CN112218125A

CN112218125A - Playing terminal and playing method

Info

Publication number: CN112218125A
Application number: CN201910630672.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 鲍海兵; 艾本仁; 严国宾; 王敏佩; 杜聚龙; 李晓荔
Original assignee: Beijing Baustem Information Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Baustem Information Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-07-12
Filing date: 2019-07-12
Publication date: 2021-01-12
Anticipated expiration: 2039-07-12
Also published as: CN112218125B

Abstract

The application discloses a play terminal and a play method, wherein the play terminal comprises an OTT starter, a digital living network alliance DLNA starter and a pre-starter, wherein: the OTT starter is used for starting OTT service; the DLNA starter is used for starting the remote user interface RUI service on the DLNA server connected with the playing terminal through the network; the pre-starter is used for receiving a first key operation of a remote controller and determining a starter corresponding to the first key operation, and the starter comprises: OTT starter and DLNA starter, start corresponding starter. The OTT starter, the DLNA starter and the pre-starter are embedded in the playing terminal, so that the playing terminal can support operator services (or Internet manufacturer services) and OTT services in different areas, a set top box does not need to be distributed to users, and the system cost is reduced.

Description

Playing terminal and playing method

Technical Field

The present application relates to, but not limited to, the field of multimedia technologies, and in particular, to a playing terminal and a playing method.

Background

Due to the customized requirements of the operator for the User Interface (UI), the services of the operator need to be presented on the tv through the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) input Interface of the tv at present. For television manufacturers, the television becomes a display screen, embedded applications of the television manufacturers are bypassed, and users are reluctant to buy orders for new functions and strong chip processing capacity; for an access network service provider, a set top box needs to be distributed to users, the updating period is long, the service quality is behind the internet equipment, unnecessary cost is increased, and loss of the users is easily caused.

In The application with The application number of "CN 201610839170.8," entitled "method, playing terminal and system for implementing application processing," a method for starting different applications on a playing terminal through key switching is pointed out, so that a starting application of an operator or an OTT (Over The Top, which means that an internet company goes Over The operator) of a television can be started on a smart television through key switching. However, since the UI of each operator is different, a method is needed so that the smart tv can adapt to different operator UIs. Since it is impossible for a broadcasting terminal or a tv to install different operator-enabled applications, there is no way for a broadcasting terminal (e.g., a tv) in the horizontal market to support operator services in different regions at the same time.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a playing terminal and a playing method, so that the playing terminal can support operator services (or internet manufacturer services) and OTT services in different regions.

The embodiment of the invention provides a playing terminal, which comprises an OTT starter, a digital living network alliance DLNA starter and a pre-starter, wherein:

the OTT starter is used for starting OTT service;

the DLNA starter is used for starting the remote user interface RUI service on the DLNA server connected with the playing terminal through the network;

the pre-starter is used for receiving a first key operation of a remote controller, determining a starter corresponding to the first key operation and starting the corresponding starter, and the starter comprises: OTT starters and DLNA starters.

In an exemplary embodiment, before said launching the corresponding launcher, said pre-launcher is further configured to:

acquiring a starting-up advertisement file of the corresponding starter;

detecting whether the starting-up advertisement file is complete, and if the starting-up advertisement file is incomplete, displaying a pre-stored default page or an OTT advertisement page;

and if the starting-up advertisement file is complete, displaying the starting-up advertisement file.

In an exemplary embodiment, when the initiator corresponding to the first key operation is the DLNA initiator, the starting the corresponding initiator includes:

searching DLNA service;

if a DLNA service is searched, directly starting the DLNA starter corresponding to the DLNA service, or providing a user selection list containing the DLNA service and waiting for receiving the selection operation of a user, and starting the corresponding DLNA starter according to the DLNA service selected by the user;

and if a plurality of DLNA services are searched, providing a user selection list containing the DLNA services, waiting for receiving the selection operation of the user, and starting the corresponding DLNA starter according to the DLNA service selected by the user.

