WO2005109868A1 - Procede pour ameliorer l'efficacite d'extraction d'une eit - Google Patents

Procede pour ameliorer l'efficacite d'extraction d'une eit Download PDF

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WO2005109868A1
WO2005109868A1 PCT/CN2005/000625 CN2005000625W WO2005109868A1 WO 2005109868 A1 WO2005109868 A1 WO 2005109868A1 CN 2005000625 W CN2005000625 W CN 2005000625W WO 2005109868 A1 WO2005109868 A1 WO 2005109868A1
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    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
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    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43Processing 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
    • H04N21/434Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream
    • H04N21/4345Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream

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  • the invention relates to a method for improving the extraction efficiency of event information (EIT), and belongs to the technical field of digital television reception.
  • Digital TV receiving equipment refers to hardware equipment that can receive, decode, and display digital TV signals. It is used in the field of digital TV and is a terminal for the realization of digitalization of analog TV (see Figure 1). Digital television receiving equipment receives digital image and data information. Therefore, unlike traditional analog television signal receiving and processing, digital television receiving equipment receives and processes digital image information and data through its internal CPU. And peripheral devices connected to it. The receiving system is based on the corresponding hardware and operating system to develop applications suitable for digital television receiving equipment; Similarly, some professional digital broadcast content service providers also need to develop according to the hardware performance and functions of different digital television receiving equipment Corresponding service software.
  • TS stream transport stream
  • the transmission stream is modulated to form an electromagnetic signal and transmitted to a digital television receiving device.
  • set-top box The working principle of digital TV receiving equipment (set-top box) is as follows-
  • the tuning / selection module receives electromagnetic signals and selects a certain range of bandwidth.
  • the demodulation module converts signals into data streams (Bitstreams
  • the demultiplexing module extracts the desired information from the data streams (Bitstreams) and provides it to different decoders in a suitable manner. It includes a descrambler that cooperates with the conditional access module.
  • the video decoding module converts the video bit stream in the displayed image sequence.
  • the audio decoding module converts the audio bit stream in the analog audio signal.
  • the graphics engine creates the graphics layer and mixes it with the video in the PAIJNTSC analog signal request before sending it.
  • the front control panel is responsible for interpreting user commands issued by the remote control, wireless keyboard or front panel.
  • the video bit stream and audio bit stream are mixed with the image through the image processor, and become analog audio and video signals, which are output to the display screen (TV).
  • the data stream flows into the CPU through the demultiplexer and is processed by the system program running on the central processing unit (CPU). The processed results can be mixed with the audio and video streams and output to the display device.
  • the EIT Event Information Table
  • the EIT is a commonly used data table in digital TV service information. It provides information on events included in a service in chronological order.
  • the flexible structure defined by the event information table To transmit a variety of information, and can be extended to transmit user-defined data.
  • the event information table When transmitting in the network, the event information table is cut into event information segments and encapsulated in TS (Transport stream) packets, each of which has a complete structure. After the receiving device receives the TS packet, the original fragment is decomposed by the demultiplexer (Demux).
  • the event information table is cyclically broadcast in the network at certain time intervals. The content of the broadcast may change with time, which is determined by the data broadcasting system.
  • the data transmitted in the event information table is the basis of the electronic program guide (EPG) application, and can also be used to serve other applications, such as data broadcasting.
  • EPG electronic program guide
  • the receiving equipment is directly extracted from real-time digital TV signals when needed. Due to the large data content of the event information table, the receiving device generally does not have enough space to store all the information, and at the same time the event information table broadcast has a longer period.
  • the disadvantage of this method of receiving directly from the network is the waiting time. Long, up to several seconds to ten seconds, which is not conducive to the development of applications that require fast response.
  • the data received from the network is in the original format, and the available data can be obtained after parsing. If there are multiple applications that need to use the event information, the same data may be fetched and parsed multiple times, which is wasted. System resources.
  • the method of the present invention is a solution proposed for the deficiency of traditional technology. Summary of the invention
  • the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for improving the efficiency of event information extraction.
