CN110557663A - Method and device for generating electronic program guide, server and client - Google Patents
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Abstract
the embodiment of the application discloses a method, a device, a server and a client for generating an electronic program guide, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving television channel program information sent by a client, and generating a first program list based on the television channel program information; acquiring television channel program information recorded in a program information website and extension information corresponding to the recorded television channel program information, and generating a second program list based on the recorded television channel program information and the extension information; integrating the first program list and the second program list to obtain a third program list containing basic information and extended information of the electronic program; and acquiring program information of a media asset library, and generating a fourth program list according to the third program list and the program information of the media asset library. According to the technical scheme, the electronic program guide with high precision can be generated.
Description
Technical Field
the present application relates to the field of internet technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, a server, and a client for generating an electronic program guide.
Background
With the continuous development of the internet technology, more and more video playing platforms are emerging, the video playing platforms can generally construct video media asset libraries of the video playing platforms, and when a user watches videos in the video playing platforms, a background server of the video playing platforms can count playing conditions of the videos and video watching preferences of the user, so that the video media asset libraries of the video playing platforms can be optimized subsequently, and the preferred videos can be recommended to the user intelligently.
however, if the video playing platform needs to count the Electronic programs broadcasted by the television channels, an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) of the television channels needs to be acquired. Currently, a video playing platform generally obtains EPG data from a website of a third party. However, the electronic program displayed on the tv channel may be changed, so that the EPG data in the website is inconsistent with the EPG data of the actual tv channel. In addition, various problems such as a program name error, a play time error, and the like may occur in the EPG data in the website itself. Therefore, the EPG data acquired by the current video playing website is often not accurate enough.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the embodiments of the present application is to provide a method, an apparatus, a server, and a client for generating an electronic program guide, which can generate an electronic program guide with high accuracy.
in order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for generating an electronic program guide, where the method includes: receiving television channel program information sent by a client, and generating a first program list based on the television channel program information; the client is used for playing electronic programs of television channels; acquiring television channel program information recorded in a program information website and extension information corresponding to the recorded television channel program information, and generating a second program list based on the recorded television channel program information and the extension information; integrating the first program list and the second program list to obtain a third program list containing basic information and extended information of the electronic program; and acquiring the program information of a media asset library, wherein the program information of the media asset library comprises a media asset identifier of an electronic program, and generating a fourth program list according to the third program list and the media asset information matched with the current electronic program in the third program list in the program information of the media asset library, wherein the fourth program list comprises the media asset identifier of the program.
in order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus for generating an electronic program guide, the apparatus including: the client information receiving unit is used for receiving the television channel program information sent by the client and generating a first program list based on the television channel program information; the client is used for playing electronic programs of television channels; a website information acquiring unit, configured to acquire television channel program information recorded in a program information website and extension information corresponding to the recorded television channel program information, and generate a second program table based on the recorded television channel program information and the extension information; the form integration unit is used for integrating the first program list and the second program list to obtain a third program list containing basic information and extended information of the electronic program; and the media asset matching unit is used for acquiring program information of a media asset library, wherein the program information of the media asset library comprises a media asset identifier of an electronic program, and generating a fourth program list according to the third program list and the media asset information matched with the current electronic program in the third program list in the program information of the media asset library, wherein the fourth program list comprises the media asset identifier of the program.
In order to achieve the above object, the present application further provides a server, where the server includes a memory and a processor, the memory is used for storing a computer program, and the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the above method for generating an electronic program guide.
In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present application further provides a client, where the client includes: a program table loading unit, configured to load the fourth program table; the channel identification recognition unit is used for intercepting the picture of the currently played electronic program and recognizing the identification of the television channel in the picture; and the program information uploading unit is used for determining the program information of the electronic program matched with the identifier of the television channel and the current time node from the fourth program list and uploading the determined program watching information of the electronic program to a server.
