CN101600086A - Internet television service implementation method, equipment and system - Google Patents

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CN101600086A
CN101600086A CNA2008101142930A CN200810114293A CN101600086A CN 101600086 A CN101600086 A CN 101600086A CN A2008101142930 A CNA2008101142930 A CN A2008101142930A CN 200810114293 A CN200810114293 A CN 200810114293A CN 101600086 A CN101600086 A CN 101600086A
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加雄伟
潘海鹏
王志军
刘辛炎
张函斯
刘毅敏
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The present invention relates to a kind of internet television service implementation method, equipment and system.This method comprises: the business that receives the service terminal transmission is obtained request; Send information acquisition request to the IPTV operation system in view of the above; The business information that reception is returned; Be converted into information page and send to service terminal.This equipment comprises: terminal interface module is used for the reception business and obtains request; System interface module is used for sending information acquisition request to the IPTV operation system, and is used to receive the business information of returning; Modular converter is used for business information is converted to information page, and sends to service terminal by terminal interface module.This system adopts equipment of the present invention, also comprises: service terminal and IPTV operation system.The present invention can realize the mutual of browsing information between service terminal and the IPTV operation system, realizes compatibility and intercommunication that each company's IPTV system business is browsed, makes full use of existing IPTV service resources.

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Internet television service implementation method, equipment and system
Technical field
The present invention relates to communication technical field, relate in particular to a kind of internet television (InternetProtocol Television is hereinafter to be referred as IPTV) service implementation method, equipment and system.
Background technology
IPTV is becoming well-known medium obtaining means, its IPTV that is otherwise known as, Web TV etc., and the IPTV service application is in continuous popularization, improvement and the perfecting process.
Existing IPTV business is normally carried by the IPTV system of each company's stand-alone development.As an IPTV system, the business of generally comprising provides the equipment of side and user side two aspects.Business provides side apparatus to claim the IPTV operation system again, and it comprises business management system and business support system, and user side equipment is a service terminal, is often referred to the set-top box that is installed in each user family.Each company provides the IPTV business to relate generally to two aspects, and promptly business is browsed and business service, is provided by subsystems different in the IPTV operation system respectively.Business is browsed generally and is provided by corresponding electric program menu (Electronic Program Guide is hereinafter to be referred as EPG) system.Business service is then provided by business support system, and business management system generally is used to carry out information management, for example service order, authentication etc.For each company, its business is browsed with business service and is normally bound realization, is difficult to peel off.In the business realizing process, service terminal carries out business by the browser middleware that is provided with in it to be browsed, thereby searches the business with managing I PTV, also receives business data flow by the decoding video stream kernel that is provided with in it, thereby obtains and use the IPTV business.
Because each company is according to different standard stand-alone developments IPTV system separately, the IPTV business that different company provides can't be compatible.Use identical browser middleware and decoding video stream kernel in the service terminal that certain company provides, the business that can only select the said firm to provide is browsed and business service system, and the IPTV operation system that the service terminal of different company can not insert other companies obtains therefrom that business is browsed and business service.The implementation pattern of existing IPTV business as shown in Figure 1, EPG and data flow (DATA) alternately between service terminal and each the IPTV operation system.A corporate business terminal 10 can be visited the IPTV operation system 11 of A company, but can not visit the IPTV operation system 21,31 of B company or C company effectively, and same, also there are same problem in B company or C corporate business terminal 20,30.Also there is the problem that can't interconnect in the IPTV value-added service of releasing for each company, the service terminal of other companies cannot conduct interviews, for example A corporate business terminal can not be mutual with the IPTV of D company value-added service subsystem, can't obtain the IPTV value-added service that D company provides.
Along with popularizing of IPTV business, the obstacle that the interconnection problem of each IPTV system has become efficent use of resources and met customer need to greatest extent.For operator, can run into problems when in actual operation process, providing IPTV professional, for example: 1, use the IPTV operation system of same company its business service and business can't be browsed and peel away, limited the popularization of IPTV basic service, because business service and the professional binding of browsing, and can not intercommunication provide, so business of IPTV system, particularly all kinds of value-added services can't offer other users, limited its development, be unfavorable for that operator creates new business growth point; 2, user and company all can not use terminal equipment or the system equipment that the third party makes, for example set-top box, browser etc., and the also incompetent software systems of using other, this is unfavorable for the sound development of industrial chain, also is difficult to reduce operating cost of operator; 3, unified business norms can't be worked out enforcement, have limited the development of the sector.
Summary of the invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of IPTV service implementation method, equipment and system, to realize professional compatibility, the interoperability of browsing in the IPTV business, makes full use of conventional network resources, promotes the IPTV business.
The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of internet television service implementation method, comprises the steps:
The business that receives the service terminal transmission is obtained request;
The request of obtaining sends information acquisition request to the internet television operation system according to described business;
Receive the business information that described internet television operation system is returned;
Described business information is converted to information page, and sends to described service terminal.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of internet television business realizing equipment, comprising:
Terminal interface module is used to receive the business that service terminal sends and obtains request;
System interface module is used for obtaining request to internet television operation system transmission information acquisition request according to described business, and is used to receive the business information that described internet television operation system is returned;
Modular converter links to each other respectively with described system interface module with described terminal interface module, is used for described business information is converted to information page, and sends to described service terminal by described terminal interface module.
