CN116634201A - System and method for centralized presentation and broadcast control - Google Patents

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CN116634201A
CN116634201A CN202310732725.9A CN202310732725A CN116634201A CN 116634201 A CN116634201 A CN 116634201A CN 202310732725 A CN202310732725 A CN 202310732725A CN 116634201 A CN116634201 A CN 116634201A
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范艳华
徐巧勇
王嶺
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Abstract

The invention provides a system and a method for centralized presentation and broadcast control, wherein the system comprises a comprehensive management platform for content and equipment management; the content retrieval center is interacted with the integrated management platform and is used for providing data services required by centralized presentation; and the broadcasting control center is interacted with the integrated management platform and is used for providing broadcasting adaptation so as to carry out identity authentication, broadcasting authentication, obtaining broadcasting information, recording broadcasting conditions and the like. The broadcasting control center is connected with the content presentation interaction system and the player through the universal adapter or through a periodical adapter interacted with the universal adapter so as to perform identity authentication, broadcasting authentication, obtaining broadcasting information, recording broadcasting conditions and the like.

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System and method for centralized presentation and broadcast control
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of multimedia. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for centralized presentation and playback control, such as a cinema-end-based centralized presentation and playback control system and method.
Background
The video-on-demand cinema video-watching mode is used as a digital propagation mode, can make up for the short plates of the traditional cinema, meets the multiple and individual video-watching demands of users, has better experience, and also adds a new playing channel for more films. Conventional video-on-demand theatres for formal authentication may typically employ a commercial cinema's film encryption and playback mode from content provision, transmission to a terminal for presentation playback. After the hardware of the integrated terminal at the traditional cinema end is replaced, the access technology threshold is high, the popularization of the on-demand cinema line service is not facilitated, monopoly is easily formed, and the rapid development of the on-demand cinema line is hindered. Therefore, the conventional on-demand cinema cannot realize standard, safe and unified, and meanwhile, the selection of each on-demand cinema terminal and the system access technical threshold are difficult to reduce.
Disclosure of Invention
It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for centralized presentation and playback control.
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for centralized presentation and playback control, characterized in that the system comprises an integrated management platform for content and device management; the content retrieval center is interacted with the integrated management platform and is used for providing data services required by centralized presentation; and the broadcasting control center is interacted with the integrated management platform and is used for providing broadcasting adaptation so as to perform one or more of identity authentication, broadcasting authentication, obtaining broadcasting information and recording broadcasting conditions.
According to the system of the above aspect of the present invention, the broadcasting control center further comprises a universal adapter, and the broadcasting control center is connected with one or more of the content presentation interactive system and the player through the universal adapter so as to perform one or more of identity authentication, broadcasting authentication, obtaining broadcasting information and recording broadcasting conditions.
According to the system of the above aspect of the invention, the broadcasting control center further comprises a custom adapter and a universal adapter, and the broadcasting control center is connected with one or more of a content presentation interaction system and a player through the custom adapter interacted with the universal adapter so as to perform one or more of identity authentication, broadcasting authentication, obtaining broadcasting information and recording broadcasting conditions.
According to the system of the above aspect of the invention, the content management of the integrated management platform comprises the steps of uniformly downloading content and a key from a cloud content center, processing and then warehousing, and realizing automatic or manual online of the content according to a configuration strategy, wherein the equipment management comprises one or more of uniform warehousing, state monitoring and control management of equipment, and performing one or more of identity authentication, broadcasting authentication, data encryption, signature, playing information providing and playing condition recording.
According to the system of the above aspect of the present invention, the content retrieval center is further configured to interact with the content presentation interaction system to provide one or more of a layout required for content presentation acquired from the integrated management platform, acquiring movie listings of different dimensions in real time according to service requirements, acquiring movie types and region listings, and acquiring movie details.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a method for centralized presentation and playback control is provided, comprising receiving a content on-demand request; one or more of identity authentication, broadcasting right authentication and broadcasting information acquisition are carried out; and performing play control through play control adaptation.
The method according to the above aspect of the present invention further comprises adapting a play control protocol according to the player type, and sending a play command to the player to perform play control on the player.
The method according to the above aspect of the present invention further comprises obtaining authentication information of a control terminal of a content presentation interactive system to perform identity authentication in response to the content on demand request; acquiring authorization information to perform broadcasting authentication; acquiring broadcasting information of the content, and sending a broadcasting instruction to a player so that the player performs broadcasting operation according to the broadcasting instruction; and recording one or more of the play cases.
