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US 7,735,105 B2Granted
Broadcast receiving method
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsYumiko Kato, Takahiro Kamai, Kenji Mizutani, Hideyuki Yoshida
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Abstract
To purchase an item which is viewed on a broadcast. The items may include furniture, jewelry, clothing and automobiles. The viewer is able to utter a phrase in reference to a viewed item that they wish to view or purchase. The system then searches the broadcast information and displays all relevant items. The viewer is then able to select and purchase a particular item.
Claims33
A broadcasting method comprising:
- a broadcasting step of broadcasting additional information associated with an object appearing in contents of a broadcast sent from a broadcasting station, simultaneously with the contents;
- a receiving step of receiving the broadcast;
- a voice recognizing step of recognizing a voice uttered by a viewer viewing the broadcast, providing time stamp information with respect to a point of time when the viewer utters the voice;
- an identifying or narrowing down step of identifying or narrowing down the object, resulting from voice recognition, from the additional information based on:
- a) voice recognizing an abstract time expression, which is not a numerical time expression, uttered by the viewer and assigning, by a controller, a corresponding numerical time width related to the abstract time expression that extends back from the time stamp information to an earlier predefined time, the object being searched for during the numerical time width, and
- b) voice recognizing content information uttered by the viewer, the content information comprising the object;
- and
- a display step of displaying the additional information associated with the identified or narrowed down object.
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A broadcast contents creating method comprising:
- a creating step of creating contents of a broadcast by broadcasting additional information associated with an object appearing in the contents of the broadcast sent from a broadcasting station, simultaneously with the contents;
- a transmitting step of transmitting identification information identifying the additional information, using a transmitter attached to, of objects appearing in the contents to be broadcast, the object with which the additional information is to be associated;
- wherein the broadcast is received,
- wherein a voice uttered by a viewer viewing the broadcast is recognized, a time stamp information being provided with respect to point of time when the viewer utters the voice, and
- wherein, resulting from voice recognition, the object is identified or narrowed down from the additional information based on:
- a) voice recognizing an abstract time expression, which is not a numerical time expression, uttered by the viewer and assigning, by a controller, a corresponding numerical time width related to the abstract time expression that extends back from the time stamp information to an earlier predefined time, the object being searched for during the numerical time width, and
- b) voice recognizing content information uttered by the viewer, the content information comprising the object;
- a receiving step of receiving the identification information transmitted from the transmitter while the contents to be broadcast are recorded;
- and
- a recording step of recording the additional information in accordance with the received identification information so as to be in synchronism with the contents while the contents to be broadcast are recorded.
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A broadcasting system comprising:
- a first apparatus including broadcasting means of broadcasting additional information associated with an object appearing in contents of a broadcast sent from a broadcasting station, simultaneously with the contents;
- and
- a second apparatus including:
- receiving means of receiving the broadcast;
- voice recognizing means of recognizing a voice uttered by a viewer viewing the broadcast providing time stamp information with respect to a point of time when the viewer utters the voice;
- identifying or narrowing down means of identifying or narrowing down the object, resulting from voice recognition, from the additional information based on:
- a) voice recognizing an abstract time expression, which is not a numerical time expression, uttered by the viewer and assigning, by a controller, a corresponding numerical time width related to the abstract time expression that extends back from the time stamp information to an earlier predefined time, the object being searched for during the numerical time width, and
- b) voice recognizing content information uttered by the viewer, the content information comprising the object;
- and
- display means of displaying the additional information associated with the identified or narrowed down object.
