CN116939302A

CN116939302A - Display equipment, server and media asset continuous broadcasting method

Info

Publication number: CN116939302A
Application number: CN202210334121.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赖园园
Original assignee: Juhaokan Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Juhaokan Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-03-30
Filing date: 2022-03-30
Publication date: 2023-10-24

Abstract

The application provides a display device, a server and a media asset continuous broadcasting method, wherein the display device comprises a display and a controller, and the controller is configured to: when the first window is played to a first time before the first video is finished, starting a second window on a layer above the first window according to the next item of the corresponding item of the first video in the play index table so as to play a third video; if a window switching instruction is received before the second window is played for a preset duration, adjusting the current progress of the first video from the current progress of the first video to the second window to continue playing, adjusting the current progress of the third video from the current progress of the third video to the first window to continue playing, and when the second window is played for a second time of the second video, canceling the second window, and adjusting the first window to continue playing from the current progress of the second video; and if the window switching instruction is not received when the second window is played for the preset duration, the second window is withdrawn. The application improves the user experience when the user continuously watches the media assets.

Description

Display equipment, server and media asset continuous broadcasting method

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of display equipment, in particular to display equipment, a server and a media information continuous broadcasting method.

Background

Intelligent televisions are important display devices for people to watch television shows. In the related art, a video player on the smart television has a continuous broadcasting function and a function of skipping the head and the tail of the video. After the continuous broadcasting function is started, the video player automatically broadcasts the next television play when the video player finishes broadcasting the next television play; after the skip head and tail functions are started, the video player does not play the head and tail of each television play. The video player defaults to the on-stream function and the skip head-to-tail function. However, since people usually sit up while watching a television series, people feel tired easily after watching a plurality of television series continuously, which is not beneficial to the health of people.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problems, the application provides display equipment, a server and a media information continuous broadcasting method.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a display device comprising:

a display;

a controller coupled to the display, the controller configured to:

when a first window is played to a first time before the first video is finished, starting a second window to play a third video according to the next item of the corresponding item of the first video in a play index table, wherein the first window is a full-screen window, the second window is a non-full-screen window, the next item corresponds to the second video, and the third video is a video for prompting a user to move;

If a window switching instruction is received before the second window is played for a preset duration, adjusting the current progress of the first video from the current progress of the first video to the second window to continue playing, adjusting the current progress of the third video from the current progress of the third video to the first window to continue playing, and when the second window is played for a second time of the second video, cancelling the second window, and adjusting the first window to continue playing from the current progress of the second video;

and if the window switching instruction is not received when the second window is played for the preset duration, the second window is withdrawn.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a server configured to:

receiving a query request sent by display equipment when playing a first video, wherein the query request comprises a user identifier and playable time length;

responding to the query request, and acquiring a third video corresponding to the user identifier from a follow-up video library;

calculating a play start time point and a play end time point of the third video according to the playable duration;

and sending media information of a third video comprising a media identifier, a playing start time point and a playing end time point of the third video to the display device, so that the display device can play a video segment of the third video between the playing start time point and the playing end time point in a second time from a first time before the first video ends to a second time when the second video ends, wherein the second video is a video corresponding to the next item of the first video corresponding item in a playing index table of the display device, and the third video is a video for prompting a user to perform movement.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a media asset continuous broadcasting method, which includes:

The display equipment, the server and the media resource continuous broadcasting method provided by the application have the beneficial effects that:

according to the embodiment of the application, the third video prompting the user to perform the motion is started to be played through the second window when the first window plays the tail of the first video, so that the user is facilitated to perform the physical exercise, and the third video can be continuously played until the tail of the second video is finished, so that the exercise time of the user is facilitated to be ensured; the user can switch the third video of the second window to the first window for display through the window switching instruction, or the operation is not performed, so that the second window automatically exits after being played for a period of time, different requirements of the user on physical exercise can be met, and the user experience of watching the continuous broadcasting media resource by the user is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the implementation of the related art, the drawings that are required for the embodiments or the related art description will be briefly described, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings for a person having ordinary skill in the art.

A schematic diagram of an operational scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to some embodiments is schematically shown in fig. 1;

A hardware configuration block diagram of the control apparatus 100 according to some embodiments is exemplarily shown in fig. 2;

a hardware configuration block diagram of a display device 200 according to some embodiments is exemplarily shown in fig. 3;

a schematic diagram of the software configuration in a display device 200 according to some embodiments is exemplarily shown in fig. 4;

a display device front page schematic diagram according to some embodiments is exemplarily shown in fig. 5;

a flow diagram of a media asset linking method according to some embodiments is shown schematically in fig. 6;

a flow diagram of a media asset linking method according to some embodiments is shown schematically in fig. 7;

a timing diagram of a media asset linking method according to some embodiments is schematically shown in fig. 8;

an interface schematic of a media asset details page according to some embodiments is illustrated in FIG. 9;

a playback interface schematic of a first diversity according to some embodiments is shown schematically in fig. 10;

FIG. 11 schematically illustrates a timing diagram of a display device after receiving query results, in accordance with some embodiments;

a playback interface schematic of a first diversity according to some embodiments is shown schematically in fig. 12;

a schematic of a playback interface for a follow-up video according to some embodiments is shown schematically in fig. 13;

A second diversity playback interface schematic in accordance with some embodiments is illustrated in fig. 14;

a timing diagram of a display device upon receiving query results according to some embodiments is illustrated in fig. 15.

