WO2016169443A1

WO2016169443A1 - Method for implementing service convergence and set-top box

Info

Publication number: WO2016169443A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/079478
Authority: WO
Inventors: 万俊杰; 姜巍
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-04-20
Filing date: 2016-04-15
Publication date: 2016-10-27
Also published as: CN106162346A

Abstract

A method for implementing service convergence, comprising: a set-top box respectively parsing programme information from a digital video broadcasting system and an over-the-top TV system, to obtain DVB channel information and over-the-top TV channel information; and conducting channel de-duplication processing on the obtained DVB channel information and over-the-top TV channel information, to obtain mixed programme channel information.

Description

Method for realizing business integration and set top box

Technical field

This application relates to, but is not limited to, digital television processing techniques.

Background technique

With the continuous promotion of set-top boxes for digital video broadcasting (DVB, Digital Video Broadcasting) systems and set-top boxes for OTT TV (Over-The-Top TV), the diversity of set-top box products has been continuously expanded. At present, the digital video broadcasting system is still the main role of the TV program providing service. The live TV broadcast and the first broadcast of the TV series are still prioritized in the digital video broadcasting network. The network TV set-top box, as a more flexible on-demand viewing mode, provides a more free choice of program and program range. The operators of network TV often have different choices from the traditional TV stations.

In order to integrate multiple types of set-top box products, a dual-mode set-top box product has emerged. The dual-mode set-top box is usually a mixture of IP (Internet Protocol) network and digital video broadcast. The dual-mode set-top box reduces the reliance on multiple set-top boxes, enabling a single set-top box to play a variety of video sources from source sources.

At present, there is a dual-mode set-top box working mode that is completely separated in service, that is, the digital video broadcasting mode and the network mode service are irrelevant, and the manner in which the service is separated is naturally poor in the user experience, and needs to be manually Switch the set-top box mode. Another dual-mode set-top box has a partial fusion service, such as the Chinese patent application with the publication number "CN103139615A" and the invention name "a method and device for programming a television program", the implementation manner of which is integrated on the IP network side, that is, IP. After the server obtains the program information of the digital video broadcast in advance, the program information is pre-integrated on the IP network television system, and the mixed program information is sent through the IP network. The network side pre-convergence method has certain restrictions on the network operator. It is required that operators have additional overhead on the layout of the dual-mode set-top box system.

Summary of the invention

The following is an overview of the topics detailed in this document. This Summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

This paper provides a method for implementing service convergence and a set-top box, which can effectively realize the integration of program information and services in different modes, and reduce the overhead of operators on the layout of the dual-mode set-top box system, and improve the user experience of the dual-mode set-top box.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for implementing service convergence, including:

The set top box separately parses program information from the digital video broadcasting DVB system and the network television system to obtain DVB channel information and network television channel information;

Channel deduplication processing is performed on the obtained DVB channel information and network television channel information to obtain mixed program channel information.

Optionally, the performing channel deduplication processing includes:

Mixing the obtained DVB channel information and the network television channel information directly with the program channel information to obtain the mixed first program channel information;

Performing deduplication processing on the mixed first program channel information according to a preset deduplication strategy, and displaying one of the program channel information for the coincident live channel;

Optionally, the deduplication policy includes: retaining program channel information in the DVB channel information when the live channels are coincident.

Optionally, before performing the channel deduplication process, the method further includes:

The set top box checks a locally saved recorded program and obtains local program channel information of the locally recorded program;

The local program channel information is further included in the first program channel information.

Optionally, when the time-shifted program is saved in the locally recorded program information, the method further includes:

Parsing the time-shifted program in the locally recorded program information, acquiring time-shifted program information in the locally recorded program information, and adding to the local program channel information.

Optionally, when the locally recorded program coincides with the time shift of the network television program, the deduplication policy further includes:

Priority jumps to the locally recorded program source.

Optionally, when the time-shifted program is saved in the network television system, the method further includes:

Parsing the time-shifted program in the network television system, acquiring time-shifted program information in the program information of the network television system, and adding the information to the network television channel information.

Optionally, the method further includes:

The corresponding time-shifted program information is displayed under the program channel information corresponding to the time-shifted program information.

Optionally, when the live channel overlaps, and the coincident live network television channel information includes time-shifted program information, the program channel information corresponding to the time-shifted program information is reserved in the DVB channel information. Program channel information.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions, which are implemented when the computer executable instructions are executed.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a set top box, which includes at least a first receiving module, a second receiving module, a mixing module, and a display preprocessing module;

The first receiving module is configured to: receive program information from a digital video broadcasting DVB system and perform parsing to obtain DVB channel information;

The second receiving module is configured to: receive program information from the network television system and perform parsing to obtain network television channel information;

The mixing module is configured to: perform channel deduplication processing on the obtained DVB channel information and network television channel information to obtain mixed program channel information;

The display pre-processing module is configured to: output the mixed program channel information to the display screen.