Therefore, according to the technical scheme provided by the application, the data acquired from multiple aspects can be integrated, so that the EPG data with higher precision can be obtained. Specifically, the server of the video playing platform may obtain program information of a television channel through a client that plays an electronic program of the television channel, and generate a first program table according to the program information of the television channel. The first program table may contain basic information of the electronic program, and the basic information may include information such as a channel identifier, a program name, a playing time period, and the like. Then, the server may crawl corresponding EPG data from a program information website of a third party, where the EPG data may include corresponding extended information in addition to the basic information of the electronic program. The extended information may include information such as a program introduction, a director list, and a cast list of the electronic program. A second program table may then be generated based on the EPG data obtained from the program information website. After the first program table and the second program table are generated, the portions in which the comparison is accurate may be respectively cut, thereby generating a third program table. For example, the basic information may be intercepted from the first program table, and the corresponding extended information may be intercepted from the second program table, so that the third program table in which the basic information and the extended information are both accurate may be obtained by integration. Subsequently, the server may obtain its own program information of the media asset library, where the program information of the media asset library may include the media asset identifier of each electronic program in the video playing platform. In order to integrate the electronic program of the television channel and the electronic program of the video playing platform, if the electronic program in the video playing platform appears in the third program table, the media asset identifier of the electronic program can be added to the third program table. Therefore, the third program list not only has accurate program information, but also can correlate the electronic programs commonly possessed by the television channels and the video playing platform, so that the accuracy of the electronic program guide is improved, the electronic programs played in the video playing platform and the television channels can be correlated, the audience rating of a certain electronic program can be more accurately counted subsequently by combining the statistical data of the video playing platform and the television channels, and the video content interested by the user can be more accurately recommended to the user.
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Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for generating an electronic program guide according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing search result items according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 3 is a functional structure diagram of an apparatus for generating an electronic program guide according to an embodiment of the present application;
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present application.
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In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solutions in the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without any inventive work based on the embodiments in the present application shall fall within the scope of protection of the present application.
The application provides a method for generating an electronic program guide, which can be applied to a server of a video playing platform. Referring to fig. 1, the method may include the following steps.
S1: receiving television channel program information sent by a client, and generating a first program list based on the television channel program information; the client is used for playing the electronic programs of the television channels.
In this embodiment, the client may be a terminal device capable of receiving a television channel signal, so as to play an electronic program of a television channel. For example, the client may be an electronic device such as a television set-top box, a smart television box (a millet box, a tianmao box, etc.). Of course, the client may also be software running in the terminal device for playing the electronic program of the television channel. The client is usually connected to the tv station system through a data line supporting the DVB protocol or the HDMI protocol, so as to perform data communication with the tv station system through the data line.
In this embodiment, before the electronic program of the television channel is broadcasted, the client generally needs to search out the corresponding television channel. When searching for a television channel, the client can store the relevant information of the television channel in a local area. The related information may include, for example, information such as a code stream, a channel number, and a channel name of the electronic program. After searching for a television channel, the client may read television channel program information for the television channel from the television station system. The television channel programming information obtained from a television station system typically contains basic information for the television channel. The basic information may include, for example, channel identification, program name, broadcast time period, and the like. The television channel program information is acquired from a television station system, so that the accuracy is high.
In this embodiment, after obtaining the television channel program information, the client may send the television channel program information to a server of the video playing platform. The server may generate a first program table based on the received television channel program information. In practical applications, the tv channel program information may have a specific format, and the specific format may be predetermined between the client and the server. For example, the specified format may be a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format having a compact and clear hierarchical structure. Of course, other formats convenient for storage and communication may be selected according to actual requirements, and the present application does not limit this. After receiving the electronic channel program information with the specified format, the server may convert the television channel program information with the specified format into a program data table according to a preset data conversion policy. For example, various types of information related to electronic programs may be sequentially read from the data in the JOSN format, and the read various types of information may be written into a preset data table, so as to generate a program data table of a television channel. Because the server can receive the television channel program information sent by a plurality of clients at the same time, repeated data inevitably appears in the data sent by the clients. For example, the program information of the tv channels sent from the client in beijing and the client in tianjin both include the program information of the tv station in beijing. At this time, after the server converts the program information of each television channel into one program data table, the server may remove the duplicated program information from the program data table, and use the program data table from which the duplicated program information is removed as the first program table. In this way, the same program information for the same television channel does not appear in the first program table multiple times.
S3: acquiring television channel program information recorded in a program information website and extension information corresponding to the recorded television channel program information, and generating a second program list based on the recorded television channel program information and the extension information.
in this embodiment, the server may further obtain the television channel program information and the extension information corresponding to the television channel program information from a program information website of a third party. Specifically, the server may crawl the television channel program information and the extended information in batch from a program information website through a web crawler technology. The television channel program information crawled from the program information website may also include basic information of the television channel, and the basic information may include, for example, information such as a channel identifier corresponding to the electronic program, a program name of the electronic program, and a playing time period of the electronic program. The extended information may include more detailed information such as a program introduction, a director list, and an actor list of the electronic program.
In this embodiment, after acquiring the television channel program information and the extended information recorded in the program information website, the server may generate a corresponding second program table. Specifically, the basic information such as the channel identifier, the program name, the broadcast time period, etc. can be read from the television channel program information, and then, for the same program name, the corresponding information such as the brief introduction, the director list, the cast list, etc. can be read from the extended information. Finally, the information items with the same program name may be associated to generate the second program table.
In one embodiment, it is contemplated that there will typically be some error in the information recorded in the program information website. For example, the error information may include replacing the title of the electronic program with pinyin abbreviations or harmonic characters, or misinterpreting the title of the actor or leader, etc. In this way, in the generated second program table, the information of some electronic programs may have errors. In view of this, in the present embodiment, a program information correction table may be prepared for error information in a program information website. The program information correction table may include information to be corrected and accurate information corresponding to the information to be corrected. The information to be corrected may be error information ever appearing in the program information website, and the corresponding accurate information may be correct information. The program information correction table may continuously add various error information and may be stored in the server. In this way, after the server generates the second program table, the server may call the program information correction table, search for the existing information to be corrected in the second program table according to the program information correction table, and replace the searched information to be corrected with the corresponding accurate information, thereby completing the correction process and obtaining the corrected second program table.
of course, in practical applications, for the first program table, a corresponding correction table may also be formulated according to requirements, and details are not repeated here.
s5: and integrating the first program list and the second program list to obtain a third program list containing basic information and extended information of the electronic program.
in this embodiment, the first program table is generated based on information acquired by the television station system, and therefore, the basic information of the electronic program included therein is generally accurate. But the first program listing typically does not contain extended information for the electronic program. On the other hand, the second program table generated based on the information acquired from the program information website has relatively accurate extended information, and therefore, in the present embodiment, information of two program tables can be integrated. Specifically, the basic information of the electronic program may be obtained from the first program table, where the basic information includes at least one of a channel identifier corresponding to the electronic program, a program name of the electronic program, and a playing time period of the electronic program. Then, the extended information of the electronic program is obtained from the second program list, and the extended information includes at least one of a program introduction, a director list and an actor list of the electronic program. Thus, for the same electronic program, the acquired basic information and the acquired extended information of the electronic program can be integrated into the program information of the electronic program. Subsequently, the program information of each electronic program is written into a preset data table, so that the third program table can be generated.
S7: and acquiring the program information of a media asset library, wherein the program information of the media asset library comprises a media asset identifier of an electronic program, and generating a fourth program list according to the third program list and the media asset information matched with the current electronic program in the third program list in the program information of the media asset library, wherein the fourth program list comprises the media asset identifier of the program.
in this embodiment, after obtaining the third program table, the electronic program in the third program table may be associated with the electronic program of the video playing platform. Specifically, the server of the video playing platform may have program information of a media asset library of the video playing platform. The media asset library program information may include an electronic program played in the video playing platform. Some of these electronic programs may be duplicated with the electronic programs played in the television station system, and some of these electronic programs may be electronic programs exclusively owned by the video playing platform. The media asset library program information may generally include detailed information of the electronic program, for example, may include a name, a duration, a brief description, a director list, an actor list, and the like of the electronic program. The program information of the media asset library can also comprise media asset identification of the electronic program. The media asset identifier may be a code used in the video playing platform to uniquely identify a certain electronic program. In this embodiment, after obtaining the third program table, it is possible to check which electronic programs in the third program table are also broadcast on the video playing platform at the same time. For the current electronic program in the third program table, the target electronic program matched with the current electronic program may be queried in the media asset library program information. Specifically, the current program name of the current electronic program may be obtained from the basic information of the third program table, and the electronic program having the current program name in the media asset library information is used as the target electronic program matched with the current electronic program. For example, if the current program name is "revenge alliance 3", the electronic program with the program name of "revenge alliance 3" may be searched in the program information of the asset library, and the searched electronic program may be used as the target electronic program matched with the current electronic program.
in this embodiment, after the target electronic program is queried, the program information of the target electronic program in the program information of the media asset library may be integrated into a third program table, and meanwhile, a media asset identifier of the target electronic program may be added to the current electronic program in the third program table. For example, if the aforementioned "revenge alliance 3" has a asset identifier of "15433" in the asset library program information, then the asset identifier may be added to the program information with the program name of "revenge alliance 3" in the third program table. In this way, the media asset identifiers of the electronic programs in the third section are matched, and the program information is merged, so that a fourth program table can be finally generated. Table 1 shows part of the information in the fourth program table.
