JP2002290947A - Program/cm contents information providing system for digital broadcasting - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for providing information desired by a viewer by the same means concerning contents in a program/CM by digital broadcasting. SOLUTION: The system is provided with a contents information retrieving means for retrieving contents information recorded in a database concerning program/CM contents by the program/CM being received, a group of transaction means including merchandise transaction means for transacting merchandise by retrieving merchandise information recorded in a database concerning mail- order selling related with the contents information obtained by the contents information retrieving means, and a home page connection means for connecting to home page from a homepage address set to the contents information obtained by the contents information retrieving means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention mainly relates to a system for providing, by using the same means, information desired by a viewer with respect to the contents broadcast in a program / CM for a program / CM in digital broadcasting. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Unlike analog broadcasting, in which one-way information transmission from a broadcasting station to a viewer is performed between the broadcasting station and the viewer, an interactive service using digital broadcasting is provided to the viewer. Accordingly, information on commercials has also been provided to Internet users.

[0003] However, the contents of the interactive service provided by digital broadcasting provided by each broadcasting station differ depending on each broadcasting station, and the method of searching for information differs between the interactive service provided by digital broadcasting and the CM information search site provided by the Internet. However, there were problems that were not standardized in the content of information provision and operation.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a program / program for digital broadcasting.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a system for providing information desired by a viewer with the same means for contents broadcasted in a program / CM for a CM.

[0005]

Therefore, in the present invention,
In response to a content information search request from a remote controller connected via radio to a digital broadcast receiving television device provided by the viewer, the program / CM is specified from the program / CM being received, and the program / CM is connected via a communication network. Program / C provided by the management company of the program / CM content information providing system
It is characterized by comprising a content information search means for searching for content information recorded in a database relating to M content.

Further, in the present invention, in response to a commodity transaction request from the remote controller, commodity information recorded in a database relating to mail order sales associated with the content information obtained by the content information retrieval means is searched for. And a commercial transaction means group including a commodity transaction means for performing the following.

[0007] As an embodiment of the present invention, the commercial transaction means group includes a viewer having a transaction account at a financial institution cooperating with the program / CM content information providing system and a mail order company registering on a mail order site. When conducting a commodity transaction, search the database related to the mail order,
A transaction amount transferring means for transferring the generated transaction amount from the viewer's transaction account to the mail-order company's transaction account, and searching the database relating to the mail-order business, and conducting a transaction at the mail-order company's mail-order site. A sales commission transfer means for transferring a sales commission according to the actual results from the trading account of the mail-order company to the trading account of the management company can be cited.

Further, according to the present invention, when the viewer receives the provision of the program / CM content information, the usage fee corresponding to the usage time limit is transferred in advance to a transaction account of the management company, and It is characterized by comprising a group of prepaid use means including a use time limit registering means for registering the use time limit in a database relating to charging.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the group of prepaid use means includes a use time charging means for integrating the time used by the viewer into a database relating to the charging,
Using the report of the viewer, transferring a remaining usage fee corresponding to the remaining usage time limit of the viewer to a transaction account of the viewer, and registering the payment time of the viewer in a database relating to the charging; Can be cited.

Still further, in the present invention, there is provided a homepage connection means for connecting to a homepage from a homepage address set in the content information acquired by the content information search means in response to a homepage search request from the remote control. Features.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the database relating to the program / CM content includes drama programs, sports programs, music programs, information programs, news programs, cooking programs, health programs, travel programs, talk programs, and fishing programs. In program, animation program, quiz program, movie program, educational program, entertainment program, variety program, medical program, and CM, program digest, cast, fashion, music, place, store, inn, facility, institution, group Register content information about local governments, products, raw materials, used equipment, usage methods, creation methods, processing methods, treatment methods, response methods, rankings, weather, prizes, gifts, events, campaigns, product sales, rebroadcast schedules, and sponsors. Can be mentioned.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a system configuration of a program / CM content information providing system 100 in digital broadcasting according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, in a program / CM content information providing system 100 for digital broadcasting, a digital broadcast receiving television set 1 provided to a viewer and the digital broadcast receiving television set 1 are connected via a radio 2. Remote control 3, a financial institution computer 4, a digital broadcast receiving television set 1, and an information management apparatus 10 provided by a management company of a program / CM content information system to which the financial institution computer 4 is connected via the Internet 5. The management apparatus 10 includes a database 20 for registering information necessary for performing a program / CM content information management task.
A Web server 12 that receives a search request from the administrator terminal device 11 and the digital broadcast receiving television device 1 that is connected to the remote controller 3 via wireless communication, and transmits a search result of the database 20 via the Internet 5 And a database server 13 for managing a database.
The database 20 includes a user table 21, a sales company table 22, a content classification table 23, a mail order product table 24, a mail order table 25, a charge management table 26, and a charge detail table 27.

