CN112911405A - Control method and device of virtual set top box and virtual set top box system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a control method and device of a virtual set top box and a virtual set top box system, and relates to the technical field of computers. The control method of the virtual set-top box comprises the following steps: receiving a User Interface (UI) stream from a virtual set top box; detecting whether a user has UI operation in a first designated time and whether a UI stream from a virtual set top box changes in a second designated time; and when the user does not have UI operation in the first designated time and the UI stream from the virtual set-top box does not change in the second designated time, executing suspension operation on the virtual set-top box. According to the method and the device, the number of the virtual set top boxes supported by a single server is increased, and the utilization rate of server resources is improved.
Description
Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for controlling a virtual set-top box, a virtual set-top box system, and a computer-readable storage medium.
Background
With the vigorous development of large video services, the types of the video services are more and more abundant, the requirements on the set top box of a user are higher and higher, and the annual updating frequency of the hardware of the set top box is higher. Recently, thanks to the increasing development of virtualization technology, virtualization technology has great use at the set top box end, and through the virtualization technology, a set top box product can be virtualized at the server side for users to use, and meanwhile, the original physical set top box is used as a client for the users to use.
In the related technology, the physical set top box is virtualized, the virtual set top box provides related services for users, and the virtual set top box is always in a running state.
Disclosure of Invention
The inventor thinks that: in the related art, the number of virtual set-top boxes supported by a single server is limited, and the utilization rate of server resources is low.
In view of the above technical problems, the present disclosure provides a solution, which increases the number of virtual set top boxes supported by a single server and improves the utilization rate of server resources.
According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for controlling a virtual set-top box, including: receiving a User Interface (UI) stream from a virtual set top box; detecting whether a user has UI operation in a first designated time and whether a UI stream from a virtual set top box changes in a second designated time; and when the user does not have UI operation in the first designated time and the UI stream from the virtual set-top box does not change in the second designated time, executing suspension operation on the virtual set-top box.
In some embodiments, performing the suspension operation on the virtual set-top box comprises: and sending a suspension instruction to the virtual set-top box through the signaling channel so as to trigger the virtual set-top box to execute suspension operation on the virtual set-top box.
In some embodiments, after the suspending operation is performed on the virtual set-top box, the method further comprises:
and taking over the heartbeat message sent by the virtual set top box to the video service platform.
In some embodiments, the method for controlling a virtual set-top box further comprises: under the condition that the virtual set top box is in a suspended state, detecting whether a user triggers UI operation or whether the playing state of a video changes; and under the condition that the user triggers UI operation or the playing state of the video changes, executing recovery operation on the virtual set top box in the suspended state.
In some embodiments, performing the resume operation on the virtual set top box in the suspended state comprises: and sending a recovery instruction to the virtual set-top box through the signaling channel so as to trigger the virtual set-top box to execute recovery operation on the virtual set-top box in the suspended state.
In some embodiments, the method for controlling a virtual set-top box further comprises: and under the condition that the user triggers the UI operation or the playing state of the video changes, sending the key value of the UI operation triggered by the user or the changed playing state to the virtual set top box.
In some embodiments, after performing the resume operation on the virtual set-top box in the suspended state, the method further includes: and receiving the UI stream generated by the virtual set top box according to the key value or the changed playing state.
In some embodiments, after performing the resume operation on the virtual set-top box in the suspended state, the method further includes: and stopping taking over the heartbeat message sent by the virtual set top box to the video service platform.
In some embodiments, the method for controlling a virtual set-top box further includes: receiving a media stream of a media server; decoding the UI stream to obtain a decoded UI stream; and overlapping the decoded UI stream and the media stream and displaying.
In some embodiments, the control method of the virtual set-top box is performed by a cloud client.
In some embodiments, the virtual set-top box is distributed by a cloud server.