Optionally, the mixing module is configured to: directly mix the obtained DVB channel information and the network television channel information with the program channel information, to obtain the mixed first program channel information; and preset according to the mixing module. The deduplication strategy performs deduplication processing on the first program channel information, and displays one program channel information on the coincident live channel;

Optionally, the set top box further includes a local processing module, configured to: check a locally saved recorded program and obtain local program channel information of the locally recorded program;

The mixing module is further configured to receive local program channel information from the local processing module and directly add to the first program channel information.

Optionally, when the time-shifted program is saved in the locally recorded program information, the mixing processing module is further configured to: parse the saved time-shifted program, and obtain the time in the locally recorded program information. Transmitting program information and adding to the local program channel information;

Optionally, when the locally recorded program coincides with the time shift of the network television program, the deduplication policy further includes: preferentially jumping to the locally recorded program slice source.

Optionally, when the time-shifted program is saved in the network television system, the second receiving module is further configured to:

Optionally, the display pre-processing module is further configured to: notify the display screen to display corresponding time-shift program information under program channel information corresponding to the time-shifted program information;

When the live channel overlaps, and the coincident live network television channel information includes time-shifted program information, the program channel information corresponding to the time-shifted program information is program channel information in the reserved DVB channel information.

Compared with the related art, the technical solution of the present application includes the set top box separately parsing program information from the digital video broadcasting system and the network television system to obtain DVB channel information and network television channel information; and obtaining the DVB channel information and the network television channel information. Channel deduplication processing is performed to obtain mixed program channel information. The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention does not need to establish an additional converged server for the two systems of the digital video broadcasting system and the network television system, and the program channel information displayed includes all the modes of the digital video broadcasting system and the network television system. Program channel information, without mode switching, effectively realizes the integration of different modes of program information and services, and reduces the operator's overhead for the layout of the dual-mode set-top box system, and improves the user experience of the dual-mode set-top box.

Further, for the case of including the time-shifted program information, the time-shifted program information may be Corresponding time-shift program information is displayed under the corresponding program channel information, so that the program can be jumped to play the corresponding time point directly after selecting the time-shifted program information on the channel display, without selecting and jumping after entering the program. .

Further, since the program channel information displayed in the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention further incorporates time-shifted program information, and the time-shifted program can directly select a jump in the program channel list, the user experience of the set top box is improved.

Other features and advantages of the embodiments of the invention will be set forth in the description in the description in the claims The objectives and other advantages of the embodiments of the present invention can be realized and obtained by the structure of the invention.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF abstract

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for implementing service convergence according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of a display embodiment of a channel list according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a set top box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the various manners in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for implementing service convergence according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes:

Step 100: The set top box separately parses the program information from the digital video broadcasting DVB system and the network television system to obtain DVB channel information and network television channel information. Regarding the method of parsing, techniques known in the art can be employed, and will not be described herein.

When the time shifting program is saved in the network television system, the saved time-shifted program can also be parsed, and the time-shifted program information can be acquired and added to the network television channel information. Among them, the time-shifted program may refer to a recorded program that can fast forward and rewind when playing, such as a television program or a network program.

Step 101: Perform channel deduplication on the obtained DVB channel information and network television channel information to obtain mixed program channel information.

Performing channel deduplication processing in this step may include:

Mixing the obtained DVB channel information and the network television channel information directly with the program channel information to obtain the mixed first program channel information, such as a program channel list;

The first program channel information is de-duplicated according to a pre-set deduplication strategy, and only one of the program channel information is displayed for the coincident live channel.

The deduplication policy may include: retaining program channel information in the DVB channel information when the live channels overlap;

Optionally, when the coincident live network television channel has time-shifted program information, the time-shifted program information may correspond to program channel information in the retained DVB channel information.

This step can also include:

The set top box checks the locally saved recorded program and obtains the local program channel information of the locally recorded program. At this time, the first program channel information further includes local program channel information.

When the time-shifted program is saved in the locally recorded program information, the method further includes: parsing the saved time-shifted program, acquiring the time-shifted program information, and adding the information to the local program channel information. The locally recorded program information may include the content of the program played by the recorded set top box, and may be saved in a local hard disk or other external storage device.

