JP5283865B2 - Digital broadcast receiver - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a digital broadcast receiver, and more particularly to a digital broadcast receiver that receives broadcast contents of digital television broadcast and data added in association with the broadcast contents.

  Conventionally, various techniques have been disclosed for receivers that receive digital television broadcasts.

  For example, in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-125167), a television receiver receives television broadcast data and data added in association therewith, and further stores and stores the data. A technique is disclosed in which additional data is transferred from a television receiver to a personal computer or mobile phone and stored there.

In recent years, digital television broadcasts can be received even by terminals such as mobile phones.
JP 2002-125167 A

In Patent Document 1, as described above , the additional data is stored in the television receiver .

Yu over The is, if an attempt is made to reference the stored additional data, not hard to find the desired data from among those that have been saved, there was to be an inconvenience thoughts.

  The present invention has been conceived in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a digital broadcast receiver that can easily manage data selected and stored by a user.

The digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention selects a receiving means for receiving digital broadcast video data and audio data and their additional data, and a part or all of the additional data received by the receiving means. accepting a user operation, and selection means you select the data from the additional data received by the receiving means in response to the operation, storage means for storing the data based on the selection in the selection means, the data First storage means for storing detailed information for specifying the type of data stored in association with each other, and second storage means, wherein the storage means is the type of data stored in the first storage means, the data corresponding to the data selected by the selecting unit, acquired from the external network by using the data selected by the selecting unit, the selected manual There is stored in the second storage means in association with the selected data.

  In the digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention, the storage means accesses the electronic program guide via a network, and stores the first memory from the electronic program guide corresponding to the digital broadcast program received by the receiving means. It is preferable to obtain the type of data stored in the means.

In the digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention, when the data selected by the selection means is telephone number data, the storage means accesses the telephone number database via a network and stores the telephone number data. It is preferable to acquire the type of data stored in the first storage means corresponding to the above.

Further, in the digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention, when the data selected by the selection means is data specifying the address of a web page, the storage means accesses the address via a network, It is preferable to acquire the type of data stored in the first storage unit from the web page specified by the address.

  Further, in the digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention, the storage means receives the reception means via the network when the type of data stored in the first storage means is weather information. It is preferable to obtain weather information at a predetermined timing during data reception.

  In the digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention, the storage means acquires the type of data stored in the first storage means from the data received by the receiving means, and associates the data with the selected data. It is preferable to store in the second storage means.

In the digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention, the storage means processes the data selected based on the setting in the selection means from the data received by the reception means, thereby the first storage means. It is preferable to acquire the type of data stored in the.

In the digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention, the digital broadcast receiver further includes a time measuring unit, and the storage unit includes the time information when the type of data stored in the first storage unit is time information. It is preferable to acquire time information measured by the time measuring means at a predetermined timing with respect to reception of the data selected by the selecting means .

  Moreover, it is preferable that the digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention further includes a call means for realizing a call function.

According to the present invention, when data selected from the received digital broadcast or additional data is stored, the type of data stored in the first storage means is stored in association with the selected data. The That is, the digital broadcast program of the digital broadcast receiver has received, when the data Yoo over THE selects are stored, from the digital broadcast or the additional data, the same type of data for each program received, The digital broadcast receiver can be stored in association with the selected data.

Further, the data corresponding to the data selected by the selection unit, which is the type of data stored in the first storage unit, is acquired from the external network by using the data selected by the selection unit. The acquired data is stored in the second storage unit in association with the data selected by the selection unit. Thereby, it can avoid that a user feels inconvenient.

Hereinafter, a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external view of the mobile phone 1. The cellular phone 1 mainly includes an upper housing 20 and a lower housing 30. In the mobile phone 1, the upper housing 20 and the lower housing 30 are connected to each other by a slide mechanism (not shown) so as to be opened and closed.

  The upper housing 20 is provided with a display 21, earpiece 22, and speaker 23. The lower housing 30 is provided with a mouthpiece 31 and operation keys 32 and 33.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a hardware configuration of the mobile phone 1.
Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile phone 1 includes a central processing unit 50 that controls the operation of the mobile phone 1 as a whole. The central processing unit 50 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The mobile phone 1 also includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) 51 that functions as a work area for the central processing unit 50.

