WO2009135405A1

WO2009135405A1 - Method, device and system for generating and acquiring electronic program guide

Info

Publication number: WO2009135405A1
Application number: PCT/CN2009/071293
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王啸; 朱东铭; 钟剑锋; 王耕; 李金城; 成淑敏
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2008-05-05
Filing date: 2009-04-16
Publication date: 2009-11-12
Also published as: CN101577702A

Abstract

A method, device and system for generating and acquiring an electronic program guide are disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. And the method for generating and acquiring an electronic program guide (EPG) includes the steps of: acquiring a source EPG, wherein the source EPG includes an EPG of a PSS based IPTV system and/or the EPG of the MBMS based IPTV system; generating the EPG of the IMS based IPTV system according to the current source EPG. In the present embodiments, an EPG of the IMS based IPTV system is generated according to the existing EPG of the PSS based IPTV system and/or the EPG of the MBMS based IPTV system, thereby it is realized that the EPG of the IMS based IPTV system can be provided to the terminal of the IMS based IPTV system according to the existing source EPG without reconfiguring the data of the EPG of the IMS based IPTV system, and the cost for maintaining the data of the IPTV system is reduced.

Description

Electronic program menu generation and acquisition method, device and system

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and more particularly to an electronic program guide (ECG) generating and acquiring method, device and system.

Background technique

Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), also known as #文网络电视, is a broadband cable television network that integrates various technologies such as Internet, multimedia, and communication to provide home users with digital TV. A new technology for multiple interactive services within. Users can enjoy IPTV services at home using PC or network set-top box + ordinary TV, and can enjoy IPTV services through mobile terminals. IPTV uses the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) as the bearer protocol for unicast, broadcast or multicast video services, effectively combining the three fields of TV network, telephone network and Internet. Together, it is the most representative business of triple play, and it is receiving more and more attention from the industry.

EPG is a part of the IPTV system function. It is used to provide users with service navigation. It can let users know the services or services that the current system can provide. It can also guide users to subscribe to programs and guide users to trigger services. In the IPTV system based on Packet-switched Streaming Service (PSS) unicast streaming service, an electronic program menu of PSS is provided, and the electronic program menu server (Portals) of PSS provides electronic to the user. Program menu service; in the IPTV system based on the Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) multicast streaming service, the MBMS electronic program menu is provided by the Broadcast Multicast Service Center (Broadcast Multicast Service Center) -Service Center, nickname layer - SC) provides electronic program menu service to users; provides IMS electronic program menu in IPTV system based on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), service selection function (Service Selection Function, SSF) Entity provides electronic programs to users Menu service. However, some of the parameters and transmission methods in the electronic program menu provided by the existing IPTV system with PSS and MBMS technology cannot be compatible with the electronic program menu provided by the I PTV system with I MS technology, and need to reconfigure the IMS-based. The data of the electronic program menu of the IPTV system increases the complexity of data configuration and the cost of maintaining data.

Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide an electronic program menu generation and acquisition method, device, and system for generating and acquiring an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on an IP multimedia subsystem, without reconfiguring an electronic program of an IMS-based IPTV system. The data of the menu reduces the cost of maintaining data for the IPTV system.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for generating an electronic program menu, including:

Obtaining a source electronic program menu, the source electronic program menu comprising an electronic program menu of an internet protocol television system based on a packet switched streaming service and/or an electronic program menu of an internet protocol television system based on a multimedia broadcast multicast service;

An electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on an IP Multimedia Subsystem is generated based on the source electronic program menu.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a service exchange translation function entity, including:

An acquisition module, configured to obtain a source electronic program menu, where the source electronic program menu includes an electronic program menu of an internet protocol television system based on a packet switched streaming service and/or an electronic program menu of an internet protocol television system based on a multimedia broadcast multicast service ;

And a conversion module, configured to generate an electronic program menu of the IP multimedia subsystem based internet protocol television system according to the source electronic program menu.

The embodiment of the invention further provides an electronic program menu generating system, comprising:

a service exchange translation function entity, configured to generate an electronic program menu of an IP-based multimedia subsystem-based Internet Protocol television system according to the acquired source electronic program menu, where the source electronic program menu includes an internet protocol television system based on a packet-switched streaming service Electronic program menu and/or electronic program menu of an internet protocol television system based on multimedia broadcast multicast service; An electronic program menu providing entity for providing the source electronic program menu to the service exchange translation function entity.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic program menu obtaining method, including:

Obtaining a ''product> of the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol television system based on the IP multimedia subsystem;

Obtaining a non-personalized portion of an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on an IP multimedia subsystem;

The personalized portion and the non-personalized portion are combined according to the acquired logical combination indication to generate an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a terminal, including:

a first obtaining module, configured to acquire a personalized part of an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on an IP multimedia subsystem;

a second obtaining module, configured to obtain a non-personalized part of an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on an IP multimedia subsystem;

a combination module, configured to combine the personalized part acquired by the first obtaining module and the non-personalized part acquired by the second acquiring module according to the acquired logical combination indication, to generate an Internet Protocol television system based on the IP multimedia subsystem Electronic program menu.

