program is displayed. Identify the title. Then, the control unit 610 describes a part of the program information data corresponding to the identified program title in the EPG data D100 as viewing information in the viewing log data. Thereafter, the process of step S114 ends. For example, when the title of the identified program is “A sports”, the viewing information described in the viewing log data is as follows.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing viewing information as an example described in the viewing log data. FIG. 12A shows the viewing information described in the viewing log data by the viewing information description process A. Compared with the plurality of pieces of program information data constituting the EPG data D100 of FIG. 11, the viewing information has no “start date / time” and “end date / time” information, and “viewing mode” and “viewing date / time” information. Is different. Other than that, since it is the same as the program information data, detailed description will not be repeated.

  “Broadcast” in the item “viewing form” is a viewing form when the program displayed on the display unit 630 is a program broadcast in real time. “Viewing date and time” indicates the date and time when viewing information is described in the viewing log data.

  Referring to FIG. 10 again, when the process of step S114 ends, the process proceeds to step S120.

  In step S120, control unit 610 determines whether or not a recorded data reproduction image is displayed on display unit 630. The recorded data reproduction image is an image obtained by reproducing the recording data stored in the storage unit 620 by the recording process described above. The recorded data includes program information data of the corresponding program shown in the EPG data D100 of FIG. 11 when the recording process is performed. If YES in step S120, the process proceeds to step S124. On the other hand, if NO at step S120, the process proceeds to step S130 described later.

  In step S124, viewing information description processing P is performed. In the viewing information description process P, the control unit 610 describes a part of program information data included in the recorded data corresponding to the recorded data reproduction image displayed on the display unit 630 as viewing information in the viewing log data. . Thereafter, the process of step S124 ends. For example, when the title of the program indicated by the program information data included in the recorded data corresponding to the recorded data playback image is “B quiz”, the viewing information described in the viewing log data is shown in FIG. It becomes like this.

  Referring to FIG. 12 again, FIG. 12B is a diagram showing the viewing information described in the viewing log data by the viewing information description process P. The viewing information in FIG. 12B differs from the viewing information in FIG. 12A only in that the item “viewing form” is “recording” instead of “broadcasting”. Other than that, since it is the same as the viewing information of FIG.

  “Recording” in the item of “viewing mode” is a viewing mode when the program displayed on the display unit 630 is a program reproducing recorded data.

  Referring to FIG. 10 again, when the process of step S124 ends, the process proceeds to step S130.

  In step S <b> 130, control unit 610 determines whether an image is not displayed on display unit 630. When no image is displayed on display unit 630, video display device 600 is set to the standby mode. The standby mode is a mode in which the video display device 600 is in a state in which no image is displayed on the display unit 630 and the main power is on. If YES in step S130, the viewing information description process ends. On the other hand, if NO at step S130, the process proceeds to step S132.

  In step S132, control unit 610 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the process of step S112 of the nth (natural number) time was executed. The initial value of n is 1. Therefore, when the process of step S132 is performed for the first time, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the first process of step S112 was executed. Here, the predetermined time is, for example, one minute.

  If YES in step S132, the value of n is incremented by 1, and the process of step S112 is performed again. On the other hand, if NO at step S132, the process at step S132 is performed again. Therefore, for example, when the process of step S132 is performed for the third time, control unit 610 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the execution of the process of step S112 for the third time. By the above process, the processes of steps S112, S114, S120, S124, and S132 are repeated until it is determined as YES in step S130. As a result, the viewing log data becomes the following viewing log data D200 by viewing information description processing performed for a predetermined period (for example, one month).

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing viewing log data D200 as an example. Referring to FIG. 13, when the predetermined time in the process of step S132 is 1 minute, as shown in FIG. 13, the viewing log data is data in which viewing information of the same program is described every minute. In the viewing log data D200, the “management number” is a number for managing viewing information. The viewing log data may also describe a part of program information data included in the recorded data that has not been reproduced after the recording process. In the viewing log data D200, the control unit 610 deletes viewing information whose viewing date and time is a predetermined period (for example, one month) before the current date and time. Therefore, viewing information for a predetermined period (for example, one month) is always described in the viewing log data D200.

  Next, a process of counting user preference information using the viewing log data D200 (hereinafter also referred to as preference information counting process) will be described. The preference information aggregation process is a process that is automatically performed in the video display device 600 every predetermined period (for example, one month). It is assumed that the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 also stores EPG data from the current date and time until a predetermined period (for example, one month).

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of the preference information aggregation process. Referring to FIG. 14, in step S210, the viewing information of the kth (natural number) identical ID is read. Specifically, control unit 610 reads k-th viewing information of the same ID from viewing log data D200. The initial value of k is “1”. For example, when k is “1”, the viewing information of “111221” which is the first identical ID number is read in the viewing log data D200. Hereinafter, the ID number of the viewing information read in step S210 is also referred to as a determination target ID number. Then, it progresses to step S211.

  In step S211, the program viewing time is calculated. Specifically, control unit 610 counts the number of viewing information read in step S210. If the description interval of the viewing information in the viewing log data D200 is, for example, 1 minute, the number of viewing information is regarded as it is as the viewing time of the program. Specifically, if the number of viewing information is 30, the viewing time of the program is 30 minutes. Hereinafter, the viewing time of the program calculated in step S211 is also referred to as a determination target viewing time. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S212.

  In step S212, EPG data is read. Specifically, control unit 610 reads EPG data including a determination target ID number (for example, “111121”) from storage unit 620. It is assumed that the read EPG data is, for example, the EPG data D100 in FIG. Hereinafter, the EPG data read in step S212 is also referred to as determination target EPG data. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S214.

  In step S214, first, control unit 610 calculates the broadcast time of the program with the determination target ID number from the start date and time and the end date and time of the program with the determination target ID number in the determination target EPG data. For example, when the determination target ID number is “1111221” and the determination target EPG data is EPG data D100, the broadcast time of the program with the determination target ID number is 60 minutes. Hereinafter, the broadcast time of the program calculated in step S214 is also referred to as a determination target broadcast time. Then, the control unit 610 determines whether or not the ratio of the determination target viewing time to the determination target broadcast time (hereinafter also referred to as a calculation ratio) is equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio (for example, 50%).

  If YES in step S214, the process proceeds to step S216. On the other hand, if NO at step S214, the process proceeds to step S218. For example, when the determination target viewing time is 30 minutes and the determination target broadcast time is 60 minutes, the calculation ratio is 50%. Therefore, it is determined as YES in Step S214, and the process proceeds to Step S216. A determination of YES in step S216 indicates that the target program has been viewed for a predetermined ratio (for example, 50%) or more. That the user has watched more than a predetermined ratio (for example, 50%) means that the user is interested in the program.

  In step S216, preference information list data description processing is performed. The preference information list data description process is a process for describing information in the preference information list data. The preference information list data is stored in the storage unit 620, and nothing is described in the initial state. Specifically, control unit 610 describes preference program information in preference information list data. The preference program information is information on the title, genre, and performer of the program for the determination target viewing time determined as YES in step S214. For example, when the ID number of the program at the target viewing time is “111221”, the title, genre, and performer as the favorite program information are “A sports”, “ Sports "and" SI, NK ". Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S218.

In step S218, control unit 610 determines whether or not the processing has been completed for all viewing information in viewing log data D200. If YES in step S218, the process proceeds to step S220 described later. On the other hand, if NO at step S218, the process proceeds to step S219. Here, assuming that the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S219. In step S219, control unit 610 increments the value of k by one. Thereafter, the process of step S210 is performed again.

  In step S210, control unit 610 reads the second viewing information with the same ID from viewing log data D200. In this case, viewing information of “111222”, which is the second identical ID number, is read in the viewing log data D200. Since the subsequent processing is the same as described above, detailed description will not be repeated.

  In the preference information totaling process, the processes of steps S210, S211, S212, S214, S216, S218, and S219 are repeated until YES is determined in step S218. If YES is determined in the step S218, the process proceeds to a step S220.

  In step S220, an aggregation process is performed. Specifically, control unit 610 aggregates the favorite program information described in the preference information list data for each type, and rewrites the aggregated favorite program information in the preference information list data. The preference information list data describing the aggregated preference program information is the following preference information list data D250.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing preference information list data D250 as an example. Referring to FIG. 15, preference information list data D250 includes, for example, only two items in order from the largest number of “title”, “genre”, and “performer” as preference program information in descending order. Is described data. The information described in the preference information list data D250 for each of “title”, “genre”, and “performer” is not limited to two, but may be one or three or more.

  Note that the preference information list data is not automatically generated data, but may be information input to the user by the interface operation M. In this case, the preference information list data is data having no “number” information in the preference information list data D250.

  Next, processing for displaying a list of programs as content using user preference information (hereinafter also referred to as content list display processing) will be described. Note that the following reservation information data table D310 is stored in the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 by the recording reservation process. The recording reservation process is a process for making a recording reservation for a program using an electronic program guide based on EPG data. Note that the recording reservation operation is performed by the interface operation M of the communication terminal device 500.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a reservation information data table D310 as an example. Referring to FIG. 16, reservation information data table D310 is composed of a plurality of reservation information data. When there is only one recording reservation, the reservation information data table D310 is composed of one reservation information data.

  In the reservation information data table D310, the “management number” is a number for managing a plurality of reservation information data. “Reservation” in the “state” item indicates a state where a recording reservation is made. The “device ID” is an ID for identifying the communication terminal device 500 that has reserved recording. “Reservation type” indicates the type of recording reservation. “Weekly reservation” in the “reservation type” item indicates that the recording reservation is made at the same time zone every week. “One-time reservation” indicates that the recording reservation is limited to this time.

  Other types of recording reservations in the “reservation type” include “keyword reservation”. “Keyword reservation” is a reservation for automatically recording a program including a keyword set in advance by the user. The keyword is, for example, a program title, a program genre, a performer, or the like.

  “Image quality” is the image quality when recording a program reserved for recording. For example, “high image quality” is recorded at a higher bit rate than “normal”. “Channel number” is a channel number assigned to a broadcasting station. “Broadcasting station name” is the name of the broadcasting station. The “ID number” is a number for identifying a program. “Title” indicates the title of the corresponding program. The reservation information data may not include “title” information. The “scheduled start date / time” is the date / time when recording of the corresponding program is scheduled to start. “Scheduled end date and time” is the date and time when recording of the corresponding program is scheduled to end.

  In the recording reservation process, the user manually uses the communication terminal device 500 without using an electronic program guide based on EPG data, and manually sets “channel number”, “scheduled start date”, “scheduled end date”. Etc. may be performed by inputting. In this case, the reservation information data does not include “title” information.

  That is, the reservation information data table is content processing related information related to content processing.

  Note that the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 also stores the following recording information data table D320 indicating information of the recording data stored in the storage unit 620 by the recording process.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a recording information data table D320 as an example. Referring to FIG. 17, recording information data table D320 includes a plurality of recording information data. The plurality of recording information data respectively correspond to the plurality of recording data stored in the storage unit 620. When there is only one recording data stored in the storage unit 620, the recording information data table D320 is composed of one recording information data.

  Compared with the reservation information data table D310 of FIG. 16, the recording information data table D320 has no “image quality” item, and “start date and time” item instead of “scheduled start date and time” item. , Except that there is an item “end date and time” instead of the item “scheduled date and time”. Other than that, it is the same as reservation information data table D310, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated.

  In the recording information data table D320, the “management number” is a number for managing a plurality of recording information data. The “start date / time” is the date / time when the recording of the corresponding recording data is started. “End date and time” is the date and time when the recording of the corresponding recording data is ended.

  That is, the recording information data table is content processing related information regarding content processing.

  Next, content list display processing will be described. It is assumed that the content list display process is a process performed when remote control image MG100 in FIG. 9 is displayed on display unit 530. In this case, it is assumed that communication terminal apparatus 500 is set to the remote control mode. It is assumed that the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 stores the above-described preference information list data.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the content list display process. FIG. 18 shows processing performed in each of communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and service server 800A.

  In video display device 600, when the power is turned on, the process of step S310 is automatically performed. Note that the process of step S310 is not automatically performed when the power is turned on, but may be executed by the interface operation T or the interface operation M in the communication terminal device 500 set in the remote control mode. . Moreover, the process of step S310 may be automatically performed at the set time in one day.

  Also, when the power of the video display device 600 is turned on, the control unit 610 automatically performs a date and time management process for managing the current date and time independently of other processes. Therefore, the information on the current date and time managed by the date and time management process changes with the passage of time.

  In step S310, program data acquisition processing is performed. In the program data acquisition process, the control unit 610 uses the communication unit 662 to transmit a program data acquisition request to the service server 800A via the communication unit 50 and the network 70. The program data acquisition request is a request for acquiring EPG data as program data.

In service server 800A, first, the process of step S340 is performed.
In step S340, control unit 810 determines whether a program data acquisition request has been received. If YES in step S340, the process proceeds to step S341. On the other hand, if NO at step S340, the process at step S340 is performed again.

  In step S341, control unit 810 transmits EPG data as program data to the apparatus that transmitted the program data acquisition request. Thereafter, the process of step S340 is performed again.

  Then, the control unit 610 of the video display device 600 receives EPG data D500 described below. When receiving the EPG data D500, the control unit 610 stores the received EPG data D500 in the storage unit 620. Thereafter, the process of step S310 ends.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram showing EPG data D500 as an example. Referring to FIG. 19, EPG data D500 is composed of a plurality of program information data for one day, for example. Since EPG data D500 is similar to EPG data D100 in FIG. 11, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

  Referring to FIG. 18 again, in communication terminal device 500, first, the process of step S320 is performed.

  In step S320, control unit 510 determines whether or not there is a program guide display control operation for displaying a program guide image to be described later. The program guide display control operation is an interface operation M for pressing the button image MBG120 in FIG. If YES in step S320, the process proceeds to step S321. On the other hand, if NO at step S320, the process at step S320 is performed again.

  In step S321, program data acquisition processing is performed. In the program data acquisition process, control unit 510 uses communication unit 562 to transmit a program data acquisition request to service server 800A via communication unit 50 and network 70 in the same manner as video display device 600.

  In service server 800A, the process of step S340 is performed as described above. In this case, assuming that the program data acquisition request has been received, the process proceeds to step S341, and the process of step S341 is performed as described above. By this processing, the control unit 510 of the communication terminal device 500 receives the EPG data D500 and causes the storage unit 520 to store the received EPG data D500. Thereafter, the process of step S321 ends.

  Note that the EPG data received by the communication terminal device 500 may be simpler data than the EPG data received by the video display device 600. The EPG data received by the communication terminal device 500 may be, for example, data having no “program content” information in the EPG data D500 of FIG. The service server 800A that transmits EPG data to the communication terminal device 500 and the service server 800A that transmits EPG data to the video display device 600 may be different devices.

In the video display device 600, the process proceeds to step S312 after the process of step S310.
In step S312, recommended program search processing is performed. The recommended program search process is a process of searching for a recommended program from a plurality of programs respectively corresponding to a plurality of program information data constituting the EPG data D500 based on the preference information list data. First, the control unit 610 calculates points based on the following point assignment table T100 with respect to an ID number for identifying a program including information that matches a plurality of pieces of preference program information in the preference information list data. Note that the point grant table T100 is stored in the storage unit 620 in advance. Note that the preference information list data is, for example, the preference information list data D250 of FIG.

  FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a point granting table T100 as an example. Referring to FIG. 20, when the “title” as the preference program information indicated in the preference information list data matches the “title” indicated by the program information data indicated in the EPG data D500, the point assignment table T100 matches: Indicates that 20 points are added to the corresponding ID number.

  In addition, when the “genre” as the preference program information indicated in the preference information list data matches the “genre” indicated by the program information data indicated in the EPG data D500, the point assignment table T100 indicates the corresponding ID number. On the other hand, 15 points are added. In addition, the point granting table T100 displays a corresponding ID when the “performer” as the preference program information indicated in the preference information list data matches the “performer” indicated by the program information data indicated in the EPG data D500. Indicates that 10 points are added to the number. In the point granting table T100, points to be added are merely examples, and points different from the above points may be added.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of point calculation. Referring to FIG. 21, the title (D drama) as the preference program information shown in preference information list data D250 in FIG. 15 is the program information data with ID number “112231” shown in EPG data D500 in FIG. Matches the title (D-drama). Therefore, 20 points are added to the ID number “112231” based on the point assignment table T100.

  Further, the genre (drama) as the favorite program information shown in the preference information list data D250 matches the genre (drama) shown by the program information data with the ID number “112231” shown in the EPG data D500 of FIG. . Therefore, 15 points are added to the ID number “112231” based on the point assignment table T100. Further, the performer (KT) as the favorite program information shown in the preference information list data D250 is the performer (K) indicated by the program information data whose ID number is “112231” shown in the EPG data D500 of FIG. .T). Therefore, 10 points are added to the ID number “112231” based on the point assignment table T100. According to the above calculation, the points of ID number “112231” are 45 points in total.

