CN102149017A - Management method for set top box applications and set top box - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a management method for set top box applications and a set top box, which relate to the technical field of set top boxes, and can carry out remote management on the applications on the set top box through a head end system. The method comprises the steps as follows: application management information transmitted by the header end is received; the application management information is resolved to obtain application identifiers, management flag bits and execution time; when the execution time is up, the management operations indicated by the management flag bits are executed on the applications corresponding to the application identifiers. The applications on the set top box can be remotely managed by using the head end system to transmit the application management information when an operator needs to manage the applications installed in the set top box, and the problem of the prior art that a head end system cannot remotely manage the applications in the set top box is solved.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the set-top box technique field, relate in particular to a kind of management method and set-top box of set-top box application.
Background technology
Continuous development along with digital television techniques, the user not only can watch basic digital program by set-top box, but also can enjoy some characteristic application services, for example, video request program, quasi-video request program, electric program menu, data broadcasting, PVR, internet information are browsed, are played or the like.The user is when watching digital program or broadcast service, by just watching after the mandate of needs through operator.At this moment, operator need utilize head-end system CAS (Conditional Access System, condition receiving system) controls the reception of user to broadcast service or program, the user is carried out authorization control and empowerment management, make the user can only watch broadcast service or program, thereby realize the paid service and the personalized service of Radio Data System through authorizing.
Prior art is mainly authorized broadcast by the cooperation of CAS head-end system and intelligent card of set-top box to digital program.In head-end system one side, adopt the method for scrambling control word encrypted transmission, transmit in Entitlement Control Message (ECMs) by the control word after business cipher key (SK) encryption, comprising program information such as program source, time, classifying content and program prices.The business cipher key that control word is encrypted transmits in Entitlement Management Message (EMMs), and business cipher key will be through the encryption of individual subscriber distributing key (PDK) before transmission.Also comprise authorized user messages such as intelligent card numbers, mandate time, authorization mechanism in this Entitlement Management Message, as program or the time period that the user can see, the license fee that the user pays etc. are if these information spinners are finished the mandate to the user.In smart card one side, the individual subscriber distributing key leaves in user's the smart card, and set-top box sends smart card to by intelligent card interface filter out Entitlement Control Message and Entitlement Management Message from transport stream after.Smart card at first reads individual subscriber distributing key (PDK), with PDK Entitlement Management Message is deciphered, take out business cipher key SK, utilize SK that Entitlement Control Message is decrypted then, take out control word, and will give the descrambling engine by intelligent card interface, the descrambling engine utilizes this control word just the transport stream of scrambling can be carried out descrambling.
Yet, the inventor finds that head-end system can be carried out basic configuration and management to set-top box in the prior art, realize logarithm byte purpose authorization control, and can only realize management in this locality by the user for the application program on the set-top box, after certain application program of user's download, just can start and use this application program, this moment, head-end system can't realize the application program on the set-top box is carried out unified telemanagement.
Summary of the invention
Embodiments of the invention provide a kind of management method and set-top box of set-top box application, realize the application of head-end system on can the telemanagement set-top box.
For achieving the above object, embodiments of the invention adopt following technical scheme:
A kind of management method of set-top box application comprises:
Receive the application management message that head-end system sends;
Resolve described application management message and draw application identities, Management flag position and time of implementation;
When the described time of implementation arrives, in the application corresponding, carry out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication with described application identities.
A kind of set-top box comprises:
Receiving element is used to receive the application management message that head-end system sends;
Resolution unit is used to resolve described application management message and draws application identities, Management flag position and time of implementation;
Administrative unit is used for when the described time of implementation arrives, and carries out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication in the application corresponding with described application identities.
The management method of the set-top box application that the embodiment of the invention provides, receive the application management message that head-end system sends, can obtain application identities, Management flag position and time of implementation by resolving described application management message, when the described time of implementation arrives, in the application corresponding, carry out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication with described application identities.Thereby head-end system can realize telemanagement is carried out in the application on the set-top box by application management message, has solved the problem of the application on can't the telemanagement set-top box of head-end system in the prior art.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly in the technical scheme in the embodiment of the invention, to do to introduce simply to the accompanying drawing of required use in embodiment or the description of the Prior Art below, apparently, accompanying drawing in describing below only is some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skills, under the prerequisite of not paying creative work, can also obtain other accompanying drawing according to these accompanying drawings.
The flow chart of the management method of a kind of set-top box application that Fig. 1 provides for the embodiment of the invention;
The structure chart of a kind of set-top box that Fig. 2 provides for the embodiment of the invention;
The structure chart of the another kind of set-top box that Fig. 3 provides for the embodiment of the invention;
The structure chart of another set-top box that Fig. 4 provides for the embodiment of the invention.