Detailed Description

For the purposes of making the objects and embodiments of the present application more apparent, an exemplary embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which exemplary embodiments of the present application are illustrated, it being apparent that the exemplary embodiments described are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application.

It should be noted that the brief description of the terminology in the present application is for the purpose of facilitating understanding of the embodiments described below only and is not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. Unless otherwise indicated, these terms should be construed in their ordinary and customary meaning.

The terms first, second, third and the like in the description and in the claims and in the above-described figures are used for distinguishing between similar or similar 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," "comprising," and "having," 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 explicitly listed, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such product or apparatus.

The display device provided by the embodiment of the application can have various implementation forms, for example, a television, an intelligent television, a laser projection device, a display (monitor), an electronic whiteboard (electronic bulletin board), an electronic desktop (electronic table) and the like. Fig. 1 and 2 are specific embodiments of a display device of the present application.

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 device 200 through the smart device 300 or the control apparatus 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 infrared protocol communication or bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-range communication modes, and the display device 200 is controlled by a wireless or wired mode. The user may control the display device 200 by inputting user instructions through keys on a remote control, voice input, control panel input, etc.

In some embodiments, a smart device 300 (e.g., mobile terminal, tablet, computer, notebook, etc.) may also be used to control the display device 200. For example, the display device 200 is controlled using an application running on a smart device.

In some embodiments, the display device may receive instructions not using the smart device or control device described above, but rather receive control of the user by touch or gesture, or the like.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 may also perform control 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 through a module configured inside the display device 200 device for acquiring voice commands, or the voice command control of the user may be received through a voice control device configured outside the display device 200 device.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 is also in data communication with a server 400. The display device 200 may be permitted to make communication connections via 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 device 200. The server 400 may be a cluster, or may be multiple 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 in accordance with 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 of a user and convert the operation instruction into an instruction recognizable and responsive to the display device 200, and function as an interaction between the user and the display device 200.

As shown in fig. 3, the display apparatus 200 includes at least one of a modem 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, and a user interface.

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

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, displaying video content, image content, and a menu manipulation interface, and a user manipulation UI interface.

The display 260 may be a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, a projection device, or a projection screen.

The 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, or other network communication protocol chip or a near field communication protocol chip, and an infrared receiver. The display device 200 may establish transmission and reception of control signals and data signals with the external control device 100 or the server 400 through the communicator 220.

A user interface, which may be used to receive control signals from the control device 100 (e.g., an infrared remote control, etc.).

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 capturing the intensity of ambient light; alternatively, the detector 230 includes an image collector such as a camera, which may be used to collect external environmental scenes, user attributes, or user interaction gestures, or alternatively, the detector 230 includes a sound collector such as a microphone, or the like, which is used to receive external sounds.

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, or the like. The input/output interface may be a composite input/output interface formed by a plurality of interfaces.

The modem 210 receives broadcast television signals through a wired or wireless reception manner, and demodulates audio and 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 separate devices, i.e., the modem 210 may also be located in an external device to the main device in which the controller 250 is located, such as an external set-top box or the like.

The controller 250 controls the operation of the display device and responds to the user's operations through various software control programs stored on the memory. The controller 250 controls the overall operation of the display apparatus 200. For example: in response to receiving a user command to select 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 controller includes at least one of a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), video processor, audio processor, graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU), RAM Random Access Memory, RAM), ROM (Read-Only Memory, ROM), first to nth interfaces for input/output, a communication Bus (Bus), and the like.

The user may input a user command through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on the display 260, and the user input interface receives the user input command 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 recognizes the sound or gesture through the sensor to receive the user input command.

A "user interface" is a media interface for interaction and exchange of information between an application or operating system and a user, which enables conversion between an internal form of information and a user-acceptable form. A commonly used presentation form of the user interface is a graphical user interface (Graphic User Interface, GUI), which refers to a user interface related to computer operations that is displayed in a graphical manner. It may be an interface element such as an icon, a window, a control, etc. displayed in a 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.

Referring to FIG. 4, in some embodiments, the system is divided into four layers, from top to bottom, an application layer (referred to as an "application layer"), an application framework layer (Application Framework layer) (referred to as a "framework layer"), a An Zhuoyun row (Android run) and a system library layer (referred to as a "system runtime layer"), and a kernel layer, respectively.

In some embodiments, at least one application program is running in the application program layer, and these application programs may be a Window (Window) program of an operating system, a system setting program, a clock program, or the like; or may be an application developed by a third party developer. In particular implementations, the application packages in the application layer are not limited to the above examples.

The framework layer provides an application programming interface (application programming interface, API) and programming framework for the application. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions. The application framework layer corresponds to a processing center that decides to let the applications in the application layer act. Through the API interface, the application program can access the resources in the system and acquire the services of the system in the execution.

As shown in fig. 4, the application framework layer in the embodiment of the present application includes a manager (manager), a Content Provider (Content Provider), and the like, where the manager includes at least one of the following modules: an Activity Manager (Activity Manager) is used to interact with all activities that are running in the system; a Location Manager (Location Manager) is used to provide system services or applications with access to system Location services; a Package Manager (Package Manager) for retrieving various information about an application Package currently installed on the device; a notification manager (Notification Manager) for controlling the display and clearing of notification messages; a Window Manager (Window Manager) is used to manage bracketing icons, windows, toolbars, wallpaper, and desktop components on the user interface.

