JP2010074660A - Automatic program selection device, automatic program selection method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic program selection device capable of displaying a program corresponding to work that a user is performing on equipment. <P>SOLUTION: The automatic program selection device 1 acquires work information relating to the work from a user working equipment 5 that performs work based on input of a user, extracts retrieval information from the work information, retrieves program information relating to a program meeting the retrieval information from a program information storage server 2 via a network 6, acquires the program from a program distribution server via the network 6 on the basis of the program information obtained as a result of retrieval, and displays the acquired program on a display device 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic program selection apparatus, an automatic program selection method, and a program.

  Several techniques for automatically switching television programs are known.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for automatically switching to a channel with a high audience rating program. This technology is based on general information such as audience rating, and is not based on user-centered information.

For example, Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for monitoring a user's operation performed when selecting a program, obtaining a favorite program, and preferentially recommending the program. In this technology, user behavior is used as an information source for program determination, but selection is performed based on past history. In the end, the user is selecting a program for the television.
JP 2003-153105 A JP-A-10-257405

  In a conventional television or a device that acquires and displays a video program from a network, it is assumed that the user is watching the television, and is not assumed to be working other than the television. For this reason, the conventional technology has not been able to effectively use the useful information that the user is currently performing.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and provides an automatic program selection apparatus, an automatic program selection method, and a program that can display a program according to a work that a user is performing on a device. The purpose is to do.

  The automatic program selection apparatus according to the present invention extracts search information from a user work device that performs work based on user input, an acquisition unit that acquires work information related to the work, and the work information. An extraction unit; a program search unit that searches for program information relating to a program that matches the search information; and a program is acquired from a program distribution server based on the program information obtained as a result of the search, and the acquired program is displayed. And a program display unit to be displayed on the apparatus.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to display the program according to the operation | work which the user is doing with respect to an apparatus.

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

  FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a network system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an automatic program selection device, 2 is a program information storage server, 3 is a program distribution server, 4 is a display device, 5 is a user work device, and 6 is a network.

  The network 6 is, for example, the Internet, but is not limited to this and may be another network.

  First, an outline of each device will be described.

  As will be described in detail later, the automatic program selection device 1 displays a program related to the work on the display device 4 based on information (work information) on the work performed by the user acquired from the user work device 5. It is intended to be displayed.

  Information related to the work that the user is currently performing is important information that expresses the user's interest, and by displaying programs related to that information on the TV, meaningful information is provided to the user at an appropriate timing. can do. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user is not watching the display device 4 such as a television (or is not actively, actively or continuously watching), and the user is not allowed to view the display device 4 except for viewing. By displaying a program related to the current work on the display device, it is possible to provide the user with appropriate information related to the work in a timely manner. For example, when the user is chatting with a friend while operating the PC that is the user work device 5 while the television that is the display device 4 is turned on, the content of the chat (for example, “Today's dinner menu” Was related to “Yokohama Family Ramen”, etc.) (for example, a special ramen program in Yokohama) was automatically selected and displayed.

  The user work device 5 is a device for which the program automatic selection device 1 acquires work information (a device on which the user is currently working). The user work device 5 is a device that performs work such as processing or control based on user input or the like, and is, for example, a device such as a PC or a mobile phone terminal. The user performs some work using the user work device 5, and information generated by this work is sent to the automatic program selection apparatus 1 as work information.

  The program information storage server 2 is a server that holds information (program information) related to each program for a plurality of programs and responds to the search result in response to a search request. The search result is, for example, program information of a program that matches the search request. Here, the program information is information for uniquely identifying each program. Specifically, for example, a set of “URL of a program distribution server that distributes the program”, “program identification information (for example, program name)”, “channel identification information (for example, channel name)”, etc. It is. Note that the program information storage server 2 may further hold meta information corresponding to each program and include the meta information of the program in the search result.

  In this embodiment, the program automatic selection device 1 requests the program information storage server 2 to search through the network 6 based on the work information acquired from the program automatic selection device 1, and the program information storage server 2 A search result for the request is transmitted.

  The program distribution server 3 is a server that holds a program and distributes the program in response to a program request. The program distribution server 3 may distribute the program itself, or may transmit a pointer such as a URL to an element constituting the program or information necessary for configuring the program.

