CN113542784A

CN113542784A - Display equipment, server and playing control method of television live program

Info

Publication number: CN113542784A
Application number: CN202110791232.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李梦远; 孙凯; 周颖
Original assignee: Vidaa Netherlands International Holdings BV; Vidaa USA Inc
Current assignee: Vidaa Netherlands International Holdings BV; Vidaa USA Inc
Priority date: 2021-07-13
Filing date: 2021-07-13
Publication date: 2021-10-22

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of display devices, and in particular, to a display device, a server, and a method for controlling playback of a live tv program. The problems that the program rebroadcasting operation is complex, a user still needs to carry out meaningless search when rebroadcasting resources do not exist, and rebroadcasting programs in a program guide cannot be distinguished can be solved to a certain extent. The display device includes: a display; a first controller configured to: sending a first request instruction containing live broadcast information, wherein the first request instruction is used for enabling the server to determine rebroadcast data according to the contained first live broadcast program; receiving rebroadcast data issued by a server, and controlling a program guide to display a first direct-playing program containing a rebroadcast identifier when the first media file is contained; the information bar of the first live program live broadcast comprises a replay control, and the replay control is used for triggering a first controller to control the user interface to play the first media file after receiving confirmation operation of a user.

Description

Display equipment, server and playing control method of television live program

Technical Field

The present application relates to the technical field of display devices, and in particular, to a display device, a server, and a method for controlling playback of a live tv program.

Background

An EPG (Electronic program guide) is an application for enabling a user to quickly know the showing condition of programs on each channel, collecting program information, converting the program information of each channel into data and then providing the data for the user to inquire and browse, and the user can watch television programs on a specific channel at a specific time through the Electronic program guide.

In the implementation of playing some live television programs, the smart television plays television programs shown in the program guide according to the live broadcast signals accessed by the smart television, including playing corresponding television programs on different channels and at different times, and the mode of watching the live television by a user is mainly channel change watching and watching according to the program guide plan.

However, when the user replays the television program missing part of the content, the user needs to exit the live broadcast mode and enter the video application to search resources to realize replay; when the video application is unable to provide the program to be rebroadcast, the user will spend a lot of search time without acquisition; when a user replays programs of multiple channels, multiple searches are needed and partial program replay failure still occurs.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems that the program rebroadcasting operation is complex, a user still needs to carry out meaningless search when rebroadcasting resources do not exist, and the rebroadcasting programs in a program guide cannot be distinguished, the application provides display equipment, a server and a playing control method of a television live program.

The embodiment of the application is realized as follows:

a first aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a display device, including: a display for displaying a user interface including a program guide, the program guide capable of displaying live information including channels, live programs, and broadcast times; a first controller configured to: sending a first request instruction containing live broadcast information to a server, wherein the first request instruction is used for enabling the server to determine replay data which can be provided for the display device according to a first live broadcast program contained in the live broadcast information, and the replay data contains a first media file for replaying the first live broadcast program; receiving the rebroadcast data issued by a server, and controlling a program guide to display a first direct-playing program containing a rebroadcast identifier when the rebroadcast data contains the first media file; the information bar of the first live program live broadcast comprises a replay control, and the replay control is used for triggering a first controller to control the user interface to play the first media file after receiving confirmation operation of a user.

A second aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a server, including: a second controller configured to: receiving a first request instruction containing live broadcast information sent by display equipment; determining a first media file which can be used for realizing the rebroadcasting of the first direct-broadcast program by the display equipment based on the first direct-broadcast program contained in the direct-broadcast information in the first request instruction; and sending replay data containing the first media file to a display device.

A third aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling playback of a live program, where the method includes: sending a first request instruction containing live broadcast information to a server, wherein the first request instruction is used for enabling the server to determine available replay data according to a first live broadcast program contained in the live broadcast information, and the replay data contains a first media file for replaying the first live broadcast program; receiving the rebroadcast data issued by a server, and controlling a program guide to display a first direct-playing program containing a rebroadcast identifier when the rebroadcast data contains the first media file; the information bar of the first live program live broadcast comprises a replay control, and the replay control is used for triggering the first media file to be played after the confirmation operation of the user is received.

A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a playback control method for a live program, including: receiving a first request instruction containing live broadcast information sent by display equipment; determining a first media file which can be used for realizing the rebroadcasting of the first direct-broadcast program by the display equipment based on the first direct-broadcast program contained in the direct-broadcast information in the first request instruction; and sending replay data containing the first media file to a display device.

