WO2014192702A1 - Dispositif terminal et système de terminal de réseau - Google Patents

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WO2014192702A1
WO2014192702A1 PCT/JP2014/063874 JP2014063874W WO2014192702A1 WO 2014192702 A1 WO2014192702 A1 WO 2014192702A1 JP 2014063874 W JP2014063874 W JP 2014063874W WO 2014192702 A1 WO2014192702 A1 WO 2014192702A1
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  • the present invention relates to a terminal device and a network terminal system.
  • Patent Document 1 describes that “image database information on the Internet is searched from TV screen video and related information linked with broadcasting is provided by a simple operation”.
  • Patent Document 1 a feature mark, a program mark, a texture, etc. displayed on a program are photographed with a camera in order to obtain information about the contents of the program broadcast or the program itself from information sources on the Internet.
  • an invention for acquiring data from the color and form has been disclosed, there is a problem that information cannot be obtained unless these marks are always displayed on the screen, and the image quality and form recognition process of the camera. There was a problem that correct information might not be obtained.
  • the present invention is a terminal device used in a network terminal system including a program receiving device, a terminal device, and a related information distribution device, and is transmitted via an input means and a broadcast wave or a network.
  • a program receiving device for receiving a program to be received, a communication unit for receiving from the related information distribution device program-related information specified by the program status information identifying the viewing program transmitted to the related information distribution device, and the received program-related information
  • a program-related information display screen for displaying a keyword included in the information, and display means for displaying information on the keyword when the keyword is selected by the input means.
  • the present invention it is possible to provide a terminal device and a network terminal system that can accurately provide information in a program and related information related to the program when the viewer is watching the broadcast, and it is convenient for the viewer. There is an effect that it can contribute to the improvement of.
  • FIG. 1 It is a figure which shows an example of the data format of the setting content of the television receiver managed by the program related information delivery server. It is a figure which shows an example of the data format of the program relevant information transmitted to a wireless terminal according to an attribute from a program relevant information delivery server. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation
  • the display example of the menu screen of a television receiver is shown.
  • the example of a display of the program related information setting screen of a television receiver is shown.
  • wireless terminal is shown.
  • wireless terminal is shown.
  • the example of a display of a program related information screen is shown.
  • a television receiver with a digital broadcast receiving function for receiving a digital broadcast wave including program sequence information (event information) and displaying an electronic program guide (EPG) of the digital broadcast based on the received program sequence information, and a radio
  • EPG electronic program guide
  • TS transport streams
  • ARIB Japan Radio Industry Association
  • ES Elementary Stream
  • Program sequence information includes PSI (Program Specific Information: Program Specific Information), which is transmission control information defined in the MPEG (Moving Picture Expert Group) -2 system standard, and SI (Service Information: service for building EPG) Information).
  • PSI Program Specific Information
  • MPEG Motion Picture Expert Group
  • SI Service Information: service for building EPG
  • SI is BIT (Broadcaster Information Table: Broadcast Station Information Table), SDT (Service Description Table: Service Description Table), EIT (Event Information Table: Event Information Table) and TOT (Time Offset Table 4 Time Offset Table). It consists of a table.
  • the SDT is divided into a TS information part and a service information part, and the TS information part includes a network ID for identifying the network and a TS ID (Identifier) for identifying the TS.
  • TS information part includes a network ID for identifying the network and a TS ID (Identifier) for identifying the TS.
  • network ID As the network ID, different network IDs are assigned to the BS network, the CS1 network, and the CS2 network, respectively. In the case of digital terrestrial broadcasting, network IDs having different values are assigned to different broadcasting stations in the same region.
  • the service information part includes a service ID (so-called channel number) that is an identifier for identifying each service (channel) in the network.
  • a service ID (so-called channel number) that is an identifier for identifying each service (channel) in the network.
  • EIT describes program information for each event (so-called program) and is divided into a service information section and an event information section.
  • the service information part includes a service ID (so-called channel number) that is an identifier for identifying each service (channel) in the network.
  • the event information section includes an event ID, event start time, event duration, event name (so-called program title), event genre, and the like.
  • TOT describes the current time.
  • FIG. 1A is a block diagram showing an example of the network terminal system according to the first embodiment.
  • the network terminal system includes, for example, a television receiver 1, a television receiver 2, a wireless terminal 3, a wireless terminal 4, a wireless router 5, an external network 6, and a program related information distribution server 7.
  • a user of a wireless terminal 3 or 4 that is a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone as an information communication terminal has the wireless terminal at home, a store, etc. This is an example when viewing a program.
  • the wireless router 5 has a wireless LAN function such as Wi-Fi and can be connected to the external network 6 via a communication line.
  • the wireless router 5 is connected to the television receiver 1, the television receiver 2, the wireless terminal 3, the wireless terminal 4, and the external network 6.
  • the television receiver 1, 2 or the wireless terminals 3, 4 are connected to the Internet network. You can get information from
  • the wireless router 5 is connected to the television receivers 1 and 2 via a wired LAN or a wireless LAN, and is connected to the wireless terminals 3 and 4 via a wireless LAN.
  • Wi-Fi is a standard for a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) established by the IEEE (American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standard “IEEE 802.11a / IEEE 802.11b”.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 is connected to the external network 6, and the television receivers 1, 2 or the wireless terminals 3, 4 are connected to the program related information distribution server 7 connected to the external network 6 via the wireless router 5 and information. Can be sent and received.
  • the wireless terminals 3 and 4 can also connect to the communication network through the base station 9 using a mobile communication network, and can transmit and receive information via an external network connected to the communication network.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 is described as an example of connection on an external network, but may be connected on a communication network.
  • FIG. 1B is an example of a configuration diagram of the television receiver 1.
  • description is abbreviate
  • the television receiver 1 is connected to an antenna 11, and includes a tuner / demodulation unit 12, a channel selection control unit 13, a signal separation unit 14, an audio decoding unit 15, a speaker 16, an audio output unit 17, a video decoding unit 18, and a superposition unit 19.
  • Each processing unit is connected via a bus 29.
  • the television receiver 1 can store an application program in the storage 26.
  • the control unit 24 develops the program from the storage 26 to the memory 25, and the control unit 24 executes the program to thereby perform various functions. Can be realized.
  • the application program may be stored in the storage 26 in advance before the television receiver 1 is shipped, or a medium such as a CD (Compact Disk) / DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) or a semiconductor memory. And installed in the television receiver 1 via a medium connection unit (not shown). It is also possible to download and install from the external network 6 via the communication I / F 22 and the wireless router 5.
  • a medium such as a CD (Compact Disk) / DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) or a semiconductor memory.
  • a medium connection unit not shown. It is also possible to download and install from the external network 6 via the communication I / F 22 and the wireless router 5.
  • various functions of the application program can be realized by hardware as a processing unit having similar functions.
  • each processing unit plays a main role in realizing each function.
  • the input unit 23 is an input unit that receives a user operation on the television receiver 1 and inputs control information related to the input operation, and is realized by a pointing device such as a remote controller, a keyboard, and a mouse, for example.
  • the control unit 24 receives a user operation request via the input means 23, and receives the signal separation unit 14, the channel selection control unit 13, the memory 25 (various program function units), the storage 26, the superposition unit 19, the communication I / O. Control each processing unit such as F22. Further, program status information such as a network ID and a service ID for identifying the program being viewed is transmitted to the program related information distribution server 7 connected to the external network via the communication I / F 22 and the wireless router 5. Send.
  • the storage 26 is controlled by an instruction from the control unit 24 and can store an application program. In addition, various information created by the application program is stored. It is also possible to save content such as a video / audio stream from signals received from the tuner / demodulator 12 or the communication I / F 22.
  • the memory 25 is controlled by an instruction from the control unit 24.
  • the function part of the application program stored in the storage 26 is expanded in the memory 25.
  • the tuner / demodulator 12 receives a broadcast signal from the broadcast station 8 by tuning to a desired service channel by the channel selection controller 13, and demodulates the received broadcast signal to obtain a transport stream.
  • the tuner / demodulator 12 has one configuration for the sake of simplicity. However, when a function for performing viewing and recording in parallel and a function for simultaneously viewing content of a plurality of channels having different transmission frequencies, a plurality of tuners / demodulators 12 may be installed. Therefore, the tuner / demodulators 12 in the following description need not all be the same. Different tuners / demodulators may be used depending on the respective processes.
  • the channel selection control unit 13 receives an instruction to select a service via the input unit 23, and controls the tuner / demodulation unit 12 to switch the channel to be selected according to the instruction.
  • the channel selection control unit 13 can receive instructions from various program function units, and switches to a service (channel number) that broadcasts an event (program) currently being broadcast and a broadcast presentation unit to which the service belongs. Thus, the tuner / demodulator 12 is controlled.
