WO2002104029A1 - Information providing system, broadcast reception apparatus, and server apparatus - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an information providing system for providing a viewer with relevant information such as a guide according to the content of a broadcast program, and a broadcast / reception device and a server device constituting the information providing system.
- a control script for presenting options related to the content of a broadcast program and prompting a viewer to select is transmitted.
- Examples of such digital broadcasting technology include a technology described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-45447. Can be mentioned.
- TV broadcast receivers that support this feature include a function to browse content of data broadcasts described in BML and a function to browse WWW pages described in HTML by connecting to the Internet. ing. If the user who is the viewer performs the operation on the content of the overnight broadcast as described above, the information (program related information) related to the program content uploaded on the online video can be obtained. This makes it easy to obtain
- the receiving device it is necessary for the receiving device to provide a function of extracting the content of the broadcast overnight from the broadcast signal and making it possible to browse the content.
- the information providing system of the present invention includes at least a broadcast receiving device and a server device.
- the broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a receiving channel selecting unit that receives and selects a broadcast wave; a current time obtaining unit that obtains a current time; Information generating means for generating identification information composed of information and current time information obtained by the current time obtaining means, and capable of transmitting the identification information to the server device via a predetermined network Transmission means.
- the server device retrieves program-related information related to the program content based on the received identification information, and transmits the program-related information retrieved by the retrieval unit to a required network via a predetermined network. It is configured to include a transmission unit configured to transmit to a communication device.
- the broadcast receiver was configured as follows.
- the receiving channel selecting means for receiving and selecting the broadcast wave
- the current time obtaining means for obtaining the current time
- the channel information at least which the receiving channel selecting means is currently selecting and the current time obtaining means obtaining the current time.
- Information generation means for generating, in response to an instruction input, identification information used by the server device to search for program-related information to be transmitted to a required communication device.
- transmitting means for transmitting the identification information to the server device via a predetermined network.
- the server device is configured as follows.
- identification information generated by the broadcast receiving apparatus which includes at least the channel information currently selected by the broadcast receiving apparatus and the current time information acquired by the broadcast receiving apparatus, is received via a predetermined network.
- a transmission unit configured to transmit the program-related information retrieved by the retrieval unit to a required communication device via a predetermined network. is there.
- the broadcast receiving apparatus generates identification information based on at least the channel of the program being received at that time and the current time information in accordance with the operation of the user who is the viewer, and It is sent to the server device.
- the server device is adapted to transmit program-related information corresponding to the received identification information to, for example, a predetermined communication device designated by the user. You can use it to get the information you need.
- the server device collectively provides program-related information according to the request.
- the processing to be performed by the receiving device is only to generate identification information having a simple structure in accordance with the operation and to transmit this through a predetermined communication network. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a receiving circuit configuration corresponding to the content of the above and a user interface corresponding to the content of the data broadcasting.
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration example of an information providing system as an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the broadcast receiving device according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing operators of a remote controller corresponding to the broadcast receiving device of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of a server to which the present embodiment corresponds.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an initial setting screen for a program-related information service.
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a scene information list transmission screen.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a structural example (description example) of a scene information list.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of a program-related information database.
- FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of program-related information distributed as electronic mail.
- FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a display mode example of program-related information received as an electronic mail.
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a processing operation performed in the broadcast receiving apparatus.
- FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a processing operation performed in the broadcast receiving apparatus.
- FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing operation executed in the broadcast receiving apparatus.
- FIG. 1 conceptually shows a configuration example of an information providing system corresponding to a program-related information service as an embodiment of the present invention.
- a broadcast receiving apparatus 1 is assumed to be owned by a user who is a viewer, and is installed, for example, in a home or the like in a state where it is connected to an antenna 3 that receives broadcast waves.
- the broadcast station 4 transmits a broadcast wave as a program.
- the broadcasting station 4 in this case is not particularly limited, for example, in its transmission form. In other words, it may be analog terrestrial broadcasting or analog satellite broadcasting, or digital satellite broadcasting or digital terrestrial broadcasting. Further, it may be transmitted in the form of a cable television.
- the broadcast receiving device 1 receives the radio wave transmitted from the broadcast station 4 by the antenna 3 and inputs the radio wave. Then, a required channel is selected and demodulated from the input received wave and output as an image / audio.
- a remote controller 2 for a user to operate the broadcast receiving device 1 is shown.
- the user can perform, for example, channel selection, volume adjustment, and various other necessary operations.
- the scene information (identification information) of the program being broadcast at that time can be registered. For example, if a program broadcasts a restaurant, and if the user is interested in this restaurant and wants program-related information, the user should perform an operation for registering scene information. Is done. In response to this operation, the broadcast receiving apparatus 1 creates scene information that can identify and identify the scene that the user is currently viewing and registers it.
- the broadcast receiving device 1 it is possible to register a plurality of such scene information.
- the contents of the scene information will be described later.
- the scene information registered as described above can be selected according to a user operation. Further, the selected scene information is transmitted from the broadcast receiving apparatus 1 to the server 5 via the Internet 8. It is possible to send to.
- the server 5 stores a large number of program-related information according to the broadcast contents broadcast at many broadcast stations covering a certain broadcast area.
- the program-related information is stored so as to be associated with, for example, the scene information described above.
- the server 5 When receiving the scene information transmitted from a certain broadcast receiving device 1, the server 5 searches for program-related information corresponding to the scene information. Then, the broadcast receiving device which transmitted the searched program-related information to the scene information.
- the information is sent in the form of an e-mail to the device that supports the Internet set in advance in step 1.
- the user transmits the program-related information when receiving the service of the program-related information as an initial setting for the broadcast receiving device 1, for example.
- a personal computer 7 or a mobile phone 6 which is considered to be owned by a user can be considered as a destination of the program-related information.
- the program-related information transmitted from the server 5 as an e-mail is described in an HTML format.
- the program-related information is a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for accessing a WWW page that provides information corresponding to the scene, and the URL is a hyperlink. It is described as possible. Specifically, for example, it is assumed that the scene that the user was viewing with the broadcast receiving device 1 is for a certain restaurant, and scene information on this scene is registered and transmitted to the server 5.
- URL Uniform Resource Locator
- the server 5 stores, as one of the program-related information, the URL information of the restaurant broadcasted in the scene viewed by the user. Then, by performing a search based on the received scene information, the information of the URL of the above-described restaurant can be obtained, and the server 5 transmits the information of the URL to the personal computer 7 and the mobile phone 6. On the other hand, it is sent as an HTML-formatted e-mail.
- the user opens the program-related information received on the personal computer 7 or the mobile phone 6 and performs an operation on the URL described as a hyperlink here, thereby via the Internet 8.
- the URL described as a hyperlink here
- a broadcast wave transmitted from a broadcast station 4 is received by an antenna 3 and input to a receiving unit 11 inside the broadcast receiving device 1.
- the receiving unit 11 performs a channel selection process so that a channel specified by the instruction of the control unit 15 is selected from the input received wave. Then, the television signal obtained by tuning is supplied to the video Z audio processing unit 12.
- the video / audio processing unit 12 performs demodulation processing or the like on the input television signal to obtain a video signal and an audio signal. After subjecting these video signals and audio signals to required processing, the video signals are output to the display unit 13 and the audio signals are output to the speakers 14.
- the display unit 13 is a part that performs image display using, for example, a cathode ray tube or a liquid crystal display device, and performs image display based on the video signal input as described above. Also, the input audio signal is output as audio from the speaker 14. In this way, in the broadcast receiving device 1, the received image Z sound of the broadcast channel is output in a form that can be viewed by the user.
- the broadcast receiving apparatus 1 of the present embodiment includes the storage unit 16.
