CN102137307B - Service entry addressing method, related terminal and system - Google Patents

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CN102137307B
CN102137307B CN 201110060694 CN201110060694A CN102137307B CN 102137307 B CN102137307 B CN 102137307B CN 201110060694 CN201110060694 CN 201110060694 CN 201110060694 A CN201110060694 A CN 201110060694A CN 102137307 B CN102137307 B CN 102137307B
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Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a service entry addressing method, related terminal and system. The service entry addressing method comprises the following steps of: acquiring broadcasting information broadcast by a service address broadcasting system, wherein the broadcasting information indicates a channel adopted by the service address broadcasting system to broadcast service entry address information; acquiring the service entry address information from the channel indicated by the broadcasting information; and accessing a corresponding service entry server according to the service entry address information. By adopting the technical scheme provided by the invention, automatic addressing of a digital television terminal to the service entry address can be effectively realized.

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A kind of addressing method of ingress for service, associated terminal and system
Technical field
The present invention relates to the Digital Television communication field, relate in particular to a kind of addressing method, associated terminal and system of ingress for service.
Background technology
Along with popularizing of bidirectional digital television techniques, electric program menu (EPG, Electronic Program Guide) system has been widely applied in the digital television system, it is mainly used in finishing and the interface of user terminal (such as set-top box), index and the navigation of miscellaneous service are provided for user terminal, and at present what adopt is distributed EPG system more.Distributed system is comprised of EPG dispatch server and several EPG servers usually, the EPG server externally provides the electric program menu service, EPG dispatch request when the EPG dispatch server is responsible for the process user starting up of terminal, and operation conditions and the load state of each EPG server of real time monitoring.As user terminal requests video request program (VOD, when Video On Demand) professional, at first need to EPG dispatch server request scheduling, the EPG dispatch server is according to the load state of the residing position of this user terminal and each EPG server, be the EPG server of the light and normal operation of load of this user terminal selecting nearby, and the address of this EPG server sent to this user terminal, can initiate the VOD service request to target EPG server behind the address of this user terminal acquisition target EPG server, as browse the EPG page, select film or review play-on-demand program etc.
Above-mentioned user terminal needs user terminal can know the address of EPG dispatch server when powering on to EPG dispatch server request scheduling, by this address to EPG dispatch server request scheduling.Traditional method is by manual configuration EPG dispatch server address on user terminal, as comprising the iso-ip Internetworking protocol ISO-IP (IP of EPG dispatch server, Internet Protocol) address, port numbers and/or domain name etc., make user terminal when powering on, can know EPG dispatch server address, to EPG dispatch server request scheduling.But, because the process of above-mentioned configuration is highly professional, domestic consumer can't finish above-mentioned configuration operation voluntarily, need to the doorstep configuration of engineers and technicians, installation workload is large, on the other hand, and when EPG dispatch server address changes, user terminal just can't be connected to the EPG dispatch server by the EPG dispatch server address that configures before again, thereby makes the user can't enjoy normal interactive service.
Summary of the invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of addressing method, associated terminal and system of ingress for service, is used for realizing that digital TV terminal is to the automatic addressing of ingress for service address.
For solving the problems of the technologies described above, the embodiment of the invention provides following technical scheme:
A kind of addressing method of ingress for service comprises:
Obtain the information of broadcasting of services addresses broadcasting system broadcasting, wherein, the above-mentioned channel that takies when information indicates described services addresses broadcasting system to broadcast the ingress for service address information of broadcasting;
Obtain above-mentioned ingress for service address information from above-mentioned channel of broadcasting the information indication;
Access corresponding ingress for service server according to above-mentioned ingress for service address information.
A kind of addressing method of ingress for service comprises:
The services addresses broadcasting system is broadcast the ingress for service address information at allocated channel;
The services addresses broadcasting system is broadcast information, wherein, above-mentionedly broadcasts frequency and the service identifier that information is indicated above-mentioned allocated channel.
A kind of digital TV terminal is characterized in that, comprising:
The first acquiring unit is used for obtaining the information of broadcasting of services addresses broadcasting system broadcasting, the above-mentioned channel that takies when information indicates above-mentioned services addresses broadcasting system to broadcast the ingress for service address information of broadcasting;
Second acquisition unit is used for obtaining above-mentioned ingress for service address information from the channel that the information of broadcasting that above-mentioned the first acquiring unit obtains is indicated;
Addressed location is used for accessing corresponding ingress for service server according to the ingress for service address information that above-mentioned second acquisition unit obtains.
