EP1181813A1 - Architecture logicielle pour terminal decodeur tv compatible avec de multiples environnements operationnels - Google Patents

Architecture logicielle pour terminal decodeur tv compatible avec de multiples environnements operationnels

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EP1181813A1
EP1181813A1 EP00919648A EP00919648A EP1181813A1 EP 1181813 A1 EP1181813 A1 EP 1181813A1 EP 00919648 A EP00919648 A EP 00919648A EP 00919648 A EP00919648 A EP 00919648A EP 1181813 A1 EP1181813 A1 EP 1181813A1
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Jack M. Birnbaum
Chris Del Sordo
Robert Gazda
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Arris Technology Inc
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General Instrument Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/44—Arrangements for executing specific programs
    • G06F9/455—Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/443—OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
    • H04N21/4437—Implementing a Virtual Machine [VM]

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  • the present invention provides a software architecture that enables core software of a television 10 set-top terminal to be compatible with different operating environments .
  • a digital set-top box (e.g., subscriber terminal) for cable or satellite television, or the like, requires 25 OS software, middleware and device drivers to function.
  • OS software provides the multithreading, real-time OS support needed to operate the se -top.
  • Middleware is software that connects two otherwise separate applications. For example, such middleware can be provided to mediate between an application program and a network, thereby managing the interaction between disparate applications across heterogeneous computing platforms. More generally, middleware serves as the glue between separate applications, and is sometimes referred to as "plumbing" because it connects two sides of an application and passes data between them.
  • drivers are used to control different hardware devices in a terminal, such as tuners, demodulators, MPEG-2 decoders (e.g., audio, video, and data) , video encoders, audio mixers, and so forth.
  • MPEG-2 decoders e.g., audio, video, and data
  • core software In a set -top box, "core software” is provided that allows the set-top to provide such necessary television functions as service acquisition, system information (SI) management, download capability (e.g., for new application and OS software) , return path communication (e.g., for polling the set-top for billing purposes), set-top configuration, and conditional access control (i.e., security).
  • SI system information
  • download capability e.g., for new application and OS software
  • return path communication e.g., for polling the set-top for billing purposes
  • set-top configuration e.g., for polling the set-top for billing purposes
  • conditional access control i.e., security
  • each set- top has only been designed to use one particular operating environment.
  • the problem of handling multiple operating environments has not previously been addressed in the set -top environment.
  • applications have been ported to various operating environments either through rewrite of the set-top system software to that environment or through an abstraction layer.
  • the core set-top system software should allow the device to operate within a common system environment .
  • the architecture should allow for the development of the core software, and then implementation of the architecture in any of a plurality of different operating environments, such as VRTX, Windows CE, AperiOS, PowerTV and other se -top operating environments.
  • the architecture should be suitable for terminals that receive programming services via any type of network, including broadband communications networks, Digital Subscriber Loop (DSL) networks, and others.
  • broadband communications networks including broadband communications networks, Digital Subscriber Loop (DSL) networks, and others.
  • DSL Digital Subscriber Loop
  • the present invention provides a software architecture that enjoys the aforementioned and other advantages .
  • a software architecture is provided to enable core software of a set- top device to operate in any of a plurality of different operating environments.
  • an apparatus for providing a software architecture for implementing a television subscriber terminal includes a computer readable medium having computer program code means, and means for executing the computer program code means to implement a layered software architecture.
  • the architecture includes: a first, hardware layer, a second, device driver layer, a third, device driver interface layer, a fourth layer with the core system software for providing television functions, and a kernel abstraction function, a fifth layer for middleware porting, and a sixth layer providing middleware to interface with at least one application program (at a seventh layer) .
  • the kernel abstraction layer and the device driver interface layer enable the core system software to operate in different operating environments.
  • an operating system (OS) kernel is provided at the fourth and fifth layers .
  • the architecture further includes a software interface between the core system software and the fifth layer that enables the core system software to operate in the different operating environments.
  • the television functions of the core system software include one or more of: message reception and distribution, system information processing, terminal configuration, terminal control message processing, service acquisition, conditional access control, download capability, return path communication, and diagnostic data management.
  • the television functions may include conditional access services, including one or more of: object authentication, object authorization, resource authorization, baseline privacy key exchange services, and cryptographic functions. A corresponding method is also presented.
