Background technology
Along with the continuous development of broadband services, Web TV (Internet Protocol TV, hereinafter to be referred as: IPTV) develop into the principal mode of following broadband services gradually.It is a kind of various broadband networks that utilize, and integrates multiple technologies such as the Internet, multimedia, communication, and the brand-new technology of the multiple interactive services that comprises Digital Television is provided to the domestic consumer.The user can have dual mode to enjoy the IPTV service at home: one is computer, and one is that network machine top box is in conjunction with general television set.Except basic services such as live, program request and time-moving television, the IPTV business also comprises as numerous value-added services such as information service business, instant messaging, recreation, remote teaching, ecommerce and the networking telephones.
In existing navigation architectural framework, provider of IPTV system is carrying out IPTV when professional, all provide electronic program guides (Electronic Program Guide, hereinafter to be referred as: EPG) realize professional navigation.In addition, some provider of IPTV system also can provide as the two-way interactive program guide (InteractiveProgram Guide, hereinafter to be referred as: IPG) and the digital content business guide (Electronic ContentGuide, hereinafter to be referred as: ECG) etc.International Telecommunications Union (International TelecommunicationUnion, hereinafter to be referred as: ITU) in the standard of Ti Chuing, EPG is defined as the professional navigation interface of a kind of special apply to Section purpose.In some traditional broadcasting services, EPG is defined as a kind of screen guide, is used to show prearranged live telecast interface, allows the beholder according to the time, title, and channel and classification are navigated, and select and find program.This definition does not comprise that the catalogue of request program and downloading service (these are sometimes referred to as ECG) and user and server or head end carry out the business (these are sometimes referred to as IPG) of two-way interactive.EPG provides the tabulation of channel list and request program usually, and IPG mainly is the interactive application navigation that realizes based on Web; For other value-added service, need provide page navigation mechanism separately.
This shows that there is following defective in navigation architectural framework of the prior art: at first, this architectural framework can only be realized a kind of professional navigate mode among EPG, ECG or the IPG, and can not carry out the integrated service navigation to it; Secondly, this navigation system framework can only can not be realized the navigation of value-added service at live and program request class business.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of synthetic service navigation system,, realize the navigation of IPTV basic service and value-added service by electronic program guides, two-way interactive business guide, digital content guide are provided.
For achieving the above object, the invention provides a kind of synthetic service navigation system, comprising:
The navigation client terminal device, being used to provide can be for the operation interface of the unified navigation portal interface of the business of customer access network TV and content, the user can obtain by described unified navigation portal interface electronic program guides, the request program of network TV business catalogue and download, and professional guider carry out two-way interactive business and value-added service;
The door guider is used to obtain the business and the content metadata of Web TV, and generates unified navigation portal interface according to the business and the content metadata of described Web TV;
Described professional guider is used for providing to described door guider the business and the content metadata of Web TV.
As shown from the above technical solution, technical scheme provided by the invention has following beneficial effect:
The navigation client terminal device makes things convenient for the various IPTV business of user capture for the unified operation interface that the user provides visit IPTV business; The door guider has been realized EPG, ECG and the navigation of IPG integrated service simultaneously by unified navigation portal interface, has both realized the navigation of basic I PTV business, has also realized the navigation of value-added service.
Below by drawings and Examples, technical scheme of the present invention is described in further detail.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 is the structured flowchart of professional guider first embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 1, this business guider comprises: navigation client terminal device 1, door guider 2 and professional guider 3.
Particularly, professional guider 3 can provide business and the content metadata of IPTV to door guider 2, and this business and content metadata comprise based on the business datum of Web class, communication class business datum and look audio class business datum etc., for example programme information, comprise: channel, channel designation, title, the title of film, the director, brief introduction, type, keyword etc.; Business information comprises: Business Name, and service numbers, location expression, program address is first-class; Business and program arrangement comprise: time, date, classified information etc.; Purchase information such as price etc.Door guider 2 can generate unified navigation portal interface according to this IPTV business and content metadata by business and the content metadata that obtains IPTV, this navigation portal interface can and use business and the content metadata of IPTV that unified entrance is provided for user capture, the inlet that on this page, not only has live broadcast service, also there is the inlet of demand (telecommunication) service etc., both can realize the professional navigate mode of EPG, also can realize the professional navigate mode of IPG and ECG; Navigation client terminal device 1 can provide can be for the operation interface of the unified navigation portal interface of the business of user capture IPTV and content metadata, the user can obtain the various navigation pages of IPTV by unified navigation portal interface, by this navigation page, the user can obtain electronic program guides, the request program of IPTV business catalogue and download, and professional guider carry out two-way interactive business and value-added service.
Navigation client terminal device in this synthetic service navigation system makes things convenient for the live and demand (telecommunication) service of the various IPTV of user capture for the user provides the unified operation interface of visiting the IPTV business; The door guider is realized the integrated service navigation by EPG, ECG and IPG are provided, and has both realized the navigation of basic I PTV business, has also realized the navigation of value-added service.
