Information recording-reproducing terminal unit, advertising information distribution server, advertising information distribution system, advertising information distribution method, contents data reproducing program, advertising information distribution program and information recording medium

• US 20050114214A1
• Filed: 11/23/2004
• Published: 05/26/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Itoh, Naoto
• Application Number:
  US10/994,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20050114214A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.270
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0226 Incentive systems for frequent usage, e.g. frequent flyer miles programs or point systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0243 Comparative campaigns
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8352 involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

An object of the invention is to make sound propaganda advertisement in reproducing the contents data recorded in a recording-reproducing apparatus. The recording-reproducing apparatus RC-k records and reproduces the contents data broadcast by a broadcasting installation BE. Such recording-reproducing apparatus RC-k downloads the replacement advertising information for replacing the original advertising information incorporated into the contents data from a management server CS in reproducing the contents data recorded in the self machine. At this time, the management server CS selects the replacement advertising information, based on the advertisement story pattern data indicating the advertisement substance, and the story pattern data indicating the substance of contents conforming to the preference of the user of the recording-reproducing apparatus RC-k, and distributes the replacement advertising information to the recording-reproducing apparatus RC-k. The recording-reproducing apparatus RC-k replaces the original advertising information with the distributed replacement advertising information to reproduce the contents data.

Claims

1. An information recording-reproducing terminal unit comprising:

a receiving device which receives the contents data incorporating at least the first advertising information indicating the advertisement substance and the first advertisement attribute information indicating an attribute of the first advertising information;

a contents data recording device which records the contents data received by the receiving device;

a reproduction device which reproduces the contents data recorded in the contents data recording device;

a determination device which determines whether or not replacement of the first advertising information included in the contents data is required, based on at least one attribute information of the first advertisement attribute information incorporated into the contents data and the user attribute information indicating the attribute of the user on a self machine in reproducing the contents data; and

an advertising information acquirement device which acquires the second advertising information different from the first advertising information from the outside, when the determination device determines that replacement of the first advertising information is required;

wherein when the determination device determines that replacement of the first advertising information is required, and when the second advertising information is acquired by the advertising information acquirement device, the reproduction device reproduces the contents data by replacing the first advertising information incorporated into the contents data with the second advertising information.

2. The information recording-reproducing terminal unit according to claim 1, wherein the receiving device receives at least one of the broadcast date and time of the contents data and the minimum number of reproducing the contents data as the first advertisement attribute information, and the determination device determines whether or not replacement of the first advertising information included in the contents data is required, based on at least one of the first advertisement attribute information and the attribute information indicating the attribute of the user on the self machine.

3. The information recording-reproducing terminal unit according to claim 1, wherein the first advertisement attribute information includes the replacement possibility information indicating whether or not to replace the first advertising information, and the determination device determines that replacement of the first advertisement data is required when replacement of the first advertising information is permitted based on the replacement possibility information.

4. The information recording-reproducing terminal unit according to claim 1, further comprising an edit data generation device which generates the edit data indicating the substance of the edit by editing the contents data, and an edit data transmitting device which transmits the edit data to the outside.

5. The information recording-reproducing terminal unit according to claim 4, further comprising an edit data acquirement device which acquires the edit data from the outside.

6. An advertising information distribution server in an advertising information distribution system having an information recording-reproducing terminal unit which reproduces the contents data by receiving the contents data incorporating the first advertising information indicating the advertisement substance, while acquiring the second advertising information different from the first advertising information and replacing the first advertising information with the second advertising information in certain cases, the server comprising:

a first recording device which records a plurality of second advertising information;

a second recording device which records the advertisement substance information indicating the advertisement substance corresponding to the second advertising information and corresponding to each of the second advertising information recorded in the first recording device;

an acquirement device which acquires the history information indicating the reproduction history of the contents data in the information recording-reproducing terminal unit and including the contents substance information indicating the contents substance corresponding to the contents data from the information recording-reproducing terminal unit receiving the contents data;

a selection device which selects at least one of the second advertising information based on both the history information and the advertisement substance information; and

an advertising information distribution device which distributes the second advertising information selected by the selection device to the information recording-reproducing terminal unit.

7. The advertising information distribution server according to claim 6, wherein the second recording device records, as the advertisement substance information, the information indicating an appearance probability that at least one of a character and a setting location appearing on the advertisement corresponding to the second advertising information appears at any point of time in the advertisement, and the acquirement device acquires, as the contents substance information included in the history information, the information indicating an appearance probability that at least one of a character and a setting location appearing on the contents corresponding to the contents data appears at any point of time in the progress of a story of the contents, and the selection device selects at least one of the second advertising information based on both the history information and the advertisement substance information.

