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EP0929197A2
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Broadcast-program viewing method and system
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1999-01-08
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2019-01-08
Abstract
Abstract A broadcast-program viewing method is provided, which is capable of optionally viewing broadcast programs transmitted by a broadcasting station according to a viewer's taste or desire. In the step (a), original broadcast programs transmitted by a broadcasting station are received and stored onto an information storage medium capable of random access. Each of the received original broadcast programs contains items having attribute information. In the step (b), the attribute information for the items of the received original broadcast programs is acquired and stored onto the information storage medium. In the step (c), viewer's information is specified according to a viewer's taste or desire. In the step (d), the attribute information for the items of the received original broadcast programs and the specified viewer's information are compared to designate at least one desired item in the items of the received original broadcast programs having a desired relationship with the inputted viewer's information. In the step (e), the at least one desired item in the items of the received original broadcast programs are reproduced according to the specified viewer's information as a viewer's program.
Inventors
- 👤 Katsuhiro c/o NEC Corporation Ochiai
- 👤 Hiroshi c/o NEC Corporation Matoba
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 15:31
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04H; H04H60/00; H04H60/76; H04H60/81; H04H60/93; H04H60/94; H04H60/02; H04H60/07; H04H60/27; H04H60/35; H04H60/46; H04H60/61; H04H60/65; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/41; H04N21/414; H04N21/4147; H04N21/45; H04N21/4508; H04N21/4532; H04N21/454; H04N21/458; H04N21/462; H04N21/4622; H04N21/47; H04N21/478; H04N21/4782; H04N21/80; H04N21/83; H04N21/84; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N7/00; H04N7/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
A broadcast-program viewing method comprising the following
steps of: (a) receiving original broadcast programs transmitted by a
broadcasting station and storing said original broadcast programs
onto an information storage medium capable of random access; each of said received original broadcast programs
containing items having attribute information; (b) acquiring said attribute information for said items of
said received original broadcast programs and storing said
attribute information onto said information storage medium. (c) specifying viewer's information according to a viewer's
taste or desire; (d) comparing said attribute information for said items of
said received original broadcast programs and said specified
viewer's information to designate at least one desired item in
said items of said received original broadcast programs having
a desired relationship with said inputted viewer's information;
and (e) reproducing said at least one desired item designated in
said items of said received original broadcast programs according
to said specified viewer's information as a viewer's program.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said items of said
received original broadcast programs are selected and/or
rearranged along a time axis according to said specified viewer's
information in said step (e).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said attribute
information for said items of said received original broadcast
programs is acquired through a different path from a broadcasting
wave conveying said original broadcast programs.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said attribute
information is acquired through a communication line such as the
INTERNET using a communication receiver.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said attribute
information for said items of said received original broadcast
programs is acquired through a broadcasting wave conveying said
original broadcast programs.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said attribute
information is transmitted from said broadcasting station
transmitting said original programs and then, received along with
said original broadcast programs.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said attribute
information is transmitted from a different broadcasting station
from said broadcasting station transmitting said original
programs.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said viewer's program
is (i) a digest of at least one of said broadcast programs
transmitted by said broadcasting station, (ii) a program obtained
by reediting at least two ones of said broadcast programs
transmitted by said broadcasting station, or (iii) a program
obtained by rearranging said items of at least one of said
broadcast programs transmitted by said broadcasting station along
a timing axis.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
186 words
A broadcast-program viewing system comprising: (a) an information storage subsystem for storing original
broadcast programs transmitted by a broadcasting station onto an
information storage medium; said information storage subsystem being capable of
random access to said information storage medium; each of said original broadcast programs containing items
having attribute information; (b) an attribute information receiver for acquiring
attribute information for said items of said original broadcast
programs; (c) an input subsystem for allowing a viewer to input viewer's
information according to said viewer's taste or desire; (d) a controller for controlling said information storage
subsystem and said attribute information receiver in such a way
that said attribute information for said items of said received
original broadcast programs and said inputted viewer's
information are compared to designate at least one desired item
in said items of said received original broadcast programs having
a desired relationship with said inputted viewer's information;
and (e) an output subsystem for reproducing said designated at
least one desired item in said items of said received original
broadcast programs according to said program map formed in said
step (d) as a viewer's program.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said items of said
received original broadcast programs are selected and/or
rearranged along a time axis according to said inputted viewer's
information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said attribute
information receiver acquires said attribute information for said
items of said received original broadcast programs through a
different path from a broadcasting wave conveying said original
broadcast programs.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein said attribute
information is acquired through a communication line such as the
INTERNET using a communication receiver.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said attribute
information receiver acquires said attribute information for said
items of said received original broadcast programs through a
broadcasting wave conveying said original broadcast programs.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein said attribute
information is transmitted from said broadcasting station
transmitting said original programs and then, received along with
said original broadcast programs.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein said attribute
information is transmitted from a different broadcasting station
from said broadcasting station transmitting said original
programs.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
90 words
The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said controller
controls said information storage subsystem and said attribute
information receiver in such a way that said viewer's program is
(i) a digest of at least one of said broadcast programs transmitted
by said broadcasting station, (ii) a program obtained by reediting
at least two ones of said broadcast programs transmitted by said
broadcasting station, or (iii) a program obtained by rearranging
said items of at least one of said broadcast programs transmitted
by said broadcasting station along a timing axis.
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