WO2016062114A1

WO2016062114A1 - Information processing method, epg server and client

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Publication number: WO2016062114A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/082217
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘宇; 吴昊
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-10-24
Filing date: 2015-06-24
Publication date: 2016-04-28
Also published as: CN105592328A

Abstract

An Internet protocol television service based information processing method, an EPG server and a client. The method comprises: receiving a user access request of a user terminal; determining a user permission and a user type of the user according to the user access request, the user type comprising a user experience type, and the user permission comprising an experience permission; receiving a play request of the user terminal; and when the user terminal is of a user experience type, responding to the play request according to the play request and the experience permission, and providing an experience service for the user terminal.

Description

Information processing method, EPG server and client

Technical field

This paper deals with information processing technology in the Internet field, and in particular relates to a network television service information processing method, an EPG server and a client.

Background technique

With the development of network and multimedia technologies, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) has been accepted by more and more users for its convenience, intelligence and controllability.

At present, if the user wants to open or upgrade the IPTV service, the common process is: the user goes to the business hall to pay the account, the set-top box (STB, Set Top Box) goes home, installs and debugs, and uses the account opening account and password access system to obtain the network television service.

For the user, the method of opening or upgrading the IPTV to the business hall is cumbersome, and the user has not personally experienced the services provided by the network television before paying the account, and cannot have an overall understanding of the IPTV service. It is very likely that after the payment has been made and installed, the user finds that he is not used to using IPTV, but it is too late, which leads to many dissatisfaction in the user's use.

In addition, the IPTV system manages users by sub-rights, and has different charging standards for different privilege levels. Users with high privilege can watch more channels and programs and enjoy higher-definition video. However, currently low-privileged users cannot experience the IPTV service of high-privileged users, which naturally limits the user's willingness to upgrade their own rights.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an information processing method based on a network television service, an EPG server and a client, so as to facilitate the user to experience the network television service.

To solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing method based on a network television service, which is applicable to a server. The method includes:

Receiving an access request of a user terminal;

Determining a user right and a user type of the user according to the access request of the user terminal; the user type includes an experience user type; and the user right includes an experience right;

Sending an access response to the user terminal according to the user authority and the user type;

Receiving a play request of the user terminal;

When the user is an experienced user type, an experience service is provided to the user terminal.

Optionally, the access request of the user terminal includes a user identifier;

Determining the user rights and user types of the user according to the access request of the user terminal, including:

Determining the user rights and user types according to the user identification.

Optionally, the determining, according to the user identifier, the user rights and user types, including:

Receiving an experience user type and experience permission determined based on the first query result;

The first query result is a query result obtained by querying the authorized user information by using the user identifier; the first query result indicates that the user identifier is not recorded in the authorized user information.

Receiving an experience user type and experience permission determined based on the second query result;

The second query result is a query result obtained by querying the experience user information by using the user identifier; and the second query result indicates that the user identifier is recorded in the experience user information.

Optionally, the providing the experience service to the user terminal includes:

The user terminal is provided with play resource information corresponding to the experience right.

Optionally, the providing the experience play service to the user terminal further includes:

Determining the authorized playing content and the duration of the experience according to the experience permission;

And playing the authorized playing content according to the experience duration and the playing request.

Optionally, the method further includes:

Sending a registration prompt to the user terminal; prompting the user to register as an authorized user.

Optionally, the method further includes:

Receiving a registration request of the user;

Respond to the registration request.

Optionally, the responding to the registration request includes:

Send a registration request to the database;

Sending a payment request to the billing server;

Receiving a registration response returned by the database based on the payment result of the payment request;

Returning the registration response to the user terminal;

The registration response includes information about whether the user is successfully registered as an authorized user.

Optionally, the registration request includes an account opening request and/or a rights promotion request;

The account opening request is a request for an unauthorized user to register as an authorized user;

The privilege escalation request is a request for the nth authorized user to register as the mth authorized user;

The play permission of the nth authorized user is lower than the play permission of the mth authorized user; n, m is a positive integer.

The embodiment of the invention further provides an information processing method based on the network television service, which is applicable to the client, and the method includes:

Sending an access request of the user to the EPG server;

Receiving an access response formed based on the access request, and accessing the client to the EPG server according to the access response;

Sending a play request to the EPG server;

After the user accesses the EPG server, the EPG server acquires an experience service provided by the EPG server based on the play request and the experience right.

Optionally, the sending the user access request of the user to the EPG server includes:

Querying a pre-stored experience user tag or receiving an experience user tag entered by the user;

Sending the user's access request according to the experience user tag.

Optionally, the access request of the user includes a user identifier;

The sending the user's access request to the EPG server includes:

Querying the user ID of the user;

The user identifier is carried in the user access request and sent to the EPG server.

Optionally, the obtaining the experience service provided by the EPG server based on the play request and the experience permission comprises:

Receiving and displaying the playback resource information corresponding to the experience permission provided by the EPG server.

Within the duration of the experience corresponding to the experience rights, the authorized play content corresponding to the experience rights is played.

Optionally, the method further includes:

Receiving a registration prompt sent by the EPG server;

The registration prompt is displayed.

Optionally, the method further includes:

Receiving a registration request from the user;

Sending a registration prompt request to the EPG server;

Receiving a registration response sent by the EPG server.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides an EPG server, where the EPG server includes:

The first receiving unit is configured to receive an access request and a play request of the user terminal;

a determining unit, configured to determine a user right of the user according to an access request of the user terminal And a user type; the user type includes an experience user type; the user right includes an experience permission;

The first sending unit is configured to send an access response to the user terminal according to the user right and the user type;

The service unit is configured to provide an experience service to the user terminal based on a play request and an experience right of the user terminal when the user is an experience user type.

Optionally, the access request of the user terminal includes a user identifier;

The determining unit is configured to determine the user right and the user type according to the user identifier.

Optionally, wherein

The determining unit is configured to receive an experience user type and an experience right determined based on the first query result;

Optionally, wherein

The determining unit is configured to receive an experience user type and an experience right determined based on the second query result;

Optionally, wherein

The service unit is further configured to provide the user terminal with play resource information corresponding to the experience permission.