  • the communication I / F 22 is connected to the wireless router 5 by a wired LAN or a wireless LAN.
  • the communication I / F 22 is a wireless LAN such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark), IrDA (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark), NFC (Near). It may be configured to communicate directly with an external device without using the wireless router 5 by a method such as Field Communication.
  • the communication I / F 22 may be mounted with chips that perform different communication methods. Moreover, you may mount as one chip
  • a content stream (video / audio stream) from a server connected to an external network in the form of IP broadcast, video on demand, or the like. It is also possible to receive program related information in a data format such as IP data cast (IPDC). It is also possible to download video streams and application programs from a server connected to an external network. The downloaded information is stored in the storage 26, for example.
  • IPDC IP data cast
  • the signal separation unit 14 includes video data, audio data, subtitle sentence data, program information, program related information, etc. for the transport stream obtained by the tuner / demodulation unit 12 and the content stream obtained via the communication I / F 22. , Separate by type. Further, it has a function of acquiring program information (for example, program arrangement information SI) and program-related information (data format such as IP data cast (IPDC)) and transmitting it to other processing blocks. When there is a data transmission request from another processing unit, the designated data is transmitted to the request source.
  • program information for example, program arrangement information SI
  • IPDC IP data cast
  • IP data cast refers to the use of IP (Internet Protocol) as a content delivery protocol in any digital infrastructure, regardless of communication and broadcasting, and services using the protocol. .
  • the voice decoding unit 15 decodes the voice data separated by the signal separation unit 14.
  • the audio information decoded by the audio decoding unit 15 is output from the speaker 16.
  • the audio information decoded by the audio decoding unit 15 may be output from the audio output unit 17 to an external device.
  • the video decoding unit 18 decodes the video data separated by the signal separation unit 14.
  • the video information decoded by the video decoding unit 18 is sent to the superimposing unit 19.
  • the superimposing unit 19 adds EPG images and OSD images created by various program function units to the decoded video information sent from the video decoding unit 18 and various types of information (caption information, subtitle super, data broadcasting separated from the signal separation unit 14). Data etc. generated from data etc. are superimposed.
  • the video information that has passed through the superimposing unit 19 is displayed on the display unit 20.
  • the display unit 20 is configured by, for example, a television or personal computer display or a liquid crystal panel.
  • the video information that has passed through the superimposing unit 19 may be output from the video output unit 21 to an external device.
  • a digital I / F 28 that separates a transport stream for a predetermined program by the signal separation unit 14 and outputs the video and audio without decoding may be provided.
  • the imaging unit 27 captures a face image of the viewer of the television receiver 1, and the captured face image is sent to a face image acquisition unit that is realized by executing a program to be described later, and is converted into a specific format.
  • the digital face image information is transmitted to the program related information distribution server 7 via the communication I / F 22.
  • the viewer's face image by the imaging unit 27 is continuously photographed at a fixed time period while the television receiver 1 is operating.
  • the imaging unit 27 may be a built-in device or an external device. In the case of an external device, the captured image is transmitted to the control unit 24 or the like via the digital I / F 28.
  • the signal separation unit 14 extracts and acquires digital broadcast program information and various types of information.
  • program information from an external network or a distribution source via the communication I / F 22 and the wireless router 5 is described. It is also possible to acquire various information.
  • the television receiver 1 of the present embodiment can be replaced with an STB or a recorder provided with an external display unit. In this case, the speaker 16 and the display are made from the configuration of the television receiver of FIG. The unit 20 can be omitted.
  • FIG. 1C is an example of a configuration diagram of the wireless terminal 3. Note that the configuration of each unit of the wireless terminal 4 is the same as that of the wireless terminal 3, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
  • the wireless terminal 3 includes, for example, a tuner / demodulation unit 31, a signal separation unit 142, a memory 33, a storage 34, an acceleration sensor unit 35, a geomagnetic sensor unit 36, a control unit 37, a display unit 38, a communication I / F 39, and mobile communication.
  • An I / F 40, an input unit 41, a GPS receiving unit 42, and a gyro sensor unit 43 are configured, and each processing unit is connected via a bus 44.
  • the wireless terminal 3 stores an application program in the storage 34, the control unit 37 develops the program from the storage 34 to the memory 33, and the control unit 37 executes the program to realize various functions. be able to.
  • various functions realized by the control unit 37 executing each application program will be described as being realized mainly by various program function units.
  • the application program may be stored in the storage 34 before the wireless terminal 3 is shipped, or may be stored in a medium such as an optical medium such as a CD (Compact Disk) / DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), or a semiconductor memory. It may be stored and installed in the wireless terminal 3 via a medium connection unit (not shown). Alternatively, it may be downloaded from the external network 6 via the communication I / F 39 and the wireless router 5 and installed. Alternatively, it may be downloaded from the distribution source via the mobile communication I / F 40 and the base station 9 and installed. Furthermore, it is also possible to connect to a personal computer (PC) that has acquired an application program via a network via an external device connection I / F (not shown), and move or copy the PC to the wireless terminal 3 for installation.
  • PC personal computer
  • the application program can be realized by hardware as a processing unit having the same function.
  • each processing unit plays a main role in realizing each function.
  • the communication I / F 39 is connected to the wireless router 5 by a wireless LAN or the like.
  • a wireless LAN such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark), IrDA (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark), NFC (Near Field Communication), etc.
  • the communication I / F 39 is connected to an external network via the wireless router 5 and transmits / receives information to / from a Web server such as a content distribution server on the external network.
  • the communication I / F 39 may be mounted with chips that perform different communication methods. Moreover, you may mount as one chip
  • the mobile communication I / F 40 is a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) method (registered trademark), a W-CDMA (Wideband Code Multiple Access) method, a CDMA2000 method, a UMTS (universal mobile method), etc.
  • a mobile communication system hereinafter referred to as “3G”) or a mobile communication network such as the LTE (Long Term Evolution) method is used to connect to the communication network through the base station 9 and transmit / receive information to / from a server on the communication network. It can be performed. Further, the connection with the external network by the communication I / F 39 can be prioritized over the communication network connection by the mobile communication I / F 40.
  • the control unit 37 receives user operation requests via the input means 41 and various sensor units, and receives a signal separation unit 142, a display unit 38, a memory 33 (various program function units), a storage 34, a communication I / F 39, Each processing unit such as the mobile communication I / F 40 is controlled. Further, the control unit 37 also receives program information (for example, program information) from the external network 6 via the communication I / F 39 and the wireless router 5 or from the external network 6 via the mobile communication I / F 40 and the base station 9. Arrangement information SI) and program related information (data format such as IP data cast (IPDC)) can be acquired, and it has a function of passing to various program function units.
  • program information for example, program information
  • IPDC IP data cast
  • program information and program related information are acquired from an external network or a distribution source via the communication I / F 39 or the mobile communication I / F 40 will be described. It is also possible to extract and acquire program information and program related information.
  • the storage 34 is controlled by an instruction from the control unit 37 and can store an application program. In addition, various information created by the application program is stored. Further, content such as a video / audio stream may be stored from a signal received from the tuner / demodulator 31, the communication I / F 39, or the mobile communication I / F 40.
  • the memory 33 is controlled by an instruction from the control unit 37.
  • the function unit of the application program stored in the storage 34 is expanded in the memory 33 by the control unit 37.
  • the display unit 38 displays images and videos stored in the storage 34, broadcast / distributed videos, a UI for various operations, a browser display screen created by a browser engine 3101 described later, and the like.
  • the image or video to be displayed may be an image generated by an application program, or may be a content image or video received via the tuner / demodulator 31, or an image received from a server on an external network via the communication I / F 39. It may be a video, an image and a video received from the television receiver 1 via the communication I / F 39, or an image and a video distributed from a server on the communication network via the mobile communication I / F 40.
  • the display part 38 may be comprised integrally with the following touch panel etc., for example.
  • the input unit 41 is an input unit that receives an operation on the wireless terminal 3 from the user and inputs control information related to the input operation.
  • a physical button or a touch panel can be used.
  • various operations may be configured using physical buttons.
  • Objects can be moved freely. Further, when an operation of tapping an object or the like with a finger (tap operation) or an operation of tapping twice (double tap operation) is performed, the object (icon) or the like can be activated or switched to another screen. Further, by directly touching on the Web content, it is possible to freely move the screen of the Web content by performing an operation (drag operation) for moving an arbitrary position while touching with a finger.
  • each operation of the touch panel described above will be referred to as a drag operation, a flick operation, and a tap operation.
  • the tuner / demodulator 31 and the signal separator 142 have the same functions as the tuner / demodulator 12 and the signal separator 14 of the television receiver 1, respectively. Since these functions have already been described, description thereof will be omitted.
  • the acceleration sensor unit 35 measures the acceleration applied to the wireless terminal 3.
