WO2010081373A1

WO2010081373A1 - Method, server and terminal for associating live broadcast programs and on-demand programs

Info

Publication number: WO2010081373A1
Application number: PCT/CN2009/076126
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘正华
Original assignee: 深圳市同洲电子股份有限公司
Priority date: 2009-01-14
Filing date: 2009-12-28
Publication date: 2010-07-22
Also published as: CN101489112A

Abstract

A method and system for associated display of the live broadcast programs and on-demand programs are provided. Wherein the method includes: prestoring a database table associated with preset keywords and program names; receiving an associated display request command; according to the received associated display request command, obtaining an associated program list of the on-demand programs that are associated with the current live broadcast programs in the prestored database table; and parsing and displaying the obtained associated program list. In the present invention, after the associated display request command is received, the prestored associated program list of the on-demand programs that are associated with the current live broadcast programs is obtained, then it is displayed after being parsed. Thus, the present invention provides a function for guiding the audiences to watch the on-demand programs that are associated with the current live broadcast programs, and has strong applicability.

Description

Method, server and terminal for associating live program with on-demand program

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 200910105040.1, entitled "Methods, Servers and Terminals Associated with Live Programs and On-Demand Programs" on January 14, 2009, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. Combined in this application. Technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of digital television signal processing, and in particular relates to a method, a server and a terminal associated with a live program and an on-demand program.

Background technique

The set top box provided by the prior art separately displays the live program interface and the on-demand program interface. During the process of watching the live broadcast, the user does not provide the function of guiding the user to watch the on-demand program associated with the current live program, and the applicability is poor. Summary of the invention

The object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying a live program and an on-demand program, and a function of watching a program on a point-of-sale program, which has poor applicability.

The embodiment of the present invention is implemented by the method for associating a live program with an on-demand program, and the method includes the following steps:

Pre-storing a database table associated with preset keywords and program names;

Receiving an association display request command;

Obtaining, according to the received association display request command, a related program list of the on-demand program associated with the current live program in the pre-stored database table;

Parsing and displaying the obtained related program list.

Another object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a server associated with a live program and an on-demand program, the server comprising:

a database table preset unit for pre-storing a database table associated with a preset keyword and a program name;

An association display request command receiving unit, configured to receive an associated display sent by the digital television receiving terminal Request command

The associated program list obtaining unit is configured to acquire, according to the associated display request command received by the associated display request command receiving unit, the associated program list of the on-demand program associated with the current live program in the database table pre-stored by the database table preset unit. And sent to the digital TV receiving terminal.

Another object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a digital television receiving terminal, where the terminal includes:

The association display request command sending unit is configured to receive an association display request signal input by the user, and assemble the same as an associated display request command by using an RTSP protocol;

The parsing unit is configured to parse the associated program list sent by the server and corresponding to the associated display request signal received by the associated display request command sending unit, and display the parsed related program list through an external display unit.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the associated display request command, the pre-stored related program list of the on-demand program associated with the current live program is obtained, and after being parsed, the user is provided to guide the user to the on-demand program associated with the current live program. The function of viewing is highly applicable. DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the embodiments will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, Those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without paying creative labor.

1 is a flowchart of a method for associating a live program with an on-demand program according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for associating a live program with an on-demand program according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention. The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the associated display request command, the pre-stored related program list of the on-demand program associated with the current live program is obtained, and is displayed after being parsed.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for associating a live program with an on-demand program according to an embodiment of the present invention. In step S101, a database table associated with the preset keyword and the program name is prestored. In the embodiment of the present invention, the step is specifically: receiving media data of the on-demand program and the program name thereof; filtering the program name of the received media data, and extracting a keyword, the keyword is mainly based on the name of the person, the name of the animal or plant, and the name of the place , historical events, etc. are determined by criteria; determining whether there is a database table associated with the extracted keyword name in the existing stored database table, and then the program name of the received media data is placed in association with the extracted keyword name In the linked database table, otherwise create a database table with the same name as the extracted keyword, and put the program name of the received media data into the created database table; pre-store the created database table. The step of creating a database table with the same keyword name as the extracted keyword name and putting the program name of the received media data into the created database table may be: selecting a keyword of the program name of the received media data, and Generate record data containing the name of the program of the received media data, such as "Li Xiaolong, Bruce Lee Legend (1-50), /media/lixiaolong.ts"; At this point, the steps to pre-store the created database table are: The record data is inserted into the existing stored database table, which can be created by using an existing access, sql server, oracle, etc. database.

