JPH10136318A - Broadcast program transmission/reception system, broadcast program transmitter and broadcast program receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the broadcast program transmission/reception system and the broadcast program receiver or the like in which reception reservation is properly made for a desired program without cumbersome operation. SOLUTION: In the case that received multiplex data are program revision data as a result of discrimination in the step A4, a corresponding part in program table data stored in a program table data storage area in a RAM is revised (step A5). Then whether or not timer reservation is made is discriminated (step A6). In the case that timer reservation is made, whether or not the reserved program is revised, that is, whether or not the reserved program is included in the received program table revision data is discriminated (step A7). When included, a start time and an end time of a program name of a corresponding broadcast station are rewritten into a start time and an end time based on the revision data, or data of a program name of a corresponding broadcast station are deleted (step A8).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a broadcast program transmitting / receiving system and a broadcast program receiving apparatus for performing processing required for receiving various broadcasts such as TV recording reservations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, TV broadcasting and the like (FM, AM, CAT
V, BS, CS broadcasts), broadcast programs are published in newspapers and magazines.
You can check the broadcast schedule. Also, by performing a predetermined operation, the broadcast channel of the program being published, the start and end times of the broadcast, and the attached G code are input, and the program is reserved for reception. The recorded program can also be recorded.

[0003]

However, as described above, conventionally, broadcast programs are printed on newspapers, magazines, and the like, and a predetermined operation is performed while visually recognizing the printed program contents to make a reservation. You must enter the required information. For this reason, not only the operation required for reservation becomes complicated, but also an input error occurs, and as a result, a desired program cannot be recorded.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and a broadcast program transmission / reception system and a broadcast program receiving apparatus capable of appropriately reserving a desired program without complicated operations. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a broadcast program transmitting / receiving system for transmitting program information, which is information about a broadcast program, and transmitting the program information by the transmitting means. Receiving means for receiving the program information to be received, selecting means for selecting a program to be reserved for reception from programs indicated by the program information received by the receiving means, and program information of the program selected by the selecting means And correction means for correcting the program information stored in the storage means based on the program information sequentially received by the receiving means. Therefore, changing the program, changing the broadcast time,
If there is a cancellation or the like, the program information stored in the storage unit is corrected, and the processing necessary for making a reservation for reception is executed based on the corrected program information. It becomes possible to make a reservation for reception in response.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a broadcast program transmitting / receiving system for transmitting information relating to a broadcast program, receiving means for receiving the information transmitted by the transmitting means, Detecting means for detecting the characteristics of the broadcast program, extracting means for extracting information on a program having the characteristics detected by the detecting means from the information received by the receiving means, And control means for executing a process necessary for making a reservation for receiving a broadcast program based on information on the program. That is, the user listens to a certain program,
When viewing or viewing, the features of the program watched by the user are extracted from the program information, and the reception is reserved based on the information on the extracted program. Therefore, it is possible to make an automatic reservation for receiving a broadcast program while taking into account the characteristics of the program that the user views.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a broadcast program transmitting / receiving system, comprising: transmitting means for transmitting information on a broadcast program; receiving means for receiving the information transmitted by the transmitting means; Control means for executing a process required to make a reservation for receiving the broadcast program based on the received information. In such a configuration, when the transmitting means transmits information on the broadcast program,
Receiving means receives information on the broadcast program, and control means executes processing necessary for making a reservation for receiving the broadcast program based on the received information. Therefore, the user does not need to visually recognize the program column printed on newspapers or magazines, or perform a predetermined program reception reservation operation while visually recognizing the program column. I don't have to.

[0008] On the other hand, the broadcast program transmitting apparatus according to claim 4 has transmitting means for transmitting program information that is information on a broadcast program and correction information that is information for correcting the program information. doing. Therefore, when a program is changed, only the correction information is transmitted without transmitting the program information, and the amount of information to be transmitted is reduced as much as possible. Further, the program information transmitting apparatus according to the fifth aspect is configured to transmit information on a broadcast program and transmit the information including characteristic features of each program. Therefore, on the receiving device side that has received these, it becomes possible to perform processing such as detecting the preference tendency of the program viewed by the user based on the characteristic items.

[0009] On the other hand, in the broadcast program receiving apparatus according to the present invention, a receiving means for sequentially receiving program information, which is information on a broadcast program, and a program indicated by the program information received by the receiving means. Selecting means for selecting a program to be reserved for reception, storing means for storing program information of the program selected by the selecting means, and receiving the program information stored in the storing means sequentially by the receiving means. Correction means for correcting based on the program information. Therefore, changing the program, changing the broadcast time,
If there is a cancellation or the like, the program information stored in the storage unit is corrected, and the processing necessary for making a reservation for reception is executed based on the corrected program information. It becomes possible to make a reservation for reception in response.

[0010] In the broadcast program receiving apparatus according to a seventh aspect, the receiving means receives, together with the program information, correction information which is information for correcting the program information, The program information stored in the storage unit is corrected based on the correction information received by the receiving unit. Therefore, the amount of information received when the program is changed is reduced as much as possible, and when the program information stored in the storage means is corrected, the stored program information and the received program information are combined. By comparing with the correction information having a much smaller amount of information than the program information without comparing, it is possible to determine whether or not the stored program information has been changed. This facilitates the process for determining whether or not the event has occurred.

In the broadcast program receiving apparatus according to the present invention, a receiving means for receiving information on the broadcast program, a detecting means for detecting characteristics of the broadcast program which has been listened, watched or viewed, and Extracting means for extracting information relating to a program having characteristics detected by the detecting means from the information received by the receiving means, and reserving a broadcast program based on the information relating to the program extracted by the extracting means. And control means for executing processing necessary for the operation. That is, when the user listens, watches, or watches a program, the features of the program that the user has listened to or watched are detected, and a reception reservation is made based on the information on the detected program. Therefore, automatic reception reservation of a broadcast program becomes possible while taking into account the features of the program that the user listens to or watches.

