CN105120309A - EPG customizing method and EPG device applied to digital television - Google Patents

EPG customizing method and EPG device applied to digital television Download PDF

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CN105120309A
CN105120309A CN201510510429.XA CN201510510429A CN105120309A CN 105120309 A CN105120309 A CN 105120309A CN 201510510429 A CN201510510429 A CN 201510510429A CN 105120309 A CN105120309 A CN 105120309A
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    • HELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
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    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
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Abstract

The invention discloses an EPG (electronic program guide) customizing method and an EPG device applied to a digital television, belongs to the technical field of EPG, and aims to solve the problems that the EPG only comprises a television live broadcast service, time shifting, review and on-demand services are separated and independent from the EPG, the association is not strong, and the user operation is complex. The technical scheme is as follows: an EPG customizing method applied to a digital television comprises the following steps: organization and generation of SI data in an EPG system server; the EPG data server stores SI data; the set top box requests, receives and analyzes the SI data; and the display terminal displays the EPG interface. An EPG device applied to a digital television comprises an EPG data server, an EPG system server, a set-top box and a display terminal, wherein an EPG editor is arranged in the EPG system server; the EPG data server is communicated with the EPG system server in an interconnecting way, the EPG system server is communicated with the set-top box in an interconnecting way through a network, and the set-top box is connected to the display terminal.

