WO2014019357A1

WO2014019357A1 - Method and device for implementing multi-screen interaction

Info

Publication number: WO2014019357A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/071701
Authority: WO
Inventors: 朱建华; 陈秋林
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2012-07-31
Filing date: 2013-02-20
Publication date: 2014-02-06
Also published as: CN103581704A; CN103581704B

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and a device for implementing multi-screen interaction, which relate to the field of communications technologies, so as to enhance the universality of an existing set-top box STB, where a requesting end and a requested end are located at different networks: the requesting end is a digital video broadcasting (DVB), and the requested end is a non-DVB network terminal; the requesting end is a non-DVB network terminal, and the requested end is a DVB; the requested end corresponds to a first server, and the requesting end corresponds to a second server. The method comprises: the first server receiving an interaction request message sent by the requesting end; if the interaction request message is directly sent through a first interaction channel, the first server forwarding an interaction request message to the requested end through the first interaction channel; if the first server and the second server perform communication in a preset manner, and the interaction request message is forwarded by the second server through a second interaction channel, the first server forwarding the interaction request message to the requested end through the second interaction channel. The present invention is mainly applicable to interaction between a DVB and a non-DVB network terminal.

Description

Method and apparatus for realizing multi-screen interaction This application claims the priority of the Chinese application filed on July 31, 2012, with the application number 201210271248.2, and the invention name is "Method and Apparatus for Realizing Multi-Screen Interaction". The citations are incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for implementing multi-screen interaction.

Background technique

The two-way transformation of DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting, Digital Video Broadcasting) has transformed the digital TV one-way broadcasting mode into a two-way interactive mode, and the interactive TV has formed a large number of users. Many non-digital TV network terminals, such as Pad (tablet), mobile phone, Laptop (laptop portable computer), PC (Personal Computer, personal computer), etc., all have media playback capabilities, if you can achieve DVB and The interaction between non-digital TV network terminals enables DVB and non-digital TV network terminals to share media resources with each other, which can greatly improve the ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) value and users! Occupy.

The DVB metropolitan area network and the Internet (Internet) with DVB access are usually isolated from each other for security reasons, which results in two-way interactive commands between DVB and non-digital TV network terminals that cannot reach each other, thus making DVB and non-digital TV There is no interaction between network terminals.

In the prior art, the following scheme is adopted to realize interaction between DVB and non-digital television network terminals: Each user sets an HGW (Home Gateway), and each user's HGW, DVB, and non-digital television network terminals constitute a family. Network, HCG uses a remote method to assign an IP address to DVB via DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), or directly obtain IPTV through PPPOE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet). Protocol Television, Network TV/Interactive TV) Network IP address, HCG uses a remote way to assign IP addresses to non-digital TV network terminals via DHCP, and DVB and non-digital TV network terminals access each other through IP addresses to achieve DVB and non- Number Interplay between TV network terminals. The specific process can be as follows:

1. DVB uses the HGW to broadcast an interactive request message through the STB (Set Top Box), and carries its own IP address information and port information in the interactive request message;

2. After receiving the interactive request message of the DVB broadcast, the non-digital television network terminal extracts the IP address information and the port information from the interaction request message; and sends the identity authentication information to the DVB through the STB according to the IP address information and the port information of the DVB, For DVB certification.

3. If the authentication is passed, an interactive connection is established between the DVB and non-digital TV network terminals to access each other.

In the above process of realizing the interaction between DVB and non-digital television network terminals, the inventor found that at least the following problems exist in the prior art: STB has only one network port, which is used for passing CM (Cable Modem, electric cable modem) ) or EOC (Ethernet over COAX, Ethernet data transmission over coaxial cable) access to the DVB metropolitan area network, STB has no other interface to support communication between HCG and STB, to use the above scheme to make DVB and non-digital TV network terminals To access each other, it is necessary to make major changes to the hardware and software of the STB at the same time, which requires a lot of research and development and manufacturing costs, resulting in wasted hardware resources, and it is difficult for the users who do not have the LAN to build the above solution.

Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for implementing multi-screen interaction, which solves the lack of versatility of the STB in the prior art, requires a large hardware modification of the existing STB, and deploys an HGW for each user to implement the STB. Multi-screen interaction with non-digital TV network terminals, resulting in wasted hardware resources and difficult implementation.

In order to achieve the above object, the embodiment of the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

In one aspect, a method for implementing multi-screen interaction is applied to interaction between a digital television DVB and a non-digital television network terminal, wherein the requesting end and the requested end are in different networks, when the requesting end is a digital television, The requested end is a non-digital television network terminal; when the requesting end is a non-digital television network terminal, the requested end is a digital television, and the platform where the requested end is located A first server is disposed on the platform where the requesting end is located, and the method includes:

The first server receives an interaction request message sent by the requesting end, where the interaction request message includes operation content indication information;

If the requesting end communicates with the first server by using a first interaction channel, and the interaction request message is directly sent by the requesting end via the first interaction channel, the first server passes the Transmitting, by the first interaction channel, the interaction request message to the requested end, so that the requested end performs an operation corresponding to the operation content indication information;

If the requesting end communicates with the second server by using the second interaction channel, the first server and the second server communicate in a preset manner, and the interaction request message is sent by the requesting end. The second interaction channel is forwarded by the second server, and the first server forwards the interaction request message to the requested end by using the second interaction channel, so that the requested end performs the operation. The content indicates the operation corresponding to the information.

On the other hand, a device for realizing multi-screen interaction when the requesting end and the requested end are in different networks is applied to interaction between the digital television DVB and the non-digital television network terminal, and the requesting end and the requested end are in different networks. Wherein, when the requesting end is a digital television, the requested end is a non-digital television network terminal; when the requesting end is a non-digital television network terminal, the requested end is a digital television, in the A first server is disposed on the platform where the requesting end is located, and a second server is disposed on the platform where the requesting end is located, and the device includes:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive, by the first server, an interaction request message sent by the requesting end, where the interaction request message includes operation content indication information;

a forwarding unit, configured to: if the requesting end communicates with the first server by using a first interaction channel, where the interaction request message is directly sent by the requesting end by using the first interaction channel, The first server forwards the interaction request message to the requested end by using the first interaction channel, so that the requested end performs an operation corresponding to the operation content indication information; if the request end and the second server Communicating between the second interactive channel, the first server Communicating with the second server in a preset manner, the interaction request message is that the requesting end is forwarded by the second server through the second interaction channel, and the first server passes the second The interaction channel forwards the interaction request message to the requested end, so that the requested end performs an operation corresponding to the operation content indication information.

The method and device for implementing multi-screen interaction provided by the embodiment of the present invention can realize multi-screen interaction between the STB and the non-digital television network terminal through the first server and the second server between the requesting end and the requested end, The HGW needs to be configured to build a local area network for each user, which eliminates the process of installing the HGW by the user, reduces the waste of hardware resources caused by the hardware modification of the STB, and improves the versatility of the STB, thereby bringing the user a great convenience.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. Other drawings may also be obtained from those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the drawings.

1 is a flowchart of a method for implementing multi-screen interaction according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a process for establishing a data transmission channel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of establishing a data transmission channel in a method for implementing multi-screen interaction according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of an interaction initiated by DVB in a method for implementing multi-screen interaction according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of data transmission initiated by DVB in a method for implementing multi-screen interaction according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a flowchart of a method for implementing interaction between a non-digital television network terminal in a method for implementing multi-screen interaction according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of data transmission initiated by a non-digital television network terminal in a method for implementing multi-screen interaction according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 8 is a structural diagram of an apparatus for implementing multi-screen interaction when a requesting end and a requested end are in different networks according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of another apparatus for implementing multi-screen interaction when a requesting end and a requested end are in different networks according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of another apparatus for implementing multi-screen interaction when a requesting end and a requested end are in different networks 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 only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

In order to solve the lack of versatility of the STB in the prior art, it is necessary to make a great hardware modification to the existing STB, and deploy HGW for each user, so as to realize multi-screen interaction between the STB and the non-digital television network terminal, resulting in waste of hardware resources. The method for implementing the multi-screen interaction is applied to the interaction between the digital television DVB and the non-digital television network terminal, and the requesting end and the requested end are in different networks. When the requesting end is a digital television, the requested end is a non-digital television network terminal; when the requesting end is a non-digital television network terminal, the requested end is a digital television, where the requested end is located The first server is disposed on the platform, and the second server is disposed on the platform where the request end is located. The method is implemented by using a computer software by using a device for implementing multi-screen interaction, as shown in FIG. 1 , including:

101. The first server receives an interaction request message sent by the requesting end, where the interaction request message includes operation content indication information.

The requesting end can be a digital television or a non-digital television network terminal. The operation content indication information may be used to indicate that the requested end performs an operation without returning data, and may also be used to indicate that the requested end returns the specified media data to the requesting end.

102. The first server forwards the interaction request message to the requested end, so that the requested end executes the The operation content indicates the operation corresponding to the information.

Specifically, if the requesting end communicates with the first server through the first interaction channel, the requesting end is located in the same network as the first server, and the requested end and the second server are located in another same network, and the interaction request is The message is sent directly by the requesting end via the first interaction channel, and the first server forwards the interaction request message to the requested end through the first interaction channel, so that the requested end performs the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information;

If the requesting end communicates with the second server through the second interactive channel, the requesting end is located in the same network as the second server, and the requested end is located in the same network as the first server, the first server and the second server. And the communication request message is forwarded by the requesting end by the second interactive channel, and the first server is requested by the second interactive channel. The terminal forwards the interaction request message, so that the requested end performs the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information.

The preset manner adopted between the first server and the second server may be a gateway, and may be specifically implemented by a method well known to those skilled in the art, such as wired or wireless.

The first server and the second server are both devices for implementing multi-screen interaction, and may be a software module, which is respectively disposed on the Internet video platform and the interactive television platform, for example, the first server is set on the Internet video platform, and the first server The second server is set up on the interactive TV platform. The first server installed on the Internet video platform can be placed anywhere on the Internet platform. The second server, which is set on the interactive TV platform, can be placed anywhere on the interactive TV platform or integrated on the STB.

In the method for implementing multi-screen interaction provided by the embodiment, the multi-screen interaction between the STB and the non-digital television network terminal can be realized between the requesting end and the requested end through the first server and the second server, and the HGW does not need to be set. Building a local area network for each user eliminates the process of installing the HGW by the user, reduces the waste of hardware resources caused by the hardware modification of the STB, and provides the versatility of the STBD, which brings great convenience to the user.

As an improvement of the embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention provides another method for realizing multi-screen interaction. The method is applied to interaction between a digital television DVB and a non-digital television network terminal, where the requesting end is in a different network from the requested end, and when the requesting end is a digital television, the requested end is a non-digital television network. When the requesting end is a non-digital television network terminal, the requested end is a digital television, and the first server is disposed on the platform where the requested end is located, where the requesting end is located The second server is disposed on the platform, and the method is implemented by using a computer software by using a device for implementing multi-screen interaction. As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, the first server is located on an interactive television platform, and is specifically referred to as a digital The second server is located on the Internet video platform, and is specifically referred to as an Internet video server. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes:

301. A digital television server establishes a data transmission channel with DVB.

Specifically, step 301 can include:

301a, the digital television server receives an interactive channel establishment request message that is sent by DVB and includes DVB identification information;

Set the App (application) in the STB, as shown by the dotted line 1 in Figure 2, DVB starts the App in the STB, and sends an interactive channel establishment request message to the digital TV server through the App in the STB, which is carried in the interactive channel establishment request message. DVB ID, or other unique device identification.

301b, as shown by the broken line 2 in FIG. 2, the digital television server establishes a first interaction channel with the DVB according to the DVB identification information, and records the correspondence between the DVB and the first interaction channel.

The App in the STB initiates a timing heartbeat to maintain the first interaction channel between the digital television server and DVB.

302. The Internet video server establishes a data transmission channel with the non-digital television network terminal.

Specifically, step 302 includes:

302a, the Internet video server receives an interactive channel establishment request message that is sent by the non-digital television network terminal and includes the non-digital television network terminal identification information;

IMClient (Instant Messenger Client, Instant Messaging Client) is implemented in software in a non-digital TV network terminal. IMClient can be started after the non-digital TV network terminal is powered on. Start up. As shown by the dotted line 3 in FIG. 2, the IMClient may send an interactive channel establishment request message to the Internet video server by using a wireless method such as WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) or Bluetooth.

302b, as shown by the dotted line 4 in FIG. 2, the Internet video server establishes a second interaction channel with the non-digital television network terminal according to the non-digital television network terminal identification information, and records the non-digital television network terminal and the second The correspondence of interactive channels.

