CN102413371A - Set top box application program local calling method and application management device - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a set top box application program local calling method which comprises the steps of: obtaining and showing a list of available applications provided by a server side; receiving and selecting a command of the applications in the lift by an application management device, sending a request of downloading the selected application to the server side according to the command; and when the selected application is downloaded completely, starting the selected application by the application management device according to the received command for starting the selected application, and providing a system resource interface for the selected application. The invention also relates to an application management device used in a set top box. Through arranging the application management device in the set top box, the applications are managed, effective and available resources of the system are ensured to be optimized and utilized, and a consistency interface is provided for the applications, so that the applications can be used in different terminal environments without transplantation.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to IPTV and digital television application technology, relate in particular to a kind of local call method and application management device of set-top box application program.
Background technology
Along with professional the carrying out of IPTV; Trend towards diversified IPTV business and represent not only being confined to basic audio-video frequency content and, also will receive more and more users' welcome along with the enhancing further abundant and the STB ability of business based on the application of user terminal/server framework based on the information browse of the page.But; Along with the IPTV STB more and more trends towards variation; When realizing application program, also have nothing in common with each other according to the method that requires separately to adopt between the STB of different vendor, different model, this has just caused very big difficulty for carrying out IPTV client class business in dissimilar terminal unifications.
In order in the STB of different vendor, different model, conforming running environment to be provided to client application; Existing way is on operating system, to add middleware; As shown in Figure 1, in the prior art in STB the structural representation of Application Middleware.In STB, middleware provides conforming interface to application software, is used for shielding owing to the different software transplanting problems that cause of operating system.But; General middleware Technology will be carried out the integrated of software function, and guaranteeing to adapt to different operating systems or hardware, but this need take a large amount of spaces; For the system of this type of IPTV STB resource-constrained, it is not very real adopting general middleware Technology.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to propose local call method of a kind of set-top box application program and application management device, can both satisfy IPTV service application versatility demand, do not need too much to take simultaneously the system space of STB again.
For realizing above-mentioned purpose, the invention provides the local call method of a kind of set-top box application program, comprising:
Obtain and represent the tabulation of the useful application that server side provides;
Application management device receives the instruction of selecting the application in the said tabulation, sends the request of downloading selected application to server side according to said instruction;
After said selected application download finished, said application management device started said selected application according to the instruction of the said selected application of startup that receives, and for said selected application the system resource interface is provided.
Further, also comprise: said application management device represents the tabulation that all have started application through the displaying interface interface, and said operation information and the operating function that has started application is provided.
Further, behind said selected application start, said application management device is managed the whole life of said selected application.
Further; When procotol interface or file system interface accessing network resources or the file system of said selected application through said application management device, said application management device obtains corresponding Internet resources or file system offers said selected application.
Further, also comprise: when the function outside the basic function of said selected application need use STB, said application management device is carried in feature card additional in the STB, so that for said selected application required function is provided.
Further, also comprise: when said selected application need called other application of said application management device management, said selected application was carried out through application affairs management interface and said other application of said application management device alternately.
For realizing above-mentioned purpose, the invention provides a kind of application management device that is used for STB, comprising:
The application download administrative unit, it is configured to, and sends the request of downloading selected application to server side according to the instruction of the application in the tabulation of the selection useful application that receives;
Preserve the application of down load application and preserve the unit;
The life cycle management unit, it is configured to, the management function that startup is provided, moves, suspends and closes to said selected application;
The system resource interface, it is configured to, and the interface of carrying out various systemic-functions is provided to said selected application.
Further, said application download administrative unit also is configured to, and obtains the tabulation of the application that can download and can in STB, move to server side.
Further, said system resource interface specifically comprises:
The displaying interface interface, it is configured to, and the tabulation of application and the representing of application interface that can download, download and/or start are provided;
The procotol interface, it is configured to, and the visit of Internet resources is provided;
File system interface, it is configured to, and the file calling function is provided.
Further, also comprise:
The user interface management unit links to each other with said application download administrative unit, life cycle management unit and system resource interface, and it is configured to, and the information interaction between user interface and the application management device is provided
The application affairs administrative unit, it is configured to, provide that the user operates, application itself and use between incident management.
