CN103188516A

CN103188516A - Acquisition method and relevant device for program introduction

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Publication number: CN103188516A
Application number: CN2011104438488A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郜文美; 王雷; 范姝男; 张惠萍; 吕小强
Original assignee: Huawei Device Co Ltd
Current assignee: Global Innovation Polymerization LLC; Tanous Co
Priority date: 2011-12-27
Filing date: 2011-12-27
Publication date: 2013-07-03
Anticipated expiration: 2031-12-27
Also published as: CN103188516B

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses an acquisition method and a relevant device for a program introduction, which are used for acquiring the relatively detailed television program introduction. The method comprises the steps of acquiring program identification of a current channel and a current time point, transmitting a program introduction request to a control server, and allowing the control server to feed back program introduction information according to the program identification and the time point, wherein the program introduction request carries the program identification and the time point; and the program introduction information is an introduction of a program content corresponding to the program identification played before the time point.

Description

A kind of program brief introduction acquisition methods and relevant apparatus

Technical field

The present invention relates to TV domain, relate in particular to a kind of program brief introduction acquisition methods and relevant apparatus.

Background technology

We are when seeing TV; such worries appear through regular meeting: if program be not start anew to see (after for example the user turns on television set; when perhaps cutting from other channels; the discovery program has been drilled half); so just unclear to the plot that takes place previously; may cause having seen after a period of time, still be in the cloud in the mist, effect and mood that influence is watched.In this case, the user always wishes to obtain some introductions or the clue of front plot, thereby helps watching smoothly of back program.

Under the prior art condition, the user can be in several ways more or less obtain some plot introduction/clues:

One, (Internet) search (for example searching in related-program forum) in the internet by computer or mobile phone, may search what content that this collection is drilled, but the situation that can retrieve seldom, and especially probability is littler for first broadcast/programme televised live; And this mode wastes time and energy, and has a strong impact on normally watching of current program.

Two, in the network protocol television (IPTV, Internet Protocol Television) electronic interface menu (EPG, Electronic Program Guide) is arranged, may have the content introduction of TV programme among the EPG, for example what which collection drilled.But the part that this introduction can't only not seen the user is introduced, and also has acute saturating problem in addition, influences watching of user back program.

Three, among the IPTV time-shifting function is arranged, the mode that the user can use this locality to record is got off the performance recording of watching, thus the function that realization drags forward, and this also is present stage implementation relatively more commonly used.But, because recording, this locality can only record a channel (the perhaps program of limited several channels), can not all record the program of tens up to a hundred channels, therefore can't do time shift to certain channel that we have just switched to generally speaking.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of program brief introduction acquisition methods and relevant apparatus, is used for obtaining easily comparatively detailed TV programme brief introduction.

Program brief introduction acquisition methods provided by the invention comprises: obtain the program identification of current channel and current time point; Send program introduction request to Control Server, carry described program identification and described time point in the described program introduction request, make described Control Server according to described program identification and described time point feedback program recommended information, described program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point.

Optionally, before the described program identification that obtains current channel and the current time point, comprising:

Receive the request instruction that controller sends, according to the step of the described initiation program of described request instruction triggers introduction request; Or, when channel switches to described current channel or is initialized to described current channel, detect the time of missing of described current channel broadcast program, miss the time above presetting duration as if described, then trigger the step of described initiation program introduction request.

Optionally, described program recommended information comprises:

Text description;

Or,

The generic resource identifier URI of text description and program sectional drawing, described program sectional drawing carry out real-time sectional drawing according to temporal information by network equipment when the broadcast program and generate;

Or,

The generic resource identifier RTSP URI of the real time streaming transport protocol of text description and video information, described video information is recorded according to temporal information when the broadcast program by network equipment.

Optionally, if described program recommended information comprises the generic resource identifier URI of text description and program sectional drawing, then described method also comprises: URI and described time point according to described program sectional drawing obtain described program sectional drawing in the sectional drawing buffer server;

Or,

If described program recommended information comprises the RTSP URI of text description and video information, then described method also comprises: RTSP URI and described time point according to described video information obtain described video information in the down sending content functional entity of cluster controller.

Optionally, describedly send program introduction request to Control Server and comprise:

Send described program introduction request by hypertext transfer protocol requests HTTP POST message or conversation initialized protocol request SIP INVITE to Control Server.

Program brief introduction acquisition methods provided by the invention comprises: the program introduction request that program receiving brief introduction deriving means sends carries program identification and time point in the described program introduction request; Obtain the program recommended information according to described program identification and described time point, described program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point; Send described program recommended information to user's designated terminal.

Optionally, described user's designated terminal comprises: program brief introduction deriving means or portable terminal.

Optionally, after the program introduction request that described program receiving brief introduction deriving means sends, comprising:

Verify whether described program introduction request is effective; If described program introduction request is effective, then trigger the described step of obtaining the program recommended information according to program identification and described time point.

Optionally, whether described checking program introduction request is effective, comprising:

Judge whether the user that described program brief introduction deriving means is registered has subscribed to the function of obtaining the program recommended information, if not, determine that then described program introduction request is invalid.

Optionally, if described program recommended information is text description, then describedly obtain the program recommended information according to program identification and described time point, comprising:

In the media data server, obtain the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described program identification and described time point, generate the program recommended information according to described text description.

Optionally, if the described program recommended information URI that is text description and program sectional drawing, then describedly obtain the program recommended information according to program identification and described time point, comprising:

In the media data server, obtain the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described program identification and described time point, generate the URI of program sectional drawing again according to described program introduction request, and generate the program recommended information in conjunction with the URI of described text description and described program sectional drawing.

Optionally, if the described program recommended information RTSP URI that is text description and video information, then describedly obtain the program recommended information according to program identification and described time point, comprising:

In the media data server, obtain the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described program identification and described time point, generate the RTSPURI of video information according to described program introduction request, and generate the program recommended information in conjunction with the RTSP URI of described text description and described video information.

Program brief introduction deriving means provided by the invention comprises: information acquisition unit is used for obtaining the program identification of current channel and current time point; Request transmitting unit, be used for sending program introduction request to Control Server, carry described program identification and described time point in the described program introduction request, make described Control Server according to described program identification and described time point feedback program recommended information, described program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point.

Optionally, described device also comprises:

The command reception unit be used for to receive the request instruction that controller sends, and triggers the step of the program identification that obtains current channel and current time point according to the indication of described request instruction;

Or, the request trigger element, be used for when channel switches to described current channel or is initialized to described current channel, detect the time of missing of described current channel broadcast program, if describedly miss the time and surpass and to preset duration, then trigger the step of the program identification that obtains current channel and current time point.

Optionally, described device also comprises:

The sectional drawing acquiring unit is used for obtaining described program sectional drawing according to URI and the described time point of described program sectional drawing at the sectional drawing buffer server;

Or the video acquiring unit is used for obtaining described video information according to RTSP URI and the described time point of described video information at the down sending content functional entity of cluster controller.

Control Server provided by the invention comprises: receiving element, be used for the program introduction request that program receiving brief introduction deriving means sends, and carry program identification and time point in the described program introduction request; Acquiring unit is used for obtaining the program recommended information according to described program identification and described time point, and described program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point; Transmitting element is used for sending described program recommended information to user's designated terminal.

Optionally, described Control Server also comprises:

Authentication unit, whether effective, if then trigger described acquiring unit if being used for the described program introduction request of checking.

Optionally, described acquiring unit comprises:

First acquisition module is used for obtaining the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described program identification and described time point at the media data server, generates the program recommended information according to described text description;

Second acquisition module, be used for obtaining at the media data server according to described program identification and described time point the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence, generate the URI of program sectional drawing again according to described program introduction request, and generate the program recommended information in conjunction with the URI of described text description and described program sectional drawing;

The 3rd acquisition module, be used for obtaining at the media data server according to described program identification and described time point the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence, generate the RTSP URI of video information according to described program introduction request, and generate the program recommended information in conjunction with the RTSP URI of described text description and described video information.

Program brief introduction provided by the invention system, program brief introduction deriving means, Control Server and media data server;

Described program brief introduction deriving means is used for obtaining the program identification of current channel and current time point; Send program introduction request to Control Server, carry described program identification and described time point in the described program introduction request, make described Control Server according to described program identification and described time point feedback program recommended information, described program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point.

Described Control Server is used for the program introduction request that program receiving brief introduction deriving means sends, and carries program identification and time point in the described program introduction request; Obtain the program recommended information according to described program identification and described time point, described program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point; Send described program recommended information to user's designated terminal.

The described program recommended information of described media data server stores.

As can be seen from the above technical solutions, the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages: after initiating program introduction request, the program brief introduction deriving means of the embodiment of the invention can obtain the program identification of current channel and current time point, and by program introduction request this program identification and time point are sent to Control Server, make Control Server can extract the program recommended information of program in certain time period of this program identification correspondence according to this time point, and feed back this program recommended information; Thereby make the user can get access to the brief introduction of the programme content that misses before this time point.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow sheet of program brief introduction acquisition methods in the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is another schematic flow sheet of program brief introduction acquisition methods in the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3 is another schematic flow sheet of program brief introduction acquisition methods in the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 is another schematic flow sheet of program brief introduction acquisition methods in the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 5 is another schematic flow sheet of program brief introduction acquisition methods in the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 6 is the logical construction schematic diagram of program brief introduction deriving means in the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7 is the logical construction schematic diagram of Control Server in the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8 is the logical construction schematic diagram that system is obtained in the program brief introduction in the embodiment of the invention.

Embodiment

See also Fig. 1, an embodiment of program brief introduction acquisition methods comprises in the embodiment of the invention:

101, the initiation process of program introduction request;

Optionally, program introduction request can initiatively be initiated by the user, sends request instruction by controller to program brief introduction deriving means as the user, and this controller specifically can be the remote controller of television terminal or user's portable terminal; Program introduction request also can be initiated (rule of initiating is described in detail at follow-up embodiment automatically) automatically by program brief introduction deriving means, and the concrete form of initiating can be decided according to actual conditions, does not limit herein.

Concrete, on equipment was realized, program brief introduction deriving means can be the array terminal of set-top box and television terminal, also can not limit for having the television terminal of network interaction function herein.

102, program brief introduction deriving means obtains the program identification of current channel and current time point;

After having initiated program introduction request, program brief introduction deriving means obtains the program identification of current channel and current time point.

Concrete, the program identification of current channel refers to the program corresponding identification that the current in progress channel of television terminal is play; And this time point can (suppose that the complete reproduction time of this program is 1 hour for the current reproduction time of the corresponding program of this program identification, 30 minutes have been broadcast when initiating program introduction request, then time point is 30 minutes), this time point also can be the Current Standard time (as: evening 8: 15).

103, program brief introduction deriving means sends program introduction request to Control Server;

Program brief introduction deriving means sends program introduction request to Control Server, carry the program identification of current channel of above-mentioned record and current time point in this program introduction request, make described Control Server according to described program identification and described time point feedback program recommended information.

In embodiments of the present invention, Control Server can be the Control Server of service provider's network protocol television (SPIPTV, Service Provider Internet Protocol Television).

The program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point; Concrete, this program recommended information can be the scene brief introduction of this program making for the content supplier by program in advance, and each several part scene brief introduction pairing has corresponding time shaft, different time shaft correspondences the program recommended information of different periods, this program recommended information can be realized by media services SGML (MSML, Media Server Markup Language) form; In addition, the program recommended information also can be made by service provider's media data (SP Metadata, Service Provider Metadata) server.