  • the advantage of this method is to pre-load event information data by dynamically setting a buffer area in digital television reception, so that applications can directly buffer data from the data. Data is extracted from the area, thereby improving the efficiency of receiving and accessing event information data.
  • a data buffer is set in the memory of the digital television receiving device, and the event information table data obtained in advance from the digital television data signal (data stream, or TS stream), the event information table data is parsed, the data required by the application is obtained, and the data is It is stored in the data buffer, and the required data is directly extracted from the data buffer during application.
  • This method implements an event information manager in a digital television receiving device, which consists of five parts (as shown in Figure 2): Today Engine: responsible for providing external shared interfaces, and coordinate the task execution of each module of the system; Today Loader: responsible for loading EPG table data, and provide it to the Analyzer module;
  • Cache Responsible for storing related EPG data, and providing sorting and retrieval functions
  • ⁇ Monitoring Responsible for monitoring the version changes of the EPG table data, and notify the Loader to load the data.
  • the technical design of the present invention is mainly divided into the following contents:
  • Step 1 Load event information data from the transport stream (TS stream);
  • Step 2 Parse according to specific information data, release unnecessary data to save memory space
  • Step 3 Store specific content in data buffer, and sort according to time series (see Figure 3 for data storage structure) );
  • Step 4 Applications can be sorted through the interface provided by Engine as needed.
  • a further feature of the technical solution of the present invention is that a Monitoring module is designed to monitor changes in event information data. If it detects a change, it can notify the application by sending an event, and the application can instruct the Engine module to update the data in the cache.
  • the technical solution of the present invention is further characterized in that when loading data, the priority of time information data can be automatically processed according to the time series.
  • the EIT information of the nth day of some services such as Service A
  • the cache is not enough
  • the EIT information of some services such as Service B
  • the technical solution of the present invention is further characterized in that when accessing data, it performs retrieval according to time requirements. That is, it can return all data for a certain period of time as needed, which is convenient for applications to display these data.
  • the present invention has the advantages that a modular event information manager is designed, which provides an application with a method for efficiently accessing event information by loading, parsing, caching, and monitoring event information.
  • This method can return time-ordered data to the application, so that the application can display event information in order.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the operation of digital television equipment.
  • the digital TV signal enters the receiving device and is processed by the demodulation and demultiplexing module to separate the audio and video signals from the data signal.
  • the event information data carried in the data signal is processed and stored for display on the TV screen.
  • Figure 2 shows the block diagram of the module of the event information manager. Each module has a certain design structure and function.
  • Figure 3 shows the storage structure of the event information. The parsed event descriptor is linked to the structure of the event according to its type, which is convenient for application extraction.
  • Figure 4 shows two threads created by the present invention: loader thread and monitor thread. This is created when the method is initialized. There is no direct connection between these two threads, they are all connected to the outside world through Engine submodules (components).
  • FIG 6 is a diagram of the EIT data loading process, which indicates that the data flow is mainly EITs information passed between the three sub-modules of Loader, Analyzer and Cache.
  • Figures 5 and 6 illustrate the key to the operation flow of the Loader module.
  • FIG. 7 shows the working method of the Monitoring module in this method.
  • the main part of Monitoring is the Monitor thread.
  • the Engine module that loads the data.
  • the Loader module receives the LOAD message, it calls the digital TV equipment demultiplexing driver to load the relevant data.
  • the Loader module receives the data and calls the Analyzer module to parse it, and then talks about storage and cache.
  • Embodiment 1 Filling the cache
  • Cache filling is performed by the application (the system's Navigator, EPG application, or some other application). Before starting the Engine (that is, before using the event information manager), you must call the initialization function to initialize the Cache module.