The execution between steps 301 and 302 has no fixed order and can be adjusted according to actual conditions.

303. A digital television server or an internet video server establishes a fixed interactive channel between DVB and non-digital television network terminals.

In order to simplify the multi-screen interaction process, a fixed interactive channel can be established between the DVB and non-digital television network terminals, so that the data transmission between the DVB and non-digital television network terminals becomes a one-to-one relationship.

Specifically, step 303 includes:

303a, the digital television server or the internet video server receives the binding request message sent by the DVB, and the binding request message includes the identification information of the DVB;

303b, the digital television server or the internet video server finds the DVB according to the identification information of the DVB, and establishes a fixed interaction channel between the DVB and the designated non-digital television network terminal; Steps 301-303 are preparation stages in the method, and data The transmission channel establishment process prepares for data transmission of multi-screen interaction. After the data transmission channel is established, the following describes the interaction process between the DVB and non-digital television network terminals. The request side can be either DVB or non-digital TV network terminals.

When the requesting end is DVB, the interactive process initiated by DVB, as shown in FIG. 4, includes: 401. The digital television server receives an interactive request message sent by the DVB, and the interactive request message includes operation content indication information.

As shown by the dotted line 5 in Figure 5, the user presses the remote control's interactive button or selects the interactive option on the TV screen, or when the video content played on DVB reaches Time based (pre-set video playback to a certain point in time) The location of the trigger, the APP set on the STB is sent to the digital TV server Send an interactive request message.

The operation content indication information may be used to indicate that DVB performs an operation without returning data, and may also be used to instruct DVB to return specified media data to the requesting end. In this embodiment, the operation content indication information is used to instruct DVB to acquire the specified media resource.

402. The digital television server detects whether the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information meets a preset condition.

If the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information meets the preset condition, step 403 is performed, otherwise, the process ends.

For operators, there are usually a lot of content that needs property rights protection. For digital TV resources, such as newly released movies and TV sets, digital TV operators prefer users to obtain these resources through their own platforms, and then obtain corresponding profits.

403. As shown by the dotted line 6 in Fig. 5, the digital television server sends an interactive request message to the internet video server.

404. The Internet video server searches for a second interactive channel corresponding to the non-digital television network terminal according to the identification information of the non-digital television network terminal.

The interaction request message further includes identification information of the requested non-digital television network terminal, and the correspondence between the non-digital television network terminal and the second interactive channel is identified by the identification information of the non-digital television network terminal, specifically, the Internet video server The interaction request message is parsed, and the identification information of the non-digital television network terminal is extracted, and the Internet video server finds the session channel corresponding to the non-digital television network terminal from the stored correspondence table of the non-digital television network terminal and the second interactive channel.

If DVB sends an interactive request message to the digital television server over a fixed interactive channel, step 404 may be omitted.

405, as shown by the dotted line 7 in FIG. 5, the Internet video server forwards the interaction request message to the non-digital television network terminal through the second interactive channel corresponding to the non-digital television network terminal, so that the non-digital television network terminal performs the operation. The content indicates the operation corresponding to the information. 406. The digital television server receives the interactive response message sent by the non-digital television network terminal, and forwards the interaction response message to the DVB, where the interactive response message includes data of the specified media resource.

When the requesting end is a non-digital television network terminal, that is, an interactive process initiated by a non-digital television network terminal, as shown in FIG. 6, includes:

601. The Internet video server receives an interaction request message sent by the non-digital television network terminal, where the interaction request message includes operation content indication information.

On the non-digital TV network terminal, the user can initiate multi-screen interaction through some preset operation, such as switching the currently playing live channel to the TV by swiping up the gesture. As shown by the dotted line 8 in Fig. 7, the IMServer on the non-digital television network terminal transmits an interactive request message with the ID of the destination DVB.

The operation content indication information may be used to indicate that the non-digital television network terminal performs an operation without returning data, and may also be used to instruct the non-digital television network terminal to return the specified media data to the requesting end, and the operation content indication information in this embodiment It is used to instruct a non-digital television network terminal to acquire a specified media resource.

602. The Internet video server detects whether the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information meets a preset condition.

If the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information meets the preset condition, step 503 is performed, otherwise, the process ends.

For operators, there are usually a lot of content that needs property rights protection. For digital TV resources, such as newly released movies and TV sets, Internet video operators prefer users to obtain these resources through their own platforms, and then obtain corresponding profits.

