WO2013110222A1

WO2013110222A1 - Preview control method, control terminal, and smart television

Info

Publication number: WO2013110222A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/072184
Authority: WO
Inventors: 赵栋; 杨杰; 傅启洪; 朱渊; 范勇; 魏攀
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2012-01-29
Filing date: 2012-03-12
Publication date: 2013-08-01
Also published as: CN103227945A

Abstract

A preview control method, a control terminal, and a smart television. The method comprises: the control terminal establishing a first communication connection to the smart television, and acquiring from the smart television electronic program guide (EPG) information via the first communication connection; and, the control terminal providing a user with a television program preview on the basis of the EPG information, and transmitting to the smart television universal resource locator (URL) data of a program selected by the user, thereby allowing the smart television to play the program selected by the user. The present invention allows the user, at the same time when the smart television is playing the television program, to implement a visual preview function via the control terminal such as a mobile phone terminal to preview other television programs, and to implement preview control of the smart television by issuing a control command via a BT communication connection established, thus satisfying the control demand for typical television program visual preview, and solving the problem of inconvenience in establishing a control relation when the mobile phone terminal is controlling the television.

Description

Preview control method, control terminal and smart television

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of control technologies for smart televisions, and more particularly to a preview control method, a control terminal, and a smart television.

Background technique

Near Field Communication (NFC) is a short-range wireless communication technology suitable for handheld mobile devices, combining the features of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) card readers and smart cards. NFC's communication distance is usually 0~10 cm, which is a very safe communication range. Within this distance, data transfer between the two devices can be completed in a very short time. NFC technology has the advantages of simple and convenient connection, communication security, automatic, etc. It is a wireless communication technology that is very suitable for mobile phones.

The Electronic Program Guide (EPG) is used to provide indexing and navigation functions for various program information. The EPG interface provides a variety of menus, dynamic or static multimedia program content and buttons for users to preview and select programs. The EPG information includes basic EPG information and extended EPG information. The basic EPG information refers to the EPG information described by the service information table SI, which uses the table transmission method, which is a network information table (ΝΙΤ), a service group association table (BAT), a service description table (SDT), and an event information table. (EIT) and mapping table (EMT). Extended EPG information complements basic EPG information and describes extended information on networks, business groups, services, events, EPG providers, and advertising. Extended EPG information is represented by Extensible Markup Language (XML), which is encapsulated into a file system with a multi-level directory structure.

With the continuous development of smart TV, it has more and more functions. At present, the existing television remote control devices have been increasingly unable to meet the needs of people for television control, especially for the typical visual display control function requirements of television programs. In addition, when the mobile terminal controls the television, there is usually a problem that the control relationship is inconvenient. Therefore, there is a need for a way to control both the smart TV and the preview to meet such needs and improve the user experience. Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a preview control method, a control terminal, and a smart TV, which can satisfy the user's demand for television control.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a preview control method of the present invention includes:

The control terminal establishes a first communication connection with the smart television, and acquires electronic program menu (EPG) information from the smart television through the first communication connection;

The control terminal provides a preview of the television program to the user according to the EPG information, and transmits uniform resource locator (URL) data of the program selected by the user to the smart television, so that the smart television plays the program selected by the user.

The method also includes:

After the control terminal establishes the first communication connection with the smart TV, the data required for the second communication connection is established through interaction with the smart TV through the first communication connection, and the data of the opposite end and the smart according to the interaction are obtained. The television establishes a second communication connection;

In the step of transmitting the URL data of the program selected by the user to the smart TV, the control terminal transmits the URL data of the program selected by the user to the smart TV through the second communication connection.

