CN111479145A

CN111479145A - Display device and television program pushing method

Info

Publication number: CN111479145A
Application number: CN202010273838.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙华林; 李春明
Original assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-09
Filing date: 2020-04-09
Publication date: 2020-07-31
Also published as: WO2021203530A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses display equipment and a pushing method of a television program. Therefore, when the user misses the playing time of the target episode of the reserved program, the display equipment can obtain the playing guide information of the target episode and push the playing guide information to the user, so that the user can watch the target episode according to the playing guide information, the problem that the user cannot watch the missed target episode is solved, and the watching experience of the user is improved.

Description

Display device and television program pushing method

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of display technologies, and in particular, to a display device and a method for pushing a television program.

Background

The intelligent television is provided with a full-open platform, an operating system is carried, and a user can install and uninstall various application software by himself while enjoying common television content, so that the intelligent television is a new television product with functions continuously expanded and upgraded. The smart television can continuously bring rich personalized experience different from that of using a cable digital television receiver (set top box) to a user.

The outstanding feature of human Video Recorder (PVR) is that hard disk is used as storage medium, local mass buffer area and huge program storage are established, and program is controlled and managed by digital processing technology. Therefore, the smart tv with the PVR function is favored by users.

However, the PVR function of the smart tv needs to operate in a power-on or standby state of the smart tv. Therefore, when the smart television is turned off or powered off and the playing time of the reserved program liked by the user is missed, the smart television cannot push the same video resource to the user to enable the user to review the video resource.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides display equipment and a method for pushing a television program, and when a user misses the playing time of the television program, the same video resource can be pushed to the user to enable the user to watch the television program again.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a display device, including:

a display configured to display a television program;

a user input interface configured to receive an instruction input by a user;

a processor in communication with the display and the user input interface, respectively, the processor configured to:

responding to a starting instruction input by the user, acquiring target episode information of a reserved program which is not watched from a reserved playing list, acquiring playing guide information of a target episode based on the target episode information of the reserved program, and pushing the playing guide information of the target episode to the user;

the reserved program is a television program reserved by the user, the reserved program comprises a plurality of episodes, the reserved play list comprises at least one piece of episode information that the reserved program is not watched, and the target episode is a next episode of the episodes watched by the user last time.

In one possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the target episode information includes a playing time of the target episode on a television channel, and the processor is further configured to:

and responding to a starting instruction input by the user, and acquiring the play guide information of the target episode from the reserved play list based on the starting time and the play time of the target episode on the television channel.

In another possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the processor is further configured to:

and responding to a starting-up instruction input by the user, and if the playing guide information of the target episode cannot be obtained in the reserved playing list, obtaining the playing guide information of the target episode from the electronic program guide information of the display equipment.

updating episode information, in which the reserved program is not watched, in the reserved play list using episode information, in which the reserved program is not expired and is not watched, in electronic program guide information of the display apparatus in response to a power-on instruction input by the user;

and saving the updated reserved play list.

In another possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the display device is further configured to:

responding to a reservation instruction input by the user, acquiring episode information of a reserved program currently played on a first channel, wherein the reservation instruction is used for indicating that a television program played on the first channel is set as the reserved program;

inquiring episode information that at least one piece of the reserved program is not watched in the electronic program guide information of the display equipment based on the acquired episode information of the current playing of the reserved program;

and adding the inquired episode information of which at least one reserved program is not watched into the reserved playing list.

In another possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the electronic program guide information of the display device includes electronic program guide information corresponding to the first channel and electronic program guide information of at least one second channel, where the second channel is a television channel other than the first channel in the display device.

and in response to a starting-up instruction input by the user, obtaining the playing guide information of the target episode from a video playing client installed on the display equipment based on the target episode information of the reserved program.

In another possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the processor is further configured to: and controlling the display to display the playing guide information of the target episode.

in response to that the pushing times of the playing guide information of the target episode pushed to the user reach preset times, stopping pushing the playing guide information of the target episode to the user when the user does not select to play the target episode;

or, in response to that the time interval between the current startup and the last startup of the display device is longer than the preset time, stopping pushing the playing guide information of the target episode to the user.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for pushing a television program, including:

acquiring target episode information of a reserved program which is not watched from a reserved play list in response to a starting instruction input by a user, wherein the reserved program is a television program reserved by the user, the reserved program comprises a plurality of episodes, the reserved play list comprises at least one piece of episode information of the reserved program which is not watched, and the target episode is a next episode of the episode which is watched by the user last time;

acquiring playing guide information of a target episode based on the target episode information of the reserved program;

and pushing the playing guide information of the target episode to the user.

In a possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the obtaining of the play guide information of the target episode based on the target episode information of the reserved program includes:

In another possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the method further includes:

and saving the updated reserved play list.

In another possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the electronic program guide information of the display device includes electronic program guide information corresponding to the first channel and electronic program guide information of at least one second channel, where the second channel is a television channel other than the first channel in the display device.

In another possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the obtaining, based on the target episode information of the reserved program, play guide information of a target episode includes:

and acquiring the playing guide information of the target episode from a video playing client installed on the display equipment based on the target episode information of the reserved program.

In another possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the pushing the play guide information of the target episode to the user includes:

and controlling the display equipment to display the playing guide information of the target episode.

In a third aspect, the present invention provides a device for pushing a television program, where the device exists in the form of a chip product, and the device includes a processor and a memory, where the memory is configured to be coupled to the processor and store necessary program instructions and data of the device, and the processor is configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory, so that the device executes the method for pushing a television program according to any one of the second aspects.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a display device, including a processor, a memory, and a display screen;

the memory for storing a computer program;

the processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the television program pushing method according to any one of the second aspect;

and the display screen is used for displaying the reserved program.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a computer storage medium, where the storage medium includes computer instructions, and when the instructions are executed by a computer, the computer is caused to implement the television program pushing method according to any one of the second aspects.

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product, where the program product includes a computer program, where the computer program is stored in a readable storage medium, and at least one processor of a computer can read the computer program from the readable storage medium, and the at least one processor executes the computer program to make the computer implement the method for pushing a television program according to any one of the second aspects.

In the display device and the method for pushing the television program, the display device, in response to a power-on instruction input by a user, acquires target episode information of an appointed program which is not watched from an appointed play list, and acquires play guide information of the target episode based on the target episode information of the appointed program, and pushes the play guide information of the target episode to the user, wherein the appointed program is the television program appointed by the user, the appointed program comprises a plurality of episodes, the appointed play list comprises at least one piece of episode information of the appointed program which is not watched before the display device is powered off, and the target episode is a next episode of the episode which is watched by the user last time. By the method, when the user misses the playing time of the target episode of the reserved program, the display equipment can obtain the playing guide information of the target episode and push the playing guide information to the user, so that the user can watch the target episode according to the playing guide information, the problem that the user cannot watch the missed target episode is solved, and the watching experience of the user is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an operation scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to an embodiment;

fig. 2 is a block diagram exemplarily showing a hardware configuration of a display device 200 according to an embodiment;

fig. 3 is a block diagram exemplarily showing a hardware configuration of the control apparatus 100 according to the embodiment;

fig. 4 is a diagram exemplarily showing a software configuration in the display device 200 according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 illustrates an icon control interface display diagram of an application in display device 200, according to an embodiment;

fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for creating a reserved playlist according to the present embodiment;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram schematically showing a television program screen in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram exemplarily showing a reservation instruction input screen in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a user interaction GUI interface in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for pushing a television program according to the present embodiment;

fig. 11 is a diagram schematically showing a display screen of play guide information in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is another flow chart of a method for pushing a television program according to the present embodiment;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a push apparatus for tv programs in the present embodiment;

fig. 14 schematically shows the structure of the display device in the present embodiment.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the exemplary embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the exemplary embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the exemplary embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described exemplary embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, but not all the embodiments.

The current display devices mainly include a display device having a PVR function and a display device not having a PVR function.

