Television Broadcast Receiving Device and Method of Receiving Television Broadcast

• US 20090013373A1
• Filed: 01/13/2006
• Published: 01/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Iizuka, Masaki
• Application Number:
  US11/576,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20090013373A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/142
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4396 by muting the audio signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44227 Monitoring of local network, e.g. connection or bandwidth variations; Detecting new devices in the local network configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; monitoring connectivity in data switched networks H04L43/0811
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/60 for the sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The invention is to allow answering of a call without interrupting a broadcast program having high real-time information even when the call comes in during viewing of the program. A communication transmitting/receiving portion 12 detects a call transmitted from another terminal. When the call is detected by the call detection portion during televising of a television broadcast, a video/audio output portion 17 outputs, to a speaker 14 or a headphone 15, any one of sound of the television broadcast superimposed on a voice of the call, the television broadcast sound remaining after the call voice is muted, and the call voice remaining after the television broadcast sound is muted. In addition, the video/audio output portion 17 outputs images of the television broadcast received by a broadcast receiving portion 11 to a display 13.

Claims

1. (canceled)

3. The television broadcast receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a call voice storage portion that stores the muted call voice when the call voice is muted so that only the television broadcast sound is outputted by the audio output portion; and

a call voice output request portion that requests the audio output portion to output the call voice stored in the call voice storage portion,

wherein the audio output portion outputs the call voice stored in the call voice storage portion upon reception of an output request from the call voice output request portion.

2. A television broadcast receiving device, comprising:

a broadcast image display portion that displays an image of a television broadcast;

a call detection portion that detects a call transmitted from another terminal; and

an audio output portion that outputs any one of sound of the television broadcast superimposed on a voice of the call, the television broadcast sound remaining after the call voice is muted, and the call voice remaining after the television broadcast sound is muted, when the call is detected by the call detection portion during televising of the television broadcast; and

an audio specifying information storage portion that stores audio specifying information for specifying the sound/voice outputted by the audio output portion,

wherein the audio output portion outputs the sound/voice specified in the audio specifying information stored in the audio specifying information storage portion when the call is detected by the call detection portion.

4. The television broadcast receiving device according to claim 2, wherein address directory information in which identification information of calling/called terminals is registered is stored in the audio specifying information storage portion while associated with the audio specifying information;

and

wherein when a call from a terminal having a phone number registered in the address directory information stored in the audio specifying storage portion is detected by the call detection portion during the televising of the television broadcast, the audio output portion outputs sound/voice specified in the audio specifying information associated with the address directory information in which the phone number is registered.

5. The television broadcast receiving device according to claim 2, wherein program information in which identification information of programs of television broadcasts is registered is stored in the audio specifying information storage portion while associated with the audio specifying information;

and

wherein when a call from another terminal is detected by the call detection portion during televising of a television broadcast of a program registered in the program information stored in the audio specifying information storage portion, the audio output portion outputs the sound/voice specified in the audio specifying information associated with the program information in which the program is registered.

6. The television broadcast receiving device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a reception image display permission information storage portion that stores reception image display permission information for specifying whether to display an image received from another terminal or not;

a reception image detection portion that detects the image; and

a reception image display portion that displays the image when the image is detected by the reception image detection portion during televising of a television broadcast and the reception image display permission information stored in the reception image display permission information storage portion designates display of the image.

7. The television broadcast receiving device according to claim 6, wherein address directory information in which a mail address is registered is stored in the reception image display permission information storage portion while associated with the reception image display permission information;

and

when an image received from a terminal having a mail address registered in the address directory information stored in the reception image display permission information storage portion is detected by the reception image detection portion during televising of a television broadcast and the reception image display permission information associated with the address directory information in which the mail address is registered designates display of the image, the reception image display portion displays the image.

8. The television broadcast receiving device according to claim 6, wherein program information in which identification information of programs of television broadcasts is registered is stored in the reception image display permission information storage portion while associated with the reception image display permission information;

and

wherein when the image is detected by the reception image detection portion during televising of a television broadcast of a program stored in the program information storage portion and the reception image display permission information associated with the program information in which the program is registered designates display of the image, the reception image display portion displays the image.

9. The television broadcast receiving device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a transmission image display permission information storage portion that stores transmission image display permission information for specifying whether to display an image to be transmitted to another terminal or not;

a transmission image detection portion that detects the image; and

a transmission image display portion that displays the image when the image is detected by the transmission image detection portion during televising of a television broadcast and the transmission image display permission information stored in the transmission image display permission information storage portion designates display of the image.

10. The television broadcast receiving device according to claim 9, wherein address directory information in which a mail address is registered is stored in the transmission image display permission information storage portion while associated with the transmission image display permission information;

and

wherein when an image to be transmitted to a terminal having a mail address registered in the address directory information stored in the transmission image display permission information storage portion is detected by the transmission image detection portion during televising of a television broadcast and the transmission image display permission information associated with the address directory information in which the mail address is registered designates display of the image, the transmission image display portion displays the image.

11. The television broadcast receiving device according to claim 9, wherein program information in which identification information of programs of television broadcasts is registered is stored in the transmission image display permission information storage portion while associated with the transmission image display permission information;

and

wherein when an image to be transmitted to another terminal is detected by the transmission image detection portion during televising of a television broadcast of a program stored in the program information storage portion and the transmission image display permission information associated with the program information in which the program is registered designates display of the image, the transmission image display portion displays the image.

23. The television broadcast receiving device according to claim 8, further comprising:

a transmission image display permission information storage portion that stores transmission image display permission information for specifying whether to display an image to be transmitted to another terminal or not;

a transmission image detection portion that detects the image; and

a transmission image display portion that displays the image when the image is detected by the transmission image detection portion during televising of a television broadcast and the transmission image display permission information stored in the transmission image display permission information storage portion designated display of the image.

12. (canceled)

13. A method of receiving television broadcast, comprising:

displaying an image of a television broadcast;

detecting a call transmitted from another terminal; and

outputting any one of sound of the television broadcast superimposed on a voice of the call, the television broadcast sound remaining after the call voice is muted, and the call voice remaining after the television broadcast sound is muted, when the call is detected by the call detection portion during televising of the television broadcast;

inputting the audio specifying information for specifying the sound/voice to be outputted, in order to store the voice in advance; and

outputting the sound/voice stored in advance and specified in the audio specifying information, when the call is detected.

14. The method of receiving television broadcast according to claim 13, further comprising:

making a request for outputting of the call voice muted and stored in advance, after only the television broadcast sound is outputted with the call voice being muted; and

outputting the call voice after the output request.

15. The method of receiving television broadcast according to claim 13, wherein when a call from a terminal with a phone number registered in address directory information which is stored in advance and which includes identification information of calling/called terminals is detected during televising of a television broadcast, sound/voice specified in the audio specifying information associated with the address directory information in which the phone number is registered is outputted.

16. The method of receiving television broadcast according to claim 13, wherein when the call is detected during televising of the television broadcast of the program registered in program information which is stored in advance and which includes identification information of television broadcasts, the sound/voice specified in the audio specifying information associated with the program information in which the program is registered is outputted.

17. The method of receiving television broadcast according to claim 13, further comprising:

detecting an image received from another terminal; and

displaying the image when the image is detected during televising of a television broadcast and reception display permission information which is stored in advance and which is provided for specifying whether to display the image received from the other terminal or not designates display of the image.

18. The method of receiving television broadcast according to claim 17, wherein when reception of an image transmitted by a terminal with a mail address registered in address directory information which is stored in advance and in which a mail address is described is detected during televising of a television broadcast and the reception image display permission information associated with the address directory information in which the mail address is registered designates display of the image, the image is displayed.

19. The method of receiving television broadcast according to claim 17, wherein when reception of the image is detected during televising of a television broadcast of a program stored in program information which is stored in advance and in which identification information of programs of television broadcasts is registered, and the reception image display permission information associated with the program information in which the program is registered designates display of the image, the image is displayed.

20. The method of receiving television broadcast according to claim 18, wherein when an image to be transmitted to another terminal is detected during televising of a television broadcast, and transmission image display permission information which is stored in advance and which is provided for specifying whether to display the image to be transmitted to the other terminal or not designates display of the image, the image is displayed.

21. The method of receiving television broadcast according to claim 20, wherein when an image to be transmitted to a terminal with a mail address registered in address directory information which is stored in advance and in which a mail address is described is detected during televising of a television broadcast and the transmission image display permission information associated with the address directory information in which the mail address is registered designates display of the image, the image is displayed.

22. The method of receiving television broadcast according to claim 20, wherein when an image to be transmitted to another terminal is detected during televising of a television broadcast of a program registered in program information which is stored in advance and which includes identification information of programs of television broadcasts, and the transmission image display permission information associated with the program information in which the program is registered designates display of the image, the image is displayed.

24. The method of receiving television broadcast according to claim 19, wherein when an image to be transmitted to another terminal is detected during televising of a television broadcast, and transmission image display permission information which is stored in advance and which is provided for specifying whether to display the image to be transmitted to the other terminal or not designates display of the image, the image is displayed.