Information transmission/reception system and method and information processing method and apparatus for automatic detection of data for commercial messages
First Claim
1. An information transmission/reception system comprising:
- a transmission unit which generates and sends out a transmission signal containing a commercial message;
a detailed information furnishing unit which furnishes detailed information related to said commercial message including air time, frequency and channel information to a database unit;
the database unit stores access site information corresponding to said detailed information received from the detailed information furnishing unit in a database on the database unit;
an access site information furnishing unit which requests a confirmation from said database unit effective to determine whether access site information corresponding to said detailed information is stored in the database unit, and furnishes said access site information if said access site information has been stored in the database unit; and
a signal processing unit including(1) a detecting section which detects said commercial message from said transmission signal sent out from said transmission unit,(2) a first connecting section which connects to said access site information furnishing unit,(3) a first acquisition section which acquires the access site information corresponding to the commercial message detected by said detecting section from the access site information furnishing unit connected to said first connecting section,(4) a second connecting section which connects to an information unit identified by an access site address included in the access site information acquired by said first acquisition section, and(5) a second acquisition section which acquires further information related to the commercial message from the information unit based on the air time, frequency and channel of the commercial message.
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Abstract
It is targeted that CMs by e.g., television broadcast be detected automatically, an access site to detailed contents of a specified one of the CMs be acquired automatically, and connection be made automatically to the access site to enable accessing to the detailed information. A broadcasting station 302 sends out airing signals containing CMs. A consumer terminal (303) detects these CMs from the aired signals and connects to an access site information furnishing device (305) based on the airing time and the airing channel of the detected CM to acquire the access site information of the distribution terminal (301) for e.g., an article of commerce owning the detailed information pertinent to the CM. Based on the access site information, the consumer terminal (303) accesses the distribution terminal (301) to acquire the detailed information pertinent to the CM.
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31 Claims
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1. An information transmission/reception system comprising:
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a transmission unit which generates and sends out a transmission signal containing a commercial message; a detailed information furnishing unit which furnishes detailed information related to said commercial message including air time, frequency and channel information to a database unit; the database unit stores access site information corresponding to said detailed information received from the detailed information furnishing unit in a database on the database unit; an access site information furnishing unit which requests a confirmation from said database unit effective to determine whether access site information corresponding to said detailed information is stored in the database unit, and furnishes said access site information if said access site information has been stored in the database unit; and a signal processing unit including (1) a detecting section which detects said commercial message from said transmission signal sent out from said transmission unit, (2) a first connecting section which connects to said access site information furnishing unit, (3) a first acquisition section which acquires the access site information corresponding to the commercial message detected by said detecting section from the access site information furnishing unit connected to said first connecting section, (4) a second connecting section which connects to an information unit identified by an access site address included in the access site information acquired by said first acquisition section, and (5) a second acquisition section which acquires further information related to the commercial message from the information unit based on the air time, frequency and channel of the commercial message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 30, 31)
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4. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a reception section which receives a transmission signal containing a commercial message; a detection section which detects said commercial message from the transmission signal received by said reception section; a database section which stores at least the commercial message and access site information received from the detailed information furnishing unit in a database on the database section; a first connecting section which connects to an access site information furnishing unit for requesting confirmation that access site information corresponding to the detailed information furnishing unit has been stored in the database on the database section, and for furnishing the access site information and the detailed information related to said commercial message if the access site information has been stored in the database section; a first acquisition section which acquires the access site information corresponding to the commercial message detected by said detecting section from said access site information furnishing unit connected to said first connecting section; second connecting section which connects to an information unit identified by an access site address included in the access site information acquired by said first acquisition section; and
a second acquisition section for acquiring further information related to said commercial message from the information unit based on the air time, frequency and channel of the commercial messages,wherein, the detailed information corresponds to the commercial message and the access site information. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a database section which stores at least a commercial message sent out as a transmission signal, and access site information corresponding to detailed information furnishing unit which finishes detailed information related to said commercial message; a reception section which receives the transmission signal containing said commercial message; a detection section which extracts said commercial message from the transmission signal received by said reception section and which detects transmission time of said commercial message in said transmission signal and a frequency and a transmission channel of said transmission signal; a database referencing unit which references said commercial message stored in said database section on the database referencing unit, based on said commercial message detected by said detecting section, and for correlating said commercial message stored in said database section and the transmission time and the frequency or the transmission channel of said transmission signal with said access site information stored in the database section; and access site information furnishing unit which requests confirmation from database unit effective to determine whether said access site information has been stored, and which furnishes said access site information if said access site information has been stored; an information unit which acquires further information related to said commercial message based on the air time, frequency and channel of the transmission signal, a connection unit which connects to the information unit identified by the access site address included in the access site information acquired by said access site information furnishing unit. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. An information transmission/reception system comprising:
