TWI710252B - Device and method of adding a video/audio channel to a watchlist group on a tv - Google Patents

Abstract

This disclosure is related to a device and method of adding a video/audio channel to a watchlist group on a TV. The disclosure allows user to add the video/audio channel to the watchlist group as well as a stock which enables user to watch the stock quotes and the video/audio channel at the same time later on.

Description

Apparatus and method for adding video and audio channels to TV version self-selected group

The present invention relates to a stock quotation technology, and more particularly to a device and method for adding audio and video channels to a self-selected group for use in an Internet TV set-top box or smart TV.

According to Wikipedia, "Internet TV set box is a kind of TV Internet terminal device that began to emerge in 2012. It is also called Internet player, Internet high-definition player, TV companion, TV Boxes, network set-top boxes, etc. are often referred to as "boxes" for short. The operating system of the device is usually based on tvOS, Android or Linux, and connects to the Internet through physical lines such as Wifi wireless network or Ethernet. After connecting to the Internet, you can achieve online on-demand on traditional TV, online TV live broadcast, browsing the web, watching overseas TV and movies, and even playing games. Because the operation of some network set-top boxes is quite simple, the price is low, and they are very popular. As a result, some smart TVs on the market in recent years have even added Android and other systems to the TV motherboard, realizing a built-in traditional TV set-top box. "

Wikipedia also records that "Smart TV (Smart TV), also known as Internet TV, is a TV set with Internet and Internet of Things functions. Smart TVs can run a complete operating system and include a software platform. Supply software developers develop their own software to run on smart TVs. At present, smart TVs are mostly equipped with Android."

At present, the stock quotation software or stock trading software running on Internet TV set boxes or smart TVs can only allow users to listen to the quotations of self-selected stocks and the voice of news. For example: Prior Art One, the Republic of China Patent Certificate No. I496460, discloses a "Smart TV Stock Watch Personalized Voice Broadcasting Device and Method", which includes: a network module that provides networking functions; a memory, Install an operating system and store an application. The application includes: data receiving module, self-selected stock module, voice translation module and voice playback module. The processor executes the application program in the memory. The screen shows the screen presented by the application. The speaker plays the voice of the stock watching information. Prior art 1 disclosed how to allow users to listen to personalized (ie, self-selected stocks) quotation information and news information in the self-selected quotation view of smart TV, so that users can get the latest information without having to visually check the TV screen at any time.

Since the previous technology only allows users to listen to the voice announcements of self-selected stocks "quote information" and "news information", it cannot play other video and audio channels in the self-selected quotation view, and cannot allow users to select specific investment channels by themselves Or the financial channel is added to the free quote view. This means that the previous technology cannot meet the needs of users, and cannot allow users to watch other self-designed audio and video channels while watching the disc in the self-selected quotation view. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the method of the prior art, and use the resources of hardware and software to work together to propose a technology to add video and audio channels to the TV version of the optional group, so that users can add investment advisory channels or financial channels to their own selection. Group, so that different self-selected quotation views can have different self-set audio and video channels, so that you can watch specific audio and video channels in the self-selected quotation view while watching the disc, so as to make up for the shortcomings of the previous technology.

In view of this, the present invention proposes a way to add audio and video channels to the TV edition self-selection group The device and method of the group are applied to the Internet TV set-top box or smart TV, allowing users to add audio and video channels to any self-selected group, and the audio and video channels can be viewed in the corresponding self-selected quotation view .

The present invention provides a device for adding video and audio channels to a TV version optional group. The device includes: a network module for establishing an Internet network connection; a data transmission module for establishing a connection with a server To send or receive data: a self-selected stock editing module, according to a new self-selected command to add a financial product or a video and audio channel to a self-selected list of a self-selected group, according to a delete self-selected command The financial product or the video channel in the self-selected group is deleted, and the financial product or the video channel in the self-selected group in the self-selected stock list is modified according to a modify optional instruction; a self-selected stock quote module is based on The financial product included in the self-selected group of the self-selected stock list downloads corresponding quotation information from the server, generates a self-selected quotation view and displays it on a screen, and the self-selected quotation view contains the financial corresponding to the self-selected group A quotation box for the quantity of goods and an audio-visual playback frame corresponding to the number of audio-visual channels, and automatically adjust the display position of one of the quotation boxes to match the zoom of the audio-visual playback frame. The quotation box is used to present the financial The quotation information of the commodity, one of the quotation frame corresponds to one of the financial commodity, and the quotation frame is the same as the original size of one of the audio-visual playback frames, the audio-visual playback frame is used to present the audio-visual channel, and one the audio-visual playback frame is Corresponding to one of the audio and video channels; an audio and video operation module that receives an audio and video playback instruction to play a video or an audio of the audio and video channel, receives an audio and video stop instruction to stop playing the video or the audio, and receives an audio and video pause instruction To pause the video or the audio, receive a zoom-in command to enlarge and display the video and audio frame on the screen, and receive a restore command to restore the video and audio frame to the original size and display it on the screen: a Memory, install an operating system and store an application, the quotation information, the list of optional stocks, the video and the audio, the application includes the data transmission module, the optional stock editing module, and the optional stock quotation module Group and the audio-visual operation module; the screen is used to display the graphical user interface of the application; one or more processors connect the memory and the screen and execute the application.

The present invention is further. In some embodiments, the self-selected stock editing module further includes: receiving an edit position command to edit the financial product or the video channel in the self-selected group of the self-selected stock list in the self-selected quote view One arrangement position.

The present invention is a further step. In some embodiments, the audio-visual operation module further includes: when the audio-visual play frame obtains an onfocus attribute, automatically execute the audio-visual play command to play the corresponding audio-visual channel. Video or this audio.

The present invention is a further step. In some embodiments, the audio-visual operation module further includes: when the self-selected group corresponding to the self-selected quotation view is switched, the audio-visual play command is automatically executed to play the video or the video of the audio-visual channel. Audio.

The present invention is a further step. In some embodiments, when the audio-visual operation module receives the zoom-in instruction of the audio-visual playback frame, it automatically executes the audio-visual playback instruction to play the audio-visual channel corresponding to the amplified audio-visual playback frame. The video or the audio.

The present invention also proposes a method for adding video and audio channels to a TV version optional group, which is applied to an Internet TV set-top box or a smart TV. The method includes: establishing a connection with a server; according to a new optional command Add a financial product or a video and audio channel to a self-selected group of a self-selected stock list; upload the self-selected list to the server; according to the financial product contained in the self-selected group of the self-selected list from the server Download the corresponding quotation information; and, A self-selected quotation view is generated and displayed on a screen. The self-selected quotation view includes a quotation box corresponding to the quantity of the financial product of the self-selected group and an audio-visual playback frame corresponding to the quantity of audio and video channels. The quotation box is used for The quotation information of the financial product is presented, one of the quotation frames corresponds to one of the financial products, the audio-visual playback frame is used to present the audio-visual channel, and one audio-visual playback frame corresponds to one the audio-visual channel.

In some embodiments, the present invention further includes: receiving an edit position command to edit the position of the financial product or the video channel in the self-selected group of the self-selected stock list in one of the self-selected quote views.

The present invention is a further step. In some embodiments, it further includes: playing a video or an audio of the audio/video channel according to an audio/video playback instruction.

The present invention is further, in some embodiments, further comprising: when the video playback frame obtains an onfocus attribute, automatically execute the video playback command to play the video or the audio of the corresponding video channel.

The present invention is further, in some embodiments, further comprising: automatically executing the video playback instruction to play the video or the audio of the video and audio channel when the free group corresponding to the free quote view is switched.

The present invention is a further step. In some embodiments, it further includes: receiving a zoom-in command to enlarge and display the video playback frame on the screen, and automatically adjust the display position of one of the quotation frames to match the zoom of the video playback frame .

The present invention is a further step. In some embodiments, it further includes: receiving a restoration command to restore the video playback frame to an original size and display it on the screen.

The present invention is further, in some embodiments, further comprising: when receiving the zoom-in instruction of the audio-visual playback frame, automatically execute the audio-visual playback instruction to play the video or the audio-visual channel corresponding to the amplified audio-visual playback frame. The audio.

The detailed features and advantages of the present invention are described in detail in the following embodiments, and the content is sufficient to enable anyone familiar with the relevant art to understand the technical content of the present invention and implement it accordingly, and according to the content disclosed in this specification, the scope of patent application and the drawings Anyone who is familiar with the relevant art can easily understand the related purpose and advantages of the present invention.

10: Add video and audio channels to the TV version of the optional group device (such as: Internet TV box, TV stick)

12a, 12b, 12c: processor

14a, 14b: memory

16: application

18a, 18b: operating system

20a, 20b: network module

22: TV

24a, 24b: screen

26a, 26b: speaker

28: Add video and audio channels to the TV version of the optional group device (such as: smart TV)