  In the present embodiment, the program automatic selection device 1 requests a program from the program distribution server 3 through the network 6, and the program distribution server 3 distributes the program in response to the request.

  The display device 4 is a device for which the program automatic selection device 1 displays a program acquired from the program distribution server 3. Various devices can be applied to the display device 4. For example, a television or a device such as a PC, a mobile phone terminal, a PDA, or a printer may be used.

  Next, the device configuration, connection relationship, and the like will be described.

  The automatic program selection device 1 may be directly connected to the network 6 or may be connected to the network 6 via a LAN (not shown).

  The automatic program selection apparatus 1 can be realized as an independent apparatus or as a part of an independent apparatus, and can also be realized as software operating on an apparatus such as a PC.

  It is assumed that the user work device 5 on which the user is working is located physically close to the display device 4. For example, when the display device 4 (for example, a television) is placed in the same room as the user work device 5 (for example, a PC), the user works with the user work device 5 or the user work When the device 5 is a mobile phone terminal, various modes such as a mode in which a user makes a call or mobile mail using the mobile phone terminal in the vicinity of the display device 4 are possible.

  The automatic program selection device 1, the display device 4, and the user work device 5 may all be independent devices, or any two of them may be integrated. All of these may be integrated. For example, the program automatic selection device 1 may be realized by a program that operates on a stationary PC, the display device 4 may be a television, and the user work device 5 may be a portable PC. Further, for example, the display device 4 and the user work device 5 may be the same PC or the same mobile phone terminal. Further, for example, the program automatic selection device 1 and the user work device 5 may be the same PC. Further, for example, the program automatic selection device 1 may incorporate the display device 4.

  When the automatic program selection device 1 and the display device 4 are independent devices, the automatic program selection device 1 and the display device 4 may be directly connected by a dedicated cable, a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, or the like. It may be connected via a local network or the Internet. The same applies to the case where the automatic program selection device 1 and the user work device 5 are independent devices.

  Only one program information storage server 2 may exist on the network 6, or a plurality of program information storage servers 2 may exist. Further, when the program automatic selection device 1 is connected to the network 6 via a LAN (not shown), a program information storage server also exists on the LAN, and the program automatic selection device 1 is connected to the LAN. The program information may be acquired from the program information storage server. Alternatively, a configuration in which the program information storage server exists only on the LAN is also possible. The same applies to the program distribution server 3.

  Further, the program information storage server 2 and the program distribution server 3 may all be independent, or may be integrated with the program information storage server 2 and the program distribution server 3 or all of them. The program information storage server 2 and the program distribution server 3 may be integrated.

  FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration example of the automatic program selection device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the program automatic selection device 1 of this embodiment includes an extraction unit 11, a search unit 12, and a program display unit 13.

  The extraction unit 11 receives work information sent from the user work device 5 and extracts information for search (search information) from the work information. For example, the extraction unit 11 extracts appropriate character information as search information from work information including a wide variety of work information. In this case, specifically, for example, the current work is estimated by frequent word extraction or the like, and one or more characteristic words are selected. The extraction unit 11 passes the search information to the search unit 12.

  The search unit 12 creates a search request based on the search information received from the extraction unit 11, and transmits the search request to the program information storage server 2. Then, the search result (program information) sent from the program information storage server 2 is received, and the received search result is passed to the program display unit 13. At this time, a part of the program information included in the received search result may be selected and passed to the program display unit 13.

  The program display unit 13 transmits a program request to the program distribution server 3 based on the program information received from the search unit 12 and acquires a program sent from the program distribution server 3. Then, the acquired program is sent to the display device 4. The display device 4 displays the program delivered from the program display unit 13.

  With these functions, the automatic program selection apparatus 1 displays a program based on information related to the current work for the user. The automatic program selection device 1 allows the user to obtain information related to the work even when other work is being performed.

  FIG. 3 shows an internal configuration example of the search unit 12 of the program automatic selection device 1 of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the search unit 12 includes a search request creation unit 121, a search request transmission unit 122, a search result reception unit 123, and a selection unit 124.

  The search request creation unit 121 creates a search request based on the search information received from the extraction unit 11.

  The search request transmission unit 122 transmits the search request created by the search request creation unit 121 to the program information storage server 2.

