Broadcasting material bank system and its consistency check method

Abstract

To make it possible to seamlessly execute a matching check without switching application software even when performing the matching check collectively for materials including programs, commercial messages (CMs), and video audio files (VAFs).SOLUTION: A matching check method of a broadcast material bank system according to an embodiment, comprises the steps of: upon receiving an instruction to start matching check of at least one of programs, CMs, and VAFs designated by user operation, displaying a matching check material list screen on a monitor; in response to selection of at least the one of programs, CMs, and VAFs designated by the user operation, executing one of play-list data matching check for the selected check target program, play-list data matching check for the CM, play-list data matching for the VAF; upon completing the matching check, displaying the check result on the monitor; and switching the material to be checked arbitrarily to another material and performing the matching check of the other material.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] An embodiment of the present invention relates to a broadcasting material bank system and a consistency check method thereof. [Background technology]

[0002] In the broadcasting system, a broadcasting material bank system (a.k.a. integrated bank system) collectively manages material files for programs, commercial messages (CMs), and video audio files (VAFs). In this case, filing instruction data for each program, commercial, and VAF material distributed from the higher-level system, the commercial broadcasting system, is stored in a first database, and playlist data containing information such as the broadcast date, broadcast time, material ID to be broadcast, and the material itself, distributed from the higher-level system, the data server system, is stored in a second database. The broadcasting material bank system is equipped with application software for consistency checks for each program, commercial, and VAF material, and switches application software for each material to check the consistency of each material by comparing the filing instruction data with the playlist data. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2001-14829 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] As described above, in conventional broadcast material bank systems, consistency checks were performed by individually comparing filing instruction data and playlist data using application software prepared for each type of program, commercial, and VAF material. When performing consistency checks on program, commercial, and VAF materials together, it was necessary to switch application software for each type of material each time, which was cumbersome work.

[0005] An object of an embodiment of the present invention is to provide a broadcast material bank system and a consistency check method thereof that can perform a seamless consistency check without switching application software, even when performing a consistency check on program, commercial, and VAF materials all at once. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] According to the embodiment, the broadcasting material bank system stores the filing instruction data for programs, CMs (Commercial Messages), and VAFs (Video Audio Files) distributed from a public broadcasting system of a higher-level system in a program filing instruction data database, a CM filing instruction data database, and a VAF filing instruction data database, and stores the playlist data for programs, CMs, and VAFs distributed from a data server system of a higher-level system in a program playlist data database, a CM playlist data database, and a VAF playlist data database, and includes a consistency check means for executing a consistency check upon receiving an instruction to start a consistency check of at least one of a program, CM, and VAF designated by a user operation. The consistency check means displays a material list screen for consistency check on a monitor, and upon receiving a selection of at least one of a program, CM, and VAF designated by the user operation, executes a consistency check of the playlist data for the selected program, CM, or VAF playlist data, and a consistency check of the playlist data for the VAF, and when the consistency check is completed, displays the check result on a monitor, and arbitrarily switches the material to be checked to perform a consistency check of another material. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0007] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a broadcasting material bank system according to an embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the system shown in FIG. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the overall layout of a playlist check result list screen in the system shown in FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which multiple error information is displayed in the check result shown in FIG. 3, and all other error groups are displayed in a list. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0008] Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0009] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a broadcasting material bank system (hereinafter, referred to as a bank system) according to an embodiment.

[0010] 1 includes, as information processing devices, a central processing unit (CPU) 111, a read only memory (ROM) 112 for storing programs, an interface 113 for inputting user operations, and a monitor display 114. These are connected to a bus 115. Also connected to the bus 115 are an interface (IF) 116 for receiving filing instruction data relating to materials distributed from the commercial broadcasting system 21 of the upper system, and an interface (IF) 117 for receiving playlist data distributed from the data server system 31 of the upper system, the playlist data including broadcast date, broadcast time, material code, and transmission time. Also connected to the bus 115 are a database 1181 for storing program filing instruction data, a database 1182 for storing CM filing instruction data, a database 1183 for storing VAF filing instruction data, a database 1191 for storing program playlist data, a database 1192 for storing CM playlist data, and a database 1193 for storing VAF playlist data.