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A broadcast contents creating apparatus including:
- creating means of creating contents of a broadcast by broadcasting additional information associated with an object appearing in the contents of the broadcast sent from a broadcasting station, simultaneously with the contents;
- a transmitter attached to, of objects appearing in the contents to be broadcast, the object with which the additional information is to be associated, the transmitter including transmitting means of transmitting identification information identifying the additional information associated with the object;
- and
- wherein the broadcast is received,
- wherein a voice uttered by a viewer viewing the broadcast is recognized, a time stamp information being provided with respect to a point of time when the viewer utters the voice, and
- wherein, resulting from voice recognition, the object is identified or narrowed down from the additional information based on:
- a) voice recognizing an abstract time expression, which is not a numerical time expression, uttered by the viewer and assigning, by a controller, a corresponding numerical time width related to the abstract time expression that extends back from the time stamp information to an earlier predefined time, the object is searched for during the numerical time width, and
- b) voice recognizing content information uttered by the viewer, the content information comprising the object;
- receiving means of receiving the identification information transmitted from the transmitter while the contents to be broadcast are recorded;
- and
- recording means of recording the additional information in accordance with the received identification information so as to be in synchronism with the contents while the contents to be broadcast are recorded.
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A transmitter included in a broadcast contents creating apparatus including
- creating means of creating contents of a broadcast by broadcasting additional information associated with an object appearing in the contents of the broadcast sent from a broadcasting station, simultaneously with the contents,
- the transmitter attached to, of objects appearing in the contents to be broadcast, the object with which the additional information is to be associated, the transmitter including transmitting means of transmitting identification information identifying the additional information associated with the object,
- wherein the broadcast is received,
- wherein a voice uttered by a viewer viewing the broadcast is recognized, a time stamp information being provided with respect to a point of time when the viewer utters the voice, and
- wherein, resulting from voice recognition, the object is identified or narrowed down from the additional information based on:
- a) voice recognizing an abstract time expression, which is not a numerical time expression, uttered by the viewer and assigning, by a controller, a corresponding numerical time width related to the abstract time expression that extends back from the time stamp information to an earlier predefined time, the object being searched for during the numerical time width, and
- b) voice recognizing content information uttered by the viewer, the content information comprising the object, and
- wherein the broadcast contents creating apparatus further includes:
- receiving means of receiving the identification information transmitted from the transmitter while the contents to be broadcast are recorded;
- and
- recording means of recording the additional information in accordance with the received identification information so as to be in synchronism with the contents while the contents to be broadcast are recorded.
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A first apparatus including broadcasting means of broadcasting additional information associated with an object appearing in contents of a broadcast sent from a broadcasting station, simultaneously with the contents,
- wherein the broadcast is received by a second apparatus including:
- receiving means of receiving the broadcast;
- voice recognizing means of recognizing a voice uttered by a viewer viewing the broadcast, providing time stamp information with respect to a point of time when the viewer utters the voice;
- identifying or narrowing down means of identifying or narrowing down the object, resulting from voice recognition, from the additional information based on:
- a) voice recognizing an abstract time expression, which is not a numerical time expression, uttered by the viewer and assigning, by a controller, a corresponding numerical time width related to the abstract time expression that extends back from the time stamp information to an earlier predefined time, the object being searched for during the numerical time width, and
- b) voice recognizing content information uttered by the viewer, the content information comprising the object;
- and
- display means of displaying the additional information associated with the identified or narrowed down object.
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A second apparatus including:
- receiving means of receiving a broadcast broadcast from a first apparatus including broadcasting means of broadcasting additional information associated with an object appearing in contents of the broadcast sent from a broadcasting station, simultaneously with the contents;
- voice recognizing means of recognizing a voice uttered by a viewer viewing the broadcast, providing time stamp information with respect to a point a of time when the viewer utters the voice;
- identifying or narrowing down means of identifying or narrowing down the object, resulting from voice recognition, from the additional information based on:
- a) voice recognizing an abstract time expression, which is not a numerical time expression, uttered by the viewer and assigning, by a controller, a corresponding numerical time width related to the abstract time expression that extends back from the time stamp information to an earlier predefined time, the object being searched for during the numerical time width, and
- b) voice recognizing content information uttered by the viewer, the content information comprising the object;
- and
- display means of displaying the additional information associated with the identified or narrowed down object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.