Embodiment
Functional overview
As mentioned above, the present invention is directed to the problem of the content service that and program request live based on subscriber equipment can only be provided in the prior art, a kind of content distribution scheme based on IPTV has been proposed, in this scheme, UE initiatively uploads the information content to IPTV media function entity, and to IPTV service control function entity initiation request, request IPTV service control function entity is according to the parameter information of the information content of uploading, upgrade the logical message of its record, and after determining to upload success and upgrading successfully, the requested service selection functional entity increases the program description corresponding with the information content of uploading according to the attribute information of the information content of uploading.
Particularly, UE can state the information content with content stream or catching of file in form, and this information content mainly is meant media file in specific implementation process.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described, should be appreciated that preferred embodiment described herein only is used for description and interpretation the present invention, and be not used in qualification the present invention.
For the ease of understanding, 1 pair of IPTV system based on NGN carries out concise and to the point introduction at first in conjunction with the accompanying drawings below.
Fig. 1 is the structural representation based on the IPTV system of NGN, as shown in Figure 1, IPTV system based on NGN mainly comprises: subscriber equipment (User Equipment, abbreviate UE as) 11, business control function body is (if adopt the IMS system in NGN, then this entity is a core IMS--core IMS) and 12, IPTV service control function entity (IPTVService Control Functions, abbreviate IPTV SCF as) 13, IPTV media function entity (IPTV Media Functions, abbreviate IPTV MF as) 14, transmission process functional entity (Transport Processing Functions, abbreviate TPF as) 15, service selection functional entity (Service Selection Functions, abbreviate SSF as) 16, Resource and Admission Control Sub-system (Resource and Admission Control Subsystem, abbreviate RACS as) 17, service discovering functional entity (Service Discovery Functions, abbreviate SDF as) 18, user profile service function entity (User Profile Service Functions abbreviates UPSF as) 19.Above-mentioned each entity is below described respectively.
UE 11, are specifically as follows the mobile phone with locomotivity, the set-top box of fixed network or the software terminal based on the software realization of realization set-top box functionality, also comprise functional entitys such as home gateway.UE by with user interactions, can realize that UE in embodiments of the present invention must possess storage capacity as program request, IPTV business such as live.
Business control function body 12 connects UE 11 by Gm, pass through Gq ' interface connection resource accommodation control subsystem 17, connect IPTV service control function entity 13 by ISC interface, it is the set of major function entity of the service control layer face of NGN, be mainly used in session control, business authentication, authentication, charging etc. under the IMS network condition, this entity is Core IMS.When business control function body 12 was Core IMS, this entity mainly comprised nucleus modules such as P-CSCF/I-CSCF/S-CSCF kernel call session control.Core IMS is used to provide the session control mechanism based on SIP, also is used to provide IPTV terminal use's authentication, authentication, request resource accommodation control subsystem to carry out resource allocation work etc.Core IMS finishes functions such as safety, QoS, charging, roaming by carrying out the SIP session with IPTV terminal, IPTV Application Function and content distribution function entity interaction.
IPTV service control function entity 13 connects business control function body 12 by ISC interface, can also connect UE 11 by the configuration Ut, connect the user profile service function entity by Sh interface, be used in session initiation or modification, providing service authentication, comprise: check user's information, check the content that the user whether can legal use selects; Credit limit and credit control; The IPTV media control function entity of service etc. is provided to provide for system, and this functional entity is primarily aimed at IPTV business such as program request, live, video recording, time shift.This functional entity is a sip application server under the IMS network condition, is used for initiatively initiating content and is pushed to UE.
IPTV MF 14 is connected UE 11 by Xc with the Xd interface, comprise IPTV media control function entity (IPTV Media Control Functions, abbreviate IPTV MCF as) 141 and IPTV media delivery functional entity (IPTV Media Delivery Functions abbreviates IPTV MDF as) 143.
