JPH10200430A - Receiving apparatus and method of using reception waiting time - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To eliminate boredom by stimulating a user's vision during a waiting time inevitably occurring during reception. In step A2, it is determined whether or not reception has been completed, that is, whether or not all pages of a selected batch reception program have been received and stored in an information program storage buffer (step B2). If not, it is determined whether or not an IC card is mounted (step B3).
If an IC card is mounted, the IC
It is determined whether or not the advertisement-dedicated program information indicated by the program number stored in the card can be displayed (step B4). If the result of this determination is that it is not possible to display the sponsor's advertising-only program information, the process proceeds from step B4 to step B6 where message information is read from the message information area of the IC card and displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a receiving apparatus for receiving transmitted information and a method of using a reception waiting time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, for example, a multiplex information receiving device has been known as a receiving device for receiving transmitted information.
The multiplexed information receiving apparatus receives an FM broadcast wave multiplexed with program information composed of characters and numerals transmitted from an FM broadcast station, and separates the FM broadcast wave from program information such as characters and numerals. The separated program information is displayed on a liquid crystal display for the user to visually recognize, whereby the user can visually recognize, for example, weather forecast, traffic information, and the like by characters. Each program information is configured in units of information considered as one page,
From the FM broadcast station, information including a predetermined page is transmitted for each program information. Then, when the user selects a program to view, each page of the selected program is received, and program information including information of each page is displayed on the liquid crystal display.

[0003]

However, the program information multiplexed and transmitted on the FM broadcast wave includes a sequential program and a recorded program, and the recorded program is called a non-collectively received program. And a program called a batch reception program. The non-batch reception program has a relatively small amount of information, and the information is sequentially displayed when the reception and accumulation of each page constituting the program is completed. A batch reception program is a program having a relatively large amount of information, and its entire contents are constituted by a plurality of pages, and display of the program information is started when reception and accumulation of all pages are completed. For this reason, the user who has selected the batch reception program is forced to wait for the time until the reception and accumulation of all pages are completed,
This waiting time causes not only a feeling of boredom but also a bad impression on the product.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and provides a receiving apparatus and a reception waiting time utilization method capable of effectively utilizing a waiting time inevitably generated during reception. It is intended for.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a selection means for selecting information, and receiving the information selected by the selection means and other information. Receiving means; storage means for storing information received by the receiving means; display means for displaying information stored in the storage means; and other information which has been completely stored in the storage means. Control means for displaying the information selected by the means on the display means during a waiting time until the storage of the information in the storage means is completed. In such a configuration, the information selected by the selection unit is stored in the storage unit after being received by the reception unit, and is then displayed on the display unit. Therefore, the information is displayed until the information is completely stored in the storage unit. Cannot be performed, so that an unavoidable waiting time occurs before display can be performed. Then, the control unit causes the display unit to display other information that has been stored in the storage unit during the inevitable waiting time. Therefore, even during this waiting time, the user can visually recognize the information and is stimulated to see the information, thereby eliminating the occurrence of boredom. On the other hand, the information transmitting side can effectively use the waiting time to perform advertising and the like with the displayed information.

Further, according to the present invention, a selecting means for selecting information, a receiving means for receiving the information selected by the selecting means, and storing the information received by the receiving means. Storage means, display means for displaying information stored in the storage means, and information stored in a removable recording medium, in which storage of the information selected by the selection means in the storage means is completed. And control means for displaying the information on the display means during the waiting time until the display. In such a configuration, as described above, an unavoidable waiting time occurs before the selected information can be displayed.
The information recorded on the removable recording medium is displayed on the display means. Therefore, even during this waiting time, the user can visually recognize the information and stimulate the visual sense. At this time, the information displayed during the waiting time is
Because the information is recorded on a removable recording medium,
By recording the advertising information in this recording medium, a new advertising form that has not existed in the past is formed.

Further, according to the present invention, a selecting means for selecting information, a receiving means for receiving the information selected by the selecting means and other information, and a receiving means for receiving the information selected by the selecting means. Storage means for storing the information stored in the storage means, display means for displaying the information stored in the storage means, and storage means for storing the other information which has been completely stored in the storage means, for storing the information selected by the selection means. During the waiting time until the storage in the storage means is completed, the first control means to be displayed on the display means, and if the storage of the other information in the storage means is not completed, the first control means Second control means for displaying the recorded information on the display means during the waiting time. In other words, according to the present invention, if other received information can be displayed during the waiting time, the received information may be varied because the received information may be varied. For example, information recorded on a recording medium, which is fixed information, is displayed. Therefore, the display during the waiting time can be reliably performed by the fixed information, while effectively stimulating the user's vision during the waiting time by the received rich information.

