JPH1042236A - Reception terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a user able to easily obtain program information relating to a desired trend at an extremely high speed by automatically obtaining the trend of the world for a broadcasted program. SOLUTION: A program information recording medium 12 records trend information as well along with the program information including a program name, the date and time of broadcasting and a channel received by a program information reception means 10. A trend information input means 13 reads the trend information from the program information recording medium 12 and inputs it to a trend information management means 14 and the trend information management means 14 manages the trend information corresponding to a trend order. Then, trend performer information or trend word information is displayed corresponding to the trend order in a trend information display means 15 or trend order information or a trend information containing display mark is displayed on the display screen of the program information and a program table.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is not only for receiving a program to be broadcast, but also for receiving information (program information) associated with the program, for example, program name, program broadcast date and time, broadcast channel, program genre, program The present invention relates to a receiving terminal device configured to also hold program information such as performers and summary information about the contents of a program, and make a viewing or recording reservation based on the program information. The target broadcasts are all broadcasts, but mainly digital broadcasts. Also,
The communication medium is mainly a satellite broadcast, but may be a cable broadcast (CATV), a broadcast using a telephone line, or a terrestrial broadcast.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Since digital multi-channel broadcasting provides hundreds of channels, in order to allow a user to view a desired program, programs such as program guides and program guides distributed through various communication media are required. Service becomes essential. Conventionally, a program guide having two axes of a channel name and time has been known as such a program guide. This program guide is displayed on the screen of the display. When the user moves the cursor and selects a program, the user can see more detailed information such as an outline of the program and performers. Since information such as the genre of the program and the performers is included in the program information in advance, it is possible to find a desired program by using them as a clue when searching for a program. Then, the user can select a desired program on the screen, which is found on the screen, and can easily make a recording reservation of the program on the screen.

[0003]

However, in the case of the above-mentioned receiving terminal device according to the prior art, a trend in the world, that is, a trend (recent trend / trend / tide) is reflected in the program information. Is not configured, so
It has been very difficult to find programs that are popular in the world among a large number of programs.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and by automatically obtaining trends in the world, a user can easily and extremely quickly obtain program information relating to desired trends. It is an object of the present invention to provide a receiving terminal device which can be obtained in the following.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A receiving terminal device according to the present invention records not only program information but also trend information (for example, words related to the main cast and the contents of a program) on a program information recording medium. If necessary, enter the trend information into the trend information management means and manage the trend information according to the trend order, and display the trend information or related information on the screen according to the trend order. It is possible to easily find a program related to a popular trend in the world from among the programs. Also,
Automatic recording of high ranking programs eliminates the risk of overlooking trend programs. Furthermore, since the trend information is recorded in the program information recording medium in a state including the trend ranking in advance, there is no need to count the trend information, and the search and display of trend information or related information according to the trend ranking can be performed at a very high speed. Can be done.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A receiving terminal device according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises a program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information, and a trend information for reading and inputting the recorded trend information. Input means, trend information management means for managing the trend information input by the trend information input means according to the trend order, and trend information display means for displaying trend information on the screen according to the trend order, I have. Since the trend information is displayed in a list according to the trend order on the screen, it is possible to find out a program related to a trend that is popular in the present world from a very large number of programs very easily. Also, since the trend information is recorded in the program information recording medium in a state including the trend ranking in advance, the counting of the trend information is completely unnecessary,
The search and display of trend information according to the trend ranking can be performed at a very high speed.

[0007] The receiving terminal device according to claim 2 of the present invention comprises:
The above-mentioned claim 1 is characterized by comprising a trend information selecting means for allowing the viewer to select the trend information displayed on the screen by the trend information displaying means.
By selecting the desired trend performer on the screen displaying the trend information, the user can select options only for a set of programs related to the trend information according to the genre-specific menu until reaching the desired program. Become.

[0008] According to a third aspect of the present invention, a receiving terminal apparatus comprises:
A program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information, a trend information input means for reading and inputting the recorded trend information, and managing the trend information input by the trend information input means in accordance with a trend order; A trend information managing means, a program information displaying means for displaying program information on a screen, and a trend ranking information or a trend information containing display mark in a display state of the program information including trend information having a trend ranking higher than a certain level. Or trend information containing display means for displaying the corresponding program information in a display color different from the other cases. If the program information displayed on the screen is the program information relating to the trend information, display the trend ranking information or the trend information containing display mark on the screen, or display the program information in a display color different from other cases. Therefore, a program related to a trend that is popular in the present world can be found very easily from a very large number of programs. In addition, since the trend information is recorded in advance in the program information recording medium in a state including the trend ranking, the counting of the trend information is not required at all, and the display of the trend ranking information or the trend information containing display mark or the program information is stored in another program. The display in a different display color from the case can be performed at a very high speed.

[0009] The receiving terminal device according to claim 4 of the present invention comprises:
A program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information, a trend information input means for reading and inputting the recorded trend information, and managing the trend information input by the trend information input means in accordance with a trend order; A program information display means for displaying a program table in which a list of program information is displayed, and displaying the corresponding program information in the program table for program information including trend information having a trend ranking higher than a certain level. And a trend information containing display means for displaying the trend order information or the trend information containing display mark on the cell in which it is displayed, or displaying the cell in a display color different from that of the other cells. In the program guide displayed on the screen, if there is a cell of the program information including the trend information, in the cell, display the trend ranking information or the display mark containing the trend information, or set the corresponding cell to be different from other cells. Since the display is performed in the display color, it is possible to very easily find a program related to a popular trend in the present world from a very large number of programs. In addition, since the trend information is recorded in the program information recording medium in a state including the trend ranking in advance, the counting of the trend information is completely unnecessary, and the display of the trend ranking information or the trend information containing display mark or the corresponding cell is changed to another cell. The display in a display color different from that of the cell can be performed at a very high speed.