The embodiment of the invention further provides an electronic program menu acquisition system, comprising:

a terminal, a personalized portion of an electronic program menu for acquiring an internet protocol television system based on an IP multimedia subsystem; obtaining a non-personalized portion of an electronic program menu of an internet protocol television system based on an IP multimedia subsystem; Instructing to combine the personalized portion and the non-personalized portion to generate an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on an IP Multimedia Subsystem;

a first electronic program menu providing entity for providing the terminal with a personalized portion of an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol Television system based on an IP Multimedia Subsystem;

a second electronic program menu providing entity for providing an IP-based multimedia subsystem to the terminal The non-personalized part of the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol TV system.

According to the above technical solution, the embodiment of the present invention generates an electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system according to the acquired electronic program menu of the PSS-based IPTV system and/or the electronic program menu of the MBMS-based IPTV system, thereby realizing Providing an electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system for the terminal of the IMS-based IPTV system according to the existing source electronic program menu, so that the data of the electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system does not need to be reconfigured, and the data for maintaining the IPTV system is reduced. the cost of.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic flowchart of a first embodiment of an electronic program menu generating method according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a second embodiment of an electronic program menu generating method according to the present invention; 4 is a schematic flowchart of a fourth embodiment of an electronic program menu generating method according to the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a fifth embodiment of an electronic program menu generating method according to the present invention; FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a sixth embodiment of an electronic program menu generation method; FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a service exchange translation function entity according to the present invention;

8 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an electronic program menu generating system according to the present invention;

9 is a schematic flowchart of a first embodiment of an electronic program menu obtaining method according to the present invention; FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a second embodiment of an electronic program menu obtaining method according to the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an electronic program menu acquisition system according to the present invention.

detailed description

Specific embodiments of the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the EPG generation method of the embodiment of the present invention, the service exchange translation function (SSTF) entity acquires the EPG of the source EPG, that is, the PSS-based IPTV system or the MBMS-based IPTV. After the EPG of the system, the EPG of the above PSS-based IPTV system or the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system is converted into an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system. The source EPG may also include an EPG of the PSS-based IPTV system and an EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system, that is, the SSTF entity may simultaneously acquire the EPG of the PSS-based IPTV system and the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system, and then perform corresponding conversion. The EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system is then generated.

It should be noted that in the following embodiments, the source EPG may be an EPG of a PSS-based IPTV system, an EPG of an MBMS-based IPTV system, an EPG of an PSS-based IPTV system, and an MBMS-based IPTV. The EPG of the system.

The EPG of the original PSS-based IPTV system can be obtained from the PSS electronic program menu server; the original EMG of the MBMS-based IPTV system can be obtained from the MBMS service announcement function entity. The above-mentioned PSS electronic program menu server and the MBMS service announcement function entity may be independently set or integrated on other network elements, such as a network management platform, an application server (AS), or a service selection function (SSF) entity. The source EPG is obtained in three ways: The first is that the SSTF entity actively obtains the source EPG from the PSS electronic program menu server or the MBMS service announcement function entity; the second is the PSS electronic program menu server or the MBMS service announcement. The functional entity pushes some or all of the source EPGs to the SSTF entity according to a certain preset policy; the third is that the electronic program menu server of the PSS or the service announcement function entity of the MBMS actively pushes the source EPG to the SSTF entity.

1 is a schematic flowchart of a first embodiment of a method for generating an electronic program menu according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the embodiment may include the following steps:

Step 101: The SSTF entity sends a first acquiring electronic program menu request message to the electronic program menu server of the PSS or the service announcement function entity of the MBMS to request to acquire the source EPG.

Step 102: The electronic program menu server of the PSS returns an EPG or MBMS service announcement function entity of the PSS-based IPTV system to the SSTF entity to return an EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system to the SSTF entity;

Step 103: The SSTF entity converts the acquired EPG of the PSS-based IPTV system or the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system into an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system. For the EPG of the obtained PSS-based IPTV system, the conversion may include: a Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) uniform resource identifier carried by the SSTF entity according to the EPG of the PSS-based IPTV system. (Uniform

Resource Identifiers, nicknames URI)

Initiation Protocol, nickname SIP) URI;

The SSTF entity adds the RTSP URI and the SIP URI to the content description information of the EPG of the PSS-based IPTV system to generate an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system.

For an EPG of an acquired MBMS-based IPTV system, the conversion may include:

The SSTF entity matches the corresponding access point name (Access Point Name, APN) carried in the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system to the corresponding broadcast/multicast service center (Broadcast/Multicast-Service Center). -SC ) location identifier and

SIP URI;

Obtaining, by the SSTF entity, a session parameter of the BM-SC in the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system according to the positioning identifier of the BM-SC;

The SSTF entity adds the session parameters of the BM-SC and the SIP URI to the content description information of the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system to generate an EPG that is converted into an IMS-based I PTV system.

The conversion operations involved in the following embodiments are the same as those in this embodiment, and are not described again. Step 104: The SSTF entity delivers the EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system to the SSF entity in a PULL manner or a PUSH manner.

