CN102215434A - Electronic program guide system capable of automatically adapting to various screen display - Google Patents
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The invention provides an electronic program guide system capable of automatically adapting to various screen display, identifying different terminal equipment information and providing different programme information display according to the terminal equipment information. The EPG (Electronic Program Guide) system comprises two parts, i.e. an EPG sever and a receiving terminal, wherein a user is accessed to the EPG system and displays the EPG information of audio-visual programs acquired from the EPG sever; the EPG system provided by the invention establishes and stores the terminal equipment information and uniformly manages the terminal equipment information; and terminal equipment acquires a program browsing EPG through the EPG server or an EPG proxy and displays the program browsing EPG on respective display equipment. The EPG system can support the access of different terminal equipment, and the same service experience for the EPG information of a same audio-visual or non-audio-visual service on different terminals can be obtained.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the programme information display technology of TV domain, specifically, relate to and a kind ofly can discern different terminal equipment information, and the system and method that provides different programme information to show according to terminal equipment information.
Background technology
Along with the development of modern communications technology, come TV reception to accept for ordinary consumer gradually by television set terminal, PC or portable terminal.In watching the process of TV, need to finish the index and the navigation of miscellaneous service by electronic program list (Electronic Program Guide).Below abbreviate electronic program list as EPG.
The interface of EPG system and Web classes of pages seemingly, the assembly of directly clicking when on the EPG interface, generally all providing all kinds of menus, button, link etc. to select program for the user; Also can comprise the dynamic or static content of multimedia that all kinds of users of confession browse on the interface of EPG.
Traditional EPG system can mainly be divided into following module from using to divide: Web server, service server and application server.Web server mainly is and the performance of user interactions, is responsible for showing to the user interactive interface and response parsing user's request, and can supports to issue corresponding EPG user interface according to different user properties.Service server is mainly finished the logic of business functions of EPG system, comprises service request from user and managing programm metamessage, and generates the EPG page.Application server be in the EPG system with the interface of other subsystems such as network management system, content service system and Content Management System, mainly finish user's function such as authentication, service authentication, user management.
Because different terminal equipments possesses different information and presents ability, EPG also has different presentation modes.Traditional EPG system can only provide the programme information service for the terminal of particular type.When for example providing TV service, all need terminal that independently EPG system is set, be used to provide the service of programme information for every type for television terminal, personal computer terminal and portable terminal.
Yet, the consumer expects that day by day content can seamless circulation in this three kind equipment, no matter is at home for example, in the way of driving to go to work, still evening, leisure was loosened in the time, and we can both watch video incessantly or insert other digital contents and individual account information.For the service of equal in quality being provided for the user, need a kind of electronic program list navigation system that same services experience can be provided for different terminals under different service conditions.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to overcome the shortcoming of prior art, provide a kind of and can discern different terminal equipment information, and the system, the method and computer program that provide different programme information to show according to terminal equipment information.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically of the present invention, adopt following technical scheme:
A kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically, the EPG system comprises EPG server, two parts of receiving terminal, the user is linked into the EPG system, and represent the EPG information of the audiovisual material of obtaining from the EPG server, the perhaps EPG information of other non-audiovisual service, EPG system creation and storage terminal facility information, and terminal equipment information carried out unified management;
The EPG server can be according to different terminal equipment types, same program contents data are generated different program browsing EPG, and different program browsing EPG issued on a plurality of EPG agencies, terminal equipment obtains program browsing EPG by EPG server or EPG agency, and it is shown on display device separately;
First: in the EPG server, comprise programme information processing module, facility information processing module, the synthetic processing module of EPG and Web server module;
Second portion: receiving terminal is the equipment that is used to represent EPG;
Third part: the network connecting channel between described EPG server and the described receiving terminal, described EPG service can send control data, signaling data and EPG data to described receiving terminal; Described receiving terminal can send signaling data and terminal equipment information data to described EPG server.
Further, above-mentioned user is linked into the EPG system by TV all-in-one, set-top box, mobile phone, PDA, smart mobile phone, PC, MID.
Further, the programme information processing module of above-mentioned first is responsible for providing the source of metadata information of audio-visual content and non-audio-visual content, these data message sources can not directly offer the terminal use and use, and need through after the processed, the form that generation can be discerned by terminal equipment.