  • the cache can be filled in the following ways:
  • the Loader module can also be loaded in units of days;
  • Implicit loading In an application, whenever switching to a new TS stream, the application calls the event loading function to load data, which indicates the current time when the MBT_EC_EV_EBGINE_DATA_LOADED event is received. The loading of the EPG data of the TS stream is completed; if the previous loading has not been completed and the channel is to be switched to the new TS stream, the stop loading function needs to be called to stop the loading before the switching, and the EPG information of the new TS stream is loaded;
  • Embodiment 2 Loading event information
  • Event information is loaded through the Loader module, and its working steps are as follows:
  • the Loader module mainly runs in the loader thread. It has 2 callbacks:
  • LoaderActivateEvent * event Through LoaderActivateEvent, Loader obtains the parameters related to the data to be loaded, and starts the DataLoad driver to load the data;
  • DataReceivedCallback (DataLoadedEvent * event): Get the loaded data (EIT sections) through DataLoadedEvent, Loader, and then call the relevant functions of Analyzer for data analysis. When no data is loaded, the loader thread is in a "waiting" state.
  • the Loader module defines the following 6 messages:
  • TO_START, TO_STOP are Engine module or Monitoring module. When they require Loader to load data, they are sent to Loader module. Loader module should be known to explore TS (ts —Id identifies) the data to be loaded. The other events mentioned above are events broadcast to the outside by the Loader submodule. After receiving the relevant message, ActivateCallbackO performs the following processing:
  • DataReceivedCallbackO is used to monitor digital TV receiving equipment demultiplexing driving data loading events.
  • the Loader sub-module broadcasts the MBT_EC_EV_ENGINE_DATA_LOADED event to the outside after receiving all the EIT data on the TS.
  • the Loader module After the Loader module receives the EIT data, it synchronously calls the analysis function of the Analyzer submodule to parse the EIT table. The parsed data is stored directly in the cache.
  • EPG Electronic Program Guide