The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of system that adopts internet television business realizing equipment of the present invention again, also comprises: service terminal and internet television operation system; Described service terminal links to each other with described terminal interface module; Described internet television operation system links to each other with described system interface module.
Above-mentioned IP TV business realizing equipment specifically is an EPG door middleware, carries out above-mentioned IP TV service implementation method by EPG door middleware.By above technical scheme as can be known, the embodiment of the invention realizes mutual between service terminal and the IPTV operation system by EPG door middleware, by EPG door middle conversion and forwarding effect to mutual information, realized the compatibility between each IPTV system of company, help utilizing to greatest extent existing IPTV service resources, browse service for the user provides abundanter IPTV business.
Also in conjunction with the accompanying drawings the present invention is described in further detail below by specific embodiment.
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Fig. 1 is the business realizing pattern diagram of IPTV system in the prior art;
Fig. 2 is the signaling process figure of IPTV service implementation method specific embodiment one of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the signaling process figure of IPTV service implementation method specific embodiment two of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the signaling process figure of IPTV service implementation method specific embodiment three of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the signaling process figure of IPTV service implementation method specific embodiment four of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the signaling process figure of IPTV service implementation method specific embodiment five of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the signaling process figure of IPTV service implementation method specific embodiment six of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the signaling process figure of IPTV service implementation method specific embodiment seven of the present invention;
Fig. 9 is the signaling process figure of IPTV service implementation method specific embodiment eight of the present invention;
Figure 10 is an IPTV service implementation method embodiment business realizing pattern diagram of the present invention;
Figure 11 is the structural representation of IPTV business realizing apparatus embodiments of the present invention;
Figure 12 is the structural representation of IPTV business realizing system embodiment of the present invention.
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The 10-A corporate business terminal 11-A IPTV of company operation system 20-B corporate business terminal
The IPTV of the 21-B company operation system 30-C corporate business terminal 31-C IPTV of company operation system
50-EPG door middleware 51-terminal interface module 52-system interface module
53-modular converter 54-acquisition module 55-memory module
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The technical scheme of each embodiment of IPTV service implementation method of the present invention realizes by service terminal visit EPG door middleware.Related EPG door middleware is a door network element of introducing the IPTV system among each embodiment, be independent of each service sub-system and service terminal in the IPTV system, EPG door middleware is as the bridge of interactive service browsing information between each service sub-system and the service terminal, EGP door middleware can be the set of EPG systemic-function in original each IPTV system of company, original each EGP system can weaken gradually and be substituted, also can keep it and independently work, make the evolution smoothly of entire I PTV network system.
Each subsystem among EPG door middleware and the IPTV operation system is mutual, and mutual with service terminal, and its basic interactive step is as follows:
Step 1, EPG door middleware receive the business of service terminal transmission and obtain request;
Step 2, EPG door middleware obtain business and ask to analyze, and the request of obtaining sends information acquisition request to the IPTV operation system according to business;
Step 3, EPG door middleware receive the business information that the IPTV operation system is returned;
Step 4, EPG door middleware are converted to information page with business information, and send to service terminal, i.e. set-top box.
Based on aforesaid way, can realize that the business in the multiple IPTV operation system is browsed, for the problem of business service, for example video data transmission, voice data transmission etc. can directly be handled by the interactive mode in the existing IPTV system.Describe various concrete business below respectively and browse flow process.
IPTV service implementation method embodiment one
Be illustrated in figure 2 as the signaling process figure of internet television service implementation method specific embodiment one of the present invention.Service terminal can be implemented in line service by EPG door middleware and order, usually, EPG door middleware can provide one from the service business page or leaf for service terminal, be equivalent to the interface that service terminal inserts EPG door middleware, service terminal can be selected corresponding service from the option from the service business page or leaf, can send corresponding business when selecting corresponding option and obtain request.Present embodiment is specially service terminal by carry out the flow process of the professional online ordering of IPTV from the service business function, is specially by the service order flow process in the visit EPG door middleware realization IPTV business.This flow process specifically comprises the steps:
Step 201, EPG door middleware receive the service order request that service terminal sends, and the promptly professional a kind of concrete form that obtains in the request of service order request triggers order to certain IPTV business with this;
Step 202, EPG door middleware send information acquisition request according to the business management system of this service order request in the IPTV operation system, this information acquisition request is that EPG door middleware produces according to the service order request, specifically be to send this service order requested user at local search according to the service order request, perhaps from this service order request, resolve and obtain the user profile that is carried on wherein, with this user profile and service order request as information acquisition request;
Step 203, when business management system receives information acquisition request, therefrom resolve and identify user profile, carry out subscription authentication according to user profile, promptly judge whether qualified order IPTV business of this user according to the corresponding data of this locality storage.Perhaps, business management system can be resolved identification services and be obtained subscription request from information acquisition request, carry out service authentication according to the service order request, promptly judge according to the corresponding data of this locality storage whether this business can be ordered, whether the time limit of order requirement etc. is for example arranged.Again or, above-mentioned subscription authentication and service authentication can be combined, resolve recognition user information and service order request simultaneously, judge whether this IPTV business of qualified order of this user;
Step 204, when authentication is passed through, business management system is set up order relations for this user, in the relevant order relations data of local record, to order success response simultaneously and return to EPG door middleware as business information, use for the convenience of the user, basic introduction or other information of ordered IPTV business can also be returned in the lump.Obstructed out-of-date when authentication, business management system can return to EPG door middleware as business information with ordering failure response, further information such as failure cause can also be returned to EPG door middleware, thereby offer the user;
Step 205, EPG door middleware are converted to information page with the business information that receives, concrete a kind of way of realization can be at the multiple indicating template corresponding with service logic of this locality storage, for example wherein a kind of correspondence be the indicating template of ordering success or failure response, EPG door middleware obtains corresponding indicating template according to the type of business information at local search; Order the normally form of master data of success or failure response, after determining display module, the business information master data of returning can be inserted in the indicating template, generate corresponding information page, and this information page is sent to service terminal, present to the user.Along with the expansion of business information content, can be easily by indicating template improvement and expand the form that adapts to the multiple business information of returning.In concrete the application, can further make business management system in the business information of returning, identify its type, select indicating template for EPG door middleware as foundation.
