JP2002142210A - System, method and server for providing information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing system, an information providing method, and an information providing server, where the related information of television programs is extracted from the information providing server and freely read. SOLUTION: An information code on which a time stamp has been impressed at a remote control device 4 is sent to an information terminal apparatus 5 by infrared rays, detected by an infrared detector 25, and stored in a hard disk 14. The information code stored in the hard disk 14 is sent to an information providing server 6 through a communication line 31, and the related information is provided to the information terminal apparatus 5 from the information providing server 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control device in which a channel received by a receiving device is switched, and information related to broadcast contents broadcast on a channel designated by the remote control device is transmitted from an information providing server to a communication network. Information providing system for providing to the information terminal device via
The present invention relates to an information providing method and an information providing server.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an information providing system for providing information related to a television program in association with a television program being broadcast, a related information is provided in a Web content format of the Internet during a vertical blanking period (VBI) of a television broadcast wave. 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a system in which the information is transmitted by being mounted on a computer. But,
In the case of this system, a dedicated hardware circuit for receiving and decoding the data transmitted during the vertical blanking period is required, and any television receiver cannot freely receive the data.

Further, as in the invention described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-285460, related information of a television program is provided in the form of Web contents on the Internet, and linked with the progress of the television program being broadcast or being reproduced. There is also known a TV program-linked information providing system in which related information of the TV program is read from web content and automatically displayed.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional information providing system, information related to the television program is provided in synchronization with the progress of the television program. There is a problem that it is not possible to extract related information of a TV program and freely browse it.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an information providing system, an information providing method, and an information providing method capable of taking out relevant information of a television program from an information providing server and freely browsing the information. It is intended to provide a server.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an information providing system according to the first aspect of the present invention is configured such that a channel to be received by a receiving device is switched by a remote control device and a channel specified by the remote control device is specified. In an information providing system for providing information related to broadcast contents broadcast on a channel from an information providing server to an information terminal device via a communication network, the remote control device generates time information including at least date and time. A device-side time generating unit, a channel specifying unit that specifies a receiving channel of the receiving device, a channel information storing unit that stores channel information last specified by the channel specifying unit; Storage instruction means for instructing storage of information and channel information, and the storage When the indicating means is operated, channel information is obtained from the channel information storage means, and the time information is obtained from the remote controller side time generating means, and the obtained channel information is associated with the time information. Remote control device-side information code storage means for storing the information code stored in the remote control device-side information code storage means to an information terminal device; A terminal device for receiving the information code transmitted from the remote control device; an information terminal device-side information code storage device for storing the information code received by the receiving device; An information terminal device-side information code transmission for transmitting the information code stored in the code storage means to the information providing server; Means, related information receiving means for receiving the related information provided from the information providing server based on the information code, and display means for displaying the related information received by the related information receiving means, wherein the information A providing server configured to store related information of the broadcast content in association with the channel information and the time information; and an information providing server side that receives the information code transmitted from the transmitting unit of the information terminal device. Information code receiving means; and related information providing means for providing the related information stored in the related information storage means to the information terminal device based on the information code received by the information providing server-side information code receiving means. .

In the information providing system having this configuration, in the remote control device, the remote control device-side time generating means generates time information including at least the date and time, and the channel specifying means specifies the receiving channel of the receiving device. The channel information storage means stores the channel information specified last by the channel specification means, and when the storage instruction means is operated, acquires the channel information from the channel information storage means, and stores the remote control device side information code. The means stores the channel information and the time information in association with each other as an information code, and the remote-control-device-side information code transmitting means transmits the information code stored in the remote-control device-side information code storage means to the information terminal device. . In the information terminal device, a receiving unit receives the information code transmitted from the remote control device, and an information terminal device side information code storage unit stores the information code received by the receiving unit, The side information code transmitting unit transmits the information code stored in the information terminal device side information code storage unit to the information providing server, and the related information receiving unit is provided based on the information code from the information providing server. The related information is received, and the display unit displays the related information received by the related information receiving unit. In the information providing server, the related information storage means stores the related information of the broadcast content in association with the channel information and the time information, and the information providing server side information code receiving means transmits the information code transmitted from the transmitting means of the information terminal device. Receiving the received information code, the related information providing means provides the related information stored in the related information storage means to the information terminal device based on the information code received by the information providing server side information code receiving means. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the related information storage means of the information providing server stores homepage data classified by category. It is configured to be stored.

[0009] In the invention having this configuration, in addition to the function of the invention described in the first aspect, the related information storage means of the information providing server stores homepage data classified by category.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to the first or second aspect, the related information providing means of the information providing server transmits the information from the transmitting means of the information terminal device. The information of the URLs of all the homepages corresponding to the information codes thus transmitted is transmitted to the information terminal device.

[0011] In the invention having this configuration, in addition to the operation of the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the related information providing means of the information providing server includes the information transmitted from the transmitting means of the information terminal device. The URL information of all the homepages corresponding to the code is transmitted to the information terminal device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to any one of the first to third aspects, the remote-control-device-side information code storage means can store a plurality of information codes. It is a configuration characterized by the following.

In the invention having this configuration, in addition to the operation of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3, the information code storage means on the remote control device side can store a plurality of information codes.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the remote control device includes an information code stored in a remote-device-side information code storage means. Transmission instruction means for instructing the remote control device side information code transmission means to transmit the information code, and by operating the transmission instruction means, a plurality of information codes stored in the remote control device side information code storage means can be simultaneously transmitted to the information terminal device. Is transmitted.