Step 105: The terminal (User Equipment, UE) sends a second acquiring electronic program menu request message to the SSF entity to request to obtain an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system.

Step 106: The SSF entity returns an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system to the UE.

In this embodiment, the SSTF entity actively requests the source program EPG from the electronic program menu server of the PSS and/or the service announcement function entity of the MBMS, and converts the obtained source EPG into an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system, thereby realizing The existing source EPG provides an electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system for terminals of the IMS-based IPTV system, so that there is no need to reconfigure the IMS-based The data of the electronic program menu of the IPTV system reduces the cost of maintaining the data of the IPTV system.

2 is a schematic flowchart of a second embodiment of a method for generating an electronic program menu according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the embodiment may include the following steps:

Step 201: The SSTF entity sends a subscription electronic program menu request message to the electronic program menu server of the PSS or the service announcement function entity of the MBMS to request the subscription source EPG, where the subscription electronic program menu request message carries the subscription type.

The subscription type may include a single subscription and a long-term subscription, and a single subscription refers to only subscribing to the current subscription. The long-term subscription refers to the change of the EPG related information on the PSS electronic program menu server or the MBMS service announcement function entity. Send a new EPG to the SSTF entity;

Step 202: According to the subscription type, the PSS electronic program menu server sends the EPG or MBMS service announcement function entity of the PSS-based IPTV system to the SSTF entity through the established transmission channel, and sends the MBMS based to the SSTF entity through the established transmission channel. EPG of the IPTV system.

If it is a single subscription, the transmission channel is released after the EPG transmission of the PSS-based IPTV system is completed; if it is a long-term subscription, the transmission channel is released after the subscription is released;

Step 203: The SSTF entity converts the acquired EPG of the subscribed PSS-based IPTV system or the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system into an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system;

Step 204: The UE sends an electronic program menu request message to the SSTF entity to request to obtain an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system.

Step 205: The SSTF entity returns an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system to the UE.

In this embodiment, the electronic program menu server of the PSS and/or the service announcement function entity of the MBMS actively sends the source EPG to the SSTF entity according to a preset policy, such as a subscription request of the SSTF entity. The SSTF entity converts the acquired source EPG into an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system, thereby enabling generation of an electronic program menu for the IMS-based IPTV system.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a third embodiment of a method for generating an electronic program menu according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the embodiment may include the following steps: Step 301: The network management platform sends the EPG of the PPS-based IPTV system or the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system to the SSTF entity according to a pre-configured manner.

The network management platform is equivalent to an electronic program menu server or a MBMS service announcement function entity provided with PSS;

Step 302: The SSTF entity converts the acquired EPG of the PSS-based IPTV system or the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system into an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system;

Step 303: The UE sends an electronic program menu request message to the SSTF entity to request to obtain an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system.

Step 304: The SSTF entity returns an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system to the UE.

In this embodiment, the network program platform of the electronic program menu server provided with the PSS or the service announcement function entity of the MBMS actively sends the source EPG to the SSTF entity. The SSTF entity converts the acquired source EPG into an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system, thereby implementing an electronic program menu capable of providing an IMS-based IPTV system for the terminal of the IMS-based IPTV system according to the existing source electronic program menu, such that There is no need to reconfigure the data of the electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system, which reduces the cost of maintaining the data of the IPTV system.

Further, the network management platform may determine the transmission relationship of the source EPG with the SSTF entity in a pre-configured manner. The relationship may be that the network management platform periodically sends the source EPG to the SSTF, or may be the source EPG that sends the incremental update. . This embodiment is only for the case where the SSTF entity is a separate entity. When the SSTF entity is combined with other network elements, such as an application server (AS) or SSF, the above process is also applicable. Let me repeat.

4 is a schematic flowchart of a fourth embodiment of a method for generating an electronic program menu according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the embodiment may include the following steps:

Step 401: The network management platform converts the source EPG, that is, the EPG of the PSS-based IPTV system or the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system into an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system according to a pre-configured manner.

The network management platform is equivalent to being provided with an SSTF entity;

Step 402: The network management platform delivers the EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system to the SSF entity. Step 403: The UE sends an electronic program menu request message to the SSF entity to request to obtain an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system.

Step 404: The SSF entity returns an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system to the UE.

In this embodiment, the network management platform provided with the SSTF entity converts the source EPG into the EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system, thereby implementing IMS-based IPTV capable of providing an IMS-based IPTV system terminal according to the existing source electronic program menu. The system's electronic program menu eliminates the need to reconfigure the data of the electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system, reducing the cost of maintaining the data of the IPTV system.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a fifth embodiment of a method for generating an electronic program menu according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the embodiment may include the following steps:

Step 501: The network management platform sends the source EPG, that is, the EPG of the PSS-based IPTV system or the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system to the application server (Appl i server, AS)/enhanced SSF;

Step 502: The AS/SSF saves the EPG of the received PSS-based IPTV system or the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system, and generates part or all of the saved EPG according to a pre-configured manner to generate a corresponding IMS-based IPTV system. EPG.

