JPH1188863A - Program information display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To exchange information between viewers without being affected by the conditions of parties by providing a means for preparing a telephone number list for each program from program information and telephone numbers, acquiring program information from a viewer through a telephone line based on this list and storing the program information from the viewer. SOLUTION: A user communicates with a BBS server 11 of an electronic bulletin board system and bulletin board information 15 while using a remote controller 14 to be used for inputting a telephone number or the like, keyboard 17 and telephone line. Then, the program information generated from the viewer is acquired by a viewer program information acquiring means 12. A display 16 is provided for displaying the acquired information, and the program information is displayed through the display 16 to the viewer by a viewer program information display means 13. Thus, the viewer selects any television program and in addition to unique information generated from a program preparer as an information source for enjoying that program, the information generated from the viewer can be utilized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program information display device provided with means for displaying information on a television program issued by a television viewer using an electronic bulletin board system or an electronic well-end conference system. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional method of acquiring television program information is to acquire the information from a program column of a newspaper, a magazine in which the program information is published, using paper as a medium, or to a method disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-2 / 1990.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 84077, electronic program information is
It was a method of acquiring television as a medium. However, both the paper-based method and the television-based method are unitary information issued by the program creator, and the information issued by the viewers is a It was common to talk on the phone. Some viewers exchanged information using personal computer communication and the Internet, but personal computer communication and the use of the Internet required a computer and the expertise required to operate the computer. Was.

[0003]

Determinants when a viewer selects a program include not only all information provided by a program creator but also information obtained by a viewer from an acquaintance or the like. I have. Conventionally, there has been a problem that a method of exchanging information between viewers who meet each other directly or talk by telephone depends on the convenience of the other party. In addition, as a method of exchanging information between viewers, using computer communication and the Internet, which have been partially used,
The various knowledge involved in computer operation was required and was not easily accepted by the general audience.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a program information display apparatus of the present invention comprises: means for storing program information from a broadcasting station; means for allowing a viewer to input a telephone number; Means for creating a telephone number table for each program from program information and the telephone number, means for acquiring program information from a viewer through a telephone line based on the telephone number table,
It is characterized by comprising means for storing program information from the viewer and means for displaying program information from the viewer.

According to the present invention, information can be exchanged between viewers without being influenced by the other party's convenience, and an electronic bulletin board system or an electronic well-end conference system can be used without having specialized knowledge associated with computer operation. Various information about the television program can be obtained.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises means for storing program information from a broadcasting station, means for allowing a viewer to input a telephone number, and means for storing the program information and the telephone number. Means for creating a telephone number table for each program, means for acquiring program information from a viewer through a telephone line based on the telephone number table, means for storing program information from the viewer, And a means for displaying program information from a TV program. In addition to the centralized information issued by the program creator, the TV program information can be obtained by information exchange using a telephone line. Information originating from a person can be displayed.

Next, according to a second aspect of the present invention, the program information from the viewer is an article of the viewer posted on an electronic bulletin board system, and the program information from the viewer is obtained. Means for acquiring program information from the viewer by communicating with the electronic bulletin board system, and communicating with a plurality of electronic bulletin board systems having predetermined connection procedures and operation procedures. Thus, various kinds of information on the television program can be exchanged between viewers.

[0010] Next, the invention according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized in that the program information from the viewer includes audio data, and a keyboard is provided to the user as a method of transmitting information. Voice information can be exchanged using a microphone without forcing the input of the used character.

Next, in the invention according to claim 4 of the present invention, the program information from the viewer is a conversation between the viewers transmitted to the electronic well-end conference system, and the program information from the viewer is transmitted. The means for acquiring is characterized in that it acquires program information from the viewer by communicating with the electronic well-end conference system, and uses an electronic well-end conference system characterized in that information is exchanged in real time. This allows viewers to exchange information about the program they are watching while watching the television program.

[0010] Next, in the invention according to claim 5 of the present invention, the program information from the viewer is a conversation between viewers issued to the electronic well-end conference system, and the program information from the viewer is transmitted. The acquiring means includes means for communicating between the program information display devices by including the electronic well-end conference system by itself, and has a conversation with a specific party in the electronic well-end conference system. Meanwhile, you can watch a television program.

Next, the invention according to claim 6 of the present invention is characterized in that there is provided means for displaying statistical values relating to the use of the bulletin board system and the electronic well-end conference system as program information from the viewer. For example, the number of users for each program in the bulletin board system can be displayed, and can be used as a measure of the topicality of a program, so that it can be used as a factor in selecting a program by a viewer. it can.

Next, according to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in addition to the program information display apparatus according to the second aspect, an article of a viewer obtained from the electronic bulletin board system is sent to each sentence. It is characterized by having a ending analysis means of the article posted on the bulletin board for analyzing the ending and a bulletin board contributor inferring means for estimating the characteristics of the person who posted the article from the analyzed ending. By displaying to the user the ratio of males and females, the age group of the posters, and the like, the user can be used as a factor for the viewer to select a program.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a program information display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The program information display device according to the present invention comprises a telephone number input means 1 for inputting a telephone number to a service to be connected by a user, a broadcast station program storing program information provided from a broadcast station as a transmission source. Information storage means 2, telephone number table creation means 3 for compiling programs and connection destinations in a table format, telephone program table storage means 4 for storing the collected telephone number tables, and connection destination telephone numbers registered in the telephone number table. Viewer program information acquisition means 5 for acquiring program information originating from the viewer from the connection destination service used;
It comprises viewer program information storage means 6 for storing the acquired viewer program information, and viewer program information display means 7 for displaying the stored viewer program information.

Referring to FIG. 2, a procedure for obtaining viewer program information according to the present invention will be described. In S1, a connection destination telephone number table of a service source that provides program information from a viewer is created (FIG. 1 telephone number table creation means 3). The connection destination telephone number may be included in program information (broadcast station program information storage means 2 in FIG. 1) obtained from a broadcast station, or may be, for example, a remote control or a keyboard shown in FIG.
The user may directly input the information using the telephone number input means 1, or a plurality of the information may be input. The created connection destination telephone number table is stored in the telephone number table storage means 4 in FIG. In S2, the user selects a connection destination to use from the telephone number table,
In S3, the viewer program information is acquired from the selected connection destination using the telephone line. The acquired viewer program information is stored in the viewer program information storage means 6 in FIG. 1, and is displayed to the user in S4.

FIG. 3 shows an example of an operation screen used when a user creates a telephone number table. An example is a program guide,
The cursor is in the gray area. By placing the cursor on a program to be added to the telephone number table and selecting it, a telephone number table appears. In addition, in the input device such as the remote control,
A key for calling a telephone number input screen can be assigned and called by key operation, or it can be called from a menu using a graphical user interface.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a telephone number table and a telephone number input screen. The cursor is in the gray area. If the connection destination telephone number is included in the program information, it is automatically entered in the telephone number table. When the cursor is moved to an item to be edited in the table and, for example, an edit key is pressed from an input device such as a remote controller, a telephone number input screen appears. On the telephone number input screen, in addition to the telephone number, a user ID and a password required as a connection procedure can be input, and an autopilot can be set. Autopilot is a function to automatically start a connection at a specified time and acquire specified information. If the autopilot is not used, the connection is started when the user issues a connection instruction. The input of the connection destination telephone number can be made by using numeric keys of a remote controller, or by using a keyboard or the like. To input the user ID and password, a keyboard may be used, or a software keyboard used for inputting names in game software or the like may be used.

FIG. 5 is an example of a telephone number table for connecting to a service that is not linked to a specific program. In the memo list, a character string for identifying the connection destination is input instead of the program name. By providing a keyword for specifying the information to be obtained, an auto-pilot function can be added.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 6 shows a program information display apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. A remote controller 14 and a keyboard 17 used by the user for operations such as inputting a telephone number,
An electronic bulletin board system (11 and 1) using a telephone line
5) a viewer program information obtaining means 12 for obtaining program information issued by the viewer, a display 16 for displaying the obtained information, and a viewer program information display means for displaying program information to the viewer through the display 16 13. If you just want to get the information and not send it,
The keyboard 17 is unnecessary. Many users in an electronic bulletin board system often only look at posted information without transmitting the information themselves. A general electronic bulletin board system can be used with only a small number of commands, such as selection of numbers and disconnection of a line, unless it is transmitted by itself, so a remote control is sufficient. By making the connection procedure public, a personal computer communication user can send and obtain information using a personal computer. An electronic bulletin board system unrelated to a television program can also be used.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 7 shows a program information display apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. A viewer who communicates with electronic bulletin board systems (21 and 25) using a remote controller 24 used by a user for operations such as input of a telephone number, a microphone 28 for inputting voice data, and a telephone line to obtain program information issued by the viewer. Program information acquiring means 22, display 26 for displaying the acquired information, speaker 27 for outputting audio data in the acquired information, viewer program information displaying means 23 for displaying program information to the viewer through display 26 and speaker 27 It is composed of

The difference from the second embodiment is that the program information includes audio data, and when the user transmits information, the user simply speaks into the microphone without inputting a sentence using the keyboard. Where information can be transmitted. Voice information can be exchanged in the same procedure as file upload / download in personal computer communication.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 8 shows a program information display apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. A remote controller 33 and a keyboard 35 used by the user for operations such as inputting a telephone number;
It comprises an electronic well-end conference system connection means 32 for communicating with the electronic well-end conference system 31 using a telephone line, and a display 34 for displaying acquired information. In addition,
In the case where the information is merely transmitted and no transmission is made, the keyboard 35 is unnecessary. With this configuration, the user can look at the conversation between the viewers in the manner of reading the subtitles while watching the television program, and can also participate in the conversation by himself using the keyboard. The input of the telephone number is performed by means similar to the means of FIGS. 3 to 5 when using the electronic bulletin board system.

It is also possible to provide a device for storing the conversation between the viewers and read it later over time. Also, as in the second embodiment, by opening the connection procedure, the personal computer communication user can transmit and acquire information using the personal computer. Then, an electronic well-end conference system unrelated to television programs can be used.

(Embodiment 5) FIG. 9 shows a program information display apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. A remote controller 42 and a keyboard 44 used by the user for operations such as inputting a telephone number;
A display 43 for displaying the acquired program information and an electronic well-end conference system providing means 41 for communicating with each other by incorporating the electronic well-end conference system to acquire information. Embodiment 4
The difference is that it has an electronic well-end conference system in itself. If an acquaintance makes a promise of connection in advance, a reliable connection can be made without worrying about the limitation of the number of users of the electronic well-end conference system.

(Embodiment 6) FIG. 10 is an example of an operation screen of the program information display device according to claim 6 of the present invention. Statistical data is displayed for the program located at the position of the cursor on the program table. FIG. 10 shows the total number of people using the electronic bulletin board system and the electronic well-end conference system, and the number of people currently using the electronic well-end conference system. However, the number of people currently using the service is not available when the service is not connected. The update of the statistics is performed by automatically acquiring information when using the electronic bulletin board system and the electronic well-end conference system, but the user may explicitly update the statistics and instruct the connection destination. it can.

This display allows the user to know a highly topical program, which can be used as a basis for selecting a program. Note that, as the statistical data to be used, a word list that frequently makes a statement or a name list of people who frequently make a statement can be used. In addition, the statistical values can be expressed in color, and for example, the higher the numerical value is, the more reddish it is, and the program table can be colored,
It is also possible to sort and display numerical values in descending order.

(Embodiment 7) FIG. 11 shows a program information display apparatus according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention. A remote control 57 used by the user for operations such as inputting a telephone number, a viewer program information obtaining means 55 for communicating with electronic bulletin board systems (51 and 52) using a telephone line and obtaining program information issued by the viewer, A bulletin board post-word analyzing means 53 for decomposing a bulletin board posted article, which is program information, into individual sentences and analyzing the ending, a bulletin board contributor inferring means 54 for inferring the characteristics of the article poster from the analyzed ending, The display 58 includes a display 58 for displaying the inferred characteristics of the poster, and a viewer program information display means 56 for displaying the characteristics of the bulletin board poster to the viewer through the display 58.