  • the general implementation of an electronic program guide is to form a program guide by using the event information broadcast by the front-end system, which may include the start time, duration, and content introduction of a program.
  • the steps for an EPG application to obtain data from the cache are as follows:
  • the EPG When the EPG is started, it is generally displayed in the form of a grid, and according to a certain time window, the information acquisition function is called to obtain the required event information;

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一种提高事件信息提取效率的方法
技术领域
本发明涉及一种提高事件信息 (EIT)提取效率的方法, 属于数字电视接收技术领域。
背景技术
数字电视接收设备泛指能够接收、 解码和显示数字电视信号的硬件设备, 它应用于数 字电视领域, 是模拟电视数字化得以实现的终端(见图 1 )。数字电视接收设备所接收的是 数字化的图像和数据信息, 因此, 不同于传统的模拟电视信号的接收与处理, 数字电视接 收设备对数字化的图像信息和数据的接收及处理是通过其内部的 CPU及与其相连接的外 围器件进行的。 接收系统就是在相应的硬件及操作系统的基础上开发出数字电视接收设备 适用的应用程序; 同样, 一些专业的数字广播内容服务商也需要根据不同的数字电视接收 设备的硬件性能和功能开发出相应的服务软件。
在电视台或电视运营商的广播设备中,音视频信号与数据内容经过前端的复用器混合, 形成传输流 (TS流)。 传输流经过调制形成电磁信号传送到数字电视接收设备中。 数字电 视接收设备 (机顶盒)工作的原理如下-
♦ 调谐 /选择模块接受到电磁信号并选择一定范围的带宽。
♦ 解调模块把信号转换为数据流(Bitstreams
♦ 解复用模块从数据流(Bitstreams) 中抽出期望信息并将其以合适的方式提供给不 同的解码器, 它包括与条件接收模块合作的解扰器。
♦ 视频解码模块转换显示的图像序列中的视频位流。
♦ 音频解码模块转换模拟音频信号中的音频位流。
♦ 图形引擎建立图形层在发送之前将其和对 PAIJNTSC的模拟信号请求中的视频混 合。
♦ 前面控制板部分负责解释通过接收遥控器、 无线键盘或前面板发出的用户命令。 视频位流与音频位流经过图像处理器与图像相混合, 变成模拟的音视频信号, 输出到 显示屏(电视机)上。数据流则通过解复用器流入到 CPU中, 由在中央处理器(CPU)上 运行的系统程序进行处理。处理的结果可以与音视频流一起进行混合,输出到显示器件上。
事件信息表(EIT— Event Information Table)是数字电视业务信息中的一种常用数据表 格, 它按时间顺序提供了一个业务所包含的事件的信息。 事件信息表定义的灵活的结构可 以传输多种信息, 并可以被扩展以传输用户自定义的数据。 在网络中传输时, 事件信息表 被切分成事件信息段并封装在传输流 (TS— Transport stream) 包中, 其中每一段都具有完 整的结构。 在接收设备收到 TS包后, 由解复用器(Demux) 分解出原始的片段。 事件信 息表在网络中以一定时间间隔循环广播, 广播的内容可能随时间而改变, 这由数据播发系 统决定。
事件信息表中传输的数据是电子节目指南 (EPG)应用的基础, 同时也可用来为其它 应用服务, 如数据广播等。
在现有的数字电视接收设备技术中, 一般没有定义明确的事件信息表数据的接收、 存 储、 和解析技术, 而且也没有事件信息的变化自动监测技术和排序检索技术。 一般的接收 设备都是当需要用时直接从实时的数字电视信号中提取。 由于事件信息表的数据含量大, 接收设备一般没有足够的空间用来保存所有的信息, 同时事件信息表广播又有一个较长的 周期, 这种直接从网络接收的方法的缺点就是等待的时间长, 最长可达几秒到十几秒, 不 利于开发要求快速响应的应用。 而且, 从网络接收到的数据为原始格式, 经过解析处理才 能得到可用的数据,如果有多个应用都需要使用事件信息,就可能出现多次取同样的数据、 多次解析的情况, 浪费了系统的资源。
本发明的方法就是针对传统技术的不足而提出的解决办法。 发明内容
本发明要解决的技术问题是提供一种提高事件信息提取效率的方法, 该方法的好处就 是通过动态地在数字电视接收中设置缓存区, 来预先装载事件信息数据, 使得应用可以直 接从数据缓冲区中提取数据, 从而提高事件信息数据的接收和访问效率。
本发明通过以下的技术方案使以上问题得到解决。 在数字电视接收设备的内存中设置 一个数据缓冲区, 从数字电视数据信号 (数据流, 或者 TS流) 中预先获取的事件信息表 数据, 解析事件信息表数据, 获取应用需要的数据, 将数据存储于数据缓冲区, 应用时直 接从数据缓冲区中提取所需的数据。
