CN105191217A - Cloud-based resource management - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention involves the migration of at least some of the content discovery and/or resource management tasks from a home network to a remote server by using a proxy device, such as e.g. a DLNA-compatible proxy server or a proxy server compatible with other and/or multiple standards, connected to the devices within the home network and also connected to the resource server via an external, network. The proxy device can obtain content- relation information and, possibly, also: device-related information from the devices within the home network and provide that information to the. remote server which can use the information to create an integrated navigation interface for navigating and/or managing content available to all of the devices within the home network.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to the Content Management in home network.
Background technology
Remarkably increase in recent years with the quantity of the consumer device of rendering audio-visual content for storing, and expection will continue so future.In common house, find the home network comprising multiple television set, Set Top Box, DVD player and multimedia mobile phone not to be thundering.These device consumes are from the content in the such as source widely of radio network, Internet streaming server, personal video recorder, the service of local music storehouse, local photo file etc.
Each company moving, in consumer electronics, PC and service provider's industry is cooperating to set up and the interoperability of the distinct device made in home network and compatibility is being become possible design guideline and standard.DLNA (DLNA) be as such one in the non-profit-making trade organization more than the result of the joint efforts between 250 member company.DLNA is that the content using and be shared between home networking device provides agreement.Other home networking interoperability standard comprises: such as, UPnP (UPnP), family PNA(HPNA) and implement from the customization of each operator.There is the many products and home network server of supporting DLNA and other similar standard.
Although the development of DLNA and other similar standard has improved the interoperability of the equipment in home network, but still there is challenge, such as such as, the viewing programmed and the challenge of record and not cause the mode of conflict for recording the challenge of Resources allocation between devices.More equipment in home network can be play and store content, the flowing of the content between the memory device in each content source and home network becomes quite complicated Resources Management.
In addition, there is the challenge that the compatible view via the available content of various equipment in home network is provided to end user.Although broadcast service provider and the content supplier based on the Internet enable their consumer easily find available content traditionally, each content and service provider will only provide information to support that navigation and content are selected for the content on its own net.As a result, end user must process different user interfaces for navigating and selecting the available content of different home network devices.
In addition, although the equipment in home network can share the information of content about them and device resource, these equipment can not share this information with the equipment in other network and/or server usually.Sharing so also may be sometimes desired, such as, all services that can provide in the collection of whole content can be made special user Ke get.
The current method of various standard consortium is the more ability of the equipment increased in home network, makes these equipment can provide more compatible view for content navigation with selected, and can manage networked resources better.But the method is the potential source of conflict, and may need the firmware upgrade in the equipment in home network.
Summary of the invention
Target of the present invention is to provide a kind of contents management method that can improve above-mentioned at least some challenge and system.
Embodiments of the invention are suitable for operating in the environment comprising in home network at least two equipment, agent equipment and Resource Servers, described agent equipment is connected to each at least two equipment communicatedly and is connected to external network, and described Resource Server is connected to agent equipment via external network communication.
In one aspect of the invention, a kind of method that Resource Server makes it possible to carry out content navigation in home network, discovery and management is provided.Described method comprises from agent equipment reception by agent equipment each content correlated information obtained from least two equipment, and wherein term " content correlated information " is used for describing about the data to the available content of each equipment in home network.The method also comprises the integrated navigation interface of generation at least partially based on the content correlated information received from agent equipment, such as such as, electronic program guides, enables the user in home network navigate and/or manages all available content at least two equipment.Selectively, method can also comprise integrated with guidance interface is supplied to home network at least partially for the Resource Server showing user.
In an embodiment, the said method performed by Resource Server also can comprise and receiving by agent equipment each resource related information obtained from least two equipment from agent equipment, and wherein term " resource related information " is used for describing the data about the configuration of equipment, ability and/or function.High method can also comprise the user's access arranging the record of content at least partially, divide memory capacity and/or the arrangement content being used in the record of content based on the resource related information received from agent equipment.Such embodiment is favourable for the centralized management of the different equipment provided in home network and content.
