EP0833511A2
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A broadcasting system and an information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus used therein
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1997-09-08
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2017-09-08
Abstract
Abstract In a broadcasting system including a center and an information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus, contents data of services of each of various data and service additional information in which information relating to these services is described are made in the center. The contents data of services and the service additional information are broadcasted from a service providing apparatus provided in the center. The information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus receives and accumulates the contents data of services and the service additional information therein. When a user of the information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus regenerates the contents data of services and the service additional information to view the program, the information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus provides an additional service on the basis of the service additional information. The service providing apparatus of the center broadcasts coupon indirect information used to issue a coupon, and the information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus of the viewer receives and accumulates the coupon indirect information to issue a coupon.
Inventors
- 👤 Takenosuke Harada
- 👤 Kazuhiro Machida
- 👤 Isao Kandaka
- 👤 Akira Usui
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 14:06
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/16; H04N7/173; G; G06; G06Q; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/06; G06Q30/0601; H04H; H04H20/00; H04H20/65; H04H20/76; H04H60/00; H04H60/09; H04H60/14; H04H60/21; H04H60/35; H04H60/46; H04H60/61; H04H60/63; H04H60/68; H04H60/72; H04H60/76; H04H60/78; H04H60/80; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/25; H04N21/251; H04N21/252; H04N21/254; H04N21/2543; H04N21/258; H04N21/25866; H04N21/25891; H04N21/40; H04N21/43; H04N21/433; H04N21/4331; H04N21/45; H04N21/4508; H04N21/4532; H04N21/466; H04N21/4667; H04N21/47; H04N21/472; H04N21/4722; H04N21/478; H04N21/4784; H04N21/80; H04N21/81; H04N21/812; H04N21/85; H04N21/858; H04N7/162; H04N7/165; H04N7/17309; H04N7/17318; H04N7/17345; H04N7/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim
226 words
A method for issuing a coupon in a broadcasting system
including a center and at least one information broadcast
receiving terminal apparatus, comprising the steps of: providing a service providing apparatus in said
center; making contents data of services of each of various
programs configured with video information, sound
information, character information and the like transmitted
by a broadcasting means, and service additional information
in which information relating to said services is described
as attribute information; broadcasting said contents data of said services and
said service additional information as data of each of said
various programs from said service providing apparatus; receiving said contents data of said services and said
service additional information by said information broadcast
receiving terminal apparatus of a viewer and accumulating
the same in said information broadcast receiving terminal
apparatus; regenerating said contents data of said services or
said service additional information received by said
information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus to
provide additional services on the basis of said service
additional information when said viewer views said program; broadcasting coupon indirect information used to issue
a coupon as said contents data of said services from said
service providing apparatus of said center; and receiving and accumulating said coupon indirect
information by said information broadcast receiving terminal
apparatus and accumulating the same in said information
broadcast receiving terminal apparatus, thereby issuing said
coupon.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
73 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein if said coupon indirect information includes one or
more pieces of information corresponding to a service which
can issue a coupon, and said coupon indirect information
corresponding to an arbitrary service is accumulated in a
storing unit of said information broadcast receiving
terminal apparatus when said service is broadcasted and
displayed, or regenerated from said storing unit and
displayed, coupon information is notified to said viewer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
96 words
A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said information broadcast receiving terminal
apparatus has a function of receiving a direct mail
broadcast from said center, if said coupon indirect
information includes one or more pieces of information
corresponding to a direct mail which can issue a coupon, and
said coupon indirect information corresponding to an
arbitrary direct mail is accumulated in a storing unit in
said information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus when
said direct mail is broadcasted and displayed, or
regenerated from said storing unit and displayed, coupon
information is notified to said viewer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
A method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein an arbitrary coupon code is given to a coupon, said
coupon code is published in media other than broadcast to be
notified to said viewer, said coupon is issued by inputting
said coupon code into said information broadcast receiving
terminal apparatus by said viewer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
A method according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein when an arbitrary service is broadcasted, a coupon
code for issuing a coupon on the basis of coupon indirect
information corresponding to said service is broadcasted
simultaneously, said information broadcast receiving
terminal apparatus receives said service along with said
coupon code corresponding to said service to issue said
coupon.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
58 words
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein when said coupon information is notified to said
viewer, whether said coupon information is notified to said
viewer is judged on the basis of a record of viewer
information such as a view record, taste information or the
like accumulated in said information broadcast receiving
terminal apparatus.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
69 words
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said information broadcast receiving terminal
apparatus has a remote controller to which an identification
number used to identify a dealer or the like is given to
issue or handle said coupon, and said identification number
transmitted from said remote controller is used as a coupon
code to issue said coupon or to vary an amount to be
discounted.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to claim 7, wherein said identification number is stored in an IC card.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
32 words
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said coupon indirect information includes coupon
classification information, and issued coupons are
structurally managed in said information broadcast receiving
terminal apparatus.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
40 words
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein when said coupon is used, an amount corresponding to
said used coupon is reduced on the basis of use record
information accumulated in said information broadcast
receiving terminal apparatus.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
37 words
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein in a pay-per-view service, a coupon is designated when
said pay-per-view service is used, whereby an amount
corresponding to said coupon is reduced in a charge.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 11, wherein a use of said
pay-per-view service corresponding to a
coupon is reserved by using of said coupon by said viewer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method according to claim 10, 11 or 12, wherein said coupon has at least two values which are a
current value and a discount value, and said discount value
is subtracted from said current value when said coupon is