[0010] The receiving terminal device according to claim 5 of the present invention comprises:
A program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information, a trend information input means for reading and inputting the recorded trend information, and managing the trend information input by the trend information input means in accordance with a trend order; Trend information management means, a program receiving means for receiving a broadcast program, a program recording medium for recording a program, and a program recording means for recording a program on the program recording medium, wherein the trend information management means The program recording means is controlled based on the managed trend information to record the program on the program recording medium. If there is program information related to the trend information, the program related to the trend is automatically recorded, so that it is possible to prevent the trend program from being overlooked. Further, since the trend information is recorded in advance in the program information recording medium in a state including the trend ranking, it is not necessary to count the trend information at all, and it is possible to determine whether or not to perform the automatic recording at a very high speed.

[0011] The receiving terminal device according to claim 6 of the present invention comprises:
A program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information, a trend information input means for reading and inputting the recorded trend information, and managing the trend information input by the trend information input means in accordance with a trend order; Trend information managing means, a program receiving means for receiving a broadcast program, a program recording medium for recording a program, a program recording means for recording a program on the program recording medium, and a program recording medium for recording the program on the program recording medium. A program discarding unit that deletes and discards the programs from the program recording medium in order from the program with the lowest trend order, and controls the program discarding unit based on the trend information managed by the trend information managing unit. It is characterized in that a program having a low trend order is erased and discarded from the program recording medium. If the free space is not sufficiently secured on the program recording medium when the automatic recording mode is set, the program is erased and discarded from the program recording medium in descending order of the trend order. As a result, the program with the highest trend ranking to be broadcast next can be automatically recorded on the program recording medium, which effectively functions to prevent the trend program from being overlooked. In addition, since the trend information is recorded in the program information recording medium in a state including the trend ranking in advance, the count of the trend information is not required at all, and the determination as to whether or not the automatic discarding should be performed can be made very quickly.

[0012] The receiving terminal device according to claim 7 of the present invention comprises:
7. The program recording apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a program unviewed recording means for recording whether or not the program recorded on the program recording medium has already been viewed, wherein the program discarding means comprises a program having a trend ranking among the programs recorded on the program recording medium. The program is characterized in that it is configured to erase and discard the program from the program recording medium in order from a program which is low and has already been viewed.
If the program recording medium does not have enough free space when it enters the automatic recording mode, the program is deleted from the program recording medium in descending order of the trend order and the program that has already been viewed is discarded. , Enough free space is secured in the program recording medium, and the next broadcast program with the highest trend order can be automatically recorded on the program recording medium, effectively functioning to prevent overlooking of the trend program. In addition, it is possible to prevent the recorded program from being erased and discarded without being viewed by anyone.

[0013] The receiving terminal device according to claim 8 of the present invention comprises:
A program information receiving means for receiving program information and trend information, and a program information recording means for recording the received program information and trend information on a program information recording medium. It is characterized by having. Since new program information and trend information are always received and recorded and programs related to trends are searched from the program information and trend information,
You can get the latest trend program guide.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the receiving terminal device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Embodiment 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a program information receiving means for receiving program information and trend information transmitted periodically or irregularly from a broadcasting satellite, for example, and 11 denotes a program for recording the received program information and trend information on a recording medium. The information recording means 12 is a program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information. Program information recording medium 12
For example, a floppy disk or a magnetic tape may be used in addition to a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.

Here, program information and trend information transmitted from a satellite will be described.

FIG. 2 shows program information required in the first embodiment among various kinds of program information, and shows one program in which the program information is stored in the program information recording medium 12. Program information table 12a
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a storage state of program information in FIG. In the case of the first embodiment, the program information table 12a stores a program name, a program broadcast date and time, and a broadcast channel for each program. However, this does not exclude the inclusion of other program information. The program information recording medium 12 has a large number of program information tables 12a as described above.

FIG. 3 shows the current trend information relating to the performers required in the case of the first embodiment, and a performer trend information table storing the trend information in the program information recording medium 12. It is a trend information storage state diagram in 12b. The current trend information relating to the performers is transmitted from the satellite, received by the program information receiving means 10, and recorded in the performer trend information table 12b of the program information recording medium 12 by the program information recording means 11. It has become so. The trend information is a pair of a trend ranking and a performer (name) as a trend keyword. The trend information on the performers is obtained from the satellite by using the program information table 12a shown in FIG.
May be transmitted at the same time as the program information recorded in the program, or may be transmitted separately.

Reference numeral 13 denotes trend information input means for reading the current trend information relating to the performers from the performer trend information table 12b of the program information recording medium 12 and inputting the information to the trend information management means 14 at the next stage. Information management means for arranging and storing the current trend information of the performers in the order of the trend and managing the same, the trend performer information 17 which is the performer (name) which is in the trend as shown in FIG. A trend information display means 16 for displaying on the screen 200 is a trend which is a performer (name) that the user wants to view by inputting a selection number by remote control operation or the like from the trend performer information 17 displayed on the screen. Performer information 1
7 is a trend information selecting means for selecting the number 7.