603. As shown by the dotted line 9 in FIG. 7, the Internet video server sends an interactive request message to the digital television server.

604. The digital television server searches for the first interaction channel corresponding to the DVB according to the identification information of the DVB. The interaction request message further includes the identification information of the requested DVB, and the correspondence between the DVB and the first interaction channel is identified by the identification information of the DVB. Specifically, the digital television server parses the interaction request message, and extracts the identification information of the DVB. The digital television server finds a session channel corresponding to DVB from a corresponding relationship table between the stored non-digital television network terminal and the first interactive channel

If the non-digital television network terminal sends an interactive request message to the Internet video server over the fixed interactive channel, step 604 may be omitted.

605. As shown by the dotted line 10 in FIG. 7, the digital television server forwards the interaction request message to the DVB through the first interaction channel corresponding to the DVB, so that the DVB performs the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information.

606. The Internet video server receives the interactive response message sent by the DVB, and forwards the interaction response message to the non-digital television network terminal, where the interactive response message includes data of the specified media resource.

The embodiment of the invention provides a device for implementing multi-screen interaction when the requesting end and the requested end are in different networks, and is applied to interaction between the digital television DVB and the non-digital television network terminal, and the requesting end is different from the requested end. In the network, when the requesting end is a digital television, the requested end is a non-digital television network terminal; when the requesting end is a non-digital television network terminal, the requested end is a digital television, A first server is disposed on the platform where the requested end is located, and a second server is disposed on the platform where the requesting end is located. As shown in FIG. 8, the method includes: a first receiving unit 81 and a forwarding unit 82.

The first receiving unit 81 is configured to receive, by the first server, the interaction sent by the requesting end. And requesting, the interaction request message includes operation content indication information;

The forwarding unit 82, if the requesting end communicates with the first server by using the first interaction channel, the interaction request message is directly sent by the requesting end via the first interaction channel, The first server forwards the interaction request message to the requested end by using the first interaction channel, so that the requested end performs an operation corresponding to the operation content indication information; if the request end and the second server Communicating between the first server and the second server by using a preset manner, where the interaction request message is that the requesting end passes the first interactive channel. The second server forwards the interaction request message to the requested end by using the second interaction channel, so that the requested end performs the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information.

The apparatus for implementing multi-screen interaction when the requesting end and the requested end are in different networks provided by the embodiment, and the STB and the non-digital television network terminal can be realized by the first server and the second server between the requesting end and the requested end. Multi-screen interaction between the two, no need to set up HGW to build a local area network for each user, eliminating the process of installing HGW by users, reducing the waste of hardware resources caused by hardware modification of STB, and providing the universality of STBD, bringing the user with Come to 4 big convenience.

As an improvement of the embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention provides another device for implementing multi-screen interaction when the requesting end and the requested end are in different networks, and is applied to interaction between the digital television DVB and the non-digital television network terminal. The requesting end is in a different network from the requested end. When the requesting end is a digital television, the requested end is a non-digital television network terminal; when the requesting end is a non-digital television network terminal, The requested end is a digital TV, a first server is disposed on the platform where the requested end is located, and a second server is disposed on the platform where the request end is located, as shown in FIG. 9, including: a second receiving unit 91. The first channel establishing unit 92, the interaction channel maintaining unit 93, the fourth receiving unit 94, the fixed channel establishing unit 95, the first receiving unit 96, the detecting unit 97, the searching unit 98, the forwarding unit 99, and the third receiving unit 910 .

Wherein, when the first server is a digital television server, the requesting end is a digital television, and if the requesting end communicates with the first server through a first interactive channel, the second receiving The unit 91 is configured to receive, by the digital television server, a first interactive channel establishment request message that includes the digital television identification information sent by the digital television;

The first channel establishing unit 92 is configured to establish, by the first server, a first interaction channel with the requesting end according to the requesting end identification information, and record a correspondence between the requesting end and the first interaction channel.

The interactive channel maintaining unit 93 is configured to initiate a timing heartbeat for the digital television to maintain the first interaction channel between the digital television server and the digital television.