Further, in the broadcast program receiving apparatus according to the ninth aspect, a calculating means for calculating a ratio of a time length of listening, watching or viewing to a broadcast time length of the broadcast program,
An integrating means for integrating the ratio calculated by the calculating means, wherein the extracting means obtains information on a program having a feature that the value of the ratio integrated by the integrating means is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. It is configured to extract from the information received by the receiving means. In such a configuration, when the user listens to or watches a certain program, the ratio of the listening time, the viewing time, or the viewing time length to the broadcast time length of the program watched by the user is calculated,
The calculated ratio is integrated. Then, the reception reservation is made based on the information on the program having the characteristic that the ratio of the integrated processing is equal to or higher than a predetermined value. Therefore, it is possible to make a reservation for automatic reception of a broadcast program in consideration of the length of time the user listens or watches the broadcast time of the program that the user listens to or watches, that is, in consideration of the user's preference for the broadcast program.

[0013] In the broadcast program receiving apparatus according to a tenth aspect, the detecting means is configured to detect a feature of the broadcast program whose ratio calculated by the calculating means is equal to or more than a predetermined value. I have. As a result, automatic reception reservation of a broadcast program becomes possible by strongly reflecting the user's preference for the broadcast program.

The broadcast program receiving apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising storage means for storing, for each of the characteristics, an integrated value of the ratio integrated by the integrating means, wherein the integrating means comprises: When performing the integration process, a multiplication process of multiplying the integrated value of all the features stored in the storage unit by a value less than 1 is further performed. Therefore, among the features stored in the storage means, the feature whose integration is no longer performed, that is, the integrated value of the program that the user has not listened to or listens to with the change in the user's preference gradually decreases, Changes in user preferences can be reflected in this integrated value.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the broadcast program receiving apparatus, the receiving means receives at least a program start time and program features as information on the broadcast program. Based on the characteristic features of the program received by the receiving means, the features of the broadcast program that has been listened or viewed are detected. In other words, since the characteristic items of the program are transmitted as program information in advance by the transmission unit, complicated processing for extracting the characteristic from the broadcasted program itself is unnecessary. Further, in the broadcast program receiving apparatus according to the thirteenth aspect, since the characteristic items are at least one of a keyword representing a feature of the program or a name of a performer appearing in the program, the genre of the program and the performer Automatic program reception reservation can be made in consideration of the user's preference regarding the program.

Further, in the broadcast program receiving apparatus according to the present invention, a receiving means for receiving information related to the broadcast program, and a reservation for receiving the broadcast program based on the information received by the receiving means. And control means for executing processing necessary for the operation. Therefore, the user
There is no need to visually recognize a program column printed on newspapers or magazines, or to perform a predetermined program reception reservation operation while visually recognizing the program column, so that an input error does not occur during the program reception reservation operation. .

In the invention according to claim 15,
The reception reservation is a TV recording reservation, and the information is a TV recording reservation.
Since the signal is multiplexed and transmitted to the FM signal for transmitting audio, there is no need to provide a tuner for separately receiving program information. Can also receive program information. Further, in the sixteenth aspect, the receiving means receives the information transmitted as teletext, and in the seventeenth aspect, the receiving means multiplexes the information into an FM broadcast wave. By receiving the transmitted information, a program reception reservation using a teletext system or FM multiplex broadcasting is realized.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a VTR to which one embodiment of the present invention is applied.
This VTR has a TV tuner 2 connected to an antenna 1, and this TV tuner 2 is connected to an FM multiplex block 3 and a VTR block 4. The FM multiplex block 3 includes an FM multiplex decoder 5, a ROM 6, a RAM 7,
A clock unit 8, a display controller 9, and a multiplex display unit 10 are provided. The FM multiplex decoder 5 separates the multiplexed data multiplexed into the TV sound signal wave composed of the FM wave, and the microcomputer 11 controls the display controller 9 based on the multiplexed data to multiplex and display the multiplexed data. It is displayed on the unit 10. The microcomputer 11 not only controls the display controller 9, but also controls the clock section 8 and the FM multiplex block 3 such as the FM multiplex decoder 5 based on the program stored in the ROM 6 and operation information from the key input section 12. Each part and each part of the VTR block 4 are controlled.

The VTR block 4 includes an I / F 13 and a Y / F
A C separation circuit 14, a recording unit 15, a reproduction unit 16, and a chroma circuit 17 are provided. A video signal is input from the TV tuner 2 to the I / F 13, and the Y / C separation circuit 14 separates a luminance signal and a chrominance signal from the video signal. Recording unit 1
Reference numeral 5 records the separated luminance signal and chrominance signal together with the audio signal on a magnetic tape, and the reproducing section 16 reproduces and outputs the signal recorded on the magnetic tape. This playback unit 16
The signal reproduced and output from the Y / C separation circuit 14 is supplied through a chroma circuit 17 to a TV display section 18 which is a TV monitor.
Is configured to display the received TV image or the recorded TV image. Also, as shown in FIG.
The main body 19 of the VTR has an insertion slot 20 for inserting a video tape, and the multiplex display unit 10 and the key input unit 12. The key input unit 12 is provided with a pair of up / down cursor keys 22, a reservation key 23 for confirming reservation contents, a mode key 24 for setting a timer reservation setting mode, and other various keys required for the VTR. I have.

FIG. 3 shows a transmission format of multiplexed data multiplexed on a TV audio signal wave composed of FM waves. In this embodiment, the multiplexed data related to the program includes the program table data shown in FIG.
The program table change data shown in (B) is transmitted. The program guide data is composed of data indicating a broadcast station name, a program name, and a start time and an end time of a program. One day's worth of program data constituted by these data is stored once a day at a predetermined time such as midnight.
Transmitted from each TV broadcast station. In addition, 1
Weekly program guide data may be transmitted. In this case, date data indicating a broadcast date is added to these data and transmitted. Alternatively, a frequency or a channel number may be transmitted instead of the broadcast station name, and a program code indicating the program may be transmitted instead of the program name.

The program table change data shown in FIG.
It consists of broadcast time change data (a), broadcast stop data (b), and program change data (c). The broadcast time change data (a) is data transmitted when at least one of the start time and the end time of the program is changed, and a program table change code indicating that the data is program table change data. , A time change code indicating that the data is broadcast time change data (a), a broadcast station name, a program name, and changed start time and end time data. Of course, when only one of the start time and the end time is changed, for example, when only the end time of the baseball broadcast is changed due to the extension of baseball, only the end time is transmitted as time data. The Rukoto.