In embodiments of the present invention, the device of realization program brief introduction acquisition methods comprises ustomer premises access equipment and network equipment; Wherein, ustomer premises access equipment includes above-mentioned program brief introduction deriving means, further, can also comprise portable terminal.Network equipment then includes SP IPTV Control Server, SP Metadata server and content supplier (CP, Content Provider); Described SP IPTV Control Server is used for the operation of control IPTV business, and produces charge information; Described SP Metadata server is used for the storage metadata relevant with programme content (relevant information of for example business description, electric program menu, concrete program and individualized content guide etc.); Network equipment can also further comprise for the Push server of network service and mobile network and network protocol television (Mobile-IPTV, Mobile-Internet Protocol Television) Service Gateway.

After initiating program introduction request, the program brief introduction deriving means of the embodiment of the invention can obtain the program identification of current channel and current time point, and by program introduction request this program identification and time point are sent to Control Server, make Control Server can extract the program recommended information of program in certain time period of this program identification correspondence according to this time point, and feed back this program recommended information; Thereby make the user can get access to the brief introduction of the programme content that misses before this time point.

Program recommended information in the embodiment of the invention can show that to the user specifically see also Fig. 2, another embodiment of program brief introduction acquisition methods comprises in the embodiment of the invention in several ways:

201, whether program brief introduction deriving means misdeemed the time above presetting duration;

Optionally, if the user is provided with the automatic triggering function of obtaining the program recommended information, then the channel of television terminal being play as the user switches to current channel, or the user opens television terminal, when television terminal is initialized to current channel, whether the program brief introduction deriving means time that misdeemed surpasses is preset duration, if surpass, then triggers step 202.

The above-mentioned duration that misses the in progress program of described current channel that the time misses at current time for the user, program brief introduction deriving means calculate this miss time method can for: 1, calculate the duration that above-mentioned in progress program has been play according to current time, with this duration of having play as missing the time (when this method is applicable to the television terminal initialization); 2, when the user cuts off first channel, at that time time is recorded as first constantly; When the user is switched back first channel from second channel, at that time time is recorded as second constantly; With first constantly and the difference in second moment as missing the time.

In embodiments of the present invention, provide the mechanism of automatic initiation program introduction request, improved the user of user when watching TV programme and experienced; Simultaneously, the too frequent problem of program introduction request initiation that causes for fear of user thereby frequent switching channels (may owing to avoid advertisement), the embodiment of the invention provides the duration that presets of the time that misdeemed, and has guaranteed that the user just initiates program introduction request having missed a certain program after a period of time.

202, program brief introduction deriving means obtains the program identification of current channel and current time point;

Concrete, the program identification of current channel refers to the program corresponding identification that the current in progress channel of television terminal is play; Current time point can (suppose that the complete reproduction time of this program is 1 hour for the current reproduction time of this program, 30 minutes have been broadcast when initiating program introduction request, then current time point is 30 minutes), also can be the Current Standard time (as: evening 8: 15).

203, program brief introduction deriving means sends program introduction request to Control Server;

Program brief introduction deriving means sends above-mentioned program introduction request to Control Server, carry the program identification of current channel of above-mentioned record and current time point in this program introduction request, make described Control Server according to described program identification and described time point feedback program recommended information.

Concrete, procotol according to program brief introduction deriving means and Control Server foundation in the practical application, can pass through hypertext transfer protocol requests (HTTP POST, Hyper Text Transfer Protocol POST) message or conversation initialized protocol request (SIP INVITE, Session Initiation Protocol INVITE) message sends above-mentioned program introduction request to Control Server.

204, program brief introduction deriving means receives the program recommended information that Control Server sends;

Program brief introduction deriving means obtains the program recommended information that Control Server sends, this program recommended information can be text description, or the generic resource identifier (URI of text description and program sectional drawing, Universal Resource Identifier), or the generic resource identifier of the real time streaming transport protocol of text description and video information (RTSP URI, Real Time Streaming Protocol Universal Resource Identifier).

Optional according to actual conditions, if program brief introduction deriving means is the equipment (as: array terminal of set-top box and television terminal with Presentation Function, or the television terminal with network interaction function), and the user sets and obtains the program recommended information by program brief introduction deriving means, and then Control Server will send the program recommended information to this program brief introduction deriving means.

The program sectional drawing that comprises in the program recommended information be by network equipment (as, content supplier or SP Metadata server) when broadcast program, carry out the document scene (MSML form) that real-time sectional drawing generates according to temporal information, concrete, described program sectional drawing can be by the sectional drawing caching server in the program playing process, according to the sectional drawing time point in the MSML document scene program is carried out sectional drawing, for every width of cloth figure generates URI, and with program identification and sectional drawing time point buffer memory; Also can be before program be play or in the playing process (for example programme televised live), select excellent camera lens to determine the sectional drawing time point in advance or in real time by SP Metadata server, the sectional drawing time point of being selected according to SP Metadata server by the sectional drawing caching server carries out sectional drawing again, generate URI, and with program identification and time point buffer memory; Follow-uply downloaded in network equipment (can be the sectional drawing caching server) by user's designated terminal (can be program brief introduction deriving means or portable terminal).

The video information that comprises in the program recommended information is the document scene of being recorded according to temporal information when the broadcast program by network equipment; Specifically can be recorded by SP Metadata server, perhaps be recorded by content supplier; Follow-uply downloaded in network equipment (can be the down sending content functional entity of cluster controller) by user's designated terminal (can be program brief introduction deriving means or portable terminal).