In the invention having this configuration, in addition to the operation of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, the remote control device stores the information code in the remote control device side information code storage device by operating the transmission instruction device. A plurality of information codes can be transmitted to the information terminal device at one time.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to the first aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the information terminal device is stored in an information terminal device side information code storage means. A plurality of information codes are transmitted to the information providing server at one time, and URL information of a plurality of homepages based on the plurality of information codes is transmitted from the information providing server to the information terminal device. ing.

In the invention having this configuration, in addition to the operation of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the information terminal device stores a plurality of information codes stored in the information code storage device on the information terminal device side. Send to the information providing server at once,
The information providing server can transmit URL information of a plurality of homepages based on the plurality of information codes to the information terminal device.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to the first aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the remote control device transmits the time information generated by the remote control device-side time generating means. The configuration is such that a calibration means for performing calibration is provided.

In the invention having this configuration, in addition to the operation of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the calibrating means of the remote control device corrects the time information generated by the time generating means on the remote control device side. Can be.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing server, wherein a channel to be received by a receiving device is switched by a remote controller, and information related to broadcast contents broadcast on a channel designated by the remote controller is provided to an information providing server. In the information providing method for providing to the information terminal device through a communication network from the remote control device, the last specified channel information is stored, for the remote control device,
When the storage of the time information and the channel information is instructed, the time information at that time and the stored channel information are obtained, and the time information and the channel information are stored as an information code in association with each other, When the transmission of the information code is input to the remote control device, the information code is transmitted to the information terminal device, and the information terminal device receives the information code transmitted from the remote control device, and receives the information code. When the information code is stored and the transmission of the information code to the information providing server is instructed, the information code is connected to the information providing server, the information code is transmitted, and provided based on the information code from the information providing server. Receiving the related information, and displaying the received related information. The information providing server previously sets the related information of the broadcast content as channel information. And storing the related information stored in the information terminal device based on the received information code. Features.

In the information providing method having this configuration, the channel that the receiving device receives by the remote control device is switched,
In an information providing method for providing information related to broadcast contents broadcast on a channel specified by the remote control device to an information terminal device via a communication network from an information providing server, the remote control device includes: When the remote control device is instructed to store the time information and the channel information, the time information and the stored channel information at that time are obtained, and the time information and the channel information are obtained. Is stored as an information code, and when the transmission of the information code is input to the remote control device, the information code is transmitted to the information terminal device, and the information terminal device is transmitted from the remote control device. Receiving the information code,
The received information code is stored, and when the transmission of the information code to the information providing server is instructed, the information code is connected to the information providing server, the information code is transmitted, and based on the information code from the information providing server. Receiving the related information provided by the information terminal, displaying the received related information, the information providing server stores in advance the related information of the broadcast content in association with the channel information and the time information, and And the related information stored can be provided to the information terminal device based on the received information code.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the eighth aspect, the information providing server stores home page data classified by category. Features.

[0023] In the invention having this configuration, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 8, the information providing server can store homepage data classified by category.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing method comprising:
In addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 8 or 9, the information providing server transmits URL information of all homepages corresponding to the information code to the information terminal device.

[0025] In the invention having this configuration, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 8 or 9, the information providing server transmits information of URLs of all homepages corresponding to the information code to the information terminal device. be able to.

[0026] The information providing method of the invention according to claim 11 is as follows.
In addition to the configuration according to any one of claims 8 to 10, the remote control device can store a plurality of information codes.

In the invention having this configuration, in addition to the operation of the invention described in any one of claims 8 to 10, the remote control device can store a plurality of information codes.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing method comprising:
In addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 8 to 11, the remote control device transmits a plurality of information codes to the information terminal device at one time.

[0029] In the invention having this configuration, in addition to the effect of the invention described in any one of claims 8 to 11, the remote control device can transmit a plurality of information codes to the information terminal device at a time. .

[0030] According to a thirteenth aspect of the invention, there is provided an information providing method,
In addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 8 to 12, the information terminal device transmits a plurality of stored information codes to the information providing server at one time, and the information providing server provides The server transmits URL information of a plurality of homepages based on the plurality of information codes to the information terminal device.

In the invention having this configuration, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 8 to 12, the information terminal device transmits a plurality of stored information codes to the information providing server at one time. In addition, the information providing server can transmit URL information of a plurality of homepages based on the plurality of information codes from the information providing server to the information terminal device.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing method comprising:
In addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 8 to 13, the remote control device is capable of correcting time information.

In the invention having this configuration, in addition to the operation of the invention described in any one of claims 8 to 13, the remote control device can calibrate the time information.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, a remote control device switches a channel to be received by a receiving device, and transmits information related to broadcast contents broadcast on a channel designated by the remote control device to an information terminal via a communication network. In the information providing server for providing to the device, the information providing server is configured to store related information of broadcast contents in association with channel information and time information, and to transfer the information from the remote control device to the information terminal device. An information providing server-side information code receiving means for receiving an information code corresponding to the time information and channel information transmitted from the information terminal device; and an information code received by the information providing server-side information code receiving means. Related information providing means for providing the related information stored in the related information storage means to the information terminal device; Characterized by comprising.

[0035] In the invention having this configuration, in the information providing server, the related information storage means stores the related information of the broadcast content in association with the channel information and the time information, and the information providing server-side information code receiving means includes: The information code transferred from the remote control device to the information terminal device and corresponding to the time information and the channel information transmitted from the information terminal device is received. The related information stored in the related information storage means can be provided to the information terminal device based on the received information code.