In an exemplary embodiment, the providing the user selection list including the plurality of DLNA services includes:

displaying the plurality of searched DLNA services through M × N windows, wherein M, N are all natural numbers larger than 0, M and N are dynamically set according to the number of the searched DLNA services, and each window of the M × N windows is used for displaying program content or program related information of one DLNA service;

or, displaying the plurality of searched DLNA services through m × n windows, wherein m and n are preset natural numbers which are larger than 0, the (m × n-1) windows in the m × n windows are used for displaying the program content or the program related information of one DLNA service, and one window in the m × n windows is used for reminding the user of having more choices.

In an exemplary embodiment, when the user selects one of the DLNA services, the selected DLNA service is displayed through the home screen, and the DLNA services that are not selected are displayed in a picture-in-picture form through screen thumbnails in the home screen, or are not displayed.

In an exemplary embodiment, the launcher further comprises an event application launcher; the pre-initiator is further configured to:

receiving an event sent by an event server;

determining an event application starter to be started according to a preset corresponding relation table of events and the event application starter;

detecting whether a pre-starter starts a starter except the event application starter to be started or not, and if so, exiting the currently started starter;

and starting the event application starter to be started.

In an exemplary embodiment, the initiating the corresponding initiator includes:

detecting whether the pre-starter starts one starter and whether the started starter is the same as the starter corresponding to the first key operation;

if one starter is started and the started starter is the same as the starter corresponding to the first key operation, directly starting the corresponding starter;

and if one starter is started and the started starter is different from the starter corresponding to the first key operation, exiting the currently started starter and starting the corresponding starter.

In an exemplary embodiment, the pre-initiator is further configured to:

receiving a second key operation of the remote controller, wherein the second key operation is used for displaying an input source;

displaying one or more services that can be initiated, the services including at least one of: OTT service, DLNA service.

In an exemplary embodiment, prior to initiating the RUI service, the DLNA initiator is further configured to:

authenticating the DLNA server;

and if the authentication is passed, triggering the operation of starting the RUI service on the DLNA server, and after the RUI service is started, performing content protection on the media stream between the DLNA server and the play terminal.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a playing method of the playing terminal, which comprises the following steps:

receiving a first key operation of a remote controller;

determining a starter corresponding to the first key operation, wherein the starter comprises: the system comprises an OTT starter used for starting OTT service, a DLNA starter used for starting remote user interface RUI service on a DLNA server connected with the playing terminal through a network;

and starting the corresponding starter.

Compared with the related art, the playing terminal and the playing method of the embodiment of the application comprise an OTT starter, a DLNA starter and a pre-starter, wherein: the OTT starter is used for starting OTT service; the DLNA starter is used for starting the remote user interface RUI service on the DLNA server connected with the playing terminal through the network; the pre-starter is used for receiving a first key operation of a remote controller, determining a starter corresponding to the first key operation and starting the corresponding starter, and the starter comprises: the OTT starter and the DLNA starter ensure that the playing terminal can support operator services (or Internet manufacturer services) and OTT services in different areas, a set top box does not need to be distributed to users, and the system cost is reduced.

Additional features and advantages of the application will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by the practice of the application. Other advantages of the application may be realized and attained by the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the specification, claims, and drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings are included to provide an understanding of the present disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the examples serve to explain the principles of the disclosure and not to limit the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an exemplary broadcast terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an exemplary RUI UI playing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a playback method after a user selects the RUI UI1 in FIG. 2 for playback;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a playback method after a user selects the RUI UI2 in FIG. 3 for playback;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary process of receiving an event and triggering an event application launcher to start according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another exemplary playback terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another exemplary playback terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary playing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present application describes embodiments, but the description is illustrative rather than limiting and it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that many more embodiments and implementations are possible within the scope of the embodiments described herein. Although many possible combinations of features are shown in the drawings and discussed in the detailed description, many other combinations of the disclosed features are possible. Any feature or element of any embodiment may be used in combination with or instead of any other feature or element in any other embodiment, unless expressly limited otherwise.