The beneficial effect of this application: the method comprises the steps that a first request instruction containing live broadcast information is constructed, so that local program information can be sent to a server; further, by constructing rebroadcast data containing the first media file, whether the media resources exist in the local program at the server side can be determined; further, by constructing the replay identifier, the user can quickly distinguish the replayable programs in the program guide, avoid invalid search of the user on the programs which cannot be replayed in the program guide, realize one-key replay and simplify user operation.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive exercise.

FIG. 1 illustrates a usage scenario of a display device according to some embodiments;

fig. 2 illustrates a hardware configuration block diagram of the control apparatus 100 according to some embodiments;

fig. 3 illustrates a hardware configuration block diagram of the display apparatus 200 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 4 illustrates a software configuration diagram in the display device 200 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating a program guide user interface of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of a program guide user interface of a display device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5C is a schematic diagram of a program guide user interface of a display device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5D is a schematic diagram illustrating a user interface of a live program of a display device according to an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 5E is a schematic diagram illustrating a user interface of a live program of a display device according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 shows a logic diagram of implementing replay control of a live tv program according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

To make the purpose and embodiments of the present application clearer, the following will clearly and completely describe the exemplary embodiments of the present application with reference to the attached 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, and not all of the embodiments.

It should be noted that the brief descriptions of the terms in the present application are only for the convenience of understanding the embodiments described below, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. These terms should be understood in their ordinary and customary meaning unless otherwise indicated.

The terms "first," "second," "third," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between similar or analogous objects or entities and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order, unless otherwise indicated. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances.

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

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

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

In some embodiments, the control apparatus 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, and controls the display device 200 in a wireless or wired manner. The user may input a user instruction through a key on a remote controller, voice input, control panel input, etc., to control the display apparatus 200.

In some embodiments, the smart device 300 (e.g., mobile terminal, tablet, computer, laptop, etc.) 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.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 may also be controlled in a manner other than the control apparatus 100 and the smart device 300, for example, the voice command control of the user may be directly received by a module configured inside the display device 200 to obtain a voice command, or may be received by a voice control device provided outside the display device 200.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 is also in data communication with a server 400. The display device 200 may be allowed to be communicatively connected through a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and other networks. The server 400 may provide various contents and interactions to the display apparatus 200. The server 400 may be a cluster or a plurality of clusters, and may include one or more types of servers.

Fig. 2 exemplarily shows a block diagram of a configuration of the control apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 2, the control device 100 includes a controller 110, a communication interface 130, a user input/output interface 140, a memory, and a power supply. The control apparatus 100 may receive an input operation instruction from 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.

Fig. 3 shows a hardware configuration block diagram of the display apparatus 200 according to an exemplary embodiment.

In some embodiments, the display apparatus 200 includes at least one of a tuner demodulator 210, a communicator 220, a detector 230, an external device interface 240, a controller 250, a display 260, an audio output interface 270, a memory, a power supply, a user interface.

In some embodiments the controller comprises a processor, a video processor, an audio processor, a graphics processor, a RAM, a ROM, a first interface to an nth interface for input/output.

In some embodiments, the display 260 includes a display screen component for presenting a picture, and a driving component for driving an image display, a component for receiving an image signal from the controller output, performing display of video content, image content, and a menu manipulation interface, and a user manipulation UI interface.

In some embodiments, the display 260 may be a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, and a projection display, and may also be a projection device and a projection screen.

In some embodiments, communicator 220 is a component for communicating with external devices or servers according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communicator may include at least one of a Wifi module, a bluetooth module, a wired ethernet module, and other network communication protocol chips or near field communication protocol chips, and an infrared receiver. The display apparatus 200 may establish transmission and reception of control signals and data signals with the external control apparatus 100 or the server 400 through the communicator 220.

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

In some embodiments, the detector 230 is used to collect signals of the external environment or interaction with the outside. For example, detector 230 includes a light receiver, a sensor for collecting ambient light intensity; alternatively, the detector 230 includes an image collector, such as a camera, which may be used to collect external environment scenes, attributes of the user, or user interaction gestures, or the detector 230 includes a sound collector, such as a microphone, which is used to receive external sounds.

In some embodiments, the external device interface 240 may include, but is not limited to, the following: high Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), analog or data high definition component input interface (component), composite video input interface (CVBS), USB input interface (USB), RGB port, and the like. The interface may be a composite input/output interface formed by the plurality of interfaces.

In some embodiments, the tuner demodulator 210 receives broadcast television signals via wired or wireless reception, and demodulates audio/video signals, such as EPG data signals, from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television signals.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 and the modem 210 may be located in different separate devices, that is, the modem 210 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.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 controls the operation of the display device and responds to user operations through various software control programs stored in memory. The controller 250 controls 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 260, the controller 250 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.

In some embodiments, the object may be any one of selectable objects, such as a hyperlink, an icon, or other actionable control. The operations related to the selected object are: displaying an operation connected to a hyperlink page, document, image, or the like, or performing an operation of a program corresponding to the icon.

In some embodiments the controller comprises at least one of a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a video processor, an audio processor, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a RAM Random Access Memory (RAM), a ROM (Read-Only Memory), a first to nth interface for input/output, a communication Bus (Bus), and the like.

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 receiving external input, so as to finally display and play various audio-video contents. The CPU processor may include a plurality of processors. E.g. comprising a main processor and one or more sub-processors.

In some embodiments, a graphics processor for generating various graphics objects, such as: icons, operation menus, user input instruction display graphics, and the like. The graphic processor comprises an arithmetic unit, which performs operation by receiving various interactive instructions input by a user and displays various objects according to display attributes; the system also 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.

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

In some embodiments, the video processor includes a demultiplexing module, a video decoding module, an image synthesis 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 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. And the frame rate conversion module is used for converting the frame rate of the input video. And the display formatting module is used for converting the received video output signal after the frame rate conversion, and changing the signal to be in accordance with the signal of the display format, such as an output RGB data signal.

In some embodiments, the audio processor 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 the speaker.

In some embodiments, a user may enter user commands on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on display 260, 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.

In some embodiments, a system of a display device 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.

As shown in fig. 4, the system of the display device is divided into three layers, i.e., an application layer, a middleware layer and a hardware layer from top to bottom.

The Application layer mainly includes common applications on the television and an Application Framework (Application Framework), wherein the common applications are mainly applications developed based on the Browser, such as: HTML5 APPs; and Native APPs (Native APPs);

an Application Framework (Application Framework) is a complete program model, and has all basic functions required by standard Application software, such as: file access, data exchange, and interfaces to use these functions (toolbars, status lists, menus, dialog boxes).

Native APPs (Native APPs) may support online or offline, message push, or local resource access.

The middleware layer comprises various television protocols, multimedia protocols, system components and other middleware. The middleware can use basic service (function) provided by system software to connect each part of an application system or different applications on a network, and can achieve the purposes of resource sharing and function sharing.

The hardware layer mainly comprises an HAL interface, hardware and a driver, wherein the HAL interface is a unified interface for butting all the television chips, and specific logic is realized by each chip. The driving mainly comprises: audio drive, display driver, bluetooth drive, camera drive, WIFI drive, USB drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive (like fingerprint sensor, temperature sensor, pressure sensor etc.) and power drive etc..

The embodiment of the application can be applied to various types of display devices (including but not limited to smart televisions and liquid crystal televisions). The following explains a display device and a playing control method of a live television program by taking a playing control scheme and a user interface of the live television program realized by the smart television as an example.

FIG. 5A shows a schematic diagram of a program guide user interface of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application.

In some embodiments, the display device includes a display for displaying a user interface containing a program guide. When the electronic program guide is displayed, most of the area of the display screen is used for displaying the program information contained in the electronic program guide.

For example, the EPG user interface is schematically shown in the figure, the vertical direction is the channel axis direction, and different channels are displayed in a multi-line form; the horizontal direction is the direction of a time axis, the television programs in each row are arranged in the playing time sequence, the size of the display area of each television program represents the playing time length, the starting position of the display area represents the starting playing time, the ending position of the display area represents the ending playing time, and the program name of the television program is displayed in the display area.

It should be noted that the program types included in the drawings in the specification are used for illustrating the technical solutions, and are used for explaining the program types of the respective programs, and the program types may not be displayed in the actual display of the television.

In some embodiments, the EPG shows four channels (first through fourth channels) in the current user interface as shown in fig. 5A, with the tv programs for each channel displayed in a row in chronological order.

For example: from the tv program menu between today 22:00 to tomorrow 1:00, the tv programs of the first channel are program 11, program 12, and program 13 in sequence; the television programs of the second channel are a program 21, a program 22, a program 23 and a program 24 in sequence; the television programs of the third channel are program 31, program 32, program 33 and program 34 in sequence;

the user may select different time periods by manipulating the horizontal time axis, e.g., may view various different time periods of tomorrow, or particular date ranges supported by the program guide application; similarly, under the condition that the time period is selected fixedly, the user can view different channels by operating a vertical channel axis, for example, by pulling down the channel axis, the sixth channel, or the 10 th channel, etc., and by using the waterfall flow mode display system in the user interface of the electronic program guide, the user interface of the electronic program guide can display more supported channels and program information contained in the channels along with the downward scrolling operation of the user on the channel axis.

In some embodiments, the display, while displaying the electronic program guide, is also configured to present other interactive elements that may include, for example, television home page controls, search controls, message button controls, mailbox controls, browser controls, favorites controls, signal bar controls, and the like.

In some embodiments, the interactive element may also be operated by a sensor, which may be, but is not limited to, an acoustic input sensor, such as a microphone, which may detect a voice command including an indication of the desired interactive element. For example, a user may use a "launch program guide" voice command to trigger the launch of an electronic program guide application, or any other suitable identification, to identify a desired interactive element, and may also describe a desired action to be performed in relation to the desired interactive element. The controller may recognize the voice instruction and submit data characterizing the interaction to the UI or its processing component or engine.

FIG. 5B shows a schematic diagram of a program guide user interface of a display device according to another embodiment of the present application.

In some embodiments, the display apparatus further comprises a first controller, and in order to implement the display of the rebroadcast program in the program guide, the first controller sends a first request instruction for causing the local program guide interface to display a rebroadcast identifier for the rebroadcast program to the server.

In some embodiments, the first request instruction includes live broadcast information, which may be implemented to include information such as a channel number, a channel name, a live program name, and a play time.

It can be understood that, in the live broadcast information, each program corresponds to information such as a live broadcast program name, a channel number, a channel name, and a broadcast time. After the first request instruction is sent to the server, the first request instruction is used for enabling the server to determine rebroadcast data which can be provided for the display equipment according to the first live program contained in the live broadcast information.

For example, based on the user interface shown in fig. 5A, the first request instruction sent by the first controller to the server may include live broadcast information of 19 live programs shown in the first to fourth channels in the figure, including a live program name, a channel number, a channel name, and a playing time of each program.

The server determines whether the media files can be provided for the smart television to be rebroadcast or not at the server side according to the live program; for example, when the media files corresponding to the program 11, the program 22, the program 32, the program 43, and the program 44 exist in the server-side media asset library, the server-determined playback data will include corresponding media file information for playing back the live program.

In some embodiments, in the server provided by the application, the second controller receives a first request instruction containing live broadcast information sent by the smart television, and the second controller determines, based on a first live broadcast program contained in the live broadcast information in the first request instruction, a first media file that can be used for the display device to implement rebroadcast of the first live broadcast program.

For example, the live broadcast information in the first request instruction received by the second controller includes 19 live broadcast programs, where 5 programs, such as program 11, program 22, program 32, program 43, and program 44, have media files corresponding to the same content in a media asset library of the server, that is, a user may perform network playing by accessing the media files already existing at the server, so as to implement a playback effect on a local live broadcast program of a television.

After determining whether the live program contained in the first request instruction is rebroadcast or not, the second controller adds the rebroadcast program to rebroadcast data for distribution to the smart television in a one-to-one correspondence manner, for example, in the rebroadcast data, the rebroadcast 11 corresponds to the program 11, the rebroadcast 22 corresponds to the program 22, the rebroadcast 32 corresponds to the program 32, the rebroadcast 43 corresponds to the program 43, and the rebroadcast 44 corresponds to the program 44; it should be noted that, in the rebroadcast data, the server-side media file corresponding to the live program may be embodied as a program ID already existing at the server side, that is, the program ID of the rebroadcast 11 corresponding to the program 11 in the rebroadcast data is unique at the server side, and other programs that cannot be rebroadcast do not have a program ID that can be recognized by the server side. And the second controller sends the replay data to the intelligent television after determining the replay data.

In some embodiments, the first controller of the smart television receives replay data sent by the server, where when a corresponding media file exists in the live program at the server, the first controller controls a local program guide to display the live program containing the replay identifier, as shown in fig. 5B.

For example, in the replay data received by the first controller, live programs corresponding to the media files exist at the server side, which are respectively: program 11, program 22, program 32, program 43, and program 44. The first controller will control the user interface program guide to add a re-broadcast representation to the above live program.

Through the replay identifier, a user can quickly distinguish a plurality of live programs in the program guide, and the live programs with the replay identifier can be replayed in different user interfaces; for live programs without rebroadcast identifiers, the user does not need to try rebroadcast, and time waste or invalid search caused by that the user is not obtained after retrieving in the video application is avoided.

