Program recommendation system, program view terminal, program view program, program view method, program recommendation server, program recommendation program, and program recommendation method

A program viewing terminal comprising:

• a program receiving section for receiving a program included in a broadcast wave or communication data;
• a manipulation accepting section for accepting input of manipulation information representing manipulation of a user with respect to the program received by the program receiving section;
• a manipulation information transmitting section for transmitting the manipulation information accepted by the manipulation accepting section to a program recommendation server communicatively connected to the program viewing terminal via a network, and adapted for creating recommended information relating to a program matching with a preference of the user depending on the manipulation information;
• a recommended information receiving section for receiving the recommended information transmitted by the program recommendation server;
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• a program controlling section for performing at least one of a selecting operation, a recording operation, a reproducing operation, and a deleting operation of a program, based on the recommended information received by the recommended information receiving section.

A computer readable recording medium storing a program viewing program for causing a computer to function as at least:

• a program receiving section for receiving a program included in a broadcast wave or communication data;
• a manipulation accepting section for accepting input of manipulation information representing manipulation of a user with respect to the program received by the program receiving section;
• a manipulation information transmitting section for transmitting the manipulation information accepted by the manipulation accepting section to a program recommendation server communicatively connected via a network, and adapted for creating recommended information relating to a program matching with a preference of the user depending on the manipulation information;
• a recommended information receiving section for receiving the recommended information transmitted by the program recommendation server;
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• a program controlling section for performing at least one of a selecting operation, a recording operation, a reproducing operation, and a deleting operation of a program, based on the recommended information received by the recommended information receiving section.

A program viewing method comprising:

• a program receiving step of receiving a program included in a broadcast wave or communication data;
• a manipulation accepting step of accepting input of manipulation information representing manipulation of a user with respect to the program received in the program receiving step;
• a manipulation information transmitting step of transmitting the manipulation information accepted in the manipulation accepting step to a program recommendation server communicatively connected via a network, and adapted for creating recommended information relating to a program matching with a preference of the user depending on the manipulation information;
• a recommended information receiving step of receiving the recommended information transmitted by the program recommendation server;
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• a program controlling step of performing at least one of a selecting operation, a recording operation, a reproducing operation, and a deleting operation of a program, based on the recommended information received in the recommended information receiving step.

A program recommendation server comprising:

• a manipulation information receiving section for receiving manipulation information representing manipulation of a user with respect to a program transmitted by a program viewing terminal communicatively connected via a network, and adapted to allow the user to view the received program;
• a manipulation information storing section for storing the manipulation information received by the manipulation information receiving section with respect to each of the users;
• a first grouping section for defining the user as a first group, based on the manipulation information received by the manipulation information receiving section, and the manipulation information stored in the manipulation information storing section with respect to each of the users;
• a second grouping section for defining the user as a second group, the second group including the first group defined by the first grouping section;
• a recommended information generating section for generating the recommended information customized to the first group, based on an aggregate calculation result of the manipulation information of the users belonging to the first group defined by the first grouping section, and an aggregate calculation result of the manipulation information of the users belonging to the second group defined by the second grouping section;
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• a recommended information transmitting section for transmitting the recommended information generated by the recommended information generating section to the program viewing terminal.

A computer readable recording medium storing a program recommendation program for causing a computer to function as at least:

• a manipulation information receiving section for receiving manipulation information representing manipulation of a user with respect to a program transmitted by a program viewing terminal communicatively connected via a network, and adapted to allow the user to view the received program;
• a manipulation information storing section for storing the manipulation information received by the manipulation information receiving section with respect to each of the users;
• a first grouping section for defining the user as a first group, based on the manipulation information received by the manipulation information receiving section, and the manipulation information stored in the manipulation information storing section with respect to each of the users;
• a second grouping section for defining the user as a second group, the second group including the first group defined by the first grouping section;
• a recommended information generating section for generating the recommended information customized to the first group, based on an aggregate calculation result of the manipulation information of the users belonging to the first group defined by the first grouping section, and an aggregate calculation result of the manipulation information of the users belonging to the second group defined by the second grouping section;
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• a recommended information transmitting section for transmitting the recommended information generated by the recommended information generating section to the program viewing terminal.

A program recommendation method comprising:

• a manipulation information receiving step of receiving manipulation information representing manipulation of a user with respect to a program transmitted by a program viewing terminal communicatively connected via a network, and adapted for allowing the user to view the received program;
• a manipulation information storing step of storing the manipulation information received in the manipulation information receiving step into a manipulation information storing section with respect to each of the users;
• a first grouping step of defining the user as a first group, based on the manipulation information received in the manipulation information receiving step, and the manipulation information stored in the manipulation information storing section with respect to each of the users;
• a second grouping step of defining the user as a second group, the second group including the first group defined in the first grouping step;
• a recommended information generating step of generating the recommended information customized to the first group, based on an aggregate calculation result of the manipulation information of the users belonging to the first group defined in the first grouping step, and an aggregate calculation result of the manipulation information of the users belonging to the second group defined in the second grouping step;
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• a recommended information transmitting step of transmitting the recommended information generated by a recommended information generating section step to the program viewing terminal.