Further, in the invention according to claim 4,
Selecting means for selecting information, receiving means for receiving the information selected by the selecting means and other information, storing means for storing the information received by the receiving means, and information stored in the storing means Display means for displaying information, and when a detachable recording medium is mounted, the information recorded on the recording medium is stored until the information selected by the selection means is completely stored in the storage means. During the waiting time, the first control means for displaying on the display means, and when the recording medium is not mounted, other information that has been completely stored in the storage means, during the waiting time, Second control means for displaying on the display means. That is, according to the present invention, during the waiting time, if a recording medium is mounted, information recorded on the recording medium is preferentially displayed, and if not, other received information is displayed. Therefore, during the waiting time,
The information recorded on the recording medium is displayed with priority, and the information is repeatedly displayed every time the waiting time is reached,
Thereby, advertisement based on this information can be effectively performed. Further, when the recording medium is not mounted, other received information can be displayed during the waiting time, so that the occurrence of boredom during the waiting time can be eliminated.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the other information is information received by the receiving means and stored in the storage means irrespective of the selection by the selecting means. Therefore, reception and storage are started before the program is selected by the selection means, and other information can be reliably displayed during the waiting time.

Further, in the invention according to claim 6, the information displayed on the display means during the waiting time is specific received information determined in advance. Therefore, by displaying this specific reception information during the waiting time, it becomes possible for the user to recognize that the user is in the waiting time, and this specific reception information is always displayed during the waiting time. , The advertising effect of the received information can be enhanced.

Further, in the invention according to claim 7, the specific information is information stored in the storage means based on information recorded on a removable recording medium. Therefore, information displayed during the waiting time differs depending on the attached recording medium. For example, if information for receiving specific advertising information is stored in the recording medium,
The advertisement information is displayed during the waiting time.

Further, in the invention according to claim 8,
Each of the control means is configured to display information indicating that the apparatus is in the waiting time together with the information.
Therefore, even if the information is displayed during the waiting time, it is not mistaken as the display of the selected program.

On the other hand, according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, a selection process for selecting information, a reception process for receiving the information selected by the selection process and other information, and a reception process for receiving the information selected by the selection process. A storage process for storing the stored information in a predetermined storage unit, a display process for displaying the information stored from the storage process, and other information that has been completely stored in the storage unit, is selected by the selection process. And performing a control process for displaying the information during a waiting time until the storage of the received information by the storage process is completed. In such a configuration, the selected information is stored after being received, and then displayed, so that the display cannot be performed until the information is completely stored in the storage unit, and thus, the display is possible. Inevitably, waiting time occurs. However, other information whose storage has been completed is displayed during the inevitable waiting time by the control process. Therefore, even during this waiting time, the user can visually recognize the information and is stimulated to see the information, thereby eliminating the occurrence of boredom. On the other hand, the information transmitting side can effectively use the waiting time to perform advertising and the like with the displayed information.

Further, in the invention according to claim 10,
Selection processing for selecting information; processing means for receiving the information selected by the selection processing; storage processing for storing the information received by the reception processing in a predetermined storage means; A display process of displaying information, and a control process of displaying information recorded on a removable recording medium during a waiting time until the storage of the information selected by the selection process is completed by the storage process. Execute In such a configuration, as described above, an unavoidable waiting time occurs before the selected information can be displayed. However, the control processing causes the recording to be performed on the removable recording medium during the unavoidable waiting time. Display the information that is being displayed. Therefore, even during this waiting time, the user can visually recognize the information and stimulate the visual sense. At this time, the information displayed during the waiting time is
Because the information is recorded on a removable recording medium,
By recording the advertising information in this recording medium, a new advertising form that has not existed in the past is formed.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the multiplex broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment.
This multiplex broadcast receiving apparatus receives an FM broadcast radio wave and emits a corresponding sound, and receives a pay / free program information multiplexed on the FM broadcast radio wave received by the FM radio wave 1A. And a multiplexed information receiving unit 1B for performing various processes on the multiplexed information. FM Radio 1A
Is an antenna 2 for receiving FM broadcast radio waves, an FM tuner 3 for tuning FM broadcast radio waves, an FM demodulator 4 for demodulating FM signals, and a stereo demodulator for demodulating the demodulated FM signals to stereo signals. 5 and a pair of amplifiers 6a and 6b for amplifying the output signal of the stereo demodulator 5.
And a pair of speakers 7a and 7b for outputting the signals amplified by the amplifiers 6a and 6b as audio. Note that it is of course possible to attach stereo headphones to a stereo headphone jack (not shown) to listen to FM stereo broadcasts.

