JPH11242682A - Electronic learning system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To present a home page relevant to the designated URL synchronously with the time code of a digital video or to present a home page corresponding to the designated keyword. SOLUTION: This system is provided with an input means 1, a time code storage means 2 for storing the time code of digital video data, a time code acquiring means 3 for acquiring the current time code from the digital video data, a first control means 4 for judging the coincidence between the stored time code and the current time code and operating a second control means 6, a URL storage means 5 for storing the URL of an internet, the second control means 6 for transmitting the stored URL to a network information presenting means 7, and the network information presenting means 7 for displaying the relevant home page from the URL. In place of storing the URL, the URL can be retrieved from the keyword as well.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an electronic learning system for displaying a homepage corresponding to a URL on the Internet in synchronization with a time code of digital video.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of computer network technology, it has become possible to freely collect information using the Internet, and information retrieval means using keywords has been strengthened. With this information search means, it has become possible to conduct education from a broad perspective by simply searching for a desired homepage and making the learner refer to it.

[0003]

However, these information search tools are only for searching a homepage, and present a homepage corresponding to a designated URL in synchronization with the time code of digital video. , It was impossible to present a home page for a specified keyword. For this reason, it has been difficult to link a multimedia title created independently with the Internet, and to allow a user to refer to a necessary homepage in a scene intended by the title creator.

The present invention solves such a conventional problem, and presents a homepage corresponding to a specified URL or synchronizes a homepage corresponding to a specified keyword with a time code of a digital video. An object is to provide an excellent electronic learning system that can be presented.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is to transmit a URL stored by a user or a URL based on a keyword over a network at a time stored by the user. The corresponding homepage can be displayed at a time desired by the user, and the multimedia title can be linked with the Internet by displaying the specified homepage synchronized with the digital video.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention described in claim 1 of the present invention is a time code storing means for storing a time code of digital video data, and a time code obtaining means for obtaining a current time code from digital video data. First control means for determining whether the stored time code matches the current time code to operate the second control means, URL storage means for storing an Internet URL, and storing the stored URL in a network. An electronic learning system comprising a second control means for transmitting to the information presenting means and a network information presenting means for displaying a corresponding homepage by a URL, wherein a desired homepage of the user is displayed in a desired time code of the user. It has the effect of being able to display.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a time code storing means for storing a time code of digital video data, a time code obtaining means for obtaining a current time code from the digital video data, and Determines whether the time code matches the current time code and
A first control means for operating the control means, a keyword storage means for storing a keyword, a keyword search means for searching for a URL from the stored keyword, and a second means for transmitting the searched URL to the network information presentation means.
Is an electronic learning system provided with the control means of (1) and a network information presenting means for displaying a corresponding homepage by a URL, and has an operation of displaying a homepage corresponding to a result of the keyword search with a desired time code.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of searched URLs are provided, a user is provided with URL selecting means for selecting a desired URL from the plurality of searched URLs. Item 2. The electronic learning system according to Item 2, wherein a plurality of URLs corresponding to a result of the keyword search are displayed with a desired time code, and a user can select a desired URL from the URLs to display a corresponding homepage. It has the action of:

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an electronic learning system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG.
Reference numeral 1 denotes an input unit, which is configured to output information set by a user operation. 2 is time code storage means for storing the time code of the digital video data, 3 is time code acquisition means for obtaining the current time code from the digital video data, and 4 is used to determine whether the stored time code matches the current time code. This is the first control means for operating the second control means 6. Reference numeral 5 denotes URL storage means for storing the URL of the Internet, 6 denotes second control means for transmitting the stored URL to the network information presentation means 7, and 7 denotes network information presentation means for displaying a corresponding homepage by the URL.

Next, the operation of the electronic learning system configured as described above will be described. The user first specifies the time code of the digital video data from the input means 1 and stores it in the time code storage means 2.
L is designated and stored in the URL storage means 5. Next, as shown in FIG. 4, when the reproduction of the digital video is started (step S1), the time code obtaining means 3 obtains the current time code from the digital video data being reproduced, and the reproduction is continued. (Step S2), the first control means 4 compares the designated time code stored in the time code storage means 2 with the current time code acquired by the time code acquisition means 3, and the two match. Is determined (step S3), and if they match, the next UR
It is checked whether or not there is a designated URL stored in the L storage means 5 (step 4). If there is, the second control means 6 sends a home page corresponding to the designated URL to the network information presenting means 7 (Step 5).

As described above, according to the first embodiment,
By storing the time code specified by the user in the time code storage means 2 and storing the URL specified by the user in the URL storage means 5, the user's desired homepage can be stored in the user's desired time code. Can be displayed.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 2 shows the configuration of an electronic learning system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an input unit, which is configured to output information set by a user operation. 2
Is time code storage means for storing the time code of the digital video data, 3 is time code acquisition means for obtaining the current time code from the digital video data, 4 is for determining whether the stored time code matches the current time code. This is the first control means for operating the second control means 9. 8 is a keyword storage means for storing keywords, 1
0 is a keyword search means for searching for a URL from stored keywords, 9 is a second control means for transmitting the searched URL to the network information presenting means 7, and 7 is a network information presenting means for displaying a corresponding homepage by the URL. It is.