  Note that points are calculated for points with other ID numbers as in the case where the ID number is “112231”. In this embodiment, as an example, 40 points or more are set to the recommendation level “3”, 20 points or more are set to the recommendation level “2”, and 15 points or more are set to the recommendation level “1”. Let's say. Therefore, the recommendation number is set to “3” for the ID number “112231”. For the ID number “112222”, the recommendation level is set to “2”. For the ID number “112235”, the recommendation level is set to “1”.

  Based on the above calculation, points are calculated for each ID number. Note that the number of points for determining the recommendation level is not limited to the above, and may be other points. Further, the recommendation level is not limited to three levels “1” to “3”, but may be two levels or four or more levels.

  Referring to FIG. 18 again, by the above-described point calculation, control unit 610 generates recommended program data D400 shown below in which EPG data D500 describes an ID number having a recommendation degree of 1 or more. And stored in the temporary storage unit 622. Then, the process of step S312 ends.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram showing recommended program data D400 as an example. Referring to FIG. 22, in recommended program data D400, an ID number for identifying a program and a recommendation degree set for the ID number are described. That is, the recommended program data is recommended content information generated based on content preference information (preference information list data).

  Referring to FIG. 18 again, when the process of step S312 ends, the process proceeds to step S313.

  In step S313, control unit 610 reads the reservation information data table and the recording information data table from storage unit 620. Here, it is assumed that the reservation information data table and the recording information data table to be read are the reservation information data table D310 in FIG. 16 and the recording information data table D320 in FIG. 17, respectively. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S314.

  In step S314, control unit 610 transmits the reservation information data table, the recording information data table, and the recommended program data to communication terminal device 500. Thereafter, the process of step S314 ends. It is assumed that the reservation information data table, the recording information data table, and the recommended program data to be transmitted are a reservation information data table D310, a recording information data table D320, and a recommended program data D400, respectively.

In communication terminal device 500, after the process of step S321, the process proceeds to step S324.
In step S324, control unit 510 receives a reservation information data table, a recording information data table, and recommended program data. Then, the control unit 510 stores the received reservation information data table, recording information data table, and recommended program data in the temporary storage unit 522. It is assumed that the received reservation information data table, recording information data table, and recommended program data are a reservation information data table D310, a recording information data table D320, and a recommended program data D400, respectively. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S325.

In step S325, data integration processing is performed.
FIG. 23 is a flowchart of the data integration process. FIG. 23 also shows a flowchart of processing to be described later, which is performed in the video display device 600. Referring to FIG. 23, in step S410, reservation information data integration processing is performed. In the reservation information data integration process, control unit 510 includes an ID number that matches the ID number shown in each of the plurality of reservation information data constituting reservation information data table D310 in FIG. 16 in EPG data D500 in FIG. The following EPG data D500A is generated by additionally writing the program information data in association with the state of “reserved”. Then, the control unit 510 stores the generated EPG data D500A in the temporary storage unit 522. Thereafter, the process of step S410 ends.

  FIG. 24 is a diagram showing EPG data D500A as an example. Referring to FIG. 24, EPG data D500A is different from EPG data D500 in FIG. 19 in that an item “state” is further added. In the “status” item, information “reservation” is added to the program information data subjected to the processing in step S410. Other than that, it is the same as EPG data D500, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated.

Referring to FIG. 23 again, after the process of step S410, the process proceeds to step S412.
In step S412, recording information data integration processing is performed. In the recording information data integration process, the control unit 510 includes program information data including an ID number that matches the ID number indicated in each of the plurality of recording information data constituting the recording information data table D320 of FIG. 17 in the EPG data D500A. The following EPG data D500B is generated by adding a state of “recorded” in association with the above. Then, the control unit 510 stores the generated EPG data D500B in the temporary storage unit 522. Thereafter, the process of step S412 ends.

  FIG. 25 is a diagram showing EPG data D500B as an example. Referring to FIG. 25, EPG data D500B is added with information “recorded” in the program information data subjected to processing in step S412 in the “status” item, as compared with EPG data D500A. The point is different. Other than that, it is the same as EPG data D500A, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated.

Referring to FIG. 23 again, after the process of step S412, the process proceeds to step S414.
In step S414, recommended program data integration processing is performed. In the recommended program data integration processing, the control unit 510 additionally writes “recommended degree” in association with program information data including an ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the recommended program data in the EPG data D500B. Thus, the following EPG data D500C is generated. As an example, the recommended program data used in this embodiment is recommended program data D400 in FIG.

  Here, the recommended program automatic recording flag M is stored in the storage unit 520 in advance. The recommended program automatic recording flag M is a flag for determining whether or not to automatically make a recording reservation when a recommended program is not reserved for recording in the video display device 600. If the recommended program is not reserved for recording in the video display device 600 and the recommended program automatic recording flag M is set to ON, the video display device 600 automatically makes a recording reservation. On the other hand, when the recommended program automatic recording flag is set to OFF, the video display device 600 does not automatically make a recording reservation regardless of whether or not the recommended program is reserved for recording in the video display device 600. . Note that the recommended program automatic recording flag M is set to ON in the initial state. The recommended program automatic recording flag M can also be set to OFF by the user interface operation M.

  Therefore, in the recommended program data integration processing, the recommended program automatic recording flag M is ON, and the ID number indicated in the recommended program data (for example, recommended program data D400) in the EPG data D500B is the same. When the “status” item of the program information data including the ID number is not “reserved”, the control unit 510 adds the “recommended degree” to the program information data and adds the “recommended degree” item. Is set as “reservation”, and the following EPG data D500C is generated. Then, control unit 510 stores generated EPG data D500C in temporary storage unit 522. Thereafter, the process of step S414 ends.

  This process makes it possible to automatically make a recording reservation for a recommended program that is not reserved. In the following, program information data indicating information of programs automatically reserved for recording is also referred to as automatic recording reserved program information data.

  FIG. 26 is a diagram showing EPG data D500C as an example. Referring to FIG. 26, EPG data D500C is different from EPG data D500B in FIG. 25 in that an item “recommended degree” is further added. Other than that, it is the same as EPG data D500B, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated.

  In the “recommended degree” item, “recommended degree” represented by “1” to “3” is added to the program information data subjected to the processing in step S414. In the program information data including the ID number “112232”, the status item is changed to “reserved”. That is, the program information data including the ID number “112232” is automatic recording reserved program information data.

Referring to FIG. 23 again, after the process of step S414, the process proceeds to step S416.
In step S416, it is determined whether there is an automatic recording reservation. Specifically, control unit 510 determines whether there is automatic recording reserved program information data in the recommended program data integration process. If YES in step S416, the process proceeds to step S417. On the other hand, if NO at step S416, the data integration process ends, and the process proceeds to step S326 subsequent to step S325 performed by communication terminal apparatus 500 of FIG. Here, assuming that there is automatic recording reservation program information data, the process proceeds to step S417.

  In step S417, control unit 510 transmits the automatic recording reserved program information data and the device ID (090111111) of the device itself to video display device 600. It is assumed that the automatic recording reserved program information data to be transmitted is program information data including an ID number “112232”, for example. Thereafter, the data integration process ends, and the process proceeds to step S326 subsequent to step S325 performed by communication terminal device 500 of FIG. A plurality of automatic recording reservation program information data may be transmitted.

  In video display device 600, the data reception process is performed independently of other processes. In the data reception process, first, the process of step S421 is performed.

  In step S421, control unit 610 determines whether or not automatic recording reserved program information data and device ID have been received. If YES in step S421, the process proceeds to step S424. On the other hand, if NO at step S421, the process at step S421 is performed again.

  In step S422, a reservation information data table update process is performed. In the reservation information data table update process, the control unit 610 adds reservation information data to the reservation information data table D310 based on the received automatic video recording reservation program information data and the device ID (090111111), and the following reservation information A data table D310A is generated. Then, the control unit 610 stores the reservation information data table D310A in the storage unit 620. Then, the process of step S422 ends. Hereinafter, the reservation information data added by the reservation information data table update process is also referred to as additional reservation information data.

  FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a reservation information data table D310A as an example. Referring to FIG. 27, reservation information data table D310A is different from reservation information data table D310 in FIG. 16 in that reservation information data with management number “3” is added. Other than that, it is the same as reservation information data table D310, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated. That is, the reservation information data with the management number “3” is additional reservation information data.

  The additional reservation information data includes the received device ID and “channel number”, “broadcast station name”, “ID number”, and “title” indicated by the received automatic recording reserved program information data. The “start date and time” and “end date and time” indicated by the received automatic recording reserved program information data are “scheduled start date and time” and “scheduled end date and time”, respectively.

  The “reservation type” of the additional reservation information data is automatically set to “one-time reservation”. The “image quality” of the additional reservation information data is automatically set to “normal”. The “image quality” set in the additional reservation information data is not limited to “normal”, but may be “high image quality”, for example.

  Referring to FIG. 23 again, when the process of step S422 ends, the process of step S421 is performed again.

Referring to FIG. 18 again, after the process of step S325, the process proceeds to step S326.
In step S326, a program list display process is performed. In the program list display process, control unit 510 generates a program list image MG200 below using VDP 532 using a part of program information data constituting EPG data D500C, and generates generated program list image MG200. Is displayed on the display unit 530. Then, control unit 510 cancels the remote control mode of communication terminal device 500. As a result, the communication terminal device 500 cannot operate the video display device 600 by the interface operation M. Then, the process of step S326 ends.

  FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a program list image MG200 as an example. Referring to FIG. 28, list image MG210 is arranged in program list image MG200. In list image MG210, a plurality of simplified program information corresponding to one broadcasting station is displayed in a list. The plurality of simplified program information corresponds to a part of program information data constituting the EPG data D500C. The simple program information includes the start time of the program and the title name of the program. For example, the simple program information displaying the title name “F Sports” corresponds to the program information data of the management number “021” in the EPG data D500C.

  When there is “recorded” information in the item of the program information data state of FIG. 26 corresponding to the simple program information displayed in the list image MG210, it is located on the right side of the title name of the program corresponding to the simple program information. A character string “(recorded)” is added.

  When there is “reserved” information in the item of the program information data state of FIG. 26 corresponding to the simple program information displayed in the list image MG210, “right” next to the title name of the program corresponding to the simple program information is “ (Reservation) "is added.

  When the program information data in FIG. 26 corresponding to the simple program information displayed in the list image MG210 includes “recommendation level” information, it is recommended to the right of the title name of the program corresponding to the simple program information. The number of black stars corresponding to the number of degrees is displayed. The black star mark is an example and may be a mark of another shape.

  A frame MSR 212 is a frame for selecting simple program information. The frame MSR212 can be moved upward in the list image MG210 by a short press operation of the direction button 541A. When the frame MSR 212 is arranged at a position for selecting the top simple program information in the list image MG210 and when the direction button 541A is further pressed, the plural simple program information is displayed below. Scroll display. Then, the simple program information one level higher than the simple program information selected by the frame MSR212 is selected by the frame MSR212.

  The frame MSR212 can be moved downward in the list image MG210 by a short press operation of the direction button 541B. When the frame MSR 212 is arranged at a position for selecting the simple program information at the bottom of the list image MG210 and the direction button 541B is further pressed, the plural simple program information is displayed at the top. Scroll display. Then, the simple program information immediately below the simple program information selected by the frame MSR 212 is selected by the frame MSR 212.

  In the program list image MG200, button images MBG242, MBG244, MBG270, and MBG272 are further arranged.

  The button image MBG242 is a button image for scrolling up a plurality of pieces of program simple information displayed in the list image MG210 by being pressed by the interface operation M. The button image MBG244 is a button image for scrolling down a plurality of program simple information displayed in the list image MG210 by being pressed by the interface operation M.

  When the button image MBG 270 is pressed by the interface operation M, a plurality of programs corresponding to a broadcast station (for example, KK television) different from the broadcast station (for example, JJ television) displayed in the list image MG210. It is a button image for displaying simple information as a list. A plurality of simple program information corresponding to the broadcast stations immediately preceding the current broadcast station in the order of the registered broadcast stations are displayed in a list.

  Similar to MBG 270, button image MBG272 is pressed by interface operation M, whereby a plurality of simplified program information corresponding to a broadcast station (for example, SS TV) different from the broadcast station displayed in list image MG210. Is a button image for displaying a list. A plurality of simple program information corresponding to the broadcast stations immediately after the current broadcast station in the order of the registered broadcast stations are displayed in a list.

  In the process of step S326, the control unit 510 generates the following program list image MG200A using the VDP 532 using a part of program information data constituting the EPG data D500C, and the generated program list The image MG200A may be displayed on the display unit 530.

  FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a program list image MG200A as an example. Referring to FIG. 29, program list image MG200A differs from program list image MG200 in that list image MG210A is arranged instead of list image MG210 and that button images MBG270 and MBG272 are not arranged. . Other than that, since it is the same as program list image MG200, detailed description will not be repeated.

  List image MG210A is different from list image MG210 in that a plurality of pieces of simplified program information are classified and displayed. Each of the plurality of simple program information displayed on the list image MG210A corresponds to a part of the program information data in the EPG data D500C, as described with reference to FIG. The simplified program information includes a channel number, a program start time, and a program title name included in the corresponding program information data.

  When there is information “recorded” in the item of the program information data state of FIG. 26 corresponding to the simple program information displayed on the list image MG210A, it is to the right of the title name of the program corresponding to the simple program information. A character string “(recorded)” is added.

  When the “reserved” information is included in the item of the program information data state in FIG. 26 corresponding to the simple program information displayed on the list image MG210A, the “right” next to the title name of the program corresponding to the simple program information is “ (Reservation) "is added.

  If the program information data shown in FIG. 26 corresponding to the simple program information displayed in the list image MG210A includes “recommendation level” information, it is recommended to the right of the title name of the program corresponding to the simple program information. The number of black stars corresponding to the number of degrees is displayed. The black star mark is an example and may be a mark of another shape.

  In list image MG210A, each of three examples of simple program information (hereinafter also referred to as recommended program simple information) displayed under the character string “(recommended program)” corresponds to corresponding program information data. This is information when “recommendation level” information is included in. Each of the three recommended program simple information displays the number of black star marks corresponding to the recommended degree number on the right side of the title name of the corresponding program.

  In the list image MG210A, each of the three simple program information items (hereinafter also referred to as “reserved program simple information”) displayed under the character string “(recorded reserved program)” is displayed in the corresponding program information data. This is information when there is “reservation” information. Each of the three reserved program simple information displays a character string “(reserved)” to the right of the title name of the corresponding program.

  In the list image MG210A, each of two examples of simple program information (hereinafter also referred to as “recorded program simple information”) displayed under the character string “(recorded program)” corresponds to corresponding program information data. This is information when there is “recorded” information. Each of the two recorded program simple information displays a character string “(recorded)” on the right side of the title name of the program.

  The list image MG210A displays at least one of recommended program simple information, reserved program simple information, and recorded program simple information instead of all of recommended program simple information, reserved program simple information, and recorded program simple information. May be. For example, only recommended program simple information may be displayed on list image MG210A. For example, only recommended program simple information and recorded program simple information may be displayed on list image MG210A.

  Further, the user may set the program simple information to be displayed on the list image MG210A among the recommended program simple information, the reserved program simple information and the recorded program simple information by the interface operation M.

  Through the above processing, the user of the communication terminal device 500 can say that the program has been recorded on the video display device 600, the program reserved for recording on the video display device 600, and which program is a program according to the user's preference. There is an effect that information or the like can be easily confirmed by the communication terminal device 500 at hand.

  Referring to FIG. 18 again, in the video display device 600, when the process of step S314 ends, the process proceeds to step S315.

In step S315, data integration processing T is performed.
FIG. 30 is a flowchart of the data integration process T. Referring to FIG. 30, in step S430, reservation information data integration processing T is performed. In the reservation information data integration process T, as in the process of step S410 in FIG. 23, the control unit 610 indicates EPG data D500 in each of a plurality of reservation information data constituting the reservation information data table D310 in FIG. The EPG data D500A of FIG. 24 is generated by additionally writing the program information data including the ID number that matches the ID number in association with the state of “reserved”. Then, the control unit 610 stores the generated EPG data D500A in the temporary storage unit 622. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S432.

