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Method and apparatus for producing program information and receiving apparatus for processing the information in a broadcast system
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1998-12-03
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-12-03
Abstract
Abstract A program information producing apparatus (13) broadcasts program information of a next program belonging to the same program group as a subjective program in addition to the program information of the subjective program. A broadcast receiving apparatus (20) displays the program information of the next program based on the received program information of the subjective program, thereby allowing a viewer to make a reservation of the next program after checking its content during the user viewing each event of a series of programs.
Inventors
- 👤 Yuko Arai
- 👤 Takeshi Nagao
- 👤 Kenichi Fujita
- 👤 Hiroki Shinohara
- 👤 Takayuki Suzuki
- 👤 Aki Nakagawa
- 👤 Yoshimasa Goto
- 👤 Hiroyuki Nishi
- 👤 Yasuhiro Nakamura
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CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/43; H04N21/435; H04N21/47; H04N21/472; H04H; H04H20/00; H04H20/28; H04H60/00; H04H60/02; H04H60/04; H04H60/09; H04H60/14; H04H60/21; H04H60/35; H04H60/38; H04H60/41; H04H60/42; H04H60/68; H04H60/72; H04H60/76; H04H60/81; H04H60/93; H04H60/94; H04N21/20; H04N21/23; H04N21/235; H04N21/2355; H04N21/236; H04N21/23608; H04N21/25; H04N21/262; H04N21/26208; H04N21/26216; H04N21/433; H04N21/4334; H04N21/4335; H04N21/434; H04N21/4344; H04N21/4345; H04N21/47214; H04N21/482; H04N21/80; H04N21/83; H04N21/84; H04N21/85; H04N21/858; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/765; H04N5/775; H04N5/78; H04N5/782; H04N7/00; H04N7/16; H04N7/173; H04N7/17309
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 45
Claim 1
Independent Claim
87 words
A broadcast system for broadcasting a program and related program
information, comprising: a program information producing apparatus (13) for broadcasting
program information of a subjective program of a program group, said program
information of said subjective program (Fig. 2) including program information
of other program belonging to the same program group; and a broadcast receiving apparatus (20) for receiving said program
information of said subjective program (Fig. 2) and displaying said subjective
program together with said program information of other program belonging
to the same program group.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
66 words
A program information producing and transmitting method for a
program information producing apparatus (13), said method comprising the
steps of: producing program information of a subjective program of a program
group, said program information of said subjective program (Fig. 2) including
program information of other program belonging to the same program group;
and transmitting said subjective program and the produced program
information of said subjective program.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
119 words
A broadcast system for broadcasting a program and related program
information, comprising: a program information producing apparatus (13) for broadcasting
program information of a subjective program of a program group, said program
information of said subjective program (Fig. 2) including program information
of a next program to be broadcasted next time and belonging to the same
program group; and a broadcast receiving apparatus (20) for receiving said program
information of said subjective program (Fig. 2) sent from said program
information producing apparatus (13) and displaying said subjective program
together with said program information of said next program based on the
received program information of said subjective program, thereby allowing a
viewer to make a reservation of the next program.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
90 words
A program information producing apparatus (13) for a broadcast
system broadcasting a program and related program information, said apparatus
comprising: program group information producing means (51) for producing program
information of a subjective program of a program group, said program
information of said subjective program (Fig. 2) including program information
of a next program to be broadcasted next time and belonging to the same
program group; and transmitting means (15) for transmitting said subjective program and said
program information (Fig. 2) produced by said program group information
producing means (51).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
75 words
A program information producing and transmitting method for a
program information producing apparatus (13), said method comprising the
steps of: producing program information of a subjective program of a program
group, said program information of said subjective program (Fig. 2) including
program information of a next program to be broadcasted next time and
belonging to the same program group; and transmitting said subjective program and the produced program
information of said subjective program (Fig. 2).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
A receiving apparatus (20) for a broadcast system, wherein said receiving apparatus receives program information multiplexed with
video and audio data, and said receiving apparatus updates tuning processing in accordance with
the received program information (Fig. 3).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
A receiving apparatus (20) for a broadcast system, wherein said receiving apparatus receives program information multiplexed with
video and audio data, and said receiving apparatus updates recording processing in accordance
with the received program information (Fig. 3).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
80 words
A receiving apparatus (20) for receiving program information,
comprising: program group information managing means (52) for reading program
information of a next program to be broadcasted next time from program
information of a subjective program of a program group; display processing means (22) for displaying the read program
information of said next program together with said subjective program; and reserving means (24) for performing reservation processing in response
to a user's operation for making a reservation for the next program.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
84 words
A broadcast system for broadcasting a program and related program
information, comprising: a program information producing apparatus (13) for broadcasting
program information of a program of a program group, said program
information (Fig. 3) including attribute designating a recording method of a
program belonging to the same program group; and a broadcast receiving apparatus (20) for receiving said program
information (Fig. 3) produced by said program information producing
apparatus (13) and performing the recording of the program in accordance with
the designated recording method.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
65 words
A program information producing and transmitting method for a
program information producing apparatus (13), said method comprising the
steps of: producing program information of a program of a program group, said
program information (Fig. 3) including designation of a recording method of
a program belonging to the same program group; and transmitting said produced program information (Fig. 3) including the
designation of the recording method.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
84 words
A broadcast system for broadcasting a program and related program
information, comprising: a program information producing apparatus (13) for broadcasting
program information of a program of a program group, said program
information (Fig. 3) including attribute designating a reservation method of a
program belonging to the same program group; and a broadcast receiving apparatus (20) for receiving said program
information (Fig. 3) produced by said program information producing
apparatus (13) and performing the reservation of the program in accordance
with the designated reservation method.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
65 words
A program information producing and transmitting method for a
program information producing apparatus (13), said method comprising the
steps of: producing program information of a program of a program group, said
program information (Fig. 3) including designation of a reservation method of
a program belonging to the same program group; and transmitting said produced program information (Fig. 3) including the
designation of the reservation method.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
77 words
A program information producing apparatus (13) for a broadcast
system broadcasting a program and related program information, said apparatus
comprising: program group information producing means (51) for producing program
information of a program of a program group, said program information (Fig.
3) including attribute designating a recording method of a program belonging
to the same program group; and transmitting means (15) for transmitting said program information (Fig.
3) produced by said program group information producing means (51).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
77 words
A program information producing apparatus (13) for a broadcast
system broadcasting a program and related program information, said apparatus
comprising: program group information producing means (13) for producing program
information of a program of a program group, said program information (Fig.
3) including attribute designating a reservation method of a program belonging
to the same program group; and transmitting means (15) for transmitting said program information (Fig.
3) produced by said program group information producing means (13).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
47 words
A receiving apparatus (20) for receiving program information,
comprising: reserving means (24) for receiving program information of a program of
a program group, and performing reservation processing of a program in the
same program group in accordance with attribute involved in the received
program information (Fig. 3).
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
110 words
A broadcast system for broadcasting a program and related program
information, comprising: a program information producing apparatus (13) for broadcasting
program information of a subjective program of a program group, said program
information of said subjective program including information of a spare
program as to whether said spare program will be broadcasted or not (Figs. 5,
6); and a broadcast receiving apparatus (20) for receiving said program
information of said subjective program sent from said program information
producing apparatus (13) and displaying said spare program on a program table
(Figs. 7, 8) based on the received program information, thereby allowing a
viewer to make a reservation of the spare program.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
66 words
A program information producing apparatus (13) for a broadcast
system broadcasting a program and related program information, said apparatus
comprising: spare program information producing means (53) for producing program
information including a flag (Figs. 5, 6) indicating as to whether a spare
program will be broadcasted or not; and transmitting means (15) for transmitting said program information
produced by said spare program information producing means (53).
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
56 words
A program information producing and transmitting method for a
program information producing apparatus (13), said method comprising the
steps of: producing program information of spare programs scheduled in a same
broadcast time slot as to whether each of said space programs will be
broadcasted or not; and transmitting said produced program information of said spare programs.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
56 words
A receiving apparatus (20) for receiving program information,
comprising: spare program managing means (54) for producing a program table (Figs.