The multiplexed information receiving section 1B includes the FM demodulator 4
Multiplexed information multiplexed into FM broadcast radio waves by performing digital modulation for changing the magnitude (level) of the multiplex signal from 4 to 10% with respect to the modulation degree of the L and R signals of the FM stereo broadcast. L-MSK (Lev
The multiplexed information receiving apparatus includes a demodulator 8, an error correction decoder 9, and a control unit 10 that executes all necessary processing and control in the multiplexed information receiving apparatus.

The control section 10 comprises a CPU and operates according to a flow described later, thereby constituting a control means in the present embodiment. This control unit 10
A ROM 11 storing a program in the form of a program code readable by the control unit 10, a work RAM 12, a key input unit 13 and a display unit 14,
A card processing unit 15 is connected, and a key input unit 13
Are provided with various keys such as a key for turning on the power and a key for selecting a batch reception program. The card processing unit 15 has an IC card 16 which is detachable, and is provided with a connector connected to the IC card 16 and an I / O port. Further, the control unit 10 is provided with a reception data memory 17 for storing reception data (reception information),
A sounding unit 18 that emits an alarm sound according to the processing result of the control unit 10 and a reception control unit 19 that performs reception tuning of the FM tuner 3 in response to operation of a tuning key on the key input unit 13 are connected.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the reception data memory 17. The reception data memory 17 includes a buffer 17a for storing the program-linked information and a buffer 17 for storing the information program.
b and a buffer 17c for accumulating advertisement program information. The program-linked information storage buffer 17a stores the program information of the received linked program, the information program storage buffer 17b stores the received batch-received program information, and stores the advertisement program information storage buffer. 17c stores the program information of the received advertisement-dedicated program. The received linked program, collective reception program, and advertisement-dedicated program are each transmitted with a different program number added thereto, and the control unit 10 determines the type of the program based on the added and transmitted program number. Identify and store the received data in the corresponding buffers 17a, 17b, 17c. Further, the linked program is a non-recorded program of the non-batch reception program, and is character information or the like linked to the sound of the FM broadcast radio wave, for example, character information of the telephone number corresponding to the FM sound for which a request is solicited. The information can be displayed at the time when the reception and accumulation of each of the constituent pages is completed.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a memory provided in the IC card 16. The memory of the IC card 16 is provided with an expiration date information area 16a, a message information area 16b, and a program number area 16c dedicated to advertisement. The expiration date information of the IC card 16 is written in the expiration date information area 16a.
Within the expiration date indicated by the expiration date information, the pay program information can be received and displayed on the display unit 14. That is, the control unit 10 reads the expiration date information via the card processing unit 15 and
If the card 16 is within the expiration date, the pay program selected by the program selecting operation is received and displayed on the display unit 14. However, if the IC card 16 is not attached, or if the attached IC card 16 has expired, the pay program is not displayed even if it is selected, and only the free program is displayed. Is displayed.

In the message information area 16b,
For example, a company name of a sponsor who has made an advertising contract with the issuer of the IC card 16 or a commercial message related to a product or service is stored. The program number of the sponsor's advertisement-dedicated program is written in the advertisement-dedicated program number area 16c. Therefore, the IC card 16 may be distributed free of charge by the sponsor's funding, or the issuer may sell the IC card 16 at a lower price than the IC card without the sponsor while receiving the funding.

