CN101247510B - Video demanding method, device and system - Google Patents

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CN101247510B
CN101247510B CN200810007344XA CN200810007344A CN101247510B CN 101247510 B CN101247510 B CN 101247510B CN 200810007344X A CN200810007344X A CN 200810007344XA CN 200810007344 A CN200810007344 A CN 200810007344A CN 101247510 B CN101247510 B CN 101247510B
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The present invention relates to a video program-requesting method, a device and a system. The method comprises the following procedures: requesting the television program module service according to the terminal attribute and receiving the program menu, wherein, the terminal attribute comprises a network and a medium format which are supported by the terminal; receiving the television program module according to the obtained correlative information and the electric program list generated according to the attribute of the terminal, wherein the correlative information is generated according to the association relationship between the medium content and the medium format; and generating the requirement information according to the electric program list and transmitting the requirement information. The invention separates the exhibiting logic from the scheduling logic through the mode that the URL which is transmitted by the service end according to the terminal requirement information and the network load after the receiving the electric information list that is generated basing on the correlative information. The terminal is facilitated to receive the corresponding service through the network with little load under the scheduling logic of the service end. The defect of low using efficiency of network in the existing technique is overcome and the video program requesting with high network using efficiency is realized.

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VOD method, Apparatus and system
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The invention belongs to and look field of audio processing, especially belong to a kind of VOD method, Apparatus and system.
Video request program device (Video on Demand is designated hereinafter simply as VOD) is also referred to as the interactive television program request, be a kind of business of the needs displaying video programs according to terminal, thereby has fundamentally changed the defective that terminal in the past can only the passive type receiving video program.
Existing VOD method is as follows: business management system (Business Manage System is designated hereinafter simply as BMS) notice VOD system downloads media content; According to the media content of VOD system downloads, TV programme module (Electronic Program Guide is designated hereinafter simply as EPG) generates electronic program list, and this electronic program list only includes the relation one to one between media content and the media formats; Terminal is selected after the TV programme, directly obtains the unified resource location (Uniform Resource Locator be designated hereinafter simply as URL) corresponding with TV programme by electronic program list, by the media file in the URL reception VOD system.
In existing VOD method, the TV programme module can only generate static electronic program list according to the corresponding relation between media content and the media formats, the media content that has caused having different media formats in the electronic program list repeats to show, promptly exists electronic program list to show complicated defective.In addition, terminal is directly obtained URL by electronic program list, therefore can not dynamically select network, may make busy network continue the carrying VOD service again, causes the inefficient defective of network operation.
The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of VOD method, Apparatus and system, solves defective and the inefficient defective of network operation that there be the electronic program list complexity in existing VOD method, thereby has realized the video request program that network utilization is high.
The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of VOD method, comprising: according to terminal attribute, request TV programme module provides service, and the program receiving menu, and terminal attribute includes the network of terminal support and the media formats that terminal is supported; The electronic program list that the media formats that the received television program module is supported according to the terminal that attribute comprised of related information that obtains and terminal generates, perhaps according to the media formats of the terminal that related information and terminal attribute the comprised support that obtains and the electronic program list of the network generation that terminal is supported, related information is that described TV programme module generates according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats; By selecting program, generate terminal requirements information, the concurrent end demand information of making arrangements for his funeral from electronic program list with related information.Receive the program address of network side according to the available situation generation of described terminal requirements information and described terminal attribute, related information and network; The available situation of described network comprises the load of network and the ability of network support media formats; Obtain corresponding program according to described program address.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of video request program device, comprising: first request module, be used for according to terminal attribute, and request TV programme module service, terminal attribute includes the network of terminal support and the media formats that terminal is supported; First receiver module, be used for the electronic program list of received television program module according to the media formats generation of the terminal that related information and terminal attribute the comprised support that obtains, perhaps according to the media formats of the terminal that related information and terminal attribute the comprised support that obtains and the electronic program list of the network generation that terminal is supported, related information is that described TV programme module generates according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats; Generation module is used for generating demand information by selecting program from the electronic program list with related information, and sends demand information; Second receiver module is used to receive the program address of network side according to the available situation generation of described terminal requirements information and described terminal attribute, related information and network; The available situation of described network comprises the load of network and the ability of network support media formats; Obtain program module, be used for obtaining corresponding program according to described program address.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of VOD method, comprising: obtain related information, related information is to generate according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats; The service request of receiving terminal generates electronic program list according to related information, and described service request includes the attribute information of this terminal, and described attribute information includes the media formats that network that terminal supports and terminal are supported; Send electronic program list to terminal; The demand information that receiving terminal generates according to described electronic program list; Described demand information is sent to management system, can determines the program address that sends to terminal with situation according to described demand information and described terminal attributive information, described related information and described network by described management system; Described network can comprise the load of network and the ability of network support media formats with situation.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of video request program device, comprising: related information obtains module, is used to obtain related information, and related information is to generate according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats; The service request receiver module is used for the service request of receiving terminal, and described service request includes the attribute information of this terminal, and described attribute information includes the media formats that network that terminal supports and terminal are supported; The electronic program list generation module is used for the service request of receiving terminal, generates electronic program list according to terminal attributive information that obtains and related information, and terminal attributive information comprises the media formats that terminal is supported; The electronic program list sending module, be used for to terminal send electronic program list; Described service request receiver module is further used for the receiving terminal attribute information, and described terminal attributive information comprises the media formats that terminal is supported; Described electronic program list generation module is used for generating electronic program list according to terminal attributive information that obtains and described related information; The demand information receiver module is used for the demand information that receiving terminal generates according to described electronic program list; The demand information sending module, be used for described demand information is sent to management system, can determine the program address that sends to terminal with situation according to described demand information and described terminal attributive information, described related information and described network by described management system; Described network can comprise the load of network and the ability of network support media formats with situation.