JP2007201699A - Mobile communication device, program thereof, and broadcast channel information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

Convenience is provided to a user by constructing an environment that allows the user to select whether or not to update if the newly acquired position information is the same as the already acquired position information.
A mobile communication device 3 that receives corresponding broadcast channel information from a broadcast channel information providing device 1 connected via a communication network 2 based on transmission of its own current location information, and stores the broadcast channel information The unit 32 holds the received broadcast channel information and the edited content of the broadcast channel information edited and captured by the user input, and the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 receives the user input regarding whether or not the broadcast channel information is updated. The broadcast channel information is updated for the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 by taking in and controlling transmission of the current position information to the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile communication device such as a mobile phone terminal capable of receiving a digital broadcast and a program thereof, and a broadcast channel information providing system for transmitting and receiving broadcast channel information necessary for the mobile communication device to receive a digital broadcast. About.

  In recent years, mobile communication devices such as mobile phone terminals capable of receiving television broadcasts and radio broadcasts at destinations have become known. This type of mobile phone terminal broadcasts, for example, by frequency storage means for storing at least one broadcast station frequency for each piece of position information in a plurality of mobile base stations, position information from the mobile base station, and a selected broadcast station. Frequency search means for searching the frequency from the frequency storage means (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In-vehicle navigation systems capable of receiving television broadcasts and radio broadcasts are also known. This type of in-vehicle navigation system has, for example, an auto-preset function, and broadcast channel information that can be received in an area where a television is set by this auto-preset function is registered in a channel memory (for example, Patent Document 2).

By the way, according to mobile communication devices such as mobile phone terminals and in-vehicle navigation systems disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, as the mobile communication device moves, the broadcast channel that has been set so far The channel frequency that is information may not be usable. In this case, it is necessary to acquire a viewable channel frequency at the destination by using an automatic frequency scan function, and to set and register it in the mobile communication device.
Especially in today's multi-channel era, where more than a few dozen channels are in use for the digital broadcasting era, it is a very annoying problem to set up the broadcast channel information by user operation and perform the update operation. is there.

  Therefore, a mobile communication device searches for a plurality of broadcast channel information held by a broadcast channel information providing device connected to a wirelessly connectable communication network based on the current location information of the mobile communication device acquired from the mobile communication device. A broadcast channel information providing system that provides corresponding broadcast channel information has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

JP-A-8-162909 (Claim 1, FIG. 3) JP 2001-168684 A (paragraph “0025”, FIG. 1) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2004-201117 (paragraph “0007”, FIG. 1)

According to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 3 described above, the mobile communication device receives the optimum broadcast channel information according to the current position information, and the settings are automatically updated. It can be greatly reduced. In addition, since the user can save and edit the received broadcast channel information, setting registration according to the user's preference is possible.
However, according to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 3, there is a possibility that the broadcast channel information is updated even if the acquired position information is the same. When the channel information is limited not to be updated, convenience for the user is impaired.

  The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and when the current position information of a newly acquired mobile communication device is the same as the current position information that has already been acquired, the user can select whether or not to update the current position information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication device, a program thereof, and a broadcast channel information providing system that can provide convenience to a user by constructing an environment.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is a mobile communication device that receives corresponding broadcast channel information from a broadcast channel information providing device connected via a communication network based on transmission of its current location information. A broadcast channel information holding unit for holding the received broadcast channel information and editing information of the broadcast channel information edited by user input, and taking in a user input regarding whether or not the broadcast channel information is updated, And a broadcast channel information update control unit that controls transmission of the current location information to the information providing apparatus and updates the broadcast channel information to the broadcast channel information holding unit.

  Further, the present invention is a program used for a mobile communication device that receives corresponding broadcast channel information from a broadcast channel information providing device connected via a communication network based on transmission of its current location information, The step of holding the received broadcast channel information and the editing information of the broadcast channel information edited by the user input in a storage device, taking in the user input regarding whether or not the broadcast channel information is updated, and the broadcast channel information providing device And updating the broadcast channel information by controlling transmission of its current position information to the computer.

