KR20150140147A - Method and apparatus for supporting backword compatibility in hybrid broadcasting environment - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing compatibility with a lower version of an application program in a broadcasting environment in which a broadcast channel and a broadband channel are simultaneously provided.
The HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcasting TV) standard established in Europe is one of technologies for hybrid broadcasting which is concurrently connected to broadcast channels and broadband channels. The HbbTV standard defines an environment in which broadcasting information is received through a broadcasting network and data can be received through a connected IP (Broadband Internet Protocol) broadband channel.
The HbbTV standard is v1.1 in 2010 and now HbbTV v1.1 service is provided by broadcasting companies in many European countries and HbbTV v1.1 is provided from many terminals (DTV (Digital Television), STB (Set Top Box) .1 standards. However, the HbbTV v1.1 standard only provides a basic framework for providing application programs that are linked with broadcasts. Therefore, the need for expansion has been constantly raised, and adaptive streaming technology based on HbbTV v1.1 Supported v1.5 standards were enacted in 2012, and the manufacturers that previously manufactured v1.1-based terminals and the broadcasters who provided the service are preparing to support it. In addition, HbbTV v2.0 specification works supporting HTML5 (Hypertext Markup Language version 4) -based application program environment is changed to HTML5 (Hypertext Markup Language version 5) and companion screen is in progress.
As the availability of the hybrid broadcasting environment utilizing the IP broadband network is steadily expanding, various services using the IP broadband network have been increasingly required to support the new technology. HbbTV, which establishes hybrid broadcasting standards, therefore continues to reflect these requirements.
However, unlike mobile terminals, DTV has a comparatively long replacement period (7 to 10 years) since its launch, and it is not easy to replace software (SW) unlike a PC (personal computer). Accordingly, when a broadcaster provides services according to the latest standards, there arises a problem that users having existing legacy terminals can not use the services.
In order to solve this problem, it is possible to consider a method of supporting all the functions of the lower standard in the new standard. However, in this case, various restrictions of the function of the new standard may occur. In this case, There is no guarantee.
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing compatibility with a lower version of an application program in a broadcast environment where an existing broadcast channel and an IP broadband channel are simultaneously provided.
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for supporting compatibility with an old terminal in a broadcasting system when the terminal supporting the hybrid broadcasting is an old terminal that can not support the latest version of the application program.
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for maintaining compatibility with a terminal supporting a lower standard when a broadcasting service provider provides a service in a hybrid broadcasting environment in which a broadcast channel and a broadband channel are concurrently connected.
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for delivering application program information for a old version terminal to a broadcast channel in a hybrid broadcasting environment in which a broadcast channel and a broadband channel are concurrently connected.
A method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: A method of providing a lower version compatibility for a hybrid broadcast, the method comprising: receiving a broadcast stream through a broadcast channel and extracting an application information table (AIT) from the broadcast stream; Extracting the address information of the application program from the AIT and running the application program using the address information if the version of the terminal is lower than the version of the application program provided by the AIT Extracting address information of a lower version application program from the descriptor tag corresponding to the version of the terminal included in the AIT, and driving the lower version application program using the address information.
A method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: A method of providing a lower version compatibility for a hybrid broadcast, the method comprising: receiving a broadcast stream through a broadcast channel and extracting an application information table (AIT) from the broadcast stream; Transmitting an application program request including an identifier header identifying a requesting application and a user header identifying a version of the terminal to the support server via the Internet protocol; And receiving a response including information from the support server.
A method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: A method for providing a downward version compatibility for a hybrid broadcast, the method comprising: receiving an application program request from the terminal through an Internet protocol; identifying an application program requested from an identifier header included in the application program request; Identifying a version of the terminal from the user header included in the request; and delivering the address information of the version of the application program corresponding to the terminal to the terminal.
An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: A terminal apparatus for supporting hybrid broadcasting, the terminal apparatus comprising: a receiver for receiving a broadcast stream through a broadcast channel; an extraction unit for extracting an application information table (AIT) from the broadcast stream and comparing the version of the terminal with a version of the application program provided by the AIT; Extracts the address information of the application program from the AIT, drives the application program using the address information, and if the version of the terminal is lower than the version of the application program provided in the AIT, Extracting address information of a lower version application program from the descriptor tag corresponding to the version of the terminal included in the terminal program, and driving the lower version application program using the address information.