The technical scheme of present embodiment, realized the method for the business management system order IPTV business of service terminal from the IPTV operation system of other companies of arbitrary company easily by EPG door middleware, realized the compatibility of each IPTV system of company, help the popularization of IPTV business, also can make user and operator make full use of existing resources.But the generalization of this scheme is good, extensibility is strong, the equipment of existing IPTV system user side and network side all need not to carry out big improvement, by with EPG door middleware can realize interoperability alternately, and by to the upgrading of EPG door middleware with improve elevator system ability easily, so extensibility is strong.
IPTV service implementation method embodiment two
Be illustrated in figure 3 as the signaling process figure of internet television service implementation method specific embodiment two of the present invention.After service terminal has been ordered the IPTV business, can also carry out online IPTV service unsubscription flow process by EPG door middleware.This flow process specifically comprises the steps:
Step 301, EPG door middleware receive the service unsubscription request that service terminal sends, and the service unsubscription request also is that business is obtained a kind of concrete form in the request, triggers quitting the subscription of certain IPTV business with this;
Step 302, EPG door middleware send information acquisition request according to the business management system of this service unsubscription request in the IPTV operation system, this information acquisition request is that EPG door middleware produces according to the service unsubscription request, specifically be to send this service unsubscription requested user at local search according to the service unsubscription request, perhaps from this service unsubscription request, resolve and obtain the user profile that is carried on wherein, with this user profile and service unsubscription request as information acquisition request;
Step 303, when business management system receives information acquisition request, similar with the flow process of carrying out service order, therefrom resolve and identify user profile, carry out subscription authentication according to user profile, perhaps, carry out service authentication according to the service unsubscription request that parsing recognizes, again or above-mentioned subscription authentication and service authentication can be combined and carry out authentication, judge whether this professional order relations of qualified cancellation of this user;
Step 304, when authentication by the time, business management system be that this user's order cancellation concerns, and at the corresponding record of local update, then will quit the subscription of success response and return to EPG door middleware as business information.Obstructed out-of-date when authentication, business management system can return to EPG door middleware as business information with quitting the subscription of failure response, further information such as failure cause can also be returned to EPG door middleware, thereby offer the user;
Step 305, EPG door middleware are converted to information page with the business information that receives, and concrete way of realization can adopt the information page conversion regime in the foregoing description one.
The technical scheme of present embodiment, realized easily that by EPG door middleware the service terminal of arbitrary company is removed and the service order relation of the IPTV business of other companies, realized the compatibility of each IPTV system of company, help the popularization of IPTV business, also can make user and operator make full use of existing resources, but and the generalization of this scheme is good, extensibility is strong.
IPTV service implementation method embodiment three
Be illustrated in figure 4 as the signaling process figure of internet television service implementation method specific embodiment three of the present invention.Present embodiment is specially service terminal and carries out IPTV service inquiry flow process by EPG door middleware, be that service terminal can be by visit EPG door middleware, use query function in service business to come the relevant information of the IPTV business that online query ordered or do not ordered.This querying flow specifically comprises the steps:
Step 401, EPG door middleware receive the service inquiry request that service terminal sends, and the service inquiry request is that business is obtained the another kind of concrete form in the request, trigger inquiry to the IPTV service related information with this;
Step 402, EPG door middleware send information acquisition request according to this service inquiry request to business support system, this information acquisition request is that EPG door middleware produces according to the service inquiry request, specifically be to send this service inquiry requested user at local search according to the service inquiry request, perhaps from this service inquiry request, resolve and obtain the user profile that is carried on wherein, with this user profile and service inquiry request as information acquisition request;
Step 403, when business support system receives information acquisition request, similar with the flow process of carrying out service order and quit the subscription of, therefrom resolve and identify user profile, carry out subscription authentication according to user profile, perhaps service authentication is carried out in the service inquiry request that recognizes according to parsing, again or above-mentioned subscription authentication and service authentication can be combined and carry out authentication, judge whether qualified inquiry IPTV business of this user, or judge the scope of the IPTV business that this user can inquire about;
Step 404, when authentication by the time, business support system returns to EPG door middleware with the relevant information of the IPTV business of this user inquiring as business information.Obstructed out-of-date when authentication, business support system can return to EPG door middleware as business information with the inquiry failure response, further information such as failure cause can also be returned to EPG door middleware, thereby offer the user;
Step 405, EPG door middleware are converted to information page with the business information that receives, and concrete way of realization can adopt the information page conversion regime in the foregoing description one.
