WO2016086663A1

WO2016086663A1 - Method and apparatus for switching applications, and intelligent set top box device

Info

Publication number: WO2016086663A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/083687
Authority: WO
Inventors: 马振涛
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-12-02
Filing date: 2015-07-09
Publication date: 2016-06-09
Also published as: CN105721919A

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for switching applications, and an intelligent set top box device. The method comprises: in the case of switching from a first application to a second application, saving an application scenario of the first application; and in the case of switching from the second application to the first application, recovering the first application according to the saved application scenario. The problem in the related art that after switching from one application to another, when switching back the previous application, the pre-switching state of the application can be returned to with a plurality of times of user interactions, thus affecting the user experience is solved, thereby achieving the effects that the usage environment of the previous application can be seamlessly recovered when the user switches to the previous application, and the usage continuity of the user is ensured.

Description

Application switching processing method, device and intelligent set top box device

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to an application switching processing method, apparatus, and smart set top box device.

Background technique

As people's living standards improve, smart homes are increasingly becoming part of urban life. Among them, smart set-top box equipment is an indispensable part of smart home.

Android, IOS, etc. can run a variety of applications in smart set-top box devices, and the switching between games, entertainment, web pages, video and other applications is also essential. Video playback has become an essential application for smart set-top boxes. Without switching between applications without affecting the pre-switching video playback environment, the set-top box will be smarter and provide a better user experience. At present, when the user has used the video player and returns to the player for video playback from other applications, there are usually three common practices as follows: First, when the video player is re-entered, whether it is playing or not. When switching the application, the method of restarting the player is used to make the application stay on the first page; secondly, when the video player is restarted, if the application is switched during playback, the media player is set to pause. Status, and display the pause icon, then the user needs to continue to click to enter the previous video playback, or enter the application home page; third, when re-entering the player, the application provides a historical playback menu for selection, select a video and start playing from the beginning Or play from a bookmark point. The advantage of the three options is that the application is simple to display and handle, and easy to implement. The disadvantage is that the continuity of the video cannot be guaranteed during the switching, and the user needs to perform multiple clicks of the player to play from the time point of the exit. Therefore, if the number of human-computer interactions can be reduced and fast recovery playback can be achieved, the ease of application experience can be improved, and the product can be made more intelligent.

Therefore, in the related art, after switching from one application to another, when switching back to the previous application, the continuity of the previous application cannot be effectively guaranteed, and multiple interactions of the user are required, which affects the user experience.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the present invention provides an application switching processing method and apparatus, so as to at least solve the related art, when switching from one application to another, and switching back to the previous application, the continuity of the previous application cannot be effectively guaranteed, and The user's multiple interactions affect the user experience.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, an application switching processing method is provided, including: saving an application scenario of the first application in a case of switching from a first application to a second application; When the application is switched back to the first application, the first application is restored according to the saved application scenario.

Optionally, before the step of saving the application scenario of the first application in the case that the first application is switched to the second application, the method further includes: triggering, by the at least one of: An application switches to the second application: the first timer that is started is up; the predetermined open push information is received; the first key switch message of the predetermined remote controller is received; and the first key switch message of the predetermined remote controller is received Analog message.

Optionally, before the step of restoring the first application according to the saved application scenario, in the case that the second application is switched back to the first application, the method further includes: at least: First, triggering the second application to switch back to the first application: the activated second timer expires; detecting the closing operation of the second application; receiving the predetermined closing push information; receiving the predetermined remote control The first button switching message of the device; receiving an analog message of the first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller.

Optionally, switching from the first application to the second application is triggered by issuing a trigger message by a predetermined application, and/or triggering switching back to the first application by the second application.

Optionally, saving the application scenario of the first application includes: media information played on the video and/or environment information of the video playing in a case where the first application is video playback Saving; and/or saving the environment information of the first application if the first application is no video playback.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an application switching processing apparatus is provided, including: a saving module, configured to save an application scenario of the first application when the first application is switched to the second application; And a recovery module, configured to restore the first application according to the saved application scenario, when the second application is switched back to the first application.

Optionally, the device further includes: a first triggering module, configured to trigger switching from the first application to the second application by at least one of: starting a first timer to arrive; receiving a reservation Opening the push information; receiving the first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller; receiving the analog message of the first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller.

Optionally, the device further includes: a second triggering module, configured to trigger switching back to the first application by the second application by at least one of: starting a second timer to expire; detecting a pair a closing operation of the second application; receiving a predetermined closing push message; receiving a first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller; receiving an analog message of the first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller.

Optionally, the saving module of the device is further configured to save the media information of the video playing and/or the environment information of the video playing in a case where the first application is a video playing; and/ Or, if the first application is no video playback, save the environment information of the first application.

According to still another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an intelligent set top box device comprising the apparatus of any of the above.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, in the case that the first application is switched to the second application, the application scenario of the first application is saved; and when the second application is switched back to the first application, Saving the application scenario, restoring the first application, and solving the related art, after switching from one application to another, when switching back to the previous application, the user needs to interact multiple times to return to the pre-switching state of the application. The problem that affects the user experience is achieved, and when the user switches back to the previous application, the usage environment of the previous application can be seamlessly restored, and the continuity of the user's use is ensured.

DRAWINGS

The drawings described herein are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be a part of the invention. In the drawing:

1 is a flowchart of an application switching processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram showing the structure of an application switching processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram 1 of a preferred structure of an application switching processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram 2 of a preferred structure of an application switching processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of a smart set top box device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of scene saving according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a sequence of scene saving according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of scene recovery according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a scenario recovery process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

In this embodiment, an application switching processing method is provided. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an application switching processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the flow includes the following steps:

Step S102: In the case that the first application is switched to the second application, save the application scenario of the first application;

Step S104: In the case that the second application is switched back to the first application, the first application is restored according to the saved application scenario.

Through the above steps, by saving the application scenario before the switching, when switching back to the previous application, the previous application can be seamlessly connected, which not only effectively solves the related art, but also switches from one application to another after the application is switched. When switching back to the previous application, the user needs to interact multiple times to return to the pre-switching state of the application, which affects the user experience, and thus can restore the previous application environment seamlessly when the user switches back to the previous application. To ensure the continuity of the user's use.

Optionally, before the step of saving the application scenario of the first application in the case that the application is switched to the second application by using the first application, the switching from the first application to the second application may be triggered by at least one of the following manners: The first timer that is started is received; the predetermined open push information is received, for example, the open push information of the DLNA protocol or other protocol; the first key switch message of the predetermined remote controller is received; and the predetermined remote controller is received. A button to switch the analog message of the message. The method of switching back to the first application by the second application may be triggered by at least one of the following manners before the step of restoring the first application is performed according to the saved application scenario: The activated second timer expires; the closing operation for the second application is detected; the predetermined closing push information is received; the first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller is received; and the first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller is received Analog message.

It should be noted that the triggering message may be sent by the predetermined application, for example, by a predetermined browser or an Android package package (Android Package) or other application that issues a trigger message to trigger the switch from the first application to the first application. The second application, and/or the trigger is switched back to the first application by the second application.

When the application scenario of the first application is saved, the media information of the video playing and/or the environment information of the video playing is saved when the first application is a video playing; and/or, the first application is no. In the case of video playback, the environment information of the first application is saved. It should be noted that the media information of the video is played. It may be the attribute information of the media played by the video, and the environment information of the video playing may be some external control information for playing the video.

In the embodiment, an application switching processing device is also provided, which is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and preferred embodiments, and has not been described again. As used below, the term "module" may implement a combination of software and/or hardware of a predetermined function. Although the apparatus described in the following embodiments is preferably implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware, is also possible and contemplated.

2 is a block diagram showing the structure of an application switching processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus includes a saving module 22 and a recovery module 24. The apparatus will be described below.

The saving module 22 is configured to save the application scenario of the first application when the first application is switched to the second application; the recovery module 24 is connected to the saving module 22, and is configured to switch back to the first application by the second application. In the case of an application, the first application is restored according to the saved application scenario.

3 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of an application switching processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the apparatus includes a first triggering module 32 in addition to all the modules shown in FIG. The first trigger module 32 is described.

The first triggering module 32 is connected to the saving module 22, and is configured to trigger switching from the first application to the second application by at least one of the following: the first timer that is started is up to the time; and the predetermined open push information is received; Receiving a first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller; receiving an analog message of the first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller.

4 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of an application switching processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus includes a second triggering module 42 in addition to all the modules shown in FIG. The second trigger module 42 is described.

The second triggering module 42 is connected to the foregoing saving module 22 and the recovery module 24, and is configured to trigger switching from the second application back to the first application by at least one of the following: the second timer that is started is up to the time; The closing operation of the application; receiving the predetermined closing push information; receiving the first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller; and receiving the analog message of the first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller.

Optionally, the saving module 22 is further configured to save the media information of the video playing and/or the environment information of the video playing in the case that the first application is a video playing; and/or, in the first application, In the case of video playback, the environment information of the first application is saved.

FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of a smart set top box device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the smart set top box device 50 includes the application switching processing device 52 of any of the above.

For the related art, after switching from one application to another, when switching back to the previous application, the continuity of the previous application cannot be effectively ensured, and multiple interactions of the user are required, which affects the user experience. In this embodiment, A method for scene protection is provided. By protecting the use scenario of the video player, when the application is switched back to the application, the environment of the application can be seamlessly restored. This method can be applied not only to scene protection of video but also to scene protection in other fields.

In this embodiment, a method for switching a video player on a smart set top box device is used as an example, and the scene protection mode is used to prevent the user from performing multiple human-computer interaction operations when entering the video player. Continue watching the video directly from the last time point of view to enhance the user experience.

The advantages of this approach are: (1) Put the scene protection operation on the client side and transparent to the server side. Improve user experience without increasing server load; (2) Scene protection provides direct recovery of memory information, so that you can quickly resume playback without having to issue more instructions; (3) Scene recovery is through the terminal The automatic control is completed, reducing human-computer interaction and improving the user experience.

The scene protection device of the video player may include the following parts: a display control module, an activation control module, a protection module, and a video player module. The structure of the above device will be separately described below.

The display control module (EPAGE) is set to a user interface that the user can directly see and operate. This part is set as a display page, which can be designed to be controlled by a class template containing various texts, pictures, and processing units such as a progress bar. The activation control module (EBW) is set to determine what conditions are met, triggers the scene save and restore message, activates the component (set to connect the channel that displays the page module and the protection module); this part can be controlled with a custom browser The scene protection module (EMC) is set to perform scene protection and recovery, and is used to save and restore the control commands issued by the active component; this part is the main control logic; the video player module (EVOD), setting In order to receive the video broadcast control command, the video is played, that is, it is set to receive the broadcast control command, and various playes are performed on the video, such as pause, fast forward and rewind, play, stop, volume control, and the like.

Based on the above-mentioned structural device, the scheme of scene protection is described, and the processing of the scheme can be summarized as the following two processes:

1. Scene preservation stage

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of saving a scene according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6 , when a user switches from a video player application to another application, media information and environment information of the video player need to be saved; The program mainly includes: after the activation control device determines that the condition is satisfied, the save instruction is issued; the protection device receives the instruction, and performs corresponding scene save processing, and simultaneously sends a broadcast control instruction to the video player device; and the video player device receives the broadcast control command, And the video processing, while adjusting the application display of the display control device.

The following describes the process of saving the scene. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a scene saving sequence according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the scene saving process includes the following steps:

(1) The user exits the application and activates the scene saving process;

(2) The EBW is hidden to the background and issues a scene save event;

(3) The EMC receives the scene save event and starts the scene save process;

(4) Application environment preservation;

(5) Save the player information and send a stop video playback event;

(6) EVOD receives the video stop playing event and stops the video playing;

(7) EMC releases the occupied resources and sends a release resource event;

(8) After receiving the release event, the EVOD releases the occupied codec and other resources;

(9) The scene save function ends.

2. Scene recovery stage

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of scene restoration according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8 , when the user clicks on the video player application for viewing, the scene recovery operation needs to be performed on the previously saved video player and environment. The recovery operation mainly includes: after the activation control device determines that the condition is satisfied, a recovery instruction is issued; the protection device receives the instruction, and performs corresponding scene recovery processing, and simultaneously issues a broadcast control instruction to the video player device; and the video player device receives the broadcast control instruction. And process the video while adjusting the application display of the display control device.

The following describes the recovery process of the scenario. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a scenario recovery process according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the process includes the following steps:

(1) The user enters the application and activates the scene recovery process;

(2) The EBW is pulled back to the front desk and issues a scene recovery event;

(3) The EMC receives the scenario recovery event and starts the scenario recovery process.

(4) Application environment recovery; according to the environment attribute information, sending an environment recovery message to the EBW and the EVOD to restore the playing environment according to the attribute information;

(5) EPAGE adjusts the display content according to the attributes passed by the EBW;

(6) EMC applies for resources and sends an application resource event;

(7) After receiving the application resource incident, EVOD applies for resources such as codecs;

(8) EMC resumes player information and sends a video play command;

(9) EVOD receives the video play command and starts video playback;

(10) The EMC sends a status change message to the EBW according to the playback response event;

(11) EPAGE adjusts the display content according to the attributes passed by EBW;

(12) End of scene recovery function

Through the processing of the two processes, the continuous playback of the video and the user participation operation can be well solved, so that the video player application pays more attention to the user experience, improves the intelligence of the set top box, and achieves a better user experience.

The application scenario of the embodiment of the present invention is described below.

Application scenario embodiment 1: game

After watching the video for a long time, the user needs to switch the application to relieve the fatigue, the user can subscribe to the start time and the end time of the game time. After the specified time, the set top box automatically switches the application for the user to play entertainment, when the game time is over. , you can continue to watch the previous video. Video games are both correct. With this technology, video scene information can be protected at any time, and uninterrupted recovery provides a better user experience.

Application scenario embodiment 2: advertising or small video push

There is an ad or other small video push when playing a video. You don't have to care about the point in time of a video, you can play it if you need it. With this technology, video scene information can be protected at any time, and at the end of the advertisement, uninterrupted recovery, providing a better user experience.

Application scenario embodiment 3: multi-screen interaction

As the types of terminals continue to increase, the playback functions of terminals such as mobile phones and pads are also increasing. Video interactions across multiple endpoints provide a great user experience. When watching a video in a set-top box, it is interrupted by other terminals. There are more and more scenes to play, such as when you need to watch an important news, you need to watch it immediately. In this scenario, the technology provided by the present application can be used to solve the problem of the original video continuity viewing, and a better user experience can be achieved.

Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the above modules or steps of the embodiments of the present invention can be implemented by a general computing device, which can be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed in multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from The steps shown or described are performed sequentially, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps thereof are fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. Thus, embodiments of the invention are not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. 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.

Industrial applicability

As described above, with the above-mentioned embodiments and the preferred embodiments, in the related art, after switching from one application to another, when the application is switched back to the previous application, the user needs to interact multiple times to return to the pre-switching state of the application. The problem that affects the user experience, and then achieves the effect that the user's use environment can be seamlessly restored when the user switches back to the previous application.

Claims

An application switching processing method includes:

Saving the application scenario of the first application in the case that the first application is switched to the second application;

In the case that the second application is switched back to the first application, the first application is restored according to the saved application scenario.
The method of claim 1, wherein before the step of saving the application scenario of the first application in the case of switching from the first application to the second application, the method further comprises:

Switching to the second application by the first application by at least one of the following: the first timer that is started up to the time; receiving the predetermined open push information; receiving the first key switch message of the predetermined remote controller Receiving an analog message of the first key switch message of the predetermined remote controller.
The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the case of switching back to the first application by the second application, before the step of restoring the first application according to the saved application scenario, include:

Switching back to the first application by the second application by at least one of: initiating a second timer to expire; detecting a shutdown operation on the second application; receiving predetermined off push information Receiving a first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller; receiving an analog message of the first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller.
The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein switching from the first application to the second application is triggered by issuing a trigger message by a predetermined application, and/or triggering switching back by the second application The first application.
The method of claim 1, wherein saving the application scenario of the first application comprises:

And saving, in the case that the first application is video playback, media information of the video playing and/or environment information of the video playing; and/or, when the first application is no video playing And saving environment information of the first application.
An application switching processing device includes:

a saving module, configured to save an application scenario of the first application when the first application is switched to the second application;

And a recovery module, configured to restore the first application according to the saved application scenario, when the second application is switched back to the first application.
The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising:

The first triggering module is configured to trigger switching from the first application to the second application by at least one of: starting a first timer to arrive; receiving predetermined open push information; receiving a predetermined remote control The first button switching message of the device; receiving an analog message of the first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller.
The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising:

The second triggering module is configured to trigger switching back to the first application by the second application by at least one of: starting a second timer to expire; detecting a closing operation of the second application; Receiving the predetermined closing push information; receiving the first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller; receiving the analog message of the first button switching message of the predetermined remote controller.
The device according to claim 6, wherein the saving module is further configured to: media information played on the video and/or environment information of the video playing in a case where the first application is video playing Saving; and/or saving the environment information of the first application if the first application is no video playback.
An intelligent set top box apparatus comprising the apparatus of any one of claims 6 to 9.