Main points of the present invention are: the agent equipment using such as such as DLNA compatible with proxy server or the proxy server with multiple operating such, described agent equipment to be connected in home network and via the equipment of home network, and is also connected to Resource Server via external network.Agent equipment can obtain content correlated information and also may obtain resource related information from the armamentarium in home network, and via external network, this information is supplied to Resource Server.Adopt such agent equipment to solve equipment in home network and can not share problem about their content and/or the information of device resource with the equipment in other network and/or server, and allow Resource Server to create single integrated with guidance interface to navigate and to manage the available content of all devices in home network.By this way, the problem at the different user interface on distinct device that user must process in home network can be eliminated.In addition, the Resource Server had about the content of the equipment in home network and the information of ability allows the centralized management of the resource in home network, this removes the needs upgraded the firmware of the equipment in home network, because new feature can realize via to the interpolation of Resource Server.Compared with the solution of prior art, centralized management also reduces the Potential feasibility of the conflict between the distinct device in home network.
In this manual, DLNA compatible equipment discussion for the equipment of other operating such or with the equipment of multiple operating such be simultaneously same effectively.
In various embodiments, content is correlated with and/or resource related information also can obtain from the outside of home network.Such as, operator often has such system, it allows to remember in the equipment (such as, Cisco 4400 wireless controller (zapper) and Philip 7000PVR) what equipment is included in special home network and what content may have access to for these equipment.Resource Server can obtain content correlated information and/or resource related information from such operator.
In an embodiment, the method performed by Resource Server can also comprise from the other equipment reception of the home network outside information relevant to content requests.Such information can allow Resource Server to have the global view of all subscribers, and consider that the information of the reception relevant to content requests arranges the record of content, the user of point memory capacity and/or arrangement content that are used in the record of content accesses, minimized resource thus/content competition.
In an embodiment, Resource Server also can generate the specific integrated with guidance interface of equipment at least some equipment in home network, the part of such interface based on the content correlated information obtained from all devices home network by proxy server and/or a part for resource related information.By this way, for each equipment in home network, personalized interface can be created.Such personalized interface by the navigation that advantageously allows all different available content of equipment in home network and management, consider simultaneously create personalized interface for the ability of special equipment.
In an embodiment, advantageously the content navigation described in such as the application and/or management can be trimmed to user embody the content of interesting access and/or estimated it is the interested content of user.
In an embodiment, Resource Server can be configured to when equipment being added to home network or receiving information from during home network removing device.Receiving such information allows Resource Server that the change of suitable correspondence is incorporated into integrate interface.
In another aspect of this invention, the Resource Server being configured to the one or more steps performing said method is proposed.
Provide a kind of method carrying out operating in environment identical as above again on the other hand of the present invention, the method is used for agent equipment can carry out content navigation in home network, discovery and management.Each comprising from least two equipment of described method obtains content correlated information and obtained content correlated information is supplied to the agent equipment of Resource Server.Also provide the agent equipment being configured to perform such method.
In an embodiment, in one during agent equipment can be included in the home network of such as such as Set Top Box or media controller equipment.
In an embodiment, agent equipment can be configured to receive the integrated with guidance interface of such as such as electronic program guides at least partially from Resource Server, it is based on the generating at least partially of content correlated information being supplied to Resource Server, and the user in home network is navigated and/or manages all available content at least two equipment, and integrated with guidance interface showed user at least partially.In other embodiments, each equipment in home network, but not agent equipment, can receive integrate interface for showing user from Resource Server.
In an embodiment, agent equipment can advantageously be configured to be used as home server, described home server can store unavailable service and/or content in home network, and such as such as, the catalogue of described content can be showed user by some or all of the equipment in home network.
According to another aspect of the invention, a kind of system for content navigation, discovery and management is proposed.System comprises at least two equipment in home network, be suitable for being connected to communicatedly at least two equipment each and be connected to the agent equipment of external network and be suitable for being connected to the Resource Server of agent equipment via external network communication.Agent equipment is configured to obtain content correlated information from least two equipment each, and obtained content correlated information is supplied to Resource Server.Resource Server is configured to the integrated navigation interface of generation at least partially based on the content correlated information provided by agent equipment and integrated with guidance interface is supplied to home network for showing user, and described navigation interface enables the user in home network navigate and manages all available content at least two equipment.