When the first server is a non-digital television network terminal server, the requested end is a digital television, and the requesting end is a non-digital television network terminal, and if the requesting end and the first server pass the first The interaction channel communicates, and the fourth receiving unit 94 is configured to receive, by the non-digital television network terminal server, a binding request message sent by the non-digital television network terminal, where the binding request message includes identification information of the digital television.

a fixed channel establishing unit 95, configured to: the first server finds the requested end according to the identification information of the requested end, and establish a fixed interaction channel between the requesting end and the requested end; the first receiving unit 96 The first server is configured to receive an interaction request message sent by the requesting end, where the interaction request message includes operation content indication information;

Specifically, the first receiving unit 96 is configured to receive, by the first server, an interaction request message sent by the requesting end by using the fixed interaction channel;

The detecting unit 97 is configured to: determine, by the first server, whether the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information meets a preset condition;

If the interaction request message further includes the identification information of the requested end, the correspondence between the requested end and the second interaction channel is identified by the identification information of the requested end, and further includes: a searching unit 98, And configured by the first server to search for the second interaction channel according to the identification information of the requested end.

The forwarding unit 99 forwards the interaction request message to the requested end by using the fixed interaction channel, if the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information meets a preset condition. Specifically, the forwarding unit 99, if the requesting end communicates with the first server by using the first interaction channel, the interaction request message is directly sent by the requesting end via the first interaction channel, The first server forwards the interaction request message to the requested end by using the first interaction channel, so that the requested end performs an operation corresponding to the operation content indication information; The second server communicates through the second interaction channel, and the first server and the second server communicate in a preset manner, where the interaction request message is that the request end passes through the second interaction channel. The second server forwards the interaction request message to the requested end by using the second interaction channel, so that the requested end performs the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information.

And if the operation content indication information is used to indicate that the requested end obtains the specified media resource, the method further includes:

The third receiving unit 910 is configured to receive, by the first server, the interaction response message sent by the requested end, and forward the interaction response message to the requesting end, where the interaction response message includes the data of the specified media resource. .

The embodiment of the invention further provides a device for realizing multi-screen interaction when the requesting end and the requested end are in different networks, and the device is applied to interaction between the digital television DVB and the non-digital television network terminal, and the requesting end is requested. The terminal is in a different network, when the requesting end is a digital television, the requested end is a non-digital television network terminal; when the requesting end is a non-digital television network terminal, the requested end is a digital television A first server is disposed on the platform where the requested end is located, and a second server is disposed on the platform where the requesting end is located. As shown in FIG. 10, the receiver 1001 and the transmitter 1002 are included. The receiver 1001 is configured to receive, by the first server, an interaction request message sent by the requesting end, where the interaction request message includes operation content indication information;

The transmitter 1002 is configured to: if the requesting end communicates with the first server by using a first interaction channel, where the interaction request message is directly sent by the requesting end by using the first interaction channel, The first server forwards the interaction request message to the requested end by using the first interaction channel, so that the requested end performs an operation corresponding to the operation content indication information; The second server communicates through the second interaction channel, and the first server and the second server communicate in a preset manner, where the interaction request message is that the request end passes through the second interaction channel. If the second server forwards, the first server forwards the interaction request message to the requested end by using the second interaction channel, so that the requested end performs the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information.

Optionally, when the first server is a digital television server, the requesting end is a digital television, and if the requesting end communicates with the first server by using a first interactive channel, the receiver 1001 is further used. Receiving, by the digital television server, a first interactive channel establishment request message including digital television identification information sent by the digital television;

As shown in FIG. 10, the multi-screen interactive device further includes: a processor 1003, configured to establish, by the digital television server, a first interaction channel with the digital television according to the digital television identification information, and record the digital television and the first interactive channel Correspondence.

Optionally, the processor 1003 is further configured to: the digital television initiates a timing heartbeat to maintain the first interaction channel between the digital television server and the digital television.

Optionally, the processor 1003 is further configured to: determine, by the first server, whether an operation corresponding to the operation content indication information meets a preset condition;

The transmitter 1002 forwards the interaction request message to the requested end as: if the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information meets a preset condition, the first server forwards the interaction request message to the requested end.

Optionally, when the operation content indication information is used to indicate that the requested end acquires the specified media The receiver 1001 is further configured to receive, by the first server, an interaction response message sent by the requested end, and forward the interaction response message to the requesting end, where the interactive response message includes the specified media Resource data.