Fig. 2 is the structured flowchart of professional guider second embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 2, this business guider comprises: navigation client terminal device 1, door guider 2 and professional guider 3.
Further, this synthetic service navigation system also comprises: first interface device 4 is used to door guider 2 and navigation client terminal device 1 that unified interactive interface is provided; Second interface arrangement 5 is used to professional guider 3 to provide unified interactive interface with door guider 2.By first interface device 4, navigation client terminal device 1 can transmit the IPTV service request that the user sends to door guider 2, after authentication passed through, door guider 2 can also be by these first interface device 4 feedback IPTV service request response messages; Door guider 2 can be transmitted the IPTV service request to professional guider 3 by this second interface arrangement 5, and professional guider 3 also can be to door guider 2 propelling movement IPTV business datums and the IPTV service request response message that is sent completely authentication by this second interface arrangement 5.
This first interface device and second interface arrangement are the unified interface device, therefore make between navigation client terminal device and the door guider, the interactive relation between door guider and the professional guider is clear, makes things convenient for the transmission of data message and the maintenance of interface arrangement.
This navigation client terminal device 1 can be specially browser, navigate application or navigation middleware.The form of this navigation client terminal device 1 is versatile and flexible, can be user-friendly to different modes and visit the IPTV business.Need to prove that for the navigation page that employing jointly controls, this navigation client terminal device also can be associating engine (syndication engine).
Further, this synthetic service navigation system also comprises: service management device 6, content operation device 7 media-delivery devices 8 and application service apparatus 9.Service management device 6 can carry out unified management to authentication information professional and content metadata and user and business; Content operation device 7 can provide content class service data and value-added service metadata in professional and the content metadata to professional guider 3; Media-delivery device 8 can provide the stored position information of the multimedia service data in professional and the content metadata to professional guider 3; Application service apparatus 9 can provide and professional and content metadata corresponding application server for professional guider 3.This application service apparatus 9 can comprise based on the application server of looking the audio class business, based on the application server of communication class business with based on the application server of Web class business, this application service apparatus 9 can be represented different implications and functional entity according to the difference of using.Comprise IPTV direct broadcast band/program, request program, time shift program etc. based on looking the audio class business; Comprise video telephone based on the communication class business, IP phone, the application service apparatus 9 of this moment is meant telephone exchange and/or SoftSwitch entity; Business based on the Web class comprises messages application, information service, and recreation, ecommerce, remote teaching etc. are used for the Web class, and application service apparatus 9 is exactly a Web server; For information service, recreation, ecommerce, application such as remote teaching are exactly various information servers, application server and application system that game server etc. are relevant.
Further, professional guider 3 comprises: metadatabase module 31, authentication proxy module 32, data simultaneous module 33 and channel module 34.Metadatabase module 31 can storage service and content metadata, and this business and content metadata comprise the information data of program and channel, the stored position information of content class service data, multimedia service data and value-added service metadata; Authentication proxy module 32 can authenticate and authentication according to user's the log-on message legal identity to the user, also can whether authorize etc. business and carry out authentication and handle according to the order of business and use information, if authentication passes through, then by door guider 2 navigation client terminal devices 1 feedback authentication successful information, otherwise, by door guider 2 navigation client terminal devices 1 feedback authentication failure information; When service management device 6, content operation device 7, when there is Data Update in media-delivery device 8, as to the upgrading of existing data or when having added new business and content metadata, data simultaneous module 33 can update metadata library module 31 in the business and the content metadata of storage; Channel module 34 can also can send the user request information that does not need authentication to service management device 6, content operation device 7 and media-delivery device 8 with not needing the business of authentication and content metadata and user response information directly to be pushed to door guider 2 in service management device 6, content operation device 7 and the media-delivery device 8.
Particularly, metadatabase module 31 has been stored business and content metadata.The channels/programs that content supplier provides normally changes, and after the memory location of channel list and the rendition list or program changes, should upgrade business and the content metadata that is stored in the metadatabase module 31 in time.Therefore, this metadatabase module 31 also is connected with data simultaneous module 33, data simultaneous module 33 is carried out periodic refresh according to the more new situation of service management device 6, content operation device 7,8 pairs of business of media-delivery device and content metadata to business and the content metadata of storing in the metadatabase module 31, so that be consistent with current business and content metadata up-to-date or that newly provide.The authentication information of authentication proxy module 32 process user and service authentication information.When the user sends service requesting information, authentication proxy module 32 is transmitted to service management device 6 with this request, service management device 6 can call the legitimacy that the OSS on backstage comes identifying user identity, and will verify that the result feeds back to the user by authentication proxy module 32.Similarly, the authentication process for the legitimacy of service authorization also is like this.Suppose that the user need use business and the content metadata of IPTV, at first the legitimacy to user identity authenticates, thereby stops business and content metadata that the disabled user uses IPTV; After by authentication, also need to carry out service authentication, judge whether the user has the right to use business and the content metadata of this IPTV, when the user is in arrearage state or blacklist, then should stop to provide service.Channel module 34 can be pushed directly to door guider 2 for user's use, the IPTV business that does not need authentication convenient for users to user and professional business and the content metadata that carries out authentication with not needing.