According to aspects of the present invention, a kind of computer program element is proposed.Computer program element is suitable for performing the method being used in Resource Server and/or the method being used in the agent equipment with one or more feature mentioned above when being executed by a processor.This advantageously enables Resource Server and/or agent equipment implement in software.
Hereinafter, in further detail embodiments of the invention will be described.But should be understood that, these embodiments cannot be understood to that restriction is for protection scope of the present invention.
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Each aspect of the present invention is set forth in more detail with reference to exemplary embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings.In the drawing:
Fig. 1 shows the environment that can carry out content navigation and Content Management in home network according to an embodiment of the invention; And
Fig. 2 shows the block diagram of agent equipment according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 shows the block diagram of Resource Server according to an embodiment of the invention; And
Fig. 4 shows the flow chart that can carry out the method step of content navigation and Content Management in home network according to an embodiment of the invention.
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The present invention relates at least some content discovery and the migration of Resource management tasks from home network to remote server.
As illustrated for example in figure 1 all to this, propose a kind of system for the content navigation in home network and Content Management.
As shown in Figure 1, system 100 is included in the first equipment 110 and the second equipment 120 in home network 130.System 100 also comprises the agent equipment 140 being connected to the first and second equipment 110 and 120 via home network 130 communicatedly.Each in first and second equipment 110 and 120 can be the home network device of DLNA compatibility, and it is one or more to comprise in media receiver device, media store/server apparatus, media renderer devices or media controller equipment.Media source is can from the equipment of external source receiving media content, content, the content of sending via Internet streaming or the content uploaded from (video) video camera that described media content is such as such as sent via radio network.Such equipment can be such as Set Top Box (STB).Media store/server is can storing media content be used as the equipment in source of the media content of miscellaneous equipment.Such equipment can be such as video/audio/scanner-recorder, hard disk, local music storehouse server, local photo file, mobile phone or personal computer.Media renderer is the equipment that video/audio media content can be shown to or play to user, such as such as television set or music player.Media controller how can control and where store and/or the equipment of rendered media content.Certainly, each of the first and second equipment can the function of combined medium receiver, media store/server, media renderer and media controller.Such as, the mobile phone in home network 130 can be used as media storage device and media renderer, or STB can be used as media source, media server and media controller.
Home network 130 also comprises agent equipment 140, such as the proxy server of such as DLNA compatibility.On the one hand, agent equipment has the connection via home network 130 to the first and second equipment 110 and 120.On the other hand, agent equipment has via being connected to Resource Server 160 to outside (broadband) network 170, and selectively arrives the connection of content server 150.
Via to the connection of home network 130, agent equipment 140 can obtain the relevant and/or resource related information of content from the first and second equipment 110 and 120.Data and/or order also can be loaded into the first and second equipment 110 and 120 by agent equipment 140.
Via the connection to external network 170, agent equipment by Data import to Resource Server 160 and/or content server 150, and can obtain data from Resource Server 160 and/or content server 150.Agent equipment 140 makes Resource Server 160 can inquire and manage available resource and content in home network 130.Content server 150 is servers of the content for remotely storing the equipment that can be provided in home network 130.Resource Server 160 can be included in content server 150, or vice versa.
Although Fig. 1 illustrates as the agent equipment 140 with the first and second equipment 110 and 120 points of equipment opened, in other embodiments, agent equipment 140 can be included in the first equipment 110 or the second equipment 120.Such as, agent equipment 140 can be included in the STB in home network 130.
In addition, even if agent equipment 140 is described to individual equipment in this application, but specification also covers the embodiment that this individual equipment comprises the multiple agent equipments be combined in an agency.This can be useful in the home network such as comprising distinct device classification (such as, DLNA device, UpnP equipment, HPNA equipment etc.).In this environment, agent equipment 140 can comprise for each device class and the multiple Agent logic of physical combination in an agent equipment.