[0036]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a system configuration of an information providing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the broadcast program provided from television stations A to E is used by remote control device 4.
, The user can enjoy using the television receiver 3 while selecting an arbitrary channel. Then, in the broadcast program, for example, if the performer of the broadcast is interested in the clothes that the performer wears, the time of the remote control device 4 is set in a scene in which the performer wearing the clothes is performing on the television receiver 3. By operating the stamp button, a code based on the channel information and the time information is stored in the storage device of the remote controller 4.
Then, the information is transferred to the information terminal device 5, and the information terminal device 5 connects to the information providing server 6, so that the related information on the clothes can be obtained.

Hereinafter, a detailed description will be given with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, an information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment is installed in each television station group 2 nationwide composed of television stations A to E, and at a house or a workplace of a user of the system. A television receiver 3, a remote controller 4 for controlling channels of the television receiver 3 and the like, and an information terminal device 5
And an information providing server 6 that stores broadcast program-related information related to broadcast programs broadcast from the television stations A to E.

From the television stations A to E constituting each television station group 2 nationwide, various broadcast programs are transmitted to the television receiver 3 installed at the home or workplace of the user of the present system by VHF, It is broadcast on each channel of UHF and satellite broadcasting. The transmission of the broadcast program may be of either an analog system or a digital system. The channel of the television receiver 3 can be arbitrarily switched by an infrared signal from the remote controller 4.

The remote control device 4 is a television receiver 3
When a time stamp button described later is pressed while browsing a broadcast program, time information and channel information at that time can be stored in an internal nonvolatile RAM described later.

Next, the configurations of the information terminal device 5 and the information providing server 6 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an information terminal device 5 and an information providing server 6.

Various types of information devices such as a well-known personal computer, PDA, and mobile phone can be used as the information terminal device 5. In the following description, a case where a personal computer is used as the information terminal device 5 will be described. Will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, the information terminal device 5 includes:
A CPU 10 for controlling the entire information terminal device 5 is provided.
2, a ROM 13, a hard disk 14, an I / O controller 15, and a timer 17 are connected.

The flash memory 12 stores an initial value used when the information terminal device 5 is started up.
3 stores a basic input / output system (hereinafter referred to as "BIOS"). The RAM 11 temporarily stores various data handled by the information terminal device 5. Further, the hard disk 14 stores an operating system and various programs.

The I / O controller 15 connected to the CPU 10 includes a display controller 16 for controlling image display, a parallel controller 18, serial controllers 22 and 23, a sound card 24, and an infrared light receiving section 2.
5. A keyboard 28 for inputting various characters and the like and a mouse 27 as a pointing device are connected.

Further, a display 19 is connected to the display controller 16, a printer 21 is connected to the parallel controller 18, a modem 30 is connected to the serial controller 22, and a touch panel 26 is connected to the serial controller 23. . A microphone 29 and a speaker 20 are connected to the sound card 24. The information terminal device 5 receives the information code transmitted by the infrared signal from the remote control device 4 by the infrared light receiving unit 25 and temporarily
Is to be remembered.

Next, the structure of the remote controller 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the appearance of the remote controller 4, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electric circuit configuration of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, on the lower part of the upper surface of the remote controller 4, there are provided numeric keys 41 composed of keys 1 to 12 for designating a television channel and 0 keys. In addition, an infrared light emitting unit 46 is provided on the upper part of the remote control device 4, and a power supply for turning on / off the power of the remote control device 4 itself and turning on / off the power of the television receiver 3 is provided below the infrared light emitting unit 46. The button 52 is pressed when a scene for which related information is to be acquired later is displayed during viewing of a broadcast program, and the channel information and the time information are stored as time stamps in the flash memory 63 as information codes. A time stamp button 44 for transmitting the information code and a transmission button 45 for transmitting the information code stored in the flash memory 63 from the remote control device 4 to the information terminal device 5 are provided. A liquid crystal screen 51 is provided between the transmission button 45 and the infrared light emitting section 46. When the power of the remote control device 4 is turned on, a picture of a battery is displayed. Channel is displayed.

When the power button 52 is kept pressed for two seconds or more with the power of the remote controller 4 turned off, the power of the remote controller 4 is turned on and the picture of the battery on the liquid crystal screen 51 is turned on. In this state, when the power button 52 is momentarily pressed again,
A power ON / OFF signal is transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 46 to the television receiver 3. In the television receiver 3, when the power is turned off, the power is turned ON / OF.
When the signal of F is received, the power is turned on. When the power ON / OFF signal is received while the power is on, the power is turned off. When the power button 52 is pressed for two seconds or more while the power of the remote controller 4 is turned on, the power of the remote controller 4 is turned off, and the picture of the battery on the liquid crystal screen 51 is turned off.

The remote controller 4 further includes a channel up / down switch 42 for up / down of the channel of the television receiver 3 and a sound for up / down of the sound of the television receiver 3. Up / down switch 43 and TV / video switch button 4
7, a channel display button 48 for displaying the current channel on the screen of the television receiver 3, a mute button 49 for temporarily deleting the sound of the television receiver 3,
A time calibration button 50 for instructing calibration of time information in the remote control device 4 is provided.

Next, an electric circuit configuration of the remote controller 4 will be described with reference to FIG. The remote controller 4 is provided with a CPU 60 for controlling the remote controller 4. The CPU 60 includes a RAM 61, a ROM 62, a flash memory 63, a timer 64, and an I / O controller 6.
5 is connected.

The RAM 61 temporarily stores various data, the ROM 62 stores a control program of the remote controller 4 and initial value data, and the flash memory 63 transmits a channel designation signal from the remote controller 4. The data of the last channel performed is stored. When the time stamp button 44 is pressed, the flash memory 63 stores the time information at that time and the stored channel information as an information code in association with each other. At 15:03:29 on April 3, 2000, the time stamp button 44 was pressed, and the last channel on which the channel designation signal was transmitted from the remote control device 4, that is, the channel currently being viewed is
If the channel is 25CH in the Tokai area, “022252003003150329” is stored in the flash memory 63 as an example of the information code. It should be noted that the data of the district, when the initial setting of the remote control device 4,
The data is written in the flash memory 63.

The timer 64 is composed of a timer IC having a built-in crystal oscillator, and is designed to provide time information to the CPU 60.

Further, to the I / O controller 65, a key controller 66, an infrared light emitting section 46, a reference time signal receiving circuit 68, and a liquid crystal driving circuit 69 are connected. A key unit 67 is connected to the key controller 66. The key unit 67 includes a numeric key 41, a channel up / down switch 42, an audio up / down switch 43, a time stamp button 44, a transmission button 45, and the television / video. A switching button 47, a channel display button 48, a mute button 49, a time calibration button 50, and a power button 52 are provided, and the operation of these switches and buttons is performed by the key controller 6
6 and the CPU 60 via the I / O controller 65.

From the infrared light emitting section 46, the television receiver 3
An infrared signal for controlling power ON / OFF, channel switching, audio volume, television / video switching, and the like is transmitted. When the transmission button 45 is pressed, the information code stored in the flash memory 63 is transmitted to the information terminal device 5.

Next, the reference time signal receiving circuit 68 will be described. The reference time signal receiving circuit 68 is provided to correct the time of the time stamp.
This is for obtaining reference time information for calibrating the time lag of No. 4. Specifically, the reference time signal receiving circuit 68
Is composed of a built-in antenna for long-wave reception, a high-frequency amplification circuit, a tuning circuit, a detection circuit, etc., receives a standard-time radio wave transmitted by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications at 40 kHz, and corrects from the standard-time radio wave. After obtaining the standard time information, I
The standard time information is passed to the CPU 60 via the / O controller 65, and the time lag of the timer 64 is corrected. The time calibration is performed when the power of the remote controller 4 is turned on and when the time calibration button 50 is pressed.

A liquid crystal drive circuit 69 is connected to the I / O controller 65 of the remote control device 4, and the liquid crystal display circuit 51 is controlled by the liquid crystal drive circuit 69 so that the date, time, and the last designated channel are controlled. And a picture of a battery indicating the state of the power supply is displayed.

Next, with reference to FIG.
Will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an electric circuit of the information providing server 6.

As shown in FIG. 5, the information providing server 6 is provided with a CPU 80 for controlling the entire information providing server 6. The CPU 80 includes a RAM 81, a ROM 82, a flash memory 83, an I / O controller 84, a timer 88 and a hard disk 89 are connected.

The flash memory 83 stores an initial value used when the information terminal device 5 is started up.
2 stores a BIOS. Also, the RAM 81
Temporarily stores various data handled by the information providing server 6.
A control program executed at 0 is stored.

The I / O controller 84 connected to the CPU 80 is connected to a detailed content information database 85 and a user database 86 stored in a large-capacity hard disk device or the like. In the content detailed information database 85, broadcast program related information classified by channel, category, and time information described later is stored. The user database 86 stores registered user IDs and passwords.

Further, a communication unit 87 is connected to the I / O controller 84 so that it can receive information codes and the like from the information terminal equipment 5 and provide broadcast program related information to the information terminal equipment 5. I have.

The communication unit 87 is provided with a firewall 33 for preventing the entry of an external hacker or the like. The firewall 33 is connected to a router 32, and the router 32 is connected to a communication line such as ISDN or the Internet. Is connected to the modem 30 connected to the information terminal device 5 via the.

Next, the structure of the detailed content information database 85 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the storage content of the content detailed information database 85, FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the storage content of the related information of the specific channel stored in the content detailed information database 85, and FIG. 6 is a classification table showing a relationship between the classification of information items and information items.

The detailed content information database 85 includes:
As shown in FIG. 6, each broadcast broadcasted in that region is created in advance in accordance with the broadcast time, and is divided into regions such as the Kanto, Tokai, and Kansai regions. A channel holder is formed for each channel (CH1, CH3, etc.). The identification of the area holder is performed by the first and second digits of the information code. For example, if the first and second digits of the information code are "01", it is identified as Kanto, if "02", it is identified as Tokai, and if "03", it is identified as Kansai. .

Next, the contents stored in each channel holder will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the schematic diagram of the storage contents shown in FIG. 7, in the holder of each channel, a file with a URL name classified by category at each time is stored. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the related information of the broadcast program is created every five minutes. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the category of the related information of the broadcast program is set to category 1:
"Performers", Category 2: "Fashion", Category 3: "Music", Category 4: "Place", Category 5:
Although an example of classification as “car” is shown, the classification of the category is not necessarily limited to the above number and example, and can be arbitrarily changed.

URL stored in each channel holder
An example of a file with a name is 2000
The file name of the related information about the actress (category 1) who is a performer appearing on a broadcast program called "Love Story" broadcast on Channel 25 in the Tokai region on April 3, 2009 at 21:05 is, for example, , “Actress1.html”, stored in the folder “200004032105”, the upper four digits of the holder represent the year, the next two digits represent the month, and the next two digits represent the day. , The next two digits represent the hour, and the next two digits represent the minute. Then, the URL of the information providing server 6 is "http://www.ddssystem.co.jp"
If the URL is “actress1.html”, the file of “actress1.html” is stored in “200004032105” of “25 holders” of “25 holders” of the information providing server 6, so the URL is “ http://www.ddssystem.co.jp/02/
25/200004032105 / actress1 ".

Next, classification of categories and information items will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the information items of the related information of the broadcast program include category 1: “performers”,
Category 2: "Fashion", Category 3: "Music",
Category 4: “Place”, Category 5: “Car”, and information items of Category 1 (performers) include performer A, performer B, performer C, performer D, performer E, etc. Information corresponding to the performer of the program is stored.

The information items of category 2 (fashion) include clothes, shoes, watches, piercings, bracelets,
Information such as bags and cosmetics is stored. Information items of category 3 (music) include a program theme song, an insert song 1, an insert song 2, an insert song 3, an insert song 4, an insert song 5, and so on.
Information such as an ending song is stored. Further, as information items of category 4 (location), information on restaurants, coffee shops, fast food, airports, stations, amusement parks, parks, and the like is stored. Further, as the information items of category 5 (vehicle), information items such as vehicle type A, vehicle type B, vehicle type C, vehicle type D, vehicle type E, vehicle type F, and vehicle type G are stored.

Next, the data format of the data signal transmitted from the information terminal device 5 to the information providing server 6 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a data signal 100 transmitted from the information terminal device 5 to the information providing server 6. As shown in FIG. 9, a data signal 100 transmitted from the information terminal device 5 to the information providing server 6 is a user ID.
101 and the information code 10 received from the remote control device 4
2 and a content information classification instruction 103 for instructing the information providing server 6 to extract and classify the content information corresponding to the information code 102.

Next, the data structure of the broadcast program related information 110 transmitted from the information providing server 6 to the information terminal equipment 5 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the data structure of broadcast program related information 110 transmitted from the information providing server 6 to the information terminal device 5. FIG.
As shown in, the data structure of the broadcast program related information 110 transmitted from the information providing server 6 to the information terminal device 5 is as follows.
It is composed of data 111 of the number of blank pages to be created, classification information data 112 indicating the category, classified page creation data 113, and page collective display information 114.

Further, the classification information data 112 and the classification-specific page creation data 113 correspond to the categories 1 to 5, and correspond to the data 112a indicating the classification information 1 (category 1) and the URL of the classification information 1 Page creation data 1 (113a) as data, data 112b indicating classification information 2 (category 2), and page creation data 2 (1
13b), data 112c indicating classification information 3 (category 3), page creation data 3 (113c) which is URL data of the classification information 1, and data 112d indicating classification information 4 (category 4) And page creation data 4 which is URL data of the classification information 1
(113d), data 112e indicating classification information 5 (category 5), and page creation data 5 (113e) as URL data of the classification information 1.

Next, the operation of the information providing system of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, the display screen of FIG. 14, and the time stamp conceptual diagram of FIG. Will be explained. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a control program executed by the remote control device 4, FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a control program executed by the information terminal device 5, and FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the program. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display screen 200 of a browser displayed on the display 19 connected to the information terminal device 5, and FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram of a time stamp.

First, referring to FIG.
Will be described. First, it is assumed that the remote control device 4 has been set to an area such as Kanto or Tokai at the time of initial setting after purchase. Next, when the power button 52 of the remote controller 4 is pressed for 2 seconds or more, the power is turned on to the remote controller 4 and the control shown in FIG. 11 is started. When the power button 52 is pressed again for a short time, an infrared signal for turning on the power is transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 46 to the television receiver 3, and the power of the television receiver 3 is also turned on.

When the power of the remote controller 4 is turned on, first, a time information correction process is performed (S1). In the time information calibration process (S1), the reference time signal receiving circuit 68
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications receives a standard time radio wave transmitted at 40 kHz by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, obtains correct standard time information from the standard time radio wave, and obtains C time information via the I / O controller 65.
The standard time information is passed to the PU 60, and the time lag of the timer 64 is corrected. This is to correct the time stamp by calibrating to the correct time.

Next, when the numeric key 41 or the channel up / down switch 42 is operated for channel selection (S2: YES), a channel signal is transmitted from the infrared light emitting section 46 (S3), and the corresponding channel number is transmitted. Is stored in the flash memory 63 (S4), and waits for a user operation. While watching the broadcast program of the channel number by the television receiver 3, interest in the performer, interest in the fashion of the performer, interest in the inserted song, interest in the location of the scene, etc. When the user is interested in the car that has appeared, the user presses the time stamp button 44 of the remote controller 4 on the screen (S2:
(NO, S5: NO, S8: YES), and in the process of S4, an information code is generated from the channel number stored in the flash memory 63 and the time information acquired from the timer 64 (S9).

For example, in channel 25 in the Tokai district,
If the time is 21: 5: 29 on April 3, 000, 0225
An information code of 20000403210529 is generated (S9). Next, the generated information code is stored in the flash memory 63 (S10), and a state of waiting for the next instruction is entered. A plurality of information codes can be stored in the flash memory 63.

Next, when the transmission button 45 is operated (S2: NO, S5: YES), the flash memory 63
All the information codes stored in the
To the infrared receiving unit 25 of the information terminal device 5 (S
6) Clear all the information codes stored in the rush memory 63 (S7). After that, it is in a state of waiting for the next instruction.

Next, the time calibration button 5 of the remote controller 4
When 0 is pressed (S2: NO, S5: NO, S
8: NO, S11: YES), a time calibration process similar to S1 is performed (S12). This is because the user can arbitrarily correct the time.

