SYSTEM, APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROVIDINGS RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM, APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION UTILIZING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING INFORMATION UTILIZING PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transmit current real-time viewing information not a past viewing information, and provide services such as an EPG (electronic program guide) and a promotion in a linkage to a result of real-time summing for viewing information, referring to statistics about a plurality of programs between an information providing apparatus and an information utilizing apparatus via a network.;SOLUTION: By transmitting a result from collecting and summing of fluidly changing current real-time viewing information to a user side terminal in real- time, a viewer is notified with the current real-time viewing information and can select an interesting program at present, and the viewer can enjoy the selected program more than ever by means of not only the content of the program but also other than the content of the program, by distributing an EPG and a promotion information in a linkage to a result of real-time summing for viewing information.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO