CN107172490B - Safe operation control method and system for set top box application program - Google Patents

Safe operation control method and system for set top box application program Download PDF

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CN107172490B
CN107172490B CN201710196449.3A CN201710196449A CN107172490B CN 107172490 B CN107172490 B CN 107172490B CN 201710196449 A CN201710196449 A CN 201710196449A CN 107172490 B CN107172490 B CN 107172490B
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The invention discloses a safe operation control method of a set-top box application program, which is characterized in that an application control server is additionally arranged on a front-end platform of a television network, the application program running in the set-top box keeps heartbeat communication with the application control server under normal conditions, when a certain application program is found to have a content problem, the operation of closing the heartbeat communication between the application control server and the application program is executed in the application control server, and the application program running in the set-top box is stopped and quitted from running after the heartbeat communication between the application control server and the application control server is interrupted; and after the content problem of the application program is solved, executing the operation of opening the heartbeat communication between the application control server and the application program in the application control server, so that the application program in the set-top box can normally run. In order to realize the method, the invention also discloses a safe operation control system of the set-top box application program. The invention can achieve the purpose of preventing and timely cleaning the bad content displayed by the application program of the set top box.

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Safe operation control method and system for set top box application program
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of digital televisions, and particularly relates to a method and a system for controlling safe operation of a set top box application program.
Background
In China, safe broadcasting is the primary task of digital television operators, and content safety is one of the key points of safe broadcasting. With the diversification and development of user requirements, digital television operators provide more and more application programs for users through the set top box, especially after the intelligent operating system is popularized in the set top box, application services are greatly enriched, users can download the application programs of favorite services from an application store provided by the operators, some network set top boxes allow the users to install the application programs by themselves, and the application programs greatly enrich the service types of the users. For example, a network game application in the set-top box contains bad content in a background picture due to some reason, and the bad content can be displayed on a television screen in the game playing process of the user, so that negative social effects are caused; for another example, a literature reading application contains information that is not conducive to social stability after the content is tampered for some reason, and the information is displayed during the use of the application by the user, which causes negative social effects. Along with the gradual expansion of the openness degree of an operator, more and more applications are provided for a user, meanwhile, the range of application programs which can be acquired by the user is wider and wider, and a plurality of application services are provided by a third party.
Although a defense system can be constructed by adopting various network security protection measures on the application server at the front end and various information security measures on the access of the application server, and thus the data in the application server is prevented from being tampered, once the data in the application server is tampered, technical means must be provided for preventing the set top box application program from displaying the tampered data to be seen by a user, or cleaning the bad content displayed on the television screen by the set top box application program in time, and avoiding larger negative social effects caused by overlong display time.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a safe operation control method for a set-top box application program, which can effectively prevent the set-top box application program from displaying bad content.
The invention also provides a system for controlling the safe operation of the set-top box application program.
In order to achieve the purpose, an application control server is additionally arranged on a front-end platform of a television network, different communication processes are arranged in the application control server and are respectively corresponding to each application program in the set-top box to establish heartbeat communication; when the application program is normal, the application program running in the set-top box keeps heartbeat communication with the application control server; when a certain application program contains forbidden content, executing the operation of closing the heartbeat communication between the application control server and the application program in the application control server, and stopping and quitting the operation after the heartbeat communication between the application program and the application control server is interrupted by the application program operated in the set-top box; and when the forbidden content in the application server providing the service content for the application program is modified, the operation of opening the heartbeat communication between the application control server and the application program is executed again in the application control server, and the application program in the set-top box can run normally again.
Specifically, the different communication processes monitor the access of the set top box application program by setting corresponding ports; after the application control server executes closing and opening, different values are assigned to the executed application program in an opening or closing state; the application program in the set-top box can initiate heartbeat communication with the application control server again at regular time, if the corresponding accessed port is still in a closed state, the response information cannot be received, and the set-top box still stops the operation of the application program; and if the corresponding accessed port is in an open state, the application program of the set-top box runs normally.
A safe operation control system of a set-top box application program comprises an application control server, an application server, a bidirectional network and a set-top box; the application control server is mainly used for managing and setting a communication process keeping communication with the application program; the application server comprises server-side software for providing specific service application for the application program in the set-top box and providing specific application content for the application program; the set-top box is provided with an application program client used for acquiring service content from an application server at the front end and keeping heartbeat communication with the application control server; the bi-directional network provides a communication channel between the set-top box and the front-end server.
Different communication processes are set in the application control server to respectively establish heartbeat communication with each application program in the set top box; when the application program is normal, the application program running in the set-top box keeps heartbeat communication with the application control server; when a certain application program contains forbidden content, executing the operation of closing the heartbeat communication between the application control server and the application program in the application control server, and stopping and quitting the operation after the heartbeat communication between the application program and the application control server is interrupted by the application program operated in the set-top box; and when the forbidden content in the application program is modified, the operation of opening the heartbeat communication between the application control server and the application program is executed again in the application control server, so that the application program in the set-top box can run normally again.
The safe operation control method and the system for the set top box application program can effectively prevent and timely clean the bad content displayed by the set top box application program, realize the control of the displayed content of the application program and provide technical support for safe broadcasting to a great extent.
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Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for controlling secure operation of a set-top box application according to the present invention;
fig. 2 is a system framework diagram of a method and a system for controlling secure operation of a set-top box application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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The technical solutions for implementing the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
Referring to fig. 2, a system framework diagram of a method and a system for controlling secure operation of a set-top box application according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown, where the diagram includes an application control server, an application server, a bidirectional network, and a set-top box. The application control server is mainly used for managing and setting a communication process keeping communication with the application program; the application server comprises server-side software for providing specific service application for the application program in the set-top box and providing specific application content for the application program; the set-top box is provided with an application program client used for acquiring service content from an application server at the front end and keeping heartbeat communication with the application control server; the bi-directional network provides a communication channel between the set-top box and the front-end server.
Generally, a server of an application service provided by an operator is deployed in an intranet, and a server of an application service provided by a third party is deployed in an extranet.
This embodiment is implemented in the system framework shown in fig. 2, and the specific implementation process is as follows.
Specifically, different communication processes are allocated to each application program in the application control server, each communication process monitors access of the application program through different port numbers, and an application program control table is set, wherein the table comprises the following contents:
application numbering Application name Communication process numbering Status of state
APP001 fhwz Process001 1
APP002 sdyxz Process002 0
APP003 tkdz Process003 1
The fields are defined as follows:
application program number: a unique number assigned to each application.
Application name: a unique name defined for each application.
And the communication process number is as follows: the number of processes that are in heartbeat communication with each application.
The state is as follows: a "1" indicates that the process is open and a "0" indicates that the process is closed.
Under normal conditions, the communication process in the application control server and the application program keep heartbeat communication, the application program in the set top box can normally run, when a worker finds that the application program contains the content prohibited by the plain in the network publishing service management regulation issued by the State News publishing radio and television headquarters, the worker utilizes the system to process, and the specific execution process is as follows:
searching an application program number corresponding to the application program in an application program control table according to the name of the application program, setting the state corresponding to the application program to be 0, and confirming the setting;
the application control server closes the communication process of heartbeat communication with the application program according to the setting, and the corresponding monitoring port is closed along with the communication process;
and thirdly, the application program in the set top box cannot establish communication contact with the corresponding communication process in the application control server, and the application program is stopped and quitted from running after the waiting time is up.
After the service provider or the application developer corrects the content violating the prohibition in the application, the normal operation of the application in the set-top box terminal can be recovered, and the specific implementation process is as follows:
searching an application program number corresponding to the application program in an application program control table according to the name of the application program, setting the state corresponding to the application program to be 1, and confirming the setting;
the application control server opens a communication process for heartbeat communication with the application program according to the setting, and the corresponding monitoring port is opened along with the communication process;
and thirdly, the heartbeat communication is kept between the application program in the set top box and the application control server in the running process of the application program, the application program is kept to run normally, and the normal contact is kept between the application program and the application server.
By implementing the embodiment, the purpose of safely controlling the operation of the set top box application program can be realized, and a technical support is provided for safe broadcasting.
What has been described above is just one possible embodiment of the invention. In the technical scope of the present invention, the above embodiments may also have many variations, for example, in the embodiments, the application control server may be deployed in an operator intranet or in an operator extranet. Various modifications and alterations of this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of this invention, as it is taught and suggested by this invention. Therefore, the present invention is intended to cover various modifications and changes within the equivalent technical scope.

