TWI530804B - Method for playing web page data in digital living network alliance - Google Patents

Description

Method for playing webpage data under the digital home network alliance

The present invention relates to a method for displaying network data, and more particularly to a method for sharing network data between multiple multimedia devices under a digital home network alliance.

In a home, there are usually multiple multimedia devices, such as desktop computers, tablet computers, notebook computers, and smart phones. To share files from a multimedia device, such as videos, music, and photos, to another multimedia device, you often need to copy the files you want to share to a flash drive and connect the pen drive to the multimedia device you want to share. To transfer files to it. The above process of sharing files through the flash drive is obviously inconvenient and time consuming to the user because the portable disk must be repeatedly inserted into or removed from the device.

In response to the above needs, the architecture of the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) has been proposed. DLNA sets standards for multimedia devices such as mobile multimedia devices, personal computers, televisions, players, mobile devices, etc., so that the multimedia devices can access each other's files through links to the network. DLNA mainly defines the following types for multimedia devices:

1. Digital Media Server (DMS: Digital Media Server):

It includes a video recorder, a personal computer, a home theater device with a hard disk, and an image capture device that provides access to and recording of digital media.

2. Digital Media Player (DMP: Digital Media Player):

Includes devices that can stream media files provided by DMS over the Internet, such as televisions, home theaters, personal data assistants (PDAs), printers, and multimedia phones.

3. Digital Media Controller (DMC: Digital Media Controller):

Used to find media files that can be played on the DMS, and assign them to multimedia devices on the Digital Media Renderer (DMR) that can play the content, such as smart phones, digital cameras that support Internet access, and PDAs. A smart terminal device that is used by the DMC and has a basic operation interface can also be used as a DMC.

4. Digital Media Player:

It is used to receive the control signal of the DMC, and can obtain the file content on the DMS for playing.

DLNA also includes a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) architecture, the function of which is that when a multimedia device is linked to a network access point, other links to the same network access point The multimedia device can immediately know that new devices are added, so that the multimedia devices can share files with each other. Therefore, by using a multimedia device conforming to the UPnP specification, the user can easily link the multimedia devices to each other without installing any driver.

Although DLNA has the above convenience, the types of files that can be shared between multimedia devices are still quite limited. In addition to sharing photos more often, users also want to share the online videos they are watching. However, in the current DLNA application, when a user watches a network video on a multimedia device, it is still not easy to share the network video being viewed to other multimedia devices so that other users can view it together.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for playing webpage data under a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), including a digital media controller link to a digital media player; the digital media controller Linking to an internetwork via an access point; the digital media player is linked to the internet via the access point; the digital media controller transmits a web address to the digital media player; and the digit The media player plays the web page data of the web address.

Through the method of the invention, not only the files can be shared between the plurality of multimedia devices under the DLNA, but also the web pages or network videos being viewed can be shared.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of playing webpage data in a DLNA system 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The DLNA system 100 includes a digital media controller 10, a digital media player 20, and an access point. 50. The digital media controller 10 can be a smart phone, notebook, desktop or tablet, and the digital media controller 10 is linked to an internet 70 via an access point 50. The digital media player 20 can be a smart phone, a notebook or a tablet, or a device having a control interface and a display interface. The digital media player 20 includes a processor 40 that can be built in or external to the digital media player 20, and the digital media player 20 is also coupled to the Internet 70 via the access point 50. Through the arrangement of the first embodiment, the digital media controller 10 and the digital media player 20 are linked to each other via an access point 50 or other connection.

After being linked to the digital media player 20, the digital media controller 10 can transmit a web address 30 to the digital media player 20 according to the webpage information to be shared by the user. After receiving the webpage 30, the digital media player 20 will link the webpage 30 to the webpage 30 via the access point 50 to retrieve the webpage content. Although only one digital media player is depicted in FIG. 1, the digital media controller 10 can also simultaneously link to multiple digital media players and share the web address 30.

The access point 50 can be a network access point that has been linked to the Internet 70 to provide network connectivity to the digital media controller 10 and the digital media player 20. The digital media controller 10 and the access point 50 can be linked by wireless or wired, and the digital media player 20 and the access point 50 can also be connected by wireless or wired, and wireless. The link method includes wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth and other wireless communication technologies.

The URL 30 can be the URL of the web video website or the URL of the blog, or the URL of any website. When the user wants to share the network data viewed by the digital media controller 10 to the digital media player 20, the digital media controller 10 adds the website 30 of the website to be connected to a package, and then packages the packet. The digital media player 20 is configured to enable the digital media player 20 to execute the website 30 in the package to connect to the website to be connected and play the website's network data after receiving the packet.