Further, door guider 2 comprises: navigation door module 21 and information gathering module 22.Navigation door module 21 can be obtained business and content metadata, and generates unified navigation portal interface; Information gathering module 22 is used for the time to user capture navigation portal interface, and business and content metadata and access times are carried out statistical disposition, and statistics is sent to service management device 6.Wherein, navigation door module 21 can further include: navigation page is looked unfamiliar into unit 211, the user looks unfamiliar into unit 213 from service unit 212 and value-added service navigation page.Navigation page is looked unfamiliar into unit 211 and is generated the IPTV basic service that can be used by the user and the navigation page of program according to the business of obtaining and content metadata; The value-added service navigation page is looked unfamiliar into unit 213 and is generated the value-added service navigation page that can be used by the user according to the business of obtaining and content metadata; The user from service unit 212 can for the user provide can by navigation client terminal device 1 access service guider 3 from service page.
Particularly, door guider 2 can obtain business and the content metadata of various IPTV, and finish the navigation door of business datum and the systematic function of the page according to these professional and content metadatas that get access to, the page formatting that generates is based on hypertext makeup language/extending mark language (Hyper TextMark-up Language/eXtensible Mark-up Language, hereinafter to be referred as: HTML/XML), and the employing HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) (Hyper Text Transportation Protocol, hereinafter to be referred as: HTTP) they are sent to professional navigation client 1.
Navigation door module 21 is displaying interface and unified inlets of each IPTV channels/programs and various IPTV business, and this navigation door module 21 is looked unfamiliar into unit 211, user by navigation page and looked unfamiliar into unit 213 from service unit 212 and value-added service navigation page and form.Navigation page is looked unfamiliar into the business information that unit 211 is ordered according to the user, and the service package pattern of operator's setting, the IPTV service metadata that obtains at first produces some Page Templates, the all corresponding a kind of service package of each Page Template, and preserve these Page Templates.Then, according to user's the relation of ordering, for this terminal use generates the specific navigation page (based on HTML/XML), and these the navigation pages by the navigation client terminal apparatus 1 be pushed to the user.In the process that navigation page is looked unfamiliar, can adopt as jointly controlling technology (syndication controlling) or united controller (syndication controller), utilize the syndication engine page that will navigate to present to the user adjusting and manage from the metadata in the metadatabase.The user from service unit 212 can respond the user from service request, for the user provides from service page, the user visits from service page and independently serves by navigation client terminal device 1, these from service can be the search of carrying out the rendition list and channel list, to the modification of user cipher, some business order certainly or cancel, by the special content of parental lock and to prepaid user's inquiry into expenses etc.The value-added service navigation page is looked unfamiliar into unit 213 can obtain IPTV value-added service metadata, and generates the unified value-added service navigation page, and the user can order, visit and use the value-added service service by the unified value-added service navigation page.
Information gathering module 22 can use time, access service number of times and other the professional purchase and the use information etc. of IPTV business to carry out statistical disposition to the user, and statistics information is sent to service management device 6 by professional guider 3, in the present embodiment, can be to transmit statistics information with the channel module 34 in the professional guider 3.Unified management by service management device 6 can be regulated and control and grasps the popularization of IPTV business and operating position, and to increase service time long, often and the wide IPTV business of order scope with convenient.
Need to prove, digital video broadcasting (Digital Video Broadcasting, hereinafter to be referred as: DVB) in the system, generally adopt service discovering and selection technology.And the synthetic service navigation system among the present invention both can have been realized this requirement, also had alternative mechanism to realize service discovering and selection technology.Be specially: service supplier and content provider provide service lists and channels/programs tabulation by content operation device and media-delivery device, receive or find these tabulations by the application service apparatus, so its effect is similar to business information supplier and service discovering person in the traditional broadcast business.
In summary, door guider in this synthetic service navigation system can provide EPG to realize professional navigation, IPG and ECG also can be provided professional navigation, but also can provide value-added service navigation door at value-added service, provide unified entrance for the user uses the basic service of various IPTV and content metadata and value-added service metadata, therefore be convenient to the navigate visit of the page of user.The navigation form of the navigation client terminal device of IPTV is versatile and flexible, can satisfy user's different demands.
It should be noted that at last: above embodiment is only in order to technical scheme of the present invention to be described but not limit it, although the present invention is had been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiment, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can make amendment or be equal to replacement technical scheme of the present invention, and these modifications or be equal to replacement and also can not make amended technical scheme break away from the spirit and scope of technical solution of the present invention.