BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE

• US 20080134231A1
• Filed: 11/29/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. (Funai Electric Holdings Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. (Funai Electric Holdings Company Limited)
• Inventors: KUROSE, Takahiro
• Application Number:
  US11/947,256
• Publication Number:
  US 20080134231A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4432 Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57
• 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 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306

Abstract

A broadcast receiving device includes a table storage component, a setup condition storage component, a table acquisition component, a first determination component, a second determination component and a display control component. The table storage component stores a first viewing control table including first viewing control conditions. The setup condition storage component stores first setup condition information. The table acquisition component acquires a second viewing control table including second viewing control conditions via a television broadcast. The second determination component determines whether or not the first setup condition information includes a first viewing control execution indicator when the first determination component determines that the second viewing control table does not match the first viewing control table. The display control component displays information indicating that the second viewing control table is newly acquired when the second determination component determines that the first setup condition information includes the first viewing control execution indicator.

Claims

1. A broadcast receiving device for receiving a television broadcast, comprising:

a table storage component configured to store a first viewing control table including first viewing control conditions for viewing control;

a setup condition storage component configured to store first setup condition information corresponding to the first viewing control table, the first setup condition information indicating whether or not the viewing control is to be executed based on the first viewing control conditions of the first viewing control table;

a table acquisition component configured to acquire a second viewing control table including second viewing control conditions for the viewing control via the television broadcast;

a first determination component configured to determine whether or not the second viewing control table acquired by the table acquisition component matches the first viewing control table stored in the table storage component;

a second determination component configured to determine whether or not the first setup condition information stored in the setup condition storage component includes a first viewing control execution indicator indicating that the viewing control is to be executed based on one of the first viewing control conditions of the first viewing control table, when the first determination component determines that the second viewing control table acquired by the table acquisition component does not match the first viewing control table stored in the table storage component; and

a display control component configured to display information indicating that the second viewing control table is newly acquired when the second determination component determines that the first setup condition information includes the first viewing control execution indicator.

2. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1, wherein

the first viewing control table is configured to store each of the first viewing control conditions according to a row number and a column number, and

the second viewing control table is configured to store each of the second viewing control conditions according to a row number and a column number.

3. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 2, wherein

the first and second viewing control tables are configured to store the first and second viewing control conditions so that the first and second viewing control conditions are ranked in the order of rating levels in each column.

4. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 3, wherein

the first and second viewing control tables are further configured to store the first and second viewing control conditions so that the first and second viewing control conditions are ranked in the order of rating levels from the lowest rating to the highest rating as the row number increases in each column.

5. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 4, further comprising

a third determination component configured to determine whether or not the viewing control is to be executed based on the second viewing control conditions of the second viewing control table when the second determination component determines that the first setup condition information includes the first viewing control execution indicator;

and

a condition production component configured to produce second setup condition information corresponding to the second viewing control table when the third determination component determines that the viewing control is to be executed based on the second viewing control conditions of the second viewing control table.

6. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 5, wherein

the third determination component is further configured to receive an operation input and determine whether or not the viewing control is to be executed based on the second viewing control conditions of the second viewing control table in accordance with the operation input.

7. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 6, wherein

the condition production component is further configured to produce the second setup condition information in accordance with preset rules.

8. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 7, wherein

the condition production component is further configured to store the second setup condition information in the setup condition storage component.

9. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 8, further comprising

a maximum value calculation component configured to calculate a maximum row number value that is a maximum number of rows that store the first viewing control conditions for each of which the first viewing control execution indicator is set,

the condition production component being configured to produce the second setup condition information corresponding to the second viewing control table so that a second viewing control execution indicator indicating the viewing control is to be executed based on one of the second control conditions is set in the second setup condition information for at least one of the second viewing control conditions stored in rows having a row number less than or equal to the maximum row number value calculated by the maximum value calculation component.

10. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising

a third determination component configured to determine whether or not the viewing control is to be executed based on the second viewing control conditions of the second viewing control table when the second determination component determines that the first setup condition information includes the first viewing control execution indicator;

and

a condition production component configured to produce second setup condition information corresponding to the second viewing control table when the third determination component determines that the viewing control is to be executed based on the second viewing control conditions of the second viewing control table.

11. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 10, further comprising

a maximum value calculation component configured to calculate a maximum row number value that is a maximum number of rows that store the first viewing control conditions for each of which the first viewing control execution indicator is set,

the condition production component being configured to produce the second setup condition information corresponding to the second viewing control table so that a second viewing control execution indicator indicating the viewing control is to be executed based on one of the second control conditions is set in the second setup condition information for at least one of the second viewing control conditions stored in rows having a row number less than or equal to the maximum row number value calculated by the maximum value calculation component.

12. A viewing control method for a broadcast receiving device for receiving a television broadcast, comprising:

providing a first viewing control table including first viewing control conditions for viewing control;

acquiring a second viewing control table including second viewing control conditions for the viewing control via the television broadcast;

determining whether or not the second viewing control table matches the first viewing control table;

determining whether or not first setup condition information corresponding to the first viewing control table includes a first viewing control execution indicator indicating that the viewing control is to be executed based on one of the first viewing control conditions of the first viewing control table, upon determining that the second viewing control table does not match the first viewing control table; and

displaying information indicating that the second viewing control table is newly acquired upon determining that the first setup condition information includes the first viewing control execution indicator.