In the present embodiment, by the indication in service business, service terminal can also be selected the business of certain company or certain classification, the condition that additional queries limits in the service inquiry request, when EPG door middleware receives this service inquiry request, the parameter that can resolve is wherein discerned, the service inquiry request is sent to the IPTV operation system of designated company according to the parameter that recognizes, perhaps send to part IPTV operation system, for example all provide the IPTV operation system of documentary film class audio-visual service with certain general character.
The technical scheme of present embodiment, realized easily that by EPG door middleware the service terminal of arbitrary company can inquire about the IPTV business of other companies, realized the compatibility of each IPTV system of company, help the popularization of IPTV business, also can make user and operator make full use of existing resources, but and the generalization of this scheme is good, extensibility is strong.
IPTV service implementation method embodiment four
Be illustrated in figure 5 as the signaling process figure of internet television service implementation method specific embodiment four of the present invention.Present embodiment is specially service terminal after finishing the IPTV service order, sends request by the business support system of EPG door middleware in the IPTV operation system, to start the initiation of services flow process of a certain IPTV business of having ordered.This flow process specifically comprises the steps:
Step 501, EPG door middleware receive the initiation of services request that service terminal sends, and the initiation of services request is that business is obtained a kind of concrete form in the request, triggers the startup of having ordered the IPTV business to a certain with this;
Step 502, EPG door middleware send information acquisition request according to this initiation of services request to business support system, this information acquisition request is that EPG door middleware produces according to the initiation of services request, specifically be to send this initiation of services requested user at local search according to the initiation of services request, perhaps from this initiation of services request, resolve and obtain the user profile that is carried on wherein, with this user profile and initiation of services request as information acquisition request.Further, can also be in the middle of the EPG door according to the company under this IPTV business of initiation of services request identification request startup, with and affiliated type, the multimedia service that for example belongs to A company, after recognizing this category information, EPG door middleware can send to this initiation of services request corresponding subsystem under the business support system of corresponding company, for example sends to the multimedia distribution subsystem under the A corporate business support system;
Step 503, when business support system receives information acquisition request, similar with the flow process of carrying out service order and quit the subscription of, therefrom resolve and identify user profile, carry out subscription authentication according to user profile, perhaps service authentication is carried out in the initiation of services request that recognizes according to parsing, again or above-mentioned subscription authentication and service authentication can be combined and carry out authentication, judge whether this user can start this IPTV business;
Step 504, when authentication by the time, business support system starts the I PTV business that this user orders, and the navigator fix information that will start success response and this IPTV returns to EPG door middleware as business information.Obstructed out-of-date when authentication, business support system can return to EPG door middleware as business information with starting failure response, further information such as failure cause can also be returned to EPG door middleware, thereby offer the user;
Step 505, EPG door middleware are converted to information page with the business information that receives, and concrete way of realization can adopt the information page conversion regime in the foregoing description one.
The technical scheme of present embodiment, realized easily that by EPG door middleware the business support system that the service terminal of arbitrary company is enabled in other companies starts the IPTV business ordered, realized the compatibility of each IPTV system of company, help the popularization of IPTV business, also can make user and operator make full use of existing resources, but and the generalization of this scheme is good, extensibility is strong.
IPTV service implementation method embodiment five
Be illustrated in figure 6 as the signaling process figure of internet television service implementation method specific embodiment five of the present invention, present embodiment is specially service terminal obtains live broadcast service by EPG door middleware flow process.Live broadcast service, similar common radio and television are simultaneously to the business of a plurality of service terminal active push video-voice frequency flows on the live broadcast service subsystem in the IPTV business support system.Under the situation that data transmission network is supported, the live broadcast service subsystem can provide the live broadcast service service to service terminal by multicast mode, improves the utilization ratio of the network bandwidth as far as possible; Do not support at data transmission network under the situation of multicast that the live broadcast service subsystem can provide live broadcast service for service terminal by mode of unicast.For obtaining live broadcast service, the ordinary business practice terminal all needs to obtain locating information, and for example specific broadcasting channel then adds this channel to receive data.The live broadcast service of present embodiment obtains flow process and specifically comprises the steps:
The live broadcast service that step 601, EPG door middleware receive the service terminal transmission obtains request, the live broadcast service request of obtaining is that business is obtained a kind of concrete form in the request, wherein comprised the live broadcast service sign that service terminal is asked, service terminal comes the locating information of this live broadcast service of acquisition request with this, for example enters the relevant information such as channel, path of this live broadcast service;
The request of obtaining sends information acquisition request to the live broadcast service subsystem according to this live broadcast service for step 602, EPG door middleware, this information acquisition request is that the request of obtaining produces EPG door middleware according to live broadcast service, specifically be to obtain to resolve the request from live broadcast service to obtain the live broadcast service sign, generation comprises the resource Location Request of live broadcast service sign, be used to determine the information of marginal flow media server at the program media stream place of the live broadcast service of being asked, the resource Location Request is sent to the live broadcast service subsystem as information acquisition request;
Step 603, when the live broadcast service subsystem receives the resource Location Request, therefrom resolve and identify the live broadcast service sign, determine the marginal flow media server at the program media stream place of this live broadcast service according to the live broadcast service sign, obtain this server info, with this server info, just locating information returns to EPG door middleware as business information;
Step 604, EPG door middleware are converted to information page with the business information that receives, concrete way of realization can adopt the information page conversion regime in the foregoing description one, promptly can the navigate Play Control page or leaf of live broadcast service of this information page then sends to service terminal with this Play Control page or leaf;
Step 605, service terminal receive request according to the server info in the Play Control page or leaf to the Media Stream that the live broadcast service subsystem sends the live broadcast service program media stream of obtaining appointment;
Step 606, live broadcast service subsystem receive request according to Media Stream and push live Media Stream to service terminal, and service terminal media stream content is the most at last presented to the user;
Step 607, after live broadcast service finishes, service terminal sends recorded information to EPG door middleware, for example log information etc.;
Step 608, EPG door middleware send this recorded information to this live broadcast service subsystem.
