Patent ID: 7681217
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: G11B,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A video information system which displays or records broadcast video information, comprising: a recording section for recording an operation history of the video information system; a control section for generating user preference information from the operation history and program information of broadcast video information and selects video information to be displayed or recorded based on the user preference information when the video information is newly reproduced and displayed or newly recorded; and a common noun storage section, wherein the control section deletes a common noun from program information of broadcast video information with reference to the common noun storage section to obtain user preference information composed of proper nouns, and selects video information to be displayed or recorded based on the user preference information, wherein the control section replaces proper noun information in the user preference information with a numeric value which refers to a table of powers of two, and handles the user preference information as a unique numeric value.