An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: A terminal apparatus for supporting hybrid broadcasting, the terminal apparatus comprising: a receiver for receiving a broadcast stream through a broadcast channel and receiving a response including address information of a version of the application program corresponding to the terminal from the support server; An application information table (AIT) is extracted and, if the support server flag included in the AIT is set, an application header including an identifier header for identifying the requesting application and a user header for identifying the version of the terminal A processor for generating a program request, and a transmitter for transmitting the application program request to a support server.
An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: A server for supporting hybrid broadcasting, comprising: a network interface for receiving an application program request from a terminal through an Internet protocol and delivering a response including address information of a version of the application program corresponding to the terminal to the terminal; Identifies the requested application program from the identifier header included in the request, identifies the version of the terminal from the user header included in the application program request, and generates a response including the address information of the version of the application program corresponding to the terminal Lt; / RTI >
FIG. 1 illustrates a system configuration of a hybrid broadcasting environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a system configuration for providing downward compatibility according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram for explaining compatibility between versions in a hybrid broadcasting environment.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a support server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a support server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and these may be changed according to the intention of the user, the operator, or the like. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.
FIG. 1 illustrates a system configuration of a hybrid broadcasting environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
1, a
In the hybrid broadcasting environment in which the broadcast channel and the broadband channel are concurrently connected as described above, the
FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a system configuration for providing downward compatibility according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the
Each component plays a role as follows.
The
The
The
The
The
The AIT 225 may include a new descriptor to identify the old application program information and identify it with a HbbTV descriptor tag. Table 1 shows an example of the AIT 225 including a newly defined descriptor.
The application descriptor included in the AIT 225 is identified by a descriptor tag, and includes address information for an application program of a specific version as application information of an old version, a flag indicating that an application program is separately provided through the
The HbbTV 11, which may be included in the AIT 225 as an example, provides URL information of an application program when an application program for a terminal supporting HbbTV 1.1 is provided.
As an example, HbbTV 15, which may be included in the
The RS_flag is set when the information of the application program is provided through the
3 is a diagram for explaining compatibility between versions in a hybrid broadcasting environment. As shown in the figure, compatibility between the
Referring to FIG. 3, when the
When the
When the
When an
In this case (308), the terminal 310 obtains the address information of the application program of the same version as the terminal 310 from the AIT received through the broadcast channel, and can access and drive the application program from the address information.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 4, in
In
On the other hand, if the version of HbbTV supported by the terminal is lower than or different than the version of the application program provided in the AIT, the terminal proceeds to step 425. As an example, if the version of the terminal is v1.1 and the AIT provides an application program of v2.0, the terminal proceeds to step 425.
In
If the descriptor tag does not exist in the AIT in
An AIT may be provided in XML form in order to provide information of an application program not linked to broadcasting or in case the terminal can not receive the AIT. Table 2 shows XMLAIT defined to provide information of an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention.
<xsd: complexContent>
<xsd: extension base = "mis: ApplicationSpecificDescriptor">
<xsd: element name = "OldVersion" type = "OldVersionType" minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs = "unbounded"/>
</ xsd: extension>
</ xsd: complexContent>
</ xsd: complexType>
<xsd: complexType name = "OldVersionType">
<xsd: complexContent>
<xsd: extension base = "mis: ApplicationSpecificDescriptor">
<xsd: attribute name = "HbbTV11URL" type = "xsd: anyURI"/>
<xsd: attribute name = "HbbTV15URL" type = "xsd: anyURI"/>
</ xsd: extension>
</ xsd: complexContent>
</ xsd: complexType>
Next, an embodiment will be described in which information of an application program is provided from a separate server without being provided with an HbbTV application program. The following embodiments can be used when the information of the application program associated with the broadcast is not determined at the time of creation of the broadcast stream, the change is required later, or the terminal can not process the newly defined AIT.
Instead of describing the actual address of the application program in the AIT at the time of creation of the broadcast stream, the broadcaster describes the URL of the support server capable of requesting the address of the application program. In this case, RS_flag of the AIT is set to 1.
Then, the terminal requests the application program to the support server using the URL. Table 3 shows an example of an application program request transmitted by the terminal.
GET / Resolution-Server_URL
x-AppID: 0xdkjfjijdd
User-Agent: HbbTV / 1.1.1 (;;;;)
The meaning of each header included in the application program request of Table 3 is as follows.