The operation of the receiving terminal apparatus according to the first embodiment configured as described above will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the trend information display mode is selected by the remote control operation by the user, the operation starts from step S1. In step S1, the trend information input means 13 performs from the performer trend information table 12b of the program information recording medium 12. The current trend information of the user is read out and input to the trend information management means 14. The trend information management means 14 stores and manages the input trend information on the performers in the order of the trend. In step S2, the trend information management means 14 drives the trend information display means 15 and displays the trend keywords, that is, the trend cast information 17 on the screen 200 in descending order of the trend ranking as shown in FIG. The trend ranking number and the performer's name are displayed in pairs.

After that, when the user inputs a desired trend ranking number by using the trend information selecting means 16 such as a remote controller, the user can select a program related to (appearing in) the trend performer selected by the input. Only the set is selected. Then, only for the program in which the selected trend performer is appearing, for example, a genre-specific menu 18 as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the screen 200, and the user selects an option until a desired program is reached. In this example, menus for each genre are shown, but any format may be used as long as options limited to the trend performers selected by the user are sequentially displayed. That is, the trend information display means 15 extracts program information limited to the trend performer selected by the user from the program information table 12a of the program information recording medium 12 and displays it as options.

According to the receiving terminal device of the first embodiment,
Since the trend performer information 17 is displayed on the screen 200 in a list in the descending order of the trend ranking, a program in which a popular trend performer in the present world appears is found out of a very large number of programs very easily. be able to.

The trend keyword representing the trend of the era is arbitrary. Here, the current performers are taken as an example. A word or the like relating to a topic included in the summary information about the contents of the program information may be used as the trend keyword. In order to achieve the same object as the present invention, information on the names of the performers is incorporated in the program information, and the appearance frequency of the same performer is counted for each program. It is also conceivable to determine whether or not it is a trend performer and display it when it is a trend performer, but in contrast, in the case of the present invention, the fact that it is a trend performer from the beginning together with its trend ranking is primary Since the information is provided to the receiving terminal device, the above-described counting process is not required at all, and the list of the trend cast information 17 can be displayed at high speed.

The trend performer information 17 displayed by the trend information display means 15 according to the trend order is usually the name of the performer, but may be an image of the performer's face. .

Further, the trend information selecting means 16 for selecting the trend performer information 17 displayed according to the trend ranking is not an essential requirement of the present invention itself in which the search and display of trend performers is an essence.
In an actual machine, it is sufficient if the device is provided outside the technical scope of the present invention.

The program information receiving means 10 and the program information recording means 11 are not essential requirements of the present invention. What is necessary is just to store the program information and the trend information relating to the performers in the program information recording medium 12 by some method. In a broad sense, the program information recording medium 12 recording the program information and the trend information is stored in the actual machine by some means. It may be connected.

[Embodiment 2] FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In FIG. 7, reference numerals 10 to 14 denote the same components as those in FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment, but when described again, reference numeral 10 denotes a program for receiving program information and trend information transmitted from a satellite. Information receiving means, 11 is program information recording means for recording received program information and trend information on a recording medium, 12 is program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information, and 13 is appearance of program information recording medium 12 User trend information table 12b (FIG. 3)
Trend information input means for reading out the current trend information relating to the performer from the reference information and inputting it to the trend information management means 14 at the next stage. The trend information input means 14 stores the current trend information relating to the performer in the trend order. It is a trend information management means to manage. In the second embodiment,
Trend information display means 1 in case of Embodiment 1 (FIG. 1)
5 and the trend information selecting means 16 are not provided. Instead, elements indicated by reference numerals 21 and 22 are provided. 21 is the program information 23 as shown in FIGS.
Is displayed on the screen 200, and 22 is a trend information containing display means for displaying on the screen 200 that the displayed program information 23 includes trend performer information.

FIG. 8 shows the program information required in the second embodiment among various kinds of program information, and shows one program in which the program information is stored in the program information recording medium 12. Program information table 12c
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a storage state of program information in FIG. In the case of the second embodiment, the program information table 12c stores a program name, a program broadcast date and time, a broadcast channel, a main cast (name) of the program, and a program genre for each program.
However, this does not exclude the inclusion of other program information. The program information recording medium 12 has a large number of program information tables 12c as described above.

In the second embodiment, the first embodiment
The current trend information related to the performer as in the case of FIG. 3 is stored in the performer trend information table 12b of the program information recording medium 12.

The operation of the receiving terminal apparatus according to the second embodiment configured as described above will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the trend information display mode is selected by the user's remote control operation, the operation starts from step S11. In step S11, the trend information input means 13 performs the appearance from the performer trend information table 12b of the program information recording medium 12. The current trend information of the user is read out and input to the trend information management means 14.
The trend information management means 14 stores and manages the input trend information on the performers in the order of the trend.
In step S12, the program information display means 21 displays the program information 23 on the display screen 200 as shown in FIG. Then, in step S13, the trend information management means 14 determines whether or not the program information 23 being displayed on the screen 200 includes performer information having a trend rank higher than a certain level. As shown in the upper right of the screen 200 of FIG. 10 (this is not particularly limited, and the display position is arbitrary), the trend ranking of the trend cast related to the program information 23 being displayed is displayed as shown in FIG. Information 24 is displayed. FIG.
In the example of “0”, “trend No.
1 "is displayed.

Instead of displaying the trend order information 24, the trend information containing display means 22 is used when the program information 23 being displayed on the screen 200 includes performer information having a trend rank higher than a certain level. As shown in FIG. 11, a trend information containing display mark 25 such as a pictogram indicating that trend performer information is included may be displayed. Alternatively, the program information may be displayed in a color that is clearly different from the display color when the corresponding program information does not correspond. In this case, the entire screen may be set to such a display color, or the display of the trend cast may be set to such a display color.

According to the receiving terminal device of the second embodiment,
When the program information displayed on the screen is the program information relating to the trend performer, the trend ranking information 24 or the trend information containing display mark 25 is displayed on the screen, or the program information is displayed in a display color different from other cases. , It is very easy to find a program in which a popular trend performer in the world is appearing from a large number of programs.

The trend keyword representing the trend of the era is arbitrary. Here, the current performers are taken as an example. A word or the like relating to a topic included in the summary information about the contents of the program information may be used as the trend keyword.

In order to achieve the same object as the present invention, it is determined whether or not the performer is a trend performer by counting the appearance frequency of the performer name incorporated in the program information for each program. A possible solution would be to display if you are a trend performer,
In contrast, in the case of the present invention, the fact that the performer is a trend performer is given to the receiving terminal device together with the trend rank as primary information from the beginning, so that the above-described count processing is not required at all, and the trend rank information 24 or When the trend information containing display mark 25 is to be displayed or its program information is to be displayed in a display color different from other colors, the processing can be performed at extremely high speed.

The program information receiving means 10 and the program information recording means 11 are not essential requirements of the present invention. What is necessary is just to store the program information and the trend information relating to the performers in the program information recording medium 12 by some method. In a broad sense, the program information recording medium 12 recording the program information and the trend information is stored in the actual machine by some means. It may be connected.

[Embodiment 3] FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. In FIG. 12, reference numerals 10 to 14 denote the same components as those in FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment, but, again, reference numeral 10 denotes a program for receiving program information and trend information transmitted from a satellite. Information receiving means, 11 is program information recording means for recording received program information and trend information on a recording medium, 12 is program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information, and 13 is appearance of program information recording medium 12 Trend information input means for reading the current trend information relating to the performer from the performer trend information table 12b (see FIG. 3) and inputting the same to the trend information management means 14 at the next stage. Are arranged in the trend order and stored and managed. In addition, FIG.
5, a program table display means for displaying the program table 33 on the screen 200, and a trend information containing display means 32 for displaying that the displayed program table 33 includes trend performer information.

The information obtained as the program information and the form of recording are the same as those of the second embodiment (FIG. 8). The program name, the broadcast date and time of the program, the broadcast channel, the main performers (name) of the program, and the genre of the program Are stored in the program information table 12c. What is obtained as trend information and the form of recording are the same as those in the first embodiment (FIG. 3).

The operation of the receiving terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 3 configured as described above will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the trend information display mode is selected by the user's remote control operation, the operation starts from step S21. In step S21, the trend information input means 13 performs from the performer trend information table 12b of the program information recording medium 12. The current trend information of the user is read out and input to the trend information management means 14.
The trend information management means 14 stores and manages the input trend information on the performers in the order of the trend.
In step S22, the program guide display means 31 displays the program guide 33 on the screen 200 of the display as shown in FIG. The program table 33 takes the form of a program list display with the vertical axis being the channel axis and the horizontal axis being the time axis. Then, in step S23, the trend information management means 14 determines whether or not there is performer information in which the trend rank is higher than a certain level in a cell in the program guide 33 being displayed on the screen 200. The trend information containing display means 32 is shown in FIG.
In the corresponding cell in the program table 33 on the screen 200, the trend ranking information 34 of the trend performer related to the program information of the cell is displayed. In the example of FIG. 14, “trend No. 1” and “trend No. 3” are displayed as the trend order information 34.

Instead of displaying the trend order information 34, the trend information containing display means 32 displays the cell in the program table 33 being displayed on the screen 200 and the performer information having the trend order higher than a certain level exists. 15, a trend information containing display mark 35 such as a pictogram indicating that trend performer information is included may be displayed as shown in FIG. Alternatively, the display color of the corresponding cell may be set to a color that is clearly different from the display colors of the other cells, and the cell may be displayed.

According to the receiving terminal device of the third embodiment,
If there is a cell of the program information including the trend performer in the program guide displayed on the screen, the trend ranking information 34 or the trend information containing display mark 35 is included in the cell.
Or the corresponding cell is displayed in a different color than the other cells, making it very easy to find the program featuring the most popular trend performers in the world from among a large number of programs. Can be.

A trend keyword representing a trend of the times is arbitrary. Here, the current performers are taken as an example. A word or the like relating to a topic included in the summary information about the contents of the program information may be used as the trend keyword.

To achieve the same object as the present invention, it is determined whether or not the performer is a trend performer by counting the appearance frequency of the performer name incorporated in the program information for each program. A possible solution would be to display if you are a trend performer,
In contrast, in the case of the present invention, the fact that the user is a trend performer is given to the receiving terminal device together with the trend ranking as primary information from the beginning, so that the above-described count processing is not required at all, and the trend ranking information 34 or When the trend information containing display mark 35 is displayed or the corresponding cell is to be displayed in a display color different from other cells, the processing can be performed at extremely high speed.