The broadcast stop data (b) is data transmitted when the broadcast of the program is stopped, and includes a program table change code indicating that the data is program table change data, , A broadcast stop name, a broadcast station name, and a program name. The program change data (c) is data transmitted when a program that is to be broadcast in a hurry is added, and a program table change code indicating that the data is program table change data; It is composed of a program addition code indicating the change data (c) of the program, a broadcast station name, a program name, and its start time and end time. Here, since the suspension of the broadcast is a matter that occurs with the extension of the previous program or the change of the program, the data (b) of the suspension of the program is not transmitted alone and the broadcast time is not changed. It will be transmitted together with either the change data (a) or the program change data (c). In addition, as multiplexed data, in addition to these, time data indicating the current time is transmitted at regular time intervals.
Display data for displaying news or the like on the multiple display unit 10 is transmitted as appropriate.

The RAM 7 has a program table data storage area (not shown) for storing the program table data shown in FIG. 3A, and a reservation data storage area 27 shown in FIG. Is provided. The reservation data storage area 27 includes a plurality of broadcast station name areas 2 each.
7a, a program name area 27b, a start time area 27c, and an end time area 27d.
The broadcast station name, the program name, the start time, and the end time of the program reserved for recording are stored as reservation data in a to 23d. The reservation data is deleted when the timer recording of the program ends.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment according to the above configuration will be described with reference to flowcharts. That is,
The microcomputer 11 always operates according to the flow shown in FIG. 5 as long as the power is supplied, and receives multiplexed data multiplexed on the audio signal wave of the TV signal (step A1). Next, it is determined whether or not the received multiplexed data is program table data (step A2). If the received multiplexed data is program table data, the program table data stored in the program table data storage area of the RAM 7 is deleted. Update (step A3). Therefore, the program table data stored in the program table data storage area is updated each time a broadcast station transmits new program table data.

If it is determined in step A2 that the received multiplexed data is not program guide data, it is determined whether or not the received multiplexed data is program guide change data (step A4). If so, the corresponding part in the program guide data stored in the program guide data storage area of the RAM 7 is changed (step A5). That is,
If the received data includes the program guide change code shown in FIG. 3B, the data is program guide change data, broadcast time change data (a), broadcast stop data (b) ) And program change data (c). If the broadcast time change data (a) is used, the start time and end time of the program name of the corresponding broadcast station are replaced with the start time and end time included in the broadcast time change data (a). Rewrite to In the case of the broadcast stop data (b), the corresponding broadcast station deletes the program name data. In the case of the program change data (c), the broadcast station name received at the same time is deleted. , The program name, the start time, and the end time are written to the area where the above-mentioned erased data is stored.

If the corresponding portion of the program table data stored in the program table data storage area of the RAM 7 is changed in this way, the reservation data is stored in the reservation data storage area 27 as shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not a timer reservation is made based on whether or not there is a timer (step A).
6). When the timer is reserved, it is further determined whether or not the reserved program is changed, that is, whether or not the reserved program is included in the received program guide change data. It is determined (step A7). If it is included, the process corresponding to the broadcast time change data (a) and the broadcast stop data (b) in step A5 described above is performed, and the start time of the program name of the corresponding broadcast station is performed. Or the end time is rewritten to the start time or the end time based on the change data, or the data of the program name in the corresponding broadcasting station is deleted (step A8). As a result, after a timer reservation is made by a timer setting process described later, even if there is a change in the broadcast start and end times, the program with the timer reservation can be reliably recorded from the beginning to the end. . Moreover, as described above, since the processing according to this flow is always executed and is also executed during the timer recording, for example, when the baseball broadcast is extended when the baseball broadcast is timer-recorded, the broadcast is not transmitted. The progress up to the end can be reliably recorded. Further, since the data of the canceled program is deleted from the reservation data storage area 27, no recording is performed in the time zone corresponding to the canceled program. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the inconvenience of recording unexpected and unnecessary programs and the inconvenience of unnecessary consumption of the video tape set in the apparatus main body 19 due to this.

On the other hand, if the result of determination in step A4 is that the received multiplexed data is not program table change data, it is determined whether or not it is time data (step A4).
9) If it is time data, the time of the clock unit 8 is corrected (step A10). Therefore, the clock unit 8 corrects the time each time the time data is received, maintains its accuracy, and operates the microcomputer 11 based on the clock value of the clock unit 8 in which the accuracy is maintained.
Timer recording can be accurately performed from the start time to the end time of the program. If the result of the determination in step A9 is not time data, the received multiplexed data is nothing but display data. In this case, a weather forecast or the like is displayed on the multiplexed display unit 10 based on the received display data. Display.

On the other hand, a timer setting process for setting a program for timer reservation is performed according to the flow shown in FIG. That is, when the mode key 24 is operated, the microcomputer 11 sets a timer reservation setting mode (step B1), and subsequently executes a broadcast station selection process (step B2). This broadcast station selection process displays a broadcast station menu including receivable broadcast stations on the multiplex display unit 10, moves the cursor to the desired broadcast station name displayed with the operation of the up and down cursor keys 22, This is a process of selecting the broadcast station of the station name where the cursor is located when the reservation key 23 is pressed. When the broadcast station selection processing is completed, a program selection processing is executed next (step B3).
This program selection process is a process of displaying the program name, start time, and end time of the broadcast station selected in step B2 on the multiplex display unit 10 in chronological order in accordance with the operation of the up and down cursor keys 22. As a result of this processing, as shown in FIG. 7, the program name of the selected broadcast station, the start time and the end time are sequentially scroll-displayed.

After the program name of the desired broadcast station, the start time and the end time are displayed on the multiplex display section 10 in this manner, when the reservation key 23 is operated, the reservation key 2
3 is fetched (step B4), the broadcast station name, program name, start time, and end time displayed on the multiplex display unit 10 at this time are written in the reservation data storage area 27, and the timer of the program is The reservation is completed. Next, it is determined whether or not the reservation has ended, that is, whether or not the reservation data has been written in all the areas of the reservation data storage area 27, or whether or not a predetermined reservation end operation has been performed. The processing from step B2 is repeated until one of these states occurs, and when either state occurs and the reservation ends,
This timer setting process ends.

In the present embodiment, program table data is transmitted and received in advance, and when a program is changed, program table change data is transmitted and received to correct the received program table data. Therefore, it is possible to minimize the amount of data required for transmission and reception when a program is changed. Further, without comparing the reservation data written in the reservation data storage area 27 with the program table data, it is possible to compare the program table change data and the reservation data with a much smaller data amount than the program table data. Thereby, it is possible to determine whether or not the reservation data has been changed, and the process for determining whether or not the reservation data has been changed becomes easy. Of course, when the program is changed, the program table data itself after the change may be transmitted and received without transmitting and receiving the program table change data as in the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 shows the overall configuration of another embodiment of the present invention. That is, the TV 32 has a plurality of video connection terminals, and the broadcast program guide device 31 and the video deck 33 are connected to different video connection terminals of the TV 32. Each of the TV 32 and the video deck 33 has a remote control receiving section, and can be remotely controlled by the same TV video operation remote control 59. Broadcast program guide 3
1 is connected to a service center 35 via a telephone line 34, and the service center 35 has at least 2
Program guide data of television programs of each station up to the week ahead is stored in a readable manner via the telephone line 34.

As shown in FIG. 9, the broadcast program guide device 31 comprises a device main body 36, a remote control transmitting section 37 connected to the device main body 36, and a device operation remote controller 38. The apparatus main body 36 is provided with a remote control receiving section 39 for receiving signals from both the TV video remote control 59 and the apparatus operation remote control 38, an indicator 40, a power supply status LED 41, and the like. An execution key 42, a menu key 43,
A cross-shaped cursor key 44 and character keys 45 are provided.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the structure of the apparatus main body 36. A modem 47 for connection to the telephone line 34 is connected to the CPU 46, and is arranged in the remote control receiving section 39. Remote control receiver 4
8. A remote control light emitting unit 49 arranged in the remote control transmitting unit 37 and a clock 50 are connected. Further CP
U46 has an operation history memory 5 via a bus line.
1, a program data memory 52, a registered program memory 65, a keyword memory 53, and a performer memory 54 are connected. The operation history memory 51 stores the TV video remote controller 5.
9 and the program data memory 52 stores two weeks of program data transmitted from the service center 35. The registered program memory 65 stores a program to be timer-recorded, the keyword memory 53 stores a keyword in the program data and the number of points as described later, and the performer memory 54 stores a performer in the program data and the number of points. And are stored in. Further, the CPU 46 has a ROM 5
5 and VRAM 56 are connected via a bus line. The ROM 55 stores a processing program shown by a flow described later, and an output from the VRAM 56 is supplied to a video input terminal of the TV 32 via a video circuit 57 and a video output unit 58.

FIG. 11 shows the data format of the program data received from the service center 35 via the telephone line 34. As shown in the figure, the program data includes the broadcast date (day of the week), channel numbers of broadcast stations such as 1CH and 8CH, start time of the program, data indicating whether or not the program is a band program, It is composed of keywords representing genres and characteristics, and data on the performers of the program. In this program data, if the data of the "band program" is "weekday", it indicates that the program is a band program broadcast at the same time on weekdays, and the data is a specific day such as "Thursday" Indicates that the program is not a band program. Although the program guide data in this embodiment does not include the end time of the program, the start time of the next program is the end time of the previous program. The contents of the program data are not limited to those shown in the figure, and if data indicating the distinction between stereo broadcast and bilingual broadcast is added, the contents of the program data can be further refined.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment according to the above configuration will be described with reference to flowcharts. In addition, CPU
46 operates in accordance with the program stored in the ROM 55 to execute processing according to each flow in parallel. That is, the CPU 46 performs a process according to the intermittent activation flow by the timer shown in FIG. 12 once a week at a specific time (for example, at midnight), performs a calling process (step C1), activates the modem 47, Telephone line 34
A connection with the service center 35 is made via the server (step C2). Next, whether or not the connection is the first connection,
6 is determined to be the first connection with the service center 35 after the start of use (step C3). If the connection is the first connection, the program data of two weeks from now is downloaded from the service center 35, and the program data is downloaded. It is stored in the memory 52 (step C4).

If it is not the first connection, the program data in the past is deleted from the program data memory 52 (step C5). In other words, in this embodiment, since the processing according to this flow is executed every week, one week of past program data remains in the program data memory 52 at the time of execution. Delete the past minutes of program data. Subsequently, the program data from one week to two weeks ahead is downloaded from the service center 35 and stored in the program data memory 52 (step C6). Thus, the program data memory 52 contains
This means that the program data up to two weeks ahead is stored. Of the program data up to two weeks ahead, the program data up to one week ahead is the one stored one week ago. It is assumed that there is a program change in the meantime. On the other hand, the service center 35 updates the program data every time there is a program change. Therefore, in the next step C7, the program data from the present one week ahead stored in the program data memory 52 is corrected based on the program data from the present one week ahead stored in the service center 35. Thereby, even if the program data for a long time is stored in the program data memory 52, it is possible to cope with a program change after the storage.

The frequency of connection to the service center 35 is not limited to one week, but may be longer or shorter, and may be set by the user. Here, assuming that the program data is mainly text data, the information of one program is assumed to be 30 bytes on average, and
If a station has 40 programs / day and handles 10 broadcast stations, it will be 12 kbytes / day, which is approximately 84
It is k bytes. Compress this to less than about half 40k
Assuming that communication is performed as byte data, a communication speed of 14.4 kbps using a modem is about 22 seconds,
Communication costs can be kept low even when using ordinary telephone lines. Therefore, even if the connection frequency to the service center 35 is increased, the economic burden is small, and the configuration in which the connection frequency can be set by the user allows the program data to be downloaded at a frequency in consideration of its own economic burden. . Also, contrary to the above flow, the service center 3
The program data may be received in response to an incoming call from the fifth party.