30: Data Transmission Module

32: Self-selected stock editing module

34: Self-selected stock quote module

36: Audio-visual operation module

38: Audio and video playback frame

40: Optional Quotation View

42: Quote box

44: Overview view

Fig. 1 is a system function block diagram of the device according to the first embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a system function block diagram of the device according to the second embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 3 is a system function block diagram of the application program according to the embodiment of the present invention; Figure is a schematic diagram of an overview view of an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 5 is a schematic diagram (1) of a self-selected quotation view and an audio-visual playback frame in an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of an optional quotation view and audio-visual play frame according to an embodiment of the present invention Schematic diagram (2); Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of a self-selected quotation view and audiovisual playback frame (3) of an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of a self-selected quotation view and audiovisual playback frame (4) of an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 9 is a schematic diagram (5) of a self-selected quotation view and a video playback frame according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 10 is an operation flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention is used in IPTV Set-Top Box (Set-Top Box or Set-Top Unit), Smart TV or Chromecast TV Adapter. The application of the present invention (That is, stock quote software or stock trading software) is installed in the above-mentioned Internet TV set box, smart TV or TV dongle.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the system function block diagrams of the device in the first and second embodiments of the present invention that add audio and video channels to the TV version optional group. The legend only lists the core modules related to the embodiment of the present invention. The remaining modules are omitted and not depicted. Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram of the system of the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the video and audio channels are added to the TV version optional group device 10, that is, the Internet TV set-top box or TV dongle. The application 16 of this embodiment is executed in Add video and audio channels to the device 10 (Internet TV set box or TV dongle) of the TV version of the optional group. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the device 10 of the present invention for adding audio and video channels to the TV version optional group includes: one or more processors 12a, memory 14a, application programs 16, operating system 18a, and network module 20a . Among them, the memory 14a is installed with an operating system 18a and stored with application programs 16 (ie, stock quotation software or stock trading software); the processor 12a executes the operating system 18a to manage the hardware and software resources of the device 10 and execute application programs 16 contains a plurality of program instructions and implements the following modules in a cooperative manner of hardware and software: data transmission module 30, optional stock editing module 32, optional stock quotation module 34, and audio-visual operation module 36 (such as Figure 3): Operating system 18a such as Android TV, tvOS, Tizen, webOS, Opera TV...etc. The network module 20a is used to establish Internet network connection, such as: wired broadband, WLAN (Wi-Fi, etc.), mobile communication network (such as 3G, 4G, 5G...) and so on. Since the Internet TV set-top box or TV don’t have a display screen, the device 10 that adds audio and video channels to the TV version of the optional group must be connected to the TV 22 to use the screen 24a to display the graphics of the application 16. A user interface (GUI); the speaker 26a is used to emit the sound of the video or audio played by the video playback frame.

Figure 2 is a functional block diagram of the system of the second embodiment. In this embodiment, the device 28 that adds audio and video channels to the TV version optional group is a smart TV. The difference from the first embodiment is that the device 28 of this embodiment is an internal An operating system 18b, a screen 24b and a speaker 26b are built. Therefore, the graphical user interface of the application program 16 is directly displayed on the built-in screen 24b, and the sound of the video or audio played by the audio-visual playback frame is directly displayed on the built-in speaker 26b issued. Otherwise, the functions of the remaining modules of this embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, so they will not be described in detail.

Continuing to refer to Figure 3, the system function block diagram of the application 16 of the embodiment of the present invention includes: a data transmission module 30, an optional stock editing module 32, an optional stock quotation module 34, and an audio-visual operation module 36. Only the core modules related to a preferred embodiment of the present invention are listed, and the remaining modules are omitted and not depicted.

The data transmission module 30 is used to establish a connection with a server (i.e., a quotation server) to transmit or receive data. The so-called data includes uploading a list of self-selected stocks, uploading video and audio download instructions, receiving quotation information, and receiving videos (such as: The video file or video stream of the audio and video channel), the received audio (such as the audio file or audio stream of the audio and video channel)... etc., the data received by the data transmission module 30 is temporarily stored in the memory 14a, 14b. In some embodiments, the server that provides quotation information The server is the quotation server, and the server that provides the audio and video channel is the audio-visual server, both of which are two independent different servers or two independent different server clusters; in some embodiments, the server providing quotation information The server and the server providing audio and video channels are both the same server or the same server cluster.

The optional stock editing module 32 adds financial products or audiovisual channels to the optional group of the optional stock list according to the newly added optional instructions, and deletes the financial products or audiovisual channels in the optional group of the optional stock list according to the delete optional instructions, and, Modify the financial products or audiovisual channels in the optional group of the optional stock list according to the modify optional instructions (for example: modify the order of financial products or audiovisual channels in the optional stock list, modify the aliases of the user-defined audiovisual channels, modify financial products Or the optional group to which the audio and video channel belongs, or modify the arrangement position of the audio and video channel). The so-called self-selected stock list is a list of financial products and video channels that users choose to pay attention to. The self-selected stock list can contain multiple self-selected groups, such as: "selected group one", "selected group two", "optional Group 3"... and other groups, each self-selected group contains a plurality of self-selected financial products and audiovisual channels, and the user can edit the financial products and audiovisual channels of any self-selected group in the self-selected stock list (for example: add , Delete, modify). In some embodiments, the user can also edit the self-selected group, for example: add a self-selected group, delete a self-selected group, and modify the name of the self-selected group. In some embodiments, the self-selected stock list is stored in the memory 14a, 14b of the device 10, 28, and the self-selected stock quotation module 34 generates a self-selected subscription instruction according to the self-selected stock list and uploads it to the server. After receiving the optional subscription instruction, the server retrieves the corresponding quotation information from the database or the video/audio corresponding to the audio and video channel and transmits it to the devices 10 and 28. In some embodiments, the self-selected stock list is stored in the server, and the server retrieves the corresponding quotation information from the database according to the self-selected stock list or the corresponding audio and video channel The video/audio is then transmitted to the devices 10 and 28. In addition to the optional stock editing module 32 of the present invention, which allows users to edit optional financial products (a conventional technology), the more important technical feature is that the optional stock editing module 32 also allows users to edit audio and video channels by themselves. For example: the user can add "Financial Channel 123", "Financial Channel 124" and "Investment Channel Aaa" to "Optional Group One", and add "Investment Channel bbb" and "Financial Channel 125" to " Self-selected group 2", you can directly view the subscribed financial products and audiovisual channels in the corresponding self-selected quotation view when switching between different self-selected groups, so as to greatly save the time of operating the menus (not depicted). The video and audio channel I was watching. In some embodiments, adding a video and audio channel to the self-selected stock list stores the URL corresponding to the video and audio channel; in some embodiments, all the video and audio channels stored in the self-selected stock list have unique identification IDs as Representative, and the server side maintains a list to map the identification ID to the URL of the audio and video channel. In some embodiments, the self-selected stock editing module 32 further includes: receiving an edit position command to edit the arrangement position of the financial products or video channels in the self-selected group of the self-selected stock list in the self-selected quote view 40, for example: in the self-selected setting view (Not shown) or in the self-selected quotation view 40 (as shown in Figure 7), the user uses the arrow keys of the remote control to move the video playback frame 38 (to generate an edit position command) to determine the arrangement of the video channels in the self-selected quotation view 40 position.