The first communication connection established by the control terminal with the smart television is a near field communication point-to-point (NFC P2P) communication connection; and the second communication connection is a bit stream (BT) communication connection.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a smart television, comprising: an EPG system module, a remote side first communication connection module, a first data processing module, and a remote side second communication connection module, wherein: the EPG system module is configured to The EPG information is stored, and when the control terminal requests the EPG information, the EPG information is sent to the remote communication side first communication connection module, and the user selected program is played according to the URL data of the program selected by the user;

The remote side first communication connection module is configured to: establish a first communication connection with the control terminal, send the EPG information to the control terminal by using the first communication connection, and establish a second communication connection with the control terminal Required data;

The first data processing module is configured to: parse data required for establishing a second communication connection of the peer end obtained by the first communication connection module on the remote side, and send the parsed data to the remote side second communication Connecting the module, and packaging the local data required to establish the second communication connection, and sending the data to The remote side first communication connection module;

The remote side second communication connection module is configured to: establish a second communication connection with the control terminal according to the data parsed by the first data processing module, and receive a URL of the program selected by the user by using the second communication connection Data is sent to the EPG system module.

The EPG system module includes a first storage module of EPG information, where:

The EPG information first storage module is configured to send the EPG information to the remote side first communication connection module after receiving the EPG information acquisition request.

The remote side first communication connection module includes a first sending module and a first receiving module, where: the first sending module is configured to send EPG information and a local data required to establish a second communication connection to the control terminal;

The first receiving module is configured to receive data required for establishing a second communication connection of the peer end sent by the control terminal, and send data required for establishing the second communication connection of the opposite end to the first data processing module.

The first data processing module includes a first parsing module and a first encapsulating module, where: the first parsing module is configured to parse the peer established by the remote side first communication connecting module to establish a second communications connection Data to be parsed, and the parsed data is sent to the remote communication side second communication connection module;

The first encapsulating module is configured to encapsulate local data required for establishing a second communication connection, and send the encapsulated data to the remote side first communication connection module.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a control terminal, including: a first communication connection module on the terminal side, a second data processing module, a second communication connection module on the terminal side, a second storage module of the EPG information, and an EPG information browsing module, where:

The first communication connection module on the terminal side is configured to: establish a first communication connection with the smart TV, obtain EPG information from the smart TV through the first communication connection, and save the EPG information to the second EPG information. Storing a module, and interacting with the smart television to establish data required for a second communication connection;

The second data processing module is configured to: parse data required for establishing a second communication connection of the peer end obtained by the first communication connection module on the terminal side, and send the parsed data to the terminal a second communication connection module, and packaging the local data required for establishing the second communication connection, and sending the data to the first communication connection module of the terminal side;

The terminal-side second communication connection module is configured to: establish a second communication connection with the smart TV according to the data parsed by the second data processing module, and send the URL data of the program selected by the user to the smart television;

The EPG information second storage module is configured to store EPG information acquired by the terminal side first communication connection module from the smart TV;

The EPG information browsing module is configured to: provide a TV program preview to the user according to the EPG information, and send the URL data of the program selected by the user to the smart TV through the second communication connection module of the terminal side, so that the smart TV plays the user Choose a show.

The terminal-side first communication connection module includes a second sending module and a second receiving module, where: the second sending module is configured to: send an EPG information acquisition request to the smart TV, and establish a second communication locally. The data required for the connection is sent to the smart TV;

The second receiving module is configured to: receive EPG information sent by the smart TV and data required for establishing a second communication connection of the peer end, send the EPG information to the second storage module of the EPG information, and establish a second communication of the peer end The data required for the connection is sent to the second data processing module.

The second data processing module includes a second parsing module and a second encapsulating module, where: the second parsing module is configured to: parse the second communication connection established by the peer end received by the first communication connection module on the terminal side The data to be parsed is sent to the second communication connection module of the terminal side;

The second encapsulating module is configured to encapsulate the data required for establishing the second communication connection, and send the encapsulated data to the first communication connection module of the terminal side.

In summary, the user of the present invention can realize the visual preview function through the control terminal such as the mobile terminal while watching the television program on the smart TV, preview other television programs, and issue control commands through the established BT communication connection to realize the smart television. The preview control can meet the control requirements of the typical television program visual preview, and can solve the problem that the control relationship existing when the mobile terminal controls the television is inconvenient. BRIEF abstract

1 is a flow chart of a preview control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a structural block diagram of a smart television according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a structural block diagram of a control terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a structural block diagram of information interaction according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a preview control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

In this embodiment, the control terminal (such as a mobile phone and other terminal devices) establishes a first communication connection with the smart TV, acquires EPG information from the smart TV through the first communication connection, provides television program preview to the user by using the EPG information, and, with the smart TV Interacting with the data required for establishing the second communication connection, establishing a second communication connection with the smart TV according to the data required for establishing the second communication connection obtained by the interaction, and after the user selects the program, the uniform resource locator data of the program selected by the user The smart TV transmits the program selected by the user according to the uniform resource locator data sent by the control terminal through the second communication connection.