In some embodiments, the 5 programs shown in fig. 5B may be replayed locally on the smart television, that is, a user may implement replay operation on the above 5 live programs in a program guide interface or in a process of playing a corresponding live program, where the replay operation generally refers to network playing of a media file corresponding to the smart television access server.

For example, the first live program is the program 11, and the server has a first media file with the same content in the media asset library, so that in the live process of the program 11, the user can access the first media file of the server through a rebroadcasting operation to realize a local rebroadcasting function of the program 11.

In some embodiments, the first request instruction sent by the first controller of the smart television to the server includes live program information, where the live program information may be from a program guide, and the live program may be a program of each channel in different time periods, and may include, for example, a live program at a current time, a program that has ended live, or a live program that has not started.

For example, in fig. 5B, the current time is 23:25 minutes, the first controller of the smart television acquires rebroadcast data after sending the first request instruction, and live programs that can be rebroadcast in the program guide include the program 22 and the program 32 at the current time; program 11 may be replayed, although it has ended live by the current time; since the program 43 and the program 44 have not yet started live broadcasting, the server determines from the program name that the server exists in a media file having the same content, and the program 43 and the program 44 are displayed so as to be rebroadcast in the user interface.

It should be noted that, for a live program that has not yet started, in some embodiments, the smart television configures the live program as a video on demand operation that the user can replay before the live program starts, that is, change phases; in some embodiments, the smart television configures the live program which is not started yet to be replayed after the live program is started.

FIG. 5C shows a schematic diagram of a program guide user interface of a display device according to another embodiment of the present application.

In some embodiments, after receiving replay data sent by the server, the first controller of the smart television determines live programs of all channels in the program guide at the current moment, and based on the obtained replay data, the first controller controls the live programs in the program guide of the user interface to display replay identifications.

For example, the server may support rebroadcast programs including program 11, program 22, program 32, program 43, and program 44, which the first controller filters to obtain program 22, program 32 that is live in the above 5 programs based on the rebroadcast data; the first controller then controls the programs 22, 32 in the program guide to display the rebroadcast indicator, while the other 3 rebroadcast programs do not display the rebroadcast indicator, as shown in fig. 5C. Therefore, the implementation of rebroadcasting and on-demand can be distinguished, and the watching habits of users are better met in some scenes.

In some embodiments, the first controller determines live broadcast information to send to the server based on the local channel list after the smart television is started. For example, in the live mode, the local channel list may generally display television programs played by each channel at the current time, and therefore when the first controller acquires live information based on the local channel list, the first controller includes all live program information played by all playable channels of the smart television at the current time.

Therefore, after the server receives the first request instruction containing the program information at the current moment, the second controller of the server determines whether the live program corresponding to the media file exists or not and only aims at the live program which is played at the current moment of the playable channel of the smart television. After the first controller receives the rebroadcast data sent by the server, the first controller controls the smart television local channel list to display the live program containing the rebroadcast identifier.

In other words, in this embodiment, the live broadcast information sent by the smart television only relates to the television program being played, and the program object determined by the server is also limited to the program being played by the smart television, so that the processing speed of the server can be increased, the data transmission amount between the server and the smart television can be reduced, and the display speed of the rebroadcast program in the smart television channel list can be increased.

Fig. 5D is a diagram illustrating a user interface of a live program of a display device according to an embodiment of the application.

In some embodiments, when the smart television can be replayed, an information bar of the first live program in the live broadcasting process may include a replay control, and the replay control triggers the first controller to control the user interface to play the first media file corresponding to the first live program at the server side after receiving the confirmation operation of the user.

For example, during the live broadcast of the program 32, the remote controller may operate to cause the user interface to display information fields of the program 32, including the program name, the live broadcast start time, the live broadcast end time, the live broadcast progress, and replay controls in the information fields.

In some embodiments, after the user clicks the replay control of the live program information bar, the first controller will send a second request instruction to the server containing the first media file identification information.

For example, live programs in rebroadcast data received by the smart television include corresponding server-side media file IDs. The second request instruction may include the first media file ID as identification information to cause the server to generate a playback address accessible by the smart tv.

Correspondingly, after receiving a second request instruction which is sent by the smart television and contains identification information of the first media file, the second controller of the server determines the playing address of the first media file according to the identification information of the first media file, that is, the server can quickly determine a playing link at the server end according to the ID of the first media file, or the server can determine the playing address of the first media file according to the name of the first media file sent by the smart television or other identifiable information.

