Channel contract proposing apparatus, method, program and integrated circuit

摘要

A receiving unit 200 receives, from broadcast stations (10, 11), EPG information related to all the programs to be broadcast on a plurality of channels. A program recommendation unit (300) extracts, from the programs indicated in the EPG information, a recommended program, which is estimated to meet the user's preferences, in accordance with history of program recording or program viewing by the user. A subscription suggestion unit (400) counts the broadcast frequency for each of the channels of recommended programs and for each day, and then compares the counting result with a threshold value, thereby suggesting to the user, via a display unit (20), that he or she makes or cancels any one of subscriptions to the channels in accordance with the broadcast frequency of recommended programs.

主权项

1. A channel subscription suggestion apparatus that gives suggestions regarding a subscription to a subscription channel whose broadcast programs are permitted to be viewed by subscription, comprising:
a reception unit operable to receive program guide information relating to a plurality of programs broadcast on a plurality of channels, the program guide information showing a broadcast time of each program; an acquisition unit operable to acquire preference information showing a preference of one user with respect to programs; a determination unit operable to estimate, with reference to the program guide information and the preference information, whether each respective program meets the preference of the one user, and determine that each of one or more programs estimated to meet the preference is a recommended program; a count unit operable to count a total number of recommended programs specified by the program guide information; and a subscription suggestion unit operable to suggest subscribing to, or canceling a subscription to, at least one subscription channel, in accordance with a frequency that the recommended programs are broadcast on the subscription channel, the frequency being a ratio between the total number of the recommended programs counted by the count unit and a total number of all programs broadcast on the subscription channel during a predetermined period in which two or more programs are broadcast.