JP2001103406A - Tv program reservation system utilizing portable terminal phone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to simply reserve its desired program by transferring view program history information stored in a TV broadcast receiver 20 to a portable terminal phone set 28 of the user, so as to allow the user to confirm the program is advance. SOLUTION: A TV program reservation system 10 is provided with a TV broadcast receiver 20 having a data storage section 14 storing user's view program history information and a program reservation registration section 16 and with the portable terminal phone set 28, having a reception transmission section 22 that receives the view program history information transferred from the data storage section 14, a liquid crystal display section 24 that displays receiver program information, and a program reservation instruction section 26. The program reservation instruction section 26 registers a broadcast channel, a broadcast start time and its end time of the user's desired program to the program reservation registration section 16 of the TV broadcast receiver 20, on the basis of the program information displayed on the liquid crystal display section 24.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a TV program reservation system using a portable terminal telephone, and more particularly, to a portable terminal telephone which receives, for example, viewing program history information stored in a TV broadcast receiver, and based on this information, a user The present invention relates to a TV program reservation system using a portable terminal telephone capable of remotely reserving a desired program such as a destination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with remarkable progress in communication technology, remote control of electronic devices such as an air conditioner, an electric rice cooker and a video tape recorder can be performed from a terminal device using a network such as a telephone line. Remote control systems have been put into practical use.

For example, by transmitting a predetermined remote control signal via a telephone line, it is possible to make a reservation for recording a desired TV program on a VTR connected to a TV broadcast receiver.

[0004]

However, in the above case, the user may not be able to perform remote control of the VTR or the like as desired. That is, as a remote control, for example, when a recording reservation is made from a destination, it is necessary to specify a channel of a TV program to be recorded and a start time and an end time of the recording. He rarely goes out with necessary information and rarely stores it.

[0005] For this reason, if an incorrect channel or start time is specified, there is a problem that a TV program desired by the user is not recorded. In addition, even if the user wants to watch a continuous program or a special feature program that he or she often watches next time, he or she may forget it. For this purpose, it is very convenient if the viewing program history information is accumulated and a desired continuous program or the like can be reserved by remote control from an outside destination based on this information.

[0006] Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to use a TV program which a user is viewing as TV program history information.
An object of the present invention is to provide a program reservation system using a portable terminal telephone which stores the data in a receiver, transfers the accumulated data to a user's portable terminal telephone, and enables a program reservation service based on viewing program history information.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a T (T) system including storage means for storing viewing program history information and program reservation means.
A V-broadcasting receiver, a portable terminal telephone including a display means for receiving and displaying the viewing program history information and a program reservation instruction means, confirming the program information displayed on the display means, and requesting by the program reservation instruction means This is a TV program reservation system using a portable terminal telephone, in which a program is registered in a program reservation means of a TV broadcast receiver by the portable terminal telephone.

[0008]

By transmitting the viewing program history information stored in the TV broadcast receiver to the portable terminal telephone and displaying it on the display means, the user knows the program information which is usually watched before the start of the program. Also, the user can confirm the program information and remotely register the desired program in the TV broadcast receiver by using the portable terminal telephone.

[0009] The viewing program history information may be transferred from a TV broadcast receiver or may be transferred from another portable terminal telephone.

[0010]

According to the present invention, a desired program can be registered in a TV broadcast receiver by remote control from an out-of-home location or the like based on user's viewing program history information, and an effective program information service can be provided. .

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0012]

1 is a block diagram of a TV program reservation system shown in FIG.
A TV screen 12, a data storage unit 14 for storing viewing program history information of a program watched by a user, a program reservation registration unit 16 for reserving a program in accordance with an instruction from a mobile terminal telephone 28 owned by the user, A TV broadcast receiver 20 having a built-in VTR 18 for recording a TV program;
A receiving / transmitting unit 22 for receiving the viewing program history information transferred from the data storage unit 14 of the V broadcast receiver 20, a liquid crystal display unit 24 for displaying the viewing program history information received by the receiving / transmitting unit 22, and this display The user confirms the program information displayed on the section 24 and selects the desired program from the TV broadcast receiver 2.
And a portable terminal telephone 28 provided with a program reservation instructing unit 26 such as a keyboard for instructing the 0 program reservation registering unit 16. Further, another portable terminal telephone 30 and another TV broadcast receiver 32 may be additionally provided to the TV program reservation system 10 as necessary. In this case, the configurations of the other mobile terminal phone 30 and the other TV broadcast receiver 32 are the same as those of the mobile terminal phone 28 and the TV.
The same components as those of the broadcast receiver 20 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

It should be understood in advance that the portable terminal telephones 28 and 30 include so-called portable telephones as well as PHS and any other mobile telephones.