The AS/SSF is equivalent to an electronic program menu server or a MBMS service announcement function entity provided with PSS, and an SSTF entity;

Step 503: The IMS-based UE sends a first acquiring an electronic program menu request message to the AS/SSF to request to obtain an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system.

Step 504: The AS/SSF returns an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system to the IMS-based UE. Step 505: The PSS-based UE sends a second acquiring electronic program menu request message to the AS/SSF to request to acquire the PSS-based IPTV system. EPG;

Step 506: The AS/SSF returns the EPG of the PSS-based IPTV system to the PSS-based UE. Step 507: The MBMS-based UE sends a third acquiring electronic program menu request message to the AS/SSF to request to obtain the MBMS-based IPTV system. EPG; Step 508: The AS/SSF returns an EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system to the MBMS-based UE; steps 503 and 504, steps 505 and 506, and steps 507 and 508 may be performed by one or more pairs.

In this embodiment, the electronic program menu server provided with the PSS and/or the service announcement function entity of the MBMS, and the AS/SSF of the SSTF entity convert the acquired source EPG into the EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system, thereby realizing Providing an electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system for the terminal of the IMS-based IPTV system according to the existing source electronic program menu, so that the data of the electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system does not need to be reconfigured, and the IPTV system is maintained. The cost of the data.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a sixth embodiment of a method for generating an electronic program menu according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the embodiment may include the following steps:

Step 601: The IMS-based UE sends an electronic program menu request message to the SSF entity to request to obtain an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system.

Step 602: The SSF entity forwards an electronic program menu request message to the electronic program menu server of the PSS or the service announcement function entity of the M S, to request to obtain an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system;

Step 603: The electronic program menu server of the PSS or the service announcement function entity of the M S generates a corresponding IMS-based IPTV system according to a pre-configured manner, the source EPG, that is, the EPG of the PSS-based IPTV system or the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system. EPG;

Step 604, the electronic program menu server of the PSS or the service announcement function entity of the MBMS returns an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system to the SSF entity;

Step 605: The SSF entity returns an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system to the IMS-based UE. In this embodiment, the electronic program menu server of the PSS provided with the SSTF entity and/or the service announcement function entity of the MBMS, after receiving the source EPG request message, convert the source EPG into the EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system, thereby realizing An electronic program menu of an IMS-based IPTV system can be provided for a terminal of an IMS-based IPTV system according to an existing source electronic program menu, so that no heavy weight is required The new configuration of the electronic program menu data of the IMS-based IPTV system reduces the cost of maintaining the data of the IPTV system.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a service exchange translation function entity according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the embodiment may include an obtaining module 11 and a conversion module 12. The obtaining module 11 is configured to obtain a source electronic program menu, where the source electronic program menu includes an electronic program menu of an internet protocol television system based on a packet switched streaming service and/or an electronic protocol television system based on a multimedia broadcast multicast service. The program module; the conversion module 12 is configured to generate an electronic program menu of the IP protocol subsystem based internet protocol television system according to the source electronic program menu acquired by the obtaining module 11.

The manner in which the service exchange translation function entity of the embodiment obtains the source EPG (the EPG of the PSS-based IPTV system and/or the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system) may include three types: The first mode is that the acquisition module 11 actively sends the PSS to the PSS. The electronic program menu server and/or the MBMS service announcement function entity acquires; the second mode is that the PSS electronic program menu server and/or the MBMS service announcement function entity pushes the acquisition module 11 according to a certain preset policy; The method is that the electronic program menu server of the PSS and/or the service announcement function entity of the MBMS actively pushes to the acquisition module 11.

In the first mode, the obtaining module 11 may send an electronic program menu request message or a subscribed electronic program menu request message through the requesting module (not shown), so that the obtaining module 11 obtains the source electronic program. The menu, the subscription electronic program menu request message carries a subscription type.

Further, the conversion module 12 in this embodiment may include a first matching unit and a first conversion unit. The first matching unit is configured to match the corresponding session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier according to the real-time streaming protocol uniform resource identifier in the electronic program menu of the packet-switched streaming service-based Internet Protocol television system; The unit is configured to add the real-time streaming protocol protocol uniform resource identifier and the session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier to the content description information of the source electronic program menu, and generate an electronic program of the Internet Protocol television system based on the IP multimedia subsystem. menu.

Further, the conversion module in this embodiment may further include a second matching unit and parameter acquisition. Unit and second conversion unit. The second matching unit is configured to match the location identifier of the corresponding broadcast multicast service center and the session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier according to the access point name in the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol TV system based on the multimedia broadcast multicast service. a parameter obtaining unit, configured to acquire, according to the positioning identifier of the broadcast multicast service center, a session parameter of a broadcast multicast service center in an electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol Television system based on the multimedia broadcast multicast service; And adding the session parameter of the broadcast multicast service center and the session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier to the content description information of the source electronic program menu to generate an electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol TV system based on the IP multimedia subsystem.