The user table 21 records the member registration information of the user who receives the contents information of the program / CM in the digital broadcasting.
A second search key portion including a user number as a first search key portion, an ID and a password, a name belonging to a data portion,
Information such as date of birth, gender, address, telephone number, e-mail address, bank name, bank branch name, deposit type, account number, registration date and the like are included.

The sales company table 22 records the company member registration information of the sales company registered on the mail-order sales site. The company member registration information includes a sales company number, which is a first search key, and a sales company number. The second consisting of ID and password
Search key part, business name, representative name,
The information includes a department in charge, a person in charge, an address, a telephone number, an e-mail address, a bank name, a bank branch name, a deposit type, an account number, a registration date, and the like.

The content classification table 23 records the major classification content information, the middle classification content information, and the small classification content information of the program / CM in digital broadcasting. The large classification content information includes the program / CM classification. A search key portion including a program CM code, an information section, and a large classification number, and information such as a large classification content information name belonging to a data portion are included. The mid-class content information includes programs and
A search key portion including a CM section, a program CM code, an information section, a large classification number, and a medium classification number, and information such as a medium classification content information name belonging to the data section are included. The sub-category content information includes a search key part including a program / CM division, a program CM code, an information division, a middle classification number, and a small classification number; And other information. In the information division, large classification content information, medium classification content information, and small classification content information are set.

The mail order merchandise table 24 records merchandise information of programs and CM contents in digital broadcasting. The merchandise information includes a small classification number as a search key portion, a merchandise name belonging to the data portion, Information such as a product image, a sales unit price, and a sales company number is included.

The mail-order transaction table 25 records merchandise transaction information of programs and CM contents in digital broadcasting. The merchandise transaction information includes a first search key including a sales company number and a transaction date. Section, a second search key section consisting of a user number and a transaction date, and information such as a sub-category number belonging to the data section, transaction quantity, transaction unit price, transaction amount, scheduled shipping date, and shipping date. included.

The billing management table 26 indicates that the viewer
The charge management information using the CM content information is recorded. The charge management information includes a user number as a search key part, a use application time belonging to the data part, a total use time,
Information such as usage limit time and settlement time is included.

The billing details table 27 indicates that the viewer
The billing details information using the CM content information is recorded. The billing details information includes a search key portion including a user number and a use date, a use application time belonging to the data portion, a use time, and a settlement time. And other information.

Next, the processing means group 30 of the information management device
A request signal of a remote controller 3 connected to the digital broadcast receiving television apparatus 1 via the Internet 5 by radio 2;
A processing procedure for searching and updating the database 20 in response to a request signal from the administrator terminal device 11 will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the processing of the processing means group 30 of the information management apparatus of the present invention, and the processing means comprises the following three means.

These are a content information search means 31, a commercial transaction means group 32, a homepage connection means 33, and a prepaid use means group 34. The commercial transaction means group 32 includes a commodity transaction means 32a, a transaction amount transfer means 32b, and a sales commission transfer means 32c. The prepaid use means group 34 includes a use time limit registration means 34a, a use time charging means 34b, and a use time settlement means 34c.

First, the usage right is determined based on the ID and password set in the remote controller 3 and the ID and password input from the administrator terminal device 11, and if the usage right is found, the processing means corresponding to the request signal is used. Perform processing.

The content information search means 31 responds to a content information search request from the remote controller 3 connected to the digital broadcast receiving television set 1 provided by the viewer by the radio 2 and, based on the received program / CM, the content classification table. Then, the content information recorded in 23 is searched.

The processing procedure will be described below in detail. (1) In response to a content information search request signal from the remote controller 3, a program / CM classification and a program CM code are acquired from a program / CM being received. (2) The major classification content information is set in the acquired program / CM classification, program CM code, and information division, and the content classification table 23 is searched to acquire the major classification content information. (3) Transmit the content information search / major category selection Web page in which the acquired major category content information list is edited in advance to the digital broadcast receiving television device 1 of the remote controller 3 that has requested. (4) Upon receiving the selection of the large category content information from the remote controller 3, the information category is set to the middle category content information and the selected large category number, and the content category table 23 is searched to acquire the middle category content information. (5) The content information search / medium category selection Web page in which the acquired medium category content information list is edited in advance is transmitted to the digital broadcast receiving television device 1 of the remote controller 3 that has requested. (6) Accepting the selection of the middle-class content information from the remote controller 3, setting the small-class content information and the selected small-class number in the information category, searching the content-class table 23, and acquiring the small-class content information. (7) Transmit the content information search / sub-category selection Web page in which the acquired sub-category content information list is edited in advance to the digital broadcast receiving television set 1 of the remote controller 3 that has requested. (8) Receiving the selection of the sub-category content information from the remote controller 3 and transmitting the content information search Web page in which the content information and the homepage address are edited in advance to the digital broadcast receiving television set 1 of the remote controller 3 which has requested the content information. I do.

In response to a commodity transaction request from the remote controller 3, the commodity transaction means 32a retrieves commodity information recorded in the mail order commodity table 24 associated with the content information obtained by the content information retrieval means, and conducts commodity transaction. I do.

Hereinafter, the processing procedure will be described in detail. (1) In response to a commodity transaction request signal from the remote controller 3,
The mail order product table 24 is searched from the small classification number obtained by the content information search means 31 to obtain product information. (2) Transmit the merchandise transaction Web page in which the obtained merchandise information is edited in advance to the digital broadcast receiving television set 1 of the remote controller 3 that has requested. (3) Receiving the input of the merchandise transaction information from the remote controller 3, and transmitting the merchandise transaction confirmation Web page in which the inputted merchandise transaction information is edited in advance to the digital broadcast receiving television set 1 of the remote controller 3 which has requested. (4) Receiving confirmation OK selection from the remote control 3,
The merchandise transaction information is registered in the mail-order transaction table 25.

The transaction amount transfer means 32b transmits the program / C
When a viewer with a transaction account and a mail-order company conduct a merchandise transaction registered on a mail-order site at a financial institution linked to the M-content information providing system, the mail-order transaction table 25 is searched and generated. The transferred transaction amount is transferred from the viewer's transaction account to the mail-order company's transaction account.

Hereinafter, the processing procedure will be described in detail. (1) In conjunction with the end of the process of (4) of the merchandise transaction means 32a, the user table 21 is retrieved from the merchandise transaction information registered in the process of (4) of the merchandise transaction means 32a to acquire the member registration information. Then, the sales company table 22 is searched to obtain company member registration information. (2) The transaction amount transfer request information for transferring the transaction amount from the viewer's transaction account to the mail-order company's transaction account is transmitted to the financial institution computer 4 based on the acquired merchandise transaction information, member registration information, and company member registration information. .

The sales commission transfer means 32c searches the mail-order transaction table 25, and assigns a sales commission corresponding to the transaction results at the mail-order company's mail-order site from the trade account of the mail-order company to this program / CM content. Transfer to the trading account of the management company of the information provision system.

Hereinafter, the processing procedure will be described in detail. (1) In response to the sales commission transfer request signal from the manager terminal device 11, the mail-order transaction table 25 is searched, and the transaction amounts of the commodity transaction information traded in the designated year and month are totaled by sales company number, The sales company table 22 is searched from the product transaction information to obtain company member registration information. (2) Calculate the sales commission by multiplying the transaction amount calculated for each selling company number by a certain sales commission rate. (3) Based on the acquired company member registration information and the calculated sales commission, the sales commission transfer request information for transferring the calculated sales commission from the trading account of the mail-order company to the trading account of the management company of the program / CM content information providing system is provided. This is sent to the financial institution computer 4.

The homepage connection means 33 is a remote control 3
In response to the homepage search request from the user, the homepage is connected from the homepage address set in the content information acquired by the content information search means.

The processing procedure will be described below in detail. (1) In response to a homepage connection request signal from the remote controller 3, the content information search means 31 acquires the small classified content information. (2) Connect to the homepage of the homepage address set in the acquired small classified content information.

The usage limit time registration means 34a responds to the usage limit time registration request from the manager terminal device 11, and stores the usage limit time of the program / CM content information providing system used by the viewer in the charging management table 26. It is registered in the billing statement table 27.

The processing procedure will be described below in detail. (1) In response to a use limit time registration request signal from the manager terminal device 11, a use limit time registration screen / user number input is transmitted to the manager terminal device 11. (2) Receiving the input of the user number from the administrator terminal device 11, the user table 21 is searched to obtain the member registration information, and the charging management table 26 is searched to obtain the charging management information. (3) The usage limit time registration screen in which the acquired member registration information and charging management information are edited in advance is transmitted to the administrator terminal device 11 that has made the request. (4) Upon receiving an input of the usage application time from the administrator terminal device 11, the user is requested to display the acquired member registration information, the charge management information, and the usage limit time registration confirmation screen in which the input usage application time is edited in advance. And sends it to the administrator terminal device 11. (5) Accepting the selection of confirmation OK from the administrator terminal device 11, adding the input usage application time to the usage application time and usage limit time of the charging management information, and adding the usage application time to the charging management table 26.
Is updated, and the billing detail information is registered in the billing detail table 27.

The usage time charging means 34b registers the time used by the viewer in the charging management table 26 and the charging detail table 27 by the content information searching means 31, the merchandise transaction means 32a and the homepage connecting means 33.

The processing procedure will be described below in detail. (1) The user table 21 is searched using the ID and password authenticated at the time of judging the use right to acquire the member registration information. (2) Content information search means 31 and commodity transaction means 32
In a and the homepage connection means 33, the use time is acquired from the system date and system time of the start and end of use using each means. (3) Charging management table 2 based on the acquired member registration information
6 is added, the obtained use time is added to the total use time of the charge management information, the use time is subtracted from the use limit time of the charge management information, the charge management table 26 is updated, and the charge specification information is changed to the charge specification. Register in table 27.

The use time settlement means 34c responds to the use time settlement request from the manager terminal device 11, and transfers the remaining use fee corresponding to the remaining use time limit of the viewer to the viewer's transaction account. Is registered in the charge management table 26 and the charge detail table 27.

Hereinafter, the processing procedure will be described in detail. (1) In response to a use time settlement request signal from the manager terminal device 11, the use time settlement screen / user number input is transmitted to the manager terminal device 11. (2) Receiving the input of the user number from the administrator terminal device 11, the user table 21 is searched to obtain the member registration information, and the charging management table 26 is searched to obtain the charging management information. (3) Transmit the usage time settlement confirmation screen in which the acquired member registration information and charging management information are edited in advance to the administrator terminal device 11 that has requested. (4) Upon accepting the selection of OK for confirmation from the manager terminal device 11, the usage settlement amount corresponding to the usage limit time of the acquired charging management information is transferred from the transaction account of the management company of the program / CM content information providing system to the viewer. Payment request information for transfer to the transaction account of the financial institution computer 4
Send to (5) The use limit time is added to the settlement time of the charge management information, the use limit time of the charge management information is set to zero, the charge management table 26 is updated, and the charge specification information is registered in the charge specification table 27.

As described above, one embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. Various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0042]

As described above, according to the program / CM content information providing system for digital broadcasting according to the present invention, the main program and CM are used for the interactive service between the broadcasting station and the viewer. By operating the remote control of the digital broadcast receiving television apparatus, information related to the information can be easily searched for by the same operation method.

Also, among the information related to the main program and the CM searched by the viewer, the user can connect to the homepage of the broadcasting station that produced the program or the homepage of the CM sponsor to know the related information.