Optionally, the interaction request message further includes the identification information of the requested end, where the correspondence between the requested end and the second interaction channel is identified by the identification information of the requested end, the processor 1003. The first server further searches for the second interaction channel according to the identification information of the requested end.

Optionally, the first server is a non-digital television network terminal server, the requested end is a digital television, and the requesting end is a non-digital television network terminal, if the requesting end is between the requesting end and the first server Communicating by the first interactive channel, the receiver 1001 is further configured to: receive, by the non-digital television network terminal server, a binding request message sent by the non-digital television network terminal, where the binding request message includes identification information of the digital television ;

The processor 1003 is further configured to: find, by the non-digital television network terminal server, the digital television according to the identification information of the digital television, and establish a fixed interaction channel between the non-digital television network terminal and the digital television;

The receiver 1001 is configured to receive, by the first server, an interaction request message sent by the requesting end, where: the receiver 1001 is configured to: receive, by the non-digital television network terminal server, an interaction request message sent by the non-digital television network terminal by using the fixed interaction channel; The transmitter 1002 forwards the interaction request message to the requested end as: The transmitter 1002 forwards the interaction request message to the digital television through the fixed interaction channel.

In the embodiment, the multi-screen interaction device is implemented when the requesting end and the requested end are in different networks, and the STB and the non-digital television network terminal can be implemented by the first server and the second server between the requesting end and the requested end. Multi-screen interaction, no need to set up HGW to build LAN for each user, eliminating the process of installing HGW by users, reducing the waste of hardware resources caused by hardware modification of STB, and providing the universality of STBD, bringing users 4 large convenience.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand this The invention can be implemented by means of software plus the necessary general hardware, and of course also by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a readable storage medium, such as a floppy disk of a computer. A hard disk or optical disk or the like includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

The above is only the specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention. It should be covered by the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

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1. A method for realizing multi-screen interaction, applied to the interaction between digital TV DVB and non-digital TV network terminals. The requesting end and the requested end are in different networks. When the requesting end is a digital TV, so The requested end is a non-digital television network terminal; when the requesting end is a non-digital television network terminal, the requested end is a digital television, and the feature is that a third platform is provided on the platform where the requested end is located. A server, a second server is provided on the platform where the requester is located, the method includes:

The first server receives the interaction request message sent by the requesting end, and the interaction request message contains operation content indication information;

If the requesting end and the first server communicate through the first interaction channel, and the interaction request message is directly sent by the requesting end through the first interaction channel, then the first server communicates through the first interaction channel. The first interaction channel forwards the interaction request message to the requested end, so that the requested end can perform the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information;

If the requesting end and the second server communicate through a second interaction channel, the first server and the second server communicate in a preset manner, and the interaction request message is sent by the requesting end via If the second interaction channel is forwarded by the second server, the first server forwards the interaction request message to the requested end through the second interaction channel, so that the requested end can perform the operation. The content indicates the operation corresponding to the information.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: the first server is a digital television server, and the requesting end is a digital television. If the requesting end and the first server pass a first interaction The method communicates through the channel, and before the first server receives the interaction request message sent by the requesting end, the method further includes:

The digital TV server receives the first interactive channel establishment request message sent by the digital TV and containing the digital TV identification information;

The digital TV server establishes a first interactive channel with the digital TV based on the digital TV identification information, and records the corresponding relationship between the digital TV and the first interactive channel.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the method further includes: a digital TV initiating a regular heartbeat to maintain the first interaction channel between the digital TV server and the digital TV.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, before forwarding the interaction request message to the requested end, the method further includes:

The first server detects whether the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information meets the preset conditions; the forwarding of the interaction request message to the requested end is: if the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information meets the preset conditions, then the first A server forwards the interaction request message to the requested terminal.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the operation content indication information is used to instruct the requested end to obtain the specified media resource, and the method further includes:

The first server receives the interactive response message sent by the requested terminal, and forwards the interactive response message to the requesting terminal, where the interactive response message contains the data of the specified media resource.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the interaction request message further includes identification information of the requested end, and the corresponding relationship between the requested end and the second interaction channel is determined by the requested end. Identify the requesting end with the identification information, and before forwarding the interaction request message to the requested end through the second interaction channel, the method further includes:

The first server searches for the second interaction channel according to the identification information of the requested terminal.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first server is a non-digital television network terminal server, the requested terminal is a digital television, and the requesting terminal is a non-digital television network terminal. If The requesting end and the first server communicate through a first interaction channel. Before the first server receives the interaction request message sent by the requesting end, the method further includes:

The non-digital TV network terminal server receives the binding request message sent by the non-digital TV network terminal, where the binding request message includes the identification information of the digital TV;

The non-digital TV network terminal server finds the digital TV based on the identification information of the digital TV, and establishes a fixed interactive channel between the non-digital TV network terminal and the digital TV;

The first server receives the interaction request message sent by the requesting end as: Non-digital TV network terminal The server receives the interaction request message sent by the non-digital television network terminal through the fixed interaction channel.

