Patent ID: 7587731
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: G08C,H04H,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A program guide information providing device that communicates with a communication terminal device; said program guide information providing device comprising: program guide information storing means for storing program guide information indicating contents of programs to be supplied by predetermined program supplying means; preference information storing means for storing preference information indicating preferences of each of one or more users, wherein the preference information comprises information linking: wherein the personal remote terminal device is a cellular telephone communicates with the program guide information providing device via one of a plurality of communication terminal devices as a function of a cell area that the personal remote terminal device is located in, and generates a user registration screen as a function of pre-registered preference information, guides the one or more users to sequentially input program preference information, receives the program information preferred by the associated user, correlates the program preference information with an associated cellular telephone number, displays the program information, selects a program from the program guide information in response to user operation of said input selector, and displays audio and visual data of the selected program, wherein the personal remote terminal device can be used at any of a plurality of program guide information providing devices, and wherein the personal remote terminal device can be operated at a remote location from any of the plurality of program information providing devices, wherein the preference information is stored in a manner correlated with a telephone number of the personal remote terminal device of each of the one or more users; a receiver for receiving identification information from said communication terminal device indicative of the identification thereof, wherein the receiver is positioned in a predetermined position in the home allowing an information exchange with the communication terminal device via infrared and an information exchange with each of the plurality of personal remote terminal devices, wherein, when the personal remote terminal device is unable to communicate with the program guide information providing device, the personal remote terminal device communicates with a second personal remote terminal device which is able to communicate with the program guide information providing device and relay the information between the program guide information providing device and the personal remote terminal device; searching means for: transmitting means for transmitting said searched program guide information to said communication terminal device; wherein a program selection apparatus receives program selection information upon selection of one of said programs listed in said program guide information, a list of programs in said program guide is previously created and stored by said user and said previously created and stored list of programs in said program guide is remotely accessed by said user upon request on said communication terminal device.