CN101662653A - Method and system for reserving television program - Google Patents

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CN101662653A
CN101662653A CN200810142150A CN200810142150A CN101662653A CN 101662653 A CN101662653 A CN 101662653A CN 200810142150 A CN200810142150 A CN 200810142150A CN 200810142150 A CN200810142150 A CN 200810142150A CN 101662653 A CN101662653 A CN 101662653A
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The invention discloses a method and a system for reserving a television program. The method comprises the following steps: S1, receiving key words; S2, extracting and receiving an electronic programguide from digital television signals or digital broadcast signals, searching a corresponding program in the electronic program guide according to the key words, and storing the searched correspondingprogram in a subscribed list; and S3, reminding the program according to the stored subscribed list. Because the key words of the program are adopted for searching the corresponding program in the electronic program guide, as long as the electronic program guide is updated, no matter the program is delayed or played normally, the method and the system for reserving the television program play a good role in reserving, have larger flexibility compared with the prior art, and thoroughly solve verboseness and limitation of common reservation and reservation adopting time and channel number.

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A kind of TV program order method and system
Technical field
The present invention relates to the reservation technology of TV programme, in particular a kind of TV program order method and system based on digital television signal.
Background technology
Digital Television is compared with the simulation TV, and its antijamming capability is strong, the noiseless accumulation, and the sound of transmission and picture quality height are convenient to the transmission of flexible combination multiple business etc.Because it has adopted compress technique, can transmit more digital television program in identical channel width, multiple digital service may be mixed together by a professional transmission simultaneously.Therefore Digital Television no longer has been single television services, and is meant the digital service by the television transmission passage, comprises video, audio frequency, image, data etc.When Digital Television provides the program that is several times as much as present program amount and multiple business for the user,, TV guide and program predetermination function have been proposed for the user can select program quickly and easily.
Present TV program order method roughly is divided into following two kinds:
The first, preengage according to time and channel setting, its implementation is: during reservation input need time, channel and the time limit of preserved program, time limit comprise the same day, weekly, every month, irregularly (time range) or the like, time is up can remind.For example need to watch " both sides of the Straits " of CCTV-4 20:30 every night broadcast, then the channel of time 20:30 and CCTV-4 imported and stored that then every day, 20:30 can carry out program reminding.But this mode of preengaging according to the time has significant limitation, not bad for the program that the special set time broadcasts as " news hookup ", but, then do not have the effect of reservation for not being the program of very punctual broadcast or those every days owing to some special circumstances need be intercutted the program that other programs are postponed.As TV play " struggle ", be that 20:00 broadcasts yesterday, but 20:00 tonight need intercut 1 hour passion Olympic Games theatrical items temporarily, the TV play broadcast of can only postponing, and then this reservation is nonsensical.
The second, program is recorded, watched then, this solution needs that bigger input is arranged on the hardware, records as using PVR (Personal video recorder, individual video video recording), but needs bigger memory space.Application number is 200410103576 Chinese patent, and for the problem that solves memory capacity has proposed a kind of method, the system of this realization customizing content of TV program comprises TV programme customization request transmitting apparatus, Play Control terminal and stream medium data center.Implementation is as follows: send program customizing request through the Internet to the stream medium data center by TV programme customization request transmitting apparatus, recording and storing of content of TV program carried out according to request in the stream medium data center.When the stream medium data center received the TV programme playing request of sending via the Internet, the content of TV program that request is play was sent to playback terminal by the Internet, and some is similar to video request program.Share though can realize storage, this is not what each family can independent operation, and need be by the internet, if TV station introduce these equipment, its cost of use also is high.
Therefore, prior art has yet to be improved and developed.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of TV program order method and system, adopt this method and system can take into account convenient, the flexible and cost of reservation.
Technical scheme of the present invention is as follows:
A kind of TV program order method may further comprise the steps: S1, reception keyword; S2, from digital television signal or digital broadcast signal, extract to receive electronic program guides, in described electronic program guides, search respective program according to described keyword, and store the respective program that finds into subscription list; S3, according to the storage subscription list remind.
Described method, wherein, step S2 comprises: search and delete the program of reproduction time early than the current time in described subscription list.
Described method wherein, during start, searches and deletes the program of reproduction time early than the current time in described subscription list.
The program of reproduction time early than the current time then searched and delete to described method wherein, if the current time reaches preheating setting time, in described subscription list.
Described method, wherein, described keyword comprises: partial or complete programm name.
Described method, wherein, described step S1 comprises: if receive reserve requests when playing TV programme, then described programm name is the television programme title that current channel is broadcasting.