Description

A kind of EPG method for customizing and EPG device being applied to Digital Television
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of EPG technical field, specifically a kind of EPG method for customizing and EPG device being applied to Digital Television.
Background technology
Digital Television is due to transmitting digitized, and multiple business may be mixed together by a transmission.Therefore, Digital Television has not been single television services, and refers to the digital service transmitted by television transmission channels, comprises video, audio frequency, image, data etc.Digital Radio TV enters Rapid development stage.Can predict, at a few years from now on, the business relevant to Digital Television will increase substantially.Does is thing followed problem that how user could find desired program and information easily when Digital Television can provide for user the program and multiple business that are several times as much as current program amount?
EPG is the english abbreviation of ElectronicProgramGuide, is meant to electronic program guides.Interface and the Web page of EPG are similar, EPG interface generally all provide all kinds of menu, button, link etc. user can be supplied to select the assembly directly clicked during program; The interface of EPG also can comprise all kinds of dynamic or static content of multimedia browsed for user.EPG has become the important symbol of Digital Television, is that spectators enter Digital Television and IPTV(IPTV) door.
In Digital Television, current EPG only comprises live telecast business, time shift, review, demand (telecommunication) service is separated independent with EPG.And the problem such as relevant property is strong, user operation is complicated.Under the very fast development of modern society's information and user require the prerequisite improved constantly, improve EPG to the communicating information efficiency of user, reduce user to the selection operating time etc. of related service, wait the optimal design of a series of raising Consumer's Experience that television services could be allowed more intelligent.
Summary of the invention
Technical assignment of the present invention is for above weak point, provides a kind of the EPG method for customizing and the EPG device that are applied to Digital Television, solves the problem that relevance is not strong, user operation is complicated that current EPG exists.
The technical solution adopted for the present invention to solve the technical problems is:
Be applied to an EPG method for customizing for Digital Television, comprise the steps:
(1) tissue of the SI data, in EPG system server and generation: in EPG system server, use EPG editing machine to write the SI data generating displaying predetermined programme, program look back, programme televised live, program time shifting, play-on-demand program, the SI data generated are carried out system layer multiplexing, transmission in TS bag;
(2), EPG data server stores SI data: SI data are stored to the backup of EPG data server by EPG system server;
(3), Set Top Box is to the request of SI data, reception and parsing: Set Top Box is to EPG system server request data, SI data are inserted TS bag by EPG system server, by Internet Transmission to Set Top Box, Rcv decoder in Set Top Box parses SI data from the TS bag received, and sets up SI database in Set Top Box;
(4), display terminal display EPG interface: display terminal is undertaken by the SI database of EPG interface and Set Top Box alternately.
Set Top Box is to the request of SI data, reception and parsing, and concrete steps are as follows:
1., by remote controller and Set Top Box interaction, the Application Software Program that Set Top Box is loaded initiates SI request of data to EPG system server;
2., EPG system server judges whether the SI data of current request are data in future, if so, then to the Middleware Request SI data of EPG system server, if not, then to the EPG data server requests SI data in high in the clouds;
3., SI data are sent to Set Top Box, set-top box parses SI data by EPG system server;
4. the Application Software Program that, Set Top Box is loaded verifies SI data, if verification was lost efficacy, then again to EPG system server initiation SI request of data;
5., SI data check legal after, by SI data at display terminal by EPG interface display.
EPG interface specific implementation operating procedure is as follows:
1., by the assignment key on remote controller, display terminal demonstrates EPG interface;
2., EPG interface is vertically date option, horizontal position programm name option;
3., on remote controller, press key or lower key switches the date, programm name option list refreshed according to the date switched simultaneously; Switch programm name by left button or right button, by acknowledgement key selected program reviewed or time shift or reservation or recording operation, return higher level's operation by return key or hide EPG interface.
Be applied to an EPG device for Digital Television, comprise EPG data server, EPG system server, Set Top Box, display terminal, in EPG system server, be provided with EPG editing machine; EPG data server communicates with EPG system server interconnect, and EPG system server is by network and Set Top Box connection communication, and Set Top Box is connected to display terminal; EPG data server is for storing SI data, and the EPG editing machine of EPG system server is for bearing the typing of SI data, and Set Top Box is responsible for loading Application Software Program and performing this program, and display terminal is for showing the interface of EPG.
Of the present invention a kind of be applied to Digital Television EPG method for customizing and EPG device compared to the prior art, there is following beneficial effect: user, when seeing video frequency program, can realize the function of the displaying predetermined programme of video, program look back and programme televised live, program time shifting, play-on-demand program easily; Thus, have good value for applications.
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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the present invention is further described.
Accompanying drawing 1 is a kind of structural schematic block diagram being applied to the EPG device of Digital Television;
Accompanying drawing 2 be a kind of be applied to the SI data of the EPG method for customizing of Digital Television request, reception and parsing flow chart.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments, the invention will be further described.
Embodiment 1:
A kind of EPG method for customizing being applied to Digital Television of the present invention, comprises the steps:
(1) tissue of the SI data, in EPG system server and generation: in EPG system server, use EPG editing machine to write the SI data generating displaying predetermined programme, program look back, programme televised live, program time shifting, play-on-demand program, the SI data generated are carried out system layer multiplexing, transmission in TS bag;
(2), EPG data server stores SI data: SI data are stored to the backup of EPG data server by EPG system server;
(3), Set Top Box is to the request of SI data, reception and parsing: Set Top Box is to EPG system server request data, SI data are inserted TS bag by EPG system server, by Internet Transmission to Set Top Box, Rcv decoder in Set Top Box parses SI data from the TS bag received, and sets up SI database in Set Top Box;
(4), display terminal display EPG interface: display terminal is undertaken by the SI database of EPG interface and Set Top Box alternately.
As shown in Figure 2, Set Top Box is to the request of SI data, reception and parsing, and concrete steps are as follows:
1., by remote controller and Set Top Box interaction, the Application Software Program that Set Top Box is loaded initiates SI request of data to EPG system server;
2., EPG system server judges whether the SI data of current request are data in future, if so, then to the Middleware Request SI data of EPG system server, if not, then to the EPG data server requests SI data in high in the clouds;
3., SI data are sent to Set Top Box, set-top box parses SI data by EPG system server;
4. the Application Software Program that, Set Top Box is loaded verifies SI data, if verification was lost efficacy, then again to EPG system server initiation SI request of data;
5., SI data check legal after, by SI data at display terminal by EPG interface display.
EPG interface specific implementation operating procedure is as follows:
1., by the assignment key on remote controller, display terminal demonstrates EPG interface;
2., EPG interface is vertically date option, horizontal position programm name option;
3., on remote controller, press key or lower key switches the date, programm name option list refreshed according to the date switched simultaneously; Switch programm name by left button or right button, by acknowledgement key selected program reviewed or time shift or reservation or recording operation, return higher level's operation by return key or hide EPG interface.
SI, ServiceInformation, SI is provided by BAT bouquet association table (BAT), SDT Service Description Table (SDT), Event Information Table (EIT), 9 tables such as the transmission physical network information of current business and the property list (NIT) of this network etc., and they are divided into some sections and are mapped to transmission in TS bag.NIT mainly carries the information such as network identifier, network name and transfer system parameter.Whether the encryption system that SDT provides the bouquet belonging to business, business to use, mutatis mutandis country with the link information of other business, this business, Business Name and service supplier, business allow NVOD, and the information such as the control of many pictures, the telephone number realizing interactive return path and multilingual service title.The information that EIT provides comprises: the identification number of event, initial time, program length; Broadcast state, whether to encrypt; The detailed introduction of event; The time migration of two sections of same events; The A brief introduction that event is multilingual; The rank etc. that program limits.The information provided is provided according to SI such as NIT, SDT and EIT, various EPG can be formed, make user find desired information by various ways.
Table 12 in " DTV service information standard " lists the descriptor position that most probable occurs in SI table, therefrom can see, same class information allows to appear in multiple SI table, and expression is the position that identifier most probable occurs, is not limited in other table and uses this identifier; In addition, the various information that SI shows to provide are also not all enforceable.So just provide larger space and flexibility for the exploitation of EPG front end system and SI editing machine, also show that EPG is a kind of custom-built system, it is relevant that its function and program service provider intend which type of to provide serve to user simultaneously.
TS wraps, one of high-definition movie encapsulation format, the TS i.e. abbreviation of " TransportStream ".It is that subpackage sends, each Bao Changwei 188 byte.The structure of bag is that packet header is 4 bytes, and load is 184 bytes.Very eurypalynous data can be inserted, as video, audio frequency, self-defined information etc. in TS stream.
Embodiment 2:
As shown in Figure 1, a kind of EPG device being applied to Digital Television of the present invention, comprises EPG data server, EPG system server, Set Top Box, display terminal, is provided with EPG editing machine in EPG system server; EPG data server communicates with EPG system server interconnect, and EPG system server is by network and Set Top Box connection communication, and Set Top Box is connected to display terminal; EPG data server is for storing SI data, and the EPG editing machine of EPG system server is for bearing the typing of SI data, and Set Top Box is responsible for loading Application Software Program and performing this program, and display terminal is for showing the interface of EPG.
By embodiment above, described those skilled in the art can be easy to realize the present invention.But should be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to above-mentioned embodiment.On the basis of disclosed execution mode, described those skilled in the art can the different technical characteristic of combination in any, thus realizes different technical schemes.