  Also, the present invention provides broadcast channel information comprising a mobile communication device that receives a broadcast based on broadcast channel information, and a broadcast channel information providing device that is connected to the mobile communication device via a wirelessly connectable communication network. In the providing system, the broadcast channel information providing device includes a broadcast channel information storage unit that stores one or more broadcast channel information associated with current position information of the mobile communication device, and the one or more broadcast channel information. A broadcast channel information extraction unit that extracts broadcast channel information corresponding to current position information of the mobile communication device, and a broadcast channel information transmission unit that transmits the extracted broadcast channel information to the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device provides its current location information to the broadcast channel information providing device. A broadcast channel that holds a current position information transmission unit to be transmitted, broadcast channel information transmitted from the broadcast channel information providing apparatus based on the current position information, and editing information of the broadcast channel information edited by user input An information holding unit and a user input regarding whether or not the broadcast channel information is updated are taken, and the transmission of the current position information to the broadcast channel information providing device is controlled to update the broadcast channel information held in the storage device A broadcast channel information update control unit for controlling the broadcast channel information update control unit.

  According to this invention, when the current location information of the newly acquired mobile communication device is the same as the current location information already acquired, the user can select whether or not to update the received broadcast channel information. Therefore, the convenience is improved and the operation burden when updating the broadcast channel information can be greatly reduced.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of a broadcast channel information providing system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the broadcast channel information providing system in Embodiment 1 of the present invention is transmitted by a broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1 as a server and the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1, for example, “channel number” ”,“ Frequency ”,“ Broadcasting station ”, etc., and the mobile communication device 3 as a terminal that receives broadcast channel information. The mobile communication device 3 is a mobile phone terminal, an in-vehicle navigation system, or the like, and is connected to the broadcast channel information providing device 1 via a communication network 2 that can be wirelessly connected.

In addition to receiving the above-mentioned broadcast channel information, the mobile communication device 3 incorporates a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, which will be described later, and receives a radio wave emitted from a GPS satellite 4 to measure its current position. Has function.
On the other hand, the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1 is a server that holds the latest broadcast channel information corresponding to the current position information of the mobile communication apparatus 3, acquires the current position information from the mobile communication apparatus 2, and the mobile communication apparatus 3, the optimum broadcast channel information that can be viewed in the area where the mobile communication device 3 is currently located is provided as packet data.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the function of the internal configuration of the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1 functionally includes a broadcast channel information storage unit 11, a broadcast channel information extraction unit 12, a broadcast channel information transmission unit 13, and a current position information reception unit. 14.

The broadcast channel information storage unit 11 stores one or more broadcast channel information associated with the current position information of the mobile communication device 3. Also, the broadcast channel information extraction unit 12 uses the current position information of the mobile communication device 3 received via the current position information reception unit 14 among the one or more pieces of broadcast channel information stored in the broadcast channel information storage unit 11. It has a function to extract the corresponding broadcast channel information.
The broadcast channel information transmission unit 13 has a function of transmitting the broadcast channel information extracted by the broadcast channel information extraction unit 12 to the requested mobile communication device 3.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional development of the internal configuration of the mobile communication device 3 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile communication device functionally includes a current position information positioning unit 30, a current position information transmission unit 31, a broadcast channel information holding unit 32, and a broadcast channel information update control unit 33. The broadcast channel information UI (User Interface) providing unit 34 and the broadcast channel information receiving unit 35 are configured.

The current position information positioning unit 30 outputs the current position information of the mobile communication device 3 obtained by positioning calculation based on the radio wave received from the GPS satellite 4 to the current position information transmitting unit 31 and the broadcast channel information update control unit 33. Has function.
Further, the current position information transmission unit 31 has a function of transmitting the current position information of the measured mobile communication device 3 to the broadcast channel information providing device 1 under the control of the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 described later. Have. The broadcast channel information holding unit 32 is edited by broadcast channel information transmitted from the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1 and user input based on the measured current position information, and is captured by the broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34. It has a function to hold the edited contents of broadcast channel information.

