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WO2012164670A1 - Système de commande de canal, procédé de fonctionnement et programme associé - Google Patents

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WO2012164670A1
WO2012164670A1 PCT/JP2011/062411 JP2011062411W WO2012164670A1 WO 2012164670 A1 WO2012164670 A1 WO 2012164670A1 JP 2011062411 W JP2011062411 W JP 2011062411W WO 2012164670 A1 WO2012164670 A1 WO 2012164670A1
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  • the present invention relates to a technique for controlling channel assignment of a content viewing apparatus.
  • Patent Document 1 discloses a list (channel menu) in which a television broadcast reception frequency, an IP address or an URL indicating an Internet access destination is assigned to a channel number and displayed (channel menu). A technology that enables reception of TV broadcasts and Internet access without switching between them is disclosed.
  • the present invention collects and analyzes the viewing history of the TV program and the access history of the Internet on the content viewing device in the channel server device.
  • the analysis for example, if you know that you are watching a lot of news programs, you can incorporate a web news site into the channel menu, and if you know that you are browsing a lot of web shopping sites, you can find a specialized broadcast station ⁇ for mail order programs.
  • a channel control system for controlling a content viewing apparatus from a channel server apparatus to be incorporated into a channel menu is provided.
  • a channel control system comprising a content viewing device capable of viewing both television broadcast content and Internet content, and a channel server device, and the content viewing device is assigned a television broadcast reception frequency or URL.
  • a channel menu generating unit that generates a channel menu including a plurality of selected graphics according to channel menu generation information received from the channel server device, and a selection receiving unit that receives a selection of content using the generated channel menu.
  • An access log acquisition unit that acquires an access log to each content by the selection, an access log transmission unit that transmits the acquired access log to the channel server device, and a channel server device according to the transmitted access log Having a channel menu generation information receiving unit that receives the channel menu generation information returned from.
  • the channel server device includes an access log receiving unit that receives the transmitted access log, and channel menu generation information for viewing Internet content based on the access log for the television broadcast content in the received access log.
  • a channel menu generation information calculation unit for calculating channel menu generation information for viewing TV broadcast content based on an access log for Internet content in the received access log, and content of the calculated channel menu generation information
  • a channel menu generation information transmission unit for transmitting to the viewing device.
  • the content viewing apparatus having the above configuration further includes a channel menu log holding unit that holds the channel menu log generated by the channel menu generation unit, and the channel menu generation unit is held in the channel menu log holding unit.
  • a channel control system comprising past log dependency generation means for generating a channel menu selected from a channel menu log using the corresponding channel menu generation information.
  • the content of the television broadcast can be selected when selecting the content to be allocated to the channel menu.
  • Internet content can be selected based on the viewing history, and television broadcast content can be selected based on the Internet access history.
  • FIG. Schematic diagram showing an example of access log acquisition in the channel control system of the first embodiment.
  • FIG. The figure showing an example of the hardware constitutions in the channel server apparatus of the channel control system of Example 1.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process flow in the channel control system according to the first embodiment.
  • the figure showing an example of the functional block in the channel control system of Example 2.
  • a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing in the channel control system of Example 2.
  • the first embodiment will mainly describe claims 1, 3 and 4.
  • the second embodiment will mainly describe Claim 2.
  • FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an example of channel menu assignment control of the content viewing apparatus in the channel control system of the present embodiment.
  • the channel server device collects the reception history of television broadcasts in the content viewing devices 1 and 2 and the access history of the Internet as access logs (hereinafter, the history of a plurality of content viewing devices is collected).
  • the history may be individually collected using device IDs and the allocation control may be performed individually).
  • the channel server apparatus analyzes the collected history, and obtains, for example, an analysis result that the audience rating of the news program is high from the viewing history of the TV program, and “news page A” of the Internet content as the content to be allocated to the channel menu. URL is selected.
  • the analysis result that the access rate of the shopping site is high is also obtained from the Internet access history, the reception frequency of the mail order specialized broadcasting station ⁇ that broadcasts many “mail order programs” as contents to be assigned to another channel of the channel menu Select. Based on these selections, information for generating a channel menu is calculated and transmitted to each content viewing apparatus.
  • the content viewing apparatus uses the information to generate a channel menu in which “URL of news page A” is assigned to one channel and “Receiving frequency of mail order specialty broadcasting station ⁇ ” is assigned to two channels and displayed on the display. , And so on.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks in the channel control system of the present embodiment.