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The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of management method and set-top box of set-top box application, adopt the set-top box of this method can receive the application management message that head-end system sends, draw application identities, Management flag position and time of implementation by resolving described application management message, when the described time of implementation arrives, in the application corresponding, carry out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication, thereby the realization head-end system is carried out telemanagement to the application on the set-top box with described application identities.Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the invention, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the invention is clearly and completely described.
The management method of a kind of set-top box application that embodiment as shown in Figure 1 provides, this method comprises the steps:
101, receive the application management message that head-end system sends.
This application management message can adopt message structure body as shown in table 1 below, specifically comprises application identities, Management flag position and time of implementation.
Table 1
| Application identities | The Management flag position | Time of implementation |
In the specific implementation process, this application management message can be included in the message body of head end message, and sends by described head end message.The structure of this head end message is as shown in table 2 below.
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| Type of message | Broadcast type | Mac address information | Message-length | Message body |
This head end message comprises: type of message, broadcast type, set-top box mac address information, message-length and message body.Wherein, type of message comprises various head end type of messages, as application management message, set-top box configuration messages, restart message etc.For example, when the value of the message type field correspondence of head end message is application management message, illustrate that the message that comprises in the message body of this head end message is application management message.
Broadcast type comprises clean culture, broadcasting.Can take different broadcast types according to different demands.For example, can generate the application corresponding administrative messag according to the management request of user, and send to user's set-top box by the form of clean culture using.
The identity of set-top box mac address information unique identification set-top box when head-end system need be controlled application on certain set-top box, need be specified concrete set-top box MAC, so that only there is target set-top box to have the right to handle this message in the head end control messages.
Message-length is represented the actual size of message body, does not comprise message-length message field before.Comprise concrete message in the message body, for example application management information.
During concrete the application, set-top box be carried and be issued to head-end system can by the entitlement management message in the transport stream (EMM) with described head end message.Set-top box at first filters out the EMM data from transport stream, and therefrom obtains head end message.Afterwards, at first confirm according to the set-top box mac address information in this head end message whether the head end message that receives is carried out by this set-top box.When the set-top box mac address information in this head end message is consistent with the mac address information of this set-top box, judge whether the type of message of this head end message is application management message, if then from the message body of this head end message, parse application management message.
102, resolve described application management message to obtain application identities, Management flag position and time of implementation.
Wherein, certain concrete application of the unique expression of application identities, this application identities can adopt a unique numeral or string representation.The Management flag position is used to refer to the bookkeeping that specifically will carry out, can comprise activation, deexcitation, deletion or the like.Time of implementation refers to carry out the time of the indicated bookkeeping in Management flag position, for example carries out the function that activates certain application at certain time point, or after set-top box receives described application management message, activates certain application immediately.
103, when the described time of implementation arrives, in the application corresponding, carry out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication with described application identities.
This step is when concrete the execution, and the application corresponding with described application identities may be preset on the described set-top box in advance.For example, user oneself downloads and is applied on the set-top box, perhaps in production phase of set-top box, some application (as recreation or other characteristic chargeable services) is installed on the set-top box, but this set-top box is when dispatching from the factory, described application is in unactivated state, after the user buys this set-top box, when needing to use this to use, at first propose to activate the request of this application to operator, operator sends an application management message by head-end system to this set-top box according to user's request, and the application identities in this message is corresponding with the application on the above-mentioned set-top box, Management flag position indication be operating as activation, the time of implementation is certain fixed time point.
After set-top box receives above-mentioned application management message, find to have had the application corresponding on the set-top box with described application identities, when the time of implementation reaches, directly in the application corresponding, carry out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication, also promptly directly this application is activated with described application identities.
Need to prove, the application that head-end system has existed on can the supervisor top box, but owing to be subjected to the restriction of set-top box own resource, the application that can deposit on the set-top box is more limited.A kind of possible application scenarios is: user's head-end system sends requesting activation, and certain is used, and does not preserve this application on user's the set-top box.At this moment, after set-top box is received the application management message that head-end system issues, when finding not have the application of described application identities correspondence on the current set-top box, another implementation of this step can find out the application corresponding with described application identities, for example in particular network, in the signal transmission network (for example HFC) of set-top box, find out the application corresponding with described application identities, and receiving this application of download, this is used through after legitimacy verification, is loaded on the described current set-top box.The manner can be saved the memory space of set-top box, has also enriched the range of application of set-top box simultaneously.