Next, the acquisition and display processing of broadcast program related information performed by the information terminal equipment 5 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the information code is received from remote control device 4 (S21: YES), the received information code is stored in hard disk 14 (S22), and then the information code is passed to the browser running on information terminal device 5 (S23). . Then, the browser connects to the information providing server 6 via the communication line 31 (S2).
4) On the basis of the information code, the data signal 100 shown in FIG.
Send 00. Then, the information providing server 6 performs the processing described below, transmits the related information 110 shown in FIG. 10 to the information terminal device 5 through the communication line 31, and the browser executed by the information terminal device 5 Then, the related information of the broadcast program is acquired (S25). Thereafter, the browser running on the information terminal device 5 displays the display screen 200 shown in FIG. 14 on the screen (S26), and ends the acquisition and display processing of the broadcast program related information.

Next, with reference to FIG. 13, a process of providing related information of a broadcast program executed by the information providing server 6 will be described. As shown in FIG. 13, when the data signal 100 is received from the information terminal device 5 via the communication line (S31),
The user database 86 checks whether there is a user who matches the user ID 101 of the data signal 100. Next, since the data signal 100 is provided with a content information classification instruction command 103, the data signal 100 is included in the data signal 100. The content detailed information database 85 is searched based on the existing information code 102 (S32).

Next, the related information of the broadcast program searched from the content detailed information database 85 is classified by category to create an HTML page (S33). The HTML page data classified in this category is transmitted from the information providing server 6 to the information terminal device 5 as the related information 110 shown in FIG. 10 (S34). After that, the process ends. In the information terminal device 5 that has received the related information 110, the browser displays the display screen 200 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, in the browser of the information terminal device 5, all the related information of the obtained broadcast program is stored in the hard disk 14, displayed as shown on the display screen 200, and can be freely viewed. . In addition, each character of "performer", "fashion", "music", and "car" displayed on the display screen 200 is linked, and when each is clicked, the corresponding information can be displayed. I have.

Next, referring to FIG. 15, a description will be given of how to obtain related information of a broadcast program by using a time stamp according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 15, when the time stamp button 44 is pressed using the remote control device 4 while the broadcast program is being received by the television receiver 3, the remote control device 4 having the above configuration, the information terminal device 5, and the information provision The server 6 has impressed a so-called time stamp based on the absolute time (Japan Standard Time including the date), and the information items related to the content broadcast at that time are classified by category, The information is provided from the providing server 6 to the information terminal device 5.

As described above, in the information providing system of this embodiment, the simple operation of pressing the time stamp button 44 using the remote controller 4
The relevant information related to the broadcast program at that time can be easily obtained from the information providing server 6 to the information terminal device 5 via the communication line. Therefore, the user can purchase a product based on the related information.

Further, in the information providing system of the present embodiment, the remote control device 4 includes the reference time signal receiving circuit 68, and receives the standard time radio wave transmitted by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Communications Research at the long wave of 40 kHz. The correct standard time information is obtained from the standard time radio wave, and the standard time information is passed to the CPU 60 via the I / O controller 65 so as to calibrate the time lag of the timer 64. Even if the remote control device 4 is not operated, the time can always be accurately calibrated, and correct information can be obtained even by using the time stamp.

The time calibration means of the remote controller 4
In addition to the above-mentioned standard time radio wave, a credol (holding device) that always holds the remote control device 4 is provided, and this cradle is connected to the information terminal device 5 so that the information terminal device 5 periodically and accurately receives the internal data. Is connected to the information providing server 6 or the standard time server in which the timer is calibrated, obtains the correct time, and transmits the time calibration signal from the contact provided on the cradle to the remote control device 4 via the contact provided on the remote control device 4. Remote control device 4 may be configured to calibrate built-in timer 64 based on the calibration signal by supplying it to CPU 60 of device 4.

Further, the remote control device 4 is not provided with the time calibration means, and the remote control device 4 uses the time stamp T1
In addition, the time T2 at which the information code is transmitted from the remote controller 4 to the information terminal device 5 is also transmitted to the information terminal device 5, and the information terminal device 5 also stores the time T2 and the time T3 at which the information code was received, Next, time T4 at which the information terminal device 5 transmits the data signal 100 to the information providing server 6
Is also transmitted to the information providing server 6, and the information providing server 6
If the time T5 at which the data signal 100 is received is recorded, the time difference between the information terminal device 5 and the information providing server 6 can be calculated by "T4-T5".
Since the time difference between the remote control device 4 and the information terminal device 5 can be calculated by "2-T3", if the built-in timer 88 of the information providing server 6 is accurately calibrated by a standard time server or the like, T1- ( By (T2-T3)-(T4-T5), the time of the time stamp can be converted to an accurate time.

The content detailed information database 85 of the information providing server 6 may be transferred from a server provided in each of the television stations A to E, or may be transferred from another server. Alternatively, the information may be directly input to the information providing server 6.

Further, it can be easily presumed that those skilled in the art can carry out the present invention with various modifications and improvements without departing from the scope of the claims. For example,
It goes without saying that the information terminal device 5 is not limited to a personal computer, but may be a portable information terminal such as a PDA or various information terminals such as a mobile phone. Further, the communication line 31 is not limited to the ISDN line, and it goes without saying that various lines such as an analog line, a wireless line, and a CATV can be used.

