JPH0851405A - Data output device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To instantaneously inform a viewer of emergency. CONSTITUTION:A user terminal 105 receives data transmitted together with control data, records the data in a data recording medium 7, and displays the data on a display device 202. The control data includes a sort flag indicating whether data are emergency information (e.g. information relating to a disaster such as earthquake) to be forcedly displayed or not, and when the sort flag indicates the emergency information to be forcedly outputted, the data are forcedly displayed on the display device 202 independently of user's device operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data output device for outputting (displaying or outputting as voice) data of publications such as electronically distributed newspapers, magazines and books.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional, for example, newspaper data (newspaper information)
System for electronically distributing information (newspaper distribution system)
For example, there is one using so-called personal computer communication. When using such a system, for example, a user joins a personal computer network. Then, by operating the terminal (personal computer) to access the database that stores newspaper data, download the newspaper data from there, and display it on the monitor.
Can read (read) newspapers.

[0003]

By the way, for example, in television broadcasting, it is necessary to notify the viewer with the highest priority. For example, emergency information about an earthquake or a typhoon should be noted even during the program. Along with it, it is designed to be broadcast immediately with subtitles.

Therefore, even in the newspaper delivery system as described above, when a disaster such as an earthquake or a typhoon is likely to occur, even if the newspaper is being viewed, the user is notified of that fact as emergency information. It is desirable to be notified immediately.

However, the conventional newspaper distribution system has not been able to immediately notify the user of emergency information.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and it is possible to immediately notify the viewer of the emergency information by forcibly outputting the emergency information. is there.

[0007]

A data output device of the present invention includes a receiving means (for example, a data receiving device 201 shown in FIG. 2) for receiving data transmitted together with output control data, and a receiving means. A recording medium for recording the received data and the output control data (for example, FIG.
Data recording medium 7 and the like) and output means (for example, the audio output device 203 shown in FIG. 1 and the display unit 14 shown in FIG. 2) that outputs the data recorded in the recording medium. The data for use includes a type flag indicating whether or not the data is emergency information of a type forcibly output, and the type flag indicates the type of data to be forcibly output by the receiving means. When it is indicated that the information is emergency information, the data is forcibly output to the output means.

In this data output device, when the output control data further includes a compulsory flag for designating whether or not to forcibly output the data, the compulsory flag compels the data recorded on the recording medium. When the data is designated to be output, even if the data is not the emergency information of the type to be forcibly output, the data can be forcibly output to the output unit.

When the output control data further includes an output order that specifies the order in which the data is output, the output means can output the data according to the output order. When the output control data further includes an output condition that specifies a condition for outputting the data, the output unit can output the data according to the output condition.

The output condition should be screen size, font size, font type, or background brightness when displaying displayable data, or volume when outputting audio output data. You can
Further, when the type flag indicates that the data received by the receiving means is the emergency information of the type that should be forcibly output, the ON / OFF state of the power supply of the device is determined and the power supply is in the OFF state. , The power can be turned on.

[0011]

In the data output device having the above structure, the data transmitted together with the output control data is received and recorded on the data recording medium 7, and the audio output device 203
Or displayed on the display unit 14. The output control data includes a type flag indicating whether or not the data is emergency information of a type that should be forcibly output, and the type flag indicates that the data received by the data receiving apparatus 201 is forcibly output. When the data indicates that it is the emergency information of the appropriate type, the data is forcibly output from the audio output device 203 or is forcibly displayed on the display unit 14. Therefore, the viewer can be immediately notified of the emergency information.

The output control data further includes a compulsory flag for designating whether or not to forcibly output the data, and the compulsory flag forcibly outputs the data recorded on the data recording medium 7. In the case where the data is forcibly output to the audio output device 203 or the display unit 14 even if the data is not the emergency information of the type to be forcibly output, By specifying the data that the viewer wants to view, the viewer can, so to speak, semi-forcedly view the data.

[0013]

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of a data broadcasting system for receiving data transmitted by a user terminal 105 which is an embodiment of the present invention. According to this data broadcasting system, for example, multimedia data such as newspapers, publications such as books, magazines, and other data are broadcast, and the receiving side receives the data and records it on a recording medium (for example, The data can be recorded on a data recording medium 7 or the like), and the data can be read from the data and viewed when desired.

For example, newspaper publishers A and B as the information provider 101 have a space database. This paper surface database includes articles and photographs for printing on newspapers, drawing information, and layout information. The data (text data or image data) in this database are all digitized, and transmitted to the service operation company (or data processing company) 102 as necessary, and edited (processed) there.
To be done.

That is, the data in the database is edited, for example, for each sheet of paper in a format that can be easily searched by the receiving side (user terminal 105). For example, by this editing, a screen (search paper surface) for search is created in which the layout is unchanged and only the headline is visible and the paper surface is reduced as it is. Further, the search screen (headline) is associated with the article data describing the details so that the corresponding article (article space) can be displayed from this headline.

Further, from the television station as the information provider 101 to the service operating company 102, for example, additional moving image data (for example, images of news programs, voices, or highlight scenes of sports programs corresponding to newspaper articles are displayed. Image, sound, etc.) are transmitted as needed. At the service operating company 102, these pieces of information (also digitized like the data in the above-mentioned database, for example) are received by the receiving side (user terminal 105).
Is edited in a format that is easy to search in (in this case, as described above, in addition to editing the layout when displaying information on the screen, relating that information to the newspaper article corresponding to that information, etc. is also performed. ).

Further, in addition to the above-mentioned data, control data (details will be described later) are sent from the information provider 101 (newspaper companies A and B in FIG. 1) to the service operating company, if necessary. It is transmitted to 102 and processed there.

As described above, the multimedia newspaper data centered on the newspaper data, which is the data edited in a form that can be easily searched by the receiving side and is a combination of text data, image data, and voice data, is the control data. In addition, from the service operating company 102, for example, a satellite (broadcasting satellite or communication satellite) 103 that constitutes a wireless line, or a wired line such as a public line network (for example, I
It is transmitted to the receiving side (user terminal 105) via the SDN, PSTN, etc.) 104 or other CATV networks.

When the data is transmitted via the satellite 103, the data is inserted into a digital data channel of the satellite and transmitted.

In the user terminal 105 on the receiving side, the signal transmitted from the service operating company 102 is received by the outdoor device (parabolic antenna) 1,
It is converted into a predetermined intermediate frequency signal (IF signal). This I
The F signal is input to the data receiving device 201. The data reception device 201 performs a predetermined reception process such as a demodulation process on the input IF signal and records it on the data recording medium 7 such as a magneto-optical disk (MO). The data recording medium 7 can be attached to and detached from the slot 7a of the data receiving device 201.

