WO2007097387A1 - 番組放送システム及び番組コンテンツ配信システム - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a summary information management apparatus and summary information management method for managing summary information of web pages related to broadcast programs and the like.
- Homepages corresponding to broadcast programs such as televisions have been established, or companies that provide commercials have opened their own homepages. Therefore, viewers who are interested in a program or commercial record the search power by broadcast program name or company name, or record the URL (Uniform Resource locator) displayed during broadcast and enter the URL. By doing so, they were browsing websites related to the program and commercials.
- broadcast program name or company name or record the URL (Uniform Resource locator) displayed during broadcast and enter the URL.
- Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2005-286748 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2005-286748
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-104640 discloses a television device that takes in program name data and Internet address contained in digital television broadcast reception data and stores them in pairs.
- program signal receiving means for receiving a program signal for providing a program And summary information acquisition means for acquiring summary information of web contents related to the program together with the management information of the summary information, summary information management means for managing the summary information acquired by the summary information acquisition means based on the management information, and Management information includes at least one of acquisition of summary information, display of summary information, genre of summary information, and expiration date of access to address included in summary information.
- a step of receiving a program signal for providing a program a step of acquiring summary information of web content related to the program together with management information of the summary information, and an acquired summary Management information based on management information, and the management information includes at least one of acquisition of summary information, display of summary information, genre of summary information, and expiration date of access to address included in summary information.
- a summary information management method characterized in that it is included is provided.
- program guide information for obtaining or acquiring program guide information for viewing or recording a program in which summary information related to the program is embedded! / Means and summary information acquisition means for acquiring summary information embedded in the program guide information, and the summary information acquisition means should use the program facial expression information acquired by the program guide information acquisition means for viewing or recording.
- a program guide information use device is provided, which is characterized by acquiring summary information embedded in program guide information.
- a step of receiving a program signal for providing a program a step of acquiring summary information of web content related to the program, and acquiring program specifying information for specifying the program
- a program signal recording / reproducing method comprising the steps of: extracting and reproducing a program signal specified by the program specifying information from the recording means when the user selects the program specifying information.
- a program signal receiving unit that receives a program signal that provides a program
- a summary information acquisition unit that acquires summary information of sub-contents related to the program
- a program Program identification information acquisition means for acquiring the program identification information and program identification Recording means for associating and recording the program identification information acquired by the information acquisition means, the summary information acquired by the summary information acquisition means and the program signal received by the program signal receiving means, and related to the summary information and the summary information Display means for displaying the program specific information to be displayed on the screen, and program signal reproduction means for extracting and reproducing the program signal specified by the program specific information when the user selects the program specific information.
- a program signal recording / reproducing apparatus is provided.
- program signal receiving means for receiving a program signal on which a summary information address indicating an address of summary information of web content related to a program is superimposed, and received program signal power summary information
- Summary information address extracting means for extracting addresses, summary information acquiring means for accessing the extracted summary information addresses to acquire summary information, and program specifying information acquiring means for acquiring program specifying information for specifying a program Recording means for recording the acquired program identification information, the acquired summary information and the received program signal in association with each other, and a display for displaying the summary information and the program identification information related to the summary information on the screen.
- program signal reproducing means for extracting and reproducing the program signal specified by the program specifying information when the user selects the program specifying information.
- Program signal recording reproducing apparatus is provided, characterized in that it comprises.
- a program signal receiving unit that receives a program signal on which program attribute information is superimposed, an attribute information extracting unit that extracts attribute information from the received program signal, and an extracted attribute
- the information is sent to a database in which the attribute information of the program and the address of the summary information of the web content related to the program are associated and stored, and the summary indicating the address of the summary information corresponding to the sent attribute information
- Summary information address acquisition means for acquiring information address, summary information acquisition means for accessing the acquired summary information address to acquire summary information, summary information display means for displaying the acquired summary information, and specifying a program
- a program specifying information acquiring means for acquiring program specifying information for performing the processing, the acquired program specifying information, the acquired summary information, and the received program signal.
- Recording means for recording in series, display means for displaying summary information and program specifying information related to the summary information on the screen, and program specified by the program specifying information when the user selects the program specifying information
- Program signal reproducing means for extracting and reproducing the signal recording means
- a process of receiving a streaming program signal that provides a program by streaming, and summary information that stores an address at which a program signal of another program related to the program is provided is stored.
- a method for reproducing a video program signal is provided.
- program signal receiving means for receiving a program signal on which a summary information address indicating the address of summary information of web content related to a program is superimposed, and received program signal power summary information
- Summary information address extraction means for extracting addresses, summary information acquisition means for accessing the extracted summary information addresses to acquire summary information, summary information display means for displaying the acquired summary information, and acquired summary Summary information management means for managing the summary information based on at least one of the viewing degree of the related program of the program, the viewing degree of the summary information, and the viewing degree of the subpage of the address included in the summary information
- a program signal receiving apparatus is provided.
- a program signal receiving unit that receives a program signal on which program attribute information is superimposed, an attribute information extracting unit that extracts attribute information from the received program signal, and an extracted attribute
- the information is sent to a database in which the attribute information of the program and the address of the summary information of the web content related to the program are associated and stored, and a summary information address indicating the address of the summary information corresponding to the attribute information is sent.