The message information stored in the message information area 16b may be a communication message of the issuer of the IC card 16 itself, for example, a message notifying the expiration date of the IC card 16. In addition, the program number stored in the advertisement-specific program number area 16c is also the program number of the advertisement-specific program of the issuer of the IC card 16, for example, "paid service related to soccer will be started from 〇 / 〇". The program number of a program dedicated to advertisement may be used.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment according to the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. The programs that realize the functions shown in the flowcharts are stored in the ROM 11 in the form of program codes readable by the control unit 10 as described above. Then, when the power is on, the control unit 10 repeatedly executes the processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
That is, if the linked program information is received (step A
1 is YES), the linked program information is stored in the buffer 17a for storing the program linked information (step A2), and if the program dedicated to advertising is received (YES in step A3), the program dedicated to advertising is stored in the advertising program. Information storage buffer 1
7c (step A4). Therefore, even before the user selects the batch reception program desired to be visually recognized, the storage of the linked program information in the information program storage buffer 17b and the advertisement of the dedicated advertisement Advertising program information storage buffer 17c
And accumulation has been started.

When the user performs a program selection operation for setting the program number of the batch reception program to be viewed with the key input unit 13 during the power-on, the control unit 10 operates according to the flowchart shown in FIG. Is started, and the selected program receiving process is executed (step B1). In the selected program receiving process, a batch reception program of the set program number is received, and each page of the program information of the received batch reception program is stored in the information program storage buffer 17b.

Next, it is determined whether or not reception has been completed, that is, whether or not all pages of the selected batch reception program have been received and stored in the information program storage buffer 17b (step B).
2) If the reception has not been completed, it is determined whether or not the IC card 16 is mounted (step B3). If the IC card 16 is mounted, the I
The advertisement-specific program information indicated by the program number stored in the advertisement-specific program number area 16c of the C card 16 is:
It is determined whether or not display is possible (step B4). That is, as described above, when the power is turned on, the storage of the advertisement dedicated program in the advertisement program information storage buffer 17c is started, while the advertisement dedicated program number area 16c contains the advertisement of the sponsor. The program number of the program for exclusive use of advertisement is written. Therefore, in step B4, it is determined whether or not the advertisement-dedicated program of this program number has already been received and stored in the advertisement program information storage buffer 17c.

If the result of this determination is that the advertisement-dedicated program of the sponsor has not yet been received and accumulated, and it is not possible to display the information of the sponsor-dedicated advertisement, the program proceeds from step B4 to step B6. Then, the message information is read out from the message information area 16b of the IC card 16 and displayed on the display unit 14, and then the process returns to step B1. Therefore, even if the display of the selected batch reception program is not possible and the display of the program dedicated to the advertisement is also impossible, the message information stored in the message information area 16b of the IC card 16 is displayed. Can be done.

As described above, since the accumulation of the advertisement-dedicated program information is started when the power is turned on, even if the program selection operation is performed immediately after the power is turned on, the batch reception is performed. Since the amount of information is smaller than that of the program, the accumulation is completed earlier than the selected program. Therefore, if the processing from step B1 is repeatedly executed even if the accumulation is not completed at the time of the program selection operation, the advertisement dedicated program information is stored in the advertisement program information buffer 17c before the reception of the selected program is completed. Is accumulated. As a result, the advertisement-dedicated program can be displayed, and the advertisement-dedicated program is displayed on the display unit 14 instead of the message information read from the IC card 16 (step B).
5). Of course, at the time when the batch reception program is selected and the processing according to this flowchart is started, if the advertisement-specific program information has already been stored in the advertisement program information storage buffer 17c, B1 to B5 are set. The program for exclusive use of the advertisement is displayed on the display unit 14 without displaying the message information stored in the message information area 16b of the IC card 16.

Further, when the batch reception program is selected and the processing according to this flowchart is started, the IC card 16
If is not installed, step B1 → B2 → B3
The process proceeds to B7 to determine whether or not the linked program can be displayed. That is, when the power is turned on, the control unit 10
Regardless of whether the batch reception program is selected or not, the linked program (program number # 245) is received, and the information is stored in the program linked information storage buffer 17a. In this step B7, the buffer 17 for storing the program-linked information is stored.
It is determined whether or not the linked program can be displayed based on whether or not the amount of information that can be displayed is stored in a. As a result of this determination, if the linked program cannot be displayed, the process returns to step B1, and when the display becomes possible, the information stored in the program linked information storage buffer 17a is read and the linked program ( The program number # 245) is displayed. At this time, in the case of the linked program, the information can be displayed when the reception and storage of each page constituting the program is completed, and the storage is started from the time when the power is turned on. , Without causing latency
Display is possible. If NO is determined in step B7, "Please wait for a while." May be displayed as in the related art.

