JPH1023180A - Two-way communication path establishment method and two-way communication path establishment system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a two-way communication path establishment method in which a radio broadcast medium is accessed easily without the need for storage of a telephone number. SOLUTION: Connection destination information to connect a radio broadcast medium and a telephone set 103 or a facsimile equipment 104 via a public line 107 is broadcast while being included in radio broadcast information as other information than video/audio information and a radio wave receiver 102 extracts the connection destination information from the received radio broadcast information. Based on the extracted connection destination information, the telephone set 103 or the facsimile equipment 104 is connected to the radio broadcast medium via the public line to make two-way communication, then the two-way communication path establishment method is obtained in which radio broadcast is easily accessed without the need for storage of a telephone number or a facsimile number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the establishment of a two-way communication path by fusing radio broadcasting for an unspecified number of parties and communication via a public line capable of connecting any two points. The present invention relates to a two-way communication path establishment method and a two-way communication path establishment system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in radio broadcasting, a program for the purpose of viewer participation has been often set up. In addition, the collection of viewers' opinions and the collection of individual information through a computer network such as the Internet are increasing. The number of cases of disclosure is increasing.

[0003] A conventional method of collecting viewers' opinions on wireless broadcasting will be described below. The method of responding to the radio broadcast by the viewer, that is, the receiver of the radio broadcast, is to record the telephone number or the facsimile number displayed on the screen during the program broadcast, and to store the telephone number or the facsimile number. This was done by calling the stored number through a device. As for the connection method of a computer network such as the Internet, a string of complex symbols called a network address that can be recognized by the computer network is stored in a manner similar to the telephone number described above, and the stored network address is stored. Is input when connecting to a computer network, thereby connecting the computer network to a wireless broadcasting medium or the like.

[0004]

However, in the conventional two-way communication channel establishment method for wireless broadcasting, when a viewer makes a loopback connection, the viewer obtains the connection destination and connection method from the wireless broadcasting information by himself / herself. , And need to be accessed. Further, in addition to the problem that the number must be stored at the time of access by a telephone number, if computer communication via the Internet or the like increases in the future, a network address which is a more complicated symbol string than a telephone number will be used. Has to be stored and used.

[0005] In the two-way communication path establishment method and the two-way communication path establishment system, there is a demand for easy access to a radio broadcast medium or a computer without the need to store telephone numbers and network addresses. .

The present invention provides a method for establishing a two-way communication path for easily accessing wireless broadcast media and computers without requiring storage of telephone numbers and network addresses.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a two-way communication path establishment system that can easily access a wireless broadcast medium or a computer without requiring storage of a telephone number and a network address.

[0007]

To solve this problem, a method for establishing a two-way communication path according to the present invention comprises: a radio broadcast medium for broadcasting information to an unspecified number of radio wave receiving apparatuses; Using a public line that can be connected by a telephone or facsimile device, the connection destination information for connecting the radio broadcast media to the telephone or facsimile device via the public line is wireless broadcast information as information other than video and audio information. The connection destination information is extracted from the radio broadcast information received by the radio wave receiving apparatus, and the telephone or facsimile apparatus is connected to the wireless broadcasting medium via a public line based on the extracted connection destination information. It is configured to perform two-way communication.

Thus, a method for establishing a two-way communication path capable of easily accessing a radio broadcast medium without requiring storage of a telephone number or a facsimile number is obtained.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention provides a wireless broadcast medium for broadcasting information to an unspecified number of radio wave receiving apparatuses, and a connection between a point and a telephone or facsimile apparatus between two points. Using a possible public line, the connection destination information for connecting the wireless broadcasting media to the telephone or facsimile device via the public line is included in the wireless broadcasting information as information other than video and audio information, and is broadcast. The connection destination information is extracted from the radio broadcast information received by the device, and the telephone or the facsimile device and the radio broadcast media are connected via the public line based on the extracted connection destination information to perform two-way communication. And has an effect that bidirectional communication is performed between a telephone or a facsimile apparatus connected based on the connection destination information and a radio broadcast medium. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless broadcasting medium for broadcasting information to an unspecified number of radio wave receiving apparatuses, a public line through which a computer can exchange information between two points, and Using a network,
The connection destination information for connecting the computer and the receiving device via the public line and the network is included in the radio broadcast information as information other than video and audio information and broadcast, and the connection is made from the radio broadcast information received by the radio wave receiving device Based on the extracted connection destination information, information is transmitted from the receiving device to the computer via the wireless broadcasting media via the public line and the network, or the receiving device receives the information from the computer and performs bidirectional communication. This has the effect that bidirectional communication is performed between the connected computer and the receiving device based on the connection destination information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a radio wave receiving device for receiving a radio broadcast via an antenna, a receiving device for inputting radio broadcast information including video and audio information from the radio wave receiving device, and a receiving device. A two-way communication path establishment system having a telephone or a facsimile device connected to the audio and video analysis unit for extracting the two-way communication information from the radio broadcast information; A connection destination information analysis unit for extracting connection destination information, a connection destination information storage unit for storing connection destination information, a connection processing unit for performing connection processing for connecting a telephone or a facsimile apparatus via a public line, and connection destination information Various connection protocol processing units that process various connection protocols prepared according to
A telephone line or a facsimile apparatus is connected to the radio broadcasting station by simply inputting a special number from the telephone or the facsimile apparatus to the receiving side apparatus. It has the effect of