The CPU 46 executes search / selection of a viewing TV program, video reservation, and reception reservation processing in accordance with the flow shown in FIG. That is, it is determined whether or not the video connection terminal to which the broadcast program guide device 31 is connected is selected in the TV 32 (step D1).
If it has been selected, the subsequent processing is started to determine whether or not the menu key 43 has been operated (step D2). If the menu key 43 has not been operated, the program is displayed from the current time (step D3). As a result of the processing in step D3, if the current time is in the 8:00 am era, the program data from 8:00 am is stored in the program data memory 52.
From the screen of the TV 32 as shown in FIG.
The same display format as the TV program column of the newspaper, 8 am for 2 stations
The TV programs from the time are displayed in parallel. In addition, a plurality of arrows 60 indicating scrollable directions are displayed, and a box cursor 61 surrounding the program is displayed.

Next, it is determined whether or not the cursor key 44 has been operated. If the cursor key 44 has been operated, the box cursor 61 is moved and displayed in a direction corresponding to the operating portion of the cross-shaped cursor key 44, and the box cursor is moved. The program display is scroll-controlled in accordance with the moving direction of 61 (step D5). By the processing in step D5, the program from the current time zone of all stations can be displayed on the screen of the TV 32 in accordance with the operation of the cursor key 44, and the box cursor 61 can be moved to a desired program. . If the cursor key 44 has not been operated, it is determined whether or not the execution key 42 has been operated (step D6). If the operation key 42 has been operated, the box cursor 61 is located at this time. It is determined whether or not the target program, which is a program, is currently being broadcast (step D).
7). When the target program is being broadcast, the channel number signal of the broadcasting station is transmitted from the remote control transmitting unit 37 to change the channel of the TV 32 to the channel broadcasting the program (step D8). TV
32 is made to receive the program. Therefore, the user does not need to use a magazine or a newspaper or view the program column of the newspaper or the like before performing channel operation, and set the channel setting so that a desired program can be viewed while viewing only the screen of the TV 32. It can be carried out.

If the result of the determination in step D7 shows that the target program is not currently being broadcast, a dialogue display process (step D9) is performed and "Do you want to make a video reservation?" Displays the message "Do you want to make a reservation?" The user performs an operation of the cursor key 44 and the execution key 42 with respect to this display,
Either video reservation or reception reservation can be selected. In the next step D10, it is determined whether or not the video reservation is selected. If the video reservation is selected, the start time and the channel number of the program enclosed by the box cursor 61 are stored in the registered program memory 65. , An end time is registered (step D11). Step D
If the result of determination in step 10 is not video reservation but reception reservation, it waits until the start time of the selected target program (step D12). The channel of the TV 32 is changed to the channel of the target program by transmitting the channel number signal (step D13). This allows
The user can watch the target program selected in advance without losing it even while viewing other programs.

After performing the dialog display processing in step D9, when the user selects either the video reservation or the reception reservation, the TV 32 is switched to the normal TV screen. Therefore, the user can freely switch channels to view a desired program until the target program is started, and the TV 32
Can continue to watch the program of the currently set channel.

On the other hand, if the result of determination in step D 2 is that the menu key 43 has been operated, it is determined whether or not automatic guidance has been selected by operating this menu key 43, and the automatic selection guidance has been selected. In this case, a program guide process (step D15) based on the user's preference is executed, and if not selected, a program search process (step D16) is executed. The program guide process based on the user's preference (step D15) and the program search process (step D1)
The processing content of 6) will be described later.

The CPU 46 operates according to the flow shown in FIG.
9 is constantly monitored. That is, it is determined whether or not the TV video remote control 59 has been operated (step E1), and if it has been operated, the history from the previous operation to the current operation is recorded in the operation history memory 51 (step E2). Therefore, for example, the TV video remote controller 5
According to 9, 12 channels were set at 7 o'clock, 4 channels were switched at 7:05, 3 channels were switched at 7:30, 6 channels were switched at 7:40, and the TV power was turned off at 9 o'clock. Then, as shown on the left side of FIG. 16A, “7:00 to 7:05 (channel) 12” and “7:05 to 7:30 (channel) 4”
"7: 30-7: 40 (channel) 3""7:40
The operation history of the TV video remote controller 59 such as “9:00 (channel) 6” is recorded in the operation history memory 51.

Further, the CPU 46 executes the processing according to the flow shown in FIG. 17 at regular time intervals, for example, at intervals of 30 minutes, and determines whether or not there is a program whose broadcast time has ended between the previous processing and the previous processing. (Step F1). Then, if there is a program that ended during the previous process, that is, 30 minutes, a viewing time ratio is calculated for the broadcast time end program with reference to the operation history memory 51 (step F).
2). That is, in the example shown in FIG. 16A, if the flow shown in FIG. 17 is performed at 7:30, the program whose broadcast time has ended between the previous processing (7:00) and There is "xxx news". The “xxx news” is a 30-minute program from 7:00 to 7:30, but the viewing time of four channels corresponding to the “xxx news” recorded in the operation history memory 51 is Since it is 25 minutes from “7:05 to 7:30”, the viewing time ratio for this program is 25/30 ≒ 0.83, and this “0.83” is calculated as the viewing time ratio.
Next, programs whose viewing time ratio is 35% or less in percentage are discarded (step F3), and only programs exceeding 35% are set as effective viewing programs. Therefore, in this example, the program "xxx news" is 83%, so it is a valid viewing program. Therefore, when it is determined in step F4 whether or not the program is a valid viewing program, the determination becomes YES and then proceeds to step F.
Go to 5.

The flow shown in FIG.
In the case of the example shown in FIG. 16A, the program ended between 7:30 and 8:00 and 35% of the broadcast time
Since nothing has been viewed above, steps F4 to E
Proceed to ND. However, assuming that the program was performed at 9:00, there is "J-League broadcast" as a program whose broadcast time has ended between the previous processing and the previous processing. This "J League broadcast"
Is a two-hour program from 7:00 to 9:00, but the viewing time of six channels corresponding to “J-League broadcast” recorded in the operation history memory 51 is “7:40 to 9:00”
1 hour and 20 minutes, the viewing time ratio for this program is 80/120 ≒ 0.67. Therefore,
This program "J-League relay" is an effective viewing program, and therefore, the process proceeds from step F4 to step F5.

In step F5, it is determined whether or not the effective viewing program is a band program. If the program is a band program, it is determined whether or not the program has been registered in the registered program memory 65. (Step F6). If the program has already been registered in the registered program memory 65, since there is a possibility that a plurality of effective viewing programs may exist at the same time, it is determined whether or not the processing from step F5 has been performed for each effective viewing program. (Step F22) If the process has been performed for each effective viewing program, the process proceeds to END, and if not, the process returns to Step F5.

On the other hand, if the result of determination in step F6 is that the program, which is a band program, has not been registered in the registered program memory 65, it is registered in the registered program memory 65 (step F7). Therefore, the band program is registered in the registered program memory 65 only on condition that the viewing time is an effective viewing program having a viewing time of 35% or more, whereby reliable recording of a serial drama or the like broadcasted daily can be performed. Become. After performing the processing in step F7 and as a result of the determination in step F5, if the program is not a band program, the process proceeds to step F8 to perform a program keyword extracting process. That is, as described above with reference to FIG. 11, the program table data stored in the program data memory 52 includes the keyword of each program. It is extracted from the program table data in the memory 52. Next, it is determined whether or not the extracted keywords include those already registered in the keyword memory 53 (step F).
9) If a registered keyword is included, the priority point of the registered keyword is updated (step F10).

This priority point is updated by multiplying the current priority point of all the keywords currently registered in the keyword memory 53 by "0.9" and then truncating the decimal point. This is processing for adding the value of viewing time ratio × 100 ″.
That is, assuming that this flow is performed at 9:00 as in the above-described example, “J-League relay” is an effective viewing program, the viewing time ratio is 0.67, and the keyword is as shown in FIG. ), "Sports", "J-League", "Soccer", "Urawa Let", and "Berte Kawasaki". Therefore, for these keywords, “67” is added after the current priority point is multiplied by 0.9. However, for other keywords,
Only the value of 0.9 is multiplied by the priority point update processing in step F11. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
The current priority point of the keyword "sports" is "8
Assuming that it is 91 ", 891 × 0.9 + 67 ≒ 868
As a result, the current priority point of the keyword “sports” is updated to “868”, and the other keywords “J-League”, “soccer”, and “Urawet Let” of the current effective viewing program
Multiplication and addition are similarly performed for "Berte Kawasaki", and the priority points are updated. However, "Professional baseball" and "News" are not keywords
For example, only 0.9 times the current priority point is performed, and the decimal point is truncated. Therefore, the priority point of the keyword which is not the keyword of the effective viewing program is reduced each time the processing of step F11 is performed, and finally becomes “0”. The values used in step F3 and the arithmetic expressions and constants used for calculating the priority points are not limited to those described above, and the degree of sensitivity of the user's program selection action to the priority points is taken into consideration. An appropriate arithmetic expression or constant may be used.

When the priority points have been updated in this way, it is determined whether or not any of the keywords extracted in step F8 has not been registered in the keyword memory 53 (step F12). If there are no unregistered keywords and all registered keywords have been processed in step F10, processing for all extracted keywords has been completed in steps F13 to F13.
The process proceeds to Step F16 without performing the process of Step 15. However, if there is a new keyword that has not been registered in the keyword memory 53 among the keywords extracted in step F8, it is determined whether the keyword exceeds the maximum list length of the keyword memory 53, that is, the keyword memory 5
It is determined whether a new keyword can be registered within the capacity of No. 3 (step F13). If it exceeds the maximum list length, the keyword having the lowest priority point number is deleted from the keyword memory 53 (step F14), and the new keyword is registered in the keyword memory 53 (step F15). If the result of determination in step F13 is that the list does not exceed the maximum list length, the new keyword is registered in the keyword memory 53 without deleting the lowest keyword (step F15). Next, the keyword list registered in the keyword memory 53 is sorted (step F16), whereby the keywords are rearranged in descending order of priority points, as shown in FIG. Subsequently, the processing of steps F8 to F16 described above is also performed for the performer (step F17).
Regarding the performers registered in No. 4, the priority points are updated, and the performers are sorted in descending order of the priority points.

Next, keywords or performers having a predetermined number of points or more are stored in the keyword memory 53 or the performer memory 5.
4 is determined (step F1).
8) If there are no keywords or performers with a predetermined number of points or more, the process proceeds to step F22 described above. If there is a keyword or a performer with a predetermined number of points or more, the program data memory 52 searches for the program of the keyword or the performer, which is the program after the present time (step F19). Next, it is determined whether or not the searched program is already registered in the registered program memory 65 or overlaps with the time zone from the start to the end of the broadcast of the already registered program (step F20). If the time periods do not overlap, the start time of the program, the channel of the station broadcasting the program, and the end time are registered in the registered program memory 65 (step F21). Therefore, by performing the process of step F21, a program of a genre frequently watched by the user or a program in which a favorite performer appears can be automatically registered in the registered program memory 65 without duplication of broadcast time zones. Then, in step F22, as described above, it is determined whether or not the processing from step F5 has been performed on all the programs that have been set as the effective viewing programs this time.
If so, go to END.

The CPU 46 operates in accordance with the flow shown in FIG. 18 to constantly monitor the start time of a program registered in the registered program memory 65, and to start the start time of any of the registered programs. Is determined (step G1). Then, when the start time of any program comes, the video power on signal, the channel setting signal of the program, and the recording start signal are transmitted from the remote control transmitting unit 37 to the video deck 33 (step G2). As a result, the video deck 33 performs a recording operation, and the program of the set channel starts to be recorded. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the end time of the program whose recording has been started has been reached (step G3). If the end time has come, the remote control transmitting section 37 sends a video recording end signal and a video signal to the video deck 33. A power off signal is transmitted (step G4). As a result, when the recording of the program is completed, the video deck 33 is turned off after the recording is stopped, so that the manually registered program or the automatically registered program can be recorded without losing it.

On the other hand, the program guide process based on the user's preference (step D15 in FIG. 13) is performed according to the flow shown in FIG. 19, and the program from the current time is displayed on the screen of the TV 32 (step H1). Next, it is determined whether or not an operation has been performed on the cursor key 44 (step H2). If the operation has been performed, the display is scroll-controlled in a direction corresponding to the operating portion of the cross-shaped cursor key 44 (step H).
3). The cursor key 4
Along with the operation 4, the program table of a desired portion of a desired station from the current time zone can be displayed on the screen of the TV 32. Next, it is determined whether or not there is a manually registered program in the scroll-displayed program, that is, a registered program registered by the user by the process of step D11 in FIG. 13 (step H4). The display color of the program is changed to red (step H5). Further, it is determined whether or not there is an automatically registered program in the displayed program, that is, a program that has been automatically registered by the process of step F7 or step F20 in FIG. 17 (step H6). (Step H7). Therefore, by performing the processing according to the flow shown in FIG. 19, not only a desired program can be displayed on the screen of the TV 32 without using a newspaper or the like, but also a manually registered program is displayed in red and an automatically registered program is displayed in blue. By being displayed, it is possible to identify a program that has already been registered (a program with a timer reservation).

The program search process (step D16 in FIG. 13) is performed according to the flow shown in FIG. 20, and the character input by operating the character key 45 is fetched (step I1), and the execution key 42 is operated. It is determined whether or not it has been performed (step I2). When the execution key 42 is operated, a keyword or a performer corresponding to the character input up to that point is searched in the program data memory 52 (step I3). It is determined whether or not it is in the program data stored in the data memory 52 (step I4). As a result of this determination, the keyword or the performer is
If it is stored in the program 2, all the programs corresponding to the keyword or the performer are read from the program data memory 52 and displayed (step I4). This allows the user to easily and quickly view the favorite program specified by the keyword or the performer up to two weeks ahead. Also, as a result of the determination in step I4, when there is no keyword or a program of the performer input to the program data memory 52, "no program" is displayed (step I4).
6) By this display, the user can know that the favorite program specified by the keyword or the performer is not broadcast up to two weeks in advance.

In this embodiment, the program data for two weeks stored in the service center 35 is read via the telephone line 34.
As shown in FIG. 7, the program data is multiplexed on the FM broadcast wave, transmitted from the service center 35, received, and stored in the program data memory 52 of the broadcast program guide device 31, as in the above-described embodiment. It may be. According to such a configuration, similarly to the above-described embodiment, it is possible to record a program that can cope with a stop, change, extension, etc. of the program.
As shown in FIG. 22, program data for a long period of time is stored in a storage medium 70, and the storage medium 70 is set in the broadcast program guide device 31 to read the program data. May be stored. Further, as shown in FIG. 23, a high-density digital recording print 7 is printed on a part of a print medium 71 such as a newspaper or a magazine.
2, the program data may be recorded, read by the scanner 73 connected to the broadcast program guide device 31, and stored in the program data memory 52. Further, the program guide data may be transmitted as broadcast data in teletext. In addition to FM broadcasting, FM broadcasting
Of course, the present invention can be applied to (multiplex broadcast), AM, CATV, BS, and CS broadcasts.

The above-described control may be executed by storing the control program in the present embodiment in a removable storage medium and setting the storage medium in the apparatus main body.

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As described above, according to the present invention, information relating to a broadcast program is transmitted / received or received, and based on the received information, a process necessary for reserving the broadcast program is executed. did. Therefore, the user does not need to visually check the program column printed on newspapers or magazines, or perform a predetermined program reception reservation operation while visually recognizing the program column, and an input error occurs during the program reception reservation operation. There is no end. Therefore, without complicated operations,
Moreover, it is possible to accurately make a reservation for receiving a broadcast program.

According to the present invention, program information, which is information on a broadcast program, and correction information, which is information for correcting the program information, are transmitted / received or received, and the stored program information is corrected. , A process required to make a reservation for receiving a broadcast program is executed. Therefore, when the program is changed, only the correction information is transmitted without transmitting the program information, and the amount of information to be transmitted can be reduced as much as possible. Further, when correcting the stored program information, the stored program information is compared with the received program information without comparing the stored program information with correction information having a much smaller amount of information than the program information. Accordingly, it can be determined whether or not the stored program information has been changed, and processing for determining whether or not the program information has been changed can be facilitated. Further, when there is a change of the program, a change of the broadcast time, a stop, or the like, the program information stored in the storage unit is corrected accordingly, and the reception reservation is made based on the corrected program information. Necessary processing is executed, whereby it becomes possible to receive a reservation according to the changed program configuration and to record all the reserved programs.

The present invention also detects a feature of a broadcast program that has been listened to or watched, and extracts information on a program corresponding to the detected feature from the received information,
Based on the information on the program extracted by the extracting means, a process necessary for making a reservation for receiving a broadcast program is executed. Therefore, when the user listens to or watches a certain program, it is possible to make an automatic reception reservation of a broadcast program while taking into account the characteristics of the program that the user has listened to or viewed, and it is possible to reflect the user's preference in the program to be automatically received and reserved. it can.

Further, according to the present invention, a ratio of a time length of listening or watching to a broadcast time length of a broadcast program is calculated, and the calculated ratio is a predetermined ratio or more for each feature of the broadcast program. And, from the received information, extract information on a program corresponding to the feature whose ratio value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and reserve a broadcast program based on the extracted information on the program. The necessary processing is performed. Therefore, it is possible to make a reservation for automatic reception of a broadcast program in consideration of the length of time the user listens or watches the broadcast time of the program that the user listens to or watches, that is, in consideration of the user's preference for the broadcast program.

Further, according to the present invention, the integrated value of the ratio subjected to the integration process is stored for each of the features, and when performing the integration process, the integrated value of all the features stored in the storage means is less than one. A multiplication process of multiplying a value is further performed. Therefore, among the features stored in the storage means, the feature whose integration is no longer performed, that is, the integrated value of the program that the user has listened to or has stopped viewing due to a change in the user's preference will gradually decrease, Changes in user preferences can be reflected in this integrated value.

According to the present invention, broadcast program information is transmitted in a manner that includes information on the characteristics of each program, and based on the characteristics of the transmitted program, the characteristics of the broadcast program that has been listened to or viewed are detected. I made it. Therefore, since the characteristic items of the program are transmitted in advance as the program information by the transmission means, complicated processing for extracting the characteristic from the broadcast program itself becomes unnecessary, and the system and the apparatus can be simplified. In addition, since the characteristic item is at least one of a keyword representing a feature of the program or a name of a performer appearing in the program, an automatic program reception reservation in consideration of a program genre and a user's preference regarding the performer is performed. It becomes possible. Further, the reception reservation is a TV recording reservation,
Each of the information is multiplexed with an FM signal for transmitting a TV sound and transmitted, so that there is no need to provide a tuner for separately receiving program information.
Even while watching TV, it is possible to receive program information. Further, by receiving the program information transmitted as a teletext and receiving the transmitted program information multiplexed on the FM broadcast wave, the program reception reservation using the teletext system or the FM multiplex broadcast is realized. Can be realized.

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[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external front view of the apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3A is a conceptual diagram showing the structure of program guide data,
(B) is a conceptual diagram showing the structure of program guide change data.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration of a reservation data storage area of a RAM.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a multiplexed data receiving process.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a timer setting process.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a variation of a multiple display unit.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a system to which another embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a program guide device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an apparatus main body according to the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration of program guide data.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of an intermittent activation process using a timer.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of program registration and program guide.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display example of a TV screen.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of an operation history recording process.

16A is a diagram showing the relationship between the contents stored in an operation history memory and a program, FIG. 16B is a diagram showing the relationship between a program and a keyword, and FIGS. FIG.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of automatic program registration processing.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of timer reception.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a program guide based on user preference.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a processing procedure of a program search.

FIG. 21 is a conceptual diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a conceptual diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a conceptual diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 FM multiplex block 4 VTR block 6 RAM 10 multiplex display unit 11 microcomputer 13 key input unit 27 reservation data storage area 31 broadcast program guide device 34 telephone line 36 device main body 46 CPU 51 operation history memory 53 keyword memory 54 performer memory 65 registration Program memory

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Claims (17)

[Claims] 1. A transmitting means for sequentially transmitting program information, which is information on a broadcast program, a receiving means for receiving the program information transmitted by the transmitting means, and a program information indicated by the program information received by the receiving means. Selecting means for selecting a program to be reserved for reception from programs to be received, storing means for storing program information of the program selected by the selecting means, and sequentially receiving the program information stored in the storing means by the receiving means Correction means for correcting based on the obtained program information. 2. A transmitting means for transmitting information about a broadcast program, a receiving means for receiving the information transmitted by the transmitting means, a detecting means for detecting characteristics of a broadcast program listened or viewed, Extracting means for extracting information relating to a program having characteristics detected by the means from the information received by the receiving means; and reserving a broadcast program based on the information relating to the program extracted by the extracting means. A broadcast program transmission / reception system, comprising: control means for executing necessary processing. 3. A transmitting means for transmitting information on a broadcast program, a receiving means for receiving the information transmitted by the transmitting means, and receiving the broadcast program based on the information received by the receiving means. A broadcast program transmission / reception system, comprising: control means for executing processing necessary for reservation. 4. A broadcast program transmitting apparatus, comprising transmitting means for transmitting program information, which is information on a broadcast program, and correction information, which is information for correcting the program information. 5. A broadcast program transmitting apparatus for transmitting information related to a broadcast program and transmitting the information including characteristics of each program. 6. A receiving means for sequentially receiving program information, which is information on a broadcast program, a selecting means for selecting a program to be reserved for receiving from the programs indicated by the program information received by the receiving means, Storage means for storing program information of a program selected by the means, and correction means for correcting the program information stored in the storage means based on the program information sequentially received by the reception means. A broadcast program receiving apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 7. The receiving means receives correction information, which is information for correcting the program information, together with the program information, and the correcting means, based on the correction information received by the receiving means, 7. The broadcast program receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said program information stored in said storage means is corrected. 8. A receiving means for receiving information about a broadcast program, a detecting means for detecting characteristics of a broadcast program that has been listened, watched or viewed, and information about a program having the characteristics detected by the detecting means. Extracting means for extracting from the information received by the receiving means, and control means for executing a process necessary for making a reservation for receiving a broadcast program based on the information on the program extracted by the extracting means. A broadcast program receiving apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 9. A calculating means for calculating a ratio of a time length of listening, watching or viewing to a broadcasting time length of the broadcast program, and an integrating means for integrating the ratio calculated by the calculating means. The extracting means extracts information on a program having a feature that the value of the ratio integrated by the integrating means is equal to or more than a predetermined value from the information received by the receiving means. Item 10. The broadcast program receiving device according to Item 8. 10. The broadcast program receiving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said detecting means detects a feature of the broadcast program whose ratio calculated by said calculating means is equal to or more than a predetermined value. 11. A storage unit for storing, for each feature, an integrated value of the ratio integrated by the integration unit, wherein the integration unit performs the integration process.
1 is added to the integrated value of all the features stored in the storage means.
The broadcast program receiving device according to claim 9, further comprising performing a multiplication process of multiplying a value less than: 12. The receiving means receives the information on the broadcast program including the features of each program, and the detecting means listens or views the information based on the features of the program received by the receiving means. The broadcast program receiving apparatus according to any one of claims 8 to 11, wherein a feature of the broadcast program is detected. 13. The broadcast program receiving device according to claim 12, wherein the characteristic item is at least one of a keyword representing a characteristic of the program or a name of a performer appearing in the program. 14. Receiving means for receiving information on a broadcast program, and control means for executing a process necessary for making a reservation for receiving the broadcast program based on the information received by the receiving means. A broadcast program receiving apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 15. The reception reservation is a TV recording reservation,
15. The broadcast program receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the receiving unit receives the information transmitted by being multiplexed with an FM signal for transmitting a TV sound. 16. The broadcast program receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said receiving means receives said information transmitted as teletext. 17. The broadcast program receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said receiving means receives the transmitted information multiplexed on an FM broadcast wave.