Program-schedule-generating device, program-data-sharing system, method of generating program schedule, and computer program

A program-data-sharing system comprising:

• a processor to:
• acquire a plurality of first program data items provided by a plurality of users, the plurality of first program data items describing information on a program already broadcast by a broadcasting station on a particular date and time or scheduled to be broadcast by a broadcasting station on a particular date and time, the plurality of first program data items including at least information used for identifying the program;
• acquire a second program data item provided by a data-providing company in a predetermined format in which time slots are provided for each broadcast station;
• extract from the acquired plurality of first program data items, a first program data item provided by a first user, and a first program data item provided by a second user associated with the first user;
• generate, before the program is broadcast, a first program schedule by converting the extracted first program data item provided by the first user and the first program data item provided by the second user to conform to the format and writing the converted first program data items in a blank program slot of the first program schedule;
• and
• generates, after the program is broadcast, a second program schedule based on the extracted first program data items that are provided by the first user and the second user after the program is broadcast, the second program schedule forming a second program schedule for the first user, the second program schedule data for the first user generated after the program is broadcast includes the first program data items provided after the program is broadcast in a blank program slot of the second program schedule for the first user, and does not include the first program data items provided before the program is broadcast;
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• a plurality of display devices used by the plurality of users for displaying the program schedule data.

A method of generating a program schedule comprising:

• a first step of acquiring a plurality of first program data items provided by a plurality of users, the plurality of first program data items describing information of a program already broadcast by a broadcasting station on a particular date and time or scheduled to be broadcast by a broadcasting station on a particular date and time, the plurality of first program data items including at least information used for identifying the program;
• a second step of acquiring a second program data item provided by a data-providing company in a predetermined format in which time slots are provided for each broadcast station;
• a third step of extracting from the plurality of first program data items acquired in the first step, a first program data item provided by a first user, and a first program data item provided by a second user associated with the first user;
• a fourth step of generating, before the program is broadcast, a first program schedule by converting the first program data item provided by the first user and the first program data item provided by the second user extracted to conform to the format and writing the converted first program data item in a blank program slot of the first program schedule;
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• a fifth step of generating, after the program is broadcast, a second program schedule based on the extracted first program data items that are provided by the first user and the second user after the program is broadcast, the second program schedule forming a second program schedule for the first user, the second program schedule for the first user generated after the program is broadcast includes the first program data items provided after the program is broadcast in a blank program slot of the second program schedule for the first user, and does not include the first program data items provided before the program is broadcast.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute:

• a first step of acquiring a plurality of first program data items provided by a plurality of users, the plurality of first program data items describing information of a program already broadcast by a broadcasting station on a particular date and time or scheduled to be broadcast by a broadcasting station on a particular date and time, the plurality of first program data items including at least information used for identifying the program;
• a second step of acquiring second program data items provided by a data-providing company in a predetermined format in which time slots are provided for each broadcast station;
• a third step of extracting from the plurality of first program data items acquired in the first step, a first program data item provided by a first user, and a first program data item provided by a second user associated with the first user;
• a fourth step of generating, before the program is broadcast, a first program schedule by converting the extracted first program data item provided by the first user and the first program data item provided by the second user to conform to the format and writing the converted first program data item in a blank program slot of the first program schedule;
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• a fifth step of generating, after the program is broadcast, a second program schedule based on the first program data items that are provided by the first user and the second user after the program is broadcast, the second program schedule forming a second program schedule for the first user, the second program schedule for the first user generated after the program is broadcast includes the first program data items provided after the program is broadcast in a blank program slot of the second program schedule for the first user, and does not include the first program data items provided before the program is broadcast.