Information broadcasting method, information broadcasting system, and receiving apparatus for transmitting data other than program through digital broadcasting

• US 8,065,701 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2001
• Issued: 11/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Shitara, Teruyuki, Ishigaki, Masanori, Hattori, Yoshitsugu, Amano, Kei, Yoshinobu, Hitoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Saltarelli; Dominic D
• Assistant Examiner(s): MONTOYA, OSCHTA I
• Application Number:
  US10/032,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20020066097A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,618 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 725/22
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4182 for identification purposes, e.g. storing user identification data, preferences, personal settings or data restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code in combination with an additional device, e.g. dongle or smart card G06F21/123
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• 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 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

When advertising information is included in a received broadcasting wave, viewer attributes which have previously been registered in an IC card is collated with a target ID added to the advertising information, and the advertising information (icon) in which both of them coincide is selected and displayed (S3, S4). When there is a requesting operation of detailed information, the detailed information is obtained by link information. The detailed information can be obtained from the broadcasting wave (S11, S12) or can be obtained from a homepage via the internet (S17, S18). The detailed information is displayed in place of the picture plane of a program. When a viewer requires to finish the display, the display of the detailed information is finished (S14, S20). When the detailed information is displayed, the presence of the request for the detailed information is recorded as a history.

Claims

1. An information broadcasting system, comprising:

a receiving apparatus, including;

image input means for inputting a face image of an individual to serve as seal data that is to be included in personal data of the individual,

output means for outputting the personal data, the outputted personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data,

input means for inputting an animation icon whose size or quantity increases as a number of elapsed days since the personal data of the individual has been formed increases,

communicating means,

storage means for storing attribute information of the individual,

digital broadcast receiving means for receiving a multiplexed digital broadcast signal within which are (i) advertising information that includes link information showing a linking method between the advertising information and detailed information regarding the advertising information and (ii) a target identification code that identifies a viewer class as a target of one or more of goods and services advertised by the advertising information, and

processing means for correlating the target identification code with the attribute information and for extracting the advertising information when the attribute information coincides with the target identification code;

a server for receiving the personal data from the receiving apparatus, the received personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data, for transmitting the personal data to the receiving apparatus, the transmitted personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data, and for managing the personal data, the managed personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data; and

two-way communicating means for coupling a plurality of such receiving apparatuses with the server,

wherein the personal data is electronically exchanged among the receiving apparatuses using the server and the two-way communicating means, the exchanged personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data.

5. The information broadcasting system according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the system has a personal data exchanging function and a communication Karaoke function.

6. The information broadcasting system according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the personal data and messages are transmitted to the receiving apparatus using the digital broadcasting signal.

7. The information broadcasting system according to claim 1 or 3, wherein when input of the personal data is completed, a data identification code, which is usable by all users of services at a time of a retrieval of the personal data and added to the personal data, and a password, which is known by only the individual creating the personal data and used for a specific service, are issued.

8. The information broadcasting system according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the personal data includes auxiliary information accompanying the image of the individual creating the personal data and inputted by the individual.

9. The information broadcasting system according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the personal data includes auxiliary information accompanying the image of the individual creating the personal data and inputted by the individual, and detailed information formed by the individual creating the personal data and inputted by an input device other than a terminal.

10. The information broadcasting system, according to claim 9, wherein retrieval information for retrieving personal data desired for exchange is provided by the auxiliary information.

18. The information broadcasting system according to claim 1 or 3, wherein data which changes depending on a number of elapsed days from a date of creation of the personal data is displayed by the receiving apparatus.

19. The information broadcasting system according to claim 1 or 3, wherein a message and a data identification code possessed by an individual desiring personal data exchange are transmitted to the individual crating the personal data selected by the individual desiring personal data exchange.

20. The information broadcasting system according to claim 1 or 3, wherein when a message to the individual creating the personal data from an individual desiring personal data exchange is preserved in the server, if the individual creating the personal data is using the receiving apparatus, notification that the message has been registered is transmitted to the individual creating the personal data in a real-time manner.

