Reception apparatus, reception method, transmission apparatus, transmission method, transmission-reception apparatus, and transmission-reception method

• US 5,963,645 A
• Filed: 01/02/1997
• Issued: 10/05/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Miyagawa, Masayuki, Muratsubaki, Yoshimoto, Ito, Mika, Muramatsu, Yasuhiro, Akaike, Kazuhiro, Kishitaka, Yuriko, Kigawa, Naoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Gregory, Bernarr E.
• Application Number:
  US08/775,514
• Time in Patent Office: 1,006 Days
• Field of Search: 380/9, 380/10, 380/20, 380/49, 380/50, 380/59, 380/23, 380/25, 455/3.1, 455/4.1, 455/4.2, 455/5.1, 455/6.1, 455/6.2, 455/6.3, 348/6, 348/7, 348/8, 348/9, 348/10, 348/11, 348/12, 348/13, 348/1, 705/1, 705/26, 705/27
• US Class Current: 380/239
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/91 broadcasting computer programmes
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/48 for recognising items expressed in broadcast information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/63 for services of sales data processing systems or methods specially adapted for electronic commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/94 Telephonic networks for accessing the Internet H04H60/84
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

Abstract

A reception apparatus for receiving a broadcast signal which is transmitted from a transmitting side and which includes personalized information comprising data representing information about specific programs targeted for a specific viewer. The reception apparatus comprises: an extraction unit for extracting the data representing the information about the specific programs from the broadcast signal received; and a display unit for displaying the information about the specific programs on the basis of the data representing the information about the specific programs.

Claims

1. A reception apparatus for receiving a broadcast signal which is transmitted from a transmitting side and which includes personalized information comprising data representing information about specific programs targeted for a specific viewer, said reception apparatus comprising:

extraction means for extracting said data representing said information about said specific programs from said broadcast signal received; and

display means for displaying said information about said specific programs on the basis of said data representing said information about said specific programs.

2. A reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said information about said specific programs includes a list of said specific programs, and wherein said display means displays said list of said specific programs.

3. A reception apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said personalized information includes control data used for program selection, said reception apparatus further comprising selection means for selecting, by use of said control data, a program desired by a user from said list of said specific programs.

4. A reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said personalized information includes control data used to search for program information, said reception apparatus further comprising search means for searching, by use of said control data, for information desired by a user from said information about said specific programs.

5. A reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said personalized information includes a list of specific items of merchandise, and wherein said display means displays said list of said specific items of merchandise.

6. A reception apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said personalized information includes control data used for merchandise item selection, said reception apparatus further comprising selection means for selecting, by use of said control data, an item of merchandise desired by a user from said list of said specific items of merchandise.

7. A reception apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said personalized information is encrypted, said reception apparatus further comprising decoding means for decoding said personalized information encrypted.

8. A transmission apparatus for transmitting personalized information including data representing information about specific programs targeted for a specific viewer, said transmission apparatus comprising:

data generation means for generating said data representing said information about said specific programs targeted for said specific viewer;

addition means for adding to said personalized information said data representing said information about said specific programs targeted for said specific viewer;

signal generation means for generating a broadcast signal by composing a program signal and said personalized information supplemented with said data representing said information about said specific programs targeted for said specific viewer; and

transmission means for transmitting said broadcast signal.

9. A transmission apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising encryption means for encrypting said personalized information.

10. A transmission-reception apparatus having a transmission apparatus and a reception apparatus, said transmission apparatus transmitting a broadcast signal including personalized information comprising data representing information about specific programs targeted for a specific viewer, said reception apparatus receiving said broadcast signal;

wherein said transmission apparatus comprises;

data generation means for generating said data representing said information about said specific programs targeted for said specific viewer;

addition means for adding to said personalized information said data representing said information about said specific programs targeted for said specific viewer;

signal generation means for generating a broadcast signal by composing a program signal and said personalized information supplemented with said data representing said information about said specific programs targeted for said specific viewer; and

transmission means for transmitting said broadcast signal; and

wherein said reception apparatus comprises;

extraction means for extracting said data representing said information about said specific programs from said broadcast signal received; and

display means for displaying said information about said specific programs on the basis of said data representing said information about said specific programs.

11. A transmission-reception apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said transmission apparatus further comprises encryption means for encrypting said personalized information, and wherein said reception means further comprises decoding means for decoding said personalized information encrypted.

12. A reception method for receiving a broadcast signal which is transmitted from a transmitting side and which includes personalized information comprising data representing information about specific programs targeted for a specific viewer, said reception method comprising the steps of:

extracting said data representing said information about said specific programs from said broadcast signal received; and

displaying said information about said specific programs on the basis of said data representing said information about said specific programs.

13. A reception method according to claim 12, wherein said personalized information is encrypted, said reception method further comprising the step of decoding said personalized information encrypted.

14. A transmission method for transmitting personalized information including data representing information about specific programs targeted for a specific viewer, said transmission method comprising the steps of:

generating said data representing said information about said specific programs targeted for said specific viewer;

adding to said personalized information said data representing said information about said specific programs targeted for said specific viewer;

generating a broadcast signal by composing a program signal and said personalized information supplemented with said data representing said information about said specific programs targeted for said specific viewer; and

transmitting said broadcast signal.

15. A transmission method according to claim 14, further comprising the step of encrypting said personalized information.

16. A transmission-reception method both for transmitting a broadcast signal including personalized information comprising data representing information about specific programs targeted for a specific viewer, and for receiving said broadcast signal, said transmission-reception method comprising the steps of:

generating said data representing said information about said specific programs targeted for said specific viewer;

adding to said personalized information said data representing said information about said specific programs targeted for said specific viewer;

generating a broadcast signal by composing a program signal and said personalized information supplemented with said data representing said information about said specific programs targeted for said specific viewer;

transmitting said broadcast signal;

receiving said broadcast signal;

extracting said data representing said information about said specific programs from said broadcast signal received; and

displaying said information about said specific programs on the basis of said data representing said information about said specific programs.

17. A transmission-reception method according to claim 16, further comprising the steps of encrypting said personalized information and of decoding said personalized information encrypted.