JPH11205726A - Video recording reservation auxiliary device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the device that assists video recording reservation to have provision for a change in a broadcast date and time after the reservation automatically through the simplified operation at the video recording reservation. SOLUTION: A program information display selection device (1) acquires program information (program ID, program name, broadcast channel, broadcast date and time and program content or the like) from a program information database (3) via a communication control device (2). Based on the acquired program information, video recording reservation information of the selected program (broadcast channel and broadcast date and time or the like) is sent to a video recording reservation device (5). Furthermore, newest program information is acquired before the video recording time and compared with video recording reservation information to confirm the presence of revision of the program broadcast date and time and when the broadcast date and time is revised, new video recording reservation information is sent to the video recording reservation device (5).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an auxiliary mechanism for operation and information registration at the time of recording reservation of a broadcast program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when making a recording reservation of a broadcast program in a recording device such as a video deck, as shown in FIG. 2, program information such as a program name, a broadcast channel, a broadcast date and time, and program contents are written in a newspaper or the like. After confirming on a paper medium, etc., use the program reservation button on the VCR etc. to broadcast channel,
It was necessary to make a reservation through a complicated operation of manually inputting recording reservation information such as the broadcast date and time. In response to this complicated operation, the recording reservation assist mechanism using the G code simplifies the setting of the program information by manually inputting the coded program information as shown in FIG. However, since this mechanism records the program at the broadcast date and time at the time when the program listing on which the G code is published is created, if the broadcast date and time of the program reserved for recording is changed, a different program will be recorded.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to simplify complicated operations at the time of recording reservation and to automatically respond to a change in broadcast date and time after the reservation.

[0004]

Means for solving the problem will be described with reference to FIG. 1. A program information display / selection mechanism (1) is used for assisting recording reservation of a program such as a television. A program information display / selection mechanism (1) is provided via a communication control mechanism (2) from a program information database (3) in which program information (program ID, program name, broadcast channel, broadcast date / time, program content, etc.) is stored. And acquire and display program information by communication or broadcasting. A person who makes a recording reservation uses the program information display / selection mechanism (1) that has acquired the program information, and selects a program for which a recording reservation is to be made, based on the displayed program name, program contents, and other program information. By this selection, the recording reservation information (broadcast channel, broadcast date and time, etc.) is automatically sent to the recording reservation mechanism (5), and the operation of the recording reservation is assisted. Further, the program information display / selection mechanism (1) acquires the latest program information from the program information database (3) before the scheduled recording time, and compares this information with the program information of the reserved program at the time of the scheduled recording. By doing so, it is confirmed whether or not the broadcast date and time has been changed, and if there has been any change, the existing recording reservation information is automatically canceled and new recording reservation information is registered in the recording reservation mechanism (5).

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Program information used for assisting recording reservation is provided by a company operating a program information transmission mechanism (4) via a telephone line, a terrestrial broadcast wave, or a communication / broadcast satellite. Also, in each home, a device employing this mechanism, which is equipped with a program information display / selection mechanism (1) and a communication control mechanism (2), is installed, and program information is displayed and selected by this device. As an example of displaying and selecting program information,
FIG. 4 shows an example of displaying program information on a video display device (8) such as a television receiver, and FIG. 5 shows an example of displaying program information on a recording device (6) such as a video deck employing the present mechanism.
FIG. 4 shows that a program information selection screen (7) is displayed on a video display device such as a television receiver (7) from a video recorder such as a VCR equipped with the information display / selection mechanism (1) and the communication control mechanism (2). 8), an embodiment is shown in which the user selects a program for which recording reservation is desired by using the program selection remote control device (9) while watching the display screen. FIG. 5 shows an embodiment in which a program information selection screen (7) is displayed on a recording device (6) such as a video deck employing this mechanism, and a recording reservation can be made by the recording device alone.

[0006]

The effects of this mechanism include the following. Recording reservation can be easily performed simply by selecting a recording reservation program from the acquired program information. Since the latest program information is obtained by communication or broadcasting, even if there is a change in the broadcast date and time after the recording reservation, the recording reservation information can be automatically updated, and the program with the changed broadcast date and time can be recorded. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a data flow diagram of the present invention and a diagram showing the scope of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a data flow diagram of a conventional video recorder or other recording device without a recording reservation assisting mechanism.

FIG. 3 adopts a recording reservation assistance mechanism using a G code.
It is a data flow figure of the conventional video recorders and other recording devices.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example of display / selection of program information in a form in which program information is displayed on a television receiver.

FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of displaying and selecting program information in a form in which the program information is displayed on a recording device such as a video deck.

[Explanation of symbols]

(1) a program information display / selection mechanism (2) a communication control mechanism (3) a program information database (4) a program information transmission mechanism (5) is provided in a recording device such as a VCR having a recording reservation function. Recording reservation mechanism (6) is an example of a program selection screen for a video recorder such as a video deck employing this mechanism (7)
(8) is a video display device such as a television receiver (9) is a remote control device for program selection

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A mechanism for acquiring information of a broadcast program such as a television through communication or broadcasting, and assisting recording reservation.