The management method of the set-top box application that the embodiment of the invention provides, receive the application management message that head-end system sends, can obtain application identities, Management flag position and time of implementation by resolving described application management message, when the described time of implementation arrives, in the application corresponding, carry out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication with described application identities.Thereby head-end system can realize telemanagement is carried out in the application on the set-top box by application management message, has solved the problem of the application on can't the telemanagement set-top box of head-end system in the prior art.
In addition, because this method when the application on the set-top box is managed, sends application management message by head-end system, set-top box one side is carried out this application management message and can be realized on using, reduce the complexity of head-end system, also reduced the cost of set-top box simultaneously.
A kind of set-top box is provided among the embodiment as shown in Figure 2, and this set-top box comprises: receiving element 21, resolution unit 22 and administrative unit 23.
Receiving element 21 is used to receive the application management message that head-end system sends.This application management message can be included in the message body of head end message, and sends by described head end message.
Further, when having had the application corresponding on the current set-top box with described application identities, for example, user oneself downloads and is applied on the set-top box, perhaps in production phase of set-top box, some application is installed on the set-top box, and as shown in Figure 3, described administrative unit comprises: the first administration module 23A.
The first administration module 23A is used for directly carrying out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication in the application corresponding with described application identities.
Further, when not having the application of described application identities correspondence on the current set-top box, as shown in Figure 4, described administrative unit can also comprise: search the module 23B and the second administration module 23C.
Searching module 23B is used for finding out the application corresponding with described application identities at particular network.For example, in the signal transmission network (for example HFC) of set-top box, find out the application corresponding with described application identities.The second administration module 23C is used for the described application that finds out is loaded into described current set-top box, and carries out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication in the described application that finds out.
The set-top box that the embodiment of the invention provides, by receiving the application management message that head-end system sends, resolve described application management message and can draw application identities, Management flag position and time of implementation, when the described time of implementation arrives, in the application corresponding, carry out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication with described application identities.Thereby head-end system can realize telemanagement is carried out in the application on the set-top box by application management message, has solved the problem of the application on can't the telemanagement set-top box of head-end system in the prior art.
The embodiment of the invention is mainly used on the set-top box, has realized the application of head-end system on can the telemanagement set-top box.
The above; only be the specific embodiment of the present invention, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, anyly is familiar with those skilled in the art in the technical scope that the present invention discloses; can expect easily changing or replacing, 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 described claim.
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1. the management method of a set-top box application is characterized in that, comprising:
Receive the application management message that head-end system sends;
Resolve described application management message to obtain application identities, Management flag position and time of implementation;
When the described time of implementation arrives, in the application corresponding, carry out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication with described application identities.
2. the management method of set-top box application according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described application identities adopts numeral or string representation;
The bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication comprises: activation, deexcitation or deletion;
The described time of implementation is the time of the bookkeeping of the described Management flag of execution position indication.
3. the management method of set-top box application according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described application management message is included in the message body of head end message, and sends by described head end message.
4. the management method of set-top box application according to claim 3 is characterized in that, described head end message is carried and issued by the Entitlement Management Message in the transport stream.
5. according to the management method of each described set-top box application of claim 1-3, it is characterized in that the bookkeeping of carrying out the indication of described Management flag position in the application corresponding with described application identities comprises:
When having had the application corresponding on the current set-top box, directly in the application corresponding, carry out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication with described application identities with described application identities.
6. according to the management method of each described set-top box application of claim 1-3, it is characterized in that the bookkeeping of carrying out the indication of described Management flag position in the application corresponding with described application identities comprises:
When not having the application of described application identities correspondence on the current set-top box, in particular network, find out the application corresponding with described application identities;
The described application that finds out is loaded on the described current set-top box, and in the described application that finds out, carries out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication.
7. a set-top box is characterized in that, comprising:
Receiving element is used to receive the application management message that head-end system sends;
Resolution unit is used to resolve described application management message and draws application identities, Management flag position and time of implementation;
Administrative unit is used for when the described time of implementation arrives, and carries out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication in the application corresponding with described application identities.
8. set-top box according to claim 7 is characterized in that, described administrative unit comprises:
First administration module when being used for having had the application corresponding with described application identities on the current set-top box, is directly carried out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication in the application corresponding with described application identities.
9. set-top box according to claim 7 is characterized in that, described administrative unit comprises:
Search module, when being used for not having the application of described application identities correspondence on the current set-top box, in particular network, find out the application corresponding with described application identities;
Second administration module is used for the described application that finds out is loaded into described current set-top box, and carries out the bookkeeping of described Management flag position indication in the described application that finds out.
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