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of VOD method, comprising: generate related information according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats; Obtain the demand information that terminal generates according to electronic program list; The related information of information and acquisition and terminal attributive information according to demand, and the ability of the loading condition of current network and network support media formats is determined program address, related information is to generate according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats, and terminal attributive information comprises the media formats that terminal is supported; Send program address to terminal.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of video request program device, comprising: the related information generation module is used for generating related information according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats; End message obtains module, is used to obtain terminal and generates demand information according to electronic program list; The program address determination module, the related information and the terminal attributive information that are used for information according to demand and acquisition, and the ability of the loading condition of current network and network support media formats is determined program address, related information is to generate according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats, and terminal attributive information comprises the media formats that terminal is supported; The program address sending module is used for sending program address to terminal.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of video on-demand system, comprising: the related information generation module is used for generating related information according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats; The service request receiver module is used for the service request of receiving terminal, and the attribute information of receiving terminal, and described terminal attributive information comprises the network that media formats that terminal is supported and terminal are supported; The electronic program list generation module is used for generating electronic program list according to described related information, generates electronic program list according to described terminal attributive information and described related information; The electronic program list sending module is used for sending the described electronic program list that gets to terminal, can generate electronic program list with situation according to described terminal attributive information, described related information and described network; First network information obtains module, is used to obtain network and can uses situation; End message obtains module, is used to obtain the demand information that terminal generates according to described electronic program list; The program address determination module is used for can determining program address with situation according to described demand information and described related information, described terminal attributive information and described network; The available situation of described network comprises the load of network and the ability of network support media formats; The program address sending module is used for sending described program address to described terminal.
The embodiment of the invention, after the electronic program list of reception based on the related information generation, receive the mode that sends by service end again according to terminal requirements information and offered load generation URL, to show that logic and scheduling logic come respectively, make terminal under the scheduling logic of service end, can receive corresponding service by the less network of load, overcome the low defective of prior art network service efficiency, realized the high video request program of network service efficiency.
The embodiment of the invention, the mode with showing that logic and scheduling logic come has respectively overcome the low defective of prior art network service efficiency, has realized the high video request program of network service efficiency.
The embodiment of the invention according to the mode of related information generation electronic program list, has effectively overcome the defective of electronic program list complexity, has prevented to repeat to have the media content of different media formats in electronic program list, thereby has simplified electronic program list.
The embodiment of the invention based on the mode of related information generation electronic program list, has effectively overcome the defective of electronic program list complexity, has prevented to repeat to have the media content of different media formats in electronic program list, thereby has simplified electronic program list.
The embodiment of the invention, the network based on terminal is supported takes into full account after the existing network loading condition, generates URL, thereby has overcome the low defective of prior art network service efficiency, has improved the network service efficiency.
The embodiment of the invention will be carried out between media content and the media formats after the association by relating module, forms the mode of electronic program list again by subsequent step; With the mode that dynamically generates URL by the URL(uniform resource locator) module, make the displaying logic separate with scheduling logic, realized having improved network operation efficient according to the dynamic carrying media content of terminal requirements information.
The embodiment of the invention, finish the displaying logic by related information generation module, service request receiver module, electronic program list generation module, electronic program list sending module, and dynamically generate the mode of program address, realized according to the dynamic carrying media content of terminal requirements information, overcome the defective that there is the low and electronic program list complexity of network operation efficient in existing video request program, not only improve network operation efficient, but also simplified electronic program list.
Fig. 1 is the flow chart of a kind of VOD method first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of another kind of VOD method first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the schematic flow sheet of another VOD method first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of another VOD method second embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of a kind of video request program device first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the structural representation of the another kind of video request program device of the present invention first embodiment;
Fig. 7 is the structural representation of another video request program device first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the structural representation of a kind of video on-demand system first embodiment of the present invention.
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A kind of VOD method first embodiment of the present invention
As shown in Figure 1, be the flow chart of a kind of VOD method first embodiment of the present invention, this VOD method specifically comprises as follows:
Step 101, according to terminal attribute, request TV programme module provides service, and described terminal attribute includes the network of terminal support and the media formats that terminal is supported;
Step 102, according to the service request that sends, receive the electronic program list of this TV programme module according to the attribute generation of related information that obtains and terminal, this electronic program list is based on media content and media formats is carried out the electronic program list that related related information and terminal attribute generate, wherein related information include media content and and corresponding all media formats of this media content between one-to-many or man-to-man relation;
Step 103, terminal is selected program from this electronic program list, generate terminal requirements information, the concurrent end demand information of making arrangements for his funeral.
