Transmission and reception apparatuses, methods, and systems for filtering content
Disclosed herein is a transmission apparatus for distributing a content to a client, including: a question generation section configured to generate question information representative of a question regarding liking of a user of the client; and a transmission section configured to transmit the question information and provider side answer information in the form of a bit string representative of an answer set by a provider which provides the content to the question regarding the liking of the user to the client.
1. A reception apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to
receive a digital broadcast signal, the digital broadcast signal being transmitted over a time period and including a question and a predetermined answer to the question at different times, the predetermined answer to the question being associated with content included in the digital broadcast signal,
extract the question from the received digital broadcast signal,
generate a user answer to the extracted question based on a user input,
store the user answer in a memory,
extract the predetermined answer to the question from the received digital broadcast signal,
determine whether the user answer and the predetermined answer to the question match, and
store or output for display the content included in the digital broadcast signal based on whether the user answer is determined to match the predetermined answer to the question.
2. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to
extract the question and a question identifier associated with the question from the received digital broadcast signal at a first time, the question identifier being different from a text of the question, and
store the user answer in association with the extracted question identifier in the memory.
3. The reception apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the circuitry is configured extract the predetermined answer and the question identifier from the digital broadcast signal at a second time.
4. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to
extract the question and user selectable answers to the question from the received digital broadcast signal at a first time.
5. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a digital television tuner configured to receive the digital broadcast signal, wherein
the digital broadcast signal is a digital television broadcast signal.
6. A method of a reception apparatus for processing content, the method comprising:
receiving a digital broadcast signal, the digital broadcast signal being transmitted over a time period and including a question and a predetermined answer to the question at different times, the predetermined answer to the question being associated with the content included in the digital broadcast signal;
extracting the question from the received digital broadcast signal;
generating a user answer to the extracted question based on a user input;
storing the user answer in a memory;
extracting the predetermined answer to the question from the received digital broadcast signal;
determining, by circuitry of the reception apparatus, whether the user answer and the predetermined answer to the question match; and
storing or outputting for display, by the circuitry, the content included in the digital broadcast signal based on whether the user answer is determined to match the predetermined answer to the question.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein
the extracting the question includes extracting the question and a question identifier associated with the question from the received digital broadcast signal at a first time, the question identifier being different from a text of the question, and
the storing the user answer includes storing the user answer in association with the extracted question identifier in the memory.
8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the extracting the predetermined answer comprises:
extracting the predetermined answer and the question identifier from the digital broadcast signal at a second time.
9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the extracting the question comprises:
extracting the question and user selectable answers to the question from the received digital broadcast signal at a first time.
10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the receiving comprises:
receiving, by a digital television tuner of the reception apparatus, a digital television broadcast signal.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for processing content, the method comprising:
receiving a digital broadcast signal, the digital broadcast signal being transmitted over a time period and including a question and a predetermined answer to the question at different times, the predetermined answer to the question being associated with the content included in the digital broadcast signal;
extracting the question from the received digital broadcast signal;
generating a user answer to the extracted question based on a user input;
storing the user answer in a memory;
extracting the predetermined answer to the question from the received digital broadcast signal;
determining whether the user answer and the predetermined answer to the question match; and
storing or outputting for display the content included in the digital broadcast signal based on whether the user answer is determined to match the predetermined answer to the question.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein
the extracting the question includes extracting the question and a question identifier associated with the question from the received digital broadcast signal at a first time, the question identifier being different from a text of the question, and
the storing the user answer includes storing the user answer in association with the extracted question identifier in the memory.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12 , wherein the extracting the predetermined answer comprises:
extracting the predetermined answer and the question identifier from the digital broadcast signal at a second time.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein the extracting the question comprises:
extracting the question and user selectable answers to the question from the received digital broadcast signal at a first time.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein the receiving comprises:
causing a digital television tuner to receive a digital television broadcast signal.