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a bidirectional communication path establishment system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes a set-top box (STB) as a receiving device, which is a main component of a two-way communication path establishment system;
A television as a radio wave receiving apparatus for receiving a radio broadcast via the telephone 6, a telephone 103 serving as a user interface on the viewer side, a facsimile apparatus 104 also serving as a user interface on the viewer side, and a viewer 105 controlling the STB 101 Operating device for STB to perform 10
7 is a radio broadcast station (radio broadcast media) from the STB 101
This is a public network (public line) for connecting to the side.

FIG. 2 is an STB block diagram showing the inside of the STB of FIG. In FIG. 2, a television 102, a telephone 103, a facsimile device 104, and a STB operation device 1
05 and the public network 107 are the same as those shown in FIG. 201, an audio / video analysis unit for extracting bidirectional communication information used for performing bidirectional connection from wireless broadcast information (information including audio and video information);
202 is a connection destination information analysis unit that analyzes and extracts connection destination information of the two-way communication information extracted by the audio / video analysis unit 201;
Reference numeral 203 denotes a connection destination information storage unit that stores connection destination information of two-way communication information, 204 denotes a connection processing unit that performs processing for connecting via a public line in accordance with a viewer's request, 205
Is a connection protocol processing unit that processes various connection protocols prepared according to the connection destination information of the bidirectional communication information, and 206 is a public line access unit that controls access to the public line 107.

Next, the S arranged and configured as described above
A method of an answering phone connection in the TB 101 will be described. An answering phone connection is a service that connects a viewer and a radio broadcasting station by telephone and provides a response from a telephone according to a questionnaire or the like performed by the radio broadcasting station.

First, at the time of receiving a radio broadcast, if the broadcast is a program for answerphone connection, the radio broadcast station transmits a composition of answerphone connection information in addition to the radio broadcast information. In the received STB 101, the audio / video analysis unit 201 analyzes the audio and video signals to extract the bidirectional communication information, and the connection destination information analysis unit 202 extracts the connection destination information of the bidirectional communication information. FIG. 6 shows connection destination information that is information for bidirectional connection. FIG. 6 is a data structure diagram showing connection destination information. In FIG. 6, connection method information A1 indicating various connection methods is placed at the top, and next, protocol information A prepared for each connection method is set.
2 and data A3. Here, the answerphone connection method is stored as the connection method information A1, and the telephone number of the connection destination is stored as the protocol information A2. The contents of the protocol information A2 change according to the connection method. The connection destination information extracted by the connection destination information analysis unit 202 is stored in the connection destination information storage unit 203.

Next, the connection processing operation in the STB 101 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the connection processing operation of the STB of FIG. When a viewer watching a wireless broadcast attempts to send a response using the answerphone connection method in accordance with the broadcast instruction, the viewer first receives a special number, for example, “* 1” from the telephone 103 and sets the STB1.
01, an instruction to connect the telephone set 103 is input to the connection processing unit 204. Based on this instruction, the connection processing section 204 connects the telephone 103 (S1). Further, the viewer instructs the connection processing unit 204 to perform an answerphone connection using a special number, for example, “1”, and the connection processing unit 204 receives this instruction (S2). The connection processing unit 204 fetches connection information of the answerphone connection system corresponding to the program currently being watched from the connection destination information storage unit 203 (S3), and the public line (telephone line) 107 via the public line access unit 206. Is connected (S4). After that, how to give the answer by phone,
This is performed by directly inputting the number specified by the radio broadcast from the telephone 103. That is, the connection processing unit 20
4 sends the input data from the telephone 103 to the public line 107 via the public line access unit 206 (S5).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, in a viewer-participation type broadcast using an answer phone connection method,
The telephone 103 and the radio broadcasting station can be connected only by inputting a special number from the telephone 103 to the STB 101, so that a different user can specify a connection destination via a public line for each program without being aware of the program. (Telephone 103).