After recording data on the data recording medium 7,
The user can read the data from the data recording medium 7 with the data recording medium 7 still attached to the data receiving device 201 and display an image corresponding to the data on the display device 202 as necessary, or an audio output device (for example, , 203, etc.), a voice corresponding to the data can be output. Further, the user can attach the data recording medium 7 to, for example, a portable terminal, a desktop type terminal, or the like, read the data from the terminal, and output the image or sound as described above.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed configuration example of the user terminal 105 (data receiving device 201 and display device 202). For example, when the data is transmitted via the satellite 103 (FIG. 1), the data is received by the outdoor device (for example, parabolic antenna) 1 and converted into an IF signal, which is then transmitted to the data receiving unit 3. Supplied. Further, for example, when the data is transmitted via the public network 104, the data is received by the data receiving unit 3.
The data reception unit 3 performs a predetermined reception process (for example, demodulation process) on the input data, and the resulting data is passed through a data type determination unit 2 (details will be described later), For example, the data is supplied to the data recording medium 7 such as a magneto-optical disk for recording.

The data is not recorded in the data recording medium 7, but is supplied directly from the data receiving section 3 to the subsequent block, whereby the received data is displayed on the audio output device 203 (FIG. 1) or displayed. It is also possible to immediately output from the unit 14.

In addition, the user must receive information from the information provider 101 (or the service operating company 10).
It is necessary to conclude a receiving contract with 2). Service management company 1
The data transmitted from 02 can be received only by the user terminal of the user who has signed the reception contract.

After the data is recorded on the data recording medium 7, the data can be read and viewed by operating the input pen (electronic pen) 3a or the mouse 3b. That is, when the input pen 3a (also for the mouse 3b) is operated, the instruction operation input unit 11 generates input event information corresponding to the operation (event),
It is output to the display / reproduction management unit 9 or the user information / display condition management unit 10.

The display / playback management section 9 includes an instruction operation input section 1
When the predetermined event information is received from 1 (or, similarly, when a display command is received from the user information / display condition management unit 10 as described later), the data is read from the data recording medium 7.

The data recording medium 7 has a capacity capable of recording multimedia newspaper data and its accompanying control data, and of the data recorded therein,
The multimedia newspaper data is read according to a request from the display / playback management unit 9. That is, the display / playback management unit 9 controls the data reading unit 5 via the data restoration unit 4 to read the multimedia newspaper data corresponding to the input event information (or display command) from the data recording medium 7. . The multimedia newspaper data read from the data recording medium 7 is supplied to the data restoring unit 4 via the data reading unit 5, restored there, and further converted into a format easy to handle in the subsequent block. The format-converted multimedia newspaper data is supplied from the data restoration unit 4 to the display / playback management unit 9.

As described above, the display / reproduction management unit 9
Reads the multimedia newspaper data recorded on the data recording medium 7. The display / playback management unit 9 reads the multimedia newspaper data recorded on the data recording medium 7 in a predetermined unit such as a genre unit of a newspaper article, a page unit, or a headline unit. .

In the display / playback management unit 9, the multimedia newspaper data read from the data recording medium 7 is supplied to the audio playback unit 12, the moving image playback unit 13, or the display unit 14. That is, when the multimedia newspaper data is audio data, it is displayed in the audio reproducing unit 12, and when it is moving image data, it is displayed in the moving image reproducing unit 13. Etc.) are output to the display unit 14, respectively.

When the moving image data is supplied from the display / reproduction management unit 9, the moving image reproducing unit 13 extracts the moving image data (which is image data and audio data attached to the image data) from the moving image data. Image data and audio data are separated. Then, the image data is output to the display unit 14, and the audio data is output to the audio reproducing unit 12.

The audio reproduction unit 12 converts the audio data supplied from the display / reproduction management unit 9 or the moving image reproduction unit 13 into D / A.
It is converted and supplied to the audio output device 203 for output.
The display unit 14 includes the text data and image data supplied from the display / reproduction management unit 9, or the moving image reproduction unit 13.
Display the image data supplied by.

As described above, the multimedia newspaper data read from the data recording medium 7 is displayed as an image (text, image, moving image) or output as a sound in a predetermined unit.

For example, when it is assumed that newspaper articles are displayed in units of genres, after a newspaper article of a certain genre is displayed, the screen of the newspaper article is displayed by operating the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b. To expand,
Alternatively, newspaper articles before and after that can be displayed. That is, when the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b is operated, the input event information corresponding to the operation is supplied from the instruction operation input unit 11 to the display / playback management unit 9, and the display / playback management unit 9 receives the input event information. In accordance with the above, the screen of the newspaper article currently displayed on the display unit 14 is enlarged, or the newspaper articles before and after that are read from the data recording medium 7 via the data reading unit 5 and the data restoring unit 4, and the display unit is displayed. Or display it on 14.

Further, the multimedia newspaper data can be displayed (output) as follows, for example.

That is, the input pen 3a and the mouse 3b are operated, whereby the event information corresponding to the operation is generated in the instruction operation input unit 11 and output to the user information / display condition management unit 10. User information / display condition management unit 1
0 receives the predetermined event information from the instruction operation input unit 11 (the same applies when the display command request is received from the display / reproduction management unit 9 as described later), and controls the personal display condition reading unit 8; The control data of the data recorded on the data recording medium 7 is read. The control data read from the data recording medium 7 is supplied from the personal display condition reading unit 8 to the user information / display condition management unit 10.

The user information / display condition management unit 10 outputs a display command (command) corresponding to the control data to the display / reproduction management unit 9, whereby the data recording medium 7
Predetermined multimedia newspaper data is read out via the data reading unit 5 and the data restoring unit 4. Further, the user information / display condition management unit 10 controls the display / reproduction management unit 9 to transfer the multimedia newspaper data read from the data recording medium 7 to the audio reproduction unit 12, the moving image reproduction unit 13, or the display unit. The display condition corresponding to the control data is supplied to the moving image reproducing unit 13 or the display unit 14.

That is, when the multimedia newspaper data is audio data, the audio data is reproduced by the audio reproducing unit 12.
And is output as voice. If the multimedia newspaper data is moving image data, the moving image data is supplied to the moving image reproducing unit 13, where it is separated into image data and sound data. The audio data is supplied to the audio reproduction unit 12 and output as audio. The image data is also supplied to the display unit 14. At this time, the image data is supplied to the display unit 14 together with the display condition corresponding to the control data as described above. The display unit 14 displays the image data according to the display condition corresponding to the control data.

When the multimedia newspaper data is text data or still image data, the text data or still image data is supplied to the display unit 14. At this time, the text data or the still image data is supplied to the display unit 14 together with the display condition corresponding to the control data as described above. The display unit 14 displays the text data or the still image data according to the display condition corresponding to the control data.

As described above, the user information / display condition management unit 10 sends the moving image reproduction unit 1 via the display / reproduction management unit 9.
The display conditions corresponding to the control data are supplied to the display unit 3 or the display unit 14 to control the moving image reproduction unit 13 or the display unit 14, respectively.

Here, according to the control data, the order (display order) and the condition (display condition) for displaying the multimedia newspaper data in units of genres of newspaper articles, for example.
Can be controlled (determined), and its format is as shown in FIG. 3, for example.

That is, control data (control data for display)
Is composed of a header part and a data part following the header part. In the header part, for example, the date of the newspaper, the data type, information indicating whether the newspaper is in the morning or evening (morning / evening), and the user makes a reception contract. Information such as the number of genres of newspaper articles is available. The data type will be described later.

The genre number, the display condition, and the compulsory flag are repeatedly arranged in the data section following the header section.

The genre number is a unique number given in advance to the multimedia newspaper data (hereinafter, simply referred to as newspaper data) in units of genres of newspaper articles (note that according to the data broadcasting system of FIG. 1, If
Although data other than newspaper data is also broadcasted, a unique number corresponding to the genre number (this number is also called the genre number) is also attached to that data in a predetermined unit), and the information provided in FIG. 1 is provided. In the person 101, a common genre number is attached to newspaper data. That is, in the newspaper companies A and B, for example, the general column (face)
1 for the political column, 2 for the political column, 3 for the international column,
A common genre number is attached to the newspaper data, such as. The display condition is a condition for displaying newspaper data, and here, for example, screen size (screen size), font size (font size), font type (font type), background brightness (background brightness) ). The compulsory flag will be described later.

In the data section, the above-mentioned set of genre number, display condition, and compulsory flag are arranged according to the display order when displaying the newspaper data of the genre corresponding to the genre number. The display order and display conditions in this control data are, for example, a newspaper company as the information provider 101 in FIG.
2 is set.

When the newspaper data is displayed according to the control data as described above, first, the newspaper data of the genre corresponding to the genre number 1 arranged at the beginning of the data section is paired with the newspaper data. It is displayed with the screen size, font size, font type, and background brightness described in the conditions. Then, when the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b is operated to display the next newspaper data, the newspaper data of the genre corresponding to the genre number 2 arranged second in the data section is paired with it. The screen size, font size, font type, and background brightness described in the display conditions are displayed. Thereafter, similarly, the newspaper data is displayed in the display order and the display conditions according to the control data.

Next, in the user terminal 105 of FIG. 2, the above-described display order or display condition can be used as personal customized data customized for the user. That is, the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b is operated to specify the display order and display conditions that match the user's taste, and the instruction operation input unit 11, the user information / display condition management unit 10, are used as personal customization data. And the personal display condition writing unit 6 (this personal display condition writing unit 6 is the user information / display condition management unit 10).
The data input to the data recording medium 7 is recorded (registered) in the data recording medium 7 via the data controlled by the personal computer, and the input data is recorded according to the personalized data instead of the control data. As described above, the newspaper data can be displayed.

The data recording medium 7 can record (register) personalized data of a plurality of users in tabular form. When a plurality of personal customization data, that is, a plurality of patterns of display order and display conditions are registered in the data recording medium 7, which personal customization data is used to display the newspaper data is determined by the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b. It can be selected by operating. The personalized customization data recorded on the data recording medium 7 can be changed or erased by operating the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b.

FIG. 4 shows the format of the personal customization data. Figure 3 for personalized data
Similar to the control data described above, it is composed of a header part and a data part. The header section is configured by sequentially arranging the date (registration date) when personal customization data was registered (recorded) in the data recording medium 7 and the number of genre numbers arranged in the data section. The data section is configured by arranging a set of genre numbers and display conditions for displaying newspaper data of the corresponding genre in a display order for displaying newspaper data.

The user can select the display order that suits his or her preference.
It is possible to specify display conditions and register them as personalized data. Therefore, when the newspaper data is displayed in accordance with this personalized data, the user can specify the display order and display conditions that match the user's tastes, even if the user does not specify the display order and display conditions. It will be displayed.

That is, according to the personal customization data,
For example, if you pay attention to the font size in the display conditions,
For example, the newspaper data for the comprehensive page can be displayed in the same font size as that for the control data, and the newspaper data for the political page can be displayed in a larger size than that for the control data. Further, for example, economic newspaper data can be displayed in a smaller size than that of the control data.

The display condition can be specified for each genre as a predetermined display unit. For example, if the font size of the display condition is specified for each genre and registered, the above-mentioned display conditions can be set. As described above, the newspaper size is displayed by changing the font size for each genre.

The control data must define the display order and display conditions of all the genres of newspaper data that the user has contracted for, but this is not necessary for the personalized data. That is, for example, when newspaper data of 15 genres is transmitted from the service operating company 102 (FIG. 1), the control data transmitted together with the newspaper data includes, as shown in FIG. 3, newspapers of 15 genres. It is necessary to define all the display order of data (in ascending order of genre numbers in FIG. 3) and display conditions.

However, in the personal customization data designated and registered by the user, only the genre number of the genre desired by the user may be registered in the order corresponding to the display order desired by the user. It is not necessary to register the display order for all genres. The newspaper data of the genre corresponding to the genre number not registered in the personalized data is not output when the personalized data is used, so that the newspaper data of the genre that the user is not interested in is displayed. be able to.

As for the display condition, it is sufficient to register only the display condition desired by the user when displaying the newspaper data of the genre for which the genre number is registered.
It is not necessary to register all of the screen size, font size, font type, and brightness of the background, as in the case of using control data (for display conditions that have not been registered, for example, display conditions for the previous display or , Display conditions registered in the control data are used).

Whether the control data or the personalized data is to be used for displaying the newspaper data is determined by operating the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b and from the instruction operation input unit 11 to the user information / display condition management unit 10.
Is determined by inputting predetermined event information.

That is, when the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b is operated to use the control data, the user information / display condition management unit 10 causes the personal recording condition reading unit 8 to read from the data recording medium 7. , The control data is read, and as described above, the display command (the command instructing the genre of the newspaper data read from the data recording medium 7) according to the control data is output to the display / reproduction management unit 9, and the control data is also output. The display condition according to the above is output to the moving image reproduction unit 13 or the display unit 14 via the display / reproduction management unit 9. On the other hand, when the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b is operated so as to use the personalized customization data, the user information / display condition management unit 10 causes the personal display condition reading unit 8 to read from the data recording medium 7.
The personal customization data is read out, and the display command according to the personal customization data is displayed / playback management unit 9
The display condition according to the personal customization data is output to the moving image reproduction unit 13 or the display unit 14 via the display / reproduction management unit 9.

Here, in FIG. 2, the input event information as an operation signal corresponding to the operation of the input pen 2a or the mouse 3b corresponds to the content thereof from the instruction operation input unit 11 to the display / reproduction management unit. 9 and the user information / display condition management unit 10. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, when specifying personalized data used when displaying newspaper data (which user) or when using control data when displaying newspaper data (Default)
Input information information (user information related event information) related to selection of user-specific information, such as when newly registering personal customized data (new registration), user information / display from the instruction operation input unit 11. It is output to the condition management unit 10.

Further, as shown in the figure, from the instruction operation input unit 11 to the user information / display condition management unit 10, while a newspaper article of a certain genre is being viewed, the next genre and the previous genre are displayed. Display newspaper articles of genres,
In addition, input event information (display processing related event information) related to the display processing itself, for enlarging the displayed newspaper data or ending the display.
Is output.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the user information / display condition management unit 10 will be described in detail. It is assumed that the data recording medium 7 has already recorded the control data together with the newspaper data.

For example, when the power of the device is turned on,
In the user information / display condition management unit 10, first, in step S
At 1, initial setting is performed. That is, user information /
The display condition management unit 10 controls the display / reproduction management unit 9,
The menu screen is displayed on the display unit 14. This menu screen is a screen for selecting whether to use control data or personalized data when displaying newspaper data.

While looking at this menu screen, the user
By operating the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b, it is determined which of the control data and the personal customization data is used as the mode for displaying the newspaper data (hereinafter, control data or personal customization data, as appropriate). Mode to display newspaper data using
Control mode or user mode respectively).

Here, it is assumed that the control mode is selected.

After the initial setting process, the process proceeds to step S22,
The control data is read from the data recording medium 7 via the personal display condition reading unit 8.

Then, the user information / display condition management unit 10
Then, in step S23, the newspaper data of the first display genre (genre corresponding to the genre number arranged in the first (first) of the data section) is displayed according to the control data read from the data recording medium 7. The display command for instructing is transmitted to the display / reproduction management unit 9. Further, the display condition paired with the genre number is also transferred to the display / reproduction management unit 9.

Here, hereinafter, the display condition is also included in the display command.

When the display command is received, the display / reproduction management unit 9 reads the newspaper data of the genre corresponding to the display command from the data recording medium 7 as described above, and displays it in the display command. Display 1 along with conditions
4 or to the display unit 14 via the moving image reproduction unit 13. As a result, on the display unit 14, the newspaper data of the first display genre arranged in the data section of the control data is displayed according to the display condition paired with the genre number corresponding to the first display genre.

After that, the process proceeds to step S24, and the newspaper of the next genre in the control data (the genre corresponding to the genre number arranged next to the genre number corresponding to the genre of the newspaper data currently displayed in the control data) It is determined whether or not there is a request for a display command for displaying data (this request is made in step S67 of FIG. 7 described later) from the display / reproduction management unit 9. When it is determined in step S24 that the display command for displaying the newspaper data of the next genre is requested by the display / reproduction management unit 9, the process proceeds to step S25, and the genre number corresponding to the next genre is registered in the control data. Is determined.

When it is determined in step S25 that the genre number corresponding to the next genre is not registered in the control data, the process proceeds to step S27, and the display / playback management unit 9 is informed that the control data corresponds to the next genre. A message indicating that the genre number is not registered is transferred (the control data reports that the genre number corresponding to the next genre is not registered), and the process returns to step S24.

If it is determined in step S25 that the genre number corresponding to the next genre is registered in the control data, the process proceeds to step S26, and the genre number corresponding to the next genre registered in the control data. And the display condition paired with it is transferred to the display / reproduction management unit 9 as a display command.

As a result, as described above, the display unit 14
Then, the newspaper data of the next genre is displayed under the display condition corresponding to the next genre.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S24 that the display command for displaying the newspaper data of the next genre has not been requested by the display / reproduction management unit 9, step S24 is performed.
Proceeding to 28, a display command for displaying the newspaper data of the previous genre in the control data (the genre corresponding to the genre number arranged before the genre number corresponding to the genre of the newspaper data currently displayed in the control data) Request (this request also applies to step S6 in FIG. 7, which will be described later).
7) is performed from the display / reproduction management unit 9. If it is determined in step S28 that the display / reproduction management unit 9 has requested the display command to display the newspaper data of the previous genre, step S29
Then, it is determined whether or not the genre number corresponding to the previous genre is registered in the control data.

When it is determined in step S29 that the genre number corresponding to the previous genre is not registered in the control data, the process proceeds to step S31, and the display / reproduction management unit 9 responds to the previous genre in the control data. A message indicating that the genre number is not registered is transferred (the control data reports that the genre number corresponding to the previous genre is not registered), and the process returns to step S24.

If it is determined in step S29 that the genre number corresponding to the previous genre is registered in the control data, the process proceeds to step S30 and the genre number corresponding to the previous genre registered in the control data. And the display condition paired with it is transferred to the display / reproduction management unit 9 as a display command.

As a result, as described above, the display unit 14
Then, the newspaper data of the previous genre is displayed under the display condition corresponding to the previous genre.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S28 that the request for the display command to display the newspaper data of the previous genre has not been issued by the display / reproduction management unit 9, step S28
In step 32, it is determined whether the display / reproduction management unit 9 has issued a termination request for instructing to terminate the processing (this request is performed after the processing in step S72 of FIG. 7 described later). In step S32, the end request is
If the display / reproduction management unit 9 determines that the information is not present, the process returns to step S24. If it is determined in step 32 that the end request has been issued by the display / reproduction management unit 9, the process ends.

Next, FIG. 7 is a flow chart for explaining the detailed operation of the display / reproduction management section 9. For example, when the power of the device is turned on, the display / playback management unit 9
First, in step S61, the step S of FIG.
An initialization process corresponding to the initialization process described in 21 is performed. Then, in step S62, it is determined whether or not a display command (which is transferred in steps S23, S26, and S30 in FIG. 6) has been transferred from the user information / display condition management unit 10. When it is determined in step S62 that the display command is transferred from the user information / display condition management unit 10, the process proceeds to step S63, and the newspaper data of the genre corresponding to the display command from the user information / display condition management unit 10 is displayed. , Data reading unit 5
And is read (loaded) from the data recording medium 7 via the data restoration unit 4, and the process proceeds to step S64.

In step S64, the newspaper data (display image data) of the genre read from the data recording medium 7 is displayed on the display unit 14 together with the display condition included in the display command from the user information / display condition management unit 10. , Or transferred to the display unit 14 via the moving image reproduction unit 13, and proceeds to step S65. As a result, the display unit 14 displays newspaper data of a predetermined genre according to the predetermined display conditions.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S62 that the display command has not been transferred from the user information / display condition management unit 10, steps S63 and S64.
Is skipped, the process proceeds to step S65, and it is determined whether or not there is an input event. When it is determined in step S65 that there is no input event, the process returns to step S65.

When it is determined in step S65 that there is an input event, the process proceeds to step S66, and it is determined whether or not the input event corresponds to the user's request for displaying the newspaper data of the next genre. Is determined. In step S66, the input event is
If it is determined that the request for displaying the newspaper data of the next genre from the user is determined, the process proceeds to step S67 and the newspaper data of the next genre is displayed on the user information / display condition management unit 10. A request is made to transfer the indicating display instruction. Then, step S6
8, the user information / display condition management unit 10 determines whether or not a display command has been transferred.