For a display device without PVR function, it has no pause and review function because it cannot cache the tv programs played by the tv station. When the user misses the playing time of a certain television program, the missed television program cannot be pushed to the user to enable the user to watch the program again.

For a display device with PVR function, a tv program played by a tv station can be cached at the user's setting, but it must be operated in power-on or standby. When the display device is turned off or powered off, the display device cannot cache the television programs played by the television station, and further cannot push the television programs missed to be watched to the user for the user to watch.

Based on the above considerations, in order to overcome the above drawbacks, the application discloses a display device and a method for pushing a television program, where when the display device is turned on and an unviewed television program is found, the display device searches for broadcast guide information of the television program from each television channel or network of the display device, and pushes the broadcast guide information to a user, so that the user can review the missed television program based on the broadcast guide information, thereby improving the viewing experience of the user.

The concept to which the present application relates will be first explained below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the following descriptions of the concepts are only for the purpose of facilitating understanding of the contents of the present application, and do not represent limitations on the scope of the present application.

It should be understood that the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances and can be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein with respect to the embodiments of the application, for example.

Furthermore, the terms "comprises" and "comprising," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a product or device that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to those elements explicitly listed, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such product or device.

The term "module," as used herein, refers to any known or later developed hardware, software, firmware, artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, or combination of hardware and/or software code that is capable of performing the functionality associated with that element.

The term "remote control" as used in this application refers to a component of an electronic device (such as the display device disclosed in this application) that is typically wirelessly controllable over a relatively short range of distances. Typically using infrared and/or Radio Frequency (RF) signals and/or bluetooth to connect with the electronic device, and may also include WiFi, wireless USB, bluetooth, motion sensor, etc. For example: the hand-held touch remote controller replaces most of the physical built-in hard keys in the common remote control device with the user interface in the touch screen.

The term "gesture" as used in this application refers to a user's behavior through a change in hand shape or an action such as hand motion to convey a desired idea, action, purpose, or result.

The term "hardware system" used in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a physical component having computing, controlling, storing, inputting and outputting functions, which is formed by a mechanical, optical, electrical and magnetic device such as an Integrated Circuit (IC), a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and the like. In various embodiments of the present application, a hardware system may also be referred to as a motherboard (or chip).

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an operation scenario between a display device and a control device according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, a user may operate the display device 200 through the mobile terminal 300 and the control device 100.

In some embodiments, the control device 100 may be a remote controller, and the communication between the remote controller and the display device includes an infrared protocol communication or a bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-distance communication methods, etc., and the display device 200 is controlled by wireless or other wired methods. The user may input a user command through a key on a remote controller, voice input, control panel input, etc. to control the display apparatus 200. Such as: the user can input a corresponding control command through a volume up/down key, a channel control key, up/down/left/right moving keys, a voice input key, a menu key, a power on/off key, etc. on the remote controller, to implement the function of controlling the display device 200.

In some embodiments, the control device 100 may be a mobile terminal, tablet, computer, laptop, and other smart devices that may also be used to control the display device 200. For example, the display device 200 is controlled using an application program running on the smart device. The application, through configuration, may provide the user with various controls in an intuitive User Interface (UI) on a screen associated with the smart device.

For example, the mobile terminal 300 may install a software application with the display device 200, implement connection communication through a network communication protocol, and implement the purpose of one-to-one control operation and data communication. Such as: the mobile terminal 300 and the display device 200 can establish a control instruction protocol, synchronize a remote control keyboard to the mobile terminal 300, and control the display device 200 by controlling a user interface on the mobile terminal 300. The audio and video content displayed on the mobile terminal 300 can also be transmitted to the display device 200, so as to realize the synchronous display function.

As also shown in FIG. 1, the display apparatus 200 is also in data communication with the server 400 through various communication means, the display apparatus 200 may be allowed to make communication connection through a local area network (L AN), a wireless local area network (W L AN), and other networks, and the server 400 may provide various contents and interactions to the display apparatus 200.

Illustratively, the display device 200 receives software program updates, or accesses a remotely stored digital media library, by sending and receiving information, as well as Electronic Program Guide (EPG) interactions. The servers 400 may be a group or groups of servers, and may be one or more types of servers. Other web service contents such as video on demand and advertisement services are provided through the server 400.

The display device 200 may be, for example, a liquid crystal display, an O L ED (Organic L light emitting diode) display, a projection display device, or a display system comprising a smart tv or a display and a set-top box, but the specific type, size, resolution, etc. of the display device are not limited thereto, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the display device 200 may be modified in performance and configuration as desired.

The display apparatus 200 may additionally provide an intelligent network tv function that provides a computer support function in addition to the broadcast receiving tv function. Examples include a web tv, a smart tv, an Internet Protocol Tv (IPTV), and the like.

A hardware configuration block diagram of a display device 200 according to an exemplary embodiment is exemplarily shown in fig. 2. As shown in fig. 2, the display device 200 includes: a display 275, a controller 250, and a user input interface 265. Wherein the controller 250 is communicatively coupled to the display 275 and the user input interface 265, respectively.

A display 275 configured to display a television program;

a user input interface 265 configured to receive a user input instruction, for example, a power-on instruction input by a user;

a controller 250 configured to acquire target episode information in which a reserved program is not viewed from a reserved playlist in response to a power-on instruction input by the user, acquire play guide information of a target episode based on the target episode information, and push the play guide information of the target episode to the user.

A display 275 including a display screen assembly for presenting a picture, and a driving assembly for driving the display of an image.

The video content displayed by the display may be from broadcast television content, or may be various broadcast signals that may be received via a wired or wireless communication protocol. Alternatively, various image contents received from the network communication protocol and sent from the network server side can be displayed.

The broadcast television signals can be classified into terrestrial broadcast signals, cable broadcast signals, satellite broadcast signals, internet broadcast signals, or the like according to different television signal broadcasting systems. Or may be classified into a digital modulation signal, an analog modulation signal, and the like according to a modulation type. Or the signals are classified into digital signals, analog signals and the like according to the types of the signals.

In some embodiments, the display is used to present a user-manipulated UI interface generated in the display apparatus 200 and used to control the display apparatus 200.

In some embodiments, a driver assembly for driving the display is also included, depending on the type of display 275.

In some embodiments, display 275 is a projection display and may also include a projection device and a projection screen.

In some embodiments, the user input interface 265 may be configured to receive infrared control signals for controlling the apparatus 100 (e.g., an infrared remote control, etc.).

A user input interface for receiving an input signal of a user and then transmitting the received user input signal to the controller 250. The user input signal may be a remote controller signal received through an infrared receiver, and various user control signals may be received through the network communication module.

For example, the user inputs a user command through the remote controller 100 or the mobile terminal 300, the user input interface responds to the user input through the controller 250 according to the user input, and the display device 200 responds to the user input.

In some embodiments, a user may enter user commands on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on the display 275, and the user input interface receives the user input commands through the Graphical User Interface (GUI). Alternatively, the user may input the user command by inputting a specific sound or gesture, and the user input interface receives the user input command by recognizing the sound or gesture through the sensor.

In some embodiments, a "user interface" is a media interface for interaction and information exchange between an application or operating system and a user that enables conversion between an internal form of information and a form that is acceptable to the user. A commonly used presentation form of the User Interface is a Graphical User Interface (GUI), which refers to a User Interface related to computer operations and displayed in a graphical manner. It may be an interface element such as an icon, a window, a control, etc. displayed in the display screen of the electronic device, where the control may include a visual interface element such as an icon, a button, a menu, a tab, a text box, a dialog box, a status bar, a navigation bar, a Widget, etc.

As shown in fig. 2, the controller 250 includes at least one of a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a video processor, an audio processor, other processors (e.g., a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Communication Interface (e.g., a first Interface to an nth Interface), and a Communication Bus (Bus) connecting the respective components.

In some embodiments, RAM is used to store temporary data for the operating system or other programs that are running

In some embodiments, ROM is used to store instructions for various system boots.

