JP2006325182A - News provision system, server device and terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a news provision system capable of providing news according to user's preference within required time. <P>SOLUTION: The news provision system has a server device 300 and a terminal device 100 connected via a simulcast network 500. The server device 300 generates additional data having information regarding user's favorite news, a degree of details of the news and reproduction time of the news based on news data received from a broadcasting station 400 and transmits the news data and the additional data to the terminal device 100. The terminal device 100 rearranges and reproduces the news in which degrees of details are differentiated according to the information regarding the user's favorite news so that the news is settled in the required time inputted from the outside and set based on the additional data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a news providing system, a server device, and a terminal device that provide a user with news from a news source according to the user's preference.

  In a conventional news providing apparatus such as a radio, the news is received and reproduced in the order created by the broadcasting station that is the news source, and the news cannot be viewed in the user's preferred order. However, nowadays, the Internet and the like have become widespread, and it has been seen that videos such as TV dramas and movies are distributed and viewed from server devices.

  On the other hand, with respect to images such as TV dramas and movies, there is a trend of creating and viewing digests for reasons such as limited viewing time for users. In such a system, various studies have been made on how to create a digest. For example, conventionally, there has been proposed an apparatus that not only extracts a digest according to the contents of video information but also creates a digest by weighting the user's preference (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

The apparatus described in Patent Document 1 uses a professional baseball game as an example, creates information such as a user's favorite team, a specific player, and viewing time as specific rule information and associates it with video information. With reference to the index information, a digest program within the viewing time is created.
JP 2000-261754 A

  However, if the digest creation method is applied to news, the order of news remains in the order created by the broadcasting station.

  Also, when traveling by vehicle, the arrival time to the destination changes due to traffic jams, etc., and only the news that the user (driver, etc.) does not want to hear is played back, and the user cannot hear the news he wants to hear before the destination Often arrives at.

  The present invention provides a news providing system, a server device, and a terminal device that can provide news according to user's preference within a required time.

  The news providing system of the present invention is a news providing system comprising a server device and a terminal device connected via a broadcast network, and the server device is used based on news data received from a news source. Generating additional data having information related to the user's favorite news, the level of detail of the news, and the playback time of the news, and transmitting the news data and the additional data to the terminal device, the terminal device based on the additional data In addition, the news items with different degrees of detail are rearranged and reproduced according to the information related to the user's favorite news so as to be within the required time set by inputting from the outside.

  With this configuration, it is possible to rearrange and provide news having a degree of detail according to the user's preference so as to be within the required time.

  According to the news providing system of the present invention, the detail level of the news becomes more detailed as the user's preference increases, and the news is rearranged and reproduced in the order of the user's preference.

  With this configuration, news can be reproduced in the order that the user likes.

  The news providing system of the present invention is a news providing system comprising a server device and a terminal device connected via a broadcast network, and the server device is used based on news data received from a news source. Generating additional data having information related to the user's favorite news, the level of detail of the news, and the playback time of the news, and transmitting the news data and the additional data to the terminal device, the terminal device based on the additional data In addition, the user's preference is arranged after rearranging the news with different levels of detail according to the information about the user's favorite news so as to be within the set time required to be input from the outside. The speed at which the news is provided is changed in accordance with the information about the news.

  As a result, news can be provided in the order of preference of the user with the level of detail that the user wants to hear.

  The news providing system of the present invention is a news providing system comprising a server device and a terminal device connected via a broadcast network, and the server device is used based on news data received from a news source. Generating additional data having information related to the user's favorite news, the level of detail of the news, and the playback time of the news, and transmitting the news data and the additional data to the terminal device, the terminal device based on the additional data In addition, the user's preference is arranged after rearranging the news with different levels of detail according to the information about the user's favorite news so as to be within the set time required to be input from the outside. The news is reproduced by changing the size of characters according to the information about the news.

  As a result, it is possible to provide the user with the level of detail that the user wants to know in the order of user preference.

  A server device according to the present invention is a server device connected to a terminal device via a broadcast network, and includes a receiving unit that receives news data from a news source, and a user's Additional data creation unit for generating additional data having information about favorite news, news detail level and news playback time, storage unit for storing the news data and the additional data, the stored news data, and the data And a transmission unit that transmits the additional data to the terminal device.

  With this configuration, news data from a news source and additional data generated by the additional data creation unit can be transmitted to the terminal device.

  The terminal device of the present invention is a terminal device connected to a server device via a broadcast network, and news data from the server device, information related to user's favorite news, news detail level, and news playback. A receiving unit that receives additional data having time, a storage unit that stores the news data and the additional data, a user setting management unit that manages information about the user's favorite news and the level of detail of the news, A playlist creation unit for creating a playlist of the news data based on the additional data and the required time set from the outside, and so as to fit within the required time set from the outside , Reproduction control for reading out the news data stored in the storage unit according to the reproduction list and reproducing the news With the door.

  With this configuration, it is possible to rearrange and provide news having a degree of detail according to the user's preference so as to be within the required time.

  The terminal device according to the present invention is such that the degree of detail of the news becomes more detailed as the user's preference increases, and the news is rearranged and reproduced in the order of the user's preference.

  With this configuration, news can be reproduced in the order that the user likes.

  The terminal device of the present invention comprises a playback skip operation means for skipping the news, and regenerates the playlist based on the additional data and the required time based on the operation of the playback skip operation means. The news is rearranged and reproduced in the order of the user's preference over the predetermined time.

  With this configuration, news that is not user-preferred can be skipped during news playback, and news having a degree of detail corresponding to the user's preference can be rearranged and provided within the required time even after skipping.

  The terminal device of the present invention includes a reproduction skip operation means for skipping the news, and information related to a user's favorite news of the additional data associated with the skipped news based on the operation of the reproduction skip operation means, and Automatically change the level of detail in the news.

  With this configuration, even if the user does not record change information related to news preferences, information related to news preferences can be automatically updated based on the operation of the playback skip operation means.

  According to the news providing system, server device, and terminal device of the present invention, it is possible to rearrange and provide news having a degree of detail according to the user's preference so as to be within the required time.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a news providing system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  1, the news providing system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention includes a terminal device 100 that is mounted on a vehicle or the like and that reproduces news, and an in-vehicle device such as a navigation device that is mounted on the vehicle or the like and provides information to the terminal device 100. Based on news data received from the terminal 200 and a news source to be described later, additional data having information related to the user's favorite news, the detail level of the news, and the playback time of the news is generated, and this additional data is combined with the news data. Server device 300 for transmitting, broadcast station 400 as a news source for providing news, broadcast network 500 for transmitting news data and the like from server device 300 to terminal device 100, and news from broadcast station 400 to server device 300 And a broadcast network 600 for transmitting data. Here, the information related to the user's favorite news in the additional data includes a genre, a keyword, and the like. The news data includes information such as news and genre.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the terminal device 100 includes a receiving unit 101 that receives news data and additional data, and a storage unit 102 that stores information on the received news data and additional data.
When storing the information in the storage unit 102 such as a memory, the storage management unit 103 such as a CPU that manages additional data, the genre of the user's favorite news, keywords, etc., and the level of detail of the news are displayed. A user setting management unit 104 to manage, and a playlist creation unit that creates a playlist 114 that plays within a required time, based on the news genre, keywords, etc., and the news playback time. 105, a reproduction control unit 106 that reads out news data from the storage unit 102 according to the reproduction list 114 and reproduces the news, and a reproduction button 107 that is a reproduction operation means that the user presses to start listening to the news.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the in-vehicle terminal 200 includes a required time calculation unit 201 that calculates a time from a departure point to a destination based on current position information, destination information, and traffic information as represented by a conventional navigation system. have.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the server device 300 receives the news data from the broadcast station 400 and the reception unit 301 receives the news data from the broadcast station 400 so as to be within the required time set by being input from the outside by the user. Based on the news data, the additional data creation unit 302 that creates additional data having information related to the user's favorite news, the level of detail of the news, and the playback time of the news, and the created news data and additional data are stored. The storage unit 303 includes a management unit 304 that manages the stored news data, and a transmission unit 305 that transmits the news data and additional data to the terminal device 100.

  The terminal device 100 and the server device 300 are connected to each other via a broadcast network 500, and can transmit and receive data by being broadcast in the same manner as a general broadcasting network such as a television or radio. Similarly, the broadcast station 400 and the server apparatus 300 are connected via a broadcast network 600 so that data can be transmitted and received.

  Next, the operation of the news providing system according to the first embodiment will be described.

  In FIG. 3, when the server device 300 receives the news data provided from the broadcast station 400 by the receiving unit 301, the server device 300 transmits the news data to the additional data creating unit 302, and within the required time by the additional data creating unit 302. Additional data having the level of detail of the news and the playback time of the news is created so as to fit. In other words, for the news that the user likes most, the longest playback time is set at the highest level of detail, the level of detail decreases as the preference level decreases, and the playback time also decreases. For unfavorable news, additional data is created with the lowest level of detail and the shortest playback time.

  For example, if the level of detail is “detail” (hereinafter also referred to as the highest level of detail), the transmitted data is recorded so as to include all the news data (see FIG. 5). If the level of detail is “simple”, the additional data is created by recording the range indicated by two to three sentences. Furthermore, at the level of detail of “headline only” (hereinafter also referred to as the minimum level of detail), news data representing the news in one sentence is extracted, and the range represented by the one sentence is recorded to create additional data To do.

  The news genre and keywords related to the news data are also recorded in the additional data. The management unit 304 transmits the stored news data and the additional data created by the additional data creation unit 302 from the transmission unit 305 to the terminal device 100 via the broadcast network 500.

  As shown in FIG. 2, when the receiving device 101 receives news data and additional data, the terminal device 100 sends the received data to the storage management unit 103 and stores it in the storage unit 102.

  On the other hand, the user sets his / her favorite news genre, keyword, and the like in the user setting management unit 104 in the terminal device 100. As the setting method, a keyboard, a touch panel, or the like may be used, or voice dialogue or the like may be used.

  For example, if you are interested in “XX”, if you are interested in a specific genre of “XXX”, you can set the level of detail as “Details” and if you are not interested in “△△”, For the genre “ΔΔ”, a detail level “headline only” is set in the file. The user setting management unit 104 manages the file set in this way.

  When the user wants to listen to the news, when the play button 107 of the terminal device 100 is pressed, the play list creation unit 105 selects the user's preference stored in the user setting management unit 104 from the user setting management unit 104. User management information 111 indicating news genre, keyword, etc. and detail information of news, and storage management indicating additional data of all news information stored in the storage unit 102 from the storage management unit 103 The required time information 113 from the departure point to the destination is obtained from the information 112 and the required time calculation unit 201 of the in-vehicle terminal 200, respectively.

  Next, a procedure for creating the playlist 114 based on the information acquired by the playlist creation unit 105 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, the playlist creation unit 105 calculates the total playback time when all the acquired news information is played back with the highest level of detail (step S701). If the total playback time is within the required time input and set by the user (step S702, YES), the news is rearranged in the user's preferred order (step S703), and the process ends (playlist). Completion).

  On the other hand, if the total playback time does not fall within the required time (step S702, NO), the genre that the user does not like most is set to the playback time according to the level of detail, and for other genres, the above playback time is set. The total playback time is calculated when all news is played back as it is (step S711). If the total reproduction time is within the required time (step S712, YES), the process of step S703 is performed and the process ends.

  If the total playback time does not fall within the required time (step S712, NO), it is determined whether the detail level of all news has been changed. If not changed (step S713, NO), the user can For a genre that is not preferred, the same processing as described above is repeated (steps S711 and S712), and if the total playback time is within the required time (step S712, YES), the processing of step S703 is performed and the processing ends.

  When the detail level of all the news has been changed (step S713, YES), it is assumed that the genre that the user does not like most, ie, the news with the lowest level of detail, is not played, and the playback time of the news is 0 For other news, the total playback time when the news is played with the above playback time is calculated (step S714).

  It is determined whether or not the total reproduction time is within the required time (step S715), and if it is within (YES in step S715), the process of step S703 is performed and the process is terminated.

  If the total playback time does not fall within the required time (step S715, NO), the user plays the most favorite news at a playback time with the level of detail further lowered, and calculates the total playback time of the news. (Step S722).

  It is determined whether or not the total reproduction time is within the required time (step S723), and if it is within (step S723, YES), the process of step S703 is performed and the process is terminated.

  If the total playback time does not fall within the required time (step S723, NO), the user plays the most favorite news at the playback time with the detail level lowered by one more, and the total playback time of the news is calculated. (Step S722).

  Thereafter, the same processing as described above is repeated, and if the total reproduction time is within the required time (step S712, YES), the processing of step S703 is performed and the processing is terminated.

  If the total playback time does not fall within the required time even after the end, even the most desired news cannot be played back with the lowest level of detail and is not played back. The reproduction list is emptied and finished (step S725).

  Whether the news is user-favorite news in the above algorithm is determined by matching the genre or keyword for the news attached to the additional data with the user-favorite genre received from the user setting management unit 104. Shall be done by the method. As this method, methods such as DP matching (dynamic programming) and rule method have been proposed, and those methods may be used.

  The reproduction list created by the above algorithm can provide news in the required order in the order of preference of the user with the level of detail that the user wants to view.

  Next, a specific example of a playlist that creates the playlist 114 created by the playlist creation unit 105 will be described.

  For example, as the user setting information 111, for the genre of news A, the detail level of “detail” (detail level 3), for the genre of news B, the detail level of “headline only” (detail level 1), the genre of news C It is assumed that information of the detail level (detail level 2) of “simple” is given. In this example, the level of detail is three stages, and the level of detail indicated by numerical values is also reproduced with a level of detail equal to or less than the currently indicated value. That is, at the level of detail 3, all the news with the level of detail 3, the level of detail 2 and the level of detail 1 are reproduced. Also, at the detail level 2, it is assumed that the news with the detail level 2 and the detail level 1 is reproduced. This will be described with reference to FIG. 5 showing the relationship between the detail level of each news item and the playback time. That is, for example, in the news A, when the detail level is 3, the detail level 1 content (2 minutes), the detail level 2 content (1 minute), and the detail level 3 content (3 minutes) are reproduced. Play for 6 minutes.

  Here, as the storage management information 112, information that three news (news A, news B, and news C) are stored in the storage unit 102, and information that the required time is 10 minutes as the required time information 113 are stored. It shall be given. The relationship between the detail level of each news item and the playback time is as shown in FIG. At this time, it is as follows.

News A (detail level 3) + News B (detail level 3) + News C (detail level 3)
= 6 + 3 + 4 = 13 minutes This is more than 10 minutes, so if you change the detail level of news B that you do n’t like most from 3 to 1,
News A (detail level 3) + News B (detail level 1) + News C (detail level 3)
= 6 + 1 + 4 = 11 minutes.

This also exceeds the required time of 10 minutes, so if you change the detail level of news C that you don't like next to news A from 3 to 2,
News A (detail level 3) + News B (detail level 1) + News C (detail level 2)
= 6 + 1 + 3 = 10 minutes.

  Since this time is within 10 minutes, the news is rearranged in the order of the user's preference, that is, the order of news A, news C, and news B in step S703. As a result, a reproduction list 114 for reproducing news each having a degree of detail is created in the order shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the created reproduction list 114 is transmitted to the reproduction control unit 106. The playback control unit 106 that has received the playback list 114 reads the news data described in the playback list 114 from the storage unit 102 and plays back the news according to the level of detail.

  In vehicles, the required time information often changes due to the occurrence of traffic jams. In such a case, the playlist creation unit 105 recreates the playlist 114 based on the new required time information 112. However, this time there is news data that has already been reproduced. For this reason, it is assumed that a playlist is created by the following algorithm.

  News that has already been played back and news that is currently being played are excluded from the playlist.

  The other news is processed according to the procedure shown in the flowchart shown in FIG.

  By realizing the above algorithm, even if the required time changes, the user's favorite news can be reproduced in the order of preference with the desired level of detail so that it falls within the required time.

  Further, when the required time, for example, the vehicle arrival time to the destination, changes due to traffic jams, it is possible to obtain more necessary information by reviewing the news order and the news content again.

  Furthermore, when it is found from the receiving unit 101 that new news has been accumulated in the accumulating unit 102, when required time information such as vehicle arrival time to the destination changes due to traffic jams, etc., and user preferences and details If a playlist is created in advance when one or more of the events occur, the news will always be provided in the user's preferred order and level of detail. .

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, news can be provided in a degree of detail that the user wants to hear in the order of the user's preference.

(Embodiment 2)
The news providing system according to the second embodiment has the same basic configuration as that of the first embodiment, and differs from the first embodiment in a playlist creation unit and the like.

  In the first embodiment, the user wants to hear the news and presses the play button 107 of the terminal device 100, and then creates a play list. However, it may take time to create the playlist.