Wherein, IPTV MCF connects UE 11 by the Xc interface, be mainly used in: the Media Stream of control IPTVMDF, the medium of managing I PTV MDF are handled, the state of monitoring IPTV MDF, mutual (for example technique mode " trick mode " order) of management and terminal, processing is mutual with IPTV SCF's 13, accurately this functional entity of monitoring content relevant with different IPTVMDF control distributed and state, when an IPTV MCF controls a plurality of IPTVMDF, the IPTV MDF of service is provided to provide according to certain strategy, in addition, IPTVMCF also is used to select IPTV MF functional entity, the result who selects is returned to IPTVSCF 13, and the session that is redirected is returned to the IPTV MF functional entity (for example, when the content of request between this IPTV MF functional entity or IPTV MF during load balancing) of selection; Produce charge information, for example the terminal use based on view content charges.
IPTV MDF 143 connects UE 11 by the Xd interface, is mainly used in to realize following function: handling the payment (paying media business to UE) of Media Stream, can be the mode of rtp streaming, also supports content to download among the UE 11; Provide status report to IPTV MCF 141 (for example IPTV Media Stream of report foundation); Medium (for example content of program request) can also be stored the media business relevant information of some IPTV business; Under the particular case, under same task be can't help situation that terminal finishes, storage is the content of visit or user's related content (for example the content that produces of the live broadcast service of PVR, time shift, technique mode, user etc.) often; Under the situation of needs, (for example, the decomposing force of television system depends on terminal capability or customer parameter is selected to the media formats of different needs for processing, coding or decoded media; Finish content protection function (for example content-encrypt); Support obtaining of IPTV media content; And for live broadcast service, this functional entity also can be used as the multicast source of live Media Stream; The distribution of content between the control IPTV MDF.
Transmission process functional entity 15 is network insertion connection and IP kernel heart function entity, under the prerequisite that ensures QoS, be responsible for the transmission of data, comprise: basic control function (Elementary Control Function, abbreviate ECF as), basic forwarding capability (Elementary Forwarding Function abbreviates EFF as) and Border Gateway Function etc.Wherein,
EFF is used for continuing from the data flow that pour point inlet is accepted being forwarded to one or more other pour point outlet.For clean culture, has only a pour point outlet; For multicast, comprise a plurality of pour point outlets.
ECF is used to handle from the clean culture of a pour point acceptance and the control protocol data (for example routing protocol data) of multicast packet.The function that may comprise has: send the ECF (comprise incident that trigger policy estimate) of control protocol data to other; With one or more EFF alternately to advise or to revise the forwarding that EFF exists pushing behavior new; Mutual with other function in the transmission process function.
SSF 16 is used to provide service selection information, tabulation of the business that can visit as terminal etc.
RACS 17, are used to finish resource control request from Core IMS module, determine the resource of available transmission, and finish functions such as RSVP, distribution, bag are overanxious, Network address port translation alternately with bearing bed.
User profile service function entity 18 is used to provide the information of the user data of IPTV business.
Service discovering functional entity 19 provides business to adhere to information or personalized service discovering.
Based on said system,, at first provide a kind of content delivering system based on IPTV according to the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the structured flowchart based on the content delivering system of IPTV according to this embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, the content delivering system based on IPTV according to this embodiment comprises: UE 21, IPTV media function entity 23, IPTV service control function entity 25 and service selection functional entity 27.Further describe above-mentioned each entity below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
UE 21 is used for uploading the information content to IPTV media function entity 23, and request IPTV service control function entity 25 is the service logic information of new record more, and requested service selection functional entity 27 increases the program description corresponding with the information content;
IPTV media function entity 23 is connected with UE 21 by network, is used to receive the information content that UE 21 uploads;
IPTV service control function entity 25 is connected with UE 21 by network, is used to respond the request of UE 21, and the parameter information of the above-mentioned information content of uploading according to UE 21, the more service logic information of new record;
Service selection functional entity 27 is connected with UE 21 by network, is used to respond the request of UE 21, and the attribute information of the above-mentioned information content of uploading according to UE 21, increases the program description corresponding with this information content.