In some embodiments, the activity manager is used to manage the lifecycle of the individual applications as well as the usual navigation rollback functions, such as controlling the exit, opening, fallback, etc. of the applications. The window manager is used for managing all window programs, such as obtaining the size of the display screen, judging whether a status bar exists or not, locking the screen, intercepting the screen, controlling the change of the display window (for example, reducing the display window to display, dithering display, distorting display, etc.), etc.

In some embodiments, the system runtime layer provides support for the upper layer, the framework layer, and when the framework layer is in use, the android operating system runs the C/C++ libraries contained in the system runtime layer to implement the functions to be implemented by the framework layer.

In some embodiments, the kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. As shown in fig. 4, the kernel layer contains at least one of the following drivers: audio drive, display drive, bluetooth drive, camera drive, WIFI drive, USB drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive (e.g., fingerprint sensor, temperature sensor, pressure sensor, etc.), and power supply drive, etc.

The hardware or software architecture in some embodiments may be based on the description in the foregoing embodiments, and in some embodiments may be based on other similar hardware or software architectures, so long as the technical solution of the present application may be implemented.

In some embodiments, the display device may directly enter the preset vod program interface after being started, where the vod program interface may include at least a navigation bar 510 and a content display area 520 located below the navigation bar 510, as shown in fig. 5, where the content displayed in the content display area 520 may change with the change of the selected control in the navigation bar. The program in the application program layer can be integrated in the video-on-demand program and displayed through one control of the navigation bar, and can be further displayed after the application control in the navigation bar is selected. In fig. 5, the content display area 520 includes 12 media asset controls corresponding to the media asset 1-12, respectively.

In some embodiments, the display device may directly enter the display interface of the signal source selected last time after being started, or the signal source selection interface, where the signal source may be a preset video on demand program, or may be at least one of an HDMI interface, a live tv interface, etc., and after the user selects a different signal source, the display may display the content obtained from the different signal source.

In some embodiments, the player of the vod program has a continuous broadcast function, and after the continuous broadcast function is started, the player can automatically play the next diversity of one media asset after playing the next diversity of the media asset. For example, for a television show containing multiple diversity, the player may automatically play the next diversity after playing one of the diversity.

In some embodiments, the player of the vod program may perform a multicast to a plurality of sets of assets including a plurality of assets in addition to a single asset. For example, for a media asset set containing multiple movies, the vod program may automatically play the next movie in the media asset set after one movie has been played.

In some embodiments, the video on demand program player may further play any plurality of videos in succession, and after one video is played, other videos recommended to the user may be played.

In some embodiments, the video on demand program player may default to a continuous broadcast function, and the user may be tired after watching a plurality of videos with a longer time, such as watching a plurality of television episodes, and may be unfavorable for the health of people.

In order to solve the problem that the continuous watching of the media assets is unfavorable for the health of people, the embodiment of the application provides a media asset continuous broadcasting method, which enables a user to move in a gap between watching two media assets by broadcasting videos for prompting the user to move in the time of the tail and the head of the two adjacent media assets, thereby relieving fatigue caused by sedentary sitting and improving watching experience.

In some embodiments, the video prompting the user to play the sport may be delivered by a server.

In some embodiments, the video prompting the user to exercise may be a follow-up video, which may be a video that the user has followed the day or a video that the user has followed a number of times in a preset period to reach a preset threshold, for example, a video that the user has followed more than 3 times in the last week. If the user does not have the heel-exercise record on the display device, the server can send out the heel-exercise video of the hot door, such as the video with the largest number of heel-exercise users on the same day.

For explaining the media asset continuous broadcasting method provided by the embodiment of the application, the application is introduced by taking a plurality of diversity of the same television play continuously watched by the user as an example, because the time of adding the tail and the head between two diversity of the television play is usually 3-5 minutes, and people exercise within 3-5 minutes can usually relieve fatigue caused by sedentary sitting. It should be understood that the media asset continuous broadcasting method can also be modified to adapt to the scenes of other media asset continuous broadcasting. For example, in the case of continuously broadcasting a plurality of movies, since the head or tail of one movie can be as long as 5 to 10 minutes or more, and the head and tail of two movies being continuously broadcast can be as long as 10 to 20 minutes or more, the user may feel tired if exercising for 10 to 20 minutes, and thus, in such a scene, video for prompting the user to exercise can be played only at the head or tail of one movie.

In some embodiments, some players have an automatic skip feature that automatically skips the beginning and end of a episode of a television series, and when playing the episode of the television series, the player automatically skips to the feature after playing the beginning of the next episode of the television series, and if the function is started, the video prompting the user to perform the exercise cannot be played by using the time of the beginning and end of the episode. In addition, if the continuous playing function is not started, the player will not continue to play after playing a set of television shows, at this time, the user may not have a motion requirement, and if a video prompting the user to perform motion is played, a bad user experience may be given to the user. Therefore, in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the embodiment of the present application, for a player capable of closing the skip head and tail functions and opening the continuous playing function, a user may manually set the skip head and tail functions and the continuous playing function, or the player may default to the skip head and tail functions and the continuous playing function.

In some embodiments, the player of the vod program is configured to be able to turn off the skip head-to-tail function and to turn on the play-through function.

