CN101909197A - Method, system and device for controlling services by digital television users - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a method, system and device for controlling services by digital television users. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a digital television service request sent by a subscriber; determining the class of service (COS) of the requested service content in the service request; when the search result shows that the subscriber presets the service control rules, judging whether the requested service content meets the service control rule corresponding to the COS of the requested service content or not; if the requested service content meets the service control rule, starting the requested digital television service process; and if the requested service content does not meet the service control rule, stopping the requested digital television service. The invention also discloses a system and device for realizing the method for controlling services by digital television subscribers. The method, system and device can simply and conveniently realize the purpose of controlling digital television services by digital television subscribers, thereby effectively supervising and restricting people without self-restraint capacity for using digital television services.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the multimedia broadcasting technical field, refer to a kind of digital cable customers control service method, system and device that is used for IPTV and interactive digital TV broadcast especially.
Background technology
Continuous development along with multimedia broadcasting and network technology, IPTV is (based on the television broadcasting service of IP agreement, Internet Protocol Television, IPTV), interactive digital TV etc. has entered huge numbers of families, changed people's life style simultaneously, for digital cable customers has brought brand-new ground consumption experience, for example: can allow the user arbitraryly watch program, play games or the like.
But the arbitrary characteristic of this digital television service brings certain harm also for the normal family life of people (the especially special member of family).This arbitrary characteristic of digital television service causes to a certain degree confusion, the particularly harm of causing for child, old man's life bigger for easily life clocklike, has influence on it and learns normally, lives even injure their healthy.For example: the old man can reach selfless boundary when watching its fascinated TV play, and these programs are unconfinedly to watch continuously, allow it indulge in watching of TV play, the time of ignored normal sleep, having a meal etc.; Certainly the influence to child is maximum, when the cartoon of watching them to like ardently, all is that itching one breath is finished watching, and has influence on its study and health greatly.
The present application people finds current on the technological layer of IPTV, interactive digital TV operation, can not be implemented in the home-ranges digital television service is controlled.Therefore, IPTV, interactive digital TV provide the service controlled function for the domestic consumer, it can be controlled digital television service according to s own situation, reach the use that just can limit the crowd who does not have ability of self control under the situation that need not to supervise, is necessary.
Summary of the invention
The embodiment of the invention provides the control of a kind of digital cable customers service method, system and device, the problem that the service of aspect such as solve that digital cable customers in the prior art can't prescribe a time limit, limit the quantity of service is controlled.
A kind of digital cable customers control service method comprises:
Receive the digital television service request that the user sends;
Determine the service type under institute's requested service content in the described service request;
When finding described user when having preestablished the service control law, judge institute's requested service content whether meet under the pairing described service control law of service type, if then start the digital television service flow process of being asked; If not, then stop the digital television service asked.
Said method of the present invention after the digital television service request that the reception user sends, also comprises and carries out the step of authentication to sending the digital television service requesting users, specifically comprises:
The user is verified by the configuration management password of user management configuration interface input, when password authentification is passed through, continue to carry out the step of determining service type.
According to said method of the present invention, described user preestablishes the process of described service control law, specifically comprises:
Various service content to digital television service are carried out category division, determine some service types;
Receive the described service control law at each service type of user by the input of user model configuration interface; Described service control law comprises selected at least a service control mode and corresponding controlled condition at least;
The user who revises and store this user according to the described service control law that receives serves the attribute information of control table.
According to said method of the present invention, described judge institute's requested service content whether meet under the pairing described service control law of service type, specifically comprise:
According to the service type under institute's requested service content, determine at least a service control mode and the corresponding controlled condition thereof that comprise in the described service control law of this service type correspondence in the current service control cycle;
Judge whether institute's requested service content satisfies the controlled condition of each described service control mode.
According to said method of the present invention, described control mode comprises: section control service time, service duration control, service times control or its combination;
Accordingly, describedly judge whether institute's requested service content satisfies the controlled condition of each described service control mode, specifically comprise, correspondingly carry out following at least one determining step according at least a service control mode that comprises in the described service control law:
Judge that current time is whether under described service content in setting section service time of service type;
Whether the accumulative total service duration of service type in the current service control cycle surpasses the duration threshold value of setting under judging described service content;
Whether the accumulative total service times of service type in the current service control cycle surpasses the frequency threshold value of setting under judging described service content.
