CN101242483B - Multi-purpose TV STB system with intelligent home system - Google Patents

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CN101242483B
CN101242483B CN2007100730911A CN200710073091A CN101242483B CN 101242483 B CN101242483 B CN 101242483B CN 2007100730911 A CN2007100730911 A CN 2007100730911A CN 200710073091 A CN200710073091 A CN 200710073091A CN 101242483 B CN101242483 B CN 101242483B
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The present invention provides a multi-functional set top box having intelligent home network system, remoting the operation of home network, besides providing functions of common set top box, such as opening-closing gate, opening-closing shed gateway, switching lamp, adjusting light, switching air conditioner, adjusting indoor temperature and humidity, switching television, switching radio, switching sound system, switching anti-theft system, adjusting camera position of wired television, and a mobile phone micro base station set in the set top box, connecting the user mobile phone to the mobile phone network by the set to box and the internet, providing frequency range higher than the common mobile phone network, especially used for video phone communication and download multimedia data to the mobile phone. The set top box of the invention has BT controller, reducing the communication amount between the control center and the set to box, especially for IP television broadcast, Video-On-Demand services of some internet.

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Multifunctional television set top box system with intelligent home system
[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device
The invention relates to a set top box technology, in particular to a method and a system for providing various functions of an intelligent home system by using a set top box.
[ technical background ] A method for producing a semiconductor device
At present, most families have televisions, and television broadcasting gradually advances to broadcasting in a digital signal mode, including wireless digital television broadcasting, cable television broadcasting, satellite television broadcasting and IP television broadcasting through the internet, users generally install a set-top box to watch the television broadcasting, the set-top box decodes signals of various television broadcasting, restores data streams of television programs and plays the television programs to the users for watching through the television, the set-top box is just like a small computer and is provided with software and hardware equipment required by the computer, the software and hardware equipment can be used for providing more purposes besides functions of a common television set-top box, such as being used for an intelligent home system and controlling various devices in the home, and the set-top box is provided with most facilities required by the intelligent home system, for example, a CPU, a memory, a network interface, etc., the television set-top box and the smart home system can be integrated into one by adding a circuit interface and a related program required by the smart home system in the original set-top box, thereby saving the cost of part of the smart home system and providing a multifunctional smart home set-top box system.
[ summary of the invention ]
The invention aims to provide an intelligent household set top box system to realize multiple applications in an intelligent household system.
The intelligent household set-top box system is characterized by mainly comprising a set-top box (1), a control center (2), a mobile phone network (3), a paging station (4), an internet (5), a remote controller (6), a television (7), a controlled device (8), an anti-theft system (9), a mobile phone (11), a lottery center (12) and a television shopping center (13).
And the number of the first and second groups,
the main structure of the set-top box (1) comprises a set-top box controller (101), a mobile phone module (102), a mobile phone micro base station (103), a pager (104), a paging transmitter (105), a wireless digital television interface (106), a satellite television interface (107), a cable television interface (108), a television output interface (109), an internet interface (1011), a WIFI network interface (1012), a remote controller communication device (1013), a storage device (1014) and a BT controller (1015),
wherein,
the set-top box controller (101) is mainly used for controlling the operation of the set-top box, decoding and restoring television program data streams received by interfaces such as a wireless digital television interface (106), a satellite television interface (107), a cable television interface (108), a television output interface (109), an internet interface (1011) and the like to obtain television programs, outputting the television programs to the television, playing the television programs to a user for watching through the television, receiving information input by the user through a remote controller (6), and transmitting the information to the control center (2) through a mobile phone module (102), the internet interface (1011) and the like for subsequent processing;
the mobile phone module (102) can be a GSM mobile phone, a 3G mobile phone or a CDMA mobile phone, and is mainly used for identifying the identity of the set top box (1), receiving information sent from the control center (2) and sending the information to the control center (2);
the mobile phone micro base station (103) is a single-channel low-power mobile phone base station, and can be a GSM mobile phone base station, a 3G mobile phone base station or a CDMA mobile phone base station;
a unique private address code and a plurality of grouping public address codes are arranged in the pager (104), and the pager is mainly used for receiving an instruction sent by the control center (2), transmitting the received instruction to the set-top box controller (101), and controlling the set-top box (1) to carry out various operations by the set-top box controller (101) according to the instruction content;
the paging transmitter (105) is a low-power miniature transmitter, is controlled by the set-top box controller (101), and is mainly used for transmitting paging information sent by the set-top box controller (101) to nearby mobile phones (11), controlled devices (8), anti-theft systems (9) and the like by radio frequency signals so as to realize the operation that the set-top box controller (101) controls the mobile phones (11) to access the mobile phone miniature base station (103), controls the controlled devices (8), the anti-theft systems (9) and the like;
the wireless digital television interface (106) is mainly used for receiving digital television signals and transmitting the received digital television signals to the set-top box controller (101) for decoding;
the satellite television interface (107) is mainly used for receiving satellite television signals and transmitting the received satellite television signals to the set-top box controller (101) for decoding;
the cable television interface (108) is mainly used for receiving cable television signals and transmitting the received cable television signals to the set-top box controller (101) for decoding;
the television output interface (109) is mainly used for outputting television program signals to the television sets (7), and each set top box (1) can simultaneously output the television program signals to allow the three television sets (7) to watch the same television program;
the internet interface (1011) is mainly used for receiving the IP television signal data stream and transmitting the received IP television signal data stream to the set-top box controller (101) for decoding;
the WIFI network interface (1012) is mainly used for providing a WIFI wireless network for nearby devices, so that the devices can be connected with the Internet through the WIFI wireless network;
the remote controller communication device (1013) is mainly used for connecting with the remote controller (6) in a wireless communication mode for communication, and can be an infrared communication device, a Bluetooth device or other wireless communication devices;
the storage device (1014) is mainly used for storing the program contents watched by the user;
the BT controller (1015) is mainly used for transmitting the program contents stored in the storage device (1014) to other set-top boxes (1) and receiving the program contents transmitted by other set-top boxes (1).