The broadcast channel information update control unit 33 takes in a user input regarding whether or not the broadcast channel information is updated, and controls transmission of its current location information to the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1 performed via the current location information transmission unit 31. Thus, the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 has a function of controlling the update of the broadcast channel information.
The broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34 has a function of taking in the content input for editing by the user and holding it in the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 via the broadcast channel information update control unit 33. The broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34 also displays screen information (information update presence confirmation screen) that prompts the user to select whether or not to update the broadcast channel information under the control of the broadcast channel information update control unit 33. It also has a function of generating and outputting, and further, taking in a selection input regarding whether or not there is an update by the user and outputting it to the broadcast channel information update control unit 33. It also has a function of providing a user interface that prompts the user to select and input a broadcast channel desired to be viewed. Here, the user interface provided by the broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34 is realized by using a UI (User Interface) device including a display monitor and a key switch described later.

  The broadcast channel information receiving unit 35 receives the broadcast channel information that is optimum for the area where the mobile communication device 3 is currently located and is transmitted from the broadcast channel information providing device 1, and passes through the broadcast channel information update control unit 33. The broadcast channel information holding unit 32 has a function of holding it.

Hereinafter, the schematic operation of the broadcast channel information providing system will be described with reference to FIGS.
When the update of the broadcast channel information is selected in response to the user's key input operation, the mobile communication device 3 acquires its current position information via the current position information positioning unit 30, and the current position acquired here Information is transmitted as packet data to the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1 through the communication network 2 by the current position information transmitting unit 31. In the broadcast channel information providing device 1 that has received the current position information of the mobile communication device 3 from the mobile communication device 3 by the current position information receiving unit 14, the broadcast channel information extracting unit 12 receives the broadcast channel information storage unit 11 first. Broadcast channel information corresponding to the current position information (area) of the mobile communication device 3 is extracted. And when applicable information exists, the broadcast channel information transmission part 13 transmits the broadcast channel information optimal for the mobile communication apparatus 3 as packet data.

The mobile communication device 3 receives the broadcast channel information transmitted from the broadcast channel information providing device 1 via the broadcast channel information receiving unit 35, and the received broadcast channel information is the broadcast channel information update control unit 33. Is held in the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 under the control of.
The received broadcast channel information is displayed as a list on the display monitor, for example, via the broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34. The user selects a receiving station that he / she wishes to view by a key input operation, and the broadcast channel information editing / input unit 36 captures it and can view the corresponding television / radio. When already acquired broadcast channel information is held in the broadcast channel information holding unit 32, the broadcast channel information is arbitrarily selected from the broadcast channel information held by the user's key input operation, set as a list, and displayed on the display monitor. Can also be displayed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen image when the user edits the broadcast channel information received by the mobile communication device 3 by a key input operation.
The mobile communication device 3 that has received the broadcast channel information from the broadcast channel information providing device 1 displays the broadcast channel information in a list on the display monitor as described above. At this time, the user can hold the received broadcast channel information directly in the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 (broadcast channel information received content holding area 321) by selecting “Save” from the menu. Also, by selecting “Edit” from the menu, the received broadcast channel information can be edited (changing the broadcasting station order, changing the broadcasting station name). Here, the edited broadcasting channel information is In addition to being displayed on the display monitor, it can be held in the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 by a user key input operation ("Save" is selected from the menu).

  The items that can be edited by the user are broadcast channel names, the order of display in the list, etc., excluding information necessary for reception such as frequency information of the receiving station, and these can be freely edited and changed. For example, by editing, it is possible to give convenience to the user when selecting a channel by listing broadcast channel information to be viewed at the top, which is beneficial for the future multi-channel era.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart cited for explaining the operation of the mobile communication device 3 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Hereinafter, the operation of the mobile communication device 3 shown in FIG. 3 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the mobile communication device 3 (broadcast channel information update control unit 33) acquires its current position information from the current position information positioning unit 30 (step ST501), the current position information acquired here and the current position that has already been acquired. Comparison with the information is performed, and it is determined whether or not the acquired current position information belongs to the same area (area where the same broadcast channel information is acquired) as the acquired current position information (step ST502).
Here, when the acquired position information does not belong to the same area (step ST502 “mismatch”), the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 activates the current position information transmission unit 31, and the current position information transmission unit 31 The current position information acquired by the information positioning unit 30 is transmitted to the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1 (step ST503).