Need to prove, in actual applications, because SP Metadata server can get access to the information of live telecast prior to the user, and program introduction request is to initiate after the user has missed live telecast, therefore, the operator has time enough to carry out the intercepting of excellent camera lens or recording of wonderful by SP Metadata server.

205, program brief introduction deriving means is to user's display program recommended information.

In actual applications, if program brief introduction deriving means is the equipment with Presentation Function, then program brief introduction deriving means shows the above-mentioned program recommended information that gets access to the user.

Optionally, if include the URI of program sectional drawing in the described program recommended information, then after program brief introduction deriving means gets access to the program recommended information, in the sectional drawing buffer server, obtain described program sectional drawing according to URI and the described time point of described program sectional drawing.

Optionally, if include the RTSP URI of video information in the described program recommended information, then after program brief introduction deriving means gets access to the program recommended information, in the down sending content functional entity of cluster controller, obtain described video information according to RTSP URI and the described time point of described video information.

Be that angle from program brief introduction deriving means is described the program brief introduction acquisition methods the embodiment of the invention above, carry out the program brief introduction acquisition methods the embodiment of the invention is described from the angle of Control Server below, see also Fig. 3, another embodiment of program brief introduction acquisition methods comprises in the embodiment of the invention:

301, the program introduction request of Control Server program receiving brief introduction deriving means transmission;

The program introduction request that Control Server program receiving brief introduction deriving means sends carries program identification and time point in this program introduction request.

Concrete, this program identification refers to the program corresponding identification that the current in progress channel of television terminal is play; And this time point can (suppose that the complete reproduction time of this program is 1 hour for the current reproduction time of the corresponding program of this program identification, 30 minutes have been broadcast when initiating program introduction request, then time point is 30 minutes), this time point also can be the Current Standard time (as: evening 8: 15).

302, Control Server obtains the program recommended information of the programme content of program identification correspondence according to time point;

After getting access to program introduction request, Control Server extracts entrained program identification and time point in the described program introduction request, obtains the program recommended information of the programme content of this program identification correspondence again according to this program identification and this time point.

Concrete, Control Server can find all program recommended informations of the corresponding program of this program identification according to this program identification, extracts program recommended information before this time point according to this time point in all program recommended informations of this program again.This program recommended information can be text description, or the URI of text description and program sectional drawing, or the RTSP URI of text description and video information; These text descriptions, or text description and program sectional drawing, or the content of text description and video information can be divided sectional scene entry according to time shaft when making, the timeline information of the time point in the Control Server contrast program introduction request and the respective program of Control Server storage just can be determined required program recommended information to user feedback.

The program sectional drawing that comprises in the program recommended information is to carry out document scene (MSML form) that real-time sectional drawing generate according to temporal information by network equipment when the broadcast program, concrete, described program sectional drawing can be by the sectional drawing caching server in the program playing process, according to the sectional drawing time point in the MSML document scene program is carried out sectional drawing, for every width of cloth figure generates URI, and with program identification and sectional drawing time point buffer memory; Also can be before program be play or in the playing process (for example programme televised live), select excellent camera lens to determine the sectional drawing time point in advance or in real time by SP Metadata server, the sectional drawing time point of being selected according to SP Metadata server by the sectional drawing caching server carries out sectional drawing again, generate URI, and with program identification and time point buffer memory; Follow-uply downloaded in network equipment (can be the sectional drawing caching server) by user's designated terminal (can be program brief introduction deriving means or portable terminal).

303, Control Server sends described program recommended information to user's designated terminal.

Control Server sends described program recommended information to user's designated terminal; Optionally, user's designated terminal can comprise: program brief introduction deriving means or portable terminal.

Concrete, in actual applications, the user can set the terminal of program receiving recommended information when networking or when the service of program recommended information is obtained in registration.If the terminal of setting is program brief introduction deriving means, then Control Server can return the program recommended information to program brief introduction deriving means by original digital TV network; If the terminal of setting is portable terminal, then Control Server need be by the portable terminal transmission program recommended information of Mobile-IPTV Service Gateway to user's appointment.

Introduce professional validity in order to ensure plot, the present invention also provides corresponding scheme, specifically sees also Fig. 4, and another embodiment of program brief introduction acquisition methods comprises in the embodiment of the invention:

401, the program introduction request of Control Server program receiving brief introduction deriving means transmission;

The content of the step 401 in the present embodiment is identical with the content of step 301 among the aforementioned embodiment shown in Figure 3, repeats no more herein.

402, Control Server verifies whether described program introduction request is effective;

Control Server verifies whether described program introduction request is effective, if then trigger the step of program recommended information of obtaining the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to time point.

Concrete, Control Server verifies described program introduction asks whether effective method can comprise: Control Server judges whether the user that described program brief introduction deriving means is registered has subscribed to the function of obtaining the program recommended information, if the user that program brief introduction deriving means is registered does not have to subscribe to the function of obtaining the program recommended information, determine that then described program introduction request is invalid; Further, Control Server can also judge whether this locality has the corresponding program recommended information of program identification in the described program introduction request, if do not have, determines that then described program introduction request can't come into force; When being all, the performed Rule of judgment of Control Server affirms (to be that the user that program brief introduction deriving means is registered has subscribed to the function of obtaining the program recommended information, and there is the corresponding program recommended information of program identification in the described program introduction request this locality) time, determine that then described program introduction request is effective.Optionally, Control Server can also be set more verification condition, and the content of concrete verification condition is decided according to actual conditions, does not limit herein.

If described program introduction request is invalid, then finish the described flow process of obtaining the program recommended information; Optionally, after determine to need finishing the described flow process of obtaining the program recommended information, can return the invalid message of described program introduction request to user's designated terminal.

403, Control Server obtains the program recommended information of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described time point;

After definite described program introduction request effectively, Control Server extracts entrained program identification and time point in the described program introduction request, obtains the program recommended information of the programme content of this program identification correspondence again according to this time point.