A kind of services addresses broadcasting system is characterized in that, comprising:
Device is broadcast in the ingress for service address, is used for broadcasting the ingress for service address information at allocated channel;
Broadcasting server is used for broadcasting information, wherein, above-mentionedly broadcasts frequency and the service identifier that information is indicated above-mentioned allocated channel.
Therefore, broadcast the ingress for service address information by the services addresses broadcasting system in the embodiment of the invention, and the information of broadcasting of the channel that takies when broadcasting the ingress for service address information is indicated in broadcasting, make digital TV terminal can obtain this and broadcast information, and obtain this ingress for service address information according to the information of broadcasting from respective channel, finish the automatic addressing process to the ingress for service address.The technical scheme that the embodiment of the invention provides has realized the automatic addressing of digital TV terminal to the ingress for service address, on the one hand, the engineering staff can be each digital TV terminal configuration service entry address again, greatly reduced installation workload, on the other hand, when the ingress for service address modification, only need by the engineering staff ingress for service address information of broadcasting to be carried out corresponding modify and get final product, have the characteristics of high security and high reliability.
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Fig. 1 is embodiment schematic flow sheet of addressing method of ingress for service in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is another embodiment schematic flow sheet of addressing method of ingress for service in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is another embodiment schematic flow sheet of addressing method of ingress for service in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 is another embodiment schematic flow sheet of addressing method of ingress for service in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of digital TV terminal in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 is the structural representation of services addresses broadcasting system in the embodiment of the invention.
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The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of addressing method, associated terminal and system of ingress for service.
For so that goal of the invention of the present invention, feature, advantage can be more obvious and understandable, below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the invention, technical scheme in the embodiment of the invention is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment only is the present invention's part embodiment, but not whole embodiment.Based on the embodiment among the present invention, those of ordinary skills belong to the scope of protection of the invention not making the every other embodiment that obtains under the creative work prerequisite.
The below is described the addressing method of a kind of ingress for service in the embodiment of the invention, sees also Fig. 1, and the addressing method of ingress for service embodiment comprises in the embodiment of the invention:
101, digital TV terminal obtains the information of broadcasting of services addresses broadcasting system broadcasting;
Wherein, the above-mentioned channel that has taken when information has indicated the services addresses broadcasting system to broadcast the ingress for service address information of broadcasting; For example, the information of broadcasting can comprise can a unique corresponding channel channel information, digital TV terminal can be determined channel according to this channel information.In one embodiment of the invention, channel information is specially frequency and the service identifier of channel.
In actual applications, the services addresses broadcasting system can be carried on network information table (NIT with the above-mentioned information of broadcasting, Network Information Table) broadcasts in, as broadcasting in the privately owned description field that information is arranged on NIT table above-mentioned, certainly, also the above-mentioned information of broadcasting can be carried in other table based on program specific information and/or information on services (PSI/SI, Program Specific Information/Service Information), be not construed as limiting herein.
Under a kind of application scenarios, above-mentioned ingress for service address information can comprise EPG dispatch server address (such as IP address, port numbers and/or the domain name etc. of EPG dispatch server), certainly, also can be the ingress for service address information of other ingress for service server in the bi-directional digital television system, be not construed as limiting herein.
102, digital TV terminal obtains the ingress for service address information from the channel of broadcasting the information indication;
Under a kind of application scenarios, the above-mentioned information of broadcasting can comprise frequency and the service identifier that the channel that the ingress for service address information takies is broadcast in indication.In actual applications, a frequency comprises a plurality of programs usually, each program is broadcast at different channels, and each program is corresponding to different service identifier (SID, Service IDentity), digital TV terminal can carry out frequency locking according to the frequency of broadcasting in the information, and according to the service identifier of broadcasting in the information, obtain the ingress for service address information from the channel of service identifier indication, as being transferred to corresponding frequency and frequency locking according to the frequency of broadcasting in the information first, obtain pat table, from the pat table that gets access to, obtain above-mentioned ingress for service address information according to the service identifier of broadcasting in the information.
Under a kind of application scenarios, above-mentioned ingress for service address information can be carried in the privately owned table, then digital TV terminal can obtain this privately owned table according to frequency and the service identifier of broadcasting in the information, by this privately owned table is resolved to obtain above-mentioned ingress for service address information, its specific implementation process can be: carry out frequency locking according to the frequency of broadcasting in the information, and from this frequency, obtain Program Association Table (PAT, Program Association Table); From the pat table that gets access to, obtain Program Map Table (PMT according to the service identifier of broadcasting in the information, Program Map Table) Packet Identifier (PID, Pocket IDentity), wherein, comprise the privately owned table identification information (such as the PID of privately owned table) that refers to above-mentioned privately owned table in this pmt table; According to the PID of the pmt table that gets access to, obtain corresponding pmt table; Obtain corresponding privately owned table according to the privately owned table identification information in the pmt table that gets access to; The privately owned table that gets access to is resolved, obtain the ingress for service address information that is carried in this privately owned table.Certainly, above-mentioned ingress for service address information can be carried on also that other has in the data-message of specific identifier in the broadcasting stream, perhaps by the field in the existing table of expansion, above-mentioned ingress for service address information be carried in the field of expansion, be not construed as limiting herein.