On the other hand, when the current position information positioning unit 30 belongs to the same area as the current position information of the mobile communication device 3 acquired (step ST502 “match”), the broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34 notifies the user of the broadcast channel information. Screen information (information update presence / absence confirmation screen) for inquiring whether or not to update is generated and displayed on the display monitor (step ST507).
Here, when the user selects “do not update” by a key input operation (step ST508 “do not update”), the broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34 transfers the fact to the broadcast channel information update control unit 33. Subsequently, the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 activates the current position information transmission unit 31, and the current position information transmission unit 31 uses the current position information of the mobile communication device 3 acquired from the current position information positioning unit 30 as the broadcast channel. Without transmitting to the information providing apparatus 1, broadcast channel information corresponding to the current position information of the mobile communication apparatus 3 belonging to the same area held in the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 is read (step ST509), and the broadcast channel information UI is read. A list is displayed on the display monitor via the providing unit 34 (step ST506).

On the other hand, when the user selects “update” by the key input operation (step ST508 “update”), the broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34 transfers the fact to the broadcast channel information update control unit 33, and this In response, the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 controls the current position information transmitting unit 31 to transmit the current position information of the mobile communication device 3 acquired by the current position information positioning unit 30 to the broadcast channel information providing device 1. (Step ST503).
Further, after the current position information positioning unit 30 acquires the position information of the same area (step ST501), the user selects to update the broadcast channel information (step ST508 "update"), and the broadcast channel information receiving unit 35 broadcasts. When broadcast channel information is received from channel information providing apparatus 1 (step ST504), broadcast channel information corresponding to the same area held in broadcast channel information holding unit 32 is deleted, and newly received broadcast channel information is broadcast. It is held in the channel information holding unit 32 (step ST505).

As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication device 3 that is selected to update the broadcast channel information acquires the current location information of the mobile communication device 3 and then receives the broadcast channel information providing device 3. However, the current position information is not transmitted unconditionally. That is, when the broadcast channel information corresponding to the acquired current position information has already been received and held in the broadcast channel information holding unit 32, the mobile communication device 3 sends the current position information to the broadcast channel information providing device 1. Do not send.
As described above, when the mobile communication device 3 acquires the position information of the same area, the user determines whether or not to update the broadcast channel information, thereby enabling reception / non-reception control of new broadcast channel information. Become. Therefore, even when the position information is the same, it is possible to provide convenience to the user when the broadcast channel information transmitted from the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1 is updated, and wasteful power of the mobile communication apparatus 3 can be provided. Consumption can be suppressed. Furthermore, when the broadcast channel information of the same area is acquired again, the old broadcast channel information held in the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 is deleted, which contributes to a reduction in memory capacity.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
According to the mobile communication device 3 of the first embodiment described above, when the mobile communication device 3 reacquires broadcast channel information in the same area and the user selects to update the broadcast channel information, the broadcast channel information is retained. The information held in the unit 32 is updated based on the newly received broadcast channel information. However, when the broadcast channel information received by the user is edited and the contents are held in the broadcast channel information holding unit 32, if the update is performed based on the newly received broadcast channel information, the contents edited by the user are also included. Will be updated.
Therefore, in the second embodiment described below, assuming the above situation, when the mobile communication device 3 reacquires broadcast channel information in the same area, the broadcast channel information and the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 are obtained. Are compared with the old broadcast channel information already held in the table, and only the difference except for the portion edited by the user is updated. Details will be described below.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart cited for explaining the operation of the mobile communication device 3 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
In Embodiment 2 of the present invention, as in Embodiment 1 described above, mobile communication apparatus 3 whose internal configuration is shown in FIG. 3 is used.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the mobile communication device 3 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the mobile communication device 3 acquires its current location information from the current location information positioning unit 30 (step ST601), the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 acquires the acquired current location information and the mobile communication device 3 that has already been acquired. And the current position information acquired here determines whether or not the current position information acquired here belongs to the same area (area where the same broadcast channel information is acquired) as the current position information acquired in the past (step ST602).
Here, when the acquired current location information of the mobile communication device 3 does not belong to the same area (step ST602 “mismatch”), the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 activates the current location information transmission unit 31 and transmits the current location information. Unit 31 transmits the current location information of mobile communication device 3 acquired by current location information positioning unit 30 to broadcast channel information providing device 1 (step ST603). On the other hand, when belonging to the same area as the acquired current position information (step ST602 “match”), the broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34 asks the user whether to update the broadcast channel information or not (screen update information). The presence / absence confirmation screen) is generated and displayed on the display monitor (step ST609).