[0089]

As described above, in the information providing system according to the first aspect of the present invention, in the remote control device, the remote control device-side time generation means generates time information composed of at least a date and time, and the channel designation means. Specifies the reception channel of the receiving device, the channel information storage means stores the channel information specified last by the channel specification means, and when the storage instruction means is operated, the channel information is stored from the channel information storage means. And the remote control device side information code storage means stores the channel information and the time information in association with each other as an information code, and the remote control device side information code transmission means is stored in the remote control device side information code storage means. The information code can be transmitted to an information terminal device. In the information terminal device, a receiving unit receives the information code transmitted from the remote control device, and an information terminal device side information code storage unit stores the information code received by the receiving unit, The side information code transmitting means transmits the information code stored in the information terminal device side information code storage means to the information providing server,
The related information receiving means receives the related information provided from the information providing server based on the information code, and the display means can display the related information received by the related information receiving means. In the information providing server, the related information storage means stores the related information of the broadcast content in association with the channel information and the time information, and the information providing server side information code receiving means transmits the information code transmitted from the transmitting means of the information terminal device. Receiving the received information code, the related information providing means provides the related information stored in the related information storage means to the information terminal device based on the information code received by the information providing server side information code receiving means. be able to.
Therefore, by operating the storage instructing means of the remote control device, the related information of the broadcast program can be easily taken in from the information providing server to the information terminal device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, the related information storage means of the information providing server stores homepage data classified by category in the information providing server. Since the information can be stored, the information can be classified into categories and the related information of the broadcast program can be provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first or second aspect, the related information providing means of the information providing server transmits the information from the transmitting means of the information terminal device. The information of the URLs of all the homepages corresponding to the received information code can be transmitted to the information terminal device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, the remote-control-device-side information code storage means stores a plurality of information codes. be able to.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of any one of the first to fourth aspects, the remote control device is provided with an operation of the transmission instruction means.
A plurality of information codes stored in the information code storage means on the remote control device side can be transmitted to the information terminal device at a time.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first aspect, the information terminal apparatus stores the information code in the information code storage means on the information terminal apparatus side. A plurality of information codes can be transmitted at one time to the information providing server, and the information providing server can transmit information of URLs of a plurality of homepages based on the plurality of information codes to the information terminal device.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of any one of the first to sixth aspects, in the information providing system according to the first aspect of the present invention, the remote control device calibration unit generates the remote control device-side time generation unit. Time information can be calibrated.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing server, wherein a channel to be received by a receiving device is switched by a remote control device, and information related to broadcast contents broadcast on a channel designated by the remote control device is provided to the information providing server. In the information providing method for providing to the information terminal device through a communication network from the remote control device, the last specified channel information is stored, for the remote control device,
When the storage of the time information and the channel information is instructed, the time information at that time and the stored channel information are obtained, and the time information and the channel information are stored as an information code in association with each other, When the transmission of the information code is input to the remote control device, the information code is transmitted to the information terminal device, and the information terminal device receives the information code transmitted from the remote control device, and receives the information code. When the information code is stored and the transmission of the information code to the information providing server is instructed, the information code is connected to the information providing server, the information code is transmitted, and provided based on the information code from the information providing server. Receiving the related information, and displaying the received related information. The information providing server previously sets the related information of the broadcast content as channel information. And storing the related information based on the received information code and providing the stored related information to the information terminal device. it can.

In the information providing method according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the eighth aspect, the information providing server can store homepage data classified by category. Therefore, homepage data classified by category can be provided as the related information of the broadcast program.

[0098] The information providing method of the invention according to claim 10 is as follows.
In addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 8 or 9, the information providing server can transmit information of URLs of all homepages corresponding to the information code to the information terminal device.

The information providing method of the invention according to claim 11 is
In addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 8 to 10, the remote control device can store a plurality of information codes.

The information providing method of the invention according to claim 12 is
In addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 8 to 11, the remote control device can transmit a plurality of information codes to the information terminal device at one time.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing method comprising:
In addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 8 to 12, the information terminal device transmits a plurality of stored information codes to the information providing server at one time, and the information providing server transmits the information code to the information providing server. The server can transmit URL information of a plurality of homepages based on the plurality of information codes to the information terminal device.

[0102] The information providing method of the invention according to claim 14 is as follows.
In addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 8 to 13, the remote control device can calibrate time information. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the time of the time stamp from being shifted.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the information providing server, the related information storage means stores the related information of the broadcast content in association with the channel information and the time information, and the information providing server-side information code receiving means comprises: Receiving an information code corresponding to the time information and the channel information transferred from the remote control device to the information terminal device and transmitted from the information terminal device, and the related information providing unit receives the information code on the information providing server side. There is an effect that the related information stored in the related information storage means can be provided to the information terminal device based on the information code received by the means.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a system configuration of an information providing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an information terminal device 5 and an information providing server 6;
It is a block diagram of.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the external appearance of the remote control device 4;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electric circuit configuration of the remote control device 4;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an electric circuit of the information providing server 6.

FIG. 6 is a content detailed information database 85;
It is a schematic diagram of the storage content of.

FIG. 7 is a detailed content information database 85;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the storage contents of related information of a specific channel stored in the storage device.

FIG. 8 is a classification table showing a relationship between a category and a classification of information items.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of the information terminal device 5 to the information providing server 6;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a data signal 100 transmitted to the device.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a data structure of broadcast program related information 110 transmitted from the information providing server 6 to the information terminal device 5;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a control program executed by remote control device 4.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a control program executed by the information terminal device 5;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a control program executed by the information providing server 6.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display screen 200 of a browser displayed on the display 19 connected to the information terminal device 5;

FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram of a time stamp.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 information providing system 2 television station group 3 television receiver 4 remote control device 5 information terminal device 6 information providing server 10 CPU 11 RAM 12 flash memory 13 ROM 14 hard disk 15 I / O controller 16 display controller 17 timer 18 parallel controller 19 display 20 speaker 21 Printer 22, 23 Serial Controller 24 Sound Card 25 Infrared Receiver 26 Touch Panel 27 Mouse 28 Keyboard 30 Modem 31 Communication Line 32 Router 33 Firewall 41 Numeric Keys 42 Channel Up / Down Switch 43 Voice Up / Down Switch 44 Time Stamp Button 45 Transmission Button 46 Infrared light emitting part 47 TV / video switching button 48 Channel display button 9 Mute button 50 Time calibration button 51 Liquid crystal screen 52 Power button 60 CPU 61 RAM 62 ROM 63 Flash memory 64 Timer 65 I / O controller 66 Key controller 67 Key unit 68 Reference time signal receiving circuit 69 Liquid crystal driving circuit 80 CPU 81 RAM 82 ROM 83 Flash memory 84 I / O controller 85 Content detailed information database 86 User database 87 Communication unit 88 Timer 89 Hard disk 100 Data signal 110 Related information