Compared with the common set-top box, the set-top box (1) of the invention is provided with a mobile phone module (102) and a pager (104) for receiving information and instructions sent by a control center (2), because the mobile phone accesses the mobile phone network (3), the SIM card in the mobile phone is authenticated through an authentication program, the mobile phone network (3) can be accessed only after the authentication, if someone copies the SIM card, when the mobile phone network (3) finds that two mobile phones with the same identity are accessed to the network at the same time, the service of the two mobile phones can be stopped immediately, the number of the SIM card can be listed in a blacklist, the mobile phone with the SIM card number can not be accessed to the mobile phone network (3) any more later, the simultaneous access of the mobile phones with the same SIM number in the mobile phone network (3) can not occur, namely the uniqueness of all the mobile phones accessed to the mobile phone network (3) can be ensured, the invention utilizes the characteristic of the mobile phone network (3) as the identification of the identity of the set-top box (1), and utilizes the mobile phone module (102) in the set-top box (1) to access the mobile phone network (3) to identify the identity of the set-top box (1). The invention further utilizes the pager (104) to receive the instruction of the control center (2), because the paging signal can be sent by broadcasting, the instruction can be sent to a designated pager or a group of pagers (104) at the same time, as long as the pagers (104) are divided into different groups according to the management requirement, a unique private address code and a plurality of public address codes for grouping are arranged in each pager (104), and the control center can send the control instruction by the paging station to control the designated set-top box (1) to carry out corresponding operation.
The invention is also characterized in that the set-top box (1) has the functions of an intelligent household system, the set-top box (1) remotely controls various devices or anti-theft systems in a household through a paging transmitter (105) in the set-top box, the paging transmitter (105) is a low-power miniature transmitter, the coverage range of the signal is only dozens of meters, the set-top box only acts on a controlled device (8) and an anti-theft system (9) in the coverage range, a set-top box controller (101) in the set-top box (1) controls the operation of various devices in the household according to an operation instruction input by a user through a remote controller (6), such as opening and closing a gate, opening and closing a garage entrance gate, opening and closing an electric lamp, adjusting light, opening and closing an air conditioning system, adjusting indoor temperature and humidity, opening and closing a television (7), opening and closing a radio, opening and closing a sound system, opening and closing the anti-theft system (9), adjusting the position of a, the controlled device (8) is a device with a built-in pager, the built-in pager receives a paging signal which is sent by the set-top box (1) and contains a control instruction, and the controlled device (8) performs corresponding operation according to the content of the control instruction. The built-in pager of the anti-theft system (9) receives a paging signal which is sent by the set-top box (1) and contains a control instruction through the built-in pager, and the anti-theft system (9) carries out corresponding operation according to the content of the control instruction.
The set top box (1) of the invention is further provided with the mobile phone micro base station (103), when a user returns home, the mobile phone (11) of the user can be accessed into the mobile phone micro base station (103) in the set top box (1), and then the mobile phone network (3) is accessed through the connection of the set top box (1), the internet (5) and the control center (2), because the mobile phone micro base station (103) is connected with the mobile phone network (3) through the internet (5), the bandwidth higher than that of the common mobile phone network (3) can be provided, and the set top box is particularly suitable for video phone call and downloading multimedia data to the mobile phone (11) through the mobile phone (11), such as watching television programs, watching movies, watching football games, watching horse races, listening to music, surfing the internet and the like through the mobile phone (11), so that the call cost can be saved.
As for the mobile phone (11) of the user, it can be a common GSM mobile phone, or 3G mobile phone, or CDMA mobile phone, or a mobile phone with built-in pager, receive the signal sent by the paging transmitter (105) in the set-top box (1) through the built-in pager, control the mobile phone (11) to access the mobile phone micro base station (103), send out the operation such as the prompt message, etc. according to the signal content, and, there is a unique private address code and public address code for a plurality of groups in the built-in pager of each mobile phone (11). The set-top box (1) automatically sends out a paging signal containing access instruction information through the paging transmitter (105) every specified time, for example, the paging signal containing the access instruction information is sent out every half minute, the paging signal of the access instruction comprises an address code of a pager, the access instruction information comprises the working frequency of the mobile phone micro base station (103), when the pager in the mobile phone (11) receives the paging signal which is the same as the private address code or the public address code of the pager, and the access instruction information is decoded from the paging signal, the mobile phone (11) can turn to the working frequency specified by the content of the access instruction information and automatically access to the mobile phone micro base station (103) in the set-top box (1).