The method according to the above aspect of the present invention further comprises receiving a content browsing request from a content presentation interactive system; and acquiring a content list and a layout strategy and transmitting the content list and the layout strategy to a content presentation interactive system so that the content presentation interactive system displays the content list according to the strategy layout.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention there is provided a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising one or more instructions, characterized in that the one or more instructions, in response to being executed, cause one or more processors to perform one or more steps of the method according to any of the above aspects.
The system and the method according to the aspects of the invention can be used for providing centralized presentation and broadcasting control of contents, in particular for centralized presentation and broadcasting control based on cinema ends, and can realize unified management and equipment management and controllability of copyrighted contents at the cinema ends, and can realize rapid, efficient and low-cost seamless butt joint of different integrating parties and suppliers on the premise of ensuring the confidentiality of the contents and the interaction safety of each system, thereby providing possibility for personalized terminal presentation and multi-terminal access broadcasting for the on-demand cinema lines. The system and method may provide a content retrieval center and a playout control center for an integrator. The content retrieval center can provide uniform basic content data support for presentation interaction systems of different types of terminals of different integrators; the broadcasting control center can provide instruction adaptation and forwarding for players and interactive systems of different integrators and the integrated management platform. The system and the method provide possibility for different integrators and different types of terminals to be quickly accessed into a license plate qualified content integrated management platform for presentation and play on the basis of meeting the necessary security and confidentiality of the video-on-demand cinema.
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FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a system according to one embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 shows a schematic block diagram of a system employing a universal adapter mode in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 shows a schematic block diagram of a system employing custom adapter mode in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 shows a schematic flow chart of a method according to one embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 5 shows a schematic flow chart diagram of a method in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 shows a schematic flow chart of a method according to an embodiment of the invention.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples, in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
In the following, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described, and it should be noted that in the course of the detailed description of these embodiments, it is not possible in the present specification to describe all features of an actual embodiment in detail for the sake of brevity. It should be appreciated that in the actual implementation of any of the implementations, as in any engineering or design project, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which may vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it should be appreciated that while such a development effort might be complex and lengthy, it would nevertheless be a routine undertaking of design, fabrication, or manufacture for those of ordinary skill having the benefit of this disclosure, and thus should not be construed as having the benefit of this disclosure.
Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used in the claims and specification should be given the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and in the claims, are not used for any order, quantity, or importance, but are used for distinguishing between different elements. The terms "a" or "an" and the like do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, is intended to mean that elements or items that are immediately preceding the word "comprising" or "comprising", are included in the word "comprising" or "comprising", and equivalents thereof, without excluding other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "connected," and the like, are not limited to physical or mechanical connections, nor to direct or indirect connections.
While the following description sets forth various implementations that may be illustrated, for example, in a system architecture, implementations of the techniques and/or arrangements described herein are not limited to a particular system architecture and/or system, and may be implemented with any architecture and/or system for a similar purpose. For example, the techniques and/or arrangements described herein may be implemented with various architectures and/or various computing devices and/or electronic devices, such as one or more integrated circuit chips and/or packages. Furthermore, while the following description may set forth numerous specific details (e.g., logical implementations, types, and interrelationships of system components, logical partitioning/integration choices, etc.), the claimed subject matter may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, some materials (e.g., control structures and complete software instruction sequences) may not be shown in detail in order not to obscure the materials disclosed herein. The materials disclosed herein may be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof.
The materials disclosed herein may also be implemented as instructions stored on a machine-readable medium or memory that can be read and executed by one or more processors. A computer-readable medium may include any medium and/or mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a computing device). For example, a machine-readable medium may include Read Only Memory (ROM), random Access Memory (RAM), magnetic disk storage media; an optical storage medium; a flash memory device; and/or other media. In another form, a non-volatile article (e.g., a non-volatile computer readable medium) may be used in any of the examples mentioned above or in other examples, including those elements (e.g., RAM, etc.) which may temporarily store data in a "transitory" manner.
Fig. 1 illustrates an example of a system 100 for centralized presentation and playback control in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. For example, the system 100 may be a cinema-side based centralized presentation and playback control system. The system 100 may include an integrated management platform 110, a content retrieval center 120, and/or a playout control center 130, wherein the playout control center 130 may be connected to, for example, an integrator's content presentation interaction system 140 and/or player 150. In one embodiment, the integrated management platform 110 is used for content and device management; the content retrieval center 120, which interacts with the integrated management platform, is used to provide data services required for centralized presentation; and a playout control center 130 interacting with the integrated management platform for providing playout adaptations.
As shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment, the system 100 may be used to implement unified management of copyrighted content at the hospital end, controllable equipment, and fast, efficient and low-cost seamless interfacing with different integrating parties and suppliers on the premise of ensuring content confidentiality and security of interaction of each system, so as to provide personalized terminal presentation and multi-terminal access playing for the on-demand hospital.
In one embodiment, the integrated management platform 110 may be used to perform content and/or device management functions. For example, the content management support downloads the content and the key from the cloud content center, processes the content and stores the content in a warehouse, and can realize automatic or manual online of the content according to the configuration strategy. The equipment management comprises unified warehousing, state monitoring and/or control management of all hardware equipment such as a server, a player, a projector and the like at the cinema end. And encrypting and/or signing data when identity authentication and/or system interaction are performed by public and private key pairs distributed in advance aiming at different integrators or terminal suppliers.
The content retrieval center 120 may be a content data engine for providing various data services to different forms of content presentation interaction systems 140 of different integrators, wherein the data may be transmitted and/or interacted with in an encrypted manner. The content retrieval center 120 may provide a data interface of a unified protocol in a manner of two-way communication (WebSocket), for example, may provide a layout required for content presentation, and may obtain film lists of different dimensions in real time according to service requirements, such as obtaining a latest film list, obtaining a film type and region list, obtaining a film detail, and so on.
The playout control center 130 may serve as a bridge for the content presentation interaction system 140 and the player 150. The playout control center 130 may be used to enable adaptation of the play out protocol and business interactions with the integrated management platform 110. The play-out control center 130 may be configured to perform authentication, play control, and/or obtain a play status for the authentication service. Full duplex communication may be implemented, for example, by WebSocket protocol, to reduce time and resources required for the request, and after the connection is established, the play control center 130 may peer to the player 150, may request each other, reduce unnecessary network request time loss and network traffic, and may maintain the connection state to exchange data.
In one embodiment, the playout control center 130 may support two modes of access, a generic adapter mode and a custom adapter mode, for interfacing with the third party's content presentation interactive system 140 and player 150.
As shown in FIG. 1, the content presentation interactive system 140 may be a human-machine interactive interface for interfacing with the content retrieval center 120 and/or with the playout control center 130 to complete the presentation and/or playback control of the content.
In one embodiment, the content presentation interactive system 140 may be used to support different integrating parties, such as applications employing a cell phone end 144, a tablet (PAD) end 142, a personal computer (personal computer (PC)) end 146, or other various terminal types. The content presentation interactive system 140 may be presented in the form of a poster that organizes the movie or content categories by way of their tag columns. The content presentation interactive system 140 may further perform fuzzy search according to tag attributes of the movie or content according to various search conditions such as movie name or content name, tag type, time of showing, country region, etc., and perform detail viewing and playing operations on the queried movie or content.
When a corresponding movie or content is selected through the content presentation interaction system 140, the content presentation interaction system 140 may communicate with an adapter of the play-out control center 130 through, for example, webSocket protocol, so as to complete authentication, play, obtain play status, and other actions during play.
The player 150 may include one or more player groups 150i through 150n, each of which may include one or more different or identical make-type or type of players. As shown in fig. 1, when the player 150 is integrated into the platform of the system 100, the universal adapter of the play-out control center 130 may be directly docked, or the universal adapter may be docked via a custom adapter on the basis of not adjusting the existing communication protocol, thereby flexibly completing docking and integration with the platform. The player 150 may be configured to receive (e.g., in real-time) instructions from the play-out control center 130, interpret the instructions, and then control the player 150 to perform a playback operation.
Fig. 2 illustrates an example of a system 200 employing a universal adapter mode in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, wherein the system 200 may be used for centralized presentation and playback of content, particularly theatre-based. In one embodiment, the system 200 may include a playout control center 230, wherein the playout control center 230 may support a universal adapter mode to interact with the content presentation interaction system 240 and/or the player 250. Although not shown in fig. 2, the system 200 may also include an integrated management platform and/or content retrieval center similar to that shown in fig. 1.
As shown in fig. 2, the playout control center 230 may include a universal adapter 232. The content presentation interactive system 240 and the player 250 of the integrator may interface with the universal adapter 232 of the playout control center 230 for playout control of the content. The broadcast control center 230 may interact with the integrated management platform to complete identity authentication during connection, request broadcast authentication during playback, and/or obtain corresponding playback information, and/or record playback conditions.