The self-selected stock quotation module 34 downloads the quotation information of the financial product corresponding to the list from the server (ie, the quotation server) according to the self-selected group of the self-selected stock list, generates a self-selected quotation view 40 and displays it on the screens 24a, 24b. The optional quotation view 40 includes a quotation box 42 corresponding to the number of financial products in the optional group (that is, the number of quotation boxes 42 in the optional quotation view 40 is equal to the number of financial products in the optional group in the list of optional stocks) and the corresponding audio and video channels The number of audio and video playback boxes 38 (that is, the number of audio and video playback boxes 38 in the optional quotation view 40 is equivalent to that of the optional group The number of video and audio channels), and automatically adjust the display position of the quotation box to match the zoom of the video playback box 38. The self-selected quotation view 40 of the present invention is used to display the quotation information of the self-selected financial product, and also includes an audio-visual playback frame 38 for playing the video or audio of the audio-visual channel, so that the user can pay attention to the self-selected quotation view 40. Quotation information, while watching the video (for example: news of the financial channel, the stock release program of the investment advisory channel... etc.) or listen to the audio (for example: listening to the news voice of the financial channel, the stock release voice of the investment advisory channel... etc.). The financial product quotation information is presented in a quotation box 42. Each financial product corresponds to a quotation box, and the size of the quotation box is the same as the original size of the video playback frame 38 (that is, the size before being enlarged and displayed). The video or audio of the audio/video channel is presented in an audio/video playback frame 38, and one audio/video playback frame 38 corresponds to an optional audio/video channel.

The audio-visual operation module 36 receives an audio-visual play instruction to play the video or audio stored in the audio and video channels in the memory 14a, 14b, receives an audio-visual stop instruction to stop playing the video or audio, and receives an audio-visual pause instruction to pause the video or audio. The enlargement command is received to enlarge and display the audio-visual playback frame 38 on the screens 24a and 24b, and the restoration command is received to restore the audio-visual playback frame 38 to its original size and displayed on the screens 24a and 24b. In some embodiments, when the user switches to the self-selected group corresponding to the self-selected quotation view 40, the audio-visual download command is triggered. After receiving the audio-visual download command, the audio-visual operation module 36 downloads the corresponding self-selected group through the data transmission module 30 The video or audio of the video channel is stored in the memory 14a, 14b. Then, in some embodiments, when the corresponding self-selected group has only one audio and video channel, the audio and video playback instruction is directly triggered to play the video in the memory 14a, 14b in the audio and video playback frame 38. As for the audio of the video (ie, The audio track in the video) or the audio in the memory 14a, 14b is broadcasted by the speakers 26a, 26b; when the audio without video images is downloaded (such as the audio commentary of the investment channel), the audio and video playback frame 38 can be used to display the current playback Audio text information (such as: program name, brief content, Podcasting information of audio and video channels). The downloading and playing processes of these embodiments do not require manual operation by the user, for example: playing the pre-set advertisements, stock releases, financial news, etc. on the server side. In some embodiments, when there are a plurality of audio and video channels in the corresponding self-selected group, the audio and video playback command is triggered to play the videos in the memory 14a, 14b in all the audio and video playback frames 38 in a silent manner for the user to use Preview the videos of all self-selected audio channels in silent mode. In some embodiments, the audio-visual operation module 36 further includes: when the audio-visual playback frame 38 obtains the onfocus attribute, automatically execute the audio-visual playback command to play the corresponding audio-visual in a "non-silent mode" (ie, normal volume) The video or audio of the channel, for example, the user operates the arrow keys (not shown) on the remote control. When the cursor of the remote control stays on a certain video and audio playback frame 38, the video and audio playback frame 38 obtains the "attribute of focus." At this time, the video or audio is played at the normal volume (if it was originally in the mute mode, unmute). In some embodiments, when the audio-visual operation module 36 receives the zoom-in instruction of the audio-visual playback frame 38, it automatically executes the audio-visual playback instruction to play the amplified audio-visual playback frame 38 in a non-silent manner (ie, normal volume). The video or audio of the audio and video channel. For example, a certain audio and video playback frame 38 originally played the video of the audio and video channel in a silent mode, and the user operated the remote control to generate an amplification command (for example: double-click the OK button, or press One of the four-color shortcut keys, not shown), at this time, the enlarged video and audio playback frame 38 is magnified by a fixed ratio (such as "2 times 2" times), and the video or audio is played at normal volume at the same time. In the embodiment, the so-called fixed ratio is "2 times 2" times the original size (that is, the enlarged length is 2 times the original size, and the enlarged width is also 2 times the original size); in some embodiments Here, the so-called fixed ratio is "3 times 3" times the original size (that is, the enlarged length is 3 times the original size, and the enlarged width is also 3 times the original size). The audio-visual playback frame of the present invention 38 after zooming in, optional The stock quotation module 34 automatically adjusts the display position of the quotation information (ie, the quotation box) in the optional quotation view 40 to match the enlarged audio-visual playback frame 38, so as to prevent the quotation information from being hidden and displayed by the audio-visual playback frame 38. Similarly, when the audio-visual operation module 36 receives the restoration command and restores the audio-visual playback frame 38 to its original size and displays it on the screens 24a and 24b, the self-selected stock quotation module 34 automatically restores the quotation information in the self-selected quotation view 40 (quote frame 42). ) Display position to match the video playback frame 38 restored to its original size.