  • the channel control system of the present embodiment includes a “content viewing device” (0200) and a “channel server device” (0210).
  • each device constituting the system described below can be realized as a combination of hardware and software.
  • a computer a CPU, a main memory, a bus, or a secondary storage device (a hard disk, a non-volatile memory, a storage medium such as a CD or a DVD, a read drive for the medium, etc.), information Input devices used for input, printing equipment, display devices, other hardware components such as external peripheral devices, interfaces for external peripheral devices, communication interfaces, driver programs for controlling these hardware, Other examples include application programs and user interface applications.
  • the functional blocks of each device may be realized by dedicated hardware.
  • the present invention can be realized not only as a system but also as a method.
  • a part of the invention can be configured as software.
  • a software product used to cause a computer to execute such software and a recording medium on which the product is fixed are naturally included in the technical scope of the present invention (the same applies throughout the present specification). .
  • This content viewing apparatus is configured to be able to view both television broadcast content and Internet content, and as shown in FIG. 2, a “channel menu generation unit” (0201), a “selection reception unit” (0202), “ An “access log acquisition unit” (0203), an “access log transmission unit” (0204), and a “channel menu generation information reception unit” (0205).
  • the “channel menu generation unit” (0201) has a function of generating a channel menu composed of a plurality of selected graphics to which a television broadcast reception frequency or URL is assigned according to channel menu generation information received from the channel server device.
  • a channel menu generation program for example, it can be realized by a CPU, a main memory, a channel menu generation program, or the like.
  • “Selected graphic” refers to a graphic displayed as a unit of a selection item of a channel menu. For example, a channel identified by a number for specifying a channel for a content viewing apparatus when receiving a television broadcast or acquiring an Internet source. Examples include number graphics, selection panels, and icon graphics. If the selected graphic is a channel number, the predetermined graphic is selected by selecting a number using a remote controller or the like. If the selected graphic is a selection panel or icon, the predetermined graphic is selected by a touch specifying operation or a cursor specifying operation. It is said that it is done.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the generated channel menu.
  • a channel menu showing the names of contents corresponding to channel numbers and the like, such as a 4 ⁇ 2 matrix arrangement, and channel numbers are arranged vertically or horizontally as shown in FIG. 3 (b).
  • the process for generating the channel menu according to the channel menu generation information includes the following.
  • the channel menu may be generated by performing allocation according to the frequency.
  • the channel menu generation information only the TV broadcast reception frequency and URL are specified, and if it is not specified which of the selected graphics is assigned, the available selection graphics are received according to a predetermined rule or the like. It is preferable to assign a frequency and a URL.
  • URL is information for indicating the location of the Web source on the Internet, and includes, for example, an IP address and a URI (URL or URN).
  • the “selection accepting unit” (0202) has a function of accepting content selection using the generated channel menu.
  • the CPU, the main memory, the remote control, the operation panel (operation key) of the apparatus main body, or the touch panel is touched. It can be realized by various operation input mechanisms such as an operation GUI, a selection receiving program, and the like.
  • the channel menu having the 4 ⁇ 4 matrix arrangement is displayed on a single screen and received according to the cursor selection operation of the operation input mechanism.
  • the channel menu listed in a row is displayed together with the video by OSD processing or the like, and the selection is accepted, or the channel menu is displayed in the upper and lower or left and right black frame areas inserted in the video data due to the difference in the aspect ratio of the video and the display. Examples include an embedded display and accepting the selection.
  • the “access log acquisition unit” (0203) has a function of acquiring an access log to each content by the selection, and can be realized by a CPU, a main memory, an access log acquisition program, or the like.
  • FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of access log acquisition here.
  • “access time”, “reception frequency”, and “URL” are stored in association with each other as an access log record. Then, by analyzing the reception frequency and URL, it is possible to acquire content acquisition destination type information indicating whether the access destination content is Internet content or television broadcast content. Specifically, for example, if the last character string of the access log is a unit of frequency such as MHz, the access log is determined to be an access log to the television broadcast content, and if the first character string is used in an Internet protocol such as http. For example, it is determined as an access log to Internet content.
  • the reception frequency and URL it is also possible to analyze the reception frequency and URL and acquire the attribute information of the accessed content.
  • the content is a television broadcast content
  • the electronic program guide is referred to, and the accessed television program is specified from the reception frequency and access time.