The present application includes and contemplates combinations of features and elements known to those of ordinary skill in the art. The embodiments, features and elements disclosed in this application may also be combined with any conventional features or elements to form a unique inventive concept as defined by the claims. Any feature or element of any embodiment may also be combined with features or elements from other inventive aspects to form yet another unique inventive aspect, as defined by the claims. Thus, it should be understood that any of the features shown and/or discussed in this application may be implemented alone or in any suitable combination. Accordingly, the embodiments are not limited except as by the appended claims and their equivalents. Furthermore, various modifications and changes may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

Further, in describing representative embodiments, the specification may have presented the method and/or process as a particular sequence of steps. However, to the extent that the method or process does not rely on the particular order of steps set forth herein, the method or process should not be limited to the particular sequence of steps described. Other orders of steps are possible as will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, the particular order of the steps set forth in the specification should not be construed as limitations on the claims. Further, the claims directed to the method and/or process should not be limited to the performance of their steps in the order written, and one skilled in the art can readily appreciate that the sequences may be varied and still remain within the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a play terminal, including an OTT initiator 101(OTT Launcher), a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) initiator 102(DLNA Launcher), and a Pre-initiator 103(Pre-Launcher), where:

an OTT initiator 101, configured to initiate an OTT service;

a DLNA launcher 102 configured to launch an RUI service on a DLNA server connected to the play terminal via a network;

the pre-starter 103 is configured to receive a first key operation of a remote controller, determine a starter corresponding to the first key operation, and start a corresponding starter, where the starter includes: OTT initiator 101, DLNA initiator 102.

In an exemplary embodiment, the playing terminal is a television, a set-top box or other playing devices.

In an exemplary embodiment, the number of the OTT initiators 101 may be 1 or more; the number of the DLNA initiators 102 may be 1 or more.

DLNA4.0 proposes a Commercial Video Profile 2 (CVP 2) device model, and a CVP2 player may obtain a UI of an RUI source in a network through a Remote User Interface (RUI) service; therefore, the UI of different RUI sources (i.e. different operator RUI sources or RUI sources of other internet vendors) can be obtained by the embedded CVP2 player, which has the advantage of displaying the home page of the local operator or other internet vendors without any customization of the playback terminal. In the DLNA4.0 protocol, a user interface is presented on a cast terminal through an RUI service. The description of the UI is a standard hypertext Markup Language (HTML) 5 Language, so that the universal model broadcast terminal can meet different presentation requirements of OTT applications and local network operators (or other internet vendors) at the same time. Therefore, the DLNA4.0RUI technology can realize that the broadcasting terminal of the horizontal market supports the operator/internet vendor service and the OTT service of different regions.

The playing terminal provided by the embodiment of the application uses parallel DLNA launchers (multiple) and OTT launchers (multiple) to give service priority to the user, and presents the UI of the local network or the UI of the OTT according to the user's desire. Wherein, DLNA Launcher is compatible with DLNA4.0 and HTML-5RUI standard protocol, and OTT Launcher is the Launcher of the original factory of the playing terminal.

In an exemplary embodiment, the key in the first key operation is a power-on key, a standby key or a home key.

detecting whether the pre-starter 103 starts one starter and whether the started starter is the same as the starter corresponding to the first key operation;

In the application, DLNA launchers and OTT launchers coexist in a universal-type play terminal, an implementation program of two Launcher coexisting and switching mechanisms is called Pre-Launcher and also resides in the play terminal, and two Launcher applications can be respectively invoked by a DLNA homepage (home network operator service homepage or other internet vendor homepage) key and an OTT service homepage (play terminal preset homepage) key. The two home keys may be on one remote controller or on two remote controllers (e.g., one player terminal vendor remote controller, the home key is OTT only; and one home network operator or other internet vendor remote controller, the home key is DLNA only). At any time, the user can complete the switching between the OTT and the service of the network operator (or other internet vendors) by pressing different home page keys. The playing terminal needs to intercept specific key values (power on, standby and two homepages) of the remote controller and needs to process the key values through a Pre-Launcher before sending the key values to the application, and the Pre-Launcher controls the two launchers according to the key values of the remote controller.

(1) Power-off starting-up, remote controller starting-up

The first step is as follows: powering off and starting up a user or pressing a standby key of a remote controller to start up, starting a play terminal Pre-Launcher, and capturing a key value;

the second step is that: Pre-Launcher judges whether the key of DLNA remote controller or the key of OTT remote controller, if the key of OTT remote controller, OTT Launcher is directly started, OTT advertisement may be played before starting, if the key of DLNA remote controller, the third step is executed;

the third step: and Pre-Launcher searches the DLNA service, if the DLNA service is searched, the DLNA Launcher is directly started, if a plurality of DLNA services exist, user selection is provided, and the corresponding DLNA Launcher is started after the user selection. If not, the OTT Launcher can be started directly (OTT advertisement may be played before starting). The DLNA service advertisement may be played before searching for a DLNA, or may be played after a DLNA service is searched and selected.

(2) Main page key

The first step is as follows: a user presses a home page key (DLNA home page key or OTT home page key);

the second step is that: Pre-Launcher and capturing key value, if detecting DLNA main page key, if present, starting DLNA Launcher directly, if not present, quitting OTT service, then starting DLNA Launcher after optionally playing DLNA boot advertisement; if the OTT main page key is detected, if the current state is the OTT service state, the OTT Launcher is directly started, if the current state is not the OTT service state, the DLNA service is quitted, and then the OTT Launcher is started after the OTT boot advertisement is optionally played.

In an exemplary embodiment, before the launching of the corresponding launcher, the pre-launcher 103 is further configured to:

acquiring a starting-up advertisement file of the corresponding starter;

Specifically, the Pre-Launcher has an integrity check function on the advertisement file, and if the integrity of the file is problematic, the OTT advertisement page can be displayed, and if the integrity of the OTT advertisement page is also problematic, the Pre-stored default page is displayed.

In an exemplary embodiment, when the initiator corresponding to the first key operation is the DLNA initiator 102, the starting the corresponding initiator includes:

searching DLNA service;

if a DLNA service is searched, directly starting the DLNA initiator 102 corresponding to the DLNA service, or providing a user selection list including the DLNA service and waiting for receiving a selection operation of a user, and starting the corresponding DLNA initiator 102 according to the DLNA service selected by the user;

if a plurality of DLNA services are searched, a user selection list including the plurality of DLNA services is provided and a selection operation of a user is waited to be received, and the corresponding DLNA launcher 102 is started according to the DLNA service selected by the user.

The Pre-Launcher can support the discovery of a plurality of RUI sources, the Pre-Launcher starts a DLNA Launcher application, the DLNA Launcher application can display all the RUI UIs on a screen, if the display is not finished, the RUI UIs can be adopted to be more, the user is reminded to select, and the numerical values of m and n are 2 as shown in FIG. 2.

When the play terminal supports a multi-Decoder (Decoder), the DLNA Launcher application should be able to play video pictures (e.g., corresponding RUI source start-up advertisement or video program) in a plurality of RUI UI windows, and for RUI UI windows with insufficient resources, the DLNA Launcher application may play last played frame or display only DLNA source related information, such as service provider name, ICON (ICON), etc., in these RUI UI windows.

As shown in FIG. 3, after a user selects one RUI UI, the DLNA Launcher application may further present the RUI UI on a large screen, and the other RUI UIs may be presented in a picture-in-picture manner. The user can select another RUI UI, and the DLNA Launcher application completes the handover. Similarly, after the user selects a certain RUI source in the local UI input list, the local UI application may further present the RUI UI in a large screen, and other RUI UIs may be presented in a picture-in-picture manner. As shown in FIG. 4, the user may also select other RUI UIs, and the local UI application may also complete the window switch.

In an exemplary embodiment, the launcher further comprises an event application launcher; the pre-initiator 103 is further configured to:

receiving an event sent by an event server;

detecting whether the pre-starter 103 has started a starter other than the event application starter to be started, and if so, exiting the currently started starter;

and starting the event application starter to be started.