Wherein, the parameter information of the above-mentioned information content is the information relevant with service logic in the descriptor of the information content, and for example, this information content is to play or play at particular group with broadcast mode; Then IPTV service control function entity 25 is according to this information, the relevant service logic information of new record more, for example, if this information content is at particular group, then IPTV service control function entity 25 is that each UE increases the authority of using this information content in this particular group.
And the attribute information of the information content comprises: content name, content description, content keyword etc., service selection functional entity 27 is according to these information, can increase the program description of corresponding informance content, and this program description is shown to the user, the user can play the information content of uploading by selecting this program description.
The said system that provides according to the embodiment of the invention, can realize that UE initiatively uploads the information content to IPTV media function entity, and show the program description corresponding to the user with this information content by service selection functional, make other subscriber equipment can select to play the information content of uploading.
According to the embodiment of the invention, a kind of UE also is provided, be applied to comprise the NGN system of IPTV service control function entity, business control function body, IPTV media function entity, service selection functional entity and service discovering functional entity, this UE can be applied in the above-mentioned content delivering system based on IPTV.
Fig. 3 A is the structured flowchart according to the UE of the embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 3 B is the structured flowchart of UE according to the preferred embodiment of the invention, as shown in Figure 3A, comprises according to the UE of the embodiment of the invention: go up transmission module 31, first request module 33 and second request module 35.Further describe above-mentioned each module below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
Last transmission module 31 is used for uploading the information content to IPTV media function entity;
First request module 33 is used to ask the parameter information of IPTV service control function entity according to the above-mentioned information content, upgrades the service logic information that writes down in the IPTV service control function entity;
Second request module 35 is connected with first request module 33 with last transmission module 31, is used for attribute information increase with the information corresponding program description of requested service selection functional entity according to the above-mentioned information content.
Preferably, shown in Fig. 3 B, last transmission module 31 can comprise: first sends submodule 311, resource reservation submodule 313, the first reception submodule 315 and uploads submodule 317.Wherein, first sends submodule 311 is used for sending the initial session request to IPTV media function entity, and wherein, this initial session request is used for request and uploads the information content; Resource reservation submodule 313 and first sends submodule 311 and is connected, be used for sending submodule 311 and send the initial session request to described IPTV media function entity first, after IPTV media function entity receives this initial session request, with IPTV media function entity interaction, set up the resource of uploading the information content; First receives submodule 315 and first sends submodule 311 and is connected, and is used to receive the response message of the initial session request that IPTV media function entity returns, and wherein, carries affirmation in the response message and carries out the sign that the information content is uploaded; Upload submodule 317 and first and receive submodule 315 and is connected, be used for the sign of carrying, the above-mentioned information content is uploaded to IPTV media function entity according to first response message that receives submodule 315 receptions.
Preferably, shown in Fig. 3 B, first request module 33 can comprise: second sends submodule 331 and second receives submodule 333.Wherein, second sends submodule 331 is used for by the interface between business control function body or subscriber equipment and the IPTV service control function entity, send a request message to the IPTV service control function entity, wherein, carry the parameter information of the above-mentioned information content in this request message; Whether successful second receives submodule 333 is connected with the second transmission submodule 331, is used to receive the response message from the IPTV service control function entity, wherein, carry renewal sign in the response message.First request module 33 receives the response message that submodule 333 receives according to second, can judge whether the IPTV service control function entity is upgraded service logic information successful.
Preferably, shown in Fig. 3 B, second request module 35 can comprise: the 3rd sends submodule 351 and the 3rd receives submodule 353.Wherein, the 3rd sends submodule 351 is used for by business control function body and IPTV service control function entity, or, interface between business control function body and the IPTV service control function entity, send a request message to service selection functional entity, wherein, carry the attribute information of the information content in this request message; The 3rd reception submodule 353 and the 3rd sends submodule 351 and is connected, and is used to receive the response message from service selection functional entity.