Fig. 3 illustrates an example of a system 300 employing a custom adapter mode in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the system 300 may be used for centralized presentation and playback of content, particularly theatre-based. In one embodiment, the system 300 may include a playout control center 330, wherein the playout control center 330 may support a custom adapter mode to interact with the content presentation interaction system 340 and/or the player 350. Although not shown in fig. 3, the system 300 may also include an integrated management platform and/or content retrieval center similar to that shown in fig. 1.
As shown in fig. 3, the playout control center 330 may include a custom adapter 332 and a universal adapter 334 connected to the custom adapter 332. The integrated management platform may support registration, loading, and use of custom adapters 332. The content presentation interaction system 340 and/or player 350 of the integrator may accomplish the interaction with the universal adapter 344 through the custom adapter 342 of the playout control center 330 without changing the original system architecture and communication protocols. In this mode, the broadcast control center 330 may also complete identity authentication during connection, request broadcast authentication during playback, and/or obtain corresponding playback information, and/or record playback conditions.
1-3 above, while the system includes one or more discrete modules and/or devices, in some embodiments the one or more discrete modules may be integrated into one module and/or device and/or processing system. In another embodiment, at least a portion of the system may be implemented in software, hardware, firmware, or various combinations thereof.
Although not shown in fig. 1-3, in one embodiment, the system may include various architectures and/or various computing devices and/or electronic devices, etc. of one or more integrated circuit chips and/or packages. For example, the system may include one or more processing units (or processors) and one or more storage units (or memories) coupled to the one or more processing units. In one embodiment, the one or more memory units may include various memory devices such as random access memory, dynamic random access memory, or static random access memory. In one embodiment, the one or more storage units may be used to store one or more instructions (e.g., machine-readable instructions and/or computer programs) readable and/or executable by the one or more processing units, and/or data or information from a control unit. The one or more instructions may also be stored on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium. The one or more instructions, in response to being executed, cause the one or more processing units to implement operations as described above with reference to fig. 1-3 and below with reference to 4-6.
Fig. 4 shows an example of an on-demand play flow according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, a cinema on-demand play flow is taken as an example as follows, but the present invention is also applicable to on-demand play of other contents.
As shown in fig. 4, the cinema user can browse the content through the content presentation interactive system of the PAD, the mobile phone and/or the PC end and other terminals. For example, in content browsing, the content presentation interactive system may request the content retrieval center to synchronize a currently online content list or the like from the integrated management platform (flow 411), and layout display the content/list or the like acquired by the content retrieval center from the integrated management platform according to a specified policy (flow 412). The synchronization may be periodic or real-time, or at other times.
As shown in fig. 4, a theatre user may select one or more content to play through a content presentation interactive system. For example, when content on demand is performed, the content presentation interaction system may notify the play-out control center of the corresponding control terminal, play-out content, and other information (step 421). The playout control center may obtain authentication information, authorization information, and/or playout information for the corresponding content, or other playout information for the control terminal from the integrated management platform (flow 422). The play-out control center may perform play-out control adaptation (e.g., adaptation of a play-out control protocol) according to the player type, and send a play-out instruction to the player to control play-out, and the player may perform a corresponding play-out operation according to the instruction from the play-out control center (flow 423).
As shown in fig. 4, the playout control center may also perform playout logging, such as synchronizing the playout logging to an integrated management platform or the like (flow 424). The synchronization may be in real time, but the invention is not limited thereto.
Fig. 5 shows an example of a method according to another embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the method may include receiving a content browsing request from a content presentation interactive system (flow 511), where the content browsing request may include a list of content requesting synchronization to be online, and so on. The method may further include, in response to the received content browsing request, retrieving relevant content listings and/or layout policies, etc., for transmission to the content presentation interactive system for displaying the content listings, etc. information in accordance with the specified policy layout (flow 512). For example, referring to fig. 1-3, a content retrieval center may synchronize content listings/layouts from an integrated management platform and transmit to a content presentation interaction system, and/or provide other data services, in response to the content browsing request.
Fig. 6 shows an example of a method according to another embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the method may include receiving a content on demand request from a content presentation interactive system (flow 621). For example, the content on-demand request may include information such as a control terminal and playing content corresponding to the content presentation interactive system.
The method may also include performing identity authentication, playout authentication, and/or play information acquisition (flow 622). For example, referring to fig. 1-3, the broadcast control center may obtain authentication information of the control terminal from the integrated management platform for identity authentication, obtain authorization information for broadcast authentication, and/or obtain broadcast information of the corresponding content in response to the content on-demand request.
The method may also include performing a play control adaptation to perform play control (flow 623). For example, referring to fig. 1-3, the play control center may perform play control adaptation (e.g., adaptation of a play control protocol, etc.) through a universal adapter and/or a custom adapter according to a player type, etc., and send a play instruction to the player, so that the player performs a corresponding play operation according to the play instruction.