In some embodiments, the ROM is used to store a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). The system is used for completing power-on self-test of the system, initialization of each functional module in the system, a driver of basic input/output of the system and booting an operating system.

The display apparatus 200 further includes at least one of a tuner demodulator 210, a communicator 220, a detector 230, a first to n (input/output) interface 255, an audio output interface 285, a memory 260, a power supply 290, and an external device interface 240.

The communicator 220 is a component for communicating with an external device or an external server according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communicator may include at least one of a Wifi chip, a bluetooth communication protocol chip, a wired ethernet communication protocol chip, and other network communication protocol chips or near field communication protocol chips, and an infrared receiver.

The display device may establish control signal and data signal transmission and reception with an external control device or a content providing device through the communicator 220.

The detector 230 is a signal used by the display device 200 to collect an external environment or interact with the outside.

The detector 230 includes a light receiver, a sensor for collecting the intensity of ambient light, and parameter changes and the like can be adaptively displayed by collecting the ambient light.

The detector 230, may also include a temperature sensor or the like, such as by sensing ambient temperature.

The detector 230, which may further include an image collector, such as a camera and a camera, may be configured to collect an external environment scene, collect attributes of a user or a gesture interacted with the user, adaptively change a display parameter, and recognize the gesture of the user, so as to implement a function of interaction with the user.

The detector 230, which may also be a sound collector or the like, such as a microphone, may be used to receive the user's voice. Illustratively, a voice signal including a control instruction of the user to control the display device 200, or to collect an ambient sound for recognizing an ambient scene type, so that the display device 200 can adaptively adapt to an ambient noise.

In some embodiments, the display apparatus 200 may adaptively adjust a display color temperature of an image. For example, the display apparatus 200 may be adjusted to display a cool tone when the temperature is in a high environment, or the display apparatus 200 may be adjusted to display a warm tone when the temperature is in a low environment.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 2, the 1-nth input/output interfaces are configured to allow data transfer between the controller 250 and external other devices or other controllers 250. Such as receiving video signal data and audio signal data of an external device, or command instruction data, etc.

The external device interface may include, but is not limited to, the following: the interface can be any one or more of a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), an analog or data high-definition component input interface, a composite video input interface, a USB input interface, an RGB port and the like. The plurality of interfaces may form a composite input/output interface.

As shown in fig. 2, the tuner demodulator 210 is configured to receive broadcast television signals through wired or wireless reception, perform modulation and demodulation processing such as amplification, mixing, resonance, and the like, and demodulate audio and video signals from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television signals, where the audio and video signals may include television audio and video signals carried in a television channel frequency selected by a user and EPG data signals.

The frequency point demodulated by the tuning demodulator 210 is controlled by the controller 250, and the controller 250 can send out a control signal according to the user selection, so that the modem responds to the television signal frequency selected by the user and modulates and demodulates the television signal carried by the frequency.

The controller 250 and the tuner-demodulator 210 may be located in different separate devices, that is, the tuner-demodulator may also be located in an external device of the main device where the controller 250 is located, such as an external set-top box. Therefore, the set top box outputs the television audio and video signals modulated and demodulated by the received broadcast television signals to the main body equipment, and the main body equipment receives the audio and video signals through the first input/output interface.

The controller 250 controls the operation of the display apparatus 200 and responds to the user's operation through various software control programs stored in the memory. The controller 250 may control the overall operation of the display apparatus 200. For example: in response to receiving a user command for selecting a UI object to be displayed on the display 275, the controller 250 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.

The object may be any one of selectable objects, such as a hyperlink or an icon. Operations related to the selected object, such as: displaying an operation connected to a hyperlink page, document, image, or the like, or performing an operation of a program corresponding to the icon. The user command for selecting the UI object may be a command input through various input means (e.g., a mouse, a keyboard, a touch pad, etc.) connected to the display apparatus 200 or a voice command corresponding to a voice spoken by the user.

When the power-on signal is received, the display device 200 starts the power, the CPU executes a system start instruction in the ROM, and copies temporary data of the operating system stored in the memory to the RAM so as to start or run the operating system. After the operating system is started, the CPU copies the temporary data of various application programs in the memory to the RAM, and then the various application programs are started or run conveniently.

A CPU processor for executing operating system and application program instructions stored in the memory. And executing various application programs, data and contents according to various interactive instructions received from the outside so as to finally display and play various audio and video contents.

The CPU processor may include a plurality of processors. The plurality of processors may include one main processor and a plurality of or one sub-processor. A main processor for performing some operations of the display apparatus 200 in a pre-power-up mode and/or operations of displaying a screen in a normal mode. A plurality of or one sub-processor for one operation in a standby mode or the like.

A graphics processor 253 for generating various graphics objects, such as: icons, operation menus, user input instruction display graphics, and the like. The display device comprises an arithmetic unit which carries out operation by receiving various interactive instructions input by a user and displays various objects according to display attributes. And the system comprises a renderer for rendering various objects obtained based on the arithmetic unit, wherein the rendered objects are used for being displayed on a display.

The video processor 270 is configured to receive an external video signal, and perform video processing such as decompression, decoding, scaling, noise reduction, frame rate conversion, resolution conversion, image synthesis, and the like according to a standard codec protocol of the input signal, so as to obtain a signal to be displayed or played on the direct display device 200.

Illustratively, the video processor 270 includes a demultiplexing module, a video decoding module, an image synthesizing module, a frame rate conversion module, a display formatting module, and the like.

The demultiplexing module is used for demultiplexing the input audio and video data stream, and if the input MPEG-2 is input, the demultiplexing module demultiplexes the input audio and video data stream into a video signal and an audio signal.

And the video decoding module is used for processing the video signal after demultiplexing, including decoding, scaling and the like.

And the image synthesis module is used for carrying out superposition mixing processing on the GUI signal input by the user or generated by the user and the video image after the zooming processing by the graphic generator so as to generate an image signal for display.

The frame rate conversion module is configured to convert an input video frame rate, such as a 60Hz frame rate into a 120Hz frame rate or a 240Hz frame rate, and the normal format is implemented in, for example, an interpolation frame mode.

The display format module is used for converting the received video output signal after the frame rate conversion, and changing the signal to conform to the signal of the display format, such as outputting an RGB data signal.

The graphic processor 253 and the video processor may be integrated with each other or may be separately configured, and may perform processing of a graphic signal output to the display during the integrated configuration, and may perform different functions during the separate configuration, for example, a current GPU + frc (frame Rate conversion) architecture.

The audio processor 280 is configured to receive an external audio signal, decompress and decode the received audio signal according to a standard codec protocol of the input signal, and perform noise reduction, digital-to-analog conversion, and amplification processing to obtain an audio signal that can be played in a speaker.

Video processor 270 may comprise one or more chips. The audio processor may also comprise one or more chips.

The video processor 270 and the audio processor 280 may be separate chips or may be integrated together with the controller in one or more chips.

An audio output for receiving sound signals output by the audio processor under the control of the controller 250, such as: speakers, and external sound output terminals of a generating device that can output to an external device, in addition to speakers carried by the display device 200 itself, such as: external sound interface or earphone interface, etc., and may also include a near field communication module in the communication interface, for example: and the Bluetooth module is used for outputting sound of the Bluetooth loudspeaker.

The first power supply supplies power supplied from the external power source to the display apparatus 200 under the control of the controller 250. The first power supply may include a built-in power supply circuit installed inside the display apparatus 200, or may be a power supply interface installed outside the display apparatus 200 to provide an external power supply in the display apparatus 200.

A memory including various software modules for driving the display device 200. Such as: various software modules stored in the first memory, including: at least one of a basic module, a detection module, a communication module, a display control module, a browser module, and various service modules.

Wherein the basic module is a bottom layer software module for signal communication among the various hardware in the postpartum care display device 200 and for sending processing and control signals to the upper layer module. The detection module is used for collecting various information from various sensors or user input interfaces, and the management module is used for performing digital-to-analog conversion and analysis management.

