Patent ID: 6763332
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: H03J,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
A program selecting system for receiving broadcast signals including guide information of broadcast programs and selecting a program in a broadcast, comprising:a data storing section for storing item data representing items for programs and being classified by category and retrieval history information including a retrieval frequency; a question section for requiring an instruction of a user to a question; a receiving section for receiving an instruction of the user; a recognizing section for recognizing said instruction of the user; an extracting section for extracting a keyword from said recognized instruction; a program selecting section for selecting an instructed program from said guide information of broadcast programs by retrieving said item data and said retrieval history information based on said extracted keyword; a learning section for obtaining retrieval history information when said instructed program is selected and for updating said retrieval history information including said retrieval frequency by adding said obtained retrieval history information to learn a user's favorite with said retrieval frequency; and a providing section for providing said instructed and selected program to the user.