The method may also include recording the play log (flow 624), e.g., referring to fig. 1-3, the play control center may make the play log recording and/or synchronize the play recording to the integrated management platform. The synchronization may be real-time, but the invention is not limited thereto.
Referring to fig. 6, in response to the content on demand request, the broadcasting control center may acquire authentication information of a control terminal of the content presentation interactive system for identity authentication; acquiring authorization information to perform broadcasting authentication; acquiring broadcasting information of the content, and sending a broadcasting instruction to a player so that the player performs broadcasting operation according to the broadcasting instruction; recording the play situation, etc.
Although not shown in fig. 4-6, the method shown in fig. 4-6 may also include operations as described above with reference to fig. 1-3, and the method is not limited to the order shown in fig. 4-6.
As described above with reference to fig. 1-6, the system and method according to the present invention may be used to provide centralized presentation and play control of content, and in particular, may be used to provide centralized presentation and play control based on cinema end, so as to implement unified management and device management and controllability of copyrighted content at the cinema end, and on the premise of ensuring confidentiality of content and security of interaction of each system, and further, may enable fast, efficient and low-cost seamless interfacing of different integrators and suppliers, thereby providing possibility for personalized terminal presentation and multi-terminal access play for the on-demand cinema line. The system and method may provide a content retrieval center and a playout control center for an integrator. The content retrieval center can provide uniform basic content data support for presentation interaction systems of different types of terminals of different integrators; the broadcasting control center can provide instruction adaptation and forwarding for players and interactive systems of different integrators and the integrated management platform. The system and the method provide possibility for different integrators and different types of terminals to be quickly accessed into a license plate qualified content integrated management platform for presentation and play on the basis of meeting the necessary security and confidentiality of the video-on-demand cinema.
The foregoing has shown and described the basic principles and main features of the present invention and the advantages of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and that the above embodiments and descriptions are merely illustrative of the principles of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which is defined in the appended claims. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

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1. A system for centralized presentation and playback control, the system comprising:
the comprehensive management platform is used for carrying out content and equipment management;
the content retrieval center is interacted with the integrated management platform and is used for providing data services required by centralized presentation; and
and the broadcasting control center is interacted with the integrated management platform and is used for providing broadcasting adaptation to perform one or more of identity authentication, broadcasting authentication, obtaining broadcasting information and recording broadcasting conditions.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the playout control center further comprises a universal adapter through which the playout control center connects one or more of a content presentation interactive system and a player for one or more of authentication, playout authentication, obtaining playout information, recording playout conditions.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the playout control center further comprises a custom adapter and a universal adapter, the playout control center connecting one or more of a content presentation interactive system and a player through the custom adapter interacting with the universal adapter for one or more of authentication, playout authentication, obtaining playout information, recording playout conditions.
4. The system of claim 2 or 3, wherein the content management of the integrated management platform includes downloading content and keys from a cloud content center, processing the content and then warehousing, implementing automatic or manual online of the content according to a configuration policy, and the device management includes performing one or more of unified warehousing, state monitoring, control management on devices, and performing one or more of identity authentication, play authentication, data encryption, signing, providing play information, and recording play conditions.
5. A system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the content retrieval center is further configured to interact with the content presentation interaction system to provide one or more of a layout required for content presentation obtained from the integrated management platform, obtaining movie listings of different dimensions in real time according to business requirements, obtaining movie types and locale listings, obtaining movie details.
6. A method for centralized presentation and playback control, comprising:
receiving a content on-demand request;
one or more of identity authentication, broadcasting right authentication and broadcasting information acquisition are carried out; and
and performing play control through play control adaptation.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising adapting a play control protocol based on a player type, sending a play command to the player to play control the player.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising obtaining authentication information of a control terminal of a content presentation interactive system for identity authentication in response to the content on demand request; acquiring authorization information to perform broadcasting authentication; acquiring broadcasting information of the content, and sending a broadcasting instruction to a player so that the player performs broadcasting operation according to the broadcasting instruction; and recording one or more of the play cases.
9. The method as recited in claim 8, further comprising:
receiving a content browsing request from a content presentation interactive system; and
and acquiring a content list and a layout strategy and transmitting the content list and the strategy to a content presentation interactive system so that the content presentation interactive system displays the content list according to the strategy layout.
10. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising one or more instructions that in response to being executed cause one or more processors to perform one or more steps of the method of any of claims 6-9.
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