[0014] In CS (communication satellite) digital broadcasting, program information such as an event ID, a title and a program start / end time is transmitted, and viewing program history information can be constructed based on this program information. . For example,
The stored program history information includes a program for which program reservation has been executed, a purchased program, a program viewed for example at least 80% of the program broadcast time, and the like. Also, as the prediction information of the next program from the program history information, a program having the same series ID in the program information, a program at the same time (in units of one week or one day), and a program having the same title (those whose genre information is not a movie) and so on.

Here, the following functions are required as functions newly added in order to transfer the viewing program history information from the TV broadcast receiver to the portable terminal telephone.

On the TV side, (1) a viewing history holding program (2) a next program prediction program (3) a connection terminal with a portable terminal telephone (4) a transmission program of viewing history information / next program prediction information to a portable terminal telephone On the mobile terminal side, (1) a connection terminal for a TV broadcast receiver; (2) a program for receiving viewing history information / next program prediction information to a mobile terminal telephone;
The digital broadcast receiver is equipped with a modem,
It also uploads billing information and voting (program voting). Therefore, if you use this modem,
It is possible to receive reservation information from the mobile terminal telephone.

Further, the CS digital broadcast receiver has a program reservation function. If a program reservation is made using the reservation information received by the above-mentioned modem, the reservation can be executed by the existing program reservation function. Can be.

In this case, the following functions are required as functions newly added to the TV and the portable terminal.

On the TV side, (1) a modem incoming program (2) a reservation information receiving program from a portable terminal telephone (3) a program for adding reservation information received from a portable terminal telephone to existing reservation information (1) Program for displaying start message of next program (2) Program for receiving reservation of next program (3) Program for transmitting reservation information to TV broadcast receiver (4) Program list display program When the program information is transferred by using the existing communication function between the portable terminal telephones, the program information can be transmitted and received. Further, a program can be reserved for a TV based on the program information.

In this case, the following functions are required as functions newly added to the portable terminal telephone. (1) Program information transmission program to mobile terminal telephone (2) Program information reception program from mobile terminal telephone Here, an outline of operation of the TV program reservation system 10 shown in the embodiment will be described.

First, for example, the user's viewing program history information stored in the user's portable terminal telephone 28 from the data storage unit 14 of the TV broadcast receiver 20 is stored in the portable terminal telephone 2.
8 based on the instruction from the server. This program information is received by the transmission / reception unit 22 and is transmitted to the liquid crystal display
4, the program information is transmitted to the user as a message. Therefore, if the user confirms the displayed program information and wishes to view the program information again with the program information that the user often sees, the user instructs the program reservation instruction section 26 of the portable terminal telephone 28 to transmit the program information of the TV broadcast receiver 20. It is registered in the reservation registration unit 16. In this case, VTR1
8 can also be reserved for recording. The contents to be registered are, for example, a channel, a program start time and an end time. Of course, a plurality of programs can be registered if desired.

When the user wants to transfer the viewing program history information received by the portable terminal telephone set 28 to a friend, acquaintance or friend, the other portable terminal telephone set 3 owned by the user is required.
0, they send their own mobile phone 3
Since the transferred viewing program history information is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 24, the program information can be confirmed. If there is desired program information, they send the channel and program start time to the program reservation registration section 16 of the TV broadcast receiver 32 provided in their home from the program reservation instruction section 26 of their portable terminal telephone 30. And the end time. Also in this case, it is possible to make a recording reservation in the VTR 18 provided in the TV broadcast receiver 32.

As shown in FIG. 1, it is also possible to reversely transfer viewing program history information from a friend, acquaintance or fellow portable terminal telephone 30 to a user portable terminal telephone 28.

In this embodiment, a TV program reservation system having two TV broadcast receivers and two portable terminal telephones has been described. However, the operation is the same even in a system having three or more TV programs.