The Pre-Launcher of the embodiment of the application supports receiving events and different launch applications of launchers, as shown in fig. 5, a built-in event receiver of the Pre-Launcher can receive events sent by an event server; the event receiver reads a corresponding relation table of the event and the event application starter to obtain an ID of the event application starter to be started; and when the Pre-Launcher is in the OTT Launcher application or the DLNA Launcher application, the Pre-Launcher exits the current application and starts the event application Launcher. The playing terminal provides an event configuration interface, and can configure whether the Launch event application launcher exists after the terminal receives the event and which application can be launched. The event server may be deployed in a play terminal, a cloud, or a home network.

When the terminal is in a standby state, the playing terminal is automatically started after receiving the event, the Pre-Launcher does not play the starting advertisement, the event is directly received, and Launch applications with different launchs are directly received, for example, when the door is ringing, the terminal is automatically waken, and the Pre-Launcher automatic Launch video call application is used. Generally, in order to reduce the standby power consumption, the power of the main processor is usually turned off, and one design is to receive an event through an MPU with micro power consumption, and the MPU triggers the main processor to turn on when receiving the event. After the main processor is started, a Pre-Launcher is started, and the Pre-Launcher applies a Launcher according to different events of an event ID Launch; further, the Pre-Launcher can automatically exit the event application Launcher, such as when the video call application has no user response for a long time (e.g., the user is away from home), the Pre-Launcher automatically exits the video call application and automatically shuts down.

In an exemplary embodiment, the pre-initiator 103 is further configured to:

The existing playing terminals are provided with input selection keys, and besides the shortage of OTT information sources connected by application, users can also select the information sources on the HDMI physical input socket. The playing terminal provided by the embodiment of the application adds the DLNA input source options on the input selection, specifically, a user can see the added DLNA input options in the input selection function bar, if a plurality of DLNA services exist in the user home network, the playing terminal can automatically discover all the DLNA services, and the list is on the screen. If the user selects the DLNA service of the home network operator (or other internet vendor), the home page of the operator (or other internet vendor) is seen on the screen. In this way, the local input source UI may add multiple input source selections, optimizing the user experience.

The following is a specific implementation example, and the local UI of the playback terminal supports the selection function of the input signal source, such as HDMI 1, HDMI 2 for selecting STB and DVB player, and so on. The playing terminal of the application adds the function of displaying DLNA4.0 information sources existing in the home network in a list mode, and the process is as follows:

the first step is as follows: a user inputs an input source selection key, the playing terminal sequentially displays input interfaces such as HDMI and the like, and prompts that DLNA service is being searched;

the second step is that: the playing terminal displays the searched DLNA service sequence, including the service name, the ICON and the like;

the third step: the user moves the cursor, now inputting a certain DLNA source;

the fourth step: the playing terminal starts the starting application of the DLNA service, and can play the starting advertisement corresponding to the DLNA service before starting.

In the implementation, the playing terminal should be able to find the DLNA service appearing at any time and cache the RUI of the DLNA on the playing terminal, so as to obtain the satisfied experience of the user. The cast terminal should be able to obtain, use, and display in the input list UI of the cast terminal the name and icon of the RUI of the home network operator (or other internet vendor), i.e., < name > and < icon > values associated with the < UI > element in the RUI protocol, so that the user can select the home network service RUI input source in the input selection UI, thereby connecting the cast terminal to the service of the home network operator (or other internet vendor).