Referring to FIG. 4, a schematic diagram of an overview view 44 according to an embodiment of the present invention is displayed on the screen 24a or the screen 24b. The overview view 44 of an embodiment of the present invention can be used to view the quotation information of the same type of financial products (for example, the quotation of the cement industry, the food industry, the chemical industry, etc., not shown), or to view the same type of video and audio channels. Audio (as shown in the example). The legend in Figure 4 is the overview view 44 of the "Advisory Channels", which lists all the advisory channels that users can watch and subscribe to. This legend only uses simple text to mark different advisory channels in the video playback box 38 name. In some embodiments, the overview view 44 of the audio and video channel directly plays all videos in a silent mode, so that the user can preview part of the content of the audio and video channel in the audio and video playback frame 38. The user can operate the arrow keys on the remote control (ie, up, down, left, right, not depicted) to select the audio and video channel to watch (the remote control with a touchpad or touch screen can also be used for operation), and be selected The video and audio playback frame 38 is displayed with a highlighted effect, or a "cursor frame" is displayed on the outer layer of the "Aaa" video and audio playback frame 38 in the upper left corner of the figure. After selecting an audio and video channel, the user can use the remote control to select the corresponding quick button, for example, double-click the OK button to zoom in (generate an amplifying command) the audio and video channel. In order to facilitate the user to quickly check the audio and video channels of interest in the future, the user can directly use the remote control to generate a new optional command to add the audio and video channels to the optional group, for example: press one of the four-color quick keys on the remote control (Generate a new optional command), and then follow the prompts on the screen (not shown Type) to select which self-selected group you want to add to.

Referring to Fig. 5, a schematic diagram (1) of the optional quotation view 40 and the video playback frame 38 of an embodiment of the present invention, which are displayed on the screen 24a or the screen 24b. The legend illustrates that the optional quotation view 40 of this embodiment provides a corresponding number of quotation boxes 42 (ie, the number of quotation boxes 42 is equal to the number of financial products in the optional group of the optional stock list) to display the quotation information of the optional financial product. Each quotation box 42 corresponds to a financial product, such as: "weighted index", "Taiwan finger near", "Taiwan Cement", "China Steel", "Hon Hai"... etc., as well as the corresponding number of audio and video playback boxes 38 To display the audio and video channels selected by the user. The legend assumes that the user has added the two audio and video channels "Finance 123" and "investment aaa" to "Optional Group 1" from the new optional instruction operation steps in Figure 4, and the original size of the audio and video playback in this embodiment The frame 38 is the same size as the quotation frame 42. The audio-visual playing frame 38 of this embodiment allows the user to watch the quotation information of financial commodities in the optional quotation view 40 while watching or listening to the audio-visual channel played by the audio-visual playing frame 38. When the audio-visual playback frame 38 plays audio without video images (such as listening to the news voice of the financial channel, the stock market interpretation voice), the audio-visual playback frame 38 only needs to display simple audio-related text information (not depicted), so at this time The video playback frame 38 only needs to be displayed in the view in its original size. The cursor box in the legend stays at the quote box 42 of "weighted finger".

Refer to Fig. 6, which is a schematic diagram (2) of the optional quotation view 40 and the audio-visual playing frame 38 of an embodiment of the present invention. When the user is viewing the self-selected quotation view 40, if the video played by the video playback frame 38 is exactly what the user is interested in, the user can then use the remote control (the remote control of the box on the Internet TV, or the smart Move the cursor frame of the arrow key operation to the video playback frame 38 of the remote control of a type TV, and then press one of the four-color shortcut keys to generate the zoom finger Order) to enlarge the video and audio playback frame 38 to facilitate watching the video content. The optional group 1 of the legend has two audio and video channels set. In some embodiments, the videos of the two audio and video channels are played at the same time in a silent mode; in some embodiments, the cursor frame needs to be moved to one of the audio and video playback Frame 38 (get the onfocus attribute) will play its video; in some embodiments, the original audio and video channel played in a silent mode, when the cursor frame is moved to its audio and video playback frame 38, the volume is changed to normal volume (ie, unmute) Play.