In some embodiments, some versions of the vod program may not support the media asset linking method provided by the embodiments of the present application, and after the version is updated, the vod program will support the media asset linking method provided by the embodiments of the present application. In order to prompt the user to experience the media asset continuous broadcasting method of the embodiment of the application, when the user enters the video-on-demand program for the first time after the version is upgraded, the video-on-demand program can prompt the user to start the continuous broadcasting function so as to experience the physical exercise in the time of the head and tail of the media asset continuous broadcasting.

The media asset continuous broadcasting method provided by the embodiment of the application is described below by taking two diversity of watching a television play as an example.

Referring to fig. 6, the media asset linking method provided by the embodiment of the application includes the following steps:

step S101: when the first window is played to a first time before the first video is finished, starting a second window to play a third video according to the next item of the corresponding item of the first video in the play index table, wherein the first window is a full-screen window, the second window is a non-full-screen window, the next item corresponds to the second video, and the third video is a video for prompting a user to move.

In some embodiments, one diversity of a television series being watched by a user may be referred to as a first video, the next diversity may be referred to as a second video, and the video prompting the user to play a sport may be referred to as a third video. The detail page data of the television show may be provided with a play index table provided with a plurality of items, each item corresponding to a diversity, the vod program being configured to play the diversity of the television show consecutively according to the play index table.

In some embodiments, the main thread of the vod program may be configured to start multiple players and control each player independently. A player for diversity of play of a television show may be referred to as a first player and a player for playing a third video may be referred to as a second player.

In some embodiments, the main thread of the vod program may be configured to launch multiple windows and control the content presented by each window separately. One of the windows may be a full screen window, which may be referred to as a first window, and the other window may be a non-full screen window, which may be referred to as a second window, which may be located at an upper layer of the first window, thereby constituting an occlusion for the first window.

In some embodiments, one player may launch multiple play windows and control each player independently.

In some embodiments, when a user enters a diversity of a television series, the main thread of the vod program may start a first window and a first player, play the content of the first player in the first window, that is, play the diversity, and monitor the play progress in real time. For example, after the user clicks on the first diversity, the vod program may play the first diversity in the first window.

When the playing progress is monitored to be the preset progress of the diversity, for example, the playing progress reaches 50%, or 10s is left from the tail of the video on demand program, the main thread of the video on demand program can request the information of the third video from the server. The video on demand program can calculate the playable time length of the third video according to the end time length of the first video and the end time length of the second video, and send the playable time length and the user identification logged in the video on demand program to the server, wherein the end time length of the first video and the end time length of the third video can be obtained from the data of the media detail page of the television play issued by the server. The server can determine a third video according to the playable time length and the user identification, and return the media information of the third video to the video on demand program on the display device. The media asset information may include a play address of the third video, so that the main thread may acquire a video stream of the third video from the play address. Alternatively, the asset information may include an asset identifier of the third video, so that the main thread may request the video stream corresponding to the asset identifier from the server.

When the playing progress of the first window is monitored to be the first time before the beginning of the tail of the first video, for example, 3 seconds before the beginning of the tail, the main thread can generate a layer containing a second window, start the second player, acquire the code stream of the third video from the server, and play the content of the second player in the second window after acquiring the code stream, namely, play the second window of the decoded image of the third video can be a small window positioned at the upper part of the first window, so that a picture-in-picture playing mode is formed, and the volume of the second window can be smaller than that of the first window and larger than 0, so that a user can notice the second window.

In some embodiments, the first window and the second window may also not form a picture-in-picture, e.g., the first window may be adjusted to occupy a left half of the display screen and the second window may be set to occupy a right half of the display screen.

Step S102: if a window switching instruction is received before the second window is played for a preset duration, adjusting the current progress of the first video from the current progress of the first video to the second window to continue playing, adjusting the current progress of the third video from the current progress of the third video to the first window to continue playing, and when the second window is played for a second time of the second video, cancelling the second window, and adjusting the first window to continue playing from the current progress of the second video.

In some embodiments, after the second window plays for a preset period of time, for example, 20 seconds, if the user presses a menu key of the remote controller, a window switching instruction may be sent to the video on demand program, according to the window switching instruction, the main thread of the video on demand program switches the play content of the second window to the play content of the first window, switches the play content of the first window to the play content of the second window, so that the first player plays the image after the current progress of the first video in the second window, and the second player plays the image after the current progress of the third video in the first window, so as to achieve the visual effect of switching the contents of the two windows, wherein the second window continues to play the tail of the first video, and after the tail of the first video is completely played, the second window automatically starts to play the head of the second video. To ensure the follow-up effect, the main thread may mute the second window.

Before receiving the window switching instruction, the vod program may control the volume of the second window to be smaller than the volume of the first window, for example, set the volume of the second window to be positively correlated with the volume of the first window, so that the user can notice that the second window is playing a third video; after receiving the window switching instruction, the vod program can mute the second window so as to enable the user to perform heel exercise intensively.

When the playing progress of the second window is monitored to be the second time before the end of the video title, for example, 3 seconds before the end of the video title, the main thread of the video on demand program can cancel the second window, and the playing content of the first window is switched to the content of the first player, so that the second video is restored to be played in the first window.

