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US 2009/0022476 A1Published application
Broadcasting System and Program Contents Delivery System
AssigneeAccess Co., Ltd.
InventorKenji Nonoyama
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Abstract
Provided is a summary management method including: a step for receiving a program signal providing a program, a step for acquiring a summary of a web content associated with the program together with the summary management information, and a step for managing the acquired summary according to the management information.
Claims36
A summarized information managing device, comprising:
- a program signal receiver unit to receive program signals which provide a program;
- a summarized information obtaining unit to obtain summarized information, which at least includes a URL concerning web contents being associated with the program and is written in a markup language, along with management information of the summarized information;
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- a summarized information management unit to manage the summarized information obtained by the summarized information obtaining unit according to the management information,
- wherein the management information includes at least one of periods of validities concerning obtaining the summarized information, displaying the summarized information, a category of the summarized information, and accessibility to an address included in the summarized information,
- wherein the management information is included in summarized information which is received along with the program signals;
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- wherein the summarized information obtaining unit extracts a summarized information address, which indicates a location of the summarized information being transmitted along with the program signals, and the management information and automatically and periodically accesses the summarized information address at a predetermined interval to obtain the summarized information.
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A method to manage summarized information, comprising
- receiving program signals which provide a program;
- obtaining summarized information of web contents which are associated with the program along with management information of the summarized information;
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- managing the summarized information according to the management information,
- wherein the management information includes at least one of periods of validities concerning obtaining the summarized information, displaying the summarized information, a category of the summarized information, and accessibility to an address included in the summarized information.
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A program list information usable device, comprising:
- a program list information obtaining unit to obtain program list information, which is written in a markup language, usable to view or record a program, and at least includes a URL of web contents associated with the program, and in which summarized information associated with the program is included;
- a summarized information obtaining unit to obtain the summarized information included in the program list information,
- wherein the summarized information obtaining unit obtains the summarized information included in the program list information when the program list information, obtained by the program list information obtaining unit, is used to select the program to be viewed or recorded.
A method to use program list information, comprising:
- obtaining program list information, which is written in a markup language, usable to view or record a program, and at least includes a URL of web contents associated with the program, and in which summarized information associated with the program is included;
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- obtaining the summarized information included in the program list information when the program to be viewed or recorded is selected based on the obtained program list information.
A program signal exchanging system, comprising:
- a program signal transmitter device to transmit program signals to provide a program;
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- a program signal receiver device to receive the program signals,
- wherein the program signal receiver device is provided with a summarized information management device,
- wherein the summarized information management device comprises:
- a program signal receiver unit to receive program signals which provide a program;
- a summarized information obtaining unit to obtain summarized information, which at least includes a URL concerning web contents being associated with the program and is written in a markup language along with management information of the summarized information;
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- a summarized information management unit to manage the summarized information obtained by the summarized information obtaining unit according to the management information,
- wherein the management information includes at least one of periods of validities concerning obtaining the summarized information, displaying the summarized information, a category of the summarized information, and accessibility to an address included in the summarized information;
- wherein the management information is included in summarized information which is received along with the program signals;
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- wherein the summarized information obtaining unit extracts a summarized information address, which indicates a location of the summarized information being transmitted along with the program signals, and the management information and automatically and periodically accesses the summarized information address at a predetermined interval to obtain the summarized information.
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A method to record and reproduce program signals, comprising:
- receiving program signals which provide a program;
- obtaining summarized information, which at least includes a URL concerning web contents being associated with the program and is written in a markup language;
- obtaining program specifying information to specify the program;
- recording the obtained program specifying information to be associated with the obtained summarized information and the received program signals;
- displaying the summarized information and the program specifying information associated with the summarized information on a screen;
- extracting the program signals specified by the program specifying information, when the user selects the program specifying information, from a record created in the recording step, and reproduce the extracted program signals;
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- extracting and obtaining summarized information address, which indicates a location of the summarized information superimposed over the received program signals, from the program signals;
- wherein obtaining the summarized information includes automatically and periodically accessing the obtained summarized information address to obtain the summarized information at a predetermined period.
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A recording and reproducing device for program signals, comprising:
- a program signal receiver unit to receive program signals which provide a program;
- a summarized information obtaining unit to obtain summarized information, which at least includes a URL concerning web contents being associated with the program and is written in a markup language;
- a program specifying information obtaining unit to obtain program specifying information which specifies the program;
- a recording unit to record the program specifying information obtained by the program specifying information obtaining unit to be associated with the summarized information obtained by the summarized information obtaining unit and the program signals received by the program signal receiver unit;
- a display unit to display the summarized information and the program specifying information associated with the summarized information on a screen;
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- a program signal reproduction unit to extract the program signals specified by the program specifying information, when the user selects the program specifying information, from the recording unit and reproduce the extracted program signals.
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A recording and reproducing device for program signals, comprising:
- a program signal receiver unit to receive program signals, on which summarized information address indicating an address of summarized information concerning web contents being associated with a program and written in a markup language is superimposed;
- a summarized information address extracting unit to extract the summarized information address from the received program signals;
- a summarized information obtaining unit to automatically and periodically access the extracted summarized information address to obtain the summarized information at a predetermined interval;
- a program specifying information obtaining unit to obtain program specifying information which specifies the program;
- a recording unit to record the obtained program specifying information to be associated with the obtained summarized information and the received program signals;
- a display unit to display the summarized information and the program specifying information associated with the summarized information on a screen;
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- a program signal reproduction unit to extract the program signals specified by the program specifying information, when the user selects the program specifying information, from the recording unit and reproduce the extracted program signals.
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A recording and reproducing device for program signals, comprising:
- a program signal receiver unit to receive program signals, on which attribute information concerning the program is superimposed;
- an attribute information extracting unit to extract the attribute information from the received program signals;
- a summarized information address obtaining unit to transmit the extracted attribute information to a database, in which the attribute information of the program and an address of the summarized information written in a markup language and concerning web contents being associated with the program are stored to be associated with each other, and to obtain the summarized information address which indicates an address of the summarized information corresponding to the transmitted attribute information;
- a summarized information obtaining unit to automatically and periodically access the obtained summarized information address to obtain the summarized information at a predetermined interval;
- a summarized information displaying unit to display the obtained summarized information;
- a program specifying information obtaining unit to obtain program specifying information which specifies the program;
- a recording unit to record the obtained program specifying information to be associated with the obtained summarized information and the received program signals;
- a display unit to display the summarized information and the program specifying information associated with the summarized information on a screen;
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- a program signal reproduction unit to extract the program signals specified by the program specifying information, when the user selects the program specifying information, from the recording unit and reproduce the extracted program signals.
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A method to reproduce streaming program signals, comprising:
- receiving streaming program signals which provide a program in stream;
- obtaining summarized information, which is written in a markup language and in which an address to provide program signals of another program being related to the program is stored;
- obtaining program specifying information to specify the program;
- displaying the obtained program specifying information on a screen;
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- accessing an address which provides streaming program signals of a program specified by the program specifying information based on the obtained summarized information, when the user selects the program specifying information, to reproduce the streaming program signals.
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A receiver device for program signals, comprising:
- a program signal receiver unit to receive program signals, on which summarized information address indicating an address of summarized information, written in a markup language and at least including a URL of web contents concerning a program is superimposed;
- a summarized information address extracting unit to extract the summarized information address from the received program signals;
- a summarized information obtaining unit to automatically and periodically access the extracted summarized information address to obtain the summarized information at a predetermined interval;
- a summarized information display unit to display the obtained summarized information;
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- a summarized information management unit, which manages the summarized information obtained by the summarized information obtaining unit based on at least one of a viewership achievement of an associated program associated with the program, a browsed achievement of the summarized information, and a browsed achievement of a web page at the address included in the summarized information.
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A receiver device for program signals, comprising:
- a program signal receiver unit to receive program signals, on which attribute information concerning the program is superimposed;
- an attribute information extracting unit to extract the attribute information from the received program signals;
- a summarized information address obtaining unit to transmit the extracted attribute information to a database, in which the attribute information of the program and an address of the summarized information written in a markup language and concerning web contents being associated with the program are stored to be associated with each other, and to obtain the summarized information address which indicates an address of the summarized information corresponding to the transmitted attribute information;
- a summarized information obtaining unit to automatically and periodically access the obtained summarized information address to obtain the summarized information at a predetermined interval;
- a summarized information displaying unit to display the obtained summarized information;
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- a summarized information management unit, which manages the summarized information obtained by the summarized information obtaining unit based on at least one of a viewership achievement of an associated program associated with the program, a browsed achievement of the summarized information, and a browsed achievement of a web page at the address included in the summarized information.
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A reproduction device for streaming program signals, comprising:
- a streaming program signal receiver unit to receive streaming program signals which provide a program in stream;
- a summarized information obtaining unit to automatically and periodically access a summarized information address, which indicates a location of summarized information, to obtain the summarized information, in which an address to provide program signals of another program being related to the program is stored, the summarized information written in a markup language and at least including a URL concerning web contents being associated with the program;
- a summarized information address extracting unit to extract the summarized information address, which is superimposed over the received streaming program signals, from the streaming program signals;
- a program specifying information obtaining unit to obtain program specifying information to specify the program;
- a display unit to display the obtained program specifying information on a screen;
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- a reproduction unit to access an address which provides streaming program signals of a program specified by the program specifying information based on the summarized information obtained by the summarized information obtaining unit, when the user selects the program specifying information, to reproduce the specified streaming program signals.
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A reproduction device for streaming program signals, comprising:
- a streaming program signal receiver unit to receive streaming program signals which provide a program in stream;
- a program specifying information extracting unit to extract program specifying information, which specifies the program and is superimposed over the streaming program signals, from the streaming program signals;
- a summarized information address obtaining unit to transmit the extracted program specifying information to a database, in which the program specifying information and an address of summarized information concerning web contents being associated with the program are stored to be associated with each other, and to obtain the summarized information address which indicates an address of the summarized information corresponding to the transmitted program specifying information;
- a summarized information obtaining unit to automatically and periodically access the obtained summarized information address to obtain the summarized information at a predetermined interval;
- a display unit to display the extracted program specifying information on a screen;
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- a reproduction unit to access an address which provides streaming program signals of a program specified by the program specifying information based on the obtained summarized information, when the user selects the program specifying information being displayed, to reproduce the specified streaming program signals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.