For example: the voice recognition module comprises a voice analysis module and a voice instruction database module. The display control module is used for controlling the display to display the image content, and can be used for playing the multimedia image content, UI interface and other information. And the communication module is used for carrying out control and data communication with external equipment. And the browser module is used for executing a module for data communication between browsing servers. And the service module is used for providing various services and modules including various application programs.

Meanwhile, the first memory is also used for storing and receiving external data and user data, images of various items in various user interfaces, visual effect maps of focus objects and the like.

A block diagram of the configuration of the control apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment is exemplarily shown in fig. 3. As shown in fig. 3, the control apparatus 100 includes a controller 110, a communication interface 130, a user input/output interface, a memory, and a power supply source.

The control device 100 is configured to control the display device 200 and may receive an input operation instruction of a user and convert the operation instruction into an instruction recognizable and responsive by the display device 200, serving as an interaction intermediary between the user and the display device 200. Such as: the user responds to the channel up and down operation by operating the channel up and down keys on the control device 100.

In some embodiments, the control device 100 may be a smart device. Such as: the control apparatus 100 may install various applications that control the display apparatus 200 according to user demands.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, a mobile terminal 300 or other intelligent electronic device may function similar to the control device 100 after installing an application that manipulates the display device 200. Such as: the user may implement the functions of controlling the physical keys of the device 100 by installing applications, various function keys or virtual buttons of a graphical user interface available on the mobile terminal 300 or other intelligent electronic device.

The controller 110 includes a processor and RAM and ROM, a communication interface, and a communication bus. The controller is used to control the operation of the control device 100, as well as the communication cooperation between the internal components and the external and internal data processing functions.

The communication interface enables communication of control signals and data signals with the display apparatus 200 under the control of the controller. Such as: the received user input signal is transmitted to the display apparatus 200. The communication interface may include at least one of a WiFi chip, a bluetooth module, an NFC module, and other near field communication modules.

User input/output interfaces, wherein the input interfaces include at least one of a microphone 141, a touch pad 142, a sensor 143, keys 144, and other input interfaces. Such as: the user can realize a user instruction input function through actions such as voice, touch, gesture, pressing, and the like, and the input interface converts the received analog signal into a digital signal and converts the digital signal into a corresponding instruction signal, and sends the instruction signal to the display device 200.

The output interface includes an interface that transmits the received user instruction to the display apparatus 200. In some embodiments, the interface may be an infrared interface or a radio frequency interface. Such as: when the infrared signal interface is used, the user input instruction needs to be converted into an infrared control signal according to an infrared control protocol, and the infrared control signal is sent to the display device 200 through the infrared sending module. The following steps are repeated: when the rf signal interface is used, a user input command needs to be converted into a digital signal, and then the digital signal is modulated according to the rf control signal modulation protocol and then transmitted to the display device 200 through the rf transmitting terminal.

In some embodiments, the control device 100 includes at least one of a communication interface and an output interface. The control device 100 is configured with communication interfaces such as: the WiFi, bluetooth, NFC, etc. modules may transmit the user input command to the display device 200 through the WiFi protocol, or the bluetooth protocol, or the NFC protocol code.

A memory for storing various operation programs, data and applications for driving and controlling the control apparatus 200 under the control of the controller. And the memory can store various control signal instructions input by a user.

And a power supply for providing operational power support to the components of the control device 100 under the control of the controller. A battery and associated control circuitry.

Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating a software configuration in the display device 200 according to the embodiment. In some embodiments, the system may include a Kernel (Kernel), a command parser (shell), a file system, and an application program. The kernel, shell, and file system together make up the basic operating system structure that allows users to manage files, run programs, and use the system. After power-on, the kernel is started, kernel space is activated, hardware is abstracted, hardware parameters are initialized, and virtual memory, a scheduler, signals and interprocess communication (IPC) are operated and maintained. And after the kernel is started, loading the Shell and the user application program. The application program is compiled into machine code after being started, and a process is formed.

Referring to fig. 4, in some embodiments, the system is divided into four layers, which are an Application (Applications) layer (abbreviated as "Application layer"), an Application Framework (Application Framework) layer (abbreviated as "Framework layer"), an Android runtime (Android runtime) and system library layer (abbreviated as "system runtime library layer"), and a kernel layer from top to bottom.

In some embodiments, at least one application program runs in the application program layer, and the application programs can be Window (Window) programs carried by an operating system, system setting programs, clock programs, camera applications and the like; or may be an application developed by a third party developer such as a hi program, a karaoke program, a magic mirror program, or the like. In specific implementation, the application packages in the application layer are not limited to the above examples, and may actually include other application packages, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

The framework layer provides an Application Programming Interface (API) and a programming framework for the application program of the application layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions. The application framework layer acts as a processing center that decides to let the applications in the application layer act. The application program can access the resource in the system and obtain the service of the system in execution through the API interface

As shown in fig. 4, the application framework layer in the embodiment of the present application includes a Manager (Managers) for interacting with all activities running in the system, a Content Provider (Content Provider), and the like, wherein the Manager includes at least one of an activity Manager (activemanager) for providing access to a system service or application with a system location service, a Package Manager (Package Manager) for retrieving various information related to application packages currently installed on the device, a notification Manager (NotificationManager) for controlling display and removal of notification messages, and a Window Manager (Window Manager) for managing icons, windows, toolbars, wallpapers, and desktop components on a user interface.

The campaign manager is to: managing the life cycle of each application program and the general navigation backspacing function, such as controlling the exit of the application program (including switching the user interface currently displayed in the display window to the system desktop), opening, backing (including switching the user interface currently displayed in the display window to the previous user interface of the user interface currently displayed), and the like.

The window manager is used for managing all window programs, such as obtaining the size of a display screen, judging whether a status bar exists, locking the screen, intercepting the screen, controlling the change of the display window (for example, reducing the display window, displaying a shake, displaying a distortion deformation, and the like), and the like.

The system operation library layer provides support for an upper layer, namely a framework layer, and when the framework layer is used, the android operating system can operate a C/C + + library contained in the system operation library layer to realize functions to be realized by the framework layer.

In some embodiments, the kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. As shown in fig. 4, the core layer includes at least one of the following drivers: audio drive, display drive, bluetooth drive, camera drive, WIFI drive, USB drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive (such as fingerprint sensor, temperature sensor, touch sensor, pressure sensor, etc.), and so on.

The kernel layer also comprises a power driving module for power management.

Software programs and/or modules corresponding to the software architecture of fig. 4 are stored in the first memory or the second memory shown in fig. 2 or 3.

Taking the magic mirror application (photographing application) as an example, when the remote control receiving device receives an input operation from the remote control, a corresponding hardware interrupt is sent to the kernel layer. The kernel layer processes the input operation into an original input event (including information such as a value of the input operation, a timestamp of the input operation, etc.). The raw input events are stored at the kernel layer. The application program framework layer obtains an original input event from the kernel layer, identifies a control corresponding to the input event according to the current position of the focus and uses the input operation as a confirmation operation, the control corresponding to the confirmation operation is a control of a magic mirror application icon, the magic mirror application calls an interface of the application framework layer to start the magic mirror application, and then the kernel layer is called to start a camera driver, so that a static image or a video is captured through the camera.

In some embodiments, for a display device with a touch function, taking a split screen operation as an example, the display device receives an input operation (such as a split screen operation) that a user acts on a display screen, and the kernel layer may generate a corresponding input event according to the input operation and report the event to the application framework layer. The window mode (such as multi-window mode) corresponding to the input operation, the position and size of the window and the like are set by an activity manager of the application framework layer. And the window management of the application program framework layer draws a window according to the setting of the activity manager, then sends the drawn window data to the display driver of the kernel layer, and the display driver displays the corresponding application interface in different display areas of the display screen.

An icon control interface display diagram of an application in display device 200 according to an embodiment is illustrated in fig. 5. As shown in fig. 5, the application layer contains at least one application program that can display a corresponding icon control in the display, such as: the system comprises a live television application icon control, a video on demand application icon control, a media center application icon control, an application center icon control, a game application icon control and the like.

The live television application program can provide live television through different signal sources. For example, a live television application may provide television signals using input from cable television, radio broadcasts, satellite services, or other types of live television services. And, the live television application may display video of the live television signal on the display device 200.

A video-on-demand application may provide video from different storage sources. Unlike live television applications, video on demand provides a video display from some storage source. For example, the video on demand may come from a server side of the cloud storage, from a local hard disk storage containing stored video programs.

The media center application program can provide various applications for playing multimedia contents. For example, a media center, which may be other than live television or video on demand, may provide services that a user may access to various images or audio through a media center application.

The application program center can provide and store various application programs. The application may be a game, an application, or some other application associated with a computer system or other device that may be run on the smart television. The application center may obtain these applications from different sources, store them in local storage, and then be operable on the display device 200.

On the basis of the display device described above, the following describes a pushing process of a television program according to an embodiment of the present application with reference to a specific example. Referring to fig. 6, an initial creation process of a reserved playlist according to an embodiment of the present application will be described first.

A flowchart of a method of creating a reserved playlist according to the present embodiment is exemplarily shown in fig. 6. The method may be performed by the display device of fig. 2, and in particular may be performed by a controller in the display device of fig. 2. As shown in fig. 6, the creation process of the reserved playlist includes:

s101, the display equipment responds to a reservation instruction input by a user, and episode information of a reserved program currently played in a first channel is acquired.

The reservation instruction is used for indicating that the television program played by the first channel is set as a reserved program.

Note that, the television program in which the scheduled program in the embodiment of the present application is an episode program includes two or more episodes, for example, the scheduled program is a television series or a multiple season program.

The present embodiment may be understood as an initial creation process of a reserved playlist, where the reserved playlist is a reserved playlist corresponding to the reserved program, that is, the reserved playlist includes episode information of at least one episode of the reserved program that is not watched by the user. For example, the ith episode of the television program a is currently played on the first channel, and the reserved playing list at least comprises the (i + 1) th episode of the reserved program which is not watched by the user and episode information after the (i + 1) th episode.

The episode information may include: the name of the reserved program, the number of the episode, the channel number, the playing time on the channel number, and the like, and optionally, the scenario summary of the episode and the like may be included.

As shown in fig. 7, while the content of the 6 th episode of the television program of the first channel is being live on the display of the display device, the user inputs a reservation instruction to the display device indicating that the television program currently being played on the first channel is set as a reserved program.

In the embodiment of the application, the user can input the reservation instruction to the display device at least in the following modes:

first, as shown in fig. 8, the user may input a reservation instruction to the display device by pressing a specific key corresponding to the program reservation on the remote controller, for example, a numeric key, "-", or a combination of these keys, to set the television program currently broadcast on the first channel as the reserved program.

In the second mode, the user can input the reservation instruction to the display device in a voice mode. For example, when the television program shown in fig. 7 is displayed and set to be played, the user inputs the voice information of "setting the television program a as the reserved program" to the display device, the microphone of the display device receives the voice information input by the user and sends the voice information to the voice recognition module, and the semantics of the voice information input by the user is recognized by the voice recognition module as follows: and indicating a reservation instruction for setting the television program played by the current first channel as a reserved program, and sending the identified reservation instruction to a controller in the display equipment.

In a third mode, the display device further includes a camera, and when the display device plays the television program shown in fig. 7, the user inputs a predefined gesture, for example, a heart-shaped gesture, to the camera of the display device. After the heart-shaped gesture is collected by the camera, the heart-shaped gesture is sent to the gesture recognition module, the gesture recognition module judges that the heart-shaped gesture is matched with a preset reservation instruction, and the recognized reservation instruction is sent to a controller in the display device.

When the display device receives a reservation instruction input by the user in any of the above manners, a GUI interface as shown in fig. 9 is displayed, where the GUI interface includes a television program being played by the display device, and prompt information for determining whether to set the currently played television program as a reserved program for the user is displayed, for example, "do the current program set as a reserved program? "is used as a prompt.

It should be noted that the prompt message shown in fig. 9 is only an example located at the lower right of the display, and alternatively, the prompt message may be displayed at any preset position of the display, for example, at a preset position such as the upper part, the lower left corner, and the like of the display screen of the display.

When the user determines to set the television program currently being played by the display device as the reserved program, the user may input an instruction to the display device to instruct to determine to set the currently played television program as the reserved program. For example, the user may input an instruction via the remote controller to determine that the currently played television program is set as the reserved program, for example, pressing an "OK" key on the remote controller. Alternatively, the user may input an instruction to the display device by voice, for example, input "ok", "yes", or the like, indicating that the voice is affirmative, indicating that the currently played television program is determined to be the scheduled program. Optionally, the user may also input an instruction to the display device through a gesture, for example, input a gesture "OK", indicating that the currently played television program is determined to be the reserved program.

When determining that a user inputs a reservation instruction for setting a television program played on a current first channel as a reserved program, the display device acquires episode information of the television program currently played on the first channel, wherein the episode information comprises episode number of the currently played television program, such as the 6 th episode of the currently played television episode ABC.

The display device inquires at least one episode information that the reserved program is not watched from the electronic program guide information of the display device based on the acquired episode information that the television program is currently played, and the inquired at least one episode information that the reserved program is not watched is added to the reserved playing list.

S102, the display device inquires about at least one episode information that the reserved program is not watched in the electronic program guide information of the display device based on the obtained episode information of the current playing of the reserved program.

The Electronic Program Guide (EPG) is mainly used for providing a menu for a user, and the user can select a preferred multicast channel through the menu provided by the EPG, order a preferred reservation Program, sing a preferred song on line, and search various information provided by an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), including life information, entertainment information, education information, sports information, and the like.

The electronic program guide information for a channel includes the television programs to be broadcast for the channel for the current day and for several days (e.g., 5 days) in the future. In this way, the display device firstly inquires whether the television program continues to be broadcast in the next several days in the television program guide information corresponding to the first channel, and if not, the display device determines that the television program is not an episode program or the television program is already ended, and the program reservation fails.

The display device inquires about the playing information of the television program in the playing list of the electronic program guide information of the first channel in the next days, determines that the television program is an episode program, determines that the television program has a subsequent episode which can be watched, and determines that the television program is a reserved program. The display device inquires about the program list of the current day and the future days of inquiry from the electronic program guide information of the display device according to the program name of the reserved program and the currently played episode information, and obtains at least one piece of episode information that the reserved program is not watched.

And S103, adding the inquired episode information of which the reserved program is not watched into the reserved play list by the display equipment.

The following describes a process of creating a video playlist according to an embodiment of the present application with reference to a specific example.

Assuming that a user watches the 6 th episode of the television series ABC shown in FIG. 7 in 17 nights of 2 months and 19:45, the playing content of the television series ABC is more interesting for the user and wants to continue watching the subsequent episodes of the television series ABC, the user inputs a reservation instruction to the display device through any one of the instruction input modes. After receiving a reservation instruction input by a user, the display device inquires whether episode information of the television series ABC which is not watched is included in the electronic program guide information of the day and the next days of Shandong satellite television. If not, determining that the video play list corresponding to the television series ABC cannot be created. If episode information of an episode of the drama ABC that is not watched is included in the electronic program guide for the Shandong satellite television, it is determined that a video playlist of the drama ABC can be created. Then, the display device inquires episode information of the television series ABC which is not watched in the electronic program guide information of the display device, and adds at least one piece of episode information of the television series ABC which is not watched in the reserved play list.

In this embodiment, in S102, the step of querying, by the display device, episode information in which the scheduled program is not viewed from the electronic program guide information of the display device may be a step of querying, by the display device, episode information in which the scheduled program is not viewed from the electronic program guide information of at least one channel.