And the second controller of the server sends a playing address to the smart television, and the first controller receives the playing address and plays the first media file on the user interface of the smart television according to the playing address to realize the rebroadcasting function of the live program.

In some embodiments, the replay control may further control the user interface to display a determination prompt after receiving the confirmation operation of the user, so as to prompt the user whether to replay or continue the live broadcast, as shown in fig. 5E.

In some embodiments, the smart television reads a live channel list at the current moment, encodes the live channel list, and uploads the encoded live channel list to the cloud server; after receiving the live broadcast channel list, the cloud server searches for live broadcast programs currently being played by each channel in a media asset library to judge whether each live broadcast program supports rebroadcast (Restart).

After judging the rebroadcast live program, the server constructs a television channel and Restart data of the corresponding live program and issues the data to the smart television; after receiving the rebroadcast data, the intelligent television matches the Restart information of the rebroadcast program with the information of the live program currently being played.

If the matching is successful and the live program supports Restart playing, controlling (electronic program guide) EPG and infoBar pages to display a Restart mark so as to prompt a user that the current live program supports a Restart playing function and provide function buttons and controls for the user to select.

After a user selects a live program to perform Restart watching, the smart television can upload the unique program ID of the program to the cloud server to acquire a playing URL (address) of a rebroadcast program; after receiving the program ID, the cloud server searches a playing URL of the program in a program content library and issues the playing URL to the smart television; after the smart television successfully acquires the URL, the player accesses the playing address to play so as to realize that the program is played from the beginning for the user to watch.

The intelligent television can be understood to send live channel information of the television to the cloud server, and the server searches the currently played program information corresponding to the channel in the program library after receiving the live channel information, and judges whether the program supports Restart; then the server issues the channel information and the program Restart information to the smart television; after receiving the data, the smart television compares the program Restart information with the current program information in the EPG and the infoBar; if the two programs are the same program and support the Restart function, displaying a Restart icon on the user interface to prompt the user that the current program supports Restart viewing, and providing a button for the user to view by one key.

After the user selects one-key watching, the smart television acquires a playing URL from the cloud server according to the Restart program ID, the player can be opened to play after the URL is successfully acquired, and the user can conveniently watch the program from the beginning.

The display device provided by the application can be directly displayed on an EPG page and an infoBar page to indicate whether the current program supports Ret rt or not, if so, the program is provided for a user to watch a button, and the user can watch the program from the beginning by one key, so that the user operation is greatly simplified, and the user experience is improved.

Based on the above technical scheme for realizing the playing control of the live television program by the display device and the introduction of the related figures, the application also provides a playing control method of the live television program applied to the display device, and the method comprises the following steps: sending a first request instruction containing live broadcast information to a server, wherein the first request instruction is used for enabling the server to determine available replay data according to a first live broadcast program contained in the live broadcast information, and the replay data contains a first media file for replaying the first live broadcast program; receiving the rebroadcast data issued by a server, and controlling a program guide to display a first direct-playing program containing a rebroadcast identifier when the rebroadcast data contains the first media file; the information bar of the first live program live broadcast comprises a replay control, and the replay control is used for triggering the first media file to be played after the confirmation operation of the user is received. The specific steps of implementing the playing control of the live television program by the method are described in detail in the above-provided technical solution of the display device, and are not described herein again.

In some embodiments, the playing the first media file after the replay control receives the confirmation operation of the user specifically includes: after receiving the confirmation operation of the user, the replay control sends a second request instruction containing the identification information of the first media file to the server, wherein the second request instruction is used for enabling the server to determine a playing address according to the identification information of the first media file; and receiving the playing address issued by the server, and playing the first media file based on the playing address. The specific steps of implementing the playing control of the live television program by the method are described in detail in the above-provided technical solution of the display device, and are not described herein again.

In some embodiments, when the replay data contains a first media file corresponding to the first live program and does not contain a second media file corresponding to the second live program, the program guide is controlled to display the first live program containing the replay identifier and the second live file not containing the replay identifier; the method further comprises the step of determining the live broadcast information based on a local channel list, wherein the live broadcast information comprises all live broadcast program information played by all playable channels at the current moment; after receiving the rebroadcast data sent by the server, the method further comprises controlling a local channel list section to display a first direct-playing program containing a rebroadcast identifier when the rebroadcast data contains the first media file. The specific steps of implementing the playing control of the live television program by the method are described in detail in the above-provided technical solution of the display device, and are not described herein again.