At present, the media formats of terminal support has multiple, as dynamic image MPEG-2 (MovingPictures Experts Group-2 is designated hereinafter simply as MPEG-2), H.264 wait; And the network of terminal support also has multiple, as cable (Cable) network and Internet protocol (InternetProtocol is designated hereinafter simply as IP) network.
A kind of VOD method first embodiment of the present invention, terminal is by selecting program and generating the mode of terminal requirements information from the electronic program list with related information, the electronic program list that makes terminal receive is succinct, overcome the defective that has a plurality of identical media contents in the electronic program list that terminal receives in the prior art, promptly overcome electronic program list and showed complicated defective.And the TV electronic program list that is generated has also been considered the attribute of terminal, therefore the brief introduction that can improve electronic program list further, be specially: if the media formats of supporting based on related information and terminal generates electronic program list, then can prevent has terminal not occur by display media content in the electronic program list that terminal receives; If the network plutonic electronic program list that media formats of supporting based on related information, terminal and terminal are supported, though terminal is supported this media formats in the electronic program list that then can terminal receives, the media content that terminal can not receive occurs.
In a kind of VOD method first embodiment of the present invention, further comprise: receive the program address of network side according to the available situation generation of terminal requirements information and described terminal attribute, related information and network; And obtain corresponding program according to described program address.The available situation of network specifically is meant the load of network or the ability of network support media formats, when generating program address (as URL(uniform resource locator) etc.), if specifically considered the loading condition of network, prevented that then the big network of load from continuing the carrying VOD service, if specifically considered the ability of network support media formats, then under identical network condition, can generate the higher program address of quality, the higher media formats of program address correspondence image quality that promptly generates, thereby can improve the display quality of the media content that terminal receives, if considered the ability of network load condition and network support media formats simultaneously, both can prevent then that the big network of load capacity from continuing bearer service, can improve the display quality of the media content that terminal receives again, thereby effectively managed the service bearer amount between the heterogeneous networks, thereby improved network operation efficient.
In a kind of VOD method first embodiment of the present invention, may further include:, provide service by corresponding TV programme module to the network side request according to the display capabilities of terminal; And receive the TV programme module information that is complementary with the terminal display capabilities according to this request.Like this, in subsequent operation, terminal provides service according to this TV programme module information to this TV programme module request.And the entity in this service request of network side receiving terminal is specially TV programme scheduler (EPG Distribute System, be designated hereinafter simply as EDS), be that terminal provides service to the EDS request, and the corresponding TV programme module information of reception and terminal display capabilities, wherein display capabilities includes resolution, the picture format that can show or the media formats that can show etc.; Login described EPG according to terminal attribute, wherein terminal attribute includes the network of terminal support and the media formats that terminal is supported.Like this, can be by receiving the EPG information that sends by EDS, terminal display capabilities and EPG were mated, and login the method for this EPG according to this terminal attribute, the defective of the service that terminal is not supported EPG and provided has been provided, make terminal to realize VOD service, thereby further improved resource utilization according to resolution capability.
Another kind of VOD method first embodiment of the present invention
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of another kind of VOD method first embodiment of the present invention, and this VOD method specifically comprises:
Step 201, carry out related with media content media formats, generate related information, and described related information sent to the TV programme module, and obtain demand information according to the electronic program list generation, in general, include one-to-many or man-to-man corresponding relation between media content and the media formats in this related information, if a certain media content has only a kind of media formats, then include man-to-man relation in the related information of Sheng Chenging, if a certain media content has multiple media formats, then include the corresponding relation of one-to-many in the related information of Sheng Chenging, table 1 is the incidence relation between media content and the media formats.
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Step 202, according to related information, terminal attribute, the demand information that network can send with situation and terminal generates program address (as URL(uniform resource locator) etc.).This terminal requirements information is that terminal passes through to select from electronic program list corresponding program to generate, network can include the ability of network load condition and/or network support media formats with situation, if being used for the network of bearer service is cable system, then BMS can directly know the loading condition of cable system, if being used for the network of bearer service is IP network, then BMS can pass through the loading condition that service quality (Quality of Service is designated hereinafter simply as QoS) is known IP network.
In addition based on media formats, the program address of offered load and terminal requirements information (as the URL of program), the generation method is specially: based on institute's attribute information of terminal, all media formats of supporting as terminal, BMS obtains the media formats that terminal can receive from related information, be about to get common factor between the media formats of media formats corresponding and terminal support with media content, generate the media formats that terminal can receive, media formats and the loading condition of current network and the ability of network support media formats that can receive then according to terminal, judge with which network carrying business, and generate corresponding program address (as URL etc.) according to this judged result; The ability of network support media formats just is meant between specific media format and the particular network and has compatibility relation, if media formats is respectively MPEG-2 and H.264, the network that is used for bearer service is respectively cable system and IP network, compatibility relation between then above-mentioned specific media format and the particular network is as shown in table 1 below, and table 2 has been represented compatibility relation between media formats and the network.