21. The information broadcasting system according to claim 1 or 3, wherein a message is transmitted to the individual creating the personal data selected by an individual desiring personal data exchange, and the individual creating the personal data who received the message must input a data identification code and a password to display the message.

22. The information broadcasting system, according to claim 21, wherein after the message is displayed, the individual creating the personal data issues a print permission to the data identification code of the individual desiring personal data exchange.

23. The information broadcasting system, according to claim 22, wherein permission information is recorded into the server as additional information of the personal data, and the individual desiring personal data exchange prints the personal data only when the data identification code of the individual desiring personal data exchange is included in the permission information added to the personal.

27. The information broadcasting system, according to claim 9, wherein retrieval information for retrieving personal data desired for exchange is provided by the auxiliary information.

28. The information broadcasting system, according to claim 9, wherein the auxiliary information is an audio message.

29. The information broadcasting system, according to claim 9, wherein the auxiliary information is an animation message.

30. The information broadcasting system, according to claim 9, wherein the auxiliary information is selected from a plurality of regular messages.

31. The information broadcasting system, according to claim 9, wherein the auxiliary information is a character message.

2. A receiving apparatus, comprising:

image input means for inputting a face image of an individual to serve as seal data that is to be included in personal data of the individual;

output means for outputting the personal data, the outputted personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data;

input means for inputting an animation icon whose size or quantity increases as a number of elapsed days since the personal data of the individual has been formed increases;

communication means;

storage means for storing attribute information of the individual;

receiving means for receiving a digital broadcast signal within which are (i) advertising information that includes link information showing a linking method between the advertising information and detailed information regarding the advertising information and (ii) a target identification code that identifies a viewer class as a target of one or more of goods and services advertised by the advertising information; and

processing means for correlating the target identification code with the attribute information and for extracting the advertising information when the attribute information coincides with the target identification code;

wherein the personal data is electronically exchanged using the communicating means, a server, and two-way communicating means, the exchanged personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data.

11. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the personal data includes a plurality of types of auxiliary information accompanying the image of the individual creating the personal data and inputted by the individual, retrieving information for retrieving the personal data whose exchange is desired is provided by displaying the auxiliary information, and auxiliary information to be displayed is selected.

12. The receiving apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the auxiliary information is an audio message.

13. The receiving apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the auxiliary information is an animation message.

14. The receiving apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the auxiliary information is selected from a plurality of regular messages.

15. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the personal data has one of an audio message and an animation message as auxiliary information accompanying the image of the individual creating the personal data, and a timing to start an input is displayed when one of the audio message and the animation message is inputted.

16. The receiving apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the auxiliary information is a character message.

17. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the personal data has a character message as auxiliary information accompanying the image of the individual creating the personal data, and characters are allocated to numerals of two digits when the character message is inputted, thereby enabling an input operation of the character message using only numeral keys.

32. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the system has a personal data exchanging function and a communication Karaoke function.

33. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the personal data and messages are transmitted to the receiving apparatus using the digital broadcasting signal.

34. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when input of the personal data is completed, a data identification code, which is usable by all users of services at a time of a retrieval of the personal data and added to the personal data, and a password, which is known by only the individual creating the personal data and used for a specific service, are issued.

35. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the personal data includes auxiliary information accompanying the image of the individual creating the personal data and inputted by the individual.

36. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the personal data includes auxiliary information accompanying the image of the individual creating the personal data and inputted by the individual, and detailed information formed by the individual creating the personal data and inputted by an input device other than a terminal.

37. The receiving apparatus according to claim 36, wherein retrieval information for retrieving personal data desired for exchange is provided by the auxiliary information.

38. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein data which changes depending on a number of elapsed days from a date of creation of the personal data is displayed by the receiving apparatus.

39. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a message and a data identification code possessed by an individual desiring personal data exchange are transmitted to the individual crating the personal data selected by the individual desiring personal data exchange.

40. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when a message to the individual creating the personal data from an individual desiring personal data exchange is preserved in the server, if the individual creating the personal data is using the receiving apparatus, notification that the message has been registered is transmitted to the individual creating the personal data in a real-time manner.

41. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a message is transmitted to the individual creating the personal data selected by an individual desiring personal data exchange, and the individual creating the personal data who received the message must input a data identification code and a password to display the message.

42. The receiving apparatus according to claim 41, wherein after the message is displayed, the individual creating the personal data issues a print permission to the data identification code of the individual desiring personal data exchange.

43. The receiving apparatus according to claim 42, wherein permission information is recorded into the server as additional information of the personal data, and the individual desiring personal data exchange prints the personal data only when the data identification code of the individual desiring personal data exchange is included in the permission information added to the personal.

44. The receiving apparatus according to claim 36, wherein retrieval information for retrieving personal data desired for exchange is provided by the auxiliary information.

45. The receiving apparatus according to claim 36, wherein the auxiliary information is an audio message.

46. The receiving apparatus according to claim 36, wherein the auxiliary information is an animation message.

47. The receiving apparatus according to claim 36, wherein the auxiliary information is selected from a plurality of regular messages.

48. The receiving apparatus according to claim 36, wherein the auxiliary information is a character message.

3. An information broadcasting system, comprising:

a receiving apparatus, including;

image input means for inputting a face image of an individual to serve as seal data that is to be included in personal data of the individual,

output means for outputting the personal data, the outputted personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data,

input means for inputting an animation icon whose size or quantity increases as a number of elapsed days since the personal data of the individual has been formed increases,

storage means for storing attribute information of the individual,

receiving means for receiving a digital broadcasting signal within which are (i) advertising information that includes link information showing a linking method between the advertising information and detailed information regarding the advertising information and (ii) a target identification code that identifies a viewer class as a target of one or more of goods and services advertised by the advertising information, and

processing means for correlating the target identification code with the attribute information and for extracting the advertising information when the attribute information coincides with the target identification code;

a gateway, including;

a storing device, and

communicating means, and

the gateway being connected to a plurality of such receiving apparatuses, receiving the personal data from the plurality of receiving apparatuses, the received personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data, and sending the personal data to the plurality of receiving apparatuses, the sent personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data;

a server for receiving the personal data from the gateway, the received personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data, for transmitting the personal data to the gateway, the transmitted personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data, and for managing the personal data, the managed personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data; and

two-way communicating means for coupling the plurality of receiving apparatuses with the server,

wherein the personal data is electronically exchanged among the receiving apparatuses through the gateways using the server and the two-way communicating means, the exchanged personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data.

24. The information broadcasting system according to claim 3, wherein the gateway collectively transmits at every predetermined period of time the personal data inputted by the receiving apparatuses to the server.

25. The information broadcasting system according to claim 3, wherein most recent personal data preserved in the server is first transmitted to one of the terminal and the gateway.

26. The information broadcasting system according to claim 25, wherein a weight is added to each element of information on one of the retrieving apparatus side and the gateway side and the information is sequentially and preferentially preserved according to a level of significance of the information.

4. A receiving system, comprising:

a receiving apparatus including;

image input means for inputting a face image of an individual to serve as seal data that is to be included in personal data of the individual,

output means for outputting the personal data, the outputted personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data,

input means for inputting an animation icon whose size or quantity increases as a number of elapsed days since the personal data of the individual has been formed increases,

storage means for storing attribute information of the individual,

receiving means for receiving a digital broadcasting signal within which are (i) advertising information that includes link information showing a linking method between the advertising information and detailed information regarding the advertising information and (ii) a target identification code that identifies a viewer class as a target of one or more of goods and services advertised by the advertising information, and

processing means for correlating the target identification code with the attribute information and for extracting the advertising information when the attribute information coincides with the target identification code; and

a gateway, including;

a storing device, and

communicating means,

the gateway being connected to a plurality of such receiving apparatuses, receiving the personal data from the plurality of receiving apparatuses, the received personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data, and sending the personal data to the plurality of receiving apparatuses, the sent personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data;

wherein the personal data is electronically exchanged using the communicating means of the gateway, a server, and two-way communicating means, the exchanged personal data of the individual including the face image that serves as seal data.

49. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein the system has a personal data exchanging function and a communication Karaoke function.

50. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein the personal data and messages are transmitted to the receiving apparatus using the digital broadcasting signal.

51. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein when input of the personal data is completed, a data identification code, which is usable by all users of services at a time of a retrieval of the personal data and added to the personal data, and a password, which is known by only the individual creating the personal data and used for a specific service, are issued.

52. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein the personal data includes auxiliary information accompanying the image of the individual creating the personal data and inputted by the individual.

53. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein the personal data includes auxiliary information accompanying the image of the individual creating the personal data and inputted by the individual, and detailed information formed by the individual creating the personal data and inputted by an input device other than a terminal.

54. The receiving system according to claim 53, wherein retrieval information for retrieving personal data desired for exchange is provided by the auxiliary information.

55. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein the personal data includes a plurality of types of auxiliary information accompanying the image of the individual creating the personal data and inputted by the individual, retrieving information for retrieving the personal data whose exchange is desired is provided by displaying the auxiliary information, and auxiliary information to be displayed is selected.

56. The receiving system according to claim 55, wherein the auxiliary information is an audio message.

57. The receiving system according to claim 55, wherein the auxiliary information is an animation message.

58. The receiving system according to claim 55, wherein the auxiliary information is selected from a plurality of regular messages.

59. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein the personal data has one of an audio message and an animation message as auxiliary information accompanying the image of the individual creating the personal data, and a timing to start an input is displayed when one of the audio message and the animation message is inputted.

60. The receiving system according to claim 59, wherein the auxiliary information is a character message.

61. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein the personal data has a character message as auxiliary information accompanying the image of the individual creating the personal data, and characters are allocated to numerals of two digits when the character message is inputted, thereby enabling an input operation of the character message using only numeral keys.

62. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein data which changes depending on a number of elapsed days from a date of creation of the personal data is displayed by the receiving apparatus system.

63. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein a message and a data identification code possessed by an individual desiring personal data exchange are transmitted to the individual crating the personal data selected by the individual desiring personal data exchange.

64. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein when a message to the individual creating the personal data from an individual desiring personal data exchange is preserved in the server, if the individual creating the personal data is using the receiving apparatus, notification that the message has been registered is transmitted to the individual creating the personal data in a real-time manner.

65. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein a message is transmitted to the individual creating the personal data selected by an individual desiring personal data exchange, and the individual creating the personal data who received the message must input a data identification code and a password to display the message.

66. The receiving system according to claim 65, wherein after the message is displayed, the individual creating the personal data issues a print permission to the data identification code of the individual desiring personal data exchange.

67. The receiving system according to claim 66, wherein permission information is recorded into the server as additional information of the personal data, and the individual desiring personal data exchange prints the personal data only when the data identification code of the individual desiring personal data exchange is included in the permission information added to the personal.

68. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein the gateway collectively transmits at every predetermined period of time the personal data inputted by the receiving apparatuses to the server.

69. The receiving system according to claim 4, wherein most recent personal data preserved in the server is first transmitted to one of the terminal and the gateway.

70. The receiving system according to claim 69, wherein a weight is added to each element of information on one of the retrieving apparatus side and the gateway side and the information is sequentially and preferentially preserved according to a level of significance of the information.

71. The receiving system according to claim 53, wherein retrieval information for retrieving personal data desired for exchange is provided by the auxiliary information.

72. The receiving system according to claim 53, wherein the auxiliary information is an audio message.

73. The receiving system according to claim 53, wherein the auxiliary information is an animation message.

74. The receiving system according to claim 53, wherein the auxiliary information is selected from a plurality of regular messages.

75. The receiving system according to claim 53, wherein the auxiliary information is a character message.