8. A device that realizes multi-screen interaction when the requesting end and the requested end are in different networks. It is applied to the interaction between digital TV DVB and non-digital TV network terminals. The requesting end and the requested end are in different networks. When the requesting end is a digital television, the requested end is a non-digital television network terminal; when the requesting end is a non-digital television network terminal, the requested end is a digital television, characterized in that, A first server is provided on the platform where the requested end is located, and a second server is provided on the platform where the requesting end is located. The device includes:

The first receiving unit is used by the first server to receive the interaction request message sent by the requesting end, where the interaction request message contains operation content indication information;

A forwarding unit configured to communicate between the requesting end and the first server through a first interaction channel, and the interaction request message is directly sent by the requesting end through the first interaction channel, then the The first server forwards the interaction request message to the requested end through the first interaction channel, so that the requested end can perform the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information; If the requesting end and the second server The first server and the second server communicate with each other through a second interactive channel. The first server and the second server communicate in a preset manner. The interactive request message is the requesting end's request through the second interactive channel through the second interactive channel. If forwarded by the server, the first server forwards the interaction request message to the requested terminal through the second interaction channel, so that the requested terminal can perform the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information.

9. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that: the first server is a digital television server, and the requesting end is a digital television. If the requesting end and the first server pass a first interaction The device communicates via a channel, and the device further includes:

The second receiving unit is used for the digital TV server to receive the first interactive channel establishment request message sent by the digital TV and containing the digital TV identification information;

The first channel establishing unit is used for the digital TV server to establish a first interactive channel with the digital TV based on the digital TV identification information, and record the corresponding relationship between the digital TV and the first interactive channel.

10. The device according to claim 9, further comprising: An interactive channel maintenance unit, configured for the digital TV to initiate a regular heartbeat to maintain the first interactive channel between the digital TV server and the digital TV.

11. The device according to any one of claims 8-10, further comprising: a detection unit, used by the first server to detect whether the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information meets the preset conditions;

The forwarding unit forwards the interaction request message to the requested terminal as follows: If the operation corresponding to the operation content indication information meets the preset conditions, the first server forwards the interaction request message to the requested terminal.

12. The device according to claim 10, wherein the operation content indication information is used to instruct the requested end to obtain the specified media resource, and further includes:

The third receiving unit is configured for the first server to receive the interactive response message sent by the requested end, and forward the interactive response message to the requesting end, where the interactive response message contains the data of the designated media resource.

13. The device according to claim 9, wherein the interaction request message further includes identification information of the requested end, and the corresponding relationship between the requested end and the second interaction channel is determined by the requested end. The identification information of the requesting end is used for identification, which also includes:

A search unit configured for the first server to search the second interaction channel according to the identification information of the requested terminal.

14. The device according to claim 9, wherein the first server is a non-digital television network terminal server, the requested end is a digital television, and the requesting end is a non-digital television network terminal. If The requesting end and the first server communicate through a first interactive channel, and the device further includes:

The fourth receiving unit is used for the non-digital TV network terminal server to receive the binding request message sent by the non-digital TV network terminal, where the binding request message contains the identification information of the digital TV;

Fixed channel establishment unit, used for the non-digital TV network terminal server to find the digital TV based on the identification information of the digital TV, and establish a fixed interaction between the non-digital TV network terminal and the digital TV channel;

The first receiving unit is used by the first server to receive the interaction request message sent by the requesting end. The first receiving unit is used by the non-digital TV network terminal server to receive the interaction sent by the non-digital TV network terminal through the fixed interaction channel. Request message; The forwarding unit forwards the interaction request message to the requested end as follows: The forwarding unit forwards the interaction request message to the digital TV through the fixed interaction channel.