TELEVISION RECEIVER, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME

• US 20140215515A1
• Filed: 07/05/2012
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Toyonaga, Tomohiko, Nonomura, Takaya, Kiyama, Ippei
• Application Number:
  US14/239,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20140215515A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/39
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• 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: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

An information exchange system is provided in which users passing each other can realistically exchange opinions on a television program. Hence, the information exchange system includes a television receiver and a portable information terminal which performs short-range communication with the television receiver and another portable information tenuinal, where the television receiver acquires, from a broadcast wave, program information including an identifier and a program name of a specified program, and transmits the program information to the portable information terminal within a range of the short-range communication, and the portable information terminal acquires the program information from the television receiver, associates a comment with the acquired program information to receive an input of the comment and exchanges the comment with another portable information terminal which comes into the range of the short-range communication.

Claims

1. An information exchange system that includes a television receiver and a portable information terminal which performs short-range communication with the television receiver and another portable information terminal,

wherein the television receiver acquires, from a broadcast wave, program information including an identifier and a program name of a specified program, and transmits the program information to the portable information terminal within a range of the short-range communication, and

the portable information terminal acquires the program information from the television receiver, associates a comment with the acquired program information to receive an input of the comment and exchanges the comment with another portable information terminal which comes into the range of the short-range communication.

2. The information exchange system of claim 1,

wherein the portable information terminal compares the identifiers with the another portable information terminal which comes into the range of the short-range communication, and exchanges a comment which is associated with the same identifier.

3. The information exchange system of claim 1,

wherein the comment includes an opinion and an evaluation of a user,

the portable information terminal collects the evaluations and

the portable information terminal or the television receiver displays a collection result of the evaluations.

4. The information exchange system of claim 1,

wherein the portable information terminal can set a condition under which the short-range communication is performed with the another portable information terminal.

5. The information exchange system of claim 4,

wherein the condition under which the short-range communication is performed includes profile information on the user.

6. The information exchange system of claim 1,

wherein the portable information terminal includes a present location acquisition portion that acquires positional information on a present location, acquires a place where the comment is exchanged with the another portable information terminal and associates the place with the exchanged comment.

7. The information exchange system of claim 1,

wherein when the comment is exchanged, the portable information terminal notifies information that the comment is exchanged.

8. A television receiver that performs short-range communication with a portable information terminal,

wherein the television receiver acquires, from a broadcast wave, program information including an identifier and a program name of a specified program, and transmits the program information to the portable information terminal within a range of the short-range communication.

9. The television receiver of claim 8,

wherein the television receiver acquires a comment associated with the program information from the portable information terminal, and displays the comment.

10. A portable information terminal that performs short-range communication with a television receiver or another portable information terminal,

wherein the portable information terminal acquires program information including an identifier and a program name of a program from the television receiver, associates a comment with the acquired program information to receive an input of the comment and exchanges the comment with another portable information terminal which comes into a range of the short-range communication.

11. The portable information terminal of claim 10,

wherein the portable information terminal compares the identifiers with the another portable information terminal which comes into the range of the short-range communication, and exchanges a comment which is associated with the same identifier.

12. The portable information terminal of claim 10,

wherein the comment includes an opinion and an evaluation of a user,

the portable information terminal collects the evaluations and displays a collection result of the evaluations.

13. The portable information terminal of claim 10,

wherein the portable information terminal can set a condition under which the short-range communication is performed with the another portable information terminal.

14. The portable information terminal of claim 13,

wherein the condition under which the short-range communication is performed includes profile information on the user.

15. The portable information terminal of claim 10,

wherein the portable information terminal includes a present location acquisition portion that acquires positional information on a present location, acquires a place where the comment is exchanged with the another portable information terminal and associates the place with the exchanged comment.

16. The portable information terminal of claim 10,

wherein when the comment is exchanged, the portable information terminal notifies information that the comment is exchanged.