Refer to Figure 7, a schematic diagram (3) of the optional quotation view 40 and the video playback frame 38 of an embodiment of the present invention. The legend illustrates that when the quotation frame 42 or the video playback frame 38 obtains the onfocus attribute, the user can use the shortcut keys of the remote control (For example: one of the four-color shortcut keys, press to generate an edit position command, not shown) to edit the arrangement position of the quote box 42 or the video playback box 38; then, use the arrow keys to move the quote box 42 or the video playback box 38; Finally, press the OK button on the remote control to save the latest quotation box 42 or video playback box 38 to the watchlist.

Referring to Figure 8, a schematic diagram (4) of the optional quotation view 40 and the audio-visual playback frame 38 in an embodiment of the present invention. The legend illustrates that the user enlarges and displays a certain audio-visual playback frame 38 in the optional quotation view 40 (for example: Operate the remote control "Double-click the OK button" to generate a zoom instruction). After receiving the zooming instruction, the audio-visual operation module 36 enlarges the audio-visual playback frame 38 at a fixed ratio, and also informs the self-selection stock quotation module 34 so that the self-selection stock quotation module 34 readjusts the arrangement of the quotation frame 42 to prevent the quotation information from being enlarged The video and audio playback frame 38 is shielded. The legend is to move the three quotation boxes 42 next to the original size audio-visual playback box 38 in Figure 7 to the next row for display. The legend is enlarged by a fixed ratio of "2 times 2" (that is, it occupies approximately 4 original size video and audio playback frames 38). If the user wants to restore the video playback frame 38 to its original size, he can operate the remote control (for example: "click the OK button twice" to generate a recovery command, or press one of the four-color hotkeys) to restore Into Figure 5 Show. Some other embodiments are zoomed in by a fixed ratio of "3 times 3" times (not shown), and the operation mode is the same as this embodiment, so it will not be described separately.

Refer to Figure 9, a schematic diagram (5) of the optional quotation view 40 and the audio-visual playback frame 38 of an embodiment of the present invention. The illustration illustrates that when the audio-visual playback frame 38 is enlarged in this embodiment, its window can be set to "movable" ( Moveable) attribute, the user can use the arrow keys on the remote control to arbitrarily move the enlarged video playback frame 38. In this embodiment, when the enlarged video and audio playback frame 38 is moved to a new position, the other quotation boxes 42 and the video and audio playback frame 38 will be rearranged to prevent the quote information from being obscured by the enlarged video and audio playback frame 38.

In some embodiments, the enlarged audio-visual playback frame 38 also has an "Always-On-Top" attribute. In these embodiments, the other quotation box 42 and the video playback box 38 will be shielded, so there is no need to rearrange them.

Refer to Figure 10, the operation flow chart of the embodiment of the present invention. The user uses the Internet TV set box, TV dongle or smart TV to execute the application 16 and adds the audio and video channels to the self-selected group, and finally switches to the self-selected quotation view 40 To view the quotation information of self-selected stocks and the operating flow of self-selected audio and video channels, please refer to Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, and Figure 5 at the same time. This process includes: Step S101: On device 10 Run the application program of the present invention 16. The user runs the application of the present invention on the device 10 (Internet TV set box or TV dongle) that adds the video and audio channel to the TV version of the optional group or the device 28 (smart TV) that adds the video and audio channel to the TV version of the optional group Program 16 (stock quote software or stock trading software).

Step S102: Establish a connection with the server. When the network modules 20a, 20b are established After the Internet is connected, the data transmission module 30 establishes a connection with a server (ie, a quotation server) to transmit or receive data. In some embodiments, before this step, the user needs to perform login verification operations with an account and password.

Step S103: Add the audio and video channel to the optional group of the optional stock list according to the newly added optional instruction. Suppose the user wants to add the frequently watched audio and video channels to the self-selected group of the self-selected stock list. In some embodiments, the user can search in the way of "search for audio and video channels", and select the search results with the remote control Then press one of the four-color shortcut keys (to generate a new optional command) to add audio and video channels to the selected optional group; in some embodiments, the user can view the overview 44 (as shown in Figure 4), Browse all audio and video channels, and then use the arrow keys (to move the cursor frame) and shortcut keys (to generate new optional commands) on the remote control to add audio and video channels to the selected optional group. After the self-selected stock editing module 32 receives the new self-selected instruction, it adds the self-selected audio and video channels to the self-selected group of the self-selected list. Among them, in some embodiments, the video channel is added to the self-selected stock list to store the URL corresponding to the video channel; in some embodiments, all the video channels stored in the self-selected stock list are represented by unique identification IDs , And the server side maintains a list to map the identification ID to the URL of the video channel. After the self-selected stock editing module 32 executes the newly added self-selected command, the self-selected stock list is stored in the memory 14a, 14b of the device 10, 28.

Step S104: Upload the self-selected stock list to the server. After the self-selected stock list is updated (for example, a self-selected financial product or video channel is added), the self-selected stock list is uploaded to the server through the data transmission module 30.

Step S105: Download the quotation information of the corresponding financial product according to the self-selected stock list. Suppose the user switches to the self-selected quotation view 40 by operating the remote control, and the self-selected stock quotation module 34 According to the self-selected stock list, the quotation information of the corresponding financial product is downloaded through the data transmission module 30 and stored in the memory 14a, 14b.

Step S106: The self-selected quotation view 40 is generated and displayed on the screens 24a and 24b. After downloading the quotation information of the corresponding financial product, the self-selected stock quotation module 34 generates a self-selected quotation view 40. The self-selected quotation view 40 includes the audio and video playback frame 38 corresponding to the number of audio channels in the self-selected group, and the financial product in the corresponding self-selected group Quotation box 42 for the quantity. Each self-selected audio and video channel corresponds to an audio-visual playback frame 38, and each self-selected financial product corresponds to a quotation frame 42. The size of the quotation frame is the same as the original size of the audio-visual playback frame 38, as shown in Fig. 5.

The operation method of the present invention can be interchanged between step S105 and step S106. In some embodiments, when the user switches to the self-selected quotation view 40 by operating the remote control, step S105 is executed first, and then step S106 is executed, which means first Download the quotation information and then generate the self-selected quotation view 40; in some embodiments, when the user selects to switch to the self-selected quotation view 40 by operating the remote control, step S106 is performed first and then step S105 is performed, which means that the self-selected quotation view is generated first 40 (At this time, there is no quotation information in the view, only a blank form is displayed, not drawn) Then download the quotation information, and update the display of the optional quotation view 40 after downloading.

Step S107: Download the audio and video channel from the server and play it in the audio and video playback frame 38. In some embodiments, after the user switches to the self-selected quotation view 40 (ie, the self-selected quotation view 40 is displayed on the screens 24a, 24b), the audio-visual download instruction is automatically triggered, and the audio-visual operation module 36 automatically triggers the audio-visual download instruction after receiving the audio-visual download instruction. The video or audio of all self-selected audio and video channels is downloaded through the data transmission module 30 and stored in the memory 14a, 14b. Next, the optional group 1 in the legend in Figure 5 sets two audio and video channels. In some embodiments, the audio and video operation module 36 plays simultaneously in a silent mode. Play the video of two audio and video channels; in some embodiments, the user needs to move the cursor frame to one of the audio and video playback frames 38 (with the onfocus attribute) to play the video, as shown in Figure 6; in some embodiments , The audio and video channel that was originally played in mute mode, when the cursor box is moved to its audio and video playback frame 38, it will be played at normal volume (that is, unmute).

It is understandable for different embodiments of the present invention that the program instructions executed by the computer can execute each block in the flowchart, a combination of blocks in the flowchart, and the steps in each embodiment. These program instructions are provided to a processor to operate to generate a machine or generate resources for hardware and software to work together, so that when the instructions are executed on the processor, they will be generated to perform the actions specified in the flowchart blocks Or technical effect components. Different sets of program instructions can also enable at least some of the operation steps shown in the flowchart blocks to be performed in parallel, and the technical content expressed by each program instruction of an application program may vary according to different embodiments. Furthermore, some of these steps can also be performed on more than one processor, such as the coordinated operation of the microprocessor and the peripheral interface processor in the device of the present invention. In addition, without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention, one or more blocks or combinations of blocks in the flowchart can also be performed simultaneously with other blocks or block combinations, or even in a different order than shown. For example, in some embodiments, step S105 and step 106 are performed simultaneously. In some embodiments, step S105 is performed first and then step S106 is performed, and in some embodiments, step S106 is performed first and then step S105 is performed.

Therefore, the blocks of the flowchart of the present invention support a combination of components for performing specified actions or technical effects, a combination of steps for performing specified actions or technical effects, and program instruction components for performing specified actions or technical effects. It can also be understood that these specified actions or technical effects are implemented by special-purpose hardware-based systems or special-purpose hardware and program instructions. Each block of the flowchart of the present invention and the block combination of the flowchart.

In summary, the present invention proposes a technology for adding audio and video channels to a TV version of the optional group, which solves the problem that the prior art cannot allow users to add optional audio and video channels in the optional quotation view. In addition to paying attention to the quotation information, watching or Listening to the audio and video channels, you can also centrally manage the audio and video channels you choose, which makes up for the shortcomings of the previous technology.

Although the technical content of the present invention has been disclosed in the preferred embodiments as above, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with this technique and makes some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit of the present invention should be covered by the present invention Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention shall be subject to the scope of the attached patent application.