Optionally, wherein

The service unit is further configured to determine, according to the experience permission, the authorized play content and the experience duration, and play the authorized play content according to the experience duration and the play request.

Optionally, the EPG server further includes:

The registration prompting unit is configured to send a registration prompt to the user terminal to prompt the user to register as an authorized user.

Optionally, the EPG server further includes:

A registration unit is configured to receive a registration request of the user and respond to the registration request.

Optionally, wherein

The registration unit is configured to send a registration request to a database, send a payment request to the accounting server, receive a registration response returned by the database based on the payment result of the payment request, and return the registration response to the user terminal;

Optionally, wherein

The registration request includes an account opening request and/or a privilege escalation request;

The play permission of the nth authorized user is lower than the play permission of the mth authorized user, and n, m are positive integers.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a client, where the client includes:

a second sending unit, configured to send an access request of the user to the EPG server, and send a play request to the EPG server;

a second receiving unit, configured to receive an access response formed based on the access request, and connect the client to the EPG server according to the access response;

The experience unit is configured to acquire, after the client accesses the EPG server, the experience service provided by the EPG server based on the play request and the experience right, after the user accesses the EPG server.

Optionally, wherein

The second sending unit is configured to query a pre-stored experience user tag or receive an experience user tag input by the user; and send the access request according to the experience user tag.

Optionally, wherein

The second sending unit is configured to query a user identifier of the user, and the user identifier is carried in the access request and sent to the EPG server.

Optionally, wherein

The experience unit further receives and displays playback resource information corresponding to the experience permission provided by the EPG server.

Optionally, wherein

The experience unit is further configured to play the authorized play content corresponding to the experience right within an experience duration corresponding to the experience right.

Optionally, wherein

The second receiving unit is further configured to receive a registration prompt sent by the EPG server;

The server further includes a display unit;

The display unit is configured to display the registration prompt.

Optionally, wherein

The second receiving unit is further configured to receive a registration request of the user;

The second sending unit is further configured to send a registration prompt request to the EPG server;

The second receiving unit is further configured to receive a registration response sent by the EPG server.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program comprising program instructions, when the program instruction is executed by a server device based on a network television service, enabling the device to be executable The above-mentioned information processing method based on network television service.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer readable storage medium, where the storage medium stores a computer program, where the computer program includes program instructions, when the program instruction is executed by a network television service-based client device, so that the device can be Perform the above-mentioned information processing based on the network television service.

Information processing method based on network television service provided by embodiment of the present invention, EPG server and By setting the experience user type and experience permission, the client can enable the user to experience the user experience of the network television service before registering as an authorized user, thereby providing the user with an experience channel of the network television, thereby facilitating the user to decide whether to register according to the experience result. Authorize users or escalate permissions.

BRIEF abstract

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart diagram of an information processing method based on a network television service according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method based on a network television service according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

3 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method based on a network television service according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

4 is a schematic flowchart diagram of an information processing method based on a network television service according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an EPG server according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a client according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a system of a network television system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a first information processing method based on a network television service according to an example of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a second information processing method based on a network television service according to an example of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a registration process provided by an example of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other. Additionally, although logical sequences are shown in the flowcharts, in some cases the steps shown or described may be performed in a different order than the ones described herein.

Embodiment 1:

As shown in FIG. 1 , the embodiment provides an information processing method based on a network television service, which is applicable to a server, and the method includes:

Step S110: Receive a user access request of a user terminal.

Step S120: determining user rights and user types of the user according to the user access request; the user type includes an experience user type; and the user rights include experience rights;

Step S130: Send a user access response to the user terminal according to the user authority and the user type.

Step S140: Receive a play request of the user terminal.

Step S150: When the user is an experience user type, after the user terminal answers based on the user response, the user terminal provides an experience service to the user terminal according to the play request and the experience right.

In the related art network television, there is no experience user type and experience authority, and the user cannot experience various user services provided by the network television before registering as an authorized user.

In the embodiment, the user access request is sent by various clients related to network television playing, such as a set top box (STB), and other terminals controlling the network television playing, such as a personal computer or a smart phone. The other terminal device, that is, the user terminal described in this embodiment, may be any one of the above-mentioned STB/PC/Mobile. Therefore, “user terminal” or “client” in this document refers to the same meaning, and the “user terminal” "" refers to a user terminal that can receive an IPTV service, and the "client" refers to a client of the IPTV system.

In a specific implementation process, the execution order of the step S110 and the step S140 does not have a certain order relationship, and the user request and the play request may be two messages encapsulated in the same data packet, provided by Receiving by the server of the network television service; the server may also independently receive the user access request and the play request; the server may be a server such as an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) server.

Preferably, in the embodiment, performing step S110 to step S150 is an EPG server.

In this embodiment, the user terminal refers to any user terminal, such as the user terminal A or the user terminal B.

The user access request includes a user identifier. The step S120 includes: determining the user right and the user type according to the user identifier.

To determine the user rights and user types, the following methods can be used:

A system is further included in the system for providing a network television playing service, wherein the database stores various user information;

After receiving the user access request, the EPG server directly or indirectly sends the user access request to the database;

Receive user rights and user types returned by the database. When the EPG server is directly connected to the database, the EPG server directly sends the user access request to the data, and when the EPG is connected to the data through a service processor, the service processing is performed. The machine forwards the user access request and receives information such as user rights and user types forwarded by the service processor.

The step S120 includes determining whether the user terminal is a user of the experience user type, and includes at least the following two methods:

The first:

The step S120 includes:

The first query result is a query result obtained by querying the authorized user information by using the user identifier; the first query result indicates that the user identifier is not recorded in the authorized user information, corresponding to the type of the experienced user. User tagged query results.

Second:

The step S120 includes:

The second query result is a query result obtained by querying the user information in the experience user information; the second query result indicates that the user identifier is recorded in the experience user information, corresponding to the experience user type. User tagged query results.