In some embodiments, controlling the program guide to display the first live program including the rebroadcast identifier includes: determining live programs of all channels in a program guide at the current moment; and controlling the live program in the program guide to display a replay identifier based on the acquired replay data. The specific steps of implementing the playing control of the live television program by the method are described in detail in the above-provided technical solution of the display device, and are not described herein again.

Based on the above technical solution for realizing the playing control of the live tv program by the server and the introduction of the related drawings, the present application also provides a playing control method of the live tv program applied to the server, and the method includes: receiving a first request instruction containing live broadcast information sent by display equipment; determining a first media file which can be used for realizing the rebroadcasting of the first direct-broadcast program by the display equipment based on the first direct-broadcast program contained in the direct-broadcast information in the first request instruction; and sending replay data containing the first media file to a display device. The specific steps of implementing the playing control of the live television program by the method are described in detail in the technical scheme of the server provided above, and are not described herein again.

In some embodiments, after sending the replay data containing the first media file to a display device, the method further comprises: receiving a second request instruction which is sent by the display equipment and contains the identification information of the first media file; determining a playing address of the first media file according to the first media file identification information, wherein the playing address is used for playing the first media file at a display equipment end; and sending the playing address to display equipment. The specific steps of implementing the playing control of the live television program by the method are described in detail in the technical scheme of the server provided above, and are not described herein again.

The method and the device have the advantages that the local program information can be sent to the server by constructing the first request instruction containing the live broadcast information; further, by constructing rebroadcast data containing the first media file, whether the media resources exist in the local program at the server side can be determined; further, by constructing the replay identifier, the user can quickly distinguish the replayable programs in the program guide, avoid invalid search of the user on the programs which cannot be replayed in the program guide, realize one-key replay and simplify user operation.

Moreover, those skilled in the art will appreciate that aspects of the present application may be illustrated and described in terms of several patentable species or situations, including any new and useful combination of processes, machines, manufacture, or materials, or any new and useful improvement thereon. Accordingly, various aspects of the present application may be embodied entirely in hardware, entirely in software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or in a combination of hardware and software. The above hardware or software may be referred to as "data block", "controller", "engine", "unit", "component", or "system". Furthermore, aspects of the present application may be represented as a computer product, including computer readable program code, embodied in one or more computer readable media.

The computer storage medium may comprise a propagated data signal with the computer program code embodied therewith, for example, on baseband or as part of a carrier wave. The propagated signal may take any of a variety of forms, including electromagnetic, optical, etc., or any suitable combination. A computer storage medium may be any computer-readable medium that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code located on a computer storage medium may be propagated over any suitable medium, including radio, cable, fiber optic cable, RF, or the like, or any combination of the preceding.

Computer program code required for the operation of various portions of the present application may be written in any one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, Scala, Smalltalk, Eiffel, JADE, Emerald, C + +, C #, VB.NET, Python, and the like, a conventional programming language such as C, Visual Basic, Fortran 2003, Perl, COBOL 2002, PHP, ABAP, a dynamic programming language such as Python, Ruby, and Groovy, or other programming languages, and the like. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the latter scenario, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any network format, such as a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet), or in a cloud computing environment, or as a service, such as a software as a service (SaaS).

Additionally, the order in which elements and sequences of the processes described herein are processed, the use of alphanumeric characters, or the use of other designations, is not intended to limit the order of the processes and methods described herein, unless explicitly claimed. While various presently contemplated embodiments of the invention have been discussed in the foregoing disclosure by way of example, it is to be understood that such detail is solely for that purpose and that the appended claims are not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, are intended to cover all modifications and equivalent arrangements that are within the spirit and scope of the embodiments herein. For example, although the system components described above may be implemented by hardware devices, they may also be implemented by software-only solutions, such as installing the described system on an existing server or mobile device.

Similarly, it should be noted that in the preceding description of embodiments of the application, various features are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure aiding in the understanding of one or more of the embodiments. This method of disclosure, however, is not intended to require more features than are expressly recited in the claims. Indeed, the embodiments may be characterized as having less than all of the features of a single embodiment disclosed above.