In the first embodiment, the digital media player 20 plays the webpage data of the webpage 30 through the processor 40. Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of playing webpage data in the DLNA system 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The difference between the DLNA system 200 and the DLNA system 100 is that the digital media controller 10 is in the DLNA system 200. The digital media player 20 is controlled to receive a web address 32 transmitted by the server 60 to play the web page data of the web address 32, unlike the DLNA system 100 which transmits the web address 30 to the digital media player 20 by the digital media controller 10 itself. The server 60 can be a multimedia device such as a desktop computer, a tablet computer or a notebook computer, and the server 60 is externally connected to the digital media player 20 via a signal line, a network route or a wireless link.

In the second embodiment, after the digital media controller 10 is linked to the digital media player 20 and the server 60, the server 60 can transmit the web address 32 to the digital media player 20 according to the webpage data to be shared by the user. . After receiving the web address 32, the digital media player 20 will link to the web address 32 via the access point 50 to retrieve the web page to play the content of the web page. Although only one digital media player 20 and one server 60 are depicted in FIG. 2, the digital media controller 10 can simultaneously link to a plurality of digital media players and a plurality of servers, and control the devices to each other. Share webpage information. The webpage data of the website 32 may be the web address of the web video website or the web address of the blog, or the web address of any website. When the user shares the web address 32 to the digital media player 20 by the digital media controller 10 controlling the server 60, the server 60 adds the web address 32 of the website to be connected to a packet, and then transmits the packet. To the digital media player 20, the digital media player 20 can play the network data according to the website address 32 in the package after receiving the packet.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a flow chart of playing webpage data in the DLNA system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, which is described as follows:

Step 301: Linking the digital media controller 10 and the digital media player 20 to the access point 50;

Step 302: Linking the access point 50 to the Internet 70;

Step 303: The digital media controller 10 transmits the web address 30 of the Internet 70 to the digital media player 20;

Step 304: The digital media player 20 is linked to the web site 30 via the access point 50;

Step 305: The digital media player 20 plays the webpage data of the webpage 30.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a flow chart of playing webpage data in the DLNA system 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, which is described as follows:

Step 401: The digital media controller 10, the digital media player 20 and the server 60 are linked to the access point 50;

Step 402: Linking the access point 50 to the Internet 70;

Step 403: The digital media controller 10 controls the server 60 to transmit the web address 32 of the Internet 70 to the digital media player 20;

Step 404: The digital media player 20 is linked to the website 32 via the access point 50;

Step 405: The digital media player 20 plays the webpage data of the web address 32.

The use of wireless link technology, including wireless fidelity, Bluetooth, and any other wireless communication technology applicable to the method of the present invention, as mentioned in the embodiments of the present invention, is within the scope of the present invention. Through the method of the invention, not only the files can be shared between the plurality of multimedia devices under the DLNA, but also the web pages or the network videos being viewed can be shared with each other.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all changes and modifications made to the scope of the present invention should be within the scope of the present invention.

10. . . Digital media controller

20. . . Digital media player

30, 32. . . URL

40. . . processor

50. . . Access point

60. . . server

70. . . Internet

100, 200. . . DLNA system

301 to 305, 401 to 405. . . step

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of playing webpage data under DLNA according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram of playing webpage data under DLNA according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of playing webpage data under DLNA according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing the playing of webpage data under DLNA according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

10‧‧‧Digital Media Controller

20‧‧‧Digital Media Player

30‧‧‧ URL

40‧‧‧ processor

50‧‧‧ access point

70‧‧‧Internet

100‧‧‧DLNA system

Claims (7)

A method for playing webpage data under the Digital Living Network Alliance includes: linking a digital media controller and a digital media player to an access point; linking the access point to An internetwork; the digital media controller transmits a web address of the internet to the digital media player; the digital media player is linked to the web address via the access point; and the digital media player plays the Web page information for the URL. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital media controller transmits the web address to the digital media player, and the digital media controller transmits the web address to the digital media player in a packet. A method for playing webpage data under the Digital Living Network Alliance includes: linking a digital media controller, a digital media player, and a server to an access point; Pointing the link to an internetwork; the digital media controller controlling the server to transmit a web address of the internet to the digital media player; the digital media player is linked to the web address via the access point; The digital media player plays the web page data of the web address. The method of claim 3, wherein the digital media controller controls the server to transmit the web address to the digital media player, and the digital media controller controls the server to transmit the web address to the digital media player in a packet manner Device. The method of claim 1 or 3, wherein the webpage material of the webpage player playing the webpage comprises the webpage material of the webpage player playing the webpage through a built-in processor. The method of claim 1 or 3, wherein the digital media player plays the webpage data of the web address, and the digital media player plays the webpage data of the webpage through an external processor. The method of claim 6, wherein the external processor is a desktop computer, a tablet computer or a notebook computer.