103, digital TV terminal access service portal server;
In step 102, digital TV terminal can get access to the ingress for service address information, just can according to the ingress for service address information that gets access to, initiate access to corresponding ingress for service server afterwards.For example, if this ingress for service address information comprises EPG dispatch server address (such as IP address, port numbers and/or the domain name etc. of EPG dispatch server), then when digital TV terminal request VOD is professional, can be according to this ingress for service address information access EPG dispatch server that gets access to, to this EPG dispatch server request scheduling.
Above-mentioned digital TV terminal can be set-top box or digital TV integrated machine, also can be other digital TV terminal of supporting the interactive TV function, is not construed as limiting herein.
Above-mentioned services addresses broadcasting system can be comprised of two independent modules (as broadcasting module and broadcast module), broadcasting module is used for broadcasting above-mentioned ingress for service address information at allocated channel, broadcast module is used for broadcasting the above-mentioned information of broadcasting, certainly, it also can be the system by the single module composition that can realize above-mentioned all functions, as in the VOD business, above-mentioned broadcast module can be EPG one directional service device, the above-mentioned module of broadcasting can be EPG one directional service device submodule, also can be modulator (QAM, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), the submodule of edge modulator (IPQAM) or VOD operation system, perhaps can also be module independently, be not construed as limiting herein.
Therefore, broadcast the ingress for service address information by the services addresses broadcasting system in the embodiment of the invention, and the information of broadcasting of the channel that takies when broadcasting the ingress for service address information is indicated in broadcasting, make digital TV terminal can obtain this and broadcast information, and obtain this ingress for service address information from the channel of broadcasting information indication, finish the automatic addressing process to the ingress for service address.The technical scheme that the embodiment of the invention provides has realized the automatic addressing of digital TV terminal to the ingress for service address, on the one hand, the engineering staff can be each digital TV terminal configuration service entry address again, greatly reduced installation workload, on the other hand, when the ingress for service address modification, only need by the engineering staff ingress for service address information of broadcasting to be carried out corresponding modify and get final product, have the characteristics of high security and high reliability.
For ease of better understanding the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, the below is described in detail with the addressing method of a concrete application scenarios to the ingress for service of the embodiment of the invention.Suppose the information of broadcasting in the embodiment of the invention by NIT table carrying, the ingress for service address information is carried by privately owned table, and the information of broadcasting comprises frequency and service identifier, and digital TV terminal is set-top box, then can consult Fig. 2, and concrete steps comprise:
201, set-top box electrifying startup;
202, set-top box receives the NIT table;
The services addresses broadcasting system is the broadcast bearer NIT table of broadcasting information periodically, all can receive this NIT table with the set-top box that guarantees different period electrifying startups.Above-mentioned frequency and service identifier of broadcasting the channel that has taken when information has indicated the services addresses broadcasting system to broadcast the ingress for service address information.
Because may being the above-mentioned NIT of periodic broadcasting, the services addresses broadcasting system shows, therefore, and behind the set-top box electrifying startup, differ and at once receive surely this NIT table, it can detect whether receive this NIT table in real time, and when receiving this NIT table, then execution in step 203.
203, set-top box is resolved the NIT that receives, and obtains the information of broadcasting;
When receiving above-mentioned NIT table, set-top box is resolved this NIT table, to obtain the above-mentioned information of broadcasting that is carried in this NIT table.
204, set-top box is transferred to and is specified frequency to carry out frequency locking;
Set-top box is transferred to corresponding frequency and is carried out frequency locking according to the frequency of the information of the broadcasting indication that gets access to.
205, set-top box is obtained pat table;
Under the PSI standard, pat table is the root of all tables, and its pid value is 0x00.In the embodiment of the invention, set-top box can after locked frequency point, get access to pat table from this frequency.
206, set-top box is obtained pmt table;
In actual applications, set-top box can find the pmt table of required programs from pat table, is 0x16 such as the pid value of supposing program 1 corresponding pmt table, and then set-top box finds the pmt table of program 1 according to this pid value.Usually comprised a plurality of digital code streams (such as video code flow, audio code stream and data code flow) in the pmt table, each digital code stream has unique PID corresponding with it.