  • the control unit 37 can determine which part of the wireless terminal 3 is above by measuring the gravitational acceleration by the acceleration sensor unit 35, and the acceleration sensor unit 35 can display the upper part of the screen displayed on the display unit 38. Is displayed so as to be aligned with the measured upper direction, it is possible to display a screen according to how the user holds the wireless terminal 3.
  • the geomagnetic sensor unit 36 measures geomagnetism by using a plurality of magnetic sensors.
  • the GPS receiver 42 receives signals transmitted from a plurality of satellites using GPS (Global Positioning System).
  • the control unit 37 can calculate the position information of the wireless terminal 3 based on the signal received by the GPS receiving unit 42. For example, when acquiring the program arrangement information SI from the network via the communication I / F 39 or the mobile communication I / F 40, the control unit 37 transmits the position information of the wireless terminal 3 to the transmission source of the program arrangement information SI.
  • the transmission source of the program arrangement information SI can transmit the program arrangement information SI corresponding to the area where the wireless terminal 3 is located to the wireless terminal 3.
  • the gyro sensor unit 43 measures the angular velocity of the wireless terminal 3 that occurs when the user moves the wireless terminal 3.
  • FIG. 1D is an example of a configuration diagram of the program related information distribution server 7.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 includes, for example, a communication I / F 50, a control unit 51, a memory 52, and a storage 53, and each processing unit is connected via a bus 58.
  • the program-related information distribution server 7 stores application programs in the storage 53, the control unit 51 expands the programs from the storage 53 to the memory 52, and the control unit 51 executes the programs to perform various functions. Can be realized. In the following description, in order to simplify the description, various functions realized by the control unit 51 executing each application program will be described as being realized mainly by various program function units.
  • the communication I / F 50 is connected to the external network 6 and is connected to the wireless router 5 via the external network 6.
  • the communication I / F 50 transmits / receives various information to / from the communication I / F 39 of the wireless terminal 3 or the communication I / F 22 of the television receiver 1.
  • the control unit 51 controls the communication I / F 50, the memory 52, the storage 53, and various program function units.
  • the control unit 51 receives program status information such as a network ID and a service ID for identifying a program viewed by the viewer of the television receiver 1 or 2 via the external network 6 and the communication I / F 50.
  • the control unit 51 communicates information related to the program specified by the program status information from the programs, advertisements, contents, and the like stored in the program related information database 54, the advertisement information database 55, and the content database 56 of the storage 53. It also has a function of passing to the wireless terminal 3 via the I / F 50 and the external network 6.
  • the storage 53 is controlled by an instruction from the control unit 51 and can store an application program. In addition, various information created by the application program is stored. It also has a function of accumulating information such as program-related information such as keywords associated with a program, content location information, additional information, and face information for identifying a user.
  • the memory 52 is controlled by an instruction from the control unit 51.
  • the function unit of the application program stored in the storage 53 is expanded in the memory 52 by the control unit 51.
  • the content 4201 stores a missed program such as the previous broadcast, related video content, and the like, and the content can be distributed by link information from the content database 56. Note that the content may be stored in another distribution server.
  • FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a configuration of the memory 25 and the storage 26 in the configuration of the television receiver 1 or the television receiver 2 in FIG.
  • the storage 26 stores a browser program 2001, a user / device authentication program 2006, a program-related information App program 2007, and a face image acquisition program 2008.
  • the state in which these programs are expanded as a browser engine 2101, a user / device authentication unit 2106, a program related information App unit 2107 and a face image acquisition unit 2108 by the control unit 24 is shown.
  • the browser program 2001, the user / device authentication program 2006, the program related information App program 2007, and the face image acquisition program 2008 may be stored in the storage 26 at the time of product shipment, and downloaded via the communication I / F 22. May be.
  • the control unit 24 executes these programs to realize various functions. In the following description, it is assumed that each program function unit in the memory 25 is mainly realized.
  • the browser engine 2101 includes functional blocks of an HTML parser 2102, a database generation unit 2103, a rendering unit 2104, and an image processing unit 2105.
  • the HTML parser 2102 analyzes the logical structure of HTML data such as a program related information setting screen acquired via the control unit 24. Moreover, the acquired HTML data can be interpreted and converted into internal data used by the television receiver 1.
  • the database generation unit 2103 generates a database related to the HTML data structure.
  • the rendering unit 2104 generates a layout structure including information on the expression format determined by each tag based on the database, and based on this layout structure, the browser display screen is displayed according to the size, position, and image data. (Program related information setting screen etc.) is generated.
  • the image processing unit 2105 converts the acquired image file into image data such as a bitmap format based on the image file information such as the arrangement and image file name of the image file specified by the image tag in the HTML data.
  • the control unit 24 activates the program related information App unit 2107 by the input received by the input unit 23
  • the program related information App unit 2107 activates the browser engine 2101
  • the browser engine 2101 links the program related information linked by the link information.
  • the distribution server 7 is accessed.
  • the browser engine 2101 specifies a request message for requesting a resource such as an HTTP-compliant Web content from the external network 6 by the URL on the network via the control unit 24, the communication I / F 22, and the wireless router 5.
  • the server specified by the URL creates a response message corresponding to the received request message and sends it back.
  • the returned response message is input to the browser engine 2101 via the external network 6.
  • An HTML document is embedded in the response message, and a browser display screen is generated by the HTML parser 2102, the database generation unit 2103, the rendering unit 2104, and the image processing unit 2105 of the browser engine 2101 and displayed on the display unit 20.
  • the user / device authentication unit 2106 receives a user account input by the user using the input means 23 and a password associated with the user account (hereinafter referred to as user authentication information) in order to receive authentication from the program related information distribution server 7. Then, the data is transmitted to the program related information distribution server 7 connected to the external network 6 via the communication I / F 22 and the wireless router 5.
  • the user authentication information can be stored in various data in the storage 26. When authentication is performed for the second time or later, the input of the authentication information can be omitted by referring to the user authentication information stored in the various data. .
  • the user authentication information is displayed on the display unit 20 by a user operation, or can be confirmed by a user with a document attached when the television receiver 1 is purchased. Further, the MAC address of the television receiver 1 may be stored as a device ID in the storage 26 of the television receiver 1 or a non-illustrated nonvolatile memory.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 compares the authentication information transmitted from the television receiver 1 with the pre-registered authentication information, and if the authentication information matches, the program related information distribution server 7 checks the user / device authentication unit 2106 of the television receiver 1. Allow connection. On the other hand, if the authentication information is incorrect, the program related information distribution server 7 does not authenticate the connection.
  • the above is an example of an authentication method, and a known technique may be used for the authentication method and the method for encrypting information transmitted and received when authentication is successful, and there is no particular limitation in this embodiment.
  • the authentication information of the program related information distribution server 7 can be registered in advance using the television receivers 1 and 2, the wireless terminals 3 and 4, or a PC.
  • the program related information App section 2107 indicates an application of program related information.
  • the input unit 23 receives an operation from the user, and is activated by a tap operation of an application activation icon displayed on the display unit 20.
  • program status information such as a network ID and service ID for identifying a program that the user is currently viewing is created from the program arrangement information SI of the program, and the program related information is transmitted via the communication I / F 22 and the wireless router 5. Transmit to the information distribution server 7.
  • the setting unit of the program related information application is used is described. However, when the television is operated alone, the program related information application of the wireless terminals 3 and 4 to be described later is used.
  • keywords or link information of program-related information or part or all of content information can be displayed on the display unit 20, and search, link, etc. can be performed by the browser engine 2101.
  • the face image acquisition unit 2108 acquires digital face image information including the face image captured by the imaging unit 27.
  • the acquired digital face image information can be converted into various formats such as a compressed format or an uncompressed format. Further, the compression format can vary the compression rate according to the communication line capacity by setting not shown.
  • the digital face image information converted into a specific format is transmitted to the program related information distribution server 7 connected to the external network 6 via the communication I / F 22 and the wireless router 5.
  • FIG. 2B is a diagram showing the configuration of the memory 33 and the storage 34 in the configuration of the wireless terminal 3 in FIG.
  • the storage 34 stores a browser program 3001, a user authentication program 3006, a program related information App program 3007, and a content reproduction program 3008.
  • These programs are expanded as a browser engine 3101, a user authentication unit 3106, a program related information App unit 3107 and a content playback unit 3108 in the memory 33 by the control unit 37, and various functions are performed by the control unit 37 executing the program. Can be realized.
  • the browser program 3001, the user authentication program 3006, the program related information App program 3007, and the content reproduction program 3008 may be stored in the storage 34 at the time of product shipment, and the communication I / F 39 or the mobile communication I / F 40 may be stored. You may download via.
  • the browser engine 3101 includes functional blocks of an HTML parser 3102, a database generation unit 3103, a rendering unit 3104, and an image processing unit 3105, similar to the browser engine 2101 of the television receiver 1.