As shown in Figure 2, in one embodiment, agent equipment 140 comprises processor 210, for being connected to the home network interface 230 of home network 130 and the external network interface 270 for being connected to external network 170.Agent equipment also can selectively comprise data storage cell 220.Similarly, as shown in Figure 3, in one embodiment, Resource Server 160 comprises processor 310, for carrying out the interface 320 and selectively of data communication, data storage cell 330 with agent equipment 140.
With reference now to the operation of Fig. 2-4 descriptive system 100 in more detail.
Fig. 4 shows the flow chart that can carry out the method step of content navigation and Content Management in home network 130 according to an embodiment of the invention.Be described although method step is composition graphs 1-3, those skilled in the art will recognize that and be configured to any system of any order manner of execution step within the scope of the invention.
Method starts in step 410, and wherein agent equipment 140 obtains content correlated information via home network interface 230 from each equipment 110 and 120.Selectively, agent equipment 140 also obtains resource related information from each equipment 110 and 120.For this reason, agent equipment 140 can make home network 130 slowly advance (crawl) (that is, with orderly and comprehensively mode check home network 130) with the equipment (that is, equipment 110 and 120) in recognition network, their content and/or ability.In DLNA, such function will rely on UPnP, and device discovery will rely on SSDP (SSDP).
In one embodiment, agent equipment 140 obtains information when receiving obtain the instruction of information from Resource Server 160 from equipment 110 and 120.In other embodiments, agent equipment 140 can be configured to periodically, or obtains information by the specific events trigger in home network 130 or external network 170 from equipment 110 and 120.
As used in this article, term " agent equipment " describes a kind of equipment, it is as the one or more equipment in home network 130 on the one hand and the medium between one or more equipment (such as such as, Resource Server 160) of home network 130 outside on the other hand.Broadly use this term to cover any communication between equipment in home network and the equipment of home network outside, and with which device start communicate and what type information and/or order exchanged irrelevant.Such as, this term equipment use agent equipment covered in home network 130 effectively starts and starts the situation with the communication of the equipment in home network 130 with the equipment of the situation of the communication of the equipment of home network 130 outside and home network 130 outside via agent equipment 140.In the case of the latter, equipment in home network 130 agent equipment 140 can be allowed such as to use find protocol testing they to identify equipment in home network 130 according to the instruction received from Resource Server 160, detect the content be stored on equipment, the ability of identification equipment, thereon loading content (being derived from the content of such as Resource Server 160) and/or configuration device.
At step 420 which, obtained content correlated information is supplied to Resource Server 160 via external network interface 270 by agent equipment 140.This illustrates the advantage surmounting the solution that prior art proposes.If in the prior art, equipment 110 can not share the relevant and resource related information of content to the equipment of home network 130 outside and/or server with 120, because they only can be connected to the equipment in identical IP sub-network, then within system 100, Resource Server 160 can obtain the relevant and/or resource related information of content via agent equipment 140 from equipment 110 and 120.
In step 430, the processor 310 in Resource Server 160 enables the user home network 130 navigate based on the content correlated information generation obtained from equipment 110 and 120 by proxy server 140 and manages the integrated with guidance interface to the available content of equipment 110 and 120.Such integrate interface can comprise such as EPG.Data storage cell 330 in Resource Server 160 can be used for storing the information obtained from agent equipment 140 and/or the integrated with guidance interface that generates.
By using the information obtained from agent equipment 140, Resource Server 160 can be created in the complete picture of available content and resource in home network 130.Resource Server 160 also can monitor the new equipment adding home network 130 or the equipment removed from network 130, and correspondingly upgrades integrated with guidance interface.Resource Server 160 also can monitor and be present in home network 130, is added to home network 130 or by the content removed from home network 130.Such as, if the first equipment 110 comprises the DVD player playing special DVD, this can be identified by Resource Server 160.Resource Server 160 also can use the quality of the service between agent equipment 140 measuring equipment 110 and 120, and for being delivered to the service in home network 130 by use broadband network.Those skilled in the art will recognize that the enforcement of such function will depend on device type and classification.Such as, for DLNA and UPnP, service quality can be processed by the agreement being called UPnP-QRS.For other agreement, active or passive network are detected and can be disclosed network state.Such as, initiatively detect by transmission packet to destination, and measure round-trip delay, and by this information of gathering with access services quality.
By using the information obtained from agent equipment 140, Resource Server 160 also can make it possible to cross over and carry out other service to the available all the elements of the user of home network, and other service described is such as such as recommended.
In step 440, Resource Server 160 provides integrated with guidance interface to home network 130 via interface 320, and wherein, described integrated with guidance interface can be demonstrated to user.Integrated with guidance interface can be such as to be displayed on any user interface based on webpage used on the equipment of browser.In various embodiments, integrated with guidance interface or its part can be provided to agent equipment 140, be provided directly to equipment 110 and/or equipment 120, or are provided to any miscellaneous equipment in portion in or beyond home network.
Because Resource Server 160 can combine the content correlated information of acquisition and additional metadata and advanced figure, so it can support abundanter Consumer's Experience, described Consumer's Experience uses the prior art solution only using local metadata to be irrealizable.Integrated with guidance interface can be illustrated in the content guide of available content in one or more local media server, on remote content server to user and will be broadcasted or become the content guide of available content on broadband future.Then, user can use integrated with guidance interface to come such as such as media hype equipment to be directed to special services or specific one piece of content via DLNA, or to indicate the expectation of record one piece of content.
In one embodiment, if agent equipment 140 provides the information of indicating user interest to Resource Server 160, Resource Server 160 can generate that to comprise may be the integrated with guidance interface of the rendition list interested to user.In addition, the user preference that Resource Server 160 can use specific instruction and/or it from user to know, to build resource application plan, described resource application plan makes user the possibility with the quality level expected with available suitable content immediately be maximized.
In one embodiment, agent equipment 140 can be the DLNA agency implemented in the first equipment 110, and wherein the first equipment comprises the STB of DLNA compatibility.In such embodiments, as mentioned above, by using agent equipment 140, STB can access resources server 160, and instruction can be received to use one or more discovery agreement, to inquire about home network 130 to detect other DLNA device.In the simplest form, based on the content correlated information received from agent equipment 140, Resource Server 160 is only the radio network that STB is connected to and provides navigation data.Because Resource Server 160 has the point to point connect with the equipment 110 and 120 in home network 130, so Resource Server 160 can be used for sending the abundanter information set about the service in radio network.
In another embodiment, Resource Server 160 can send integrated with guidance interface or its part to media controller, and described media controller may may be implemented as the application on such as panel computer in the first equipment 110.In such embodiments, when user's chosen content, media controller order STB is tuned to related content, and sends it to selected media renderer, such as such as television set or audio frequency amplifier/loud speaker.Resource Server 160 can use agent equipment 140 to obtain information about obtaining media hype equipment in radio network and home network 130, and described agent equipment 140 can be implemented in STB.Then, Resource Server 160 information that can receive from agent equipment 140 with the Data expansion from service provider and third party content metadata provider.Such enforcement allows to simplify STB software and reduces the EPG data volume needing to comprise in broadcast channel.It is favourable for reducing the EPG data volume comprised in the broadcast, because the continuous repeated broadcast of EPG data needs effective bandwidth sum data transmission rate.
In another embodiment again, Resource Server 160 also can be used for sending conditional access (CA) data and/or digital copyright management (DRM) data that obtain from service provider to the equipment 110 and 120 home network 130.What the conventional delivery of key (such as, using EMM) needed data repeats transmission, because not being reliable by target device to sending of data.This repeats then needs effective data transmission rate, because the data transmission rate receiver determined in home network needs to wait for obtain the time quantum needed for whole (renewal) key started required by descrambling broadcasting stream.Make via agent equipment 140 between Resource Server 160 and the equipment 110 and 120 in home network 130, to be connected CA and/or the DRM data volume advantageously allowing to reduce and need to comprise in radio network.
In a further embodiment, Resource Server 160 also can provide the centralized management of the equipment in home network 130 as follows: such as, the record of the content on arrangement equipment, point to be used in the memory capacity of record, content flow is routed to suitable rendering apparatus, and arranges user's access of content.Such centralized management can performing based on the resource related information received from agent equipment 140 and/or content correlated information at least partially.
Provided hereinafter concentrating equipment and manage the example that can how to occur.
Such as, consider comprise with the STB of four tuners the first equipment 110 and comprise second equipment 120 of the STB with two tuners, and the first and second equipment 110 and 120 each on storage device and additional memory device in home network 130.Additional memory device can such as realize in network-driven.In such a system, based on by agent equipment 140 being the content related data that obtains of these three equipment in home network 130 and/or equipment-related data, Resource Server 160 can plan record and memory allocated capacity, makes the maximum likelihood that the selection of the specific selection and expectation that there is user can be recorded when not having resource contention.Because resource management is no longer in equipment level, and be in the horizontal network crossing over all devices, so resource management can be optimized.
In an embodiment, Resource Server 160 can receive the information relevant to the content requests of the other equipment from home network 130 outside.By this way, Resource Server 160 can obtain the global view of all users in the request of the arrangement record for content and content of all users, point is used in the memory capacity of record and/or arranges to access the user of content after considering global view.Such as, be used for the significant demand of specific program if existed, Resource Server 160 can be arranged in the off-peak hours provides special content to compete on a large scale to solve this.Or if user selectes the content for recording that program request is available or repeatedly transmit, then Resource Server 160 link that can be created to program request storehouse or the different time selected for the transmission of recording, so that minimized resource conflict.
In another embodiment, Resource Server 160 can assemble the information relevant to the viewing behavior of all devices crossed in home network 130, and is the expectation that all devices in home network 130 constructs possible preference based on the information of gathering.Alternatively or additionally, Resource Server 160 can use the information of gathering to construct the expectation of possible preference for each equipment in home network 130.By this way, viewing preference can be finished to the particular device in home network 130, and described equipment has the specific viewing behavior be associated with it.
Based on the information received from agent equipment 140, Resource Server 160 also can generate the specific navigation interface of equipment.Such interface can comprise the propelling movement list of the portable set for being connected to home network.Such as, when equipment connection is to home network 130, Resource Server 160 can generate storehouse list based on full content available in the capacity of equipment (such as, place capacity, screen size, support form etc.) and home network 130.This information can be included in device configuration file, or is attached to certain service disclosed by equipment.
Resource Server 160 also can facilitate equipment automatically and this content synchronization.Storehouse list can consider the specific viewing behavior of the user on the ability of equipment and/or equipment.
In an embodiment, the information about the equipment in home network 130 can be sent to Resource Server 160 by agent equipment 140, and described equipment forward user shows integrated with guidance interface.If agent equipment 140 makes the history of equipment and the type of equipment can obtain Resource Server 160, then Resource Server 160 can according to the type of the history of equipment and equipment at integrated with guidance interface endoadaptation content information.
If agent equipment 140 makes necessary information can obtain Resource Server 160, Resource Server 160 can adapt to its resource and arrange to consider the activity with the device-dependent user in home network 130.Such as, if user is watching special program, then Resource Server 160 can stop specifically recording or redistributing record according to equipment available in home network 130.
In an embodiment, if advertising model is correlated with, Resource Server 160 also can determine should play which advertisement between content.This can for completing with live content of storing, and can based on user preference that is known or that estimate or specific user instruction.
Resource Server 160 also can adapt to service level based on the equipment shown in home network 130.Such as, if add network disk to home network 130, then the inner capacities of record layout can be increased to.
On the basis analyzing the foundation structure in home network 130, Resource Server 160 also can be configured to humping section content, make user to start view content, and when being finished watching to the partial content pushed, the remainder of content can be extracted from content server 150.
The mode implementing such function illustrates in the following example, and the first five minute of content is by the equipment that is stored in home network 130.Like that, whenever user wants to access content, such as, when starting to watch film, he can do immediately like this.While user starts to watch film, the remainder of the film be not stored in home network 130 can be obtained from home network outside.
An embodiment can comprise the broadcasting stream of the data block repeating film by specific repetition rate.Fragment is more early stored in home network 130, and this is allowed for the lower repetition rate of the data block afterwards in content.When user starts to watch film, the suitable equipment in home network 130 will fetch the necessary residue content of the whole content of decoding.The following fact of such applications exploiting: the Part I of film needs immediately, and part afterwards can be obtained while user watches Part I.Depend on reproduction time, different can be fetched priority application in the part afterwards of film.This can be reflected in the selected foundation structure path being used for this part of fetching film.