In an exemplary embodiment, before starting the RUI service, the DLNA initiator 102 is further configured to:

authenticating the DLNA server;

The broadcast terminal (e.g., a smart tv) in the embodiment of the present application, in which a CVP 2Client (CVP2 Client) is embedded, includes an RUI-H Pull Controller Device Capability (RUI-H Pull Controller Device Capability), and specifically includes:

1) RUI-H Server Control Point (RUI-H Server Control Point): a UPNP Control Point (UPNP Control Point) of the RUI H5 server conforming to the UPNP RUI protocol;

2) RUI-H Transport client (RUI-H Transport client) (RUI-H User Agent)): a standard H5 browser;

3) DLNA Media Transport Client (DLNA Media Transport Client): the playing of the media stream can be completed, according to the third part of DLNA 4.0: the Link Protection (Part 3: Link Protection) Part proposes a technology to complete content Protection from a DLNA source to a playing terminal, and other content Protection technologies can also be adopted;

4) an Authentication Client (Authentication Client), according to the seventh part of DLNA 4.0: authentication (Part 7: Authentication) completes the Authentication with the DLNA source, and other equipment Authentication technologies can also be adopted

In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the broadcasting terminal further includes an advertisement broadcasting module and an advertisement agency module, wherein:

the advertisement playing module is used for sending an advertisement request to the advertisement agent module after receiving a starting instruction, wherein the advertisement request is used for requesting advertisement information to be played; receiving an advertisement response of an advertisement agent module, and playing an advertisement according to the advertisement response;

and the advertisement agent module is used for receiving the advertisement request of the advertisement playing module, constructing an advertisement response according to the prestored advertisement information to be played and sending the advertisement response to the advertisement playing module.

This application sets up two subassemblies in order to solve the unable problem of establishing network connection with advertisement server of broadcast terminal when starting up in the broadcast terminal: the advertisement agent module is used for maintaining the session state of advertisement playing. The connection between the advertisement agent module and the advertisement playing module is a local network, so the advertisement material for playing in the application can only be obtained in advance, and the reported advertisement tracking information can only be reported afterwards (the service for starting up the advertisement allows the tracking of the long-period advertisement playing behavior).

In an exemplary embodiment, the advertisement Server is arranged in the CVP-2Server, when the broadcast terminal is powered on, if the user selects a DLNA input source (which may be but is not limited to from a home gateway) in the home network, the CVP-2Client searches for an RUI service in the home network, and if the user selects the DLNA input source, the CVP-2Client triggers the advertisement broadcast module to broadcast the cached advertisement content and then starts an RUI; and the advertisement agent module in the CVP-2Client maintains the session state with the advertisement Server in the CVP-2Server after the home network is connected, and completes the acquisition of the advertisement materials, the presentation and the tracking strategy.

In the present application, it is necessary to specify a case where a plurality of DLNA input sources exist simultaneously. The presentation policy of each advertisement material must indicate the service provider identifier to which the material belongs. And only when the SPID in the CVP-2Server or the embedded RUI-H Server equipment description is the same as the SPID in the presentation strategy of the advertisement materials, the playing terminal can play the advertisement content in the cache, otherwise, the playing terminal can play the startup advertisement set by the playing terminal by default or take other predefined actions.

As shown in fig. 8, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a playing method of a playing terminal, including the following steps:

step 801: receiving a first key operation of a remote controller;

Step 802: determining a starter corresponding to the first key operation, wherein the starter is an OTT starter used for starting OTT service or a DLNA starter used for starting RUI service on a DLNA server connected with the playing terminal through a network;

in an exemplary embodiment, the number of OTT initiators is 1 or more; the number of the DLNA starters is 1 or more.

The playing method provided by the embodiment of the application uses parallel DLNA launchers (multiple) and OTT launchers (multiple), gives service priority to users, and presents the UI of a local network or the UI of OTT according to the user's desire. Wherein, DLNA Launcher is compatible with DLNA4.0 and HTML-5RUI standard protocol, and OTT Launcher is the Launcher of the original factory of the playing terminal.

authenticating the DLNA server;

Step 803: and starting the corresponding starter.

detecting whether a pre-starter starts a starter and whether the started starter is the same as the starter corresponding to the first key operation;