  • the description of the HTML parser 3102, the database generation unit 3103, the rendering unit 3104, and the image processing unit 3105 is the same as that of the browser engine 2101, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
  • the control unit 37 activates the program-related information App unit 3107 according to the operation of the input means 41
  • the program-related information App unit 3107 activates the browser engine 3101
  • the browser engine 3101 enters the server linked by the link information. Access.
  • the browser engine 3101 specifies a request message for requesting a resource such as an HTTP-compliant Web content from the external network 6 by a URL on the network via the control unit 37, the communication I / F 39, and the wireless router 5.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 specified by the URL creates a response message according to the received request message and sends it back.
  • the returned response message is input to the browser engine 3101 via the external network 6.
  • An HTML document is embedded in the response message, and a browser display screen is generated by the HTML parser 3102, the database generation unit 3103, the rendering unit 3104, and the image processing unit 3105 of the browser engine 3101 and displayed on the display unit 38.
  • the user authentication unit 3106 In order to receive authentication from the program-related information distribution server 7, the user authentication unit 3106 is preliminarily stored in various data in the storage 34 by a user using the input means 41 and a password associated with the user account. (Hereinafter referred to as user authentication information) is transmitted to the program related information distribution server 7 connected to the external network 6 via the communication I / F 39 and the wireless router 5.
  • user authentication information is transmitted to the program related information distribution server 7 connected to the external network 6 via the communication I / F 39 and the wireless router 5.
  • the authentication information input can be omitted by referring to the authentication information of the connected device stored in various data in the storage 34.
  • the program related information App unit 3107 acquires program related information or keyword presentation information such as keywords and link information transmitted from the program related information distribution server 7 through the communication I / F 39 or the mobile communication I / F 40, and acquires the acquired program.
  • the related information screen information is passed to the browser engine 3101 to create a program related information display screen and display it on the display unit 38. Part or all of the keyword or link information acquired from the program related information distribution server 7 can be displayed in each program related information column of the program related information display screen.
  • the program related information App unit 3107 controls the presentation timing based on the keyword presentation information associated with the program or the scene of the program.
  • the content playback unit 3108 receives data (for example, movies and dramas) and content information distributed from a content server or the like via the communication I / F 39 or the mobile communication I / F 40, and sequentially receives received video, Present it to the user by playing back audio.
  • data for example, movies and dramas
  • content information distributed from a content server or the like via the communication I / F 39 or the mobile communication I / F 40
  • sequentially receives received video Present it to the user by playing back audio.
  • the information on the playback stop position of the content is stored as resume information in various data in the storage 34, and when playback of the same content is resumed, the playback stop position data is acquired from the resume information and used as the playback start position. it can.
  • FIG. 2C is a diagram showing the configuration of the memory 52 and the storage 53 in the configuration of the program related information distribution server 7 in FIG.
  • FIG. 2C shows a user / device management program 4001, a program related information extraction program 4002, an advertisement information extraction program 4006, a face recognition program 4009, a program related information screen generation program 4010, a program scene synchronization processing program 4011 in the storage 53.
  • a content distribution program 4012 is stored.
  • These programs are stored in the memory 52 by the control unit 51, such as a user / device management unit 4101, a program related information extraction unit 4102, an advertisement information extraction unit 4106, a face recognition unit 4109, a program related information screen generation unit 4110, a program scene synchronization process.
  • a user / device management program 4001 a program related information extraction program 4002, an advertisement information extraction program 4006, a face recognition program 4009, a program related information screen generation program 4010, a program scene synchronization processing program 4011, and a content distribution program 4012 are preliminarily stored in an external storage or the like. Can be stored from.
  • the program-related information database 54, the advertisement information database 55, the content database 56, and the face information database 57 are various databases, and the description in FIG.
  • the user / device management unit 4101 performs authentication for each user based on the user authentication information of the television receivers 1 and 2 or the wireless terminals 3 and 4, and the authenticated television receivers 1 and 2 or wireless terminals 3 and 4 Are managed separately by user account.
  • User authentication information is stored in various data in the storage 53.
  • the user / equipment management unit 4101 receives user authentication information input by input using the input means 41 or the input means 23 by the user of the wireless terminals 3 and 4 and the television receivers 1 and 2 through the communication I / F 50 and the external network 6. To check if you are a regular registered user. If the user authentication information is not correct, it has a function to return error information.
  • the user / device management unit 4101 can separately set a user account (primary administrator) having the setting authority of the television receiver 1 or 2 connected via the external network 6 and the wireless router 5.
  • a user account primary administrator
  • the user of the wireless terminal 3 is registered as a primary administrator who has the authority to set the television receiver 1 or 2, but a user other than the users of the wireless terminals 3 and 4 is set. You may do it.
  • the television receiver 1 or 2 may be set using a PC or the like according to the user account of the wireless terminal 3.
  • the program-related information extraction unit 4102 includes functional blocks of a keyword extraction unit 4103, a link information extraction unit 4104, and a content information extraction unit 4105, and passes through the communication I / F 50 and the external network 6.
  • Program related information is extracted from program information acquired from program arrangement information SI or metadata from a broadcaster or a program information provider. Also, recommended information corresponding to attribute information such as sex, age, and hobbies is generated and registered in the database.
  • the keyword extraction unit 4103 extracts information or a character string as a keyword from each program information such as a program title and program detailed information. For example, the keyword extraction unit 4103 detects a phrase from each program information in units of independent words or words, and the phrase dictionary 4202 uses a phrase such as one character in order from the first character of the character string or a combination of the first and next two characters. If there is a corresponding phrase by comparing with the dictionary data, this independent word unit or word unit phrase is registered as a keyword in the program related information database 54 of the storage 53 shown in FIG. In addition, keywords recommended by broadcasters can be registered.
  • the link information extraction unit 4104 links the extracted keyword and the detailed information in association with each other. Information is registered in the program related information database 54.
  • the keyword or link information extracted from the keyword extraction unit 4103 or the link information extraction unit 4104 can be acquired from the program sequence information SI or metadata, etc., and primary information that can be provided in advance by the broadcast start time, and the program that is actually broadcast It consists of secondary information that can be obtained from metadata extracted from the contents and can be provided after the broadcast starts or after the broadcast ends.
  • secondary information When secondary information is provided before the start of broadcasting, it is automatically presented after the start of broadcasting so that it cannot be presented to the user before the start of broadcasting by encrypting it according to a predetermined procedure or adding keyword presentation information.
  • the presentation timing can be controlled according to the scene of the program.
  • secondary information can present only a keyword previously as a notice after the presentation start time. In this case, it is possible to notify the user of the advance information by displaying information such as scheduled presentation time of detailed information as a message, displaying a message when presented, or mailing to the user's wireless terminal.
  • the content information extraction unit 4105 extracts video distribution link information such as the previous broadcast, today's broadcast, and related video from the content database 56 in which video content related to the program is registered, and associates it with the content related information.
  • content-related information can be obtained from primary information that can be provided in advance by the broadcast start time and metadata extracted from the contents of the program that was actually broadcast, and secondary that can be provided after the broadcast starts or after the broadcast ends. Consists of information.
  • the advertisement information extraction unit 4106 includes functional blocks of a keyword extraction unit 4107 and a link information extraction unit 4108 as shown in FIG.
  • the keyword extraction unit 4107 extracts keyword information from advertisement information provided in advance by the program sponsor and registers it in the advertisement information database 55 of the storage 53 shown in FIG. In addition, keywords recommended by program sponsors can be registered.
  • the link information extraction unit 4108 registers link information in which the extracted keyword and the detailed information are associated with each other in the advertisement information database 55. To do.
  • the keyword or link information extracted from the keyword extraction unit 4107 and the link information extraction unit 4108 includes primary information that can be provided in advance by the broadcast start time in the same manner as the program-related information extraction unit 4102 described above, and after the broadcast starts or ends. Secondary information that can be provided from.
  • the advertisement information may be only the secondary information when the information cannot be provided in advance as the primary information due to the intention of the sponsor.
  • secondary information before the start of broadcasting it can be encrypted by a predetermined procedure or added to the presentation start time information so that it cannot be presented to the user before the broadcast starts. It can be automatically presented later.
  • secondary information can present only a keyword as a prior notice without link information. In this case, it is possible to notify the user of the advance information by displaying information such as scheduled presentation time of detailed information as a message, displaying a message when presented, or mailing to the user's wireless terminal.
  • the control unit 51 uses the program related information extraction unit 4102 or the advertisement information.
  • the program related information is acquired from the program related information database 54 or the advertisement information database 55 registered by the extraction unit 4106 and is passed to the program related information screen generation unit 4110.
  • area identification information for identifying the reception area such as an area code registered at the time of initial setting in each of the television receivers 1 and 2 and the wireless terminals 3 and 4 may be used.