Utilize privately owned table to carry above-mentioned ingress for service address information in the embodiment of the invention, can utilize pmt table to carry the privately owned table identification information (such as the PID of this privately owned table) of this privately owned table.Set-top box can be obtained the PID of the pmt table that carries above-mentioned privately owned table identification information according to the service identifier of the information of the broadcasting indication that gets access to from pat table, and obtains corresponding pmt table according to this PID.
207, set-top box is obtained privately owned table according to the privately owned table identification information in the pmt table that gets access to;
Set-top box can find privately owned table identification information from pmt table after getting access to above-mentioned pmt table, obtain corresponding privately owned table according to this privately owned table identification information.
Need to prove, the PSI standard definition table of value in the 0x80-0xFF scope of PID be considered as privately owned table, therefore in actual applications, the PID that above-mentioned privately owned table identification information can be privately owned table, system can be after obtaining above-mentioned pmt table, PID in this pmt table in the search 0x80-0xFF scope, the PID that then searches out is the PID of this privately owned table, and can obtain according to the PID of this privately owned table this privately owned table this moment.
208, set-top box is resolved the privately owned table that gets access to, and obtains the ingress for service address information;
After getting access to above-mentioned privately owned table, set-top box can be resolved this privately owned table, obtains the ingress for service address information from the data segment of privately owned table.
Further, (may there be a plurality of list items in the Table_ID that system and set-top box also can be scheduled to privately owned table in the privately owned table, each list item is indicated by a Table_ID), then set-top box is after getting access to this privately owned table, the list item of this ingress for service address information of carrying can be directly targeted to according to predetermined Table_ID, thereby this ingress for service address information can be got access to quickly.
Need to prove, above-mentioned ingress for service address information can comprise EPG dispatch server address (such as IP address, port numbers and/or the domain name etc. of EPG dispatch server), certainly, also can be the ingress for service address information of other ingress for service server in the bi-directional digital television system, be not construed as limiting herein.
Therefore, broadcast the ingress for service address information by the services addresses broadcasting system in the embodiment of the invention, and the information of broadcasting of the channel that takies when broadcasting the ingress for service address information is indicated in broadcasting, make digital TV terminal can obtain this and broadcast information, and obtain this ingress for service address information according to broadcasting frequency and the service identifier that frequency in the information and service identifier be transferred to appointment, finish the automatic addressing process to the ingress for service address.The technical scheme that the embodiment of the invention provides has realized the automatic addressing of digital TV terminal to the ingress for service address, on the one hand, the engineering staff can be each digital TV terminal configuration service entry address again, greatly reduced installation workload, on the other hand, when the ingress for service address modification, only need by the engineering staff ingress for service address information of broadcasting to be carried out corresponding modify and get final product, have the characteristics of high security and high reliability.
The below is described the addressing method of a kind of ingress for service in the embodiment of the invention, sees also Fig. 3, and another embodiment of the addressing method of ingress for service comprises in the embodiment of the invention:
301, the services addresses broadcasting system is broadcast the ingress for service address information at allocated channel;
In actual applications, can in the services addresses broadcasting system, configure the ingress for service address information that to broadcast by the engineering staff, after the services addresses broadcasting system is assembled into the broadcasting code stream with the ingress for service address information, broadcast at the channel (by frequency and service identifier indication) of appointment.The services addresses broadcasting system can be carried on above-mentioned ingress for service address information in the privately owned table, and utilize privately owned table identification information to identify, digital TV terminal is privately owned table and obtains so that can be differentiated this, certainly, the services addresses broadcasting system can be carried on above-mentioned ingress for service address information also that other has in the data-message of specific identifier in the broadcasting stream, perhaps by the field in the existing table of expansion, above-mentioned ingress for service address information is carried in the field of expansion, is not construed as limiting herein.
The services addresses broadcasting system can periodically be broadcasted the code stream that comprises this ingress for service address information, this code stream is through after multiplexing, the modulation, broadcast at corresponding channel by wire cable (such as hybrid fiber/ coax, HFC (HFC, Hybrid Fiber Coaxial)).
Under a kind of application scenarios, above-mentioned ingress for service address information can comprise EPG dispatch server address (such as IP address, port numbers and/or the domain name etc. of EPG dispatch server), certainly, also can be the ingress for service address information of other ingress for service server in the bi-directional digital television system, be not construed as limiting herein.