In this embodiment, the electronic program menu of the PSS-based IPTV system acquired by the acquisition module and/or the electronic program menu of the IMS system based on the MBMS is converted into an electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system by the conversion module, thereby realizing The existing source EPG provides an electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system for the terminal of the IMS-based IPTV system, so that the data of the electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system does not need to be reconfigured, and the cost of maintaining the data of the IPTV system is reduced. .

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an electronic program menu generating system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the embodiment may include a service exchange translation function entity 10 and an electronic program menu providing entity 20. The service exchange translation function entity 10 is configured to generate an electronic program menu of an IP protocol subsystem based internet protocol television system according to the obtained source electronic program menu, where the source electronic program menu comprises an internet protocol television based on a packet exchange stream service An electronic program menu of the system and/or an electronic program menu of an internet protocol television system based on the multimedia broadcast multicast service; an electronic program menu providing entity 20 for providing the source electronic program menu to the service exchange translation function entity 10.

The service exchange translation function entity 10 may be an independent entity or may be integrated with other network elements, such as an AS/SSF or a network management platform.

The electronic program menu providing entity 20 may be an electronic program menu server of the PSS, and an electronic program menu for providing an internet protocol television system based on the packet switched streaming service; or may be a service announcement function entity of the MBMS for providing multimedia based Internet Protocol for Broadcast Multicast Service The electronic program menu of the television system; may also be an electronic program menu server of the PSS and a service announcement function entity of the MBMS, respectively providing an electronic program menu of the internet protocol television system based on the packet switched streaming service and an internet protocol based on the multimedia broadcast multicast service The electronic program menu of the television system.

Further, the service exchange translation function entity 10 may include an acquisition module 11 and a conversion module 12. The obtaining module 11 is configured to obtain a source electronic program menu, where the source electronic program menu includes an electronic program menu of an internet protocol television system based on a packet switched streaming service and/or an electronic protocol television system based on a multimedia broadcast multicast service. The program module; the conversion module 12 is configured to generate an electronic program menu of the IP protocol subsystem based internet protocol television system according to the source electronic program menu acquired by the obtaining module 11.

The manner in which the service exchange translation function entity 10 of the embodiment obtains the source EPG (the EPG of the PSS-based IPTV system and/or the EPG of the MBMS-based IPTV system) may include three types: The first mode is that the acquisition module 11 actively sends the PSS to the PSS. The electronic program menu server and/or the MBMS service announcement function entity acquires; the second mode is that the PSS electronic program menu server and/or the MBMS service announcement function entity pushes the acquisition module 11 according to a certain preset policy; The manner is that the electronic program menu server of the PSS and/or the service announcement function entity of the MBMS actively pushes to the acquisition module 11.

The embodiment converts the electronic program menu of the PSS-based IPTV system acquired by the electronic program menu providing entity and/or the electronic program menu of the MBMS-based IPTV system into an electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system through the service exchange translation function entity Thereby, an electronic program menu capable of providing an IMS-based IPTV system for the terminal of the IMS-based IPTV system according to the existing source EPG is realized, so that the data of the electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system does not need to be reconfigured, and the maintenance is reduced. The cost of data for the IPTV system.

FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a first embodiment of an electronic program menu obtaining method according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. As shown, in this embodiment, the EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system may include two parts, one part being a personalized part, which is composed of personalized EPG data, and the other part being a non-personalized part, which is composed of non-personalized EPG data. Composition. The BM-SC involved in this embodiment has obtained the non-personalized EPG data, which may be the interaction between the LSI-SC and the SSF entity, and the SSF entity sends the BM-SC to the BM-SC or the BM-SC to actively request the BM-SC. Obtained, it can also be issued to the Li-SC through the network management platform. This embodiment may include the following steps:

Step 901: The UE sends a request message for acquiring EPG entry information to a service discovery function (Serv ive D i scovery Func t on)

Step 902: The SDF entity obtains user configuration and device capabilities by querying an IMS-based user data/device data (User/Dev i ce Prof i l e ) entity;

Step 903: The SDF entity selects an SSF entity according to the obtained information of the user configuration, the device capability, and the policy configured on the SDF entity.

The policies configured on the SDF entity may be policies such as a load balancing policy, a service implementation policy (advertisement release, etc.), and the foregoing policies may be set by the operator;

Step 904: The SDF entity returns an address of the selected SSF entity to the UE.

In order to ensure the flexibility and stability of the system, the SDF entity may also return the addresses of the plurality of selected SSF entities to the UE, and if one of the SSF entities fails, there may be other available SSF entities;

Step 905: The UE sends an acquiring electronic program menu request message to the corresponding SSF entity to request to obtain an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system according to the address of the SSF entity returned by the SDF entity. Step 906: The SSF entity receives the electronic program menu request message. Afterwards, querying the IMS-based User/Dev i ce Profile to obtain the user's preference;

Step 907: The SSF entity generates personalized EPG data according to the related information of the user's preference, and acquires combinational logic of the non-personalized EPG data, where the combination logic may include: acquiring the non-personalized EPG data in a multicast manner. Information, and a script description of the combined presentation of the personalized and non-personalized parts of the EPG. The information about the non-personalized EPG data obtained by multicasting is the multicast group address of the non-personalized EPG data, that is, the address of the LIS-SC, the parameter of the multicast session, and the like;

Step 908: The SSF entity sends the generated personalized EPG data and combination logic to the UE. Step 909: The UE according to the multicast group address of the non-personalized EPG data and the parameters of the multicast session in the received combination logic. Sending a join multicast session request message to the BM-SC to request to join a multicast group of non-personalized EPG data;

Step 910: After receiving the join multicast session request message, the BM-SC returns non-personalized EPG data to the UE.