- the storage medium as the storage unit 16 is not particularly limited here. It is preferable to be able to store relatively large data such as evenings. In the present embodiment, for example, a plurality of scene information described later can be stored and stored in the storage unit 16. The writing and reading of data to and from the storage unit 16 are performed under the control of the control unit 15.
- the clock unit 17 is provided in the control unit 15 for measuring the current time.
- the broadcast receiving device 1 of the present embodiment includes a modem 18 to enable communication via the Internet 8.
- the present embodiment adopts a configuration in which a modem 18 can be connected to the Internet 8 via a so-called provider via a telephone line.
- the telephone line has a high speed of 56 kbps or more. It is desirable to connect with analog lines, high-speed wireless communication of about 10 to 64 kbps, or with 64 kbps or 128 kbps ISDN (Integrated Service Digital Network) .
- the hardware configuration for connecting to the Internet 8 is as follows. However, a configuration other than a modem may be adopted according to the line actually used.
- the user can operate the broadcast receiving device 1 by using a remote controller 2 separate from the broadcast receiving device 1.
- the remote controller 2 has various controls.
- a command signal corresponding to the operation performed on the operator is transmitted and output wirelessly as infrared rays or radio waves, for example.
- the command signal transmitted as described above is received and demodulated by a UZI (User Interface) control unit 19, and is transferred to, for example, the control unit 15 To be.
- the control unit 15 performs various operations on necessary functional circuit units so that an operation corresponding to the operation can be obtained. Execute the control of.
- a scene registration operation for registering a scene in which the user wants to obtain program-related information is possible.
- FIG. 3 illustrates an operator provided for the remote controller 2 of the present embodiment. It should be noted that, in this figure, operators mainly related to an operation for transmitting a scene information list and scene registration described later are extracted and shown. For example, here, the broadcast receiving device 1 The power key for turning on and off the main power is not shown.
- a scene registration key 21 is provided for performing a pressing operation when the user wants to register a scene.
- the upper cursor key 2 2a, the lower cursor key 2 2b, the left cursor key-2 2c, and the right cursor key 2 2d are displayed on the user interface screen displayed on the display unit 13 respectively. It is provided to move the force as a boyfriend in the vertical and horizontal directions. Further, the confirmation keys 23 arranged so as to be surrounded by these forces are keys for confirming the item selected on the user interface screen.
- the menu keys 24 are operated to display a menu screen on which menus for various settings and the like are presented.
- the numeral Z character key unit 25 is a key operation unit including a plurality of keys corresponding to numerals and characters. By operating the numeral Z character key portion 25, for example, the receiving channel can be switched, and a numeral / character can be input on a required numeral Z character input screen. 3. Server
- FIG. 4 schematically shows an example of the internal configuration of the server 5.
- the server 5 shown in this figure includes a storage unit 31, a network interface 35, and a control unit 36.
- the storage unit 31 stores a program-related information database 32 in which program-related information to be distributed is databased. Also stored is a user's overnight account 33 in which users who can enjoy providing information by the server are registered.
- the user information base 33 is, for example, data obtained by converting user identification information, which is a set of a user name and a passcode previously registered by the user, into a database.
- the execution application 34 includes various application programs (including a CGI (Communication on Gateway Internet) program) corresponding to various operations to be executed by the server 5.
- program-related In addition to a search application program that searches for program-related information corresponding to the received scene information list from the information database 32, the searched program-related information can be interfaced from the Internet Includes application programs for sending as e-mail via the Internet 8. Also, in this case, the communication protocol corresponding to the Internet 8 must be supported via the network interface 35. Application to enable all transmission / reception processing to be performed. Will be.
- the network interface 35 is provided as interface means for connecting to the Internet.
- the control unit 36 executes various control processes according to the program contents as the execution application 34.
- the operation of the broadcast receiver 1 is configured to be possible only by the remote controller 2, but in actuality, it has the same operation function as the remote controller 2
- Such an operation unit may be provided on the main body side of the broadcast receiving device 1.
- FIG. 5 a specific operation example of the program-related information service according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 10.