  In step S432, recording information data integration processing T is performed. In the recording information data integration process T, as in the process of step S412 of FIG. 23, the control unit 610 is shown in each of the plurality of recording information data constituting the recording information data table D320 of FIG. 17 in the EPG data D500A. The EPG data D500B in FIG. 25 is generated by additionally writing the program information data including the ID number that matches the ID number in association with the state of “recorded”. Then, the control unit 610 stores the generated EPG data D500B in the temporary storage unit 622. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S434. Note that the processing in step S434 will be described below assuming that it is performed after the processing in step S422 in FIG. Of course, the process of step S434 may be performed before the process of step S422 of FIG.

  In step S434, recommended program data integration processing T is performed. In the recommended program data integration processing T, processing similar to the processing in step S414 in FIG. 23 is performed. Specifically, the control unit 610 adds the “recommended degree” to the program information data including the ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the recommended program data in the EPG data D500B. 26 EPG data D500C are generated. As an example, the recommended program data used in this embodiment is recommended program data D400 in FIG.

  In the recommended program data integration process T, the control unit 610 uses the program information data including the ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the recommended program data (for example, the recommended program data D400) in the EPG data D500B. The following EPG data D500C is generated by adding the “recommended degree” in association with the information data. Then, the control unit 610 stores the generated EPG data D500C in the temporary storage unit 622. Thereafter, the data integration process T ends, and the process proceeds to step S316 subsequent to step S315 performed by the video display device 600 of FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 18 again, in the video display device 600, when the process of step S315 ends, the process proceeds to step S316.

  In step S316, a program guide display process is performed. In the program guide display process, the control unit 610 generates the following program guide image G100 using the VDP 632 using a part of program information data constituting the EPG data D500C of FIG. 26, and the generated program The front image G100 is displayed on the display unit 630. Then, the process of step S316 ends.

  FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a program guide image G100 as an example. Referring to FIG. 31, program guide display image G110 and detailed information image G120 are arranged in program guide image G100.

  The program guide display image G110 is an image for displaying program information based on a plurality of program information data constituting the EPG data D500C. In the program guide display image G110, a channel number and a broadcasting station name are displayed in the leftmost column. In the program guide image G100, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 at the top of the program guide display image G110 indicate times of 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 23:00, and 23:00, respectively. In the program guide display image G110, each of the plurality of squares displayed in a region other than the leftmost column is a frame indicating the broadcast time of the program (hereinafter also referred to as a program broadcast time frame).

  For example, the program broadcast time frame SQ111 is a frame corresponding to program information data whose management number is “021” in the EPG data D500C. The program broadcast time frame SQ111 is a frame indicating a program broadcast from 19:00 to 20:00 on the channel “001”. The program broadcast time frame SQ112 is a frame corresponding to program information data having a management number “022” in the EPG data D500C. The program broadcast time frame SQ112 is a frame indicating a program broadcast on the channel “001” from 20:00 to 21:00. The program broadcast time frame SQ113 is a frame corresponding to program information data having a management number “023” in the EPG data D500C. The program broadcast time frame SQ113 is a frame indicating a program broadcast on the channel “001” from 21:00 to 23:00.

  The program broadcast time frame is selected by the interface operation M when the communication terminal device 500 is in the remote control mode. As an example, the selected program broadcast time frame is displayed with a black background and a white character string as in the program broadcast time frame SQ112.

  The detailed information image G120 is an image that displays detailed information regarding the program corresponding to the selected program broadcast time frame in the program guide display image G110. The detailed information is information indicated in the program information data corresponding to the program broadcast time frame. For example, the detailed information includes, for example, a channel number and a broadcast station name assigned to a broadcasting station broadcasting a program “S quiz”, a program name “S quiz”, a program genre, a program broadcast time, and an appearance. Information such as the user and program content.

  Further, if each of the plurality of program broadcast time frames displayed in the program guide display image G110 has “recorded” information in the corresponding program information data, “(recorded)” within the program broadcast time frame. Is displayed. Program broadcast time frames in which the character string “(recorded)” is displayed are, for example, program broadcast time frames SQ111 and SQ112.

  In addition, in each of the plurality of program broadcast time frames displayed in the program guide display image G110, when “reservation” information is included in the corresponding program information data, the characters “(reservation)” are included in the program broadcast time frame. A column is displayed. The program broadcast time frame in which the character string “(reservation)” is displayed is, for example, the program broadcast time frame SQ113.

  In addition, in each of the plurality of program broadcast time frames displayed in the program guide display image G110, when the “recommended degree” information is included in the corresponding program information data, the number of recommended degrees in the program broadcast time frame The number of black stars corresponding to is displayed. The program broadcast time frame in which the black star mark is displayed is, for example, the program broadcast time frame SQ112. Since the program broadcast time frame SQ112 is selected, the black star mark is highlighted in white.

  Through the above processing, it is possible to easily confirm information such as a program already recorded on the video display device 600, a program reserved for recording on the video display device 600, and which program is a program according to the user's preference. There is an effect that can be done.

  Referring to FIG. 18 again, in communication terminal device 500, when the process of step S326 ends, the process proceeds to step S327.

  In step S327, a program selection process is performed. In the program selection process, first, control unit 510 determines whether or not there is a selection determination operation. Here, the selection determination operation means that the program list image MG200 of FIG. 28 or the program list image MG200A of FIG. 29 is displayed on the display unit 530, and the simple program information in the list image MG210 is selected by the frame MSR212. In this state, a short press operation of the enter button 541E is performed. When it is determined that the selection determination operation has been performed, control unit 510 transmits an ID number corresponding to the simplified program information selected by frame MSR 212 to video display device 600. In this embodiment, as an example, in the selection determination operation, it is assumed that simple program information corresponding to a program that has been recorded and whose title is “S quiz” is selected by the frame MSR 212.

  In this case, control unit 510 transmits ID number information to video display device 600 based on EPG data D500C. In the following, the ID number information transmitted by the program selection process is also referred to as content selection information. In this case, the transmitted ID number information is information of the ID number (112222 (see FIG. 26)) whose title is “S Quiz”. Then, the process of step S327 is complete | finished and the process in the communication terminal device 500 is complete | finished.

  In video display device 600, the process of step S317 is performed after the process of step S316.

  In step S317, control unit 610 determines whether or not ID number information as content selection information has been received. If YES at step S317, control proceeds to step S318. On the other hand, if NO at step S317, the process at step S317 is performed again. Here, assuming that the information of the ID number (112222 (see FIG. 26)) whose title is “S quiz” is received as the content selection information, the process proceeds to step S318.

  In step S318, content display processing is performed. In the content display process, control unit 610 performs a display process of displaying an image of a program as content corresponding to the ID number indicated by the received ID number information on display unit 630. In the following, a program as content corresponding to the ID number indicated by the received ID number information is also referred to as selected content. Here, the selected content is a program whose ID number is “S Quiz” and whose title is “S Quiz”. In this case, the selected content is recorded and stored as recorded data in the storage unit 620. In this case, in the display process, first, the control unit 610 reads the recorded data as the selected content stored in the storage unit 620 and causes the display unit 630 to reproduce and display a moving image corresponding to the recorded data.

  When the selected content is a program that is currently being broadcast, the following display processing is performed. In the display process, control unit 610 uses tuner 605, data processing unit 607, and VDP 632 to perform a process of displaying a TV image of the selected content on display unit 630.

  In the content display process, when control unit 610 determines that an end operation has been performed, the process of step S318 ends, and the process in video display device 600 ends. Here, the end operation is an interface operation M for ending the display of the moving image corresponding to the selected content.

  In the video display device 600, for example, when the reservation information data table is updated by making a new recording reservation or when the recording information data table is updated by a recording process, the content list display according to the present embodiment is displayed. The processing can be performed by performing only the processing of steps S 313, S 314, S 315, S 316, S 317, and S 318 in the video display device 600, and performing only the processing of steps S 324, S 325, S 326, and S 327 in the communication terminal device 500. It is.

  In addition, as recorded in the list image MG210 of FIG. 28 or the program list image MG200A of FIG. 29, the communication terminal device 500 includes “recorded” and “reserved” character strings, “recommended degree” information, and the like. Is transmitted to the video display device 600, the content list display processing of the present embodiment is performed in steps S313, S314, S315, S316, S317, and the like in the video display device 600. The processing of S318 is performed, and the communication terminal device 500 can be implemented only by performing the processing of steps S324, S325, S326, and S327.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, video display device 600 transmits a reservation information data table, a recording information data table, and recommended program data to communication terminal device 500. The display unit 530 of the communication terminal device 500 uses the EPG data D500 received and held by the communication terminal device 500, and a program list image based on the reservation information data table, the recording information data table, and the recommended program data. Is displayed.

  Therefore, the communication terminal device 500 at hand stores information such as a program already recorded in the video display device 600, a program reserved for recording in the video display device 600, and which program is a program according to the user's preference. There is an effect that it can be easily confirmed.

  In the program list image, a plurality of pieces of different information regarding the same content are displayed. The different pieces of information are based on, for example, information on the start time of a program as content based on the EPG data D500 received and held by the communication terminal device 500, and on a reservation information data table stored in the video display device 600. This is information about recording reservation of content.

  Therefore, there is an effect that different information regarding the same content which each of a plurality of types of devices has can be easily referred to by one device.

<Second Embodiment>
In the first embodiment, preference information list data based on user preference information is stored in the video display device 600. In the first embodiment, the program list image MG200 is displayed on the display unit 530 of the communication terminal device 500 based on the preference information list data stored in the video display device 600 used by an unspecified number of people. It had been. Therefore, there is a possibility that the simple program information displayed on the display unit 530 of the communication terminal device 500 is not information according to the preference of the user who owns the communication terminal device 500. In the present embodiment, processing when preference information list data is stored in communication terminal device 500 will be described.

  In the present embodiment, since preference information list data is stored in communication terminal device 500, video display device 600 is not limited to a specific video display device (for example, a home video display device). The user of the communication terminal device 500 can use the communication terminal device 500 to perform the following processing on, for example, a video display device in a friend's house. In this case, the video display device in the friend's house has the configuration of the video display device 600 described in the first embodiment.

  Since the network system in the present embodiment is similar to network system 1000 in the first embodiment, detailed description will not be repeated. The configuration of each of communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and service server 800A is the same as that described in the first embodiment, and therefore detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

  Next, in the present embodiment, a process for displaying a list of programs as contents using user preference information (hereinafter also referred to as a content list display process A) will be described.

  Note that the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 stores the reservation information data table D310 of FIG. 16 as in the first embodiment. The storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 also stores the recording information data table D320 of FIG. 17 that shows information of the recording data stored in the storage unit 620 by the recording process, as in the first embodiment. Suppose that

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the following preference information registration process is performed in communication terminal device 500 before content list display process A is performed. The preference information registration process is a process performed when the preference information registration program included in the program 180 is executed by the interface operation M.

  In the preference information registration process, control unit 510 causes display unit 530 to display the following preference information input image MG300. The preference information input image MG300 is an image for inputting and registering preference program information by the interface operation M.

  FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a preference information input image MG300 as an example. Referring to FIG. 32, in preference information input image MG300, preference information input frames IMG312, IMG314, IMG322, IMG324, IMG332, IMG334, and button image MBG385 are arranged.

  The preference information input frames IMG312 and IMG314 are frames for inputting a program title by the interface operation M. The preference information input frames IMG322 and IMG324 are frames for inputting the genre of the program by the interface operation M. The preference information input frames IMG332 and IMG334 are frames for inputting a performer of the program by the interface operation M. In addition, the preference information input frame for inputting a title, a genre, and a performer is not limited to two, and may be one or three or more.

  The button image MBG385 is a button image for causing the storage unit 520 to store the preference information input to the preference information input frames IMG312, IMG314, IMG322, IMG324, IMG332, and IMG334 by being pressed by the interface operation M. is there.

  Then, it is assumed that the preference information registration operation is performed in a state where the preference information input image MG300 is displayed on the display unit 530 and the preference information is input as illustrated in the preference information input image MG300. Here, the preference information registration operation is an interface operation M for pressing the button image MBG385. In this case, control unit 510 causes storage unit 520 to store the following preference information list data D250A based on the input preference information. Thus, the preference information registration process ends.

  FIG. 33 is a diagram showing preference information list data D250A as an example. Referring to FIG. 33, preference information list data D250A is different from preference information list data D250 in FIG. 15 only in that there is no “number” item. Other than that, since it is the same as the preference information list data D250, detailed description will not be repeated.

  Next, the content list display process A will be described. It is assumed that content list display process A is a process performed when remote control image MG100 of FIG. 9 is displayed on display unit 530. In this case, it is assumed that communication terminal apparatus 500 is set to the remote control mode.

  FIG. 34 is a flowchart of the content list display process A. FIG. 34 shows processing performed in each of communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and service server 800A. Referring to FIG. 34, content list display processing A is different from content list display processing in FIG. 18 in that step S312 is not performed and step S314A is performed instead of step S314. The difference is that the process of step S322A is performed and the process of step S324A is performed instead of step S324. Other than that, it is the same as the content list display processing, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated. Hereinafter, processing different from the content list display processing of the first embodiment will be mainly described.

  In communication terminal device 500, the process proceeds to step S322A after the processes of steps S320 and S321. Through the processing up to step S321, the EPG data D500 of FIG. 19 is stored in the storage unit 520 of the communication terminal device 500.

  In step S322A, recommended program search processing A is performed. It is assumed that the point granting table T100 of FIG. 20 is stored in the storage unit 520 in advance. In the recommended program search process A in step S312 of FIG. 18, the recommended program search process A includes the control unit 510, the storage unit 620, the temporary storage unit 622, and the preference information list data D250, respectively. Since it is the same as the processing replaced with storage unit 522 and preference information list data D250A, detailed description will not be repeated. By this processing, the recommended program data D400 of FIG. 22 is stored in the temporary storage unit 522. Then, the process of step S322A ends.

  In video display device 600, the process of step S310 is performed. By this processing, the EPG data D500 of FIG. 19 is stored in the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600. Then, the process proceeds to step S313. Then, after the process of step S313, the process proceeds to step S314A.

  In step S314A, control unit 610 transmits the reservation information data table and the recording information data to communication terminal device 500. Thereafter, the process of step S314A ends. It is assumed that the reservation information data table and the recording information data table to be transmitted are the reservation information data table D310 and the recording information data table D320, respectively.

  In communication terminal device 500, after the process of step S322A, the process proceeds to step S324A.

  In step S324A, control unit 510 receives a reservation information data table and a recording information data table. Control unit 510 then stores the received reservation information data table and recording information data table in temporary storage unit 522. Note that the received reservation information data table and recording information data table are a reservation information data table D310 and a recording information data table D320, respectively. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S325.

  In step S325, the data integration process of FIG. 23 is performed as in the first embodiment. By this processing, the EPG data D500C of FIG. 26 is stored in the temporary storage unit 522. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S326.

  Thereafter, the process in step S326 is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. By this processing, the program list image MG200 of FIG. 28 or the program list image MG200A of FIG. 29 is displayed on the display unit 530.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, since program list image MG200 or program list image MG200A is displayed based on the preference information list data stored in communication terminal device 500, the preference of the user who owns communication terminal device 500 is displayed. The display unit 530 can display a plurality of simple program information corresponding to the above.

  When the process of step S326 ends, the process of step S327 is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Thus, the processing in communication terminal device 500 ends.

  In video display device 600, when the process of step S314A ends, the process proceeds to step S315.

  Thereafter, the processes in steps S315, S316, S317, and S318 are performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Thus, the process in the video display device 600 ends.

  In the video display device 600, for example, when the reservation information data table is updated by making a new recording reservation or when the recording information data table is updated by a recording process, the content list display according to the present embodiment is displayed. The process A is performed only by the processes of steps S 313, S 314 A, S 315, S 316, S 317, and S 318 in the video display device 600 and the processes of steps S 324 A, S 325, S 326, and S 327 in the communication terminal device 500. Is possible.

  In addition, as recorded in the list image MG210 of FIG. 28 or the program list image MG200A of FIG. 29, the communication terminal device 500 includes “recorded” and “reserved” character strings, “recommended degree” information, and the like. Is transmitted to the video display device 600, the content list display processing A according to the present embodiment is performed in steps S313, S314A, S315, S316, and S317 in the video display device 600. , S318 is performed, and the communication terminal device 500 can be implemented only by performing the processes of steps S324A, S325, S326, and S327.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, since program list image MG200 or program list image MG200A is displayed based on preference information list data stored in communication terminal device 500, communication terminal device 500 is displayed. The display unit 530 can display a plurality of pieces of simple program information according to the preference of the user who owns the program.

  In the program list image, a plurality of pieces of different information regarding the same content are displayed. The different pieces of information are based on, for example, information on the start time of a program as content based on the EPG data D500 received and held by the communication terminal device 500, and on a reservation information data table stored in the video display device 600. This is information about recording reservation of content.

  Therefore, there is an effect that different information regarding the same content which each of a plurality of types of devices has can be easily referred to by one device.