Further, the application affairs administrative unit also is configured to, and when the function outside the basic function of application need use STB, is carried in feature card additional in the STB, so that for said application required function is provided.
Based on technique scheme; The present invention manages application through application management device is set in STB; Guarantee the optimised utilization of effective available resources of system, and consistent interface is provided, can in the different terminals environment, use under the situation about need not transplant so that use for using.
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Accompanying drawing described herein is used to provide further understanding of the present invention, constitutes the application's a part, and illustrative examples of the present invention and explanation thereof are used to explain the present invention, do not constitute improper qualification of the present invention.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 be in the prior art in STB the structural representation of Application Middleware.
Fig. 2 is used for the structural representation of an embodiment of the application management device of STB for the present invention.
Fig. 3 is used for the structural representation of another embodiment of the application management device of STB for the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the structural representation that is provided with the STB of application management device embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the schematic flow sheet of an embodiment of the local call method of set-top box application program of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is the signaling process sketch map of another embodiment of the local call method of set-top box application program of the present invention.
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Through accompanying drawing and embodiment, technical scheme of the present invention is done further detailed description below.
For in this resource-constrained system of STB; General middleware Technology is difficult in STB, use owing to taking a large amount of spaces, and this make to realize that also there is certain problem in STB satisfying on the universal demand of IPTV service application.
In order to address this is that, the present invention proposes a kind of application management device that is used for STB, as shown in Figure 2, be used for the structural representation of an embodiment of the application management device of STB for the present invention.In the present embodiment, application management device comprises: unit 2, life cycle management unit 3 and system resource interface 4 are preserved in application download administrative unit 1, application.
During the instruction of the application of application download administrative unit 1 in receiving the tabulation of selecting useful application, can send the request of the selected application of download to server side according to this instruction.The tabulation of this useful application can be obtained by the browser access IPTV EPG of STB, also can obtain the tabulation of the application that can download and can in STB, move through application download administrative unit 1 to server side.
The application of having downloaded is stored in to use and preserves in the unit 2, when application is activated, the management of life cycle is provided by life cycle management unit 2.So-called life cycle is meant the memory size that is applied in the ID that registers in the application management device, application, current state etc., and these data are used for the fail safe of maintenance application in life cycle.Initiatively finish or application management device when being forced closed using, the data of this life cycle will be by automatic deletion.
The 3 pairs of application in life cycle management unit are managed, and the responsible management function that startup is provided, moves, suspends and closes to selected application.The consistent interface of the system resource interface 4 various systemic-functions of execution that to be application management devices provide to selected application; In other words; Which systemic-function selected application need uses, and all obtains corresponding system resources through system resource interface 4, accomplishes corresponding systemic-function.
The application management device of present embodiment to application download, management and interface support; Need be as the integrated a lot of software function of middleware Technology of the prior art; Therefore can not take a lot of system spaces, be suitable for being arranged on this type of STB resource constrained environment; Simultaneously; Application management device provides conforming system resource interface for using; Application can be called these system resource interfaces and carried out function corresponding; Guaranteed to use and need not transplant, and need not carry out adaptive to different operating systems or hardware layer interface based on various set-top box environment.
As shown in Figure 3, be used for the structural representation of another embodiment of the application management device of STB for the present invention.Compare with a last embodiment, the system resource interface in the present embodiment can specifically comprise with lower interface: displaying interface interface 41, procotol interface 42 and file system interface 43.Wherein, displaying interface interface 41 is configured to provide the tabulation of application and the representing of application interface that can download, download and/or start.Procotol interface 42 is configured to provide the visit of Internet resources.File system interface 43 is configured to provide the file calling function.
Application under the application management device management realizes the function of application through these general-purpose interfaces; If the more system resource of application need is carried out better business and is represented; This moment is in the time of can also be by the function of application affairs administrative unit 5 outside application need uses the basic function of STB; Be carried in feature card additional in the STB, so that required function is provided for said application.
Application management device can carry out strict management to the application of downloading; After application is downloaded; Its employed memory headroom requires to be applied in advance by application management device; Guarantee to use the application that can not take too much system resource and have influence on the IPTV basic business with this, and then guarantee the safety of the IPTV service that STB provides.
Situation for the function of use plug-in unit; Application management device also is to call according to the needs of using; If application has been finished using or has not been needed the function of use plug-in unit; Then this feature card is inactive, and application management device can not be this feature card configuration corresponding system resources, thereby utilizes this mode to guarantee that the use of effective available resources of set-top-box system (for example CPU, internal memory etc.) optimizes more.
When being applied in the STB communicates between response user operation or application itself and application; Carry out Correspondent by application management device; The application affairs administrative unit promptly is set in application management device, this application affairs administrative unit is configured to provide that the user operates, application itself and use between incident management.
For instance, if using, certain hopes then to send play instruction through the player software of application affairs administrative unit outside application management device through player plays section video.In like manner, if the user operates when perhaps applications need be instructed to the application transmission of using the management devices management, all need transmit via the application affairs administrative unit.
The way to manage of this incident can guarantee respectively to use in the STB validity of mutual fail safe and resource use; For example in the time of the STB inadequate resource; The application affairs administrative unit can be refused the resource request of the application under the application management device management, to guarantee the normal operation of STB.
In application management device, can also comprise user interface management unit 6, this unit links to each other with application download administrative unit, life cycle management unit and system resource interface, and it is configured to, and the information interaction between user interface and the application management device is provided.
As shown in Figure 4, be the structural representation of the STB that is provided with application management device embodiment of the present invention.In the present embodiment, can see that application management device is independent of the operating system and a lot of basic softwares in the STB, this is different from middleware implementation of the prior art, and the middleware under the middleware implementation needs integrated a lot of basic softwares.
The application that application management device is managed is commonly referred to as Downloadable client class and uses, and for example Widget etc. uses certain application if desired in the STB running; Then download and to use, and when STB shut down, this application will be deleted from STB from server side; In other words, these are used than basic software, belong to the dynamic application that is kept in the STB internal memory; After STB is closed, internal memory will be eliminated, and corresponding application data also can be eliminated.
Under the situation that the STB resource allows, application management device also can also can be managed the local non-dynamic application of STB, but the prerequisite non-dynamic application that is this meets the requirement of application management device.
Based on above-mentioned application management device, the present invention also provides the embodiment of the local call method of several set-top box application programs, and is as shown in Figure 5, is the schematic flow sheet of an embodiment of the local call method of set-top box application program of the present invention.In the present embodiment, may further comprise the steps:
Step 101, obtain and represent the tabulation of the useful application that server side provides;
Step 102, application management device receive the instruction of selecting the application in the said tabulation, send the request of downloading selected application to server side according to said instruction;
Step 103, after said selected application download finishes, said application management device starts said selected application according to the instruction of the said selected application of startup that receives, and for said selected application the system resource interface is provided.
The system resource interface that has needed when in the present embodiment, application management device has carried out download management to selected application and provides selected application to move.Application management device can carry out these down load application to register at self after application download finishes, and uses the unique ID of registration for each, writes down the state information of each application, and the whole life of selected application is managed.
The operation of obtaining and represent the tabulation of the useful application that server side provides can be obtained by browser access IPTV EPG; IPTV EPG provides the page of the tabulation that comprises the application that can download and can in STB, move to browser, and browser represents this tabulation.Except this obtain manner, can also directly obtain the tabulation of the application that can download and can STB, move by application management device, and represent said tabulation through the displaying interface interface of application management device from server side.
For the ease of management; Application management device can also represent the tabulation that all have started application through the displaying interface interface; And operation information and the operating function that starts application be provided; Which the user just can see easily and use just in use like this, so that management function such as move, suspend, close accordingly.
Consider the security requirement of set-top box application; The application of these downloads and operation is access system resources directly; When procotol interface or file system interface accessing network resources or the file system of selected application through application management device; Application management device then substitutes selected application and obtains corresponding Internet resources or file system, offers selected application then.Equally; These are used other application of managing with application management device and can not directly carry out alternately; If directly carry out tending to bring bigger potential safety hazard alternately, therefore need be undertaken alternately by application affairs management interface and other application through application management device.
The basic function of considering STB might not satisfy uses needed function, so application management device can be carried in feature card additional in the STB, so that for said selected application required function is provided.These feature cards can provide extra functional support for application, and for example binary implementation compiling plug-in unit, expansion script support plug-in unit, figure to strengthen plug-in unit, USB visit plug-in unit etc.
The present invention will be described for signaling process that below will be through the local call method embodiment of set-top box application program, as shown in Figure 6, is the signaling process sketch map of another embodiment of the local call method of set-top box application program of the present invention.Present embodiment comprises:
The tabulation of the application of downloading and can STB, move that step 202, application management module will be obtained from server represents to the user through the displaying interface interface;
Whether step 211, application affairs administrative unit examination interactive information the suitable client application B that sends to, if be fit to, is then undertaken alternately by application affairs administrative unit and client application B;
When if step 213 client application A hopes to use the function outside the basic function of STB, request from the request call feature card to the application affairs administrative unit that can send;
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: all or part of step that realizes said method embodiment can be accomplished through the relevant hardware of program command; Aforesaid program can be stored in the computer read/write memory medium; This program the step that comprises said method embodiment when carrying out; And aforesaid storage medium comprises: various media that can be program code stored such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disc or CD.
Should be noted that at last: above embodiment is only in order to technical scheme of the present invention to be described but not to its restriction; Although with reference to preferred embodiment the present invention has been carried out detailed explanation, the those of ordinary skill in affiliated field is to be understood that: still can specific embodiments of the invention make amendment or the part technical characterictic is equal to replacement; And not breaking away from the spirit of technical scheme of the present invention, it all should be encompassed in the middle of the technical scheme scope that the present invention asks for protection.
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1. the local call method of a set-top box application program comprises:
Obtain and represent the tabulation of the useful application that server side provides;
Application management device receives the instruction of selecting the application in the said tabulation, sends the request of downloading selected application to server side according to said instruction;
After said selected application download finished, said application management device started said selected application according to the instruction of the said selected application of startup that receives, and for said selected application the system resource interface is provided.
2. the local call method of set-top box application program according to claim 1 wherein also comprises:
Said application management device represents the tabulation that all have started application through the displaying interface interface, and said operation information and the operating function that has started application is provided.
3. the local call method of set-top box application program according to claim 1, wherein behind said selected application start, said application management device is managed the whole life of said selected application.
4. the local call method of set-top box application program according to claim 1; Wherein when procotol interface or file system interface accessing network resources or the file system of said selected application through said application management device, said application management device obtains corresponding Internet resources or file system offers said selected application.
5. the local call method of set-top box application program according to claim 1 wherein also comprises:
When the function outside the basic function of said selected application need use STB, said application management device is carried in feature card additional in the STB, so that for said selected application required function is provided.
6. the local call method of set-top box application program according to claim 1 wherein also comprises:
When said selected application need called other application of said application management device management, said selected application was carried out through application affairs management interface and said other application of said application management device alternately.
7. application management device that is used for STB comprises:
The application download administrative unit, it is configured to, and sends the request of downloading selected application to server side according to the instruction of the application in the tabulation of the selection useful application that receives;
Preserve the application of down load application and preserve the unit;
The life cycle management unit, it is configured to, the management function that startup is provided, moves, suspends and closes to said selected application;
The system resource interface, it is configured to, and the interface of carrying out various systemic-functions is provided to said selected application.
8. application management device according to claim 7, wherein said system resource interface specifically comprises:
The displaying interface interface, it is configured to, and the tabulation of application and the representing of application interface that can download, download and/or start are provided;
The procotol interface, it is configured to, and the visit of Internet resources is provided;
File system interface, it is configured to, and the file calling function is provided.
9. application management device according to claim 7 wherein also comprises:
The user interface management unit links to each other with said application download administrative unit, life cycle management unit and system resource interface, and it is configured to, and the information interaction between user interface and the application management device is provided;
The application affairs administrative unit, it is configured to, provide that the user operates, application itself and use between incident management.
10. application management device according to claim 7; Wherein the application affairs administrative unit also is configured to; When the function outside the basic function of application need use STB, be carried in feature card additional in the STB, so that required function is provided for said application.
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