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Here, if loading condition Network Based generates program address, can prevent that then the bigger network of load from continuing the carrying video traffic, if the ability of support media form Network Based generates program address, then can under the identical network condition, can improve the display effect of media content, if the ability of loading condition Network Based and network support media formats generates program address, then consider offered load and display effect simultaneously.In fact, can generate two or more program address at a demand information according to concrete algorithm with after the situation through weighting network.
Step 203, the program address that will generate in step 202 send to this terminal.
Another kind of VOD method first embodiment of the present invention, by media content and media formats being carried out method related and that send, make the TV programme module can generate electronic program list with related information, thereby overcome the defective that repeats to show media content in the electronic program list of prior art generation with different media formats, and by BMS according to the current network loading condition, dynamically generate the method for URL, realized the dynamic dispatching network, therefore can prevent that the big network of load capacity from continuing the carrying VOD service, thereby overcome the inefficient defective of prior art network operation, improve the network service efficiency effectively, can also improve the quality of terminal receiving video service simultaneously.
Another kind of VOD method first embodiment of the present invention, can further include: BMS notice video request program device (VOD) media content download, BMS carries out related with media formats described media content then, generate related information, content provider (Content Provider) oneself sets up a FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for the VOD media content download in general, then by BMS notice VOD media content download.Further, can pass through Content Management System (Content Management System before the VOD media content download, be designated hereinafter simply as CMS) revise the relevant information of media content, as the title of media content, the author of media content, the brief introduction of media content etc.Like this can enrich the content of showing in the electronic program list by follow-up further operation.
Another VOD method first embodiment of the present invention
Fig. 3 is the schematic flow sheet of another VOD method first embodiment of the present invention, and this VOD method specifically comprises:
Step 301 receives related information, and to be BMS carry out media content and media formats relatedly to generate afterwards this related information;
Step 302 receives the TV programme module service request of being initiated by terminal, and generates electronic program list according to the related information that receives; Further, TV programme module service request package contains the attribute information of this terminal, the media formats that network of supporting as terminal and terminal are supported, in actual mechanical process, generate in the electronic program list, can also be according to the media formats of terminal support, the media content that terminal can not be play in the media content that electronic program list is enumerated removes, and like this can further simplify electronic program list;
Step 303 sends electronic program list to this terminal.
Another VOD method first embodiment of the present invention, according to the related information between media content and the media formats, generated electronic program list, thereby prevented from electronic program list, to repeat to have the media content of different media formats, and then overcome the too complicated defective of menu of being showed in the prior art.If when generating electronic program list,, can remove the media content that terminal can not show in the electronic program list that is generated if generate electronic program list according to the media formats of related information and terminal support; If the network according to related information and terminal support generates electronic program list, can remove terminal in the electronic program list that is generated and to show the media content that still can not receive, if generate electronic program list according to the media formats of related information, terminal support and the network that terminal is supported, can make that all media contents in the electronic program list are all effective to terminal.
In another VOD method first embodiment of the present invention, after the demand information of receiving terminal according to described electronic program list generation, described demand information is sent to management system, can determines the program address that sends to terminal with situation according to described demand information and described terminal attributive information, described related information and described network by described management system.
In another VOD method first embodiment of the present invention, can further include following two steps:
Step 1, the TV programme dispatcher services request that reception is sent by terminal, TV programme dispatcher services request package contains the display capabilities of this terminal, and wherein display capabilities includes resolution, the picture format that can show or the media formats that can show etc.;
Step 2 is according to this TV programme dispatcher services request, to the display capabilities corresponding TV programme module information of this terminal transmission with terminal.At this moment step 301~step 303 is carried out by this corresponding TV programme module, like this, EDS can distribute EPG according to the terminal display capabilities, the defective of the service that terminal is not supported EPG and provided has been provided, thereby can reasonable distribution EPG resource, and can further improve the utilance of EPG resource.
Another VOD method second embodiment of the present invention
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of another VOD method second embodiment of the present invention, and this VOD method comprises:
Step 1), the content provider injects content by BMS;
Step 2), BMS notice VOD server is downloaded the media content of various media formats;
Step 3), BMS is associated together media content that injects and the various media formats that this media content has;
Step 4), BMS sends to EPG with the information of relevant media content, media formats that media content has, available networking circuit, related information etc.;
Step 5), terminal are according to the terminal display capabilities, and EPG provides service to the EDS request;
Step 6), EDS dispatches suitable EPG according to the display capabilities of terminal;
Step 7) sends to this terminal with the information of relevant this EPG;
Step 8), terminal provide service according to the information of this EPG and the attribute of oneself to this EPG request;
Step 9), EPG is according to the attribute of this terminal and the related information that receives, and generation need be to the electronic program list of terminal displaying;
Step 10), EPG sends the electronic program list that generates to this terminal;
Step 11), terminal are browsed the electronic program list that is sent by EPG, ask on-demand media content then, and generate terminal requirements information;
Step 12), EPG submits to BMS with the media content of this terminal attribute and program request;
Step 13), BMS is according to the attribute of terminal, the information corresponding with the media content of program request and the available situation (as the ability of network load condition or network support media formats) of current network, the network of determining to offer the media formats of terminal and being used to carry video traffic, and generate URL;
Step 14), BMS returns to terminal with URL and Internet resources;
Step 15), terminal is served to the VOD server requests according to URL and Internet resources;
Step 16), the VOD server is issued terminal with the media content of terminal program request by the network of appointment.