<Modification of Second Embodiment>
In the second embodiment, the processing when one communication terminal device 500 performs processing on the video display device 600 has been described. In the present embodiment, each of the plurality of communication terminal devices 500 having different device IDs will be described with respect to the video display device 600. It is assumed that different preference information list data is stored in each of the plurality of communication terminal devices 500.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, since preference information list data is stored in each communication terminal device 500, video display device 600 is not limited to a specific video display device (for example, a home video display device). The user of the communication terminal device 500 can use the communication terminal device 500 to perform the following processing on, for example, a video display device in a friend's house. In this case, the video display device in the friend's house has the configuration of the video display device 600 described in the first embodiment.

  Since the network system in the present embodiment is similar to network system 1000 in the first embodiment, detailed description will not be repeated. The configuration of each of communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and service server 800A is the same as that described in the first embodiment, and therefore detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that there are three communication terminal apparatuses 500 as an example. In the present embodiment, the three communication terminal devices 500 are also referred to as communication terminal device A, communication terminal device B, and communication terminal device C, respectively. Assume that the device IDs of the communication terminal device A, the communication terminal device B, and the communication terminal device C are “090111111”, “090222222”, and “090333333”, respectively.

  Next, a process for displaying a list of programs as contents using the user's preference information in the present embodiment (hereinafter also referred to as “multi-device compatible content list display process A”) will be described.

  It is assumed that the following reservation information data table D310AA is stored in the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 by the recording reservation processing of a plurality of communication terminal devices.

  FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a reservation information data table D310AA as an example. Referring to FIG. 35, the reservation information data table D310AA is compared with the reservation information data table D310A of FIG. 27 in the device ID “090222222” in the “device ID” item of the reservation information data with the management number “2”. The difference is that more are added. Other than that, it is the same as reservation information data table D310A, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated.

  Reservation information data in which a plurality of device IDs are described in the item “device ID” indicates that a plurality of communication terminal devices have reserved recording for the same program. In this case, in the reservation information data table D310AA, the program indicated by the reservation information data with the management number “2” includes the communication terminal device A with the device ID “090111111” and the communication terminal device B with the device ID “090222222”. Indicates that recording is reserved.

  In addition, the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 performs the recording process of a program that has been reserved for recording by a plurality of communication terminal devices, thereby indicating the following recording data stored in the storage unit 620. It is assumed that the information data table D320A is also stored.

  FIG. 36 is a diagram showing a recording information data table D320A as an example. Referring to FIG. 36, the recording information data table D320A has a device ID “090333333” in the “device ID” item of the recording information data with the management number “1” as compared to the recording information data table D320 of FIG. The difference is that more are added. Other than that, it is the same as the recording information data table D320, and the detailed description will not be repeated.

  Recording information data in which a plurality of device IDs are described in the item “device ID” indicates that the recording processing of one program that has been reserved for recording by a plurality of communication terminal devices has been completed. In this case, in the pre-recording information data table D320A, the program indicated by the recording information data with the management number “1” includes the communication terminal device A with the device ID “090111111” and the communication terminal device C with the device ID “090333333”. Is a program for which a recording reservation has been made and the recording process by the recording reservation has been completed.

  In the present embodiment, as in the second embodiment, it is assumed that communication terminal apparatus A performs the above-described preference information registration process before multi-device-compatible content list display process A is performed. With this process, the preference information list data D250A of FIG. 33 is stored in the storage unit 520 of the communication terminal apparatus A. In addition, each of the communication terminal device B and the communication terminal device C is assumed to perform the above-described preference information registration processing before the multi-device-compatible content list display processing A is performed. Through this process, the preference information list data is also stored in the storage units 520 of the communication terminal apparatus B and the communication terminal apparatus C. Note that the preference information list data of the communication terminal device A, the communication terminal device B, and the communication terminal device C are different.

  Next, the content list display process A for a plurality of devices will be described. Multiple device-compatible content list display processing A is processing performed when remote control image MG100 of FIG. 9 is displayed on each display unit 530 of communication terminal device A, communication terminal device B, and communication terminal device C. And In this case, it is assumed that each of communication terminal apparatus A, communication terminal apparatus B, and communication terminal apparatus C is set to the remote control mode.

  FIG. 37 is a flowchart of the content list display process A for a plurality of devices. FIG. 37 shows processing performed in each of communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and service server 800A. Referring to FIG. 37, the content list display process A for multiple devices is compared with the content list display process A of FIG. 34 in that the process of step S315A is performed instead of step S315, and instead of step S325. The difference is that the process of step S325A is performed. Other than that, since it is the same as the content list display processing A, detailed description will not be repeated. Hereinafter, processing different from the content list display processing A of the second embodiment will be mainly described.

  First, the content list display processing A corresponding to a plurality of devices when the communication terminal device A performs processing on the video display device 600 will be described.

  Communication terminal apparatus A proceeds to step S322A after the processing of steps S320 and S321. By the processing up to step S321, the EPG data D500 of FIG. 19 is stored in the storage unit 520 of the communication terminal apparatus A.

  In step S322A, the same processing as in the second embodiment is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Through this process, the recommended program data D400 of FIG. 22 is stored in the temporary storage unit 522 of the communication terminal apparatus A. Then, the process of step S322A ends.

  In video display device 600, the process of step S310 is performed. By this processing, the EPG data D500 of FIG. 19 is stored in the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600. Then, the process proceeds to step S313. Then, after the process of step S313, the process proceeds to step S314A.

  In step S314A, control unit 610 transmits the reservation information data table and the recording information data to communication terminal apparatus A. Thereafter, the process of step S314A ends. Note that the reservation information data table and the recording information data table to be transmitted are a reservation information data table D310AA and a recording information data table D320A, respectively.

In communication terminal apparatus A, the process proceeds to step S324A after the process of step S322A.
In step S324A, control unit 510 receives a reservation information data table and a recording information data table. Control unit 510 then stores the received reservation information data table and recording information data table in temporary storage unit 522. Note that the received reservation information data table and recording information data table are a reservation information data table D310AA and a recording information data table D320A, respectively. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S325A.

In step S325A, data integration processing A is performed.
FIG. 38 is a flowchart of the data integration process A. FIG. 38 also shows a flowchart of processing to be described later, which is performed by the video display device 600. Referring to FIG. 38, in step S410A, reservation information data integration processing A is performed. In the reservation information data integration process A, the control unit 510 includes program information including an ID number that matches an ID number indicated in each of a plurality of reservation information data constituting the reservation information data table D310AA of FIG. 35 in the EPG data D500. Data (hereinafter also referred to as reserved program information data) is appended with a state of “reserved”.

  Further, when there are two or more device IDs indicated by the reservation information data including the ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the reservation program information data, the control unit 510 adds the number of device IDs to the reservation program information data. Add to the corresponding.

  Through the above processing, the following EPG data D500AA is generated. Then, the control unit 510 stores the generated EPG data D500AA in the temporary storage unit 522. Thereafter, the process of step S410A ends.

  FIG. 39 is a diagram showing EPG data D500AA as an example. Referring to FIG. 39, EPG data D500AA is reserved for management number “2” in FIG. 35 in the “status” item of program information data with management number “023”, compared to EPG data D500A in FIG. The difference is that the number (“2”) of device IDs indicated by the information data is further described. Other than that, it is the same as EPG data D500A, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated.

  It can be seen from the information indicated by the program information data with the management number “023” that the program corresponding to the program information data with the management number “023” in the EPG data D500AA is reserved for recording by the two communication terminal devices.

  Referring to FIG. 38 again, after the process of step S410A, the process proceeds to step S412A.

  In step S412A, recording information data integration processing A is performed. In the recording information data integration process A, the control unit 510 includes program information including an ID number that matches the ID number indicated in each of the plurality of recording information data constituting the recording information data table D320A of FIG. 36 in the EPG data D500AA. Data (hereinafter also referred to as recorded program information data) is additionally written in association with the state of “recorded”.

  Further, when there are two or more device IDs indicated by the recorded information data including the ID number matching the ID number indicated in the recorded program information data, the control unit 510 adds the device ID to the recorded program information data. Corresponding numbers are added.

  Through the above processing, the following EPG data D500BB is generated. Then, the control unit 510 stores the generated EPG data D500BB in the temporary storage unit 522. Thereafter, the process of step S412A ends.

  FIG. 40 is a diagram illustrating EPG data D500BB as an example. Referring to FIG. 40, EPG data D500BB is reserved for management number “2” in FIG. 35 in the “status” item of program information data with management number “023”, compared to EPG data D500B in FIG. Recording information of management number “1” in FIG. 36 in the point that the number (“2”) of device IDs indicated by the information data is further described and the “status” item of the program information data of management number “021”. The difference is that the number (“2”) of device IDs indicated by the data is further described. Other than that, it is the same as EPG data D500B, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated.

  Based on the information indicated by the program information data with the management number “021”, the two communication terminal devices make a recording reservation for the program corresponding to the program information data with the management number “021” in the EPG data D500BB, and the recording process by the recording reservation is performed. You can see that it is a program that has ended.

Referring to FIG. 38 again, after the process of step S412A, the process proceeds to step S414.
In step S414, recommended program data integration processing is performed as in step S414 of FIG. Specifically, in the recommended program data integration process, control unit 510 corresponds “recommendation degree” to program information data including an ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the recommended program data in EPG data D500BB. By additionally writing, the following EPG data D500CC is generated. As an example, the recommended program data used in the communication terminal apparatus A of the present embodiment is recommended program data D400 in FIG.

  Here, the recommended program automatic recording flag M described above is stored in advance in each storage unit 520 of the communication terminal device A, the communication terminal device B, and the communication terminal device C.

  For this reason, in the recommended program data integration processing, the recommended program automatic recording flag M is ON, and the ID number indicated in the recommended program data (for example, recommended program data D400) in the EPG data D500BB matches. When the “status” item of the program information data including the ID number is not “reserved”, the control unit 510 adds the “recommended degree” to the program information data and adds the “recommended degree” item. Is set as “reserved” to generate the following EPG data D500CC. Then, control unit 510 stores generated EPG data D500CC in temporary storage unit 522. Thereafter, the process of step S414 ends.

  This process makes it possible to automatically make a recording reservation for a recommended program that is not reserved. In the following, program information data indicating information of programs automatically reserved for recording is also referred to as automatic recording reserved program information data.

  FIG. 41 is a diagram showing EPG data D500CC as an example. Referring to FIG. 41, EPG data D500CC is different from EPG data D500BB in FIG. 40 in that an item “recommended degree” is further added. Other than that, since it is the same as EPG data D500BB, detailed description will not be repeated.

  In the “recommended degree” item, “recommended degree” represented by “1” to “3” is added to the program information data subjected to the processing in step S414. In the program information data including the ID number “112232”, the status item is changed to “reserved”. That is, the program information data including the ID number “112232” is automatic recording reserved program information data.

Referring again to FIG. 38, after the process of step S414, the process proceeds to step S416.
In step S416, a process similar to that in step S416 in FIG. 23 is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Here, assuming that there is automatic recording reservation program information data, the process proceeds to step S417.

  In step S417, a process similar to that in step S417 of FIG. 23 is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Thereafter, the data integration process A ends, and the process proceeds to step S326 subsequent to step S325A performed by the communication terminal apparatus A of FIG.

  In video display device 600, the data reception process is performed independently of other processes. In the data reception process, first, the process of step S421 is performed.

  In step S421, a process similar to that in step S421 of FIG. 23 is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Here, it is determined as YES and the process proceeds to step S422.

  In step S422, a process similar to that in step S422 in FIG. 23 is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. With this processing, the reservation information data table D310AA is updated by adding reservation information data to the reservation information data table D310AA in FIG. 35, and is stored in the storage unit 620.

  Referring to FIG. 38 again, when the process of step S422 ends, the process of step S421 is performed again.

Referring again to FIG. 37, after the process of step S325A, the process proceeds to step S326.
In step S326, program list display processing is performed as in the first embodiment. In the program list display process, the control unit 510 generates a program list image MG201 below using the VDP 532 using a part of program information data constituting the EPG data D500CC, and the generated program list image MG201. Is displayed on the display unit 530. Then, control unit 510 cancels the remote control mode of communication terminal device 500. As a result, the communication terminal device 500 cannot operate the video display device 600 by the interface operation M. Then, the process of step S326 ends.

  FIG. 42 is a diagram showing a program list image MG201 as an example. Referring to FIG. 42, program list image MG201 is different from program list image MG200 of FIG. 28 in that list image MG211 is arranged instead of list image MG210. Other than that, since it is the same as program list image MG200, detailed description will not be repeated.

  In list image MG211, a plurality of pieces of program simple information corresponding to one broadcasting station are displayed in a list. The plurality of simple program information corresponds to a part of program information data constituting the EPG data D500CC, as described with reference to FIG.

  Compared to list image MG210, list image MG211 has an underline added to the character string “(recorded)” indicated by the simplified program information whose title is “F sports” and the title is “E movie”. The difference is that an underline is added to the character string “(reservation)” indicated by the simplified program information. Other than that, it is similar to list image MG210, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated.

  When the program information data status item of FIG. 41 corresponding to the simple program information displayed in the list image MG211 includes “recorded” information and the number of device IDs (for example, “2”). The underline is added to the character string “(recorded)” indicated by the simple program information. An underline added to the character string “(recorded)” indicates that a plurality of devices have reserved recording of the program indicated by the simple program information, and the recording processing has been completed by the recording reservation.

  Further, there is “reservation” information in the item of the program information data state of FIG. 41 corresponding to the simple program information displayed in the list image MG211 and the number of device IDs (for example, “2”). In this case, an underline is added to the character string “(reservation)” indicated by the simple program information. An underline added to the character string “(reservation)” indicates that a plurality of devices have reserved recording of the program indicated by the simple program information.

  For example, the program information data of the management number “021” in FIG. 41 corresponding to the simple program information whose title is “F sports” has the information “recorded” in the status item and the number of device IDs (for example, , “2”), an underline is added to the character string “(recorded)” indicated by the simple program information whose title is “F sports”.

  Further, for example, the program information data of the management number “023” in FIG. 41 corresponding to the simple program information whose title is “E movie” has “reservation” information in the status item, and the number of device IDs ( For example, there is “2”), so an underline is added to the character string “(reservation)” indicated by the simple program information whose title is “E movie”.

  The character strings “(recorded)” and “(reserved)” may be expressed in another manner instead of underlining. The other expressions are, for example, expressions that increase the font size of the character string, expressions that make the character string bold, and expressions that add color to the character string.

  Information common to other devices (for example, the character strings of “(recorded)” and “(reserved)” with an underline added) may not be displayed on the list image MG211. Thereby, in a communication terminal device, the information only of an own device can be displayed.

  In the process of step S326, the control unit 510 generates the following program list image MG201A using the VDP 532 using a part of program information data constituting the EPG data D500CC, and the generated program list The image MG201A may be displayed on the display unit 530.

  FIG. 43 is a diagram showing a program list image MG201A as an example. Referring to FIG. 43, program list image MG201A is different from program list image MG200A in FIG. 29 in that list image MG211A is arranged instead of list image MG210A. Other than that, since it is the same as program list image MG200A, detailed description will not be repeated.

  The list image MG211A displays a plurality of program simple information as a list. The plurality of simple program information corresponds to a part of program information data constituting the EPG data D500CC, as described with reference to FIG.

  Compared to list image MG211A, list image MG211A has an underline added to the character string “(recorded)” indicated by the simple program information whose title is “F sports” and the title is “E movie”. The difference is that an underline is added to the character string “(reservation)” indicated by the simplified program information. Other than that, it is similar to list image MG210, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated.

  When the program information data status item in FIG. 41 corresponding to the simple program information displayed in the list image MG211A includes “recorded” information and the number of device IDs (for example, “2”). The underline is added to the character string “(recorded)” indicated by the simple program information. An underline added to the character string “(recorded)” indicates that a plurality of devices have reserved recording of the program indicated by the simple program information, and the recording processing has been completed by the recording reservation.

  Further, there is “reservation” information in the item of the program information data state of FIG. 41 corresponding to the simple program information displayed on the list image MG211A, and the number of device IDs (for example, “2”). In this case, an underline is added to the character string “(reservation)” indicated by the simple program information. An underline added to the character string “(reservation)” indicates that a plurality of devices have reserved recording of the program indicated by the simple program information.

  The character strings “(recorded)” and “(reserved)” may be expressed in another manner instead of underlining. The other expressions are, for example, expressions that increase the font size of the character string, expressions that make the character string bold, and expressions that add color to the character string.

  Information common to other devices (for example, a character string of “(recorded)” and “(reserved)” with an underline added) may not be displayed on the list image MG211A. Thereby, in a communication terminal device, the information only of an own device can be displayed.