According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a control apparatus for a virtual set-top box, including: a receiving module configured to receive a User Interface (UI) stream from a virtual set-top box; the detection module is configured to detect whether a user has UI operation within a first designated time and whether a UI stream from the virtual set top box changes within a second designated time; and the execution module is configured to execute suspension operation on the virtual set top box when the user does not have UI operation in the first designated time and the UI stream from the virtual set top box does not change in the second designated time.
According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a control apparatus for a virtual set-top box, including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the control method of the virtual set-top box according to any of the above embodiments based on the instructions stored in the memory.
According to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a virtual set-top box system comprising: a cloud client configured to: receiving a User Interface (UI) stream from a virtual set top box, detecting whether a user has UI operation within first designated time and whether the UI stream from the virtual set top box changes within second designated time, and executing suspension operation on the virtual set top box when the user does not have the UI operation within the first designated time and the UI stream from the virtual set top box does not change within the second designated time; the cloud server is configured to distribute a virtual set top box to the cloud client, and the virtual set top box is configured to send an access request to the video service platform; a media server configured to send a media stream to the cloud client; a video service platform configured to receive the access request.
According to a fifth aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-storable medium has stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the method of controlling a virtual set-top box according to any of the embodiments described above.
In the embodiment, the number of the virtual set top boxes supported by a single server is increased, and the utilization rate of server resources is increased.
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fig. 1 illustrates a flow chart of a method of controlling a virtual set-top box according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
fig. 2 illustrates a block diagram of a control apparatus of a virtual set-top box according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
fig. 3 illustrates a signaling diagram of a control method of a virtual set-top box according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
fig. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a virtual set-top box system according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
fig. 5 shows a block diagram of a control device of a virtual set-top box according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of a computer system for implementing some embodiments of the present disclosure.
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Various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that: the relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present disclosure unless specifically stated otherwise.
Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective portions shown in the drawings are not drawn in an actual proportional relationship for the convenience of description.
The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the disclosure, its application, or uses.
Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate.
In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values.
It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.
Fig. 1 illustrates a flow chart of a method of controlling a virtual set-top box according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
As shown in fig. 1, the control method of the virtual set-top box includes steps S110 to S130. In some embodiments, the control method of the virtual set-top box is performed by the cloud client.
In step S110, a UI (User Interface) stream from the virtual set-top box is received. For example, the virtual set-top box is distributed by a cloud server. One cloud server may support a plurality of virtual set-top boxes. In some embodiments, a display interface of a template deployed on an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) system of an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) is used to provide a display of information such as posters, Program listings, on-demand details, and the like.
In some embodiments, the IPTV client process in the virtual set top box triggers the virtual machine to perform login authentication operation with the IPTV service platform through the network of the cloud server, and the virtual machine accesses the IPTV service platform through authentication operation to display corresponding IPTV service information to the user. And then, the cloud client inquires EPG server information and IPTV session token information stored in the virtual set top box.
After a user accesses an IPTV service environment through a cloud client, the user can browse program information, play various programs such as live broadcast, On-Demand broadcast, TVOD (television On Demand), and the like, when the user triggers the play of a type of film source, the virtual machine transmits URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information to be played to the cloud client, the cloud client is connected with a media server, corresponding media stream information is pulled, the video playing operation is carried out through a decoder of the cloud client, meanwhile, the cloud client superposes UI stream information in the virtual machine On the upper layer of a media stream in real time, the superposition of UI and the media stream is realized, the superposed images are consistent with the use effect of a pure physical end set-top box, and consistent user experience is achieved.
In step S120, it is detected whether a UI operation exists within a first designated time by the user and whether a UI stream from the virtual set-top box is changed within a second designated time. In some embodiments, the first specified time and the second specified time are both 5 minutes. In other embodiments, the first specified time and the second specified time may be different.
In step S130, when the user does not have a UI operation within the first designated time and the UI stream from the virtual set-top box does not change within the second designated time, a suspend operation is performed on the virtual set-top box. For example, the UI operation is a key operation. In some embodiments, the virtual set top box may continuously send 264 the stream to the cloud client in case the UI stream changes. For example, if the stream of 264 is P frame data and P frame data is not received within the second designated time, it means that the UI stream from the virtual set-top box has not changed within the second designated time.
In some embodiments, performing the suspension operation on the virtual set-top box comprises: and sending a suspension instruction to the virtual set-top box through the signaling channel so as to trigger the virtual set-top box to execute suspension operation on the virtual set-top box. For example, a particular process that triggers the virtual set-top box performs a suspend operation on the virtual set-top box.
In some embodiments, performing the suspension operation on the virtual set-top box further comprises: and taking over the heartbeat message sent by the virtual set top box to the video service platform. For example, the heartbeat message is sent by a video service component of the virtual set top box to a video service platform. In some embodiments, the heartbeat message is a message assembly of the EPG server IP information and token information. Under normal conditions, heartbeat messages are sent out by the browser through the template, after the virtual set top box is clouded, the browser is in the virtual set top box, and therefore the heartbeat messages are also sent out by the virtual set top box. After the virtual set top box is suspended, a browser in the virtual set top box is also in a suspended state and cannot execute instructions, and in order to enable an EPG server of an IPTV service platform to consider that the set top box is online, the set top box needs to be switched to a cloud client to send heartbeat messages, namely, the taking over operation of the heartbeat messages is completed.
The video service platform comprises an IPTV service platform. For example, the IPTV service platform includes an EAS (Emergency Alert Server), an EPG, and other network element systems.
In some embodiments, the method for controlling a virtual set-top box further comprises the steps of:
firstly, under the condition that the virtual set-top box is in a suspended state, whether a user triggers UI operation or whether the playing state of a video changes is detected. For example, the play status includes the end of play and an error in play.
And then, under the condition that the user triggers UI operation or the playing state of the video changes, executing recovery operation on the virtual set top box in the suspended state.
In some embodiments, performing the resume operation on the virtual set top box in the suspended state comprises: and sending a recovery instruction to the virtual set-top box through the signaling channel so as to trigger the virtual set-top box to execute recovery operation on the virtual set-top box in the suspended state.
In some embodiments, the method for controlling a virtual set-top box further comprises: and under the condition that the user triggers the UI operation or the playing state of the video changes, sending the key value of the UI operation triggered by the user or the changed playing state to the virtual set top box.
In some embodiments, after performing the resume operation on the virtual set-top box in the suspended state, the method for controlling the virtual set-top box further includes: and receiving the UI stream generated by the virtual set top box according to the key value or the changed playing state. For example, the UI stream generated according to the changed playback state is UI presentation information. And the player is used for prompting the user to carry out the next operation according to the changed playing state.
In some embodiments, after performing the resume operation on the virtual set-top box in the suspended state, the method further includes: and stopping taking over the heartbeat message sent by the virtual set top box to the video service platform.
In some embodiments, the method for controlling a virtual set-top box further comprises the steps of:
first, a media stream of a media server is received. For example, the media server is a system of the CDN, and directly provides services of the codestream data.
Then, the UI stream is decoded to obtain a decoded UI stream.
And finally, overlapping the decoded UI stream and the media stream and displaying. For example, the decoded UI stream is superimposed on an upper layer of the media stream, so that the decoded UI stream and the media stream are superimposed.
In some embodiments, in a VSTB (Virtual Set-Top Box) mode, the Virtual Set-Top Box at the cloud end only generates a UI stream, and the live and on-demand media streams viewed by the user are directly pulled from the media server by the Set-Top Box at the physical end without passing through the Virtual Set-Top Box at the cloud end. The URL information of the media stream required by the cloud client to play is acquired from the EPG by a template carried by a browser in the virtual set top box, and the virtual set top box acquires the URL and then sends the URL to a physical set top box, namely the cloud client.
For example, a live small video is played at the top left corner of a home page of the template, column recommendation is performed at other positions, two videos are simultaneously displayed at a physical end at the moment, one video is a virtual machine-sent UI stream, the other video is a small video stream, and the videos need to be simultaneously displayed for a user, so that the UI stream and the small video stream need to be overlapped and played simultaneously, and the user can see both the interface of the template and the live small video. The same is true for full-screen playing, but at this time, the live stream is full-screen, the progress bar, the play control button and the like of the UI stream are only displayed on the lower part of the screen, and the progress bar, the play control button and the like have transparency information and can be directly superposed on the live background stream.
Therefore, when the user plays in a full screen mode, the user generally does not operate the set top box, the virtual machine at the cloud end can be suspended at the moment, the path of UI stream has no data change, the user does not need to see the UI stream, the virtual machine can be quickly recovered once the user presses a key to continue to provide the picture of the UI stream to the physical end as long as the physical end set top box normally plays the path of video stream of the CDN;
according to the control method of the virtual set top box, the virtual set top box which accords with the detection result is hung, the CPU use load of the server is reduced, and the running number of the virtual set top boxes of the server is increased, so that the number of the virtual set top boxes supported by a single server is increased, the utilization rate of server resources is increased, and the no-load waste of the virtual set top box resources is avoided.
In addition, the technology of the virtualization set top box increases the deployment cost of the server side, and increases the number of users served by a single server by increasing the number of virtual set top boxes supported by the single server, thereby reducing the cost of the single user. The method and the device can be applied to various video service platforms and have better universality.
The method is applied to IPTV service scenes, the CPU occupancy rate of the corresponding cloud server virtualization process can be close to 0 through virtual machine suspension operation, and compared with the CPU occupancy rate of about 1-5% when the cloud server virtualization process is not suspended, a lot of precious cloud server resources can be saved, one complete CPU resource can be saved when 20-30 users enter a suspension state, and the utilization rate of the server resources is greatly improved.
Fig. 2 illustrates a block diagram of a control apparatus of a virtual set-top box according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
As shown in fig. 2, the control device 2 of the virtual set-top box includes a receiving module 21, a detecting module 22, and an executing module 23.
The receiving module 21 is configured to receive a user interface UI stream from the virtual set-top box, for example, perform step S110 as shown in fig. 1.
The detection module 22 is configured to detect whether the UI operation exists within a first specified time and the UI stream from the virtual set-top box changes within a second specified time, for example, execute step S120 shown in fig. 1.
The executing module 23 is configured to execute a suspend operation on the virtual set-top box, for example, execute step S130 shown in fig. 1, when the UI operation does not exist in the first specified time and the UI stream from the virtual set-top box does not change in the second specified time.
Fig. 3 illustrates a signaling diagram of a control method of a virtual set-top box according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
As shown in fig. 3, the control method of the virtual set-top box includes steps S310 to S323.
In step S310, the cloud client accesses the cloud server through the network.
In step S311, the cloud server randomly allocates a virtual set-top box to the cloud client. The virtual set-top box has a unique address.
In step S312, the cloud client establishes a long connection with the virtual set top box through the address of the virtual set top box.
In step S313, the virtual set-top box performs login authentication operation with the video service platform through the network where the cloud server is located, and sends a heartbeat message to the video service platform. And through the authentication operation of login authentication, the virtual set top box accesses the video service platform and displays the video service information corresponding to the user. For example, in a case that the video service platform is an IPTV service platform, the cloud client may query, from the virtual set top box, stored EPG server information and IPTV session token information.
In step S314, the cloud client receives and displays the UI stream from the virtual set-top box in real time.
In step S315, the cloud client receives the media stream of the media server and displays the media stream.
In step S316, the cloud client detects whether the UI operation exists within a first specified time by the user and whether the UI stream from the virtual set-top box changes within a second specified time.
In step S317, when the user does not have a UI operation within a first specified time and the UI stream from the virtual set top box does not change within a second specified time, the cloud client performs a suspend operation on the virtual set top box.
In step S318, the cloud client manages the heartbeat message sent by the virtual set-top box to the video service platform.
