JPH0613996A - Information distribution control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To view given information from its begining even when a viewing starting time of a receiver main body is delayed behind a transmission time of a transmission main body in the distributed communication configuration and to view the given information by returning it without the use of a storage device by the receiver main body. CONSTITUTION:The information distribution control system in the distribution type communication form is provided with an information delay processing means 211 by which the given information of a communication network 2 received from a transmitter main body 11 is sent to a channel as it is and storing tentatively the information in the communication network 2 and sending the information to plural channels with a delay time of a prescribed intervals and with a channel selection means 23 using a receiver main body 3 to select or switch plural channels with a deviated tie through a which the same information of the transmitter main body 11 is received, even when the viewing start time of the receiver main body 3 is delayed behind the transmission time of the transmitter main body 11 although the transmitter main body 11 sends the information only once, the receiver main body 3 attains viewing from the begining the information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information transfer system in a distributed communication mode using a communication network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a structure of an information transfer system in a distributed communication mode using a conventional communication network.
Reference numeral 20 is a radio wave / communication line, and 3 is a receiver.

In the conventional distributed communication form, as shown in FIG. 4, the radio wave / communication line 20 is irrespective of whether it uses radio waves (TV broadcasting or the like) or communication lines (CATV or the like). It only serves as a communication channel for provided information,
Only one channel number is assigned to a certain transmitting entity 11, 12, and 13, and the receiving entity 3 matches the channel number at a predetermined time according to the program information acquired in advance to obtain the desired provision information. I was watching (program).

[0004]

In this case, the sender 1
The information provided by 1, 12, and 13 is only once, and when the receiving entity 3 starts to view after being sent from the time when the providing information is sent, there is no choice but to view from the middle of the providing information, or the receiving entity. No. 3 could not rewind and view the provided information without using the storage device.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide in a distributed communication mode even if the viewing start time of the receiving entity is delayed from the sending time of the transmitting entity. An object of the present invention is to provide an information distribution control method in which information can be viewed from the beginning of the information, or the receiving entity returns the provided information without using the storage device so that the information can be viewed.

The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will be apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention uses a communication network, and a distributed communication in which a transmitting entity continues to transmit provided information and a plurality of receiving entities receive the information. In the information distribution control method according to the first aspect, the communication network transmits the provided information received from the transmitting entity to one channel as it is, and temporarily holds the provided information in the communication network with a certain delay time. It is provided with an information delay processing means for transmitting to a plurality of channels and a channel selecting / switching means for allowing the receiving body to select or switch the channels distributed to the plurality of channels by shifting the same provided information of the transmitting body at a time, so that the transmitting body only once. Even if the information is not sent, the reception starts even if the viewing start time of the receiving entity is delayed from the sending time of the sending entity. Body and viewable from the beginning of the advertisement, or the most important feature that enables view provides information back receiving entity for a certain time.

[0008]

According to the above-mentioned means, the communication network transmits the provided information received from the transmitting entity to the one channel as it is, and the provided information is temporarily held in the communication network so as to have a delay time of a certain interval. By newly installing an information delay processing unit that transmits to multiple channels, it is possible to distribute the same provided information of the transmitting entity to multiple channels at different times, and the receiving entity selects or switches between these channels, and the transmitting entity Although the information is transmitted only once, even if the viewing start time of the receiving entity is delayed from the sending time of the transmitting entity,
The receiving entity can view the provided information from the beginning, or the receiving entity can return to the available information by returning for a predetermined time.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the information distribution control system of the present invention in which the viewing is started from the beginning of the provided information even if the viewing start time of the receiving entity is delayed from the sending time of the sending entity. FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram, and FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram showing a configuration in the case where the receiving entity in one embodiment of the information distribution control system of the present invention rewinds the provided information for a certain period of time to make it available for viewing.

1 and 2, 11, 12, 13
Is a sender, 2 is a communication network, 21, 22, 23
Is an exchange which respectively constitutes a communication network, 211 is an information delay processing section, and 3 is a receiving entity. 1.0, 1.1, 1
・ 2, ... 1 ・ n, 2, 0, 3, 0 are channels respectively. The black circles are channels generated by the communication network, and the communication network generation channels corresponding to the transmission subjects 12 and 13 are omitted.

In the information distribution control system of this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the provision information transmitted from the transmission subject 11 is the channel immediately transmitted in the communication network 2 and the provision information concerned. Information delay processing unit 211
The communication network 2 has a plurality of channels, such as a channel that is temporarily held by and is transmitted after time t, a channel that is transmitted after time 2t, a channel that is transmitted after time 3t, ... (N-1) books are generated, and the same provision information is distributed to n channels at time t intervals.

The receiving entity 3 selects / switches a plurality of channels 11 to 1n generated by the network in addition to the channel 10 transmitted by the transmitting entity 11 at the same time, so that the receiving entity 3 of the receiving entity can receive the same information even in the distributed communication mode. Enables active viewing.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a movie program is scheduled to start on channel 10 at 9 pm, and if the time t is set at 10-minute intervals, the receiving entity will start watching at 9:17 pm. However, in the conventional method, the channel will be watched from the middle, but in this method, by selecting the channel 12, if you wait for 3 minutes, it will be 9:20 pm
From the beginning you can watch from the beginning of the program. in this case,
The allocation of channels generated by the communication network is 1n, where n is a coefficient of time t intervals.

Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, in a language program, if the time t is set at 3 minute intervals and the channel allocation is the same as above, it is desired to view the same scene again on the first channel 10 (repeat). In such a case, by switching the channel to 11, it is possible to return to the scene 3 minutes before and watch the scene. This method is not limited to language programs, but can be applied to cases where the screen is disturbed and you want to re-transmit.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the information delay processing section. The configuration and operation will be described below.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 211 denotes an information delay processing unit (for the transmission subject 11), 2111 for a transmission buffer for the transmission subject 11, 2112 for a reception control unit for the transmission subject 11, 211
3 is a data compression unit, 2114 is a timer management unit, 2115
Is a data storage address management unit, 2116 is a memory, 21
170 to 2117n are transmission control units for respective channels, 21
181-2118n is a data decompression unit for each channel, 2
Reference numerals 1190 to 2119n are transmission buffers for each channel.

When the control information (program transmission time) related to the information is transmitted from the transmitting entity 11 before transmitting the additional information, the transmitting entity 11 reception control section 2112 determines the area required for storing the program. In order to secure the data storage address management unit 2115 and the memory 2116, a used area is requested, and a clear instruction is issued to the reception buffer 2111 for the transmission subject 11.

Further, the reception controller 2112 for the transmission subject 11
Issues a request to secure various counters and timers used for controlling the program transmission to the timer management unit 2114, and activates a "data compression timer" and a "channel activation timer". The data compression timer is a timer for the timer management unit 2114 to give the data compression unit 2113 a timing of data compression at regular intervals, and the reception control unit 2112 for the transmission subject 11 generates the timer management unit 2114. It is activated by notifying the interval and the number of occurrences.

In the channel start-up timer, the timer management unit 2114 has the transmission control units 21170 to 21 for the respective channels.
It is a timer for giving an activation trigger to 17n, and is activated when the reception control unit 2112 for the transmission subject 11 notifies the timer management unit 2114 of the activation interval between channels and the number of corresponding channels.

When the transmission subject 11 sends the provision information subsequent to the control information, the provision information is stored in the reception buffer 2111 for the transmission subject 11, and the reception control unit 2112 for the transmission subject 11 is notified of the data reception. The reception controller 2112 for the transmission subject 11 transfers the data in the reception buffer 2111 for the transmission subject 11 to the transmission buffer 21190 for the channel 10 and requests the transmission control unit 21170 for the channel 10 to transmit to the reception subject.

Channel 10 transmission controller 21170
Sends the data in the channel 10 transmission buffer 21190 to the receiving entity. Each time the data compression timer times out, the timer management unit 2114 activates the data compression unit 2113 to activate the reception buffer 211 for the transmission subject 11.
The data in 1 is stored in the memory 2116.

The data compression unit 2113 acquires the storage destination address by notifying the data storage address management unit 2115 of the number of times the data compression timer times out, and compresses the data in the reception buffer 2111 for the transmission subject 11. Store in the acquisition address.

When the channel activation timer times out, the timer management unit 2114 causes the corresponding transmission control unit 21 to operate.
1711 to 2117n are notified of the activation request, and the "data decompression timer" for the channel is activated.
The data decompression timer is a timer for the timer management unit 2114 to give the timing control of the data decompression to the channel transmission control units 21171 to 2117n at regular intervals.

When the transmission control units 21171 to 2117n receive a start request or a data decompression timer timeout from the timer management unit 2114, the data decompression unit 21.
The compressed data is expanded using 181-2118n, and the expanded data is transmitted to the receiving subject. In this case, the data decompression units 21181 to 2118n obtain the address of the data to be decompressed by notifying the data storage address management unit 2115 of the number of times the data decompression timer times out.

As can be seen from the above description, according to the present embodiment, the communication network 2 transmits the provided information received from the sender 11 as it is to one channel, and the provided information is temporarily stored in the communication network 2. By newly installing the information delay processing unit 221 that holds and delays at a fixed interval and transmits to a plurality of channels, the same provided information of the transmission subject 11 is shifted in time and a plurality of channels 1.0, 1, 1 and 1 are provided.・ 2… 1 ・ n can be distributed,
Even if the transmission start time of the reception main body 3 is delayed from the transmission time of the transmission main body 11 even though the transmission main body 11 transmits information only once by the reception main body 3 selecting or switching these channels, The receiving entity 3 can view the provided information from the beginning, or the receiving entity can return to view the provided information after returning for a predetermined time.

Although the present invention has been specifically described based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Nor.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, even in the distributed communication mode, even if the viewing start time of the receiving entity is delayed from the sending time of the transmitting entity, it is possible to view from the beginning of the provided information, Alternatively, the receiving entity can return the provided information for a certain period of time so that the information can be viewed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of an information distribution control system of the present invention in which a reception subject can view from the beginning of provided information even if a viewing start time of the reception subject is delayed from a transmission time of a transmission subject. ,

FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram showing a configuration in the case where the receiving entity rewinds the provided information for a certain period of time and makes it available for viewing in an embodiment of the information distribution control system of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the information delay processing section shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 4 is a block configuration diagram showing a configuration of an information transfer method in a distributed communication mode using a conventional communication network.

[Explanation of symbols]

11, 12, 13 ... Transmitter, 20 ... Radio / communication line,
2 ... communication network, 21, 22, 23 ... exchanges constituting the communication network, 211 ... information delay processing unit (for transmission subject 11), 2111 ... transmission subject 11 reception buffer, 2112 ... transmission subject 11 reception control unit, 2113 ...
Data compression unit, 2114 ... Timer management unit, 2115 ... Data storage address management unit, 2116 ... Memory, 2117
0, 21171, 1172, 2117n ... Transmission control unit for each channel, 21181, 11822, 2118n
... Data decompression unit for each channel, 21190, 2119
1, 21192, 2119n ... Transmit buffers for each channel, 3 ... Receiving main body.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An information distribution control method in a distributed communication mode, wherein a sender uses a communication network, a sender continues to send provided information, and a plurality of receivers receive the information. An information delay processing means for transmitting the received provided information to one channel as it is, and temporarily holding the provided information in a communication network and giving it to a plurality of channels with a delay time of a certain interval, and the same provision of the sender. The receiving entity has a channel selection / switching unit that allows the receiving entity to select or switch the channels distributed to a plurality of channels by shifting the information time, and the receiving entity starts viewing even though the transmitting entity transmits the information only once. Even if the time is delayed from the sending time of the sending entity, the receiving entity can view it from the beginning of the provided information or receive it. An information distribution control method characterized in that the subject can return to view the provided information for a certain period of time.