  In addition, the mobile phone 1 includes a receiver 56 that outputs voice related to a call via the earpiece 22, a microphone 58 that sends voice input via the mouthpiece 31 to the central processing unit 50, a timer 57, a camera 52, and In addition, an external I / F 53 for reading information recorded in an SD (Secure Digital) memory card 500 detachably attached to the mobile phone 1 and writing information in the SD memory card 500 is included.

  The mobile phone 1 further includes antennas 11 and 89, a communication control unit 80, a tuner 81, a conversion unit 82, and an encoder 83.

  In the cellular phone 1, data related to a call is transmitted / received via the antenna 89. In this case, the communication control unit 80 performs a transmission / reception operation.

  Further, the mobile phone 1 receives a terrestrial digital television broadcast wave via the antenna 11. Specifically, the television broadcast wave received by the antenna 11 is input to the central processing unit 50 via the tuner 81, the conversion unit 82, and the encoder 83. The television broadcast wave includes video data, audio data, and additional data (data of data broadcasting) transmitted additionally to these data. The central processing unit 50 displays video on the display 21 based on the input television broadcast wave data, outputs audio from the speaker 23, and displays additional data such as data broadcast on the display 21. In addition, data selected from the additional data is stored in a registration information storage memory 44 described later.

  The mobile phone 1 further includes a storage unit 40. The storage unit 40 includes a program storage unit 41 that stores a program executed by the CPU of the central processing unit 50, an additional registration information storage unit 42 that stores additional registration information to be described later, and a user operating the operation keys 32 and 33. The data storage part 43 in which the data designated to preserve | save by etc. are stored, and the registration information preservation | save memory 44 which preserve | saves the registration information mentioned later are included.

  In the mobile phone 1, a call processing program stored in the program storage unit 41, a central processing unit 50 that executes the program, a receiver 56, a microphone 58, a communication control unit 80, and an antenna 89, call function is provided. Is achieved.

  FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the mobile phone 1. In FIG. 3, among the functions realized in the mobile phone 1, functions that are considered not directly related to the present invention are appropriately omitted.

  The control unit 14 controls each block in the mobile phone 1 as a whole, and includes a central processing unit 50, a RAM 51, and a timer 57.

  The mobile phone 1 receives the terrestrial digital television broadcast from the antenna 11 and separates the data into audio data, video data, and data broadcast data in the broadcast receiving unit 2. The data is sent to the video processing unit 5 and the data broadcast processing unit 8. The sound processing unit 3 causes the speaker 23 to output sound based on the transmitted sound data.

The video processing unit 5 processes the received data as a television video and sends the processed data to the display control unit 6.

  The data broadcast processing unit 8 processes the transmitted data broadcast data to generate display data to be displayed as a data broadcast screen and display data to be displayed as a caption broadcast, and these are displayed as the display control unit 6. Send to.

  The display control unit 6 displays a screen corresponding to the information input to the operation keys 32 and 33 by using the transmitted television video, data broadcast screen, and data for displaying the subtitle broadcast. It is displayed on the display 21.

  In the mobile phone 1, audio data, video data, and / or data broadcast data received via the antenna 11 can be stored, for example, according to the content of the operation on the operation keys 32 and 33 by the user. In addition, the user can select data to be stored from among the audio data, video data, and / or data constituting the data broadcast by appropriately operating the operation keys 32 and 33. The selected data is stored in the data storage unit 43 (see FIG. 2).

  In the present embodiment, when data is stored in the data storage unit 43, the type of data specified in the additional registration information storage unit 42 is stored in the registration information storage memory 44 in association with the data. The Note that the types of data specified in the additional registration information storage unit 42 include data received via the antenna 11 (terrestrial digital television broadcast waves), data on an external network received via the antenna 89, and / Or data of time information measured by the timer 57. In such a case, in the mobile phone 1, the registration information editing processing unit 9 is based on the information stored in the additional registration information storage unit 42, and the audio processing unit 3, the video processing unit 5, the data broadcast processing unit 8, and Alternatively, the information is acquired from the external information acquisition unit 13 and the data is stored in the registration information storage memory 44. The external information acquisition unit 13 causes the communication control unit 80 to acquire and acquire information from the external information acquisition unit 100 including a network outside the mobile phone 1 based on a command from the registered information editing processing unit 9. The registered information is transmitted to the registered information editing processing unit 9.

  Table 1 shows an example of information (additional registration information) for specifying the type of data to be stored, which is stored in the additional registration information storage unit 42.