TABLE 1 schematic representation of part of the information in the fourth program table
| program title | Broadcast channel | play time interval | Media asset identification |
| Full flower and full moon in that year | Zhejiang Wei sight | 20: 00 to 21:30 | 15425 |
| Absolutely great riding times | Jiangsu Wei Shi | 12:00 to 14:00 | 16424 |
| fly cutter and fly cutter | Anhui-wei-guard vision | 17:30 to 19:00 |
It should be noted that, if a certain electronic program in the third program table is not played on the video playing platform, the corresponding asset identifier cannot be found in the program information of the asset library, and in this case, as shown in table 1, the column of the asset identifier is empty.
In one embodiment, if the number of the target electronic programs queried according to the current electronic program is at least two, the target electronic program that is the best match needs to be determined from the query result. For example, the program name of the current electronic program is "smile in a fallen city", but according to the program name, a tv show and a movie can be found in the program information of the asset library. At this time, in order to determine the actually matched target electronic program, it may be further compared whether the extended information of the current electronic program and the target electronic program are consistent. Specifically, the similarity between the extension information of the current electronic program in the third program table and the extension information of the target electronic program in the media asset library information may be determined. When the similarity of the extended information is compared, various information in the extended information or partial information capable of representing the electronic program can be sequentially compared. For example, the director and actors can generally uniquely identify an electronic program, and thus the director list and the actor list in the extended information can be compared to determine the similarity between the two extended information. Finally, the target electronic program with the highest similarity can be a program which is really matched with the current electronic program, so that the media asset identifier of the target electronic program with the highest similarity can be added to the current electronic program in the third program table.
In one embodiment, after the fourth program table is generated, the fourth program table may be stored in a server of the video playing platform or may be provided to other devices. In an application scenario, the fourth program table may be sent to a search engine of a video playing platform, so that the search engine integrates the fourth program table into a current search information base. The current search information base can be a search information base currently adopted by the video playing platform, and after a user inputs a search keyword in a video playing website, the video playing platform can feed back corresponding video resources to the user according to the currently adopted search information base. In the prior art, a video playing website can only provide search results of electronic programs played in a network. However, after integrating the information contained in the fourth program table into the current search information base, the video playing platform can also provide the user with the search results of the electronic programs broadcast in the television station system. In this way, after the search engine receives the search keyword input by the user, a search result item may be fed back to the user according to the integrated search information base, wherein, when the search result item includes the electronic program in the fourth program table, the television channel identifier and the playing time period corresponding to the electronic program may be displayed in the search result item. In practical applications, the search result item may be displayed in a pull-down menu of the search bar, or may be displayed in a jumped search result page. For example, referring to fig. 2, a user inputs "zhuang kung" in a search field, and since the "zhuang kung" is exclusive to a television station system and only a feature is shot in a video playing platform, a search result item "zhuang kung-hunan satellite television" appears in a pull-down menu of the search field, and a character of the hunan satellite television or a television station logo is displayed in the search result item. When the user selects the search result item, the detailed presentation period may be viewed. Therefore, the scheme provided in this embodiment can not only provide the information of the electronic program broadcast by the video playing platform to the user, but also provide the information of the electronic program broadcast by the television station system.
In one embodiment, the fourth program table may also be provided to the client, and the client may determine the electronic program currently being watched by the user according to the content in the fourth program table, so that the audience rating of the electronic program may be counted and the preference of the user for watching the electronic program may be determined. Specifically, the client may include a program table loading unit, a channel identifier identifying unit, and a program information uploading unit. The program list loading unit may load the fourth program list from the server, and when the client plays the electronic program, the channel identifier identifying unit may intercept a picture of the currently played electronic program and identify an identifier of a television channel in the picture. Since the station caption of the tv station is usually displayed at a designated position (e.g. the upper left corner) in the screen, the client can identify the station caption displayed at the designated position by using an image recognition technology, so as to determine the channel identifier corresponding to the electronic program currently viewed by the user. At this time, the client may determine, in combination with the identifier of the identified television channel and the current time node, program information of the electronic program that matches the identifier of the television channel and the current time node from the fourth program table, where the determined program information of the electronic program is program information of the electronic program that is currently being watched by the user, and at this time, the client may upload the determined program information of the electronic program to the server through the program information upload unit, so that the server may count the audience rating of the electronic program, and may record the preference of the user. Of course, in practical applications, the above technical solution may be started after the user watches a certain tv program for more than a specified time. For example, when the user watches a certain electronic program for more than 10 minutes, the above-mentioned technical scheme for identifying the electronic program can be executed.