  • information related to the program in the electronic program guide for example, the genre of the program, the performer, the producer, the production age, etc. are acquired as the attribute information of the content.
  • the attribute information of the content may be acquired from information such as BML included in the received broadcast wave.
  • the content at the location indicated by the URL may be acquired.
  • the attribute information of the content may be acquired using a tag (Meta tag or the like).
  • the information obtained by associating the identification information of the acquired content with the acquired program genre and the attribute information of the accessed content Is acquired as an access log.
  • the access log acquired here may be information as shown in FIG. 4B, or information shown in FIG. 4A when acquired by the content viewing apparatus. Then, it may be configured to be converted into information as shown in FIG. 4B by performing the above-described processing in a channel server device to be described later.
  • the “access log transmission unit” (0204) has a function of transmitting the acquired access log to the channel server device, and can be realized by, for example, a CPU, a main memory, a communication circuit, and an access log transmission program.
  • the “channel menu generation information receiving unit” (0205) has a function of receiving the channel menu generation information returned from the channel server device in accordance with the transmitted access log.
  • the CPU, main memory, communication circuit, It can be realized by a channel menu generation information receiving program or the like.
  • the Internet access channel is generated based on the TV viewing access log calculated by the channel server device described later, and the TV viewing channel is generated based on the Internet access log.
  • the received channel menu generation information is received, and such a channel menu is generated.
  • the channel server device includes an “access log reception unit” (0211), a “channel menu generation information calculation unit” (0212), and a “channel menu generation information transmission unit” (0213). Have.
  • the “access log receiving unit” (0211) has a function of receiving the transmitted access log, and can be realized by, for example, a CPU, a main memory, a communication circuit, and an access log receiving program.
  • the “channel menu generation information calculation unit” (0212) calculates channel menu generation information for viewing Internet content based on the access log for the television broadcast content in the received access log, and the received access log It has a function of calculating channel menu generation information for viewing TV broadcast content based on an access log for Internet content, and can be realized by, for example, a CPU, a main memory, a channel menu generation information calculation program, and the like.
  • the content attribute is obtained from the viewing history of the TV program. Count the number of views for each piece of information. Then, when an analysis result having a larger number of times of viewing the news program is obtained, the URL of “news page A” having the content attribute of news is selected as the content to be assigned to the channel menu.
  • a content list held in the storage device In this case, identification information of a content acquisition destination, content attribute information, and a reception frequency or URL of the acquisition destination are associated. In the case of the above processing, the URL of “news page A” whose acquisition destination is the Internet and whose attribute is classified as “news” is acquired.
  • the number of accesses is counted for each content attribute information from the Internet access history. And when the analysis result that the access rate of the shopping site is high is also obtained, the reception frequency of the mail order specialized broadcasting station ⁇ that broadcasts many “mail order programs” as the content to be assigned to another channel in the channel menu is selected, etc. is there.
  • the above calculation processing in this channel server device It is preferable to calculate the channel menu generation information after calculating information that associates the program genre of the content shown in FIG. 4B with the attribute information of the accessed content.
  • the URL of the Internet content is selected based on the viewing history of the television broadcast, and the reception frequency of the television broadcast content is selected based on the access history of the Internet. If the configuration is provided, the reception frequency of the television broadcast content is further selected based on the viewing history of the television broadcast, and the URL of the Internet content is selected based on the access history of the Internet.
  • the TV broadcast viewing history and the Internet access history are comprehensively analyzed (for example, news programs and news sites having the same content attributes are counted as the same). Etc.), a configuration of selecting a reception frequency or / and a URL may be used.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of channel menu generation information calculated including the reception frequency and URL selected in this way.
  • the channel menu generation information a list of reception frequencies and URLs of television broadcasts to be assigned to the selected graphic identified by the channel number may be acquired. In that case, it is preferable to assign a reception frequency and a URL to a channel number that can be used by the content viewing apparatus according to a predetermined rule.
  • channel menu generation information in which channel numbers, reception frequencies, and URLs are associated in advance may be acquired. In that case, an allocation process corresponding to the association is executed in the content viewing apparatus.
  • the “channel menu generation information transmission unit” (0213) has a function of transmitting the calculated channel menu generation information to the content viewing apparatus.
  • the CPU, main memory, communication circuit, access log reception program, etc. Can be realized.
  • the Internet can be selected based on the viewing history of the television broadcast when selecting the content to be allocated to the channel menu.
  • the content can be selected, and the television broadcast content can be selected based on the Internet access history.