With the first method, the database may only record authorized user information; specifically, if authorized user information is recorded in the database, the user tag is used as a query index in the authorization Query in the user information. When the corresponding user tag is not found, the user tag and the experience permission are opened for the user tag, and the compatibility with the prior art is strong.

Using the second method, the experience user information is also recorded in the database; when the user tag is recorded in the experience user information, determining that the user tag corresponds to the experience user type, and assigning the experience permission, forming the first Second query results.

In a specific implementation process, the device, such as the EPG server, stores the authorized user information and/or the experience user information in the internal memory, and the step S120 is performed according to the user tag information, according to the Determining the first query result or the second query result, determining that the user tag corresponds to an experience user type and an experience right.

The experience permission has a mapping relationship with the play permission; the play permission is a permission of the network television service that the user can enjoy; the experience permission is a permission to experience the corresponding play permission and/or to view the specific content of each play permission. Permissions. Specifically, if there are N types of play rights, there may be corresponding N types of experience rights, wherein each type of experience rights may be used to experience a play right and/or view the rights of the specific content corresponding to the play permission, the N being not less than An integer of 1. It can also be that the network television service has N kinds of play rights, but only one type of experience right is available; under the experience right, the user can experience the rights enjoyed by each play right or view the viewing experience of the rights enjoyed by various play rights.

The experience permission may be set in advance, and may be determined according to experience requirement information carried in the user access request. Specifically, if the user requests to experience the playing service of the Mth level user through the user access request, the corresponding experience right may be set to experience the playing service of the Mth level user. In a specific implementation process, the experience permission may also be a previously set authority.

If the current network service is divided into three levels of play rights, usually an authorized user can only be located in one play right. However, the experience permission may be used to obtain the experience permission corresponding to each play permission, that is, the user can experience the play permission of level 1, the play permission of level 2, and the play permission of level 3, so that the user can compare each play right horizontally, thereby determining The playback rights that it requests to open, etc. In addition, for the experience permission registered as an authorized user, it is also possible to set only a lower play right, such as the play right of level 1 can be experienced.

In a specific implementation process, after determining the user rights and the user type, the operation of allowing the user to access according to the user rights and the user type is further implemented to implement user access of the user terminal.

On the basis of the above-mentioned embodiments, it is preferable to further provide the experience service to the user terminal in the step S150, which may include:

The play resource information may include at least one of play band information, play website information, and play video information corresponding to the experience right. Specifically, if the experience authority corresponds to level 1 in the play permission, which frequency guide information can be played by the play permission of level 1 (wei video channel, local station frequency guide, CCTV or overseas channel), and which website information (Sohu, Youku) , potato, iQiyi or LeTV, etc.) to play video information (free movies or paid movies, variety shows, TV series and other video resources information, such as variety "every day up" is very popular, can open freely after opening this permission And other information).

These playback resource information can be pushed to the client through a list, which is convenient for the user to view, so that the user can experience the playback service.

In addition, in addition to the playable resource information that can provide the user with the play permission corresponding to the experience right, the service of the experience play can also be opened to the user terminal. At this time, the providing the experience play service to the user terminal in the step S150 further includes:

At this time, the user can actually experience whether the playback is smooth and the playback resolution is satisfactory, so that the user can select which authorized user corresponding to the playback right.

As shown in FIG. 2, the method further includes:

Step S160: Send a registration prompt to the user terminal; the registration prompt is used to prompt the user to register as an authorized user.

The sending timing of the registration prompt may be sent to the user after the user experiences the experience service, and the sending prompt may be sent to the user after the user experience period; the sending opportunity may also be in the user experience process, for example, the current experience duration is 30 minutes. , you can push a registration prompt to the user terminal after experiencing 10 minutes, or you can push a registration prompt to the user terminal after experiencing 20 minutes. The registration prompt described in FIG. 2 can be considered as a registration prompt sent at any time after the user terminal is provided with the experience service.

The registration prompt may only prompt the user to register, and may also include information to inform the user how to register; in addition, it may be a direct registration dialog or a registration page for the user to register through information input.

As shown in FIG. 2, optionally, the method further includes:

Step S170: Receive a registration request of the user;

Step S180: responding to the registration request.

The registration request may be generated based on the registration prompt, or may be a registration prompt formed by the user through the registration interface provided by the client, and may be formed in various manners, and is not described here; The registration request may be considered to be formed based on the registration request.

If the server that receives the registration request is directly responsible for user registration, the user registration may be directly managed and operated; if not directly responsible for user registration, the server sends the registration request to the server responsible for user registration. If the service processor processes, the registration result of the service processor is received, and the result is returned to the user terminal.

In this embodiment, the step S180 includes:

Send a registration request to the database;

Sending a payment request to the billing server;

Returning the registration response to the user terminal;

Optionally, the registration request includes an account opening request and a privilege escalation request; the account opening request is a request for an unauthorized user to register as an authorized user; and the privilege escalation request is registered by the nth authorized user as the mth authorized user. The request; wherein, the play permission of the nth authorized user is lower than the play permission of the mth authorized user, and n, m are positive integers.

In summary, the information processing method based on the network television service in the embodiment provides an experience service for allowing the user to experience the network television service provided for the user under different play rights, so that the user can experience the service before registering as an authorized user to select Its satisfactory TV service improves user satisfaction. Moreover, the method described in this embodiment can be registered as an authorized user online, without To simplify the registration process for users to register in the business hall.

Embodiment 2:

As shown in FIG. 3, the embodiment provides an information processing method based on a network television service, which is applicable to a client. The method includes:

Step S210: Send an access request of the user to the EPG server.

Step S220: Receive a user access response formed based on the user access request, and connect the client to the EPG server according to the user access response.

Step S230: Send a play request to the EPG server.

Step S240: After the user accesses the EPG server, the EPG server acquires an experience service provided by the EPG server based on the play request and the experience right.

The method described in this embodiment is a client (user terminal) such as a set top box and a mobile device side information processing method. The method in this embodiment provides an experience service for the user to experience the network television service, so that the user can view or experience the network television service, and then determine the registration as a corresponding authorization according to the experience experience, which can improve the user satisfaction. .

