Summary of the invention
The present invention proposes a kind of TV programme interaction systems and method, and it can improve the interaction effect between the user.
The present invention provides a kind of TV programme interaction systems, and it comprises that program provides unit, first interactive TV, second interactive TV and master server.Program provides the unit to be suitable for providing TV programme signal.First interactive TV and second interactive TV are suitable for program receiving to be provided the TV programme signal that the unit provides and plays TV programme.First interactive TV, second interactive TV are connected through network with master server each other, and first interactive TV and second interactive TV all have interactive auxiliary equipment, and first interactive TV is suitable for sending interactive solicited message to master server.Master server is suitable for judging interactive solicited message and sends interactive solicited message to the second interactive TV.Second interactive TV is suitable for receiving interactive solicited message and switches to the TV programme that first interactive TV is play, and the user of second interactive TV can carry out interaction with the user of this first interactive TV.
In one embodiment of the invention, aforesaid first interactive TV, second interactive TV and master server are each other through Internet connection.
In one embodiment of the invention, aforesaid interactive auxiliary equipment comprises audio frequency apparatus and video equipment, and audio frequency apparatus is suitable for obtaining and the audio signal when playing user interaction, and video equipment is suitable for obtaining and the vision signal when playing user interaction.
In one embodiment of the invention, aforesaid audio signal and vision signal are transmitted between first interactive TV and second interactive TV through network.
In one embodiment of the invention, the pairing picture of aforesaid vision signal is presented on the screen of first interactive TV or second interactive TV through the network periodic refresh.
In one embodiment of the invention, it is mutual to carry out request-reply through agreement between aforesaid first interactive TV and the master server and between second interactive TV and the master server.
In one embodiment of the invention, aforesaid interactive solicited message comprises the user profile of the program coded message and second interactive TV.
The present invention also provides a kind of TV programme interactive approach; May further comprise the steps: one links to each other with network and first interactive TV with interactive auxiliary equipment judges whether to receive the instruction of carrying out program interaction, is then to carry out subsequent step if select; If select not, then process ends; First interactive TV sends the master server that interactive solicited message to links to each other with network; Master server judges whether interactive solicited message meets rule, if meet rule, then carries out subsequent step, if do not meet rule, then process ends; Master server sends second interactive TV that interactive solicited message to links to each other with network and has interactive auxiliary equipment; Whether the user of second interactive TV selects to carry out program interaction with the user of first interactive TV, is to carry out subsequent step, if select not process ends if select; Second interactive TV switches to the TV programme that first interactive TV is play, and the user of the user of second interactive TV and first interactive TV carries out interaction.
In one embodiment of the invention, aforesaid master server judges the rule of interactive solicited message is that whether whether online reaching satisfies interactive condition to second interactive TV.
In TV programme interaction systems of the present invention and method; First interactive TV links to each other with network and master server with second interactive TV; The TV programme signal that first interactive TV and second interactive TV are received can transmit through the broadcasting and TV radio network, and the video calling signal between the user of the user of first interactive TV and second interactive TV can pass through Network Transmission, thereby realizes that the user of first interactive TV and the user of second interactive TV can watch same TV programme; And can carry out interaction through interactive auxiliary equipment; Satisfy the common demand of appreciating common interchange of user, promote user experience, realize preferable interaction effect.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 illustrates the sketch map into TV programme interaction systems of the present invention.See also Fig. 1, TV programme interaction systems 10 of the present invention comprises that program provides unit 12, first interactive TV 14, second interactive TV 16 and master server 18.Program provides unit 12 to be suitable for providing TV programme signal, and it for example is a TV station, but the present invention is not as limit.TV programme signal can be anolog TV signals or digital television signal.First interactive TV 14 and second interactive TV 16 are suitable for program receiving to be provided the TV programme signal that unit 12 provides and plays TV programme.First interactive TV 14, second interactive TV 16 are connected through network with master server 18 each other, and promptly first interactive TV 14, second interactive TV 16 all link to each other with network with master server 18, and said here network can be the Internet.
First interactive TV 14 has remote controller 142 and interactive auxiliary equipment.In the present embodiment, interactive auxiliary equipment comprises audio frequency apparatus 144 and video equipment 146, but the present invention is as limit, and in other embodiments, interactive auxiliary equipment can comprise one of them of audio frequency apparatus and video equipment.When the user of first interactive TV 14 wants to share same program with the user of second interactive TV 16 and carries out audio frequency and video when interactive; It can send interactive solicited message to master server 18 through remote controller 142 controls first interactive TV 14, and interactive solicited message can comprise the user profile of the program coded message and second interactive TV 16.Master server 18 is suitable for judging the interactive solicited message that first interactive TV 14 sends and sends interactive solicited message to the second interactive TV 16.What master server 18 used is linux system (general designation of one type of Unix computer operating system).
Second interactive TV 16 has remote controller 162 and interactive auxiliary equipment.In the present embodiment, interactive auxiliary equipment comprises audio frequency apparatus 164 and video equipment 166, but the present invention is as limit, and in other embodiments, interactive auxiliary equipment can comprise one of them of audio frequency apparatus and video equipment.Second interactive TV 16 is suitable for receiving from the interactive solicited message of master server 18 and switches to the TV programme that first interactive TV 14 is play.The user of second interactive TV 16 can converse with the user video of first interactive TV, and the video calling signal between the user of the user of first interactive TV 14 and second interactive TV 16 passes through Network Transmission.
First interactive TV 14 and second interactive TV 16 include central processing unit, and (Central ProcessingUnit CPU), and uses linux system.The audio signal of the compressible reconciliation compressed audio of central processing unit equipment and the vision signal of video equipment.
Need to prove; The TV programme signal that first interactive TV 14 and second interactive TV 16 are received can be through the transmission of broadcasting and TV radio network; And audio signal and vision signal when the audio signal during first interactive TV, 14 user interactions and vision signal and second interactive TV, 16 user interactions can be passed through internet transmission; Thereby realize that the user of first interactive TV 14 and the user of second interactive TV 16 can watch same TV programme; And can realize video calling through audio signal and transmission of video signals, reach preferable interaction effect.In other embodiments, if the interactive auxiliary equipment of first interactive TV and second interactive TV is an audio frequency apparatus, can realize between the user that then conversation is interactive; If the interactive auxiliary equipment of first interactive TV and second interactive TV is a video equipment, then can realize video interactive between the user.
In detail; Vision signal during first interactive TV, 14 user interactions that audio signal during first interactive TV, 14 user interactions that audio frequency apparatus 144 obtains and video equipment 146 obtain is given second interactive TV 16 by 14 compressions of first interactive TV and through Network Transmission; Audio signal and video signal decompression when second interactive TV 16 passes through its central processing unit with first interactive TV, 14 user interactions; Audio signal when audio frequency apparatus 164 is play first interactive TV, 14 user interactions; The pairing picture of vision signal is through set of pictures (the Group Of Pictures of network during first interactive TV, 14 users interactive; GOP) passage periodic refresh and being presented on the video screen of second interactive TV 16 is then play through second interactive TV, 16 video players and need not to carry out video decode through the scaler (scaler) of second interactive TV, 16 master chips again.Vision signal during second interactive TV, 16 user interactions that audio signal during second interactive TV, 16 user interactions that audio frequency apparatus 164 obtains and video equipment 166 obtain is given first interactive TV 14 by 16 compressions of second interactive TV and through Network Transmission; Audio signal and video signal decompression when first interactive TV 14 passes through its central processing unit with second interactive TV, 16 user interactions; Audio signal when audio frequency apparatus 144 is play second interactive TV, 16 user interactions; The pairing picture process set of pictures passage periodic refresh of vision signal during second interactive TV, 16 user interactions also is presented on the video screen of first interactive TV 14, then plays through first interactive TV, 14 video players and need not to carry out video decode through the scaler of first interactive TV, 14 master chips again.The screen of first interactive TV 14 and second interactive TV 16 can be play same TV programme, and the video pictures of the other user's continual renovation can be presented in a corner of the screen of first interactive TV 14 and second interactive TV 16.
It should be noted that between first interactive TV 14 and the master server 18 and between second interactive TV 16 and the master server 18 through agreement, ICP/IP protocol for example, it is mutual to carry out request-reply.
Fig. 2 illustrates the flow chart into TV programme interactive approach of the present invention.See also Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, TV programme interactive approach of the present invention comprises the steps:
Step 22 links to each other with network and first interactive TV 14 with interactive auxiliary equipment judges whether to receive the instruction of carrying out program interaction, if select be, then execution in step 23, if select not, process ends then; Step 23, first interactive TV 14 sends interactive solicited message to master server 18;
Step 24, master server 18 judge whether the interactive solicited message that first interactive TV 14 sends meets rule, if meet rule, then execution in step 25; If do not meet rule, then process ends;
Step 25, master server 18 sends interactive solicited message to second interactive TV 16 that links to each other and have interactive auxiliary equipment with network;
Step 26, whether the user of second interactive TV 16 selects to carry out program interaction with the user of first interactive TV 14, is that then execution in step 27 if select; If select not, then process ends;
Step 27, second interactive TV 16 switches to the program that first interactive TV 14 is play, and the user of the user of second interactive TV 16 and first interactive TV 14 carries out interaction.
Hold above-mentionedly, in step 22, interactive auxiliary equipment comprises audio frequency apparatus 144 and video equipment 146.In step 23; Interactive solicited message can comprise the user profile of the program coded message and second interactive TV 16; The user profile of second interactive TV 16 can comprise the application identity (identity, ID), type, the network information and other can discern the user's of second interactive TV 16 information.After user's login of first interactive TV 14 and second interactive TV 16; I.e. first interactive TV 14 and the start of second interactive TV 16 and keep network unimpeded after, first interactive TV 14 is understood with second interactive TV 16 be sent to server with user state information updating at any time.In step 24, master server 18 judges whether the interactive solicited message that first interactive TV 14 sends meets rule, and said here rule comprises whether whether online reaching satisfies interactive condition (for example whether having audio & video equipment) etc. to second interactive TV 16.In step 25, interactive auxiliary equipment comprises audio frequency apparatus 164 and video equipment 166.
In sum; In TV programme interaction systems of the present invention and method; First interactive TV links to each other with network and master server with second interactive TV; The TV programme signal that first interactive TV and second interactive TV are received can transmit through the broadcasting and TV radio network, and the interactive signal between the user of the user of first interactive TV and second interactive TV can pass through Network Transmission, thereby realizes that the user of first interactive TV and the user of second interactive TV can watch same TV programme; And can carry out interaction, satisfy the common demand that exchanges together of appreciating of user.In one embodiment of the invention; Interactive auxiliary equipment comprises audio frequency apparatus and video equipment; Audio signal when audio frequency apparatus can obtain user interaction, the vision signal when video equipment can obtain user interaction, audio signal and vision signal can realize the video calling between the user through Network Transmission; Thereby the lifting user experience realizes preferable interaction effect.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, is not the present invention is done any pro forma restriction; Though the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment; Yet be not in order to limiting the present invention, anyly be familiar with the professional and technical personnel, in not breaking away from technical scheme scope of the present invention; When the technology contents of above-mentioned announcement capable of using is made a little change or is modified to the equivalent embodiment of equivalent variations; In every case be not break away from technical scheme content of the present invention, to any simple modification, equivalent variations and modification that above embodiment did, all still belong in the scope of technical scheme of the present invention according to technical spirit of the present invention.