And when the playing progress of the first window is monitored to be the second time before the end of the video head of the second video, for example, 3 seconds before the end of the video head, the main thread of the video on demand program can withdraw the second window, and the second player is closed.

If the user wants to stop the follow-up process in the follow-up process of the third video, a window switching instruction can be sent to the video on demand program again, and the main thread of the video on demand program can cancel the second window according to the window switching instruction, close the second player and switch the playing content of the first window into the playing content of the first player.

In some embodiments, the main thread of the vod program does not exchange the contents of the second window with the first window according to the window switching instruction, but enlarges the second window and reduces the first window. For example, the second window is displayed in a full screen mode, the first window is reduced to a small window which is not in a full screen mode, and the small window is arranged at the upper part of the second window, so that the visual effect of switching contents of the two windows can be achieved. To ensure the follow-up effect, the main thread can turn up the volume of the second window and mute the first window.

When the playing progress of the first window is monitored to be the second time before the end of the video title, for example, 3 seconds before the end of the video title, the main thread of the video on demand program can close the second window, close the second player, restore the first window to a full-screen window, and restore the volume of the first window to the volume before the start of the second window.

If the user wants to stop the training in the process of training the third video, a window switching instruction can be sent to the video-on-demand program again, and the main thread of the video-on-demand program can close the second window, close the second player and restore the first window to a full-screen window according to the window switching instruction, and restore the volume of the first window to the volume before the second window is started.

Step S103: and if the window switching instruction is not received when the second window is played for the preset duration, the second window is withdrawn.

In some embodiments, if the user is not interested in the third video played in the second window, the main thread of the vod program may cancel the second window and close the second player if the user does not press the menu key of the controller for a preset period of time, for example, 20 seconds, so that the first window is not blocked by the second window, and thus the user is not disturbed to watch the video in the first window.

According to the media asset continuous broadcasting method provided by the embodiment of the application, the video prompting the user to exercise is played during the tail and head of the two continuous broadcasting videos, so that the user can be promoted to actively exercise the body, the symptom of discomfort caused by long-time sitting is reduced, the interestingness of watching display is improved, and the watching experience is improved.

For further explanation of the media asset continuous broadcasting method provided by the embodiment of the present application, fig. 7 also shows a flow diagram of a media asset continuous broadcasting method, as shown in fig. 7, the method includes the following steps:

step S201: and receiving a trigger instruction of the media resource control, and entering a media resource detail page.

In some embodiments, a user may click on a media resource control on a media resource recommendation page, and a main thread of a video-on-demand program on a display device may generate a trigger instruction of the media resource control, request interface data of a media resource detail page to a server according to the trigger instruction, and display the media resource detail page according to the interface data.

Step S202: and receiving a distribution on-demand instruction, and starting the first window play diversity.

In some embodiments, if the media assets corresponding to the media asset controls clicked by the user on the media asset recommendation page include a plurality of diversity, the media asset detail page may display diversity controls corresponding to the plurality of diversity, the user clicks one diversity control, the main thread of the vod program may generate a diversity order instruction, start the first window and the first player according to the diversity order instruction, play the diversity video code stream through the first window, where the diversity being played may be referred to as a first video, and the diversity next to the diversity may be referred to as a second video.

Step S203: and calculating the playable time length of the third video.

In some embodiments, the main thread of the vod program may calculate the playable duration of the third video before the first player plays to the end of the first video, e.g., when the first player plays to 50% of the first video.

Step S204: and querying media data of the third video.

In some embodiments, after the main thread of the vod program calculates the playable duration, a query request including the playable duration and a user identifier of a login account of the vod program may be sent to the server to query the media asset data of the third video, where the media asset data may include a play address or a media asset identifier of the third video.

In some embodiments, the third video is a user-tracked video. If the server inquires the follow-up video with the video duration smaller than or equal to the playable duration, the server can send the media data of one of the follow-up videos to the display device, and if the server can not inquire the follow-up video with the video duration smaller than or equal to the playable duration, the server does not return the media data of the follow-up video to the display device.

In some embodiments, the server acquires a heel-back video with a video time length greater than or equal to a playable time length from all heel-back videos corresponding to the user identifier, and then calculates a play start time point startTime of the heel-back video and a play end time point endTime of the heel-back video according to the playable time length, so that the display device plays a video clip between the play start time point startTime and the play end time point endTime of the heel-back video.

In some embodiments, the server acquires a video after the user is practice in the same day or a video practice video when the number of practice times of the user reaches a preset threshold in a preset period from all practice videos corresponding to the user identifier.

Step S205: and judging whether media data of the third video are received or not when the video is played to the tail.

In some embodiments, when the first video is about to be played to the trailer, for example, at the 3 rd second of playing to the trailer, the main thread of the vod program may determine whether the asset data of the third video has been received.

Step S206: and if media data of the third video are received, starting the second window to play the third video.

In some embodiments, if the media data of the third video has been received when playing to the 3 rd second of the trailer, the main thread of the vod program may start the second window and the second player, extract the play address from the media data of the third video, access the play address to obtain the code stream data of the third video, play the third video through the second window, where the second window is a small window and may be covered on the first window.

Step S207: judging whether a window switching instruction is received within a preset time.

In some embodiments, after the second window is started, the main thread of the vod program may set a timeout task, where the timeout time of the timeout task may be set to 20 seconds, and at a certain time within 20 seconds, if the window switching instruction is received, the timeout task is ended at the time, and if the window switching instruction is not received, the timeout task is ended after reaching 20 seconds.