  The search result receiving unit 123 receives a search result (program information) sent from the program information storage server 2.

  The selection unit 124 selects what should be passed to the program display unit 13 from the program information included in the search result.

  A configuration without the selection unit 124 is also possible. In this case, all the search results (program information) received by the search result receiving unit 123 are passed to the program display unit 13.

  Hereinafter, the program automatic selection apparatus 1 of this embodiment will be described in more detail.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the operation procedure of the program automatic selection device 1 of the present embodiment.

<Step S1>
It is assumed that the user is working on the user work device 5.

  The user work device 5 sends work information to the automatic program selection device 1 based on work performed by the user. The automatic program selection apparatus 1 receives work information from the user work device 5.

  Instead of selecting the work information to be transmitted to the automatic program selection device 1 from the information generated at the user work device 5 and transmitting it to the automatic program selection device 1, it is generated at the user work device 5. All of the information may be transmitted to the automatic program selection apparatus 1 and information to be set as work information may be selected from the information received by the automatic program selection apparatus 1.

When the user work device 5 is a PC, for example, the following information can be used as work information. In addition to these, any information that can be acquired by the PC can be work information.
・ Contents displayed on the Web browser
・ Search keyword in Web browser
・ Web browser history
・ Input words to IME
・ Chat contents
・ The contents of the most recently sent / received mail
-Metadata such as artist name and album name of the music being played For example, when the user inputs "patent" as a search keyword in the web browser, "patent" is sent as work information (as a result, for example, The program related to “patent” is acquired by the automatic program selection device 1 and displayed on the display device 4).

Further, when the user work device 5 is a mobile phone terminal, for example, the following information can be used as work information. In addition to these, all information that can be acquired by the mobile phone terminal can be work information.
・ The name of the person you are talking to
・ Location information
・ Contents displayed on mobile web browser
・ Search keyword in mobile web browser
・ Mobile web browser history
・ The contents of the most recently sent / received mail For example, when a user is communicating with a friend via mobile phone and writes “set at 10:00 in Yokohama Chinatown”, “Yokohama Chinatown” is sent as work information ( As a result, for example, a program related to “Yokohama Chinatown” is acquired by the automatic program selection device 1 and displayed on the display device 4).

  It should be noted that which (one or more) information is specifically set as work information may be fixed in advance or may be set as appropriate. Further, this setting may be made possible by the user.

  If the user work device 5 is a stationary PC, a wired LAN can be used in many cases. Therefore, a wired LAN is used as a communication means from the user work device 5 to the program automatic selection device 1. From the viewpoint of speed and reliability.

  When the user work device 5 is a notebook PC or a mobile phone terminal, it is desirable to use a wireless LAN because the wired LAN restricts the user's behavior. Specifically, a wireless LAN device such as 802.11a / b / g / n, Bluetooth (registered trademark), zigbee (registered trademark), infrared, or the like can be used as a communication unit.

<Step S2>
The extraction unit 11 extracts search information from the received work information. For example, appropriate character information is extracted as search information. The extracted search information is sent to the search unit 12 as search information.

  When character information is extracted as search information, the character information to be extracted may be a single word, a plurality of words connected by a conditional expression such as AND or OR, a text form, or a URL Or an address.

  When the work information is a search keyword in the Web browser, the work information is a character string input for search, and the search keyword may be passed to the search unit 12 as search information as it is.

  If the work information is HTML of the content displayed on the Web browser, the HTML and CSS are analyzed, the central content part is selected, and after performing morphological analysis, A word that appears repeatedly or a characteristic word may be selected as search information. It should be noted that by providing the extraction unit 11 with a learning function, it is possible to select feature words more efficiently based on the tendency of the past word history.

  When the work information is the content of the mail that has been sent and received recently, a characteristic word may be selected as search information. At that time, a different word may be selected depending on the past history and transmission / reception partner. Also, spoken words are often used for the contents of emails, so a word analysis dictionary dedicated to spoken words may be prepared to prevent false detection to some extent.

  By the way, in this embodiment, the result (information for search) which should be extracted by the extraction part 11 does not necessarily need to make it completely correspond with a user's intention. In the present embodiment, the user does not actively or actively watch the TV, but is only for the purpose of attracting the user's attention. It is desirable that there should be a slight difference between the result to be done and the intention of the user (or the user's work) (it is easy to attract the user's attention).

<Step S3>
The search unit 12 creates a search request based on the search information received from the extraction unit 11 (for example, character information such as a search keyword), and sends the created search request to the program information storage server 2 through the network 6. .

  At this time, the search request may include incidental information in addition to the search information. The incidental information is, for example, information related to the program automatic selection device 1 (for example, date of start, startup history, operation status, etc.) and information related to the user of the program automatic selection device 1 (for example, address, search history so far, Birthday).

<Step S4>
As described above, the program information storage server 2 holds program information of a plurality of programs (for example, a set of URLs of program distribution servers, program identification information, and channel identification information). Further, the program information storage server 2 further holds meta information associated with each program. The meta information includes, for example, “program name”, “performer name”, “broadcast time zone”, “keyword”, “theme”, “list of words uttered in the program”, “ "List of words displayed in the program", "Song name played in the program", "Sound effect name", "Location name", "Store name", "URL indicated in the program", "Production manager""," Inquiry phone number "," inquiry mail address "all or part of the information may be included.

  The program information storage server 2 is based on search information (for example, character information such as a search keyword) included in the received search request and meta information of each program from the stored program information. Then, program information of a program having meta information suitable for the search information is extracted. In this extraction, more detailed selection may be performed using not only the character information but also the accompanying information included in the search request.

  After extracting the program information, the program information storage server 2 transmits the program information to the search unit 12 as a search result.

<Step S5>
The selection unit 124 selects what should be passed to the program display unit 13 from the program information included in the search result.

  In this case, for example, the program automatic storage apparatus 1 can search all the program information that matches the search request by the program information storage server 2 (or, for example, at most n from the top of the matching degree based on the search information and meta information). The selection unit 124 may select, for example, one program having the highest fitness from the received program information, or may select, for example, the higher fitness from the received program information. Alternatively, a maximum of m programs may be selected. Further, the number (or maximum number) selected by the selection unit 124 may be fixed in advance or may be set as appropriate. Further, this setting may be made possible by the user.

  A configuration without the selection unit 124 is also possible. In this case, based on the search request, the program information storage server 2 may select, for example, one piece of program information having the highest degree of matching, and transmit this to the automatic program selection device 1 or a search request May be transmitted to the automatic program selection apparatus 1 as a search result of up to n (or all) search results from the top of the fitness level, for example. If the selection unit 124 is not provided, in any case, all the search results (program information) received by the search result receiving unit 123 are passed to the program display unit 13.

  Similar to the extraction by the extraction unit 11, in the present embodiment, it is not always necessary to select program information in descending order of fitness, and for example, program information with low fitness is selected at an appropriate frequency. Anyway. For example, the higher the matching degree, the higher the probability of selection.

<Step S6>
The search unit 12 that has received the program information transmits a program request to the program display unit 13 based on the program information.

  A search request to the program information storage server 2 and a response (search result) from the program information storage server 2 may be associated with each other and stored in the automatic program selection apparatus 1. This makes it possible to speed up the response even when using a relatively slow external network, for example. By the way, when such a cache is used, generally, the latest information cannot always be acquired. However, in the present embodiment, as with the extraction of search information by the extraction unit 11 described above, The user is not actively or actively watching the television, and is only for the purpose of attracting the user's attention, so the information held in the cache does not necessarily need to be the latest information. Therefore, in this embodiment, it is considered useful to actively use the cache.

  Further, the program automatic selection device 1 may hold the program information without using the program information storage server 2. In that case, instead of transmitting a search request to the program information storage server 2, the search unit 12 selects a program using a program database (having the same function as the program information storage server 2) held therein. To do.

<Step S7>
The program display unit 13 acquires the actual program content from the program distribution server 3 on the network 6 based on the program information received from the search unit 12.

  In addition, the structure in which the program delivery server 3 hold | maintains only the information used as the origin of a program is also possible. In this case, the automatic program selection apparatus 1 may acquire information that is the basis of the program from the program distribution server 3, and may construct and display the program according to the acquired information. Here, construction refers to, for example, acquiring and processing information on the Internet and adding video effects such as fade-in and slide-in. The program constructed in this way can be shown as if the original information was text information or still images on the Internet as if it were a video program.

<Step S8>
The contents of the program received by the program display unit 13 are sent to the display device 4.

  The display device 4 displays the received program as it is.

  By the way, when another program is displayed on the display device 4, it is possible to attract the user's attention by suddenly switching from the other program to the acquired program, but the user may remain uncomfortable. There is sex. Therefore, it is desirable that the timing of switching from another program to the acquired program is such that the switching of the program feels as natural as possible. Specifically, for example, the timing when the currently displayed program ends or the timing when the currently displayed program is divided. Note that the timing at which a program is divided is, for example, the timing at which a scene ends.

  Alternatively, for example, when switching in the middle of another program, a natural program may be switched by fading out the sound of the other program and blacking out or whitening the image.

  In addition, for example, when the previous switching was performed by fading out, the switching method may be changed as appropriate, such as switching at a location with good separation this time.

  Note that what type of switching method is used may be fixed in advance or may be set as appropriate. Further, this setting may be made possible by the user.

  The judgment of the program switching timing and the actual switching may be performed by the program display unit 13 or the display device 4.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, information related to work performed by the user on the user work device 5 is sent to the program automatic selection device 1, so that information related to the work is displayed on the display device 4. It can be presented.

  By the way, various variations are possible in the timing of the acquisition of the work information from the user work device 5 of the program automatic selection device 1 and the display of the program on the display device 4 of the program automatic selection device 1.

  For example, the automatic program selection apparatus 1 always waits for transmission of work information from the user work device 5, and when the work information is received and the search information can be extracted, the program is searched for immediately. Later, a program may be acquired and displayed on the display device 4 (via the above switching control).

  Also, for example, the program automatic selection device 1 waits for n minutes, receives work information during that time, and if the search information can be extracted, immediately after searching the program, acquires the program (see above It is also possible to display on the display device 4 (through the switching control). Here, n may be a fixed value (for example, a value between 0 and 30) or a random number selected each time from a predetermined range (for example, 0 to 30). good.

  For example, when work information is acquired one after another, short programs (for example, programs of 30 seconds to several minutes) may be acquired one after another and displayed from the start to the end. However, the programs may be acquired one after another regardless of the length of the programs, and the programs to be displayed may be switched one after another without ending each program. Further, for example, a long program (for example, a program exceeding 30 minutes to 1 hour) may be acquired based on the work information acquired first and displayed until the program ends. Various other variations are possible.

  In the above description, character information is used as the work information. However, instead of or in addition, voice information such as the content of a call on a mobile phone terminal can be used.

  Further, the extraction unit 11 may extract character information by voice recognition. In this case, since there is usually only one user using the mobile phone terminal, the accuracy of voice recognition may be improved by learning voice from a past call.

  Alternatively, the search unit 12 can simply be configured to send audio to the program information storage server 2 so that the program information storage server 2 recognizes the audio. This method is effective because the program information storage server 2 is expected to have a high-speed processing capability.

  However, since it is possible that the network connection to the program information storage server 2 is a narrow band, it may be difficult to transmit audio using the band. Therefore, it is desirable for the extraction unit 11 to perform voice recognition.

  In any case, the accuracy of speech recognition is not a problem. This is because the user is not paying attention to the display device 4, and there is no problem even if information that is slightly deviated is provided. Rather, it may be possible that information that is slightly out of date may give the user a sense of surprise and become a factor of interest.

  An appropriate program can also be presented, but a program that is off based on a certain probability may be presented. For example, for 80% of the programs to be presented, programs whose fitness (value of 0 to 1) exceeds 0.8, and for 20% of the programs to be presented, fitness ( A value between 0 and 1) may be presented between 0.3 and 0.8.

  Also, image information can be used as the work information. In this case, for example, search information such as words may be extracted using a character recognition technique such as OCR.

  Alternatively, the image information is directly sent to the program information storage server 2 as search information, and the program information storage server 2 determines the relevance between the image and the program of the program information storage server 2. Also good. However, in this case, since the load on the program information storage server 2 becomes a problem, the use band is narrowed by increasing the compression rate of the image, and the extraction unit 11 performs feature point extraction to make it easier to determine the correlation. It is also considered useful.