Here, when the user selects “do not update” by the key input operation (“not update” in step ST610), the broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34 transfers the fact to the broadcast channel information update control unit 33. In response to this, the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 activates the current position information transmission unit 31. At this time, the current position information transmission unit 31 uses the current position information acquired from the current position information positioning unit 30 as the broadcast channel. It is not transmitted to the information providing apparatus 1.
Then, the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 reads the broadcast channel information corresponding to the current position information belonging to the same area held in the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 (step ST611), and the broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34 is read. List display on the display monitor (step ST608).

On the other hand, when the user selects “update” by the key input operation (step ST610 “update”), the broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34 transfers the fact to the broadcast channel information update control unit 33, and this is transmitted. The received broadcast channel information update control unit 33 controls the current position information transmitting unit 31 to transmit the current position information of the mobile communication device 3 acquired by the current position information positioning unit 30 to the broadcast channel information providing device 1 ( Step ST603).
Next, the broadcast channel information receiving unit 35 receives the broadcast channel information based on the current position information previously transmitted (step ST604). Then, the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 compares the broadcast channel information already held in the broadcast channel information reception content holding area 321 of the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 with the broadcast channel information of the same area ( When it is determined that the broadcast channel information has been reacquired, the difference between the two broadcast channel information is further compared (step ST605). Subsequently, the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 updates the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 only for the difference contents generated as a result of the difference comparison.

That is, the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 extracts the difference except for the item edited by the user when the user has edited the old information held in the broadcast channel information holding unit 32. Perform (step ST606) and write to the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 (step ST607). This avoids a situation in which the edited content of the user is updated by reacquisition of broadcast channel information.
Then, the broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34 reads the updated broadcast channel information from the broadcast channel information holding unit 32, displays the list on the display monitor, and prompts the user to perform a viewing selection operation (step ST608).

  Hereinafter, the operation of the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 will be described in more detail using an example of a memory allocation structure of the broadcast channel information holding unit 23.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an area allocation structure of the broadcast channel information holding unit 32. Here, the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 is a broadcast channel information reception content holding area 321 in which channel information is held, and broadcast channel information editing in which the received broadcast channel information is edited by the user and the imported editing content is held. Assume that a content holding area 322 is allocated.
When the user edits the broadcast channel information held in the broadcast channel information received content holding area 321, the edited difference content and item location are held in the broadcast channel information edited content holding area 322.

Here, the information received by the mobile communication device 3 from the broadcast channel information providing device 1 is broadcast channel information including items of “channel number”, “frequency”, and “broadcast station name”. Items that can be edited are “channel number” and “broadcasting station name”. When the user performs edit input for changing the “channel number”, the order of the list displayed on the display monitor can be changed, and the operability when the user views the broadcast can be improved.
The broadcast channel information received content holding area 321 of the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 holds the broadcast channel information transmitted and received by the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1, and the user edits the received broadcast channel information. Difference information generated after the broadcast is held in the broadcast channel information editing area 322. That is, when a user edits an item held in the broadcast channel information reception content holding area 321, the difference contents generated by the editing and the item are held in the broadcast channel information editing content holding area 322.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the broadcast channel information update control unit 33. Specifically, a detailed procedure of difference extraction and update processing by the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 is shown.
Hereinafter, the operation of the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 shown in FIG. 3 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In the mobile communication device 3 that has received the broadcast channel information (step ST801), the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 first stores the broadcast channel information held in the broadcast channel information reception content holding area 321 of the broadcast channel information holding unit 32. And the contents of the newly received broadcast channel information are compared and the difference is extracted (step ST802). Here, when it is determined that there is no difference, the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 is not updated.
On the other hand, when it is determined that there is a difference, the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 further compares the extracted difference content with the content held in the broadcast channel information edit content holding area 322 of the broadcast channel information holding unit 32. (Step ST803).