  Therefore, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a playlist 114 is created by the playlist creation unit 105 up to a place where it can be created based on information given in advance. That is, even when the playback button 107 is not pressed and news is not provided, when the vehicle is activated and the destination setting is performed by the navigation device or the like, the user setting information 111, the storage management information 112, and Since the required time information 113 is already prepared, the play list creation unit 105 creates the play list 114 in advance even if the play button 107 is not pressed based on the information. When the play button 107 is pressed, the news is played based on the created play list 114.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the playlist creation unit 105 creates the playlist 114 in advance, and after the play button 107 is pressed, the playlist 114 is created based on the created playlist 114. It only replays the news, and the time to provide the news is greatly reduced.

(Embodiment 3)
The news providing system according to the third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the configuration of the terminal device.

  That is, the third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the terminal device 700 is used instead of the terminal device 100 in the configuration shown in FIG. The terminal device 700 has a configuration in which a skip button 701 that is a playback skip operation means is added to the configuration of the terminal device 100.

  The basic operation of the third embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment. In the third embodiment, the operation up to the point where the reproduction list 114 is created by the reproduction list creation unit 105 and the news is reproduced is the same as the operation of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In the first embodiment, the user setting information is set from the viewpoint of whether or not he / she is interested in a specific genre “XX”. However, even if you are interested in the genre “XX”, you may not be interested in “△△” in that genre. It is possible that it will not be done. In the third embodiment, in such a case, when the user presses the skip button 701 during news reproduction, the user skips the news and reproduces the next news.

  If the currently reproduced news is skipped by the skip button 701, a free space is created within the required time for that time. For this reason, while reproducing the currently reproduced news, a reproduction list is created again with the following algorithm for the following news.

  News that has already been played back and news that is currently being played are excluded from the playlist.

  For other news, processing is performed according to the procedure of the flowchart shown in FIG.

As described above, in the third embodiment, even when the skip button 701 is pressed, the user's favorite news can be reproduced in the desired level of detail and order over the required time.

(Embodiment 4)
Since the basic configuration of the news providing system in the fourth embodiment is the same as that in the third embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  In the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the user can skip the currently provided news by pressing the skip button 701, but the user presses the skip button 701. Is nothing but the fact that the user is not interested in the content.

  Using the above characteristics, the priority of the news that matches the item is automatically lowered with reference to the additional data associated with the news for which the skip button 701 is pressed. For example, if there is a keyword “△△” in the news additional data and you have skipped news about “△△” in the past, you are not interested in news about “△△”. Is assumed. In such a case, the playback control unit 106 automatically changes the information related to the user's favorite news and the level of detail of the news to the user setting management unit 104, and from now on the priority of the skipped news Such as lowering.

  In the fourth embodiment, an example in which whether or not a similar case has occurred in the past has been described as a criterion. However, various inference methods such as general neurocomputing and case-based reasoning are used as the criterion. Can do.

  As described above, in the fourth embodiment, even if the user does not bother to record the user setting information 111 in the user setting management unit 106, the user's preference and details regarding the news can be obtained by operating the skip button 701. The degree can be changed automatically.

(Embodiment 5)
Since the basic configuration of the news providing system in the fifth embodiment is the same as that in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  In the first embodiment, the level of detail and the playback time are maintained for each news, and the rearrangement of the news is realized based on the playback time. However, when the news is provided to the user by voice or the like, the voice is read out. It is also possible to change the time.

  The news that the user likes greatly is played at a slow playback speed, and the news that is not so popular is played at a higher playback speed to achieve the level of detail that the user wants to hear. .

  As described above, according to the fifth embodiment, the user wants to hear details in the order of user preference by changing the playback speed of the method of providing news to the user according to the user preference. Can be offered in degrees.

(Embodiment 6)
In the fifth embodiment, an example of changing the voice playback speed has been described. However, in the sixth embodiment, instead of providing news by voice, the text display is performed and the size of the text is changed. It is an example. As for how to change the size of the letters, news with a high user preference is displayed with large letters, and news with less preference is displayed with small letters. This makes it possible to achieve the level of detail that the user wants to know.

  As described above, in the sixth embodiment, it is assumed that the user wants to know the user's preference in the order of the user's preference by changing the size of the character in the method of providing news to the user according to the user's preference. It can be provided at the level of detail you want.