Next, based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, transfer of viewing history information from the TV side to the portable terminal side,
Reservation of a program from the portable terminal to the TV and transfer of program information between the portable terminals will be described.

In FIG. 2, on the TV side, first, in step S1, the viewing history is held and the next program is predicted from the viewing history. Then, in step S3, the CPU determines whether or not there is a transfer instruction to the mobile terminal phone 28. If the result is "NO", the process returns to step S1, and if "YES", the process proceeds to step S5. In step S5, it is determined whether or not the portable terminal phone 28 is connected. If the result is "NO", the process returns to step S1, and if "YES", the process proceeds to step S7 where the portable terminal phone 2 is connected.
8 to transfer the viewing history information.

On the other hand, on the portable terminal telephone side, step S
9 to connect to the TV broadcast receiver 20, and at step S11
The viewing history information is received from the V broadcast receiver 20 by the transmission / reception unit.

Next, referring to FIG.
In step S13, the CPU determines whether or not it is the start time of the next program. If the result is "NO", the CPU waits. If "YES", the process proceeds to step S15. Display the start message. At the same time, it is determined whether or not the program list display of the menu has been selected in step S17.
If "O", the process stands by, and if "YES", the process proceeds to step S19 to display a program list on the liquid crystal display unit 24. In step S21, it is determined whether or not there is a program reservation instruction. If the result is "NO", the process returns to the step S13, and if the result of the step S21 is "YES", the program reservation instructing section 26 sets the T in step S23.
A reservation instruction is issued to the V broadcast receiver 20.

On the other hand, on the TV side, in step S25, it is determined whether or not there is an incoming call from the portable terminal telephone 28. If the result is "NO", the process stands by, and if "YES", the process proceeds to step S27. . In the step S27, the reservation information from the portable terminal telephone 28 is received, and in the step S29
In step S29, the received reservation is added to the normal reservation information and registered in the program reservation registration unit 16.

Further, in FIG. 4, it is determined in step S1 whether the portable terminal telephone 28 has selected the menu program information transmission from another portable terminal telephone 30. If the result is "NO", the process stands by. If "YES", the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, a program to be transmitted is selected, and a telephone number of a transmission destination is input, and the process proceeds to step S5, where the program information selected here is transmitted.

On the other hand, the other portable terminal telephone 30 determines whether or not there is an incoming call from the portable terminal telephone 28 in step S7, and if the result is "NO", stands by as it is and if "YES". If it is, program information is received. Then, based on the received program information, other TVs owned by the user
The program is registered in the broadcast receiver 32.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a TV program reservation system showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an outline in the case of transferring viewing program history information from a TV broadcast receiver to a portable terminal telephone.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of a case in which a program start message and a program reservation instruction are issued in the mobile terminal telephone.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an outline of a case where program information received by a mobile terminal telephone is transferred to another mobile terminal telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... TV program reservation system 12 ... TV screen 14 ... Data storage part 16 ... Program reservation registration part 18 ... VTR 20, 32 ... TV broadcast receiver 22 ... Reception and transmission part 24 ... Liquid crystal display part 26 ... Program reservation instruction part 28, 30… Portable telephone

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A TV broadcast receiver including storage means for storing viewing program history information and program reservation means, and a portable terminal telephone including display means for receiving and displaying the viewing program history information and program reservation instruction means. A portable terminal telephone, wherein program information displayed on the display means is confirmed, and a desired program is registered by the portable terminal telephone in the program reservation means of the TV broadcast receiver by the program reservation instruction means. TV program reservation system using 2. The TV broadcast receiver further includes a transfer means for transferring the viewing program history information to the portable terminal telephone, wherein the portable terminal telephone transmits the viewing program history information to the TV.
2. A TV program reservation system using a mobile terminal telephone according to claim 1, which receives from a broadcast receiver. 3. The portable terminal telephone includes a transfer unit for transferring the received viewing program history information to another portable terminal telephone, wherein the portable terminal telephone receives the viewing program history information from another portable terminal telephone. A TV program reservation system using the mobile terminal telephone according to claim 1. 4. The portable terminal telephone according to claim 1, wherein a recording device is further connected to said TV broadcast receiver to record a program reserved by said portable terminal telephone. TV program reservation system used.