Control Server can find all program recommended informations of the corresponding program of this program identification according to this program identification, extracts program recommended information before this time point according to this time point in all program recommended informations of this program again.This program recommended information can be text description, or the URI of text description and program sectional drawing, or the RTSP URI of text description and video information; These text descriptions, or text description and program sectional drawing, or the content of text description and video information can be divided sectional scene entry according to time shaft when making, the timeline information of the time point in the Control Server contrast program introduction request and the respective program of Control Server storage just can be determined the program recommended information of the required feedback of user.

The program sectional drawing that comprises in the program recommended information is to carry out document scene (MSML form) that real-time sectional drawing generate according to temporal information by network equipment when the broadcast program, concrete, described program sectional drawing can be by the sectional drawing caching server in the program playing process, according to the sectional drawing time point in the MSML document scene program is carried out sectional drawing, be the URI of every width of cloth figure generation, and with program identification and sectional drawing time point buffer memory; Also can be before program be play or in the playing process (for example programme televised live), select excellent camera lens to determine the sectional drawing time point in advance or in real time by SP Metadata server, the sectional drawing time point of being selected according to SP Metadata server by the sectional drawing caching server carries out sectional drawing again, generate URI, and with program identification and time point buffer memory; Follow-uply downloaded in network equipment (can be the sectional drawing caching server) by user's designated terminal (can be program brief introduction deriving means or portable terminal).

Optionally, if described program recommended information includes the URI of program sectional drawing, then Control Server can obtain the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described time point in the media data server, generate the URI of program sectional drawing again according to described program introduction request, and generate the program recommended information in conjunction with the URI of described text description and described program sectional drawing.

Optionally, if described program recommended information includes the RTSP URI of video information, then Control Server can obtain the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described time point in the media data server, generate the RTSP URI of video information according to described program introduction request, and generate the program recommended information in conjunction with the RTSP URI of described text description and described video information.

404, Control Server sends described program recommended information to user's designated terminal.

For the ease of understanding, with a concrete application scenarios program brief introduction acquisition methods of describing in the above embodiments is described in detail again below, network side system in described application scenarios can comprise: SPIPTV Control Server, SP Metadata server, content supplier; Please refer to Fig. 5, be specially:

501, SP Metadata server obtains the program recommended information;

SP Metadata server obtains the program recommended information that content supplier provides, and this program recommended information is specifically as follows the text description of scene information.Need to prove that step 501 is preposition beamhouse operation, namely SP Metadata server carries out the process of pre-stored to the program recommended information, triggers in the flow process that the program recommended information obtains the actual user, does not need each the triggering all to carry out once.

Optionally, SP Metadata server also can be chosen wonderful before program is play or in the process of playing, and generates the program recommended information by corresponding time point information.

502, the IPTV set-top box is initiated program introduction request;

IPTV set-top box (being program brief introduction deriving means) is initiated program introduction request, optionally, this program introduction request can by the user initiatively send (as, the user sends request instruction by remote controller to program brief introduction deriving means), also can by the IPTV set-top box according to user's watching state initiate (as, the channel of television terminal being play as the user switches to current channel, or the user opens television terminal, when television terminal is initialized to current channel, whether the program brief introduction deriving means time that misdeemed surpasses is preset duration, if surpass, then initiate program introduction request).

503, SP IPTV Control Server program receiving introduction request;

SP IPTV Control Server receives the program introduction request that the IPTV set-top box sends.

504, SP IPTV Control Server verifies whether described program introduction request is effective; If then trigger step step 505; If not, then finish to obtain the flow process of program recommended information.

Concrete, SP IPTV Control Server verifies described program introduction asks whether effective method can comprise: SP IPTV Control Server judges whether the user that described program brief introduction deriving means is registered has subscribed to the function of obtaining the program recommended information, if the user that program brief introduction deriving means is registered does not have to subscribe to the function of obtaining the program recommended information, determine that then described program introduction request is invalid; Further, Control Server can also judge whether this locality has the corresponding program recommended information of program identification in the described program introduction request, if do not have, determines that then described program introduction request is invalid; When being all, the performed Rule of judgment of SP IPTV Control Server affirms (to be that the user that program brief introduction deriving means is registered has subscribed to the function of obtaining the program recommended information, and there is the corresponding program recommended information of program identification in the described program introduction request this locality) time, determine that then described program introduction request is effective.Optionally, SP IPTV Control Server can also be set more verification condition, and the content of concrete verification condition is decided according to actual conditions, does not limit herein.

505, SP IPTV Control Server obtains the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence to SP Metadata server according to described time point;

After definite described program introduction request effectively, Control Server extracts entrained program identification and time point in the described program introduction request, obtains the text description (being specifically as follows scene information) of the programme content of this program identification correspondence again to SP Metadata server according to this time point.

506, SP Metadata server returns the program recommended information of the programme content of described program identification correspondence;

SP Metadata server returns the program recommended information of the programme content of described program identification correspondence to SP IPTV Control Server after the request that receives SP IPTV Control Server.

In actual applications, SP Metadata server can integrated sectional drawing caching server and the down sending content functions entity of cluster controller.

507, SP IPTV Control Server generates the program recommended information;

Optionally, if described program recommended information includes the URI of program sectional drawing, then Control Server can obtain the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described time point in SP Metadata server, generate the URI of program sectional drawing again according to described program introduction request, and generate the program recommended information in conjunction with the URI of described text description and described program sectional drawing.

Optionally, if described program recommended information includes the RTSP URI of video information, then Control Server can obtain the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described time point in SP Metadata server, generate the RTSP URI of video information according to described program introduction request, and generate the program recommended information in conjunction with the RTSP URI of described text description and described video information.

508, SP IPTV Control Server sends the program recommended information to user's designated terminal;

SP IPTV Control Server sends described program recommended information to user's designated terminal; Optionally, user's designated terminal can comprise: IPTV set-top box or portable terminal.

Concrete, in actual applications, the user can set the terminal of program receiving recommended information when networking or when the service of program recommended information is obtained in registration.If the terminal of setting is the IPTV set-top box, then SP IPTV Control Server can return the program recommended information to the IPTV set-top box by original digital TV network; If the terminal of setting is portable terminal, then SP IPTV Control Server need be by the portable terminal transmission program recommended information of mobile-IPTV Service Gateway to user's appointment.

509, the IPTV set-top box shows described program recommended information by television terminal.

Optionally, if user's designated terminal is the IPTV set-top box, then receive the program recommended information that SP IPTV Control Server sends by the IPTV set-top box, and show described program recommended information by television terminal.

Optionally, if include the URI of program sectional drawing in the described program recommended information, then after the IPTV set-top box gets access to the program recommended information, in the sectional drawing buffer server, obtain described program sectional drawing according to URI and the described time point of described program sectional drawing.

Optionally, if include the RTSP URI of video information in the described program recommended information, then after the IPTV set-top box gets access to the program recommended information, in the down sending content functional entity of cluster controller, obtain described video information according to RTSP URI and the described time point of described video information.

Optionally, if above-mentioned SP Metadata server integrated the down sending content functions entity of sectional drawing buffer server or cluster controller, then the IPTV set-top box then can arrive download relevant information on the SP Metadata server.

Only with some examples the application scenarios in the embodiment of the invention is illustrated above, is understandable that, in actual applications, the more applications scene can also be arranged, specifically do not limit herein.

Below the embodiment for the program brief introduction deriving means of the present invention of carrying out above-mentioned program brief introduction acquisition methods is described, its logical construction please refer to Fig. 6, and an embodiment of program brief introduction deriving means comprises in the embodiment of the invention:

Information acquisition unit 601 is used for obtaining the program identification of current channel and current time point;

Request transmitting unit 602, be used for sending program introduction request to Control Server, carry described program identification and described time point in the described program introduction request, make described Control Server according to described program identification and described time point feedback program recommended information, described program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point.

Optionally, the program brief introduction deriving means in the embodiment of the invention may further include:

Command reception unit 603 be used for to receive the request instruction that controller sends, and triggers the step of the program identification that obtains current channel and current time point according to the indication of described request instruction;

Or, request trigger element 604, be used for when channel switches to described current channel or is initialized to described current channel, detect the time of missing of described current channel broadcast program, if describedly miss the time and surpass and to preset duration, then trigger the step of the program identification that obtains current channel and current time point.

Sectional drawing acquiring unit 605 is used for obtaining described program sectional drawing according to URI and the described time point of described program sectional drawing at the sectional drawing buffer server;

Or video acquiring unit 606 is used for obtaining described video information according to RTSP URI and the described time point of described video information at the down sending content functional entity of cluster controller.

The concrete operating process in each unit is as follows in the embodiment of the invention program brief introduction deriving means:

Optionally, if the user sends request instruction by controller (being specifically as follows the remote controller of television terminal or user's portable terminal) to program brief introduction deriving means, then the command reception unit 603 of program brief introduction deriving means receives the request instruction that controller sends, and triggers acquiring unit 601 according to the indication of described information described request instruction.

Optionally, the user is provided with the automatic triggering function of program introduction request, and then when channel switched to described current channel or is initialized to described current channel, whether request trigger element 604 detected the time of missing above presetting duration, if surpass, then trigger acquiring unit 601.

After program introduction request was triggered, information acquisition unit 601 was obtained the program identification of current channel and current time point.

After the program identification that obtains current channel and current time point, request transmitting unit 602 sends above-mentioned program introduction request to Control Server, carry the program identification of current channel of above-mentioned record and current time point in this program introduction request, make described Control Server according to described program identification and described time point feedback program recommended information.Concrete, the procotol according to program brief introduction deriving means and Control Server in the practical application are set up can send above-mentioned program introduction request to Control Server by HTTP POST message or SIP INVITE.The program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point; Concrete, this program recommended information can be the scene brief introduction of this program making for the content supplier by program in advance, and each several part scene brief introduction pairing has corresponding time shaft, different time shaft correspondences the program recommended information of different periods, and this program recommended information can be realized by the MSML form; In addition, the program recommended information also can be made by SP Metadata server.

Optionally, if include the URI of program sectional drawing in the described program recommended information, then after program brief introduction deriving means got access to the program recommended information, sectional drawing acquiring unit 605 obtained described program sectional drawing according to URI and the described time point of described program sectional drawing in the sectional drawing buffer server.

Optionally, if include the RTSP URI of video information in the described program recommended information, then after program brief introduction deriving means got access to the program recommended information, video acquiring unit 606 obtained described video information according to RTSP URI and the described time point of described video information in the down sending content functional entity of cluster controller.

In actual applications, if program brief introduction deriving means is the equipment with Presentation Function, after then waiting to get access to the related content of program recommended information, program brief introduction deriving means shows the above-mentioned program recommended information that gets access to the user.Optionally, if include the URI of program sectional drawing in the described program recommended information, then after program brief introduction deriving means gets access to the program recommended information, in the sectional drawing buffer server, obtain described program sectional drawing according to URI and the described time point of described program sectional drawing.Optionally, if include the RTSP URI of video information in the described program recommended information, then after program brief introduction deriving means gets access to the program recommended information, in the down sending content functional entity of cluster controller, obtain described video information according to RTSP URI and the described time point of described video information.