[0011] The ROM 112 stores application software (programs) for performing a series of database storage processes and consistency check processes. When a user inputs an instruction to execute the application, the program is loaded from the ROM 112 and the CPU 111 executes the series of processes.

[0012] A series of processing operations in the bank system having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of a series of data storage processes and consistency check processes performed by application software (programs) stored in ROM 112 in the bank system 11 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the overall layout of a playlist check result list screen in the bank system 11 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of displaying multiple error information in the check result shown in FIG. 3 and displaying all other error groups in a list expansion.

[0013] First, when the bank system 11 receives filing instruction data for programs, commercials, and VAFs distributed from the public broadcasting system 21, which is a higher-level system, through the interface 116, it stores the filing instruction data for programs in the database 1181, the filing instruction data for commercials in the database 1182, and the filing instruction data for VAFs in the database 1183 (step S1). Also, when the bank system 11 receives playlist data for programs, commercials, and VAFs distributed from the data server system 31, which is a higher-level system, through the interface 117, it stores the playlist data for programs in the database 1191, the playlist data for commercials in the database 1192, and the playlist data for VAFs in the database 1193 (step S2).

[0014] After the filing instruction data and the playlist data are stored in the database, when the user operates to instruct the start of a consistency check (step S3), the bank system 11 displays a material list screen for consistency check on the monitor (step S4). Next, when the user selects one of the programs, commercials, and VAFs as the check target (step S5), the bank system 11 executes a consistency check of the playlist data for the selected program (step S6), a consistency check of the playlist data for commercials (step S7), or a consistency check of the playlist data for VAFs (step S8). When the consistency check is completed, the check result is displayed on the monitor (step S9). If the user wishes to continue by switching the check target and checking the consistency of other materials (step S10), the bank system 11 returns to step S4 and selects the material to be checked. If there is no instruction to switch the check target, the bank system 11 ends the series of processes.

[0015] Here, the screen shown in FIG. 3 will be described.

[0016] Figure 3 shows a screen that filters the broadcast material playlist data for all programs, commercials, and VAFs, and simultaneously lists the scheduled broadcast dates and times and broadcast types (services, blocks, cases). Here, the programs, commercials, and VAFs classified by system are displayed together in a list format. It is not necessary to display all of the programs, commercials, and VAFs, but it is also possible to display only one or just two of them.

[0017] In this embodiment, the check result list and the search condition input screen are displayed at the same time, and the check target is specified according to the search conditions specified by the user, and the check results of the desired material are displayed in a list. In this case, since the broadcast material files of programs, commercials, and VAFs are managed collectively, it is easy to search again by changing the search conditions. If necessary, it is also possible to narrow down the search by checking items.

[0018] For example, in the display screen shown in Figure 3, in the playlist check conditions column on the right, you can arbitrarily select the system classification of program, commercial, or VAF, and then arbitrarily select various conditions shown in the broadcast date (specified date, period), broadcast type (service, block, case), and check items (for example, no material data, not recorded, not PV, A system not transferred, B system not transferred, A system being transferred, B system being transferred, A system hash mismatch, B system hash mismatch, material DT, expiration date expired, subtitles not registered, subtitle mode, video mode (4K), audio mode, in-frame DT check, super check) to perform a search that suits your purpose.

[0019] This makes it possible to control switching between modes, such as a mode that simultaneously displays three programs, commercials, and VAFs, a mode that can display two programs, or a mode that can display one program.

[0020] In addition, by narrowing down the time period, such as the broadcast date, it is possible to display information where three pieces of material fit into the same sequence at the same time.

[0021] When displaying, important information such as errors and incomplete tasks should be displayed in eye-catching warm colors (red / orange / yellow) to help prevent tasks from being forgotten. In addition, as an overall color scheme, it is a good idea to use chromatic colors for the relevant items only while the worker is concentrating on them, and achromatic colors for the rest of the time to prevent the display from looking cluttered with too much information. The results list is displayed in an accordion format to comfortably handle the granularity of information (overview and details). Specifically, the list can be expanded by operating the [+] button on the left side, and contracted by operating the [-] button. The list can also be expanded and contracted by operating the [≫] symbol buttons on the right side, which indicate the up and down directions.

