Information communication terminal apparatus, method for controlling information communication terminal apparatus, information communication terminal apparatus controlling program, and computer-readable recording medium

• US 20070143818A1
• Filed: 03/07/2005
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Mashiko, Ryutaro
• Granted Patent: US 8,006,269 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/136
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/13 Arrangements for device control affected by the broadcast information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/91 Mobile communication networks for accessing the Internet H04H60/85
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4383 Accessing a communication channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; 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 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an information communication terminal apparatus allowing a broadcasting signal transmitting side and a secondary service provider to provide a television service in consideration of a user'"'"'s desired way of viewing. This is attained as follows. That is, a television receiving control section controls, in accordance with a predetermined broadcasting control command extracted by a data extracting section from data received by a data communication section, a television broadcasting receiving section such that the television broadcasting receiving section controls (start, halt, or carry out channel switching) reception of a broadcasting signal.

Claims

1. An information communication terminal apparatus, comprising:

a broadcasting receiving section for receiving a broadcasting signal;

an outputting section for outputting at least one of image data, audio data, and teletext broadcasting data in accordance with the broadcasting signal;

a data communication section for carrying out data communication;

a data extracting section for extracting a predetermined broadcasting control command from data received by the data communication section; and

a broadcasting receiving control section for controlling the broadcasting receiving section in accordance with the broadcasting control command extracted by the data extracting section.

2. The information communication terminal apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the data extracting section extracts a predetermined broadcasting starting command from the data received by the data communication section, and

the broadcasting receiving control section controls the broadcasting receiving section in accordance with the broadcasting starting command such that the broadcasting receiving section starts reception of the broadcasting signal.

3. The information communication terminal apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the data extracting section extracts a predetermined broadcasting halting command from the data received by the data communication section, and

the broadcasting receiving control section controls the broadcasting receiving section in accordance with the broadcasting halting command such that the broadcasting receiving section halts reception of the broadcasting signal.

4. The information communication terminal apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the data extracting section extracts a predetermined broadcasting switching command from the data received by the data communication section, and

the broadcasting receiving control section controls the broadcasting receiving section in accordance with the broadcasting switching command such that a broadcasting channel is switched to another broadcasting channel and a broadcasting signal of said another broadcasting channel is received.

5. The information communication terminal apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

an apparatus state detecting section for detecting a current state of the information communication terminal apparatus,

wherein;

when the apparatus state detecting section detects that the information communication terminal apparatus is in a predetermined state, the broadcasting receiving control section controls the broadcasting receiving section such that the broadcasting receiving section receives the broadcasting signal.

6. The information communication terminal apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

an apparatus state detecting section for detecting a current state of the information communication terminal apparatus,

wherein;

when the apparatus state detecting section detects that the information communication terminal apparatus is in a predetermined state, the broadcasting receiving control section controls the broadcasting receiving section such that the broadcasting receiving section halts reception of the broadcasting signal.

7. The information communication terminal apparatus as set forth in claim 2, further comprising:

a reception time measuring section for measuring time having been elapsed since the broadcasting receiving section started the reception of the broadcasting signal; and

an inputting section for receiving a user'"'"'s inputting operation,

wherein;

in cases where the inputting section does not receive a predetermined inputting operation until a predetermined time has elapsed since the broadcasting receiving section started the reception of the broadcasting signal in accordance with the broadcasting starting command, the broadcasting receiving control section controls the broadcasting receiving section such that the broadcasting receiving section halts the reception of the broadcasting signal.

8. The information communication terminal apparatus as set forth in claim 2, further comprising:

an inputting section for receiving a user'"'"'s inputting operation onto the information communication terminal apparatus,

wherein;

in cases where the data extracting section extracts the predetermined broadcasting starting command from the data while the inputting section receives a predetermined inputting operation, the broadcasting receiving control section does not send, to the broadcasting receiving section, a broadcasting starting instruction obtained in accordance with the broadcasting starting command.

14. The information communication terminal apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the data is multi-part type mail data, and the mail data has a part defined as a part in which the broadcasting control command is described.

18. An information communication terminal apparatus controlling program for causing the information communication terminal apparatus as set forth in claim 1 to operate, the program causing a computer to realize the respective sections.

20. A computer-readable recording medium for storing the control program as set forth in claim 18.

9. An information communication terminal apparatus, comprising:

a broadcasting receiving section for receiving a broadcasting signal;

a display section for displaying image data in accordance with the broadcasting signal;

a data communication section for carrying out data communication;

a data extracting section for extracting a predetermined image converting command from data received by the data communication section; and

an image processing section for carrying out, in accordance with the image converting command, a converting process with respect to the image data to be displayed on the display section.

10. The information communication terminal apparatus as set forth in claim 9, further comprising:

a combining image memory section for storing combining image data,

wherein;

the data extracting section extracts a predetermined image combining command from the data received by the data communication section, and

the image processing section carries out an image process with respect to the image data by using the combining image data read out from the combining image memory section, in accordance with the image combining command.

11. The information communication terminal apparatus as set forth in claim 9, further comprising:

a combining image memory section for storing combining image data,

wherein;

the data extracting section extracts a predetermined image combining command and combining image data from the data received by the data communication section, and stores the extracted combining image data in the combining image memory section, and

the image processing section carries out an image process with respect to the image data by using the combining image data read out from the combining image memory section, in accordance with the image combining command.

12. The information communication terminal as set forth in claim 11, further comprising:

an inputting section for receiving a user'"'"'s inputting operation,

wherein;

the image processing section reads out, from the combining image memory section, combining image data specified via the inputting section, and carries out another image process with respect to the image data by using the readout combining image data.

13. The information communication terminal as set forth in claim 9, further comprising:

a broadcasting receiving control section for controlling, in accordance with a predetermined broadcasting starting command extracted by the data extracting section from the data received by the data communication section, the broadcasting receiving section such that the broadcasting receiving section receives the broadcasting signal.

15. The information communication terminal apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein:

the data is multi-part type mail data, and the mail data has a part defined as a part in which the broadcasting control command is described.

19. An information communication terminal apparatus controlling program for causing the information communication terminal apparatus as set forth in claim 9 to operate, the program causing a computer to realize the respective sections.

21. A computer-readable recording medium for storing the control program as set forth in claim 19.

16. A method for controlling an information communication terminal apparatus including an outputting section in which at least one of image data, audio data, and teletext broadcasting data is outputted in accordance with a broadcasting signal received by a broadcasting receiving section,

said method, comprising the steps of:

(A) receiving data from outside;

(B) extracting a predetermined broadcasting control command from the data received in the step (A); and

(C) controlling the broadcasting receiving section in accordance with the broadcasting control command.

17. A method for controlling an information communication terminal apparatus including a display section in which image data is outputted in accordance with a broadcasting signal received by a broadcasting receiving section,

said method, comprising the steps of:

(D) receiving data;

(E) extracting a predetermined image converting command from the data received in the step (D); and

(F) carrying out a converting process, in accordance with the image converting command, with respect to the image data to be displayed on the display section.