In step S102, an association display request command is received.

In step S103, according to the received association display request command, the associated program list of the on-demand program associated with the current live program in the pre-stored database table is obtained.

The step of acquiring the associated program list of the on-demand program associated with the current live program in the pre-stored database table according to the received association display request command is specifically: acquiring the program name of the current program; selecting the keyword of the obtained program name; The selected keyword is compared with the name of the pre-stored database table to obtain a list of associated programs of the on-demand program associated with the current live program.

In addition, in the specific implementation, the step of selecting the keyword of the acquired program name and comparing the selected keyword with the name of the pre-stored database table to obtain an on-demand festival associated with the current live program The step of associating the program list with the destination may further include the following steps: generating a keyword list including the selected keyword and displaying the keyword through the external display unit; and acquiring a keyword selected by the user according to the keyword list.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the step of selecting the keyword of the acquired program name may be defined by the client or by the server. The step of selecting the keyword of the acquired program name further includes the following steps: issuing an environment information table (EIT) including program information corresponding to the keyword and displaying, the table includes The director of the current live program, the main actors and other information; receiving the associated keyword selection signal selected by the user. At this time, the step of comparing the selected keyword with the name of the pre-stored database table to obtain the associated program list of the on-demand program associated with the current live program is specifically: selecting the associated keyword selected by the user and the name of the pre-stored database table. For comparison, a list of associated programs of the on-demand program associated with the associated keyword selected by the user is obtained.

In step S104, the acquired associated program list is parsed and displayed.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the step of displaying the obtained related program list may include the following steps: acquiring the number of broadcast sets of the current live program; and performing the program with the same program name as the current live program in the parsed related program list. The set number conversion directly displays the program information of the episodes of the current live program and the related program information.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, after the step S103, the method may further include the following steps: playing the corresponding program according to the program-on-demand signal input by the user.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the principle structure of a system in which a live program and an on-demand program are provided according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The on-demand program receiving module 111 in the database table presetting unit 11 receives the media data of the on-demand program and its program name, and transmits the received program name to the keyword extracting module 112 in the database table presetting unit 11. The keyword extraction module 112 filters the program name of the received media data, and extracts a keyword, which is determined according to a person name, an animal and plant name, a place name, a historical event, etc., and the keyword extraction module 112 extracts the The program name of the keyword and the received media data is transmitted to the judging module 113 in the database table presetting unit 11. The judging module 113 judges whether the database table associated with the keyword name received by the database table pre-existing module 115 in the database table pre-existing unit 11 exists, and is the section of the media data received by the judging module. The object name is placed in the database table associated with the keyword name it receives stored in the database table pre-stored module 115, otherwise it is signaled to the database table creation module 114 in the database table preset unit 11. The database table creation module 114 creates a database table having the same name as the extracted keyword, puts the program name of the received media data into the database table, and stores the database table in the database table pre-existing module 115. The step of the database table creation module 114 is the same as the extracted database name, and the step of storing the created database table in the database table pre-existing module 115 may be: selecting a keyword of the program name of the received media data. And generating record data including the name of the program of the received media data, such as "Li Xiaolong, Bruce Lee Legend (1-50), /media/lixiaolong.ts"; inserting the generated record data into the database stored in the database table prestored module 115 In the table, the database table creation module 11 can create a database table by using an existing access, sql server, oracle, and the like database.