- Summary information address acquisition means to be acquired summary information acquisition means for accessing the acquired summary information address to acquire summary information
- summary information display means for displaying the acquired summary information, and acquired summary information Based on at least one of the viewing degree of related programs, the degree of browsing of summary information, and the degree of browsing of web pages at addresses included in the summary information.
- a streaming program signal receiving means for receiving a streaming program signal for providing a program by streaming, and an address at which a program signal of another program related to the program is provided are stored.
- Summary information acquisition means for acquiring summary information by accessing the summary information address indicating the location of the summary information, and extracting the summary information address superimposed on the received streaming program signal from the streaming program signal Summary information address extracting means, program specifying information acquiring means for acquiring program specifying information for specifying a program, display means for displaying the acquired program specifying information on the screen, and the program selecting information selected by the user
- the program identification information is specified based on the summary information acquired by the summary information acquisition means.
- a streaming program signal reproducing apparatus comprising a reproducing means for accessing an address at which a streaming program signal of a program to be reproduced is reproduced and reproducing a streaming program signal of the specified program.
- a streaming thread and signal receiving means for receiving a streaming program signal for providing a program by streaming, and a program identification for identifying a program superimposed on the streaming thread and signal.
- the program specifying information extracting means for extracting information from the received streaming program signal, and the extracted program specifying information are stored in association with the address of the program specifying information and the summary information of the web content related to the program.
- Summary information address acquisition means for acquiring summary information address indicating the location of summary information corresponding to the program identification information sent to the database and accessing the acquired summary information address to acquire summary information Summary information acquisition means, display means for displaying the extracted program identification information on the screen, display information
- the streaming program of the specified program is accessed by accessing the address where the streaming program signal of the program specified by the program specifying information is reproduced based on the acquired summary information.
- a streaming program signal reproduction apparatus comprising reproduction means for reproducing a signal.
- a program signal transmission / reception system including a program signal transmission device that transmits a program signal for providing a program and a program signal reception device that receives the program signal, Program signal characterized by using any of the apparatus or method A transmission / reception system is provided.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a digital broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the television according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a set-top box in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the digital broadcasting system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which acquired RSS content is displayed on a monitor in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a monitor screen display in the embodiment of the present invention when a web content is acquired and browsed by specifying the content of RSS after watching a program.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a relationship between an RSS feed stored in a database and web content in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation when the user selects an RSS URL in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an update process of the RSS manager for each predetermined period in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation in the case where the television records a broadcast signal that is also sent by the broadcasting station in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation of acquiring RSS by the set top box in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a data structure stored in the database of the set top box in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of program reproduction by the television in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a screen display of a monitor when a TV program is played back in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 shows a program recorded by selecting a thumbnail in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an operation of an expiration process executed by the RSS manager when acquiring RSS in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an expire process executed by the RSS manager 221 when the RSS viewer is activated in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing processing for expiration of display of the RSS manager in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an operation of an update / deletion process according to the number of browsing of a web page indicated by a program, an RSS feed, and an RSS feed in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a configuration of a digital broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 21 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the digital broadcasting system having the configuration shown in FIG.
- FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing operations of the set top box and the television in the digital broadcasting system having the configuration shown in FIG.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a configuration of a program content distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the operation of the program content distribution system in the embodiment shown in FIG.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a data structure of a database of the program content receiving apparatus shown in FIG.
- FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a screen when RSS itself is embedded in EPG program information in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an external appearance of a remote control device in an embodiment of the present invention.
- ⁇ 28 A diagram showing a configuration of a digital broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the HD recorder in the embodiment shown in FIG. Explanation of symbols
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a digital broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 100 indicates a broadcasting station that modulates and transmits video, audio, data, etc. using radio waves of a predetermined frequency as a carrier wave! / Speak.
- RSS Resource Description Framework
- the broadcast station 100 broadcasts a program and stores program attribute information such as the program name, channel information, broadcast date and time of the program, and an RSS of a website related to the program. Is multiplexed with the broadcast signal and transmitted.
- the website related to the program includes the website of the program, the website of the sponsor of the program, and the like.
- Box 220 is installed.
- a URL indicating RSS sent from the broadcasting station 100 is extracted, and the summary information of the website indicated by the URL is collected by the RSS manager 221 and the RSS manager 211.
- Reference numeral 224 denotes an interface for transmitting / receiving electric signals to / from the television 210, and reference numeral 225 denotes an adapter for connecting to the Internet.
- [0027] 400 is a web server related to a program connected to the Internet 10, and the content of the website related to the program and RSS which is summary information of this website are stored in the database 410. !
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a more detailed configuration of the television 210.
- the television 210 includes a receiving unit 211, a display unit 212, a monitor 213, and an interface 214.
- the receiving unit 211 receives a broadcast signal broadcast from the broadcast station 100.
- the display unit 212 generates a signal to be displayed on the screen by separating the video signal from the broadcast signal received by the receiving unit 211.
- the display unit 212 has a built-in BML (Broadcast Markup Language) view that displays character information such as weather forecast and -use included in the broadcast signal on the screen.
- the monitor 213 displays the video signal output from the display unit 212.
- the interface 214 transmits and receives electrical signals to and from the set top box 220.