When it is determined in step S68 that the display command has not been transferred from the user information / display condition management unit 10, that is, the genre number corresponding to the next genre described in step S27 of FIG. 6 is registered. If a message to the effect that it has not been transferred is sent, step S
Return to 65. When it is determined in step S68 that the display command is transferred from the user information / display condition management unit 10, the process proceeds to step S69, and the genre corresponding to the display command, that is, the newspaper data of the next genre is the data. The data is read (loaded) from the data recording medium 7 via the reading unit 5 and the data restoring unit 4, and the process proceeds to step S70.

In step S70, the newspaper data (display image data) of the next genre read from the data recording medium 7 is displayed together with the display condition included in the display command from the user information / display condition management unit 10 on the display unit 14. Or to the display unit 14 via the video playback unit 13,
It returns to step S65. Thereby, in the display unit 14,
Newspaper data of the next genre is displayed according to a predetermined display condition.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S66 that the input event does not correspond to the user's request for displaying the newspaper data of the next genre, the process proceeds to step S71, and the input event is the previous event from the user. It is determined whether or not it corresponds to a request for displaying newspaper data of the genre. When it is determined in step S71 that the input event corresponds to the user's request for displaying the newspaper data of the previous genre, the process proceeds to step S67, and the user information / display condition management unit 10 is notified to the previous genre. A request is made to transfer a display command instructing to display the newspaper data, and the same processing as that described above in steps S68 to S70 is performed.

If it is determined in step S71 that the input event does not correspond to the user's request for displaying the newspaper data of the previous genre, the process proceeds to step S72, and the input event ends the process. It is determined whether or not it corresponds to the end request instructing. In step S72, the input event is
If it is determined that it does not correspond to the end request, the process returns to step S65. If it is determined in step S72 that the input event corresponds to the end request, the user information / display condition management unit 10 is requested to end and the process ends.

In step S21 of FIG. 6, when the user mode is selected instead of the control mode, "control data" is replaced with "personal customized data" in the description of FIGS. 6 and 7 above. The process replaced with is performed.

Therefore, by registering the personalized data, the user can easily view the electronically distributed newspaper data in the order and conditions that suit his taste. Further, the user can view the newspaper data according to the display order and display conditions in the default data without registering the personalized data.

In the above, the display conditions are as follows:
Although the screen size, the font size, the font type, and the brightness of the background can be set, other conditions such as the hue of the background and the color of the font can also be set.
The display conditions may be selected by selecting the necessary ones when configuring the system (device).

Further, in the above-mentioned case, the display order and the display condition of the newspaper data in the genre unit are set, but in addition to this, the display order and the display condition of the newspaper data are set in the unit of page or heading. It is possible to do so.

Further, in the above-mentioned case, both the display order and the display condition are registered as the personal customization data, but it is also possible to register only one of them.

Further, in the above-mentioned case, the display order and display conditions for displaying the displayable data are registered as the personal customization data. However, the personal customization data includes data that can be output as voice. It is possible to include the output order (reproduction order) and the output condition (reproduction condition) of. As the output condition of the data that can be output as voice, it is possible to set, for example, the volume or the height of the voice. In this case, the display / playback management unit 9
The audio output unit 2 supplies output conditions (reproduction conditions) to the audio reproduction unit 12 together with the audio data.
In 03 (FIG. 1), the voice corresponding to the voice data is output according to the output condition (reproduction condition).

Further, similarly, the control data can also include the output order and output conditions of data that can be output as voice.

Hereinafter, the output order and the display when the displayable data are displayed, including both the display order when displaying the displayable data and the output order when outputting the data that can be output as voice. The output condition includes both the condition and the output condition when outputting data that can be output as voice.

Next, in the data broadcasting system shown in FIG. 1, data from the service operating company 3 to the receiver side (user terminal 105) is transmitted in three transmission modes: normal mode, semi-compulsory mode, and compulsory mode. Are being transmitted.

In the normal mode, the user is the information provider 1
01 (or the service management company 3) has received a subscription contract (subscription contract), and the multimedia newspaper data is regularly transmitted. Therefore, the data transmitted in this normal mode can be received only by the user who has the user terminal 105 (data receiving device 201) and has a reception contract with the information provider 101 (the user is the information provider 101). Among them, for example, if a receiving contract is made with the newspaper company A or B, respective newspaper data can be received, and for example, if both receiving contracts are made, both newspaper data are received. be able to).

In the semi-compulsory mode, as in the case of the normal mode, in addition to the data with which the user has a reception contract,
Data that the service operating company 102 wants the user to view for some reason is transmitted. Further, when the user wants to view the data under a predetermined display condition (for example, when the user wants to show the data in color without fail), the transmission mode is set to the semi-forced mode.

That is, in the semi-compulsory mode, although it is not so urgent, the data that the user wants to view is transmitted, and the display condition is compulsorily set on the transmitting side (the information provider 101 or the service operating company). Is made possible. In this case, regardless of the user's intention (convenience), the data can be semi-forcibly viewed by the user, or the data can be viewed under a predetermined display condition. This quasi-forced mode is effective, for example, when broadcasting (transmitting) news or advertisement that is somewhat urgent.

Further, in the semi-compulsory mode, even if the user does not have a reception contract with all of the information providers 101, any one of them (newspaper A shown in FIG.
B and a television station, for example, a newspaper company A, etc., have a receiving contract with the user (user terminal 10).
5 (user having the data receiving device 201) can view the data.

Here, as described above, the user terminal 10
In No. 5, by registering the personalized customization data, the data can be output under the output condition that suits the taste of the user. Moreover, the user can view and listen only to the data of the genre number registered in the personalized customization data. Therefore, the user may view the data under output conditions such as black and white and no audio output. Furthermore, the user does not always view all the received data. That is, depending on the user, some of the received data only watch, for example, sports data, and some users only watch, for example, overall and economic data.

According to the semi-forced mode, the user who has registered the above-described output condition of black and white and no voice output as personal customization data is semi-forced to have color and voice output. , You can view the data. Furthermore, it is possible to make the user who has registered only the genre number of the sports aspect in the personalized data semi-forcedly view the other data.

In the forced mode, emergency information (for example, information on disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis, information on traffic strikes, information on kidnappings, etc.) that should be forced to be viewed by the user is sent irregularly (e.g., unexpectedly). Transmitted). The emergency information transmitted in this forced mode is forcibly output to the user terminal 105 regardless of the user's intention (convenience) or the state of the user terminal 105.

That is, for example, when the user is watching a certain data, the emergency information is output instead of the data. Further, in this case, the emergency information is output under the output condition registered in the control data transmitted with it. Further, when the power of the user terminal 105 is in the OFF state, the power is forcibly turned on, and thus the emergency information is output as described above.

The data (urgent information) transmitted in this emergency mode is the user terminal 105 (data receiving device 201).
A user who has the information can receive regardless of whether or not there is a reception contract with the information provider 101.

Next, FIGS. 8 to 11 and FIG.
The normal mode, the quasi-forced mode, and the forced mode will be further described with reference to. First, the normal mode will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 8 and 3. In addition, the user is
It is assumed that one of the information providers 101 (FIG. 1) has a receiving contract with, for example, the newspaper company A, and the service operating company 3 has a contract with a television station to provide data (moving image data).