Further, shown in Fig. 3 B, this UE can also comprise that the 3rd request module 37 is connected with second request module 35, is used for by sending request to the service discovering functional entity, obtains the address information tabulation of service selection functional entity.Then second request module address information tabulation that is used for obtaining according to the 3rd request module 37, send a request message to one or more service selection functional entity corresponding, ask these one or more service selection functional entity to increase the program description corresponding with this information content according to the attribute information of the above-mentioned information content with this address information tabulation.
Above-mentioned UE according to the embodiment of the invention, can initiatively upload the information content to IPTV media function entity, and send request to IPTV service control function entity and service selection functional entity, request is upgraded or increase is relevant with this information content service logic information and program description respectively.
According to the embodiment of the invention, a kind of content delivery method based on IPTV also is provided, has been applied to comprise the NGN system of internet protocol TV IPTV service control function entity, business control function body, IPTV media function entity, service selection functional entity and service discovering functional entity.This method can utilize above-mentioned content delivering system or UE based on IPTV to realize.
Fig. 4 is the flow chart based on the content delivery method of IPTV according to the embodiment of the invention, as shown in Figure 4, mainly comprises following processing (step S401-step S405) according to the content delivery method based on IPTV of the embodiment of the invention:
Step S401: subscriber equipment is uploaded to IPTV media function entity with the information content;
Step S403: user equipment requests IPTV service control function entity is upgraded the service logic information that writes down in the IPTV service control function entity according to the parameter information of the above-mentioned information content;
Step S405: the user equipment requests service selection functional entity increases the program description corresponding with the above-mentioned information content according to the attribute information of the above-mentioned information content.
Below further describe the details of above-mentioned each processing.
(1) step S401
In this treatment step, UE, Resource and Admission Control Sub-system, business control function body, IPTV service control function entity and IPTV media function entity carry out alternately, UE at first sends the initial session request by business control function body and IPTV service control function entity to IPTV media function entity, and this initial session request is used for request and uploads the described information content.
In specific implementation process, for the information content that the request of IPTV media function Entity recognition is uploaded, the sign of the information content can be carried in this initial session request, in addition, the information such as title, descriptor and content sources of the information content can also be carried in this initial session request.When this initial session request arrived the IPTV service control function entity, the IPTV service control function entity was asked to upload the information content to UE and is carried out authentication, and the content of authentication comprises: judge whether this UE can upload the information content; Can also comprise the information content uploaded whether legal (for example, safely whether the information content of uploading, whether the information content uploaded comprise illegal content etc.), after authentication was passed through, the IPTV service control function entity was transmitted to above-mentioned initial session IPTV media function entity again.
After IPTV media function entity receives this initial session request, carry out Signalling exchange with UE, reserve and submit to resource for uploading the information content, IPTV media function entity is again by IPTV service control function entity and business control function body, return response message to UE, carry in this response message and whether accept the sign that the above-mentioned information content is uploaded.After UE receives this response message, upload if the sign of carrying in this response message indication IPTV media function entity is accepted the above-mentioned information content, then UE can be uploaded to IPTV media function entity with the information content based on the mode of stream or file.
(2) step S403
The processing of this step has two kinds of implementations, and first kind of implementation is: UE sends a request message to the IPTV service control function entity via operation controlling entity, wherein, carries the parameter information of the above-mentioned information content in this request message; The IPTV service control function entity is according to the parameter information that carries in the above-mentioned request message, upgrade the service logic information that writes down in the IPTV service control function entity, and return response message to UE via business control function body, wherein, carry the whether successful sign of renewal in this response message.
Second kind of implementation is: UE by and the IPTV service control function entity between interface Ut, send a request message to the IPTV service control function entity, wherein, also carry the parameter information of the above-mentioned information content in this request message; Whether successful the IPTV service control function entity is according to above-mentioned parameter information, upgrades the service logic information that writes down in the IPTV service control function entity, and returns response message by interface Ut to UE, wherein, carry renewal sign in this response message.