- the television 210 has a database 215, a recording / image processing unit 216, and an image playback unit 217 for the program recording / playback function.
- the database 215 stores data such as program images to be recorded.
- the recording / image processing unit 216 records the program image data received by the receiving unit 211 in the database 215, and creates a thumbnail image for thumbnail display from the recorded program image data, and the database 215 again.
- the display unit 212 also has a function of displaying the program image and thumbnail display image recorded in the database 215 on the monitor 213.
- the television 210 has a user interface 218 that sends an operation signal to each part of the television 210 by operating the cursor button on the user's remote control.
- FIG. 1 shows a functional configuration of the set top box 220.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the set top box 220.
- the set top box 220 is provided with a ROM (Read Only Memory) 11, an HD (Hard Disk) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 14.
- ROM 11 stores a boot program and the like
- HD 12 stores programs such as RSS manager 221 and web browser 223.
- HD 12 has a database of RSS and web content.
- the RAM 13 is used as a work area or the like during program operation, and the CPU 14 executes a program expanded on the RAM 13.
- the ROMll, HD12, RAM13, and CPU14 are electrically connected to each other via a bus 15. Then, the web browser 223 and the RSS manager 221 are read from the HD 12 at startup, loaded onto the RAM 13 and executed.
- the web browser 223 and the RSS manager 221 may have software stored in the ROM 11 instead of the HD 12.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of browsing a web content related to a program being viewed in this digital broadcasting system. The operation of the digital broadcasting system having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to this flowchart.
- the broadcast station 100 transmits a program channel to a broadcast signal such as video or audio constituting the program.
- Program attribute information such as program information and RSS URL of web contents related to the program are multiplexed and broadcast (ST401).
- the program attribute information includes a program ID that identifies the broadcast program. In this embodiment, the program ID is used in the program recording process described later.
- the receiving unit 211 of the television 210 in each home 200 extracts the video of the program by the display unit 212 and displays it on the monitor 213. Further, the signal received by the receiving unit 211 is sent to the set top box 220 via the interface 214.
- the received signal is then sent to set-top box 220 via interface 224, and RSS manager 221 detects the RSS URL from this received signal (ST402).
- RSS is obtained by accessing the database 410 of the web server 400 corresponding to this URL (ST403) and stored in the database 222.
- the acquired RSS is displayed, and the content of the RSS for which the web content is to be acquired is selected (ST404). That is, the RSS manager 221 instructs the display unit 212 to display the acquired RSS content on the monitor 213. Then, based on the displayed RSS content, the RSS corresponding to the content that the user wants to browse is selected.
- the RSS manager 221 instructs the web browser 223 to access the URL of the content corresponding to the content of the RSS selected by the user to obtain the web content (ST405), and associate the obtained web content with the RSS in the database 22 And is displayed on the monitor screen (ST406).
- RSS which is summary information of web content
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state where the content of the acquired RSS is displayed on the monitor.
- the display screen of the monitor 213 is divided into three screens Sl, S2, and S3.
- the video of the program is displayed on the screen S1, and the content of the acquired RSS is displayed on the screen S2.
- the RSS display is not a list format, but a ticker display that displays continuously on a single line.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen display state of the monitor 213 in this case.
- the screen is divided into two parts, S4 and S5, and the contents of RSS stored in the database 222 are displayed in list form on the screen S4 so that the user can select them.
- the screen S5 web content corresponding to the content of the RSS selected on the screen S4 is displayed.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the relationship between the RSS feed (RSS content) stored in the database 222 and the web content.
- RSS feed RSS content
- m—1 the RSS feed (m—1) has n web content URLs.
- Web content is stored in a one-to-one correspondence
- the RSS manager 221 detects a URL indicating RSS from a broadcast signal
- the RSS URL included in the power broadcast signal is obtained by accessing the URL and acquiring the RSS related to the program. The user can select and get the RSS corresponding to the selected URL.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation when the user selects an RSS URL acquired in this way.
- the RSS view is activated (ST 801: YES)
- the URL indicating RSS is displayed on the screen of the monitor 213 together with the program attribute information (ST802).
- ST8 03: ⁇ £ 3 the selected 11! 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ is accessed to obtain the corresponding 1 ⁇ 33 (3 804).
- U RL is not selected (ST803: NO)
- the corresponding RSS is not acquired.
- the RSS view is activated! /! (ST801: NO)
- the detected URL is accessed and the RSS is acquired without going through the user selection process (ST805).
- the acquired RSS is stored in the database 222.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the RSS S periodic update process of the RSS manager 221.
- RS If the acquisition expiration date is set in S !, in this case (ST901: NO), the RSS is updated and the RSS feed is acquired (step ST903). Even if the expiration date for updating and acquiring RSS is set (ST901: YES), and within the expiration date of RSS acquisition (ST90 2: YES), updating RSS and acquiring a new RSS feed (ST903). If the acquisition expiration date is set in RSS (ST901: YES) and the expiration date has passed (ST 902: NO), the processing is terminated without updating the RSS feed (ST904).
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation when the television 210 records a broadcast signal sent from the broadcast station 100. The recording operation of the television 210 will be described along this flowchart.
- receiving section 211 of television 210 receives a broadcast signal and URL indicating program attribute information and RSS superimposed thereon (ST1001). Then, the receiving unit 211 sends the broadcast program image data together with the program ID included in the program attribute information to the recording and image processing unit 216.
- the recording / image processing unit 216 associates the program ID with the program image data of this program and stores it in the database 215 (ST1002).
- the recording / image processing unit 216 creates a thumbnail image for thumbnail display from the program image data stored in the database 215 (ST1003).
- the video recording / image processing unit 216 associates the program ID, the program image data, and the thumbnail thumbnail image with each other and stores them in the database 215 (ST1004).
- the program ID can identify the program, it may be a program title or the like in addition to the so-called ID number. Also, instead of using information from the broadcasting station 100 as a program ID, the television 210 may generate information corresponding to the program ID and assign it to each program!
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation of acquiring RSS by the set top box 220.
- the RSS acquisition operation of the set top box 220 will be described with reference to this flowchart.
- RSS manager 221 receives from TV 210 URL indicating the attribute information of the program received by TV 210 and the related RSS (ST1101). That is, the receiving unit 211 of the television 210 also receives the URL indicating the program attribute information and the related RSS from the television 210 via the interfaces 214 and 224 (ST1101). And RSS manager The encoder 221 detects the URL indicating RSS superimposed on the broadcast signal and the program ID included in the program information (ST1102). Next, the URL indicating the detected RSS is accessed to acquire the RSS related to the program (ST1103). Next, the acquired RSS is stored in the database 222 in association with the program ID and the URL indicating the RSS (ST1104).
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a data structure stored in the database 222. Unlike the data structure shown in Fig. 7 when viewing a program without recording it, a URL indicating the program ID for managing multiple recorded programs and the associated RSS for updating the RSS during program playback. Is included. That is, a URL indicating a plurality of related RSSs is associated with one program ID (p-1), and each URL is associated with a corresponding RSS feed (RSS content). In addition, one RSS feed of each RSS feed is associated with the web content of the URL contained in the RSS feed. The storage of web content associated with the RSS feed will be described later. Even when viewing a program without recording it, the data structure shown in Fig. 12 can be used instead of the data structure shown in Fig. 7.
- FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an operation of program reproduction by the television 210
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a screen display of the monitor 213 when the program of the television 210 is reproduced.
- the image reproduction unit 217 sends the program image data from the database 215 to the display unit 212, and the display unit 212 displays the image on the screen S 6 of the monitor 213.
- the image playback unit 217 sends the yarn number and ID for specifying the program to be reproduced from the database 215 to the display unit 212, and the display unit 212 sends the yarn number and ID to the RSS manager 221.
- the RSS manager 221 returns the RSS corresponding to the program ID from the database 222 to the display unit 212, and the display unit 212 displays the RSS title corresponding to the program on the screen S7 of the monitor 213 (ST1301).
- the titles of three RSSs “ABCD”, “PQRS”, and “XYZ” are displayed.
- “PQRS” is highlighted (ST1302), and a reduced image related to the RSS is displayed as a thumbnail on the screen S8 (ST1303). That is, the RSS manager 221 sends the program ID associated with the RSS whose title is “PQRS” to the television 210, and the image playback unit 217 corresponds to the program ID from the database 215.
- the thumbnail image to be displayed is transmitted to the display unit 212.
- the display unit 212 displays the reduced / J images 701, 702, 703, and 704 on the screen S8 of the monitor 213.
- four programs are associated with the RSS whose title is “PQRS”.
- the RSS manager 221 displays an RSS list of recorded programs not only when the program content recorded on the television 210 is played but also when a real-time broadcast is displayed. It may be configured. That is, when a real-time broadcast program that is not a recorded program is displayed on the screen S6 and the user gives an instruction to display an RSS list of the recorded program, the RSS manager 221 is activated. Display the list of RSS titles of programs recorded on screen S7, and display thumbnail images of programs related to the RSS on screen S8.
- the URL included in the RSS is accessed so that the web content is displayed on the whole or a part of the screen S6.
- the RSS manager 221 instructs the web browser 223 to access the URL included in the RSS, and the web browser 223 accesses the web server 400 corresponding to the URL via the Internet 10.
- the web content stored in the database 410 is acquired and sent to the display unit 212.
- the display unit 212 displays web content on the entire surface or part of the screen S6 of the monitor 213.
- the RSS manager 221 stores the web content acquired from the web server 400 in the database 222 in association with the RSS feed as shown in FIG.
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an operation for selecting playback of a recorded program by selecting a thumbnail.
- the user displays the reduced image displayed on the screen S8 shown in FIG. 14 by hand, decides the program, and specifies the reduced image selected by the user through the user interface 218 (see FIG. 14). ST1501). Then, the program image data corresponding to the specified reduced image is read from the database 215 by the image reproducing unit 217, and the program image data is transmitted to the display unit 212.
- the display unit 212 displays the warp and image data on the screen S6 of the monitor 213 (ST 1502). For example, when the reduced image 701 is selected in FIG. 14, the warp and image data associated with the reduced image 701 are read from the database 215 and reproduced on the screen S6. It becomes.
- the expire is an instruction to delete the RSS from the database after a certain period of time, and the period is set in the RSS.