The program information receiving means 10 and the program information recording means 11 are not essential requirements of the present invention. What is necessary is just to store the program information and the trend information relating to the performers in the program information recording medium 12 by some method. In a broad sense, the program information recording medium 12 recording the program information and the trend information is stored in the actual machine by some means. It may be connected.

[Embodiment 4] FIG.16 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. In FIG. 16, reference numerals 10 to 14 denote the same components as those in FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment, but, again, 10 denotes a program for receiving program information and trend information transmitted from a satellite. Information receiving means, 11 is program information recording means for recording received program information and trend information on a recording medium, 12 is program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information, and 13 is appearance of program information recording medium 12 Trend information input means for reading the current trend information relating to the performer from the performer trend information table 12b (see FIG. 3) and inputting the same to the trend information management means 14 at the next stage. Are arranged in the trend order and stored and managed. 41 is a program receiving means for receiving a broadcasted program, 42 is a program recording means for recording the received program on a recording medium, and 43 is a program recording medium for recording the program. The program recording medium 43 may be a hard disk or a semiconductor memory, or may be a floppy disk or a video tape.

The information obtained as the program information and the form of recording are the same as those in the second embodiment (FIG. 8). The program name, the broadcast date and time of the program, the broadcast channel, the main performers (name) of the program, and the genre of the program Are stored in the program information table 12c. What is obtained as trend information and the form of recording are the same as those in the first embodiment (FIG. 3).

The operation of the receiving terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 4 configured as described above will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the trend information display mode is selected by the user operating the remote controller, the operation starts from step S31. In step S31, the trend information input unit 13 reads the current trend information on the performer from the performer trend information table 12b of the program information recording medium 12, and inputs the current trend information to the trend information management unit 14. The trend information management means 14 stores and manages the input trend information on the performers in the order of the trend. In step S32, the trend information management unit 14 sets the performer keyword having the highest trend ranking as the current keyword when the program recording unit 42 is in the automatic recording mode in which the user does not specify the program to be recorded. In S33, the program recording means 42 determines whether or not the program including the current keyword can be recorded in the current empty area of the program recording medium 43. If the program can be stored in the empty area, the program proceeds to step S34 to set the recording reservation. Then, at the time when the program receiving means 41 receives the program in which the trend performer is appearing,
The program recording means 42 automatically records the received program on the program recording medium 43.

When the recording of the program is completed, the performer keyword having the next highest rank is set as the current keyword, and the flow advances to step S33 to repeat the same operation. When there is no more free space in the program recording medium 43, this routine ends.

As described above, a program in which a performer with a higher trend ranking appears is preferentially recorded.

According to the receiving terminal device of the fourth embodiment,
If there is program information related to a trend performer, the program in which the trend performer is performing is automatically recorded, so that it is possible to prevent a trend program from being overlooked.

In the fourth embodiment, the program is recorded at step S34 in FIG.
It may be only necessary to make a recording reservation for a program. in this case,
In the case of step S33, when calculating the size of the empty area of the recording medium, the calculation is performed by subtracting the capacity of the program reserved for recording.

The trend keyword representing the trend of the era is arbitrary. Here, the current performers are taken as an example. A word or the like relating to a topic included in the summary information about the contents of the program information may be used as the trend keyword. In order to achieve the same object as the present invention, by counting the appearance frequency of the names of performers incorporated in the program information for each program,
A possible solution is to determine whether the performer is a trend performer and what the trend ranking is, and to automatically record if the performer is trend performer and the trend rank is high. In contrast, in the case of the present invention, the fact that the performer is a trend performer is given to the receiving terminal device as primary information together with the trend ranking from the beginning, so that the above-described count processing is completely unnecessary, and whether or not automatic recording should be performed. Can be determined very quickly.

The program information receiving means 10 and the program information recording means 11 are not essential requirements of the present invention. What is necessary is just to store the program information and the trend information relating to the performers in the program information recording medium 12 by some method. In a broad sense, the program information recording medium 12 recording the program information and the trend information is stored in the actual machine by some means. It may be connected.

[Fifth Embodiment] FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving terminal apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 18, reference numerals 10 to 14 and 41 to 43 indicate the same components as those in FIG. 16 according to the fourth embodiment, but when described again, 10 indicates program information transmitted from a satellite and A program information receiving means for receiving the trend information; a program information recording means for recording the received program information and trend information on a recording medium; a program information recording medium for recording the program information and trend information; Trend information input means for reading out the current trend information on the performer from the performer trend information table 12b (see FIG. 3) of the information recording medium 12 and inputting it to the next trend information management means 14, And a trend information management means 41 for storing and managing the current trend information according to the order of the trends, and receiving the broadcast program. The program receiving means for, 42 program recording means for recording the program received, 43 is a program recording medium for recording a program. Reference numeral 44 denotes a program already recorded on the program recording medium 43 when the free space of the program recording medium 43 is not sufficient when the recording mode is entered, and a program of a performer having a lower rank in the trend order. This is a program discarding means for erasing and discarding from the program recording medium 43.

The information obtained as program information and the form of recording are the same as those in the second embodiment (FIG. 8). The program name, the broadcast date and time of the program, the broadcast channel, the main performers (names) of the program, and the genre of the program Are stored in the program information table 12c. What is obtained as trend information and the form of recording are the same as those in the first embodiment (FIG. 3).