  • the Figure depicts a television subscriber terminal architecture in accordance with the invention.
  • the Figure illustrates a software platform, or achitecture, for implementing a set -top box in accordance with the present invention.
  • the platform can be implemented using any suitable operating system, such as the VRTX (virtual real-time executive) operating system available from Mentor Graphics Corporation of Wilsonville, Oregon, Windows CE available from Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Washington, AperiOS available from Sony Corporation of New York, N.Y., PowerTV available from PowerTV, Inc. of Cupertino, CA, etc.
  • VRTX virtual real-time executive
  • the architecture can be considered to include three main levels, including a lower level (functions 30, 32 and 34) related to hardware and device driver functions, a middle level (functions 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 and 26) related to the core set-top software, and a high level (functions 10, 12) related to middleware and applications .
  • a lower level functions 30, 32 and 34
  • a middle level functions 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 and 26
  • a high level functions 10, 12
  • the top level of the software structure comprises one or more application programs 10 which can comprise, for example, the Digital Television (DTV) navigator application (available from Liberate Technologies of San Carlos, California), interactive games, enhanced television features, Internet web browsers, etc. These applications need to communicate with the core set-top system software 20. This communication is accomplished with the middleware/application interface 12, the middleware porting layer 14, and the software interface 26.
  • the next layer in the software structure comprises middleware/application interface APIs (application program interfaces) 12. This layer 12 is part of the operating environment (i.e., it is OS-specific), and provides the interface to the application program (s) 10 which execute in the set-top (e.g., cable set-top hardware 34) .
  • the layer 12 provides facilities for applications to use and control the set-top box resources, and to coexist with other applications.
  • the layer 12 also provides the environment in which the applications execute.
  • Layer 12 also provides the API to which applications are written, providing an authoring environment.
  • this layer 12 handles the issues of shared resources, multiple applications, application selection, application launch and application termination. Preferably, it provides a consistent interface to the end user.
  • a middleware porting layer 14 e.g., for cable, DSL or other television services, is provided to translate the television, graphics and communication interfaces 20, 22 and 24, respectively, to the particular functional interface required by a middleware software component and specified by the middleware provider/vendor. Middleware providers often specify an interface on which their software has been tested and proven.
  • This layer 14, which is also part of the operating environment, allows portability of the middleware solution to the set-top in an expedient manner. More specifically, the layer 14 allows the core set-top system software 20 to remain the same while allowing different middleware layers to execute.
  • An operating system (OS) kernel 16 is provided at the levels of the middleware porting layer 14 and the core set-top system software 20, the graphics, audio, video subsystem 22 and the network communication stacks 24.
  • This kernel 16 can comprise, for example, a MIPS (million instructions per second) port of the VRTX kernel version 4.0, available from the Microtec division of Mentor Graphics Corporation for the Motorola 68000 family of microprocessors.
  • This kernel 16 provides the multithreading, real time OS support needed to operate the set-top.
  • the OS kernel 16, together with the middleware porting layer 14 and middleware/application interface APIs 12, and the device drivers are components of the operating environment. More particularly, the OS kernel 16 provides OS facilities such as multitasking, inter-task communication, synchronization, and memory management. These facilities are used to create tasks, set task priorities, communicate between tasks, and synchronize operation of the system tasks and application tasks.
  • a kernel abstraction component 18 in accordance with the present invention provides generic kernel functions needed by the other components.
  • component 18 abstracts these functions from the specifics of the OS kernel 16.
  • the kernel abstraction component 18 includes two sections, namely, (i) the kernel calls used by the components, and (ii) the kernel-specific translations. Some of the supported kernel features are implemented in a fashion that is independent of the underlying kernel .
  • the kernel abstraction component 18 separates the details of the OS kernel from the core set- top system software 20, and is used to isolate the core system software from the specifics of an OS kernel implementation. In this manner, portability of the core software 20 between operating environments is provided.
  • the OS kernel abstraction 18 provides standard types of OS services in a generic way to the core system software 20. These services include, e.g., messaging, thread operations, memory management, synchronization, and event management .
  • the core set-top system software 20 contains support for the television system features. For example, this software can be written to support the DigiCipher ® II digital television system features. DigiCipher ® II is a proprietary system developed by General Instrument Corporation of Horsham, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., the assignee hereof. This system includes features that are specific to the cable television environment for downstream and upstream communications .
