Information receiving device and its method, and information transmission device and its method

• US 20070124755A1
• Filed: 01/29/2007
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peter Shintani
• Original Assignee: Peter Shintani
• Inventors: Shintani, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 7,770,194 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/13
• 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 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4758 for providing answers, e.g. voting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4784 receiving rewards
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17345 Control of the passage of the selected programme

Abstract

The present invention makes viewers surely view commercial programs.

When a commercial program is broadcasted and displayed on a display (7A), a viewer is requested a response. The viewer operates a prescribed key in the ten key (32) of a remote controller (31) for response. If the viewer responds to the response request of the commercial program, points are added to a smart card (10). The viewer can view a pay program using the points recorded in the smart card (10).

Claims

1. An information receiving device, comprising:

a receiving means for receiving a program to be transmitted;

an operation means for operating points corresponding to a viewer'"'"'s response to the response request of a response program which requests a viewer'"'"'s response; and

a recording means for recording specifying information to specify a response program, and the points operated by said operation means at least, when the program received by said receiving means is said response program.

2. The information receiving device according to claim 1, further including;

a response program determination means for determining whether or not the program received by said receiving means is said response program.

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