JP5447459B2 - Display method of digital broadcasting program guide - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast signal and recording / reproducing a program, particularly a server-type digital broadcast receiving apparatus, which is recorded in a storage device and is reproduced when a user operates the GUI to perform reproduction. The present invention relates to a digital broadcast program guide display method for preventing a user from erroneously playing a chargeable program and charging, and a digital broadcast recording / playback apparatus using the method.

  In recent years, digital broadcasting for digitizing and transmitting television broadcast signals and broadband broadcasting for distributing programs via the Internet are becoming widespread. With these technologies, it is possible to transmit many channels, and a huge program viewing opportunity is provided for the user.

  Furthermore, the standard of server-type broadcasting has been decided, the provision of programs according to user's preference and the increase in memory capacity for storing received data in the receiving device have progressed. Can be recorded and played automatically. The service is scheduled to start around 2006.

  However, the recorded pay program includes a recording charge program charged at the time of recording and a reproduction charge program charged at the time of reproduction. The recorded chargeable program is recorded with the user's intention to allow charging at the time of recording, and there is no problem because it has already been charged. There has been a problem that unintentional billing occurs when a program that the user does not want to watch is selected by mistake.

  As a billing system for playing a replay billing program, when the second sound is charged for BS digital or terrestrial digital broadcasting, when an action to view the second sound is triggered, “This sound is charged.” Some messages are displayed. Further, in order to reproduce the recorded chargeable program, a command requesting transmission of a predetermined key (permission code) is transmitted to the digital broadcasting station, and after confirming payment, the broadcasting station transmits the key to the receiving device. There was something that made it reproducible. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-186453 A (FIG. 6)

  However, when there is audio guidance when viewing, the information is only for that program, and the information of other programs is unknown. In addition, the method of receiving and playing back a permission code has a problem in that a chargeable program for reproduction is erroneously selected and charged.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems. The reproduction program table is clearly distinguished from a reproduction chargeable program charged at the time of reproduction and a reproduction non-chargeable program not charged at the time of reproduction. It is an object of the present invention to provide a digital broadcast program guide display method and a digital broadcast recording / playback apparatus using the same, which does not cause a problem that unintentional charging occurs due to erroneous selection of a replay billing program that is not desired. .

Display method of digital broadcasting program guide according to this invention, the data reproducing non-billing program to be charged upon playback billing programs and storage is charged during playback to receive and accumulate over the Internet, the stored program A method for displaying a digital broadcast program guide in a storage / playback apparatus that displays a playback program guide for playback of a program, wherein the program data includes at least one of digital video data and audio data, and includes program billing information A first step of receiving the program data and the program attribute information in association with each other and storing them in the storage unit together with the attribute information of the program, and the program data stored in the first step; Based on the billing information of the corresponding program, a replay billing program that is charged at the time of playback after program storage and no charge at the time of playback after program storage Distinguished in a predetermined manner on the live non-billing program, a program reproducing schedule the attribute information of the program is included and the corresponding data of stored program in a first step, be charged at the time of reproduction after the program storage And a second step of creating and displaying on a display device a reproduction program table for distinguishing and displaying a reproduction chargeable program to be reproduced and a reproduction non-chargeable program that is not charged at the time of reproduction after program accumulation, and received via the Internet The data includes data of the stored program and attribute information of the stored program including charging information of the stored program, and the storage is a removable memory card. is there.

The digital broadcast program guide display method according to the present invention receives and accumulates data of a replay charged program charged during replay and a replay non-charged program charged during replay over the Internet, and the stored program A method for displaying a digital broadcast program guide in a storage / playback apparatus that displays a playback program guide for playback, wherein the program data including at least one of digital video data and audio data is stored in the program including billing information of the program. Along with the attribute information, the first step of receiving the program data and the program attribute information in association with each other and storing them in the accumulator is associated with the program data stored in the first step. Based on the billing information of the program to be played, it is not charged at the time of playback charge program that is charged at the time of playback after program storage and at the time of playback after program storage Distinguished in a predetermined manner on the live non-billing program, a program reproducing schedule the attribute information of the program is included and the corresponding data of stored program in a first step, be charged at the time of reproduction after the program storage And a second step of creating and displaying on a display device a reproduction program table for distinguishing and displaying a reproduction chargeable program to be reproduced and a reproduction non-chargeable program that is not charged at the time of reproduction after program accumulation, and received via the Internet The data includes data of the stored program and attribute information of the stored program including charging information of the stored program, and the storage is a removable memory card. Therefore, it is displayed differently between the replay charged program charged at the time of replay and the replay non-charged program not charged, and the replay charged program that the user does not want to view is selected by mistake, and is not intended. Since the problem of gold is generated does not occur, it is possible to reproduce the recorded program with confidence.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the digital broadcast recording / reproducing apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the reproduction | regeneration program guide in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of the reproduction | regeneration program guide in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of the reproduction | regeneration program guide in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of the reproduction | regeneration program guide in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of the reproduction | regeneration program guide in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of the reproduction | regeneration program guide in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the digital broadcast recording / reproducing apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a digital broadcast recording / playback apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an example of a screen image in which a charged program guide and a non-charged program guide are separately displayed. It is.