The control center (2) is connected with a mobile phone network (3), a paging station (4), an internet (5), a lottery center (12), a TV shopping center (13) and other telecommunication, the control center (2) is mainly used for managing and controlling each set top box (1), and the control center comprises: carrying out identity authentication on the set top box (1); -transmitting the television program data stream and the corresponding decoding passwords to the set-top box (1); a remote control instruction is sent to the set-top box (1) through the paging station (4), and the set-top box (1) is remotely controlled to carry out various operations, including operations of remote control video recording, turning over, channel locking, starting up, shutdown and the like; -transmitting information to the set-top box (1); receiving or forwarding information sent by the set-top box (1); establishing a connection between a user mobile phone (11) accessed to the mobile phone micro base station (103) and a mobile phone network (3) through a set top box (1) and an internet (5); forwarding the user's betting wagers to a betting center (12); the shopping information of the user is transferred to a TV shopping center (13) or the like.
The set-top box (1) of the invention is further characterized in that a storage device (1014) and a BT controller (1015) are arranged in the set-top box (1), the set-top box (1) stores the program content recently watched by the user in the storage device (1014), when the storage space of the storage device (1014) is used up, the set-top box (1) deletes the oldest program content in the storage device (1014) to vacate the storage space to store the newest program content, and when the user watches the tv program, the BT controller (1015) in the set-top box (1) sends the data sharing request information of the data stream of the watched tv program to the BT controller (1015) of other set-top box (1) through the internet (5), and when the BT controller (1015) in other set-top box (1) receives the data sharing request information, the name of the data stream of the data sharing request information content tv program is found out, if the storage device (1014) in the set-top box (1) finds the segment data of the data stream of the same television program, the stored segment data of the data stream of the television program is transmitted to the set-top box (1) sending the data sharing request information through the internet (5) by the BT controller (1015) in the set-top box (1) to replace the control center (2) to transmit the data stream of the television program to the set-top box (1) for watching, so that the data transmission quantity of communication between the control center (2) and the set-top box (1) can be reduced.
This achieves the object of the invention.
The invention has the advantages that only one set top box (1) has all functions of the set top box and the intelligent home system, the BT control (1015) in the set top box (1) can further reduce the communication quantity of data between the control center (2) and the set top box (1), and can support more set top boxes (1) to watch the same television program under the same network capacity, thereby being particularly suitable for services such as IP television broadcasting and Video On Demand (Video) of some interconnected networks.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of the structure of the smart home set-top box system of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural illustration of the set-top box (1) of the smart home set-top box system of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of the structure of the remote control (6) of the smart home set-top box system of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of the structure of a simplified version of the set-top box (14) of the smart home set-top box system of the present invention;
in the drawings, like numerals represent like systems, devices, components, devices, and the like, which are schematic in order to illustrate the major steps of the system and method of the present invention.
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The method of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent household set-top box system of the present invention, and the diagram shows that the intelligent household set-top box system of the present invention mainly comprises a set-top box (1), a control center (2), a mobile phone network (3), a paging station (4), an internet (5), a remote controller (6), a television (7), a controlled device (8), an anti-theft system (9), a mobile phone (11), a lottery center (12), and a tv shopping center (13), wherein the control center (2) is in electrical communication with the mobile phone network (3), the paging station (4), the internet (5), the lottery center (12), the tv shopping center (13), and the like, and the control center (2) is in electrical communication with the set-top box (1) through the internet (5), and the set-top box (1) is in electrical communication with the television (7), in addition, the set-top box (1) is connected with the remote controller (6), the controlled device (8), the anti-theft system (9), the mobile phone (11) and the like in a wireless communication mode, and the connection between the remote controller and the controlled device is shown in a dotted line in the figure in a wireless communication mode.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic structural illustration diagram of a set-top box (1) of an intelligent home set-top box system, and the schematic structural illustration shows that the main structure of the set-top box (1) of the present invention includes a set-top box controller (101), a mobile phone module (102), a mobile phone micro base station (103), a pager (104), a paging transmitter (105), a wireless digital television interface (106), a satellite television interface (107), a cable television interface (108), a television output interface (109), an internet interface (1011), a WIFI network interface (1012), a remote controller communication device (1013), a storage device (1014), a BT controller (1015), and the like, wherein a dedicated SIM card is inserted into the mobile phone module (102) in the set-top box (1), and the mobile phone module (102) can only communicate with a control center, but cannot communicate with other mobile phones or telephones.
The structure and function of the set-top box (1) have been clearly explained in the foregoing summary and will not be repeated here.