  • the content viewing apparatus may include a “device ID holding unit” and a “device ID transmission unit” (not shown).
  • a device ID holding unit By using this device ID, the history of each content viewing device can be individually analyzed in the channel server device, and channel menu assignment can be controlled individually.
  • the “device ID holding unit” has a function of holding a device ID for identifying itself, and can be realized by, for example, a flash memory, an HDD (hard disk drive), or other various storage media.
  • the “device ID” may be any information as long as it can identify itself.
  • the manufacturer of the content viewing apparatus may divert the “apparatus ID” assigned for the production management, or the original “apparatus ID” newly assigned and managed for the system. I do not care.
  • the “device ID transmission unit” has a function of transmitting the device ID held in the device ID holding unit to the channel server device, and is realized by, for example, a CPU, a main memory, a communication circuit, and a device ID transmission program. can do. Further, as will be described later, this device ID may be transmitted, for example, at the time of “initial setting” immediately after turning on the power of the initialized content viewing device. It may be transmitted after setting.
  • the device ID receiving unit receives the device ID, and the channel menu generation information calculating unit generates a channel menu for each content viewing device based on the device ID. Then, the channel menu generation information transmission unit transmits the calculated channel menu generation information to each content viewing device that is the transmission source of the history.
  • the channel control of the content viewing apparatus by the channel control system of the present embodiment will be described below with a more specific example.
  • the user turns on the power of the content viewing apparatus in the initial state, for example, an initial setting menu is displayed, and it is set whether or not to perform channel menu allocation control by the access log.
  • the content viewing device accesses the channel server device and inputs a device ID (the device ID is not an input, but a device ID held in its own internal memory may be read), and the channel It may be transmitted to the server device.
  • the access log acquisition program and the access log transmission program are automatically read and executed. Specifically, when channel selection by the channel menu is accepted by a remote control operation or the like, first, the accepted remote control number is acquired. Subsequently, the channel menu is referred to by an arithmetic process such as a CPU, and the reception frequency or URL assigned to the remote control number is acquired.
  • the CPU determines that it is an access log to the television broadcast content, and if the first character string is used in the Internet protocol such as http. Judged as an access log to Internet content.
  • the content is a television broadcast content
  • the accessed television program is identified from the reception frequency and access time.
  • information related to the program in the electronic program guide for example, the program genre, performer, producer, production age, etc.
  • the attribute information of the content may be acquired from information such as BML included in the received broadcast wave.
  • the content at the location indicated by the URL is acquired.
  • attribute information of the content is acquired using a Meta tag or the like.
  • information that associates the identification information of the content acquired in this way with the program genre of the content and the attribute information of the accessed content is stored in a flash memory or the like. Every other day, for example, every other day, it is transmitted to the channel server apparatus at a predetermined cycle (of course, it may be transmitted every time of acquisition).
  • the channel server apparatus receives the access log transmitted as such.
  • access logs from a plurality of content viewing apparatuses are collected, and the following processing is executed. That is, the number of times of viewing is counted for each piece of content attribute information from the viewing history of the TV program. Then, when an analysis result in which the number of times the news program is viewed is obtained as compared with others, the above-mentioned content list or the like is referred to, and “news page A” which is Internet content as content to be allocated to the channel menu and whose content attribute is news. URL is selected.
  • the number of accesses is counted for each content attribute information from the Internet access history. And if the analysis result that the access rate of the shopping site is high is also obtained, select the reception frequency of the mail order specialized broadcasting station ⁇ that broadcasts many “mail order programs” as content to be assigned to another channel in the channel menu
  • the said process is a form which processes (analyzes) the access log from several content viewing apparatuses collectively, the form which processes an access log according to content viewing apparatus by apparatus ID etc. may be sufficient.
  • the channel server device transmits the channel menu generation information calculated in this way to the content viewing device.
  • the content viewing apparatus that has received the channel menu generation information generates a channel menu in which the reception frequency and URL indicated by the information are assigned to the selected graphic.
  • the channel menu generation information when the reception frequency and URL and the ID of the selected graphic to be assigned are specified, the television broadcast reception frequency or URL specified for each selected graphic accordingly And create a channel menu that arranges them in a vertical or horizontal row or matrix.
  • the channel menu generated in this way is displayed on the display of the content viewing apparatus.
  • the selected graphic is a channel number
  • the URL is acquired by Internet access
  • the reception frequency is acquired by tuner reception frequency control.