The operation of the receiving terminal apparatus of the fifth embodiment configured as described above will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

At step S41, the trend information input means 1
3 reads out the current trend information on the performers from the performer trend information table 12b of the program information recording medium 12 and inputs it to the trend information management means 14. The trend information management means 14 stores and manages the input trend information on the performers in the order of the trend. However,
In the automatic recording mode of the fourth embodiment, when it is determined that the free area of the program recording medium 43 is not enough, the operation starts from step S41.

At step S42, the trend information management means 1
In step S43, the program discarding unit 44 deletes and discards the program including the current keyword from the program recording medium 43 in step S43. Next, in step S44, it is determined whether or not a sufficient space area for recording the program in step S34 of FIG. 17 has been secured in the program recording medium 43. A performer keyword having a lower trend ranking is set, and the process proceeds to step S43, and the same operation is repeated thereafter. When a sufficient free space is secured in the program recording medium 43, this routine ends.

As described above, when there is a shortage of free space in the program recording medium 43, the program in which a performer with a lower trend order appears is preferentially erased and discarded.

According to the receiving terminal device of the fifth embodiment,
When the free space is not sufficiently secured in the program recording medium 43 when the automatic recording mode is set, the programs in which the performers with the lower trend rankings appear are erased and discarded from the program recording medium 43 in order. A sufficient space area can be secured in the program recording medium 43, and the program broadcasted by a performer with the next highest trend ranking can be automatically recorded on the program recording medium 43, and the trend program is overlooked. Can be reliably prevented.

The trend keyword representing the trend of the era is arbitrary. Here, the current performers are taken as an example. A word or the like relating to a topic included in the summary information about the contents of the program information may be used as the trend keyword.

In order to achieve the same object as the present invention, the appearance frequency of the performer's name incorporated in the program information is counted for each program to determine whether or not the performer is a trend performer. There is also a solution to judge what the trend ranking is, and if it is a trend performer and the trend rank is low, it is possible to automatically discard it.In contrast, in the case of the present invention, the trend cast is performed from the beginning. Is given to the receiving terminal device as primary information together with the trend order, so that the above-mentioned count processing is not required at all, and it is possible to determine at a very high speed whether or not automatic discarding should be performed.

The program information receiving means 10 and the program information recording means 11 are not essential requirements of the present invention. What is necessary is just to store the program information and the trend information relating to the performers in the program information recording medium 12 by some method. In a broad sense, the program information recording medium 12 recording the program information and the trend information is stored in the actual machine by some means. It may be connected.

[Embodiment 6] FIG.20 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention. 20, reference numerals 10 to 14 and reference numerals 41 to 44 denote the same components as those in FIG. 18 according to the fifth embodiment, but when described again, reference numeral 10 denotes program information transmitted from a satellite and A program information receiving means for receiving the trend information; a program information recording means for recording the received program information and trend information on a recording medium; a program information recording medium for recording the program information and trend information; Trend information input means for reading out the current trend information on the performer from the performer trend information table 12b (see FIG. 3) of the information recording medium 12 and inputting it to the next trend information management means 14, And a trend information management means 41 for storing and managing the current trend information according to the order of the trends, and receiving the broadcast program. Receiving program, 42 is a program recording means for recording the received program on a recording medium, 43 is a program recording medium for recording the program, 44 is a sufficient space of the program recording medium 43 when the recording mode is entered. If not, it is a program discarding means for erasing and discarding, from the program recording medium 43, the program of the performer who has already been recorded on the program recording medium 43 and has the lower trend order. Reference numeral 45 denotes a program unviewed recording unit that records information on whether a program recorded on the program recording medium 43 has been viewed or not.

The sixth embodiment is a modification of the fifth embodiment (FIG. 18) having the program discarding means 44 described above, and erases and discards the program recorded on the program recording medium 43. When the need arises, the discarding priority is determined not only by the trend information but also by whether or not the recorded program is viewed by someone.

The information obtained as the program information and the form of recording are the same as those in the second embodiment (FIG. 8). The program name, the broadcast date and time of the program, the broadcast channel, the main performers (name) of the program, and the genre of the program Are stored in the program information table 12c. What is obtained as trend information and the form of recording are the same as those in the first embodiment (FIG. 3). Information as to whether or not the recorded program has already been viewed is stored in the program unviewed recording means 45 as described above.

The operation of the receiving terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 6 configured as described above will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The difference from the flowchart of the fifth embodiment (FIG. 19) is that step S42a is added. It will be described step by step.

At step S41, the trend information input means 1
3 reads out the current trend information on the performers from the performer trend information table 12b of the program information recording medium 12 and inputs it to the trend information management means 14. The trend information management means 14 stores and manages the input trend information on the performers in the order of the trend. However,
In the automatic recording mode of the fourth embodiment, when it is determined that the free area of the program recording medium 43 is not enough, the operation starts from step S41.