  In FIG. 1, a tuner 3 selects a received signal having a desired frequency from a digital broadcast signal received by an antenna 2, and digitally demodulates the received signal. Since the demodulated digital broadcast signal includes video data, audio data, and the like, it is separated into video data, audio data, and the like by the demultiplexer 4.

  In general, in order to increase transmission efficiency and storage efficiency, video data and audio data are in a compressed signal format such as MPEG. Therefore, the video data is separated by the demultiplexer 4, decoded by the MPEG video decoder 5, passed through the video switcher 6, and displayed on the television receiver 7 as video display means. On the other hand, the audio data is also separated by the demultiplexer 4, decoded by the MPEG audio decoder 8, and output from the speaker 10 which is an audio output means through the audio switch 9.

  The key receiving unit 14 receives a signal from a remote controller (not shown) operated by the user, for example, a signal for recording, reproduction, reservation, power on / off, and the like, and sends the information to the system CPU 12 that controls the system. Programs stored in an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 11 serving as an accumulator are stored as data in a compressed signal format (in the case of this embodiment, MPEG) in order to improve storage efficiency. A program guide of recorded programs stored in the HDD 11 is created by the playback program guide creator 13. The program table and the video and audio of the program are switched by the video switcher 6 and the audio switcher 9, respectively, and are displayed on the television receiver 7 and output from the speaker 10.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, the flow of signals during normal viewing will be described with reference to FIG. The signal received by the antenna 2 is digitally demodulated by the tuner 3 and converted into a signal TS (transport stream) in which various data such as video, audio, data broadcast, channel information, and program information are multiplexed and demultiplexed. Is input to the device 4.

The demultiplexer 4 separates the data such as video and audio and sends them to the MPEG video decoder 5 and the MPEG audio decoder 8 respectively. Other information is sorted for each information, decoded by the system CPU 12, and stored in the system CPU 12 or a storage area attached to the system CPU 12.
The video data separated by the demultiplexer 4 is decoded by the MPEG video decoder 5 and converted into a TV video signal. Thereafter, the video signal is output through the video switcher 6 and is displayed on the screen by the television receiver 7 which is a video display device.

On the other hand, the audio data separated by the demultiplexer 4 is decoded by the MPEG audio decoder 8 and converted into an audio signal. Thereafter, the sound is output through the sound switch 9 and output to the speaker 10 which is a sound output device.
The system CPU 12 decodes an instruction received by the key receiving unit 14 by a user's remote control operation and performs control such as channel switching. At that time, based on various data such as data broadcasting, channel information, program information, etc. Controls data broadcasting presentation, channel switching, broadcast program schedule, program reservation viewing, and the like.
In this way, digital broadcasting can be viewed and data broadcasting can be enjoyed.

Next, an operation when a broadcast program is recorded and reproduced will be described.
Only the TS of the program to be recorded by the demultiplexer 4 is cut out and recorded by the HDD 11.
Along with the program data to be recorded, attribute information (metadata) of the program is attached, and these data can be recorded on the HDD 11 at the same time. This attribute information includes information such as whether the program is charged at the time of reproduction or not.

At the time of reproduction, the system CPU 12 extracts the attribute information of the recorded program from the HDD 11, and a program guide is created by the playback program guide creator 13.
The program guide created by the reproduction program guide creator 13 is input to the video switcher 6 and is switched to a normal video signal and output. Or by synthesizing and displaying it with the video signal, it is possible to search for another program in the program guide while watching the video.

  In the reproduction program table generator 13, the system CPU 12 sorts the programs in the order of oldest recording time, newest recording time, shortest recording time, or longest recording time based on information such as the title, recording time, and genre of the program fetched from the HDD 11. To display. In addition, although the example of recording time was described as a display item, you may display reproduction | regeneration time limit date.

The program table created in this manner is distributed according to attribute information indicating whether or not the recorded program is charged at the time of reproduction, and is displayed in two program tables on one screen. One is a reproduction non-chargeable program guide, and the other is a reproduction chargeable program guide.
FIG. 2 shows an example of the program table created in this way. Reproduction non-chargeable programs (titles 1 to 9) and reproduction chargeable programs (titles 11 to 19) are divided into a reproduction non-chargeable program table and a reproduction chargeable program table. This is an example of distinguishing and displaying.

  According to the first embodiment, since the reproduction non-chargeable program table and the reproduction chargeable program table are displayed separately in different frames, it is possible to prevent the user from selecting and reproducing the reproduction chargeable program by mistake. Can do.

  FIG. 3 shows another example of displaying the replay non-charged program table and the replay charged program table separately from the replay non-charged program and displaying it in a red background. In the case of this method, it is possible to easily check the recorded time, recording time, genre, etc., for comparison with a non-replayed program, for example, and because it is color-coded, a replayable program is selected and reproduced by mistake. Can be prevented. The color classification may be a color other than red.

  Furthermore, as another example, FIG. 4 shows a method of flashing (displaying) the display of the reproduction charge program. In the case of this method, it is possible to easily check the recorded time, recording time, genre, etc., for comparison with the non-replayed program for reproduction, and select and replay the replay charged program by mistake because it is flashing. Can be prevented.

  Furthermore, FIG. 5 shows a method for displaying a chargeable program with an icon 51 indicating a charge. In the case of this method, it is possible to easily confirm the recorded time, recording time, genre, etc., for comparison with the non-replayed program for reproduction, and because there is an icon 51 indicating pay, the replay charged program is selected and reproduced by mistake. Can be prevented.

  Further, FIGS. 6 and 7 show a method including a button for displaying a program table of a replay charging program. In the case of this method, the program table first displays only the reproduction non-chargeable program of FIG. 6, and the reproduction charge program table (FIG. 7) is not displayed until the user presses the entry button 61 to the reproduction charge program table shown in FIG. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the user from selecting and reproducing the reproduction chargeable program by mistake.

  Furthermore, when the user selects with the cursor, the system CPU 12 outputs a voice or sound effect built in beforehand and outputs it to the voice switcher 9. The voice switcher 9 replaces the voice from the MPEG voice decoder 8 with a voice. Alternatively, there is a method of alerting the user by outputting sound effects. In the case of this method, since information is received from the user's ears, it is possible to prevent the reproduction chargeable program from being selected and reproduced by mistake.

  Furthermore, there is a method of using a font that is different from that of the non-replayed program for displaying the replayable program. In the case of this method, it is possible to easily check the recorded time, recording time, genre, etc., for comparison with the non-replayed program for reproduction, and because the font is different from the non-rechargeable program for reproduction, Can be prevented from being reproduced.

  It is also conceivable to apply a combination of the above-described methods for distinguishing replay chargeable programs. In this case, it is possible to further prevent erroneous selection of replay chargeable programs.

  It is also conceivable to create and display a program table excluding replay charging programs. In the case of this method, since the reproduction charge program is not displayed, it is possible to completely prevent the reproduction charge program from being selected and reproduced by mistake. In this case, it is conceivable that the replay charged program is not stored, and by doing so, the storage amount of the replay non-charged program can be increased.

  Furthermore, it is possible to make the above-mentioned distinction after creating a program table for each genre. In the case of this method, it is possible to quickly find a program that meets the user's preference.

  Furthermore, there is also a method of differentiating the method according to the amount of the chargeable program for reproduction, for example, red for high-priced programs and blue for low-priced programs or display the amount itself. In the case of this method, it is possible to easily determine whether or not to select reproduction by the user.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the digital broadcast recording / reproducing apparatus 1 in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
The second embodiment shows a digital broadcast recording / reproducing apparatus that receives Internet broadband broadcast. Video data and the like are input from the Internet 71 via a modem 72, and the other configuration is the first embodiment. It is the same.

Since the operation is different only in that data is input from the Internet 71, the detailed description is omitted.
In the second embodiment, an example is shown in which data is input only from the Internet 71, but it is of course possible to have a function of receiving a digital broadcast signal from an antenna at the same time.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 11 as an accumulator may be a DVD (Digital Video Disc) or a memory card, and the accumulator is separate from the digital broadcast recording / playback apparatus. It may be set.
It goes without saying that the target data may be both video data and audio data like a movie, only video data like a photo, and only audio data like music.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Digital broadcast recording / reproducing apparatus, 2 Antenna, 3 Tuner, 4 Demultiplexer, 5 MPEG video decoder, 6 Video switcher, 7 Television receiver, 8 MPEG audio decoder, 9 Audio switcher, 10 Speaker, 11 HDD, 12 system CPU, 13 playback program table creator, 14 key receiver, 21 playback non-chargeable program table, 22 playback chargeable program table, 51 pay icon, 61 entrance button, 71 Internet, 72 modem.

Claims (1)

Digital in an accumulating / reproducing apparatus for receiving and accumulating data of a replay charged program charged at the time of reproduction and a reproduction non-charged program charged at the time of accumulation via the Internet, and displaying a reproduction program table when reproducing the accumulated program A method for displaying a broadcast program guide,
The program data composed of at least one of digital video data and audio data is received via the Internet together with the program attribute information including billing information of the program, and the program data and the program data are received. A first step of storing the attribute information in the accumulator in association with each other ;
Based on the program billing information corresponding to the program data stored in the first step, a playback billing program charged at the time of playback after program storage, and a playback non-charged program not charged at the time of playback after program storage, A reproduction program table including attribute information of the program corresponding to the data of the program stored in the first step, which is distinguished by a predetermined method, and charged for playback after the program is stored A second step of creating a reproduction program table for displaying the program and a reproduction non-chargeable program that is not charged at the time of reproduction after program accumulation and displaying the program on a display device;
With
The data received via the Internet is accompanied by attribute information of the stored program including charging information of the stored program together with data of the stored program, and the accumulator is a removable memory. A digital broadcast program guide display method characterized by being a card.

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