Program recommending apparatus, program recommended apparatus, and program recommending system
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1. A program recommending apparatus that transmits program recommendation information to a program recommended apparatus via a communication circuit, said program recommending apparatus comprising:
- a program information acquiring section for supplying program information about a program currently broadcast or about a program to be broadcast in the future;
a program recommendation information generating section for generating, according to a program currently viewed or to a program designated from among the program information supplied from said program information acquiring section, program recommendation information that includes information for identifying the program;
a recommendation destination identifying section for generating a list of a program recommended apparatus to which the program recommendation information can be transmitted;
an interface for displaying the list, and for receiving an input for designating a program recommended apparatus; and
a communication section for transmitting the program recommendation information to said program recommended apparatus designated.
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Abstract
When carrying out program recommendation between friends and acquaintances, only information necessary for identifying a recommendation program rather than the program content itself is transmitted from a program recommending terminal to a program recommended terminal. This enables recommendation of the program without using a wide communication band. Besides, a problem of copyright involved in transmitting the program contents can be circumvented.
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1. A program recommending apparatus that transmits program recommendation information to a program recommended apparatus via a communication circuit, said program recommending apparatus comprising:
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a program information acquiring section for supplying program information about a program currently broadcast or about a program to be broadcast in the future;
a program recommendation information generating section for generating, according to a program currently viewed or to a program designated from among the program information supplied from said program information acquiring section, program recommendation information that includes information for identifying the program;
a recommendation destination identifying section for generating a list of a program recommended apparatus to which the program recommendation information can be transmitted;
an interface for displaying the list, and for receiving an input for designating a program recommended apparatus; and
a communication section for transmitting the program recommendation information to said program recommended apparatus designated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A program recommended apparatus that receives program recommendation information transmitted from a program recommending apparatus via a communication circuit, said program recommended apparatus comprising:
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a program information acquiring section for supplying program information about a program currently broadcast or about a program to be broadcast in the future;
a communication section for receiving the program recommendation information transmitted from said program recommending apparatus;
a program recommending source management table for storing authorization information for making a decision as to whether to authorize a program recommendation from said program recommending apparatus;
a program recommending source authentication section for supplying, referring to said program recommending source management table, authorization information given to said program recommending apparatus;
a program recommending section, referring to the authorization information supplied from said program recommending source authentication section, for identifying, when said program recommending apparatus is provided with authorization of recommendation authorized, a program included in the program recommendation information from among the program information supplied from said program information acquiring section; and
a display section for displaying recommendation information based on the program recommendation information about the program identified by said program recommending section. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A program recommending system that transmits program recommendation information from a program recommending apparatus to a program recommended apparatus via a communication circuit, wherein
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generates, according to a program designated from a program currently viewed or to a program designated from among program information about a program currently broadcast and about a program to be broadcast in the future, the program recommendation information including information for identifying the program; and
transmits the program recommendation information to a program recommended apparatus designated from a list of program recommended apparatuses to which the program recommendation information can be transmitted, and wherein said program recommended apparatus that receives the program recommendation information;
referring to a program recommending source management table that stores authorization information for making a decision as to whether to authorize program recommendation from said program recommending apparatus, displays, when said program recommending apparatus is provided with authorization of recommendation authorized, the recommendation information based on the program recommendation information.
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