VIEWING RESTRICTING APPARATUS, VIEWING RESTRICTING SYSTEM AND VIEWING RESTRICTING PROGRAM

摘要

FIRST RATING INFORMATION, TOGETHER WITH A TELEVISION BROADCASTING SIGNAL, IS TRA~SRNITTED, AND SECOND RATING INFORMATION, TOGE~HER WI~H ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE INFORMATION, IS TRANSMITTED. A CONTROLLER (11) EXTRACTS THE FIRST RAT INS INFORMATION FROM VIDEO DATA DECODED BY A VIDEO DECODER (4), AND EXTRAC~S THE SECOND RATING INFORMATION FROM SPG DATA DECODED BY AN EPG PROCESSOR (10). AT THE TIME OF RESERVING A PROGRAM, IT IS JUDGED WHETHER OR NO~ THE PROGRAM CAN ~E RESERVED BY RESTRICTING VIEWING ON THE BASIS OF THE SECOND RATING INFORMATION, AND THE RESULT OF THE JUDGMENT IS DISPLAYED ON A PROGRAM RESERVATION SETTING GUIDE. FIGURE 1