For the ending analysis of the articles posted on the bulletin board, a morphological analysis or a syntactic analysis, which are common in natural language processing, may be used. A match is enough. As dictionary information, weighting parameters such as masculine, feminine, and elderly are assigned to each registered word, and the weights are summed up for the entire article, which is a feature of the contributor for one posted article.

The display displays data statistically calculated for each program. As a display method, a numerical value can be displayed. For example, the number of posters determined to be male is larger, and the number of posters is determined to be female.

[0029]

As described above, according to the program information display device of the present invention, as the information source for the viewer to select and enjoy the television program, the unified information issued from the program creator is used. In addition, information emitted from the viewer can be used.

Further, as described above, according to the program information display apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to connect to various corresponding services simply by specifying a telephone number, and a user can select a desired service from a plurality of service providers. By choosing a service,
Connections can be prevented from being concentrated on one service, and line congestion can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a program information display device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flow of program information acquisition of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen in a telephone number table creation process of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of a telephone number table and a telephone number input screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of a telephone number table and a telephone number input screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an example of an operation screen according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of sign]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 telephone number input means 2 broadcast station program information storage means 3 telephone number table creating means 4 telephone number table storage means 5 viewer program information acquisition means 6 viewer program information storage means 7 viewer program information display means 11 electronic bulletin board system Server 12 Viewer program information acquisition means 13 Viewer program information display means 14 Remote controller 15 Database of electronic bulletin board system 16 Display 17 Keyboard 21 Server of electronic bulletin board system 22 Viewer program information acquisition means 23 Viewer program information display means 24 Remote controller 25 Electronic bulletin board system database 26 Display 27 Speaker 28 Microphone 31 Electronic well-end conference system 32 Electronic well-end conference system connection means 33 Remote controller 34 Display 35 Keyboard 41 Electronic well-end conference system providing means 42 Rimoco 43 display 44 keyboard 51 bulletin board system of the server 52 in the database 53 Wall published articles bulletin board system endings analyzing means 54 Wall Posted inferred unit 55 viewer program information acquisition means 56 viewer program information display unit 57 remote controller 58 displays

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A means for storing program information from a broadcasting station; a means for a viewer to input a telephone number; a means for creating a telephone number table for each program from the program information and the telephone number; Means for acquiring program information from a viewer through a telephone line based on a number table; means for storing program information from the viewer; and means for displaying program information from the viewer. Program information display device. 2. The program information from the viewer is an article of the viewer posted on an electronic bulletin board system, and the means for acquiring the program information from the viewer communicates with the electronic bulletin board system to communicate with the electronic bulletin board system. The program information display device according to claim 1, wherein program information from a viewer is obtained. 3. The program information display device according to claim 2, wherein the program information from the viewer includes audio data. 4. Program information from a viewer is a conversation between viewers issued to an electronic well-end conference (chat) system, and the means for acquiring program information from the viewer communicates with the electronic well-end conference system. 2. The program information obtained from the viewer is obtained by doing so.
The program information display device described in the above. 5. Program information from a viewer is a conversation between viewers issued to an electronic well-end conference system, and the means for acquiring program information from the viewer includes the electronic well-end conference system by itself. The program information display device according to claim 1, further comprising means for communicating between the program information display devices. 6. The program information display device according to claim 1, further comprising means for displaying statistical values relating to the use of the electronic bulletin board system and the electronic well-end conference system as program information from the viewer. 7. In addition to the program information display device according to claim 2, a viewer article obtained from the electronic bulletin board system is decomposed into sentences, and the ending of an article posted on a bulletin board is analyzed. A program information display device comprising: analyzing means; and bulletin board poster inferring means for inferring characteristics of a person who posted an article from an analyzed ending.