8. The advertising information distribution server according to claim 7, wherein the selection device calculates a difference between the appearance probability corresponding to the contents substance information included in the history information and the appearance probability included in the advertisement substance information, and selects the second advertising information based on the difference.

9. The advertising information distribution server according to claim 6, further comprising:

a questionnaire data distribution device which generates the questionnaire data indicating the questionnaire substance for the advertisement substance of the second advertising information and distributing the questionnaire data to the information recording-reproducing terminal unit; and

a result data acquirement device which acquires the result data corresponding to a questionnaire result answered by the user of the information recording-reproducing terminal unit in accordance with the questionnaire data.

10. The advertising information distribution server according to claim 9, further comprising:

a third recording device which records relationally the identification information for identifying the user of the information recording-reproducing terminal unit and the point data corresponding to a monetary value; and

a point data writing device which writes in the third recording device the point data having a higher monetary value than the point data already recorded in the third recording device, when at least the result data is acquired.

11. The advertising information distribution server according to claim 6, further comprising:

an edit data acquirement device which acquires the edit data indicating the edit substance of the contents data generated in the information recording-reproducing terminal unit; and

a fourth recording device which records the edit data.

12. The advertising information distribution server according to claim 11, further comprising an edit data distribution device which distributes the edit data to the information recording-reproducing terminal unit.

13. The advertising information distribution server according to claim 12, further comprising:

a third recording device which records relationally the identification information for identifying the user of the information recording-reproducing terminal unit and the point data corresponding to a monetary value;

a first point data writing device which writes in the third recording device the point data having a higher monetary value than the point data already recorded in the third recording device, when at least the result data is acquired; and

a second point data writing device which writes in the third recording device the point data having a lower monetary value than the point data already recorded in the third recording device, when the edit data is distributed.

14. An advertising information distribution system including an advertising information distribution server accommodated in a network and an information recording-reproducing terminal unit, the information recording-reproducing terminal unit comprising:

a receiving device which receives the contents data incorporating at least the first advertising information indicating the advertisement substance and the first advertisement attribute information indicating an attribute of the first advertising information;

a contents data recording device which records the contents data received by the receiving device;

a reproduction device which reproduces the contents data recorded in the contents data recording device;

a determination device which determines whether or not replacement of the first advertising information included in the contents data is required, based on at least one attribute information of the first advertisement attribute information incorporated into the contents data and the user attribute information indicating the attribute of the user on a self machine in reproducing the contents data; and

an advertising information acquirement device which acquires the second advertising information different from the first advertising information from the advertising information distribution server when the determination device determines that replacement of the first advertising information is required;

wherein when the determination device determines that replacement of the first advertising information is required, and when the second advertising information is acquired by the advertising information acquirement device, the reproduction device reproduces the contents data by replacing the first advertising information incorporated into the contents data with the second advertising information; and

the advertising information distribution server comprises an advertising information recording device which records a plurality of second advertising information different from the first advertising information, and an advertising information distribution device which distributes the second advertising information to the information recording-reproducing terminal unit for recording and reproducing the information.

15. The advertising information distribution system according to claim 14, wherein the advertising information distribution server further comprises an advertisement substance information recording device which records the advertisement substance information indicating the advertisement substance corresponding to the second advertising information and corresponding to each of the second advertising information recorded in the first recording device, a history information acquirement device which acquires the history information indicating the reproduction history of the contents data in the information recording-reproducing terminal unit and including the contents substance information indicating the contents substance corresponding to the contents data from the information recording-reproducing terminal unit receiving the contents data, and a selection device which selects at least one of the second advertising information based on both the history information and the advertisement substance information, and wherein the advertising information distribution device distributes the second advertising information selected by the selection device to the information recording-reproducing terminal unit.

16. The advertising information distribution system according to claim 15, wherein the advertisement substance information recording device records, as the advertisement substance information, the information indicating an appearance probability that at least one of a character and a setting location appearing on the advertisement corresponding to the second advertising information appears at any point of time in the advertisement, the history information acquirement device acquires, as the contents substance information included in the history information, the information indicating an appearance probability that at least one of a character and a setting location appearing on the contents corresponding to the contents data appears at any point of time in the progress of a story of the contents, and the selection device selects at least one of the second advertising information based on both the history information and the advertisement substance information.

17. An advertising information distribution method for distributing the advertising information indicating the advertisement substance to an information recording-reproducing terminal unit in a system including an advertising information distribution server accommodated in a network and the information recording-reproducing terminal unit, the method comprising:

a receiving process of receiving the contents data incorporating at least the first advertising information indicating the first advertisement substance and the first advertisement attribute information indicating an attribute of the first advertising information in the information recording-reproducing terminal unit;

a contents data recording process of recording the contents data received at the receiving process in the information recording-reproducing terminal unit; and

a reproduction process of reproducing the contents data recorded at the contents data recording process in the information recording-reproducing terminal unit;

the reproduction process further comprising;

a determination process of determining whether or not replacement of the first advertising information included in the contents data is required, based on at least one attribute information of the first advertisement attribute information incorporated into the contents data to be reproduced and the user attribute information indicating an attribute of the user on a self machine in the information recording-reproducing terminal unit;

a transmission process of transmitting an acquirement request of the second advertising information different from the first advertising information to the advertising information distribution server, when it is determined at the determination process that replacement of the first advertising information is required, in the information recording-reproducing terminal unit;

a distribution process of distributing the second advertising information upon the acquirement request transmitted at the transmission process in the advertising information distribution server; and

a replacement reproduction process of reproducing the contents data by replacing the distributed second advertising information with the first advertising information incorporated into the contents data to be reproduced, when the second advertising information is distributed at the distribution process, in the information recording-reproducing terminal unit.

18. A contents data reproduction program for reproducing the contents data on a computer, the program causing the computer to function as:

a receiving device which receives the contents data incorporating at least the first advertising information indicating the advertisement substance and the first advertisement attribute information indicating an attribute of the first advertising information;

a write device which writes the contents data received by the receiving device in a recording medium;

a reproduction device which reproduces the contents data recorded in the recording medium;

a determination device which determines whether or not replacement of the first advertising information included in the contents data is required, based on at least one attribute information of the first advertisement attribute information incorporated into the contents data and the user attribute information indicating an attribute of the user on a self machine in reproducing the contents data; and

an advertising information acquirement device which acquires the second advertising information different from the first advertising information from the outside, when the determination device determines that replacement of the first advertising information is required;

wherein when the determination device determines that replacement of the first advertising information is required, and when the second advertising information is acquired by the advertising information acquirement device, the reproduction device reproduces the contents data by replacing the first advertising information incorporated into the contents data with the second advertising information.

19. An advertising information distribution program for distributing the second advertising information different from the first advertising information incorporated into the contents data to an information recording-reproducing terminal unit on a computer, the program causing the computer to function as:

an advertisement substance information acquirement device which acquirers the advertisement substance information indicating the advertisement substance corresponding to the second advertising information;

a history information acquirement device which acquires the history information indicating the reproduction history of the contents data in the information recording-reproducing terminal unit and including the contents substance information indicating the contents substance corresponding to the contents data from the information recording-reproducing terminal unit receiving the contents data;

a selection device which selects at least one of the second advertising information based on both the history information and the advertisement substance information; and

an advertising information distribution device which distributes the second advertising information selected by the selection device to the information recording-reproducing terminal unit.

20. An information record medium in which a contents data reproduction program is recorded in a readable way by a computer included in an information recording-reproducing terminal unit, the contents data reproduction program causing the computer to function as:

a receiving device which receives the contents data incorporating at least the first advertising information indicating the advertisement substance and the first advertisement attribute information indicating an attribute of the first advertising information;

a write device which writes the contents data received by the receiving device in a recording medium;

a reproduction device which reproduces the contents data recorded in the recording medium;

a determination device which determines whether or not replacement of the first advertising information included in the contents data is required, based on at least one attribute information of the first advertisement attribute information incorporated into the contents data and the user attribute information indicating an attribute of the user on a self machine in reproducing the contents data; and

an advertising information acquirement device which acquires the second advertising information different from the first advertising information from the outside, when the determination device determines that replacement of the first advertising information is required;

wherein when the determination device determines that replacement of the first advertising information is required, and when the second advertising information is acquired by the advertising information acquirement device, the reproduction device reproduces the contents data by replacing the first advertising information incorporated into the contents data with the second advertising information.

21. An information record medium in which an advertising information distribution program is recorded in a readable way by a computer included in an advertising information distribution apparatus, the advertising information distribution program causing the computer to function as:

an advertisement substance information acquirement device which acquires the advertisement substance information indicating the advertisement substance corresponding to the second advertising information;

a history information acquirement device which acquires the history information indicating the reproduction history of the contents data in the information recording-reproducing terminal unit and including the contents substance information indicating the contents substance corresponding to the contents data from the information recording-reproducing terminal unit receiving the contents data;

a selection device which selects at least one of the second advertising information based on both the history information and the advertisement substance information; and

an advertising information distribution device which distributes the second advertising information selected by the selection device to the information recording-reproducing terminal unit.