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detailed information furnishing unit which furnishes detailed information related to a commercial message; a database unit which stores at least the commercial message and access site information, in a database on the database unit, which corresponds to detailed information furnishing unit which finishes detailed information related to said commercial message; a reception section which receives the transmission signal containing said commercial message; transmission unit which generates and sends out a transmission signal containing said commercial message and access site information corresponding to said detailed information furnishing unit if said access site information has been stored; signal processing unit including a detecting section which detects said commercial message and the access site information corresponding to said commercial message from said transmission signal sent out from said transmission unit, a connecting section which connects to an information unit identified by an access site address included in the access site information for acquiring the detailed information related to said commercial message detected by said detecting section from said information unit based on the air time, frequency and channel of the commercial message retrieved from the access site information connected to said connecting section; and access site information furnishing unit which requests confirmation from the database on the database unit effective to determine whether said access site information has been stored, and for furnishing said access site information if said access site information has been stored. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a reception section which receives a transmission signal containing a commercial message and access site information; a database section which stores at least the commercial message, and the access site information in a database on the database section; a detecting section which detects said commercial message and the access site information from the transmission signal received by said reception section; a connecting section which connects to an information unit based on an information unit address included in the access site information detected by said detecting section; and an acquisition section which acquires the detailed information related to said commercial message detected by said detecting section from the information unit based on the air time, frequency and channel of the commercial message connected to said connecting section, wherein, the information unit furnishes detailed information related to said commercial message if the database section confirms said access site information has been stored in the database section. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for transmitting/receiving information comprising the steps of:
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providing detailed information related to a commercial message; generating and sending out a transmission signal containing said commercial message; detecting said commercial message from said transmission signal sent out; requesting confirmation from the database unit effective to determine whether access site information corresponding to said detailed information is stored in a database on a database unit; and upon determination that said access site information has been stored providing said access site information; acquiring the access site information corresponding to the detailed information related to said commercial message based on said detected commercial message; and acquiring the detailed information related to the detected commercial message from the information unit based on the air time, frequency and channel of the commercial message, connecting to the information unit identified by an access site address included in the detected access site information. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. An information processing method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a transmission signal containing a commercial message; detecting said commercial message from the received transmission signal; requesting confirmation from the database unit effective to determine whether access site information corresponding to said detailed information has been stored in a database on a database unit; and upon determination that said access site information has been stored; connecting to access site information furnishing unit which furnishes access site information corresponding to detailed information furnishing unit which furnishes detailed information related to said commercial message; acquiring the access site information corresponding to the detected commercial message from the connected access site information furnishing unit; connecting to said detailed information furnishing unit based on the acquired access site information; and acquiring the detailed information related to the detected commercial message from the connected access site information furnishing unit and based on the air time, frequency and channel of the commercial message. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An information processing method comprising the steps of:
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storing at least a commercial message sent out as a transmission signal and access site information corresponding to detailed information furnishing unit which furnishes detailed information related to said pre-set signal in a database on a database unit; receiving the transmission signal containing said commercial message; extracting said commercial message from the received transmission signal and detecting transmission time of said commercial message and a frequency or a channel of said transmission signal; referencing said stored commercial message based on the extracted commercial message and correlating the transmission time of said stored commercial message and the frequency or channel of said transmission signal with said access site information; and requesting confirmation from the database unit effective to determine whether said access site information has been stored in the database on the database unit, and furnishing said access site information if said access site information has been stored, connecting to an information unit based on the detected commercial message and the detected access site information; and acquiring the detailed information related to the detected commercial message from the connected information unit based on the air time, frequency and channel from said transmission signal. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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