  • the registration method of the area identification information in the wireless terminals 3 and 4 is as follows: (4) Register the corresponding area code as area identification information using the address information acquired by the GPS receiver. It is also possible to use this method.
  • the registered area identification information may be stored in a nonvolatile memory (not shown).
  • the face recognition unit 4109 receives the digital face image information acquired by the face image acquisition unit 2108 of the television receiver 1, detects the facial features of the person included in the digital facial image information, and detects facial feature data in the facial images. To extract. When a plurality of faces are captured in one frame of the captured image, the faces of a plurality of persons are detected, and feature data of each face is extracted.
  • the face feature data is an example of face information that is information about the face.
  • the extracted face feature data can be registered as face recognition information feature data in the face information database 57 of the storage 53 shown in FIG. Further, the similarity is determined by comparing the feature data of the face acquired by the face image acquisition unit 2108 with the feature data of the face recognition information registered in the face information database 57, and the user information of which user account is the acquired face information. It is specified whether it is. If the specified user exists in the face information database 57, it is determined that the user is currently viewing the program, and the control unit 51 adds the program related information App to the wireless terminal owned by the user.
  • a communication network or an external network connected to the communication network via the communication I / F 50 sends a notification (message) indicating the start of program-related information display or an instruction to automatically start the program-related information App. 6 to transmit.
  • a notification method such as push notification may be employed.
  • Apple registered trademark
  • APNS Apple Push Notification Service
  • iphone registered trademark
  • Push notification refers to a mechanism for automatically sending information from a server to a client terminal.
  • the program related information screen generation unit 4110 generates display screen information for displaying a setting screen, a program related information screen, and the like on the display unit 38 of the wireless terminals 3 and 4. Further, the program related information screen generation unit 4110 generates display screen information corresponding to the user account or the user attribute.
  • the display screen information and the like are transmitted to the television receivers 1 and 2 or the wireless terminals 3 and 4 via the communication I / F 50, the external network 6 and the wireless router 5, and the television receivers 1 and 2 or the wireless terminals 3 and 4
  • the program related information App section 2107 or 3107 of No. 4 displays a display screen such as a setting screen or a program related information screen on the display section 20 or the display section 38.
  • the program scene synchronization processing unit 4111 uses keyword information in order to synchronize the keyword information or link information extracted by the program related information extraction unit 4102 or the advertisement information extraction unit 4106 with a presentation scene such as a program or CM that presents the keyword information or link information.
  • keyword presentation information for associating link information with a presented program or a presentation scene is generated and stored in the program related information database 54 or the advertisement information database 55 of the storage 53 in association with the keyword information and link information.
  • keyword presentation information information such as a time code that is updated according to the progress of the program can be given, and the keyword presentation information is presented at the current time, or time code information within a predetermined time from the current time is displayed. If so, the keyword can be presented.
  • keywords and link information that should be presented in units of programs may be in a state where there is no keyword presentation information (for example, null (empty) data).
  • the content distribution unit 4112 receives content such as video stored in the content 4201 of the storage 53 based on a distribution request from a device such as the wireless terminal 3 or the television receiver 1 through the communication I / F 50 and the external network 6. Distribution control can be performed in accordance with display performance.
  • FIG. 3A is a diagram showing an example of a data format of program status information transmitted from the television receiver 1 to the program-related information distribution server 7.
  • the program status information transmitted from the television receiver 1 to the program-related information distribution server 7 includes a network ID (so-called broadcast) 101, a service ID (so-called channel number) 102, an event ID. (So-called program) 103, event start time 104, event duration 105, event name (so-called program title) 106, and other information for specifying the program being viewed.
  • the event start time 104 includes year, month, day, hour, minute, and second information
  • the event duration 105 includes hour, minute, and second information.
  • a case where a digital broadcast program is received and viewed is described as an example.
  • a content stream in a form such as IP broadcast or video on demand from a server connected to an external network is described.
  • receiving video / audio stream
  • it may be configured from information that can identify the program being viewed, such as the name of the provider of the distribution source and program identification information.
  • FIG. 3B is a data table showing an example of the contents of user management information managed by the user / device management unit 4101 of the program related information distribution server 7.
  • the user management information stores a user account 107 as a user authentication information, a password 108, and a user name 109, a mail address 110, an address, an attribute 111, and the like as detailed information on the user account.
  • the user account 107 is associated with the password 108 and is referred to as user authentication information of the wireless terminals 3 and 4.
  • the e-mail address 110 uses information such as registration information to distribute e-mail for each user.
  • the attribute 111 is an attribute that indicates the user's gender, age, hobbies and other preferences in order to provide detailed program-related information for each user. Also, in this embodiment, the description will be made on the premise that user authentication is performed using a password. However, general biometric authentication such as finger veins, fingerprints, voices, facial images, and irises may be used. The item changes.
  • FIG. 3C is a data table showing an example of setting contents of the television receiver 1 among the device management information managed by the user / device management unit 4101 of the program-related information distribution server 7.
  • the device management information managed by the user / device management unit 4101 stores a primary administrator (user account) 112, a user (user account) 113, a device name 114, a device ID 115, a device IP address 116, and the like.
  • a primary administrator (user account) 112 indicates a user account when a user (wireless terminal owner) having administrator authority who can set initial settings of the television receiver 1 or 2 is set as a primary administrator.
  • a user (user account) 113 indicates a user account of a user who uses the television receiver 1 or 2.
  • the device name 114 indicates a device name arbitrarily input by the user.
  • the device ID 115 indicates an identification ID for uniquely identifying the television receiver 1 or 2, can be confirmed from a label attached to the device, and is set by the user.
  • the device IP address 116 indicates a private IP address assigned to the television receiver 1 or 2.
  • FIG. 3D is a diagram illustrating an example of a data format of program related information transmitted from the program related information distribution server 7 to the wireless terminals 3 and 4 according to attributes.
  • Program-related information transmitted from the program-related information distribution server 7 to the wireless terminal 3 or 4 is configured in the format 117, level 118, and keyword / content 119 as shown in FIG.
  • the type 117 indicates the type of related information, and includes “program related information”, “advertisement related information”, and “content related information”.
  • the “program related information” is extracted from the program related information database 54 in which performers of the program, related information, and the like are registered as keywords.
  • the “advertisement related information” is extracted from the advertisement information database 55 in which company information, product information, etc. of the program sponsor provided in the program are registered.
  • the “content related information” is extracted from the content database 56 in which moving image content related to a program is registered, and includes link information for video distribution such as the previous broadcast, broadcast today, and related video.
  • Each related information has a level 118 and a keyword / content 119.
  • the level 118 is composed of a plurality of hierarchies.
  • the level 118 is composed of a level 1 and a level 2.
  • Each level is composed of a keyword / content 119 composed of one or more keywords or contents. Some of the levels may be omitted depending on the type of program and content. In the present embodiment, description will be made assuming that the content related information is level 2 only.
  • Level 1 indicates a keyword with no link specified, and a free word search can be performed with a search engine using the keyword.
  • Level 2 indicates a keyword (content) with link designation, and link destination information (URL) to detailed information such as a WEB page related to the keyword is designated in advance. Also, the level 2 keyword can be searched for free words using the keyword in the same manner as the level 1 keyword.
  • the keyword (content) of the level 1 or level 2 of the secondary information can specify the keyword presentation information including the presentation start time and the presentation period, and is synchronized with the start of the program or the switching of scenes such as CM. Can be presented. Further, when the keyword presentation information is not specified, it can be presented immediately when the related information is received. Furthermore, for keywords for which detailed information is presented within a predetermined period, it is possible to perform reservation registration so as to notify the start of presentation.
  • the keyword / content 119 can be set up to a predetermined upper limit number.
  • program related information data corresponding to the attributes of the users of the wireless terminals 3 and 4 is provided.
  • program related information data can be provided as a batch by attaching a user account for each device ID. Good.
  • information about the user account designated on the wireless terminal side may be displayed.
  • the program-related information data includes common program-related information data not specified in the user account, and the common program-related information can be displayed by setting on the wireless terminal side.
  • FIG. 4 [Initial setting]
  • FIG. 4 [Initial setting]
  • FIG. 4 shows that the primary administrator of the television receiver 1 makes the initial setting in the data format shown in FIG. 3C to the program related information distribution server 7 by input using the input means 23 of the television receiver 1. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation
  • FIG. 8 shows a display example of the menu screen of the television receiver 1.
  • the program related information App unit 2107 activates the browser engine 2101, and the browser engine 2101 accesses the program related information distribution server 7 linked by the preset link information and requests login screen information.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 generates login screen information and transmits it to the television receiver 1.
  • the browser engine 2101 generates a login screen and displays the login screen of the program related information setting screen on the display unit 20.