  Here, when it is determined that the newly received difference information and the item edited by the user are duplicated, the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 does not update the item, but does not update the item other than the duplicated portion. The difference is updated and written in the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 (step ST804). When it is determined that there is no duplication, the broadcast channel information update control unit 33 writes the difference contents in the broadcast channel information reception content holding area 321 of the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 for updating (step ST805).

  FIGS. 9A, 9B, 10A, 10B, and 10C show specific examples of the above-described difference update as image diagrams on the display screen.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, the difference in newly received broadcast channel information includes the broadcast station name (“△△ Broadcast” is changed to “DEF”, “●● TV” is changed to “ 9), when the user is editing the broadcasting station name corresponding to the difference (“●● TV” is changed to “## / ●● system”), as shown in FIG. 9B. In (change), since the difference portion is duplicated, the broadcast station name of the corresponding portion is not updated (change from “## •• system” to “GHI”).

Also, as shown in FIG. 10A, a broadcast channel is added to the newly received broadcast channel information (all additions of “channel number: 3ch”, “frequency: 19”, “station name: TV □□”). ), The user edits the “channel number” (list order) as shown in FIG. 10B, or adds the “station name” as shown in FIG. 10C. When editing (adding “reservation” as the name of the 3ch broadcasting station) and changing the content of the part corresponding to the additional broadcast channel, the difference part is duplicated, so the “channel number” is free. Add and update the difference contents.
That is, in FIG. 10 (b), since the difference content and the content edited by the user overlap, the broadcasting station (television □□ of frequency 19) is additionally updated to 5 vacant channels, and in FIG. 10 (c), Since the difference content and the content edited by the user overlap, the broadcasting station (TV 19 with frequency 19) is additionally updated to an empty channel.

As described above, the only items that can be edited by the user are “channel number” and “station name”, and “frequency”, which is the most important information for viewing, can always be updated to the latest information. It is possible to update only necessary information while retaining only information that the user wants to leave. Further, even when a broadcast channel is added, information can be added and updated without deleting the edited contents of the user.
According to the second embodiment described above, the contents edited by the user can be updated to the latest broadcast channel information without being deleted, and convenience can be provided to the user.

FIG. 11 is a hardware block diagram showing an internal configuration of broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1 used in both the first and second embodiments of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 11, the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1 has a central processing unit (CPU) 111 as a control center, a memory 112 as a main storage device, and a hard disk device (hereinafter referred to as HDD: HDD) as a large-capacity external storage device. (Hard Disk Drive) 113, and a network interface (hereinafter referred to as NIC: Network Interface Controller) 114 that communicates with the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 2 via the communication network 2 has addresses, data, and control lines. A plurality of system buses 115 are connected and configured in common.

Here, a program for realizing the function of the broadcast channel information extraction unit 12 shown in FIG. 2 is stored in the memory 112, and the broadcast channel information extraction unit 12 reads out and executes this program sequentially by the CPU 111. The broadcast channel information corresponding to the current position information of the mobile communication device 3 can be extracted from the one or more broadcast channel information.
Also, in the broadcast channel information storage unit 11 that stores one or more broadcast channel information associated with the current position information of the mobile communication device 3, the HDD 113 moves the broadcast channel information extracted by the broadcast channel information extraction unit 12. The broadcast channel information transmitting unit 13 that transmits to the communication device 3 has a function of the NIC 114.

FIG. 12 is a hardware block diagram showing an internal configuration of mobile communication device 3 used in both the first embodiment and the second embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 12, the mobile communication device 3 communicates with the broadcast channel information providing device 2 via a ROM (Read Only Memory) 122, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 123, and the communication network 2 with the CPU 121 as a control center. The NIC 124, the key switch, and the like, and the output device 126 such as a display monitor are connected in common via an internal bus 128 composed of a plurality of lines for address, data, and control, Composed. Further, a GPS receiver 127 that receives radio waves from the GPS satellite 4 is connected to the internal bus 128 via an input interface (not shown).

Here, a program for realizing the function of the broadcast channel information update unit 33 shown in FIG. 3 is recorded in the ROM 122, and the broadcast channel information update unit 33 reads out and executes this program sequentially. It is possible to update the broadcast channel information by taking in the user input regarding whether or not the broadcast channel information is updated and controlling the transmission of the current position information to the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 1.
In addition, the current position information transmitting unit 31 that transmits its own current position information to the broadcast channel information providing apparatus 3 is configured so that the GPS receiver 127 and the NIC 124 are based on the current position information of the mobile communication apparatus 3. The broadcast channel information holding unit 32 that holds the broadcast channel information transmitted from 1 and the edited content of the broadcast channel information that is edited and captured by user input has the RAM 123 serving as its function.

  Of the input device 125 and the output device 126 responsible for the function of the broadcast channel information UI providing unit 34, the output device 126 receives the broadcast channel information via the NIC 124 and generates a broadcast channel information list generated by the CPU 121. The information is displayed on the display monitor and prompts the user to select and input the intention to indicate whether the broadcast channel information is updated or the viewing channel. In addition, the input device 125 includes keys normally provided in a mobile phone or a car navigation system, such as a “number” key from 0 to 9, a “direction” key up, down, left, and right, and a “decision” key. Is generated and transferred to the CPU 121 via the internal bus 128.

As described above, the present invention is based on the transmission of the current location information of the mobile communication device 3 and the program for receiving the corresponding broadcast channel information from the broadcast channel information providing device 1 connected via the communication network 2. The broadcast channel information holding system 32 constituting the mobile communication device 3 includes a broadcast channel information received from the broadcast channel information providing device 1 and a broadcast channel that is edited and input by user input. The broadcast channel information update control unit 33 that holds the edited content of the information and that constitutes the mobile communication device 3 takes in user input regarding whether or not the broadcast channel information is updated, and presents itself to the broadcast channel information providing device 1. Controls transmission of position information to the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 And it performs the update of the broadcast channel information.
Accordingly, the mobile communication device 3 constructs an environment that allows the user to select whether or not to update if the current location information of the newly acquired mobile communication device is the same as the already acquired current location information. Therefore, convenience is provided to the user.

According to the present invention, reception / non-reception control of new broadcast channel information can be performed by the user determining whether or not the broadcast channel information is updated. Therefore, if the broadcast channel information transmitted from the broadcast channel information providing device 1 is updated even if the current position information of the mobile communication device is the same, it is possible to provide convenience to the user, and mobile communication. Wasteful power consumption of the device 3 can be suppressed. Furthermore, when the broadcast channel information of the same area is acquired again, the old broadcast channel information held in the broadcast channel information holding unit 32 is deleted, which contributes to a reduction in memory capacity.
In addition, the only items that can be edited by the user are “channel number” and “station name”, and “frequency”, which is the most important information for viewing, can always be updated to the latest information. It is possible to update only necessary information while retaining only desired information. Furthermore, even when a broadcast channel is added, information can be added and updated without deleting the user's edited content. In this way, the contents edited by the user can be updated to the latest broadcast channel information without being deleted, and convenience can be provided to the user.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system configuration | structure of the broadcast channel information provision system in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is the block diagram which expanded and showed the function of the internal structure of the broadcast channel information provision apparatus shown in FIG. It is the block diagram which expanded and showed the function of the internal structure of the mobile communication apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed an example of the screen image in case the mobile communication apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention edits. 5 is a flowchart cited for explaining the operation of the mobile communication device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is the flowchart quoted in order to demonstrate operation | movement of the mobile communication apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the area | region allocation structure of the broadcast channel information holding part used in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is the flowchart quoted in order to demonstrate the operation | movement of the mobile communication apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention in detail. It is the image figure which showed the operation | movement of the mobile communication apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention on the display screen. It is the image figure which showed the operation | movement of the mobile communication apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention on the display screen. It is a hardware block diagram which shows the internal structure of the broadcast channel information provision apparatus used in both Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a hardware block diagram which shows the internal structure of the mobile communication apparatus used in both Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2 of this invention.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Broadcast channel information provision apparatus, 2 Communication network, 3 Mobile communication apparatus, 4 GPS satellite, 11 Broadcast channel information storage part, 12 Broadcast channel information extraction part, 13 Broadcast channel information transmission part, 14 Current position information reception part, 30 Present Position information positioning section, 31 Current position information transmission section, 32 Broadcast channel information holding section, 33 Broadcast channel information update control section, 34 Broadcast channel information UI providing section, 35 Broadcast channel information receiving section, 321 Broadcast channel information reception content holding area 322 Broadcast channel information edit content holding area.