In one embodiment, after counting the audience rating of the electronic program broadcast by the television station system, the server may also perform a unified ranking of the audience rating of the electronic program broadcast by the television station system and the electronic program broadcast by the video playing platform. Specifically, the server may receive the program information uploaded by the client, and count viewing parameters of the electronic program corresponding to the program information, where the viewing parameters may be a viewing rate counted according to a standard of a television station system, or a click rate counted according to a standard of a video playing platform. In practical applications, the statistical criteria of the viewing parameters are not limited, as long as the electronic programs for sorting are counted according to a uniform standard. In this embodiment, the server may sort the electronic programs corresponding to the program information in a specified ranking list according to the viewing parameters; the appointed ranking list comprises electronic programs broadcasted in a television channel and electronic programs broadcasted in a video broadcasting platform. By the scheme, the electronic programs played on line and the television programs played by the off-line television stations can be comprehensively sequenced, so that the on-line electronic programs and the off-line electronic programs are intercommunicated, and more comprehensive reference can be provided for users.
In one embodiment, the electronic programs may also be sorted by program category. For example, the online and offline electronic programs of the speech class may be sorted, and the online and offline electronic programs of the action class may be sorted. Specifically, the server may determine a program category to which the electronic program corresponding to the program information belongs, and call a ranking list corresponding to the program category, where the ranking list may be obtained by ranking the electronic programs for which the viewing parameter has been counted. Then, the electronic programs corresponding to the program viewing information may be sorted in the ranking list corresponding to the program category according to the viewing parameters counted for the current electronic program.
In one embodiment, when the client plays the electronic program to the user, a prompt control for representing the ranking list where the currently played electronic program is located may be further displayed in the picture of the currently played electronic program through the ranking list displaying unit. When the user watches the electronic program, a link showing the word "the third ranking list of the series and the view details" may appear in the picture of the electronic program, and the link may be used as the above-mentioned prompt control. When the prompt control is triggered, the client may add the ranking list where the currently played electronic program is located to a specified favorite, and the user may subsequently view the detailed content pointed by the prompt control in the specified favorite. Or, the client may present, in the current interface, a ranking list where the currently played electronic program is located, and the user may select the electronic program in the ranking list for viewing. Thus, when a user watches a certain electronic program, according to the technical scheme of the embodiment, linkage with other electronic programs can be realized.
referring to fig. 3, the present application further provides an apparatus for generating an electronic program guide, where the apparatus includes:
the client information receiving unit is used for receiving the television channel program information sent by the client and generating a first program list based on the television channel program information; the client is used for playing electronic programs of television channels;
a website information acquiring unit, configured to acquire television channel program information recorded in a program information website and extension information corresponding to the recorded television channel program information, and generate a second program table based on the recorded television channel program information and the extension information;
The form integration unit is used for integrating the first program list and the second program list to obtain a third program list containing basic information and extended information of the electronic program;
And the media asset matching unit is used for acquiring program information of a media asset library, wherein the program information of the media asset library comprises a media asset identifier of an electronic program, and generating a fourth program list according to the third program list and the media asset information matched with the current electronic program in the third program list in the program information of the media asset library, wherein the fourth program list comprises the media asset identifier of the program.
In one embodiment, the website information acquiring unit further includes:
The correction table calling module is used for calling a program information correction table, and the program information correction table comprises information to be corrected and accurate information corresponding to the information to be corrected;
The information correction module is used for searching the existing information to be corrected in the second program list according to the program information correction list and replacing the searched information to be corrected with the corresponding accurate information to obtain a corrected second program list;
correspondingly, the form integration unit is configured to integrate the first program table and the corrected second program table to obtain a third program table including basic information and extended information of the electronic program.