In this embodiment, the first communication connection established between the control terminal and the smart TV is a near field communication point-to-point (NFC P2P) communication connection; the second communication connection is a bit stream (BitTorrent, BT) connection; establishing a second communication connection station The required data is OOB (out-of-band) data. The first communication connection of this embodiment may also be a communication connection mode other than the NFC P2P communication connection, and the second communication connection may also be a communication connection mode other than the BT connection.

In order to make the objects, the technical solutions and the advantages of the present invention more clearly, the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments of the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

For convenience of description, the following is a description of the first communication connection using an NFC P2P communication connection, and the second communication connection using a BT communication connection as an example. The following methods, smart TV and control terminal are all based on the first communication connection using NFC P2P communication connection, and the second communication connection using BT communication connection as an example. As shown in FIG. 1 , the implementation of the control of the smart TV in the embodiment includes: Step 101: The NFC-enabled control terminal is located close to the NFC communication location designated by the smart TV, and an NFC P2P communication connection is established between the two.

Step 102: The control terminal uses the established NFC P2P communication connection to perform information interaction with the smart television, including EPG information and OOB data required for quickly establishing a BT communication connection;

Step 103: The control terminal uses the received EPG information to implement a visual preview of the television program, and after the user selects the program, encapsulates the URL data of the program selected by the user;

Step 104: The control terminal interacts with the smart TV through the OOB data, establishes a BT communication connection, and transmits the URL data of the program selected by the user to the smart TV through the established BT communication connection, thereby implementing remote control communication between the two. connection.

As shown in FIG. 2, the smart TV of this embodiment includes: an EPG system module 21, a first near field communication module 22 (a remote side first communication connection module), and a first OOB data processing module 23 (first data processing Module) and first BT communication module 24 (remote side second communication connection module), wherein:

The EPG system module 21 is responsible for the service logic function of the system, including the user's service request and management program meta information, and plays the program according to the URL data. The EPG system module 21 includes the EPG information first storage module 211, and the EPG information first storage module 211 The control terminal provides the EPG information requested by the control terminal, and sends the EPG information to the first near field communication module 22;

The first near field communication module 22 is configured to: establish a near field communication connection with the control terminal, send the EPG information to the control terminal through the near field communication connection, and interact with the control terminal to establish OOB data required for the BT communication connection, the first near The field communication module 22 includes a first sending module 221 and a first receiving module 222. The first sending module 221 is configured to: send the EPG information provided by the first storage module 211 of the EPG information to the control terminal, and the first OOB data processing module 23 The encapsulated local OOB data is sent to the control terminal. The first receiving module 222 is configured to receive the OOB data of the peer end sent by the control terminal, and send the OOB data of the peer end to the first OOB data processing module 23.

The first OOB data processing module 23 includes a first parsing module 231 and a first encapsulating module 232. The first parsing module 231 is configured to parse the OOB data of the peer end received by the first receiving module 222. The parsed OOB data is sent to the first BT communication module 24 to establish a BT communication connection with the control terminal. The first encapsulation module 232 is configured to: encapsulate the local OOB data, and send the encapsulated local OOB data to the first sending module. 221 is sent to the control terminal.

The first BT communication module 24 is configured to establish a BT communication connection with the control terminal according to the OOB data parsed by the first parsing module 231, receive the URL data sent by the peer end, and send the URL data to the EPG system module 21.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control terminal of the present embodiment includes: an EPG information second storage module 31, an EPG information browsing module 32, a second near field communication module 33 (terminal side first communication connection module), and an OOB data processing module. 34 (second data processing module) and second BT communication module 35 (terminal side second communication connection module), wherein:

The EPG information second storage module 31 is configured to store the EPG information received by the second near field communication module 33 from the smart television;

The EPG information browsing module 32 is configured to: provide the TV program navigation information to the user according to the EPG information, for the user to preview and select, after the user selects the program, send the URL data of the program selected by the user to the second BT communication module 35;

The second near field communication module 33 includes a second sending module 331 and a second receiving module 332. The second sending module 331 is configured to: send an EPG information acquisition request to the smart TV, obtain EPG information, and the second OOB data processing module 34 The encapsulated local OOB data is sent to the smart TV; the second receiving module 332 is configured to: receive the EPG information sent by the smart TV and the OOB data of the peer end, and send the received EPG information to the second storage module 31 of the EPG information, The OOB data of the end is sent to the second OOB data processing module 34 for parsing;

The second OOB data processing module 34 includes a second parsing module 341 and a second encapsulating module 342. The second parsing module 341 is configured to parse the OOB data of the peer end received by the second receiving module 332, and send the parsed OOB data of the peer end. The second BT communication module 35 is configured to encapsulate the local OOB data, and send the encapsulated OOB data to the second sending module 331;

The second BT communication module 35 is configured to be parsed according to the second parsing module 341 The OOB data establishes a BT communication connection with the smart TV, and transmits the URL data of the program selected by the user to the smart TV.

As shown in FIG. 4, the information interaction between the smart TV 41 and the control terminal 42 in this embodiment includes:

The control terminal 42 transmits an EPG information acquisition request to the smart television 41 via the second near field communication module 33, and simultaneously transmits the encapsulated OOB data;

The smart TV terminal 41 responds to the EPG information acquisition request, and the EPG system module 21 and the first OOB data processing module 23 respectively provide the EPG information and the encapsulated local OOB data to the first near field communication module 22, and are connected through the established NFC P2P. Transmitted to the control terminal 42;

The first OOB data processing module 23 of the smart TV terminal 41 parses the OOB data of the peer end transmitted by the first near field communication module 22, and provides the analysis result to the first BT communication module 24 to establish a BT communication connection;

After the control terminal 42 receives the data sent by the opposite end, the second OOB data processing module 34 parses the OOB data and provides it to the BT communication module 35 to establish a BT communication connection.

The second storage module 31 of the EPG information of the control terminal 42 is responsible for storing the EPG information as the source data of the EPG information browsing module 32;

The EPG information browsing module 32 is responsible for providing a user interface for preview navigation of the user, and finally selecting the result of the user, that is, the URL data of the program is transmitted to the second BT communication module 35, and the control data is sent through the module;

The first BT communication module 24 of the smart TV 41 receives the URL data of the program selected by the user from the opposite end through the established BT communication connection, and transmits the URL data to the EPG system module 21;

The EPG system module 21 is responsible for performing program replacement based on the URL data of the program selected by the user in response to the user request.

As shown in FIG. 5, the preview control method of the present embodiment is exemplified by the control terminal using the mobile phone terminal, and includes: Step 501: The mobile terminal is located near a designated NFC communication location of the smart television, and meets a specified distance range for establishing the NFC communication;

Step 502: The mobile terminal establishes an NFC P2P communication connection with the smart TV as a data interaction channel between the two parties;

Step 503: The mobile terminal sends an EPG information acquisition request to the smart TV, and transmits the OOB data of the BT communication connection established by the mobile terminal to the opposite end;

Step 504: The NFC device responds, receives and parses the OOB data sent by the peer end, and transmits its OOB data and EPG information to the mobile terminal through the NFC channel, and initiates a BT communication establishment request.

Step 505: The mobile terminal receives all the data sent by the opposite end, and performs corresponding data processing. Step 506: The two parties enter the pairing process to quickly establish a BT communication connection.

Step 507: The smart TV end plays the television program selected by the user, and at the same time, the user can preview and navigate other television programs on the mobile terminal side;

Step 508: The user selects whether to end the television program play, if yes, step 512 is performed; if not, step 509 is performed;

Step 509: The user selects a favorite program on the mobile terminal side;

Step 510: The mobile terminal encapsulates the URL data of the selected program of the user, and sends the URL data to the peer end through the BT communication connection;

Step 511: The smart TV terminal receives the URL data, and transmits the URL data to the EPG system module, and the EPG system module responds to the user request, performs program replacement, and performs step 507;

Step 512: The mobile terminal side disconnects the BT communication connection with the smart TV end, and the preview control process ends.

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and the present invention may be variously modified and changed. The scope of the present invention is defined by the claims. Industrial applicability

Compared with the prior art, the invention enables the user to realize the visual preview function through the control terminal such as the mobile phone terminal, preview other television programs, and issue control commands through the established BT communication connection, while the television program is being played on the smart television. The preview control of the smart TV can meet the control requirements of the typical visual preview of the television program, and can solve the problem that the control relationship existing when the mobile terminal controls the television is inconvenient.

Claims

Claim

1. A preview control method, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first communication connection established by the control terminal with the smart television is a near field communication point-to-point (NFC P2P) communication connection; and the second communication connection is a bit stream ( BT) communication connection.

4. A smart television, comprising: an electronic program menu (EPG) system module, a first communication connection module on the remote side, a first data processing module, and a second communication connection module on the remote side, wherein:

The EPG system module is configured to: store EPG information, and when the control terminal requests the EPG information, send the EPG information to the remote communication first connection connection module, and according to a uniform resource locator (URL) of the program selected by the user The data plays the program selected by the user;

The first data processing module is configured to: parse data required for establishing a second communication connection of the peer end obtained by the first communication connection module on the remote side, and send the parsed data to the remote end a second communication connection module, and packaging the local data required for establishing the second communication connection, and sending the data to the remote communication side first communication connection module;

The smart TV of claim 4, wherein the EPG system module includes a first storage module of the EPG information, and the first storage module of the EPG information is configured to send the EPG information after receiving the EPG information acquisition request. Giving the remote side a first communication connection module.

The smart TV of claim 4, wherein the remote side first communication connection module comprises a first sending module and a first receiving module, wherein

The first sending module is configured to send EPG information and data required for establishing a second communication connection to the control terminal;

7. The smart television of claim 4, wherein the first data processing module comprises a first parsing module and a first encapsulating module, wherein

The first parsing module is configured to parse data required for establishing a second communication connection of the peer end received by the first communication connection module on the remote side, and send the parsed data to the second communication connection on the remote side Module

8. A control terminal, comprising: a first communication connection module on the terminal side, a second data processing module, a second communication connection module on the terminal side, a second storage module of an electronic program menu (EPG) information, and an EPG information browsing module, wherein: The first communication connection module on the terminal side is configured to: establish a first communication connection with the smart TV, obtain EPG information from the smart TV through the first communication connection, and save the EPG information to the second EPG information. Storing a module, and interacting with the smart television to establish data required for a second communication connection;

The second data processing module is configured to: parse data required for establishing a second communication connection of the peer end obtained by the first communication connection module on the terminal side, and send the parsed data to the second communication connection module of the terminal side And encapsulating the local data required for establishing the second communication connection, and sending the data to the first communication connection module of the terminal side;

The terminal-side second communication connection module is configured to: establish a second communication connection with the smart TV according to the data parsed by the second data processing module, and send the uniform resource locator (URL) data of the program selected by the user to Smart TV;

The control terminal according to claim 8, wherein the terminal side first communication connection module comprises a second sending module and a second receiving module, wherein the second sending module is configured to: send to the smart television EPG information acquisition request, and transmitting data required for establishing a second communication connection to the smart television;

The second receiving module is configured to: receive the EPG information sent by the smart TV and the data required by the peer end to establish the second communication connection, send the EPG information to the second storage module of the EPG information, and establish the second end of the peer end Data required for the communication connection is sent to the second data processing module.

The control terminal according to claim 8, wherein the second data processing module comprises a second parsing module and a second encapsulating module, wherein

The second parsing module is configured to: parse data required for establishing a second communication connection of the peer end received by the first communication connection module on the terminal side, and send the parsed data to the terminal side a second communication connection module;