Further, above-mentioned programme information processing module comprises metadata processing and two parts of metadata store; Described metadata pack processing contains the production and the processing of audiovisual class metadata and non-audiovisual class metadata, and described metadata store is preserved metadata information by database; Described metadata information is only corresponding with original audiovisual material content or non-audiovisual material content, with a kind of metadata information the multiple form that represents is arranged, wherein said audio-visual content comprises TV, music, film, TV play content, and non-audio-visual content comprises webpage, programme, blog, recreation, microblogging content; Described metadata is handled after metadata information is produced and handled, and need store by the metadata store module; When needs provide programme information to the outside, then from described metadata store module, extract corresponding metadata, and offer the outside use of programme information processing module by described metadata processing module.
Further, the above-mentioned facility information processing module of stating first is responsible for handling the information relevant with terminal equipment type, comprises information classification, information processing and three submodules of information stores.
Further, the said equipment information comprises hardware information, software information, the network information of distinct device; Described information classification is meant to be sorted out facility information according to different classes of, to make things convenient for the facility information inquiry, the facility information classification has multiple different mode classification, can take the multiclass classification method, also can take flat sorting technique; Described multiclass classification method, be meant facility information is classified according to different big classification and subclass, in the multiclass classification method, be divided into mobile terminal device and fixed terminal equipment, wherein mobile terminal device can be divided into smart mobile phone equipment and hand-held equipment for surfing the net again, wherein smart mobile phone equipment can be distinguished according to different mobile phone terminal models again, fixed terminal equipment can be divided into personal computer equipment and television devices, wherein television devices can be divided into set-top box device and TV all-in-one equipment again, and wherein set-top box device can be divided into high definition set-top box device and SD set-top box device again; Described flat sorting technique is meant that all devices information all is in same rank, and in flat sorting technique, the classification of all devices is directly related with device type; Described information processing is meant carries out operations such as access, modification, conversion to facility information, and facility information can take different ways to obtain, and can send the EPG server to by feedback channel again after input on the terminal equipment; Also can generate by terminal equipment data or other data of service provider according to the user; Described information stores is meant and generates after the facility information, facility information can be stored in the database, as the basic data that EPG information is provided to terminal; It is a kind of that to use the method for facility information be directly to offer the application processing server; A kind of to use the method for facility information be to be stored in the database, offers the application processing server via database.
Further, the EPG of above-mentioned first synthesizes processing module, according to facility information that obtains and program metadata information, program metadata is suitably handled and changed, the EPG browsing data of current device is satisfied in generation, the processing of program contents is comprised the metadata information of program contents is selected/make up/increase/revise/delete/search to operate with format conversion.
Further, the WEB server module of above-mentioned first is used for specific EPG browsing data is sent to terminal equipment by network channel.
Further, above-mentioned network channel is the passage that is used to transmit EPG information and other control informations, can carry various types of information, and all information are to transmit by the mode that IP wraps, and network system comprises wireless network/fixed network; Wherein wireless network is wireless communication networks (2G/3G/4G), WiFi network, and fixed network is the cable network that optical fiber/telephone wire/netting twine/coaxial cable connects, and other networks are microwave communication networks; In network transmission process, same business can be used multiple network.
Further, the receiving terminal of above-mentioned second portion represents audio-visual service and non-audio-visual service, also represents EPG information simultaneously; Terminal type comprises television set, set-top box, portable terminal and PC, and identical programme content navigation has different ways of presentation on different terminals.
Further, the above-mentioned receiving terminal of stating second portion is used for the collection terminal facility information, and these facility informations send to the EPG server by the feedback channel in the network channel; Terminal system is according to the requirement of EPG server, and passive transmitting apparatus information is to the EPG server; Terminal system is transmitting apparatus information EPG server initiatively; The facility information that terminal system sends comprises hardware information, software information and the network information, and these facility informations can assist the EPG server to select the suitable data form, perhaps carry out data transaction suitably.
Further, the network connecting channel of above-mentioned third part is that a kind of described EPG server is directly to be connected by the network equipment with described receiving terminal.
Further, the network connecting channel of above-mentioned third part is that a kind of described EPG server is connected by the EPG agent equipment with described receiving terminal.
Further, above-mentioned EPG server can be issued different program browsing EPG on a plurality of EPG agencies according to different terminal equipment types, and terminal equipment obtains program browsing EPG by the EPG agency, the EPG agency is the trunking that is present on the network, is used to accelerate the access speed of EPG; Because different terminal equipments is to the ways of presentation difference of identical audiovisual material or non-audiovisual material, so also there is difference in its EPG; The EPG server can be connected with one or more EPG agency; Or the EPG service takes the mode of push or pull that page browsing EPG is published on the EPG agency; Or EPG agency takes the mode of push or pull to provide EPG to browse service to terminal equipment, and the EPG agency takes logical partitioning or takes physical division; Different EPG agencies can provide EPG to browse service to dissimilar terminal equipments.
The invention provides and a kind ofly can discern different terminal equipment information, and the system, the method and computer program that provide different programme information to show according to terminal equipment information.
A kind of Electronic Program Guide method that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically of the present invention, adopt following technical scheme:
A kind of Electronic Program Guide method that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically, the programme information that refers to TV domain show, provide different programme information to show that described method comprises the steps: according to terminal equipment information
1., terminal connects the EPG server, terminal equipment is connected with the EPG server with network channel by feedback network;
2., generate facility information;
2.-1, the user by in the operating process of terminal equipment, if use this terminal equipment for the first time, then need terminal equipment information is sent to the EPG server system, create the facility information numbering at the EPG server; EPG server Returning equipment information creating successful information is given terminal equipment, and the facility information numbering is stored in the terminal equipment;
2.-2 if not land for the first time the EPG server, extract the facility information numbering that is stored in the terminal equipment, and it is sent to the EPG server by feedback channel;
2.-3, retrieval facility information, the facility information processing module of EPG server is according to the facility information numbering of terminal feedback, searches the device class under it;
2.-4, if in database, can not find corresponding equipment information, show that then facility information has renewal, therefore carry out device information update, by the newly-built facility information classification of information classification, simultaneously by information stores new database more;
2.-5, according to the facility information in the database, the synthetic processing module of the EPG in the EPG server is carried out following operation:
2.-5-1, create the programme content directory information that this terminal equipment need extract;
2.-and 5-2, according to the programme content directory information, whether searching page is browsed epg database, have corresponding page to browse the EPG data and exist;
2.-5-3, exist if not do not browse the EPG data with programme content directory information corresponding page, then need by the programme information processing module, extract metadata corresponding information, and in the synthetic processing module of EPG, generating corresponding page browsing EPG data, the page browsing EPG of generation can be stored in the page browsing epg database;
2.-5-4, the page browsing EPG data that will retrieve or generate be submitted to Web server;
2.-6, on Web server, carry out following operation:
2.-6-1, page browsing EPG data are published on the EPG agency by network channel;
2.-6-2, generate the URL of the needed page browsing EPG of terminal equipment data;
2.-6-3, page browsing EPG data are sent to URL on the terminal equipment;
2.-7, terminal equipment is downloaded page browsing EPG data from the EPG agency according to the URL that receives, and it is shown on display device.
EPG of the present invention system can support multiple different terminal equipment to insert, and for multiple different equipment provides the EPG information of audio-visual content or other non-audio-visual contents, for example by TV all-in-one/set-top box/mobile phone/PDA/ smart mobile phone/PC/MID etc.
By the equipment information management mechanism in the EPG of the present invention system, the EPG information of identical audiovisual or non-audiovisual service can be presented on the different terminal equipments, and can obtain identical service experience to the EPG information of same audiovisual or non-audiovisual service on different terminals.
By the subscriber information management mechanism in the EPG of the present invention system, different terminal equipment information can be accepted and handle to the EPG server, thereby can be at the suitable audiovisual of different terminal equipment customizations and the EPG information of non-audiovisual service.
By the EPG agent equipment in the EPG of the present invention system, terminal can fast access and is obtained the page browsing EPG data of current business.
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Figure 1 shows that the structure module figure of embodiment of the invention EPG system;
Figure 2 shows that the multiclass classification schematic diagram of embodiment of the invention facility information;
Figure 3 shows that the flat classification schematic diagram of embodiment of the invention facility information;
Figure 4 shows that the embodiment of the invention has EPG agency's EPG system architecture module map;
Figure 5 shows that the embodiment of the invention provides EPG the logical flow chart of service for distinct device.
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For further understanding feature of the present invention, technological means and the specific purposes that reached, function, resolve the advantages and spirit of the present invention, by detailed description of the present invention being further understood below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment.
EPG of the present invention system comprises the EPG server, two parts of receiving terminal.The user can be linked into the EPG system in several ways, and represent the EPG information of the audiovisual material of obtaining from the EPG server, perhaps the EPG information of other non-audiovisual service is for example passed through TV all-in-one, set-top box, mobile phone, PDA, smart mobile phone, PC, MID etc.The EPG system can create and the storage terminal facility information, and terminal equipment information is carried out unified management.The EPG server can generate different program browsing EPG to same program contents data according to different terminal equipment types, and different program browsing EPG is issued on a plurality of EPG agencies.Terminal equipment obtains program browsing EPG by the EPG agency, and it is shown on display device separately.
As shown in Figure 1, provided a kind of canonical system structure module figure of EPG of the present invention system.Wherein, comprise EPG server, two parts of terminal.
(1), in the EPG server, comprise synthetic processing module of programme information processing module, facility information processing module, EPG and Web server module.
1.1, the programme information processing module is responsible for providing the source of metadata information of audio-visual content and non-audio-visual content, these data message sources can not directly offer the terminal use and uses, and needs through after the processed form that generation can be discerned by terminal equipment.
1.1.1, described programme information processing module comprises that metadata is handled and two parts of metadata store.Described metadata pack processing contains the production and the processing of audiovisual class metadata and non-audiovisual class metadata, and described metadata store is to preserve metadata information by database or other modes.
1.1.2, described metadata information is only corresponding with original audiovisual material content or non-audiovisual material content, has the multiple form that represents with a kind of metadata information.Wherein said audio-visual content comprises contents such as TV, music, film, TV play, and non-audio-visual content comprises contents such as webpage, programme, blog, recreation, microblogging.
1.1.3, described metadata handles after metadata information is produced and handled, need store by the metadata store module; When needs provide programme information to the outside, then from described metadata store module, extract corresponding metadata, and offer the outside use of programme information processing module by described metadata processing module.
1.2, the facility information processing module is responsible for handling the information relevant with terminal equipment type, comprises information classification, information processing and three submodules of information stores.
1.2.1, described facility information comprises hardware information, software information, the network information of distinct device.
1.2.2, described information classification is meant facility information sorted out according to different classes of, to make things convenient for the facility information inquiry.The facility information classification has multiple different mode classification, can take the multiclass classification method, also can take flat sorting technique.
1.2.3, described multiclass classification method, be meant facility information classified according to different big classification and subclass.As shown in Figure 2 in the multiclass classification method, can be divided into mobile terminal device and fixed terminal equipment, wherein mobile terminal device can be divided into smart mobile phone equipment and hand-held equipment for surfing the net again, wherein smart mobile phone equipment can be distinguished according to different mobile phone terminal models again, and fixed terminal equipment can be divided into personal computer equipment and television devices.Wherein television devices can be divided into set-top box device and TV all-in-one equipment again, and wherein set-top box device can be divided into high definition set-top box device and SD set-top box device again.
1.2.4, described flat sorting technique, be meant that all devices information all is in same rank.In flat sorting technique, the classification of all devices is directly related with device type as shown in Figure 3.
1.2.5, described information processing is meant and facility information carried out operations such as access, modification, conversion.Facility information can take different ways to obtain, and can send the EPG server to by feedback channel again after input on the terminal equipment; Also can generate by terminal equipment data or other data of service provider according to the user.
1.2.6, described information stores is meant and generates after the facility information, facility information can be stored in the database, as the basic data that EPG information is provided to terminal.
It is a kind of that to use the method for facility information be directly to offer the application processing server;
A kind of to use the method for facility information be to be stored in the database, offers the application processing server via database.
1.3, the synthetic processing module of described EPG, according to facility information that obtains and program metadata information, program metadata is suitably handled and is changed, generate the EPG browsing data that satisfies current device.Wherein, the processing of program contents is comprised the metadata information of program contents is selected/made up/increase/revise/delete/search and operations such as format conversion.
1.4, described WEB server module, be used for specific EPG browsing data is sent to terminal equipment by network channel.
1.4.1, network channel is the passage that is used to transmit EPG information and other control informations, can carry various types of information, all information are that the mode by the IP bag transmits.Network system comprises wireless network/fixed network and other networks.
1.4.2, wherein wireless network can be wireless communication networks (2G/3G/4G), networks such as WiFi.Fixed network can be the cable network that optical fiber/telephone wire/netting twine/coaxial cable etc. connects.Other networks can be the microwave communication networks.In the network transmission process of reality, same business may be used multiple network, for example links to each other with the network equipment by netting twine earlier, again by Optical Fiber Transmission, at last by cordless communication network incoming terminal equipment.
(2), receiving terminal is the equipment that is used to represent EPG.
2.1, described receiving terminal can represent audio-visual service and non-audio-visual service, also needs to represent simultaneously EPG information.Terminal type comprises television set, set-top box, portable terminal and PC etc.Identical programme content navigation has different ways of presentation on different terminals, the for example same EPG page can be the image size of 1920 * 1080 pixels on television set, and be the image size of 640 * 480 pixels on PC, and be 320 * 240 image sizes on mobile phone terminal.
2.2, described receiving terminal can also be used for the collection terminal facility information, these facility informations can send to the EPG server by the feedback channel in the network channel.
2.2.1, terminal system can be according to the requirement of EPG server, passive transmitting apparatus information is to the EPG server.
2.2.2, terminal system transmitting apparatus information EPG server initiatively.
2.2.3, the facility information that sends of terminal system comprises hardware information, software information and the network information.These facility informations can assist the EPG server to select the suitable data form, perhaps carry out data transaction suitably.
(3), described EPG server is connected by network channel with described receiving terminal.Described EPG service can send control data, signaling data and EPG data to described receiving terminal; Described receiving terminal can send signaling data and terminal equipment information data to described EPG server.
3.1, a kind of described EPG server can be directly to be connected by the network equipment with described receiving terminal.
3.2, a kind of described EPG server can be to be connected by the EPG agent equipment with described receiving terminal.Provided the EPG system architecture that comprises the EPG agent equipment as shown in Figure 4.
3.2.1, described EPG agency is the trunking that is present on the network, is used to accelerate the access speed of EPG.Because different terminal equipments is to the ways of presentation difference of identical audiovisual material or non-audiovisual material, so also there is difference in its EPG.If all terminal equipments are all visited same EPG browsing data server, can cause the load of EPG service excessive, and be inconvenient to manage.
The EPG server can be connected with one or more EPG agency.
The EPG service takes the mode of push or pull that page browsing EPG is published on the EPG agency.
The EPG agency takes the mode of push or pull to provide EPG to browse service to terminal equipment.The EPG agency can take logical partitioning, also can take physical division.
3.2.2, different EPG agency can provide EPG to browse service to dissimilar terminal equipments.For example shown in Fig. 1, EPG agency 1 provides EPG to browse service to television set/set-top box, and EPG agency 2 provides EPG to browse service to portable terminal, and EPG agency 3 provides EPG to browse service to PC.
The invention process concrete steps are as follows:
1., terminal connects the EPG server.Terminal equipment, for example set-top box/TV all-in-one is connected with the EPG server with network channel by feedback network.
2., generate facility information:
2.-1, turn in the process of set-top box/TV all-in-one the user, if use this terminal equipment for the first time, then
2.-and 1-1, terminal equipment information need be sent to the EPG server system, create the facility information numbering at the EPG server.
2.-1-2, EPG server Returning equipment information creating successful information give set-top box/TV all-in-one, and the facility information numbering be stored in set-top box/TV all-in-one.
2.-2 if not land for the first time the EPG server, extract the facility information numbering that is stored in the set-top box integrated machine, and it is sent to the EPG server by feedback channel.
2.-3, retrieval facility information.The facility information processing module of EPG server is searched its affiliated device class according to the facility information numbering of terminal feedback.
2.-4, if in database, can not find corresponding equipment information, show that then facility information has renewal, therefore carry out device information update, by the newly-built facility information classification of information classification, simultaneously by information stores new database more.
2.-5, according to the facility information in the database, the synthetic processing module of the EPG in the EPG server is carried out following operation
2.-5-1, create the programme content directory information that this terminal equipment need extract.
2.-and 5-2, according to the programme content directory information, whether searching page is browsed epg database, have corresponding page to browse the EPG data and exist.
2.-and 5-3, if not browsing the EPG data with programme content directory information corresponding page exists, then need by the programme information processing module, extract metadata corresponding information, and in the synthetic processing module of EPG, generate corresponding page browsing EPG data.The page browsing EPG that generates can be stored in the page browsing epg database.
2.-5-4, the page browsing EPG data that will retrieve or generate be submitted to Web server.
2.-6, on Web server, carry out following operation
2.-6-1, page browsing EPG data are published on the EPG agency by network channel.
2.-6-2, generate the URL of the needed page browsing EPG of terminal equipment data.
2.-6-3, page browsing EPG data are sent to URL on the terminal equipment.
2.-7, terminal equipment is downloaded page browsing EPG data from the EPG agency according to the URL that receives, and it is shown on display device.
The above embodiment has only expressed part execution mode of the present invention, and it describes comparatively concrete and detailed, but can not therefore be interpreted as limitation of the scope of the invention.Should be pointed out that for the person of ordinary skill of the art without departing from the inventive concept of the premise, can also make some distortion and improvement, these all belong to protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion with claims.
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1. electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically, it is characterized in that: the EPG system comprises EPG server, two parts of receiving terminal, the user is linked into the EPG system, and represent the EPG information of the audiovisual material of obtaining from the EPG server, the perhaps EPG information of other non-audiovisual service, EPG system creation and storage terminal facility information, and terminal equipment information carried out unified management; The EPG server can generate different program browsing EPG to same program contents data according to different terminal equipment types, and it is shown on display device separately;
First: in the EPG server, comprise programme information processing module, facility information processing module, the synthetic processing module of EPG and Web server module;
Second portion: receiving terminal is the equipment that is used to represent EPG;
Third part: the network connecting channel between described EPG server and the described receiving terminal, described EPG service can send control data, signaling data and EPG data to described receiving terminal; Described receiving terminal can send signaling data and terminal equipment information data to described EPG server.
2. a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described user is linked into the EPG system by TV all-in-one, set-top box, mobile phone, PDA, smart mobile phone, PC, MID.
3. a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the programme information processing module of described first is responsible for providing the source of metadata information of audio-visual content and non-audio-visual content, these data message sources can not directly offer the terminal use and use, and need through after the processed form that generation can be discerned by terminal equipment.
4. a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically according to claim 3 is characterized in that: described programme information processing module comprises metadata processing and two parts of metadata store;
Described metadata pack processing contains the production and the processing of audiovisual class metadata and non-audiovisual class metadata, and described metadata store is preserved metadata information by database;
Described metadata information is only corresponding with original audiovisual material content or non-audiovisual material content, with a kind of metadata information the multiple form that represents is arranged, wherein said audio-visual content comprises TV, music, film, TV play content, and non-audio-visual content comprises webpage, programme, blog, recreation, microblogging content;
Described metadata is handled after metadata information is produced and handled, and need store by the metadata store module; When needs provide programme information to the outside, then from described metadata store module, extract corresponding metadata, and offer the outside use of programme information processing module by described metadata processing module.
5. a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the facility information processing module of described first is responsible for handling the information relevant with terminal equipment type, comprises information classification, information processing and three submodules of information stores.
6. a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically according to claim 5, it is characterized in that: described facility information comprises hardware information, software information, the network information of distinct device; Described information classification is meant to be sorted out facility information according to different classes of, to make things convenient for the facility information inquiry, the facility information classification has multiple different mode classification, can take the multiclass classification method, also can take flat sorting technique;
Described multiclass classification method, be meant facility information is classified according to different big classification and subclass, in the multiclass classification method, be divided into mobile terminal device and fixed terminal equipment, wherein mobile terminal device can be divided into smart mobile phone equipment and hand-held equipment for surfing the net again, wherein smart mobile phone equipment can be distinguished according to different mobile phone terminal models again, fixed terminal equipment can be divided into personal computer equipment and television devices, wherein television devices can be divided into set-top box device and TV all-in-one equipment again, and wherein set-top box device can be divided into high definition set-top box device and SD set-top box device again;
Described flat sorting technique is meant that all devices information all is in same rank, and in flat sorting technique, the classification of all devices is directly related with device type;
Described information processing is meant carries out operations such as access, modification, conversion to facility information, and facility information can take different ways to obtain, and can send the EPG server to by feedback channel again after input on the terminal equipment; Also can generate by terminal equipment data or other data of service provider according to the user;
Described information stores is meant and generates after the facility information, facility information can be stored in the database, as the basic data that EPG information is provided to terminal;
It is a kind of that to use the method for facility information be directly to offer the application processing server;
A kind of to use the method for facility information be to be stored in the database, offers the application processing server via database.
7. a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the EPG of described first synthesizes processing module, according to facility information that obtains and program metadata information, program metadata is suitably handled and changed, the EPG browsing data of current device is satisfied in generation, the processing of program contents is comprised the metadata information of program contents is selected/make up/increase/revise/delete/search to operate with format conversion.
8. a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the WEB server module of described first is used for specific EPG browsing data is sent to terminal equipment by network channel.
9. a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically according to claim 8, it is characterized in that: described network channel is the passage that is used to transmit EPG information and other control informations, can carry various types of information, all information are to transmit by the mode that IP wraps, and network system comprises wireless network/fixed network;
Wherein wireless network is wireless communication networks, WiFi network, and fixed network is the cable network that optical fiber/telephone wire/netting twine/coaxial cable connects, and other networks are microwave communication networks; In network transmission process, same business can be used multiple network.
10. a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the receiving terminal of described second portion represents audio-visual service and non-audio-visual service, also represents EPG information simultaneously;
Terminal type comprises television set, set-top box, portable terminal and PC, and identical programme content navigation has different ways of presentation on different terminals.
11. a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the receiving terminal of described second portion is used for the collection terminal facility information, and these facility informations send to the EPG server by the feedback channel in the network channel;
Terminal system is according to the requirement of EPG server, and passive transmitting apparatus information is to the EPG server;
Terminal system is transmitting apparatus information EPG server initiatively;
The facility information that terminal system sends comprises hardware information, software information and the network information, and these facility informations can assist the EPG server to select the suitable data form, perhaps carry out data transaction suitably.
12. a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the network connecting channel of described third part is that a kind of described EPG server is directly to be connected by the network equipment with described receiving terminal.
13. a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the network connecting channel of described third part is that a kind of described EPG server is connected by the EPG agent equipment with described receiving terminal.
14. a kind of electronic program guidance system that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically according to claim 13, it is characterized in that: described EPG server can be according to different terminal equipment types, different program browsing EPG is issued on a plurality of EPG agencies, terminal equipment obtains program browsing EPG by the EPG agency, the EPG agency is the trunking that is present on the network, is used to accelerate the access speed of EPG;
Because different terminal equipments is to the ways of presentation difference of identical audiovisual material or non-audiovisual material, so also there is difference in its EPG;
The EPG server can be connected with one or more EPG agency;
The EPG service takes the mode of push or pull that page browsing EPG is published on the EPG agency;
The EPG agency takes the mode of push or pull to provide EPG to browse service to terminal equipment, and the EPG agency takes logical partitioning or takes physical division;
Different EPG agencies can provide EPG to browse service to dissimilar terminal equipments.
15. the Electronic Program Guide method that can adapt to multiple screen display automatically, the programme information that refers to TV domain show, provide different programme information to show according to terminal equipment information, it is characterized in that described method comprises the steps:
1., terminal connects the EPG server, terminal equipment is connected with the EPG server with network channel by feedback network;
2., generate facility information;
2.-1, the user by in the operating process of terminal equipment, if use this terminal equipment for the first time, then need terminal equipment information is sent to the EPG server system, create the facility information numbering at the EPG server; EPG server Returning equipment information creating successful information is given terminal equipment, and the facility information numbering is stored in the terminal equipment;
2.-2 if not land for the first time the EPG server, extract the facility information numbering that is stored in the terminal equipment, and it is sent to the EPG server by feedback channel;
2.-3, retrieval facility information, the facility information processing module of EPG server is according to the facility information numbering of terminal feedback, searches the device class under it;
2.-4, if in database, can not find corresponding equipment information, show that then facility information has renewal, therefore carry out device information update, by the newly-built facility information classification of information classification, simultaneously by information stores new database more;
2.-5, according to the facility information in the database, the synthetic processing module of the EPG in the EPG server is carried out following operation:
2.-5-1, create the programme content directory information that this terminal equipment need extract;
2.-and 5-2, according to the programme content directory information, whether searching page is browsed epg database, have corresponding page to browse the EPG data and exist;
2.-5-3, exist if not do not browse the EPG data with programme content directory information corresponding page, then need by the programme information processing module, extract metadata corresponding information, and in the synthetic processing module of EPG, generating corresponding page browsing EPG data, the page browsing EPG of generation can be stored in the page browsing epg database;
2.-5-4, the page browsing EPG data that will retrieve or generate be submitted to Web server;
2.-6, on Web server, carry out following operation:
2.-6-1, page browsing EPG data are published on the EPG agency by network channel;
2.-6-2, generate the URL of the needed page browsing EPG of terminal equipment data;
2.-6-3, page browsing EPG data are sent to URL on the terminal equipment;
2.-7, terminal equipment is downloaded page browsing EPG data from the EPG agency according to the URL that receives, and it is shown on display device.
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