CN101720017B

CN101720017B - Method for online downloading by set-top box

Info

Publication number: CN101720017B
Application number: CN2009102164039A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吕昱; 赵林; 杨运平
Original assignee: Chengdu Jiuzhou Electronic Information System Co Ltd
Current assignee: Chengdu Jiuzhou Electronic Information System Co Ltd
Priority date: 2009-11-27
Filing date: 2009-11-27
Publication date: 2012-11-07
Anticipated expiration: 2029-11-27
Also published as: CN101720017A

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for online downloading by a set-top box, which is suitable for a network system by using the set-top box as a client terminal. In the method, the set-top box is used as a medium; and large-capacity tasks of a service terminal of the network system are directly downloaded and stored to an external memory. The method comprises the following steps of: S1, reporting information; S2, displaying an interface; S3, operating the tasks; and S4, judging task downloading states, executing the tasks and reporting. The method has the advantage of enabling the set-top box to support the downloading function of a mobile phone; for a user, the method is convenient for file downloading work in charging and saves the expense for downloading the large-capacity tasks directly by the mobile phone; for a telecommunication operator, the method is used for effectively bundling the value-added services of a digital television and the mobile phone and providing a new technical means for developing new service application and exploiting markets.

Description

A kind of method of carrying out network download through STB

Technical field

The present invention relates to the digital television techniques field, relate in particular to a kind of method of carrying out network download through STB.

Background technology

Existing STB, particularly IPTV STB have possessed USB (USB, the Universal Serial Bus) interface of general-purpose computing system.This interface is a serial bus standard that connects external equipment, is to advocate initiation by Intel and Microsoft 1996, and its maximum characteristics are to support hot plug and plug and play.When equipment inserted, main frame (microprocessor) was enumerated this equipment and is loaded required driver, therefore used more than internal interface PCI, isa bus conveniently.From present technology, USB can connect any PC external equipment, comprises mouse, keyboard, game paddle, joystick, scanner, digital camera, printer, hard disk and network components.Simultaneously; Development along with memory technology and mechanics of communication; It is big capacity to have occurred; Pocket memory that volume is little such as FLASH, USB storage, these memories can be connected functions such as realizing charging, storage with USB interface, also can individualism or be incorporated in the equipment such as mobile phone, MP3; At present these memories can through computer as intermediary very easily and network couple together from the various information of network download; This mode is to utilize the mass storage (like hard disk) of client (like computer) itself to adopt the mode of local storage, and the specifying information that on the memory of client itself, writes down downloading task is such as the blocks of files that has received, file in download name, download thread number etc., and from these specifying informations, obtains download task list; Accomplish downloading task and these tasks are stored on the memory of client, and then dump on the memory device of mobile phone or MP3.But because STB does not possess the big capacity memory device of additions and deletions (such as hard disk) repeatedly also as the computer as client; Thereby the specifying information that is not suitable on the memory of STB itself, writing down downloading task is such as the blocks of files that has received, file in download name, download thread number etc.; Thereby can not carry out big capacity task through STB and download; Also just can not utilize the connected external equipment of USB interface (like mobile phone) of STB itself to set up big capacity downloading task, expand the function of the digital TV network of present extensive use with the external server that is connected with STB (like media center).

Summary of the invention

The object of the invention is exactly in order to solve the deficiency that existing STB can not carry out the big capacity downloading task between digital TV network and the external memory storage (like mobile phone), and has proposed a kind of method of carrying out network download through STB.

In order to realize the object of the invention, the technical scheme that the present invention adopted is:

A kind of method of carrying out network download through STB; Said method is applicable to the STB to be the network system of client, and said method is media with the STB, with the direct downloaded stored of big capacity task of the service end of network system in external memory storage; It is characterized in that, may further comprise the steps:

S1. information reporting: STB as the client start after, read the filesystem information of the external memory storage that is connected with its USB interface, it is reported and stores into the service end of the network system that is connected with set top box network interface, startup downloading task module;

S2. the interface appears: after starting the downloading task module, the operation interface information of storing on the service end of STB according to predefined Automatic Program accesses network system and with its with display device that the STB display interface is connected on show;

S3. task operating: the user operates operation interface through the input equipment of STB, accomplishes increase, deletion or the modification of big capacity downloading task;

S4. judge the downloading task state, execute the task and report: the downloading task state that STB obtains according to judgement automatically performs download, the continuous biography and the stopped task order; In the task implementation, STB reports the information of task execution and it is stored in service end to service end.

The invention has the beneficial effects as follows: the present invention downloads required information reported and stored into network system such as the blocks of files that has received, file in download name and download thread number etc. service end with big capacity task.Adopt this mode, STB can directly obtain download task list from service end when downloading at every turn, big capacity task file is directly stored in the external memory storage (like mobile phone), and the download of finishing the work, and need be by other memory device transfer.The present invention makes STB support the function of mobile phone-downloaded, concerning the user, has made things convenient for and in charging, has carried out the work that file is downloaded, and saved and directly carried out the expenses that big capacity task is downloaded through surfing Internet with cell phone; For telecom operators, can value added service of digital television and mobile phone value-added service effectively be bundled, using and exploit market for exploitation new business provides new technological means.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a hardware configuration sketch map of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a main flow chart of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is the detail flowchart of information reporting step.

Fig. 4 is judgement downloading task state, executes the task and report flow figure.

Embodiment

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and specific embodiment the present invention is described further.

What be illustrated in figure 1 as that the present invention is suitable for is the network system of client with the STB; Client (like STB), display device (like television set), external memory storage (like mobile phone) and service end (like computer server) in this system, have mainly been comprised; Above-mentioned STB has USB interface; External memory storage (like mobile phone) directly or through the USB cable links together through this USB interface and STB indirectly; Client also has network interface (like the RJ45 interface); Service end (like computer server or media center) is set up direct or indirect net connection through network interface and STB; Above-mentioned STB also has and is used for the display interface (like the HDMI/AV display interface) that is connected with external display, and display device (like television set) is connected the input equipment that is used for directly operating (like IR remote controller or keyboard) through this interface with STB.

For those of ordinary skill in the art can understand the present invention; Describe a kind of method of carrying out network download through STB that is applicable to above-mentioned network system in detail below in conjunction with Fig. 2; Said method is applicable to the STB to be the network system of client; Said method is media with the STB, and the direct downloaded stored of big capacity task of the service end of network system in external memory storage, may further comprise the steps:

S1. information reporting: STB as the client start after, read the filesystem information of the external memory storage that is connected with its USB interface, it is reported and stores into the service end of the network system that is connected with set top box network interface.Its concrete operations are as shown in Figure 3: after STB is started shooting as client; At first check USB External memory equipment (abbreviation peripheral hardware) situation; If there is not the USB peripheral hardware; Then further do not operate,, then check the download folder that whether has specific markers in this memory device if find the USB peripheral hardware.If there is not download folder, then call STB download folder generating algorithm, in the USB peripheral hardware, generate download folder.After this, STB reports download folder information to server through network call server end interface; Then, through the network call server interface, obtain the details of the downloading task of this STB; And be recorded in the internal memory, start the downloading task module afterwards.

S2. the interface appears: after starting the downloading task module, STB is according to predefined configuration, the operation interface information of storing on the service end of automatic network access system and with its with display device that the STB display interface is connected on show.

S3. task operating: the user operates operation interface through the input equipment of STB, accomplishes increase, deletion and the modification of big capacity downloading task.

S4. judge the downloading task state, execute the task and report: with reference to figure 4, STB is judged the downloading task state that obtains according to the details of the downloading task of in S1, obtaining, if continuous biography task then begins continuous the biography; If new downloading task then begins file in download, along with the content of constantly obtaining file in download; Report and obtain fileinfo by certain strategy (such as regularly), check afterwards whether file downloads completion, accomplish if download; Then report downloading task to accomplish, finish afterwards; Do not accomplish if download, then return and begin continuous the biography, promptly ask for the file content that does not obtain to server, and report and obtain fileinfo by certain strategy (such as regularly), continue judge whether file downloads completion, so circulation is downloaded completion up to file.

Claims

1. method of carrying out network download through STB; Said method is applicable to the STB to be the network system of client; Said method is media with the STB; The direct downloaded stored of big capacity task of the service end of network system in external memory storage, is characterized in that, may further comprise the steps:

S1. information reporting: STB as the client start after, read the filesystem information of the external memory storage that is connected with its USB interface, it is reported and stores into the service end of the network system that is connected with set top box network interface, startup downloading task module; The detailed process of this step is: STB is at first checked USB peripheral hardware situation as after the client start, if there is not the USB peripheral hardware, then finishes and does not further operate; If find the USB peripheral hardware, then check the download folder that whether has specific markers in this memory device; If there is not download folder, then call STB download folder generating algorithm, in the USB peripheral hardware, generate download folder; After this, STB reports download folder information to server through network call server end interface; Then, through the network call server interface, obtain the details of the downloading task of this STB, and be recorded in the internal memory, start the downloading task module afterwards;

S4. judge the downloading task state, execute the task and report: the downloading task state that STB obtains according to judgement automatically performs download, the continuous biography and the stopped task order; In the task implementation, STB reports the information of task execution and it is stored in service end to service end; The detailed process of this step is: STB is judged the downloading task state that obtains according to the details of the downloading task of in step S1, obtaining, if continuous biography task then begins continuous the biography; If new downloading task then begins file in download, along with the content of constantly obtaining file in download, regularly report and obtain fileinfo, check afterwards whether file downloads completion, accomplish if download, then report downloading task to accomplish, finish afterwards; Do not accomplish if download, then return and begin continuous the biography, promptly ask for the file content that does not obtain to server, and regularly report and obtain fileinfo, continue judge whether file downloads completion, so circulation is downloaded completion up to file.