[0022] In the display screen of Fig. 3, when one program contains multiple error information, the [Other] button is clearly displayed by lighting it. For example, as shown in Fig. 4(a), by pressing the [Other] button, all other errors can be displayed in an accordion-style list as shown in Fig. 4(b). The expanded list can be collapsed by pressing the [Close] button.

[0023] In addition, error information may be consolidated under an [Other] icon, and error details may be expanded by clicking the [Other] icon.

[0024] It is also a good idea to print out this screen and distribute it as advance materials. In this case, it is a good idea to provide a function to replace the color scheme on the screen with the color scheme for printing.

[0025] As described above, in this embodiment, rather than preparing separate application software for consistency checks for programs, commercials, and VAFs, a single application software can be used to perform consistency checks by switching between different materials, and the check results can be displayed by selecting all or a single material, or two of them. Therefore, even when performing consistency checks on program, commercial, and VAF materials together, a consistency check can be performed seamlessly without switching application software.

[0026] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the components can be modified and embodied in the implementation stage without departing from the gist of the invention. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining the multiple components disclosed in the above-described embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, components from different embodiments may be appropriately combined. [Explanation of symbols]

[0027] 11...bank system, 111...processing unit (CPU), 112...read-only memory (ROM), 113...operation input interface, 114...monitor display, 115...bus, 116...filing instruction data receiving interface (IF), 117...playlist data receiving interface (IF), 1181...program filing instruction data storage database, 1182...commercial filing instruction data storage database, 1183...VAF filing instruction data storage database, 1191...database storing playlist data for programs, 1192...commercial playlist data storage database, 1193...VAF playlist data storage database, 21...host system (commercial broadcasting system), 31...host system (data server system).

Claims

1. means for storing filing instruction data for programs, commercial messages (CMs), and video audio files (VAFs) distributed from a public broadcasting system of a higher-level system in a database of filing instruction data for programs, a database of filing instruction data for CMs, and a database of filing instruction data for VAFs; means for storing playlist data for programs, CMs, and VAFs, which are distributed from a data server system of a higher-level system, in a database of playlist data for programs, a database of playlist data for CMs, and a database of playlist data for VAFs; A consistency check means for executing a consistency check in response to an instruction to start a consistency check of at least one of a program, a CM, and a VAF designated by a user operation; Equipped with The consistency check means Display the material list screen for consistency check on the monitor. In response to a selection of at least one of a program, a commercial, and a VAF designated by the user operation, a check is performed on the playlist data consistency of the selected program, the playlist data consistency of the commercial, or the playlist data consistency of the VAF; When the consistency check is completed, the check result is displayed on the monitor. A broadcasting material bank system which arbitrarily switches the material to be checked and checks the consistency of other materials.

2. 2. A broadcast material bank system according to claim 1, wherein said consistency check means specifies the check target in accordance with search conditions designated by a user.

3. 3. A broadcasting material bank system according to claim 2, wherein said consistency check means displays a list of said check results and an input screen for said search conditions simultaneously.

4. The broadcast material bank system according to claim 2, wherein the consistency check means displays a designated icon for list expansion when a single program contains multiple error information in the list of check results, and displays all the errors in an accordion format in response to the operation of the designated icon.

5. storing filing instruction data for programs, commercial messages (CMs), and video audio files (VAFs) distributed from a public broadcasting system of a higher-level system in a database of filing instruction data for programs, a database of filing instruction data for CMs, and a database of filing instruction data for VAFs; It is used in a broadcasting material bank system that stores the playlist data for programs, commercials, and VAFs distributed from the data server system of the upper system in a database of program playlist data, a database of commercial playlist data, and a database of VAF playlist data. In response to an instruction to start a consistency check of at least one of a program, a commercial, and a video alert frame designated by a user operation, a material list screen for the consistency check is displayed on the monitor; In response to a selection of at least one of a program, a commercial, and a VAF designated by the user operation, a check is performed on the playlist data consistency of the selected program, the playlist data consistency of the commercial, or the playlist data consistency of the VAF; When the consistency check is completed, the check result is displayed on the monitor. A consistency check method for a broadcasting material bank system, which arbitrarily switches the material to be checked and checks the consistency of other materials.

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