Recommended program search device and recommended program search method
First Claim
1. A recommended program search device comprising:
- a broadcast receiver unit which receives a broadcast wave and converts the broadcast wave to a video signal and an audio signal;
an operating block which is operated for channel change by a user;
a time information acquiring block which acquires time information upon the channel change;
a storage which stores information;
a viewing history information acquiring block which acquires a viewing channel and a viewing time by the user for each area corresponding to a time division, the viewing history information acquiring block storing viewing history information including the viewing channel and the viewing time that are associated with each area in the storage;
a program information acquiring block which acquires scheduled broadcast program information, including program time information enabling calculation of a program start time and a program broadcast time for a scheduled broadcast program and channel information about the scheduled broadcast program; and
a search block which determines a user'"'"'s favorite program from the scheduled broadcast program on the basis of a result of comparison between the program time information and the channel information included in the scheduled broadcast program information and the viewing channel and the viewing time stored in the storage,wherein the search block determines, as a user'"'"'s favorite program, one of scheduled broadcast program broadcast on the same channel as the viewing channel included in the viewing history information, which starts broadcasting at the area start time, andthe search block determines a program having a longer broadcast time in the area as a user'"'"'s favorite program, when failing to detect a program which starts broadcasting at the area start time and detecting a program being broadcast an area start time and a program being broadcast at an area end time.
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Abstract
A recommended program search device includes a viewing history information acquiring block which acquires a viewing channel and a viewing time by the user for each area corresponding to a time division and stores viewing history information including the viewing channel and the viewing time that are associated with each area in the storage, a program information acquiring block which acquires scheduled broadcast program information, including program time information enabling calculation of a program start time and a program broadcast time for a scheduled broadcast program and channel information about the scheduled broadcast program, and a search block which determines a user'"'"'s favorite program from the scheduled broadcast program on the basis of a result of comparison between the program time information and the channel information included in the scheduled broadcast program information and the viewing channel and the viewing time stored in the storage.
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24 Claims
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1. A recommended program search device comprising:
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a broadcast receiver unit which receives a broadcast wave and converts the broadcast wave to a video signal and an audio signal; an operating block which is operated for channel change by a user; a time information acquiring block which acquires time information upon the channel change; a storage which stores information; a viewing history information acquiring block which acquires a viewing channel and a viewing time by the user for each area corresponding to a time division, the viewing history information acquiring block storing viewing history information including the viewing channel and the viewing time that are associated with each area in the storage; a program information acquiring block which acquires scheduled broadcast program information, including program time information enabling calculation of a program start time and a program broadcast time for a scheduled broadcast program and channel information about the scheduled broadcast program; and a search block which determines a user'"'"'s favorite program from the scheduled broadcast program on the basis of a result of comparison between the program time information and the channel information included in the scheduled broadcast program information and the viewing channel and the viewing time stored in the storage, wherein the search block determines, as a user'"'"'s favorite program, one of scheduled broadcast program broadcast on the same channel as the viewing channel included in the viewing history information, which starts broadcasting at the area start time, and the search block determines a program having a longer broadcast time in the area as a user'"'"'s favorite program, when failing to detect a program which starts broadcasting at the area start time and detecting a program being broadcast an area start time and a program being broadcast at an area end time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of searching for a recommended program to be executed by a device comprising:
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a broadcast receiver unit which receives a broadcast wave and converts the broadcast wave to a video signal and an audio signal; an operating block which is operated for channel change by a user; a time information acquiring block which acquires time information upon the channel change; and a storage which stores information, the method comprising the steps of; acquiring a viewing channel viewed by the user and a viewing time thereof for each area corresponding to a predetermined time division and storing viewing history information having the viewing channel and the viewing time associated with each area in the storage; acquiring scheduled broadcast program information including program time information capable of calculating a program start time of a scheduled broadcast program and a program broadcast time thereof and including channel information on the scheduled broadcast programs; and determining a user'"'"'s favorite program from the scheduled broadcast programs on the basis of a result of comparison between the program time information and the channel information included in the scheduled broadcast program information and the viewing channel and the viewing time stored in the storage, wherein a search block determines, as a user'"'"'s favorite program, one of scheduled broadcast program broadcast on the same channel as the viewing channel included in the viewing history information, which starts broadcasting at the area start time, and the search block determines a program having a longer broadcast time in the area as a user'"'"'s favorite program, when failing to detect a program which starts broadcasting at the area start time and detecting a program being broadcast an area start time and a program being broadcast at an area end time. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A recommended program search device comprising:
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a broadcast receiver unit which receives a broadcast wave and converts the broadcast wave to a video signal and an audio signal; an operating block which is operated for channel change by a user; a time information acquiring block which acquires time information upon the channel change; a storage which stores information; a viewing history information acquiring block which acquires a viewing channel and a viewing time by the user for each area corresponding to a time division, the viewing history information acquiring block storing viewing history information including the viewing channel and the viewing time that are associated with each area in the storage; a program information acquiring block which acquires scheduled broadcast program information, including program time information enabling calculation of a program start time and a program broadcast time for a scheduled broadcast program and channel information about the scheduled broadcast program; and a search block which determines a user'"'"'s favorite program from the scheduled broadcast program on the basis of a result of comparison between the program time information and the channel information included in the scheduled broadcast program information and the viewing channel and the viewing time stored in the storage, wherein, when failing to detect a program which starts broadcasting at the area start time and detecting a program being broadcast at the area start time and a program being broadcast at the area end time and when the broadcast time of the program being broadcast at the area start time is equal to the broadcast time of the program being broadcast at the area end time within the area, the search block determines both the program being broadcast at the area start time and the program being broadcast at the area end time as user'"'"'s favorite programs.
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24. A method of searching for a recommended program to be executed by a device comprising:
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a broadcast receiver unit which receives a broadcast wave and converts the broadcast wave to a video signal and an audio signal; an operating block which is operated for channel change by a user; a time information acquiring block which acquires time information upon the channel change; and a storage which stores information, the method comprising the steps of; acquiring a viewing channel viewed by the user and a viewing time thereof for each area corresponding to a predetermined time division and storing viewing history information having the viewing channel and the viewing time associated with each area in the storage; acquiring scheduled broadcast program information including program time information capable of calculating a program start time of a scheduled broadcast program and a program broadcast time thereof and including channel information on the scheduled broadcast programs; and determining a user'"'"'s favorite program from the scheduled broadcast programs on the basis of a result of comparison between the program time information and the channel information included in the scheduled broadcast program information and the viewing channel and the viewing time stored in the storage, wherein, when failing to detect a program which starts broadcasting at the area start time and detecting a program being broadcast at the area start time and a program being broadcast at the area end time and when the broadcast time of the program being broadcast at the area start time is equal to the broadcast time of the program being broadcast at the area end time within the area, a search block determines both the program being broadcast at the area start time and the program being broadcast at the area end time as user'"'"'s favorite programs.
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