Resource Server 160 can use agent equipment 140 to obtain the information of the ability about the equipment in home network 130, to process CA/DRM rule and then to use this information to determine which equipment in home network 130 should keep a record.Such as, the equipment can not observing DRM rule will not be used for keeping a record.On the contrary, keep a record on the equipment with suitable DRM ability.
Once Resource Server 160 establishing resource utilization plan, Resource Server 160 can communicate with 120 with the equipment 110 in home network 130 by using agent equipment 140 or exclusive agency, to programme to various equipment, thus do suitable record or delete from storage device.
System 100 tool has the following advantages: can make the STB in home network 130 or other consumer device simple as far as possible.All low-level control API that desirably can be driven by Resource Server 160.Media navigation and control can be implemented on a separate device.It also can be implemented on STB with web browser form.The Resource Server of the equipment in home network 130 can be driven should to be used for easily upgrading service definition, navigation display and logic by changing.Also may carry out the introduction of Resource Server function stage by stage and by making, quick change to function collection be made to the change of Resource Server application.This removes the needs this logic being sent to each Set Top Box or consumer device.Thus, because new feature can realize via the interpolation to Resource Server 160, so the use of agent equipment 140 and Resource Server 160 removes the needs that the firmware for the equipment in home network 130 upgrades.
Resource Server 160 can arrange the equipment in home network 130 to keep a record, or can to each equipment push trigger with transmitting synchronous start record.This makes Resource Server 160 can carry out re-synchronization in response to the arrangement at nearest a moment changes to record layout.
In an embodiment, Resource Server 160 also can use agent equipment 140 as the local memory cell of service unavailable in home network 130 or content or server.Such service or content can be stored in the storage device 220 of agent equipment 140.Such as, if the equipment existed in home network 130 can via the contents directory of broadband viewing, then this content can be issued as in home network 130 available by agent equipment 140, and also transmit URL to the equipment in home network 130, do DLNA inquiry to find content over the broadband network, or on broadband, content flow is delivered to local device, and then stream is delivered to and is used home network 130 to do on the equipment inquired about.
An advantage of the invention is and can provide via available compatible, the integrated content viewing of the various equipment in home network to user, and have nothing to do with the agreement (DLNA, UPnP, HPNA etc.) used.Another advantage is that equipment in home network can share the information of content about them and device resource with the equipment of home network outside and/or server.Another advantage is for the equipment in home network again, only needs little firmware to upgrade, because new function can be implemented via to the change of Resource Server.
Be understandable that, can be used individually for any feature described by any one embodiment, or be combined with the further feature described, and also can with other one or more features of embodiment any, or any combination of other embodiment any is combined.One embodiment of the present of invention may be implemented as the program product for using together with computer system.The function of one or more application definition embodiments (comprising method described herein) of program product, and can be contained on various non-transient computer-readable recording medium.Illustrative computer-readable recording medium includes but not limited to: (i) the non-storage medium write (such as, read-only memory equipment in computer, such as: the solid state non-volatile semiconductor memory by readable CD-ROM dish, rom chip or any type of CD-ROM drive), it for good and all stores information; (ii) can write storage medium (such as, the solid-state random-access semiconductor memory of the floppy disk in disc driver or hard disk or any type or flash memories), it stores changeable information.In addition, the invention is not restricted to above-described embodiment, it can change within the scope of the appended claims.
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1. comprising in home network at least two equipment, the such as such as agent equipment of DLNA compatible with proxy equipment and the environment of Resource Server, at least two agent equipments described in described agent equipment is suitable for being connected to communicatedly each and be connected to external network, described Resource Server is suitable for being connected to described agent equipment via described external network communication, for a method for described Resource Server, described method comprises:
Receive by described agent equipment each content correlated information obtained from described at least two equipment,
Based on the integrated navigation interface of generation at least partially of described content correlated information, such as such as electronic program guides, enables the user in described home network navigate and/or manages all available content to described at least two equipment, and
Selectively, described home network is supplied at least partially for showing described user by described integrated with guidance interface.
2. method according to claim 1, also comprises:
Receive by described agent equipment each resource related information obtained from described at least two equipment,
Based on described resource related information at least partially, arrange the record of content, divide the memory capacity being used in the record of described content and/or the user arranging content access.
3. method according to claim 2, also comprising and receive the information relevant to content requests from the other equipment of described home network outside, wherein arranging the record of content, point memory capacity being used in the record of content and/or the step arranging the user of content to access by considering that the information relevant to described content requests performs.
4. the method according to any one in claim 2 and 3, also comprise based on by described agent equipment from whole described content correlated informations obtained of described at least two equipment at least partially and the described resource related information obtained by described agent equipment from described at least two equipment at least partially, generate the specific integrated with guidance interface of equipment in described at least two equipment.
5. according to method above described in any one claim, wherein, described content comprises the content that indicated by described user and/or is expected to be the interested content of described user.
6. according to method above described in any one claim, also comprise from described agent equipment receive additional equipment added described home network instruction and/or from the instruction of at least two equipment described in described home network removes.
7. method according to claim 6,
Wherein, when receiving described additional equipment and having added the instruction of described home network, described method also comprises:
Receive the content correlated information obtained from described additional equipment by described agent equipment,
Based on the integrated with guidance interface generating amendment at least partially by revising described integrated with guidance interface of the described content correlated information obtained from described additional equipment by described agency, the integrated with guidance interface of described amendment enables the user in described home network navigate and manages the whole of described at least two equipment and the available content of described additional equipment, and
Selectively, the integrated with guidance interface of described amendment is supplied to described home network for showing described user;
And/or
Wherein, when receiving from the instruction of at least two equipment described in described home network removes, described method also comprises:
Generated the integrated with guidance interface of amendment from least two equipment described in described home network removes with instruction by amendment integrated with guidance interface, and
Selectively, the integrated with guidance interface of described amendment is supplied to described home network for showing described user.
8. according to method above described in any one claim, wherein, in one at least two equipment described in described agent equipment is included in, in the Set Top Box preferably in home network or media controller.
9. a Resource Server, is configured to perform according to the one or more method step in claim 1-8.
10. in the environment comprising in home network at least two equipment, agent equipment and Resource Servers, at least two equipment described in described agent equipment is suitable for being connected to communicatedly each and be connected to external network, described Resource Server is suitable for being connected to described agent equipment via described external network communication, for a method for described agent equipment, described method comprises:
Content correlated information is obtained from each of described at least two equipment, and
Obtained content correlated information is supplied to described Resource Server.
11. methods according to claim 10, also comprise:
The integrated with guidance interface generated at least partially based on the described content correlated information being supplied to described Resource Server is received from described Resource Server, such as such as electronic program guides, and the user in described home network is navigated and/or manages all available content to described at least two equipment, and
Described integrated with guidance interface showed described user at least partially.
12. methods according to any one of claim 10 and 11, also comprise: store unavailable service and/or content in described home network, such as the catalogue of such as content, at least one of described at least two equipment can be showed described user.
13. 1 kinds of agent equipments, in one at least two equipment described in being preferably included in, in the Set Top Box most preferably in described home network or media controller, are configured to perform the one or more method step according to claim 10-12.
14. 1 kinds of computer programs, comprise the step of one or more the methods defined being configured to perform when being executed by a processor as the one or more of claim 1-8 or claim 10-12.
15. 1 kinds of systems, comprising:
At least two equipment in home network;
Agent equipment, is suitable for each of at least two equipment described in being connected to communicatedly and is connected to external network; And
Resource Server, is suitable for being connected to described agent equipment via described external network communication;
Wherein, described agent equipment is configured to:
Content correlated information is obtained from each of described at least two equipment, and
Obtained content correlated information is supplied to described Resource Server; And
Wherein, described Resource Server is configured to:
Generation at least partially based on the described content correlated information provided by described agent equipment enables the user in described home network navigate and/or manages the integrated with guidance interface of all available content to described at least two equipment, and
Selectively, described home network is supplied at least partially for showing described user by described integrated with guidance interface.
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