Said method of the present invention, when the digital television service of each user's request finished, the described user of updated stored served the attribute information in the control table, comprised accumulative total service duration and/or accumulative total service times in the current service control cycle.
A kind of digital cable customers operation control system comprises: set-top box and server;
Described server is used to receive the digital television service request that the user sends; Determine the service type under institute's requested service content in the described service request; When finding the user when having preestablished the service control law, judge institute's requested service content whether meet under the pairing described service control law of service type, if then start the digital television service flow process of being asked; If not, then stop the digital television service asked;
Described set-top box is used to send described digital television service request, and starts or the termination digital television service flow process that the user asked according to the indication of described server.
Said system of the present invention, described server also is used for:
After receiving the digital television service request of user's transmission, carry out authentication to sending the digital television service requesting users; Specifically comprise: the user is verified by the configuration management password of user management configuration interface input, when password authentification is passed through, continue to carry out the step of determining service type.
Said system of the present invention, described set-top box also is used for: the user is given at explicit user pattern configurations interface, and send the user by the input of user model configuration interface at the described service control law of each service type to described server;
Described server also is used for: the various service content to digital television service are carried out category division, determine some service types; Receive the described service control law at each service type of user by the input of user model configuration interface, described service control law comprises selected at least a service control mode and corresponding controlled condition at least; And the attribute information of serving control table according to the user that this user was revised and stored to the described service control law that receives.
Said system of the present invention, described server also is used for:
When the digital television service of each user's request finished, the described user of updated stored served the attribute information in the control table, comprised accumulative total service duration and/or accumulative total service times in the current service control cycle.
A kind of service control server comprises:
Receiver module is used to receive the digital television service request that the user sends;
Determination module is used for determining the affiliated service type of described service request institute's requested service content;
Search judge module, be used for when finding the user when having preestablished the service control law, judge institute's requested service content whether meet under the pairing described service control law of service type;
Executive Module, be used for when described search judge module judge institute's requested service content meet under during the pairing described service control law of service type, start the digital television service flow process of being asked; Otherwise, stop the digital television service of being asked.
According to above-mentioned server of the present invention, the described judge module of searching specifically comprises:
Search the unit, be used to search the predefined described service control law of active user;
Determining unit, be used for finding described user when having preestablished the service control law when the described unit of searching, according to the service type under institute's requested service content, determine at least a service control mode and the corresponding controlled condition thereof that comprise in the described service control law of this service type correspondence in the current service control cycle;
Judging unit is used to judge whether institute's requested service content satisfies the controlled condition of each described service control mode.
According to above-mentioned server of the present invention, described judging unit specifically comprises:
First judgment sub-unit is used to judge that current time is whether under described service content in setting section service time of service type;
Second judgment sub-unit is used to judge whether the affiliated accumulative total service duration of service type in the current service control cycle of described service content surpasses the duration threshold value of setting;
The 3rd judgment sub-unit is used to judge whether the affiliated accumulative total service times of service type in the current service control cycle of described service content surpasses the frequency threshold value of setting;
Control sub unit is used at least a service control mode that comprises according to described service control law, and at least one subelement of controlling in described first judgment sub-unit, second judgment sub-unit, the 3rd judgment sub-unit is carried out deterministic process; Described control mode comprises: section control service time, service duration control, service times control or its combination.
Above-mentioned server of the present invention also comprises:
Authentication module after being used to receive the digital television service request of user's transmission, is carried out authentication to sending the digital television service requesting users; Specifically comprise: the user is verified by the configuration management password of user management configuration interface input, when password authentification is passed through, notify described determination module to carry out the step of determining service type.
Above-mentioned server of the present invention also comprises:
The record update module, when being used for the digital television service end of each user's request, the described user of updated stored serves the attribute information in the control table, comprises accumulative total service duration and/or accumulative total service times in the current service control cycle.