302, the services addresses broadcasting system is broadcast information;
The services addresses broadcasting system can be after specifying the channel of broadcasting the ingress for service address information, the information of broadcasting (as comprising frequency and the service identifier channel of indicating this channel) of this channel of indication is broadcast to receiving terminal for digital television, so that digital TV terminal obtains this ingress for service address information to corresponding channel, perhaps, the services addresses broadcasting system also can be broadcast by detection the channel of this ingress for service address information, with the indication this channel broadcast information broadcasting to receiving terminal for digital television, be not construed as limiting herein.
In actual applications, the services addresses broadcasting system can be carried on the above-mentioned information of broadcasting in the NIT table, this NIT table is through after multiplexing, the modulation, can be broadcast to each digital TV terminal by wire cable (such as HFC), certainly, the services addresses broadcasting system also can be carried on the above-mentioned information of broadcasting in other table based on PSI/SI, is not construed as limiting herein.
Above-mentioned digital TV terminal can be set-top box or digital TV integrated machine, also can be other digital TV terminal of supporting the interactive TV function, is not construed as limiting herein.
Above-mentioned services addresses broadcasting system can be comprised of two independent modules (as broadcasting module and broadcast module), broadcasting module is used for realizing broadcasting above-mentioned ingress for service address information at allocated channel, broadcast module is used for realizing the above-mentioned information of broadcasting of broadcasting, certainly, the system that also can be formed by the single module that can realize above-mentioned all functions, as in the VOD business, above-mentioned broadcast module can be EPG one directional service device, the above-mentioned module of broadcasting can be EPG one directional service device submodule, also can be QAM, the submodule of IPQAM or VOD operation system, perhaps can also be module independently, be not construed as limiting herein.
Therefore, broadcast the ingress for service address information by the services addresses broadcasting system in the embodiment of the invention, and the frequency of the channel that takies when broadcasting the ingress for service address information and the information of broadcasting of service identifier are indicated in broadcasting, make digital TV terminal can obtain this and broadcast information, and obtain this ingress for service address information according to frequency and the service identifier that the information of broadcasting is transferred to appointment, finish the automatic addressing process to the ingress for service address.The technical scheme that the embodiment of the invention provides has realized the automatic addressing of digital TV terminal to the ingress for service address, on the one hand, the engineering staff can be each digital TV terminal configuration service entry address again, greatly reduced installation workload, on the other hand, when the ingress for service address modification, only need by the engineering staff ingress for service address information of broadcasting to be carried out corresponding modify and get final product, have the characteristics of high security and high reliability.
For ease of better understanding the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, the below is described in detail with the addressing method of a concrete application scenarios to the ingress for service of the embodiment of the invention.Suppose that the information of broadcasting in the embodiment of the invention is by NIT table carrying, the ingress for service address information comprises EPG dispatch server address (such as IP address, port numbers and/or the domain name etc. of EPG dispatch server), and by privately owned table carrying, the information of broadcasting comprises frequency and service identifier, digital TV terminal is set-top box, then can consult Fig. 4, comprise:
401, the services addresses broadcasting system comprises EPG dispatch server address ingress for service address information in the channel broadcasting of appointment;
402, services addresses broadcasting system broadcasting NIT table;
Carrying comprises the information of broadcasting in this NIT table, and this broadcasts frequency and service identifier that information comprises the channel that has taken when having indicated the services addresses broadcasting system to broadcast the ingress for service address information.
403, set-top box electrifying startup;
404, set-top box receives the NIT table and resolves, and obtains the information of broadcasting;
405, set-top box is obtained privately owned table and parsing according to frequency and the service identifier of broadcasting in the information, obtains the ingress for service address information;
406, set-top box sends request scheduling message to the EPG dispatch server;
After set-top box is obtained the ingress for service address information that comprises EPG dispatch server address, can in the time will carrying out the VOD business, utilize the EPG dispatch service address that gets access to send request scheduling message to this EPG dispatch server.
407, the dispatch request of EPG dispatch server processor top box;
The EPG dispatch server is selected a load gently and the EPG server of normal operation for this set-top box nearby according to the load state of the residing position of this set-top box and each EPG server.
408, the EPG dispatch server returns target EPG server address to set-top box;
The EPG dispatch server sends to set-top box with the address of this EPG server.
409, set-top box utilizes target EPG server address to send login EPG request message to target EPG server;
410, target EPG server returns the EPG page to set-top box;
411, set-top box is carried out the VOD business operation;
After set-top box receives the EPG page that target EPG server returns, just can carry out corresponding VOD business operation, as browse the EPG page, select film or review play-on-demand program etc.
Can understand, above-mentioned services addresses broadcasting system can be comprised of two independent modules, a module is used for realizing broadcasting above-mentioned ingress for service address information at allocated channel, another module is used for realizing the above-mentioned information of broadcasting of broadcasting, certainly, the system that also can be comprised of the single module that can realize above-mentioned all functions is not construed as limiting herein.