Described method, wherein, described step S1 comprises: if receive reserve requests when checking electronic program guides, then described programm name is the programm name of being chosen in the current channel electronic program guides.
Described method, wherein, described keyword also comprises: reservation time domain and channel scope.
The present invention also provides a kind of TV program order system, comprising: the memory cell of storage subscription list; Be connected with this memory cell and be used for the reminding unit reminded according to described subscription list; Wherein, also comprise: the unit that is provided with that receives keyword; From digital television signal or digital broadcast signal, extract the extraction unit that receives electronic program guides; In described electronic program guides, search respective program and the respective program that finds is stored into the unit of searching of described subscription list according to described keyword.
Described system wherein, also is included in the delete cells of searching and deleting in the described subscription list early than the program of current time, and this delete cells is connected with described memory cell.
TV program order method and system provided by the present invention, owing to adopted the program keyword in electronic program guides, to search respective program, as long as electronic program guides upgrades, no matter program is postponed, is normally broadcasted, good reservation effect is played in the capital, the method of this employing keyword reservation is preengage than with the time has greater flexibility, has thoroughly solved the loaded down with trivial details and limitation of common reservation and employing time, channel reservation.
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Fig. 1 is the flow chart of TV program order method of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the electronic program guides interface in the TV program order method of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the interface that the reservation in the TV program order method of the present invention is provided with;
Fig. 4 is the subscription list in the TV program order method of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the subscription list on the same day in the TV program order method of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the flow chart of update reservation tabulation in the TV program order method of the present invention;
The operational flowchart that Fig. 7 is the operator when using TV program order method and system of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the structured flowchart of TV program order of the present invention system.
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The not operability dumb or sometimes that The present invention be directed to the program predetermination function of current television program proposes, the fuzzy reservation of program realizes by software, do not increase any hardware cost, realize simple, and can cancel flexibly, introduce TV program order method and system of the present invention below in detail.
At first, set up subscription list, when not preengaging, subscription list is empty; Carry out following flow process then, as shown in Figure 1:
100, receive keyword; Programm name, channel scope, reservation time domain; Director, performer, school.
Being received in when operating of programm name can be divided into following two kinds of situations:
First kind, if receive keyword when playing TV programme, then described programm name is the television programme title that current channel is broadcasting;
Second kind, if when checking electronic program guides, receive keyword, see Fig. 2, then described programm name is the programm name of being chosen in the current channel electronic program guides, sees Fig. 3, and not necessarily in progress programm name.
And, can also edit programm name on the programm name hurdle.Can import program key word if any keyboard; If there is not keyboard,, can be revised as " Hero Shooting Vulture " as programm name " Hero Shooting Vulture the 3rd collection " because the part deletion is carried out in the restriction of teleswitch input generally speaking.
Except programm name, other form certainly selected in keyword, such as keyword being made as NBA and rocket.Also can be a plurality of crucial contaminations, can also carry out the logical combination of a plurality of keywords.
The channel scope can be selected by the channel selection hurdle, and a kind of is current channel, and retrieval is only carried out for example NBA ball match at the program of current channel; Second kind is all channels, and retrieval comprises the program of program keyword in the program of all channels, for example retrieves the basketball race of NBA at all channels; Can also in partial channel, carry out for example basketball race of retrieval NBA in the sport category in channel classification.
The reservation time domain can be set by zero-time hurdle and termination time hurdle, also can set by subscription time hurdle and reservation time limit hurdle, as Fig. 3;
The subscription time hurdle: be meant the time that the present Fuzzy reservation is provided with, the purpose on this hurdle is to provide benchmark for the fuzzy subscription time time limit;
Reservation time limit hurdle: can provide several selections for convenience's sake,, or provide input all can as a week, two weeks, one month, three months, half a year, no time limit etc.Shown in option among Fig. 3, then will preengage one by one from " both sides of the Straits " program of CCTV-4 channel within one month on the 20th April in 2008.
200, from digital television signal or digital broadcast signal, extract the reception electronic program guides, in described electronic program guides, search respective program according to described keyword, and store the respective program that finds into subscription list;
Also comprise: search program and the deletion of time in the described subscription list early than the current time.This flow process has following two kinds of situations, as shown in Figure 6:
First kind is in each start, at first the subscription list with storage accesses, as shown in Figure 4, current time and described reservation time domain are compared, the reservation time domain obtains by " subscription time " and " reservation pattern " among Fig. 4, in subscription list, search program broadcasting time and also delete, just will miss the program of broadcast time and from subscription list, delete, finish real-time update early than the program of current time; For example, the current time is 2008-6-1, and then first reservation has exceeded the reservation scope among Fig. 4, should give cancellation, so only remain four in the tabulation.Simultaneously, four predetermined one by one qualified programs on the same day (Event) of fuzzy subscription list residue according to storage, generate subscription list on the same day, see Fig. 5, only getting the same day is to prevent that the program in the subscription list is too much, all can update reservation tabulate during simultaneously because of each start, only get and to shorten the available machine time same day, and do not influence the reservation effect.
Second kind is to be provided with regularly to upgrade, if the current time reaches the time of setting, the time of then searching in the described subscription list is early than program and the deletion of current time.If the purpose of this design is start again of TV when preventing 12 of midnight, can not upgrade second day subscription list automatically.
300, remind according to the subscription list of storage.
The method of the fuzzy reservation of this keyword is preengage than with the time has greater flexibility, as long as electronic program guides upgrades, no matter program is postponed, is normally broadcasted, good reservation effect is played in the capital, and the method for this employing keyword reservation has thoroughly solved the loaded down with trivial details and limitation of common reservation and employing time, channel reservation; The user just can experience the efficient and convenient of keyword reservation (also claiming fuzzy reservation) like this.
When the user operated, the concrete operations flow process was as follows:
Press reservation and determine key, the dialog box with occurring as shown in Figure 2 is divided into two kinds of situations, and a kind of is when watching program (as " both sides of the Straits " of CCTV-4), presses reservation and determines key; Another kind of after program (" both sides of the Straits ") is chosen at the electronic program guides interface, press reservation and determine that key enters; If want to cancel a certain in the subscription list, see Fig. 7, be introduced into subscription list shown in Figure 4, cancellation is also preserved subscription list again, searches and deleted the preserved program that meets this condition simultaneously in the subscription list on the same day shown in Figure 5.
The present invention also provides a kind of TV program order system, as shown in Figure 8, comprising: memory cell, reminding unit, unit, extraction unit be set, search the unit, delete cells; Memory cell is used to store subscription list; Reminding unit is connected with memory cell, and reminding unit is used for reminding according to described subscription list; The unit is set is used to receive keyword; Extraction unit is used for extracting the reception electronic program guides from digital television signal or digital broadcast signal; Search the unit and in described electronic program guides, search respective program, and store the respective program that finds into described subscription list according to described keyword; Delete cells is connected with memory cell, is used for searching and delete program early than the current time in subscription list.
The TV program order method and system that proposes among the present invention adopts keyword reservation (also can be described as fuzzy reservation) technology, under the situation that does not increase any hardware cost, adopts the mode of software to realize; Its innovative point is preengage and its implementation flexibly for adopting keyword; Update reservation tabulation when adopting set time every day and each start, the space of having reduced the subscription list storage; Thoroughly broken through the chains of the program predetermination of conventional digital TV, in light of the circumstances to TV series or every day the fixing program that broadcasts once preengage, and can cancel at any time, simple to operation and have a very big flexibility.
Should be understood that application of the present invention is not limited to above-mentioned giving an example, for those of ordinary skills, can be improved according to the above description or conversion that all these improvement and conversion all should belong to the protection range of claims of the present invention.

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1, a kind of TV program order method may further comprise the steps:
S1, reception keyword;
S2, from digital television signal or digital broadcast signal, extract to receive electronic program guides, in described electronic program guides, search respective program according to described keyword, and store the respective program that finds into subscription list;
S3, according to the storage subscription list remind.
2, method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, step S2 comprises: search and delete the program of reproduction time early than the current time in described subscription list.
3, method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, during start, searches and delete the program of reproduction time early than the current time in described subscription list.
4, method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, if the current time reaches preheating setting time, then searches and delete the program of reproduction time early than the current time in described subscription list.
5, method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described keyword comprises: partial or complete programm name.
6, method according to claim 5 is characterized in that, described step S1 comprises: if receive reserve requests when playing TV programme, then described programm name is the television programme title that current channel is broadcasting.
7, method according to claim 5 is characterized in that, described step S1 comprises: if receive reserve requests when checking electronic program guides, then described programm name is the programm name of being chosen in the current channel electronic program guides.
8, method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described keyword also comprises: reservation time domain and channel scope.
9, a kind of TV program order system comprises: the memory cell of storage subscription list; Be connected with this memory cell and be used for the reminding unit reminded according to described subscription list; It is characterized in that, also comprise: the unit that is provided with that receives keyword; From digital television signal or digital broadcast signal, extract the extraction unit that receives electronic program guides; In described electronic program guides, search respective program and the respective program that finds is stored into the unit of searching of described subscription list according to described keyword.
10, system according to claim 9 is characterized in that, also is included in the delete cells of searching and deleting in the described subscription list early than the program of current time, and this delete cells is connected with described memory cell.
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