  In each embodiment, the case where news is provided to a user who is in a vehicle has been described. However, the present invention is intended for users at home, etc. during commuting, with the terminal device, etc. being portable. This can also be done when providing news.

  The news providing system, the server device, and the terminal device according to the present invention have an effect that news having a degree of detail according to the user's preference can be rearranged and provided so as to be within the required time, This is useful as a news providing system for navigation devices.

Configuration diagram of news providing system in Embodiment 1 of the present invention The block diagram which shows the structure of the terminal device of the news provision system in Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the server apparatus of the news provision system in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The flowchart which shows the process sequence of the news provision system in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The figure which shows the example of provision of the news data of the news provision system in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The figure which shows an example of the reproduction | regeneration list | wrist of the news provision system in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the terminal device of the news provision system in Embodiment 3 and Embodiment 4 of this invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Terminal device 101 Receiving part 102 Accumulation part 103 Accumulation management part 104 User setting management part 105 Reproduction list creation part 106 Reproduction control part 107 Reproduction button 111 User setting information 112 Accumulation management information 113 Time required information 114 Reproduction list 200 In-vehicle terminal 201 Required Time Calculation Unit 300 Server Device 301 Reception Unit 302 Additional Data Creation Unit 303 Storage Unit 304 Management Unit 305 Transmission Unit 400 Broadcast Station 500 Broadcast Network 500 Broadcast Network 600 Terminal Device 701 Skip Button

Claims (9)

A news providing system comprising a server device and a terminal device connected via a broadcast network,
The server device generates, based on the news data received from the news source, additional data having information related to the user's favorite news, the level of detail of the news, and the playback time of the news, and the news data and the additional data are generated. Transmitted to the terminal device,
Based on the additional data, the terminal device arranges the news with different degrees of detail according to the information about the user's favorite news so as to be within the required time set by inputting from the outside. A news providing system characterized by being played instead. 2. The news providing system according to claim 1, wherein the level of detail of the news becomes more detailed as the user's preference increases, and the news is rearranged and reproduced in the order of the user's preference. A news providing system comprising a server device and a terminal device connected via a broadcast network,
The server device generates, based on the news data received from the news source, additional data having information related to the user's favorite news, the level of detail of the news, and the playback time of the news, and the news data and the additional data are generated. Transmitted to the terminal device,
Based on the additional data, the terminal device arranges the news with different degrees of detail according to the information about the user's favorite news so as to be within the required time set by inputting from the outside. The news providing system, wherein the news is reproduced by changing the speed of providing the news according to the information related to the user's favorite news. A news providing system comprising a server device and a terminal device connected via a broadcast network,
The server device generates, based on the news data received from the news source, additional data having information related to the user's favorite news, the level of detail of the news, and the playback time of the news, and the news data and the additional data are generated. Transmitted to the terminal device,
Based on the additional data, the terminal device arranges the news with different degrees of detail according to the information about the user's favorite news so as to be within the required time set by inputting from the outside. A news providing system, wherein the news is reproduced by changing the character size in accordance with the information related to the user's favorite news. A server device connected to a terminal device via a broadcast network,
A receiver for receiving news data from a news source;
Based on the received news data, an additional data creation unit for generating additional data having information related to the user's favorite news, news detail level and news playback time, and storing the news data and the additional data A server device, comprising: a storage unit configured to transmit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the stored news data and the additional data to the terminal device. A terminal device connected to a server device via a broadcast network, which receives news data and additional data having news detail information and news playback time from the server device. A receiving unit that stores the news data and the additional data, a user setting management unit that manages information about the user's favorite news and the level of detail of the news, and the additional data from the outside A playlist creation unit that creates a playlist of the news data based on the required time set as input, and the accumulation according to the playlist so as to be within the required time set input from outside A playback control unit that reads out the news data stored in the unit and plays back the news. Terminal device and butterflies. 7. The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the degree of detail of the news becomes more detailed as the user's preference increases, and the news is rearranged and reproduced in the order of the user's preference. Replay skip operation means for skipping the news, and re-creating the play list based on the additional data and the required time based on the operation of the replay skip operation means, so The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the news is rearranged and reproduced in an order of user preference. A playback skip operation means for skipping the news is provided, and based on the operation of the playback skip operation means, information on the user's favorite news of the additional data associated with the skipped news and a change in the level of detail of the news The terminal device according to claim 6, which is automatically performed.

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