Claims (7)

A mobile communication device that receives corresponding broadcast channel information from a broadcast channel information providing device connected via a communication network based on transmission of its current location information,
A broadcast channel information holding unit that holds the received broadcast channel information and the edited content of the broadcast channel information that is edited and captured by user input;
Broadcast channel information that captures user input related to whether or not the broadcast channel information is updated, and updates the broadcast channel information for the broadcast channel information holding unit by controlling transmission of its current position information to the broadcast channel information providing apparatus. An update controller;
A mobile communication device comprising: The broadcast channel information held in the broadcast channel information holding unit is output, and a user's selection input operation regarding whether or not the broadcast channel information is updated, or an edit input operation and a selection input operation of a broadcast channel desired to be viewed are prompted. A user interface providing unit for providing a user interface;
The mobile communication device according to claim 1, further comprising: The broadcast channel information holding unit
Broadcast channel information edit that holds the difference between the broadcast channel information reception content holding area in which the received broadcast channel information is held, and the broadcast channel information that is edited by the user and generated by the editing 2. The mobile communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a content holding area is assigned and information corresponding to each area is held. The broadcast channel information update control unit
When broadcast channel information belonging to the same area is received along with movement, the received broadcast channel information is compared with the broadcast channel information already held in the broadcast channel information holding unit, and the broadcast channel information is edited. 4. The mobile communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a difference of the broadcast channel information excluding contents is generated, and the contents of the broadcast channel information holding unit are updated based on the difference. The broadcast channel information update control unit
The difference contents are extracted by comparing the broadcast channel information already held in the broadcast channel information holding unit with the newly received broadcast channel information, and the extracted difference contents and the broadcast channel information are held. 5. The edit content stored in the copy section is compared, and if the newly received difference content overlaps with the edit content, the edit content excluding the duplicate content is updated. The mobile communication device described. A program used for a mobile communication device that receives corresponding broadcast channel information from a broadcast channel information providing device connected via a communication network based on transmission of its current location information,
Holding the received broadcast channel information and the edited content of the broadcast channel information edited and captured by user input in a storage device;
Capturing user input regarding the presence or absence of updating of the broadcast channel information, controlling the transmission of the current position information of itself to the broadcast channel information providing device, and updating the broadcast channel information held in the storage device;
A program that causes a computer to execute. A broadcast channel information providing system comprising a mobile communication device that receives a broadcast based on broadcast channel information, and a broadcast channel information providing device connected to the mobile communication device via a wirelessly connectable communication network,
The broadcast channel information providing device includes:
A broadcast channel information storage unit that stores one or more broadcast channel information associated with the current position information of the mobile communication device, and of the one or more broadcast channel information, corresponds to the current position information of the mobile communication device. A broadcast channel information extraction unit for extracting broadcast channel information, and a broadcast channel information transmission unit for transmitting the extracted broadcast channel information to the mobile communication device,
The mobile communication device
A current position information transmitting unit that transmits its current position information to the broadcast channel information providing apparatus, broadcast channel information transmitted from the broadcast channel information providing apparatus based on the current position information, and editing by user input The broadcast channel information holding unit that holds the edited content of the broadcast channel information that is captured and the user input regarding whether or not the broadcast channel information is updated, and the current location information is transmitted to the broadcast channel information providing apparatus. A broadcast channel information update control unit that controls the broadcast channel information to update the broadcast channel information.

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