In step S319, in the case that the virtual set top box is in the suspended state, the cloud client detects whether the user triggers a UI operation or whether the playing state of the video changes.
In step S320, when the user triggers a UI operation or the playing state of the video changes, the cloud client performs a recovery operation on the virtual set-top box in the suspended state.
In step S321, the cloud client stops taking over the heartbeat message sent by the virtual set top box to the video service platform.
In step S322, when the user triggers the UI operation or the playing state of the video changes, the cloud client sends the key value of the UI operation triggered by the user or the changed playing state to the virtual set-top box.
In step S323, the cloud client receives a UI stream generated by the virtual set-top box according to the key value or the changed play state.
Fig. 4 illustrates a schematic diagram of a virtual set-top box system according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
As shown in fig. 4, the virtual set-top box system 4 includes a cloud client 41, a cloud server 42, a media server 43, and a video service platform 44.
The cloud client 41 is configured to receive the UI stream from the virtual set-top box, detect whether the UI operation exists within a first specified time and the UI stream from the virtual set-top box changes within a second specified time, and finally perform a suspend operation on the virtual set-top box, for example, perform steps S110-S130 shown in fig. 1, when the UI operation does not exist within the first specified time and the UI stream from the virtual set-top box does not change within the second specified time.
The cloud server 42 includes a plurality of virtual set-top boxes. For example, cloud server 42 includes virtual set top box 421, virtual set top box 422, and virtual set top box 423. The cloud server 42 is configured to assign the virtual set-top box 421 to the cloud client. Virtual set top box 421 is configured to send an access request to video service platform 44.
The media server 43 is configured to send the media stream to the cloud client 41.
Video service platform 44 is configured to receive the access request.
Fig. 5 illustrates a block diagram of a control apparatus of a virtual set-top box according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
As shown in fig. 5, the control device 5 of the virtual set-top box includes a memory 51; and a processor 52 coupled to the memory 51, wherein the memory 51 is used for storing instructions for executing the corresponding embodiments of the control method of the virtual set-top box. The processor 52 is configured to execute the control method of the virtual set-top box in any of the embodiments of the present disclosure based on instructions stored in the memory 51.
FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of a computer system for implementing some embodiments of the present disclosure.
As shown in FIG. 6, computer system 60 may take the form of a general purpose computing device. Computer system 60 includes a memory 610, a processor 620, and a bus 600 that connects the various system components.
The memory 610 may include, for example, system memory, non-volatile storage media, and the like. The system memory stores, for example, an operating system, an application program, a Boot Loader (Boot Loader), and other programs. The system memory may include volatile storage media such as Random Access Memory (RAM) and/or cache memory. The non-volatile storage medium stores, for example, instructions to execute corresponding embodiments of at least one of the control methods of the virtual set-top box. Non-volatile storage media include, but are not limited to, magnetic disk storage, optical storage, flash memory, and the like.
The processor 620 may be implemented as discrete hardware components, such as a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gates or transistors, or the like. Accordingly, each of the modules, such as the judging module and the determining module, may be implemented by a Central Processing Unit (CPU) executing instructions in a memory for performing the corresponding step, or may be implemented by a dedicated circuit for performing the corresponding step.
Various aspects of the present disclosure are described herein with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus and computer program products according to embodiments of the disclosure. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-readable program instructions.
These computer-readable program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable apparatus to produce a machine, such that the execution of the instructions by the processor results in an apparatus that implements the functions specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer-readable program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instructions which implement the function specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
The present disclosure may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects.
By the control method and device of the virtual set top box, the virtual set top box system and the computer storage medium in the embodiment, the number of the virtual set top boxes supported by a single server is increased, and the utilization rate of server resources is increased.
So far, the control method and apparatus of the virtual set-top box, the virtual set-top box system, and the computer-readable storage medium according to the present disclosure have been described in detail. Some details that are well known in the art have not been described in order to avoid obscuring the concepts of the present disclosure. It will be fully apparent to those skilled in the art from the foregoing description how to practice the presently disclosed embodiments.
