Abstract: Information control techniques capable of storing information from information providers distributedly and arbitrarily collecting information related to a desired subject. An information processor being in cooperation with other information processors connected with a network, comprising an operating unit for preparing information related to a desired subject, recording units for recording the information, a communication unit for communicating with other information processors connected with a network, and a control unit, the control unit, on receiving a subject-specified inquiry from other first information processor, retrieves information matching the inquiry in the recording units and sends back the matched information to a specified receiving party.

Abstract: A broadcast information receiving apparatus, comprising: a broadcast service receiving section for receiving a plurality of broadcast services from a broadcast information source; and an information transmission section for transmitting information, wherein the broadcast service receiving section includes a general service reception controlling section used for reception of the plurality of general broadcast services, and a specific service reception controlling section used for reception of a specific broadcast service, and the information transmitted by the information transmission section includes at least one of information about the use status of the general service reception controlling section and information about the use status of the specific service reception controlling section.

Abstract: Information control techniques capable of storing information from information providers distributedly and arbitrarily collecting information related to a desired subject. An information processor being in cooperation with other information processors connected with a network, comprising an operating unit for preparing information related to a desired subject, recording units for recording the information, a communication unit for communicating with other information processors connected with a network, and a control unit, the control unit, on receiving a subject-specified inquiry from other first information processor, retrieves information matching the inquiry in the recording units and sends back the matched information to a specified receiving party.

Abstract: A program receiving apparatus comprises a receiving section for receiving programs and program attributes indicating attributes of the programs, a program memory section for holding memory regions corresponding to the program attributes and memorizing the programs in the memory regions, and a storage control section for storing the programs received by the receiving section in the memory regions of the program memory section corresponding to the program attributes received by the receiving section.

Abstract: A transmitting device for transmitting a broadcast to a receiving device transmits service reception control information, the service reception control information including: service management information including a service content to be provided to a viewer, which is determined based on viewer information including at least personal information regarding attributes of the viewer input by the viewer to the receiving device; and information for specifying the receiving device to receive the service management information.

Abstract: A broadcast information receiving apparatus, comprising: a broadcast service receiving section for receiving a plurality of broadcast services from a broadcast information source; and an information transmission section for transmitting information, wherein the broadcast service receiving section includes a general service reception controlling section used for reception of the plurality of general broadcast services, and a specific service reception controlling section used for reception of a specific broadcast service, and the information transmitted by the information transmission section includes at least one of information about the use status of the general service reception controlling section and information about the use status of the specific service reception controlling section.

Abstract: A program receiving apparatus includes: a program receiving section for receiving program information and a program identifier for identifying the program information; a program display section for displaying the program information received by the program receiving section; a display monitoring section for monitoring a program display state history which is a history of the display state of the certain program information displayed in the program display section; and a display state history storage section for storing a program identifier of the program information monitored by the display monitoring section and display state history information which is information for indicating a display state history of the program information, in the form of a pair of the program identifier and the display state history information.

Abstract: A television system is provided with a storage device for a forced accumulation, the advertisement information is selectively received and accumulated therein. According to the present invention, a storage device 2 of a TV system 1 is accumulated with the advertisement information in addition to a variety of TV programs. The storage device is structured of an area that can be exclusively used and an area usable as a user intends. Mainly, the advertisement information provided free of charge by an entrepreneur and the life information necessary for a person to use for a life are selectively received and accumulated in the former area. A content of the advertisement information is properly automatically rewritten and can be viewed for 24 hours a day throughout the year, and hence the viewer can utilize the updated advertisement information free of charge at all times. An HDD of the storage device can be utilized for a receiving box spot of the E-commerce and for accumulating news items of the E-newspaper.

Abstract: The present invention provides a function of easily selecting a desire-to-watch program by a simple operation. A plurality of maps 7 of different ranges of a resident area of a viewer are previously transmitted and accumulated in a memory built in a TV receiver. The maps are categorized for walking, a bicycle and a car on the basis of a location of a house of the viewer, and the maps suited to respective applications can be seen by selecting icons 8 (71) displayed on a screen. Further, it is possible to display, on the map, positions of department stores, supermarkets, restaurants and amusement parks and, in addition, information of inserts, menu information of the restaurants, and event information of the amusement parks by selecting the icons 8 (75). Moreover, information on a traffic congestion, natural disasters and others can be displayed on the map and properly rewritten. Viewers can easily obtain these pieces of information by operating a remote controller.

Abstract: A sharp-image commercial suited to each viewer is provided. TV programs (a program R and a program S) are previously accumulated in a hard disk 11. A TV commercial (a commercial a, a commercial b, . . . ) suited to the viewer is selected from among plural categories of TV commercials transmitted from respective enterprises, corresponding to pre-registered information on the viewer, and is accumulated in the hard disk memory 11. The TV commercial accumulated as a TV commercial televised in an interval of a TV program is inserted to edit a program 20. The viewer is able to watch the TV commercial suited to the viewer himself or herself together with the TV program by selecting the favorite program 20 by operating a remote controller 13 etc.