Since the local source, that is, the locally recorded program is recorded, it usually does not coincide with the live channel. When the local source and the time of the network television program coincide, the deduplication policy in this step may further include: subsequent execution jump Priority is given to the locally recorded program source when operating.

In this way, the display screen can display the merged program channel information according to the mixed program channel information according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention emphasizes that there is no need to establish an additional converged server for the two systems of the digital video broadcasting system and the network television system, and the program channel information displayed includes the digital video broadcasting system and the network television system. All program channel information in the mode does not need mode switching, effectively realizes the integration of different modes of program information and services, and reduces the overhead of the operator's layout of the dual-mode set-top box system, and improves the user experience of the dual-mode set-top box.

Optionally, for the case of including the time-shifted program information, the step may further include: displaying the corresponding time-shifted program information under the program channel information corresponding to the time-shifted program information, so that the time shift is directly selected on the channel display. After the program information, the program at the corresponding time point can be skipped, and the selection and jump can be performed without entering the program.

Optionally, when the live channel overlaps and the coincident live network TV channel information includes the time-shifted program information, the program channel information corresponding to the time-shifted program information may be the program channel information in the retained DVB channel information, as shown in the figure. As shown in 2, the subsequent execution of the jump operation can enter the time shift segment corresponding to the corresponding network television channel.

Since the program channel information displayed in the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention also incorporates time-shifted program information, and the time-shifted program can directly select a jump in the program channel list, the user experience of the set top box is improved.

Since the program channel information displayed in the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention also incorporates the program channel information saved locally, the user does not need to enter other menus such as file management to select the program selection operation, and directly selects It also improves the user experience of the dual-mode set-top box.

3 is a schematic structural diagram of a set top box according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes at least a first receiving module, a second receiving module, a mixing module, and a display preprocessing module.

The first receiving module is configured to: receive program information from the digital video broadcasting DVB system and perform parsing to obtain DVB channel information;

The pre-processing module is displayed, and is set to: output the mixed program channel information to the display screen.

Optionally, the mixing module is configured to directly mix the obtained program channel information with the obtained DVB channel information and the network television channel information, to obtain the mixed first program channel information, such as a program channel list; de-duxing the first program channel information according to a de-duplication strategy preset in the mixing module, and displaying only one of the program channel information for the coincident live channel. The deduplication strategy may include: retaining program channel information in the DVB channel information when the live channels overlap.

The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the invention does not need to establish an additional converged server for the two systems of the digital video broadcasting system and the network television system, and the program channel information displayed includes the digital video broadcasting system and the network television system in two modes. All program channel information, without mode switching, effectively realizes the integration of different modes of program information and services, and reduces the operator's overhead for the layout of the dual-mode set-top box system, and improves the user experience of the dual-mode set-top box.

Optionally, the set top box of the embodiment of the present invention may further include: a local processing module, configured to: check a locally saved recorded program and obtain local program channel information of the locally recorded program;

The hybrid module can also be configured to receive local program channel information from the local processing module and add directly to the first program channel information.

Optionally, when the time-shifted program is saved in the locally recorded program information, the mixing processing module may be further configured to: parse the saved time-shifted program, obtain time-shifted program information, and add the information to the local program channel information.

The locally saved recorded program can be the content of the program played by the recorded set top box, and can be saved in the local hard disk of the set top box or other external storage device.

When the local film source coincides with the time shift of the network television program, the deduplication policy in the hybrid module may further include: preferentially jumping to the locally recorded program film source when performing the jump operation.

Optionally, when the time-shifted program is saved in the network television system, the second receiving module may be further configured to: parse the saved time-shifted program, obtain time-shifted program information, and add the information to the network television channel information.

The display pre-processing module may be further configured to: notify the display screen to display corresponding time-shifted program information under the program channel information corresponding to the time-shifted program information.

When the live channels overlap, and the coincident live network television channel information includes the time-shifted program information, the program channel information corresponding to the time-shifted program information may be the program channel information in the retained DVB channel information.

Optionally, for the case of including the time-shifted program information, the corresponding time-shifted program information may be displayed under the program channel information corresponding to the time-shifted program information, so that the time-shifted program information may be directly selected on the channel display. Jump to play the program at the corresponding point in time without having to enter the program before making selections and jumps.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps of the above-described embodiments can be implemented using a computer program flow, which can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as on a corresponding hardware platform (eg, The system, device, device, device, etc. are executed, and when executed, include one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented by using an integrated circuit. These steps may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. achieve.

The devices/function modules/functional units in the above embodiments may be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed over a network of multiple computing devices.