The client may be any user terminal capable of receiving the network television service. In a specific implementation process, the user access request in step S210 may be sent simultaneously with the play request in step S230, or may be separately sent, and The order of sending can be random.

Preferably, the user access request includes a user identifier;

The step S210 includes:

Sending the user access request according to the experience user tag.

The experience user tag may be an experience user tag pre-stored by the set-top box manufacturer or the client; or may be an experience user tag obtained by the user from other channels, and the control terminal of the client or the client receives the user through the keyboard, voice and/or touch The user input tag of the screen input. The user can obtain the experience user tag from the experience user tag publicly disclosed by the network television service provider.

Pre-storing the experience user tag in the control device of the client or the client, not Manual input by the user simplifies the operation process.

The user access request includes a user identifier;

The step S210 includes:

Querying the user identifier of the user; the user identifier may be an identifier of the user terminal (client), such as an IP address or a MAC address;

In this way, the EPG server determines whether to assign the experience right to the user or the play right of the registered authorized user according to the user identifier.

In an embodiment, the experience service includes the playback resource information corresponding to the experience permission that is sent by the EPG, and the client may specifically include:

Receiving and displaying the play resource information provided by the EPG server corresponding to the experience permission.

For the specific content of the play resource information, refer to the corresponding part in the first embodiment, which will not be described in detail herein.

In another embodiment, the experience service includes a network television that allows the client to play the corresponding experience permission during the duration of the experience. When the client performs the step S240, the client may specifically include:

As shown in FIG. 4, the method further includes:

Step S250: Receive a registration prompt sent by the EPG server.

Step S260: Display the registration prompt.

By receiving the registration prompt sent by the EPG server, the user can be promptly registered to enjoy the corresponding network television service. For details of the registration prompt, refer to the part in the first embodiment, which is not described here.

Optionally, the method further includes:

Receiving a user registration request; wherein the user registration request may be formed based on the registration prompt, or may be formed by the user based on a registration interface in the client.

Sending a registration prompt request to the EPG server;

Receiving a registration response sent by the EPG server.

The registration response may include indication information indicating whether the authorized user is successfully registered. Specifically, the indication information may include registration success information or registration failure information.

In some embodiments, the registration request includes an account opening request and a rights promotion request;

The play permission of the nth authorized user is lower than the play permission of the mth authorized user.

The account opening request is applicable to the account registration that has not been registered, and the privilege escalation request is applied to the lower-level authorized user to be upgraded to a higher-level authorized user, so as to enjoy better network user service.

In summary, the embodiment provides an information processing method based on network television, and provides a network television experience service for the user from the client side, so as to facilitate the user to select an appropriate network television service or register as an authorized user, thereby avoiding the user going to the business. The hall goes to registration and other complicated procedures.

Embodiment 3:

As shown in FIG. 5, this embodiment provides an EPG server, where the EPG server includes:

The first receiving unit 110 is adapted to receive a user access request of a user terminal and a play request of the user terminal;

The determining unit 120 is adapted to determine a user right and a user type of the user according to the user access request; the user type includes an experience user type; and the user right includes an experience right;

The first sending unit 130 is configured to send a user access response to the user terminal according to the user right and the user type;

The service unit 140 is adapted to: when the user is an experience user type, after the user terminal accesses the play request according to the user access response, and responds to the play request according to the play request and the experience right, to the user The terminal provides an experience service.

The specific structure of the first receiving unit 110 and the first sending unit 130 may include a transmitting and receiving communication interface, such as various types of cable communication interfaces, such as a fiber optic cable communication interface or a cable communication interface.

The specific structure of the determining unit 120 and the service unit 140 may include various types of processors, such as a microprocessor MCU, a central processing unit CPU, a digital signal processor DSP, or a programmable logic processing array PLC, etc. An electronic component that implements the functions of the determining unit 120 and the service unit 140 by executing executable instructions. The determining unit 120 and the service unit 140 may correspond to the same processor or different processors; when the determining unit 120 and the service unit 140 correspond to the same processor, the determining unit 120 and the service unit 140 adopt time division processing or concurrent A thread processes the functions of the determining unit 120 and the service unit 140.

The EPG server in this embodiment is used to provide implementation hardware for the method described in Embodiment 1. It is obvious that the EPG server can provide an experience service for the user, so that the user can select a network television service that suits his or her needs.

The user access request includes a user identifier;

The determining unit 120 is adapted to determine the user right and the user type according to the user identifier.

When the EPG server stores the user identifier and the corresponding user rights and user types, the determining unit 120 may determine, by using the information query, the user rights and user types, in the embodiment, The determination unit 120 can also be a communication interface that is a communication interface that connects peripherals such as a database that stores user rights and user types. For a specific type of the communication interface, refer to the description of the communication interface in the first sending unit and the first receiving unit.

When the specific structure of the determining unit is the foregoing communication interface, the determining unit 120 determines at least two specific manners of the user type and the user right:

The first:

The determining unit 120 is specifically adapted to receive an experience user type and an experience right determined based on the first query result. The first query result is a query result obtained by querying the authorized user information by using the user identifier; the first query result indicates that the user identifier is not recorded in the authorized user information, and is a corresponding and an experienced user. Type of user tag.

Second:

The determining unit 120 is specifically adapted to receive an experience user determined based on the second query result. Type and experience permissions. The second query result is a query result obtained by querying the user information in the experience user information; the second query result indicates that the user identifier is recorded in the experience user information, corresponding to the experience user type. User tagged query results.

The service unit may provide two implementation structures according to different types of services provided. The first type: the service unit 240 may be configured to provide the user terminal with play resource information corresponding to the experience permission; the service unit The 240 is further configured to determine, according to the experience permission, the authorized play content and the duration of the experience, and play the authorized play content according to the experience duration and the play request.

Optionally, the EPG server of this embodiment may further include a registration prompting unit. The registration prompting unit may be configured to send a registration prompt to the user terminal; the registration prompt is used to prompt the user to register as an authorized user.

The EPG server may also include a registration unit. The registration unit is configured to receive a registration request of the first user and respond to the registration request.

The registration request may be formed based on the registration prompt or may be formed based on other methods. The registration unit and the registration prompting unit may include a processor forming a registration prompt and a registration response, and the registration prompting unit and the registration unit may perform information interaction with the user terminal through a communication interface, and the communication interface may be a communication interface multiplexed with the first transmitting unit and/or the first receiving unit.

The registration unit is specifically adapted to send a registration request to the database, send a payment request to the accounting server, receive a registration response returned by the database based on the payment result of the payment request, and return the registration response to the user terminal;

The registration response includes information about whether the user successfully registers as an authorized user.

The registration unit includes a communication interface connected to the database, a communication interface connected to the accounting server, and a communication interface connected to the client; the communication interfaces may be corresponding communication interfaces, and may be mutually multiplexed communication interfaces. .

The registration request may be divided into an account opening request and a privilege escalation request. The account opening request is a request for an unauthorized user to register as an authorized user. The privilege escalation request is a request for the nth authorized user to register as the mth authorized user; wherein the nth authorized user has a lower play right than the first The playback permission of the m-level authorized user.

Embodiment 4:

As shown in FIG. 6, the embodiment provides a client, where the client includes:

The second sending unit 210 is adapted to send a user access request of the client to the EPG server and send a play request to the EPG server.

The second receiving unit 220 is adapted to receive a user access response formed based on the user access request, and connect the client to the EPG server according to the user access response;

The experiencing unit 230 is configured to acquire, after the client accesses the EPG server, the experience service provided by the EPG server based on the play request and the experience right, after the user accesses the EPG server.

The client may be a terminal device capable of receiving an IPTV service, such as a set top box, a playback terminal (smart TV), a personal computer, a tablet computer, or a smart phone, and the client is configured with a processor and a program storage device, respectively.

The second sending unit 210 and the second receiving unit 220 may each correspond to a wired or wireless communication interface; the wired communication interface may include an optical cable interface or a cable interface; the wireless communication interface may include an antenna, such as a 3G antenna or WIFI antennas, etc.

The specific structure of the experience unit 230 may include a display screen connected to the communication interface, displaying information provided in the experience service or directly playing the corresponding network television or the like. The display screen may be an electronic device such as a liquid crystal display, a projection display or an organic light emitting diode display.

The specific manner in which the second sending unit sends the user access request may include at least the following two types:

The first type: the second sending unit 210 is adapted to query a pre-stored experience user tag or receive an experience user tag input by the user; and send the user access request according to the experience user tag.

The second type: the second sending unit 210 is configured to query the user identifier of the client and carry the user identifier in the user access request to send to the EPG server.

Regardless of the manner in which the client includes a storage medium, the storage medium is configured to store the experience user identifier; the second sending unit further includes a processing structure such as a query AP, for Get the experience user tag. When the client receives the user token input by the user, the second sending unit of the client further includes a human-computer interaction interface, and the human-computer interaction interface may include a touch screen, a keyboard, or a recording for receiving a voice instruction. Structure and so on.

In an embodiment, the experience unit 230 is adapted to receive and display the play resource information provided by the EPG server corresponding to the experience right. In this embodiment, the experience unit 230 includes a receiving interface and a display screen connected to the EPG server for displaying the playing resource information.

In another embodiment, the experience unit 230 is further configured to play the authorized play content corresponding to the experience right within an experience duration corresponding to the experience right. The experience unit 230 in this embodiment may include a player, such as, for example, a video player. The video player typically includes a display screen and an audio unit. The display is used to display pictures and/or text information in the network television broadcast information; the sound is used to play audio in the network television broadcast information.

The second receiving unit 210 is further configured to receive a registration prompt sent by the EPG server.

The server further includes a display unit; the display unit is adapted to display the registration prompt. The display unit may include various types of display screens, such as a projection display screen, a liquid crystal display, or an electronic ink display screen.

The second receiving unit 210 is further adapted to receive a user registration request. The user registration request may be formed based on the registration prompt or may be formed based on a user prompt.

The second sending unit 220 is further adapted to send a registration prompt request to the EPG server.

The second receiving unit 210 is further adapted to receive a registration response sent by the EPG server.

The registration request includes an account opening request and a privilege escalation request; the account opening request is a request for an unauthorized user to register as an authorized user; and the privilege escalation request is a request for the nth authorized user to register as the mth authorized user; The play permission of the nth authorized user is lower than the play permission of the mth authorized user.

The client described in this embodiment provides hardware for implementing the method described in the second embodiment, which facilitates the user to perform the network television experience and online registration, and can avoid the cumbersome operation that the user must register in the business hall.

Figure 7 shows a network television system, which includes a server side and a client side. Place The server side includes an EPG server 101, a service processor 102, a database 103, a network WEB server 104, a billing server 105, and a billing system 106.

The EPG server 101 can be used to perform the method described in Embodiment 1. The service processor is usually connected to multiple EPG server 101, and the related requests of multiple EPG servers 101 are integrated and sent to the database. The processing of data query and the like in 103 reduces the load of the EPG server 101 on the one hand, and improves the processing efficiency of the database by integrating the related requests on the other hand, so that the database 103 performs centralized and batch processing. The related request includes a registration request, a rights promotion request, and other requests for modification with user information.

The billing server 105 is configured to perform online payment by the EPG server 101 during the process of registering an authorized user. The billing service system 106 can be used to record related information of online payment, including payment time, payment user, payment fee and the like. Generally, the billing service system 106 is connected to a payment terminal; the payment terminal may be a user terminal such as a mobile phone, a tablet or a personal computer. The charging server 105 is specifically configured to generate information such as payment information or payment bills according to the registration request provided by the EPG server 101, where the payment information or payment bill may include an amount to be paid, an optional payment method (such as online banking payment, Quick payment; the quick payment is common to Alipay payment, Tenpay payment or Baidu wallet payment, etc.)

The client includes a personal computer PC 201, a mobile terminal MOBILE 202, and a set top box STB 203; the mobile terminal may include a mobile device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a notebook computer.

