JPH08265189A - Service information receiver, information transmitter-receiver and information storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To allow an enterprise to manage users without complicated business operations in which payment processing of the utility charge is simple for the users in the case of broadcasting charged service information. CONSTITUTION: An IC card loaded to a service information receiver has an EE-PROM 52. Data UD are stored in advance in an area 52a of the EE-PROM 52 and the data UD consist of 9-bit data denoting any of relative validity of 1 to 365 in the unit of 'day' in the case of the IC card of the validity management type and consist of 9-bit data denoting any point number of '1' to '511' in the case of the IC card 2 of charging point subtraction type. A flag KF denoting that the IC card is of the validity management type when the flag is set to '0' and of the charging point subtraction type when the flag is set to '1' is stored in an area 52d.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a service information receiving apparatus, an information transmitting / receiving apparatus and an information storage medium suitable for receiving pay service information (including selective call service) by FM multiplex broadcasting or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a service using an FM broadcast wave as a medium has been considered, in which service information such as character information is multiplexed with an FM broadcast wave and transmitted, and the service information is displayed on a display means provided on the receiving side. There is. This service is also known as so-called mobile FM text multiplex broadcasting, and is a visible radio (Visual Information Radio).
It is being put to practical use as o).

Specifically, an FM radio wave with a liquid crystal display provided on the receiving side transmits the electric wave in which display information such as characters and numbers is multiplexed on an ordinary FM broadcasting radio wave from the FM broadcasting station on the transmitting side. By receiving the radio wave, the FM broadcast radio wave is separated from the display information such as characters and numbers, and the display information is converted into a character code and displayed on a liquid crystal display so that the user can visually recognize it. As a result, the user can visually recognize, for example, the weather forecast, traffic information, and the like by characters. In this mobile FM text-based multiplex broadcasting, it is considered that in addition to providing free service information, a fee is charged for specific service information.

[0004]

When providing the pay service information in the above-mentioned mobile FM text multiplex broadcast to the user, the business operator of this mobile FM text multiplex broadcast is used by the user in some way. You need to collect the fee. However, if the user simply tries to collect the fee according to a monthly payment contract between the business operator and the user, there is a problem that the user is likely to be late in payment and the management of the user becomes complicated.

On the user side, there is a problem in that the user must pay the usage fee to a business operator or a financial institution, which imposes a heavy burden on the user. Furthermore,
In the case of mobile FM character multiplex broadcasting, it is practically difficult to stop providing service information only to users who are in arrears due to the use of FM broadcast waves.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when broadcasting pay service information, the process of paying the usage fee is simple for the user, and the user can be managed without complication for the business operator. It is an object to provide a service information receiving device, an information transmitting / receiving device, and an information storage medium.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, a service information receiving apparatus according to the present invention is a service information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying paid service information to be transmitted, and controlling reception of the service information. Storage means capable of storing a plurality of types of reception control information of different types, and the service information to be displayed based on each of the plurality of types of reception control information stored in the storage means And control means.

Further, in the service information receiving apparatus according to another configuration of the present invention, an information storage medium for storing the reception control information of the service information, which is different in type, is selectively attached and detached. A possible device body and a control means for displaying the service information on the basis of the reception control information of the type stored in the information storage medium mounted on the device body.

Further, the service information receiving device of the present invention is necessary for performing a plurality of charging processing methods in the service information receiving device which receives the pay service information transmitted from the transmission source and displays it on the display means. Storage means for storing various information, a selection means for selecting one charging processing method out of the information necessary for performing the plurality of charging processing methods stored in the storage means, and a selection means selected by the selection means. And a control means for performing a charging process according to the charging method. Alternatively, an apparatus main body in which an information storage medium that stores information necessary for performing a plurality of charging processing methods can be attached and detached,
Selecting means for selecting one charging processing method out of information necessary for performing a plurality of charging processing methods stored in the information storage medium; and control means for performing charging processing by the charging method selected by the selecting means. have. An apparatus body in which an information storage medium storing information necessary for performing a predetermined billing processing method and an information storage medium storing information necessary for performing another billing processing method can be attached and detached. ,
It has a control means for carrying out a billing process by a billing method stored in an information storage medium mounted on the apparatus body. In addition, an apparatus main body in which an information storage medium storing information necessary for performing a billing process can be attached and detached, and information necessary for performing a billing process stored in the one information storage medium is stored in the plurality of devices. And a means for causing the main body to separately acquire.

On the other hand, the transmitting / receiving device according to the present invention receives and displays the paid service information to be transmitted, and at the same time, the transmitting / receiving device transmits the information, the reception control information of the service information and the transmission control information of the information. And a control means for displaying the service information on the basis of the type of reception control information and transmission control information stored in the storage means and for transmitting the information. are doing.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transmission / reception device, wherein an information storage medium storing the reception control information of the service information and the transmission control information of the information is attachable / detachable, and the information is stored. Based on the reception control information and the transmission control information stored in the storage medium, the service information is displayed, and the control means is provided for transmitting the information.

On the other hand, the information storage medium of the present invention is attachable / detachable to / from a service information receiving device for receiving and displaying the paid service information to be transmitted, and receiving control of a predetermined type required for receiving the service information. Information is stored, and information indicating the type is stored. further,
The information storage medium according to the above configuration of the present invention is capable of receiving and displaying paid service information to be transmitted and being attachable / detachable to / from a transmitting / receiving device for transmitting information, and receiving the service information and the information. The reception control information and the transmission control information necessary for the transmission of are stored.

[0013]

In the service information receiving apparatus having the above structure, when the storage control unit stores the reception control information of a certain type, the display of the service information is controlled based on the reception control information of the certain type, and the other type is controlled. If the reception control information is also stored, the display of the service information is controlled based on the reception control information of the other type. Therefore, in a billing system that bills for the use of service information, even when a plurality of types of billing systems are adopted when the billing system is executed by the reception control information, reception control that can execute each billing system is possible. By storing the information in the storage means, it is possible to coexist with a plurality of charging systems.

Further, in the service information receiving apparatus having the structure using the information storage medium, when the information storage medium storing the reception control information of different types is mounted, the control means stores the mounted information storage. The display of service information is controlled based on the type of reception control information stored in the medium. Therefore, by selectively using the information storage medium in which the reception control information corresponding to each of the plurality of charging systems is stored, the plurality of charging systems can coexist. In addition, the user of the service information may select and use any one of the information storage media in which various types of reception control information corresponding to a plurality of charging systems are stored.

Further, in the service information receiving device which receives the pay service information transmitted from the transmission source and displays it on the display means, in the configuration having the storage means and the selection means, the selection means stores the information. One of the charging processing methods stored in the means is selected from among the information necessary for performing the charging processing methods. Then, the control means performs the charging process by the charging method selected by the selecting means. Therefore, the user of the service information can use the service information by selecting an appropriate charging method according to his / her economic trend or the like.

Further, in a configuration having an apparatus body in which an information storage medium for storing information necessary for performing a plurality of billing processing methods is detachable and a selecting means, the information storage medium is stored in the information storage medium. One of the billing processing methods is selected from the information necessary for performing the plurality of billing processing methods, and the billing processing is performed according to the selected billing method. Therefore, the user of the service information can select the billing processing method at the time of obtaining the information storage medium and at the time of selecting one billing processing method from the obtained information storage medium, and the selection range is expanded. .

Further, the information storage medium in which the information necessary for performing the predetermined charging processing method is stored and the information storage medium in which the information necessary for performing the other charging processing method is stored are removable. In the configuration having the apparatus main body, the control means performs the charging processing by the charging processing method stored in the information storage medium mounted in the apparatus main body. Therefore, the charging processing method is uniquely determined depending on the type of the information storage medium, and an error-free charging system can be established by managing each information storage medium. Further, in a configuration having means for dividing the information necessary for performing the charging process stored in one information storage medium into a plurality of the apparatus main bodies, one information storage medium receives a large number of service information. It can be shared by devices, which makes it possible to increase the number of users of service information.

Further, the transmission / reception device having the above configuration controls the display of the service information based on the reception control information, and controls the transmission of the information based on the transmission control information. Therefore, by the control by each control information, it is possible to make the charging system for using the service information compatible with the charging system for transmitting the information. Further, in the transmission / reception device using the information storage medium, a single information storage medium may allow a charging system for using service information and a charging system for transmitting information to coexist.

Further, in the information storage medium having the above-mentioned structure, reception control information of a predetermined type necessary for receiving service information is stored, and information indicating the type is stored. Therefore, it becomes possible to execute the reception control of the service information based on this type and the reception control information, and it is possible to easily create a plurality of types of charging systems respectively corresponding to the plurality of types of reception control information. Further, in the information storage medium according to another configuration of the present invention, since the reception control information of the service information and the transmission control information of the information are stored, the transmission / reception control can be performed by the single information storage medium. It becomes possible, and in response to this transmission / reception control, simultaneous systemization of transmission charging and reception charging is achieved.

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below. FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of a mobile FM text multiplex broadcast to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

This mobile FM character multiplex broadcasting system is an FM broadcasting station 3 which is an operator that transmits FM broadcasting waves in which pay and free service information are multiplexed, and this FM broadcasting station 3.
The service information receiving device 1 receives the FM broadcast wave from the broadcasting station 3. This service information receiving device 1 also has a transmission function, and by using this transmission function, F
When transmitting to the M broadcasting station 3, the telephone 80 and the telephone network 81 are used. Also, the service information receiving device 1
The IC card 2 which is an information storage medium is detachable, and the IC card 2 is sold at a sales store 4 such as a convenience store which has a predetermined card sales contract with the FM broadcasting station 3.

Next, the service information receiving device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, the service information receiving apparatus 1 is provided with a key input section 5 and a display section 6 on the surface of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped apparatus body 1A. The key input section 5 includes a character deletion key 7, a function selection key 8, hiragana,
Character / numeral selection key 9 for selecting katakana and numbers, pictogram key 10, hiragana and "1" for "a" to "wa"
Hiragana / number input key group 1 to input the number “0”
1. Tuning key 1 for tuning the broadcast wave
2. Radio, service information switch key 13, information menu key 15, charge transfer SW 91, release SW 92, confirmation SW 93, transmission SW 94, cursor key 17 for selecting programs for FM multiplexing, cursor movement, execution, calculation execution, etc.
A mode key group 18 for selecting a mode such as information bank, telephone, calculation, secret, etc. is provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, a stereo headphone jack 19, a volume adjusting dial 20, and a power switch 21 are provided on one side surface of the service information receiving apparatus 1. On the other side surface of the service information receiving device 1, as shown in FIG. 4, a slot 22 for mounting the IC card 2 as an information storage medium is provided and a dialer speaker 23 is provided.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the structure of the service information receiving apparatus 1. The FM radio unit 30 receives FM broadcast radio waves and produces a corresponding sound, and the FM broadcast received by the FM radio unit 30. It has a service information receiving unit 40 that performs various processes for receiving paid and free service information multiplexed on the radio wave.

The FM radio unit 30 includes an antenna 31 for receiving FM broadcast radio waves, an FM tuner 32 for tuning the FM broadcast radio waves, and an FM tuner for demodulating FM signals.
A demodulator 33, a stereo demodulator 34 that converts the demodulated FM signal into a stereo signal, a pair of amplifiers 35a and 35b that amplifies the output signal of the stereo demodulator 34, and a signal amplified by the amplifiers 35a and 35b. It has a pair of speakers 36a and 36b for outputting as voice. Of course, it is also possible to attach stereo headphones to the stereo headphone jack 19 and listen to FM stereo broadcasting.

The service information receiving section 40 uses the FM
Connected to the demodulator 33, the L and R of the FM stereo broadcast
The magnitude (level) of the multiplexed signal is 4 with respect to the modulation degree of the signal
L-MSK that separates service information multiplexed in FM broadcast waves by performing digital modulation that changes up to 10%
(Level Controlled Minimam Shift Keying) Demodulator 41
And an error correction decoder 42, and a reception processing unit 43 that performs various processes on the separated service information.

The reception processing section 43 has a built-in ROM storing a processing program, and operates according to this processing program to constitute a control means in this embodiment. With respect to the reception processing unit 43, an EE-ROM 44 as a storage unit, the key input unit 5 and the display unit 6, a card processing unit 45 that performs a reading / writing process for the IC card 2, and reception data (reception information). ) And the like, an input data memory 48 for storing input data (input information) from the key input unit 5, and a signal to the dialer speaker 23 according to an instruction from the reception processing unit 43. Modem 49
And a reception control unit 55 that performs reception tuning of the FM tuner 32 according to an operation of the tuning key 12 in the key input unit 5.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the structure of the IC card 2. The IC card 2 includes a connector 51 for exchanging data with the service information receiving device 1, and an EE-PROM 5 for storing validity period relative value data, which will be described later.
2 and a CPU 53 for encrypted delivery.

FIG. 7A shows the memory area structure of the EE-PROM 52 in this IC card 2, which is the effective period relative value data storage area 52a, the use start date data writing area 52b, and the use end date data writing. An area 52c, a billing type flag data storage area 52d, a use permission number data storage area 52e, and a pay program permission number data storage area 52f are provided. The effective period relative value data storage area 52a stores the effective period relative value data U
D is stored in advance, and this validity period relative value data U
D is, in the validity period management type IC card 2,
It is composed of 9-bit data indicating a relative effective period of any one of 1 to 365 in units of "day". For example, data indicating "182" for 6 months and "3" for 12 months.
The data indicating 65 "is stored in advance at the time of factory shipment. Further, in the charging point subtraction type IC card 2, the number of points of any one of" 1 "to" 511 "is indicated 9 It consists of bit data.

In the use start date data writing area 52b, use start year data SKYD and
The use start date data SKDD is written. The start-of-use year data SKYD is written as 4-bit data indicating the years 1994 to 2010, and the start-of-use date data SKDD is 0 to 364 corresponding to the 1st to 365th days.
9-bit data is written. Therefore, if the start date of use is December 31, 1995, for example, S
4-bit data indicating “1995” is written as KYD and “36” corresponding to December 31 as SKDD.
9-bit data indicating 4 "will be written.
Also in the end-of-use date data writing area 52c, the end-of-use year data SSYD and the end-of-use date data SSDD are stored in the same manner from 1994 to 20 by the processing described later.
It is written as 4-bit data indicating up to 10 years and 9-bit data of 0 to 364 corresponding to 1st to 365th.

A billing type flag KF indicating the type of the IC card 2 is stored in the billing type flag data storage area 52d. The billing type flag KF is "0" to indicate that the IC card 2 is a valid period management type, and "1" to indicate that it is a billing point deduction type. That is, in this embodiment, two types of IC cards 2 of the effective period management type and the charging point deduction type are used, and the type of each IC card 2 is identified by the charging type flag KF. .