The technical scheme of present embodiment, realized easily that by EPG door middleware the service terminal of arbitrary company can receive the live broadcast service of the live broadcast service subsystem propelling movement of other companies, realized the compatibility of each IPTV system of company, help the popularization of IPTV business, also can make user and operator make full use of existing resources, but and the generalization of this scheme is good, extensibility is strong.
IPTV service implementation method embodiment six
Be illustrated in figure 7 as the signaling process figure of internet television service implementation method specific embodiment six of the present invention, present embodiment is specially service terminal obtains demand (telecommunication) service by EPG door middleware flow process.So-called demand (telecommunication) service, i.e. video request program (Video On Demand is hereinafter to be referred as VOD), the demand (telecommunication) service subsystem in the business support system is also referred to as the interactive television VOD system.Demand (telecommunication) service is the business that video that the user can select some to record is in advance at any time watched.The demand (telecommunication) service of present embodiment obtains flow process and specifically comprises the steps:
The demand (telecommunication) service that step 701, EPG door middleware receive the service terminal transmission obtains request, the demand (telecommunication) service request of obtaining is that business is obtained a kind of concrete form in the request, the sign that has wherein comprised service terminal institute demand (telecommunication) service, it is the demand (telecommunication) service sign, service terminal comes the locating information of this demand (telecommunication) service of acquisition request with this, for example enters the relevant information such as channel, path of this demand (telecommunication) service;
The request of obtaining sends information acquisition request to the demand (telecommunication) service subsystem according to this demand (telecommunication) service for step 702, EPG door middleware, this information acquisition request is that the request of obtaining produces EPG door middleware according to demand (telecommunication) service, specifically be to obtain to resolve the request from demand (telecommunication) service to obtain the program request service identification, generation comprises the resource Location Request of demand (telecommunication) service sign, be used to determine the information of marginal flow media server at the program media stream place of the demand (telecommunication) service of being asked, the resource Location Request is sent to the demand (telecommunication) service subsystem as information acquisition request;
Step 703, when the demand (telecommunication) service subsystem receives the resource Location Request, therefrom resolve and identify the demand (telecommunication) service sign, determine the marginal flow media server at the program media stream place of this demand (telecommunication) service according to the demand (telecommunication) service sign, obtain this server info, with this server info, promptly locating information returns to EPG door middleware as business information;
Step 704, EPG door middleware are converted to information page with the business information that receives, concrete way of realization can adopt the information page conversion regime in the foregoing description one, this information page promptly can be broadcast professional Play Control page or leaf by navigation spots, then this Play Control page or leaf is sent to service terminal;
Step 705, service terminal receive request according to the server info in the Play Control page or leaf to the Media Stream that the demand (telecommunication) service subsystem sends the demand (telecommunication) service program media stream of obtaining appointment;
Step 706, demand (telecommunication) service subsystem receive request according to Media Stream and push on-demand media stream to service terminal, and service terminal media stream content is the most at last presented to the user;
Step 707, after demand (telecommunication) service finishes, service terminal sends recorded information to EPG door middleware, for example log information etc.;
Step 708, EPG door middleware send this recorded information to this demand (telecommunication) service subsystem.
The technical scheme of present embodiment, realized easily that by EPG door middleware the service terminal of arbitrary company can receive the demand (telecommunication) service of the demand (telecommunication) service subsystem propelling movement of other companies, realized the compatibility of each I PTV system of company, help the popularization of I PTV business, also can make user and operator make full use of existing resources, but and the generalization of this scheme is good, extensibility is strong.
IPTV service implementation method embodiment seven
Be illustrated in figure 8 as the signaling process figure of internet television service implementation method specific embodiment seven of the present invention, present embodiment is specially service terminal obtains time-shift service by EPG door middleware flow process.So-called time-moving television (Time Shifting TV, be called for short TSTV) business, be meant that the user is when watching video frequency program, can watch the content of having play by back spacer at any time, maybe can skip the content of having seen by fast forward button, perhaps can also press the broadcast that Pause key stops video at any time, or press play button at any time and continue the beginning video playback.Time-shift service is generally provided by the time-shift service subsystem in the business support system.The time-shift service of present embodiment is obtained flow process and is specifically comprised the steps:
Step 801, EPG door middleware receive the time-shift service of service terminal transmission and obtain request, the time-shift service request of obtaining is that business is obtained a kind of concrete form in the request, and service terminal comes the acquisition request one time shift professional control page with this so that the video traffic of current broadcast is carried out time shift control;
Step 802, the request of obtaining sends information acquisition request to the time-shift service subsystem to EPG door middleware according to this time-shift service, this information acquisition request is that the request of obtaining produces EPG door middleware according to time-shift service, specifically can be to obtain acquisition request user profile according to time-shift service, therefrom resolve the required time shift operation of this service terminal of identification, for example advance, retreat, and obtain video traffic sign of the current broadcast of this service terminal etc., the above-mentioned time-shift service sign that is generally then produces the information acquisition request that comprises above-mentioned time-shift service sign and sends to the time-shift service subsystem;
Step 803, when the time shift service sub-system receives information acquisition request, can carry out authentication according to information such as user profile, video traffic signs, judge the whether qualified time-shift service of obtaining of this user, and can be according to user's authority with time shift operation information, just locating information returns to EPG door middleware as business information, for example return advance, retreat, suspend, operation information such as continuation;
Step 804, EPG door middleware are converted to information page with the business information that receives, concrete way of realization can adopt the information page conversion regime in the foregoing description one, promptly can the navigate Play Control page or leaf of time-shift service of this information page then sends to service terminal with this Play Control page or leaf;
Step 805, service terminal send time shift operation according to the time shift operation information in the Play Control page or leaf to the time-shift service subsystem and receive request;
Step 806, time-shift service subsystem receive the propelling movement that request control current video service media flows to service terminal according to time shift operation;
Step 807, after service ending, service terminal sends recorded information to EPG door middleware, for example log information etc.;
Step 808, EPG door middleware send this recorded information to this time-shift service subsystem.