With continued reference to fig. 1, the control center (2) in fig. 1 is a control center of the set-top box, and is mainly responsible for managing and controlling each set-top box (1), and includes:
1. the set-top box (1) is authenticated, after the set-top box (1) is powered on, the set-top box (1) sends a short message to a control center through a mobile phone network (3), after the control center (2) receives the short message, the telephone number of a mobile phone module (102) in the set-top box (1) is found from the incoming number of the short message, the account number of the set-top box (1) is found from the telephone number of the mobile phone module (102) in an account record, after the state of the account of the set-top box (1) is checked to be correct, a password for decoding a television program is returned to the set-top box (1) through the short message, the set-top box (1) decodes a television program data stream by the password for decoding to restore the television program to be played to a user for watching, the control center (2) can change the password for decoding every day, and only transmits the, if the account of the set-top box (1) of the user is not paid for the service fee after the expiration date, the set-top box (1) of the user cannot receive the password for decoding sent by the control center (2), and the set-top box (1) cannot watch the television program;
2. when a user wants to watch a fee-charging program, the set-top box (1) sends a short message to the control center through the mobile phone network (3), the content of the short message is the channel number and the program number of the fee-charging program, after the control center (2) receives the short message, finding out the telephone number of a mobile phone module (102) in the set top box (1) from the incoming number of the short message, finding out the account number of the set top box (1) from the account record of the telephone number of the mobile phone module (102), finding out the channel number and the program number of the charged program from the content of the short message, checking the state of the account of the set top box (1) to ensure that the state is correct, then transmitting the decoding of the charged program back to the set top box (1) by using the short message through a password, decoding the data stream of the charged program by using the decoding password by the set top box (1) to restore the television program to be played to a user, meanwhile, the control center (2) can collect the charge for watching the charged program in the account of the set-top box (1) of the user;
3. the control center (2) can send a remote control instruction to the set-top box (1) through the paging station (4) to remotely control the set-top box (1) to perform various operations, including operations of remote control video recording, turntable, channel locking, starting up, power off and the like, and is particularly suitable for some people who often go out and are not at home, the control center (2) can remotely control and record appointed television programs for guests or some parents to be on duty, and partial channels of the set-top box (1) can be locked through the control center (2) to prevent children from stealing television programs at home and not doing lessons;
4. the control center (2) can transmit the text information to the set top box (1) through the mobile phone network (3) or the paging station (4), when a user opens the set top box (1) to watch TV programs, the text information can be seen, and the control center (2) is particularly suitable for transmitting some important news information or important information issued by the government and the like, and can also transmit the short message transmitted by the set top box (1) and transmit the short message to other set top boxes (1);
5. the control center (2) establishes a connection line between a user mobile phone (11) accessed to the mobile phone micro base station (103) in the set top box (1) and the mobile phone network (3) through the set top box (1) and the internet (5), so that the user mobile phone (11) can communicate or talk with the mobile phone network (3) through the set top box (1) and the internet (5);
with continuing reference to fig. 1, fig. 1 also shows that a lottery center (12) is included, and the lottery center (12) is mainly used for receiving betting information sent by the set-top box (1) and making corresponding bets for users according to the betting information content, including various welfare sports lottery tickets, football lotteries and the like. And, using such a method for wagering using a set-top box, characterized in that said method comprises the following group a steps:
A1. when a user wants to bet, the set top box (1) is switched to a betting channel, and a betting item and a betting amount are selected according to the indication on a program picture;
A2. the set-top box (1) transmits betting information containing betting items and betting amount data to the control center (2) by short messages through the mobile phone module (102);
A3. after receiving the short message of the betting information, the control center (2) finds the telephone number of the mobile phone module (102) in the set top box (1) from the incoming number of the short message, finds the account number of the set top box (1) and the betting account of the user from the telephone number of the mobile phone module (102) in the account record, finds data such as betting items, betting amount and the like from the content of the short message, checks the balance of the betting account, transfers money to the account of the betting center (12) from the betting account of the user, and then transmits the betting information of the user to the betting center (12), wherein the betting account can be the account of the set top box (1) of the user or the credit card account of the bank user or the bank user of the user or the debit card account of;
A4. the lottery center (12) checks the betting information and then accepts the betting of the user, and transmits the confirmation information to the control center (2);
A5. after receiving the confirmation information of the lottery center (12), the control center (2) transmits the confirmation information to the set-top box (1) through the mobile phone network (3);
A6. after receiving the confirmation information, the set top box (1) displays the confirmation information to the user to inform the user that the betting is successful, if the items bet by the user have prizes, the lottery center (12) transmits the winning information to the set top box (1) through the control center (2) and the mobile phone network (3) to inform the user, and stores the prizes in the betting account of the user.
With continued reference to fig. 1, the system shown in fig. 1 further comprises a tv shopping mall (13), wherein the tv shopping mall (13) is mainly used for receiving shopping information sent by the set top box (1) and sending items selected by the user to an address designated by the user according to the content of the shopping information. And, adopt such a TV shopping method using set-top box, characterized by that, the said method includes the following B group step:
B1. when a user wants to do TV shopping, the set top box (1) is switched to a TV shopping channel, and selected shopping products and the quantity are selected according to the indication on a program picture;
B2. the set-top box (1) transmits shopping information containing shopping articles, quantity data and the like to the control center (2) by short messages through the mobile phone module (102);
B3. after receiving the short message of the shopping information, the control center (2) finds out the telephone number of the mobile phone module (102) in the set top box (1) from the incoming number of the short message, finds out the account number of the set top box (1) and the shopping account of the user from the telephone number of the mobile phone module (102) in the account record, finds out the data such as the selected shopping items, the quantity and the like from the content of the short message, and transmits the shopping information of the user to the television shopping center (13), wherein the shopping account can be the account of the set top box (1) of the user or the credit card account of the bank user or the debit card account of the user;
B4. the TV shopping center (13) checks that the shopping information is correct, calculates the shopping amount and transmits the shopping amount back to the control center (2);
B5. after checking that the balance of the shopping account of the user is correct, the control center (2) transfers money from the shopping account of the user to the account of the television shopping center (13) and informs the television shopping center (13) that the money is collected;
B6. the control center (2) transmits the transaction success information to the set-top box (1) through the mobile phone network (3), and the set-top box (1) displays the transaction success information to the user to inform the user of the successful transaction; a television shopping mall (13) arranges for personnel to ship items selected by a user to a registered address of the set-top box.
The invention has the further improvement that the set-top box (1) is used as a telephone switch function, the remote controller (6) is used as a telephone terminal, the set-top box communicates with the outside in an IP telephone mode through the internet network interface (1011) of the set-top box, and programs and corresponding circuits required by the telephone switch function and the IP telephone function are arranged in the set-top box controller (101) of the set-top box (1). Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural illustration of a remote controller (6) of the smart home set-top box system of the present invention, the main structure of the remote controller (6) shown in the figure includes a remote controller (601), a remote control communication device (602), a keyboard (603), a display screen (604), a microphone (605), and an earphone (606), wherein the remote controller (601) is connected with each component, and operates and controls each component according to a predetermined program; the remote controller (601) is in wired communication with the set top box (1) in a wireless communication mode through the remote control communication device (602), and transmits information of key operation of a user on the keyboard (603) to the set top box (1); the remote controller (601) establishes a voice communication connection with the set top box (1) through the remote control communication device (602), converts voice signals collected by the microphone (605) into digital signals, transmits the digital signals to the set top box (1) through the remote control communication device (602), restores the digital signals transmitted by the set top box (1) into voice signals, and plays the voice signals on the earphone (606) for a user to listen; the remote control communication device (602) may be an infrared communication device, or a wireless communication device such as a bluetooth device.
Furthermore, a plurality of remote control communication devices (1013) can be arranged in the set-top box (1), a plurality of IP telephone lines can be provided for a plurality of remote controllers (6) to be used simultaneously, the remote controllers (6) can be used for talking with other telephones, and the remote controllers (6) can also be used for talking in an internal line mode through the set-top box (1), so that the set-top box can replace fixed-line telephones at home.
The invention further improves, a calling function is realized by utilizing the set top box (1) and the remote controller (6), a calling channel is additionally arranged in the set top box (1), the calling channel is not a real television program channel but a calling program in the set top box (1), when a user turns the set top box (1) to the calling channel, the set top box (1) can execute the calling program to provide the calling function, and the invention is particularly suitable for old people needing to be attended. The user sets different calling numbers and calling information and the telephone number of a mobile phone (11) of a called person or the address code of a pager in the mobile phone (11) in advance in the set top box (1), for example, the calling number 1 represents to find a driver, the calling number 2 represents to find a nurse, the calling number 3 represents to find a person to open a door, the calling number 4 represents to find a son, the calling number 5 represents to find a wife and the like, the calling number 6 represents that the body is uncomfortable and needs to be immediately helped, when the user wants to call another person, the set top box (1) is transferred to a calling channel, different calling numbers and calling information are displayed on the picture of the television (7), and the set top box (1) finds out the calling information and the telephone number of the mobile phone (11) of the called person or the address code of the pager in the mobile phone (11) according to the calling numbers input by the user as long as the calling numbers input by the user on the remote controller (6), the summons information is transmitted to the mobile phone (11) of the summons person through a paging transmitter (105) or a mobile phone micro base station (103) to inform the summons person.
Further, can set up a SOS key on remote controller (6), realize the SOS and call the function, when the user needs SOS, as long as press the SOS key once on remote controller (6), remote controller (6) are immediately through set-top box (1), internet (5) automatic dialing is located the SOS phone number in control center (2), the staff of control center (2) just can talk with the SOS after answering the incoming call, provide help for the SOS, control center (2) more can rely on the incoming call number of SOS phone, find out SOS's set-top box (1) account data and address, the person of sending saves SOS person.
The set-top box (1) of the invention is internally provided with a storage device (1014), a plurality of advertisement segments appointed by an advertiser can be stored by utilizing the storage device (1014), meanwhile, an advertisement watching key is additionally arranged on a remote controller (6), when a user watches television programs through the set-top box (1) and reaches the advertisement time, the user can press the advertisement key on the remote controller (6) once, the set-top box (1) is controlled by the remote controller (6) to change the playing channel into the advertisement segment in the storage device (1014), when the advertisement time is over, a control center (2) informs the set-top box (1) that the advertisement time is over through an internet (5), the set-top box (1) immediately sends out sound to prompt the user after receiving the notification, the user only needs to press the advertisement key on the remote controller (6) once again, and controls the set-top box (1) to turn to the previous playing through the, the set-top box (1) transmits the number of the advertisement segment watched by the user to the control center (2) through the internet (5) or the mobile phone network, and the control center (2) charges the advertisement fee to the advertiser according to the record of the advertisement segment watched by the user. Or an operation company of the set top box (1) cooperates with an advertiser, the advertiser purchases the set top box (1), a plurality of advertisement segments are stored in the set top box (1) in advance, then the set top box (1) is given to a user for free, if the user watches the advertisement segments in the set top box (1) for a plurality of times in a specified period, for example, a scoring method can be adopted, the user gives a specified score when watching the advertisement segments stored in one set top box (1), the set top box (1) can be obtained for free as long as the specified score is accumulated in the specified period, the user is encouraged to watch more advertisements, and both the advertiser and the user can be benefited.
Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural illustration diagram of a simplified version set-top box (14) of the smart home set-top box system of the present invention, the main structure of the simplified version set-top box (14) shown in the diagram includes a set-top box controller (1401), a television output interface (1409), and a WIFI network interface (14012), which is a simplified version of the set-top box (1) of the present invention, the simplified version set-top box (14) cannot be used alone, but can be used as an auxiliary of the set-top box (1), when a user uses a television program watched by the set-top box (1), the set-top box (1) transmits a data stream of the played television program to the simplified version set-top box (14) through a WIFI wireless network, the simplified version set-top box (14) plays the television program out to another user through another television (7) for watching, each set-top box (1) can be connected to a plurality of simplified version, the method and the system can facilitate several people to watch the same charged television program in different rooms simultaneously without installing several independent set top boxes (1) respectively, and the several people can watch the charged program simultaneously only by opening one set top box account.
The intelligent household set-top box system can be applied to household and office, and particularly the set-top box (1) has the functions of a telephone switch and an IP telephone, can replace the original telephone switch in the office, and can bring good social and economic benefits.

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1. The utility model provides an intelligence house STB system, its characterized in that, intelligence house STB system mainly include organic STB (1), control center (2), mobile phone network (3), paging station (4), internet (5), remote controller (6), TV set (7), controlled device (8), anti-theft system (9), cell-phone (11), lottery center (12), TV shopping center (13), wherein, control center (2) and mobile phone network (3), paging station (4), internet (5), lottery center (12) and TV shopping center (13) looks telecommunication connection, control center (2) mainly are used for managing and controlling each STB (1), include: carrying out identity authentication on the set top box (1); -transmitting the television program data stream and the corresponding decoding passwords to the set-top box (1); a remote control instruction is sent to the set-top box (1) through the paging station (4), and the set-top box (1) is remotely controlled to carry out various operations including remote control video recording, turning table, channel locking, starting up and shutdown operations; -transmitting information to the set-top box (1); receiving or forwarding information sent by the set-top box (1); establishing a connection between a user mobile phone (11) accessed to the mobile phone micro base station (103) and a mobile phone network (3) through a set top box (1) and an internet (5); forwarding the user's betting wagers to a betting center (12); the shopping information of the user is forwarded to a TV shopping mall (13).
2. The smart home set-top box system according to claim 1, wherein the main structure of the set-top box (1) comprises a set-top box controller (101), a mobile phone module (102), a mobile phone micro base station (103), a pager (104), a paging transmitter (105), a wireless digital television interface (106), a satellite television interface (107), a cable television interface (108), a television output interface (109), an internet interface (1011), a WIFI network interface (1012), a remote controller communication device (1013), a storage device (1014) and a BT controller (1015), wherein,
the set-top box controller (101) is mainly used for controlling the operation of the set-top box, decoding and restoring television program data streams received by a wireless digital television interface (106), a satellite television interface (107), a cable television interface (108), a television output interface (109) and an internet interface (1011) to obtain television programs, outputting the television programs to the television, broadcasting the television programs to a user for watching through the television, receiving information input by the user through a remote controller (6), and transmitting the information to the control center (2) through the mobile phone module (102) and the internet interface (1011) for subsequent processing;
the mobile phone module (102) can be a GSM mobile phone, a 3G mobile phone or a CDMA mobile phone, and is mainly used for identifying the identity of the set top box (1), receiving information sent from the control center (2) and sending the information to the control center (2);
the mobile phone micro base station (103) is a single-channel low-power mobile phone base station, and can be a GSM mobile phone base station, a 3G mobile phone base station or a CDMA mobile phone base station;
a unique private address code and a plurality of grouping public address codes are arranged in the pager (104), and the pager is mainly used for receiving an instruction sent by the control center (2), transmitting the received instruction to the set-top box controller (101), and controlling the set-top box (1) to carry out various operations by the set-top box controller (101) according to the instruction content;
the paging transmitter (105) is a low-power miniature transmitter, is controlled by the set-top box controller (101), and is mainly used for transmitting paging information sent by the set-top box controller (101) to a nearby mobile phone (11), a controlled device (8) and an anti-theft system (9) through radio frequency signals, so that the set-top box controller (101) controls the mobile phone (11) to access the mobile phone miniature base station (103), and controls the controlled device (8) and the anti-theft system (9) to operate;
the wireless digital television interface (106) is mainly used for receiving digital television signals and transmitting the received digital television signals to the set-top box controller (101) for decoding;
the satellite television interface (107) is mainly used for receiving satellite television signals and transmitting the received satellite television signals to the set-top box controller (101) for decoding;
the cable television interface (108) is mainly used for receiving cable television signals and transmitting the received cable television signals to the set-top box controller (101) for decoding;
the television output interface (109) is mainly used for outputting television program signals to the television sets (7), and each set top box (1) can simultaneously output the television program signals to allow the three television sets (7) to watch the same television program;
the internet interface (1011) is mainly used for receiving the IP television signal data stream and transmitting the received IP television signal data stream to the set-top box controller (101) for decoding;
the WIFI network interface (1012) is mainly used for providing a WIFI wireless network for nearby devices, so that the devices can be connected with the Internet through the WIFI wireless network;
the remote controller communication device (1013) is mainly used for connecting and communicating with the remote controller (6) in a wireless communication mode, and can be an infrared communication device or a Bluetooth device wireless communication device;
the storage device (1014) is mainly used for storing the program contents watched by the user;
the BT controller (1015) is mainly used for transmitting the program contents stored in the storage device (1014) to other set-top boxes (1) and receiving the program contents transmitted by other set-top boxes (1).
3. A smart home set-top box system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone (11) is a mobile phone with built-in pager, the built-in pager receives the signal from the paging transmitter (105) in the set-top box (1), and controls the mobile phone (11) to access the mobile phone micro base station (103) and send the prompt message according to the content of the signal, and the built-in pager of each mobile phone (11) is provided with a unique private address code and a plurality of public address codes for grouping.
4. The smart home set-top box system according to claim 1, wherein the controlled device (8) is a device with a built-in pager, a paging signal containing a control instruction sent by the set-top box (1) is received through the built-in pager, and the controlled device (8) performs corresponding operations according to the content of the control instruction.
5. The smart home set-top box system according to claim 1, wherein the anti-theft system (9) is provided with a built-in pager, and receives a paging signal containing a control instruction sent by the set-top box (1) through the built-in pager, and the anti-theft system (9) performs corresponding operations according to the content of the control instruction.
6. The smart home set-top box system according to claim 1, wherein the lottery center (12) is mainly used for receiving betting information sent by the set-top box (1) and making corresponding bets for users according to the betting information content, including various welfare sports lottery tickets and football lotteries.
7. The smart home set-top box system according to claim 1, wherein the tv shopping mall (13) is mainly configured to receive shopping information sent by the set-top box (1), and send items purchased by the user to an address designated by the user according to the content of the shopping information.
8. The smart home set-top box system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the set-top box (1) stores the program content recently watched by the user in the storage device (1014), when the storage space of the storage device (1014) is used up, the set-top box (1) deletes the oldest program content in the storage device (1014) to vacate the storage space to store the newest program content, and when the user watches the tv program, the BT controller (1015) in the set-top box (1) sends the data sharing request information of the segment of the data stream of the watched tv program to the BT controllers (1015) of other set-top boxes (1) through the internet (5), and when the BT controllers (1015) in other set-top boxes (1) receive the data sharing request information, the segment name of the data stream of the tv program is found from the data sharing request information content, if the storage device (1014) in the set-top box (1) finds the segment data of the data stream of the same television program, the stored segment data of the data stream of the television program is transmitted to the set-top box (1) sending the data sharing request information through the internet (5) by the BT controller (1015) in the set-top box (1).
9. The smart home set-top box system according to claim 1, wherein the remote controller (6) mainly comprises a remote controller (601), a remote communication device (602), a keyboard (603), a display screen (604), a microphone (605) and an earphone (606), wherein the remote controller (601) is connected with each component and operates to control each component according to a preset program; the remote controller (601) is in wired communication with the set top box (1) in a wireless communication mode through the remote control communication device (602), and transmits information of key operation of a user on the keyboard (603) to the set top box (1); the remote controller (601) establishes a voice communication connection with the set top box (1) through the remote control communication device (602), converts voice signals collected by the microphone (605) into digital signals, transmits the digital signals to the set top box (1) through the remote control communication device (602), restores the digital signals transmitted by the set top box (1) into voice signals, and plays the voice signals on the earphone (606) for a user to listen; the remote communication device (602) may be an infrared communication device or a bluetooth device wireless communication device.
10. The smart home set-top box system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a calling channel is further provided in the set-top box (1), the calling channel is not a real tv program channel but a calling program in the set-top box (1), when a user turns the set-top box (1) to the calling channel, the set-top box (1) executes the calling program to provide a calling function, the user sets different calling numbers and calling information in the set-top box (1) in advance and the phone number of the cell phone (11) of a called person or the address code of a pager in the cell phone (11), when the user wants to call another person, the set-top box (1) is turned to the calling channel, different calling numbers and calling information are displayed on the screen of the tv (7), and the set-top box (1) finds the calling information and the calling information of the called person according to the calling number input by the user The phone number of the phone (11) or the address code of the pager in the mobile phone (11) transmits the calling information to the mobile phone (11) of the called person through the paging transmitter (105) or the mobile phone micro base station (103) to inform the called person.
11. The intelligent household set-top box system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a distress key is further arranged in the set-top box (1) to realize a distress call function, when a user needs to ask for help, as long as the distress key is pressed on the remote controller (6), the remote controller (6) immediately dials a distress telephone number located in the control center (2) through the set-top box (1) and the internet (5), a worker of the control center (2) can talk with a rescuer after answering a call, help is provided for the rescuer, the control center (2) can more rely on the call number of the distress telephone, the account data and the address of the set-top box (1) of the rescuer are found out, and the rescuer is dispatched to save the rescuer.
12. The smart home set-top box system according to claim 1, wherein the smart home set-top box system further comprises a simplified version set-top box (14), wherein the simplified version set-top box (14) has a main structure comprising a set-top box controller (1401), a television output interface (1409), and a WIFI network interface (14012), the simplified version set-top box (14) cannot be used alone, and can only be used as an auxiliary of the set-top box (1), when a user uses a television program watched by the set-top box (1), the set-top box (1) transmits a data stream of the played television program to the simplified version set-top box (14) through a WIFI wireless network, and the simplified version set-top box (14) plays the television program out to another user through another television (7) for watching.
13. A method for playing advertisement by using a set-top box, which adopts the smart home set-top box system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the storage device (1014) stores a plurality of advertisement segments designated by advertisers, when a user watches a television program through the set-top box (1) for an advertisement time, the user can press an advertisement key on the remote controller (6) once, the set-top box (1) is controlled by the remote controller (6) to change a channel being played into the advertisement segment played in the storage device (1014), when the advertisement time is over, the control center (2) informs the set-top box (1) that the advertisement time is over through the internet (5), the set-top box (1) immediately sends out sound to prompt the user after receiving the notification, the user only needs to press the advertisement key on the remote controller (6) once again, and the remote controller (6) controls the set-top box (1) to turn to the channel played before, the set-top box (1) transmits the number of the advertisement segment watched by the user to the control center (2) through the internet (5) or the mobile phone network, and the control center (2) charges the advertisement fee to the advertiser according to the record of the advertisement segment watched by the user.
14. A method for betting by using a set-top box, using the smart home set-top box system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, the method comprising the following group a steps:
A1. when a user wants to bet, the set top box (1) is switched to a betting channel, and a betting item and a betting amount are selected according to the indication on a program picture;
A2. the set-top box (1) transmits betting information containing betting items and betting amount data to the control center (2) by short messages through the mobile phone module (102);
A3. after receiving the short message of the betting information, the control center (2) finds the telephone number of the mobile phone module (102) in the set top box (1) from the incoming number of the short message, finds the account number of the set top box (1) and the betting account of the user from the telephone number of the mobile phone module (102) in the account record, finds the betting item and the betting amount data from the content of the short message, checks the balance of the betting account, transfers money to the account of the betting center (12) from the betting account of the user, and then transfers the betting information of the user to the betting center (12), wherein the betting account can be the account of the set top box (1) of the user or the credit card account of the bank user or the bank user of the user or the debit card account of the user;
A4. the lottery center (12) checks the betting information and then accepts the betting of the user, and transmits the confirmation information to the control center (2);
A5. after receiving the confirmation information of the lottery center (12), the control center (2) transmits the confirmation information to the set-top box (1) through the mobile phone network (3);
A6. after receiving the confirmation information, the set top box (1) displays the confirmation information to the user to inform the user that the betting is successful, if the items bet by the user have prizes, the lottery center (12) transmits the winning information to the set top box (1) through the control center (2) and the mobile phone network (3) to inform the user, and stores the prizes in the betting account of the user.
15. A method of television shopping using a set-top box, using the smart home set-top box system of any one of claims 1 to 11, the method comprising the following group B steps:
B1. when a user wants to do TV shopping, the set top box (1) is switched to a TV shopping channel, and selected shopping products and the quantity are selected according to the indication on a program picture;
B2. the set-top box (1) transmits shopping information containing shopping items and quantity data to the control center (2) through the mobile phone module (102) by short messages;
B3. after receiving the short message of the shopping information, the control center (2) finds the telephone number of the mobile phone module (102) in the set top box (1) from the incoming call number of the short message, finds the account number of the set top box (1) and the shopping account of the user from the telephone number of the mobile phone module (102) in the account record, finds the selected shopping items and quantity data from the content of the short message, and transmits the shopping information of the user to the television shopping center (13), wherein the shopping account can be the account of the set top box (1) of the user or the credit card account of the bank user or the debit card account of the user;
B4. the TV shopping center (13) checks that the shopping information is correct, calculates the shopping amount and transmits the shopping amount back to the control center (2);
B5. after checking that the balance of the shopping account of the user is correct, the control center (2) transfers money from the shopping account of the user to the account of the television shopping center (13) and informs the television shopping center (13) that the money is collected;
B6. the control center (2) transmits the transaction success information to the set-top box (1) through the mobile phone network (3), and the set-top box (1) displays the transaction success information to the user to inform the user of the successful transaction; a television shopping mall (13) arranges for personnel to ship items selected by a user to a registered address of the set-top box.
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