Further, the number-of-use-allowed data storage area 52e
The use permission number data SKKD is written in advance at the time of factory shipment. This permission count data S
KKD consists of any value from "1" to "15",
It can be rewritten up to “0” indicating that it has been used by the process described later. Furthermore, the pay program permission number data storage area 52
In f, pay program permission number data UBD is written in advance at the time of factory shipment, etc., and this pay program permission number data UBD is a value of any one of “1” to “3” corresponding to 1 program to 3 programs. Consists of.

The pay program permission count data UBD, the validity period relative value data UD, and the use permission count data SK
The KD varies depending on the type of the IC card 2 and the selling price, and the higher the selling price, the larger the KD. However, it is preferable that the price of the IC card 2 is set such that the larger the value of the usage permit count data SKKD, the lower the unit price per time.

Further, the EE-ROM 44 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (B), a main body transfer end date data writing area 44a and a main body charging point writing area 44b are provided. Body end date data writing area 44a
In the case where the IC card 2 used is of the expiration date management type, the main body end year data HJSY and the main body end date data HJSD are from 1994 to 2010, respectively.
It is written as 4-bit data indicating the year and 9-bit data of 0 to 364 corresponding to 1st to 365th.
Here, the main body end year data HJSY and the main body end date data HJSD indicate the end year and the end date of the period in which the pay broadcast transferred from the IC card 2 to the service information receiving device 1 side can be received. The data. Therefore, both of these data HJSY and HJSD are written after the IC card 2 is mounted, but the date when the service information receiving device 1 is shipped is the year end data of the main body because of the processing described later. HJSY and the end date data H of the main unit
It is stored in advance as JSD.

Further, the main body charging point writing area 44
In b, in the case where the used IC card 2 is of expiration date management type, the expiration date relative value data storage area 5
2a relative value data UD stored in 2a
Is written as the charging point number data HUD. Therefore, this charging point number data HUD is also “1”.
~ "511" is composed of 9-bit data indicating the number of points. In the main body charging point writing area 44b, "0" is written as the charging point number data HUD when the service information receiving apparatus 1 is shipped from the factory.

FIG. 8 shows a service information transmitting apparatus 70 arranged in the FM broadcasting station 3. The service information transmitting apparatus 70 includes a transmitting section 71 and a multiplexing processing section 7.
2, a transmission processing section 73 for sending pay and free service information to the multiplexing processing section 72, and a clock section 74 for generating current date data as will be described later. The transmission unit 71 includes a stereo modulator 75 that stereo-modulates audio information, an FM modulator 76, a transmitter 77, and a transmission antenna 78. The multiplexing processing unit 72 includes coding units 82 and 82, a multiplexing unit 79, an error correction adder 80, and L.
-MSK modulator 81 is provided.

The transmission signal format of the service information multiplexed on the FM broadcast wave will be described with reference to FIG. The transmission information of the service information is the date data H
D, program guide data, and the content data of programs 1 to N, which is the service information that follows, and this series of data is repeatedly transmitted. The program guide data includes an ID (ID = HI) indicating the program guide, the total number of programs BS,
And program-specific data. This program-specific data includes a program name BM, a pay broadcasting code UH (“0” means no charge and “1” means pay), and a sample program presence code MB
(“0” indicates that there is no sample program, and “1” indicates that there is a sample program).

Further, each content data of program 1 to program N is
ID (ID = NI) indicating program contents, each program 1 to program N
A program number BB, which is a different number for each program, data HO indicating the size of this program content, data M indicating the size of the sample program
O and program content data. This program content data is composed of the main program content, which is the content of the service information to be displayed, and the sample program content, which is a sample of the service information.

Note that the illustrated data is actual data, and is actually transmitted after being subjected to error correction checksum, encryption processing, and the like.

Next, the operation of the service information receiving apparatus 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIG. The data and registers shown below are used in the flow. Date data HD: 4-bit data indicating from 1994 to 2010 and 9 bits from 0 to 364 corresponding to 1st to 365th, like the above-mentioned end-of-use data SSYD and end-of-use data SSDD. Data and data. Current year data register GYR: It has a 4-bit structure and stores the current year from 1994 to 2010. Current date data register GDR: 9-bit configuration and stores the current date of 0 to 364 corresponding to 1st to 365th. (Note that GR indicates both GYR and GDR registers.) Date calculation register HZR: Stores intermediate data when calculating the use end date. Program permission calculation register BZR: Stores intermediate data when calculating the program permission number. Allowed program number registers KBR1 KBR2 KBR3 KBR4: KBR1 to KBR1 to 3 store the program numbers decided to be viewed visually, and KBR4 always stores "0". Increment register NR: Stores a value for designating KBR1 to KBR4.

That is, the reception processing section 43 in the service information receiving apparatus 1 is shown in FIG.
0 and a series of flows shown in FIG. 11 to start the operation and monitor the reception of the multiplexed broadcast date data HD (SA
1). When the multiplex broadcast date data HD is received, the multiplex broadcast date data HD is stored in GR (SA2). Here, GR is GYR and G as described above.
Since both registers of DR are shown, of the received date data HD, 4-bit current year data is stored in the current year data register GYR, and 9-bit current date data is stored in the current date data register GDR. To store.

Next, the main body end year data HJSY written in the main body end date data writing area 44a of the EE-ROM 44 and the current year data stored in GYR are compared to determine whether or not HJSY <GYR. It is determined (SA3). This body end year data HJSY is shown in FIG.
As will be described later in SA29, from the IC card 2 to the service information receiving device 1 side (hereinafter referred to as the device body side)
Indicates the end of the valid period during which the pay broadcast transferred to the. Therefore, as a result of the determination of SA3, HJS
If Y <GYR, the expiration year of the transfer valid period in which the pay broadcast transferred from the IC card 2 to the device body side can be received has passed, and in this case, it is not necessary to determine SA4 or SA5. , SA6. Also, HJSY <GY
If there is no relation of R, the end year data HJ
It is determined whether or not SY and the current year data stored in GYR are equal (SA4). As a result of this determination, HJS
If Y ≠ GYR, it is clear that the transfer expiration date is before the end of the transfer expiration date and the transfer transfer expiration date is currently within the transfer expiration date. Therefore, even if the charge transfer SW 91 for transferring the expiration date from the IC card 2 to the device body is not pressed (SA9
Is NO), the pay broadcast reception mode is set (SA1
3).

However, when HJSY = GYR and the transfer end year data and the current year data match, further, the main body end date data HJSD written in the main body end date data writing area 44a. And the current date data stored in GDR are compared (SA5).
This body end date data HJSD is also SA29 in FIG.
As will be described later, the end date of the transfer valid period in which the pay broadcast transferred from the IC card 2 side to the apparatus main body side can be received is shown. Therefore, if HJSD ≦ GDR as a result of the determination in SA5, the transfer valid period has already passed, and in this case, the process proceeds to SA6. However, HJSD>
If it is GDR, since it is before the end date of the main body, similarly to the above, even if the charge transfer SW 91 is not pressed (SA9 is N
O), the pay broadcast reception mode is set (SA13).

Here, if this service information receiving apparatus 1 is used for the first time today after purchase, as described above, E
Main body end date data writing area 44a of E-ROM 44
Indicates that the date when the service information receiving apparatus 1 is shipped is the body end year data HJSY and the body end date data HJSY.
It is stored in advance as SD. The shipping date is always before the user starts using the service information receiving apparatus 1. Therefore, when the use of the service information receiving apparatus 1 is started, SA3 → SA6 or SA3 → SA4 → SA5 → SA
It will proceed to 6. Then, in this SA6, it is determined whether or not the charge transfer SW 91 has been pressed, and if it has not been pressed, the non-pay broadcast receiving mode is set (SA8).
If the charge transfer SW 91 is pressed after the transfer expiration date has passed, it is determined whether the IC card 2 is mounted in the slot 22 (SA7). Set non-paid broadcast reception mode (SA
8).

That is, if today is before the main body end date written in the main body end date data writing area 44a of the EE-ROM 44 and is within the transfer expiration date, I
Regardless of whether or not the C card 2 is installed, the pay broadcast reception mode is set (SA13), and if the transfer expiration date has passed, the charge transfer SW 91 is not pressed, or even if the charge transfer SW 91 is pressed, the IC Set the non-pay broadcasting reception mode when the card 2 is not installed (SA
8).

If the charge transfer SW 91 is pressed and the IC card 2 is installed, that is, if the determination at SA7 is YES, though the transfer expiration date has passed,
From SA7, the process proceeds to SA17 in FIG. 11 and it is determined whether or not the usage permission number data SKKD = 0. If SKKD = 0 as a result of this determination, the IC card 2 currently mounted in the apparatus main body is the IC card 2 which will be described later.
It has already been used and has been transferred to the apparatus main body or another apparatus main body with the expiration date of the number of times indicated by SKKD. Therefore, "This is a used electronic card. Please use a new card." Is displayed on the LCD (display unit 6) (SA33). Then, the timer processing (SA34) is performed for 5 seconds, this display is continued for 5 seconds, and then the non-pay broadcasting receiving mode is set (SA
35), return to SA1.

That is, the charge transfer SW 91 is pressed and I
Even if the C card 2 is installed, if the transfer expiration date has passed and the IC card 2 has already been used, the expiration date should be transferred from the IC card 2 to the device body. Since it is not possible, set the non-pay broadcasting reception mode. Further, when setting the non-paid broadcast receiving mode, the display (SA33) is performed to clearly indicate the reason why the pay broadcast receiving mode is not set, and the misunderstanding that the service information receiving device 1 has failed or the IC
This prevents the misunderstanding that the card 2 is defective and prompts the user to purchase the IC card 2.

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in SA17, SKKD ≠
If it is 0, the I
Until the number of times SKKD indicates the expiration date of C card 2,
It is not transferred to the device body or another device body. In this case, it is determined whether or not the billing type flag KF is "0" (SA18). As a result of this determination, KF
If ≠ 0, that is, KF = 1, the IC card 2 currently installed in the main body of the apparatus is of a charging point deduction type (for transmission)
In this case, charging point processing (SA
After performing step 36), the non-pay broadcasting receiving mode is set (SA28).

As a result of the determination in SA18, KF = 0
If so, the IC card 2 currently installed in the device body
Is an expiration date management type, and is an IC card 2 of a type in which the expiration date can be transferred to the apparatus main body. Therefore, the current year data stored in the GYR, which indicates the date on which the current expiration date transfer was performed using the IC card 2 of expiration date management type, is used as the start-of-use year data SKYD, and the EE-P
At the same time as writing to the use start date data writing area 52b of the ROM 52, the current date data stored in the GDR is written to the use start date data writing area 52b as use start date data SKDD (SA19).

Next, the effective period relative value data UD is read from the effective period relative value data storage area 52a of the EEPROM 52.
Read the validity period relative value data UD and GDR
The current month date data stored in is added and the value is stored in the date calculation register HZR (SA20). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the value of HZR is 364 or less (SA21). Here, if the value of HZR is 364 or less, the use end date can be indicated by the current year and the current month date + effective period relative value data without moving up the value of “year”. Therefore, in this case, the current year data stored in GYR is used as it is, and the use end year data SSYD
As the use end date data write area 52c (SA22), the "current month date + effective period relative value data" stored in the HZR is used as the use end date data SSDD, and the use end date data write area 52
Write to c (SA23).

However, as a result of the determination in SA21, HZR
If the value of is greater than 364, the end-of-use date cannot be represented by a numerical value of 0 to 364 corresponding to 1 to 365 days unless the value of “year” is advanced. So GYR
The value of the current year data stored in is incremented, and the incremented value is used
The data is written in the usage end date data writing area 52c as YD (SA24). Subsequently, 364 is subtracted from the “current date + relative period relative value data” stored in the HZR, and the value is written as the use end date data SSDD in the use end date data writing area 52c (SA
25).

After that, the confirmation SW 93 and the release SW 92
SA26 → SA27 → SA until either of
The loop of 26 is repeated to maintain the standby state. When the release SW 92 is pressed by the user during the standby of repeating this loop, the non-pay broadcasting reception mode is set (SA28), and then the process returns to SA1.

However, if the confirmation SW 93 is pressed without pressing the release SW 92, SA 26 to SA 2
In step 9, the SSYD value and the SSDD value are written in the main body end date data writing area 44a of the EE-ROM 44 as the main body end year data HJSY and the main body end date data HJSD. Subsequently, the usage permission number processing (SA30) described below is performed, and since the valid period is transferred from the IC card 2 to the apparatus main body, the pay broadcast reception mode is set (SA31), and the pay program reception setting processing (described later) ( Executes SA32) and returns to SA1.

That is, by executing the processing of SA29, the valid period of the IC card 2 inserted in the slot 22 today is transferred to the main body of the apparatus. Therefore, when the process from SA1 is repeatedly executed, SA3 becomes NO until the expiration of the valid period, and
If SA4 or SA5 becomes NO and the process proceeds to SA9, the pay broadcast receiving mode (SA13) is continuously set regardless of whether or not the charge transfer SW 91 is pressed.

At this time, if the user pushes the charge transfer SW 91, the process proceeds from SA9 to SA10, and it is determined whether or not the charge type flag KF is "0". If KF = 0 as a result of this determination, the IC card 2 currently installed in the main body of the device is of the expiry date management type, and in this case, "the expiry date has expired. Please transfer the charge later "is displayed on the LCD (display unit 6). Continue timer processing for 5 seconds (SA
12) After continuing this display for 5 seconds, the above-mentioned pay broadcast receiving mode is set (SA13). Therefore, from this display, the user can know that the pay broadcast can be received without any trouble within the expiration date which has been transferred to the apparatus main body.

After performing the processing of SA13, SA1
As described above, even if the use period transfer SW 91 is pressed before the transferred use period of the apparatus main body expires, the process of SA29 is not executed, and the process of SA29 is prohibited. To be done. Therefore, before the expiration date assigned to the main body of the device expires, the IC card 2
Even if the user inserts into the slot 22 and pushes the use period transfer SW 91, the effective period of the IC card 2 is not transferred to the main body of the apparatus. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the inconvenience that the effective period previously transferred to the main body of the apparatus is wasted and prevent the inconvenience that the user suffers from such an operation. As described above, in this embodiment, the IC card 2 side is prohibited from transferring the expiration date before the expiration date transferred to the apparatus body is expired. However, the transfer to the apparatus body is not prohibited. The expiration date newly transferred from the IC card 2 may be added to the expiration date.

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in SA10, KF = 1
If so, the IC card 2 currently installed in the device body
Is a charge point subtraction type. In this case, it is reconfirmed whether or not the IC card 2 is installed in the slot 22 (SA14).
Go to A13. If it is attached, it is determined whether or not the usage permission frequency data SKKD = 0. As a result of this determination, if SKKD = 0, the charging point subtraction-type IC card 2 currently installed in the main body of the apparatus is set to SK as the charging point of the IC card 2 as described later.
It is a used one that has been transferred to the device body or another device body with the number of times indicated by KD. Therefore, the process proceeds from SA15 to SA33 in FIG. 11 described above, and displays "This is a used electronic card. Please use a new card." On the LCD (display unit 6).
Subsequently, a timer process (SA34) is performed for 5 seconds and this display is continued for 5 seconds, after which the non-paid broadcast receiving mode is set (SA35) and the process returns to SA1.

However, as a result of the determination in SA17, SKKD
If ≠ 0, the charging point of the mounted IC card 2 has not been transferred to the device main body or another device main body until the number of times indicated by SKKD. Therefore, after performing the charging point transfer processing described later (SA16), the pay broadcast reception mode is set (SA13), and thereafter, the process returns to SA1.

The use permission number process (SA30) is performed according to the flow shown in FIG. That is, since the valid period of the IC card 2 is transferred once to the apparatus main body by the above-described processing of SA29, the EE-PROM 52
The use permission count data SKKD written in the use permission count data storage area 52e is decremented and the value is written in the area 52f (SB1). Next, it is determined whether or not the written use permission number data SKKD is "0" (SB2).

As a result of this discrimination, if SKKD = 0,
This IC card 2 has the number of times indicated by the usage permission number data SKKD written at the time of factory shipment,
The expiration date has been transferred to the device body or another device body. Therefore, “This electronic card can no longer be used” is displayed on the LCD (display unit 6) (SB5), and then the timer process is continued for 5 seconds (SB
After 6) is performed and this display is continued for 5 seconds, the processing of the number of times of permitting use is ended. Therefore, the user of the IC card 2 can recognize that the IC card 2 has been transferred up to the permitted number of times by this time transfer by looking at this display.

That is, in the IC card 2 of the expiration date management type used in this embodiment, the effective period indicated by the effective period relative value data UD written in the effective period relative value data writing area 52a is changed to the use permission number data. With the number of times indicated by the usage permission number data SKKD written in the storage area 52e, the number can be transferred to any device body.
Therefore, for example, the validity period indicated by the validity period relative value data UD is 3 months, and the use permission count data SKKD
If the number of times indicated by is 10, it is possible to transfer the valid period of 3 months to a total of 10 device main bodies (that is, the IC card 2 is 3 months × 10 = 3).
Has a total shelf life of 0 months). Therefore, it becomes possible for a group to purchase one or a plurality of IC cards 2 and have the group members use the IC cards 2. In this case, as described above, if the value of the IC card 2 is set so that the larger the value is, the lower the unit price of the IC card 2 is as to the usage allowance count data SKKD, then the group discount is practically achieved. Will be done.

Further, as a result of the discrimination in SB2, SKKD ≠
If it is 0, and the number of times of use permission remains, "This electronic card can be used ● more times" is displayed on the LCD (display unit 6) (SB3) and the SKKD of Overwrite the value with a decimal number (SB4). Therefore, the person who transferred the term using this IC card 2
By seeing this display, it is possible to recognize how many times the IC card 2 can be transferred from the time limit.

On the other hand, the charging point transfer processing (SA1
6, SA36) is performed according to the flow shown in FIG. That is, the charging point number data H written in the main body charging point writing area of the EE-ROM 44.
The value obtained by adding the value of the charging point number data UD which is being transferred from the IC card 2 side to the value of UD is
It is determined whether it is 511 or less (SG1). If the result of this determination is that HUD + UD> 511, "Please use the sending function a little more and then transfer the charge."
Is displayed on the LCD (display unit 6) (SG2). Subsequently, a 5-second timer process (SG3) is performed, the display is continued for 5 seconds, and then the charging point transfer process is terminated. Therefore, when the one IC card 2 is shared by a large number of persons without excessive transfer of the charging points to the device body, the charging points are appropriately distributed according to the frequency of use of the transmission function described later. can do.

Further, as a result of the discrimination in SG1, HUD + U
If D ≦ 511, it is considered that the transmission function is sufficiently used and the current HUD is small, and the value of HUD + UD is used as new charging point number data HUD, and EE−
The data is written in the main body charging point writing area 44b of the ROM 44 (SG4). Thereafter, the use permission number process described with reference to FIG. 12 is executed (SG5), and the charging point transfer process is ended. In other words, even in the charging point type IC card 2 used in the present embodiment, the number of charging points indicated by the validity period relative value data UD written in the validity period relative value data writing area 52a is changed to the usage permission number data. With the number of times indicated by the usage permission number data SKKD written in the storage area 52e, the number can be transferred to any device body. Therefore, for example, the number of billing points indicated by the validity period relative value data UD is "300", and the number of times indicated by the use permission number data SKKD is "1".
If it is 0 ”, you will get 300 billing points 1
It can be transferred to 0 device bodies (that is, the IC card 2 has a total charging point of 300 × 10 = 3000 points). Therefore, an organization purchases one or more IC cards 2 and
It becomes possible to use the C card 2 for the members of the group to use. In this case, as described above, the usage permission count data S
Regarding KKD, if the price of the IC card 2 is set such that the larger the value is, the lower the unit price per time is, the group discount will be substantially carried out in the same manner as described above.

In this embodiment, the main body end year data HJSY and the main body end date data HJSD and the number of charging points are calculated based on the effective period relative value data UD stored in the EE-PROM 52 of the IC card 2. Although the data HUD is written in the EE-ROM 44 on the apparatus main body side to perform the billing management, without writing the data HUD,
The validity period relative value data UD may be directly read from the IC card 2 to perform time limit management. Also, IC
With a ROM writer, E
Charging management may be performed by directly writing the body end year data HJSY, the body end date data HJSD, and the data corresponding to the charging point number data HUD in the E-ROM 44.

On the other hand, the reception processing unit 43 has the above-mentioned configuration shown in FIGS.
The process shown in FIG. 14 is executed in parallel with the process shown in FIG. That is, the FM broadcast radio wave corresponding to the frequency preset in the FM tuner 32 is received, and the reception of HI, which is the ID indicating the program guide, is monitored (SC1),
If you receive the
2) The program selection screen creation process (SC3) described later is executed. Then, import the program content data (SC
4) After executing the program selection operation process (SC5) described later, the process returns to SC1.

The program selection screen creating process (SC3) is as follows.
This is performed according to the flow shown in FIG. 15, and after drawing table items and frames (SD1), the program names of BM1 to N are displayed (S).
D2). As a result of the processing of SD1 and SD2, FIG.
As shown in (A), "program name" and "pay" are displayed on the display unit 6.
A frame is displayed with the table items of "Sample Program". Next, draw "○" in the "Paid" column of the program with pay broadcast code UH = 1 (SD3), and draw "○" in the "Sample program" column of the program with sample program presence code MB = 1. Yes (SD4). Therefore, for example, if the received signal has the data shown below and in FIG. 9, the above-described processing causes the “program name” column to display “program a” to “program a” as shown in FIG. 18 (A). "d" is displayed, "○" is displayed in the "Paid" column corresponding to "Program b" to "Program d",
In the “Sample Program” column, “◯” is displayed corresponding to “Program c” and “Program d”.

BS = 4 BM = Program a, UH = 0, MB = 0, BB = 1 BM = Program b, UH = 1, MB = 0, BB = 2 BM = Program c, UH = 1, MB = 1 , BB = 3 BM = program d, UH = 1, MB = 1, BB = 4 In SD5, it is determined whether or not the pay broadcast reception mode is set. If not, the pay broadcast code UH
The "Paid" column of the program of = 1 is shaded (SD
6), the "program name" column of the program with UH = 1 and the sample program presence code MB = 0 is shaded (SD7). As a result of the processing of SD6 and SD7, as shown in FIG. 18A, the shaded areas are displayed in the "program name" column of "program b" and the "paid" column of "program b" to "program d". It That is, the shaded portion of the "program name" column indicates that the program is a pay program without a sample program, and the shaded portion of the "pay" column indicates that the program is a non-displayable pay program.

However, in the pay broadcast reception mode, the process proceeds from SD5 to SD8 and the pay broadcast code UH = 1.
The "Paid" column of the program is shaded. Next, NR is "1"
After setting (SD9), the shading in the "pay" column of the KBR value indicated by this NR is erased (SD10). Here, the permitted program number register KBR is set to KBR1 to KBR1 as described above.
4 and KBR1 to KBR1 to program numbers (2-4
Is stored). At this time, the program numbers that are decided to be viewed with pay are stored in order from KBR1.
"0" is always stored in the KBR4.

Therefore, first, in SD9, NR = 1 is set, and in the subsequent SD10, the shaded portion of the "pay" column of the program number corresponding to the value of KBR1 is erased. Indicates that it is selected.
Next, the sample program presence / absence code M of the program having this KBR1 value
It is determined whether or not B = 1 (SD11). If MB = 1 and there is a sample program, the "sample program" column corresponding to the program is shaded (SD12). This indicates that this program is not required to be viewed because this program has been selected for pay viewing. Subsequently, after incrementing the NR (SD13), it is determined whether or not the KBR value indicated by the incremented NR is "0" (SD14), and if it is not "0", the process returns to SD10,
If it is "0", this program selection screen creation processing is ended.

Therefore, for example, when the program numbers are stored in all of KBR1 to KBR3, SD10 to SD1
The loop of 4 is repeated 3 times, and when NR = 4, KBR4 is always “0”, so SD
The process proceeds from 14 to the stop process. Further, for example, “MB2 = program b” and “MB4 = program d” (this “MB
4 = program d ″ has a sample program), the loop is repeated twice, and as shown in FIG. 18B, the “pay” column of “3. program c” is displayed. The shaded area remains, and the shaded area is added to the “Sample Program” column of “4. Program d”. In other words, it is indicated that the pay program is not selected by the shading in the "Pay" column, and the pay program is selected by the shading in the "Sample program" column.
It is shown that the sample program cannot be viewed.

On the other hand, the pay program reception setting process (see FIG. 11).
SA32) is performed according to the flow shown in FIG. 16, after drawing table items and frames (SE1), displaying the program names of BM1 to N (SE2), and paying broadcast code UH = 0.
The (free) "Program name" and "Settings" fields are shaded (SE
3). By this processing of SE1 to SE3, FIG.
As shown in, the display section 6 displays table items and frames of “program name” and “setting”, displays “program a” to “program d” in the “program name” column, and displays free programs. A certain "program a" is shaded. As a result, the pay programs “program b” to “program d” to be selected become clear without being shaded.

Next, the value (any one of 1 to 3) of the pay program permission number data UBD is stored in the program permission calculation register BZR (SE4), and the initial value "1" is set in NR (SE5). It is determined whether SW1 to SW9 have been pressed (SE6). Here, SW1 to 9 are keys corresponding to “1” to “9” of the hiragana / numeral input key group 11 when the character / numeral selection key 9 shown in FIG. 2 is in the state of numeral selection. is there. If any of these SW1 to SW9 is pressed, the pressed SW number is the total number of programs B
It is determined whether or not S (BS = 4 as described above in this example) or less (SE7), and if not, it returns to SE6. If it is equal to or lower than BS, it is determined whether or not the pay broadcast code UH having the same program number as the SW number is "1" (SE8).

If UH = 0 and there is no charge, S
Returning to E6, if UH = 1 and there is a charge, "O" is drawn in the "setting" column of the program, that is, the program having the same program number as the SW number (SE9). Furthermore, the KB indicated by NR
The SW number pressed in R is stored (SE10), BZR is decremented (SE11), and it is determined whether or not BZR = 0 (SE12). And BZR
If ≠ 0, NR is incremented (SE1
3) Return to SE6, and SE6 to S until BZR = 0
The loop of E13 is repeated, and when BZR = 0, the pay program reception setting process is ended. Therefore, for example, the pay program permission number data UBD is “2”, and SW
2 and SW4 are sequentially pressed, the process of SE9 causes the "program b" and the "program d" to be displayed as shown in FIG.
"○" is displayed in the "Setting" column of KBR1 = 2, KBR2 = 4 by the process of SE10, and KBR3
= 0, KBR4 = 0, and BZR = 2
-1-1 = 0 is set, and the pay program reception setting process is terminated.

At this time, the value of the "settable number of programs" is displayed as shown in the figure, and the value of the "settable number of programs" changes from 2 to 1 to 0 in the case of this example. The number of programs that can be sequentially set is shown while decreasing the value. Therefore, by visually recognizing this, the setting operation can be performed while recognizing the number of programs that can be set.

The program selection operation process (SC5) is shown in FIG.
This is performed according to the flow shown in 7. That is, the above S
It is determined whether or not W1 to 9 are pressed (SF1), and if any of these SW1 to 9 is pressed, it is further determined whether or not the pressed SW number is less than or equal to the total number of programs BS (SF).
2). If it is less than BS, it is judged whether or not the pay broadcast code UH having the same program number as the SW number is "0" (SF3), and if UH = 0 and it is free, the program is immediately displayed. The display content data of this program is displayed (SF4).
By this processing of SF4, the main program content of the free program (in this example, “program a”) stored in the reception data memory 47 is read and displayed on the display unit 6. Then send S
It is determined whether or not W94 is pressed, and if it is pressed, a transmission process (SF6) described later is executed.

If the result of the determination in SF3 is that UH = 1 and it is a pay program, it is determined whether or not it is the pay broadcast receiving mode (SF7). Sets NR to "1" (SF8).
Next, it is determined whether or not the value of KBR indicated by NR is the same as the pressed SW (SF9), and if the same, the main program content data of the program is displayed (SF10). Subsequently, the above-described SF5 determination is performed, and when the transmission SW 94 is pressed, the transmission process (SF5) is executed. However, as a result of the determination in SF9, when the KBR value indicated by NR and the pushed SW value are not the same, after incrementing NR (SF11), whether the KBR value indicated by NR is "0" or not. It is determined (SF12). If it is not "0", the process returns to SF9, and if it is "0", the process proceeds to SF13.

That is, the SW having the same number as the SW operated in the pay program reception setting process described above with reference to FIG.
When is operated, the value of KBR indicated by NR in SF9 becomes the same as the pressed SW number. That is, in the example of the pay program reception setting process of FIG. 16, SW “2” and SW
Press "4" in turn and the KBR1
= 2, KBR2 = 4, and KBR3 = 0, KB
R4 = 0 is set. Therefore, if SW "2" is operated during this program selection operation processing, NR
At the time point of = 1, KBR1 indicated by NR = 1 is “2”, and the number of SW “2” and the value of KBR1 “2” are the same in SF9. Therefore, in SF10, the program content of the "program b" having the program number 2 is displayed on the display unit 6.

During the program selection operation processing,
When SW "4" is operated, when NR = 2, NR = 2
Indicates that the KBR2 is “4”, and the number of SW “4” and the value of KBR2 “4” are the same in SF9. Therefore, in SF10, the program content of "program d" having the program number 4 is displayed on the display unit 6. Therefore, during the program selection operation process, by operating the SW having the same number as in the pay program reception setting process, the content of the pay program which is decided to be viewed in advance can be viewed.

In this example, as described above, KB
Since R3 = 0 and KBR4 = 0 are set,
When NR = 3, KBR3 = 0 indicated by NR = 3
Therefore, the process proceeds from SF12 to SF13. However, even if the program number in KBR3 is stored, since "0" is always stored in KBR4, the process proceeds from SF12 to SF13 when NR = 4.

Then, when the value of the KBR indicated by NR is 0 and the SW having a different number from the pay program reception setting process is operated, and in the free broadcast reception mode, SF7
In SF13 subsequent to SF12 and SF12, it is determined whether or not the sample program presence code MB = 1 of the same program number as the SW number (SF13). If MB = 0 and there is no sample program, this program selection operation is performed. When the processing is ended and MB = 1 and there is a sample program, the sample program content data of the program is displayed (SF14).

Therefore, by operating the SW having a different number from that during the pay program reception setting process, if there is a sample program in another pay program which is not selected, it is possible to visually recognize it and at the same time, the IC When the valid period transferred from the card 2 to the apparatus main body has expired, the SW having a number within the total number of programs BS can be operated, and if there is a sample program, it can be visually recognized freely. Also, SF1
In SF15 subsequent to 4, it is determined whether or not the transmission SW 94 is pressed, and if it is pressed, the transmission process is executed (S).
F16).

This transmission processing (SF6, SF16) is performed according to the flow shown in FIG. That is, EE-
It is determined whether or not the value of the main body charging point number data HUD written in the main body charging point writing area 44b of the ROM 44 becomes "0" (SH1). And
If HUD ≠ 0 and the charging points remain in the main body, a display data transfer command is sent to the modem 49 (SH2), and then the main body charging point number data HU.
Decrement D and write the value in the main body charging point writing area 44b. Therefore, the HUD is decreased by "1" each time the transmission SW 94 is pressed to issue the display data transfer command, that is, each time one transmission is performed.
Further, in the display data transfer command of SH2, predetermined reception data stored in the reception data memory 47 is transferred to the modem 49. Therefore, the reception data memory 4
The received song name stored in 7 is output via the modem 49 and dialer speaker 23, and the telephone 8
1 to the FM broadcasting station 3 via the telephone network 80, it becomes possible to use such as requesting with the song title.

When the value indicated by the HUD, which decreases each time the transmission SW 94 is pressed, becomes "0", S
Proceed from H1 to SH4, display "Cannot send because there are no more billing points." On the LCD (display unit 6), perform timer processing for 5 seconds, display this display for 5 seconds, and The transmission process ends. Therefore, the user sees this display to send SW9
It is possible to recognize the reason why the data is not transferred even if 4 is pressed, it is possible to prevent the inconvenience of erroneously recognizing that the device has failed, and the transfer of the charging points from the IC card 2 is promoted. Become.

In the embodiment, the management for the reception is performed by the period and the management for the transmission is performed by the number of the charging points, but the management for the reception and the transmission may be performed by the period and the number of the charging points respectively. Good. Further, in the embodiment, the period management type IC card 2 is used.
Although two types of IC cards 2 of the charging point subtraction type are used, the data necessary for the validity period management type and the data necessary for the charging point subtraction type are written in one IC card 2. The common type IC card 2 may be used. Further, in the embodiment, an IC is used as an information storage medium.
The card is shown, but not limited to this, a coin-shaped I
Other media such as a C chip or a stamp-type IC chip may be used. In addition, the present invention can be widely applied not only to the mobile FM multiplex broadcasting system but also to a paging system using wireless communication, various communication and broadcasting.

[0086]

As described above, the service information receiving apparatus of the present invention stores a plurality of types of reception control information of different types and displays the service information based on each of the plurality of types of reception control information. It is configured to be used for. Therefore,
By storing the reception control information capable of executing each charging system in the storage means, it becomes possible to coexist with a plurality of charging systems, and as a result, the service information user can simplify the processing of paying the usage fee for himself. Then, the business operator, who is the provider of the service information, can select a charging system that can manage the user without complication.

Further, the service information receiving apparatus having the structure using the information storage medium can operate the plurality of charging systems by selectively using the information storage medium in which the reception control information corresponding to each of the plurality of charging systems is stored. Can coexist. Moreover, the user of the service information can select and use any one of the information storage media in which various types of reception control information corresponding to a plurality of charging systems are stored. It is possible to add the freedom of choice.

Further, in the service information receiving device provided with the storage means for reading and storing the reception control information from the information storage medium, it is possible to provide a plurality of slots for mounting the information storage medium in the main body of the device, It is possible to coexist with a plurality of billing systems corresponding to a plurality of types of reception control information. Therefore, it is possible to coexist with a plurality of charging systems without increasing the size and complexity of the device. Further, if the reception control information is period information for managing the period of receiving service information and number information for managing the number of times of receiving the service information, stable fee collection is possible by the period management, In addition, by controlling the number of times, it is possible to collect a reasonable fee according to the frequency of use.

Further, in the service information receiving apparatus which receives the pay service information transmitted from the transmission source and displays it on the display means, in the structure having the storage means and the selection means, the selection means stores the information. It is possible to select one charging processing method out of the information necessary for performing the plurality of charging processing methods stored in the means, and perform the charging processing according to the selected charging method. Therefore, the user of the service information can easily use the service information by selecting an appropriate charging method according to his / her economic trend or the like.

Further, in the service information receiving apparatus of the present invention, the information storage medium storing the information necessary for performing the plurality of charging processing methods may be detachably attached to the apparatus main body and the selecting means. Of the information necessary for performing the plurality of billing processing methods stored in the information storage medium, one billing processing method is selected, and the billing processing is performed according to the selected billing method. Therefore, the user of the service information, at the time of obtaining the information storage medium and at the time of selecting one charging processing method from the obtained information storage medium,
It is possible to select a billing processing method, which can expand the selection range of the user.

Further, the information storage medium storing the information necessary for performing the predetermined billing processing method and the information storage medium storing the information necessary for performing the other billing processing method are removable. In the configuration having the apparatus main body, the control means performs the charging processing by the charging processing method stored in the information storage medium mounted in the apparatus main body. Therefore, the charging processing method is uniquely determined depending on the type of the information storage medium, and an error-free charging system can be established by managing each information storage medium. Further, in a configuration having means for dividing the information necessary for performing the charging process stored in one information storage medium into a plurality of the apparatus main bodies, one information storage medium receives a large number of service information. It can be shared by devices, which makes it possible to increase the number of users of service information.

According to one of the billing processing methods, a method of setting an expiration date, a method of managing a period, a method of subtracting a prepaid amount, and a method of managing the number of times,
The user of the service information can adopt the optimum charging system according to various conditions that the user or the business operator has. Further, in the configuration including the transmission means for performing the information transmission process, one of the billing processing methods is a billing method for the information transmission process, so that the reception billing and the transmission billing can be performed at the same time. Further, since the transmitting means has the dialer speaker, it is possible to perform transmission using the existing telephone line network. Furthermore, the service information is F
By transmitting by M multiplex broadcasting, it becomes possible to transmit service information by effectively using FM waves.

Further, the transmission / reception apparatus of the present invention is configured to control the display of service information based on the reception control information and control the transmission of information based on the transmission control information. Therefore, by the control by each control information, it is possible to make the charging system for using the service information compatible with the charging system for transmitting the information. Further, in the service information receiving device using the information storage medium, it is possible to achieve the coexistence of the charging system for the use of the service information and the charging system for the transmission of the information by the single information storage medium. At this time, if the configuration is such that the reception of service information is managed for a period of time and the number of times of transmission is managed, a reasonable charge can be made for service information that is always used depending on the period, and the transmission frequency varies depending on the user. Can be charged according to the user-paid principle.

Further, in the information storage medium of the present invention, since the reception control information of the predetermined type necessary for receiving the service information and the information indicating the type are stored,
Based on this type and reception control information, reception control of service information can be executed, and a plurality of types of charging systems corresponding to a plurality of types of reception control information can be easily created. Also, the reception control information for each type is
Period information for managing the period of receiving service information,
As long as it is the number-of-times information for managing the number of times the service information is received, it can be used in a multi-functional manner whether it is a device having only a receiving function, a device having only receiving and transmitting functions, or a device having only transmitting functions. can do.

Further, according to the information storage medium which is detachable from the service information receiving device and stores the reception control information of the service information and the transmission control information of the information, when the information storage medium is sold, It is possible to establish a transmission / reception charging system in which the user can perform the reception charging and the transmission charging at the same time, the user can easily pay the usage fee, and the operator can easily collect the fee. Also,
In particular, if the reception control information is the period information and the transmission control information is the number-of-times information, a simple system that sells this information storage medium enables rational billing according to the characteristics of the target.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing a system configuration of a mobile FM character multiplex broadcast in which an embodiment of the present invention is used.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a service information receiving apparatus according to this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the service information receiving device.

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the service information receiving device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the service information receiving apparatus.

FIG. 6 is an I used in the service information receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment.
It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a C card.

7A is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of an EE-PROM of an IC card, and FIG. 7B is a diagram showing the configuration of an EE-PROM.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a service information transmitting apparatus of this embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a transmission signal format diagram of service information.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing contents of the service information receiving apparatus in this embodiment.

11 is a flowchart following FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the usage permission number processing.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of a charging point transfer processing.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing contents of the service information receiving apparatus in this embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the contents of program selection screen creation processing.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the contents of pay program reception setting processing.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the contents of program selection operation processing.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a display example of the present embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the contents of transmission processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Service Information Receiving Device 1A Device Main Body 2 IC Card 3 FM Broadcasting Station 5 Key Input Section 6 Display Section 30 FM Radio Section 40 Service Information Receiving Section 43 Reception Processing Section 44 EE-ROM 52 EE-PROM 53 Encrypted Transfer CPU 70 Service information transmitter

Claims (25)

[Claims] 1. A service information receiving device for receiving and displaying paid service information to be transmitted, the storage being capable of storing a plurality of types of reception control information, which are reception control information of the service information. A service information receiving apparatus comprising: a means and a control means for displaying the service information on the basis of each of the plurality of types of reception control information stored in the storage means. 2. A service information receiving device for receiving and displaying paid service information to be transmitted, the information storage medium storing reception control information of the service information, the reception control information of different types. And a control means for displaying the service information on the basis of the reception control information of the type stored in the information storage medium mounted on the device body. A service information receiving device characterized by: 3. A storage unit for reading and storing the reception control information from each of a plurality of types of information storage media mounted on the apparatus body, wherein the control unit includes a plurality of types of storage units stored in the storage unit. The service information receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the service information is displayed based on each of the reception control information. 4. The reception control information of each type is period information for managing a period of receiving the service information and number information for managing a number of times of receiving the service information. The service information receiving device according to claim 1, 2, or 3. 5. A transmission / reception device for receiving and displaying paid service information to be transmitted and transmitting the information, and a storage unit capable of storing reception control information and transmission control information of the service information, and the storage unit. A transmission / reception apparatus comprising: a control unit that displays the service information based on the reception control information stored in the unit, and performs an information transmission process based on the transmission control information. 6. A transmission / reception device having a transmission means for receiving and displaying paid service information to be transmitted and transmitting the information, wherein the reception control information of the service information and the transmission control information of the information are stored. A device main body having an information storage medium detachable therefrom, and a control for providing the service information for display and transmitting the information based on the reception control information and the transmission control information stored in the information storage medium. A transmitting / receiving apparatus comprising: 7. The reception control information is period management information for period management of reception of the service information, and the transmission control information is frequency management information for frequency management of transmission. The transmitting / receiving device according to claim 5. 8. A service information receiving device for receiving and displaying paid service information to be transmitted, the device being detachable.
An information storage medium, characterized in that reception control information of a predetermined type necessary for receiving the service information is stored, and information indicating the type is stored. 9. The reception control information for each type is either period information for managing a period of receiving the service information or number of times information for managing a number of times of receiving the service information. The information storage medium according to claim 8. 10. Received and displayed paid service information to be transmitted, and detachable to a transmitting / receiving device for transmitting information, storing reception control information of the service information and transmission control information of the information. An information storage medium characterized by being provided. 11. The information storage medium according to claim 10, wherein each of the control information is either period management information for period management of reception / transmission or frequency information for frequency management. 12. The information storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the reception control information is the period information, and the transmission control information is the number-of-times information. 13. A service information receiving device for receiving pay service information transmitted from a transmission source and displaying the same on a display means, and storage means for storing information necessary for performing a plurality of charging processing methods. Selecting means for selecting one charging processing method out of information necessary for performing a plurality of charging processing methods stored in the storage means, and control means for performing charging processing by the charging method selected by the selecting means A service information receiving device comprising: 14. A service information receiving device for receiving pay service information transmitted from a transmission source and displaying the information on a display means, the information storage medium storing information necessary for performing a plurality of charging processing methods. A detachable device body, a selection means for selecting one charging processing method out of information necessary for performing a plurality of charging processing methods stored in the information storage medium, and a charging method selected by the selecting means. A service information receiving device, comprising: 15. A service information receiving device for receiving pay service information transmitted from a transmission source and displaying the information on a display means, the information storage medium storing information necessary for performing a predetermined charging processing method. And a device body in which an information storage medium storing information necessary for performing another billing processing method can be attached and detached, and a billing processing by the billing processing method stored in the information storage medium mounted on the device body. A service information receiving device, comprising: 16. The method according to claim 1, wherein one of the charging processing methods is a method of setting an expiration date.
3. The service information receiving device described in 3 to 15. 17. The service information receiving apparatus according to claim 13, wherein one of the charging processing methods is a method of performing period management. 18. The service information receiving apparatus according to claim 13, wherein one of the charging processing methods is a method of subtracting a prepaid amount. 19. The service information receiving apparatus according to claim 13, wherein one of the charging processing methods is a method of managing the number of times. 20. The service information receiving apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising a transmitting means for performing an information transmitting process, wherein one of the charging processing methods is a charging method for the information transmitting process. 21. The service information receiving apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said transmitting means has a dialer speaker. 22. In a service information receiving device for receiving pay service information transmitted from a transmission source and displaying it on a display means, an information storage medium storing information necessary for performing a charging process can be detached. A service information receiving apparatus, comprising: a main body of the apparatus; and a unit that causes a plurality of the main bodies of the apparatus to separately acquire information necessary for performing a charging process stored in the one information storage medium. 23. The service information according to claim 22, wherein the information necessary for performing the billing process includes period information, and the dividing acquisition unit causes the plurality of device bodies to separately acquire the period information. Receiver. 24. The service information according to claim 22, wherein the information necessary for performing the billing process includes number-of-times information, and the division obtaining unit divides and obtains the number-of-times information in a plurality of device bodies. Receiver. 25. The service information receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the service information is transmitted by FM multiplex broadcasting.