  • FIG. 6 and 7 are schematic diagrams showing an example of the configuration of the content viewing device and the channel server device when the above functional components are realized as hardware. First, the operation of each hardware component in the acquisition and transmission processing of the access log in the content viewing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.
  • the content viewing apparatus is a channel menu generation unit and an access log acquisition unit, and “CPU” (0601) and “main memory” (0602) for executing various other arithmetic processes. And.
  • a “flash memory” (0603) that stores an access log a “communication circuit” (0604) that is an access log transmission unit and a channel menu generation information reception unit, and an “input device” (0605) that is a selection reception unit.
  • a “display” (0606), a “TV tuner” (0607), and the like are provided.
  • the access log acquisition program and the access log transmission program are read into the “main memory”. Thereafter, a channel menu (generated by interpretation of the CPU channel menu generation program) is displayed on the “display” of the content viewing apparatus, and a channel (selected graphic) selection operation is accepted via the “input device”.
  • the “CPU” interprets the access log acquisition program, and first acquires the accepted remote control number accordingly. Subsequently, the channel menu is referred to by the arithmetic processing of the “CPU”, and the reception frequency or URL assigned to the remote control number is acquired and stored in the “main memory”. Subsequently, for example, if the last character string of the access log is a unit of frequency such as MHz, the CPU determines that it is an access log to the television broadcast content, and if the first character string is used in the Internet protocol such as http. Judged as an access log to Internet content.
  • the content is a television broadcast content
  • the accessed television program is identified from the reception frequency and access time.
  • information related to the program in the electronic program guide for example, the program genre, performer, producer, production age, etc.
  • the attribute information of the content may be acquired from information such as BML included in the received broadcast wave.
  • the content at the location indicated by the URL is acquired.
  • attribute information of the content is acquired using a Meta tag or the like.
  • the information obtained by identifying the content acquisition destination, the program genre of the content, and the attribute information of the accessed content is used as an access log as a “flash memory”. Save to. Then, the “CPU” interprets the access log transmission program and transmits the access log to the channel server device via the “communication circuit” at a predetermined cycle such as every other day.
  • the channel server device is a channel menu generation information calculation unit, and includes a “CPU” (0711) and a “main memory” (0712) for executing various other arithmetic processes. I have. Also, it includes an “HDD” (0713) for storing the received access log, a “communication circuit” (0714) that is an access log receiving unit and a channel menu generation information transmitting unit, and the like.
  • the access log transmitted from the content viewing device is received via the “communication circuit” and stored in the “HDD”. Thereafter, at a predetermined timing or the like, the “CPU” interprets the channel menu generation information calculation program and refers to the access log content acquisition destination ID accordingly. Then, the number of times of viewing is counted for each piece of content attribute information from a record determined as a viewing history of the television program. Then, for example, when an analysis result in which the number of times a news program is viewed is larger than the others, the above-described content list held in “HDD” is referred to. Then, the URL of “news page A” whose acquisition source in the content list is the Internet and whose attribute is classified as “news” is selected as the content to be assigned to the channel menu and stored in address 1 of “main memory”.
  • the number of accesses is counted for each content attribute information from the Internet access history.
  • the content list is similarly referred to, and reception of the mail order specialized broadcasting station ⁇ that broadcasts many “mail order programs” as contents to be assigned to another channel of the channel menu.
  • the frequency is selected and stored at address 2 of the “main memory”.
  • the channel server device transmits the reception frequency and URL stored in the “main memory” in this way as channel menu generation information to the content viewing device via the “communication circuit”.
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing flow in the channel control system of the present embodiment.
  • the steps shown below may be steps executed by each hardware configuration of the computer as described above, or may be processing steps that constitute a program for controlling the computer recorded on a medium. I do not care.
  • a channel menu composed of a plurality of selected graphics to which a television broadcast reception frequency or URL is assigned is generated according to the channel menu generation information received from the channel server apparatus (steps). S0801). If the channel menu generation information has never been received, it is preferable to use what is stored in advance as the channel menu in the initial state. Then, the selection of content is accepted using the generated channel menu (step S0802), and an access log to each content by the selection is acquired (step S0803). The acquired access log is transmitted to the channel server device (step S0804), and the channel menu generation information returned from the channel server device according to the transmitted access log is received (step S0805). Then, the process returns to step S0801, and a channel menu is generated using the received channel menu generation information.
  • the channel server device When the channel server device receives the access log transmitted from the content viewing device (step S0811), the channel menu for viewing Internet content based on the access log for the television broadcast content in the received access log. Generation information is calculated, and channel menu generation information for viewing television broadcast content is calculated based on an access log for Internet content in the received access log (step S0812). Then, the calculated channel menu generation information is transmitted to the content viewing apparatus (step S0813).
  • the content of the television broadcast can be selected when selecting the content to be allocated to the channel menu.
  • Internet content can be selected based on the viewing history, and television broadcast content can be selected based on the Internet access history.
  • This embodiment is based on the above embodiment, and can be restored to the previous channel menu by a simple operation on the user side of the content viewing apparatus, such as when the user does not like the channel menu controlled by the channel server device.
  • a channel control system characterized by having a function.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks in the channel control system of the present embodiment.
  • the channel control system of the present embodiment is composed of a “content viewing device” (0900) and a “channel server device” (0910) based on the first embodiment. Since the configuration requirements of the channel server device are the same as those in the first embodiment, their illustration and description are omitted.
  • the content viewing apparatus includes a “channel menu generation unit” (0901), a “selection reception unit” (0902), an “access log acquisition unit” (0903), and an “access log”.
  • the content viewing apparatus has a “channel menu log holding unit” (0906), and the channel menu generation unit further includes a “past log dependency generation unit” (0907).
  • the “channel menu log holding unit” (0906) has a function of holding the channel menu log generated by the channel menu generation unit, and can be realized by a recording device such as a flash memory or an HDD.
  • the channel menu log held here may hold all of the selected graphic, reception frequency, and URL assignment, for example. In that case, the channel menu can be restored by the content viewing apparatus alone.
  • the information as described above is held in the channel server apparatus, and the content viewing apparatus may be configured to hold information for identifying the channel menu, such as the version ID and generation date / time, as a channel menu log. good.
  • the identification information is transmitted to the channel server device, and the selected graphic for restoring the channel menu, information indicating the reception frequency and URL assignment are acquired.
  • the “past log dependency generation unit” (0907) has a function of generating a channel menu selected from the channel menu log held in the channel menu log holding unit by using the corresponding channel menu generation information. And main memory, past log dependency generation program, etc.
  • a list such as the version ID of the channel menu and the creation (reception) date and time is displayed on the display.
  • a selection of a desired version or the like is received from the list, information indicating the selection graphic, reception frequency, and URL assignment stored inside is acquired.
  • the selected ID is transmitted to the channel server device, information indicating the selected graphic that has been transformed, the reception frequency, and the URL assignment is acquired, and a channel menu is generated (restored) based on the information. is there.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing flow in the channel control system of the present embodiment.
  • the steps shown below may be steps executed by each hardware configuration of the computer as described above, or may be processing steps that constitute a program for controlling the computer recorded on a medium. I do not care.
  • the content viewing apparatus receives the content menu generation information and generates the channel menu
  • the channel menu log is recorded for storage in a storage device (channel menu log holding unit) or the like (step 1001). Thereafter, for example, when a restoration operation instruction is received from the user for the generated channel menu, the channel menu selected from the channel menu log held in the channel menu log holding unit is used using the corresponding channel menu generation information.
  • Generate step S1002.
  • the user of the content viewing apparatus can restore the previous channel menu with a simple operation. it can.

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La présente invention traite le problème selon lequel, bien qu'il existe des technologies permettant qu'un accès Internet et la visualisation de programmes de télévision soient possibles à l'aide d'un seul menu de canal et qu'une allocation de canal soit effectuée à distance par un dispositif de serveur, il n'existe aucune technologie qui permette qu'une allocation de contenu pour un menu de canal soit commandée en prenant en compte à la fois l'historique de réception des programmes de télévision et l'historique des accès Internet. Afin de résoudre ledit problème, la présente invention porte sur un système de commande de canal qui est caractérisé en ce que : un dispositif de serveur de canal collecte et analyse un historique de visualisation des programmes de télévision et un historique des accès Internet à partir d'un dispositif de visualisation de contenu ; et ledit dispositif de serveur de canal commande le dispositif de visualisation de contenu de telle sorte que, par exemple, si les historiques susmentionnés indiquent une visualisation fréquente de nouveaux programmes, de nouveaux sites Web devraient être ajoutés à un menu de canal et si les sites Web d'achats sont fréquemment regardés, un canal dédié aux achats (α) devrait être ajouté au menu de canal.
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