Below the embodiment for the Control Server of the present invention of carrying out above-mentioned program brief introduction acquisition methods is described, its logical construction please refer to Fig. 7, and Control Server embodiment comprises in the embodiment of the invention:

Receiving element 701 is used for the program introduction request that program receiving brief introduction deriving means sends, and carries program identification and time point in the described program introduction request;

Acquiring unit 702 is used for obtaining the program recommended information according to described program identification and described time point, and described program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point;

Transmitting element 703 is used for sending described program recommended information to user's designated terminal.

Optionally, the Control Server in the embodiment of the invention can further include:

Authentication unit 704, whether effective, if then trigger described acquiring unit if being used for the described program introduction request of checking.

Optionally, the acquiring unit in the embodiment of the invention 702 can comprise:

First acquisition module 7021 is used for obtaining the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described program identification and described time point at the media data server, generates the program recommended information according to described text description;

Second acquisition module 7022, be used for obtaining at the media data server according to described program identification and described time point the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence, generate the URI of program sectional drawing again according to described program introduction request, and generate the program recommended information in conjunction with the URI of described text description and described program sectional drawing;

The 3rd acquisition module 7023, be used for obtaining at the media data server according to described program identification and described time point the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence, generate the RTSP URI of video information according to described program introduction request, and generate the program recommended information in conjunction with the RTSP URI of described text description and described video information.

The concrete operating process in each unit is as follows in the embodiment of the invention Control Server:

The program introduction request that the receiving element 701 program receiving brief introduction deriving means of Control Server send carries program identification and time point in this program introduction request.Concrete, this program identification refers to the program corresponding identification that the current in progress channel of television terminal is play; And this time point can (suppose that the complete reproduction time of this program is 1 hour for the current reproduction time of the corresponding program of this program identification, 30 minutes have been broadcast when initiating program introduction request, then time point is 30 minutes), this time point also can be the Current Standard time (as: evening 8: 15).

After the program introduction request that receives the transmission of program brief introduction deriving means, optionally, can verify whether described program introduction request is effective by authentication unit 704 Control Servers, if then trigger the step of program recommended information of obtaining the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to time point.

After definite described program introduction request effectively, acquiring unit 702 extracts entrained program identification and time point in the described program introduction request, obtains the program recommended information of the programme content of this program identification correspondence again according to this time point.Concrete, first acquisition module 7021 of acquiring unit 702 can obtain the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described time point in the media data server, generate the program recommended information according to described text description.

This program recommended information can also be the URI of text description and program sectional drawing, or the RTSP URI of text description and video information; These text descriptions, or text description and program sectional drawing, or the content of text description and video information can be divided sectional scene entry according to time shaft when making, the timeline information of the time point in the Control Server contrast program introduction request and the respective program of Control Server storage just can be determined the program recommended information of the required feedback of user.

Optionally, the program sectional drawing that comprises in the program recommended information is to carry out document scene (MSML form) that real-time sectional drawing generate according to temporal information by network equipment when the broadcast program; If described program recommended information includes the URI of program sectional drawing, then second acquisition module 7022 of acquiring unit 702 can obtain the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described time point in the media data server, generate the URI of program sectional drawing again according to described program introduction request, and generate the program recommended information in conjunction with the URI of described text description and described program sectional drawing.

Optionally, the video information that comprises in the program recommended information is the document scene of being recorded according to temporal information when the broadcast program by network equipment; If described program recommended information includes the RTSPURI of video information, then the 3rd acquisition module 7023 of acquiring unit 702 can obtain the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described time point in the media data server, generate the RTSP URI of video information according to described program introduction request, and generate the program recommended information in conjunction with the RTSPURI of described text description and described video information.

After the program recommended information generated, transmitting element 703 sent described program recommended information to user's designated terminal; Optionally, user's designated terminal can comprise: program brief introduction deriving means or portable terminal.Concrete, in actual applications, the user can set the terminal of program receiving recommended information when networking or when the service of program recommended information is obtained in registration.If the terminal of setting is program brief introduction deriving means, then Control Server can return the program recommended information to program brief introduction deriving means by original digital TV network; If the terminal of setting is portable terminal, then Control Server need be by the portable terminal transmission program recommended information of mobile-IPTV Service Gateway to user's appointment.

The embodiment that system is obtained in program brief introduction of the present invention that be used for to carry out above-mentioned program brief introduction acquisition methods describes below, and its logical construction please refer to Fig. 8, and the embodiment that system is obtained in the program brief introduction in the embodiment of the invention comprises:

Program brief introduction deriving means 801, Control Server 802 and media data server 803;

Described program brief introduction deriving means 801 is used for obtaining the program identification of current channel and current time point; Send described program introduction request to Control Server, carry described program identification and described time point in the described program introduction request, make described Control Server according to described program identification and described time point feedback program recommended information, described program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point;

Described Control Server 802 is used for the program introduction request that program receiving brief introduction deriving means sends, and carries program identification and time point in the described program introduction request; In described media data server, obtain the program recommended information of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described time point; Send described program recommended information to user's designated terminal;

Described media data server 803 is used for the described program recommended information of storage.

Optionally, described program brief introduction deriving means 801 can also comprise selectable unit or the device among above-mentioned Fig. 6 embodiment, and concrete function and operation repeat no more herein.

Optionally, described Control Server 802 can also comprise selectable unit or the device among above-mentioned Fig. 7 embodiment, and concrete function and operation repeat no more herein.

The concrete operations flow process of the embodiment of the invention can be consulted above-mentioned Fig. 5 embodiment, repeats no more herein.

In several embodiment that the application provides, should be understood that disclosed apparatus and method can realize by other mode.For example, device embodiment described above only is schematic, for example, the division of described unit, only be that a kind of logic function is divided, during actual the realization other dividing mode can be arranged, for example a plurality of unit or assembly can in conjunction with or can be integrated into another system, or some features can ignore, or do not carry out.Another point, the shown or coupling each other discussed or directly to be coupled or to communicate to connect can be by some interfaces, the indirect coupling of device or unit or communicate to connect can be electrically, machinery or other form.