- FIG. 5 a specific operation example of the program-related information service according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 10.
- the program-related information service of the present embodiment is enjoyed by the user who owns the broadcast receiving device 1. In order to enjoy this service, the user must perform necessary operations on the broadcast receiving device. Is assumed.
- a menu screen on which various menu items are displayed in a predetermined display mode is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 13 of the transmitting / receiving device 1.
- the force screen is displayed on this menu screen as if it were arranged.
- an initial setting screen for the program related information service shown in FIG. 5 is displayed.
- the initial setting screen shown in FIG. 5 for example, check buttons corresponding to “Yes” and “No” are displayed in order to set whether or not the user uses the program-related information service. .
- the user can select one of these checkpoints, for example, by manipulating the force—solky (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d) and confirm the key.
- the check box can be checked to either “Yes” or “No”.
- items such as a user name, password, and e-mail (E-mai 1) addresses 1, 2, and 3 are provided as character input areas, respectively.
- the user operates the cursor keys (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d) to select each of these input areas, and then press the numeric Z character key.
- the e-mail address is suitable, for example, for the user to transmit program-related information by e-mail from among e-mail addresses used by other devices having an e-mail transmission / reception function.
- the user is required to enter the e-mail address to be used. For example, suppose that the user is using e-mail on a personal computer and a mobile phone and wants to send program-related information to these devices. For example, enter the e-mail address used by these devices here.
- the initial setting screen ends with the settings up to now applied.
- the user presses the scene registration key 21 of the remote controller 2 once.
- the broadcast receiving device 1 that has received the command corresponding to this operation registers “scene information” about the scene when the scene registration key 21 was operated.
- scene information is composed of three pieces of information: current time information at the time of operating the scene registration key, channel information, and still image information displayed corresponding to the operation of the scene registration key. .
- the current time information and the channel information are to be used as identification information for specifying and identifying a scene in the server 5. Further, in this case, the current time information is assumed to have been obtained using the time information measured by the clock unit 17 provided in the broadcast receiving device 1.
- the still image information is used as a thumbnail image for the user to know what the scene is when the user selects a scene in the scene information list transmission screen described below.
- the user can operate the scene registration key 21 as many times as he wants to register the scene at the desired opportunity while watching the program, as long as the number is within the registerable number. ing.
- FIG. 6 shows a scene information list transmission screen which is an operation screen for transmitting the scene information list.
- a registration list area A1 is displayed in a lower area where the current date and time are displayed.
- time and “Channel” are shown.
- the “time” for each scene is displayed with reference to the current time information of the scene information stored in the storage unit 16
- the “channel” is the channel information of the scene information. Is displayed with reference to.
- program name is shown here together with the "time” and "channel", this is not essential as scene information, and is displayed here as information to make it easier for the user to grasp. It has been done.
- program name information can be generated using the program name information inserted in the received transport stream.
- a check box area A2 is displayed on the left side of the registration list area A1.
- check boxes are displayed corresponding to each scene information displayed in the registration list area A 1.
- the user can arbitrarily select one or more pieces of scene information from the scene information presented in the registration list area A1. And this The scene information group thus selected can be transmitted to the server as a scene information list.
- the operation for this is as follows.
- a cursor CR is arranged and displayed in the field of No. 2 scene information in the registration list area A1, and the cursor CR is operated by an up / down cursor key (2 2 a, 2).
- the current force CR is arranged in the thumbnail display area A 3 and is selected.
- the scene image of the scene information in the state is displayed. That is, each time the selection of the scene information is changed, the display of the image in the thumbnail display area A3 is switched so as to become the selected scene image. The user can easily remember and confirm the scene by looking at the thumbnail image of the thumbnail display area A3 that switches while selecting the scene information.
- the check box is checked by operating the enter key 23. That is, the checked scene information indicates that the scene information is selected to be transmitted as the scene information list. If the check box is already checked and the user wants to remove this check, the cursor CR should be placed on the check box and the confirm key 23 should be operated. In other words, when the confirmation key 23 is operated on the check box, the operation of adding a check and the operation of removing the check can be performed alternately.