Optionally, the at least one channel includes a first channel.

For example, the display apparatus inquires about episode information, for which the scheduled program is not viewed, from the electronic program guide information of the first channel.

Referring to the above example, assuming that the first channel is the Shandong television and the scheduled program is the drama "ABC", the display apparatus queries the electronic program guide of the Shandong television to obtain episode information of the drama "ABC" for 2 months, 17 days and n days (e.g., 5 days) in the future from the Shandong television. For example, the query finds: the 20 th day 19 of Shandong Wei Zi is 30 series of television series ABC, the 7 th day 19 of Shandong Wei Zi is 30 series ABC, the 8 th day … … of 30 series ABC, the 2 rd day 23 of Shandong Wei Zi is 30 series ABC, the 12 th day of 30 series ABC.

The display device generates a video playlist as shown in table 1, based on episode information for which the drama ABC is not watched, which is inquired from the electronic program guide information of the Shandong satellite television:

TABLE 1

As can be seen from table 1, episode information of the scheduled program in the video playlist is derived from the electronic program guide information of the first channel (i.e., the santong satellite television).

Optionally, the above table 1 may further include episode information of a scheduled program watched by the user on the current day, for example, episode information of episode 6 of drama ABC on day 2 and day 17.

For another example, the display device queries episode information of the scheduled program that is not watched from the electronic program guide information of the first channel and at least one second channel, wherein the second channel is a television channel except the first channel in the display device.

In this way, after the display device receives a reservation instruction input by a user, episode information that the reserved program is not watched is inquired from the electronic program guide information of the first channel and the at least one second channel of the display device, instead of only inquiring from the electronic program guide information of the first channel, so that more episode information of the unviewed episodes can be obtained, and the selection by the user is facilitated.

Continuing with the above example, assuming that the first channel is the Shandong satellite television and the scheduled program is the television series ABC, the display device queries the electronic program guide information of the same day as the Shandong satellite television and n days in the future, and queries the electronic program guide information of at least one second channel in the display device except the Shandong satellite television, and obtains the episode information of the television series ABC in n days (e.g., 5 days) after 2 months and 17 days of the Shandong satellite television and other channels except the Shandong satellite television. For example, the query comes: the 20 th day 19 of Shandong Wei Zi is 30 series of television series ABC, the 7 th day 19 of Shandong Wei Zi is 30 series ABC, the 8 th day … … of 30 series ABC, the 2 rd day 23 of Shandong Wei Zi is 30 series ABC, the 12 th day of 30 series ABC. And inquiring: 19 days 19 of Beijing satellite television 2 months, 30 episodes of television series ABC 7 th collection, 20 days 19 of Beijing satellite television 2 months, 30 episodes of television series ABC 8 th collection, … …, 24 days 19 of Beijing satellite television 2 months, 30 episodes of television series ABC 12 th collection.

The display device generates a video playlist as shown in table 2 according to episode information that the drama ABC is not watched, which is inquired from the Shandong satellite television and the Beijing satellite television:

TABLE 2

As can be seen from table 2 above, episode information in the video playlist in which the scheduled program is not viewed is derived from the electronic program guide information of the first channel and the at least one second channel.

As can be seen from tables 1 and 2, the video playlist according to the embodiment of the present application includes: and playing the channel name of the reserved program, the program name of the reserved program, episode information of the reserved program, playing time of each episode on the corresponding channel and the like.

Optionally, after the display device generates the reserved play list of the reserved program according to the method, the reserved play list is sent to the memory, and the memory stores the reserved play list. When the reserved play list is reused by the display apparatus, the reserved play list is read from the memory.

In the embodiment of the application, the display device responds to a reservation instruction input by a user to acquire episode information of a reserved program currently played on a first channel, the reservation instruction is used for indicating that a television program played on the first channel is set as the reserved program, and inquiring episode information of at least one piece of the reserved program which is not watched in electronic program guide information of the display device based on the acquired episode information currently played on the reserved program, and adding the inquired episode information of at least one piece of the reserved program which is not watched into a reserved play list to generate the reserved play list of the reserved program, so that a basis is provided for the inquiry process of subsequent television programs.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiments, fig. 10 schematically illustrates a flow chart of a push method for a television program in this embodiment. As shown in fig. 10, the embodiment of the present application includes:

s201, the display device responds to a starting instruction input by a user, and target episode information which is not watched of the reserved program is obtained from the reserved playing list.

The reserved program is an episode television program and is provided with a plurality of episodes, and the reserved playing list comprises at least one piece of episode information that the reserved program is not watched.

The target episode is a next episode of an episode that the user has watched last time.

Optionally, episode information included in the reserved playlist, in which the reserved program is not watched, is arranged in the order of the episodes, so that the first unviewed episode information in the reserved playlist may be determined as the target episode information.

Optionally, the reserved playlist marks which episode was watched last time, for example, if the user watched the 6 th episode and the 7 th episode was not watched last time, the reserved playlist mark marks episode information of the 7 th episode of the reserved program, and the episode information corresponding to the 7 th episode of the reserved program is target episode information of the reserved program.

The display device receives a power-on instruction input by a user through the user input interface, for example, the user presses a power-on key on a remote controller, and the display device enters a power-on process. In the process of starting up the display device, inquiring whether a video play list is stored or not from the memory, if so, reading the video reservation list from the memory, and obtaining target episode information of the reserved program which is not watched from the video reservation play list.

As can be seen by referring to table 1 and table 2 described above, the user viewed the 6 th episode of the series ABC of the scheduled program on day 2, month 17, while the 7 th episode was not viewed, and the 7 th episode of the series ABC was the target episode for which the scheduled program was not viewed. In this way, when the display device is turned on at this time, episode information of a target episode for which the scheduled program is not watched can be searched from the video playlist shown in table 1 or table 2 as target episode information.

S202, the display equipment acquires the playing guide information of the target episode based on the target episode information of the reserved program.

Wherein the playing guide information includes a playing time of the target episode on the television channel.

In some embodiments, the above S202 includes, but is not limited to, the following ways:

in the first mode, the display equipment responds to a starting instruction input by a user, and based on the starting time and the playing time of a target episode in a reserved playing list on a television channel, the playing guide information of the target episode is obtained from the reserved playing list.

Episode information of a scheduled program stored in the scheduled playlist is obtained when the reserved program is started last time, and the episode information of the scheduled program comprises: episode number, television channel number, and the playing time of the episode number on the television channel.

Specifically, when receiving a power-on instruction input by a user, the display device obtains the playing time of the target episode on the television channel from the reserved play list shown in table 1 or table 2, compares the obtained playing time with the power-on time, and determines whether the playing time is expired. And if the playing time is not acquired, generating the playing guide information of the target episode based on the unexpired playing time and the channel number corresponding to the unexpired playing time.

For example, assuming that the reserved playlist is as shown in table 1, the user turns on the display device at 19:20 on 2 months and 18 days. The display device inquires from the video playlist that the target episode of the television program that the user does not watch is episode 7 of the series ABC. At this time, the display apparatus compares the current power-on time (19: 20 on day 18/2 month) with the play time (19: 30 on day 18/2 month) of the target episode in table 1, and determines that the current power-on time is not later than the play time of the target episode, that is, the play information of the 7 th episode of the drama ABC in the reserved play list is not expired. In this way, the play guide information of the target episode can be queried from the reserved play list corresponding to the first channel, for example, the play guide information queried for the target episode is: the target episode is the 7 th episode of the television drama ABC, the playing television channel is Shandong satellite television, and the playing time is 2 months, 18 days, 19: 30.

For example, assuming that the reserved play list is as shown in table 2, the user turns on the display device at 19:20 on 18 th of 2 months, and the display device inquires from the video play list that the target episode of the reserved program that the user has not watched is the 7 th episode of the drama ABC. At this time, the display device compares the current boot time (19: 20 on 18 th 2 month) with the playing time (19: 30 on 18 th 2 month) of the target episode in Shandong satellite television and the playing time (19: 30 on 19 th 2 month) of the target episode in Beijing satellite television in Table 2 respectively, and determines that the playing time of the target episode in the two time periods is not expired. Optionally, the display device determines, according to the target episode information of the Shandong satellite television closest to the current startup time, the play guide information of the target episode. Optionally, the display device may further determine, according to the target episode information of the target episode on the Shandong satellite television and the target episode information of the target episode on the Beijing satellite television, the play guide information of the target episode, and push the play guide information of the determined target episode to the user, so that the user may select the play guide information.

For example, assuming that the reserved play list is as shown in table 2, if the user turns on the display device at 19:20 on 19/2 month, the display device inquires from the video play list 2 that the target episode of the reserved program that the user has not watched is the 7 th episode of the drama ABC. Then, the display device compares the starting time (19: 20 days 19/2 month) with the playing time (19: 30 days 19/19 month/18 month) of the target episode in Shandong satellite television and the playing time (19: 30 days 19/19 month) of Beijing satellite television in Table 2, determines that the playing time of the Shandong satellite television is expired, and then the display device determines the playing guide information of the target episode according to the target episode information of the target episode in Beijing satellite television in Table 2.

In the second mode, in response to a power-on instruction input by a user, if the play guide information of the target episode cannot be obtained in the reserved play list, the display device obtains the play guide information of the target episode from the electronic program guide information of the display device.

For example, it is assumed that the reserved play list is shown in table 1, and episode information including a reserved program that is not viewed is queried from electronic program guide information of a first channel (i.e., a kandongdong television). The user turns on the display device at 19 days 19:20, 2 months. The display apparatus inquires from the video playlist that the target episode of the scheduled program that the user has not watched is the 7 th episode of the series ABC, and the play time of the 7 th episode of the series ABC described in the video playlist is (2 months, 18 days, 19: 20). Thus, the display device compares the current power-on time (19: 20 at 2 months, 19 days) with the play time (19: 30 at 2 months, 18 days) of the target episode in table 1, determines that the play guide information for the target episode in the reserved playlist has expired and the user has missed viewing episode 7 of the drama ABC on the first channel. At this time, the display device inquires about the play guide information of the target episode information from the electronic program guide information of the current display device, for example, inquires about that the 7 th episode of the drama ABC is played in beijing satellite television (19 days 19/30/2 month), and further obtains the play guide information of the target episode as follows: the target episode is the 7 th episode of the television drama ABC, the playing channel is Beijing satellite television, and the playing time is 2 months, 19 days and 19:30 days.

The electronic program guide information of the display device comprises electronic program guide information of a first channel and electronic program guide information of at least one second channel when the display device is started, wherein the second channel is a television channel except the first channel in the television channels of the display device.

In a third mode, the display device responds to a starting instruction input by a user, and obtains the playing guide information of the target episode from the video playing client installed on the display device based on the target episode information of the reserved program.

For example, video playing clients such as the youku video and the love art are installed on the display device, and the display device accesses video programs on the video playing clients through a network.

Continuing with the above example, assume that the target episode is episode 7 of the drama ABC, such that the display device opens an installed video playback client, such as a kuku video, an arcade, etc., upon detecting a network connection. Searching for the 7 th episode of the television episode ABC on the opened video playing client, and if the 7 th episode is searched, generating the playing guide information of the target episode, wherein the generated playing guide information comprises a playing platform of the target episode, such as the love art.

It should be noted that, in order not to affect the user to watch the display device, the display device opens the video playing client in the background, and queries the playing guide information of the target episode in the background.

And responding to a starting instruction input by a user, acquiring the playing guide information of the target episode from the reserved playing list by the display equipment based on the starting time and the playing time of the target episode in the reserved playing list on the television channel, and inquiring the playing guide information of the target episode by the display equipment from a video playing client installed on the display equipment.

In this manner, the display device may not only query the play guide information of the target episode from the reserved play list, but also query the play guide information of the target episode from a video play client installed in the display device. The specific process refers to the description of the first mode, the second mode and the third mode, and is not described herein again.

Alternatively, the display apparatus may push any one of the play guide information of the target episode searched from the reserved play list and the play guide information of the target episode searched from the player to the user. Optionally, the display device pushes the searched playing information of the two target episodes to the user.

And fifthly, responding to a starting instruction input by a user, if the display equipment does not inquire the playing guide information of the target episode in the reserved playing list, inquiring the playing guide information of the target episode from a video playing client installed on the display equipment based on the target episode information of the reserved program.

In this mode, the display apparatus first refers to the method of the above-described mode one or mode two to inquire of the play guide information of the target episode from the reserved play list. If the play guide information of the target episode is not inquired in the reserved play list, the play guide information of the target episode is inquired by referring to the video playing client installed on the slave display equipment in the third mode.

And S203, the display equipment pushes the playing guide information of the target episode to the user.

According to the method, the display equipment obtains the playing guide information of the target episode of the reserved program reserved by the user, pushes the playing guide information of the target episode to the user and reminds the user to watch the reserved program through the playing guide information.

The way in which the display device pushes the play guide information of the target episode to the user includes, but is not limited to, the following ways:

in a first mode, the controller in the display device sends the obtained play guide information of the target episode to the display, and controls the display to display the play guide information of the target episode at a preset position of the display screen (for example, at the top of the display screen). For example, as shown in fig. 11, the display device top displays: the 7 th episode of the television series ABC is watched last time, the playing channel is Shandong satellite television, and the playing time is 2 months, 18 days, 19: 30.

In a second mode, the display device is in communication connection with other terminal devices of the user, for example, a smart phone of the user, so that the display device can also send a notification message to the terminal device of the user to remind the user to watch the target episode of the reserved program.

In some embodiments of the present application, the display device stops pushing the play guide information of the target episode to the user when it is detected that the number of times of pushing the play guide information of the target episode to the user reaches a preset number of times (e.g., 2 times) and the user does not select to play the target episode. Or, when detecting that the time interval between the current startup and the last startup of the user is greater than a preset time (for example, greater than 1 month), the display device stops pushing the play guide information of the target episode to the user. Therefore, the problem of resource waste caused by the fact that the display equipment is started to inquire the playing guide information of the target episode every time when the user does not want to watch the target episode or the target episode is overdue can be avoided.

In the embodiment of the application, the display device responds to a starting instruction input by the user, acquires target episode information of a reserved program which is not watched from a reserved play list, acquires play guide information of the target episode based on the target episode information of the reserved program, and pushes the play guide information of the target episode to the user, wherein the reserved program is a television program reserved by the user, the reserved program comprises a plurality of episodes, the reserved play list comprises at least one piece of episode information of the reserved program which is not watched before the display device is turned off, and the target episode is a next episode of the episodes watched by the user last time. By the method, when the user misses the playing time of the target episode of the reserved program, the display equipment can obtain the playing guide information of the target episode and push the playing guide information to the user, so that the user can watch the target episode according to the playing guide information, the problem that the user cannot watch the missed target episode is solved, and the watching experience of the user is improved.

Fig. 12 is another schematic flow chart of a method for pushing a television program in this embodiment, and on the basis of the foregoing embodiment, the method in this embodiment further includes a process of updating a reserved playlist. Specifically, as shown in fig. 12, the method includes:

and S301, the display equipment responds to a starting instruction input by a user and acquires target episode information of the reserved program which is not watched from the reserved play list.

The specific implementation process of this step may refer to the specific description of S201, which is not described herein again.

S302, the display device obtains the playing guide information of the target episode based on the target episode information of the reserved program.

The specific implementation process of this step may refer to the specific description of S202, which is not described herein again.

And S303, pushing the playing guide information of the target episode to the user.

The specific implementation process of this step may refer to the specific description of S203, which is not described herein again.

In the embodiment of the present application, the display device obtains the play guide information of the target episode based on the steps of S301 to S303, and further includes a step of updating the reserved playlist after pushing the play guide information of the target episode to the user.

And S304, the display device responds to the starting instruction input by the user, and updates episode information of the reserved program which is not watched in the reserved playing list by using episode information which is not expired and watched in the electronic program guide information of the display device.

The electronic program guide information of the display device may change, for example, a new television program or a change in the broadcast time transmission of a television program may be added.

The display apparatus inquires about whether episode information of a reserved program changes in electronic program guide information thereof every time the display apparatus is turned on, and when the change occurs, the display apparatus may update episode information of the reserved program that is not watched in the reserved playlist, using episode information of the reserved program that is not expired and is not watched in the electronic program guide information of the display apparatus.

The updating process includes but is not limited to the following cases:

in case 1, the display apparatus obtains episode information that the scheduled program is not expired and is not watched from the electronic guide information corresponding to the channel number included in each episode information in the scheduled playlist in response to a power-on instruction input by the user, to update episode information that the scheduled program is not watched in the scheduled playlist.

For example, referring to table 1, it is assumed that episode information in which a scheduled program included in a scheduled playlist is not viewed is obtained from electronic guide information of a first channel. When the user turns on the display device 2/19 days, episode information that scheduled programs are not watched for 2/24 days, such as ABC (r) episode 13, is added to the electronic program guide information of the first channel. In this way, the display apparatus adds episode information, which is included in the electronic program guide information of the first channel and has not expired the 2-month 24-day scheduled program and has not been viewed, to table 1, obtaining the following table 3:

TABLE 3

And 2, in response to a power-on instruction input by a user, the display device updates episode information of the reserved programs which are not expired and are not watched in the electronic program guide information of the first channel and the at least one second channel in the reserved playing list by using episode information of the reserved programs which are not expired and are not watched in the electronic program guide information of the display device.

For example, referring to table 2, when the user turns on the display device 2/20 days, the electronic program guide information of the first channel and the at least one second channel of the display device includes episode information that the reserved program is not expired and is not watched for 2/24 days, including, for example: the 13 th episode of the mountain east satellite television series ABC, the 12 th episode of the Beijing satellite television series ABC, and the 7 th episode of the Shanxi satellite television series ABC. In this way, the display apparatus adds episode information, which is included in the electronic program guide information of the Shandong satellite television, the Beijing satellite television and the Shaanxi satellite television and in which the scheduled program for 24 days of 2 months is not expired and is not viewed, to table 2, obtaining the following table 4:

TABLE 4

S305, the display device saves the updated reserved playlist.

Specifically, the display apparatus may store the updated reserved playlist in the memory, obtain the reserved playlist from the memory at the next power-on, perform the above-described step of S301, query the target episode information, and perform the step of S302 to obtain the play guide information of the target episode based on the reserved playlist.

Alternatively, the display apparatus may mark (e.g., color) the episode information that has been played or delete the played episode information from the reserved playlist when detecting that the episode information in the reserved playlist has been played.

Alternatively, if there is no information about the reserved program in the electronic program guide information within a preset time period (e.g., one week), the reserved program may be considered to be ended. When the reserved program is finished, the video playlist of the reserved program may be deleted.

In the method for pushing a television program provided in the embodiment of the application, the display device, in response to a power-on instruction input by a user this time, acquires target episode information of a reserved program, which is not watched, from a reserved play list, and acquires play guide information of the target episode based on the target episode information of the reserved program, and pushes the play guide information of the target episode to the outside of a user, the display device further uses episode information, which is not expired and not watched, of the reserved program in the electronic program guide information of the display device, updates the episode information, which is not watched, of the reserved program in the reserved play list, and stores the updated reserved play list. Because the updated reserved play list comprises the episode information which is not expired and watched in the more comprehensive reserved program in the display equipment when the mobile terminal is started, the probability of the inquired play guide information of the target episode can be improved when the display equipment inquires the play guide information of the target episode from the updated reserved play list when the mobile terminal is started next time.

Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a push apparatus for a television program according to the present embodiment. The pushing apparatus 700 for the television program exists in the form of a chip product, the pushing apparatus for the television program structurally includes a processor 701 and a memory 702, the memory 702 is configured to be coupled with the processor 701, the memory 702 stores necessary program instructions and data of the apparatus, and the processor 701 is configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory 702, so that the apparatus performs the functions of the electronic device in the above-mentioned method embodiments.

The pushing device of the television program in the embodiments of the present application may be used to implement the technical solutions of the electronic devices in the embodiments of the above methods, and the implementation principles and technical effects are similar, which are not described herein again.

Fig. 14 schematically shows the structure of the display device in the present embodiment. The display device 600 may implement the functions executed by the display device in the above method embodiments, and the functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the above functions.

In one possible design, the display device 600 includes a processor 601, a transceiver 602, and a memory 603 in its structure, and the processor 601 is configured to support the display device 600 to perform the corresponding functions of the above-described method. The transceiver 602 is used to support communication between the display device 600 and other display devices or servers. The display device 600 may further comprise a memory 603, the memory 603 being adapted to be coupled to the processor 601 and to store program instructions and data necessary for the display device 600.

When the display device 600 is powered on, the processor 601 may read the program instructions and data in the memory 603, interpret and execute the program instructions, and process the data of the program instructions. When data needs to be transmitted, the processor 601 outputs data to be transmitted to the transceiver 602, and the transceiver 602 transmits the data to be transmitted to the outside. When data is transmitted to the display device, the transceiver 602 outputs the received data to the processor 601, and the processor 601 processes the data.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that fig. 14 shows only one memory 603 and one processor 601 for ease of illustration. In an actual display device 600, there may be multiple processors 601 and multiple memories 603. The memory 603 may also be referred to as a storage medium or a storage device, etc., which is not limited in this application.

Optionally, the display device further comprises a display screen.

Optionally, the display device of the embodiment of the application can be a smart screen, a smart television, a smart phone, and the like.

The display device of the embodiment of the present application may be configured to implement the technical solutions of the above method embodiments, and the implementation principles and technical effects are similar, which are not described herein again.

Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be substantially implemented or contributed by the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the apparatus according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The computer instructions may be stored in or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, e.g., from one website site, computer, server, or data center via a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DS L)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) manner to another website site, computer, server, or data center.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing embodiments of the apparatuses, and are not described herein again. In addition, the device embodiments and the device embodiments may also refer to each other, and the same or corresponding contents in different embodiments may be referred to each other, which is not described in detail.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a display configured to display a television program;

a user input interface configured to receive an instruction input by a user;

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the target episode information includes a play time of the target episode on a television channel, the processor further configured to:

3. The display device of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to:

4. The display device of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to:

and saving the updated reserved play list.

5. The display device of any one of claims 1-4, wherein the display device is further configured to:

6. The display device according to claim 5, wherein the electronic program guide information of the display device comprises electronic program guide information corresponding to the first channel and electronic program guide information of at least one second channel, and the second channel is a television channel other than the first channel in the display device.

7. The display device according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the display device is further configured to:

8. The display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

the processor is further configured to: and controlling the display to display the playing guide information of the target episode.

9. The display device of any one of claims 1-4, wherein the display device is further configured to:

10. A method for pushing a television program, comprising:

acquiring playing guide information of the target episode based on the target episode information of the reserved program;

and pushing the playing guide information of the target episode to the user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the target episode information includes a playing time of the target episode on a television channel, and wherein obtaining the play guide information for the target episode based on the target episode information for the scheduled program comprises:

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

and saving the updated reserved play list.

14. The method according to any one of claims 10-13, further comprising:

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the electronic program guide information of the display device comprises electronic program guide information corresponding to the first channel and electronic program guide information of at least one second channel, and the second channel is a television channel other than the first channel in the display device.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the obtaining of the guide information of the target episode based on the target episode information of the reserved program comprises:

17. The method according to any one of claims 10-13, wherein said pushing the playguide information of the target episode to the user comprises:

18. The method according to any one of claims 10-13, further comprising: