WO2014172968A1

WO2014172968A1 - Method for carrying out multi-screen interaction through social network

Info

Publication number: WO2014172968A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/077261
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李达航
Original assignee: Li Dahang
Priority date: 2013-04-26
Filing date: 2013-06-14
Publication date: 2014-10-30
Also published as: CN103220297A; CN103220297B

Abstract

A method for carrying out multi-screen interaction through a social network according to the present invention comprises: releasing multi-screen interaction content message through a social network account, the released message comprising a URL directed at a specific server and being used when a browser is opened in a social network client; when the browser accesses the URL, the browser connecting the specific server, and the server arranging a content URL corresponding to the URL and an internal network IP address of a player terminal needing to play multi-screen interaction content in a webpage and returning the webpage to the browser; and the browser processing the received webpage content, and sending the content URL to the player terminal of the IP address, so as to enable the player terminal to obtain content needing to be played. A user can enjoy multi-screen interaction by following a social network account and receiving a message, thereby greatly simplifying the use of multi-screen interaction.

Description

Method of multi-screen interaction through social networks

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of multi-screen interaction technology, and in particular, to a method for multi-screen interaction through a social network.

Background technique

The multi-screen interactive business is in the ascendant and has a vast space. Multi-screen interactive services are mainly used by users to actively discover content on a handheld device and then project it onto a television through multi-screen interactive operations. However, the habit of passively watching TV is deeply rooted. How to minimize the user's habits and let users enjoy the benefits of multi-screen interaction is a big issue.

Summary of the invention

In view of this, the main object of the present invention is to provide a method for a user to approach passive viewing but to independently select content, that is, a method of using multi-screen interaction through a social network.

The invention provides a method for multi-screen interaction through a social network, comprising:

A. Publish a multi-screen interactive multimedia content message through a social network account, and the posted message includes a URL pointing to a server for use when opening a browser component in the social network client;

B. The server stores a multimedia content URL address corresponding to the URL, and stores an intranet IP address of a playback terminal that needs to play the multi-screen interactive multimedia content and the same external network address as the social network client;

When the URL is accessed through the social network client browser component, the server places the multimedia content URL corresponding to the URL and the intranet IP address of the playback terminal that needs to play the multi-screen interactive multimedia content into the webpage and returns to the social network client. End browser component;

C. The social network client browser component processes the received webpage content, and sends the multimedia content URL to the playing terminal of the intranet IP address, so that the playing terminal knows the information to be played according to the multimedia content URL for playing.

Optionally, the social network is WeChat and the social network account is a WeChat account.

Optionally, the WeChat account is a WeChat public account.

Optionally, the social network is Weibo, and the social network account is a Weibo account.

Optionally, the social network is Facebook and the social network account is a Facebook account.

Optionally, the social network is Twitter and the social network account is a Twitter account.

Optionally, the determining the intranet IP address of the playing terminal that needs to play the multi-screen interactive content is determined by the following method:

When the playing terminal connects to the network, the login information is sent to the server, and the server knows the external network IP address and the internal network IP address of the playing terminal, and stores it in the server;

When the social network client browser component accesses the server pointed to by the URL, the server knows the external network IP address of the social network client;

The server obtains the intranet IP address of the playback terminal through the matching of the external network IP address.

Users can follow the relevant social network account and obtain the corresponding content according to their own interests. The social network account publishes a message including multi-screen interactive content according to the method provided by the present invention, so that after receiving the message in the social network, the user can immediately perform multi-screen interaction by clicking the screen, so that the playing terminal such as the TV/set top box can play the corresponding content. The method of the invention does not require the user to additionally install other clients on the mobile phone/Pad, etc., and is directly used by the social network client, which is very convenient.

The method of the present invention is currently being proposed for the first time in the world and is of great significance.

The method for multi-screen interaction through a social network provided by the present invention includes: publishing a message including a multi-screen interactive content through a social network account, and the posted message includes a URL pointing to a specific server for a social network client browser component. The server pointed to by the URL stores a multimedia content address link corresponding to the URL, and stores an intranet IP address of the playback terminal that needs to play the multi-screen interactive content; when accessing the server URL, the server corresponds to the content URL of the URL. And the intranet IP address of the playing terminal that needs to play the multi-screen interactive content is placed in the webpage content and returned to the browser component; the browser component processes the received webpage content, and sends the content to the playing terminal of the intranet IP address. The URL allows the playback terminal to know what needs to be played. After the playback terminal knows what needs to be played, it can start playing.

It should be noted that the browser component used by the social network client to open the URL address is generally a self-developed browser component built in the social network client, that is, the present invention supports the universal browser, which does not affect the present invention.

In particular, the social network may be WeChat, the social network account may be a WeChat public account; the social network may be Weibo, the social network account may be a Weibo account; the social network may be Facebook, the social network account may be a Facebook account; It can be Twitter, and the social network account can be a Twitter account.

The method for determining the intranet IP address of the playing terminal is as follows: when the playing terminal connects to the network, the login information is sent to the server, and the server knows the external network IP address and the internal network IP address of the playing terminal, and stores it in the server; the social network client opens. When the browser accesses the server pointed to by the URL, the server knows the external network IP address of the social network client; the server obtains the intranet IP address of the playback terminal by matching the external network IP address.

DRAWINGS

Figure 1 is a network diagram of the usage scenario.

Figure 2 is a flow chart of the WeChat embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a server URL address corresponding to a multimedia content URL address.

4 is a schematic diagram of a code of a social network client notifying a playback terminal.

detailed description

The method for multi-screen interaction through a social network provided by the present invention.

A message containing a multi-screen interactive content is posted via a social network account, and the published message contains a URL pointing to a specific server for use by the social network client to open the browser component.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the playing terminal is connected to the social network client on the same wireless router, and the external network address is the same, and both are the external network address a. When the playing terminal connects to the network, the login information is sent to the server, and the server knows the external network IP address a and the internal network IP address 1 of the playing terminal, and stores them in the server.

As shown in FIG. 2, an embodiment of the present invention is shown in which the social network is a WeChat network, and the social network client refers to a WeChat client (such as a smart phone with a WeChat installed, a PAD, etc.), and is in the same wireless local area network as the WeChat client. The playback terminal can be a smart TV that can be connected to a wireless router. Figure 2 shows a flow diagram when using a multi-screen interactive service in a WeChat client.

When the social network client is started, that is, the WeChat client on the smart phone in this embodiment is started, the receiving information is automatically updated, especially when the public WeChat account of interest has a message update, the user is reminded to receive. The user can view the received message, and further select "read the original text" in the content to obtain more detailed information, and the URL pointed to in the "read original text" is the URL of the specific server filled in by the information sender. When the user selects "read the original text", when the WeChat client starts its built-in browser component to access the URL pointing to the specific server, the specific server knows the external network IP address of the social network client (that is, the IP assigned to the wireless router by the external network) Address), and obtain the intranet IP address of the playing terminal on the same local area network as the social network client by matching the external network IP address.

As shown in FIG. 3, the correspondence between the server storage URL address and the multimedia content URL address is shown. The server corresponds to the URL address of the multimedia content that the user wishes to view according to the accessed URL address. The multimedia content URL address can be a direct video link or a web page address containing a video link. When the web address of the video link is included at that time, the actual multimedia content URL will be parsed by the playback terminal and played.

The server places the multimedia content URL address corresponding to the URL address and the matching intranet IP address of the playing terminal into the browser component returned to the WeChat client in the webpage content.

Specifically, the returned content can be in JSON format, such as [{"ip_port":"192.168.1.109:8081";"playurl":"http://hot.vrs.sohu.com/1106112_4577222889588_4317433.m3u8"}].

It should be specially noted that when there is more than one playing terminal in the same local area network, the server will return information of multiple playing terminal devices (such as playing device name, intranet IP address, etc.) to the browser component, and let the user Select a playback terminal that ultimately requires multi-screen interactive playback.

It should also be noted that the playurl can also be multiple multimedia links, and the playback terminal will play the multimedia content one by one.

The browser component sends the obtained multimedia content URL to the playing terminal, and the playing device obtains the resource according to the multimedia content ULR access, and plays the obtained multimedia content. Wherein, since the WeChat client device and the playback terminal (ie, the smart TV in this example) are in the same wireless local area network, the message transmission of the multimedia content URL can be performed through the wireless local area network.

The method of notifying the playing terminal in the browser may be to execute the javascript code shown in FIG. 4 in the webpage. Correspondingly, a web is built in the playback terminal. Service, which can receive access from the browser to obtain information that needs to be played.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

A method for multi-screen interaction through a social network, comprising:

A. Publish a multi-screen interactive multimedia content message through a social network account, and the posted message includes a URL pointing to a server for use when opening a browser component in the social network client;

B. The server stores a multimedia content URL address corresponding to the URL, and stores an intranet IP address of a playback terminal that needs to play the multi-screen interactive multimedia content and the same external network address as the social network client;

When the URL is accessed through the social network client browser component, the server places the multimedia content URL corresponding to the URL and the intranet IP address of the playback terminal that needs to play the multi-screen interactive multimedia content into the webpage and returns to the social network client. End browser component;

C. The social network client browser component processes the received webpage content, and sends the multimedia content URL to the playing terminal of the intranet IP address, so that the playing terminal knows the information to be played according to the multimedia content URL for playing.
The method for performing multi-screen interaction through a social network according to claim 1, wherein the social network is WeChat and the social network account is a WeChat account.
The method for multi-screen interaction through a social network according to claim 2, wherein the WeChat account is a WeChat public account.
The method for performing multi-screen interaction through a social network according to claim 1, wherein the social network is a microblog and the social network account is a microblog account.
The method for multi-screen interaction through a social network according to claim 1, wherein the social network is Facebook and the social network account is a Facebook account.
The method for performing multi-screen interaction through a social network according to claim 1, wherein the social network is Twitter and the social network account is a Twitter account.
The method for performing multi-screen interaction through a social network according to claim 1, wherein the determining of the intranet IP address of the playback terminal that needs to play the multi-screen interactive content is as follows:

When the playing terminal connects to the network, the login information is sent to the server, and the server knows the external network IP address and the internal network IP address of the playing terminal, and stores it in the server;

When the social network client browser component accesses the server pointed to by the URL, the server knows the external network IP address of the social network client;

The server obtains the intranet IP address of the playback terminal through the matching of the external network IP address.