FIG. 8 shows a data flow in the data broadcasting system (FIG. 1) when data transmission is performed in the normal mode. As shown in the figure, newspaper company A
Has an information provider terminal 52, in which the above-mentioned paper surface database is stored. The information provider terminal 52 also stores control data for controlling the output of the data (newspaper data) in the paper database. From the information provider terminal 52, the data in the space database (newspaper image data) and the control data (display control data) are transmitted to the service operating company 3 as necessary.

Further, the television station has an information provider terminal 51, in which the moving image data (audio data and video data) described above and control data for controlling the output of the moving image data are stored. It is stored. Similarly to the case of the information provider terminal 52, the moving image data and the control data are transmitted from the information provider terminal 52 to the service operating company 3 as necessary.

The service operating company 3 has a distribution device 53, in which newspaper data from the information provider terminal 52 of the newspaper company A and moving image data from the television station are edited and appropriately. It is combined into multimedia data.

That is, the distribution device 53 is the information provider terminal 5
If some newspaper data from 2 requires addition of moving image data, it requests the information provider terminal 51 of the television station for moving image data relating to the newspaper data (article). When the information provider terminal 51 receives the request for moving image data from the distribution device 53, the information providing terminal 51 sends the requested moving image data to
It is transmitted to the distribution device 53.

In the distribution device 53, the moving image data or newspaper data respectively supplied from the information provider terminal 51 or 52 is edited (processed) in a form easy to handle by the user terminal 105, and finally the newspaper data ( Newspaper image data) as the core multimedia data (multimedia newspaper data).

If the service operating company 3 has a database of moving image data and manages it, the service operating company 3 does not use the moving image data from the TV station but the moving image of its own database. It is possible to use image data.

The distribution device 53 of the service operating company 102 edits (processes) the data as described above and processes the control data transmitted from the information provider terminal 51 or 52, respectively. As a result of this processing, the control data transmitted from the information provider terminal 51 or 52 respectively has a format of 1 as described in FIG.
One control data. Note that FIG. 3 (FIG. 11 described later)
The same) does not show the sound output conditions such as the volume and the pitch of the sound, but these are omitted in order to avoid making the figure complicated.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the control data is a type flag (data type) indicating whether or not the data transmitted together with this control data is the emergency information of the type to be forcibly output. ) Is included. In the normal mode, as described above, not the emergency information but the multimedia newspaper data that has the receiving contract with the information provider 101 (or the service operating company 3) is regularly transmitted, that is, it is, so to speak, normal. Since the data of
The data type is “normal”.

Further, the control data includes a compulsory flag for designating whether or not the data transmitted together with the control data is compulsorily output. The force flag is
As shown in FIG. 3, it is composed of, for example, 2 bits, and the first bit (first bit) among them is forcibly output the data of the genre corresponding to the genre number paired with the compulsion flag. Of the 0 and 1 of 0 and 1, for example, the output is forcibly prevented, that is, when the output is performed according to the operation of the device (the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b) by the user, the output of 0 or 1 For example, it is set to 0.

The second bit constituting the compulsory flag indicates the output condition paired with the compulsory flag as the output condition when outputting the data of the genre corresponding to the genre number paired with the compulsory flag. When forced to use, it is set to, for example, 1 out of 0 and 1, and it is not forced to use, that is, a device by the user (input pen 3a
When the output condition registered (described) in the control data or the output condition registered (described) in the personal customization data is used according to the operation of the mouse or the mouse 3b), 0 or 1 of 0 and 1 is used. To be done.

In the normal mode, the compulsory flag is "0".
0 "(0 for both the first and second bits). Therefore, the data transmitted in the normal mode is output according to the operation of the device by the user, and at the time of the output,
According to the operation of the device by the user, the output condition registered in the control data or the output condition registered in the personal customization data is used.

When the compulsory flag is "10", the data of the genre corresponding to the genre number paired with the compulsory flag is forcibly output regardless of the user's operation of the apparatus. However, in the output,
According to the operation of the device by the user, the output condition registered in the control data or the output condition registered in the personal customization data is used.

When the compulsory flag is "01", the data of the genre corresponding to the genre number paired with the compulsory flag is output according to the user's operation of the apparatus. However, in the output, the output condition paired with the compulsory flag is compulsorily used regardless of the operation of the apparatus by the user.

Furthermore, when the compulsory flag is "11", the data of the genre corresponding to the genre number paired with the compulsory flag is forcibly output regardless of the user's operation of the device, and When outputting, the output condition paired with the compulsory flag is forcibly used regardless of the user's operation of the device.

From the above, it can be said that the normal mode is a mode in which data can be output based on the intention of the user.

In the normal mode, the data (multimedia newspaper data) is transmitted (delivered) from the delivery device 53 to the user terminal 105 together with the control data (FIG. 3) processed as described above.

Next, FIG. 9 shows a data flow in the data broadcasting system (FIG. 1) when data transmission is performed in the semi-forced mode. In the figure, parts corresponding to those in FIG. 8 are designated by the same reference numerals. Further, in this case as well, as in the case of the normal mode, the user has a reception contract with the information provider 101 (FIG. 1), for example, the newspaper company A, and the service management company 3 has a television station. Data (moving image data)
It is assumed that there is a contract for provision.

In this case, when the newspaper company A or the television station has, for example, data which is not emergency information but requires some emergency (hereinafter referred to as semi-compulsory data), the semi-compulsory data is sent from the information provider terminal 51 or 52. However, along with the multimedia newspaper data (hereinafter referred to as normal data) that is regularly distributed in the normal mode described above,
It is transmitted to the distribution device 53 of the service operating company 102.

Further, in this case, the control data is transmitted from the information provider terminal 51 or 52 to the distribution device 53 together with the semi-compulsory data and the normal data. The forced flag to be arranged has a value other than “00”, that is, “01”, “1”.
It is set to either "0" or "11".

In the distribution device 53, the data (quasi-compulsory data and normal data, and control data) transmitted thereto are edited (processed) as described with reference to FIG. In the distribution device 53, for example, when the information provider terminal 51 or 52 specifies a position for inserting the semi-compulsory data into the normal data, the data is edited so as to be as specified. (Processing) is performed.

The semi-compulsory data, the normal data, and the control data that have been edited (processed) as described above are transmitted from the distribution device 53 to the user terminal 105.

The control data has the same format as in the normal mode described with reference to FIG. 3, but the data type of the header part is "quasi-compulsory".

In the semi-compulsory mode, even when an information agency such as a country as another information provider has the semi-compulsory data to be notified to the user, the semi-compulsory data is transmitted to the user terminal 105. Can be transmitted to. That is, in this case, the quasi-compulsory data is output from the information provider terminal 54 provided in the information organization under the output condition (when the quasi-compulsory data is, for example, only displayable data, It is transmitted to the distribution device 53 together with the conditions only). In the distribution device 53, the semi-compulsory data from the information provider terminal 54 is appropriately inserted into the normal data, and the data required for the output condition from the information provider terminal 54 (genre number, compulsory flag) is also included. (One of “01”, “10”, and “11”)) is added and embedded in the control data,
It is transmitted to the user terminal 105.