  • control unit 24 of the television receiver 1 receives input of login information such as a user account and a password through the input unit 23, the control unit 24 sends the login information as a request message to the program information distribution server 7 to the browser engine 2101. To send to.
  • login information such as a user account and a password
  • the control unit 24 sends the login information as a request message to the program information distribution server 7 to the browser engine 2101. To send to.
  • the user / device management unit 4101 of the program related information distribution server 7 refers to the user management information of various data, and authenticates the user if it is a regular registered user.
  • the browser engine 2101 displays a program related information setting screen 203 as shown in FIG. 9 on the display unit 20 based on the received program related information setting screen information.
  • FIG. 9 shows a display example of the program related information setting screen of the television receiver 1.
  • a “device name” tab 204 is selected by a user from a device name list in which device names are listed for each manufacturer, but not specified, by a GUI such as a pull-down format or a check box format, or arbitrarily selected by the user. Indicates the input device name.
  • the “device ID” tab 205 indicates an identification ID for uniquely identifying a device used by the user, which can be confirmed from a label attached to the device, a menu setting screen, and the like. To do.
  • An “IP address” tab 206 indicates a private IP address assigned to the device, and is set by the user using the input unit 23.
  • a “user” tab 207 indicates a user account of a user (including a primary administrator) who uses the device, and is input by the user using the input unit 23.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 registers the received setting information.
  • S111 Notify the television receiver 1 of a response including a message such as when registration is successful.
  • FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing an operation when the user of the wireless terminal 3 performs the initial setting for the program related information distribution server 7. Since the same applies when the user of the wireless terminal 4 performs the initial setting, the description thereof is omitted.
  • FIG. 10 shows a display example of the menu screen of the wireless terminal 3.
  • the program related information App unit 3107 activates the browser engine 3101, and the browser engine 3101 accesses the program related information distribution server 7 linked by the preset link information, and requests login screen information.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 generates login screen information and transmits it to the wireless terminal 3.
  • the browser engine 3101 generates a login screen and displays the login screen of the program related information setting screen on the display unit 38.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 refers to the user management information of various data by the user / device management unit 4101 and authenticates the user if it is a regular registered user.
  • the program-related information distribution server 7 returns the program-related information setting screen information generated by the program-related information screen generation unit 4110 to the browser engine 3101 as a response message. If the user authentication fails, screen information for displaying that fact is returned to the browser engine 3101, and the browser engine 3101 displays a display indicating that the authentication has failed on the display unit 38 based on the received screen information. Display.
  • the browser engine 3101 displays a program related information setting screen 304 as shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 11 shows a display example of the program related information setting screen of the wireless terminal 3.
  • a “user ID” tab 305 indicates a user account for identifying a user registered in advance in the program related information distribution server 7.
  • the “device ID” tab 306 indicates a device ID for specifying the television receiver 1 or 2, and is set by the user using the input unit 41.
  • a “basic information” tab 307 such as a user name and an “option” tab 308 such as a hobby indicate user attributes and the like, and are set by the user using the input unit 41.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 registers the received setting information.
  • S211 Notify the wireless terminal 3 of a response including a message such as when registration is successful.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an operation flow / sequence in the case where the television receiver 1 transmits program state information regarding the program being viewed to the program-related information distribution server 7.
  • the input unit 23 of the television receiver 1 instructs the control unit 24 of the television receiver 1 to turn on the power.
  • the program related information App unit 2107 activates the browser engine 2101, and the browser engine 2101 accesses the program related information distribution server 7 linked by preset link information and requests login screen information.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 generates login screen information and transmits it to the television receiver 1.
  • the browser engine 2101 generates a login screen and displays a login screen of the program related information setting screen on the display unit 20. (Fig. 4 Same as steps S102 to S104)
  • S2003 The control unit 24 of the television receiver refers to the user authentication information stored in advance in various data, and transmits the user authentication information to the program related information distribution server 7.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 refers to the user management information of various data by the user / equipment management unit 4101, authenticates the user if it is a legitimate registered user, and successfully authenticates to the control unit 24 of the television receiver. Notify that it has been done.
  • the television receiver 1 Upon receiving the notification that the authentication is successful, the television receiver 1 transmits a device ID for authenticating the device to the program related information distribution server 7.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 authenticates the device if the device ID received from the television receiver 1 is a pre-registered device.
  • S2007 The control unit 24 of the television receiver 1 monitors whether or not the channel being viewed on the television receiver 1 has been changed. If there is no update (S2007: NO), the update wait state is entered.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 stores the device ID of the television receiver 1 and the updated program state information in association with each other.
  • S2011 The control unit 24 of the television receiver transmits logout information to the program-related information distribution server 7.
  • the program-related information distribution server 7 makes a logout response and treats the television receiver 1 as an unviewed state.
  • the program related information on the currently viewed program is transmitted by transmitting the program status information of the new channel after channel selection to the program related information distribution server 7.
  • Program related information can be acquired from the distribution server 7 via the external network 6.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an operation flow / sequence for displaying program-related detailed information.
  • the program related information App unit 3107 activates the browser engine 3101, and the browser engine 3101 accesses the program related information distribution server 7 linked by the preset link information, and requests login screen information.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 generates login screen information and transmits it to the wireless terminal 3.
  • the browser engine 3101 generates a login screen and displays the login screen of the program related information setting screen on the display unit 38. (Same as steps S202 to S204 in FIG. 5) S3002:
  • the browser engine 3101 of the wireless terminal 3 transmits the user account and password login information input by the input means 41 to the program related information distribution server 7.
  • the program related information distribution server 7 refers to the user authentication information stored in various data in the storage 53 by the user / device management unit 4101 and authenticates the user if it is a regular registered user.
  • the program related information App unit 3107 of the television receiver 1 requests the transmission of the program related information in the data format shown in FIG. 3 (d) via the browser engine 3101.
  • the control unit 51 of the program-related information distribution server 7 refers to the data in the program-related information database 54 and the advertisement information database 55 in the storage 53, and displays information related to the viewing program corresponding to the user account or user attribute as shown in FIG.
  • Program related information is created in the data format shown in (d), and is transmitted to the wireless terminal 3 via the communication I / F 50, the external network 6, and the communication I / F 39 of the wireless terminal 3.
  • keyword presentation information is added to the program related information, and the program related information can be presented in accordance with the presentation timing indicated by the keyword presentation information.
  • S3007 The control unit 51 of the program-related information distribution server 7 determines whether there is an update of keyword information, and when there is update information, transmits the program-related information to the wireless terminal 3 (S3007: YES). If there is no update information (S3007: NO), monitoring is continued. Such automatic updating is useful when the program related information is presented in accordance with the presentation timing indicated by the keyword presentation information as described above, and the presentation timing is synchronized with the program or the scene of the program.
  • the program related information App unit 3107 displays a program related information screen on the display unit 38 based on the received program related information.
  • FIG. 12 shows a display example of the program related information screen.
  • the program title display section 401 displays the program title, broadcast time, and channel number of the currently broadcast program
  • the program related display section 402 displays related information such as performers, keywords, and sponsors.
  • tapping an “update” button 406 the latest information can be manually updated.
  • the keyword of “program related information” of type 117 shown in the data format of FIG. 3D is displayed in the “performer” part 403 and the “keyword” part 404.
  • the keyword of “advertisement related information” of type 117 is displayed in the “sponsor” section 405.
  • the keyword specified as level 1 at level 118 in FIG. 3D is displayed without a frame in FIG. 12, and the keyword at level 2 is displayed with a frame. If there is a frame of level 2, it may be displayed separately from that of level 1 such as changing the character color or performing underline display.
  • the control unit 37 detects that the keyword displayed on the program related information display screen is selected by the input means 41.
  • the control unit 37 determines whether the selected keyword is level 1 or level 2.
  • S3011 If the keyword determined in S3010 is level 1 (S3010: YES), display by keyword search is performed.
  • S3012 If the keyword determined in S3010 is level 2 (S3010: NO), display by the designated URL is performed.
  • the browser engine 3101 specifies a request message for requesting a resource such as Web content complying with HTTP from the external network 6 via the control unit 37, the communication I / F 39, and the wireless router 5, by the URL on the network. To the server.
  • the server specified by the URL creates a response message corresponding to the received request message and sends it back.
  • the returned response message is input to the browser engine 3101 via the external network 6.
  • An HTML document is embedded in the response message, a browser display screen is generated by the HTML parser 3102 of the browser engine 3101, the database generation unit 3103, the rendering unit 3104, and the image processing unit 3105, and the program related detailed information is displayed on the display unit 38. indicate.
  • the program related display unit 402 displays a mixture of level 1 and level 2, and when a level 1 (no frame) is tapped, a search screen pop-up screen in FIG. 13 is displayed.
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a pop-up display screen 407 of the search screen in the wireless terminal 3.