Digital cable customers control service method, system and device that the embodiment of the invention provides after server receives the digital television service request of user's transmission, are determined the service type under institute's requested service content in the described service request; When finding described user when having preestablished the service control law, judge institute's requested service content whether meet under the pairing described service control law of service type, if then start the digital television service flow process of being asked; If not, then stop the digital television service asked.The said method that the embodiment of the invention provides, system and device can be realized the service control of digital cable customers to digital television service simply and easily, use digital television service to carry out effective supervision and restriction to the crowd who does not have ability of self control.By setting the service control law, in home-ranges at different service content classifications to digital television service provide in limited time, limit time, many-sided uses control such as section in limited time, bring chaotic householder that effectively solution be provided owing to worry IPTV, this arbitrary consumption pattern of interactive digital TV to family life thereby give those, eliminated the puzzlement that digital cable customers can not be controlled digital television service according to self needs.
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Fig. 1 is a digital cable customers control service method flow chart in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 judges whether to meet the flow example figure that serves control law in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is provided with the flow chart of digital television service control law for user in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 is the system configuration schematic diagram of digital cable customers control service in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of service control server in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 is for being provided with a particular flow sheet of digital television service control law in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 7 is a particular flow sheet of digital cable customers control service in the embodiment of the invention.
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The digital cable customers control service method that the embodiment of the invention provides, at IPTV in the prior art, the user can't be to interactive digital TV user service in limited time under single permission mode for the interactive digital TV user, the problem that the aspect of limiting the quantity of is controlled, provide a kind of by set-top box (SetTop Box, STB) method that service manages and controls to digital cable customers is carried out category division and (for example: the period of each service type is set corresponding service control law at each service type service content according to the concrete object difference of service content, duration and number of times or the like) realize controlling the kinsfolk and ask IPTV, the time period of interactive digital TV service, duration, number of times or the like.Its flow chart as shown in Figure 1, execution in step is as follows:
Step S101: receive the digital television service request that the user sends.
Generally speaking, digital cable customers sends the digital television service request to server, to the server requests digital television service by set-top box STB logon server.After server receives the digital television service request of user's transmission, if determine that the user has ordered the digital television service business of being asked, then start the service control flow, if server is provided with control of authority, the service control flow below then after the authentication success, starting.
For example: can carry out authentication by the mode that user's configuration management password is verified, be specially: the user is verified by the configuration management password of user management configuration interface input,, illustrate that then authentication passes through if password authentification passes through; If password authentification do not pass through, illustrate that then authentication do not pass through, stop this user's digital television service request flow process.
Especially, server is determined the user and is not ordered the digital television service business of being asked, and also can guide the user to enter the order flow process, no longer elaborates herein.
Step S102: determine the service type under institute's requested service content in the service request.
Service type can be carried out different divisions at IPTV, interactive digital TV operation customer group's difference.That is to say the different consumer groups to this classification difference to some extent, its final purpose is exactly to distinguish the use object of digital television service by service type, and realizes using at difference the service control of object.Can carry out at different zones according to the result of factual survey statistics, the service type of each regional digital television service is divided.
For example: the division of service type specifically can comprise: at first the various service content with digital television service are divided into some COS, as: video request program (Video On Demand, VOD), the real-time video program request (True Video On Demand, TVOD), on-the-spot broadcasting (LIVE), recreation, service channel etc.
Divide different service types at each COS again, wherein, service type can comprise multistage, for example: one-level service type, secondary service type ... or the like.
For example: can mark off the subclass of dividing in detail again in big service type (being the one-level service type) and each big classification (being the secondary service type) at a certain COS.As: big service type be can mark off in the VOD COS and film, TV play, animation, video display education or the like comprised; Also can mark off some big service types in the COS such as service channel, TVOD according to service object's difference; And can mark off plurality of sub classifications such as ancient costume film, revolution film, contemporary popular movies in the movie services classification.
Especially, according to each first degree service type of statistical law its corresponding service object is arranged all, during the subclass that comprises in the big service type of for example above-mentioned division and each big classification, each subclass all has its corresponding service object, that is to say it mainly is which kind of crowd is in the digital television service of using this subclass.
Step S103: search the service control law that the user sets.
Wherein, the service control law is that the user sets in advance and is stored in the server by set-top box.The setting process that the service control law is set sees the description of following step S201-S20 for details.
