PURPOSE: To realize the good CATV picture information system by providing information at the side of a hotel as still picture information for the terminal converter of the whole or in the specific paying guest's room by a line controller.
CONSTITUTION: When the paying guest checks in at the hotel, service control information for each paying guest is sent from a line controller 30 through a modem 12 to a terminal converter 8 of each room. The terminal converter 8 stores the set information in the temporary storage device of a CPU 3 in the terminal. In this case, a service instruction is sent and stored in the internal RAM of the terminal. Then, when the paying guest intends to accept the still picture service, the still picture service is requested and the still picture of the first frame number is transmitted. Further, in the case of retrieving the next screen, the frame number of the next screen is sent and restored. Thus, the good picture can be obtained from the CATV information by the same channel.
SAWAMURA HIROYUKI
IKENISHI MICHIRO
NAKANISHI TORU