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the operation of the expire process executed by the RSS manager 221 at the time of RSS acquisition. Note that the process between A and B in FIG. 16 is replaced with ST403 shown in FIG. 4 or ST1103 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, after obtaining a URL indicating RSS from broadcasting station 100, the URL is accessed to obtain the corresponding RSS (ST1601). When the expire is set (ST1602), the expire data, which is information such as the time to be deleted, is associated with the RSS content and stored in the database 222 (ST1603).
- FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an etaspear process executed by the RSS manager 221 when the RSS viewer is activated.
- Fig. 17 first, when an espire is set in RSS (ST1701: YES), it is checked whether the expire deadline has passed and the expire deadline has passed. In such a case (ST1702: YES), the RSS whose expiry date has passed and its associated web content are deleted from the database 222 (ST1703). If the expire deadline has not passed (ST1702: NO), it is not deleted from the database 222. Then, RSS other than the RSS that was removed is displayed (ST1704).
- the ability to delete the expired RSS and the associated web content from the database 222 is displayed when the related program is played back without deleting these data. However, it may be displayed when the RSS viewer application is used alone. In other words, it may be possible to set an expire indicating the time limit for displaying a certain program.
- an expire related to the RSS availability period is included in the address indicating the RSS. It may be set.
- the RSS manager 221 cannot acquire RSS even if the RSS acquisition instruction is issued.
- an expire related to the RSS update period may be set in the RSS address. In this case, the RSS cannot be updated even if the RSS manager 221 instructs to update the RSS.
- the recording 'image processing unit 216 When the user gives an instruction to delete the program image data in the database 215 of the television 210 through the user interface 218, the recording 'image processing unit 216 also deletes the thumbnail display image together with the program image data. Further, the URL indicating the RSS of the database 222 of the set top box 220 and the RSS feed may be deleted by the mode setting. By doing this, RSS feeds related to the program are deleted together, making it easier for users to manage RSS feeds.
- RSS acquisition timing may be set by the user on the television 210, or the broadcast signal from the broadcasting station 100 may include data indicating the RSS acquisition timing together with the RSS URL. May be.
- the display expiration time limit S is not set instead of deleting the RSS as in the case of the above-mentioned etasnoa.
- FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the processing of the expiration date of display of the RSS manager 221.
- the display expiration date is set (ST1801: Y ES) and if it is within the validity period of the display (ST1802: YES), the content of RSS is displayed (ST1803). Even if the display expiration date has been set (ST1801: NO), the content of RSS is displayed (ST1803).
- the display expiration date has been set (ST1801: YES) and the expiration date has passed (ST1802: NO)
- the processing ends without displaying the content of the RSS (ST1804). In this case, since it is not deleted like Expire, the contents of RSS can be displayed later by changing the setting using RSS view.
- an access expiration date can be set for each URL included in the RSS.
- RSS has a channel element that indicates basic information of RSS and an item element that describes the specific contents of the resources listed as the table of contents within the channel element. Access to each of these URLs is enabled independently. By setting a deadline, you can set a fine-grained ⁇ expiration date. More specifically, in the case of RSS related to series programs, the URL as the channel element is the URL of the main page of a certain broadcast program, and the URL of the item element is used as the URL related to a certain episode of the broadcast program.
- the URL of the channel element is the URL of the broadcaster's main page
- the URL of the item element is the URL of the single program.
- the URL specified by RSS differs depending on the characteristics of the program, so it is effective to set an expiration date accordingly.
- the RSS feed is described to be updated at regular intervals, but it can also be updated as follows.
- the information power related to the update of the RSS feed is set in the URL or RSS feed of the RSS, and the RSS manager 221 updates the RSS feed based on this information.
- the RSS feed update information includes the update timing or timing of the RSS feed, and the RSS feed is updated based on this timing or timing.
- the RSS feed or the URU of the RSS feed contains genre information indicating the genre of the information described in the RSS feed, and the genre information and the genre information desired by the user match. You can just update the RSS feed. You In other words, genre information does not match RSS feeds are not updated.
- the RSS feed may be deleted.
- FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the operation of this process.
- the number L of times that a related broadcast program such as a series is viewed is obtained by comparing time information, broadcast channel information, and EPG (ST1901).
- the number M of browsing RSS feeds is obtained (ST1902).
- the number N of browsing the web page indicated by the URL included in the RSS feed is obtained (ST1903).
- ST1901 to ST1903 operate in parallel with normal operation, and each value is stored in a hard disk or the like each time. The above equation is just an example, so let's weight each value individually.
- RSS is advertising information and may be distributed by an advertising distributor.
- the expiration date of RSS items and RSS source URLs can be set according to the advertising expenses paid by the advertiser.
- the force itself obtained by superimposing the URL indicating RSS on the broadcast signal may be superimposed on the broadcast signal.
- the step of accessing the URL indicating RSS and acquiring the RSS feed becomes unnecessary.
- the RSS manager 221 may acquire RSS by detecting the RSS update trigger and the URL indicating the update target RSS.
- the RSS update trigger the program start time and commercial start time are appropriate.
- RSS feeds and Z or web content may be acquired, stored, and displayed at predetermined intervals.