used.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
57 words
A method according to claim 1, 11, 12 or 13, wherein said coupon has only a current value, whereas said
service has a discount value unique to said service, and
said discount value given to said service is subtracted from
said current value given to said coupon by designating said
coupon when said viewer uses said service.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
46 words
A method according to any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein said coupon includes address information of an
issuer of said coupon, and personal information and the like
of said viewer is notified to said issuer of said coupon
when said viewer uses said coupon.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
190 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said information broadcast receiving terminal
apparatus is connected to said center over a telephone line,
said information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus of
said viewer transmits a request of said viewer to said
center over said telephone line, whereas said service
providing apparatus in said center broadcasts arbitrary
coupon indirect information in response to said request of
said viewer; said information broadcast receiving terminal
apparatus accumulates information relating to a use record
of said viewer, adds an amount corresponding to a coupon to
be broadcasted to said use record of said viewer when
transmitting said request of said viewer, and requests said
center to broadcast coupon indirect information along with
information relating to information of a destination of said
coupon, a type of said coupon and an amount of said coupon; said service providing apparatus broadcasts said
coupon indirect information in response to said request of
said viewer, said information broadcast receiving terminal
apparatus receiving said coupon indirect information judges
whether said coupon indirect information is addressed to
itself or not, and issues said coupon if said coupon
indirect information is addressed to itself.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
102 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said information broadcast receiving terminal
apparatus is connected to said center over a telephone line,
said service providing apparatus in said center manages a
use record of coupons by said viewer instead of said
information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus, said
information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus requests
over said telephone line said center to add an amount
corresponding to a coupon to the use record of coupons of
said viewer who requests to broadcast a coupon when said
viewer uses said coupon, whereby said service providing
apparatus updates the use record in response to said
request.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
63 words
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said center broadcasts said coupon indirect
information corresponding to a broadcast program, broadcasts
a coupon code used to issue a coupon corresponding to said
program when broadcasting said program, thereby confirming
whether said coupon is issued in said information broadcast
receiving terminal apparatus to research a view record of
said broadcast program.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method according to claim 18, wherein when the view record of said broadcast program is
researched, classification information included in said
coupon indirect information is specified to certain contents
so that coupons are classified.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method according to claim 19, wherein said classification information included in said
coupon indirect information is specified to information of a
sponsor providing said broadcast program, thereby
classifying coupons.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
253 words
An information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus
used in a broadcasting system including a center and said
information broadcasting receiving terminal apparatus
comprising: a receiving unit for receiving contents data of
services of each of various programs and service additional
information broadcasted as data of each of various program
from a service providing apparatus provided in said center,
said contents data of each of various programs being
configured with video information, sound information,
character information and the like to be transmitted from a
broadcasting means of said center and said service
additional information being described therein information
relating to said services as attribute information, said
contents data of services and said service additional
information being made in said center; a storing unit for storing said contents data of
services and said service additional information received by
said receiving unit; an information managing unit for managing said
contents data of services and said service additional
information stored in said storing unit separately from each
other; a regenerating unit for reading out said contents data
of services and said service additional information stored
in said storing unit at an arbitrary timing to regenerate
them; a coupon indirect information accumulating unit for
accumulating coupon indirect information broadcasted as
information used to issue a coupon as said contents data of
services received from said service providing apparatus of
said center by said receiving unit; and an issuing unit for issuing said coupon on the basis
of said coupon indirect information accumulated in said
coupon indirect information accumulating unit.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
67 words
An apparatus according to claim 21 further comprising a coupon information notifying unit for notifying coupon information
to a viewer, wherein if said coupon indirect information
corresponding to a service is accumulated in said coupon
indirect information accumulating means when the service is
broadcasted from said center or regenerated from said
storing unit and displayed, said coupon information
notifying unit notifies the coupon information to the
viewer.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
78 words
An apparatus according to claim 21 or 22, wherein said receiving unit has a function of receiving a direct mail, whereas said storing
unit has a function of accumulating said direct mail, and
said coupon information notifying unit notifies the coupon
information to the viewer if the coupon indirect information
corresponding to an arbitrary direct mail is accumulated in
said storing unit when said direct mail broadcasted from said
center or regenerated from said storing unit is displayed.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
51 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, 22 or 23 further
comprising a coupon code decrypting unit for decrypting a
coupon code, wherein an arbitrary coupon code is given to a
coupon, and said coupon code decrypting unit decrypts a coupon
code when said coupon code is inputted, thereby issuing a
coupon.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
21 words
The information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus
according to claim 24 further comprising a remote controller
used to input the coupon code.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
27 words
The information broadcast receiving terminal apparatus
according to claim 25, wherein an identification number for
identifying the viewer or a dealer is given to said remote
controller.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
16 words
An apparatus according to claim 26, wherein the
identification number is stored in an IC card.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
52 words
An apparatus according to claim 25, 26 or 27, wherein said
coupon code decrypting unit decrypts the identification number
transmitted from said remote controller as a coupon code to
issue a coupon, and a value to be subtracted when the coupon is
used is varied on the basis of the identification number.
Claim 29
Independent Claim
51 words
An apparatus according to any one of claims 21 to 28
further comprising a viewer information accumulating unit for
accumulating information about the viewer, and a controlling
unit for judging whether the coupon information is notified to
the viewer or a coupon is issued on the basis of the viewer
information.
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