- a scene to be transmitted as a scene information list is selected as intended by the user. Then, in order to select the scene information thus selected as a scene information list, the user may operate the transmission button BT.
- the transmission button BT As an operation for this, for example, by operating the cursor keys (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d), the force solver CR displayed on the scene information list transmission screen is displayed. Is moved to the transmission button BT to make it active. Then, operating the confirmation key 23 in this state means that the transmission button BT has been operated, and the operation of transmitting the scene information list to the server 5 is executed.
- the broadcast receiving apparatus 1 When transmitting the scene information list, the broadcast receiving apparatus 1 first creates a scene information list including one or more scene information items selected on the scene information list screen.
- a scene information list has a structure as shown in FIG. 7, for example.
- one scene information is a scene information number
- the information of ( ⁇ 1 >> ⁇ 1116>) is information prepared for creating scene information together with a still image of a scene during a scene registration operation. Then, in the broadcast receiving apparatus 1, when the scene information list having the above structure is created, for example, dial-up is performed by the modem 18, and connection is made to the server 5 on the Internet 8 via a provider, for example. It is made. Then, when it is confirmed that the connection with the server 5 is established, the created scene information list is transmitted to the server 5.
- the server 5 performs the following operation in response to the scene information list transmitted as described above.
- the operation of the server 5 described below is realized by the control unit 36 executing required processing in accordance with the execution application stored in the storage unit 31. is there.
- the server 5 receives and acquires the information via the network interface 35. Then, referring to the information such as the user name and the password described in the received and acquired scene information list and the user registration information registered in the user database 33, the scene information list is used as a regular user information. The authentication process is performed to determine whether or not the data has been transmitted from the user.
- the description part of the scene information in the received scene information list is read, and the scene information is read from the program-related information database 32 stored in the storage unit 31.
- the URL registered corresponding to is searched. That is, in the present embodiment, the URL information is referred to as “program-related information” specified by the scene information.
- This search is performed in the following procedure, for example.
- FIG. 7 an example of the structure of the program-related information database 32 is shown in FIG.
- the structure of the program-related information database 32 in this figure is also in the XML format, as in the case of the scene information list shown in FIG. 7 earlier. Then, in this case, the entire program-related information database 32 is represented by the evening of TVInfo> / TVInfo>. >), Date
- the broadcast time zone is separated by the broadcast time «timeX / ⁇ ime», and for each of the separated broadcast time zones, the title (K title) ⁇ / title> ), URL
- the control unit 36 of the server 5 searches the program-related information database 32 based on the received and acquired scene information list, the description information of the scene information list is used for each scene information. It will be read and analyzed. Therefore, first, the scene information list The search is performed based on scene information described as a scene information number (number> l / number>).
- the channel (ku channnel> ku / channnel>) and the time of scene registration (ku 11 ⁇ > ku /] 116>) It is described. Therefore, by using the date ( ⁇ date> ⁇ / date>) described earlier in the scene information list and the information of the above-described channel ( ⁇ channnel> ⁇ / channnel>), the program-related information can be obtained.
- the broadcast time which is controlled by the channel (ku channnel> ku / channnel>) and the date (ku date> ⁇ / date>) that contain the description of the program-related information to be searched from Time> ⁇ / time>), title
- the description area of «title> ⁇ / title» and URL «url> ⁇ / url» can be specified.
- the scene registration time ( ⁇ time> ⁇ / time)) is included in which broadcast time zone. Then, the title ( ⁇ title> ⁇ / title>) described corresponding to the determined broadcasting time zone and the URL «url> ⁇ / url» are specified.
- the title ( ⁇ title> ⁇ / title>) specified in this way and the information of the URL «urlX / url» are the program-related information corresponding to one scene information forming the scene information list. is there.
- control unit 36 transmits the program-related information obtained in this way by e-mail. .
- a program-related information is described in a compact HTML format in a body area thereof.
- the title is “Program related information”, followed by the user name.
- the device that has received the e-mail can browse the information in a form that can be visually recognized by the function of the WWW browser, as described later.
- the e-mail address described in the received / acquired scene information list ( ⁇ emai laddress> ⁇ / emai laddress>) is used as the transmission destination. It is made to do. As a result, from the user's point of view, as a result, the e-mail of the program-related information is transmitted to the specified device as the initial settings are made as shown in Fig. 5. Become.
- the control unit 36 controls the network interface 35 according to, for example, the TC PZ IP which is a communication protocol for the Internet.
- FIG. 10 shows a case in which an electronic mail of program-related information is received by a mobile phone 6 (see FIG. 1) as an Internet-compatible device owned by a user, and the electronic mail is transferred to a portable telephone. This shows a display mode when displayed on the telephone 6.
- the program-related information transmitted as e-mail from the server 5 is in HTML format.
- the program-related information having the structure shown in FIG. 9 is reproduced and displayed as a HTML document on the mobile phone 6 as shown in FIG. 10. . That is, first, the title “Program related information” is displayed, followed by the user name and date as “User: Taro” and “March 14, 2001”. Below that, the channel, title, and URL are displayed for each pick-up.
- the character display portion of the URL can be a hyperlink, and by clicking on the character portion of this URL, it is possible to access this URL WWW page Has become.
- step S 1 is the processing operation shown in this figure, in the processing shown in t of drawing control unit 1 5 provided in the broadcast receiving apparatus 1 executes a control unit 1 5, the first shown in the first 1 Figure At 01, we are waiting for some command input. That is, a command signal is transmitted in accordance with an operation performed on the remote controller 2 and the command signal is transmitted to the U / I control unit. It is waiting to be received at 19 and transmitted to the control unit 15.
- step S102 determines the content of the command. Then, as a result of the determination, if the command instructs the display of the menu screen according to the operation of the menu key 24, the process proceeds to step S103. If the command instructs scene registration corresponding to the scene registration key 21 , the process proceeds to step S 107. If the command is a command other than the menu screen display and scene registration described above, although not shown in this figure, a processing operation corresponding to the command is appropriately executed.
- step S103 control processing for displaying a menu screen on the display unit 13 is executed. Then, when this menu screen is displayed, as shown in the processing of the next step S104, the cursor key (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d) is operated in accordance with the operation. Depending on the moving direction, control processing to move the force solver for each menu item on the menu screen is executed.
- the force sol movement operation which is the processing of step S104, can be performed until the confirmation key 23 for instructing the menu confirmation is operated. Then, when it is recognized that the enter key 23 has been operated in the process of step S105, the process proceeds to step S106.
- step S106 it is determined which menu item has been confirmed by operating the confirm key 23. If the menu item is general initial setting, the process proceeds to step S201 in FIG. 12, and if the menu information is transmitted, the process proceeds to step S301 in FIG. I'm sorry. Actually, menu items other than the general default setting and scene information list may be selected.In this case, the processing operation corresponding to the selected menu is executed. .
- step S107 in FIG. 11 will be described later, and the processing shown in FIG. 12 will be described first.
- step S201 of FIG. 12 an initial setting item screen on which various initial setting items are presented is displayed.
- step S202 control processing for moving the cursor, which is displayed on the initial setting item screen, in the moving direction according to the operation of the force key is executed.
- the cursor movement by the processing in step S202 can be repeatedly performed until the confirmation key operation is performed.
- the enter key is displayed as shown in the next step S203. Assume that the operation has been recognized. As a result, the process moves to step S204.
- step S204 a control process for displaying an initial setting screen for the program-related information service is executed.
- the user can arbitrarily perform the initial setting by performing an operation on the initial setting screen using the remote controller 2.
- step S is performed.
- the processing shown as 205 to S209 is a processing corresponding to a typical operation procedure.
- step S205 the setting for whether or not the program-related information service is used, that is, the operation of the "Yes” check button among the “Yes” and “No” check buttons was performed. Correspondingly, the "Yes” check button is checked.
- step S 206 a process for inputting a user name is performed in response to the input operation of the user name.
- next step S207 a process for inputting a passcode is executed in response to the input operation of the password.
- next step S208 a process for inputting an e-mail address is executed in accordance with an input operation of an e-mail address.
- step S209 If it is determined in step S209 that the operation of the enter key 23 has been performed, the process proceeds to step S210.
- step S210 the parameters of the setting information of the program-related information service are updated based on the items input so far. This allows the control unit 15 to execute control processing corresponding to the program-related information service, based on the setting data in which this parameter has been updated.
- step S107 a still image data of a scene which is assumed to be output to the display unit 13 at this time is generated.
- step S 108 the still image data generated in step S 107, the time, and the channel information are associated with each other to obtain one scene information corresponding to the current scene registration operation. Generate Then, the scene information obtained in this way is stored in the storage unit 16. If the selected menu item is the transmission of the scene information list in step S106 shown in FIG. 11, the process proceeds to step S301 in FIG. Become. .
- step S301 a control process for displaying and outputting the scene information list transmission screen shown in FIG.
- the control unit 1 5 as the scene information stored in the storage unit 1 6, the channel, time (and title) t and reading the information, this information is in the registration list area A 1
- the frame image data of the scene information list transmission screen is generated so as to be reflected as display contents.
- the frame image data is driven so as to be displayed on the display unit 13.
- steps S302 to S309 are processes corresponding to typical operation procedures.
- step S302 a control process is performed to move the cursor CR for each scene information column in the registration list area A1 according to, for example, the operation of the vertical force sol key (22a, 22b). I do.
- step S303 when it is recognized that the enter key 23 has been operated in a state where the cursor CR is located at a certain scene information, in the next step S304, for the confirmation, a control process for displaying a still image data, which is one of the elements of the scene information in which the force CR is arranged, in the thumbnail display area A3 is executed.
- step S305 when the user operates the up, down, left, and right cursor keys (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d) from the state where the cursor CR is arranged in the registration list area A1. For example, depending on the processing in step S305, display control is performed so that the force CR is moved with respect to the check box in the check box area A2 according to this operation.
- step S306 if the confirmation key 23 is operated under the condition that the force CR is placed in a certain check box, the check box is checked by the processing of step S306. The state is reversed.
- the above-described selection for confirming scene information and the process of inverting the check box are repeatedly executed as appropriate according to the operation of the user. Also, the moving display of the cursor should be appropriately executed according to the operation of the cursor key.
- step S307 processing for arranging and displaying the cursor CR on the transmission button BT is performed while moving the cursor up, down, left, and right.
- step S308 the process proceeds to step S309 and subsequent steps.
- a scene information list to be transmitted to the server 5 is created. That is, the channel information and the time information of each piece of the scene information for which the check box has been checked according to the operation so far are read from the storage unit 16 and registered at the time of the initial setting.
- the user name, password, e-mail address, and the like are read, and a scene information list having the structure described in FIG. 7, for example, is created using the information.
- step S310 the modem 18 is activated, and in the following step S311 dial-up is performed, and control processing for connecting to the server 5 is executed. Then, the process waits for the connection to be established in the next step S312, and if the connection has been established, the process proceeds to step S313.
- step S313 a process for transmitting and outputting the scene information list created in the previous step S309 is executed.
- the server 5 executes the authentication processing based on the user name and the pass-pad described in the transmitted scene information list, but the authentication processing is established here, and If the reception has been performed without any trouble, a termination notification indicating that the transmission of the scene information list has been properly terminated is transmitted to the broadcasting receiver of the transmission source.
- the broadcast receiving device 1 receives this end notification by the process of step S315, the process proceeds to step S315.
- step S315 processing corresponding to the required communication end is executed. For example, the connection with the server 5 is disconnected, and the operation of the modem 18 is stopped. Further, as the communication corresponding process, for example, a display notifying the user that the transmission of the scene information list has ended may be performed on the display screen of the display unit 13.
- the scene information transmitted from the broadcast receiving apparatus 1 to the server 5 is based on the current time information and the channel information.
- scene image information may be transmitted together.
- the scene image transmitted to the server 5 in this manner may be used, for example, as follows.
- server 5 when transmitting program-related information searched with reference to the scene information list, scene images are reproduced and displayed as objects corresponding to each scene in the program-related information. To describe.
- the scene image as an object is also transmitted together with the HTML file as program-related information.
- the URL and the scene image are displayed for each scene. It can be easier to grasp visually.
- the time information of the clock section 17 is used as the time information forming the scene information. It has the advantage that the operation of the program-related information service can be easily realized even for analog broadcasting that is not inserted into the signal. However, in the case of digital broadcasting, since the time information is inserted into the received transport stream, the time information inserted into the transport stream is replaced with the scene information instead of the time information measured by the clock unit 17. This means that it may be used as time information.
- the scene information list transmitted from the broadcast receiving device 1 to the server 5 and the structure of the program-related information database 32 stored in the storage unit 31 of the server 5 are also limited to formats such as XML and HTML.
- the program-related information transmitted from the server 5 to an Internet-compatible device such as a personal computer or a mobile phone is not limited to the Compact HTML format.
- the broadcast receiving apparatus when a user who is watching a program using a broadcast receiving apparatus performs a scene registration operation, the broadcast receiving apparatus generates scene information (identification information) including at least channel information and time information. To be memorized.
- the server device searches for program-related information such as a URL corresponding to the received scene information, and transmits the program information to a predetermined user-owned device.
- program-related information such as a URL corresponding to the received scene information
- information related to the content of the broadcast program desired by the user is not provided by the broadcaster as a data broadcast, but is provided by, for example, a communication such as the Internet. It is performed through a server device installed on the network.
- the broadcasting side does not have to prepare equipment and personnel for data broadcasting.
- the broadcast receiver only needs to add a configuration in which scene information is registered in response to a scene registration operation, and the registered scene information is transmitted via a communication network.
- there is no need to adopt a configuration that supports data broadcasting which is still considered costly at present.
- broadcasting devices that can be connected to the Internet are becoming widespread, and in view of the fact that scene registration operations and the like can be realized by adding less complicated software, broadcasting corresponding to the present invention is considered.
- the functions added to the receiving device can be said to be simple, and the cost can be kept low as the hardware changes are small.
- the present invention is useful in the future, it takes into account the current situation that, even if digital broadcasting is operated, data broadcasting is rarely performed due to problems such as costs related to infrastructure construction. If you de sir It can be said that it is very useful in that it can operate an information service equivalent to a service. In the present invention, there is no problem in applying the present invention not only to digital broadcasting but also to current analog satellite broadcasting and terrestrial broadcasting.
- a plurality of pieces of scene information can be registered and held, and required scene information can be selected and transmitted from among the plurality of pieces of scene information. are doing. According to this, the user can register as much scene information as he / she can think of, and can give an opportunity to select, for example, only the necessary scene information from these. Because it is possible, usability will be improved accordingly.
- image information of a scene corresponding to the scene registration operation is stored as scene information in addition to the channel information and the time information.
- image information is stored as part of the scene information.
- the program-related information When transmitting program-related information from a server to a communication device, the program-related information is transmitted in the form of e-mail via the Internet, for example. Given the widespread use of e-mail in the current situation, sending program-related information by e-mail would be an easy task for ordinary users. .
- designation information eg, an e-mail address
- the server device responds to the specified communication device.
- the program-related information is transmitted.
- the user of the broadcast receiving apparatus can transmit the program-related information to a device intended by the user, so that the usability of the service for the user is also improved in this respect. Will be.
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