Wherein, the parameter information of the above-mentioned information content is an information relevant with service logic in the information content, and the IPTV service control function entity increases IPTV service control function entity interrelated logic information according to the parameter information of receiving.Such as, if this information content is that then the IPTV service control function entity need increase the authority information of this information content of use of relative user equipment at particular group.
Above-mentioned steps S401 and step S403 can not have sequencing in time, and promptly step S401 can carry out before step S403, can carry out after step S403 yet.
(3) step S405
Processing to this step, two kinds of implementations are equally also arranged, first kind of implementation is: UE sends a request message to service selection functional entity via business control function body, IPTV service control function entity, wherein, carry the attribute information of the above-mentioned information content in the 3rd request message; Service selection functional entity is obtained the attribute information of the above-mentioned information content from this request message, and according to this attribute information, produces the program description corresponding with the above-mentioned information content.
Second kind of implementation is: UE by and service selection functional entity between the Xa interface, send a request message to described service selection functional entity, wherein, carry the attribute information of the above-mentioned information content in this request message; Service selection functional entity is obtained the attribute information of the above-mentioned information content from this request message, and according to this attribute information, increases the program description corresponding with the above-mentioned information content.
Wherein, the attribute information of the above-mentioned information content comprises: content name, content description, content keyword, content sources etc., service selection functional entity can generate a menu option according to these information, is used to play this information content.
In specific implementation process, (for example above-mentioned information content is the information content of broadcasting or multicast mode if the user can increase other not related with oneself service selection functional entity, or the subscriber equipment of watching authority with information content that this subscriber equipment uploads is not in the authority of this service selection functional entity), then before step S405, also comprise: UE and service discovering functional entity, perhaps business control function body, mutual with the user profile service function entity, obtain the address information tabulation of the service selection functional entity that needs increase, the specific implementation flow process to this step is described in detail in the following embodiments.
After the processing of execution in step S405, the concrete above-mentioned information content is watched the user of authority in time to recognize and has been issued this information content for convenience, and the IPTV service control function entity can send message to these subscriber equipmenies and issue with this information content of notifying user equipment.Particularly, if the information content of uploading is broadcasting or multicast mode, then the IPTV service control function entity can be in network-wide basis or the multicast address scope in UE send broadcasting or multicast notice; If the information content of uploading is at particular group, then each UE in this customer group sends a piece of news respectively, to notify this subscriber equipment.
And if if adopt IP multimedia subsystem, IMS in the next generation network that above-mentioned content delivery method based on IPTV is used, then above-mentioned business control function body is the core IP multimedia subsystem, IMS.
By the above-mentioned content delivery method that the embodiment of the invention provides, can realize that UE initiatively uploads the information content to IPTV media function entity, and show the menu corresponding with this information content by service selection functional entity based on IPTV.
In order to further describe the embodiment of said method, the embodiment of the said method that to be example below with the file content provide the embodiment of the invention describes.
Fig. 5 is the implementing procedure of present embodiment, and as shown in Figure 5, this embodiment mainly may further comprise the steps:
Step S501:UE, Resource and Admission Control Sub-system, business control function body, IPTV service control function entity and IPTV media function entity carry out alternately file content being uploaded to from UE in the IPTV media function entity.
Step S503:UE and IPTV service control function entity or UE and IPTV service control function entity and business control function body carry out alternately, relate to the service logic that writes down in the information updating IPTV service control function entity of service logic in the parameter information according to file content, for example this document content is to play or only play at the particular group such as friend household etc. with broadcast mode, the IPTV service control function entity records these information in the attribute of corresponding UE in the IPTV service control function entity, upgrades the attribute of these UE.