  • level 1 (no frame) is only keyword information without link information, various searches can be performed using this keyword as a search term.
  • search in the program guide 408 When “search in the program guide” 408 is selected by a tap operation, although not shown, the same program such as a continuous drama from the program arrangement information SI currently being broadcast or scheduled to be broadcasted by the wireless terminal 3 is obtained. It is possible to search for a title program or a program in which the same performer appears.
  • the browser engine 3101 can be started, and related information can be searched from keywords using a Web service such as a free encyclopedia on the Web.
  • search by XXX search” 409 and “search by YYY” 410 can be displayed in a plurality according to the number of Web search engines and Web services to be used, and a database (not shown) is stored in the wireless terminal 3. It is also possible to search for keywords from the database.
  • the program-related information App unit 3107 can obtain the search result from the database and display the search result in a form such as a pop-up. Can be transmitted to an application that manages the search result, and the search result can be displayed on the operation screen of the application.
  • selecting “Cancel” 411 returns to the original screen of FIG.
  • a pop-up screen 412 of the search screen in FIG. 14 is displayed.
  • FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a modification of the pop-up display screen 407 of the search screen in FIG.
  • “to specified URL” 413 is added to the search screen of FIG.
  • Web content information is acquired from the server specified by the URL, and a Web content screen (not shown) is displayed.
  • the level 2 keyword can be “search by program guide” 408, “search by XXX search” 409, and “search by YYY” 410 to perform various searches as search terms.
  • “Check with program guide” 408, “Check with XXX search” 409, “Check with YYY” 410 and “Cancel” 411 are the same as those in FIG.
  • the program related information is provided when the wireless terminal 3 activates the program related information App and connects to the program related information distribution server 7. It is also possible to notify a message to the wireless terminal side as a case where it cannot be done.
  • the program related information screen generation unit 4110 uses the communication I / F 50 and the external network 6 to acquire the program related information screen generation unit 4110 based on the program arrangement information SI acquired from the broadcaster or the program information provider.
  • a program guide may be created, and program related information display screen information associated with each program in the electronic program guide may be provided to the wireless terminal.
  • a user who views a program such as a television broadcast on the television receiver 1 selects a character string related to a keyword on the wireless terminal 3 by a tap operation, and the user's via an external network such as the Internet network. Related information according to the attribute can be acquired.
  • related information customized according to the attributes of each user can be acquired.
  • a wireless terminal that does not incorporate a digital broadcast receiver can display program related information in accordance with a program or a scene of the program. Even when data acquisition is expected to be delayed due to an external network load or the like, program related information can be presented in accordance with the program or the scene of the program.
  • the network terminal system in this embodiment is similar to FIG. 1 in the first embodiment.
  • the television receiver 1, the television receiver 2, the wireless terminal 3, the wireless terminal 4, the wireless router 5, the external network 6, and the program related It is composed of an information distribution server 7.
  • FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation when the primary administrator of the television receiver 1 performs initial setting for the program-related information distribution server 7 by input using the input unit 23 of the television receiver 1. . Since it is the same when the initial setting is performed by the television receiver 2, the description thereof is omitted.
  • steps S301 to S305 are added after step S111.
  • the face image acquisition unit 2108 acquires digital face image information including the face image captured by the image capturing unit 27, and converts the digital face image information into a specific format.
  • the control unit 24 transmits the digital face image information acquired by the face image acquisition unit 2108 to the program-related information distribution server 7.
  • the face recognition unit 4109 of the program related information distribution server 7 extracts facial feature data from the digital face image information received from the television receiver 1, and stores it as face recognition information in the face information database 57 in association with the user account. To do.
  • S305 Notify the television receiver 1 of a message response when registration is successful. Also, if the image is unclear due to the surrounding environment or image compression rate, or cannot be recognized correctly due to the distance to the viewer, the position of the face, etc., a message including the error estimation cause is notified.
  • FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation flow / sequence in the case where the television receiver 1 transmits program state information relating to a program being viewed to the program related information distribution server 7 and the wireless terminal 3 acquires the program related information. It is. Since the same applies when the television receiver 2 or the wireless terminal 4 is used, the description thereof is omitted.
  • steps S3101 to S3104 are added between step S2006 and step S2007. Further, steps S3105 and S3106 are added after step S2012.
  • the face image acquisition unit 2108 acquires digital face image information including the face image captured by the image capturing unit 27, and converts the digital face image information into a specific format.
  • the control unit 24 transmits the digital face image information acquired by the face image acquisition unit 2108 to the program-related information distribution server 7.
  • the face recognition unit 4109 of the program related information distribution server 7 extracts facial feature data from the digital face image information received from the television receiver 1.
  • the faces of a plurality of persons are detected, and the feature data of each face is distinguished and extracted.
  • the extracted feature data of the face is compared with feature data stored in the face recognition information of the face information database 57 to determine the similarity, and to which user account the detected face is a user is specified. . If there is registered face information (S3103: YES), the program is because the TV receiver 1 being viewed is logged in to the wireless terminal (in this case, the wireless terminal 3) having the detected user account. Send a message notifying the start of display of related information screen.
  • a command for instructing automatic activation of the program related information App can be transmitted. In this case, it may be executed by a user operation from a selection button or the like displayed on the message image. If it is determined that there is no registered face information (S3103: NO), no message or instruction command is transmitted.
  • the wireless terminal 3 displays a display start message of the program related information screen.
  • the program related information App can be automatically activated by a setting not shown. Further, whether to receive a message to the wireless terminal 3 or whether to automatically start the program related information App can be set in advance by a setting (not shown) on the wireless terminal 3 side. It can also be set in advance not to receive or automatically start depending on the genre and time zone of the viewing program.
  • FIG. 17 shows a display example in the case of the program related information notification screen.
  • a notification display unit 414 is displayed on the program related information notification screen 414, and a message as to whether or not to display the program related information screen is displayed because the television receiver 1 is activated and the login is completed.
  • the program related information App can be activated to display the program related information screen.
  • the program related information screen can be terminated by stopping.
  • step S3105 When the program-related information distribution server 7 makes a logout response to the television receiver 1, the program-related information distribution server 7 notifies the wireless terminal 3 of the end of display of the program-related information screen because the television receiver being viewed is logged out. A message or a command for instructing automatic termination of the program related information App is transmitted. If it is determined in step S3103 that there is no registered face information (S3103: NO), a message or instruction command may not be transmitted.
  • the end of the display of the program related information screen can be selected by using the selection button as in FIG.
  • S3106 The wireless terminal 3 displays a display end message of the program related information screen by logout of the television receiver 1.
  • the program-related information App activated on the wireless terminal 3 can be automatically terminated by a setting not shown.
  • message reception and instruction command reception can be set in advance.
  • the digital face image information including the face image captured by the image capturing unit 27 is converted into a specific format and transmitted to the program related information distribution server 7, and the program related information distribution is performed.
  • the face recognition unit 4109 of the server 7 is configured to extract facial feature data from the digital face image information received from the television receiver 1.
  • the television receiver 1 extracts facial feature data, and a program related information distribution server Even if it is configured to transmit to 7, the same effect as the present embodiment can be obtained, and further, network traffic can be suppressed.
  • the television receiver 1 includes a face recognition unit, and the face recognition unit extracts feature data.
  • the network terminal system in this embodiment is similar to FIG. 1 in the first embodiment.
  • the television receiver 1, the television receiver 2, the wireless terminal 3, the wireless terminal 4, the wireless router 5, the external network 6, and the program related It is composed of an information distribution server 7.
  • FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation flow / sequence for displaying program-related detailed information.
  • steps S4001 to S4004 are added between step S3012 and step S3013.
  • Detailed information on level 2 keywords may not be finalized at the timing of presentation such as the start of broadcast or after the end of broadcast.
  • a case will be described in which a designated URL is not displayed due to selection by a broadcaster or the like, and only keywords are presented.
  • the program related information App unit 3107 displays the program related information on the display unit 38 based on the received program related information.
  • the control unit 37 detects that the keyword displayed on the program related information display screen is selected by the input means 41.
  • the control unit 37 determines whether the selected keyword is level 1 or level 2.
  • S3011 If the keyword determined in S3010 is level 1 (S3010: YES), display by keyword search is performed.
  • S3012 If the keyword determined in S3010 is level 2 (S3010: NO), display by the designated URL is performed.
  • S4001 The control unit 37 determines whether there is currently unpresented information in the selected keyword. “With unpresented information” means that the presentation start time included in the keyword presentation information has already been reached, but the link information for detailed information has not been disclosed, and only the keyword is displayed. Show. If there is no unpresented information (S4001: NO), the screen of the designated URL is displayed.