7, 8) including a spare program based on program information of said spare
program; and reserving means (24) for performing reservation processing in response
to a user's operation for making a reservation of said spare program.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
34 words
The receiving apparatus in accordance with claim 19, wherein said
reserving means (24) is for notifying the user of failure of said reservation
when the broadcast of said spare program is canceled (Fig. 9).
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
107 words
A broadcast system for broadcasting program information,
comprising: a program information producing apparatus (13) for broadcasting a
subjective program with viewing requirements and a related promotion
program which are scheduled in a same time slot, and producing and
broadcasting program information for each of said subjective and promotion
programs (Fig. 11) so as to include linking information for correlating said
subjective and promotion programs; and a broadcast receiving apparatus (20) for canceling a display of said
subjective program when said viewing requirements are not fulfilled and
replacing said display of said subjective program by a display of said
promotion program linked to said subjective program (Fig. 12).
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
39 words
The broadcast system in accordance with claim 21, wherein said
broadcast receiving apparatus (20) switches the display of said promotion
program to said display of said subjective program upon viewer's input
operation for fulfilling said viewing requirements (Fig. 12).
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
86 words
A program information producing apparatus (13) for a broadcast
system broadcasting program information, said apparatus comprising: link information producing means (57) for producing program
information of each of a subjective program with viewing requirements and a
related promotion program scheduled in a same time slot, said program
information of said subjective and promotion programs (Fig. 11) including
linking information for correlating said subjective program with the related
promotion program; and transmitting means (15) for transmitting the program information
produced by said link information producing means (57).
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
88 words
A program information producing and transmitting method for a
program information producing apparatus (13), said method comprising the
steps of: producing program information of each of a subjective program with
viewing requirements and a related promotion program scheduled in a same
time slot, said program information of said subjective and promotion programs
(Fig. 11) including linking information for correlating said subjective program
with the related promotion program; and transmitting the program information (Fig. 11) including said linking
information for correlating said subjective program with the related promotion
program.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
91 words
A receiving apparatus for a broadcast system broadcasting program
information, said apparatus comprising: requirement managing means (25) for checking whether viewing
requirements of a subjective program are fulfilled or not when a display of said
subjective program is requested; link information managing means (58) for searching a program linked
to said subjective program based on program information of said subjective
program when any unfulfilled viewing requirement is confirmed by said
requirement managing means; and display control means (22) for displaying said linked program searched
by' said link information managing means (58).
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
78 words
A broadcast system for broadcasting program information,
comprising: a program information producing apparatus (13) for broadcasting
program information including designation of a display format of a program
table (Fig. 14); and a broadcast receiving apparatus (20) storing a plurality of display formats
for selecting a suitable format among said plurality of display formats in
accordance with the designation of said program information producing
apparatus (13), thereby displaying the program table (Fig. 15) by using the
designated display format.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
56 words
A program information producing apparatus (13) for a broadcast
system broadcasting program information, said apparatus comprising: template information producing means (55) for producing program
information (Fig. 14) including designation of a display format of a program
table (Fig. 15); and transmitting means (15) for transmitting the program information
produced by said template information producing means (55).
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
57 words
A program information producing and transmitting method for a
program information producing apparatus (13), said method comprising the
steps of: producing program information (Fig. 14) including designation of a
display format of a program table (Fig. 15); and transmitting the program information (Fig. 14) including said
designation of the display format of the program table (Fig. 15).
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
38 words
The program information producing apparatus (13) in accordance
with claim 27, wherein said template information producing means (55) is for
producing a new display format and said transmitting means (15) is for
transmitting the produced new display format.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
32 words
A program information producing and transmitting method for a
program information producing apparatus (13), said method comprising the
steps of: producing a new display format; and transmitting the produced new display format.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
59 words
A receiving apparatus (20) for a broadcast system broadcasting
program information, said apparatus comprising template information
managing means (56) storing a plurality of display formats for selecting a
suitable format among said plurality of display formats in accordance with
designation involved in program information (Fig. 14), thereby producing a
program table (Fig. 15) by using the designated display format.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
57 words
A broadcast system for broadcasting program information,
comprising: a program information producing apparatus (13) for broadcasting
program information relating to program tables for a plurality of regions, said
program information (Fig. 17) including information indicating respective
regions; and a broadcast receiving apparatus (20) for selectively displaying a local
program table (Fig. 18) corresponding to a designated region.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
65 words
A program information producing apparatus (13) for a broadcast
system broadcasting program information, said apparatus comprising: local program information producing means (59) for producing program
information relating to program tables for a plurality of regions, said program
information (Fig. 17) including information indicating respective regions; and transmitting means (15) for transmitting the program information (Fig.
17) produced by said local program information producing means (59).
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
65 words
A program information producing and transmitting method for a
program information producing apparatus (13), said method comprising the
steps of: producing program information relating to program tables for a plurality
of regions, said program information (Fig. 17) including information indicating
respective regions; and transmitting the produced program information (Fig. 17) including the
program tables for said plurality of regions and the information indicating
respective regions.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
52 words
A receiving apparatus (20) for receiving program information,
comprising local program information managing means (60) for selecting
program information corresponding to a designated region from program
information of a plurality of regions, producing a local program table (Fig. 18)
based on the selected program information, and displaying the produced local
program table.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
52 words
A program information producing apparatus (13) for a broadcast
system broadcasting program information, said apparatus comprising: means (14) for putting a priority order to program information; and means (61) for eliminating supplemental information included in the
program information when said program information has a lower priority order,
thereby performing a bandwidth adjustment.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
60 words
A program information producing and transmitting method for a
program information producing apparatus (13), said method comprising the
steps of: putting a priority order to program information (Fig. 20); eliminating supplemental information included in the program
information when said program information has a lower priority order, thereby
performing a bandwidth adjustment (Fig. 21); and transmitting the bandwidth adjusted program information.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
59 words
A program information producing apparatus (13) for a broadcast
system broadcasting program information, said apparatus comprising: means (14) for putting a priority order to program information (Fig. 20);
and means (61) for shortening a listing duration of a specific program on a
program table when said specific program information has a lower priority
order, thereby performing a bandwidth adjustment.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
53 words
A program information transmitting method for a program
information producing apparatus (13), comprising the steps of: putting a priority order to program information (Fig. 20); and shortening a listing duration of a specific program on a program table
when said specific program information has a lower priority order, thereby
performing a bandwidth adjustment.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
46 words
A program information producing apparatus (13) for a broadcast
system broadcasting program information, said apparatus comprising: means (14) for putting a priority order to program information (Fig. 20);
and means (61) for changing a transmission method of the program
information in accordance with said priority order.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
42 words
A program information transmitting method for a program
information producing apparatus (13), said method comprising the steps of: putting a priority order to program information (Fig. 20); and transmitting program information whose transmission method is changed
in accordance with said priority order.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
42 words
The program information transmitting method in accordance with
claim 41, wherein a transmitting cycle is reduced when said program
information has a lower priority order, while the transmitting cycle is increased
when said program information has a higher priority order (Fig. 22).
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
61 words
A program information transmitting method for a program
information producing apparatus (13), comprising the steps of: checking a priority order of program information; and reducing a transmitting cycle of said program information when said
program information has a lower priority order, and increasing the transmitting
cycle of said program information when said program information has a higher
priority order (Fig. 22).
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
59 words
A program information producing apparatus (13) for a broadcast
system broadcasting program information, said apparatus comprising: program information producing means (14) for producing program
information having a priority order (Fig. 20); and priority order processing means (61) for changing a content or a
transmission method of said program information in accordance with the
priority order of said program information.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
49 words
A program information transmitting method for a program
information producing apparatus (13), said method comprising the steps of: putting a priority order to program information (Fig. 20); and transmitting said program information whose content or transmission
method is changed in accordance with the priority order of said program
information.
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