Therefore, during the waiting time until the reception of the collectively received program is completed, the processing of the above steps B3 to B8 is performed, and (1) the information is stored in the message information area 16b of the IC card 16. Message information, (2) Message information area 16b of IC card 16
Message information and advertising-only programs stored in
Either (3) the program dedicated to the advertisement or (4) the linked program is displayed on the display unit 14. Therefore, during the waiting time until the information of the selected collectively received program is stored in the information program storage buffer 17b, the user can display any one of the information (1) to (4) displayed on the display unit 14. Stimulates vision and avoids boredom.

At this time, since the displayed message information is a commercial message relating to a product or service of the sponsor who has made an advertising contract with the issuer of the IC card 16, the reception of the batch reception program is completed. The waiting time until can be used effectively for advertising. Also, for the advertising-only show that appears,
Since the advertisement-dedicated program of a specific person (sponsor) stored in advance in the advertisement-dedicated program number area 16c of the IC card 16 and the advertisement-dedicated program of another person is not displayed, this specific person is not displayed. Advertising on products and the like can be effectively performed. When displaying these during the waiting time until the reception of the batch reception program is completed, based on the display information stored in advance in the ROM 11 or the like, during the waiting time such as “Please wait” Is displayed, the user is prevented from misidentifying the display during the waiting time and the display of the selected program.

When the storage of the selected collectively received program information in the information program storage buffer 17b is completed while any of the displays is being performed during the waiting time, the process proceeds from step B2 to step B9. Then, an alarm sound is generated from the sound emitting unit 18. Thereby, even when the user does not look at the display unit 14 during the waiting time, it is possible to know that the selected program can be visually recognized. Then, step B10 following step B9
Then, a program display process for reading out the information stored in the information program storage buffer 17b and displaying the information on the display unit 14 is executed, whereby the user can visually recognize the selected collectively received program.

In this embodiment, the processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 is started with the power on. However, this flowchart is executed at predetermined time intervals by a timer processing while the power is off. , It is possible to reliably receive and accumulate linked program information and advertisement / promotion programs in advance. Further, when the broadcast time of these programs is determined, the reception of the timer at this time makes it possible to receive and accumulate the linked program information and the advertisement program more reliably in advance.

Further, in this embodiment, the program number of the advertisement-specific program to be displayed during the waiting time is stored in the advertisement-specific program number area 16c of the IC card 16, but the ROM 11 or the like is used. This program number may be stored in the main body of the apparatus. As a result, even when the IC card 16 is not mounted, a specific person's advertisement dedicated program received and stored based on the previously stored program number is displayed during the waiting time, It is possible to more effectively carry out advertising for the product and the like of this specific person. In this case, the program that can be displayed may be displayed before the program dedicated to the advertisement or the linked program, and then the program that can be displayed next may be displayed, or both programs may be displayed. In the case of, both programs may be displayed sequentially based on a predetermined priority, which can further stimulate the user's vision during the waiting time.

When the IC card 16 is mounted and the advertisement program information cannot be displayed, the information from the IC card 16 is displayed in step B6. It is determined whether or not the selection has been made, and the process of step B6 is performed only when the selection has been made,
Information from the IC card 16 may be displayed. By doing so, the information of the IC card 16 can be used as a notification message of the pay program. In step B7, it is determined whether or not the linked program can be displayed.
When it can be displayed, it is displayed,
The display possibility of a program other than the linked program that can be displayed sequentially and the non-batch reception program may be determined, and if it can be displayed, this may be displayed.

FIG. 6 is a processing flow when an operation of selecting a batch reception program is performed according to another embodiment of the present invention. In this flowchart, the processing content of each step is the same as the processing content of each step B of FIG. 5 described above, but steps B3 and B7 in the flowchart of FIG. 5 are interchanged, and the position of the corresponding step is accordingly changed. It has been changed. That is, if the reception of the selected batch reception program is not completed, step C
The process proceeds from step 2 to step C3, where it is first determined whether or not the linked program can be displayed. If the linked program can be displayed, the linked program is displayed (step C4). However, if the linked program cannot be displayed, it is determined whether or not the IC card 16 is mounted (step C5). If the IC card 16 is mounted, it is further determined whether or not the advertising program information can be displayed. do it,
If it can be displayed, the advertisement program is displayed (step C).
7) If not possible, display information from IC card 16. Therefore, in this embodiment, during the waiting time, the received information (interlocked program, advertising program information), which may be varied, is displayed preferentially. Can be effectively stimulated. In addition, even if the linked program or the advertising program information cannot be displayed, the information from the IC card 16 is displayed at a minimum if the IC card 16 is mounted, so that the occurrence of boredom can be prevented. be able to.

