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Information providing device, information providing method, and computer program

a technology of information providing device and information providing method, which is applied in the field of information providing apparatus and information providing method and computer program, and can solve problems such as difficulty in user making up their mind, difficulty in viewing all the stored content, and difficulty in finding particular pieces of content desired

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-08-09
SONY CORP
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[0040] According to the present invention, an excellent information providing apparatus and information providing method and a computer program are provided for presenting content viewing selection support information and other added-value information to a user who records, timer-records or view broadcast content.
[0041] According to the present invention, an excellent information providing apparatus and information providing method and a computer program are provided for preferably providing viewing selection information in which user preference is made apparent on the basis of a user view log and other added-value information.
[0042] According to the present invention, added-value information having user inclinations from various points of view by combining a user viewing log with content-associated information is provided, thereby providing means for allowing the user to newly select viewing in large amounts of recorded pieces of content.

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However, as the HDD increases in storage size, systems capable of recording programs for as long as several tens of hours may make it difficult for users to make up their minds with which of many stored programs the viewing is to start.
If huge amounts of recorded content are stored on recording device, the user must sort out because it is difficult for the user to view all the stored content.
Conventionally, there exist only methods in which content lists based on EPG are merely presented for example, so that difficulties are apparently encountered in finding particular pieces of content desired by each user.
However, there is a problem that even keywords entered by a user himself do not always apparently reflect his preference.

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[0113] Referring to FIG. 12, there is schematically shown a configuration of a content viewing support system practiced as the invention.

[0114] In the case of the embodiment shown, each CE device 1 for receiving and / or recording / reproducing content by the user stores in advance a user operation log associated with content viewing and recording / reproducing and viewing log information such as content voting and evaluation.

[0115] If the user requests added-value information, the CE device inquires a content information database on the server side to download the information associated with the content included in the user viewing log.

[0116] Next, the content-associated information is aggregated by attribute type such as genre or performer on the basis of the user viewing log in the CE device 1 to execute ranking and added-value information is created to be presented to the user. Further, in response to a user request made through the added-value information screen, the CE device 1 ma...

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[0118] Referring to FIG. 13, there is schematically shown a configuration of a content viewing support system practiced as the invention.

[0119] In the embodiment shown, each CE device 1 for receiving and / or recording / reproducing content by the user stores in advance a user operation log associated with content viewing and recording / reproducing and viewing log information such as content voting and evaluation. The CE device 1 also receives viewing content information distributed in the form of EPG or others concurrently with the main content and builds, inside the CE device 1, the content-associated information equivalent to a content information database in advance.

[0120] If the user requests added-value information, the CE device 1 searches the content-associated information built in advance inside the CE device 1 for the information associated with the content included in the user viewing log.

[0121] Then, inside the CE device 1, the content-associated information is aggregated b...

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Abstract

A server searches a content information database for a piece of content viewed for example based on a viewing log obtained from a user by executing aggregation of data, extracts content tables associated with the content viewed for example, and counts appearance frequencies of the content tables by genre, performer, or keyword. Those genres and performers for example which are ranked high in appearance frequency are indicative of user preferences, so that those genres and performers are provided to a user as viewing support information or added-value information. The operation provides viewing selection information in which user preference is made apparent based on a user viewing log, and other added information.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates generally to an information providing apparatus and information providing method and computer program and, more particularly, to an information providing apparatus and information processing method and computer program for presenting useful information to users who record, timer-record, or view broadcast content. [0002] To be more specific, the present invention relates to an information providing apparatus, an information providing method, and a computer program for providing information for supporting users who realtime-record, timer-record, or view broadcast content in content viewing selection, and other added-value information and, more particularly, to an information providing apparatus, an information providing method, and a computer program for providing viewing selection information in which user preference is made apparent on the basis of user viewing logs for example, and other value-added information. BACKGROUND ART [0...

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IPC IPC(8): H04N7/16H04N7/173H04H9/00G06F17/30H04N5/445H04N21/21H04N21/258H04N21/442H04N21/482
CPCG06F17/30817G06F17/3084G06F17/30849H04N7/17309H04N21/6582H04N21/25891H04N21/2668H04N21/44222H04N21/4667H04N7/17318G06F16/78G06F16/738G06F16/743H04N21/44224
Inventor OHDE, JUNYASUMIYOSHI, KAZUHITOASAZU, HIDEKIYAMAMOTO, TOMOYUKI
Owner SONY CORP
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