(Embodiment 2) The configuration of a two-way communication channel establishment system for describing a two-way communication channel establishment method according to a second embodiment of the present invention is the same as that of FIG. 1, and a description thereof will be omitted. Further, the configuration of STB 101 is the same as that of FIG. 2, and the description thereof is omitted. Embodiment 2 and Embodiment 1
Is different in operation and user interface.

Next, S arranged and configured as described above
A facsimile delivery connection method in the TB 101 will be described. The facsimile distribution connection is a service for distributing individual information by facsimile communication based on a specific number to be guided during broadcasting.

First, at the time of receiving a radio broadcast, if the broadcast is a program capable of facsimile distribution connection, the radio broadcast station combines the facsimile distribution connection information in addition to the radio broadcast information. Send. In the received STB 101, the audio / video analysis unit 201 analyzes the audio and video signals to extract the bidirectional communication information, and the connection destination information analysis unit 202 extracts the connection destination information of the bidirectional communication information. FIG. 6 shows connection destination information that is information for bidirectional connection. Here, the facsimile delivery connection method is stored as the connection method information A1, and the facsimile number of the connection destination is stored as the protocol information A2. The connection destination information extracted by the connection destination information analysis unit 202 is stored in the connection destination information storage unit 203.
Is stored in

Next, the connection processing operation in the STB 101 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a connection processing operation in Embodiment 2 of the STB of FIG. When a viewer watching a wireless broadcast tries to receive information using a facsimile distribution connection method in accordance with a broadcast instruction, the viewer first receives a special number, for example, “* 1” from the facsimile apparatus 104 to connect to the STB 101. An instruction to connect the facsimile machine 104 is input to the unit 204. Based on this instruction, the connection processing unit 204 connects the facsimile machine 104 (S11). Further, the viewer uses a special number, eg, “1”, to connect to
To the facsimile distribution connection, and the connection processing unit 204
Receives this instruction (S12). The connection processing unit 204
The latest facsimile distribution connection destination information is extracted from the connection destination information storage unit 203 (S13), and the public line access unit 2
Then, it is connected to the public line (telephone line) 107 via 06 (S14). Thereafter, the connection processing unit 204 passes control to the facsimile distribution connection protocol processing of the various connection protocol processing units 205, and transmits the number of the facsimile distribution destination to the facsimile distribution source (S15). Finally, the public line 107 is connected and waiting for facsimile distribution (S1
6).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, in radio broadcasting by the facsimile distribution connection method, simply inputting a special number from facsimile apparatus 104 to STB 101 and facsimile apparatus 104 and the radio broadcast station which is the facsimile distribution source. Can be connected, and a different connection destination via a public line for each program can be designated by the same user interface (facsimile device 104) without being conscious of the program.

(Embodiment 3) The configuration of a two-way communication channel establishment system for describing a two-way communication channel establishment method according to a third embodiment of the present invention is the same as that of FIG. 1, and a description thereof will be omitted. Further, the configuration of STB 101 is the same as that of FIG. 2, and the description thereof is omitted. Embodiment 3 and Embodiment 1
Is different in operation and user interface.

Next, the S arranged and configured as described above
A method of connecting a computer network in the TB 101 will be described.

First, at the time of receiving a radio broadcast, if the broadcast is a program for which information to be connected to a computer network is desired to be provided to a viewer, a combination of computer network connection information in addition to the radio broadcast information is used. Transmitted by a radio station. In the received STB101,
The audio / video analysis unit 201 analyzes audio and video signals to extract two-way communication information, and the connection destination information analysis unit 202 extracts connection destination information of the two-way communication information. FIG. 6 shows connection destination information that is information for bidirectional connection. Here, the Internet connection method is stored as the connection method information A1, and the address information of the connection destination is stored as the protocol information A2. The connection destination information extracted by the connection destination information analysis unit 202 is stored in the connection destination information storage unit 203.

Next, the connection processing operation in the STB 101 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the connection processing operation in the third embodiment of the STB of FIG. When a viewer watching a radio broadcast tries to connect to the Internet connection destination introduced during the broadcast, the viewer first uses the STB operation device 105 to display the computer network connection destination information acquired and stored from the radio broadcast. A list is displayed on the TV 102 (S21), and a connection destination to be connected is selected (S22). The selected connection destination is stored in the connection destination information storage unit 203. Connection processing unit 2
04 uniquely determines the connection protocol according to the connection method with the connection destination selected by the STB operation device 105;
The control is passed to the corresponding protocol of the various connection protocol processing unit 205 (S23). The connection protocol processing unit 205 and the connection processing unit 204 are connected to the STB operation device 10.
The connection is made to the connection destination address selected in step 5 (S2
4) Display the result on the screen of the television 102. Subsequent procedures are performed in the same manner as a normal computer network connection (S25).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a connection destination address of a computer network is provided by wireless broadcasting, the connection destination to be connected is set to ST.
Since the information for connecting to the computer network can be provided only by selecting the operation device for B 105, there is no need to record and store the computer network connection destination information displayed during the broadcast.
A computer network can be connected with a simple operation directly while watching a program.

[0028]

As described above, according to the two-way communication channel establishment method of the present invention, two-way communication is performed between a telephone or facsimile apparatus connected to a radio broadcast medium based on connection destination information. Therefore, there is an advantageous effect that wireless broadcasting can be easily accessed without requiring storage of telephone numbers and facsimile numbers.

Further, since bidirectional communication can be performed between the connected computer and the receiving device based on the connection destination information, the computer can be easily stored without the need to store complicated computer network addresses. Has the advantageous effect of accessing.

Further, according to the two-way communication path establishment system of the present invention, a telephone or facsimile apparatus can be connected to a radio broadcasting station via a public line using the stored connection destination information. An advantageous effect is obtained that wireless broadcasting can be easily accessed without requiring storage of numbers or facsimile numbers.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a bidirectional communication path establishment system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an STB block diagram showing the inside of the STB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a connection processing operation of the STB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a connection processing operation in Embodiment 2 of the STB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a connection processing operation in Embodiment 3 of the STB in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a data structure diagram showing connection destination information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 101 STB (reception side device) 102 Television (radio wave reception device) 103 Telephone set 104 Facsimile device 105 STB operation device 106 Radio broadcast radio wave reception antenna 107 Public network (public line) 201 Audio / video analysis unit 202 Connection destination information analysis unit 203 Connection information storage unit 204 Connection processing unit 205 Various connection protocol processing units 206 Public line access unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] A wireless broadcasting medium for broadcasting information to an unspecified number of radio wave receiving apparatuses, and a public line connectable by a telephone or a facsimile apparatus between two points, via the public line. The connection destination information for connecting the radio broadcast media and the telephone or the facsimile apparatus is broadcasted by including the radio broadcast information as information other than the video and audio information, and the radio broadcast information received by the radio wave receiving apparatus. A two-way communication path establishing method for extracting the connection destination information and connecting the telephone or facsimile apparatus and the wireless broadcast medium via the public line based on the extracted connection destination information to perform two-way communication. . 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising using a radio broadcast medium for broadcasting information to an unspecified number of radio wave receiving apparatuses, and a public line and a network capable of exchanging information between two points by a computer. The connection destination information for connecting the computer and the receiving side device via a line and the network is broadcasted by including the wireless broadcasting information as information other than video and audio information, and the radio wave received by the radio wave receiving device. The connection destination information is extracted from broadcast information, and information is transmitted to the computer through the wireless broadcast medium from the receiving device via the public line and the network based on the extracted connection destination information, or A bidirectional communication path establishing method in which the receiving device receives information and performs bidirectional communication. 3. A radio wave receiving device for receiving a radio broadcast via an antenna, a receiving device for inputting radio broadcast information including video and audio information from the radio wave receiving device, and a telephone connected to the receiving device Or a two-way communication path establishment system having a facsimile apparatus, wherein the receiving side apparatus includes an audio / video analysis unit for extracting two-way communication information from the wireless broadcast information, and connection destination information of the two-way communication information. A connection destination information analysis unit that extracts the connection destination information, a connection destination information storage unit that stores the connection destination information, a connection processing unit that performs a connection process for connecting the telephone or the facsimile apparatus via a public line, and the connection destination Both having various connection protocol processing units for processing various connection protocols prepared according to information and a public line access unit for accessing a public line Communication path establishment system.