The association display request command receiving unit 12 receives the associated display request command and transmits it to the current program name acquisition module 131 in the associated program list acquisition unit 13. The current program name acquisition module 131 acquires the program name of the current program according to the associated display request command received therefrom, and transmits the obtained program name of the current program to the keyword selection module 132 in the associated program list acquisition unit 13. The keyword selection module 132 selects the keyword of the program name of the current program it has received, and transmits the selected keyword to the associated program list acquisition module 133 in the associated program list acquisition unit 13. In a specific implementation, the keyword selection module 132 may further generate a keyword list including the selected keyword according to the selected keyword, and display the keyword list through the external display unit 14, and obtain the keyword list according to the displayed user. The selected keyword is transmitted to the associated program list obtaining module 133. The associated program list obtaining module 133 compares the received keyword with the name of the database table pre-stored by the database table pre-stored module 115, acquires the associated program list of the on-demand program associated with the current live program, and obtains the obtained live broadcast with the current live broadcast program. The associated program list of the on-demand program associated with the program is transmitted to the parsing unit 17.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the keyword selection module 132 may be placed on the client or on the server. When placed on the server side, the keyword selection module 132 issues an EIT table including program information corresponding to the keyword and displays it through the external display unit 14. The system includes the information of the director, the main actor, and the like of the current live program. The system for displaying the live program and the on-demand program according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include an associated keyword selection signal receiving unit 18, which receives the user input. Associated keyword selection signal, and sends the signal to the associated program list obtaining module 133; associated program The list obtaining module 133 compares the associated keyword selected by the user with the name of the database table prestored by the database table pre-stored module 115, acquires the associated program list of the on-demand program associated with the associated keyword selected by the user, and obtains the obtained user list. The associated program list of the on-demand program associated with the selected associated keyword is transmitted to the parsing unit 17.

The parsing unit 17 parses the received related program list through the external display unit

14 shows.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the parsing unit 17 may further transmit the parsed related program list to the set number converting unit 15. The episode obtaining unit 16 acquires the number of episodes of the current live program and transmits it to the epitograph conversion unit 15. The epitograph conversion unit 15 performs a ensemble conversion on the program of the parsed related program list received by the same as the program name of the current live program, and directly displays the number of the broadcast episodes of the current live program through the external display unit 14. Set of program information and other related program information.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a server associated with a live program and an on-demand program, including a database table preset unit 11 as described above, configured to pre-store a database table associated with a preset keyword and a program name; The request command receiving unit 12 is configured to receive an associated display request command sent by the digital television receiving terminal, and the associated program list obtaining unit 13 is configured to acquire a database table preset unit according to the associated display request command received by the associated display request command receiving unit. A list of associated programs of the on-demand program associated with the current live program in the pre-stored database table is sent to the digital television receiving terminal.

Specifically, the associated program list obtaining unit 13 is configured to acquire a program name of the current program, select a keyword of the obtained program name, and compare the selected keyword with a name of a database table pre-stored in the database table preset unit, to obtain and A list of associated programs for on-demand programs associated with the current live program.

In addition, in a specific implementation, the associated program list obtaining unit 13 may further acquire a program name of the current program, select a keyword of the obtained program name, generate a keyword list including the selected keyword, and send the keyword to the number according to the selected keyword. The television receiving terminal simultaneously receives the keyword selected by the digital television receiving terminal according to the keyword list, and compares the received keyword with the name of the database table pre-stored in the database table preset unit, and acquires the association with the current live program. A list of associated programs for on-demand programs.

Specifically, the database table preset unit 11 is configured to store an existing database table and when it receives After the media data of the program is broadcasted and the program name thereof, the program name of the media data is filtered, the keyword is extracted, and then it is determined whether there is a database table associated with the extracted keyword name in the existing database table stored therein, And the program name of the received media data is placed in a database table associated with the extracted keyword name, otherwise a database table having the same name as the extracted keyword is created, and the program name of the received media data is created. The database table, and pre-stored the created database table.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a digital television receiving terminal, comprising: an associated display request command sending unit, configured to receive an associated display request signal input by the user, and assemble the related display signal into an associated display through a real-time streaming protocol (RTSP protocol). The parsing unit is configured to parse the associated program list corresponding to the associated display request signal received by the associated display request command sending unit sent by the server, and display the parsed related program list through the external display unit. In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the digital television receiving terminal may further include the set number conversion unit as described above.