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kenji Miyoshino 4-13-7 Ogasashibashi, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi DDS Co., Ltd. 4-13-7 F-term in DDS Corporation (Reference) 5B075 NK46 NR12 PP10 PQ02 PQ32 UU34 5C056 AA05 BA01 BA10 CA08 CA10 CA13 5C064 BA07 BB10 BC18 BC20 BD01 BD07

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A remote control device switches a channel to be received by a receiving device, and transmits information related to broadcast contents broadcast on a channel designated by the remote control device from an information providing server to an information terminal device via a communication network. In the information providing system to provide, the remote control device includes: a remote control device-side time generating unit configured to generate time information including at least a date and a time; a channel specifying unit that specifies a receiving channel of the receiving device; Channel information storage means for storing the channel information last specified by the means; storage instruction means for instructing the remote control device to store the time information and channel information; and when the storage instruction means is operated. Obtaining channel information from the channel information storage means Remote control device-side information code storage means for obtaining the time information from the remote control device-side time generation means, storing the obtained channel information and time information in association with each other as an information code, Remote control device-side information code transmission means for transmitting the information code stored in the information code storage means to the information terminal device, wherein the information terminal device receives the information code transmitted from the remote control device Means, an information terminal device-side information code storage device for storing the information code received by the receiving device, and an information terminal for transmitting the information code stored in the information terminal device-side information code storage device to the information providing server. Device-side information code transmission means; and the association provided from the information providing server based on the information code. Related information receiving means for receiving the broadcast information, and display means for displaying the related information received by the related information receiving means, wherein the information providing server associates the related information of the broadcast content with the channel information and the time information. Related information storage means for receiving and storing the information code transmitted from the transmission means of the information terminal device; and information received by the information provision server-side information code reception means. An information providing system, comprising: related information providing means for providing related information stored in related information storage means to the information terminal device based on a code. 2. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the related information storage means of the information providing server stores homepage data classified for each category. 3. The related information providing means of the information providing server transmits to the information terminal device URL information of all homepages corresponding to the information code transmitted from the transmitting means of the information terminal device. The information providing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: 4. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein said remote control device side information code storage means can store a plurality of information codes. 5. The remote control device according to claim 1, further comprising: transmission instruction means for instructing the information code transmission means on the remote control device side to transmit the information code stored in the information code storage means on the remote control device. The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a plurality of information codes stored in the information code storage means on the remote control device side are transmitted to the information terminal device at one time. 6. The information terminal device transmits a plurality of information codes stored in an information terminal device-side information code storage unit to the information providing server at a time, and the information terminal server uses the information code based on the plurality of information codes. U of multiple homepages
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the RL information is transmitted to the information terminal device. 7. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the remote control device includes a calibration unit configured to calibrate time information generated by the remote control unit-side time generation unit. 8. A channel received by a receiving device is switched by a remote control device, and information related to broadcast contents broadcast on a channel specified by the remote control device is transmitted from an information providing server to an information terminal device via a communication network. In the information providing method to be provided, in the remote control device, the last designated channel information is stored, and when the storage of the time information and the channel information is instructed to the remote control device, the time information and the current time information are stored. Acquiring the stored channel information, storing the time information and the channel information in association with each other as an information code, and when the transmission of the information code is input to a remote control device, the information code is transmitted to the information terminal. Transmitting the information code transmitted from the remote control device to the information terminal device. Receiving the information code, storing the received information code and, when instructed to transmit the information code to the information providing server, connecting to the information providing server and transmitting the information code; Receiving the related information provided based on the information code, displaying the received related information, the information providing server stores in advance the related information of the broadcast content in association with the channel information and the time information, An information providing method, comprising: receiving the information code transmitted from the information terminal device, and providing stored related information to the information terminal device based on the received information code. 9. The information providing method according to claim 8, wherein the information providing server stores homepage data classified by category. 10. The information providing method according to claim 8, wherein the information providing server transmits URL information of all homepages corresponding to the information code to the information terminal device. 11. The remote controller according to claim 8, wherein a plurality of information codes can be stored.
The information providing method according to any of the above. 12. The information providing method according to claim 8, wherein the remote control device transmits a plurality of information codes to the information terminal device at one time. 13. The information terminal device transmits a plurality of stored information codes to the information providing server at a time, and the information providing server sends a plurality of homepages based on the plurality of information codes from the information providing server. The information providing method according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein the information of the URL is transmitted to the information terminal device. 14. The information providing method according to claim 8, wherein the remote control device is capable of correcting time information. 15. An information providing device, wherein a channel received by a receiving device is switched by a remote control device, and information related to broadcast contents broadcast on a channel designated by the remote control device is provided to the information terminal device via a communication network. In the server, the information providing server includes: related information storage means for storing related information of broadcast contents in association with channel information and time information; transferred from the remote control device to the information terminal device; An information providing server-side information code receiving means for receiving an information code transmitted and corresponding to the time information and the channel information; and a related information storage means based on the information code received by the information providing server-side information code receiving means. Related information providing means for providing the stored related information to the information terminal device. Information providing server.