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1. be applied to an EPG method for customizing for Digital Television, it is characterized in that comprising the steps:
(1) tissue of the SI data, in EPG system server and generation: in EPG system server, use EPG editing machine to write the SI data generating displaying predetermined programme, program look back, programme televised live, program time shifting, play-on-demand program, the SI data generated are carried out system layer multiplexing, transmission in TS bag;
(2), EPG data server stores SI data: SI data are stored to the backup of EPG data server by EPG system server;
(3), Set Top Box is to the request of SI data, reception and parsing: Set Top Box is to EPG system server request data, SI data are inserted TS bag by EPG system server, by Internet Transmission to Set Top Box, Rcv decoder in Set Top Box parses SI data from the TS bag received, and sets up SI database in Set Top Box;
(4), display terminal display EPG interface: display terminal is undertaken by the SI database of EPG interface and Set Top Box alternately.
2. a kind of EPG method for customizing being applied to Digital Television according to claim 1, it is characterized in that Set Top Box is to the request of SI data, reception and parsing, concrete steps are as follows:
1., by remote controller and Set Top Box interaction, the Application Software Program that Set Top Box is loaded initiates SI request of data to EPG system server;
2., EPG system server judges whether the SI data of current request are data in future, if so, then to the Middleware Request SI data of EPG system server, if not, then to the EPG data server requests SI data in high in the clouds;
3., SI data are sent to Set Top Box, set-top box parses SI data by EPG system server;
4. the Application Software Program that, Set Top Box is loaded verifies SI data, if verification was lost efficacy, then again to EPG system server initiation SI request of data;
5., SI data check legal after, by SI data at display terminal by EPG interface display.
3. a kind of EPG method for customizing being applied to Digital Television according to claim 1, is characterized in that EPG interface specific implementation operating procedure is as follows:
1., by the assignment key on remote controller, display terminal demonstrates EPG interface;
2., EPG interface is vertically date option, horizontal position programm name option;
3., on remote controller, press key or lower key switches the date, programm name option list refreshed according to the date switched simultaneously; Switch programm name by left button or right button, by acknowledgement key selected program reviewed or time shift or reservation or recording operation, return higher level's operation by return key or hide EPG interface.
4. be applied to an EPG device for Digital Television, it is characterized in that comprising EPG data server, EPG system server, Set Top Box, display terminal, in EPG system server, be provided with EPG editing machine; EPG data server communicates with EPG system server interconnect, and EPG system server is by network and Set Top Box connection communication, and Set Top Box is connected to display terminal; EPG data server is for storing SI data, and the EPG editing machine of EPG system server is for bearing the typing of SI data, and Set Top Box is responsible for loading Application Software Program and performing this program, and display terminal is for showing the interface of EPG.
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