Next, the operation of the electronic learning system configured as described above will be described. The user first specifies the time code of the digital video data from the input means 1 and stores it in the time code storage means 2, and specifies a keyword and stores it in the keyword storage means 8.
Next, as shown in FIG. 5, when the reproduction of the digital video is started (step S1), the time code obtaining means 3 obtains the current time code from the digital video data being reproduced, and the reproduction is continued. Is (step S2), the first
The control means 4 compares the designated time code stored in the time code storage means 2 with the current time code acquired by the time code acquisition means 3 to determine whether the two match (step S3). ), If they match,
Next, it is checked whether or not there is a designated keyword stored in the keyword storage means 8 (step 6). If there is, the keyword search means 10 searches for the corresponding URL based on the designated keyword (step S).
7). Next, the second control means 9 displays a homepage corresponding to the searched URL on the display of the network information presenting means 7 (step 5).

As described above, according to the second embodiment,
The time code specified by the user is stored in the time code storage means 2, the keyword specified by the user is stored in the keyword storage means 8, and the keyword search means 10 searches the URL based on the specified keyword. The corresponding homepage can be displayed with the time code desired by the user.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 3 shows the configuration of an electronic learning system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes an input unit, which is configured to output information set by a user operation. 2
Is time code storage means for storing the time code of the digital video data, 3 is time code acquisition means for obtaining the current time code from the digital video data, 4 is for determining whether the stored time code matches the current time code. This is the first control means for operating the second control means 9. 8 is a keyword storage means for storing keywords, 1
0 is a keyword search means for searching a URL from stored keywords, and 11 is a URL by which a user selects a desired URL from a plurality of searched URLs.
The selecting means 9 is a second control means for transmitting the selected URL to the network information presenting means 7, and the reference numeral 7 is a network information presenting means for displaying a corresponding homepage by the URL.

Next, the operation of the electronic learning system configured as described above will be described. The user first specifies the time code of the digital video data from the input means 1 and stores it in the time code storage means 2, and specifies a keyword and stores it in the keyword storage means 8.
Next, as shown in FIG. 5, when the reproduction of the digital video is started (step S1), the time code obtaining means 3 obtains the current time code from the digital video data being reproduced, and the reproduction is continued. Is (step S2), the first
The control means 4 compares the designated time code stored in the time code storage means 2 with the current time code acquired by the time code acquisition means 3 to determine whether the two match (step S3). ), If they match,
Next, it is checked whether or not there is a designated keyword stored in the keyword storage means 8 (step 6). If there is, the keyword search means 10 searches for the corresponding URL based on the designated keyword (step S).
7). If there are a plurality of searched URLs (step S8), all the plurality of URLs are displayed on the network information presenting means 7 (step S9), and the user selects a desired URL from the URL through the URL selecting means 11. Is selected (step S10). Next, the second control means 9 displays a homepage corresponding to the selected URL on the display of the network information presentation means 7 (step 5).

As described above, according to the third embodiment,
The time code specified by the user is stored in the time code storage unit 2, the keyword specified by the user is stored in the keyword storage unit 8, and the keyword search unit 10 searches the URL based on the specified keyword. If there are a plurality of searched URLs, the URL selecting means 11
By selecting a desired URL, a desired homepage can be displayed with a user's desired time code.

[0018]

According to the present invention, as is apparent from the first embodiment, by specifying and storing a time code and a URL, a desired homepage can be displayed in synchronization with a digital video. Media titles and the Internet can be linked.

According to the present invention, as is apparent from the second embodiment, by specifying and storing a time code and a keyword, a homepage corresponding to the specified keyword is displayed in synchronization with the digital video. And search and present relevant home pages on multimedia titles.

According to the present invention, as is apparent from the third embodiment, by specifying and storing a time code and a keyword, a search result based on the specified keyword is displayed in synchronization with the digital video. The user can select a desired URL therefrom to display a corresponding homepage, thereby displaying a homepage related to the title on the multimedia title by the user's selection. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic learning system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic learning system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic learning system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 input means 2 time code storage means 3 time code acquisition means 4 first control means 5 URL storage means 6 second control means 7 network information presentation means 8 keyword storage means 9 second control means 10 keyword search means 11 URL Selection means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A time code storing means for storing a time code of digital video data, a time code obtaining means for obtaining a current time code from the digital video data, and checking whether the stored time code matches the current time code. First control means for determining and operating the second control means, URL storage means for storing an Internet URL, second control means for transmitting the stored URL to the network information presentation means, An electronic learning system including a network information presenting means for displaying a corresponding homepage. 2. A time code storing means for storing a time code of digital video data, a time code obtaining means for obtaining a current time code from the digital video data, and determining whether the stored time code matches the current time code. First control means for determining and operating the second control means, keyword storage means for storing a keyword, keyword search means for searching for a URL from the stored keywords, and network information presenting means for displaying the searched URL. An electronic learning system comprising: a second control unit for transmitting the information to a user; and a network information presenting unit for displaying a corresponding homepage by a URL. 3. The electronic learning system according to claim 2, further comprising URL selection means for selecting a desired URL from a plurality of searched URLs.