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1. A safe operation control method of a set-top box application program is characterized in that: an application control server is additionally arranged on a front-end platform of the television network, different communication processes are set in the application control server, and heartbeat communication is respectively established with each application program in the set-top box;
when the application program is normal, the application program running in the set-top box keeps heartbeat communication with the application control server;
when a certain application program contains forbidden content, executing the operation of closing the heartbeat communication between the application control server and the application program in the application control server, and stopping and quitting the operation after the heartbeat communication between the application program and the application control server is interrupted by the application program operated in the set-top box;
and when the forbidden content in the application server providing the service content for the application program is modified, the operation of opening the heartbeat communication between the application control server and the application program is executed again in the application control server, and the application program in the set-top box can run normally again.
2. The method for controlling secure operation of an application program of a set-top box according to claim 1, wherein: the different communication processes monitor the access of the set top box application program by setting corresponding ports; the application control server controls the states of the different communication processes, and assigns different values to the application programs corresponding to the different communication processes according to the states, wherein the states comprise opening or closing; the application program in the set-top box can initiate heartbeat communication with the application control server again at regular time, if the corresponding accessed port is still in a closed state, the response information cannot be received, and the set-top box still stops the operation of the application program; and if the corresponding accessed port is in an open state, the application program of the set-top box runs normally.
3. A safe operation control system of a set-top box application program is characterized in that: the system comprises an application control server, an application server, a bidirectional network and a set top box; the application control server is mainly used for managing and setting a communication process keeping communication with the application program; the application server comprises server-side software for providing specific service application for the application program in the set-top box and providing specific application content for the application program; the set-top box is provided with an application program client used for acquiring service content from an application server at the front end and keeping heartbeat communication with the application control server; the bidirectional network provides a communication channel between the set-top box and the front-end server;
an application control server is additionally arranged on a front-end platform of the television network, different communication processes are set in the application control server, and heartbeat communication is respectively established with each application program in the set-top box;
when the application program is normal, the application program running in the set-top box keeps heartbeat communication with the application control server;
when a certain application program contains forbidden content, executing the operation of closing the heartbeat communication between the application control server and the application program in the application control server, and stopping and quitting the operation after the heartbeat communication between the application program and the application control server is interrupted by the application program operated in the set-top box;
and when the forbidden content in the application server providing the service content for the application program is modified, the operation of opening the heartbeat communication between the application control server and the application program is executed again in the application control server, and the application program in the set-top box can run normally again.
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