In the application, DLNA launchers and OTT launchers coexist in a universal-type play terminal, an implementation program of two launchers coexisting and switching mechanism is called Pre-Launcher and also resides in the play terminal, and two Launcher applications can be respectively called by a DLNA homepage (home network operator service homepage or homepage of other internet vendor services) key and an OTT service homepage (play terminal preset homepage) key. The two home keys may be on one remote controller or on two remote controllers (e.g., a remote controller for a broadcast terminal original factory, where the home key is OTT only; and a remote controller for a home network operator or other internet vendor, where the home key is DLNA only). At any time, the user can complete the switching between the OTT and the service of the network operator (or other internet vendors) by pressing different home page keys. The playing terminal needs to intercept specific key values (power on, standby and two homepages) of the remote controller and needs to process the key values through a Pre-Launcher before sending the key values to the application, and the Pre-Launcher controls the two launchers according to the key values of the remote controller.

(1) Power-off starting-up, remote controller starting-up

(2) Main page key

In an exemplary embodiment, before the launching the corresponding launcher, the method further comprises:

acquiring a starting-up advertisement file of the corresponding starter;

searching DLNA service;

The Pre-Launcher may support the discovery of multiple RUI sources, the Pre-Launcher launches the DLNA Launcher application, which may display all of these RUI UIs on the screen, and if not, may take "more" to remind the user to select, as shown in FIG. 2.

When the play terminal supports multiple decoders, the DLNA Launcher application should be able to play video frames (e.g., corresponding RUI source boot advertisements or video programs) in multiple RUI UI windows, and for RUI UI windows with insufficient resources, the DLNA Launcher application may play frames played last time in these RUI UI windows or display only DLNA source related information, such as service provider name, ICON (ICON), etc.

In an exemplary embodiment, the launcher further comprises an event application launcher;

the method further comprises the following steps:

receiving an event sent by an event server;

and starting the event application starter to be started.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method further comprises:

the third step: the user moves the cursor, now inputting a certain DLNA source;

It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that all or some of the steps of the methods, systems, functional modules/units in the devices disclosed above may be implemented as software, firmware, hardware, and suitable combinations thereof. In a hardware implementation, the division between functional modules/units mentioned in the above description does not necessarily correspond to the division of physical components; for example, one physical component may have multiple functions, or one function or step may be performed by several physical components in cooperation. Some or all of the components may be implemented as software executed by a processor, such as a digital signal processor or microprocessor, or as hardware, or as an integrated circuit, such as an application specific integrated circuit. Such software may be distributed on computer readable media, which may include computer storage media (or non-transitory media) and communication media (or transitory media). The term computer storage media includes volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data, as is well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, Digital Versatile Disks (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store the desired information and which can accessed by a computer. In addition, communication media typically embodies computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media as known to those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a play terminal which characterized in that, includes OTT starter, digital living network alliance DLNA starter and pre-starter, wherein:

the OTT starter is used for starting OTT service;

2. The cast terminal of claim 1, wherein prior to the launching of the corresponding launcher, the pre-launcher is further configured to:

acquiring a starting-up advertisement file of the corresponding starter;

3. The playback terminal of claim 1, wherein when the initiator corresponding to the first key operation is the DLNA initiator, the starting the corresponding initiator comprises:

searching DLNA service;

4. The cast terminal of claim 3, wherein the providing the user selection list including the plurality of DLNA services comprises:

5. The cast terminal according to claim 4, characterized in that when the user selects one of the DLNA services, the selected DLNA service is displayed through the main screen, and the DLNA services that are not selected are displayed in a picture-in-picture form through screen thumbnails in the main screen, or are not displayed.

6. The cast terminal of claim 1, wherein the launcher further comprises an event application launcher; the pre-initiator is further configured to:

receiving an event sent by an event server;

and starting the event application starter to be started.

7. The cast terminal according to any of the claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the starting of the corresponding starter comprises:

8. The cast terminal of any of claims 1-6, wherein the pre-initiator is further configured to:

9. The cast terminal of any of claims 1-6, wherein before the RUI service is started, the DLNA initiator is further configured to:

authenticating the DLNA server;

10. A playing method of a playing terminal is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a first key operation of a remote controller;

and starting the corresponding starter.