  Alternatively, it is possible to use a moving image instead of a still image as the work information. In this case, since it is unrealistic from the viewpoint of bandwidth to transmit all the moving images to the program information storage server 2, for example, several images are extracted as thumbnails and the images are sent to the program information storage server 2. Anyway. For example, images used as thumbnails may be extracted with a fixed time of 0 seconds, 10 seconds, 5 minutes, etc. on the time axis, and for example, the colors used have greatly changed from the video. A characteristic item such as the above may be selected.

  In this embodiment, network distribution of a program has been described as an example. However, the present invention can also be applied to a case where a program is broadcast by, for example, cable television or terrestrial digital broadcasting. In this case, the program distribution server 3 transmits information such as the channel number, start time, and end time of the program, and the automatic program selection device 1 may cause the display device 4 to receive and display the broadcast of the program. .

  Further, in the description so far, the configuration in which the program automatic selection device 1 displays the program acquired from the program distribution server 3 has been described. However, the program automatic selection device 1 displays the program acquired from the program distribution server 3. A configuration for recording is also possible. In this case, a recording device may be used instead of the display device 4. Further, when the display device 4 has a recording function, the program automatic selection device 1 may display and record the program acquired from the program distribution server 3.

Each of the above functions can be realized even if it is described as software and processed by a computer having an appropriate mechanism.
The present embodiment can also be implemented as a program for causing a computer to execute a predetermined procedure, causing a computer to function as a predetermined means, or causing a computer to realize a predetermined function. In addition, the present invention can be implemented as a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

The figure which shows the structural example of the network system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the schematic structural example of the program automatic selection apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment The figure which shows the internal structural example of the search part of the program automatic selection apparatus which concerns on the embodiment The flowchart which shows an example of the operation | movement procedure of the program automatic selection apparatus which concerns on the embodiment

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Program automatic selection apparatus, 2 ... Program information storage server, 3 ... Program distribution server, 4 ... Display apparatus, 5 ... User work apparatus, 6 ... Network, 11 ... Extraction part, 12 ... Search part, 13 ... Program display 121: Search request creation unit 122 ... Search request transmission unit 123 ... Search result reception unit 124 ... Selection unit

Claims (8)

An acquisition unit that acquires work information related to the work from a user work device that performs work based on user input;
An extraction unit for extracting search information from the work information;
A program search unit for searching for program information related to a program that matches the search information;
An automatic program selection apparatus comprising: a program display unit that acquires a program from a program distribution server based on program information obtained as a result of the search, and displays the acquired program on a display device.   The program search unit creates a search request based on the search information, transmits the search request to a program information storage server, and receives the program information as a search result for the search request from the program information storage server. The program automatic selection device according to claim 1, wherein:   2. The program automatic selection device according to claim 1, wherein the program search unit further comprises a selection unit that selects a program related to a program to be displayed on the display device from the received program information. .   4. The program automatic selection device according to claim 3, wherein the selection unit selects a program information having a higher degree of matching with the search information with a higher probability in the selection.   The automatic program selection apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a cache that holds the search request and the search result in association with each other.   2. The user work device and the display device are physically close to each other, or the user work device and the display device are integrated. Automatic program selection device. A program automatic selection method of a program automatic selection device,
An acquisition unit provided in the program automatic selection device acquires work information related to the work from a user work device that performs work based on a user's input;
An extraction unit provided in the automatic program selection device extracts search information from the work information;
A program search unit included in the program automatic selection device searching for program information related to a program that matches the search information;
The program display unit included in the program automatic selection device includes a step of acquiring a program from a program distribution server based on the program information obtained as a result of the search, and causing the display device to display the acquired program. Program automatic selection method. A program for causing a computer to function as a program automatic selection device,
An acquisition unit provided in the program automatic selection device acquires work information related to the work from a user work device that performs work based on a user's input;
An extraction unit provided in the automatic program selection device extracts search information from the work information;
A program search unit included in the program automatic selection device searching for program information related to a program that matches the search information;
A program display unit included in the program automatic selection device acquires a program from a program distribution server based on the program information obtained as a result of the search, and causes the computer to execute a step of displaying the acquired program on a display device. Program for.

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