  Through the above processing, in addition to the effect that a plurality of simple program information according to the preference of the user who owns the communication terminal device can be displayed on the display unit 530, the user of the communication terminal device can However, the corresponding program can be reserved for recording, and the program whose recording processing has been completed by the recording reservation and the program reserved for recording by a plurality of communication terminal devices can be easily confirmed by the communication terminal device at hand. There is an effect that can be done.

  When the process of step S326 ends, the process of step S327 is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Thus, the processing in communication terminal apparatus A ends.

  In video display device 600, when the process of step S314A ends, the process proceeds to step S315A.

In step S315A, a data integration process TA is performed.
FIG. 44 is a flowchart of the data integration process TA. Referring to FIG. 44, in step S430A, reservation information data integration processing TA is performed. In the reservation information data integration processing TA, as in the processing of step S410A in FIG. 38, the control unit 610 is shown in each of the plurality of reservation information data constituting the reservation information data table D310AA in FIG. 35 in the EPG data D500. A state of “reserved” is additionally written in association with program information data (hereinafter also referred to as reserved program information data) including an ID number that matches the ID number.

  Further, when there are two or more device IDs indicated by the reservation information data including the ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the reservation program information data, the control unit 610 includes the number of device IDs in the reservation program information data. Add to the corresponding.

  Through the above processing, the EPG data D500AA of FIG. 39 is generated. Then, the control unit 610 stores the generated EPG data D500AA in the temporary storage unit 622. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S432A.

  In step S432A, a recording information data integration process TA is performed. In the recording information data integration processing TA, as in the processing of step S412A in FIG. 38, the control unit 610 indicates EPG data D500AA in each of a plurality of recording information data constituting the recording information data table D320A in FIG. The program information data (hereinafter also referred to as “recorded program information data”) including an ID number that matches the ID number is additionally written in association with the state of “recorded”.

  Further, when there are two or more device IDs indicated by the recorded information data including the ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the recorded program information data, the control unit 610 adds the device ID to the recorded program information data. Corresponding numbers are added.

  With the above processing, the EPG data D500BB of FIG. 40 is generated. The control unit 610 stores the generated EPG data D500BB in the temporary storage unit 622. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S434.

  In step S434, recommended program data integration processing T is performed in the same manner as in step S434 of FIG. Specifically, in the recommended program data integration process T, the control unit 610 sets “recommended degree” to program information data including an ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the recommended program data in the EPG data D500BB. By adding and associating, the EPG data D500CC of FIG. 41 is generated. As an example, the recommended program data used in the communication terminal apparatus A of the present embodiment is recommended program data D400 in FIG.

  In the recommended program data integration process T, the control unit 610 uses the program information data including an ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the recommended program data (for example, recommended program data D400) in the EPG data D500BB. The EPG data D500CC of FIG. 41 is generated by adding the “recommended degree” in association with the information data. Then, the control unit 610 stores the generated EPG data D500CC in the temporary storage unit 622. Thereafter, the data integration process T ends, and the process proceeds to step S316 after step S315A performed by the video display device 600 of FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 18 again, in the video display device 600, when the process of step S315 ends, the process proceeds to step S316.

  In step S316, a program guide display process is performed as in the first embodiment. In the program guide display process, the control unit 610 generates the following program guide image G101 using the VDP 632 using a part of program information data constituting the EPG data D500CC, and the generated program guide image G101. Is displayed on the display unit 630. Then, the process of step S316 ends.

  FIG. 45 is a diagram showing a program guide image G101 as an example. Referring to FIG. 45, program guide image G101 is different from program guide image G100 in FIG. 31 in that program guide display image G111 is arranged instead of program guide display image G110. Other than that, since it is the same as the program guide image G100, detailed description will not be repeated.

  Compared with the program guide display image G110, the program guide display image G111 is “(recorded)” in some program broadcast time frames among a plurality of program broadcast time frames displayed in the program guide display image G111. The difference is that an underline is added to the character string “or“ (reservation) ”. Other than that, since it is the same as the program guide display image G110, detailed description will not be repeated.

  The plurality of program broadcast time frames displayed in the program guide display image G111 correspond to a part of the program information data of the EPG data D500CC in FIG. The description of the correspondence between the program information data in the EPG data D500CC and the program broadcast time frame is the same as the description in which the EPG data D500C is replaced with the EPG data D500CC in the description of FIG. 31, and thus the detailed description will not be repeated. .

  If the program information data in FIG. 41 corresponding to the program broadcast time frame displayed in the program guide display image G111 includes “recorded” information and the number of device IDs (for example, “2”), the program An underline is added to the character string “(recorded)” displayed in the broadcast time frame. An underline added to the character string “(recorded)” indicates that a plurality of apparatuses have reserved recording of the program indicated by the corresponding program information data, and the recording processing has been completed by the recording reservation.

  When the program information data of FIG. 41 corresponding to the program broadcast time frame displayed in the program guide display image G111 includes “reservation” information and the number of device IDs (for example, “2”), the program broadcast An underline is added to the character string “(reservation)” displayed in the time frame. An underline added to the character string “(reservation)” indicates that a plurality of devices have reserved recording of the program indicated by the corresponding program information data.

  For example, the program information data of the management number “021” in FIG. 41 corresponding to the program broadcast time frame SQ111 in FIG. 45 has “recorded” information in the status item, and the number of device IDs (for example, “2”), an underline is added to the character string “(recorded)” in the program broadcast time frame SQ111.

  Further, for example, the program information data of management number “023” in FIG. 41 corresponding to the program broadcast time frame SQ113 in FIG. 45 has “reservation” information in the status item, and the number of device IDs (for example, , “2”), an underline is added to the character string “(reservation)” in the program broadcast time frame SQ113.

  The character strings “(recorded)” and “(reserved)” may be expressed in another manner instead of underlining. The other expressions are, for example, expressions that increase the font size of the character string, expressions that make the character string bold, and expressions that add color to the character string.

  Through the above processing, the program recorded on the video display device 600, the program reserved for video recording on the video display device 600, information on which program is a program according to the user's preference, and the like can be easily confirmed. In addition to the effect that a plurality of communication terminal devices reserve recording of the corresponding program, the recording processing is completed by the recording reservation, and the program for which the plurality of communication terminal devices are reserved for recording. There is an effect that it can be easily confirmed.

  Only information common to other devices (for example, the character strings “(recorded)” and “(reserved)” with underline added) may be displayed on the program guide display image G111. . As a result, the video display device 600 can display only information common to a plurality of users.

  Referring again to FIG. 37, in video display device 600, after the process of step S316, the processes of steps S317 and S318 are performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated. Thus, the process in the video display device 600 ends.

  Note that in the video display device 600, for example, when the reservation information data table is updated by making a new recording reservation or when the recording information data table is updated by a recording process, it is compatible with a plurality of devices according to the present embodiment. In the content list display process A, the processes of steps S313, S314A, S315A, S316, S317, and S318 are performed in the video display apparatus 600, and the processes of steps S324A, S325A, S326, and S327 are performed in the communication terminal apparatus 500. Can only be implemented.

  Also, the communication terminal apparatus A displays the “recorded” and “reserved” character strings, “recommendation degree” information, etc. as displayed in the list image MG211 in FIG. 42 or the program list image MG201A in FIG. Is transmitted to the video display device 600, the multi-device compatible content list display processing A of the present embodiment is performed in steps S313, S314A, S315A, The processing of S316, S317, and S318 is performed, and the communication terminal device 500 can be implemented only by performing the processing of steps S324A, S325A, S326, and S327.

  Thereafter, each of the communication terminal device B and the communication terminal device C performs a multi-device corresponding content list display process A for the video display device 600. The video display device 600 is assumed to perform the processing up to step S313 of the content list display processing A corresponding to the plurality of devices.

  In this case, when each of the communication terminal device B and the communication terminal device C performs processing on the video display device 600, the multi-device corresponding content list display processing A is performed in steps S314A, S315A, S316 in the video display device 600. The processes of S317 and S318 are performed, and the processes of steps S320, S321, S322A, S324A, S325A, S326, and S327 are performed in each of the communication terminal apparatus B and the communication terminal apparatus C in the same manner as the communication terminal apparatus A described above. Process.

  As described above, the multi-device compatible content list display processing A can be performed even when a plurality of communication terminal devices 500 having different device IDs perform processing on the video display device 600.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, in addition to the effects of the second embodiment, the user of the communication terminal device reserves recording of a corresponding program by a plurality of communication terminal devices, and There is an effect that it is possible to easily confirm a program for which recording processing has been completed by a recording reservation and a program for which a plurality of communication terminal devices have reserved recording by using the communication terminal device at hand.

<Third Embodiment>
In the first and second embodiments, the communication terminal device 500 performs processing for receiving EPG data. In the present embodiment, processing when communication terminal device 500 does not perform processing for receiving EPG data will be described.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that preference information list data is stored in communication terminal device 500, as in the second embodiment. Therefore, in the present embodiment, since preference information list data is stored in communication terminal device 500, video display device 600 is not limited to a specific video display device (for example, a home video display device). The user of the communication terminal device 500 can use the communication terminal device 500 to perform the following processing on, for example, a video display device in a friend's house. In this case, the video display device in the friend's house has the configuration of the video display device 600 described in the first embodiment.

  Since the network system in the present embodiment is similar to network system 1000 in the first embodiment, detailed description will not be repeated. The configuration of each of communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and service server 800A is the same as that described in the first embodiment, and therefore detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

  Next, a process for displaying a list of programs as content using the user's preference information in the present embodiment (hereinafter also referred to as content list display process B) will be described.

  In addition, it is assumed that the reservation information data table D310 of FIG. 16 is stored in the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 by the recording reservation process, as in the first embodiment. The storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 also stores the recording information data table D320 of FIG. 17 that shows information of the recording data stored in the storage unit 620 by the recording process, as in the first embodiment. Suppose that

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the above-described preference information registration process is performed in communication terminal device 500 before content list display process B is performed, as in the second embodiment. With this processing, the preference information list data D250A of FIG. 33 is stored in the storage unit 520.

  Next, the content list display process B will be described. The content list display process B is a process performed when the remote control image MG100 of FIG. 9 is displayed on the display unit 530. In this case, it is assumed that communication terminal apparatus 500 is set to the remote control mode.

  FIG. 46 is a flowchart of the content list display process B. FIG. 46 shows processing performed in each of communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and service server 800A. Referring to FIG. 46, content list display processing B is different from content list display processing A of FIG. 34 in that step S311B is performed and steps S320 and S321 are not performed. The difference is that the processes of steps S320B and S321B are performed. Other than that, since it is the same as the content list display processing A, detailed description will not be repeated. Hereinafter, processing different from the content list display processing A of the second embodiment will be mainly described.

  In video display device 600, the process of step S310 is performed. By this processing, the EPG data D500 of FIG. 19 is stored in the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600. Then, the process proceeds to step S311B.

  In step S <b> 311 </ b> B, control unit 610 transmits EPG data as program data to communication terminal device 500. Here, it is assumed that the EPG data to be transmitted is EPG data D500. Thereafter, the process of step S311B ends.

In communication terminal device 500, first, the process of step S320B is performed.
In step S320B, control unit 510 determines whether or not EPG data D500 as program data has been received. If YES in step S320B, the process proceeds to step S321B. On the other hand, if NO at step S320B, the process at step S320B is performed again. Here, assuming that EPG data D500 as program data has been received, the process proceeds to step S321B.

  In step S321B, control unit 510 stores received EPG data D500 in storage unit 520. Thereafter, the process of step S321B ends.

  In video display device 600, when the process of step S311B ends, the process proceeds to step S313. Then, steps S313 and S314A are performed. With these processes, the reservation information data table and the recording information data are transmitted to the communication terminal device 500. It is assumed that the reservation information data table and the recording information data table to be transmitted are the reservation information data table D310 and the recording information data table D320, respectively.

  In the content list display process B, the process of step S311B may not be performed. In this case, in the process of step S314A, in addition to the reservation information data table D310 and the recording information data table D320, a process of transmitting EPG data D500 as program data to the communication terminal device 500 is performed.

  In communication terminal device 500, after the process of step S321B, the process proceeds to step S322A.

  In step S322A, the same processing as in the second embodiment is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. By this processing, the recommended program data D400 of FIG. 22 is stored in the temporary storage unit 522. Then, the process of step S322A ends, and the process proceeds to step S324A.

  In step S324A, the same processing as in the second embodiment is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. By this processing, the reservation information data table D310 and the recording information data table D320 are stored in the temporary storage unit 522. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S325.

  In step S325, the data integration process of FIG. 23 is performed as in the first embodiment. By this processing, the EPG data D500C of FIG. 26 is stored in the temporary storage unit 522. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S326.

  Thereafter, the process in step S326 is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. By this processing, the program list image MG200 of FIG. 28 or the program list image MG200A of FIG. 29 is displayed on the display unit 530.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, since program list image MG200 or program list image MG200A is displayed based on the preference information list data stored in communication terminal device 500, the preference of the user who owns communication terminal device 500 is displayed. The display unit 530 can display a plurality of simple program information corresponding to the above.

  When the process of step S326 ends, the process of step S327 is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Thus, the processing in communication terminal device 500 ends.

  In video display device 600, when the process of step S314A ends, the process proceeds to step S315.

  Thereafter, the processes in steps S315, S316, S317, and S318 are performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Thus, the process in the video display device 600 ends.

  In the video display device 600, for example, when the reservation information data table is updated by making a new recording reservation or when the recording information data table is updated by a recording process, the content list display according to the present embodiment is displayed. The process B is performed by performing only the processes of steps S 324 A, S 325, S 326, and S 327 in the communication terminal apparatus 500 in the video display device 600 and performing the processes of steps S 313, S 314 A, S 315, S 316, S 317, and S 318. Is possible.

  In addition, as recorded in the list image MG210 of FIG. 28 or the program list image MG200A of FIG. 29, the communication terminal device 500 includes “recorded” and “reserved” character strings, “recommended degree” information, and the like. Is transmitted to the video display device 600, the content list display processing B according to the present embodiment performs steps S313, S314A, S315, S316, and S317 in the video display device 600. , S318 is performed, and the communication terminal device 500 can be implemented only by performing the processes of steps S324A, S325, S326, and S327.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, even when communication terminal device 500 does not perform the process of receiving EPG data, it is possible to obtain the effects of the second embodiment. That is, since the program list image MG200 or the program list image MG200A is displayed based on the preference information list data stored in the communication terminal device 500, a plurality of programs according to the preference of the user who owns the communication terminal device 500 The simple information can be displayed on the display unit 530.

  In the program list image, a plurality of pieces of different information regarding the same content are displayed. The plurality of different pieces of information include, for example, information based on recommended program data based on preference information list data stored in the communication terminal device 500, and content recording based on a reservation information data table stored in the video display device 600. Reservation information.

  Therefore, there is an effect that different information regarding the same content which each of a plurality of types of devices has can be easily referred to by one device.

<Modification of Third Embodiment>
In the third embodiment, the processing in the case where one communication terminal device 500 performs processing on the video display device 600 has been described. In the present embodiment, each of the plurality of communication terminal devices 500 having different device IDs will be described with respect to the video display device 600. It is assumed that different preference information list data is stored in each of the plurality of communication terminal devices 500.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, since preference information list data is stored in each communication terminal device 500, video display device 600 is not limited to a specific video display device (for example, a home video display device). The user of the communication terminal device 500 can use the communication terminal device 500 to perform the following processing on, for example, a video display device in a friend's house. In this case, the video display device in the friend's house has the configuration of the video display device 600 described in the first embodiment.

  Since the network system in the present embodiment is similar to network system 1000 in the first embodiment, detailed description will not be repeated. The configuration of each of communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and service server 800A is the same as that described in the first embodiment, and therefore detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that there are three communication terminal apparatuses 500 as an example. In the present embodiment, the three communication terminal devices 500 are also referred to as communication terminal device A, communication terminal device B, and communication terminal device C, respectively. Assume that the device IDs of the communication terminal device A, the communication terminal device B, and the communication terminal device C are “090111111”, “090222222”, and “090333333”, respectively.

  Next, a process for displaying a list of programs as contents using the user's preference information in the present embodiment (hereinafter also referred to as “multi-device compatible content list display process B”) will be described.

  Note that it is assumed that the reservation information data table D310AA of FIG. 35 is stored in the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 by the recording reservation processing of a plurality of communication terminal devices. In addition, the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 shows the information of the recording data stored in the storage unit 620 as a result of the recording processing of the programs that have been reserved for recording by a plurality of communication terminal devices, as shown in FIG. It is assumed that the recording information data table D320A is also stored.

  In the present embodiment, as in the second embodiment, it is assumed that communication terminal apparatus A performs the above-described preference information registration process before multi-device-compatible content list display process B is performed. With this process, the preference information list data D250A of FIG. 33 is stored in the storage unit 520 of the communication terminal apparatus A. In addition, each of the communication terminal device B and the communication terminal device C is assumed to perform the above-described preference information registration processing before the multi-device corresponding content list display processing B is performed. Through this process, the preference information list data is also stored in the storage units 520 of the communication terminal apparatus B and the communication terminal apparatus C. Note that the preference information list data of the communication terminal device A, the communication terminal device B, and the communication terminal device C are different.

  Next, the content list display process B for a plurality of devices will be described. The multi-device compatible content list display process B is a process performed when the remote control image MG100 of FIG. 9 is displayed on each display unit 530 of the communication terminal apparatus A, the communication terminal apparatus B, and the communication terminal apparatus C. And In this case, it is assumed that each of communication terminal apparatus A, communication terminal apparatus B, and communication terminal apparatus C is set to the remote control mode.

  FIG. 47 is a flowchart of the content list display processing B corresponding to a plurality of devices. FIG. 47 shows processing performed in each of communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and service server 800A. Referring to FIG. 47, the content list display process B for a plurality of devices is compared with the content list display process B of FIG. 46 in that the process of step S315A is performed instead of step S315, and instead of step S325. The difference is that the process of step S325A is performed. Other than that, since it is the same as the content list display processing B, detailed description will not be repeated. Hereinafter, processing different from the content list display processing B of the third embodiment will be mainly described.

  First, the content list display processing A corresponding to a plurality of devices when the communication terminal device A performs processing on the video display device 600 will be described.

  In video display device 600, the process of step S310 is performed. By this processing, the EPG data D500 of FIG. 19 is stored in the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600. Then, the process proceeds to step S311B.

  In step S311B, the same processing as in the third embodiment is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. By this processing, EPG data as program data is transmitted to the communication terminal apparatus A. Here, it is assumed that the EPG data to be transmitted is EPG data D500. Thereafter, the process of step S311B ends.

In communication terminal apparatus A, first, the process of step S320B is performed.
In step S320B, processing similar to that of the third embodiment is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Here, assuming that EPG data D500 as program data is received, the process proceeds to step S321B, and the process of step S321B is performed. Thereafter, the process of step S321B ends.

  In video display device 600, when the process of step S311B ends, the process proceeds to step S313. Then, steps S313 and S314A are performed. With these processes, the reservation information data table and the recording information data are transmitted to the communication terminal device A. Note that the reservation information data table and the recording information data table to be transmitted are a reservation information data table D310AA and a recording information data table D320A, respectively.

  In the content list display process B for multiple devices, the process of step S311B may not be performed. In this case, in the process of step S314A, a process of transmitting EPG data D500 as program data to communication terminal apparatus A in addition to reservation information data table D310AA and recording information data table D320A is performed.

In communication terminal apparatus A, the process proceeds to step S322A after the process of step S321B.
In step S322A, the same processing as in the second embodiment is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. By this processing, the recommended program data D400 of FIG. 22 is stored in the temporary storage unit 522. Then, the process of step S322A ends, and the process proceeds to step S324A.

  In step S324A, the same processing as in the second embodiment is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. By this processing, the reservation information data table D310AA and the recording information data table D320A are stored in the temporary storage unit 522. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S325A.

  In step S325A, data integration processing A in FIG. 37 is performed as in the modification of the second embodiment. By this processing, the EPG data D500CC of FIG. 41 is stored in the temporary storage unit 522. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S326.

  Thereafter, the process in step S326 is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. By this processing, the program list image MG201 in FIG. 41 or the program list image MG201A in FIG. 43 is displayed on the display unit 530.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, program list image MG201 or program list image MG201A is displayed based on the preference information list data stored in the communication terminal device. Therefore, in addition to the effect that a plurality of program simple information according to the preference of the user who owns the communication terminal device can be displayed on the display unit 530, the communication terminal device is similar to the modification of the second embodiment. The user of the communication terminal device reserves the recording of the corresponding program, the program for which the recording process has been completed by the recording reservation, and the program for which the plurality of communication terminal devices are reserved for recording. There is an effect that it can be easily confirmed by the terminal device.

  When the process of step S326 ends, the process of step S327 is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Thus, the processing in communication terminal apparatus A ends.

  In video display device 600, when the process of step S314A ends, the process proceeds to step S315A.

  In step S315A, processing similar to that of the modification of the second embodiment is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Thereafter, the process of step S316 is performed. By this processing, the program guide image G101 of FIG. 45 is displayed on the display unit 630.

  Through the above processing, the program recorded on the video display device 600, the program reserved for video recording on the video display device 600, information on which program is a program according to the user's preference, and the like can be easily confirmed. In addition to the effect that a plurality of communication terminal devices reserve recording of the corresponding program, the recording processing is completed by the recording reservation, and the program for which the plurality of communication terminal devices are reserved for recording. There is an effect that it can be easily confirmed.

  Referring again to FIG. 37, in video display device 600, after the process of step S316, the processes of steps S317 and S318 are performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated. Thus, the process in the video display device 600 ends.

  Note that in the video display device 600, for example, when the reservation information data table is updated by making a new recording reservation or when the recording information data table is updated by a recording process, it is compatible with a plurality of devices according to the present embodiment. In the content list display processing B, the processing of steps S313, S314A, S315A, S316, S317, and S318 is performed in the video display device 600, and the processing of steps S324A, S325A, S326, and S327 is performed in the communication terminal device A. Can only be implemented.

  Also, the communication terminal apparatus A displays the “recorded” and “reserved” character strings, “recommendation degree” information, etc. as displayed in the list image MG211 in FIG. 42 or the program list image MG201A in FIG. Is transmitted to the video display device 600, the multi-device-compatible content list display process B of the present embodiment is performed in steps S313, S314A, S315A, The processing of S316, S317, and S318 is performed, and the communication terminal apparatus A can be implemented only by performing the processing of steps S324A, S325A, S326, and S327.

  Thereafter, each of the communication terminal device B and the communication terminal device C performs a multi-device corresponding content list display process B for the video display device 600. The video display device 600 is assumed to perform the processing up to step S313 of the content list display processing B corresponding to a plurality of devices.

  In this case, when each of the communication terminal device B and the communication terminal device C performs processing on the video display device 600, the content list display processing B corresponding to the plurality of devices is performed in steps S314A, S315A, S316 in the video display device 600. The processes of S317 and S318 are performed, and the processes of steps S320B, S321B, S322A, S324A, S325A, S326, and S327 are performed in each of the communication terminal apparatus B and the communication terminal apparatus C in the same manner as the communication terminal apparatus A described above. Process.

  As described above, the multi-device compatible content list display processing B can be performed even when a plurality of communication terminal devices 500 having different device IDs perform processing on the video display device 600.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, in addition to the effects produced by the third embodiment, the user of the communication terminal apparatus can use a plurality of communication terminals as in the modification of the second embodiment. The device reserves the corresponding program for recording, and the program for which recording processing has been completed by the recording reservation and the program reserved for recording by a plurality of communication terminal devices can be easily confirmed with the communication terminal device at hand. There is an effect that can be.

<Fourth embodiment>
In the present embodiment, processing in which video display device 600 manages information of a plurality of communication terminal devices 500 having different device IDs will be described. It is assumed that different preference information list data is stored in each of the plurality of communication terminal devices 500.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, since preference information list data is stored in each communication terminal device 500, video display device 600 is not limited to a specific video display device (for example, a home video display device). The user of the communication terminal device 500 can use the communication terminal device 500 to perform the following processing on, for example, a video display device in a friend's house. In this case, the video display device in the friend's house has the configuration of the video display device 600 described in the first embodiment.

  Since the network system in the present embodiment is similar to network system 1000 in the first embodiment, detailed description will not be repeated. The configuration of each of communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and service server 800A is the same as that described in the first embodiment, and therefore detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that there are three communication terminal apparatuses 500 as an example. In the present embodiment, the three communication terminal devices 500 are also referred to as communication terminal device A, communication terminal device B, and communication terminal device C, respectively. Assume that the device IDs of the communication terminal device A, the communication terminal device B, and the communication terminal device C are “090111111”, “090222222”, and “090333333”, respectively.

  Next, in the present embodiment, a process for displaying a list of programs as content (hereinafter also referred to as content list display process C) using user preference information will be described.

  Note that it is assumed that the reservation information data table D310AA of FIG. 35 is stored in the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 by the recording reservation processing of a plurality of communication terminal devices. In addition, the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 shows the information of the recording data stored in the storage unit 620 as a result of the recording processing of the programs that have been reserved for recording by a plurality of communication terminal devices, as shown in FIG. It is assumed that the recording information data table D320A is also stored.

  In the present embodiment, as in the second embodiment, it is assumed that communication terminal apparatus A performs the above-described preference information registration process before content list display process C is performed. With this process, the preference information list data D250A of FIG. 33 is stored in the storage unit 520 of the communication terminal apparatus A. Further, it is assumed that each of communication terminal apparatus B and communication terminal apparatus C performs the above-described preference information registration process before content list display process C is performed. Through this process, the preference information list data is also stored in the storage units 520 of the communication terminal apparatus B and the communication terminal apparatus C. Note that the preference information list data of the communication terminal device A, the communication terminal device B, and the communication terminal device C are different.

  It is assumed that each of communication terminal device A, communication terminal device B, and communication terminal device C performs recommended program display permission processing before content list display processing C is performed. The recommended program display permission process is a process for setting whether or not to display a recommended program based on the preference information list data of its own device on another communication terminal device.

  It is assumed that a recommended program display permission flag is stored in each storage unit 520 of communication terminal apparatus A, communication terminal apparatus B, and communication terminal apparatus C. The recommended program display permission flag is a flag for determining whether or not to display the recommended degree of the program based on the preference information list data of the own device on another communication terminal device. When the recommended program display permission flag is set to ON, it is permitted to display the recommended degree of the program based on the preference information list data of the own device on another communication terminal device. On the other hand, when the recommended program display permission flag is set to OFF, the recommended degree of the program based on the preference information list data of the own device is not permitted to be displayed on another communication terminal device. It is assumed that the recommended program display permission flag is set to OFF in the initial state.

  The recommended program display permission process is a process performed when the recommended program display permission program included in the program 180 is executed by the interface operation M.

  In the recommended program display permission program, control unit 510 causes display unit 530 to display the following recommended program display permission image MG400.

  FIG. 48 is a diagram showing a recommended program display permission image MG400 as an example. Referring to FIG. 48, button images MBG485 and MBG487 are arranged in recommended program display permission image MG400.

  The button image MBG485 is a button image for setting the recommended program display permission flag stored in the storage unit 520 to ON by being pressed by the interface operation M. The button image MBG487 is a button image for setting the recommended program display permission flag stored in the storage unit 520 to OFF by being pressed by the interface operation M.

  Then, it is assumed that a recommended program display permission operation is performed in a state where the recommended program display permission image MG400 is displayed on the display unit 530 of the communication terminal device A. Here, the recommended program display permission operation is an interface operation M for pressing the button image MBG485. In this case, control unit 510 sets the recommended program display permission flag to ON. Then, control unit 510 transmits information about the device ID of the device itself and the status of the recommended program display permission flag to video display device 600.

  Then, the control unit 610 of the video display device 600 receives information on the status of the device ID and the recommended program display permission flag, and stores the information in the storage unit 620.

  Each of the communication terminal device B and the communication terminal device C performs the above-described processing in the same manner as the communication terminal device A, sets the recommended program display permission flag to ON, and sets the device ID of the own device and the recommended program display permission flag. Is transmitted to the video display device 600.

  Then, the control unit 610 of the video display device 600 receives the device ID of each of the communication terminal device B and the communication terminal device C and information on the state of the recommended program display permission flag, and stores the information in the storage unit 620. Thus, the recommended program display permission process ends.

  After the recommended program display permission process is completed, the following recommended program display permission setting data SD600 is generated in the storage unit 620.

  FIG. 49 is a diagram showing recommended program display permission setting data SD600 as an example. Referring to FIG. 49, recommended program display permission setting data SD600 indicates the state of the recommended program display permission flag of the communication terminal device corresponding to the device ID.

  Note that all the recommended program display permission flags of the communication terminal device A, the communication terminal device B, and the communication terminal device C may not be set to ON. Of the recommended program display permission flags of the communication terminal device A, the communication terminal device B, and the communication terminal device C, at least one recommended program display permission flag may be set to ON.

  Next, the content list display process C will be described. Content list display processing C is processing performed when remote control image MG100 of FIG. 9 is displayed on each display unit 530 of communication terminal device A, communication terminal device B, and communication terminal device C. In this case, it is assumed that each of communication terminal apparatus A, communication terminal apparatus B, and communication terminal apparatus C is set to the remote control mode.

  FIG. 50 is a flowchart of the content list display process C. FIG. 50 shows processing performed in each of communication terminal device 500, video display device 600, and service server 800A. Referring to FIG. 50, content list display process C is different from content list display process B for multiple devices in FIG. 47 in that the process of step S311C is performed instead of step S311B, and the process of step S312C is performed. The point that is performed, the point that the process of step S314C is performed instead of step S314A, the point that the process of step S315C is performed instead of step S315A, the point that the process of step S320C is performed instead of step S320B, Step S321C is performed instead of Step S321B, Step S322C is performed instead of Step S322A, Step S324C is performed instead of Step S324A, and Step S325A is performed. Generation And that the process of step S325C is performed Ri are different. Other than that, since it is the same as the content list display processing B for a plurality of devices, detailed description will not be repeated. Hereinafter, processing different from the content list display processing B corresponding to a plurality of devices according to the modification of the third embodiment will be mainly described.

  First, the content list display processing C when the communication terminal device A performs processing on the video display device 600 will be described.

  In video display device 600, the process of step S310 is performed. By this processing, the EPG data D500 of FIG. 19 is stored in the storage unit 620 of the video display device 600. Thereafter, the process of step S310 ends.

In communication terminal apparatus A, first, the process of step S320C is performed.
In step S320C, control unit 510 uses VDP 532 to generate the following preference information transmission image MG500, and causes display unit 530 to display preference information transmission image MG500. Thereafter, the process of step S320C ends.

  FIG. 51 is a diagram showing a preference information transmission image MG500 as an example. Referring to FIG. 51, button image MBG585 is arranged in preference information transmission image MG500.

  The button image MBG585 is a button image for transmitting the preference information list data stored in the storage unit 520 to the video display device 600 by being pressed by the interface operation M.

  Referring to FIG. 50 again, when the process of step S320C ends, the process proceeds to step S321C.

  In step S321C, control unit 510 determines whether there is a preference information transmission permission operation. The preference information transmission permission operation is an interface operation M for pressing the button image MBG585. If YES in step S321C, the process proceeds to step S322C. On the other hand, if NO at step S321C, the process at step S321C is performed again. Here, assuming that there is a preference information transmission permission operation, the process proceeds to step S322C.

  In step S322C, control unit 510 displays the device ID (for example, “090111111”) of its own device together with the preference information list data (for example, preference information list data D250A in FIG. 33) stored in storage unit 520, as video. Transmit to display device 600. Thereafter, the process of step S322C ends.

  In video display device 600, step S311C is performed after step S310.

  In step S311C, reception processing is performed. In the reception process, control unit 610 receives preference information list data and a device ID (for example, “090111111”), associates the preference information list data with the device ID, and stores them in storage unit 620.

  Thereafter, each of communication terminal apparatus B and communication terminal apparatus C performs steps S320C, S321C, and S322C in the same manner as communication terminal apparatus A. Note that the preference information list data for each device, which is transmitted in the process of step S322C and received by the video display device 600, is displayed when the video display device 600 receives the predetermined time (for example, 20 minutes). The control unit 610 of 600 deletes. As a result, the preference information list data for each device processed by the control unit 610 of the video display device 600 increases so much that the number of recommended programs for each device displayed on the display unit 630 is enormous. It can be prevented that it becomes difficult to see.

  Here, it is assumed that the process of S322C performed by each of communication terminal apparatus B and communication terminal apparatus C is performed within a predetermined time (for example, 20 minutes) after communication terminal apparatus A performs the process of step S322C.

  Every time the process of step S322C is performed, the video display apparatus 600 performs the process of step S311C. Through the above processing, the following preference information list data table D600 is generated in the storage unit 620.

  FIG. 52 is a diagram showing a preference information list data table D600 as an example. Referring to FIG. 52, preference information list data table D600 includes a plurality of preference information data. The “management number” is a number for managing a plurality of preference information data. The preference information data includes a device ID and preference information list data. Accordingly, each of the plurality of preference information list data is associated with the corresponding device ID. The preference information list data includes a plurality of preference program information.

  For example, the preference information list data included in the preference information data of the management number “1” includes preference program information whose title is “D-drama”, preference program information whose title is “B quiz”, and preference program whose genre is “drama”. The information includes the favorite program information whose genre is “variety”, the favorite program information whose performer is “KT”, and the favorite program information whose performer is “SS”.

  Referring to FIG. 50 again, in video display device 600, step S311C is performed after step S311C.

  In step S312C, a recommended program search process TA is performed. The recommended program search process TA is a process of searching for a recommended program for each device ID from a plurality of programs respectively corresponding to a plurality of program information data constituting the EPG data D500 based on the preference information list data table D600. Hereinafter, the preference information list data included in the preference information data of the management number “S (natural number)” in the preference information list data table D600 is also referred to as preference information list data S. Therefore, for example, the preference information list data included in the preference information data of the management number “1” in the preference information list data table D600 is also referred to as preference information list data 1.

  It is assumed that the point granting table T100 of FIG. 20 is stored in the storage unit 620 in advance. In the recommended program search process TA, the following search process is performed for each of the plurality of preference information data constituting the preference information list data table D600. Specifically, in the recommended program search process TA, the following search process is performed on the preference information list data 1 to the preference information list data 3.

  In the search process, first, the control unit 610 reads the preference information list data 1 from the storage unit 620, and with respect to an ID number for identifying a program including information that matches a plurality of preference program information in the preference information list data 1 The points are calculated based on the point granting table T100.

  The point calculation method is the same as described in FIG. Referring to FIG. 21, the title (D-drama) as the preference program information shown in preference information list data 1 is the title indicated by the program information data with ID number “112231” shown in EPG data D500 of FIG. (D drama). Therefore, 20 points are added to the ID number “112231” based on the point assignment table T100.

  Further, the genre (drama) as the favorite program information shown in the preference information list data 1 matches the genre (drama) shown by the program information data with the ID number “112231” shown in the EPG data D500 of FIG. . Therefore, 15 points are added to the ID number “112231” based on the point assignment table T100. Further, the performer (KT) as the favorite program information shown in the preference information list data D250 is the performer (K) indicated by the program information data whose ID number is “112231” shown in the EPG data D500 of FIG. .T). Therefore, 10 points are added to the ID number “112231” based on the point assignment table T100. According to the above calculation, the points of ID number “112231” are 45 points in total.

  Note that points are calculated for points with other ID numbers as in the case where the ID number is “112231”. In this embodiment, as an example, 40 points or more are set to the recommendation level “3”, 20 points or more are set to the recommendation level “2”, and 15 points or more are set to the recommendation level “1”. Let's say. Therefore, the recommendation number is set to “3” for the ID number “112231”. For the ID number “112222”, the recommendation level is set to “2”. For the ID number “112235”, the recommendation level is set to “1”.

  Based on the above calculation, points are calculated for each ID number. Note that the number of points for determining the recommendation level is not limited to the above, and may be other points. Further, the recommendation level is not limited to three levels “1” to “3”, but may be two levels or four or more levels.

  Then, the control unit 610 associates the points for each ID number calculated by the above-described search processing performed on the preference information list data 1 with the device ID corresponding to the used preference information list data, and the storage unit 620. Remember me. Then, the control unit 610 performs the search processing performed on the preference information list data 1 for each of the preference information list data 1 and the preference information list data 2, whereby the storage unit 620 stores the following: A recommended program data table D700 is generated. Then, the process of step S312C ends.

  FIG. 53 is a diagram showing a recommended program data table D700 as an example. Referring to FIG. 53, recommended program data table D700 is composed of a plurality of recommended data. The “management number” is a number for managing a plurality of recommended data. Each of the plurality of recommended data includes a device ID and recommended program data. In the recommended program data table D700, the recommended program data included in the recommended data with the management number “1” is the same as the recommended program data D400 in FIG. 22, for example.

  In the following, the recommended data with the management number “L (natural number)” included in the recommended program data table D700 is also referred to as recommended data L. For example, the recommended data with the management number “2” included in the recommended program data table D700 is also referred to as recommended data 2. Therefore, the recommended program data table D700 includes recommended data 1 to 3.

  Referring to FIG. 50 again, when the process of step S312C ends, the process proceeds to step S313. After step S313, the process proceeds to step S314C.

  In step S314C, data transmission processing is performed. Hereinafter, in the data transmission process, a data transmission destination device is also referred to as a transmission destination communication terminal device. Here, the communication terminal device is a communication terminal device A. Therefore, the transmission destination communication terminal device is the communication terminal device A.

  In the data transmission process, control unit 610 transmits the reservation information data table, the recording information data, and the recommended data of the transmission destination communication terminal device (for example, communication terminal device A) to the transmission destination communication terminal device. Hereinafter, the recommended data transmitted in step S314C is data read from the storage unit 620 by the control unit 610. Note that the transmitted reservation information data table and recording information data table are the reservation information data table D310AA of FIG. 35 and the recording information data table D320A of FIG. 36, respectively.

  The recommended data to be transmitted by the above processing is the recommended data 1 when the transmission destination communication terminal apparatus is the communication terminal apparatus A (the apparatus having the apparatus ID “090111111”). As described above, the recommended data includes the device ID and recommended program data. Therefore, the recommended data 1 includes the device ID “090111111” and the recommended program data of the communication terminal device A.

  Further, control unit 610 refers to recommended program display permission setting data SD600 in FIG. 49 and corresponds to the device ID of a communication terminal device other than the transmission destination communication terminal device (hereinafter also referred to as a non-transmission destination communication terminal device). If the recommended program display permission flag is ON, the recommended data of the corresponding device among the recommended data 1 to 3 is further transmitted to the destination communication terminal device.

  For example, when the transmission destination communication terminal device is the communication terminal device A, the non-transmission destination communication terminal devices are the communication terminal device B and the communication terminal device C. In this case, when the recommended program display permission flag corresponding to each device ID of the communication terminal device B and the communication terminal device C is ON, the recommended data of the communication terminal device B and the communication terminal device C is the communication terminal device. A will be sent to A. Then, the process of step S314C ends.

  In the present embodiment, recommended data of communication terminal device A, communication terminal device B, and communication terminal device C is transmitted to the destination communication terminal device in accordance with recommended program display permission setting data SD600. The recommended data of the communication terminal device A, the communication terminal device B, and the communication terminal device C are recommended data 1, recommended data 2, and recommended data 3, respectively.

  In communication terminal apparatus A, the process of step S324C is performed after the process of step S322C.

  In step S324C, a data reception process C is performed. In data reception process C, control unit 510 receives the data transmitted by the process in step S314C, and stores the received data in temporary storage unit 522. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the data received in the data reception process C is a reservation information data table D310AA, a recording information data table D320A, and recommended data 1 to 3. Therefore, the temporary storage unit 522 stores the reservation information data table D310AA, the recording information data table D320A, and the recommended data 1 to 3. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S325C.

In step S325C, data integration processing C is performed.
FIG. 54 is a flowchart of the data integration process C. FIG. 54 also shows a flowchart of processing to be described later, which is performed in the video display device 600.
Referring to FIG. 54, in step S410A, as in the modification of the second embodiment, reservation information data integration processing A is performed, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated. With this processing, the EPG data D500AA of FIG. 39 is stored in the temporary storage unit 522. Then, the process proceeds to step S412A.

  In step S412A, recording information data integration processing A is performed as in the modification of the second embodiment, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. With this process, the EPG data D500BB of FIG. 40 is stored in the temporary storage unit 522. Then, the process proceeds to step S414C.

  In step S414C, recommended program data integration processing C is performed. In the recommended program data integration process C, the control unit 510 includes program information data (hereinafter also referred to as recommended program information data) including an ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the recommended data 1 to 3 in the EPG data D500BB. ), The “recommended degree” and the device ID corresponding to the recommended data are added and added.

  For example, the control unit 510 of the communication terminal apparatus A adds “O” to program information data (hereinafter also referred to as recommended program information data) including an ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the recommended data 1 in the EPG data D500BB. The following EPG data D500CCA is generated by additionally writing the “recommended degree” and the device ID (“090111111”) indicated in the recommended data 1 in association with each other.

  Here, the recommended program automatic recording flag M described above is stored in advance in each storage unit 520 of the communication terminal device A, the communication terminal device B, and the communication terminal device C.

  Therefore, in the recommended program data integration process C, the recommended program automatic recording flag M is on, and the EPG data D500BB matches the ID number indicated in the recommended program data (for example, recommended data 1). When the “status” item of the program information data including the ID number is not “reserved”, the control unit 510 associates the “recommendation degree” and the device ID corresponding to the recommended data with the program information data. The following EPG data D500CCA is generated by setting “status” as “reserved”.

  This process makes it possible to automatically make a recording reservation for a recommended program that is not reserved. In the following, program information data indicating information of programs automatically reserved for recording is also referred to as automatic recording reserved program information data.

  FIG. 55 is a diagram showing EPG data D500CCA as an example. Referring to FIG. 55, EPG data D500CCA has an item “Recommendation” further added to EPG data D500BB of FIG. 40, and a device ID is displayed next to the numerical value of the recommendation. It differs from the point described. Other than that, since it is the same as EPG data D500BB, detailed description will not be repeated.

  In the “recommended degree” item, “recommended degree” represented by “1” to “3” is added to the program information data subjected to the processing in step S414C. The device ID (“090111111”) indicated in the recommendation data 1 is described next to the “recommended degree” added.

  In the program information data including the ID number “112232”, the status item is changed to “reserved”. That is, the program information data including the ID number “112232” is automatic recording reserved program information data.

  Then, control unit 510 performs the same processing as recommended data 1 on recommended data 2 and recommended data 3, thereby generating the following EPG data D500CCC. Then, control unit 510 stores generated EPG data D500CCC in temporary storage unit 522. Thereafter, the process of step S414C ends.

  FIG. 56 is a diagram showing EPG data D500CCC as an example. Referring to FIG. 56, EPG data D500CCC is compared with EPG data D500CCA of FIG. 55, in addition to the item of “recommended degree”, the numerical value of the recommended degree based on recommended data 2 and recommended data 3 The difference is that the device ID shown in the recommended data 2 or the recommended data 3 corresponding to the recommended degree value is described next to the recommended degree value. Other than that, since it is the same as EPG data D500CCA, detailed description will not be repeated. In the EPG data D500CCC, when there are a plurality of device IDs corresponding to the same recommendation level, for example, a description such as “recommendation level” item of program information data including the ID number “112231” Is added.

Referring to FIG. 54 again, after the process of step S414C, the process proceeds to step S416.
In step S416, a process similar to that in step S416 in FIG. 23 is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Here, assuming that there is automatic recording reservation program information data, the process proceeds to step S417.

  In step S417, a process similar to that in step S417 of FIG. 23 is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Thereafter, the data integration process C ends, and the process proceeds to step S326 subsequent to step S325C performed by the communication terminal apparatus A of FIG.

  In video display device 600, the data reception process is performed independently of other processes. In the data reception process, first, the process of step S421 is performed.

  In step S421, a process similar to that in step S421 of FIG. 23 is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Here, it is determined as YES and the process proceeds to step S422.

  In step S422, a process similar to that in step S422 in FIG. 23 is performed, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. With this processing, the reservation information data table D310AA is updated by adding reservation information data to the reservation information data table D310AA in FIG. 35, and is stored in the storage unit 620.

  Referring to FIG. 54 again, when the process of step S422 ends, the process of step S421 is performed again.

Referring to FIG. 50 again, after the process of step S325C, the process proceeds to step S326.
In step S326, program list display processing is performed as in the first embodiment. In the program list display process, the control unit 510 uses the part of program information data constituting the EPG data D500CCC of FIG. 56 to generate the following program list image MG204 using the VDP 532, and the generated program List image MG204 is displayed on display unit 530. Then, control unit 510 cancels the remote control mode of communication terminal device 500. As a result, the communication terminal device 500 cannot operate the video display device 600 by the interface operation M. Then, the process of step S326 ends.

  FIG. 57 is a diagram showing a program list image MG204 as an example. Referring to FIG. 57, program list image MG204 differs from program list image MG201 in FIG. 42 in that list image MG214 is arranged instead of list image MG211. Other than that, since it is the same as the program list image MG201, detailed description will not be repeated.

  In list image MG214, a plurality of simplified program information corresponding to one broadcasting station is displayed in a list. The plurality of simple program information corresponds to a part of program information data constituting the EPG data D500CCC, as described with reference to FIG.

  The list image MG214 is different from the list image MG211 in that recommendation level information of other communication terminal apparatuses is displayed in different graphics. Here, as an example, a black star mark is associated with the device ID “090111111”. As an example, a black circle mark is associated with the device ID “090222222”. As an example, a black triangle mark is associated with the device ID “090333333”. Note that the shape of the mark is not limited to the above shape, and may be a mark of another shape.

  The number of black star marks indicates the recommended degree of the program based on the preference information list data of the own device whose device ID is “090111111”. The number of black circle marks indicates the recommended degree of the program based on the preference information list data of the device whose device ID is “090222222”. The number of black triangle marks indicates the recommended degree of the program based on the preference information list data of the device having the device ID “0903333333”.

  In addition, the mark which shows the recommendation degree other than an own apparatus may be the same mark. As a result, the recommendation level becomes two types, that is, the own device and another device, and is easy to see. Further, the recommendation degree may be displayed only for the own apparatus.

  When the program information data in FIG. 56 corresponding to the simple program information displayed in the list image MG214 includes “recommendation level” information, the device ID is displayed on the right side of the title name of the program corresponding to the simple program information. The number of marks corresponding to the number corresponding to the recommended number is displayed.

  If the program information data shown in FIG. 56 corresponding to the simple program information displayed in the list image MG214 includes “recommended degree” information and there are a plurality of device IDs, the program corresponding to the simple program information is displayed. The number of marks corresponding to each of the plurality of device IDs is displayed on the right side of the title name.

  Referring to list image MG214, for example, a program whose title is “F sports” indicates that the recommendation degree based on the preference information list data of the communication terminal device whose device ID is “090222222” is “1”. . In addition, the program whose title is “F sports” indicates that the recommendation degree based on the preference information list data of the communication terminal device having the device ID “090333333” is “2”. In addition, the program whose title is “S Quiz” indicates that the recommendation degree based on the preference information list data of the communication terminal device (own device) whose device ID is “090111111” is “2”.

  In addition, the expression of the recommendation degree for each apparatus is not limited to the shape of the mark, and other expressions may be performed. The other expression is, for example, an expression of using different colors with the same mark.

  In the process of step S326, the control unit 510 generates the following program list image MG204A using the VDP 532 using a part of program information data constituting the EPG data D500CCC, and the generated program list The image MG204A may be displayed on the display unit 530.

  FIG. 58 is a diagram showing a program list image MG204A as an example. Referring to FIG. 58, program list image MG204A differs from program list image MG201A in FIG. 43 in that list image MG214A is arranged instead of list image MG211A. Other than that, since it is the same as program list image MG201A, detailed description will not be repeated.

  The list image MG214A displays a plurality of pieces of simple program information. The plurality of simple program information corresponds to a part of program information data constituting the EPG data D500CCC, as described with reference to FIG.

  Here, as an example, a black star mark is associated with the device ID “090111111”. As an example, a black circle mark is associated with the device ID “090222222”. As an example, a black triangle mark is associated with the device ID “090333333”.

  In addition, the mark which shows the recommendation degree other than an own apparatus may be the same mark. As a result, the recommendation level becomes two types, that is, the own device and another device, and is easy to see. Further, the recommendation degree may be displayed only for the own apparatus.

  When the program information data shown in FIG. 56 corresponding to the simple program information displayed in the list image MG214A includes “recommendation level” information, a device ID is displayed to the right of the title name of the program corresponding to the simple program information. The number of marks corresponding to the number corresponding to the recommended number is displayed.

  If the program information data in FIG. 56 corresponding to the simple program information displayed in the list image MG214A includes “recommendation degree” information and there are a plurality of device IDs, the program corresponding to the simple program information is shown. The number of marks corresponding to each of the plurality of device IDs is displayed on the right side of the title name.

  Since the mark indicating the recommendation level is the same as that described with reference to FIG. 57, detailed description will not be repeated.

  Through the above processing, in addition to the effect that a plurality of simple program information according to the preference of the user who owns the communication terminal device can be displayed on the display unit 530, the user of the communication terminal device can However, the corresponding program can be reserved for recording, and the program whose recording processing has been completed by the recording reservation and the program reserved for recording by a plurality of communication terminal devices can be easily confirmed by the communication terminal device at hand. There is an effect that can be done.

  In addition, there is an effect that the recommended degree of the program corresponding to each of the plurality of communication terminal devices can be easily confirmed by the communication terminal device at hand.

  When the process of step S326 ends, the process of step S327 is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and thus detailed description will not be repeated. Thus, the processing in communication terminal apparatus A ends.

  In video display device 600, when the process of step S314C ends, the process proceeds to step S315C.

In step S315C, a data integration process TC is performed.
FIG. 59 is a flowchart of the data integration process TC. Referring to FIG. 59, in step S430A, reservation information data integration processing TA is performed. In the reservation information data integration processing TA, as in the processing of step S410A in FIG. 38, the control unit 610 is shown in each of the plurality of reservation information data constituting the reservation information data table D310AA in FIG. 35 in the EPG data D500. A state of “reserved” is additionally written in association with program information data (hereinafter also referred to as reserved program information data) including an ID number that matches the ID number.

  Further, when there are two or more device IDs indicated by the reservation information data including the ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the reservation program information data, the control unit 610 includes the number of device IDs in the reservation program information data. Add to the corresponding.

  Through the above processing, the EPG data D500AA of FIG. 39 is generated. Then, the control unit 610 stores the generated EPG data D500AA in the temporary storage unit 622. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S432A.

  In step S432A, a recording information data integration process TA is performed. In the recording information data integration processing TA, as in the processing of step S412A in FIG. 38, the control unit 610 indicates EPG data D500AA in each of a plurality of recording information data constituting the recording information data table D320A in FIG. The program information data (hereinafter also referred to as “recorded program information data”) including an ID number that matches the ID number is additionally written in association with the state of “recorded”.

  Further, when there are two or more device IDs indicated by the recorded information data including the ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the recorded program information data, the control unit 610 adds the device ID to the recorded program information data. Corresponding numbers are added.

  With the above processing, the EPG data D500BB of FIG. 40 is generated. The control unit 610 stores the generated EPG data D500BB in the temporary storage unit 622. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S434C.

In step S434C, recommended program data integration processing TC is performed.
In the recommended program data integration process TC, the control unit 610 includes program information data (hereinafter referred to as recommended program information) including an ID number that matches the ID number indicated in the recommended data 1 to 3 in FIG. 53 in the EPG data D500BB. (Also referred to as data), the “recommended degree” and the device ID corresponding to the recommended data are additionally written. By this processing, EPG data D500CCC is generated. Then, the control unit 610 stores the generated EPG data D500CCC in the temporary storage unit 622.

  By this processing, the EPG data D500CCC of FIG. 56 is stored in the temporary storage unit 622. Thereafter, the data integration processing TC ends, and the process proceeds to step S316 after step S315C performed by the video display device 600 of FIG.

  In step S316, a program guide display process is performed as in the first embodiment. In the program guide display process, the control unit 610 generates the following program guide image G104 using the VDP 632 using a part of program information data constituting the EPG data D500CCC, and the generated program guide image G104. Is displayed on the display unit 630. Then, the process of step S316 ends.

  FIG. 60 is a diagram showing a program guide image G104 as an example. Referring to FIG. 60, program guide image G104 is different from program guide image G101 in FIG. 45 in that program guide display image G114 is arranged instead of program guide display image G111. Other than that, since it is the same as the program guide image G101, detailed description will not be repeated.

  Compared with the program guide display image G111, the program guide display image G114 has a mark with a different shape in a part of the program broadcast time frames among a plurality of program broadcast time frames displayed in the program guide display image G114. The point that the recommendation degree of each of the plurality of communication terminal devices is shown is different depending on the number. Other than that, since it is the same as the program guide display image G111, detailed description will not be repeated.

  The plurality of program broadcast time frames displayed on the program guide display image G114 correspond to a part of the program information data of the EPG data D500CCC in FIG. The description of the correspondence between the program information data in the EPG data D500CCC and the program broadcast time frame is the same as the description in which the EPG data D500C is replaced with the EPG data D500CCC in the description of FIG. 31, and thus the detailed description will not be repeated. .

  Here, as an example, a black star mark is associated with the device ID “090111111”. As an example, a black circle mark is associated with the device ID “090222222”. As an example, a black triangle mark is associated with the device ID “090333333”. Note that the shape of the mark is not limited to the above shape, and may be a mark of another shape.

  The number of black star marks indicates the recommended degree of the program based on the preference information list data of the own device whose device ID is “090111111”. The number of black circle marks indicates the recommended degree of the program based on the preference information list data of the device whose device ID is “090222222”. The number of black triangle marks indicates the recommended degree of the program based on the preference information list data of the device having the device ID “0903333333”.

  In addition, the mark which shows the recommendation degree other than an own apparatus may be the same mark. In addition, the recommendation degree may be displayed only for those common to a plurality of apparatuses. That is, only those for which recommended degrees of a plurality of device IDs are displayed may be displayed within the program broadcast time frame.

  When the program information data in FIG. 56 corresponding to the program broadcast time frame displayed in the program guide display image G114 includes “recommended degree” information, the information is associated with the device ID within the program broadcast time frame. The number of the shape marks corresponding to the recommended number is displayed.

  If the program information data in FIG. 56 corresponding to the program broadcast time frame displayed in the program guide display image G114 includes “recommendation degree” information and there are a plurality of device IDs, the program broadcast time frame The number of marks corresponding to each of the plurality of device IDs is displayed for each device ID by the number corresponding to the recommended number.

  For example, the program information data of management number “021” in FIG. 56 corresponding to the program broadcast time frame SQ111 in FIG. Here, the recommendation level corresponding to the device ID “090222222” is “1”. The recommendation level corresponding to the device ID “090333333” is “2”. Accordingly, in the program broadcast time frame SQ111, one black circle mark associated with the device ID “090222222” is displayed, and two black triangle marks associated with the device ID “090333333” are displayed.

  Further, for example, there is “recommended degree” information in the program information data of the management number “022” in FIG. 56 corresponding to the program broadcast time frame SQ112 in FIG. Here, the recommendation level corresponding to the device ID “090111111” is “2”. Accordingly, two black star marks associated with the device ID “090111111” are displayed in the program broadcast time frame SQ112.

  In addition, the expression of the recommendation degree for each apparatus is not limited to the shape of the mark, and other expressions may be performed. The other expression is, for example, an expression of using different colors with the same mark.

  Through the above processing, in addition to the effect that a plurality of simple program information according to the preference of the user who owns the communication terminal device can be displayed on the display unit 630, the plurality of communication terminal devices record corresponding programs. There is an effect that it is possible to easily confirm a program that has been reserved and the recording process has been completed by the recording reservation, and a program that has been reserved for recording by a plurality of communication terminal devices.

  In addition, there is an effect that the recommendation degree of the program corresponding to each of the plurality of communication terminal devices can be easily confirmed on the display unit 630 capable of displaying a lot of information.

  Referring again to FIG. 50, in video display apparatus 600, after the process of step S316, the processes of steps S317 and S318 are performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated. Thus, the process in the video display device 600 ends.

  In the video display device 600, for example, when the reservation information data table is updated by making a new recording reservation or when the recording information data table is updated by a recording process, the content list display according to the present embodiment is displayed. The process C is performed by performing only the processes of steps S 313, S 314 C, S 315 C, S 316, S 317, and S 318 in the video display device 600 and performing only the processes of steps S 324 C, S 325 C, S 326, and S 327 in the communication terminal device A. Is possible.

  In addition, the communication terminal apparatus A displays “recorded” and “reserved” character strings, “recommended degree” information, etc. as displayed in the list image MG214 in FIG. 57 or the program list image MG204A in FIG. Is transmitted to the video display device 600, the content list display processing C of the present embodiment is performed in steps S313, S314C, S315C, S316, and S317 in the video display device 600. , S318, and the communication terminal apparatus A can be implemented only by performing the processes of steps S324C, S325C, S326, and S327.

  Thereafter, it is assumed that each of communication terminal device B and communication terminal device C performing the processing up to step S322C performs content list display processing C on video display device 600. The video display device 600 is assumed to perform the processing up to step S313 of the content list display processing C.

  In this case, when each of the communication terminal device B and the communication terminal device C performs processing on the video display device 600, the content list display processing C is performed in steps S314C, S315C, S316, S317, and S318 in the video display device 600. In the communication terminal apparatus B and the communication terminal apparatus C, the processes in steps S324C, S325C, S326, and S327 are performed in the same manner as in the communication terminal apparatus A described above.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, content processing related information (for example, reservation information data) related to content processing corresponding to each of a plurality of communication terminal devices is stored in storage unit 620 of video display device 600. Table D310AA, recording information data table D320A). The storage unit 620 of the video display device 600 stores recommended content information (preferred in FIG. 53) generated based on content preference information (preference information list data) corresponding to each of the plurality of communication terminal devices. A program data table D700) is stored.

  Then, the communication terminal device transmits its own device ID to the video display device 600. The video display device 600 displays the recommended degree of the program indicated by the recommended program data generated based on the preference information list data corresponding to the received device ID on the display unit 630 in association with the corresponding program. In addition, the video display device 600 displays the recording reservation information corresponding to the received device ID in the reservation information data table D310AA on the display unit 630 in association with the corresponding program. In addition, the video display device 600 displays recorded information corresponding to the received device ID in the recording information data table D320A on the display unit 630 in association with the corresponding program.

  Therefore, there is an effect that information related to the content of a specific device managed by another device can be easily referred to.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, content preference information (preference information list data) corresponding to each of a plurality of communication terminal devices is stored in storage unit 620 of video display device 600. The communication terminal device transmits its own device ID to the video display device 600. The video display device 600 obtains recommended content information by performing a search process based on the preference information list data corresponding to the received device ID from among a plurality of program information data included in the EPG data D500. Then, the video display device 600 transmits the recommended content information (recommended program ID number and program recommendation level) obtained by the search process to the communication terminal device that transmitted the device ID. The communication terminal apparatus displays the received recommended content information (recommended degree of program) on the display unit 530.

  Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to easily refer to recommended content information based on preference information of a specific device managed by another device.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, in addition to the effects produced by the modification of the third embodiment, the recommended degree of program corresponding to each of the plurality of communication terminal devices can be easily achieved by the communication terminal device at hand. There is an effect that can be confirmed.

  In addition, there is an effect that the recommendation degree of the program corresponding to each of the plurality of communication terminal devices can be easily confirmed on the display unit 630 capable of displaying a lot of information.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the network system in this Embodiment. It is the figure which showed the external appearance of the communication terminal device from the front. It is the figure which showed the external appearance of the communication terminal device from the left side surface. It is the figure which showed the external appearance of the communication terminal device from the back surface. It is the block diagram which showed the internal structure of the communication terminal device. It is the figure which showed the external appearance of the video display apparatus from the front. It is the block diagram which showed the internal structure of the video display apparatus. It is the block diagram which showed the internal structure of the service server. It is a figure which shows the remote control image as an example. It is a flowchart of viewing information description processing. It is a figure which shows EPG data as an example. It is a figure which shows the viewing information as an example described by viewing log data. It is a figure which shows viewing-and-listening log data as an example. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of a preference information total process. It is a figure which shows the preference information list data as an example. It is a figure which shows the reservation information data table as an example. It is a figure which shows the video recording information data table as an example. It is a flowchart of a content list display process. It is a figure which shows EPG data as an example. It is a figure which shows the point provision table as an example. It is a figure which shows an example of calculation of a point. It is a figure which shows recommended program data as an example. It is a flowchart of a data integration process. It is a figure which shows EPG data as an example. It is a figure which shows EPG data as an example. It is a figure which shows EPG data as an example. It is a figure which shows the reservation information data table as an example. It is a figure which shows the program list image as an example. It is a figure which shows the program list image as an example. 10 is a flowchart of data integration processing T. It is a figure which shows the program schedule image as an example. It is a figure which shows the preference information input image as an example. It is a figure which shows the preference information list data as an example. It is a flowchart of the content list display process A. It is a figure which shows the reservation information data table as an example. It is a figure which shows the video recording information data table as an example. It is a flowchart of the content list display processing A for multiple devices. It is a flowchart of the data integration process A. It is a figure which shows EPG data as an example. It is a figure which shows EPG data as an example. It is a figure which shows EPG data as an example. It is a figure which shows the program list image as an example. It is a figure which shows the program list image as an example. It is a flowchart of data integration processing TA. It is a figure which shows the program schedule image as an example. It is a flowchart of the content list display process B. It is a flowchart of the content list display process B corresponding to a plurality of devices. It is a figure which shows the recommended program display permission image as an example. It is a figure which shows the recommendation program display permission setting data as an example. It is a flowchart of the content list display process C. It is a figure which shows the preference information transmission image as an example. It is a figure which shows the preference information list data table as an example. It is a figure which shows the recommended program data table as an example. 10 is a flowchart of data integration processing C. It is a figure which shows EPG data as an example. It is a figure which shows EPG data as an example. It is a figure which shows the program list image as an example. It is a figure which shows the program list image as an example. It is a flowchart of data integration processing TC. It is a figure which shows the program schedule image as an example.

Explanation of symbols

  50 communication unit, 70 network, 180, 180A, 180B program, 300 remote control, 500 communication terminal device, 510, 610, 810 control unit, 520, 620, 820 storage unit, 530, 630 display unit, 540 input unit, 555 555A recording medium, 600 video display device, 800A service server, 800S search server, 800W Web server, 1000 network system.

Claims (8)

A video display system comprising a communication terminal device capable of data communication with a service server that distributes a content information list including a plurality of content information, and a video display device that displays content,
The video display device
First receiving means for receiving the content information list from the service server via a network communication line;
First storage means for storing content related information including information on at least one of content processing related information regarding content processing or recommended content information generated based on content preference information;
First display means;
First display control means for displaying the content information list on the first display means;
First transmission means for transmitting the content related information to the communication terminal device via a local communication line ;
The content related information includes first content identification information for identifying content,
Each of the plurality of pieces of content information included in the content information list includes second content identification information for identifying content,
The communication terminal device
A second receiving means for receiving the content-related information from the image display device via the local communication line,
Third receiving means for receiving the content information list from the service server via a network communication line;
Second display means;
The plurality of content information included in the content information list is displayed on the second display means, among the plurality of content information, the matching the first content identification information included in the received content-related information further comprising a content information including second content identification information, and a second display control means for displaying on the second display means in association with the content-related information, the video display system. It said first display control means, the first Ru is displayed on the first display means in association with the content-related information with the content processing-related information to the content information list received by the receiving means, according to claim 1 Video display system. The communication terminal device
Selection means for selecting the plurality of content information or we displayed on the second display means, the content information specified by an instruction input,
A second transmission means for transmitting the content information selected by the selection means to the video display device via the local communication line ;
It said video display device further includes a fourth receiving means to receive the content information selected by the selecting unit from the communication terminal device via the local communication line,
Said first display control means, the content identified by the fourth contents information received by the receiving means, Ru is displayed on the first display means, the image display system according to claim 1. Wherein said recommended content information if there is the second included in the content-related information in which the display in association with the content information on the display means, recommended content specified by the content information to be displayed in association with The video display system according to claim 1, comprising degree information. And data communication and the service server for distributing content information list including a plurality of content information, and a video display for storing content-related information including at least one of the information content processing-related information or recommended content information relating to the processing of content A communication terminal device that performs data communication with a device and displays a content information list ,
The content related information includes first content identification information for identifying content,
Each of the plurality of pieces of content information included in the content information list includes second content identification information for identifying content,
A content receiving unit for receiving the content-related information which is transmitted via the local communication line from the previous SL image display device,
List receiving means for receiving the content information list transmitted from the service server via a network communication line;
Display means for displaying information;
Wherein to display contents of the plurality of content information which the information contained in the list report on the display unit, among the plurality of content information, a second content that matches the first content identification information included in the received content-related information a content information including identification information, Bei El and a display control means for displaying on said display means in association with the content-related information, the communication terminal apparatus. The video display device, when the content information selected by the communication terminal apparatus receives from the communication terminal device via the local communication line, an apparatus that presents the content identified by the received content information,
A plurality of content information or we previously displayed Symbol display means, a selection means for selecting the content information specified by an instruction input,
6. The communication terminal device according to claim 5 , further comprising selection information transmission means for transmitting content information selected by the selection means to the video display device via the local communication line . The recommended content information that may be included in the content-related information to be displayed in association with the content information on the display means, the recommendation level of the content specified by the content information to be displayed in association with The communication terminal device according to claim 5 , comprising information. A storage means for storing the preference information before Symbol content,
A calculation means for calculating a recommendation degree of each of the plurality of pieces of content information included in the content information list based on the content preference information;
Wherein the display control unit, recommendation level calculated is displayed on the display means in association with content information of a predetermined value or more, and the predetermined value or more recommendation level by the calculation means, according to claim 5 Communication terminal device.

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