When the device/function module/functional unit in the above embodiment is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, it can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The above mentioned computer readable storage medium may be a read only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk or the like.

Industrial applicability

Through the solution of the embodiment of the present invention, the set top box separately parses the program information from the digital video broadcasting system and the network television system to obtain DVB channel information and network television channel information; The obtained DVB channel information and the network television channel information are subjected to channel deduplication processing to obtain mixed program channel information. The solution of the embodiment of the present invention does not need to establish an additional converged server for the two systems of the digital video broadcasting system and the network television system, and the program channel information displayed includes all the program channels in the two modes of the digital video broadcasting system and the network television system. Information, without mode switching, effectively achieves the integration of different modes of program information and services, and reduces the operator's overhead for the dual-mode set-top box system layout, while improving the user experience of the dual-mode set-top box.

Claims

A method of achieving business integration, including:

The set top box separately parses program information from the digital video broadcasting DVB system and the network television system to obtain DVB channel information and network television channel information;

Channel deduplication processing is performed on the obtained DVB channel information and network television channel information to obtain mixed program channel information.
The method of claim 1 wherein said performing channel deduplication processing comprises:

Mixing the obtained DVB channel information and the network television channel information directly with the program channel information to obtain the mixed first program channel information;

Performing deduplication processing on the mixed first program channel information according to a preset deduplication strategy, and displaying one of the program channel information for the coincident live channel;

The deduplication strategy includes: retaining program channel information in the DVB channel information when the live channels are coincident.
The method according to claim 2, before the performing channel deduplication processing, further comprising:

The set top box checks a locally saved recorded program and obtains local program channel information of the locally recorded program;

The local program channel information is further included in the first program channel information.
The method according to claim 3, when the time-shifted program is saved in the locally recorded program information, the method further comprises:

Parsing the time-shifted program in the locally recorded program information, acquiring time-shifted program information in the locally recorded program information, and adding to the local program channel information.
The method according to claim 4, when the locally recorded program coincides with the time shift of the network television program, the deduplication strategy further comprises:

Priority jumps to the locally recorded program source.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, when storing the time-shifted program in the network television system, further comprising:

Parsing a time-shifted program in the network television system to obtain the network television system Time-shifted program information in the program information is added to the network television channel information.
The method of claim 6 further comprising:

The corresponding time-shifted program information is displayed under the program channel information corresponding to the time-shifted program information.
The method according to claim 7, wherein when the live channels overlap, and the coincident live network television channel information includes time-shifted program information, the program channel information corresponding to the time-shifted program information is reserved. Program channel information in the DVB channel information.
A set top box includes a first receiving module, a second receiving module, a mixing module, and a display module; wherein

The first receiving module is configured to: receive program information from a digital video broadcasting DVB system and perform parsing to obtain DVB channel information;

The second receiving module is configured to: receive program information from the network television system and perform parsing to obtain network television channel information;

The mixing module is configured to: perform channel deduplication processing on the obtained DVB channel information and network television channel information to obtain mixed program channel information;

The display pre-processing module is configured to: output the mixed program channel information to the display screen.
The set top box according to claim 9, wherein the mixing module is configured to directly mix the obtained program channel information with the obtained DVB channel information and the network television channel information, to obtain the mixed first program channel information; The de-duplication policy preset in the mixing module performs de-duplication processing on the first program channel information, and displays one program channel information on the coincident live channel;

The deduplication strategy includes: retaining program channel information in the DVB channel information when the live channels are coincident.
The set top box of claim 10, further comprising a local processing module configured to: check the locally saved recorded program and obtain local program channel information of the locally recorded program;

The mixing module is further configured to receive local program channel information from the local processing module and directly add to the first program channel information.
The set top box according to claim 11, wherein when the time-shifted program is saved in the locally recorded program information, the mixing processing module is further configured to: parse the saved time-shifted program to obtain the locally recorded Time-shifted program information in the program information, and added to the local program channel information;

When the locally recorded program coincides with the time shift of the network television program, the deduplication strategy further includes: preferentially jumping to the locally recorded program film source.
The set top box according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein when the time-shifted program is saved in the network television system, the second receiving module is further configured to:

Parsing the time-shifted program in the network television system, acquiring time-shifted program information in the program information of the network television system, and adding the information to the network television channel information.
The set top box according to claim 13, wherein the display pre-processing module is further configured to: notify the display screen to display corresponding time-shifted program information under program channel information corresponding to the time-shifted program information;

When the live channel overlaps, and the coincident live network television channel information includes time-shifted program information, the program channel information corresponding to the time-shifted program information is program channel information in the reserved DVB channel information.