Therefore, broadcast the ingress for service address information by the services addresses broadcasting system in the embodiment of the invention, and broadcasting comprises the frequency of the channel that takies when the ingress for service address information is broadcast in indication and the information of broadcasting of service identifier, make digital TV terminal can obtain this and broadcast information, and obtain this ingress for service address information according to frequency and the service identifier that the information of broadcasting is transferred to appointment, finish the automatic addressing process to the ingress for service address.The technical scheme that the embodiment of the invention provides has realized the automatic addressing of digital TV terminal to the ingress for service address, on the one hand, the engineering staff can be each digital TV terminal configuration service entry address again, greatly reduced installation workload, on the other hand, when the ingress for service address modification, only need by the engineering staff ingress for service address information of broadcasting to be carried out corresponding modify and get final product, have the characteristics of high security and high reliability.
The below is described the digital TV terminal in the embodiment of the invention, sees also Fig. 5, and the digital TV terminal in the embodiment of the invention comprises:
The first acquiring unit 501, be used for obtaining the information of broadcasting of services addresses broadcasting system broadcasting, wherein, the above-mentioned channel (as comprising frequency and the service identifier of indicating this channel) that takies when information indicating services address broadcasting system is broadcast the ingress for service address information of broadcasting;
Under a kind of application scenarios, if the above-mentioned information of broadcasting is carried in the NIT table, then the first acquiring unit 501 can comprise: receiving element and parsing acquiring unit; Wherein, pick the above-mentioned NIT table of broadcasting information of carrying that the unit is used for receiving professional broadcasting system broadcasting; Resolve acquiring unit and be used for the NIT table that receives is resolved, obtain the above-mentioned information of broadcasting.
Second acquisition unit 502 is used for obtaining the ingress for service address information from above-mentioned channel of broadcasting the information indication;
Under a kind of application scenarios, if the information of broadcasting comprises frequency and the service identifier of indicating this channel, then second acquisition unit 502 specifically is used for according to frequency and the service identifier of broadcasting information, obtain the ingress for service address information, in actual applications, second acquisition unit can be transferred to corresponding frequency range and frequency locking according to the frequency of broadcasting in the information, obtains pat table, obtains above-mentioned ingress for service address information according to the service identifier of broadcasting in the information from the pat table that gets access to; Further, if above-mentioned ingress for service address information is carried in the privately owned table, then second acquisition unit 502 specifically can comprise:
The first sub-acquiring unit is used for being transferred to corresponding frequency and frequency locking according to above-mentioned frequency of broadcasting information, obtains pat table;
The second sub-acquiring unit, for the PID that obtains pmt table according to above-mentioned service identifier of broadcasting information from the pat table that gets access to, wherein, this pmt table comprises the privately owned table identification information of indicating above-mentioned privately owned table;
The 3rd sub-acquiring unit is used for the PID according to the pmt table that gets access to, and obtains pmt table;
The 4th sub-acquiring unit, the above-mentioned privately owned table identification information for comprising according to the pmt table that gets access to obtains above-mentioned privately owned table;
The 5th sub-acquiring unit is used for the privately owned table that gets access to is resolved, and obtains above-mentioned ingress for service address information.
Addressed location 503 is used for accessing corresponding ingress for service server according to the ingress for service address information that second acquisition unit 502 obtains;
For example, if this ingress for service address information comprises EPG dispatch server address (such as IP address, port numbers and/or the domain name etc. of EPG dispatch server), then when digital TV terminal request VOD is professional, can be according to this ingress for service address information access EPG dispatch server that gets access to, to this EPG dispatch server request scheduling.
Above-mentioned services addresses broadcasting system can be comprised of two independent modules (as broadcasting module and broadcast module), broadcasting module is used for realizing broadcasting above-mentioned ingress for service address information at allocated channel, broadcast module is used for realizing the above-mentioned information of broadcasting of broadcasting, certainly, the system that also can be formed by the single module that can realize above-mentioned all functions, as in the VOD business, above-mentioned broadcast module can be EPG one directional service device, the above-mentioned module of broadcasting can be EPG one directional service device submodule, also can be QAM, the submodule of IPQAM or VOD operation system, perhaps can also be module independently, be not construed as limiting herein.
Need to prove, the digital TV terminal of the present embodiment can be such as the digital TV terminal in the above-mentioned embodiment of the method, can be used for realizing whole technical schemes of said method embodiment, the function of its each functional module can be according to the method specific implementation among the said method embodiment, its specific implementation process can with reference to the associated description in above-described embodiment, repeat no more herein.
Therefore, broadcast the ingress for service address information by the services addresses broadcasting system in the embodiment of the invention, and the frequency of the channel that takies when broadcasting the ingress for service address information and the information of broadcasting of service identifier are indicated in broadcasting, make digital TV terminal can obtain this and broadcast information, and obtain this ingress for service address information according to frequency and the service identifier that the information of broadcasting is transferred to appointment, finish the automatic addressing process to the ingress for service address.The technical scheme that the embodiment of the invention provides has realized the automatic addressing of digital TV terminal to the ingress for service address, on the one hand, the engineering staff can be each digital TV terminal configuration service entry address again, greatly reduced installation workload, on the other hand, when the ingress for service address modification, only need by the engineering staff ingress for service address information of broadcasting to be carried out corresponding modify and get final product, have the characteristics of high security and high reliability.
The below is described the services addresses broadcasting system in the embodiment of the invention, sees also Fig. 6, and the services addresses broadcasting system 600 in the embodiment of the invention comprises:
Device 601 is broadcast in the ingress for service address, is used for broadcasting the ingress for service address information at allocated channel;
In actual applications, the ingress for service address is broadcast device 601 and above-mentioned ingress for service address information can be carried in the privately owned table and broadcast, certainly, above-mentioned ingress for service address information can be carried on also that other has in the data-message of specific identifier in the broadcasting stream, perhaps by the field in the existing table of expansion, above-mentioned ingress for service address information is carried in this field, is not construed as limiting herein.
Broadcasting server 602 is used for broadcasting information,
Wherein, this broadcasts frequency and service identifier that information is indicated above-mentioned allocated channel.
In actual applications, broadcasting server 602 can be carried on the above-mentioned information of broadcasting in the NIT table and broadcasts, and certainly, the information of also can above-mentionedly broadcasting be carried on during other shows based on PSI/SI, is not construed as limiting herein.Broadcasting server 602 for example can be that unidirectional EPG server or other have the server of broadcast capability.Can understand, professional location is sown into port address and broadcasts the submodule that device 601 can be broadcasting server 602, also can be the module that walks abreast with broadcasting server 602, is not construed as limiting herein.
Need to prove, the services addresses broadcasting system 600 of the present embodiment can be such as the services addresses broadcasting system in the above-mentioned embodiment of the method, can be used for realizing whole technical schemes of said method embodiment, the function of its each functional module can be according to the method specific implementation among the said method embodiment, its specific implementation process can with reference to the associated description in above-described embodiment, repeat no more herein.
Therefore, broadcast the ingress for service address information by the services addresses broadcasting system in the embodiment of the invention, and broadcasting indicates the channel that takies when broadcasting the ingress for service address information to broadcast information, make digital TV terminal can obtain this and broadcast information, and obtain this ingress for service address information from the channel of broadcasting information indication, finish the automatic addressing process to the ingress for service address.The technical scheme that the embodiment of the invention provides has realized the automatic addressing of digital TV terminal to the ingress for service address, on the one hand, the engineering staff can be each digital TV terminal configuration service entry address again, greatly reduced installation workload, on the other hand, when the ingress for service address modification, only need by the engineering staff ingress for service address information of broadcasting to be carried out corresponding modify and get final product, have the characteristics of high security and high reliability.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of step that realizes in above-described embodiment method is to come the relevant hardware of instruction to finish by program, described program can be stored in a kind of computer-readable recording medium, the above-mentioned storage medium of mentioning can be read-only memory, random asccess memory, disk or CD etc.
Above addressing method to a kind of ingress for service provided by the present invention, associated terminal and system are described in detail, for one of ordinary skill in the art, thought according to the embodiment of the invention, all will change in specific embodiments and applications, to sum up, this description should not be construed as limitation of the present invention.

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1. the addressing method of an ingress for service is characterized in that, comprising:
Obtain the information of broadcasting of services addresses broadcasting system broadcasting, the described channel that takies when information indicates described services addresses broadcasting system to broadcast the ingress for service address information of broadcasting;
Obtain described ingress for service address information from described channel of broadcasting the information indication;
Access corresponding ingress for service server according to described ingress for service address information;
Wherein, the described information of broadcasting comprises frequency and the service identifier of indicating described channel;
Describedly obtain described ingress for service address information from described channel of broadcasting information indication and be specially:
According to described described frequency and service identifier of broadcasting in the information, obtain described ingress for service address information.
2. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that,
The described information of broadcasting of obtaining the broadcasting of services addresses broadcasting system comprises:
Receive the network information table NIT of services addresses broadcasting system broadcasting, information is broadcast in carrying in the described NIT table;
Described NIT table is resolved, obtain the described information of broadcasting.
3. method according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, and is described according to described described frequency and service identifier of broadcasting in the information, obtains described ingress for service address information and comprises:
Be transferred to corresponding frequency and frequency locking according to described frequency of broadcasting in the information, obtain Program Association Table PAT;
From described pat table, obtain described ingress for service address information according to described service identifier.
4. method according to claim 3 is characterized in that,
Described ingress for service address information is carried in the privately owned table;
Describedly from described pat table, obtain described ingress for service address information according to described service identifier and comprise:
Obtain the Packet Identifier PID of Program Map Table PMT from described pat table according to described service identifier, described pmt table comprises the privately owned table identification information of described privately owned table;
According to the PID of described pmt table, obtain described pmt table;
Described privately owned table identification information according to comprising in the described pmt table obtains described privately owned table;
Described privately owned table is resolved, obtain described ingress for service address information.
5. method according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that,
Described ingress for service server is electric program menu EPG dispatch server;
Described ingress for service address information comprises:
The address of described EPG dispatch server.
6. the addressing method of an ingress for service is characterized in that, comprising:
The services addresses broadcasting system is broadcast the ingress for service address information at allocated channel;
The services addresses broadcasting system is broadcast information, describedly broadcast frequency and the service identifier that information is indicated described allocated channel, so that digital TV terminal obtains the information of broadcasting of described services addresses broadcasting system broadcasting, and according to described described frequency and service identifier of broadcasting in the information, obtain described ingress for service address information, and access corresponding ingress for service server according to described ingress for service address information.
7. a digital TV terminal is characterized in that, comprising:
The first acquiring unit is used for obtaining the information of broadcasting of services addresses broadcasting system broadcasting, the described channel that takies when information indicates described services addresses broadcasting system to broadcast the ingress for service address information of broadcasting;
Second acquisition unit is used for obtaining described ingress for service address information from the channel that the information of broadcasting that described the first acquiring unit obtains is indicated;
Addressed location is used for accessing corresponding ingress for service server according to the ingress for service address information that described second acquisition unit obtains;
Wherein, the described information of broadcasting comprises frequency and the service identifier of indicating described channel;
Described second acquisition unit specifically is used for according to described described frequency and service identifier of broadcasting information, obtains described ingress for service address information.
8. digital TV terminal according to claim 7 is characterized in that,
Described the first acquiring unit comprises: receiving element and parsing acquiring unit;
Described receiving element is used for receiving the network information table NIT of services addresses broadcasting system broadcasting, and information is broadcast in carrying in the described NIT table;
Described parsing acquiring unit is used for described NIT table is resolved, and obtains the described information of broadcasting.
9. according to claim 7 or 8 described digital TV terminals, it is characterized in that,
Described second acquisition unit specifically is used for being transferred to corresponding frequency and frequency locking according to described frequency of broadcasting information, obtains Program Association Table PAT;
From described pat table, obtain described ingress for service address information according to described service identifier.
10. digital TV terminal according to claim 9 is characterized in that,
Described ingress for service address information is carried in the privately owned table;
Described second acquisition unit comprises: the first sub-acquiring unit, the second sub-acquiring unit, the 3rd sub-acquiring unit, the 4th sub-acquiring unit and the 5th sub-acquiring unit;
The described first sub-acquiring unit is used for being transferred to corresponding frequency and frequency locking according to described frequency of broadcasting information, obtains Program Association Table PAT;
The described second sub-acquiring unit is used for obtaining from described pat table according to described service identifier of broadcasting information the Packet Identifier PID of Program Map Table PMT, and described pmt table comprises the privately owned table identification information of described privately owned table;
The described the 3rd sub-acquiring unit is used for the PID according to described pmt table, obtains described pmt table;
The described the 4th sub-acquiring unit obtains described privately owned table for the described privately owned table identification information that comprises according to described pmt table;
The described the 5th sub-acquiring unit is used for described privately owned table is resolved, and obtains described ingress for service address information.
11. a services addresses broadcasting system is characterized in that, comprising:
Device is broadcast in the ingress for service address, is used for broadcasting the ingress for service address information at allocated channel;
Broadcasting server, be used for broadcasting information, describedly broadcast frequency and the service identifier that information is indicated described allocated channel, so that digital TV terminal obtains the information of broadcasting of described broadcasting server broadcasting, and according to described described frequency and service identifier of broadcasting in the information, obtain described ingress for service address information, and access corresponding ingress for service server according to described ingress for service address information.
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