JPH11112902A - Home page reading device with data broadcasting reception function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a home page from a data broadcasting, of which transfer rate is fast and at low cost by having a table for storing a frequency and a packet ID for every URL of the home page provided by the data broadcasting and discriminating the presence or absence an offering of the URL which is specified a user. SOLUTION: When a URL specified by a user is transmitted from a personal computer 1, it is discriminated as to whether or not the URL exists as an IP address in a table. When the URL does not exist as the IP address in the table, a home page acquisition processing by a public telephone line is executed. That is, the URL transmitted from the personal computer 1 is transmitted to a public line by way of a modem control part 23 and a modem 3. When the URL does exist in the table, the home page acquisition processing by a data broadcasting is executed, and a corresponding frequency and a PID are obtained from the table.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a homepage browsing apparatus having a data broadcast receiving function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, it has been developed to transmit a part of a homepage published on the Internet as a data broadcast via a satellite from which a digital television broadcast is transmitted.

[0003] When a part of a homepage published on the Internet is transmitted as a data broadcast, a home page transmitted as a data broadcast from a satellite is transmitted to the Internet using a public telephone line. The transfer rate is faster and the fee is lower when the homepage transmitted from the satellite is received and obtained than when the homepage having the same content on the above server is obtained.

[0004]

According to the present invention, when a URL of a homepage provided by a data broadcast is designated, the homepage is automatically obtained from the data broadcast, and URLs of other homepages are designated. It is an object of the present invention to provide a homepage browsing apparatus having a data broadcast receiving function in which the homepage is automatically obtained by using a public telephone line when the homepage is accessed.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a homepage browsing apparatus having a data broadcast receiving function, the homepage browsing apparatus having a data broadcast receiving function.
For each time, a table storing a frequency and a packet ID, and when a URL is specified by a user, it is determined based on the table whether a homepage corresponding to the URL specified by the user is provided by data broadcasting. Determining means to perform, URL specified by the user
When it is determined that the homepage corresponding to the URL is provided by the data broadcast, a means for acquiring the homepage corresponding to the URL from the data broadcast based on the frequency and the packet ID corresponding to the URL, and When it is determined that the homepage corresponding to the URL is not provided by data broadcasting, means for acquiring the homepage corresponding to the URL using a public telephone line is provided.

The above table is created based on EPG data transmitted by data broadcasting.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a homepage browsing apparatus.

The homepage browsing apparatus includes a personal computer 1 having a browser function and a receiver 2 for sending a homepage obtained from satellite data broadcasting or a public telephone line to the personal computer 1.

The receiver 2 includes a tuner 21, a TS decoder 22, a modem control unit 23, and a switching control unit 24.

FIG. 2 shows the contents of a table stored in a storage device (not shown) provided in the switching control unit 24.

The table stores information on a home page currently provided by data broadcasting. Information about the homepage includes an IP address (U
RL), frequency and packet ID (PID).
EPG (Electr) periodically transmitted by data broadcasting
ical Program Guide) information includes information on a homepage provided by data broadcasting, and the switching control unit 24 periodically receives the EPG information and creates the table.

FIG. 3 shows a selection processing procedure by the switching control unit 24.

When the URL specified by the user is sent from the personal computer 1 (step 1), it is determined whether or not the sent URL exists as an IP address in the table (step 2). .

If the transmitted URL does not exist in the table as an IP address, a home page acquisition process is performed by a public telephone line (step 3). That is, the URL sent from the personal computer 1 is sent to the public line via the modem control unit 23 and the modem 3 so that the URL is sent from the corresponding server.
The home page data corresponding to L is sent via the modem 3 and the modem control unit 23. The sent homepage data is sent to the personal computer 1 and displayed by the browser.

In the above step 2, the transmitted U
If the RL exists as an IP address in the table, a homepage acquisition process by data broadcasting is executed (step 4). That is, from the table, the UR
The frequency and PID corresponding to L are obtained. The acquired frequency is set in the tuner 21, and the acquired PID is set in the TS decoder 22.

A signal from the antenna 4 is input to the tuner 21. The tuner 21 selects a stream corresponding to the frequency set by the switching control unit 24 from the signals input from the antenna 4. The output of the tuner 21 is sent to the TS decoder 22. The TS decoder 22 decodes data corresponding to the PID set by the switching control unit 24 among the data included in the stream sent from the tuner 21. The switching control unit 24 extracts the data of the homepage specified by the URL (IP address) from the data transmitted from the TS decoder 22,
Send to personal computer 1. The homepage data sent to the personal computer 1 is displayed by a browser.

[0018]

According to the present invention, when the URL of the homepage provided by the data broadcast is specified, the homepage is automatically obtained from the data broadcast, and when the URL of another homepage is specified. Automatically obtains the homepage using a public telephone line. For this reason, when a homepage that is also provided by data broadcasting is specified from among the homepages provided by the Internet, the homepage can be automatically obtained from a data broadcasting with a high transfer rate and a low charge. Become.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a homepage browsing device.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the contents of a table.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a selection processing procedure performed by a switching control unit;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Personal computer 2 Receiver 3 Modem 4 Antenna 21 Tuner 22 TS decoder 23 Modem control part 24 Switching control part

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Makoto Okada 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Isao Imazato 2-5-2 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka No. 5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A homepage browsing apparatus having a data broadcast receiving function, wherein a UR of a homepage provided by data broadcast is provided.
A table storing a frequency and a packet ID for each L. When a URL is specified by the user, whether or not a homepage corresponding to the URL specified by the user is provided by data broadcasting based on the table When it is determined that the homepage corresponding to the URL specified by the user is provided by data broadcasting, the frequency and packet I corresponding to the URL are determined.
A means for acquiring a homepage corresponding to the URL from the data broadcast based on D, and using a public telephone line when it is determined that the homepage corresponding to the URL specified by the user is not provided by the data broadcast. Means for acquiring a home page corresponding to the URL by using a web browser. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the table is created based on EPG data transmitted by data broadcasting.