Step 911: The UE describes, according to the script description of the combined presentation manner of the personalized part and the non-personalized part of the EPG in the received combination logic, the personalized part of the EPG formed by the personalized EPG data and the non-personalized EPG. The non-personalized parts of the EPG formed by the data are combined to generate a complete EPG.

In this embodiment, the terminal first acquires the personalized part of the electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system by unicast, and then acquires the non-personalized part of the electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system by multicast, and finally the personality The avatar portion and the non-personalized portion are combined to generate an electronic program menu of the complete IMS-based IPTV system.

In addition, the SDF entity may return the address of the BM-SC when returning the address of the SSF entity to the UE, instructing the UE to obtain the personalized EPG data through the SSF entity, and acquiring the non-personalized EPG data through the BM-SC; The address of the BM-SC that obtains the non-personalized EPG data may be pre-configured on the UE.

Further, after acquiring the EPG, the UE may further obtain additional information of the personalized part of the EPG according to the relevant instruction in the EPG, such as: a player list of a certain game or a player's introduction, enhancing the information readability of the EPG. .

10 is a schematic flowchart of a second embodiment of an electronic program menu obtaining method according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 10, in this embodiment, an EPG of an IMS-based IPTV system may include two parts, and one part is a personalized part. It consists of personalized EPG data; the other part is the non-personalized part. Consists of non-personalized EPG data. The BM-SC involved in this embodiment has obtained non-personalized EPG data, which may be an interaction between the LSI-SC and the SSF entity, and the SSF entity sends the BM-SC to the BM-SC or the BM-SC to actively request the MME. Obtained, it can also be issued to the Li-SC through the network management platform. This embodiment may include the following steps:

Step 1001: The UE sends a request message for acquiring the EPG entry information to the SDF entity. Step 1002: The SDF entity obtains user configuration and device capability by querying the IMS-based User/Dev i ce Prof i l e;

Step 1003: The SDF entity selects an SSF entity according to the obtained information about the user configuration, the device capability, and the policy configured on the SDF entity.

Step 1004: The SDF entity returns an address of the SSF entity to the UE, where the address of the SSF entity may be multiple.

Step 1005: The UE sends an acquiring electronic program menu request message to the corresponding SSF entity according to the address of the SSF entity returned by the SDF entity, to request to obtain an EPG of the IMS-based IPTV system. Step 1006: The SSF entity receives the electronic program menu request message. Afterwards, querying the IMS-based User/Dev i ce Profile to obtain the user's preference;

Step 1007: The personalized EPG data generated by the SSF entity according to the related information of the user's preference, and the combination logic for obtaining the non-personalized EPG data, the combination logic may include: a personalized part of the EPG and a non-personalized part Script descriptions of combined presentation methods, etc.

Step 1008: The SSF entity sends the generated personalized EPG data and combination logic to the UE. Step 1009: The BM-SC returns the non-personalized EPG data to the UE in a broadcast manner.

It should be noted that the step 1 009 has no sequential relationship with the previous steps (steps 1001 to 1 008);

Step 1010: The UE describes the personalized part of the EPG formed by the personalized EPG data and the non-personalized EPG according to the script description of the combined presentation manner of the personalized part and the non-personalized part of the EPG in the received combinational logic. The non-personalized parts of the EPG formed by the data are combined to generate a complete EPG. In this embodiment, the terminal first acquires the personalized part of the electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system by unicast, and then obtains the non-personalized part of the electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system by broadcasting, and finally digitizes the personalized program. The portion is combined with the non-personalized portion to generate an electronic program menu of the complete IMS-based IPTV system.

In addition, the SDF entity may return the address of the BM-SC to the UE, and may instruct the UE to obtain the personalized EPG data through the SSF entity, and obtain the non-personalized EPG data through the BM-SC; The address of the BM-SC that obtains the non-personalized EPG data may be pre-configured on the UE.

Further, after acquiring the EPG, the UE may further obtain additional information of the personalized part of the EPG according to the relevant instructions in the EPG, such as: a player list of a certain game or a player's introduction, which enhances the readability of the EPG information.

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 11, the embodiment may include a first acquiring module 31, a second obtaining module 32, and a combining module 33. The first obtaining module 31 is configured to obtain the personalized part of the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol TV system based on the IP multimedia subsystem by using a unicast method. The second obtaining module 32 is configured to obtain the IP multimedia based multimedia by multicast or broadcast. The non-personalized part of the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol television system of the system; the combination module 33 is configured to instruct the personalized part acquired by the first obtaining module 31 and the non-personalized part acquired by the second obtaining module 32 according to the acquired logical combination indication Combine to generate a complete electronic program menu for an Internet Protocol TV system based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem.

In this embodiment, the first obtaining module first obtains the personalized part of the electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system by using a unicast method, and the second acquiring module acquires the non-electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system by multicast or broadcast. The personalization portion, the final combination module combines the personalized portion and the non-personalized portion to generate an electronic program menu of the complete IMS-based IPTV system.

12 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an electronic program menu obtaining system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, the embodiment may include a terminal 30, a first electronic program menu providing entity 40, and a second electronic section. The menu provides an entity 50. The terminal 30 is configured to acquire the personalized part of the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol television system based on the IP multimedia subsystem by unicast, and acquire the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol television system based on the IP multimedia subsystem by multicast or broadcast. The non-personalized part combines the personalized part and the non-personalized part according to the acquired logical combination indication to generate a complete electronic program menu of the IP multimedia subsystem-based Internet Protocol television system; the first electronic program The menu providing entity 40 is configured to provide the terminal 30 with a personalized portion of an electronic program menu of an IP Multimedia Subsystem based Internet Protocol television system; the second electronic program menu providing entity 50 is configured to provide the Internet with an IP Multimedia Subsystem to the terminal 30 The non-personalized part of the electronic program menu of the protocol television system. The first electronic program menu providing entity 40 may be a service selection function entity; the second electronic program menu providing entity 50 may be a broadcast multicast service. The terminal in this embodiment first obtains the IMS based on the IMS through the unicast mode. The personalized part of the electronic program menu of the IPTV system, and then acquires the non-personalized part of the electronic program menu of the IMS-based IPTV system from the broadcast multicast service center by multicast or broadcast, and finally the personalized part and The non-personalized portions are combined to generate an electronic program menu of the complete IMS-based IPTV system.

Further, the terminal 30 in this embodiment may include a first obtaining module 31, a second obtaining module 32, and a combining module 33. The first obtaining module 31 is configured to obtain the personalized part of the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol TV system based on the IP multimedia subsystem by using a unicast method. The second obtaining module 32 is configured to obtain the IP multimedia based multimedia by multicast or broadcast. The non-personalized part of the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol television system of the system; the combination module 33 is configured to instruct the personalized part acquired by the first obtaining module 31 and the non-personalized part acquired by the second obtaining module 32 according to the acquired logical combination indication Combine to generate a complete electronic program menu for an Internet Protocol TV system based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem.

A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of implementing the above method embodiments may be completed by using hardware related to the program instructions, and the foregoing program may be stored in a computer readable In the storage medium, when the program is executed, the steps including the foregoing method embodiments are performed; and the foregoing storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as ROM, RAM, disk or optical disk.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are only for explaining the technical solutions of the present invention, and are not intended to be limiting; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: The technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments are modified, or some of the technical features are equivalently replaced. The modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A method for generating an electronic program menu, the method comprising:

Obtaining a source electronic program menu, the source electronic program menu comprising at least one of: an electronic program menu of an internet protocol television system based on a packet exchange service, an electronic program menu of an internet protocol television system based on a multimedia broadcast multicast service;

2. The electronic program menu generating method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol Television system based on the packet switched streaming service in the source electronic program menu is an electronic device actively serving from the packet switching stream. The program menu server obtains; or the electronic program menu server of the packet exchange stream service is delivered according to a preset policy; or the electronic program menu server of the packet exchange stream service is actively delivered.

3. The electronic program menu generating method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol Television system based on the multimedia broadcast multicast service in the source electronic program menu is an active multimedia broadcast multicast service. The service announcement function entity acquires; or the service announcement function entity of the multimedia broadcast multicast service is delivered according to the preset policy; or the service announcement function entity of the multimedia broadcast multicast service is actively delivered.

The method for generating an electronic program menu according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein before the obtaining the source electronic program menu, the method further comprises:

Sending an electronic program menu request message in a hypertext transfer protocol or a file transfer protocol; or

Before the obtaining the source electronic program menu, the method further includes:

The subscription electronic program menu request message is sent, and the subscription electronic program menu request message carries a subscription type, and the subscription type includes a single subscription or a long-term subscription.

The electronic program menu generating method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the electronic program menu generation according to the packet-switched streaming service-based Internet Protocol television system is based on The electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol TV system of the IP Multimedia Subsystem specifically includes:

And real-time streaming protocol uniform resource identifier in the electronic program menu of the internet protocol television system based on the packet-switched streaming service matches a corresponding session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier; and the real-time streaming media protocol uniform resource identifier And the session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier is added to the content description information of the source electronic program menu to generate an electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol Television System based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem.

The electronic program menu generating method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the electronic program menu based on the multimedia broadcast television service based on the multimedia broadcast television system generates an IP multimedia subsystem based The electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol TV system specifically includes:

And determining, according to the access point name in the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol Television system based on the multimedia broadcast multicast service, a positioning identifier and a session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier of the corresponding broadcast multicast service center;

Obtaining, according to the positioning identifier of the broadcast multicast service center, a session parameter of a broadcast multicast service center in an electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol Television system based on the multimedia broadcast multicast service;

The session parameters of the broadcast multicast service center and the session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier are added to the content description information of the source electronic program menu to generate an electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol television system based on the IP multimedia subsystem.

7. A service exchange translation functional entity, comprising:

The obtaining module (11) is configured to obtain a source electronic program menu, where the source electronic program menu comprises at least one of the following: an electronic program menu of an internet protocol television system based on a packet-switched streaming service, and an internet protocol based on a multimedia broadcast multicast service Electronic program menu of the television system;

The conversion module (12) is configured to generate an electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol television system based on the IP multimedia subsystem according to the source electronic program menu acquired by the acquisition module (11).

The service exchange translation function entity according to claim 7, further comprising: a requesting module, configured to send an electronic program menu request message or subscribe to an electronic program menu request message, for the obtaining module (11) Obtaining the source electronic program menu, the subscription electronic program menu please The message carries a subscription type.

The service exchange translation function entity according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the conversion module (12) comprises:

a first matching unit, configured to match, according to the real-time streaming protocol uniform resource identifier in the electronic program menu of the packet-switched streaming service-based Internet Protocol television system, a corresponding session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier;

a first converting unit, configured to add the real-time streaming protocol protocol uniform resource identifier and the session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier to content description information of a source electronic program menu, to generate an internet protocol television based on an IP multimedia subsystem The system's electronic program menu.

a second matching unit, configured to match, according to an access point name in an electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol Television system based on the multimedia broadcast multicast service, a positioning identifier and a session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier of the corresponding broadcast multicast service center ;

a parameter obtaining unit, configured to acquire, according to the positioning identifier of the broadcast multicast service center, a session parameter of a broadcast multicast service center in an electronic program menu of an internet protocol television system based on a multimedia broadcast multicast service;

a second converting unit, configured to add a session parameter of the broadcast multicast service center and the session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier to content description information of a source electronic program menu, to generate an internet protocol television based on an IP multimedia subsystem The system's electronic program menu.

11. An electronic program menu generation system, comprising:

The service exchange translation function entity (10) is configured to generate an electronic program menu of an IP protocol subsystem based internet protocol television system according to the obtained source electronic program menu, wherein the source electronic program menu comprises at least one of the following: An electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system of a streaming service, an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on a multimedia broadcast multicast service;

An electronic program menu providing entity (20) for providing to the service exchange translation function entity (10) The source electronic program menu.

The electronic program menu generating system according to claim 11, wherein the service exchange translation function entity (10) comprises:

The electronic program menu generating system according to claim 12, wherein the service exchange translation function entity (10) further comprises: a requesting module, configured to send an electronic program menu request message or subscribe to an electronic program menu request a message, for the obtaining module (11) to obtain the source electronic program menu, where the subscribed electronic program menu request message carries a subscription type.

14. An electronic program menu generating system according to claim 11, 12 or 13, wherein said electronic program menu providing entity (20) comprises an electronic program menu server or a multimedia broadcast multicast service of a packet switched streaming service Business announcement function entity.

15. An electronic program menu acquisition method, comprising:

Obtaining a personalized portion of an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on the IP multimedia subsystem;

The electronic program menu obtaining method according to claim 15, wherein the personalized part of the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol television system based on the IP multimedia subsystem is:

Obtaining electronic programs of Internet Protocol TV system based on IP multimedia subsystem by unicast The personalized part of the menu.

The electronic program menu obtaining method according to claim 15, wherein the non-personalized part of the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol television system based on the IP multimedia subsystem is:

The non-personalized portion of the electronic program menu of the Internet Protocol Television System based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem is obtained by multicast or broadcast.

18. A terminal, comprising:

a first obtaining module (31) for acquiring a personalized part of an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on an IP multimedia subsystem;

a second obtaining module (32) for obtaining a non-personalized part of an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on an IP multimedia subsystem;

a combination module (33), configured to combine the personalized part acquired by the first obtaining module (31) and the non-personalized part acquired by the second obtaining module (32) according to the acquired logical combination indication, and generate Electronic program menu for the Internet Protocol TV system of the IP Multimedia Subsystem.

19. An electronic program menu acquisition system, comprising:

a terminal (30) for acquiring a personalized portion of an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on an IP multimedia subsystem; acquiring a non-personalized portion of an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on an IP multimedia subsystem; Logical combination indicating that the personalized portion and the non-personalized portion are combined to generate an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol Television System based on an IP Multimedia Subsystem;

a first electronic program menu providing entity (40) for providing the terminal (30) with a personalized portion of an electronic program menu of an Internet Protocol television system based on an IP multimedia system;

A second electronic program menu providing entity (50) for providing the terminal (30) with a non-"1" biochemical portion of an electronic program menu of an IP-based multimedia system television system.