  • S4002 If it is determined in S4001 that there is unpresented information (S4001: YES), the control unit 37 confirms whether or not the user has made a reservation for information presentation by the input means 41, and a presentation reservation is made. (S4002: YES), the reservation information is transmitted from the external network 6 to the program related information distribution server 7 on the network via the communication I / F 39 and the wireless router 5. When the presentation information is not reserved (S4002: NO), the step ends here.
  • S4003 The control unit 51 of the program related information distribution server 7 determines whether link information for detailed information is disclosed. The standby state is continued until link information for detailed information is disclosed in S4003 (S4003: NO).
  • S4004 When link information for detailed information is disclosed in S4003 (S4003: YES), a presentation start message is transmitted to the wireless terminal 3. If the mail address of the user of the wireless terminal 3 is registered in advance, a presentation start message by mail may be transmitted. Further, only the presentation start information may be transmitted in step S4004, a mail may be generated by the wireless terminal 3, and the mail may be issued to itself.
  • FIG. 19 shows a display example of a program related information screen according to the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 19 shows a case where the selected keyword is level 2 and the detailed information related to the level 2 keyword is not yet confirmed at the presentation timing such as the start of broadcasting or after the end of broadcasting, and only the keyword is presented.
  • a display example is shown.
  • a keyword having no link information such as detailed information
  • level 2 keyword with unpresented information is handled in the same manner as level 1 on the display screen in FIG. 12 until the start of presentation, with no frame displayed, and with the frame displayed after the start of presentation. it can.
  • the level 2 keyword for which the presentation period is set can be handled in the same manner as the level 1 keyword after the presentation period, and can be displayed as a frameless display.
  • level 2 keywords that cannot currently display detailed information can be displayed in a display format different from both level 1 and level 2 in FIG.
  • the network terminal system in this embodiment is similar to FIG. 1 in the first embodiment.
  • the television receiver 1, the television receiver 2, the wireless terminal 2, the wireless terminal 3, the wireless router 5, the external network 6, and the program related It is composed of an information distribution server 7.
  • FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation flow / sequence for displaying program-related detailed information.
  • step S5001 to step S5010 are added instead of step S3009 to step S3013.
  • the case where the keyword or the detailed information related to the keyword is displayed as the program related information has been described.
  • contents such as video, audio, character information, etc. are displayed as program related information on the Internet.
  • the content related information when using the service to be distributed will be described.
  • the program related information App unit 3107 of the wireless terminal 3 requests the program related information to be transmitted in the data format shown in FIG. 3D via the browser engine 3101.
  • the control unit 51 of the program related information distribution server 7 refers to the data in the content database 56 of the storage 53, and shows the information related to the viewing program corresponding to the user account or the user attribute in the data format shown in FIG. Then, the program related information is created and transmitted to the program related information App unit 3107 via the communication I / F 50, the external network 6 and the communication I / F 39 of the wireless terminal 3. Moreover, content presentation information is added to the program related information, and the program related information can be presented in accordance with the presentation timing indicated by the content presentation information.
  • S3007 The control unit 51 of the program related information distribution server 7 determines whether there is an update of the content distribution information, and when there is update information, transmits the program related information to the wireless terminal 3 as update information (S3007: YES). ). If there is no update information (S3007: NO), monitoring is continued.
  • the program related information App unit 3107 displays a program related information screen on the display unit 38 based on the received program related information.
  • the control unit 37 detects that the content displayed on the program-related information display screen is selected by the input unit 41.
  • S5002 The control unit 37 determines whether the selected content currently has unpresented information.
  • S5003 If it is determined in S5002 that “unpresented information is present” (S5002: YES), the control unit 37 confirms whether or not the user has made a reservation for the presentation information by the input means 41, and the presentation reservation is made. In the case (S5003: YES), the reservation information is transmitted from the external network 6 to the program related information distribution server 7 on the network via the communication I / F 39 and the wireless router 5. When the presentation information is not reserved (S5003: NO), the step ends here.
  • S5004 The control unit 51 of the program related information distribution server 7 determines whether the content related information is disclosed. The standby state is continued until content-related information is disclosed in S5004 (S5004: NO).
  • S5005 When content-related information is disclosed in S5004 (S5004: YES), a distribution start message is transmitted to the wireless terminal 3. If the mail address of the user of the wireless terminal 3 is registered in advance, a delivery start message by mail may be transmitted. Further, the distribution start message can include a distribution start date and time or a distribution end date and time. Alternatively, only the distribution start information may be transmitted in step S5005, and the wireless terminal 3 may generate a mail and issue the mail to itself.
  • the control unit 37 transmits the URL information of the content distribution destination to the program-related information distribution server 7 and requests distribution start.
  • S5008 The content distribution unit 4112 of the program related information distribution server 7 starts content distribution to the wireless terminal 3. When decryption key information for decrypting content is necessary, key information is transmitted prior to content distribution.
  • S5009 A reproduction operation is performed by a user operation via the input unit 41.
  • the content playback unit 3108 of the wireless terminal 3 performs content playback processing. If there is a decryption key, the content information encrypted using the decryption key is decrypted, and the reproduction of the content is started.
  • FIGS. 21 to 23 show display examples of the program related information screen according to the fourth embodiment.
  • FIG. 21 shows a display example of the program related information in which the related content 420 is added to the program related display unit 402 with respect to FIG.
  • the related content 420 there is the level 2 content “last broadcast” or “today broadcast”, the content related information of “last broadcast” has already been presented, and “today broadcast” The content will be distributed in the future. Although the presentation start time has already been reached, content distribution for detailed information has not been disclosed, and only the title is disclosed. For this reason, “today's broadcast” is determined as “unpresented information present”.
  • FIG. 22 shows a display example of the content detail display screen of the wireless terminal 3.
  • the content detail display screen shown in FIG. 22 is displayed.
  • the content detail section 421 displays a title, performers, details of details, and the like.
  • the “Preview” button 422 is a button for confirming a part of the content before purchasing.
  • the index screen 423 is a still image representing one scene of content.
  • the “Purchase” button 424 is a button for selecting and purchasing content.
  • the “return” button 425 is a button for returning to the program related information screen of FIG.
  • FIG. 23 shows a display example of the program related information screen when the message 426 is displayed when there is unpresented information.
  • a message 426 shown in FIG. 23 is displayed, and the message 426 indicates that it is currently unregistered and the scheduled presentation start time (or date).
  • the scheduled time (or date) can be displayed as prior information.
  • the distribution reservation button 427 is selected by a tap operation, reservation registration can be performed.
  • level 2 content with unpresented information is handled in the same way as level 1 on the display screen of FIG. 21 until the start of presentation, and may be displayed without a frame, and may be displayed with a frame after the presentation starts. it can.
  • the content related information of level 2 that cannot display the link information of the current content distribution destination can be displayed in a display format different from both level 1 and level 2 of FIG.
  • this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned Example, Various modifications are included.
  • the above-described embodiments are described in detail for the entire system in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described.
  • a part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment.
  • each of the above-described configurations, functions, processing units, processing means, and the like may be realized by hardware by designing a part or all of them with, for example, an integrated circuit.
  • Each of the above-described configurations, functions, and the like may be realized by software by interpreting and executing a program that realizes each function by the processor.
  • Information such as programs, tables, and files that realize each function can be stored in a memory, a hard disk, a recording device such as an SSD (Solid State Drive), or a recording medium such as an IC card, an SD card, or a DVD.
  • each processing example may be independent programs, or a plurality of programs may constitute one application program.
  • control lines and information lines indicate what is considered necessary for the explanation, and not all the control lines and information lines on the product are necessarily shown. Actually, it may be considered that almost all the components are connected to each other.
  • the embodiment has been described using the television receiver 1, the television receiver 2, and the like provided with the display unit 20, but the same applies to an STB or a recorder provided with the display unit outside.
  • the present invention can be implemented.

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La présente invention porte sur un dispositif terminal utilisé dans un système de terminal de réseau comprenant un dispositif de réception de programme, le dispositif terminal et un dispositif de fourniture d'informations relatives, le dispositif terminal étant pourvu: d'un moyen d'entrée; d'une unité de communication dans laquelle le dispositif de réception de programme, qui reçoit des programmes transmis sur les ondes radio ou par l'intermédiaire d'un réseau, reçoit, en provenance du dispositif de fourniture d'informations relatives, des informations relatives aux programmes spécifiées par des informations d'état de programme servant à identifier des programmes de visualisation transmises dispositif de fourniture d'informations relatives; et d'un moyen d'affichage pour afficher un écran d'affichage d'informations relatives aux programmes qui affiche un mot-clé inclus dans les informations relatives aux programmes reçues, et également pour afficher des informations relatives à un mot-clé lorsque le mot-clé est sélectionné à l'aide du moyen d'entrée. Quand il regarde une émission de télévision, un spectateur peut ainsi recevoir des informations relatives au mot-clé, etc. dans un programme.
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