FIG. 7 is a processing flow in a case where a collective reception program selection operation is performed according to still another embodiment of the present invention. That is, when the user performs a program selection operation for setting the program number of the batch reception program to be visually recognized through the key input unit 13 while the power is on, the control unit 10 starts the operation according to this flowchart and receives the selected program. The process is executed (Step D1). In this selected program receiving process,
The batch reception program of the set program number is received, and each page of the program information of the received batch reception program is stored in the information program storage buffer 17b.

Next, it is determined whether or not reception has been completed, that is, whether or not all pages of the selected batch reception program have been received and stored in the information program storage buffer 17b (step D).
2) If the reception has not been completed, the IC card 1
It is determined whether or not the advertisement-specific program information indicated by the program number stored in the advertisement-specific program number area 16c of No. 6 can be displayed (step D3). That is, as described above, when the power is turned on, the storage of the advertisement dedicated program in the advertisement program information storage buffer 17c is started, while the advertisement dedicated program number area 16c contains the advertisement of the sponsor. The program number of the program for exclusive use of advertisement is written. Therefore, in step D4, it is determined whether the advertisement-dedicated program with this program number has already been received and stored in the advertisement program information storage buffer 17c, or has been received and stored. If the result of this determination is that the advertisement program can be displayed, the advertisement program is displayed (step D4). If the advertisement program cannot be displayed, it is determined whether or not the IC card 16 is mounted (step D5).

That is, the IC card 16 is not always kept attached to the apparatus main body when the processing according to this flow is executed. For example, the IC card 16 is attached for a while after the power is turned on. However, at the time when the processing according to this flow is started, there may be a case where it has been extracted. Therefore, in this step D5, it is determined whether or not the IC card 16 is mounted. If the IC card 16 is mounted, the message information area 16b of the IC card 16 is determined.
Is read out and displayed on the display unit 14 (step D6).

When the IC card 16 is not mounted, the linked program can be displayed based on whether or not the amount of information that can be displayed is stored in the program linked information storage buffer 17a. (Step D
7). If the result of this determination indicates that the linked program cannot be displayed, the process returns to step D1, and when the display becomes possible, the information stored in the program-linked information storage buffer 17a is read out and the linked program ( The program number # 245) is displayed. Therefore, during the waiting time until the reception of the batch reception program is completed, the processing of the above steps D3 to D8 is performed, so that (1) the program dedicated to the advertisement and (2) the IC
Either the message information stored in the message information area 16b of the card 16 or (3) the linked program is displayed on the display unit 14. Therefore, during the waiting time until the information of the selected batch reception program is stored in the information program storage buffer 17b, the user can display any one of the information (1) to (3) displayed on the display unit 14. Stimulates vision and avoids boredom.

In the state where any one of the displays is performed during the waiting time, when the information storage of the selected collectively received program information in the information program storage buffer 17b is completed, steps D2 to D9 and D10 are performed. Then, a program display process of reading the information stored in the information program storage buffer 17b and displaying the information on the display unit 14 is executed, whereby the user can visually recognize the selected collectively received program.

In the embodiment, the program is stored in the ROM 11 of the apparatus main body. However, the program may be stored in the IC card 16.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, during the waiting time until the storage of the selected information in the storage means is completed, other information which has been stored in the storage means is displayed. During this wait time, users can still see the information and stimulate their vision,
This can eliminate the occurrence of boredom and improve the user's impression of the product. Furthermore, by effectively utilizing the waiting time inevitably generated upon reception, the user can be notified of information or contacted, and can perform advertising. In addition, since the information recorded on the removable recording medium is displayed during the waiting time, by recording the advertising information on this recording medium, a new advertisement which has not existed in the past can be obtained. Advertising forms can be formed. During the waiting time, other information that has been stored is displayed, and when the other information has not been stored in the storage unit, the information recorded on the removable recording medium is displayed. With this configuration, it is possible to reliably stimulate the user's vision during the waiting time with the received information rich in change, and to reliably display the waiting time with the fixed information.

