Television broadcasting method, television broadcasting device, receiving device and medium
First Claim
1. A television broadcasting method comprising:
- storing a storage unit of a receiving device with a program selected from within broadcast signals and general living information including plural items of information on a local area base, together with an area map; and
displaying on a screen an item of information selected from within the general living information together with the map.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a function of easily selecting a desire-to-watch program by a simple operation. A plurality of maps 7 of different ranges of a resident area of a viewer are previously transmitted and accumulated in a memory built in a TV receiver. The maps are categorized for walking, a bicycle and a car on the basis of a location of a house of the viewer, and the maps suited to respective applications can be seen by selecting icons 8 (71) displayed on a screen. Further, it is possible to display, on the map, positions of department stores, supermarkets, restaurants and amusement parks and, in addition, information of inserts, menu information of the restaurants, and event information of the amusement parks by selecting the icons 8 (75). Moreover, information on a traffic congestion, natural disasters and others can be displayed on the map and properly rewritten. Viewers can easily obtain these pieces of information by operating a remote controller.
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24 Claims
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1. A television broadcasting method comprising:
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storing a storage unit of a receiving device with a program selected from within broadcast signals and general living information including plural items of information on a local area base, together with an area map; and
displaying on a screen an item of information selected from within the general living information together with the map. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A television broadcasting method of broadcasting to a television receiving device having a storage device, comprising:
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generating distribution information by synthesizing positional information for specifying a point with general living information on this point; and
distributing the distribution information, wherein the general living information is accumulated in said television receiver. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A television broadcasting device for broadcasting to a television receiving device having a storage device, comprising:
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an information processing unit for generating distribution information by synthesizing positional information for specifying a point with general living information on this point; and
a transmission unit for distributing the distribution information, wherein the general living information is accumulated in said television receiver. - View Dependent Claims (11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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12. A television receiver to or into which a display unit is connected or incorporated, comprising:
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a map information recording unit for retaining map information;
a receiving unit for receiving general living information containing positional information for specifying a point;
a living information recording unit for recording the general living information received; and
a control unit for controlling displaying on said display unit, wherein said control unit synthesizes the general living information with map information in accordance with the positional information and displays the synthesized information on said display unit.
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18. A readable-by-computer recording medium recorded with a program for making a computer control television broadcasts to a television receiver having a storage device, said program comprising:
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referring to distribution information containing positional information for specifying a point and general living information related to this point; and
distributing the distribution information, wherein the general living information is accumulated in said television receiver.
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19. A readable-by-computer recording medium recorded with a program for making a computer to which a display device is connected, receive and display general living information, said program comprising:
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referring map information;
receiving the general living information containing positional information for specifying a point;
recording the general living information received; and
displaying the general living information in a way that synthesizes the general living information with map information on the basis of the positional information.
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