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1. A control method of a virtual set-top box comprises the following steps:
receiving a User Interface (UI) stream from a virtual set top box;
detecting whether a user has UI operation in a first designated time and whether a UI stream from a virtual set top box changes in a second designated time;
and when the user does not have UI operation in the first designated time and the UI stream from the virtual set-top box does not change in the second designated time, executing suspension operation on the virtual set-top box.
2. The method for controlling a virtual set-top box according to claim 1, wherein performing the suspension operation on the virtual set-top box comprises:
and sending a suspension instruction to the virtual set-top box through the signaling channel so as to trigger the virtual set-top box to execute suspension operation on the virtual set-top box.
3. The method for controlling a virtual set-top box according to claim 1, further comprising, after the suspending operation is performed on the virtual set-top box:
and taking over the heartbeat message sent by the virtual set top box to the video service platform.
4. The method for controlling a virtual set-top box according to claim 1, further comprising:
under the condition that the virtual set top box is in a suspended state, detecting whether a user triggers UI operation or whether the playing state of a video changes;
and under the condition that the user triggers UI operation or the playing state of the video changes, executing recovery operation on the virtual set top box in the suspended state.
5. The method for controlling a virtual set-top box according to claim 4, wherein the performing of the resume operation on the virtual set-top box in the suspended state includes:
and sending a recovery instruction to the virtual set-top box through the signaling channel so as to trigger the virtual set-top box to execute recovery operation on the virtual set-top box in the suspended state.
6. The method for controlling a virtual set-top box according to claim 4, further comprising:
and under the condition that the user triggers the UI operation or the playing state of the video changes, sending the key value of the UI operation triggered by the user or the changed playing state to the virtual set top box.
7. The method for controlling a virtual set-top box according to claim 6, wherein after the resuming operation is performed on the virtual set-top box in the suspended state, the method further comprises:
and receiving the UI stream generated by the virtual set top box according to the key value or the changed playing state.
8. The method for controlling a virtual set-top box according to claim 4, wherein after the resuming operation is performed on the virtual set-top box in the suspended state, the method further comprises:
and stopping taking over the heartbeat message sent by the virtual set top box to the video service platform.
9. The method for controlling a virtual set-top box according to claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a media stream of a media server;
decoding the UI stream to obtain a decoded UI stream;
and overlapping the decoded UI stream and the media stream and displaying.
10. The control method of the virtual set-top box according to claim 1, wherein the control method of the virtual set-top box is performed by a cloud client.
11. The method of controlling a virtual set-top box according to claim 1, wherein the virtual set-top box is distributed by a cloud server.
12. A control apparatus of a virtual set-top box, comprising:
a receiving module configured to receive a User Interface (UI) stream from a virtual set-top box;
the detection module is configured to detect whether a user has UI operation within a first designated time and whether a UI stream from the virtual set top box changes within a second designated time;
and the execution module is configured to execute suspension operation on the virtual set top box when the user does not have UI operation in the first designated time and the UI stream from the virtual set top box does not change in the second designated time.
13. A control apparatus of a virtual set-top box, comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the control method of the virtual set-top box according to any one of claims 1 to 11 based on instructions stored in the memory.
14. A virtual set-top box system comprising:
a cloud client configured to:
receiving a user interface UI stream from a virtual set-top box,
detecting whether a user has UI operation within a first designated time and whether a UI stream from a virtual set-top box is changed within a second designated time,
when the user does not have UI operation in the first designated time and the UI stream from the virtual set-top box does not change in the second designated time, the virtual set-top box is suspended;
the cloud server is configured to distribute a virtual set top box to the cloud client, and the virtual set top box is configured to send an access request to the video service platform;
a media server configured to send a media stream to the cloud client;
a video service platform configured to receive the access request.
15. A computer-storable medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the method of controlling a virtual set-top box according to any one of claims 1 to 11.
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