JP3106682B2 - Video information editing service system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video information editing service system, and more particularly to a video information editing service system which allows a user to view desired video information from multimedia information from a television broadcast, satellite broadcast, CATV, or the like at any time. The present invention relates to a video information editing service system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the age of multimedia, there is a growing need for customers to freely enjoy multimedia information they want to see. In response to such customer needs, recently, a dedicated remote controller has been developed which allows a user to easily make a recording reservation for a television program on a home VTR.

[0003] This dedicated remote control has a function of storing a specific code number previously input by a user and remotely operating a VTR at a specified time to record a corresponding television program. .

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned dedicated remote controller requires a specific code number of a desired television program to be input in advance, and has a problem that the operation is troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to provide a video information editing service system which can satisfy the following customer needs. (1) You can watch the broadcast program you want to watch at your free time. (2) New multimedia information (e-mail, e-publishing, home banking, e-shopping, remote education, etc.) can be freely enjoyed via telephone lines. (3) A simple videophone that shows the other party can be realized. (4) A program to be viewed from many pieces of multimedia information or a reference program can be automatically edited and provided. (5) Information to be viewed can be freely selected. (6) Even children and the elderly can easily operate.

[0006]

A video information editing service system according to the present invention comprises a receiving means for receiving a plurality of broadcast signals such as a television broadcast, a satellite broadcast, a CATV, etc., and a plurality of video information outputted by the receiving means. A subscriber comprising: a recording / reproducing means capable of recording / reproducing; a display means capable of displaying the video information on a screen; and a control means for controlling the receiving means and the recording / reproducing means in response to a recording instruction signal; Program selecting means for automatically selecting a broadcast program to be provided to the subscriber, and generating the recording instruction signal corresponding to the broadcast program selected by the program selecting means, and providing the subscriber via a public telephone line. And an editing service center having means for sending to the control means on the side. Also, the subscriber sends viewing result data such as the number and viewing time of the video information viewed by the subscriber among the video information recorded in the recording / reproducing means to the editing service center side via a public telephone line. Means for performing;
The editing service center may include means for receiving the viewing result data and comparing the data with the broadcast program selected by the program selecting means to change the editing program.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Here, a subscriber 1 receiving the service and an editing service center 2 for providing the service are connected via a public telephone line 3. The information providing company 4 sends information such as electronic mails and electronic shopping to the public telephone line 3.

Now, the subscriber side 1 has a subscriber terminal device 11
And a display device 12 for displaying a video signal on a screen
A VTR device 13 for recording and reproducing video signals; a remote controller 14 for remotely controlling the subscriber terminal device 11;
5 is provided.

[0010] Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the subscriber terminal device 11 includes a receiving unit 111 that receives a plurality of broadcast signals such as television broadcast, satellite broadcast, and CATV and outputs a video signal,
A video disk unit 112 capable of simultaneously recording and reproducing video signals output from the receiving unit, a receiving unit 111 and a video disk unit 112 according to a recording instruction signal Sr sent from the editing service center 2 and a remote control signal from the remote control 14. And a control unit 113 for controlling the VTR device 13 and sending out the viewing result data Dt such as the code number and the viewing time of the video information actually viewed by the subscriber to the editing service center from the recorded video information. Have.

On the other hand, the editing service center 2 includes a program selecting unit 21 for automatically selecting a broadcast program to be provided to the subscriber from a broadcast program table according to the editing program, and a recording instruction corresponding to the selected broadcast program. A recording instruction signal generating unit 22 that generates a signal Sr and sends it out via a public telephone line, receives the viewing result data Dt, compares it with the broadcast program data selected by the program selecting unit, and sets the editing program to the subscriber's preference. And an editing program changing unit 23 for changing the program so as to meet the requirements.

Next, the operation will be described.

The editing service center 2 creates a program data list of program contents, broadcast channels, broadcast time, etc. based on broadcast programs obtained from broadcast stations and the like in advance. Also, an editing program is created in advance based on the subscriber's request. For example, if a subscriber wants to broadcast baseball,
Create an editing program to select a baseball broadcast program.

For example, if the baseball broadcast is on the fourth channel from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, the program selector 21
Selects this baseball broadcast program, stores the program data,
At 1:00 pm, the program data is transmitted to the recording instruction signal generation unit 22. The recording instruction signal generation unit 22 sends a recording instruction signal Sr for instructing to record the baseball relay program of the fourth channel until 3:00 pm to the subscriber via a public telephone line.

The control unit 113 of the subscriber terminal device 11 has a microprocessor and a memory, and has a recording instruction signal S
r is stored, and the receiving unit 111 is caused to receive the fourth channel so that the video disk unit 112 and the VTR
Control is performed so that the device 13 records the video signal of the fourth channel. In this case, the first five minutes are recorded on the video disk unit 112 in consideration of the capacity of the recording medium.
The TR device 13 keeps recording until 3:00 pm.

By the way, in order to cope with the case where the time zones of the two broadcast programs overlap, the receiving unit 111 and the video disk unit 112 can process at least two video signals. In this case, a plurality of VTR devices are required.

By doing so, the control unit 113
Stores the data of the broadcast program recorded for one day, and the video disk unit 112 stores the VTR device 1
The first part of the program recorded in No. 3 is recorded for cueing.

When viewing a recorded broadcast program, the control unit 113 is first operated to display a menu from recorded program data. In this case, the latest version up to immediately before that time is displayed for news and the like that are regularly broadcast. The displayed menu is selected, the video disc unit 112 is played back to perform a cue, a program to be watched is selected, and the selected program is played back by the VTR device 13 for viewing. This selection operation can be remotely controlled using the remote controller 14. It is also possible to skip the display of the menu and directly select and select the start position by the playback operation of the video disk unit according to the viewing method.

After that, the control unit 113 sends the viewing result data Dt such as the number data of the viewed program and the viewing time to the editing service center. Alternatively, the viewing result data is transmitted based on a command from the editing service center.

The editing program change unit 23 of the editing service center 2 accumulates the viewing result data Dt and compares it with the data of the selected broadcast program, thereby grasping the subscriber's preference and matching the subscriber's preference. Modify the editing program as follows.

The still image information transmitted via the public telephone line is received by the control unit 113 and recorded on the video disk unit 112, or the display unit 1
2 is displayed.

In this embodiment, the editing service center transmits the recording instruction signal Sr at each time of the selected program. However, the editing service center transmits recording instruction signals for a plurality of programs at once. You may make it memorize | store once in a control part of a subscriber, and process it.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, an editing service center connected to a subscriber by a public telephone line is provided, and the editing service center allows the subscriber to select desired video information. A recording instruction signal indicating a video information receiving channel, broadcast time, and the like is generated and transmitted to the subscriber side. On the other hand, the subscriber side receives the recording instruction signal, receives and records the designated broadcast program, and can perform a broadcast operation that the subscriber wants to watch by a simple operation without having to perform a recording reservation operation by himself. You can watch the program at your free time and enjoy new multimedia information (e-mail, e-publishing, home banking, e-shopping, remote education, etc.) over the telephone line, and freely enjoy the video information you want to watch. You can choose.

Also, of the recorded video information, the viewing result data such as the program number and viewing time of the video information viewed by the subscriber is fed back to the editing service center via a public telephone line. By comparing the viewing result data with the selected broadcast program data and changing the program for selecting a program, it is possible to select a program that suits the subscriber's preference, and to select a program to be viewed from many multimedia information, Has the effect that the program to be selected can be automatically selected more reliably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a subscriber terminal device 11 and an editing service center 2 shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Subscriber side 2 Editing service center 3 Telephone line 11 Subscriber terminal device 12 Display device 13 VTR device 21 Program selection unit 22 Recording instruction signal generation unit 23 Editing program change unit 111 Receiving unit 112 Video disk unit 113 Control unit Sr Recording instruction Signal Dt Viewing result data

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Claims (13)

(57) [Claims] 1. A broadcast program desired by a subscriber from a plurality of broadcast programs.
An editing service center that selects at least one broadcast program according to a program for selecting a transmission program and generates a recording instruction signal for recording the selected broadcast program; and the editing service center transmitted from the editing service center via a public line. When receiving a broadcast signal of a broadcast program indicated by a recording instruction signal, the subscriber information unit records a video signal corresponding to the received broadcast signal. 2. The subscriber terminal device according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined time of the video signal is recorded as a first video signal in a first recording device, and the whole of the video signal is recorded as a second video signal. 2. The video information editing service system according to claim 1, wherein said video information editing service system records the information on a recording device. Wherein the subscriber terminal device, wherein the first recording device and displayed sequentially reads display the first video signal is selected to subscribers, a first image that is selected Faith
It said second video information editing service system according to claim 2, wherein the displaying the video signal on the display device is read from the second recording apparatus corresponding to the item. 4. The subscriber terminal device selects the subscriber.
The second video signal corresponding to the selected first video signal
4. The video information editing service system according to claim 3 , wherein the display information on the display device is held as viewing result data. Wherein said subscriber terminal device transmits the visual listening record data on the editing service center via the public line, changing the program on the basis with respect to the editing service center to the viewing record data video information editing service system according to claim 4, wherein the make. 6. A broadcast desired by a subscriber from a plurality of broadcast programs.
Edit a recording instruction signal for recording at least one broadcast program selected according to a program for selecting a broadcast program .
Receiving a broadcast signal of a broadcast program indicated by the recording instruction signal from a collection service center via a public line, and recording a video signal corresponding to the received broadcast signal. . 7. A predetermined time portion of the video signal is recorded as a first video signal in a first recording device, and the entire video signal is recorded as a second video signal in a second recording device. 7. The subscriber terminal device according to claim 6, wherein: Wherein said is selected to be displayed subscribers from the first recording apparatus sequentially reads display the first video signal, the second corresponding to the first video signal selected 8. The subscriber terminal device according to claim 7, wherein said video signal is read out from said second recording device and displayed on said display device. 9. A first video signal selected by the subscriber
9. The subscriber terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein display information of said second video signal corresponding to the second video signal on said display device is held as viewing result data. 10. The viewing result data is transmitted to the public line.
To the editing service center via the
Service center based on the viewing result data
10. The program according to claim 9, wherein the program is changed.
Subscriber terminal equipment. 11. A signal indicating character information is received from an information providing center via a public line, the signal indicating the character information is recorded as a video signal of a still image, and the video signal of the recorded still image is read. 11. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the information is displayed on a display device.
The subscriber terminal device according to the above. 12. A subscriber desires from a plurality of broadcast programs.
At least one according to the program to select broadcast programs
To select a broadcast program and record the selected broadcast program
A recording instruction signal is generated for the subscriber terminal via a public line.
Transmitted to the device and the recording instruction signal to the subscriber terminal device.
To receive the broadcast signal of the broadcast program specified by
Characterized by recording a video signal corresponding to the issue
Collection service center. 13. The public line from the subscriber terminal device.
Related to the broadcast program viewed by the subscriber transmitted through
Modify the program based on the viewing result data
13. The editing service center according to claim 12, wherein
Ta.