- the RSS manager 221 registers an address indicating the RSS once acquired,
- the latest RSS may be acquired and displayed according to the frequency of the update or the user's update instruction. That is, by registering an RSS address, an operation for acquiring an RSS feed at a predetermined frequency is performed. For example, after receiving a broadcast program, detecting an address indicating RSS, displaying the address, it may be automatically saved and registered. After that, when the RSS view is activated, the latest feed of the RSS address may be acquired and displayed. By automatically registering in this way, the user can browse the related information of the broadcast program without providing the user with troublesome registration operations, and the latest information can be provided. For this reason, the advertising effect of the program can be enhanced.
- the user may select whether or not to register an RSS address acquired along with a broadcast program. For example, after receiving a broadcast program, detecting an RSS address, displaying an RSS list, and registering the RSS address selected by the user. Then, when the RSS reader is started, the latest feed of the RSS address may be acquired and displayed.
- the power TV 210 and the set-top box 220 constitute a receiving system.
- the TV 210 may be configured to include the function of the set-top box 220.
- the display unit 212 since the display unit 212 includes a BML browser, if a BML browser is used instead of the web browser 223 of the set-top box 220, the number of browsers can be reduced to one.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a configuration of a digital broadcast system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- broadcast station 100a transmits a program without superimposing a URL indicating RSS, with its program attribute information superimposed.
- An ISP (Internet Service Provider) server 500 has a database 510 in which program attribute information and a URL indicating an RSS of a website related to the program are associated.
- program attribute information is sent from the outside, It returns the RSS of the website related to the program.
- RSS Manager 221a Unlike the RSS manager 221, it has a function of sending program attribute information to the ISP server 500 and acquiring an RSS URL.
- the attribute information is one aspect of the program specifying information, and is information that can specify the program such as a channel and a title of the program, for example.
- FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of acquiring web content related to a program during viewing of a program in the digital broadcasting system having the configuration shown in FIG.
- broadcast station 100a broadcasts the program attribute information including channel information superimposed on the broadcast signal of the program, and television 210 receives the program attribute information together with the program (ST2101).
- the R SS manager 221a sends program attribute information to the ISP server 500 (ST2102).
- the ISP server 500 searches the database 510 and returns a URL indicating the RSS associated with the attribute information of the program including channel information and the like.
- the RSS manager 22 la acquires a URL indicating the RSS related to the program (ST2103).
- the RSS manager 221a accesses the URL indicating the acquired RSS, acquires the RSS, stores it in the database 222, and displays it on the monitor 213 (ST2104).
- the web browser 223 is instructed to acquire the web content corresponding to the RSS selected by the user, and the web browser acquires the web content of the URL corresponding to the RSS (ST2105).
- the acquired web content is stored in the database 222 in association with the corresponding RSS.
- the web browser 223 sends the acquired web content to the display unit 212 via the interface 224 of the set top box 220 and the interface 214 of the television 210, and the acquired web content is displayed on the monitor 213 (ST2106).
- the hardware of the set-top box 220 is the same as that shown in FIG. 3, and the database 222 is the same as the structure shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. It is.
- the screen display is the same as that shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 6, and the selection of the URL indicating RSS is the same as the operation shown in FIG.
- the expiration process is the same as that shown in FIG. 10 or FIG.
- the registration of RSS addresses and the setting of expires in RSS addresses may be performed in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment.
- ISP Sano 500 may return an RSS feed in addition to the URL indicating RSS. In this case, ST2104 force S is not required.
- management of RSS update, deletion, and the like can be performed in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment.
- the power to send the attribute information superimposed on the broadcast signal of the program to the ISP server 500 is not limited to this, and the set top box 220 detects Current channel information and time information may be sent to ISP server 500
- an RSS address table associated with each channel may be downloaded from the ISP and provided in the set-top box 220 when the user contracts with the ISP.
- the table power downloaded by the RSS address corresponding to channel 3 may be acquired, and RSS may be acquired.
- the ISP can provide its own service.
- FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the operations of the set-top box 220a and the television 210 when recording a program in the digital broadcasting system having the configuration shown in FIG.
- Operations ST2201 to ST2203 in FIG. 22 are the same operations as ST2101 to ST2103 in FIG.
- the RSS manager 221a acquires the RSS
- the acquired RSS is stored in the database 222 (ST2204), and the process ends.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a configuration of a program content distribution system according to still another embodiment of the present invention. Parts that are the same as or similar to those shown in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals, and duplicate descriptions are omitted.
- the program provider server 600 provides the viewer with the program content stored in the database 610 by streaming or downloading via the Internet 300. Furthermore, the program provider server 600 adds the program attribute information related to the program content and the RSS URL related to the program to the program content for transmission. Further, the program content receiving apparatus 220b has a plug-in player 226 of the web browser 223, plays back the program content provided by the program provider Sano 600, and monitors the played video and audio via the interface 224. 2 Send to 30.
- the program content receiving device 220b detects the URL indicating the RSS of the program content received via the Internet 300, accesses the URL to acquire the RSS feed, accesses the URL included in the RSS feed, and accesses the web.
- Browser 2 23 has an RSS manager 221b for instructing acquisition of web contents.
- FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the operation of the program content distribution system of the embodiment shown in FIG.
- the program provider adds the program content attribute information and the related RSS URL to the program content for distribution (ST2401). That is, the RSS manager 221b of the program content receiving device 220b in each home 200 instructs the web browser 223 to access a URL that provides program content provided by the program provider server 600. The distributed program content is reproduced by the plug-in player 226 of the web browser 223, and a video signal is output to the monitor 230 via the interface 224. Then, the RSS manager 221b detects the URL indicating the RSS attached to the program content (ST2402), accesses this URL, and acquires the corresponding RSS from the web server 400 (ST2403).
- the acquired RSS is displayed, and the user selects the RSS from which the web content is to be acquired (ST2404).
- the RSS manager 221b instructs the web browser 223 to access a URL corresponding to the content of the RSS selected by the user, and the web browser 223 acquires this web content (ST2405).
- the acquired web content is displayed on the screen of monitor 230 (ST2406).
- the hardware of the program content receiving apparatus 220b is the same as that shown in FIG. 3, and the database 222 has the structure shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. It is the same.
- the screen display is the same as that shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 6, or FIG. 14, and the RSS URL selection is the same as the processing shown in FIG.
- the expire process is the same as that shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, the delivery period of the program content and the expire period may be matched. In this case, unnecessary data can be deleted and the database can be used effectively.
- RSS address registration and RSS address setting for the RSS address may be the same as in the above embodiments.
- the program provider server 600 adds an RSS feed in addition to the RSS URL. It can be added to the program content and distributed.
- the acquired content may be stored in database 215.
- the program content is stored in the database 222b together with the program ID.
- a thumbnail image for the program content catalog is generated. The thumbnail image is stored in the database 222b in association with the program ID, program content, URL indicating RSS, and RSS feed.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a data structure of the database 222b when content is stored.
- thumbnail images, program contents, URLs indicating RSS, RSS feeds, and web contents specified in RSS feeds are stored in association with program IDs. Note that the same data structure may be used when only viewing without saving.
- the RSS manager 221b displays the RSS related to the program, and the RSS manager 221b specifies the RSS selected by the user. Then, the thumbnail display image specifically identified and associated with the RSS is displayed.
- the display screen of the monitor 213 is the same as that shown in FIG.
- the RSS manager 221b instructs the plug-in player 226 via the web browser 223 to reproduce the program content corresponding to the thumbnail image. For this reason, program content corresponding to RSS can be selected by viewing thumbnail images.
- the streaming signal of the thread 1A from the program provider server 600 is included, for example, the URL of the streaming playback destination of the programs B and C and the image data for displaying the thumbnails of these programs B and C are included.
- the receiving device 22 Ob performs streaming playback and displays it on the screen S6, and also accesses the web server 400 of the sent URL and stores it in the database 410! To obtain the RSS.
- R The thumbnail display image data of program B and program C included in SS is displayed on screen S 8 shown in FIG.
- RSS update, deletion, and the like can also be managed in the same manner as in the above-described embodiments.
- the broadcast station 100 or 100a of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 20, or FIG. 23 may be a satellite broadcast that transmits radio waves via a satellite!
- a program composed of video and audio that is, a powerful audio-only program described for television, that is, a radio may be used.
- the receiving device is not limited to a television set in each home, but may be a portable receiver. In particular, it may be displayed on the screen of a mobile phone.
- RSS itself is not limited to text, but may be audio 'video'.
- the force that superimposes the program attribute information on the broadcast signal or the distribution signal may be obtained from the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) force.
- the RSS address may be included in the EPG program content specification information. When program content is selected by EPG, the RSS address may be detected and RSS may be acquired. Also, RSS itself may be obtained from EPG.
- the program content distribution period and the expire period may be matched. In this case, unnecessary data can be deleted and the database can be used effectively. Further, the registration of RSS addresses and the setting of expires in RSS addresses may be performed in the same manner as in the above embodiments.
- the program provider Baisano 600 may add an RSS feed to the program content for distribution.
- RSS URL and RSS related to the program content It is also possible to simplify user RSS management by deleting feeds.
- the broadcast stations 100 and 100a of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 20 may be satellite broadcasts that transmit radio waves via satellites.
- a program composed of video and audio that is, a powerful audio program described for television, that is, a radio may be used.
- the receiving device is not limited to a television set in each home, but may be a portable receiver. In particular, it may be displayed on the screen of a mobile phone.
- RSS itself is not limited to text, but may be audio 'video'.
- ATOM format can be used instead of RSS for summary information.
- the RSS 222 and the web content stored in the database 222 in association with each other. May be deleted. Further, the RSS feed and the web content may be deleted by an expirer or by detecting that the remaining memory of the database 222 is low. Even if the RSS feed is deleted, only the RSS address may be left.
- the content described in another markup language such as the power BML described with HTML exemplified as the web content may be used.
- the browser needs to have a function that can analyze and display the web content.
- the ISP server is not limited to a narrowly-defined ISP, and may be a server that manages web contents such as HTML and BML.
- the thumbnail image may be a moving image that repeats the movement for several seconds over the still image. Further, the thumbnail image is not necessarily a reduced image as long as it can be displayed on the screen. Further, the thumbnail image or icon may be sent from the broadcast station or the program provider Sano without generating the thumbnail image in the television 210.
- the power obtained by superimposing the program attribute information on the broadcast signal or the distribution signal may be acquired from an EPG (Electronic Program Guide).