As described above, since the compulsory flag corresponding to the quasi-compulsory data is set to one of "01", "10" and "11", the quasi-compulsory data is stored in the device by the user. The output condition that is forcibly output irrespective of the operation, or the output condition paired with the force flag is forcibly used regardless of the user operation of the device. Therefore, the semi-forced mode can be said to be a mode in which the output of a part of the data to be transmitted (quasi-forced data) can be selectively controlled from the transmitting side.

FIG. 10 shows the flow of data in the data broadcasting system (FIG. 1) when data is transmitted in the forced mode. In addition, in FIG.
The same reference numerals are given to the portions corresponding to the case of.

In this case, when the newspaper company A or the television station has the emergency information of the type to be forcibly output (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as forced data), the forced data is sent from the information provider terminal 51 or 52. , Service management company 1
No. 02 distribution device 53.

In this case, the control data is transmitted together with the compulsory data from the information provider terminal 51 or 52 to the distribution device 53. The compulsory data is placed after the output condition of the compulsory data in the control data. The flag is
It is set to "11".

In the distribution device 53, as described with reference to FIG. 8, the data (forced data and control data) transmitted thereto is edited (processed) in a form that is easy for the receiving side (user terminal 105) to handle. .

The compulsory data and control data edited (processed) as described above are transmitted from the distribution device 53 to the user terminal 105.

Here, in the distribution device 53, the control data corresponding to the compulsory data has a format as shown in FIG. 11, for example. That is, the data type of the header part is
It is said to be "forced". Furthermore, since the compulsory data is not data relating to either the morning edition or the evening edition, the information (morning / evening) indicating whether the newspaper is the morning edition or the evening edition is set to 0, for example, which indicates that the newspaper is neither the morning edition nor the evening edition. The compulsory flag is set to "11" as described above.

In the forced mode, even when an information agency such as a country as another information provider has the forced data, the forced data can be transmitted to the user terminal 105. That is, in this case, the output condition when the compulsory data is output from the information provider terminal 54 provided in the information organization (only the display condition when the compulsory data is only displayable data). At the same time, it is transmitted to the distribution device 53. In the distribution device 53, necessary data (genre number, compulsory flag (“11”)) is added to the output condition from the information provider terminal 54 to form control data in the format shown in FIG. The compulsory data from the provider terminal 54 is transmitted to the user terminal 105 together with the control data.

As described above, since the compulsory flag corresponding to the compulsory data is set to "11", the compulsory data is compulsorily output regardless of the user's operation of the device, and the compulsory data is compulsorily outputted. The output condition paired with the flag is forcibly used regardless of the user's operation of the device. Therefore, the forced mode can be said to be a mode in which the output of data to be transmitted (forced data) can be completely controlled from the transmitting side.

In the control data shown in FIG. 11, the compulsory data corresponds to one genre (one genre of the compulsory data corresponds to one news item such as information on a certain earthquake or information on a certain incident). ), When sending compulsory data of multiple genres, the number of genres is arranged (described) in the number of received genres in the header part, and only the number corresponding to the number of genres is added. A combination of the genre number, the output condition (display condition), and the compulsory flag is placed in the data section. If the compulsory data spans multiple genres,
The compulsory data of the plurality of genres is the user terminal 105.
Are sequentially output in (forced output).

Next, with respect to the operation of the user terminal 105 (FIG. 2) when the data transmitted in the normal mode, the semi-compulsory mode or the compulsory mode as described above is output, refer to the flowchart of FIG. Will be described in detail. First, in step S1, initial setting of each block forming the user terminal 105 is performed, and the process proceeds to step S2, in which the data receiving unit 3 determines whether or not the data from the service operating company 3 has been received. When it is determined in step S2 that the data has not been received, the process returns to step S2. If it is determined in step S2 that the data has been received, step 3
To the received data (normal data, semi-forced data,
Alternatively, the compulsory data and the control data) are output to and recorded (saved) on the data recording medium 7 via the data type determination unit 2.

Then, in step S4, the data type determination unit 2 determines whether the data received by the data reception unit 3 is forced data. Note that this determination is performed by referring to the data type of the header part of the control data (FIGS. 3 and 11) (if the data type is “forced”, the data received by the data receiving unit 3 is forced). If it is determined that the data is data and the data type is not "forced", it is determined that the data received by the data receiving unit 3 is not the force data).

In step S4, when it is determined that the data received by the data receiving unit 3 is not the forced data, that is, the data received by the data receiving unit 3 is the normal data or the quasi-forced data (the quasi-forced data is If the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b is operated to output (display) data, the process proceeds to step S5. It is determined by the information / display condition management unit 10 or the display / reproduction management unit 9.

If it is determined in step S5 that the input pen 3a or mouse 3b is not operated to output data, the process returns to step S5. Also,
In step S5, the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b
However, if it is determined that the operation has been performed so as to output the data, the process proceeds to step S6, and the data is output as described above (for example, as described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7) ( The displayable data is displayed on the display unit 14, and the audio outputable data is the audio output device 203.
(Output from FIG. 1)).

Here, in step S6, normal data is output by the user input pen 3a or mouse 3.
It is performed according to the operation of b, but the output of the semi-compulsory data is performed as follows.

That is, when the compulsory flag corresponding to the semi-compulsory data is "10", the user can skip the data of the genre corresponding to the genre number paired with the compulsory flag. Even if the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b is operated so as to output other data, it is forcibly output. However, at the time of output, the output condition registered in the control data recorded in the data recording medium 7 or the output condition registered in the personal customization data is used according to the operation of the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b by the user. It

When the compulsory flag is "01", the data of the genre corresponding to the genre number paired with the compulsory flag is output according to the operation of the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b by the user. At the time of output, for example, even if the user operates the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b so as to use the output condition registered in the personalized customization data recorded in the data recording medium 7, it is paired with the compulsory flag. The output conditions that have been set are forced to be used.

Further, when the compulsory flag is "11", the data of the genre corresponding to the genre number paired with the compulsory flag is forcibly output regardless of the operation of the device by the user as described above. In addition, the output condition that is paired with the compulsory flag is
It is forcibly used regardless of the user's operation of the device.

Therefore, when the compulsory flag specifies that the data is forcibly output, that is, when the first bit of the compulsory flag is 1, the data is an emergency of the type to be forcibly output. Even if it is not information, it is forcibly output from the audio output device 203 or the display unit 14, so that the data (quasi-forced data) can be forcibly viewed by the user.

When the second bit of the compulsory flag is 1, the output condition arranged in the control data is compulsorily used to transfer the data to the audio output device 203 or the display unit 1.
4, the data (semi-compulsory data) can be viewed by the user under the output condition designated by the sender (the information provider 101 or the service operating company 102).