Described unit as separating component explanation can or can not be physically to separate also, and the parts that show as the unit can be or can not be physical locations also, namely can be positioned at a place, perhaps also can be distributed on a plurality of network element.Can select wherein some or all of unit to realize the purpose of present embodiment scheme according to the actual needs.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention can be integrated in the processing unit, also can be that the independent physics in each unit exists, and also can be integrated in the unit two or more unit.Above-mentioned integrated unit both can adopt the form of hardware to realize, also can adopt the form of SFU software functional unit to realize.

If described integrated unit is realized with the form of SFU software functional unit and during as independently production marketing or use, can be stored in the computer read/write memory medium.Based on such understanding, part or all or part of of this technical scheme that technical scheme of the present invention contributes to prior art in essence in other words can embody with the form of software product, this computer software product is stored in the storage medium, comprise that some instructions are with so that a computer equipment (can be personal computer, server, the perhaps network equipment etc.) carry out all or part of step of the described method of each embodiment of the present invention.And aforesaid storage medium comprises: various media that can be program code stored such as USB flash disk, portable hard drive, read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory), random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), magnetic disc or CD.

The above; only be the specific embodiment of the present invention, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, anyly is familiar with those skilled in the art in the technical scope that the present invention discloses; can expect easily changing or replacing, all should be encompassed within protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion by described protection range with claim.

Claims

1. a program brief introduction acquisition methods is characterized in that, comprising:

Obtain the program identification of current channel and current time point;

Send program introduction request to Control Server, carry described program identification and described time point in the described program introduction request, make described Control Server according to described program identification and described time point feedback program recommended information, described program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point.

2. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, before the described program identification that obtains current channel and the current time point, comprising:

Receive the request instruction that controller sends, according to the step of the described initiation program of described request instruction triggers introduction request;

Or,

When channel switches to described current channel or is initialized to described current channel, detect the time of missing of described current channel broadcast program, miss the time above presetting duration as if described, then trigger the step of described initiation program introduction request.

3. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described program recommended information comprises:

Text description;

Or,

4. method according to claim 3 is characterized in that,

If described program recommended information comprises the generic resource identifier URI of text description and program sectional drawing, then described method also comprises: URI and described time point according to described program sectional drawing obtain described program sectional drawing in the sectional drawing buffer server;

Or,

5. according to each described method of claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that, describedly send program introduction request to Control Server and comprise:

6. a program brief introduction acquisition methods is characterized in that, comprising:

The program introduction request that program receiving brief introduction deriving means sends carries program identification and time point in the described program introduction request;

Obtain the program recommended information according to described program identification and described time point, described program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point;

Send described program recommended information to user's designated terminal.

7. method according to claim 6 is characterized in that,

Described user's designated terminal comprises: program brief introduction deriving means or portable terminal.

8. according to claim 6 or 7 described methods, it is characterized in that, after the program introduction request that described program receiving brief introduction deriving means sends, comprising:

Verify whether described program introduction request is effective;

If described program introduction request is effective, then trigger the described step of obtaining the program recommended information according to program identification and described time point.

9. method according to claim 8 is characterized in that, whether described checking program introduction request is effective, comprising:

10. according to each described method of claim 7 to 9, it is characterized in that, if described program recommended information is text description, then describedly obtain the program recommended information according to program identification and described time point, comprising:

11. according to each described method of claim 7 to 9, it is characterized in that, if the described program recommended information URI that is text description and program sectional drawing, then describedly obtain the program recommended information according to program identification and described time point, comprising:

12. according to each described method of claim 7 to 9, it is characterized in that, if the described program recommended information RTSP URI that is text description and video information, then describedly obtain the program recommended information according to program identification and described time point, comprising:

In the media data server, obtain the text description of the programme content of described program identification correspondence according to described program identification and described time point, generate the RTSP URI of video information according to described program introduction request, and generate the program recommended information in conjunction with the RTSP URI of described text description and described video information.

13. a program brief introduction deriving means is characterized in that, comprising:

Information acquisition unit is used for obtaining the program identification of current channel and current time point;

Request transmitting unit, be used for sending program introduction request to Control Server, carry described program identification and described time point in the described program introduction request, make described Control Server according to described program identification and described time point feedback program recommended information, described program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point.

14. device according to claim 13 is characterized in that, described device also comprises:

Or,

The request trigger element, be used for when channel switches to described current channel or is initialized to described current channel, detect the time of missing of described current channel broadcast program, if describedly miss the time and surpass and to preset duration, then trigger the step of the program identification that obtains current channel and current time point.

15. device according to claim 13 is characterized in that, described device also comprises:

Or,

The video acquiring unit is used for obtaining described video information according to RTSP URI and the described time point of described video information at the down sending content functional entity of cluster controller.

16. a Control Server is characterized in that, comprising:

Receiving element is used for the program introduction request that program receiving brief introduction deriving means sends, and carries program identification and time point in the described program introduction request;

Acquiring unit is used for obtaining the program recommended information according to described program identification and described time point, and described program recommended information is the brief introduction of the programme content of the described program identification correspondence play before the described time point;

Transmitting element is used for sending described program recommended information to user's designated terminal.

17. Control Server according to claim 16 is characterized in that, described Control Server also comprises:

18. Control Server according to claim 16 is characterized in that, described acquiring unit comprises:

19. a program brief introduction system is characterized in that, comprising: as above each described program brief introduction deriving means of claim 13-15, the as above arbitrary described Control Server of claim 16-18 and media data server; Wherein, described media data server is used for the described program recommended information of storage.