The entire contents of each patent, patent application publication, and other material cited in this application, such as articles, books, specifications, publications, documents, and the like, are hereby incorporated by reference into this application. Except where the application is filed in a manner inconsistent or contrary to the present disclosure, and except where the claim is filed in its broadest scope (whether present or later appended to the application) as well. It is noted that the descriptions, definitions and/or use of terms in this application shall control if they are inconsistent or contrary to the statements and/or uses of the present application in the material attached to this application.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a display;

a first controller configured to:

sending a first request instruction containing live broadcast information to a server, wherein the first request instruction is used for enabling the server to determine replay data which can be provided for the display device according to a first live broadcast program contained in the live broadcast information, and the replay data contains a first media file for replaying the first live broadcast program;

receiving the rebroadcast data issued by a server, and controlling a program guide to display a first direct-playing program containing a rebroadcast identifier when the rebroadcast data contains the first media file; the information bar of the first live program live broadcast comprises a replay control, and the replay control is used for triggering a first controller to control the user interface to play the first media file after receiving confirmation operation of a user.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the replay control controls the user interface to play the first media file after receiving the confirmation operation from the user, and in particular comprises the first controller:

after receiving the confirmation operation of the user, the replay control sends a second request instruction containing the identification information of the first media file to the server, wherein the second request instruction is used for enabling the server to determine a playing address according to the identification information of the first media file;

and receiving the playing address issued by the server, and controlling a user interface to play the first media file based on the playing address.

3. The display device of claim 1, wherein the first controller controls the program guide to display the first live program including the replay flag and the second live file not including the replay flag when the replay data includes the first media file corresponding to the first live program and does not include the second media file corresponding to the second live program;

the first controller determines live broadcast information based on a local channel list, wherein the live broadcast information comprises all live broadcast program information played by all playable channels of the display equipment at the current moment;

after receiving the replay data sent by the server, the first controller is further configured to control the local channel list section to display the first direct-playing program containing the replay identifier when the replay data contains the first media file.

4. The display device of claim 1, wherein the first controller controls the program guide to display a first live program including a replay identification, and in particular comprises the first controller:

determining live programs of all channels in a program guide at the current moment;

and controlling the live program in the program guide of the user interface to display a replay identifier based on the acquired replay data.

5. A server, comprising:

a second controller configured to:

receiving a first request instruction containing live broadcast information sent by display equipment;

determining a first media file which can be used for realizing the rebroadcasting of the first direct-broadcast program by the display equipment based on the first direct-broadcast program contained in the direct-broadcast information in the first request instruction;

and sending replay data containing the first media file to a display device.

6. The server of claim 5, wherein after the second controller sends replay data containing the first media file to the display device, the second controller is further configured to:

receiving a second request instruction which is sent by the display equipment and contains the identification information of the first media file;

determining a playing address of the first media file according to the first media file identification information, wherein the playing address is used for playing the first media file at a display equipment end;

and sending the playing address to display equipment.

7. A playing control method of a television live program is characterized by comprising the following steps:

sending a first request instruction containing live broadcast information to a server, wherein the first request instruction is used for enabling the server to determine available replay data according to a first live broadcast program contained in the live broadcast information, and the replay data contains a first media file for replaying the first live broadcast program;

receiving the rebroadcast data issued by a server, and controlling a program guide to display a first direct-playing program containing a rebroadcast identifier when the rebroadcast data contains the first media file; the information bar of the first live program live broadcast comprises a replay control, and the replay control is used for triggering the first media file to be played after the confirmation operation of the user is received.

8. The method for controlling playback of a live television program as claimed in claim 7, wherein the playing back of the first media file after the playback control receives the confirmation operation from the user specifically includes:

and receiving the playing address issued by the server, and playing the first media file based on the playing address.

9. The playback control method of a live television program as set forth in claim 7, wherein when the playback data includes a first media file corresponding to the first live program and does not include a second media file corresponding to the second live program, the program guide is controlled to display the first live program including the playback identifier and the second live program not including the playback identifier;

the method further comprises the step of determining the live broadcast information based on a local channel list, wherein the live broadcast information comprises all live broadcast program information played by all playable channels at the current moment;

after receiving the rebroadcast data sent by the server, the method further comprises controlling a local channel list section to display a first direct-playing program containing a rebroadcast identifier when the rebroadcast data contains the first media file.

10. The method for controlling the playing of a live television program as claimed in claim 7, wherein controlling the program guide to display the first live program including the replay flag specifically comprises:

and controlling the live program in the program guide to display a replay identifier based on the acquired replay data.

11. A playing control method of a television live program is characterized by comprising the following steps:

and sending replay data containing the first media file to a display device.

12. The method for controlling playback of a live television program as set forth in claim 11, wherein after sending playback data comprising the first media file to a display device, the method further comprises:

and sending the playing address to display equipment.