Step S208: and if the window switching instruction is received within the preset time, switching the playing content of the second window to the first window for display.

In some embodiments, if the window switching command is received within 20 seconds, the main thread of the vod program adjusts the first window to display the play content of the second player.

Step S209: and switching the playing content of the first window to the second window for display.

In some embodiments, if the window switching command is received within 20 seconds, the main thread of the vod program further adjusts the second window to display the play content of the first player. In order to ensure the playing effect of the first window, the main thread of the video on demand program can reduce the volume of the second window, and can also directly adjust the volume of the second window to be mute.

Step S210: and switching the playing content of the second window to the first window for display when the film head is about to be played.

In some embodiments, the main thread of the vod program switches the play content of the second window to the first window presentation when the first window is about to play the second video's head, e.g., 3 seconds from the time the head is played.

In some embodiments, since the duration of the third video is less than the sum of the end duration of the first video and the end duration of the second video, the playing content of the second window may be switched to the first window for display after the third video is played.

Step S211: the second window is withdrawn.

In some embodiments, the second window may be withdrawn after the first window is re-shown full screen.

Step S212: and when the timeout expires, the second window is withdrawn.

In some embodiments, if the user's window switching command is not received within 20 seconds of the second window widget play, the second window may be withdrawn.

In some embodiments, if a return instruction or an exit instruction is received during the process of playing the third video in the first window, the playing content of the second window may be switched to the first window for display, and the second window may be revoked.

To further explain the media asset linking method provided by the embodiment of the present application, the media asset linking method will be described below from the time when a user requests a media asset in fig. 5.

Referring to fig. 8, which is a timing diagram of a media broadcasting method according to some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, a server may be provided with a terminal-oriented module, a movie database, and a follow-up video database.

In some embodiments, the terminal-oriented module is used to interact with the display device and with other modules of the server, such as a video database and a follow-up video database. The terminal-oriented module can be provided with a plurality of interfaces with different functions, so that the display equipment can conveniently acquire different data through the different interfaces.

In some embodiments, the movie database is provided with a large amount of movie data of movie media such as television dramas and movies, the media data of each piece of media data may include a media identifier, detail page data and a head-end piece data, where the media identifier is a media ID, the detail page data may include data such as a media name, a media duration, a play index table, a play address, and the like, and the head-end piece data may include a head length, a tail length, and the media duration, the head-end length, and the tail-end length are all in seconds.

In some embodiments, the movie database and the follow-up video database may also be collectively referred to as a media asset information library.

In some embodiments, after the user clicks one of the media resource controls in fig. 5, the display device may obtain the media resource ID of the corresponding media resource of the media resource control, generate a media resource detail request containing the media resource ID, and then send the media resource detail request to the terminal module-oriented "video detail query interface"/vod/media/detail. The media assets corresponding to the media asset control clicked by the user can be called target media assets, the target media assets can be a media asset set comprising a plurality of diversity, the media asset detail request comprises media asset identification of the target media assets, and the media asset identification can be media asset ID.

In some embodiments, after receiving the media asset detail request at the video detail query interface, the terminal-oriented module may query the media asset information base for media asset detail data and head-to-tail data corresponding to the media asset ID, and return the media asset detail data and the head-to-tail data to the display device.

In some embodiments, after receiving the media asset detail data and the head-to-tail data, the display device may display a media asset detail page according to the media asset detail data. Referring to fig. 9, the media detail page may display a plurality of diversity controls, one diversity control for each.

In some embodiments, after the user clicks one diversity control on the media detail page, the display device may generate an on-demand request corresponding to the diversity control, and send the on-demand request to the terminal-oriented module. For convenience of description, the diversity of the user on demand may be referred to as a first diversity, which may be any diversity other than the last diversity of the target media asset, which may also be referred to as a first video, and the next diversity of the first diversity may be a second diversity, which may also be referred to as a second video. The first diversity on-demand request may include a asset identification of the target asset and a diversity identification of the first diversity, which may be a diversity sequence number.

In some embodiments, after receiving the request of the first diversity, the terminal-oriented module may acquire the video stream data of the first diversity from the media asset information base according to the media asset identifier and the diversity identifier, and return the video stream data of the first diversity to the display device.

In some embodiments, the display device may initiate the first player to parse the video stream data of the first diversity, thereby playing the first diversity through the first window. Referring to fig. 10, a first diversity playback interface according to some embodiments is schematically shown in fig. 10, where the first diversity playback duration is, for example, 46 minutes.

In some embodiments, the display device monitors the playing progress of the first window in real time after the first window is started. And when the playing progress is a preset progress, for example, the playing progress is 50%, that is, 23 minutes after playing is finished, or 10 seconds are left from the tail of the first diversity, starting the recommendation process of the follow-up video. The recommendation process of the heel-exercise video can be used for acquiring information of the heel-exercise video from a server. The main thread of the video on demand program can synchronize the playing progress of the first window to the recommending process of the follow-up video in real time, so that the recommending process of the follow-up video can conveniently execute the actions of starting and canceling the second window, switching the playing contents of the first window and the second window and the like according to the playing progress of the first window.

In some embodiments, the recommended process of the follow-up video may not be set, and the main thread of the display device may acquire information of the follow-up video from the server and execute the start and cancel of the second window, and the switching of the playing content of the first window and the second window.