In one embodiment, the form integrating unit includes:
A basic information obtaining module, configured to obtain basic information of an electronic program from the first program table, where the basic information includes at least one of a channel identifier corresponding to the electronic program, a program name of the electronic program, and a playing time period of the electronic program;
An extended information obtaining module, configured to obtain extended information of the electronic program from the second program table, where the extended information includes at least one of a program introduction, a director list, and a cast list of the electronic program;
And the information integration module is used for integrating the acquired basic information and the acquired extended information of the electronic program into the program information of the electronic program.
in one embodiment, the media asset matching unit comprises:
And the similarity matching module is used for determining the similarity between the extended information of the current electronic program in the third program table and the extended information of the target electronic program in the media asset library information if the number of the target electronic programs is at least two, and adding the media asset identifier of the target electronic program with the highest similarity for the current electronic program in the third program table.
Referring to fig. 4, the present application further provides a server, where the server includes a memory and a processor, the memory is used for storing a computer program, and the computer program, when executed by the processor, can implement the above-mentioned method for generating an electronic program guide.
In this embodiment, the memory may include a physical device for storing information, and typically, the information is digitized and then stored in a medium using an electrical, magnetic, or optical method. The memory according to this embodiment may further include: devices that store information using electrical energy, such as RAM, ROM, etc.; devices that store information using magnetic energy, such as hard disks, floppy disks, tapes, core memories, bubble memories, usb disks; devices for storing information optically, such as CDs or DVDs. Of course, there are other ways of memory, such as quantum memory, graphene memory, and so forth.
in this embodiment, the processor may be implemented in any suitable manner. For example, the processor may take the form of, for example, a microprocessor or processor and a computer-readable medium that stores computer-readable program code (e.g., software or firmware) executable by the (micro) processor, logic gates, switches, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic controller, an embedded microcontroller, and so forth.
The specific functions implemented by the memory and the processor of the server provided in the embodiments of the present specification may be explained in comparison with the foregoing embodiments in the present specification, and can achieve the technical effects of the foregoing embodiments, and thus, no further description is provided herein.
Therefore, according to the technical scheme provided by the application, the data acquired from multiple aspects can be integrated, so that the EPG data with higher precision can be obtained. Specifically, the server of the video playing platform may obtain program information of a television channel through a client that plays an electronic program of the television channel, and generate a first program table according to the program information of the television channel. The first program table may contain basic information of the electronic program, and the basic information may include information such as a channel identifier, a program name, a playing time period, and the like. Then, the server may crawl corresponding EPG data from a program information website of a third party, where the EPG data may include corresponding extended information in addition to the basic information of the electronic program. The extended information may include information such as a program introduction, a director list, and a cast list of the electronic program. A second program table may then be generated based on the EPG data obtained from the program information website. After the first program table and the second program table are generated, the portions in which the comparison is accurate may be respectively cut, thereby generating a third program table. For example, the basic information may be intercepted from the first program table, and the corresponding extended information may be intercepted from the second program table, so that the third program table in which the basic information and the extended information are both accurate may be obtained by integration. Subsequently, the server may obtain its own program information of the media asset library, where the program information of the media asset library may include the media asset identifier of each electronic program in the video playing platform. In order to integrate the electronic program of the television channel and the electronic program of the video playing platform, if the electronic program in the video playing platform appears in the third program table, the media asset identifier of the electronic program can be added to the third program table. Therefore, the third program list not only has accurate program information, but also can correlate the electronic programs commonly possessed by the television channels and the video playing platform, so that the accuracy of the electronic program guide is improved, the electronic programs played in the video playing platform and the television channels can be correlated, the audience rating of a certain electronic program can be more accurately counted subsequently by combining the statistical data of the video playing platform and the television channels, and the video content interested by the user can be more accurately recommended to the user.
In the 90 s of the 20 th century, improvements in a technology could clearly distinguish between improvements in hardware (e.g., improvements in circuit structures such as diodes, transistors, switches, etc.) and improvements in software (improvements in process flow). However, as technology advances, many of today's process flow improvements have been seen as direct improvements in hardware circuit architecture. Designers almost always obtain the corresponding hardware circuit structure by programming an improved method flow into the hardware circuit. Thus, it cannot be said that an improvement in the process flow cannot be realized by hardware physical modules. For example, a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), such as a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), is an integrated circuit whose Logic functions are determined by programming the Device by a user. A digital system is "integrated" on a PLD by the designer's own programming without requiring the chip manufacturer to design and fabricate application-specific integrated circuit chips. Furthermore, nowadays, instead of manually making an integrated Circuit chip, such Programming is often implemented by "logic compiler" software, which is similar to a software compiler used in program development and writing, but the original code before compiling is also written by a specific Programming Language, which is called Hardware Description Language (HDL), and HDL is not only one but many, such as abel (advanced Boolean Expression Language), ahdl (alternate Language Description Language), traffic, pl (core unified Programming Language), HDCal, JHDL (Java Hardware Description Language), langue, Lola, HDL, laspam, hardsradware (Hardware Description Language), vhjhd (Hardware Description Language), and vhigh-Language, which are currently used in most popular applications. It will also be apparent to those skilled in the art that hardware circuitry that implements the logical method flows can be readily obtained by merely slightly programming the method flows into an integrated circuit using the hardware description languages described above.
Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that, in addition to implementing the devices and servers as pure computer readable program code, the method steps can be fully logically programmed such that the devices and servers implement the same functions in the form of logic gates, switches, application specific integrated circuits, programmable logic controllers, embedded microcontrollers and the like. Such means and servers may thus be regarded as a hardware component and means for performing the functions included therein as well as structures included in the hardware component. Or even means for performing the functions may be regarded as being both a software module for performing the method and a structure within a hardware component.
from the above description of the embodiments, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present application can be implemented by software plus necessary general hardware platform. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be essentially or partially implemented in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a storage medium, such as a ROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc., and includes several instructions for enabling a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the method described in the embodiments or some parts of the embodiments of the present application.
the embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments can be referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments. In particular, both with respect to the embodiments of the device and of the server, reference may be made to the introduction of embodiments of the method described above.
The application may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The application may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote computer storage media including memory storage devices.
Although the present application has been described in terms of embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that there are numerous variations and permutations of the present application without departing from the spirit of the application, and it is intended that the appended claims encompass such variations and permutations without departing from the spirit of the application.
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1. A method for generating an electronic program guide, the method comprising:
Receiving television channel program information sent by a client, and generating a first program list based on the television channel program information; the client is used for playing electronic programs of television channels;
acquiring television channel program information recorded in a program information website and extension information corresponding to the recorded television channel program information, and generating a second program list based on the recorded television channel program information and the extension information;
Integrating the first program list and the second program list to obtain a third program list containing basic information and extended information of the electronic program;
And acquiring the program information of a media asset library, wherein the program information of the media asset library comprises a media asset identifier of an electronic program, and generating a fourth program list according to the third program list and the media asset information matched with the current electronic program in the third program list in the program information of the media asset library, wherein the fourth program list comprises the media asset identifier of the program.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein there are a plurality of said clients, and the television channel program information sent by said clients has a specified format; accordingly, generating a first program table based on the television channel program information comprises:
and converting the television channel program information with the specified format into a program data table, merging and de-duplicating the program information of the program data tables from a plurality of clients, and taking the program data table without duplicated program information as the first program table.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein after generating the second program listing, the method further comprises:
Calling a program information correction table, wherein the program information correction table comprises information to be corrected and accurate information corresponding to the information to be corrected;
according to the program information correction table, searching the existing information to be corrected in the second program table, and replacing the searched information to be corrected with the corresponding accurate information to obtain a corrected second program table;
Correspondingly, the first program list and the corrected second program list are integrated to obtain a third program list containing basic information and extended information of the electronic program.
4. the method of claim 1, wherein integrating the first program table and the second program table comprises:
acquiring basic information of an electronic program from the first program list, wherein the basic information comprises at least one of a channel identifier corresponding to the electronic program, a program name of the electronic program and a playing time period of the electronic program;
Acquiring extended information of the electronic program from the second program list, wherein the extended information comprises at least one of a program introduction, a director list and an actor list of the electronic program;
and integrating the acquired basic information and the acquired extended information of the electronic program into the program information of the electronic program.
5. the method according to claim 1, wherein the basic information of the third program table includes program names of electronic programs; correspondingly, after the media asset library program information is acquired, the method further comprises the following steps:
Acquiring the current program name of the current electronic program from the basic information of the third program list, and taking the electronic program with the current program name in the media asset library information as a target electronic program matched with the current electronic program;
And adding the media asset identifier of the target electronic program for the current electronic program in the third program table.
6. the method of claim 5, wherein if the number of the target electronic programs is at least two, adding the asset identifier of the target electronic program to the current electronic program in the third program table comprises:
Determining the similarity between the extended information of the current electronic program in the third program list and the extended information of the target electronic program in the media asset library information, and adding a media asset identifier of the target electronic program with the highest similarity for the current electronic program in the third program list.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
Sending the fourth program list to a search engine so that the search engine integrates the fourth program list into a current search information base; and after receiving a search keyword input by a user, the search engine feeds a search result item back to the user according to the integrated search information base, wherein when the search result item comprises the electronic program in the fourth program table, the television channel identifier and the playing time period corresponding to the electronic program are displayed in the search result item.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
Receiving program viewing information uploaded by a client, and counting viewing parameters of electronic programs corresponding to the program viewing information so as to sort the electronic programs corresponding to the program viewing information in a specified ranking list according to the viewing parameters; the appointed ranking list comprises electronic programs broadcasted in a television channel and/or electronic programs broadcasted in a network video broadcasting platform.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein sorting the electronic programs corresponding to the program viewing information in a designated ranking list according to the viewing parameters comprises:
and determining the program category to which the electronic program corresponding to the program viewing information belongs, and sequencing the electronic program corresponding to the program viewing information in a ranking list corresponding to the program category according to the viewing parameters.
10. an apparatus for generating an electronic program guide, the apparatus comprising:
The client information receiving unit is used for receiving the television channel program information sent by the client and generating a first program list based on the television channel program information; the client is used for playing electronic programs of television channels;
A website information acquiring unit, configured to acquire television channel program information recorded in a program information website and extension information corresponding to the recorded television channel program information, and generate a second program table based on the recorded television channel program information and the extension information;
The form integration unit is used for integrating the first program list and the second program list to obtain a third program list containing basic information and extended information of the electronic program;
And the media asset matching unit is used for acquiring program information of a media asset library, wherein the program information of the media asset library comprises a media asset identifier of an electronic program, and generating a fourth program list according to the third program list and the media asset information matched with the current electronic program in the third program list in the program information of the media asset library, wherein the fourth program list comprises the media asset identifier of the program.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the website information acquiring unit further comprises:
the correction table calling module is used for calling a program information correction table, and the program information correction table comprises information to be corrected and accurate information corresponding to the information to be corrected;
The information correction module is used for searching the existing information to be corrected in the second program list according to the program information correction list and replacing the searched information to be corrected with the corresponding accurate information to obtain a corrected second program list;
Correspondingly, the form integration unit is configured to integrate the first program table and the corrected second program table to obtain a third program table including basic information and extended information of the electronic program.
12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the form integration unit comprises:
A basic information obtaining module, configured to obtain basic information of an electronic program from the first program table, where the basic information includes at least one of a channel identifier corresponding to the electronic program, a program name of the electronic program, and a playing time period of the electronic program;
an extended information obtaining module, configured to obtain extended information of the electronic program from the second program table, where the extended information includes at least one of a program introduction, a director list, and a cast list of the electronic program;
and the information integration module is used for integrating the acquired basic information and the acquired extended information of the electronic program into the program information of the electronic program.
13. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the basic information of the third program table includes program names of electronic programs; correspondingly, the media resource matching unit further comprises:
The name matching module is used for acquiring the current program name of the current electronic program from the basic information of the third program list and taking the electronic program with the current program name in the media asset library information as a target electronic program matched with the current electronic program;
and the media asset identifier adding module is used for adding the media asset identifier of the target electronic program to the current electronic program in the third program table.
14. A server, characterized in that the server comprises a memory for storing a computer program and a processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the method of any one of claims 1 to 9.
15. a client for applying the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the client comprises:
A program table loading unit, configured to load the fourth program table;
The channel identification recognition unit is used for intercepting the picture of the currently played electronic program and recognizing the identification of the television channel in the picture;
And the program information uploading unit is used for determining the program information of the electronic program matched with the identifier of the television channel and the current time node from the fourth program list and uploading the determined program watching information of the electronic program to a server.
16. The client of claim 15, further comprising:
and the ranking list display unit is used for displaying a prompt control for representing the ranking list of the currently played electronic program in a picture of the currently played electronic program, and when the prompt control is triggered, the ranking list of the currently played electronic program is added into a specified favorite or the ranking list of the currently played electronic program is displayed in a current interface.
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