15 and the set number acquisition unit 16. The set number obtaining unit 16 is configured to obtain the broadcast set number of the current live program, and transmit it to the set number conversion unit 15, and the set number conversion unit 15 simultaneously receives the associated program list parsed by the parsing unit 17, and After receiving the episode conversion of the program with the same program name as the current live program in the parsed related program list, directly displaying the program information and other associations of the episodes of the current live program by the external display unit Program information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the associated display request command, the pre-stored related program list of the on-demand program associated with the current live program is obtained, and after being parsed, the user is provided to guide the user to the on-demand program associated with the current live program. The function of viewing is highly applicable.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps of implementing the above embodiments may be performed by a program to control related hardware, and the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, the storage. Media, such as ROM/RAM, disk, CD, etc.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection of the present invention. Within the scope.

Claims

Rights request

A method for associating a live program with an on-demand program, the method comprising the steps of:

Pre-storing a database table associated with preset keywords and program names;

Receiving an association display request command;

Parsing and displaying the obtained related program list.

The method for displaying a live program and an on-demand program as claimed in claim 1, wherein the acquiring, according to the received associated display request command, acquiring a pre-stored related program of an on-demand program associated with the current live program The steps of the list are specifically as follows:

Obtaining, according to the received association display request command, a program name of the current program; selecting a keyword of the acquired program name;

The selected keyword is compared with the name of the pre-stored database table to obtain a list of associated programs of the on-demand program associated with the current live program.

3. The method for associating display of a live program and an on-demand program according to claim 2, wherein said method selects said keyword of said acquired program name and said selected keyword The steps of comparing the names of the pre-stored database tables to obtain the associated program list of the on-demand program associated with the current live program further include the following steps:

Generating a keyword list containing the selected keyword and displaying it through an external display unit; obtaining a keyword selected by the user according to the keyword list.

The method for displaying the live program and the on-demand program associated with the program according to claim 1, wherein the step of pre-storing the database table associated with the preset keyword and the program name is specifically: receiving the media of the on-demand program Data and its program name;

Filtering a program name of the received media data to extract a keyword;

Determining whether there is a database table in the existing stored database table that is the same as the extracted keyword name, and then placing the program name of the received media data into a database associated with the extracted keyword name In the table; otherwise, creating a database table associated with the extracted keyword name, and placing the program name of the received media data into the created database table; pre-store The database table created.

The method for associating display of a live program and an on-demand program according to claim 4, wherein: creating a database table having the same name as the extracted keyword, and displaying the received media data The step of placing the name into the created database table is specifically: selecting a keyword of the program name of the received media data, and generating record data of the program name including the received media data;

The step of pre-storing the created database table is specifically: inserting the generated record data into an existing stored database table.

The method for displaying a live program and an on-demand program as claimed in claim 2, wherein the method further comprises the following steps after the step of selecting the keyword of the acquired program name:

An EIT table including program information corresponding to the keyword is delivered and displayed;

Receiving an associated keyword selection signal in the EIT table selected by the user.

The method for displaying the associated program of the live program and the on-demand program according to claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the acquired associated program list is specifically:

Obtaining the number of broadcast sets of the current live program;

The programs in the parsed related program list that are the same as the program name of the current live program are subjected to episode conversion, and the program information of the episodes of the current live program and the other related program information are directly displayed.

8. A server associated with a live broadcast program and an on-demand program, wherein the server comprises:

The association display request command receiving unit is configured to receive an associated display request command sent by the digital television receiving terminal;

9. The server associated with a live program and an on-demand program according to claim 8, wherein: The associated program list obtaining unit is configured to acquire a program name of the current program, select a keyword of the obtained program name, and compare the selected keyword with a name of a database table pre-stored in the database table preset unit, and obtain the current live broadcast. A list of associated programs for on-demand programs associated with the program.

10. The server associated with the live program and the on-demand program according to claim 8, wherein the database table presetting unit is configured to store an existing database table, and when receiving the media data of the on-demand program and After the program name, the program name of the media data is filtered, the keyword is extracted, and then it is determined whether there is a database table associated with the extracted keyword name in the existing database table stored therein, and the media data to be received is The program name is placed in the database table associated with the extracted keyword name, otherwise a database table with the same name as the extracted keyword is created, and the program name of the received media data is placed in the created database table, and pre-stored is created. Database table.

A digital television receiving terminal, wherein the terminal comprises: