RECORDING DEVICE OF BROADCASTING PROGRAM

• US 20090158343A1
• Filed: 12/04/2008
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Chikaue, Kunihiko, Tanaka, Hiroshi, Terasaki, Takashi, URUSHIHARA, Masashi
• Application Number:
  US12/328,028
• Publication Number:
  US 20090158343A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• 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 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• 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 21/4583 Automatically resolving scheduling conflicts, e.g. when a recording by reservation has been programmed for two programs in the same time slot
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• 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 5/782 on tape

Abstract

A recording device comprising, information receiving unit receiving guide information of a program, operation receiving unit receiving information about a user'"'"'s utilizing operation, recommendation level calculating unit obtaining a user'"'"'s utilizing tendency based on a history of received information on the user'"'"'s utilizing operation, and calculating a suitability level, as a program recommendation level, of the program guide information to the utilizing tendency, reserving unit automatically reserving recording of the program in accordance with the recommendation level, reservation management unit giving permission or non-permission of the reservation at predetermined timing, and recording unit recording the program based on the permitted reservation.

Claims

1. A recording device comprising:

information receiving unit receiving guide information of a program;

operation receiving unit receiving information about a user'"'"'s utilizing operation;

recommendation level calculating unit obtaining a user'"'"'s utilizing tendency based on a history of received information on the user'"'"'s utilizing operation, and calculating a suitability level, as a program recommendation level, of the program guide information to the utilizing tendency;

reserving unit automatically reserving recording of the program in accordance with the recommendation level;

reservation management unit giving permission or non-permission of the reservation at predetermined timing; and

recording unit recording the program based on the permitted reservation.

2. The recording device according to claim 1, wherein if the reservation made by the user is overlapped with the automatic reservation, the reservation management unit does not permit the automatic reservation.

3. The recording device according to claim 1, wherein if the automatic reservation is overlapped, the reservation management unit does not permit the reservation exhibiting a lower recommendation level.

4. The recording device according to claim 1, wherein when receiving the information on the user'"'"'s utilizing operation, the recommendation level calculating unit newly calculates the program recommendation level, and

if the new recommendation level exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the reserving unit reserves the recording of the program.

5. The recording device according to claim 1, wherein when receiving the information on the user'"'"'s utilizing operation, the recommendation level calculating unit newly calculates the program recommendation level, and

if a recommendation level of an in-reservation program is lower than the predetermined threshold value, the management unit does not permit the reservation of the program.

6. The recording device according to claim 1, wherein when receiving the program guide information, the recommendation level calculating unit calculates the program recommendation level, and

if the newly received program recommendation level exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the reserving unit reserves the recording of the program.

7. An auto recording method executed by a recording device, the auto recording method comprising:

receiving guide information of a program;

receiving information about a user'"'"'s utilizing operation;

obtaining a user'"'"'s utilizing tendency based on a history of received information on the user'"'"'s utilizing operation, and calculating a suitability level, as a program recommendation level, of the program guide information to the utilizing tendency;

automatically reserving recording of the program in accordance with the recommendation level;

giving permission or non-permission of the reservation at predetermined timing; and

recording the program based on the permitted reservation.

8. The auto recording method according to claim 7, wherein if the reservation made by the user is overlapped with the automatic reservation, the automatic reservation is not permitted.

9. The auto recording method according to claim 7, wherein if the automatic reservation is overlapped, the reservation exhibiting a lower recommendation level is not permitted.

10. The auto recording method according to claim 7, wherein when receiving the information on the user'"'"'s utilizing operation, the program recommendation level is newly calculated, and

if the new recommendation level exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the recording of the program is reserved.

11. The auto recording method according to claim 7, wherein when receiving the information on the user'"'"'s utilizing operation, the program recommendation level is newly calculated, and

if a recommendation level of an in-reservation program is lower than the predetermined threshold value, the reservation of the program is not permitted.

12. The auto recording method according to claim 7, wherein when receiving the program guide information, the program recommendation level is calculated, and if the newly received program recommendation level exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the recording of the program is reserved.

13. A storage medium readable by a computer, tangible embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps comprising:

receiving guide information of a program;

receiving information about a user'"'"'s utilizing operation;

obtaining a user'"'"'s utilizing tendency based on a history of received information on the user'"'"'s utilizing operation, and calculating a suitability level, as a program recommendation level, of the program guide information to the utilizing tendency;

automatically reserving recording of the program in accordance with the recommendation level;

giving permission or non-permission of the reservation at predetermined timing; and

recording the program based on the permitted reservation.

14. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein if the reservation made by the user is overlapped with the automatic reservation, the automatic reservation is not permitted.

15. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein if the automatic reservation is overlapped, the reservation exhibiting a lower recommendation level is not permitted.

16. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein when receiving the information on the user'"'"'s utilizing operation, the program recommendation level is newly calculated, and

if the new recommendation level exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the recording of the program is reserved.

17. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein when receiving the information on the user'"'"'s utilizing operation, the program recommendation level is newly calculated, and

if a recommendation level of an in-reservation program is lower than the predetermined threshold value, the reservation of the program is not permitted.

18. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein when receiving the program guide information, the program recommendation level is calculated, and

if the newly received program recommendation level exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the recording of the program is reserved.