Further, during the waiting time, when a removable recording medium is mounted, information recorded on the recording medium is displayed, and when the recording medium is not mounted, storage is completed. Information is displayed. Therefore, the information recorded on the recording medium is preferentially displayed, so that the advertisement based on this information can be effectively performed, and even when the recording medium is not mounted, the information can be displayed during the waiting time. Display can be performed. Therefore, it is possible to reliably eliminate the feeling of boredom during the waiting time while effectively performing the advertisement. Further, the other information is information received by the receiving means and stored in the storage means, regardless of the selection by the selecting means, so that reception and storage are started from the time before the program is selected, Other information can be reliably displayed during the waiting time. In addition, since the specific received information determined in advance during the waiting time is displayed, by displaying the specific received information during the waiting time,
The user can recognize that the user is in the waiting time, and the specific received information is always displayed during the waiting time, so that the advertisement effect of the received information can be enhanced.

Further, since the specific information is the information stored in the storage means based on the information recorded on the removable recording medium, the specific information may be changed during the waiting time depending on the attached recording medium. Can be changed, and by storing the information for receiving the specific advertisement information on the recording medium, the advertisement of the person corresponding to the recording medium can be enhanced during the waiting time. It becomes possible. further,
Since information indicating that the user is in the waiting time is displayed together with each piece of information, even if the information is displayed during the waiting time, it is possible to prevent the inconvenience of erroneously recognizing the display of the program selected by the user. it can.

[0044]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a multiplexed information receiving device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a memory configuration diagram of a reception data memory.

FIG. 3 is a memory configuration diagram of an IC card.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a receiving process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a batch reception program is selected.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a batch reception program is selected according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a collectively received program is selected according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 control unit 11 ROM 14 display unit 16 IC card 17 reception data memory

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A selecting means for selecting information, a receiving means for receiving the information selected by the selecting means and other information, a storing means for storing the information received by the receiving means, Display means for displaying the information stored in the means, and waiting for the other information which has been stored in the storage means to be stored in the storage means, the information selected by the selection means being completed. Control means for displaying on the display means during time. 2. A selecting means for selecting information, a receiving means for receiving the information selected by the selecting means, a storing means for storing the information received by the receiving means, and a storage means for storing the information received by the receiving means. Display means for displaying information; and information recorded on a removable recording medium, the information selected by the selection means being displayed on the display means during a waiting time until storage in the storage means is completed. A receiving device comprising: control means for displaying. 3. A selecting means for selecting information; a receiving means for receiving the information selected by the selecting means and other information; a storing means for storing information received by the receiving means; Display means for displaying information stored in the means, and other information which has been stored in the storage means, during a waiting time until the storage of the information selected by the selection means in the storage means is completed. First control means for displaying the information on the display means, and when the other information is not completely stored in the storage means, the information recorded on the removable recording medium is displayed during the waiting time. And a second control means for displaying on the display means. 4. A selecting means for selecting information, a receiving means for receiving the information selected by the selecting means and other information, a storing means for storing information received by the receiving means, Display means for displaying information stored in the means, and when a detachable recording medium is mounted, information recorded on the recording medium is transferred to the storage means of the information selected by the selection means. A first control unit for displaying on the display unit during a waiting time until the storage is completed; and, when the recording medium is not mounted, other information that has been completely stored in the storage unit is transmitted to the waiting unit. And a second control means for displaying on the display means during time. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said other information is information received by said receiving means and stored in said storage means irrespective of selection by said selecting means. Receiving device. 6. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information displayed on said display means during said waiting time is specific information determined in advance. 7. The receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the specific information is information stored in the storage unit based on information recorded on a removable recording medium. 8. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the control means displays information indicating that the apparatus is in a waiting time together with each of the pieces of information. 9. A selection process for selecting information, a reception process for receiving information selected by the selection process and other information, and a storage for storing information received by the reception process in a predetermined storage unit. Processing, display processing for displaying information stored by the storage processing, and completion of storage of the information selected by the selection processing by the storage processing of other information that has been stored in the storage unit. And a control process for displaying during a waiting time until the reception is performed. 10. A selection process for selecting information, a processing unit for receiving the information selected by the selection process, a storage process for storing the information received by the reception process in a predetermined storage unit, A display process of displaying information stored in the process, and information recorded on a removable recording medium, during the waiting time until the storage by the storage process of the information selected by the selection process is completed, A method of using reception waiting time, comprising: performing control processing for displaying;