Broadcast reception device
AssigneeFunai Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorKiyonori Hida
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A broadcast reception device includes a storage unit, a viewing period measurement unit that measures a period of viewing a program, a program classification unit that classifies a viewed program based on a predetermined program classification, a viewing period accumulation unit that accumulates the period measured by the viewing period measurement unit based on the type classified by the program classification unit, and stores the accumulated period in the storage unit, and a display information generation unit that displays the accumulation information of the viewing period stored in the storage unit in predetermined timing on a display device.
Claims10
A broadcast reception device comprising:
- a storage unit;
- a viewing period measurement unit that measures a period of viewing a program;
- a program classification unit that classifies a viewed program based on a predetermined program classification;
- a viewing period accumulation unit that accumulates the period measured by the viewing period measurement unit based on the type classified by the program classification unit, and stores the accumulated period in the storage unit;
- and
- a display information generation unit that displays the accumulation information of the viewing period stored in the storage unit in predetermined timing on a display device.
A broadcast reception device comprising:
- a descrambling unit that descrambles a scrambled television broadcast signal in order to subscribe a program of a pay channel or free channel based on a subscription contract with a broadcaster;
- a storage unit;
- a viewing period measurement unit that measures a period of viewing a program;
- an electronic program guide acquisition unit that acquires an electronic program guide;
- a program classification unit that classifies a viewed program based on a channel number and based on the acquired electronic program guide;
- a viewing period accumulation unit that accumulates the period measured by the viewing period measurement unit based on the type classified by the program classification unit, and stores the accumulated period in the storage unit;
- a determination unit that determines a program category which has the longest accumulation of the viewing period;
- a search unit that searches the electronic program guide for a pay channel which most frequently broadcasts programs in the determined program category;
- and
- a display information generation unit that displays accumulation information of the viewing period and the searched pay channel in predetermined timing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.