GET is a field that describes the URL of the requesting application program. The terminal inputs the URL extracted from the AIT to the GET.
The x-AppID is a field for describing the ID of the application program. The terminal inputs the ID received from the AIT into the x_AppID.
The User-Agent is a field for describing information on the HbbTV version supported by the UE. The support server checks the version of the terminal based on the User_Agent.
Upon receipt of the application program request, the support server identifies an application program to be delivered to the terminal from the information of the x-AppID, and determines an application program suitable for the terminal version from the HbbTV version of the terminal delivered to the User-Agent.
Table 4 shows the response of the support server to the request of the terminal.
HTTP / 1.1 302 FOUND
Location: http://10.10.10.10/HbbTV11.html
If the application program corresponding to the requested application program ID and the HbbTV version of the terminal exists in the support server, the support server transmits the address information of the application program to the terminal using the HTTP redirection function.
If no corresponding application program is found, a 404 NOT Found response code is sent from the support server to the terminal. Table 5 shows the definitions of the response codes that can be received from the support server.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a support server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 5, in
If the information of the application program exists, the support server checks the HbbTV version that the terminal can support from the User-Agent header included in the application program request in
If the terminal supports an upper version, for example, HbbTV v2.0, the supporting server transmits information (URL) of the corresponding application program to the terminal using the 302 code in
On the other hand, if the terminal supports HbbTV v1.1 as a lower version, for example, in
On the other hand, if the information of the corresponding application program is not stored, the support server notifies the terminal that the HbbTV version is not supported by the support server in
6 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6, the terminal includes a
The receiving
In another embodiment, the
7 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a support server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 7, the support server includes a
In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention operating in the above-described manner, in a hybrid broadcasting environment in which a broadcast channel and a broadband channel are concurrently connected to each other, The terminal can continuously use the service without replacing it immediately, and the terminal manufacturer can save a huge SW upgrade cost to support the new service in the old terminal. In addition, the service provider can guarantee the provision of the existing service, so that the user can naturally move to the new service.
While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the illustrated embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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Receiving a broadcast stream through a broadcast channel and extracting an application information table (AIT) from the broadcast stream;
Extracting address information of the application program from the AIT if the version of the terminal is higher than or equal to the version of the application program provided by the AIT, and driving the application program using the address information;
Extracts address information of a lower version application program from the descriptor tag corresponding to the version of the terminal included in the AIT if the version of the terminal is lower than the version of the application program provided by the AIT, And operating the lower version of the application program.
Receiving a broadcast stream through a broadcast channel and extracting an application information table (AIT) from the broadcast stream;
Transmitting to the support server an application program request including an identifier header identifying an application to be requested and a user header identifying a version of the terminal through the Internet protocol when the support server flag included in the AIT is set; ,
And receiving, from the support server, a response including address information of a version of the application program corresponding to the terminal.
Receiving an application program request from the terminal through an Internet protocol;
Identifying a requested application program from an identifier header included in the application program request;
Identifying a version of the terminal from a user header included in the application program request;
And transmitting address information of a version of the application program corresponding to the terminal to the terminal.
A receiver for receiving a broadcast stream through a broadcast channel;
Extracts an application information table (AIT) from the broadcast stream, extracts address information of the application program from the AIT if the version of the terminal is higher than or equal to the version of the application program provided by the AIT, If the version of the terminal is lower than the version of the application program provided in the AIT, extracts address information of a lower version of the application program from the descriptor tag corresponding to the version of the terminal included in the AIT And a processor for operating the lower version of the application program using the address information.
A reception unit for receiving a broadcast stream through a broadcast channel and receiving a response including address information of a version of the application program corresponding to the terminal from the support server;
Extracting an application information table (AIT) from the broadcast stream and, when the support server flag included in the AIT is set, transmitting an identifier header for identifying the requesting application and a user header A processor for generating an application program request,
And a transmitter for transmitting the application program request to a support server.
A network interface for receiving an application program request from the terminal through an Internet protocol and for transmitting a response including address information of a version of the application program corresponding to the terminal to the terminal;
Identifying the requested application program from the identifier header included in the application program request, identifying the version of the terminal from the user header included in the application program request, and storing the address information of the version of the application program corresponding to the terminal And a processor for generating a response.
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