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Title:
BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE AND AUDIENCE RATING PREDICTING METHOD AND PROGRAM ADVERTISEMENT BROADCASTING SCHEDULE DECIDING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3629186
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a broadcast receiving device capable of widening the choices of programs of a user by reducing any labor at the time of program tuning when multi-channeled broadcasting is receivable.
SOLUTION: The audience rating reservation information or recording reservation information of each user is transmitted through a telephone line 11, and the transmitted information and the past audience rating are both used for predicting the audience rating of a program. The predicted audience rating is transferred to a broadcasting station, the program data are supplied to a tuning part 5, and the program information data are supplied to a filter functioning part 12. The filter functioning part 12 turns a program whose predicted audience rating is high, and allows a television monitor 7 to display the pertinent program, and controls a recording device 9 to automatically record the program. Moreover, the user can easily select his or her desired program by tuning the program while viewing the predicted audience rating ranking displayed at the television monitor 7.


Inventors:
Kogure
Yoshiharu Uetani
Shinichiro Koto
Toru Imai
Application Number:
JP2000191315A
Publication Date:
March 16, 2005
Filing Date:
June 26, 2000
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Assignee:
Toshiba Corporation
International Classes:
H04H20/00; H04H20/76; H04H60/06; H04H60/27; H04H60/31; H04H60/94; H04N5/44; H04N5/45; H04N5/76; H04N7/025; H04N7/03; H04N7/035; H04N17/00; (IPC1-7): H04N5/44; H04H1/02; H04H9/00; H04N7/025; H04N7/03; H04N7/035; H04N17/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP11220667A
JP9224230A
JP2000124867A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiko Suzue
Sadao Muramatsu
Atsushi Tsuboi
Ryo Hashimoto
Satoshi Kono
Makoto Nakamura
Shoji Kawai