The processing according to the compulsory flag as described above is performed under the control of the user information / display condition management unit 10.

After the normal data or the semi-compulsory data is output as described above, the process proceeds to step S7, and it is determined whether or not the user has operated the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b to end the process. To be judged. In step S7, the input pen 3a or mouse 3b
When it is determined that the operation has not been performed to end the processing, the process returns to step S2. If it is determined in step S7 that the input pen 3a or the mouse 3b has been operated to end the process, the process ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S4 that the data received by the data receiving unit 3 is the forced data, the process proceeds to step S8, and it is determined whether or not the power supply of the display device 202 is ON. For example, the data type determination unit 2
It is judged by.

Here, the power supply of the data receiving device 201 is
It is assumed that it is always on. That is, the data receiving device 20
1 is assumed to be always ready to receive data.

When it is determined in step S8 that the power supply of the display device 202 is not ON, that is, when the power supply of the display device 202 is OFF, the process proceeds to step S9, and the power supply of the display device 202 is, for example, data type. The discrimination unit 2 turns it on and proceeds to step S10.

In step S8, the display device 2
If it is determined that the power source of 02 is in the ON state, the process skips step S9 and proceeds to step S10, and the data type determination unit 2 receives the data received by the data receiving unit 3, that is, the forced data (in the forced mode). The transmitted data) is transferred to the data restoration unit 4 together with the control data attached thereto, and the process proceeds to step S11.

In the data restoration unit 4, as described above, restoration of data (forced data) and other processing are performed, and the force data after restoration is supplied to the display / reproduction management unit 9 together with the control data. Then, the process proceeds to step S11,
The compulsory data together with the output condition included in the control data is transferred from the display / reproduction management unit 9 to the audio reproduction unit 12, the moving image reproduction unit 13, or the display unit 14. Thereby, the compulsory data is displayed on the display unit 14 or output from the audio output device 203 (FIG. 1) according to the output condition included in the control data.

After the forced data is output as described above, the processing is terminated.

As described above, when the compulsory data is received, for example, even when the user is viewing other data (normal data or semi-compulsory data),
The output of the data is interrupted, and as described above, the forced data is forcibly output regardless of the user's intention.
Therefore, the emergency information, which is the compulsory data, can be immediately notified to the user. Further, in this case, the display device 2
When the power source of 02 is OFF,
Since the N state is set, even if the user turns off the power of the display device 202, the user can be immediately notified of the emergency information.

By the way, as described above, even if the compulsory data is output immediately after it is received, if the user is not present, the user cannot know the emergency information. Therefore, in the user terminal 105 shown in FIG. 2, the data (forced data) recorded in the data recording medium 7 in step S3 of FIG.
The emergency information can be notified to the user.

That is, when the compulsory data is received, the user terminal 105 outputs the compulsory data as described above, and also displays that the compulsory data has been received in some way (for example, displaying that the compulsory data has been received). And display it in section 14,
Alternatively, the user is notified by outputting a message from the voice output device 203 or the like. The user who knows that the forced data has been received can know the emergency information by operating the input pen 3a and the mouse 3b and outputting the forced data recorded on the data recording medium 7.

Although the present invention has been described as applied to the user terminal 105 which outputs multimedia newspaper data centering on newspapers, the present invention is not limited to newspaper data, but is published, for example, in magazines and books. It can also be applied to the case of transmitting multimedia data having product data as a core and other data.

[0158]

As described above, according to the data output apparatus of the present invention, the data transmitted together with the output control data is received, recorded on the recording medium, and output by the output means. The output control data includes a type flag indicating whether the data is emergency information of a type forcibly output, and the type flag indicates that the data received by the receiving unit is forcibly output. When the type of emergency information is indicated, the data is forcibly output from the output means. Therefore, the viewer can be immediately notified of the emergency information.

The output control data further includes a compulsory flag for designating whether or not to forcibly output the data, and the compulsory flag forcibly outputs the data recorded on the recording medium. When specified, even if the data is not the type of emergency information that should be forcibly output, if the data is forcibly output from the output means, it is the data that the viewer wants to view. By specifying, the viewer can, so to speak, be forced to view the data.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a data broadcasting system in which electronically distributed multimedia newspaper data is received by a user terminal 105.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a user terminal 105 to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a format of control data in a normal mode and a semi-forced mode.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a format of personalized data.

FIG. 5: Display / playback management unit 9 or user information / of FIG.
5 is a diagram illustrating input event information input to each display condition management unit 10. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the user information / display condition management unit 10 in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the display / reproduction management unit 9 in FIG.

FIG. 8 shows a case where data transmission is performed in a normal mode,
It is a figure explaining the flow of data in the data broadcasting system of FIG.

9 is a diagram illustrating a data flow in the data broadcasting system of FIG. 1 when data transmission is performed in the semi-forced mode.

10 is a diagram illustrating a data flow in the data broadcasting system of FIG. 1 when data transmission is performed in the forced mode.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a format of control data in the forced mode.

12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the user terminal 105 of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 outdoor device 2 data type discriminating unit 3 data receiving unit 3a input pen 3b mouse 4 data restoring unit 5 data reading unit 6 personal display condition writing unit 7 data recording medium 7a slot 8 personal display condition reading unit 9 display / playback management unit 10 User information / display condition management unit 11 Instruction operation input unit 12 Voice reproduction unit 13 Video reproduction unit 14 Display unit 101 Information provider 102 Service operating company 103 Satellite 104 Public line network 105 User terminal 201 Data receiving device 202 Display device 203 Voice output apparatus

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving data transmitted together with output control data, a recording medium for recording the data and output control data received by the receiving means, and a recording medium recorded on the recording medium. An output unit that outputs the data, wherein the output control data includes a type flag indicating whether the data is emergency information of a type to be forcibly output, the type flag, When the data received by the receiving means indicates the type of emergency information that should be forcibly output, the data output is forcibly output to the output means. apparatus. 2. The output control data further includes a compulsory flag for designating whether or not to forcibly output the data, and the compulsory flag compels the data recorded on the recording medium. When the data is designated to be output to the device, even if the data is not emergency information of the type to be forcibly output, the data is forcibly output to the output means. Item 2. The data output device according to Item 1. 3. The output control data further includes an output order that specifies an order in which the data is output, and the output unit outputs the data according to the output order. Item 2. The data output device according to Item 1 or 2. 4. The output control data further includes an output condition that specifies a condition when the data is output, and the output unit outputs the data according to the output condition. Item 4. The data output device according to any one of Items 1 to 3. 5. The output condition is a screen size when displaying the displayable data, a font size, a font type, or a background brightness, or when outputting the audio output data. 5. The data output device according to claim 4, wherein the data output device has the following volume. 6. When the type flag indicates that the data received by the receiving unit is emergency information of the type to be forcibly output, the power of the device is turned off.
The N / OFF state is determined, and the power source is turned on when the power source is in the off state.
6. The data output device according to any one of 5 to 5.