In some embodiments, after the follow-up video recommending process is started, the playing time length of the first diversity can be obtained from the detail page data of the target media asset, and if the playing time length is less than the threshold time length, for example, 5 minutes, the follow-up video recommending process is automatically ended, so that the adverse effect on the continuous watching of the first diversity and the second diversity by the user caused by playing the follow-up video when the playing time of the first diversity is shorter is avoided. If the playing time is longer than 5 minutes, the tail time of the first diversity and the head time of the second diversity can be calculated, the sum of the tail time and the head time is calculated, and then an offset of 5 seconds is subtracted to obtain the timeLength (playable time) of the follow-up video. If the playable time length is longer than 0, continuing to execute the follow-up logic of the follow-up video recommendation process, and if the playable time length is shorter than or equal to 0, automatically ending the follow-up video recommendation process.

In some embodiments, if the playable time period is greater than 0, the recommendation process of the follow-up video may generate a query request of the follow-up video, where the query request of the follow-up video includes a user identifier and a playable time period, and the user identifier may be a customerId. After the query request of the heel-and-exercise video is generated, the recommendation process of the heel-and-exercise video can send the query request of the heel-and-exercise video to the query interface/vod/media/gym/recom of the heel-and-exercise video library so as to acquire the information of the heel-and-exercise video.

In some embodiments, the terminal-oriented module may query a play record of a heel-exercise video corresponding to a user identifier, obtain, according to the play record, a heel-exercise video with the largest number of exercises in a last period of time of the user, calculate, according to a playable duration, a start point and an end point of playing the heel-exercise media asset by the display device, and then issue a query result of media asset data including the heel-exercise video to the display device. The difference between the starting point and the end point is the same as the playable duration, the starting point may be referred to as a playable start time point startTime, the end point may be referred to as a playable end time point endTime, and the end point may be obtained according to the sum of the starting point and the playable duration. The last period of time may be the last week or day. The media data of the follow-up video comprises a media identifier gymVideoId of the follow-up video, a play start time point startTime and a play end time point endTime.

In some embodiments, the terminal-oriented module may query the playing records of the heel-exercise videos corresponding to all users, so as to obtain the heel-exercise video with the highest heat in the last period of time, calculate the starting point and the ending point of the display device for playing the heel-exercise media asset according to the playable duration, and send the query result of the media asset data including the heel-exercise video to the display device, where the last period of time may be the last week or the day.

In some embodiments, the terminal-oriented module may query the heel-exercise video with a duration and a playable duration within a preset difference range, screen a heel-exercise video to be issued from the queried heel-exercise video according to the user interest tag, calculate a starting point and an ending point of the display device for playing the heel-exercise media asset to be issued according to the playable duration, and issue the query result including the media asset data of the heel-exercise video to be issued to the display device, wherein the user interest tag may be generated based on the video after the user heel-exercise.

In some embodiments, if the terminal-oriented module cannot query the follow-up video, the query result of the media data that does not include the follow-up video is returned to the display device.

In some embodiments, after receiving the query result, the recommendation process of the follow-up video ends if the query result does not include the media data of the follow-up video.

In some embodiments, after receiving the query result, if the query result includes media data of the follow-up video, the recommendation process of the follow-up video continues to be executed.

Referring to fig. 11, a timing diagram of a display device after receiving a query result according to some embodiments is shown. As shown in fig. 11, if the query result includes media data of the follow-up video, the recommendation process of the follow-up video sends an on-demand request of the follow-up video to the terminal-oriented module when the footage of the first diversity is about to be played. For example, when playing to the end of the footage of the first diversity for 3 seconds, an on-demand request for the follow-up video is generated and sent to the terminal-facing module. The on-demand request of the follow-up video includes a media asset identifier gymVideoId of the follow-up video, a play start time point startTime, and a play end time point endTime.

In some embodiments, after receiving the on-demand request of the follow-up video, the terminal-oriented module queries video stream data between a start time point startTime and an end time point endTime corresponding to the media identifier gymVideoId from the follow-up video library, and returns the video stream data to the display device.

In some embodiments, the recommendation process of the heel training video starts the second window to play the heel training video according to the video stream data after receiving the video stream data of the heel training video. Referring to fig. 12, the second window may be a small window, which is located at the upper right corner of the first window and obscures a portion of the display screen of the first window. The volume of the second window may be smaller than the volume of the first window to reduce interference with the playback effect of the first window.

In some embodiments, the second window in fig. 12 displays a prompt to follow the menu key full screen to prompt the user that the second window can be displayed full screen by pressing the menu key.

In some embodiments, the volume of the second window may be positively correlated to the volume of the first window, avoiding that the user ignores the sound of the second window due to the volume of the first window being too loud.

In some embodiments, when the second window is started, the recommending process of the follow-up video can start a timeout task, and the timeout time corresponding to the timeout task can be 20 seconds, and the user operation is monitored within the timeout time. The monitored user operation may include entering a toggle window instruction. If the user operation is detected to be the input of the switching window instruction within the timeout time, responding to the instruction and ending the timeout task.