Further, the main program and CM which the viewer searched for
Among the information on the related items, a desired product can be purchased or a facility to be used can be reserved through the mail order site.

Further, the purchase price of the product paid by the viewer and the sales fee paid by the mail-order company opened on the mail-order site are transferred between the transaction accounts by cooperating with the computer system of the financial institution. Can be.

Further, when the viewer does not use the remaining scheduled use time when interrupting or leaving the provision of the program / CM content information, the usage fee corresponding to the remaining scheduled use time can be settled.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a program / CM content information providing system in digital broadcasting according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of a processing means group of the information management apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of a processing means group of the information management apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Digital broadcast receiving television apparatus 2 Radio 3 Remote control 4 Financial institution computer 5 Internet 10 Information management device 11 Administrator terminal device 12 Web server 13 Database server 20 Database 21 User table 22 Sales company table 23 Content classification table 24 Mail order product table 25 Mail order transaction table 26 Charging management table 27 Charging details table 30 Processing means group of information management device 31 Content information search means 32 Commerce transaction means group 32a Commodity transaction means 32b Transaction amount transfer means 32c Sales commission transfer means 33 Homepage connection means 34 Prepaid Usage means group 34a Usage time limit registration means 34b Usage time charging means 34c Usage time settlement means 100 Program / CM content information in digital broadcasting Test system

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A communication network which specifies a program / CM from a program / CM being received in response to a content information search request from a remote controller wirelessly connected to a digital broadcast receiving television apparatus provided to a viewer. And a content information search unit for searching for content information recorded in a database related to program / CM content provided by a management company of a program / CM content information providing system connected via a digital broadcast. CM content information providing system. 2. A merchandise transaction for responding to a merchandise transaction request from the remote controller, searching for merchandise information recorded in a mail-order database related to the content information acquired by the content information search means, and performing a merchandise transaction. 2. A program / CM for digital broadcasting according to claim 1, further comprising a commercial transaction means group including means.
Content information providing system. 3. The commercial transaction means group conducts a product transaction registered by a mail order company with a viewer having a transaction account and a mail order company at a financial institution cooperating with the program / CM content information providing system. At this time, searching the database relating to the mail order, the transaction amount transfer means for transferring the generated transaction amount from the trading account of the viewer to the trading account of the mail order company, and searching the database relating to the mail order A sales commission transfer means for transferring a sales commission according to the transaction results at the mail-order sales site of the mail-order sales company from a trading account of the mail-order sales company to a trading account of the management company, A program / CM content information providing system for digital broadcasting according to claim 2. 4. A homepage connection means for connecting to a homepage from a homepage address set in content information obtained by said content information search means in response to a homepage search request from said remote control. Item 1. A program / CM content information providing system for digital broadcasting according to item 1. 5. When the viewer receives the provision of the program / CM content information, a usage fee corresponding to a usage limit time is transferred to a transaction account of the management company in advance, and the viewer usage limit time is set. 5. The provision of program / CM content information in digital broadcasting according to claim 1, further comprising a group of prepaid use means including use time registration means for registering in a database relating to charging. system. 6. The prepaid use means group includes: a use time charging means for integrating a time used by the viewer into a database relating to the charging;
Transfer means for transferring a remaining charge corresponding to the remaining usage time limit of the viewer to the transaction account of the viewer, and registering the payment time of the viewer in the database relating to the charging. A system for providing program / CM content information in digital broadcasting according to claim 5. 7. The database relating to the program / CM contents includes a drama program, a sports program, a music program, an information program, a news program, a cooking program, a health program, a travel program, a talk program, a fishing program, an animation program, and a quiz program. In movie programs, educational programs, entertainment programs, variety programs, medical programs, and commercials, program digests, performers, fashion, music, places, stores, inns, facilities, institutions, groups, local governments, products, raw materials, and equipment used. And registering content information on the usage, creation method, processing method, treatment method, response method, ranking, weather, prize, present, event, campaign, product sales, rebroadcasting schedule, and sponsor. 3. The system for providing program / CM content information in digital broadcasting according to claim 1 and claim 2.