  • the features supported by the core se -top system software 20 include, without limitation, service acquisition (e.g., acquisition of a pay-per-view movie), system information management, set-top configuration and control, return path for polling, download capability including authentication and authorization, and nonvolatile memory management .
  • the core set-top system software 20 also includes conditional access system drivers (CABIOS) , which are used to provide security and access control. This component supports the features of object authentication, object authorization, resource authorization, cryptographic tool kit, and baseline privacy key exchange .
  • CABIOS conditional access system drivers
  • the interface layer for the cryptographic tool kit (Crypto Toolkit) is the Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) 11 standard.
  • the core set-top system software 20 provides the services that allow the set-top to exist in a communication (e.g., cable television) network.
  • a communication e.g., cable television
  • the functions of this software include: Message reception and distribution - This software component receives messages over a control channel or through an in-band channel, and distributes them to the appropriate software process for interpretation and processing.
  • System information processing This component interprets the System Information provided by the protocol (e.g., Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) , or Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) standard) specifying the Modulation Type, Channel Map, Service Maps, Service Descriptions, Service Components. This information allows the software to find, reconstruct and deliver the service to the user or application.
  • Configuration and control message processing This component interprets the configuration and control messages sent to the set-top from, e.g., a cable headend controller. This information is used to provision a set-top to operate within the cable television system or other applicable network. The component sets up the set-top's features and provides the ability to control the set-top operation remotely by the system operator.
  • Digital and analog service acquisition This component performs all of the necessary functions to 'tune' a video/audio service to be presented to the television viewer.
  • Conditional access subsystem this component authorizes services and applications. Video services are delivered to the set-top in an encrypted form.
  • the Conditional Access (CA) system compares authorization information about the service with authorization information that is delivered to the set- top. When a service is deemed authorized, the CA system enables the decryption of that service.
  • Download subsystem acquires software objects from the cable or other applicable network and stores them in the set-top's memory. These objects may include, e.g., software suites or applications.
  • the download subsystem determines if it is authorized to accept the object and, if it is, then processes and stores each segment of the object. Once the object is stored, it is validated and can then be enabled to execute either from, e.g., the headend control, or by the operating system.
  • Return path subsystem - This component collects purchase and diagnostic information and transmits it back to the headend (or other appropriate system operator site) upon command. This information is ultimately sent to a billing system to enable billing of services used by the set-top.
  • the return path can be a store-and-forward mechanism or an on-demand interactive mechanism.
  • Diagnostic Data management subsystem This component collects and manages data which can be used to diagnose the state of the set-top, allowing for remote determination of the operation and health of the set-top software. This data is made available to the OS for display to the user or installer. It is also made available to the return path subsystem for collection by a computer at the system operator's site (e.g., at a cable headend) .
  • the CABIOS Conditional Access Basic Services
  • Object Authentication This function authenticates a software object to determine that the object is the intended object. Such authentication is accomplished, for example, by matching a signature delivered with the object .
  • Object Authorization This function authorizes objects to be loaded and executed in the set- top. It uses the conditional access hardware to determine the authorization status of the set- top.
  • Resource Authorization This function authorizes the use of set-top resources through the conditional access hardware .
  • Baseline Privacy Key Exchange Services These functions support the key exchange requirements of the Cable modem system, which may conform to the Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) .
  • Cryptographic Functions These functions provide a basic cryptographic toolkit for use by the application operating system and applications within the set-top.
  • PKCS 11 As indicated above, a typical cryptographic tool set follows the PKCS 11 standard, although other standards can be used.
  • the graphics, audio and video subsystem 22 includes, in a preferred embodiment, two-dimensional
  • Subsystem 22 provides a standard API to which middleware providers can be ported, and enables video to be viewed combined with graphics . More particularly, the analog or digital video is combined with a graphics overlay to present a combined view to the user.
  • This subsystem 22 also provides audio, which can exist in multiple modes, such as stereo and surround sound. The audio subsystem can also support record and playback of audio files.
  • the network communications stacks 24 provide standardized networking stacks to facilitate web browsing and communications with external devices.
  • This subsystem 24 includes many standardized network protocols which can be delivered over multiple communications paths.