In some embodiments, the manner in which the user inputs the switch window instruction may be pressing a confirm key or a menu key of the remote control. The response of the recommendation process of the follow-up video to the switching window instruction is as follows: and adjusting the first window to display the playing content of the second player, and adjusting the second window to display the playing content of the first player. The two steps can be executed simultaneously or sequentially, wherein the two steps are not sequential when executed sequentially. The first window is adjusted to display the playing content of the second player, and the second window is adjusted to display the playing content of the first player, so that the exchange of the playing content of the two windows on the visual effect is realized. After the volume of the second window is reduced, the audio of the second window can be enabled to become the hearing effect of the background music of the first window, or the volume of the first window can be reduced to be mute, so that the interference on the playing effect of the second window is reduced.

Referring to fig. 13, after the user inputs the window switching instruction, the playing content of the second window and the playing content of the first window are interchanged.

In some embodiments, when the first window plays the third video, the user may follow-up according to the content of the first window.

In some embodiments, the second window in fig. 13 displays a prompt to continue watching video by a menu key to prompt the user to interchange the play content of the second window with the play content of the first window by a menu key. For example, the menu key may be replaced with a return key or other keys.

In some embodiments, after a period of follow-up, if the user does not want to continue with the follow-up, the user may press the return key of the remote control to input an exit instruction to the display device. And the display equipment switches the playing content of the first window into the playing content of the second player according to the receiving of the exit instruction, and withdraws the second window to finish the recommendation process of the follow-up video.

In some embodiments, when the second window plays the first diversity, the main thread of the display device may send the on-demand request of the second diversity to the terminal-facing module when the trailer of the first diversity is played, or the display device may send the on-demand request of the second diversity to the terminal-facing module when the trailer of the first diversity begins to be played or when the trailer is about to be played. The second diversity on-demand request may include a asset identification of the target asset and a diversity sequence number corresponding to the second diversity.

In some embodiments, after receiving the second diversity on-demand request, the terminal-oriented module may acquire second diversity video stream data from the media information library, and return the second diversity video stream data to the display device.

In some embodiments, the main thread of the display device may play the second diversity of video stream data after the end of the first diversity of video stream data is played after receiving the second diversity of video stream data.

In some embodiments, the second window may be interchanged with the playback content of the first window when the second diversity is about to play.

In some embodiments, since the playable duration of the follow-up video is less than the sum of the tail duration of the first diversity and the head duration of the second diversity, after the follow-up video is played, the second diversity may not be played, at this time, the playing contents of the second window and the first window may be interchanged, and the second window may be revoked.

Referring to fig. 14, when the second diversity feature is played, the second window is withdrawn and no occlusion is formed for the display content of the first window.

Referring to fig. 15, a timing diagram of a display device after receiving a query result according to some embodiments is shown. As shown in fig. 15, if the query result includes media data of the follow-up video, after the display device starts the timeout task, if the user operation is not received within the timeout time, the second window is withdrawn.

As can be seen from the above embodiments, in the embodiment of the present application, by starting to play the third video prompting the user to perform the exercise through the second window when the first window plays the tail of the first video, the user is facilitated to perform the physical exercise, and the third video can be continuously played until the end of the second video, which is beneficial to guaranteeing the exercise time of the user; the user can switch the third video of the second window to the first window for display through the window switching instruction, or the operation is not performed, so that the second window automatically exits after being played for a period of time, different requirements of the user on physical exercise can be met, and the user experience of watching the continuous broadcasting media resource by the user is improved.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some or all of the technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the application.

The foregoing description, for purposes of explanation, has been presented in conjunction with specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the embodiments to the precise forms disclosed above. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the embodiments and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

Claims

1. A display device, characterized by comprising:

a display;

a controller coupled to the display, the controller configured to:

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein adjusting the first video from the current progress of the first video to the second window for continued play comprises:

the window content of the first window is adjusted to be a second player, wherein the second player is used for playing the third video, so that the second player plays the image of the third video after the current progress in the first window;

and adjusting the window content of the second window into a first player, wherein the first player is used for playing the first video, so that the first player plays the image of the first video after the current progress in the second window.

3. The display device of claim 1, wherein activating a second window to play a third video at a layer above the first window comprises:

generating a layer containing a second window above the layer of the first window;

starting a second player, and controlling the second player to decode the third video to obtain a decoded image;

and adjusting the window content of the second window to be the second player, so that the second player plays the decoded image in the second window.

4. The display device of claim 1, wherein dismissing the second window, adjusting the first window to continue playing from a current progress of the second video, comprises:

undoing the layer of the second window;

and adjusting the window content of the first window into a first player, wherein the first player is used for playing the second video, so that the first player plays the image of the second video after the current progress in the second window.

5. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:

before receiving the window switching instruction, controlling the volume of the second window to be smaller than the volume of the first window;

And after receiving the window switching instruction, muting the second window.

6. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to: before receiving the window switching instruction, the volume of the second window is set to be positively correlated with the volume of the first window.

7. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

before the first time, sending a query request of the third video to a server, wherein the query request comprises a user identifier and the playable time length, and the playable time length is calculated according to the tail time length of the first video and the head time length of the second video, so that the server queries and returns media information of the third video according to the user identifier and the playable time length;

and acquiring the code stream of the third video from the server according to the media information of the third video.

8. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

and if an exit instruction is received before the second window is played for a preset time, the layer of the second window is withdrawn.

9. A server, wherein the server is configured to:

10. A media resource continuous broadcasting method is characterized by comprising the following steps: