TV program selection support system

Abstract

A TV program selection support system selects only programs suiting viewer's preference or necessary for a viewer from a large number of programs to be broadcast and proposes the selected programs to the viewer. The TV program selection support system comprises a program receiver for receiving broadcast TV programs, an EPG receiver for receiving an electronic program table listing TV programs, an EPG storage device for storing an EPG received by the EPG receiver, an operating means to be operated by the viewer to select a program from the stored electronic program table, a program selection support program for determining viewer's view tendency by analyzing the operation made by the viewer, creating an electronic program table on the basis of the view tendency and displaying the created electronic program table.

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       15 . An apparatus for receiving and processing a program, comprising: 
 a receiver for receiving the program;    an operating module for receiving an operation from a user to record; and    an analyzing module for making viewing history information of the user in reference to an electronic program guide and analyzing preference of the user according to the viewing history information, and    wherein said analyzing module stores the preference of said user processed by said analyzing module into an external storage device.    
   
   
       16 . The apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein said preference of the user includes view measure for each genre of the program.  
   
   
       17 . The apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein said preference of the user includes view measure for each featuring person of the program.  
   
   
       18 . The apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein said storage device is an IC card.  
   
   
       19 . The apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein said viewing history information includes including a view score obtained by dividing a view time period by a program time period of said user; and said preference of the user includes a grand total view score obtained by totalizing a specific view score that is obtained by dividing the total view score per a view element by the number of programs to a view score that is multiplied the view measure by its weight.  
   
   
       20 . The apparatus according to  claim 19 , wherein said analyzing module makes said viewing history information by totalizing said total view score per said view element, calculates said specific view score by dividing the total view score per a view element by the number of programs and analyzes said preference of the user by totalizing said specific view score to said view score multiplied the view measure by its weight.  
   
   
       21 . The apparatus according to  claim 19 , wherein said view element includes at least a genre, a time period, a day, a person's name, a sound and language, a serial number, a keyword hit point and a channel of the program.  
   
   
       22 . The apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein said storage device can be used in combination with another unit providing the electronic program guide.  
   
   
       23 . The apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein said an analyzing module selects a program matching the preference of said user by referring to said electronic program guide to record it into a program recording device.  
   
   
       24 . An apparatus for receiving and processing a program, comprising: 
 a first receiver for receiving the program;    a second receiver said receiving an electronic program guide for said program;    an operating module for receiving an operation from a user to record; and    an analyzing module for making viewing history information of the user in reference to the electronic program guide and analyzing preference of the user according to the viewing history information, and    wherein said analyzing module stores the preference of said user processed by said analyzing module into an external storage device.