After the service control law is set, can generate a service control table, the particular content decision that the service content that control table comprised is comprised by the service control law of setting, for example: the field contents of service control table can be as shown in table 1 below.
Table 1
| 1 | COS |
| 2 | Service type |
| 3 | The service subclass |
| 4 | Control cycle |
| 5 | Whether enable control |
| 6 | Control mode |
| 7 | Service duration |
| 8 | Service time section |
| 9 | Service times |
Wherein, COS, service type, service subclass are as mentioned above; Control cycle is set data record and zero clearing cycle behind service control law for this, that is to say data accumulative total in a setting cycle, and zero clearing when next cycle begins adds up again; Whether enabling control can set not enabled or do not enable; Control mode comprises: section control service time, service duration control, service times control and two or more combination arbitrarily thereof; Wherein each control mode has all been set the control corresponding condition.
Service duration is used for controlling the available service time span of specified services classification in the control cycle; Service time, section was used for controlling the permission reproduction time section of specified services classification in the control cycle; The maximum service number of times is used for controlling the service times of specified services classification in the control cycle.
Step S104: judge whether this service type is provided with the service control law.
If just find this service type and be provided with when serving control law, then execution in step S105; If not, just this service type is not provided with when serving control law, then execution in step S106.
Step S105: judge according to the service control law that finds whether institute's requested service content meets the service control law.
If, execution in step S106 then; If not, execution in step S107 then.
Wherein, judge that whether institute's requested service content meets the affiliated pairing service control law of service type, specifically comprises:
According to the service type under institute's requested service content, determine at least a service control mode and the corresponding controlled condition thereof that comprise in the service control law of this service type correspondence in the current service control cycle.And
Judge that whether institute's requested service content satisfies the controlled condition of each service control mode, when all satisfying, determines that institute's requested service content meets described service control law; Otherwise do not meet.
Judge whether institute's requested service content satisfies each process of serving the controlled condition of control mode and be specially: at least a service control mode that comprises in the service control law according to above-mentioned setting, start the corresponding judgment flow process, promptly serve control law and comprise several service control modes, the then corresponding pairing determining step of each control mode of carrying out.When all satisfying the pairing controlled condition of each service control mode, determine that institute's requested service content meets setting service control law.For example: when only having set service duration control, only need then to judge whether the playing duration of such program in this cycle exceeds setting duration threshold value.If set plural control mode, then need judge whether successively all to satisfy.Illustrate below:
When being provided with the Combination Control rule of section control service time, service duration control and service times control, judge institute's requested service content whether meet serve control law flow process as shown in Figure 2, specifically can comprise the following steps:
S1050: beginning
S1051: judge whether in the service control cycle.
If not, execution in step S1052; If, execution in step S1053 then.
S1052: stop judging flow process.
S1053: judge that current time is whether in setting section service time of this service type under institute's requested service content.
If, execution in step S1054; If not, execution in step S1057 then.
S1054: whether the accumulative total service duration of service type in the current service control cycle surpasses the duration threshold value of setting under judging institute's requested service content.
If not, execution in step S1055; If, execution in step S1057 then.
S1055: whether the accumulative total service times of service type in the current service control cycle surpasses the set point number threshold value under judging institute's requested service content.
If not, execution in step S1056; If, execution in step S1057 then.
S1056: determine that institute's requested service content meets the service control law of affiliated service type.
S1057: determine that institute's requested service content does not meet the service control law of affiliated service type.
Above-mentioned to service time section, service duration and service times whether satisfy the judgement order that imposes a condition and can change, be not limited to above-mentioned judgement order.
Step S106: start the digital television service flow process of being asked.
That is to say, when institute's requested service content meets the service control law of affiliated service type, start normal business service flow process.
When the digital television service of each user's request finished, the described user of updated stored served the record value of each attribute information correspondence in the control table, comprised accumulative total service duration and/or accumulative total service times in the current service control cycle.
Step S107: the digital television service that termination is asked.
That is to say, when institute's requested service content does not meet the service control law of affiliated service type, the business service flow process of end user request, and prompting user serv-fail, the current content that such other digital television service is not provided or is asked are unavailable etc.
As shown in Figure 3, the idiographic flow for the user in IPTV, the interactive digital TV systems among the above-mentioned steps S103 is provided with the digital television service control law comprises the following steps:
Step S201: the user is by the set-top box logon server.