下面详细说明本发明的技术方案。
本方法的步骤:
本方法是在数字电视接收设备中实现一个事件信息管理器, 它由五个部分组成(如图 2所示): 今 Engine: 负责提供对外共用接口, 并且协调该系统各个模块的任务执行; 今 Loader: 负责装载 EPG表格数据, 并提供给 Analyser模块;
今 Analyzer: 负责解析有关的 EPG数据, 并且储存在 Cache中;
今 Cache: 负责存储有关的 EPG数据, 并提供排序、 检索功能;
々 Monitoring:负责 Monitor EPG表格数据的版本变化,并通知 Loader进行数据的装载。 本发明的技术设计主要分为以下几个内容:
第一步: 从传输流(TS流) 中载入事件信息数据;
第二步: 根据具体的信息数据进行解析, 释放不需要的数据以节省内存空间; 第三步: 将具体的内容存储在数据缓冲区中, 同时根据时间序列进行排序(数据存储 结构见图 3 );
第四步: 应用程序便可根据需要通过 Engine提供的接口进行排序。
本发明的技术方案的进一步的特征, 在于设计了一个 Monitoring模块, 它用来监控事 件信息数据的变化。 如果它检测到了变化, 便可以通过发送事件的方式通知应用程序, 应 用程序便可以指示 Engine模块将 Cache中数据更新。
本发明的技术方案的进一步的特征在于, 在装载数据时, 能够根据时间序列自动处理 时间信息数据的优先级。也就是说,在数据装载过程中,有可能出现某些 Service (如 Service A) 的第 n天 EIT信息还没有装载而缓存已不够了, 而有些 Service (比如 Service B) 的 EIT信息已装到第 m天了 (m>n), 此时需要 EPGCache能够自动清除至少 Service A的第 m天 (甚至第 m-1天) 的信息 (m=n+l的情况除外, 而装载 Service B的第 n天的信息。 也就是说, 尚未装载的时间更接近的 EIT信息具有更高的优先级, 它们应该被装载。
本发明的技术方案的进一步的特征在于, 在访问数据时, 它根据时间要求进行检索。 也就是说, 它可以根据需要返回一定时间段的所有数据, 这样便于应用来显示这些数据。 与背景技术相比, 本发明的优点是- 设计了一个模块化的事件信息管理器,它通过装载、解析、缓存和监控事件信息, 给应用提供了一个高效访问事件信息的方法。
今 本方法能够向应用返回依时间序列排序的数据, 这样应用便可以依次顺序显示事 件信息。
今 本方法将解析的数据存储于缓存中, 当多个应用同时访问数据时, 无需在此装载 和解析数据, 大大节省了数据访问的时间。 下面结合附图, 对本发明的方法作进一步的说明。 附图说明
图 1是数字电视设备工作的框图。 数字电视信号进入接收设备, 经过解调和解复用模 块的处理, 将音视频信号和数据信号分开, 数据信号中所携带的事件信息数据经过处理和 存储, 用于显示在电视机屏幕上。
图 2显示了事件信息管理器的模块组成框图。 各个模块具有一定的设计结构和功能。 图 3表示了事件信息的存储结构, 经过解析的事件描述子依据其种类与事件的结构联 系在一起, 便于应用的提取。
图 4表示了本发明创建的两个线程: loader thread与 monitor thread。 这在本方法的初 始化时创建。这两个线程之间并没有直接的联系, 它们都是通过 Engine子模块(组件)与 外界联系。
图 5表示的 loader线程 (loader thread)事件处理状态变化,
图 6是 EIT数据装载过程图, 它表示数据流主要是在 Loader、 Analyzer与 Cache三个 子模块之间传递的 EITs信息。 图 5和图 6示例说明了 Loader模块的操作流程关键。
图 7显示了本方法中 Monitoring模块的工作方法。 Monitoring的主要部分是 Monitor 线程。当它监测到 EIT的变化时,它只是 Engine模块去装载数据。 Loader模块接收到 LOAD 的消息时, 调用数字电视设备解复用驱动去装载相关的数据。 当相应的 EIT数据得到时, Loader模块接收数据并调用 Analyzer (解析)模块进行解析, 然后讲述存储与 Cache中。
以下结合附图和具体的实施实例对本发明作进一步的详细说明。 具体实施方式
1 ) 实施方式 1 : Cache的充填
Cache的充填由应用程序(系统的 Navigator、 EPG应用或某个其它的应用)来执行。 在启动 Engine之前(即在使用事件信息管理器之前), 必须先调用依初始化函数将 Cache 模块初始化。 Cache的充填可采用下列方式:
( 1 ) 显式装载: 在接收设备系统设置应用中, 有一特定的" EPG信息扫描"菜单, 调 用此菜单后, 系统设置应用根据接收设备 SI数据库中的 TS信息, 以天为单位逐 个地将 EIT信息载入 Cache中。 在装载过程中, 如果有多个 TS流, 还需自动调谐 到相应的 TS流, 装载相应的数据。 Loader模块还可以天为单位进行装载;
(2) 隐式装载: 在一应用中, 每当切换到一个新的 TS流上时, 应用调用事件装载函 数装载数据, 在收到 MBT— EC— EV—EBGINE— DATA— LOADED事件时表示当前 TS流的 EPG数据装载完成; 如果上一次的装载尚未完成而频道将要切换到新的 TS流, 在切换之前需要调用停止装载函数停止此次装载, 而进行新的 TS流的 EPG信息装载;
(3 ) 电子节目指南应用进行装载: 当电子节目指南应用获取所需的事件信息而未果 时, 调用事件装载函数要求装载指定的频道的指定天和时间段的 EPG信息。
2) 实施方式 2: 事件信息的装载
事件信息 (EIT) 的装载是通过 Loader模块来进行的, 其工作步骤如下:
Loader模块主要是在 loader线程中运行, 它具有 2个 callback:
1 ) ActivateCallback(LoaderActivateEvent *event):通过 LoaderActivateEvent, Loader获 取需要装载的数据有关参数, 并启动 DataLoad驱动来 load数据;
2) DataReceivedCallback(DataLoadedEvent *event):通过 DataLoadedEvent, Loader获取 已装载的数据 (EIT sections) , 然后调用 Analyzer的有关函数进行数据的分析。 在没有数据装载时, loader线程处于 "等待"状态。
今消息类型及相关操作
Loader模块定义以下 6种消息:
1 ) MBT— EC— EV— ENGINE— TO— START
2) MBT— EC— EV— ENGINE— STARTED
3) MBT—EC—EV— ENGINE— DATA— LOADEDX
4) MBT—EC—EV— ENGINE— TO—STOP
5 ) MBT—EC—EV— ENGINE— STOPPED
6) MBT— EC一 EV— CACHE— UPDATED 其中, TO— START,TO— STOP为 Engine模块或 Monitoring模块当它们要求 Loader装载数 据时, 向 Loader模块发出的, Loader模块应该已知在探索 TS (ts—id标识)上所需装载的数 据。 上述其它事件为 Loader子模块向外界广播的事件。 ActivateCallbackO在接收到有关消息后, 作如下处理:
1 ) 当消息为 MBT—EC_EV— ENGINEJTO— START: 根据所得数据, 启动 EIT section数 据装载, 并向外广播事件: MBT— EC— EV—ENGI E_STARTED。
2) 当消息为 MBT— EC— EV— ENGINEJTO— S OP: 则停止 EIT数据得装载, 并向外广播 事件: MBT— EC— EV— ENGINE— STOPPED。
DataReceivedCallbackO用来监听数字电视接收设备解复用驱动数据装载事件。 Loader 子 模 块 在 接 收 到 TS 上 所 有 得 EIT 数 据 后 , 向 外 播 发 MBT_EC一 EV— ENGINE— DATA— LOADED事件。
今 EIT数据收到后的处理
Loader模块在接收到 EIT数据后, 同步调用 Analyzer子模块的分析函数用来将 EIT表格 进行解析。 解析后的数据直接存于 Cache中。
3 ) 实施方式 3: 事件信息的获取
事件信息管理器最常见的用户就是电子节目指南 (EPG—一 Electronic Program Guide)。 电子节目指南一般的实现方式就是利用前端系统播发的事件信息形成一个节目指南, 其中 可以包含一个节目的开始时间、持续时间、 以及节目的内容介绍等。 EPG应用从 Cache获取 数据的步骤如下:
( 1 ) 在 EPG启动时, 这时一般按 Grid的形式显示, 根据一定的时间窗口, 调用信息 获取函数获取需要的事件信息;
(2) 当用户按了搜寻键(如按类型搜寻) , 根据所选择的类型, 调用信息获取函数 按所需要的排序获取所需的事件信息。 最后所应说明的是: 本发明提供的是一种提高事件信息提取效率的方法及其设计思 想, 以上实施例仅用以说明而非限制本发明的技术方案, 尽管参照上述实施例对本发明进 行了详细说明, 本领域的普通技术人员应当理解: 依然可以对本发明进行修改或者等同替 换, 而不脱离本发明的精神和范围的任何修改或局部替换, 其均应涵盖在本发明的权利要 求范围当中。

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1. 一种提高事件信息提取效率的方法, 其特征在于: 在数字电视接收设备设置一个 数据缓冲区, 从数字电视数据信号数据流或者 TS流中预先获取的事件信息表数据, 解析 事件信息表数据, 获取应用需要的数据, 将数据存储于数据缓冲区, 应用时直接从数据缓 冲区中提取所需的数据。
2. 根据权利要求 1 所述的一种提高事件信息提取效率的方法, 其特征在于, 它通过 检测数据流中事件信息表版本编号字段的变化, 监测到传输流流中事件信息的变化的情 况, 及时更新数据缓冲区中的数据。
3. 根据权利要求 1或 2所述的一种提高事件信息提取效率的方法, 其特征在于, 数 据在被访问时, 根据时间顺序排列, 它返回一定时间段内的所有需要的数据。
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