- the RSS address may be included in the EPG program content specification information. Yes. When program content is selected by EPG, the RSS address may be detected and RSS may be obtained. In addition, RSS itself may be acquired by EPG.
- FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a screen when RSS itself is embedded in EPG program information.
- S9 is the screen that displays the EPG thread and column
- S10 is the screen that displays the RSS of the program when you select the program by clicking the EPG thread and column
- S11 is a screen for displaying a broadcast program or a web page corresponding to a URL included in RSS.
- the EPG acquired from the Internet or the like is displayed on the screen S9.
- RSS is embedded in this EPG, and when the user taps the part of program P1 to be recorded, the RSS related to the program is captured. Then, the contents of RSS are displayed in a list or ticker on screen S10. Then, when selecting and clicking the RSS content part displayed in the list, for example, “abcdefg”, a web page corresponding to the RSS content is displayed on the screen S11.
- Screen S8 is used not only to display web pages but also to display programs.
- a part of the power displayed on the screen of the monitor 213 can be partially displayed on the display screen of the remote control device for switching TV channels.
- an EPG-powered broadcast viewing instruction or broadcast recording instruction cannot be issued. Even in such a case, it is possible to determine whether or not the program has ended by the time, and even in the case of a program that has already ended, it is possible to ask for RSS. For example, if the URL is included in RSS when it is being rebroadcasted by streaming broadcast, it becomes easy to access the rebroadcast by streaming broadcast.
- FIG. 27 is a diagram showing the appearance of such a remote control device 700.
- reference numeral 710 denotes a liquid crystal display screen, which is divided into a screen 711 for displaying the EPG program column and a screen 712 for displaying the content of the corresponding RSS.
- the web page and the program are displayed on the entire surface of the monitor 213 of the television 210. In this way, program recording can be selected at hand, and current program or web page information can be performed on a large screen.
- Reference numeral 720 denotes a cursor key, which is used to move the cursor for selecting the contents of EPG and RSS displayed on the screens 711 and 712, and the selection is determined by the select button 721.
- the mobile phone power is also communicated by radio waves such as infrared rays or Bluetooth, so that the same screen as the screens 811 and 812 shown in FIG. It is also possible to make a selection.
- communication with the television 210 can be performed by accessing a home server connected to the television 210 or the like via the Internet 10 from a mobile phone.
- communication can be performed via a local area network (LAN).
- LAN local area network
- the RSS 222 and the web content are stored in the database 222 in association with each other. May be deleted. Further, the RSS feed and the web content may be deleted by an expirer or by detecting that the remaining memory of the database 222 is low. Even if the RSS feed is deleted, only the RSS address may be left.
- the content described in another markup language such as force BML described as an example of HTML as web content may be used.
- the browser needs to have a function that can analyze and display the web content.
- the summary information can be obtained by using the ATOM format instead of RSS.
- the ISP server is not limited to an ISP in a narrow sense, and may be a server that manages web contents such as HTML and BML.
- FIG. 29 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the HD recorder 210c.
- the external monitor 213c is connected to the HD It is connected to the display unit 212 of the coder 210c.
- the other HD recorder 210c has the same configuration as that of the television 210 shown in FIG.
- the management information may be included in the summary information sent together with the program signal.
- the summary information acquisition means may extract the summary information address and management information indicating the location of the summary information transmitted together with the program signal, and access the summary information address to acquire the summary information.
- the summary information management means for managing the summary information acquired by the summary information acquisition means may further be provided.
- the summary information management means may perform processing of updating, deleting, and displaying summary information based on the management information.
- the summary information is transmitted by RSS, and the management information may be configured to include the access expiration date setting for at least one address of the RSS channel element and item element.
- the method further includes a step of extracting and obtaining a summary information address indicating the location of summary information superimposed on the received program signal, and collecting the summary information address.
- the step of obtaining information may include the step of accessing the obtained summary information address and obtaining the summary information.
- the method further includes the step of acquiring a summary information address indicating the location of the summary information, and the step of acquiring the program specifying information is superimposed on the received program signal.
- Including the step of extracting and acquiring the program identification information from the program signal, and the step of acquiring the summary information address includes storing the program identification information and the summary information address in association with each other and storing the program identification information in the database. May be included to obtain a summary information address indicating summary information corresponding to the program specifying information.
- the step of obtaining program specific information is based on a received program signal! It may include a process of generating program specific information.
- the step of obtaining the program specific information is received.
- the step of displaying the summary information and the program specifying information related to the summary information on the screen is associated with the summary information selected by the user from the plurality of summary information. You may include the process of displaying program specific information.
- the program specifying information may include at least one of a part of an image of the program signal and attribute information of the program signal.
- the recorded program signal when the recorded program signal is deleted, it may further include the step of deleting the summary information and the program specifying information related to the program signal.
- the summary information has a retention period, and may further include a step of deleting the summary information after the retention period has elapsed.
- the step of accessing the address selected by the user from the addresses of the web content included in the acquired summary information and acquiring the web content, and the acquisition And a step of associating and recording the acquired web content, the acquired program identification information, the acquired summary information, and the received program signal.
- the program signal may be either a broadcast signal to be broadcast or a program content signal to be downloaded!
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