Broadcasting system and an information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus used therein
First Claim
1. A method for issuing a coupon in a broadcasting system including a center and at least one information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- providing a service providing apparatus in said center;
making contents data of services of each of various programs configured with video information, sound information, character information and the like transmitted by a broadcasting means, and service additional information in which information relating to said services is described as attribute information;
broadcasting said contents data of said services and said service additional information as data of each of said various programs from said service providing apparatus;
receiving said contents data of said services and said service additional information by said information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus of a viewer and accumulating the same in said information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus;
regenerating said contents data of said services or said service additional information received by said information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus to provide additional services on the basis of said service additional information when said viewer views said program;
broadcasting coupon indirect information used to issue a coupon as said contents data of said services from said service providing apparatus of said center; and
receiving and accumulating said coupon indirect information by said information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus and accumulating the same in said information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus, thereby issuing said coupon.
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Abstract
In a broadcasting system including a center and an information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus, contents data of services of each of various data and service additional information in which information relating to these services is described are made in the center. The contents data of services and the service additional information are broadcasted from a service providing apparatus provided in the center. The information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus receives and accumulates the contents data of services and the service additional information therein. When a user of the information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus regenerates the contents data of services and the service additional information to view the program, the information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus provides an additional service on the basis of the service additional information. The service providing apparatus of the center broadcasts coupon indirect information used to issue a coupon, and the information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus of the viewer receives and accumulates the coupon indirect information to issue a coupon.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for issuing a coupon in a broadcasting system including a center and at least one information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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providing a service providing apparatus in said center;
making contents data of services of each of various programs configured with video information, sound information, character information and the like transmitted by a broadcasting means, and service additional information in which information relating to said services is described as attribute information;
broadcasting said contents data of said services and said service additional information as data of each of said various programs from said service providing apparatus;
receiving said contents data of said services and said service additional information by said information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus of a viewer and accumulating the same in said information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus;
regenerating said contents data of said services or said service additional information received by said information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus to provide additional services on the basis of said service additional information when said viewer views said program;
broadcasting coupon indirect information used to issue a coupon as said contents data of said services from said service providing apparatus of said center; and
receiving and accumulating said coupon indirect information by said information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus and accumulating the same in said information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus, thereby issuing said coupon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus used in a broadcasting system including a center and said information broadcasting receiving terminal apparatus comprising:
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a receiving unit for receiving contents data of services of each of various programs and service additional information broadcasted as data of each of various program from a service providing apparatus provided in said center, said contents data of each of various programs being configured with video information, sound information, character information and the like to be transmitted from a broadcasting means of said center and said service additional information being described therein information relating to said services as attribute information, said contents data of services and said service additional information being made in said center;
a storing unit for storing said contents data of services and said service additional information received by said receiving unit;
an information managing unit for managing said contents data of services and said service additional information stored in said storing unit separately from each other;
a regenerating unit for reading out said contents data of services and said service additional information stored in said storing unit at an arbitrary timing to regenerate them;
a coupon indirect information accumulating unit for accumulating coupon indirect information broadcasted as information used to issue a coupon as said contents data of services received from said service providing apparatus of said center by said receiving unit; and
an issuing unit for issuing said coupon on the basis of said coupon indirect information accumulated in said coupon indirect information accumulating unit. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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