The technical scheme of present embodiment, realized easily that by EPG door middleware the service terminal of arbitrary company can carry out time shift control to the video traffic of other companies, realized the compatibility of each IPTV system of company, help the popularization of IPTV business, also can make user and operator make full use of existing resources, but and the generalization of this scheme is good, extensibility is strong.
IPTV service implementation method embodiment eight
Be illustrated in figure 9 as the signaling process figure of internet television service implementation method specific embodiment eight of the present invention.In concrete the application, can also the similar above-mentioned mode of obtaining live broadcast service, demand (telecommunication) service obtain other business, service terminal can obtain other business service from other service sub-systems by EPG door middleware, for example obtain non-audiovisual class business, such as obtaining value-added services such as real-time weather forecast, railway timetable, flight schedule and online news from the value-added service subsystem.Service terminal can be browsed for the user by the business information that EPG door middleware obtains non-audiovisual class.Below check that with the user Flight Information is an example, introduce the flow process that the user watches non-audiovisual class business.The flow process of present embodiment specifically comprises the steps:
The Flight Information that step 901, EPG door middleware receive the service terminal transmission obtains request, and the Flight Information request of obtaining is that business is obtained a kind of concrete form in the request, and service terminal comes the acquisition request Flight Information with this;
The request of obtaining sends information acquisition request to the value-added service subsystem according to this Flight Information for step 902, EPG door middleware, this information acquisition request is that the request of obtaining produces EPG door middleware according to Flight Information, specifically can be that the request of obtaining produces the resource Location Request according to Flight Information, be used to determine to provide the information of marginal flow media server at the data place of this Flight Information, the resource Location Request is sent to the value-added service subsystem as information acquisition request;
Step 903, when the value-added service subsystem receives the resource Location Request, determine the marginal flow media server at the data place of this Flight Information according to the resource Location Request, obtain this server info, this server info is returned to EPG door middleware as business information;
Step 904, EPG door middleware are converted to information page with the business information that receives, concrete way of realization can adopt the information page conversion regime in the foregoing description one, promptly can the navigate Play Control page or leaf of Flight Information of this information page then sends to service terminal with this Play Control page or leaf;
Step 905, service terminal send the reception request of obtaining Flight Information according to the server info in the Play Control page or leaf to the value-added service subsystem;
Step 906, value-added service subsystem push Flight Information according to the request that receives to service terminal, and service terminal Flight Information is the most at last presented to the user;
Step 907, after user indication stops to browse this Flight Information, service terminal sends recorded information to EPG door middleware, for example log information etc.;
Step 908, EPG door middleware send this recorded information to the value-added service subsystem.
The technical scheme of present embodiment, the service terminal of having realized arbitrary company by EPG door middleware easily can obtain other business from the service sub-system of other companies, realized the compatibility of each I PTV system of company, help the popularization of I PTV business, also can make user and operator make full use of existing resources, but and the generalization of this scheme is good, extensibility is strong.
In the technical scheme of the foregoing description, information interaction between service terminal and the EPG door middleware can be based on HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) (HyperText Transfer Protocol, hereinafter to be referred as HTTP) realize, EPG door middleware generates information page with HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language is hereinafter to be referred as HTML); Business management system in the IPTV operation system and business support system can be based on Simple Object Access Protocol (Simple Object Access Protocol, hereinafter to be referred as SOAP) realize mutual with EPG door middleware, with extending mark language (eXtensible MarkupLanguage, be called for short XML) transmits page, the IPTV operation system that the opening of soap protocol and extensibility can help different company inserts EPG door middleware, is convenient to the expansion of IPTV network.Figure 10 shows that a kind of preferable business realizing pattern diagram that adopts IPTV service implementation method of the present invention, show transmission information between each network element based on agreement.Technical scheme by various embodiments of the present invention offers the business of service terminal and browses with business service and can separate by EPG door middleware, is convenient to carry out respectively tissue treatment.
By the technical scheme of the foregoing description as can be known, EPG door middleware can be managed the related service logic and the indicating template of the browse service of various IPTV business.The IPTV operation system of each company can be mutual based on certain agreement and EPG door middleware by the interface with EPG door middleware is provided.The master data that EPG door middleware is correlated with to each service sub-system request, and can offer service terminal to the service logic of these master datas and self-management and indicating template merging generation EPG information page.Technique scheme has realized compatibility and the interoperability between each IPTV system of company easily.