  As can be seen from Table 1, the additional registration information includes items such as telephone number information, Web Page information, character string search information, and the setting contents of ON or OFF for each item, and the item column. Detailed information (detailed information) for the registered information is stored.

  The item in the additional registration information includes a registration information storage memory 44 in association with the data when the user performs an operation for causing the data storage unit 43 to store a certain content of the data broadcast included in the terrestrial digital television broadcast. It is an item about information that can be stored in

  For example, the telephone number information means that when the telephone number is stored in the data storage unit 43, that is, the telephone number is selected as data to be stored in the data storage unit 43 by the user from the data constituting the data broadcast. In this case, it means information acquired by searching the server on the external network for the cellular phone 1 using the telephone number as a key. In Table 1, “name” and “address” are registered as detailed information of the telephone number information. Thereby, the data identified as the name of the store or person and the data identified as specifying the address are extracted from the telephone number information and stored in the registration information storage memory 44. In addition, since it is possible to adopt a well-known technique for identifying and extracting the data of the names of stores and persons from the data stored in the server on the network, a detailed description is given here. Do not repeat the explanation.

  The Web page information is a URL selected as data to be saved in the data storage unit 43 when the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is saved in the data storage unit 43, that is, from the data constituting the data broadcast. Information acquired from a homepage specified by the URL on the external network. In Table 1, “telephone number” is registered as detailed information of Web Page information. As a result, data identified as a telephone number is extracted from the “Web Page information” described above and stored in the registration information storage memory 44.

  The character string search information is when the character string is stored in the data storage unit 43, that is, when the user selects a character string as data to be stored in the data storage unit 43 from the data constituting the data broadcast. Furthermore, it means information acquired as a search result by performing a search on the external network using the character string as a keyword. In Table 1, “telephone number” is registered as the detailed information of the character string search information. Thereby, the data identified as the telephone number is extracted from the “character string search information” and stored in the registration information storage memory 44.

  The TV program information means information constituting an electronic program guide for a program being viewed. In Table 1, a title, a channel number, and a broadcast start time are registered as detailed information of the TV program information. Thus, when the TV program information is stored in the registration information storage memory 44, the registration information editing processing unit 9 causes the external information acquisition unit 13 to access the electronic program guide on the external network and Information related to a program (program corresponding to data selected when the user saves it in the data storage unit 43) is acquired, and data specified by detailed information from the acquired program information, that is, a program title, The channel number and the broadcast start time are extracted and stored in the registration information storage memory 44.

  TV image information, TV moving picture information, TV audio information, text broadcast information, and data broadcast information each mean corresponding data about a program being viewed. In Table 1, as detailed information of each item, “the still image of the first frame at the start of broadcasting” “video for one minute from the start of broadcasting” “sound for 30 seconds from the start of broadcasting” “512 KB from the beginning of the data” “Text data” “data enclosed by predetermined tags” are registered. Thus, when the TV image information is stored in the registration information storage memory 44, the registration information editing processing unit 9 receives from the video processing unit 5 the data of the still image of the first frame from the video data of the program. Is stored in the registration information storage memory 44. When the TV video information is stored in the registration information storage memory 44, the registration information editing processing unit 9 acquires the first one minute video data from the video processing unit 5 from the video data of the program. Then, it is stored in the registration information storage memory 44. Further, when the TV audio information is stored in the registration information storage memory 44, the registration information editing processing unit 9 receives audio data for the first 30 seconds from the audio processing unit 3 from the audio data of the program. It is acquired and stored in the registration information storage memory 44. Further, when the teletext information is stored in the registration information storage memory 44, the registration information editing processing unit 9 receives from the data broadcast processing unit 8 data corresponding to the first 512 KB from the text broadcast data of the program. Is stored in the registration information storage memory 44. When the data broadcast information is stored in the registration information storage memory 44, the registration information editing processing unit 9 sends a predetermined tag (actually from the data broadcast data of the program from the data broadcast processing unit 8). Obtains data surrounded by information specifying a specific tag type) and stores it in the registered information storage memory 44.

  The time information means time information measured by the timer 57 at a predetermined timing for a program being viewed (a program corresponding to data selected when the user saves the data in the data storage unit 43). The detailed information of the time information stores “predetermined timing for the program being viewed”. In Table 1, “time when saving is instructed” is registered as detailed information of time information. As a result, when the time information is stored in the registered information storage memory 44, the registered information editing processing unit 9 refers to the timer 57 so that the data storage unit (while viewing the program being viewed) is stored. The time when the user performs an operation for instructing the storage of data in 43 is acquired and stored in the registration information storage memory 44.

  The weather information means the weather information of a pre-registered area at a predetermined timing with respect to a program that is being viewed (a program corresponding to data selected when the user saves it in the data storage unit 43). When the weather information is stored in the registration information storage memory 44, the registration information editing processing unit 9 causes the external information acquisition unit 13 to acquire the electronic program guide on the external network, thereby broadcasting the program being viewed. Then, the external information acquisition unit 13 is made to access the HP of the weather information on the external network to acquire the weather information of the pre-registered area at the broadcast start time thus obtained, and store the registered information It is stored in the memory 44.

  In the additional registration information, ON or OFF information is registered for each item. When the registration information editing processing unit 9 stores data in the registration information storage memory 44 based on the additional registration information in Table 1, the registration information editing processing unit 9 stores only the data for items registered as ON.

  In addition registration information, first addition information to 31st addition information are further stored as registration information. The contents of these information will be described later.

  The central processing unit 50 registers or updates the ON / OFF information of the additional registration information and the detailed information of each item by appropriately operating the operation keys 32 and 33 by the user.

  Tables 2 and 3 are examples of registration information stored in the registration information storage memory 44.

  Referring to Table 2, the registration information mainly includes items listed in the additional registration information (see Table 1) and specific information (registration information) corresponding thereto. The registration information further includes items of data address and data amount. These are information for specifying information stored in the data storage unit 43. In other words, in the example shown in Table 2, storage is started from the address “00000000” in the data storage unit 43, and information below the telephone number information is stored in association with the data whose data amount is “11.5 MB”. Means that

  Next, in the mobile phone 1, an operation for selecting a part (or all) of the data broadcast additionally transmitted to the program and saving it in the data storage unit 43 while the user is watching the program is performed. Processing performed by the control unit 14 when performed will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 9 which are flowcharts of the processing.

  First, referring to FIG. 4, when an operation to save data included in the data broadcast of the program being viewed is performed, control unit 14 first saves the data to be saved from the data of the data broadcast according to the operation in step S10. Is selected, and the process proceeds to step S20.

  In step S20, the control unit 14 determines whether or not the data selected in step S10 is data of a telephone number. If so, the process proceeds to step S30. If not, the control unit 14 proceeds to step S30. The process proceeds to S70. Note that the control unit 14 can determine whether the selected data is data of a telephone number using a known technique, so detailed description will not be repeated here.

  In step S30, the control unit 14 determines whether or not the additional registration for the telephone number information item is valid in the additional registration information. If it is determined that the additional registration information is valid, the control unit 14 proceeds to step S40. If YES, the process proceeds to step S70. Whether the additional registration is valid or invalid corresponds to whether the ON / OFF setting in the additional registration information is set to ON or OFF.

  In step S40, the control unit 14 accesses a telephone number database on an external network such as the Internet (corresponding to the external information acquisition unit 100 in FIG. 3), and the telephone number (the user selects from data broadcasting data in step S20). The search process is executed using the keyword determined as having been determined as a keyword, and the process proceeds to step S50.

  In step S50, the control unit 14 acquires information as a search result, processes the data as necessary, and advances the process to step S60. Here, the processing as needed is to extract information identified as detailed information (name and address) of the telephone number information.

Further, in step S50, by further processing the detailed information of the telephone number information is the number to which the telephone number is allocated to the fixed phone or a number assigned to the mobile phone information (first additional information) about whether information on whether a toll-free (second additional information), whether the currently used information (third additional information) allocated to the mobile phone Information (fourth additional information) that identifies the carrier (telecommunications carrier), information on whether the number was used for crime (fifth additional information), and the contractor of the number Information (sixth additional information) and / or information (seventh additional information) specifying how long the number has been contracted are extracted. It is assumed that the control unit 14 can extract such information by using a known technique.

  In step S60, the control unit 14 adds the data acquired and processed in step S50 to the data selected in step S10, and advances the process to step S70.

  In step S70, the control unit 14 determines whether or not the data selected in step S10 is a URL. If so, the process proceeds to step S80, and if not, the process proceeds to step S120. To proceed. Note that the control unit 14 can determine whether the selected data is URL data using a known technique, and thus the detailed description will not be repeated here.

  Referring to FIG. 5, in step S80, control unit 14 determines whether or not the additional registration for the Web Page information item is valid (ON or OFF) in the additional registration information, and is effective. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step S90, and if not, the process proceeds to step S120.

  In step S90, the control unit 14 accesses a page specified by the selected URL on an external network such as the Internet (corresponding to the external information acquisition unit 100 in FIG. 3), and proceeds to step S100. .

  In step S100, the control unit 14 processes the data of the access destination page (extracts data corresponding to the detailed information (see Table 1)), and advances the process to step S110.

  Further, in step S100, the information (the first information specifying the country or region where the server storing the data specifying the page specified by the URL is installed by processing the data of the access destination page. 8 additional information), creator (9th additional information), creation date (10th additional information), latest update date (11th additional information), number of accesses (12th additional information) for the page of the access destination , The title (13th additional information), the most frequently used word (14th additional information), and / or image data (15th additional information) obtained by compressing the captured image of Top Page is extracted. It is assumed that the control unit 14 can extract such information by using a known technique.

  In step S110, the control unit 14 adds the data acquired and processed in step S100 to the data selected in step S10, and advances the process to step S120.

  In step S120, the control unit 14 determines whether or not the additional registration for the item of the character string search information is valid (ON or OFF) in the additional registration information. If the control unit 14 determines that the additional registration is valid, the process proceeds to step S130. If it is determined that this is not the case, the process proceeds to step S160.

  In step S130, the control unit 14 performs a search process using the selected character string as a keyword on an external network such as the Internet (corresponding to the external information acquisition unit 100 in FIG. 3), and proceeds to step S140. .

  In step S140, the control unit 14 processes the data obtained as a search result (extracts data corresponding to detailed information (see Table 1)), and advances the process to step S150.

  In step S140, by processing the data obtained as a search result, the URL (16th additional information) of the Page (network homepage) obtained as the search result, the number of hits in the search result, that is, the search The number of pieces of information obtained as a result (17th additional information) and the word most frequently included in the page obtained as a search result, that is, the degree related to the above-mentioned “selected character string” is high. And / or captured image data (19th additional information) of the image of the Top Page of the Page obtained as a search result is extracted. The URL extracted as the sixteenth additional information conforms to a predetermined number of conditions such as the top 10 URLs in the search results. In addition, the control unit 14 can extract such information by using a known technique.

  In step S150, the control unit 14 adds the data acquired and processed in step S150 to the data selected in step S10, and advances the process to step S160.

  Referring to FIG. 6, in step S160, control unit 14 determines whether or not the additional registration for the item of TV program information is valid (ON or OFF) in the additional registration information, and is valid. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step S170, and if not, the process proceeds to step S200.

  In step S170, the control unit 14 accesses an electronic program guide on an external network such as the Internet (corresponding to the external information acquisition unit 100 in FIG. 3), and advances the process to step S180.

  In step S180, the control unit 14 acquires data on the program being viewed in the accessed electronic program guide, and processes the acquired data (corresponding to detailed information (see Table 1) from the program data). Data to be extracted), and the process proceeds to step S190.

  Further, in step S180, by processing the data acquired as described above, information for specifying the broadcasting station (20th additional information) and information for specifying the production company (21st additional information) for the TV program. Information), information (22nd additional information) for identifying a person of a predetermined role among persons involved in the production of the producer name, etc. (person who flows to the end roll of the program), performers (23rd additional information), Information specifying the program related to the performer (such as a program in which the performer appears elsewhere) (24th additional information), information identifying the genre (sports, drama, etc.) (25th additional information), The presence or absence of the broadcast time extension (26th additional information), the next scheduled broadcast date and time (27th additional information) (for the continuous drama, etc.) and / or the provider (28th additional information) are extracted ( Reference 3). It is assumed that the control unit 14 can extract such information by using a known technique.

  In step S190, the control unit 14 adds the data acquired and processed in step S190 to the data selected in step S10, and advances the process to step S200.

  In step S200, the control unit 14 determines whether or not the additional registration for the item of TV image information is valid (ON or OFF) in the additional registration information, and if it is determined to be valid, the process proceeds to step S210. If not, the process proceeds to step S240.

  In step S210, the control unit 14 acquires video data of the program, and proceeds to step S220.

  In step S220, the control unit 14 processes the acquired data (extracts data corresponding to detailed information (see Table 1)), and advances the process to step S230.

  In step S220, by processing the data acquired as described above, a still image at the time of displaying the title of the program (29th additional information) and / or a still image at the time of displaying the temporary news. (30th additional information) is extracted. It is assumed that the control unit 14 can extract such information by using a known technique.

  In step S230, the control unit 14 adds the data acquired and processed in step S220 to the data selected in step S10, and advances the process to step S240.

  Referring to FIG. 7, in step S240, control unit 14 determines whether or not the additional registration for the item of TV video information is valid (ON or OFF) in the additional registration information, and is effective. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step S250, and if not, the process proceeds to step S280.

  In step S250, the control unit 14 acquires video data of the program, and proceeds to step S260.

  In step S260, the control unit 14 processes the acquired data (extracts data corresponding to detailed information (see Table 1)), and advances the process to step S270.

  In step S270, the control unit 14 adds the data acquired and processed in step S260 to the data selected in step S10, and proceeds to step S280.

  In step S280, the control unit 14 determines whether or not the additional registration for the item of the TV audio information is valid (ON or OFF) in the additional registration information. If the control unit 14 determines that the additional registration is valid, the process proceeds to step S290. If not, the process proceeds to step S320.

  In step S290, the control part 14 acquires the audio | voice data of a program, and advances a process to step S300.

  In step S300, the control unit 14 processes the acquired data (extracts data corresponding to detailed information (see Table 1)), and advances the process to step S310.

  In step S310, the control unit 14 adds the data acquired and processed in step S300 to the data selected in step S10, and advances the process to step S320.

  Referring to FIG. 8, in step S320, control unit 14 determines whether or not the additional registration for the item of teletext information is valid (ON or OFF) in the additional registration information, and is valid. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step S330, and if not, the process proceeds to step S360.

  In step S330, the control unit 14 acquires data of data broadcasting (medium character broadcasting), and proceeds to step S340.

  In step S340, the control unit 14 processes the acquired data (extracts data corresponding to detailed information (see Table 1)), and advances the process to step S350.

  In step S340, by processing the data acquired as described above, the most frequently used word (the 31st additional information) in the text broadcast is extracted. Note that the control unit 14 can extract this information by using a known technique.

  In step S350, the control unit 14 adds the data acquired and processed in step S340 to the data selected in step S10, and proceeds to step S360.

  In step S360, the control unit 14 determines whether or not the additional registration for the item of the data broadcast information is valid (ON or OFF) in the additional registration information. If the control unit 14 determines that the additional registration is valid, the process proceeds to step S370. If not, the process proceeds to step S400.

  In step S370, the control unit 14 acquires the data broadcast data of the program, and proceeds to step S380.

  In step S380, the control unit 14 processes the acquired data (extracts data corresponding to detailed information (see Table 1)), and advances the process to step S390.

  In step S390, the control unit 14 adds the data acquired and processed in step S380 to the data selected in step S10, and advances the process to step S400.

  Referring to FIG. 9, in step S400, control unit 14 determines whether or not additional registration for the item of time information is valid (ON or OFF) in the additional registration information, and is valid. If so, the process proceeds to step S410. If not, the process proceeds to step S440.

  In step S410, the control unit 14 acquires the current time from the timer 57, and advances the process to step S420.

  In step S420, the control unit 14 processes the acquired data (extracts data corresponding to detailed information (see Table 1)), and advances the process to step S430.

  In step S430, the control unit 14 adds the data acquired and processed in step S420 to the data selected in step S10, and advances the process to step S440.

  In step S440, the control unit 14 determines whether or not the additional registration for the item of weather information is valid (ON or OFF) in the additional registration information. If the control unit 14 determines that the additional registration is valid, the process proceeds to step S450. If it is determined that this is not the case, the process proceeds to step S480.

  In step S450, the control unit 14 accesses a home page that provides weather information on an external network, and advances the process to step S460.

  In step S460, the control unit 14 appropriately processes data from the home page accessed in step S450 (extracts data corresponding to detailed information (see Table 1)), acquires the processed data, and proceeds to step S470. To proceed.

  In step S470, the control unit 14 adds the data acquired and processed in step S460 to the data selected in step S10, and advances the process to step S480.

  In step S480, the control unit 14 stores the data selected in step S10 in the data storage unit 43, and stores the data acquired based on Table 1 in the processing of steps S20 to S470 in the registration information storage memory 44. To finish the process.

  In the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment described above, the user can select data from the program and its additional data and save the data in the data storage unit 43 while viewing the digital broadcast program. When the data is stored, the cellular phone 1 stores the type of data specified in the additional registration information storage unit 42 in the registration information storage memory 44 in association with the data. Note that the types of data specified in the additional registration information storage unit 42 include data received via the antenna 11 (terrestrial digital television broadcast waves), data on an external network received via the antenna 89, and Data of time information measured by the timer 57 is included.

  In the above-described embodiment, the mobile phone 1 having a call function is described as an example of a digital television receiver. However, the call function is not always necessary.

  However, in the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to a mobile phone having a call function, and a telephone number corresponding to the selected data is automatically acquired as Web Page information etc. It is possible to achieve a unique effect that information related to the can be easily acquired.

  The items shown in Table 1 are examples of data that is additionally stored when the selected data is stored, and the contents of the items are considered to be appropriately changed.

  Table 1 shows a state in which ON is set for all items. However, a state in which at least one or all of the items are set to OFF is also conceivable.

  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.

1 is an external view of a mobile phone which is an embodiment of a digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows typically the hardware constitutions of the mobile telephone of FIG. It is a control block diagram of the mobile phone of FIG. 4 is a flowchart of processing executed by the control unit of FIG. 3 when data to be saved is selected from data of a program being viewed on the mobile phone of FIG. 4 is a flowchart of processing executed by the control unit of FIG. 3 when data to be saved is selected from data of a program being viewed on the mobile phone of FIG. 4 is a flowchart of processing executed by the control unit of FIG. 3 when data to be saved is selected from data of a program being viewed on the mobile phone of FIG. 4 is a flowchart of processing executed by the control unit of FIG. 3 when data to be saved is selected from data of a program being viewed on the mobile phone of FIG. 4 is a flowchart of processing executed by the control unit of FIG. 3 when data to be saved is selected from data of a program being viewed on the mobile phone of FIG. 4 is a flowchart of processing executed by the control unit of FIG. 3 when data to be saved is selected from data of a program being viewed on the mobile phone of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone, 2 Broadcast receiving part, 3 Audio processing part, 5 Video processing part, 6 Display control part, 8 Data broadcast processing part, 9 Registration information edit processing part, 11, 89 Antenna, 13 External information acquisition part, 14 Control Part, 21 display, 23 speaker, 20 upper case, 30 lower case, 32, 33 operation keys, 40 storage part, 41 program storage part, 42 additional registration information storage part, 43 data storage part, 44 registration information storage memory 50, central processing unit, 57 timer, 80 communication control unit, 81 tuner, 82 conversion unit, 83 encoder, 100 external information acquisition means.

Claims (9)

Receiving means for receiving digital broadcast video data and audio data and their additional data;
Accepting a user's operation of the part or to select all the data of the additional data received by the receiving means, a selecting means you select the data from the additional data received by the receiving means in response to the operation,
Storage means for storing the data based on the selection in the selection means;
First storage means for storing detailed information specifying the type of data stored in association with the data;
Second storage means,
Said storage means is a type of data stored in said first storage means, data corresponding to the data selected by the selecting unit, acquired from the external network by using the data selected by the selecting unit A digital broadcast receiver for storing in the second storage means in association with the data selected by the selection means . The storage means accesses the electronic program guide via a network, and acquires the type of data stored in the first storage means from the electronic program guide corresponding to the digital broadcast program received by the receiving means. Item 2. The digital broadcast receiver according to Item 1 . When the data selected by the selection means is telephone number data, the storage means accesses the telephone number database via the network, and stores the type stored in the first storage means corresponding to the telephone number data. get the data, the digital broadcasting receiver according to claim 1. The storage means, when the data selected by the selection means is data specifying a web page address, accesses the address via a network, and stores the first memory from the web page specified by the address. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1 , wherein the type of data stored in the means is acquired. The storage means obtains weather information at a predetermined timing during reception of the data received by the receiving means via the network when the type of data stored in the first storage means is weather information. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1 .   The storage unit acquires data of a type stored in the first storage unit from data received by the reception unit, and stores the data in the second storage unit in association with the selected data. The digital broadcast receiver described. The storage unit acquires data of a type stored in the first storage unit by processing data selected based on a setting in the selection unit from data received by the reception unit. 6. The digital broadcast receiver according to 6 . It further includes a timing means,
When the data stored in the first storage unit is time information, the storage unit is measured by the timing unit at a predetermined timing with respect to reception of the data selected by the selection unit. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein time information to be acquired is acquired. The digital broadcast receiver according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , further comprising a call means for realizing a call function.

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