The client may initiate a network television service request and a registration request to the server, and may also be used to receive information that the server sends through the EPG server 101, such as a video or experience service of the network television.

In the above, the method of the first embodiment and the second embodiment can be applied to the system shown in FIG. 7. The EPG server described in the third embodiment can be the EPG server 101 in FIG. 7; the client in the fourth embodiment. The end can be the STB or PC or MOBILE in Figure 7.

Several specific exemplary embodiments are provided below based on the above embodiments.

Example 1:

As shown in FIG. 8, the network television-based information processing described in this example includes:

Step S0: the operator sends an experience user account to the database through the WEB server, in the data Experience user information is formed within the library. The experiencing user information may include experiencing a user name, an experience right, and the like. The experience username can be guest1, guest2... These users do not set a password and have the same attributes, that is, the user type is the experience user type, (the authorized user type is the commercial user type), and the experience permission can be 1 (for example, The users in the entire IPTV system are divided into 1 to 4 levels of rights, 1 is the lowest, and 4 is the highest. The operator will announce the web page url and the created experience user name to the public.

Step S1: The PC or the MOBILE sends the experience user access to the EPG server; for example, accessing the url through the PC or the MOBILE, and entering the IPTV system using the experience username, the EPG server receiving the access request, performing step S2, and experiencing the user access The request is reported to the business processor.

After receiving the request for the experience user access, the service processor performs step S3 to send a request for querying the user rights and types to the database.

The database queries after receiving the query request, and will execute step S4 to return the user authority and type to the service processor; and then the service processor executes S5 to return the user authority and type to the EPG server.

The EPG server then executes S7 and S8, caching the type and permissions of the user and allowing the user to access. For the experience user, the program and channel corresponding to the permission 1 are filtered out and displayed to the experience user through the template page.

Step S9: The PC or MOBILE sends a play request to the EPG server. After receiving the play request, the EPG server queries the user type from its own cache. If it is the experience user type, step S10 is performed: determining whether to play or reject the play according to the content type. If you want to play an advertisement or promotion video, you will start the playback directly; if you want to play a formal channel or program, the EPG server refuses to play, and gives a friendly prompt "Welcome to IPTV, please use the official user to log in and watch" .

The EPG server will also execute step S11 to return a playback response to the PC or MOBILE depending on the decision of the determined play or the rejection of the play.

Step S12: The PC or MOBILE template page provides a self-service account opening page, and the user can input the user name, password, contact information and the like to be opened on the page. After completing the filling, step S12 is performed to send an account opening request to the EPG server. After receiving the account opening request, the EPG server performs step S13. A request to send an online payment to the billing server. After receiving the request for online payment, the accounting server sends a request for online payment to the payment terminal; receives the payment response of the online payment terminal in step S15; and returns the payment response to the EPG server in step S16.

After receiving the payment response, the EPG server determines that the user has completed the payment, and then performs step S17 to send an account opening request to the service processor. The business server executes step S18 to send the account opening request to the database, so that the database performs step S19 to return an account opening response thereto. After receiving the account opening response, the service processor performs step S20 to return the account opening response to the EPG server. The account opening response is finally sent by the EPG server to the PC/MOBILE.

In the specific implementation process, the online payment is initiated on the template page. After receiving the payment request, the EPG server reports the message to the accounting system of the operator through the accounting server. After the carrier charges the fee, the accounting server sends the payment to the accounting server. The EPG server replies with a response message; the EPG server continues to initiate an account opening request to the service processor, where the request message carries information such as a username, a password, and a contact information, and the service processor and the database verify the validity of the message (eg, whether the username is duplicated, whether There are special characters, etc.). When the verification is passed, the new user information is entered into the database (the user type is “commercial”, the authority is 1), and the EPG server returns a response, and the EPG server prompts the user to open the account result through the template page; if the result is successful, the automatic Trigger the terminal to initiate the re-login process, and log in using the user who has already opened the account.

During the following working days, the operator will deliver the set-top box to the door and complete the installation and commissioning according to the contact information reserved by the user. Prior to this, the user can use the account information of the account that has already been opened to log in to the system through other terminals (PC, MOBILE) to enjoy the IPTV service.

Example two:

As shown in FIG. 9, the method described in this example includes:

Step S31: The PC/MOBILE sends a request for user access to the EPG server.

Step S32: The EPG server sends a request for user access to the service processor.

Step S33: The service processor queries the user authority and type in the database.

Step S34: The database returns the user authority and type to the service processor.

Step S35: The service processor returns the user authority and type to the EPG server.

Step S36: The EPG server caches the user rights and types.

Step S37: The EPG server sends a user access response to the PC/MOBILE to implement user access of the PC/MOBILE.

Step S38: The PC/MOBILE accesses the EPG server as an experience identity.

Step S39: The EPG server determines the permission to experience the identity to determine the experience permission.

Step S40: The EPG server displays the program channel within the scope of the experience permission to the PC/MOBILE; the program channel belongs to the play resource information described in the embodiment of the present invention.

Step S41: The PC/MOBILE sends a play request to the EPG server.

Step S42: The EPG server determines the play and play duration according to the type of the requested play in the play request.

Step S43: Send a play response to the PC/MOBILE according to the result of step S42.

Step S44: The PC/MOBILE sends a permission promotion request to the EPG server.

Step S45: The EPG server sends an online payment to the accounting server.

Step S46: The charging server sends an online payment to the payment terminal.

Step S47: The payment terminal sends a payment response to the accounting server. The payment response includes information as to whether or not payment has been made.

Step S48: The charging server sends a payment response to the EPG server.

Step S49: The EPG server sends a permission promotion request to the service processor.

Step S50: The service processor sends the privilege escalation request to the database.

Step S51: The database forms a privilege escalation response based on the privilege escalation request, and sends the privilege escalation response to the service processor.

Step S52: The service processor sends the privilege escalation response to the EPG server.

Step S53: The EPG server sends the privilege escalation response to the PC/MOBILE.

Upon execution of the steps shown in Figure 9, the user enters the IPTV system via the username that has already been opened. After receiving the access request, the EPG server reports the message to the service processor, where the message contains the user name information. The service processor interacts with the database to query the user type and user rights (for example, the user type is "commercial", the user authority is 1), and is returned to the EPG server, the EPG caches the user's type and authority, and filters out the program corresponding to the permission 1 and Channel and display it through the template page Household.

The experience link of the user of 2 to 4 privilege level is displayed on the template, and after the user clicks to experience the connection, the user enters the IPTV system as a high-level experience user (for example, the user selects to enter the IPTV system as the privilege 3), EPG The server displays all the channels, programs, and other information that the user with level 3 can see to the user.

When the user initiates a play request, the EPG server queries the user type and the actual right from its own cache. If it is the experience user type and its actual authority is 1, it continues to determine the content or program type that the user wants to play. If you want to play channels and programs within the scope of privilege 1, you can directly initiate playback; if you want to play within the range of privilege 2 to 3 (users cannot get programs and channels in range 4 because the user is privileged 3) Login, content within the scope of permission 4 will not be displayed to the user's channel or program, and playback is allowed at this time. However, playback is only allowed for the duration of the playback, for example, for 10 seconds. The EPG server gives a friendly prompt "Welcome experience, please upgrade the user rights and watch it". The play duration in this example corresponds to the experience duration in the above embodiment.

If the client initiates a bookmark, bookmark, etc. operation based on the user's instructions, the EPG server directly rejects the request and gives a friendly prompt "Experience the user cannot use the operation".

The template page provides an online upgrade page for opening an account. The user can select the level to which they want to upgrade (different levels correspond to different prices). After completing the form, initiate online payment on the template page. After receiving the payment request, the EPG server reports the message to the accounting system of the operator through the accounting server. After the operator deducts the fee, the EPG server sends a response request to the EPG server through the accounting server. The EPG server continues to send a permission escalation request to the service processor. The request message carries the user name, the authority to be upgraded, and the like, and the service processor will The user's new permission information is entered into the database and a response is returned to the EPG server. The EPG server prompts the user for the privilege escalation result through the template page. If the result is successful, the EPG server directly updates the cached user privilege information, and the user can enjoy the IPTV service by using the new privilege.

FIG. 10 provides a different registration payment process in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, specifically including:

Step S61: The PC/MOBILE sends a registration request to the EPG server.

Step S62: The EPG server sends an online payment to the accounting server.

Step S63: The charging server sends an online payment to the payment terminal.

Step S64: The payment terminal forms a payment response based on whether the payment has been successfully made, and returns the payment response to the charging server.

Step S65: The billing server sends a payment response to the database.

Step S66: The EPG server sends a registration request to the service processor.

Step S67: The service processor sends a registration request to the database.

Step S68: The database forms a registration response based on the payment response and the registration request. Usually, the successful registration can form a registration response that is successfully registered, and the registration response is sent to the service processor.

Step S69: The service processor sends a registration response to the EPG server.

Step S70: The EPG server sends a registration response to the PC/MOBILE.

In a specific implementation, the step S66 and the step S62 do not have a certain sequence. Preferably, after receiving the registration request, the EPG server performs step S62 and step S66 to improve the registration response speed.

In the several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners. The device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of the unit is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner, such as: multiple units or components may be combined, or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the coupling, or direct coupling, or communication connection of the components shown or discussed may be indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be electrical, mechanical or other forms. of.

The units described above as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as the unit may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place or distributed to multiple network units; Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing module, or each unit may be separately used as one unit, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit; the above integration The unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of hardware plus software functional units.

One of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of the above method embodiments are implemented. The foregoing program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the program, when executed, performs the steps including the foregoing method embodiments; and the foregoing storage medium includes: a mobile storage device A medium that can store program code, such as a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention. It should be covered by the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the scope of the appended claims.

Industrial applicability

The information processing solution of the network television service provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be used to perform the IPTV network user experience before the user becomes the authorized user by setting the experience user type and the experience permission, and then deciding whether to register as an authorization according to the experience result. Users or elevated privileges can increase the satisfaction of IPTV users.

Claims

An information processing method based on a network television service, which is applicable to a server, and includes:

Receiving an access request of a user terminal;

Determining a user right and a user type of the user according to the access request of the user terminal; the user type includes an experience user type, and the user right includes an experience right;

Sending an access response to the user terminal according to the user authority and the user type;

Receiving a play request of the user terminal;

When the user is an experienced user type, an experience service is provided to the user terminal.
The method of claim 1 wherein

The access request of the user terminal includes a user identifier;

Determining the user rights and user types of the user according to the access request of the user terminal, including:

Determining the user rights and user types according to the user identification.
The method of claim 2, wherein

Determining the user rights and user types according to the user identifier, including:

Receiving an experience user type and experience permission determined based on the first query result;

The first query result is a query result obtained by querying the authorized user information by using the user identifier; the first query result indicates that the user identifier is not recorded in the authorized user information.
The method of claim 2, wherein

Determining the user rights and user types according to the user identifier, including:

Receiving an experience user type and experience permission determined based on the second query result;

The second query result is a query result obtained by querying the experience user information by using the user identifier; and the second query result indicates that the user identifier is recorded in the experience user information.
The method of claim 1 wherein

The providing the experience service to the user terminal includes:

The user terminal is provided with play resource information corresponding to the experience right.
The method according to claim 1 or 5, wherein

The providing an experience play service to the user terminal further includes:

Determining the authorized playing content and the duration of the experience according to the experience permission;

And playing the authorized playing content according to the experience duration and the playing request.
The method of claim 1 further comprising:

Sending a registration prompt to the user terminal to prompt the user to register as an authorized user.
The method of claim 1 or 7, further comprising:

Receiving a registration request of the user;

Respond to the registration request.
The method of claim 8 wherein said responding to said registration request comprises:

Send a registration request to the database;

Sending a payment request to the billing server;

Receiving a registration response returned by the database based on the payment result of the payment request;

Returning the registration response to the user terminal;

The registration response includes information about whether the user is successfully registered as an authorized user.
The method of claim 8 wherein

The registration request includes an account opening request and/or a privilege escalation request;

The account opening request is a request for an unauthorized user to register as an authorized user;

The privilege escalation request is a request for the nth authorized user to register as the mth authorized user;

The play permission of the nth authorized user is lower than the play permission of the mth authorized user; n, m is a positive integer.
An information processing method based on a network television service, applicable to a client, including:

Sending an access request of the user to the EPG server;

Receiving an access response formed based on the access request, and accessing the client to the EPG server according to the access response;

Sending a play request to the EPG server;

After the user accesses the EPG server, the EPG server acquires an experience service provided by the EPG server based on the play request and the experience right.
The method of claim 11 wherein

The sending the user's access request to the EPG server includes:

Querying a pre-stored experience user tag or receiving an experience user tag entered by the user;

Sending the user's access request according to the experience user tag.
The method of claim 11 wherein

The user's access request includes a user identifier;

The sending the user's access request to the EPG server includes:

Querying the user ID of the user;

The user identifier is carried in the user access request and sent to the EPG server.
The method of claim 11 wherein

The acquiring the experience service provided by the EPG server based on the play request and the experience right includes:

Receiving and displaying the playback resource information corresponding to the experience permission provided by the EPG server.
The method according to claim 11 or 14, wherein

The acquiring the experience service provided by the EPG server based on the play request and the experience right includes:

Within the duration of the experience corresponding to the experience rights, the authorized play content corresponding to the experience rights is played.
The method of claim 11 further comprising:

Receiving a registration prompt sent by the EPG server;

The registration prompt is displayed.
The method of claim 11 further comprising:

Receiving a registration request from the user;

Sending a registration prompt request to the EPG server;

Receiving a registration response sent by the EPG server.
The method according to claim 16 or 17, wherein

The registration request includes an account opening request and/or a privilege escalation request;

The account opening request is a request for an unauthorized user to register as an authorized user;

The privilege escalation request is a request for the nth authorized user to register as the mth authorized user;

The play permission of the nth authorized user is lower than the play permission of the mth authorized user; n, m is a positive integer.
An EPG server, including:

The first receiving unit is configured to receive an access request and a play request of the user terminal;

a determining unit, configured to determine a user right and a user type of the user according to an access request of the user terminal; the user type includes an experience user type; and the user right includes an experience right;

The first sending unit is configured to send an access response to the user terminal according to the user right and the user type;

The service unit is configured to provide an experience service to the user terminal based on a play request and an experience right of the user terminal when the user terminal is an experience user type.
The EPG server according to claim 19, wherein

The access request of the user terminal includes a user identifier;

The determining unit is configured to determine the user right and the user type according to the user identifier.
The EPG server according to claim 20, wherein

The determining unit is configured to receive an experience user type and body determined based on the first query result Authenticity

The first query result is a query result obtained by querying the authorized user information by using the user identifier; the first query result indicates that the user identifier is not recorded in the authorized user information.
The EPG server according to claim 20, wherein

The determining unit is configured to receive an experience user type and an experience right determined based on the second query result;

The second query result is a query result obtained by querying the experience user information by using the user identifier; and the second query result indicates that the user identifier is recorded in the experience user information.
The EPG server according to claim 19, wherein

The service unit is further configured to provide the user terminal with play resource information corresponding to the experience permission.
The EPG server according to claim 19 or 23, wherein

The service unit is further configured to determine, according to the experience permission, the authorized play content and the experience duration, and play the authorized play content according to the experience duration and the play request.
The EPG server of claim 19, further comprising:

The registration prompting unit is configured to send a registration prompt to the user terminal to prompt the user to register as an authorized user.
The EPG server according to claim 19 or 25, further comprising:

A registration unit is configured to receive a registration request of the user and respond to the registration request.
The EPG server according to claim 26, wherein

The registration unit is configured to send a registration request to the database, send a payment request to the accounting server, receive a registration response returned by the database based on the payment result of the payment request, and return the registration response to the user terminal;

The registration response includes information about whether the user is successfully registered as an authorized user.
The EPG server according to claim 27, wherein

The registration request includes an account opening request and/or a privilege escalation request;

The account opening request is a request for an unauthorized user to register as an authorized user;

The privilege escalation request is a request for the nth authorized user to register as the mth authorized user;

The play permission of the nth authorized user is lower than the play permission of the mth authorized user, and n, m are positive integers.
A client that includes:

a second sending unit, configured to send an access request of the user to the EPG server, and send a play request to the EPG server;

a second receiving unit, configured to receive an access response formed based on the access request, and connect the client to the EPG server according to the access response;

The experience unit is configured to acquire, after the client accesses the EPG server, the experience service provided by the EPG server based on the play request and the experience right, after the user accesses the EPG server.
The client terminal according to claim 29, wherein

The second sending unit is configured to query a pre-stored experience user tag or receive an experience user tag input by the user; and send the access request according to the experience user tag.
The client according to claim 29, wherein

The second sending unit is configured to query a user identifier of the user, and the user identifier is carried in the access request and sent to the EPG server.
The client according to claim 29, wherein

The experience unit is further configured to receive and display play resource information corresponding to the experience permission provided by the EPG server.
A client according to claim 29 or 32, wherein

The experience unit is further configured to play the authorized play content corresponding to the experience right within an experience duration corresponding to the experience right.
The client according to claim 29, wherein

The second receiving unit is further configured to receive a registration prompt sent by the EPG server;

The server further includes a display unit;

The display unit is configured to display the registration prompt.
The client according to claim 29, wherein

The second receiving unit is further configured to receive a registration request of the user;

The second sending unit is further configured to send a registration prompt request to the EPG server;

The second receiving unit is further configured to receive a registration response sent by the EPG server.
A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program comprising program instructions that, when executed by a server device based on a network television service, enable the device to perform claims 1-10 One way.
A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program comprising program instructions that, when executed by a client device based on a network television service, enable the device to perform claims 11-18 Any of the methods.