At step S42, the trend information management means 1
Reference numeral 4 sets the performer keyword having the lowest trend ranking as the current keyword. In step S42a, the program discarding means 44 accesses the program unwatched recording means 45 to determine whether the program related to the current keyword has been viewed in the program recording medium 43. Then, a performer keyword having the next lowest trend ranking is set, and the process returns to step S42a. If the program related to the current keyword has been viewed, the process proceeds to step S43, and the program discarding unit 44 deletes and discards the program related to the current keyword from the program recording medium 43. Next, in step S44, it is determined whether or not a sufficient space area for recording the program in step S34 of FIG. 17 has been secured in the program recording medium 43. A performer keyword having a lower trend ranking is set, and the process proceeds to step S42a, and the same operation is repeated thereafter. When a sufficient free space is secured in the program recording medium 43, this routine ends.

As described above, when there is a shortage of free space in the program recording medium 43, priority is given to a program in which a performer with a lower trend ranking is appearing and a program which has already been viewed. And erase and discard.

According to the receiving terminal device of the sixth embodiment,
When the automatic recording mode is set, if the free space is not sufficiently secured in the program recording medium 43, the programs in which the performers with the lower trend rankings are appearing and the programs which have already been watched are sequentially arranged. Since the program recording medium 43 is erased and discarded, a sufficient space area is secured in the program recording medium 43, and the program to be broadcast next, which is performed by a performer having a high trend order, is automatically recorded on the program recording medium 43. Recording can be performed, and it is possible to reliably prevent a trend program from being overlooked. In addition, it is possible to prevent the recorded program from being erased and discarded without being viewed by anyone.

The trend keyword representing the trend of the era is arbitrary. Here, the current performers are taken as an example. A word or the like relating to a topic included in the summary information about the contents of the program information may be used as the trend keyword.

In order to achieve the same object as the present invention, the appearance frequency of the performer name incorporated in the program information is counted for each program, so that whether the performer is a trend performer, A solution to judge what the trend ranking is, and automatically discarding when the user is a trend performer and the trend ranking is low and has already been watched, may be considered. Is given to the receiving terminal device as primary information along with the trend ranking from the beginning as the trend performer, so that the above count processing is completely unnecessary, and automatic discarding that prioritizes those already viewed should be performed. The determination as to whether or not it is possible can be made very quickly.

The program information receiving means 10 and the program information recording means 11 are not essential requirements of the present invention. What is necessary is just to store the program information and the trend information relating to the performers in the program information recording medium 12 by some method. In a broad sense, the program information recording medium 12 recording the program information and the trend information is stored in the actual machine by some means. It may be connected.

The six embodiments 1 to 6 have been described above. In the above-described first to sixth embodiments, the current trend performer is taken as an example of a trend keyword representing a trend of the era. However, as described above, it is not necessary to limit to this, and program information is used as a trend keyword. It is also possible to handle words and the like relating to topics included in the summary information about the contents of the above.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 22, the program information receiving means 10 receives the program information from the satellite and stores it in the program information table 12d of the program information recording medium 12, as shown in FIG. Name, program broadcast date and time,
Broadcast channel, genre of the program, there is a sentence of the outline of the contents of the program. However, this does not exclude the inclusion of other program information. The program information recording medium 12 has a large number of program information tables 12d as described above.

The trend information is a word related to a topic, for example, the word trend information table 1 shown in FIG.
As shown in 2e, a trend ranking and a topic word as a trend keyword are paired. The word trend information table 12e is set in a part of the program information recording medium 12. The trend information relating to the word may be transmitted from the satellite simultaneously with the program information recorded in the program information table 12d of FIG. 22, or may be transmitted separately.

When the trend information display mode is executed by remote control operation, as shown in FIG. 24, the trend keywords, ie, the trend word information, are displayed in descending order of the trend order as shown in FIG. 51 is displayed on the screen 200. The trend ranking number and the trend word are displayed in pairs.

When the user subsequently inputs a desired trend order number using the trend information selecting means 16 such as a remote controller, only a set of programs related to the trend word selected by the input is selected.
Then, only for the program in which the selected trend word appears, for example, a menu 18 for each genre as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the screen 200, and the user selects an option until a desired program is reached. In this example, menus for each genre are shown. However, any format may be used as long as the interface sequentially displays options limited to the trend word selected by the user. At this time, the trend information display means 15 extracts the program information limited to the trend word selected by the user from the program information table 12d of the program information recording medium 12 and displays it as options.

Further, as corresponding to the second embodiment (FIG. 10), program information 52 is displayed on screen 200 as shown in FIG.
When there is word information having a higher rank in the trend ranking than a certain level, the trend ranking information 53 of the trend word related to the program information 52 being displayed is, for example, “trend No. 1”.
Is displayed as follows. As shown in FIG. 26, the program information 52 corresponds to the second embodiment (FIG. 11).
In addition, a trend information containing display mark 54 such as a pictorial symbol indicating that trend word information is included may be displayed. Alternatively, the program information may be displayed in a color that is clearly different from the display color when the corresponding program information does not correspond. In this case, the entire screen may be set to such a display color, or the display of the trend word may be set to such a display color.

As shown in FIG. 27, a program table 5 on a screen 200 corresponds to the third embodiment (FIG. 14).
5 is displayed, and when word information having a trend rank higher than a certain level exists in the program information of any cell in the displayed program table 55, the corresponding program information in the displayed program table 55 is displayed. For example, the trend ranking information 56 of the trend word related to the program information of the cell is displayed as “trend No. 1” or “trend No. 3”. As shown in FIG. 28, a trend information containing display mark 57 such as a pictorial symbol indicating that trend word information is included is displayed together with the program table 55 as shown in FIG. You may do so.
Alternatively, the display color of the corresponding cell may be set to a color that is clearly different from the display colors of the other cells, and the cell may be displayed.

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According to the receiving terminal device of the present invention, not only the program information but also the trend information (for example, words related to the main cast and the contents of the program) are recorded on the program information recording medium. Since the trend information or the related information is displayed on the screen according to the trend order as needed, it is possible to easily find a program related to a popular trend in the present world from a very large number of programs. In addition, since a program having a high trend ranking is automatically recorded, there is no need to worry about overlooking the trend program. Furthermore, since the trend information is recorded in the program information recording medium in a state including the trend ranking in advance, there is no need to count the trend information, and the search and display of trend information or related information according to the trend ranking can be performed at a very high speed. Can be done.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving terminal device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a storage state of program information in a program information table of a program information recording medium according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a trend information storage state in a performer trend information table of a program information recording medium according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the receiving terminal device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a display state diagram of trend performer information in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a display state diagram of an initial menu for program selection in the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving terminal device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a storage state of program information in a program information table of a program information recording medium according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the receiving terminal device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a display state diagram displaying program information in a state including trend order information in the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a display state diagram showing program information in a state including a trend information containing display mark in the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving terminal device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the receiving terminal device according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a display state diagram displaying a program table in a state including trend order information in the third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a display state diagram showing a program table in a state including a trend information containing display mark in the third embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving terminal device according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the receiving terminal device according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving terminal device according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the receiving terminal device according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving terminal device according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the receiving terminal device according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a storage state of program information in a program information table of a program information recording medium according to an application embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a trend information storage state in a word trend information table of a program information recording medium according to an application embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a display state diagram of trend word information in the embodiment of the application.

FIG. 25 is a display state diagram displaying program information in a state including trend order information in the embodiment of the application.

FIG. 26 is a display state diagram displaying program information in a state including a trend information containing display mark in the embodiment of the application.

FIG. 27 is a display state diagram displaying a program guide in a state including trend order information in the embodiment of the application.

FIG. 28 is a display state diagram in which a program table is displayed in a state including a trend information containing display mark in the embodiment of the application.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Program information receiving means 11 Program information recording means 12 Program information recording medium 12a, 12c, 12d Program information table 12b Performer trend information table 12e Word trend information table 13 Trend Information input means 14 ... Trend information management means 15 ... Trend information display means 16 ... Trend information selection means 17 ... Trend performer information 21 ... Program information display means 22, 32 ... Trend information containing display means 23, 52 Program information 24, 34, 53, 56 Trend order information 25, 35, 54, 57 Trend information containing display mark 31 Program table display means 33, 55 Program table 41 Program reception Means 42 Program recording means 43 Program recording medium 44 Program discarding means 45 Program non-viewed recording means 1 ...... trend word information 200 ...... screen

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information, trend information input means for reading and inputting recorded trend information, and trend information input by the trend information input means. Information management means for managing the information according to the trend ranking;
A trend information display means for displaying trend information on a screen in accordance with the trend ranking. 2. The receiving terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising a trend information selecting unit for allowing a viewer to select the trend information displayed on the screen by the trend information displaying unit. 3. A program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information, trend information input means for reading and inputting recorded trend information, and trend information input by the trend information input means. Information management means for managing the information according to the trend ranking;
A program information display means for displaying program information on a screen, and a program which displays trend order information or a trend information-containing display mark in a display state of the program information including trend information having a trend order higher than a certain level. A receiving terminal device comprising: trend information containing display means for displaying information in a display color different from the other cases. 4. A program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information, trend information input means for reading and inputting recorded trend information, and trend information input by the trend information input means. Information management means for managing the information according to the trend ranking;
A program table display means for displaying a program table in which the program information is displayed in a list format, and a trend ranking in a cell displaying the corresponding program information in the program table with respect to program information including trend information having a trend ranking higher than a certain level. A receiving terminal device for displaying information or trend information-containing display marks or trend information-containing display means for displaying the cell in a display color different from that of other cells. 5. A program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information, trend information input means for reading and inputting recorded trend information, and trend information input by the trend information input means. Information management means for managing the information according to the trend ranking;
A program receiving unit for receiving a broadcast program; a program recording medium for recording the program; and a program recording unit for recording the program on the program recording medium. A receiving terminal device for controlling the program recording means on the basis of the program recording medium to record the program on the program recording medium. 6. A program information recording medium for recording program information and trend information, trend information input means for reading and inputting recorded trend information, and trend information input by said trend information input means. Information management means for managing the information according to the trend ranking;
A program receiving means for receiving a broadcast program, a program recording medium for recording the program, a program recording means for recording the program on the program recording medium, and a program having a lower trend ranking among the programs recorded on the program recording medium A program discarding means for erasing and discarding the program from the program recording medium in order from the program, and controlling the program discarding means based on the trend information managed by the trend information managing means to reduce a program having a lower trend order. A receiving terminal device for erasing and discarding from a program recording medium. 7. A program unviewed recording means for recording whether a program recorded on a program recording medium has already been viewed or not, wherein the program discarding means has a lower trend ranking among programs recorded on the program recording medium. 7. The receiving terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the receiving terminal device is configured to erase and discard the program from the program recording medium in order from a program which has already been viewed. 8. A program information receiving means for receiving program information and trend information, and program information recording means for recording the received program information and trend information on a program information recording medium. The receiving terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 7.