  • the stacks can comprise, for example, Mentor/Microtec ' s CNX communications extension to the VRTX operating system, available from Mentor Graphics Corporation of Wilsonville, Oregon.
  • This subsystem 24 resides on top of the communications drivers (e.g., Ethernet and DOCSIS drivers) and provides, for example, a Berkeley sockets (Berkeley Software Design, Inc.) interface to protocols such as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) /Internet Protocol (IP) (e.g., a TCP/IP interface over a DOCSIS modem or over an Ethernet device) , User Datagram Protocol (UDP) , Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) , Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), Dynamic Host
  • TCP Transmission Control Protocol
  • IP Internet Protocol
  • UDP User Datagram Protocol
  • ARP Address Resolution Protocol
  • ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
  • DHCP Dynamic Configuration Protocol
  • DNS Domain Name System
  • PGP Point- to-Point Protocol
  • CCP Link Control Protocol
  • IPCP Internet Protocol Control Protocol
  • low level device drivers 32 which, in accordance with the present invention, are interfaced to a driver model used by the core set -top system software 20 via device drivers- to-driver model interface 30.
  • the interface 30 separates the details of the driver model environment from the core system software 20.
  • the interface 30 is used to isolate the device drivers 32 from the specifics of the driver model provided by the operating environment .
  • the low level device driver software 32 is hardware-specific and portable across operating environments .
  • the driver model interface 30 ties the hardware-specific device driver 32 to the OS by providing the OS's desired interface to the driver.
  • Device drivers are provided for each device supported on the set-top. These include a graphics driver, which may be written, e.g., on an ATI Hardware Access Provider (HAP) layer available from ATI Technologies, Inc. A graphics library for use in the set-top can written on the HAP.
  • HAP Hardware Access Provider
  • Typical set-top device drivers include a communications driver, the tuner (e.g., a combination of the General Instrument DOCSIS tuner and Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) code), serial ports (using, e.g., an IEEE 1394 high performance serial bus), parallel ports, Ethernet ports, Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports, Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) , Keypad and/or Keyboard drivers, a DOCSIS driver, such as the Broadcom DOCSIS driver available from Broadcom Corporation of Irvine, California, U.S.A., and a smart card driver.
  • a smart card may be used in the set-top for consumer purchasing applications such as on- line buying.
  • Each device in the set-top requires a driver function to operate.
  • the present invention solves the problem of enabling core set-top software to be compatible with multiple set-top operating environments .
  • the software architecture provided by the invention, it is not necessary to port the core software to different operating environments by rewriting code specific to each environment or through an abstraction layer. Instead, a unique device drivers- to-driver model interface is provided together with a kernel abstraction component that overcomes portability issues and provides for a clean interface between layers in the architecture.
  • the invention can be implemented using object oriented techniques, such as C++ or Java programming, although the invention is by no means limited to such an implementation.
  • the combination of the components described herein provides a basis for set -top software to enable advanced features of an advanced set-top box implementation.
  • Each of the components provides necessary functions required by an advanced set-top terminal.
  • the novel architecture of the invention provides the benefits of reuse and portability of the core set-top software to alternate operating environments, thereby allowing well- understood and previously tested software components to be reused.
  • the architecture also allows implementations in alternate operating environments to be quickly and straightforwardly provided.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une architecture logicielle permettant à un logiciel de base (20) de décodeur TV d'être utilisé dans divers environnements opérationnels. Un composant d'abstraction (18) de noyau utilise des appels de noyau et des traductions spécifiques de noyau pour résumer des fonctions spécifiques du système d'exploitation à partir du noyau (16) d'un système d'exploitation. Les fonctions sont à disposition du logiciel de base (20) dans un format générique. De plus, une interface (30) pilotes de périphériques-modèle de pilote sépare les informations de l'environnement du modèle de pilote du logiciel de base (20) du système. Par ailleurs, une interface logicielle (26) permet à des programmes d'application (10) (tels que des guides de programme, des jeux, et des explorateurs web Internet) et à des logiciels intermédiaires (12) de communiquer avec le logiciel de base (20) du système de décodage. Le logiciel de base permet au décodeur d'exécuter des fonctions de télévision telles que l'acquisition de services, la gestion de données de système, la capacité de téléchargement, la communication de chemin de retour, la configuration du décodeur, et le contrôle d'accès conditionnel.
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