Another VOD method second embodiment of the present invention by terminal, BMS, EPG, EDS and VOD business scenario, further illustrates the VOD service based on VOD method of the present invention, but is not limitation of the present invention.
A kind of video request program device first embodiment of the present invention
As shown in Figure 5, be the structural representation of a kind of video request program device first embodiment of the present invention, this device specifically comprises as follows:
First request module 11 is used for according to terminal attribute, request TV programme module service, and described terminal attribute includes the media formats (as MPEG2, H.264 wait) of network (as cable (Cable) network, IP network etc.) that terminal supports and terminal support;
First receiver module 12 is used for the electronic program list of received television program module according to the attribute generation of related information that obtains and terminal, and described related information is to generate according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats;
Generation module 13 is used for generating demand information according to described electronic program list, and sends described demand information.
A kind of video request program device first embodiment of the present invention, terminal is by selecting program and generating the mode of terminal requirements information from the electronic program list with related information, the electronic program list that makes terminal receive is succinct, overcome the defective that has a plurality of identical media contents in the electronic program list that terminal receives in the prior art, promptly overcome electronic program list and showed complicated defective.And the TV electronic program list that is generated has also been considered the attribute of terminal, therefore the brief introduction that can improve electronic program list further, be specially: if the media formats of supporting based on related information and terminal generates electronic program list, then can prevent has terminal not occur by display media content in the electronic program list that terminal receives; If the network plutonic electronic program list that media formats of supporting based on related information, terminal and terminal are supported, though terminal is supported this media formats in the electronic program list that then can terminal receives, the media content that terminal can not receive occurs.
In a kind of video request program device first embodiment of the present invention, further comprise: second receiver module 14 is used to receive the program address of network side according to the available situation generation of described terminal requirements information and described terminal attribute, related information and network; And, obtain program module 15, be used for obtaining corresponding program according to described program address.Like this according to after the electronic program list generation terminal requirements information, service end will show that according to the mode of terminal requirements information and offered load generation URL logic and scheduling logic come respectively, make terminal under the scheduling logic of service end, can receive corresponding service by the less network of load, overcome the low defective of prior art network service efficiency, realized the high video request program of network service efficiency.
In a kind of video request program device first embodiment of the present invention, can further include: second request module 16 is used for providing service to TV programme scheduler (EDS) request of network side by corresponding TV programme module according to the display capabilities of terminal; And, obtain module 17, be used to obtain the TV programme module information that network side is selected according to the display capabilities of terminal; At this moment, first request module 11 is used for according to terminal attribute, asks described TV programme module service.Like this, can obtain the EPG information that is complementary with the terminal display capabilities, and according to the method for this terminal attribute login EPG, the defective of the service that terminal is not supported EPG and provided has been provided, thereby further improve resource utilization by EDS.
The another kind of video request program device of the present invention first embodiment
As shown in Figure 6, the structural representation of the another kind of video request program device of the present invention first embodiment, this device specifically comprises as follows:
Related information generation module 25 is used for generating related information according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats.
Related information sending module 26 is used for sending described related information to the electronic programming single module.
End message obtains module 21, is used to obtain the demand information that terminal generates according to electronic program list.
Program address determination module 22, be used for determining program address according to the related information and the terminal attributive information of described demand information and acquisition, described related information is to generate according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats, and described terminal attributive information comprises the media formats that terminal is supported.Wherein this terminal requirements information is to generate based on related information, promptly generates the media formats of media formats for being had with the corresponding media content of this terminal requirements information according to the electronic program list with related information; In addition, when generating URL(uniform resource locator), consider the current network of terminal, whether can continue to carry VOD service as cable system, when causing network utilization decline or causing the VOD service quality to descend, based on the attribute of this terminal as if continuation carrying VOD service, can select other network, as IP network, carry and the corresponding media content of terminal requirements information, and URL(uniform resource locator) is sent to terminal.
Program address sending module 23 is used for sending described program address to described terminal.
The another kind of video request program device of the present invention first embodiment, by media content and media formats being carried out method related and that send, make the TV programme module can generate electronic program list with related information, thereby overcome the defective that repeats to show media content in the electronic program list of prior art generation with different media formats, and by BMS according to the current network loading condition, dynamically generate the method for URL, realized the dynamic dispatching network, therefore can prevent that the big network of load capacity from continuing the carrying VOD service, thereby overcome the inefficient defective of prior art network operation, improve the network service efficiency effectively, can also improve the quality of terminal receiving video service simultaneously.
In the another kind of video request program device of the present invention first embodiment, further comprise: second network information obtains module 24, is used to obtain the available situation of network; At this moment, program address determination module 22 is used for can determining program address with situation according to described demand information and described terminal attributive information, described related information and described network.Like this, before generating program address, can take into full account the loading condition of network on the one hand, thereby can prevent that the big network of load from continuing the carrying video traffic, before generating program address, can take into full account the ability of network support media formats on the other hand, thereby under identical network condition, can improve the display quality of media content.In actual application, be preferably and consider that all sidedly network can be with after the situation, promptly the ability of network load condition and network support media formats generates program address.
In the another kind of video request program device of the present invention first embodiment, related information generation module 25 is used for generating related information according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats.In general, carry out also notifying the VOD media content download before the association, be specially: content provider (Content Provider) oneself sets up a FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for the VOD media content download, then by BMS notice VOD media content download, the corresponding relation that wherein includes one-to-many between media content and the media formats in the related information, and media formats is generally MPEG2, H.264 waits.Related information sending module 26 is used for sending described related information to the electronic programming single module, so that described electronic programming single module generates described electronic program list according to described related information.By realizing media content and media formats, make EPG dynamically to show electronic program list, and can prevent from electronic program list, to repeat to have the media content of different media formats according to association results at the related information generation module.
The management system side joint is received the display capabilities module, is used to receive the information relevant with the terminal display capabilities, and distributes the TV programme module according to the display capabilities of terminal.Like this can receive the display capabilities module by the management system side joint, in fact be exactly EDS, realize the scheduling of EPG, and realize the Dynamic Display electronic program list by this EPG, thereby prevented terminal from not supporting EPG and wasted the phenomenon of EPG resource, and improved the EPG resource utilization.
Another video request program device first embodiment of the present invention
As shown in Figure 7, be the structural representation of another video request program device first embodiment of the present invention, this device is specific as follows:
Related information obtains module 31, is used to obtain related information, and described related information is to generate according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats;
Service request receiver module 37 is used for the service request of receiving terminal;
Electronic program list generation module 32 is used for generating electronic program list according to described related information, and described terminal attributive information comprises the media formats that terminal is supported;
Electronic program list sending module 33 is used for sending the described electronic program list that gets to terminal.
Another video request program device first embodiment of the present invention, EPG is by the electronic program list of electronic program list generation module generation based on related information, the media content of different media formats can be prevented to repeat in the electronic program list to have like this, thereby the terseness of electronic program list can be improved.
In another video request program device first embodiment of the present invention, the attribute information that also includes terminal in the service request that service request receiver module 37 receives, it is the media formats that terminal is supported, like this, electronic program list generation module 32 can generate electronic program list according to media formats and the related information that terminal is supported, thereby can remove the media content that terminal can not be play in the electronic program list, and further simplify electronic program list.The attribute information of terminal can further include the network that terminal is supported, like this, electronic program list generation module 32 can generate electronic program list according to the media formats of terminal support, network and the related information that terminal is supported, thereby removed on the basis of the media content that terminal can not play, further remove the media content that terminal can not receive, therefore a step is simplified electronic program list again.
In another video request program device first embodiment of the present invention, further comprise: first network information obtains module 34, is used to obtain network and can uses situation; At this moment, electronic program list generation module 32 is used for can using situation and described terminal attributive information and described related information to generate electronic program list according to the network that is obtained.Like this, before generating program address, can take into full account the loading condition of network on the one hand, thereby can prevent that the big network of load from continuing the carrying video traffic, before generating program address, can take into full account the ability of network support media formats on the other hand, thereby under identical network condition, can improve the display quality of media content.In actual application, be preferably and consider that all sidedly network can be with after the situation, promptly the ability of network load condition and network support media formats generates program address.
In another video request program device first embodiment of the present invention, can further include: demand information receiver module 35 is used for the demand information that receiving terminal generates according to described electronic program list; And demand information sending module 36 is used for described demand information is sent to management system, is determined the program address that sends to terminal according to described demand information and described terminal attributive information and described related information by described management system.Like this, can be so that management system according to the dynamic allocation of network resources of terminal requirements information, further improves network utilisation efficient.
In another video request program device first embodiment of the present invention, further comprise: the EPG side joint is received the display capabilities module, is used to receive the information relevant with the terminal display capabilities, and distributes the TV programme module according to the display capabilities of terminal.Like this, receive display capabilities module (being actually EDS) for after terminal selection and the corresponding EPG of its display capabilities by the EPG side joint, make terminal provide service to this EPG request, the defective of the service that terminal is not supported EPG and provided has been provided, thereby has reached the effect of reasonable distribution EPG resource.
A kind of video on-demand system first embodiment of the present invention
As shown in Figure 8, be the structural representation of a kind of video on-demand system first embodiment of the present invention, this system comprises as follows:
Related information generation module 25 is used for generating related information according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats; Service request receiver module 37 is used for the service request of receiving terminal; Electronic program list generation module 32 is used for generating electronic program list according to terminal attributive information that obtains and described related information, and described terminal attributive information comprises the media formats that terminal is supported; Electronic program list sending module 33 is used for sending the described electronic program list that gets to terminal; End message obtains module 21, is used to obtain the demand information that terminal generates according to electronic program list; Program address determination module 22 is used for determining program address according to the related information and the terminal attributive information of described demand information and acquisition; Program address sending module 23 is used for sending described program address to described terminal.
A kind of video on-demand system first embodiment of the present invention, by the service request receiver module, the electronic program list generation module, the electronic program list sending module, generate dynamic electronic program list, make the electronic program list simplicity, and by the related information generation module, end message obtains module, the program address determination module, program address sending module dynamic assignment URL, make video traffic can be carried on the different networks, realized according to the dynamic carrying media content of terminal requirements information, overcome existing video request program and had the electronic program list complexity, the inefficient defective of network operation, simplify electronic program list, improved network operation efficient.
In a kind of video on-demand system first embodiment of the present invention, service request receiver module, electronic program list generation module and electronic program list sending module are positioned at the EPG server.And related information generation module, end message obtain module, program address determination module and program address sending module and are positioned at management system, i.e. BMS.Related information acquisition module, service request receiver module, electronic program list generation module that related information among a kind of video on-demand system first embodiment of the present invention obtains among module, service request receiver module, another video request program device first embodiment of electronic program list generation module and electronic program list sending module and the present invention are identical with electronic program list sending module function; And the end message among a kind of video on-demand system first embodiment of the present invention obtains that module, program address determination module and program address sending module obtain module with end message among the another kind of video request program device of the present invention first embodiment, the program address determination module is identical with the program address sending module, so here gives unnecessary details no longer one by one.
In a kind of video on-demand system first embodiment of the present invention, can also comprise: the EDS module is used to receive the information relevant with the terminal display capabilities, and distributes the TV programme module according to the display capabilities of terminal.It is identical that EPG side joint among another video request program device first embodiment of EDS module and the present invention is received the display capabilities module, and it is identical that the management system side joint among the another kind of video request program device of EDS module and the present invention first embodiment is received the display capabilities module, therefore here give unnecessary details no longer one by one, and the EDS module can be separately as a kind of device, can be integrated on the management system, perhaps the EPG device can be integrated in, perhaps also end side can be integrated in.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: all or part of step that realizes said method embodiment can be finished by the relevant hardware of program command, aforesaid program can be stored in the computer read/write memory medium, this program is carried out the step that comprises said method embodiment when carrying out; And aforesaid storage medium comprises: various media that can be program code stored such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disc or CD.
It should be noted that at last: above embodiment only in order to technical scheme of the present invention to be described, is not intended to limit; Although with reference to previous embodiment the present invention is had been described in detail, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can be made amendment to the technical scheme that aforementioned each embodiment put down in writing, and perhaps part technical characterictic wherein is equal to replacement; And these modifications or replacement do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution break away from the spirit and scope of various embodiments of the present invention technical scheme.

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1. a VOD method is characterized in that, comprising:
According to terminal attribute, request TV programme module provides service, and described terminal attribute includes the network of terminal support and the media formats that terminal is supported;
The electronic program list that the media formats that the received television program module is supported according to the terminal that related information and terminal attribute comprised that obtains generates, perhaps according to the media formats of the terminal that related information and terminal attribute the comprised support that obtains and the electronic program list of the network generation that terminal is supported, described related information is that described TV programme module generates according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats;
By selecting program, generate terminal requirements information, and send described terminal requirements information from described electronic program list with related information;
Receive the program address of network side according to the available situation generation of described terminal requirements information and described terminal attribute, related information and network; The available situation of described network comprises the load of network and the ability of network support media formats;
Obtain corresponding program according to described program address.
2. VOD method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, further comprises:
Display capabilities according to terminal provides service to the network side request by corresponding TV programme module;
Obtain the TV programme module information that network side is selected according to the display capabilities of terminal;
According to terminal attribute, to described TV programme module request service.
3. a video request program device is characterized in that, comprising:
First request module is used for according to terminal attribute, request TV programme module service, and described terminal attribute includes the network of terminal support and the media formats that terminal is supported;
First receiver module, be used for the electronic program list of received television program module according to the media formats generation of the terminal that related information and terminal attribute the comprised support that obtains, perhaps according to the media formats of the terminal that related information and terminal attribute the comprised support that obtains and the electronic program list of the network generation that terminal is supported, described related information is that described TV programme module generates according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats;
Generation module is used for generating demand information, and sending described demand information by selecting program from the described electronic program list with related information;
Second receiver module is used to receive the program address of network side according to the available situation generation of described terminal requirements information and described terminal attribute, related information and network; The available situation of described network comprises the load of network and the ability of network support media formats;
Obtain program module, be used for obtaining corresponding program according to described program address.
4. video request program device according to claim 3 is characterized in that, further comprises:
Second request module is used for providing service to the network side request by corresponding TV programme module according to the display capabilities of terminal;
Obtain module, be used to obtain the TV programme module information that network side is selected according to the display capabilities of terminal;
First request module is used for according to terminal attribute, asks described TV programme module service.
5. a VOD method is characterized in that, comprising:
Obtain related information, described related information is to generate according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats;
The service request of receiving terminal generates electronic program list according to described related information, and described service request includes the attribute information of this terminal, and described attribute information includes the media formats that network that terminal supports and terminal are supported;
Send described electronic program list to terminal;
The demand information that receiving terminal generates according to described electronic program list;
Described demand information is sent to management system, can determines the program address that sends to terminal with situation according to described demand information and described terminal attributive information, described related information and network by described management system; Described network can comprise the load of network and the ability of network support media formats with situation.
6. VOD method according to claim 5 is characterized in that described terminal attributive information further comprises the network that terminal is supported;
Further obtain network and can use situation;
Can use situation and described terminal attributive information and described related information according to the network that obtains, generate electronic program list.
7. a video request program device is characterized in that, comprising:
Related information obtains module, is used to obtain related information, and described related information is to generate according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats;
The service request receiver module is used for the service request of receiving terminal, and described service request includes the attribute information of this terminal, and described attribute information includes the media formats that network that terminal supports and terminal are supported;
The electronic program list generation module is used for generating electronic program list according to described related information;
The electronic program list sending module is used for sending described electronic program list to terminal; Described service request receiver module is further used for the receiving terminal attribute information, and described terminal attributive information comprises the media formats that terminal is supported;
Described electronic program list generation module is used for generating electronic program list according to terminal attributive information that obtains and described related information;
The demand information receiver module is used for the demand information that receiving terminal generates according to described electronic program list;
The demand information sending module, be used for described demand information is sent to management system, can determine the program address that sends to terminal with situation according to described demand information and described terminal attributive information, described related information and network by described management system; Described network can comprise the load of network and the ability of network support media formats with situation.
8. video request program device according to claim 7 is characterized in that described terminal attributive information further comprises the network that terminal is supported;
Described device further comprises:
First network information obtains module, is used to obtain network and can uses situation;
Described electronic program list generation module is used for can using situation and described terminal attributive information and described related information to generate electronic program list according to the network that is obtained.
9. the method for a video request program is characterized in that, comprising:
Generate related information according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats;
Obtain the demand information that terminal generates according to electronic program list;
According to described demand information and described related information and terminal attributive information, and the ability of the loading condition of current network and network support media formats is determined program address, described related information is to generate according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats, and described terminal attributive information comprises the media formats that terminal is supported;
Send described program address to described terminal.
10. VOD method according to claim 9 is characterized in that described terminal attributive information further comprises the network that terminal is supported; Described method further comprises:
Obtain the available situation of network;
Can determine program address with situation according to described demand information and described terminal attributive information, described related information and described network.
11. according to claim 9 or 10 described VOD methods, it is characterized in that, further comprise:
Send described related information to the electronic programming single module, so that described electronic programming single module generates described electronic program list according to described related information.
12. the device of a video request program is characterized in that, comprising:
The related information generation module is used for generating related information according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats;
End message obtains module, is used to obtain demand information and the terminal attributive information that terminal generates according to electronic program list, and described terminal attributive information comprises the media formats that terminal is supported;
The program address determination module be used for according to described demand information and described related information and described terminal attributive information, and the ability of the loading condition of current network and network support media formats is determined program address;
The program address sending module is used for sending described program address to described terminal.
13. video request program device according to claim 12 is characterized in that described terminal attributive information further comprises the network that terminal is supported; Described device further comprises:
Second network information obtains module, is used to obtain the available situation of network;
Described program address determination module is used for can determining program address with situation according to described demand information and described terminal attributive information, described related information and described network.
14. according to claim 12 or 13 described video request program devices, it is characterized in that, further comprise:
The related information sending module is used for sending described related information to the electronic programming single module, so that described electronic programming single module generates described electronic program list according to described related information.
15. a video on-demand system is characterized in that, comprising:
The related information generation module is used for generating related information according to the incidence relation between media content and the media formats;
The service request receiver module is used for the service request of receiving terminal, and the attribute information of receiving terminal, and described terminal attributive information comprises the network that media formats that terminal is supported and terminal are supported;
The electronic program list generation module is used for generating electronic program list according to described related information, generates electronic program list according to described terminal attributive information and described related information;
The electronic program list sending module is used for sending described electronic program list to terminal, can generate electronic program list with situation according to described terminal attributive information, described related information and network;
First network information obtains module, is used to obtain network and can uses situation;
End message obtains module, is used to obtain the demand information that terminal generates according to described electronic program list;
The program address determination module is used for can determining program address with situation according to described demand information and described related information, described terminal attributive information and described network; The available situation of described network comprises the load of network and the ability of network support media formats;
The program address sending module is used for sending described program address to described terminal.
16. video on-demand system according to claim 15, it is characterized in that, described related information generation module, end message obtain module, program address determination module and program address sending module and are arranged in the business management system, and described service request receiver module, electronic program list generation module and electronic program list sending module are arranged in the EPG server.
17. video on-demand system according to claim 16, it is characterized in that, described video on-demand system further comprises: the EDS device, the service request that is used for receiving terminal, according to the information relevant that obtains, select corresponding EPG server to provide service for described terminal with the terminal display capabilities.
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