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A device for adding video and audio channels to a TV version optional group. The device includes: a network module to establish an Internet network connection; a data transmission module to establish a connection with a server to send or Receive data; a self-selected stock editing module, according to a new self-selected command, add one of a plurality of financial products or at least one of a plurality of audiovisual channels to one of at least one self-selected group of a self-selected list, and delete according to one The optional instruction deletes the financial product or the audio channel in the optional group of the optional stock list, and modifies the financial product or the audio channel in the optional group of the optional stock list according to a modify optional instruction; A self-selected stock quotation module downloads corresponding quotation information from the server based on the financial product contained in the self-selected group of the self-selected stock list, generates a self-selected quotation view and displays it on a screen. The self-selected quotation view includes At least one quotation box corresponding to the quantity of the at least one financial product in the self-selected group and at least one audio-visual playback frame corresponding to the quantity of at least one audio-visual channel, one quotation box corresponds to one financial product to present the financial product The quotation information, one of the audio-visual playback frame corresponds to one of the audio-visual channels to present the audio-visual channel; wherein, the self-selected stock quotation module receives a magnification command to enlarge and display the audio-visual playback frame on the screen, and automatically adjust the A display position of the quotation box to match the zoom of the audio-visual playback frame; an audio-visual operation module that receives an audio-visual playback command to play a video or an audio of the audio-visual channel; a memory that installs an operating system and stores an application The program, the quotation information, the watchlist, the video or the audio of the video and audio channel, the application contains the information Transmission module, the optional stock editing module, the optional stock quotation module and the audio-visual operation module; the screen is used to display the graphical user interface of the application: and, one or more processors, connected The memory and the screen and execute the application. The device for adding video and audio channels to a TV version of the optional group as described in claim 1, wherein the optional stock editing module further includes: receiving an edit position command to edit the financial product in the optional group of the optional stock list Or the video channel is arranged in one of the optional quotation views. The device for adding audio and video channels to a TV version optional group as described in claim 1, wherein the audio and video operation module further includes: when the audio and video playback frame obtains an onfocus attribute, automatically execute the audio and video playback command to Play the video or the audio of the corresponding video and audio channel. The device for adding video and audio channels to a TV version optional group as described in claim 1, wherein the video operation module further includes: when the optional group corresponding to the optional quote view is switched, the video playback command is automatically executed to Play the video or the audio of the video channel. The device for adding video and audio channels to the TV version on-demand group as described in claim 1, wherein the video and audio operation module further includes: receiving a video stop command to stop playing the video or the audio, or receiving a video to pause playback Command to pause the video or the audio, or receive a zoom-in command to zoom in and display the video and audio frame on the screen. The device for adding audio and video channels to the TV version optional group as described in claim 5, where When the audio-visual operation module receives the amplification instruction of the audio-visual playback frame, it automatically executes the audio-visual playback instruction to play the video or the audio of the audio-visual channel corresponding to the amplified audio-visual playback frame. The device for adding audio and video channels to the TV version optional group as described in claim 1, wherein one of the four-color shortcut keys of a remote control corresponding to the device can be set to correspond to one of the following commands: Self-selection command, a zoom-in command, a restore command or an edit position command. A method for adding video and audio channels to a TV version optional group, applied to a network TV set-top box or a smart TV, the method includes: establishing a connection with a server; according to a new optional command to add a plurality of financial Add at least one or more audio and video channels to at least one of at least one self-selected group of a self-selected stock list; upload the self-selected list to the server; according to the self-selected stock list contained in the self-selected group The financial product downloads the corresponding quotation information from the server; generates a self-selected quotation view and displays it on a screen. The self-selected quotation view contains a quotation box corresponding to the number of the financial product in the self-selected group and the corresponding video and audio channel A number of audio-visual playback frames, one of the quotation frames corresponds to one financial product to present the quotation information of the financial commodity, and one audio-visual playback frame corresponds to one audio-visual channel to present the audio-visual channel; receiving a zoom command to display The video playback frame is enlarged and displayed on the screen; and, Automatically adjust the display position of one of the quotation boxes to match the zoom of the video playback box. The method for adding an audio and video channel to a TV version of the optional group according to claim 8, which further comprises: receiving an edit position command to edit the financial product or the audio and video channel in the optional group of the optional stock list. Arrange the position in one of the optional quotation views. The method for adding an audio/video channel to a TV version optional group as described in claim 8, which further includes: playing a video or an audio of the audio/video channel according to an audio/video playback command. The method for adding audio and video channels to a TV version optional group as described in claim 8, which further includes: when the audio and video playback frame obtains an onfocus attribute, automatically execute the audio and video playback instruction to play the corresponding The video or the audio of the audio and video channel. The method for adding video and audio channels to a TV version of the optional group as described in claim 8, which further includes: when the optional group corresponding to the optional quotation view is switched, automatically execute the video and audio playback command to play the video and audio channels The video or the audio. The method for adding video and audio channels to a TV version on-demand group as described in claim 8, which further includes: receiving a video stop command to stop playing the video or the audio; or, receiving a video pause command to pause the playback of the video Video or this audio. The method of adding video and audio channels to the TV version optional group as described in claim 13, where When receiving the zoom-in instruction of the audio-visual playback frame, the audio-visual playback instruction is automatically executed to play the video or the audio of the audio-visual channel corresponding to the amplified audio-visual playback frame. The method for adding video and audio channels to the TV version optional group as described in claim 8, wherein one of the four-color shortcut keys of a remote control corresponding to the device can be set to correspond to one of the following commands: Self-selection command, a zoom-in command, a restore command or an edit position command.

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