After set-top box is logined successfully, for the user presents electronic program guides (Electronic Program Guide, EPG) homepage.
Step S202: the user clicks request and enters the user management configuration interface.
The user enters the user management configuration interface by clicking the link that is provided with on the EPG homepage.
Step S203: server prompts user imports authentication information, carries out authentication process.
The user can be by the configuration management password of user management configuration interface input, and authentication is carried out in request.
Step S204: whether the server authentication successful?
Generally speaking, when the user cipher checking is passed through, authentication success, otherwise the success of explanation authentication.
If, execution in step S206; If not, execution in step S205.
Step S205: return the information of failed authentication,
Also can stop the flow process that is provided with of digital television service control law behind the failed authentication.
Step S206: return the affirmation information that authentication is passed through.
When the mode that adopts user cipher to verify was carried out authentication, the affirmation information of returning was password authentification message.
Step S207: enter the user model configuration interface.
When authentication is passed through (if adopt the mode authentication of user cipher checking, when then passing through for password authentification), presenting to the direct redirect of users' interfaces is the user model configuration interface.
Step S208: the service control law of importing each service type by the user model configuration interface.
After authentication was passed through, the user can be provided with the service control law of each service type by the user model configuration interface, so that realize the control of the each side such as reproduction time, length, number of times to each classification.Specifically comprise:
According to the associated description among the above-mentioned steps S103, realize the various service content of digital television service are carried out category division, determine some service types.
The user is by the service control law at each service type of user model configuration interface input.Wherein, the service control law comprises selected at least a service control mode and corresponding controlled condition at least.
For example: be provided with TV play service time section for evening 7:00-9:00. then other time can not provide the service of this classification of TV play for the user; Be provided with that (for example: a week) service duration of TV play is 10 hours, and promptly the duration threshold value is 10 hours, then surpasses and can not continue the play that televiews after 10 hours in the control cycle; Or the like.
Step S209: will serve control law and upload onto the server.
Step S210: server is made amendment to the attribute information that the user serves control table.
After server received the service control law, the user who revises and store this user according to the service control law that receives served the attribute information of control table.Promptly import attribute information in the corresponding modify table 1, for example: will revise duration threshold value etc. in this attribute information of service duration according to the user
After the service control table of this user after server modifications and the memory modify, just reproduction time, length, number of times that can use digital television service according to service type to this user according to new service control table etc. controlled.
Preferable, also comprise after the step S210:
Step S211: amended result is presented to the user.
After the intact service of server modifications control table, return amended result to the user, with the form of user interface amended result is shown to the active user.
According to above-mentioned digital cable customers control service method of the present invention, can make up a kind of system of digital cable customers control service, user interface (UserInterface is provided in set-top box, UI), for user's operation, in the functional module that server provides service to control, finish the service control law of each service type and judge and the record related data.As shown in Figure 4, specifically comprise: set-top box 10 and server 20
Set-top box 10 is used to send the digital television service request, and starts or the termination digital television service flow process that the user asked according to the indication of server.
Set-top box 10 also is used for: the user is given at explicit user pattern configurations interface, and send the user by the input of user model configuration interface at the service control law of each service type to server 20;
Be used to realize serving the server 20 of control, its structure specifically can comprise as shown in Figure 5: receiver module 21, determination module 22, search judge module 23 and Executive Module 24.
Preferable, searching judge module 23, further can comprise: search unit 231, determining unit 232 and judging unit 233.
Determining unit 232, be used for finding the user who sends service request when having preestablished the service control law when searching unit 231, according to the service type under institute's requested service content, determine at least a service control mode and the corresponding controlled condition thereof that comprise in the service control law of this service type correspondence in the current service control cycle.
Judging unit 233 is used to judge whether institute's requested service content satisfies the controlled condition of each service control mode.Be specially: when all satisfying, determine that institute's requested service content meets the service control law; Otherwise do not meet.
Preferable, judging unit 233 further can comprise: first judgment sub-unit 2331, second judgment sub-unit 2332, the 3rd judgment sub-unit 2333 and control sub unit 2334.
The 3rd judgment sub-unit 2333 is used to judge whether the affiliated accumulative total service times of service type in the current service control cycle of institute's requested service content surpasses the frequency threshold value of setting.
Control sub unit 2334 is used for according to serving at least a service control mode that control law comprises, and at least one subelement of controlling in first judgment sub-unit 2331, second judgment sub-unit 2332, the 3rd judgment sub-unit 2333 is carried out deterministic process; Wherein, control mode comprises: section control service time, service duration control, service times control or its combination.
Above-mentioned server 20 also comprises: authentication module 25, after being used to receive the digital television service request of user's transmission, carry out authentication to sending the digital television service requesting users; Specifically comprise: the user is verified by the configuration management password of user management configuration interface input,, then notify determination module 22 to carry out the step of determining service type if password authentification is passed through; If password authentification is not passed through, then stop this user's digital television service request flow process.
Above-mentioned server 20, also comprise: record update module 26, when being used for the digital television service end of each user's request, this user's of updated stored user serves the attribute information in the control table, it is passable to be specially the record value that upgrades in each attribute information, comprises accumulative total service duration and/or accumulative total service times in the current service control cycle.
Wherein, server 20 can be set to an independent server also can be set to two discrete servers, comprises an EPG server and a background support server.
Be that example specifies the above-mentioned digital cable customers control service method flow process that the embodiment of the invention provides so that two discrete servers to be set below.
Be illustrated in figure 6 as when setting up EPG server and background support server, the user is provided with the idiographic flow of digital television service control law, comprises the following steps:
Step S301: the user is by set-top box login EPG server.
After set-top box is logined successfully, for the user presents the EPG homepage.
Step S302: the user clicks request and enters the user management configuration interface.
The user enters the user management configuration interface by clicking the link that is provided with on the EPG homepage.
Step S303:EPG server prompts user inputs the configuration management password, and initiates authentication (checking) request to backstage supporting device.
Especially, when the functional module of authentication and background support was arranged in the server (being the background support server), the EPG server was initiated authentication request to backstage supporting device.If when the functional module of authentication and background support was provided with respectively in different server (being authentication server and background support server), the EPG server was initiated authentication request to authentication server.
Step S304: whether background support server authentication successful?
Generally speaking, when the user cipher checking is passed through, authentication success, otherwise the success of explanation authentication.
Step S305: the background support server returns the authentication affirmation or failure information is given the EPG server.
When the mode that adopts user cipher to verify was carried out authentication, the affirmation information of returning was that password authentification is passed through or unsanctioned message.
Step S306:EPG server presents the user model configuration interface and gives the user.
When authentication among the step S305 was passed through, presenting to the direct redirect of users' interfaces was the user model configuration interface.
Step S307: the user uses set-top box to pass through the service control law that the user model configuration interface is imported each service type.
After authentication was passed through, the user can be provided with the service control law of each service type by the user model configuration interface, so that realize the control of the each side such as reproduction time, length, number of times to each classification.
Step S308:EPG server will be served control law and be uploaded the background support server.
Step S309: the background support server is made amendment to the attribute information that the user serves control table.
After the service control table of this user after background support server modifications and the memory modify, just reproduction time, length, number of times that can use digital television service according to service type to this user according to new service control table etc. controlled.
Step S310: background support server return results is given the EPG server.
After the intact service of background support server modifications control table, return amended result to EPG.
Step S311:EPG server is shown to the active user with amended result.
Figure 7 shows that the specific implementation flow process that above-mentioned digital cable customers control service method is used in IPTV, interactive digital TV systems, is that example is described in the detailed process of realizing digital television service in IPTV, the interactive digital TV after the increase service control with the VOD program request specifically.Wherein comprised the VOD authentication, the concrete signaling process of service control law coupling etc.
Step S401: the user initiates the order request (being service request) of VOD content by set-top box;
Generally speaking, digital cable customers sends order request to the EPG server by set-top box STB login EPG server.
Step S402:EPG server is initiated authentication request to backstage supporting device.
(Identify ID), information such as user ID, initiates the authentication playing request of concrete program to backstage supporting device in the program identify label that comprises in the order request that the EPG server sends according to STB.
Step S403: the background support server is finished aspect authentications such as user validation.
Step S404: the background support server is determined the service type under the program, and starts whether meet the judgement flow process of serving control law according to service type under the program.Specifically, repeat no more referring to step S105 herein.
Step S405: the background support server returns the result of authentication and service control judgement to the EPG server.
If meet the service control law.The digital television service of service type can be used promptly, then execution in step S408; If do not meet the service control law.The digital television service of service type is unavailable promptly, then execution in step S407.
Especially, if the digital television service of being asked is in the state of not ordering, all right execution in step S406 starts and orders flow process.
Step S406:EPG server initiates to order flow process.
When definite user does not order the VOD service, can point out the user to order.The user can select to start the order flow process or do not order according to the indication of EPG server.
Step S407: the service request of refusing user's.
That is to say,, when the digital television service of affiliated service type is unavailable, forbid that the user watches if the service type under the VOD content is can not service state.Preferable, return the information that current digital television service (program) can not be watched to the user.
Step S408: start normal playing flow.
If but classification be a service state under the VOD content, (Uniform Resource Locator, URL), the user enters and normally watches flow process then to issue the URL(uniform resource locator) that this VOD serves.
Step S409:EPG returns success the broadcast result of broadcast to backstage supporting device.
Step S410: the record value of the service control table of this user's correspondence of background support server update storage.
The accumulative total service duration of the digital television service of a certain classification that user's use is asked in for example current control cycle, accumulative total service times etc.
Above-mentioned digital cable customers control service method of the present invention and system, by
Digital cable customers control service method, system and device that the embodiment of the invention provides after server receives the digital television service request of user's transmission, are determined the service type under institute's requested service content in the service request; And, judge whether institute's requested service content meets the service control law according to the service control law of predefined this service type of user, if then start the digital television service flow process of being asked; If not, then stop the digital television service asked.The said method that the embodiment of the invention provides, system and device can be realized the service control of digital cable customers to digital television service simply and easily, use digital television service to carry out effective supervision and restriction to the crowd who does not have ability of self control.By setting the service control law, in home-ranges at different service content classifications to digital television service provide in limited time, limit time, many-sided uses control such as section in limited time, bring chaotic householder that effectively solution be provided owing to worry IPTV, this arbitrary consumption pattern of interactive digital TV to family life thereby give those, eliminated the puzzlement that digital cable customers can not be controlled digital television service according to self needs, effectively realized control and management kinsfolk's request digital television service.
The above; only be the preferable embodiment of the present invention; but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto; anyly be familiar with those skilled in the art in the technical scope that the present invention discloses; the variation that can expect easily, replace or be applied to other similar devices, all should be encompassed within protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion with the protection range of claims.
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1. a digital cable customers service control method is characterized in that, comprising:
Receive the digital television service request that the user sends;
Determine the service type under institute's requested service content in the described service request;
When finding described user when having preestablished the service control law, judge institute's requested service content whether meet under the pairing described service control law of service type, if then start the digital television service flow process of being asked; If not, then stop the digital television service asked.
2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, after the digital television service request that the reception user sends, also comprises and carries out the step of authentication to sending the digital television service requesting users, specifically comprises:
The user is verified by the configuration management password of user management configuration interface input, when password authentification is passed through, continue to carry out the step of determining service type.
3. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described user preestablishes the process of described service control law, specifically comprises:
Various service content to digital television service are carried out category division, determine some service types;
Receive the described service control law at each service type of user by the input of user model configuration interface; Described service control law comprises selected at least a service control mode and corresponding controlled condition at least;
The user who revises and store this user according to the described service control law that receives serves the attribute information of control table.
4. method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, described judge institute's requested service content whether meet under the pairing described service control law of service type, specifically comprise:
According to the service type under institute's requested service content, determine at least a service control mode and the corresponding controlled condition thereof that comprise in the described service control law of this service type correspondence in the current service control cycle;
Judge whether institute's requested service content satisfies the controlled condition of each described service control mode.
5. method as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, described control mode comprises: section control service time, service duration control, service times control or its combination;
Accordingly, describedly judge whether institute's requested service content satisfies the controlled condition of each described service control mode, specifically comprise, correspondingly carry out following at least one determining step according at least a service control mode that comprises in the described service control law:
Judge that current time is whether under described service content in setting section service time of service type;
Whether the accumulative total service duration of service type in the current service control cycle surpasses the duration threshold value of setting under judging described service content;
Whether the accumulative total service times of service type in the current service control cycle surpasses the frequency threshold value of setting under judging described service content.
6. as the arbitrary described method of claim 3-5, it is characterized in that, when the digital television service of each user's request finished, the described user of updated stored served the attribute information in the control table, comprised accumulative total service duration and/or accumulative total service times in the current service control cycle.
7. a digital cable customers operation control system is characterized in that, comprising: set-top box and server;
Described server is used to receive the digital television service request that the user sends; Determine the service type under institute's requested service content in the described service request; When finding the user when having preestablished the service control law, judge institute's requested service content whether meet under the pairing described service control law of service type, if then start the digital television service flow process of being asked; If not, then stop the digital television service asked;
Described set-top box is used to send described digital television service request, and starts or the termination digital television service flow process that the user asked according to the indication of described server.
8. system as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, described server also is used for:
After receiving the digital television service request of user's transmission, carry out authentication to sending the digital television service requesting users; Specifically comprise: the user is verified by the configuration management password of user management configuration interface input, when password authentification is passed through, continue to carry out the step of determining service type.
9. system as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, described set-top box also is used for: the user is given at explicit user pattern configurations interface, and send the user by the input of user model configuration interface at the described service control law of each service type to described server;
Described server also is used for: the various service content to digital television service are carried out category division, determine some service types; Receive the described service control law at each service type of user by the input of user model configuration interface, described service control law comprises selected at least a service control mode and corresponding controlled condition at least; And the attribute information of serving control table according to the user that this user was revised and stored to the described service control law that receives.
10. as the arbitrary described system of claim 7-9, it is characterized in that described server also is used for:
When the digital television service of each user's request finished, the described user of updated stored served the attribute information in the control table, comprised accumulative total service duration and/or accumulative total service times in the current service control cycle.
11. a service control server is characterized in that, comprising:
Receiver module is used to receive the digital television service request that the user sends;
Determination module is used for determining the affiliated service type of described service request institute's requested service content;
Search judge module, be used for when finding the user when having preestablished the service control law, judge institute's requested service content whether meet under the pairing described service control law of service type;
Executive Module, be used for when described search judge module judge institute's requested service content meet under during the pairing described service control law of service type, start the digital television service flow process of being asked; Otherwise, stop the digital television service of being asked.
12. server as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, the described judge module of searching specifically comprises:
Search the unit, be used to search the predefined described service control law of active user;
Determining unit, be used for finding described user when having preestablished the service control law when the described unit of searching, according to the service type under institute's requested service content, determine at least a service control mode and the corresponding controlled condition thereof that comprise in the described service control law of this service type correspondence in the current service control cycle;
Judging unit is used to judge whether institute's requested service content satisfies the controlled condition of each described service control mode.
13. server as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, described judging unit specifically comprises:
First judgment sub-unit is used to judge that current time is whether under described service content in setting section service time of service type;
Second judgment sub-unit is used to judge whether the affiliated accumulative total service duration of service type in the current service control cycle of described service content surpasses the duration threshold value of setting;
The 3rd judgment sub-unit is used to judge whether the affiliated accumulative total service times of service type in the current service control cycle of described service content surpasses the frequency threshold value of setting;
Control sub unit is used at least a service control mode that comprises according to described service control law, and at least one subelement of controlling in described first judgment sub-unit, second judgment sub-unit, the 3rd judgment sub-unit is carried out deterministic process; Described control mode comprises: section control service time, service duration control, service times control or its combination.
14. server as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, also comprises:
Authentication module after being used to receive the digital television service request of user's transmission, is carried out authentication to sending the digital television service requesting users; Specifically comprise: the user is verified by the configuration management password of user management configuration interface input, when password authentification is passed through, notify described determination module to carry out the step of determining service type.
15. as the arbitrary described server of claim 11-14, it is characterized in that, also comprise:
The record update module, when being used for the digital television service end of each user's request, the described user of updated stored serves the attribute information in the control table, comprises accumulative total service duration and/or accumulative total service times in the current service control cycle.
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