Step S505:UE and service discovering functional entity, business control function body, user profile service function entity are mutual, the address information tabulation of obtaining the service selection functional entity that needs; If UE only increases the program description corresponding with the upload file content in the service selection functional entity related with it, for example, the file content of uploading is non-broadcast mode, and the UE with this document content viewing authority is in the authority of this service selection functional entity, then do not need execution in step S505, directly execution in step S507.
Step S507:UE and service selection functional entity, perhaps UE and service selection functional entity, business control function body and IPTV service control function entity are mutual, with the metadata information of the file content uploaded (is the attribute information of file content, comprise: the title of file content, content description information, classified information, such as: the amusement class, information such as classification such as sport category) add in the service selection functional entity, increase the program description corresponding by service selection functional entity according to these information, make on the service selection functional entity to show the file content of uploading with the file content of uploading.
In step S507, if carried out step S505 before this step, then the service selection functional entity among the step S507 is the corresponding one or more service selection functional entity of above-mentioned address information tabulation that UE obtains.
After above step executed, the IPTV service control function entity can be notified each subscriber equipment, and therefore, this method also further comprises:
The UE that IPTV service control function entity notice has the authority of watching above-mentioned file content, this document content is uploaded, or notice UE plays this document content.Particularly, if this file content of uploading is broadcasting or multicast mode, then can adopt broadcasting or multicast mode to notify UE; If the file content of uploading is that each UE in this customer group sends a notification message respectively based on particular group.
Fig. 6 is a kind of concrete implementing procedure figure of step S501 in this enforcement, as shown in Figure 6, mainly may further comprise the steps:
Step S601:UE sends the initial session request that content is uploaded in preparation to business control function body;
Step S603: business control function body is transmitted above-mentioned conversation initial conversation request to the IPTV service control function entity;
Step S605:IPTV service control function entity is uploaded the service authentication of content to UE, and this authentication comprises judging whether this UE can upload content, can also comprise and judge whether uploaded content is legal.If authentication is passed through, the user can upload content, then carries out next step; Otherwise the IPTV service control function entity is given with UE by business control function body and is sent failed authentication message, and flow process finishes.
Step S607:IPTV service control function entity is transmitted above-mentioned initial session request to IPTV media function entity;
Carry out the foundation of content uploading process between step S609:IPTV media function entity and the UE, the service quality that the resource of reservation content uploading is uploaded with guarantee, and reserved resource confirmed to IPTV media function entity, this step can be initiated (as shown in Figure 7) by UE, also can initiate (as shown in Figure 8) by IPTV media function entity.The foundation of service quality guarantee comprises that information, the code stream of the file size of transmitting the content that this user produces is little etc.
Whether step S611:IPTV media function entity is set up successful according to step S609 content uploading process, and in this IPTV media function entity, whether existed foregoing file, the content file size information that to upload whether to exceed IPTV media function entity space size information etc., judge whether to accept uploading of file content, and judged result is carried in the response message of initial session request, send to the IPTV service control function entity;
Step S613:IPTV service control function entity is transmitted above-mentioned response message from IPTV media function entity to business control function body.If this response message is to accept the response message of media content, then continue execution in step S615, otherwise execution in step S617;
Step S615: business control function body is (if adopt the IMS system in the NGN network of using, the P-CSCF of then corresponding Core IMS) with the resource accommodating control function entity interaction, submit all resource informations of above-mentioned reservation to, and open the passage of the content uploading in the transmission process functional entity;
Step S617: business control function body is transmitted above-mentioned response message to UE, if this response message is to accept the response message of media content, then continues execution in step S619, otherwise, process ends;
Step S619:UE can arrive IPTV media function entity with content uploading in the mode based on stream or file.
Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are respectively two kinds of execution modes of above-mentioned steps S609, and as shown in Figure 7, first kind of execution mode of step S609 (initiating request by UE) mainly may further comprise the steps:
Step S701:UE sends the content uploading request to business control function body, and request comprises the foundation of media content uploading signaling;
Step S703: carry out resource reservation between business control function body and the Resource and Admission Control Sub-system;
Step S705: business control function body is initiated the content uploading request to the IPTV service control function entity;
Step S707:IPTV service control function entity sends the content uploading request to IPTV media function entity;
Step S709:IPTV media function entity according to content file whether exist, whether the content file size information exceeds IPTV media function entity space size information etc. initiates the response message of content uploading request to the IPTV service control function entity, comprises that to return content transmits the information that signaling is set up;
Step S711:IPTV service control function entity is transmitted above-mentioned response message to business control function body;
Step S713: upgrade resource reservation according to above-mentioned response message between business control function body and the Resource and Admission Control Sub-system.In specific implementation process, this step is an optional step, can carry out, and also can not carry out.
Step S715: the above-mentioned response message that business control function body returns to UE, content delivery procedure is set up.
Fig. 8 is a concrete implementation of being initiated the step S609 among Fig. 6 by IPTV media function entity, as shown in Figure 8, mainly may further comprise the steps:
Step S801:IPTV media function entity is after the initial session request that receives from the upload file content of UE, according to content file whether exist, whether the content file size information exceeds IPTV media function entity space size information etc. judges whether UE can upload above-mentioned file content, if can, the then content uploading request of accepting that sends to the IPTV service control function entity, this content uploading request is used to ask the foundation of media content uploading;
Step S803:IPTV service control function entity is transmitted the above-mentioned content uploading request of accepting to business control function body;
Step S805: business control function body and Resource and Admission Control Sub-system are mutual, accept the content uploading request according to above-mentioned, are the content uploading reserved resource;
Step S807: business control function body is transmitted the above-mentioned content uploading request of accepting to UE;
Step S809:UE sends preparing content to business control function body and uploads response message;
Step S811: upload response message according to foregoing between business control function body and the Resource and Admission Control Sub-system and upgrade reserved resource.In specific implementation process, this step is an optional step;
Step S813: business control function body is transmitted foregoing to the IPTV service control function entity and is uploaded response message;
Step S815:IPTV service control function entity is transmitted foregoing to IPTV media function entity and is uploaded response message.
Particularly, the service logic information (being the step S503 among Fig. 5) that UE asks the IPTV service control function entity to upgrade its record in this enforcement can comprise two kinds of execution modes, Fig. 9 is the particular flow sheet of a kind of execution mode of this step, as shown in Figure 9, this execution mode specifically may further comprise the steps:
Step S901:UE sends the request message carry parameter information to business control function body, and wherein, this parameter information is the information relevant with service logic in the descriptor of the file content uploaded;
Step S903: business control function body is transmitted to the IPTV service control function entity with this request message;
Step S905:IPTV service control function entity is according to the parameter information of receiving, the service logic information that writes down in the IPTV service control function entity is upgraded, for example, if this document content, needs the authority information of use this document content of increase corresponding UE just at particular group; After renewal was finished, the IPTV service control function entity sent success or the failure response message of upgrading service logic information to business control function body;
Step S907: business control function body to UE transmit above-mentioned successful or the failure response message.UE can judge according to this response message whether the renewal of IPTV service control function entity is successful, thereby determines whether to continue subsequent step.
The particular flow sheet of the another kind of execution mode of step S503 in Figure 10 diagrammatic sketch 5, in this implementation method, UE and IPTV service control function entity are undertaken alternately by Ut between the two, and as shown in figure 10, this execution mode specifically may further comprise the steps:
Step S1001:UE sends the request message that carries parameter information by Ut to the IPTV service control function entity;
Step S1003:IPTV service control function entity is upgraded the service logic information that writes down in the IPTV service control function entity according to the parameter information of receiving; And after finishing, renewal sends success or the failure response message of upgrading service logic information to UE by Ut.
Particularly, in the present embodiment, the address information tabulation (being the step S505 among Fig. 5) that UE obtains service selection functional entity can comprise flow process as shown in figure 11, and as shown in figure 11, the implementation procedure of this step specifically can may further comprise the steps:
Step S1101:UE initiates the request of requested service selection functional entity tabulation to business control function body, can carry the address information of the service discovering functional entity of finding in the UE start-up course in this request, also can carry out business again and adhere to, promptly rediscover the service discovering functional entity;
Step S1103: business control function body transmit this solicited message to the service discovering functional entity (if carry the address information of service discovering functional entity in the request, then directly be transmitted to and this address information corresponding service discovery feature entity, otherwise service selection functional entity need select suitable service discovering functional entity to accept this solicited message);
Step S1105: service discovering functional entity and user profile service function entity or other functional entitys are mutual, obtain the address information tabulation of service selection functional entity;
Step S1107: the service discovering functional entity returns to business control function body with the address information tabulation of service selection functional entity;
Step S1109: business control function body returns to UE with the address information tabulation of service selection functional entity.
Particularly, the program description (the step S507 in the corresponding diagram 5) that UE asks to increase above-mentioned file content correspondence in service selection functional entity in the present embodiment also can comprise two kinds of implementations, Figure 12 illustrates wherein a kind of flow chart of implementation, as shown in figure 12, mainly may further comprise the steps:
Step S1201:UE sends to service selection functional entity by the Xa interface to be increased in the service selection functional entity and the request message of the file content metadata corresponding information of uploading (being program description), carry the attribute information of file content in this request message, comprising: content name, content description, content keyword, content sources etc.;
Step S1203: service selection functional entity increases the program description corresponding with the file content of uploading according to above-mentioned attribute information, and sends the response message that increases metadata result to UE.
Figure 13 shows another kind of request increases the program description of above-mentioned file content correspondence in service selection functional entity the flow chart of implementation, as shown in figure 13, mainly may further comprise the steps:
Step S1301:UE sends to service selection functional entity to business control function body to be increased in the service selection functional entity and the request message of the file content metadata corresponding information of uploading (being program description), carry the attribute information of file content in this request message, comprising: content name, content description, content keyword, content sources etc.;
Step S1303: business control function body is transmitted to the IPTV service control function entity with this request message;
Step S1305:IPTV service control function entity is transmitted to service selection functional entity by the Xs interface with this request message;
Step S1307: service selection functional entity increases the program description corresponding with the file content of uploading according to above-mentioned attribute information, and sends the response message that increases metadata result to the IPTV service control function entity;
Step S1309:IPTV service control function entity is transmitted above-mentioned response message to business control function body;
Step S1311: business control function body is transmitted to UE with this response message.
In specifically implementing, if UE can not pass through Xa interface configuration service selection functional entity, then need between IPTV service control function entity and service selection functional entity, increase the Xs interface, adopt the described scheme of Figure 13, the configuration service selection functional entity increases the program description corresponding with uploading content in service selection functional entity; Otherwise, do not need to increase the Xs interface between IPTV service control function entity and the service selection functional entity, adopt the described scheme of Figure 12, the configuration service selection functional entity increases the program description corresponding with uploading content in service selection functional entity.
The technique scheme that the embodiment of the invention provides can be applied in the next generation network based on IMS or not based on the system of IMS, can promote the core competitiveness of IPTV system.
As mentioned above, by the present invention, initiatively upload the information content by UE to IPTV media control function entity, and in service selection functional entity, show and the corresponding program description of uploading of the above-mentioned information content, thereby make the information content that other user can program request uploads, realize the new business of the content release that the user produces, solved the problem that traditional businesses such as based on subscriber equipment live and program request only are provided, improved the competitiveness of IPTV system.And in embodiments of the present invention, after UE had uploaded the information content, the IPTV service control function entity also watched the UE of authority to send a notification message to having this information content, can make these UE can in time obtain the information content of uploading.
Be the preferred embodiments of the present invention only below, be not limited to the present invention, for a person skilled in the art, the present invention can have various changes and variation.Within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any modification of being done, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.