In the present invention, EPG door middleware is similar to network agent, the network bandwidth that the data volume of browsing when business is less, shared and operand also hour, the data that all business are browsed can be passed through EPG door middleware processes and forwarding.Under the situation of large user's amount,, also need to consider the performance issue of EPG door middleware for guaranteeing the real-time and the reliability of data processing.Can adopt the method for trunking mode and distributed arithmetic to design EPG door middleware, thereby promote its service quality problem under large user's amount situation.
IPTV business realizing apparatus embodiments
Be the structural representation of IPTV business realizing equipment specific embodiment of the present invention as shown in figure 11, this equipment is EPG door middleware, can carry out the technical scheme of IPTV service implementation method any embodiment of the present invention.The structure of EPG door middleware specifically comprises terminal interface module 51, system interface module 52 and modular converter 53.Wherein, terminal interface module 51 is used to receive the business that service terminal sends and obtains request; System interface module 52 is used for obtaining request to IPTV operation system transmission information acquisition request according to business, and is used to receive the business information that the IPTV operation system is returned; Modular converter 53 links to each other respectively with system interface module 52 with terminal interface module 51, is used for business information is converted to information page, and sends to service terminal by terminal interface module 51.
In concrete the application, this EPG door middleware can also comprise acquisition module 54 and memory module 55.Acquisition module 54 links to each other respectively with system interface module 52 with terminal interface module 51, is used for obtaining acquisition request user profile or service identification according to business, and offers system interface module 52 and send to the IPTV operation system.Memory module 55 links to each other with modular converter 53, is used to store indicating template to offer modular converter 53 inquiry and transitional information pages or leaves.
EPG door middleware of the present invention can be carried out the technical scheme of IPTV service implementation method any embodiment of the present invention, can be convenient to realize that the business in the IPTV business browses interoperability.
IPTV business realizing system embodiment
Be the structural representation of IPTV business realizing of the present invention system specific embodiment as shown in figure 12, comprise EPG door middleware of the present invention, carrying IPTV business, its concrete structure also comprises the service terminal of each company, and the IPTV operation system of each company, the service terminal 10,20 and 30 of A, B, C company for example, the IPTV operation system 11,21 and 31 of A, B, C company; Each service terminal links to each other respectively with the terminal interface module of EPG door middleware 50; Each IPTV operation system links to each other respectively with the system interface module of EPG door middleware 50.
Each IPTV operation system generally comprises business management system and business support system, and business support system generally comprises the subsystem of live broadcast service subsystem, demand (telecommunication) service subsystem, time-shift service subsystem and value-added service subsystem equivalent-load different IP TV business.
The advantage of IPTV service implementation method of the present invention, equipment and system is: the technical scheme of the problem that interconnects between the business of overlapping each IPTV system of company of solution that the present invention proposes is browsed.Can effectively business be browsed with business service by technical scheme of the present invention and to peel away, for a large amount of development value-added services provide possibility, and service provider and content supplier and provider of system separated, for the sound development of industrial chain provides technique guarantee.Also, operator provides profit point simultaneously for runing value-added service in the IPTV system.In addition, owing to each the professional service logic and the indicating template of IPTV system can change along with the variation of business, so, consider from cost and benefit, selecting the method for the unified EPG door middleware of exploitation, is a kind of preferred version that present stage solves the professional problem of browsing that interconnects.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: all or part of step that realizes said method embodiment can be finished by the relevant hardware of program command, aforesaid program can be stored in the computer read/write memory medium, this program is carried out the step that comprises said method embodiment when carrying out; And aforesaid storage medium comprises: various media that can be program code stored such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disc or CD.
It should be noted that at last: above embodiment only in order to technical scheme of the present invention to be described, is not intended to limit; Although with reference to previous embodiment the present invention is had been described in detail, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can be made amendment to the technical scheme that aforementioned each embodiment put down in writing, and perhaps part technical characterictic wherein is equal to replacement; And these modifications or replacement do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution break away from the spirit and scope of various embodiments of the present invention technical scheme.

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1, a kind of internet television service implementation method is characterized in that, comprising:
The business that receives the service terminal transmission is obtained request;
The request of obtaining sends information acquisition request to the internet television operation system according to described business;
Receive the business information that described internet television operation system is returned;
Described business information is converted to information page, and sends to described service terminal.
2, internet television service implementation method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the request of obtaining is specially to internet television operation system transmission information acquisition request according to described business:
Obtain the acquisition request user information corresponding according to described business;
The request of obtaining of described user profile and described business is sent to business management system or business support system in the internet television operation system as information acquisition request.
3, internet television service implementation method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, after the internet television operation system receives described information acquisition request, also comprises:
Described business management system or business support system are resolved the described user profile of identification from described information acquisition request and/or described business is obtained request;
Described business management system or business support system carry out authentication according to described user profile and/or the request of obtaining of described business;
Described business management system or business support system return corresponding business information according to authenticating result.
4, internet television service implementation method according to claim 3 is characterized in that, the request of obtaining of described business is the service order request, and described business management system is returned corresponding business information according to authenticating result and is specially:
When described business management system judges that the user of described user profile correspondence has the order business qualification,, and will order success response and return as described business information at local corresponding record order relations; Or
When described business management system judges that the user of described user profile correspondence does not have the order business qualification, will order failure response and return as described business information.
5, internet television service implementation method according to claim 3 is characterized in that, the request of obtaining of described business is the service unsubscription request, and described business management system is returned corresponding business information according to authenticating result and is specially:
Judge the user of described user profile correspondence when described business management system and have when quitting the subscription of professional qualification,, and will quit the subscription of success response and return as described business information with the order relations cancellation of this locality storage; Or
Judge the user of described user profile correspondence when described business management system and do not have when quitting the subscription of professional qualification, will quit the subscription of failure response and return as described business information.
6, internet television service implementation method according to claim 3 is characterized in that, the request of obtaining of described business is the service inquiry request, and described business support system returns corresponding business information according to authenticating result and is specially:
When described business support system judges that the user of described user profile correspondence has the service inquiry qualification, the local internet television service related information that provides is provided is returned as described business information; Or
When described business support system judges that the user of described user profile correspondence does not have the service inquiry qualification, will inquire about failure response and return as described business information.
7, internet television service implementation method according to claim 3 is characterized in that, the request of obtaining of described business is the initiation of services request, and described business support system returns corresponding business information according to authenticating result and is specially:
When described business support system judges that the user of described user profile correspondence has the initiation of services qualification, specify the navigator fix information of the business that starts to return in success response and the described initiation of services request as described business information with starting; Or
When described business support system judges that the user of described user profile correspondence does not have the initiation of services qualification, will start failure response and return as described business information.
8, internet television service implementation method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the request of obtaining sends described information acquisition request to the internet television operation system and is specially according to described business:
Obtain the request to resolve from described business and obtain service identification;
Determine corresponding service support system in the internet television operation system according to described service identification, produce the resource Location Request that comprises described service identification;
Described resource Location Request is sent to described business support system as information acquisition request.
9, internet television service implementation method according to claim 8, it is characterized in that, described service identification is live broadcast service sign or demand (telecommunication) service sign or time-shift service sign or value-added service sign, after the live broadcast service subsystem of each described service identification correspondence or demand (telecommunication) service subsystem or time-shift service subsystem or value-added service subsystem receive described resource Location Request, also comprise: described live broadcast service subsystem or demand (telecommunication) service subsystem or time-shift service subsystem or value-added service subsystem, return described locating information in the live broadcast service of local search correspondence or the locating information of demand (telecommunication) service or time-shift service or value-added service according to described service identification as described business information.
10, internet television service implementation method according to claim 9 is characterized in that, after the described business information that will return is converted to information page and sends to service terminal, also comprises:
Described service terminal is resolved and is obtained the locating information that comprises in the described information page;
Described service terminal is according to described live broadcast service subsystem or demand (telecommunication) service subsystem or time-shift service subsystem or the value-added service subsystem transmission reception request of described locating information to correspondence;
After described live broadcast service subsystem or demand (telecommunication) service subsystem or time-shift service subsystem or value-added service subsystem receive the described reception request that described service terminal sends, described live broadcast service or demand (telecommunication) service or time-shift service or value-added service are pushed to described service terminal.
11, internet television service implementation method according to claim 10 is characterized in that, after described service terminal finishes receiving the described live broadcast service or demand (telecommunication) service or time-shift service or value-added service of propelling movement, also comprises:
Receive the log information that described service terminal sends, and correspondence is transmitted to described live broadcast service subsystem or demand (telecommunication) service subsystem or time-shift service subsystem or value-added service subsystem.
12, according to the described arbitrary internet television service implementation method of claim 1～11, it is characterized in that, described business information be converted to information page be specially:
According to the indicating template of described business information in the local search correspondence;
Described business information is inserted described indicating template generate described information page.
13, according to the described arbitrary internet television service implementation method of claim 1～11, it is characterized in that, be specially alternately with described service terminal: mutual based on HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and described service terminal.
14, according to the described arbitrary internet television service implementation method of claim 1～11, it is characterized in that, be specially alternately: be mutual based on Simple Object Access Protocol and described internet television operation system with described internet television operation system.
15, a kind of internet television business realizing equipment is characterized in that comprising:
Terminal interface module is used to receive the business that service terminal sends and obtains request;
System interface module is used for obtaining request to internet television operation system transmission information acquisition request according to described business, and is used to receive the business information that described internet television operation system is returned;
Modular converter links to each other respectively with described system interface module with described terminal interface module, is used for described business information is converted to information page, and sends to described service terminal by described terminal interface module.
16, internet television business realizing equipment according to claim 15 is characterized in that, also comprises:
Acquisition module is used for obtaining acquisition request user profile or service identification according to described business, and offers described system interface module and send to described internet television operation system.
17, internet television business realizing equipment according to claim 15 is characterized in that, also comprises:
Memory module is used to store indicating template, to offer described modular converter inquiry and transitional information page or leaf.
18, internet television business realizing equipment according to claim 15 is characterized in that, also comprises:
The daily record forwarding module is used to receive the log information of service terminal transmission and be transmitted to the internet television operation system.
19, a kind of system that adopts the described arbitrary internet television business realizing equipment of claim 15～18 is characterized in that, also comprises: service terminal and internet television operation system; Described service terminal links to each other with described terminal interface module; Described internet television operation system links to each other with described system interface module.
20, internet television business realizing according to claim 19 system, it is characterized in that: described internet television operation system comprises business management system and business support system, and described business support system comprises live broadcast service subsystem, demand (telecommunication) service subsystem, time-shift service subsystem and value-added service subsystem.
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