WO2016150387A1

WO2016150387A1 - Interface processing method, apparatus, and system

Info

Publication number: WO2016150387A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/077130
Authority: WO
Inventors: 崔志伟
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-03-25
Filing date: 2016-03-23
Publication date: 2016-09-29
Also published as: CN106162344A

Abstract

Provided in the present intervention are an interface processing method, apparatus, and system; the method comprising acquiring the interface of an application program of a set top box on an application server and/or the operation description file of the application program; on the basis of the description file, generating one or plurality of control elements; receiving an editing command for the characteristics and/or the service logic of the control elements, and on the basis of the editing command, editing the control elements to generate a new application program interface and/or a new operation description file; and sending the new application program interface and/or the new operation description file to the application server, resolving the problems of the program interface and operation of a set top box being complicated and inconvenient to use, and improving user convenience.

Description

Interface processing method, device and system

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to an interface processing method, apparatus, and system.

Background technique

With the rapid development of the mobile Internet and the large-scale launch of the OTT (Over The TOP)/IPTV set-top box, the interaction between the multi-screen mobile terminal represented by the smart phone/Pad and the OTT set-top box has become a popular terminal interaction mode.

The application of the OTT set-top box, especially the Android set-top box, and the interface of the set-top box itself have been very beautiful, and with the maturity of user behavior analysis, big data and other technologies, the interface and operation of the set-top box are more and more complicated, and the user-operated TV program Lists and more frequently used application shortcuts are more and more, and in the related technology, custom, personalized user interface and business processing methods cannot be provided.

In view of the complicated program interface and operation of the set top box in the related art, and the inconvenient use problem, an effective solution has not been proposed yet.

Summary of the invention

In view of the complicated program interface and operation of the set top box in the related art, the present invention provides an interface processing method, device and system to solve at least the above problems.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an interface processing method is provided, including: acquiring an interface of an application of a set top box on an application server and/or an operation description file of an application; and generating corresponding one or more according to the description file a control; receiving an edit instruction for an attribute and/or business logic of the control, editing the control according to the edit instruction to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file; transmitting the new The application's interface and/or new operational description file is given to the application server.

In an embodiment of the invention, after the generating an interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file, the method comprises: the network of the new application interface and/or the new operation description file The picture corresponding to the link is sent to the application server.

In an embodiment of the invention, the editing instruction for receiving attributes and/or business logic of the control includes at least one of: receiving a drag command for the position and size of the control; receiving the control Replacement instructions for skin and texture; receive service edit instructions for clicking and long pressing on the control.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided an interface processing method, comprising: an application server receiving an interface of an edited new application and/or a new operation description file, wherein the new application The interface and/or the new operation description file is generated by the terminal by editing the attribute and/or business logic of the corresponding control file of the set top box; the application server is configured according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description. File compilation to generate a new version of the application a program; the application server sends the new version of the application to the management server.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the application server compiling the new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation comprises: the application server according to the interface of the new application and/or The new action description file overwrites the code folder for the corresponding application and compiles the entire set of code to generate a new version of the application.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after the application server compiles and generates a new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file, the method further includes: the application server outputting The new version of the application is docked to a third-party application server.

In an embodiment of the invention, the application comprises: an apk application of Android.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided an interface processing method, comprising: a management server receiving a new version of an application compiled by an application server according to an interface of a new application and/or a new operation description file, according to the An update policy for the management server deployment, which updates the description file to one or more target set top boxes.

In an embodiment of the present invention, performing the updating of the description file on one or more target set top boxes includes: sending the new version of the application to the set top box after receiving the feedback of the target set top box that meets the preset requirement .

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided an interface processing method, comprising: receiving a new version of an application sent by the management server, wherein an interface and/or an operation description file of the new version application is The terminal is edited and generated by using an interface of an application of the current set top box and/or an operation description file corresponding to an application and/or a business logic of the application, where the new version of the application is the application server according to the new application. The program interface and/or operation description file compilation code is generated; the set top box application is upgraded according to the new version of the application.

In an embodiment of the present invention, before receiving the new version of the application sent by the management server, the method includes: comparing a version number of the new version of the application with a version number of the local application, When the new application version number is higher than the local version number, the new version of the application is downloaded.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, an interface processing apparatus is further provided, including: an obtaining module, configured to acquire an interface of an application of the set top box on the application server, and/or an operation description file of the application; and an editing module, configured to Generating a corresponding one or more controls according to the description file; the first receiving module is configured to receive an editing instruction for the attribute and/or business logic of the control, and edit the new control according to the editing instruction to generate a new An interface of the application and/or a new operation description file; a first sending module, configured to send the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file to the application server.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, an interface processing apparatus is further provided, including: a second receiving module, configured to receive, by the application server, an interface of the edited new application and/or a new operation description file, where The interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file is generated by the terminal by editing the attribute and/or business logic of the corresponding control file of the set top box; the compiling module is set as the application server according to the new The interface of the application and/or the new operation description file is compiled to generate a new version of the application; the second sending module is configured to send the new version of the application to the management server to the application server.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided an interface processing apparatus, comprising: a third receiving module, configured to receive, by the management server, a new application compiled by the application server according to an interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file. Version of the application;

And an update module, configured to update the description file of one or more target set top boxes according to an update policy deployed by the management server.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided an interface processing apparatus, comprising: a fourth receiving module, configured to receive a new version of an application sent by the management server, wherein an interface of the new version application And/or the operation description file is generated by the terminal by editing an attribute of the application of the current set top box and/or an attribute of the operation description file corresponding to the application and/or business logic, where the new version of the application is The application server compiles code generation according to the interface and/or operation description file of the new application; the upgrade module is configured to upgrade the set top box application according to the new version of the application.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, an interface processing system is further provided, including: a terminal, an application server, a management server, and a set top box; the terminal and the application server are connected through a wide area network, and the application server and the server The management server is connected through a private network or a wide area network, and the management server is connected to the set top box through a private network or a wide area network; the set top box uploads an interface of the stored application and/or an operation description file of the application to the application server. And upgrading the set top box by downloading a new application version from the management server; the terminal customizing the interface and business logic of the application downloaded from the application server to generate a new application interface And/or a new operation description file, uploaded to the application server; the application server compiles the entire set of code according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file to generate a new version of the application; the management The server receives the new version of the application server compiled And the program, according to the update policy deployed by the management server, notifying one or more target set top boxes to update the description file, the terminal includes the foregoing apparatus, and the application server includes the foregoing apparatus, the management server Including the apparatus described above, the set top box includes the apparatus described above.

The invention acquires an interface of an application of the set top box on the application server and/or an operation description file of the application; generates a corresponding one or more controls according to the description file; and receives an edit of the attribute and/or business logic of the control An instruction to edit the control according to the edit instruction to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file; send the new application interface and/or a new operation description file to the application server, and solve The program interface and operation of the set-top box are complicated, and the problem of inconvenient use increases the convenience of the user.

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 1 of an interface processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a second flowchart of an interface processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a third flowchart of an interface processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart 4 of an interface processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram 1 of an interface processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a structural block diagram 2 of an interface processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a structural block diagram 3 of an interface processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a structural block diagram 4 of an interface processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

9 is a schematic diagram of a design and deployment of a set top box application interface according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

10 is a timing diagram of dynamically setting a set top box application using a mobile terminal in accordance with a preferred 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.

It is to be understood that the terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present invention are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a particular order or order.

An interface processing method is provided in this embodiment. FIG. 1 is a flowchart 1 of an interface processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the process includes the following steps:

Step S102: Obtain an interface of an application of the set top box on the application server and/or an operation description file of the application.

Step S104, generating corresponding one or more controls according to the description file;

Step S106, receiving an editing instruction for the attribute and/or business logic of the control, and editing the control according to the editing instruction to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file;

Step S108, sending an interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file to the application server.

Through the above steps, the terminal acquires an interface of an application of the set top box on the application server and/or an operation description file of the application, generates a corresponding one or more controls according to the description file, and receives the attribute and/or business logic of the control. Editing instructions, editing the control according to the editing instruction to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file, and transmitting the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file to the application server. The application server generates a new version of the application and sends it to the management server. The set-top box downloads the new version of the application through the management server, and solves the problem that the program interface and operation of the set-top box are complicated and inconvenient to use, thereby improving the convenience of the user.

In this embodiment, after generating a new application interface and/or an operation description file, there may be a network link of the related image in the description file, and the terminal may initiate a network request, and the interface of the new application and/or Or the image corresponding to the network link in the new operation description file is sent to the application server.

In this embodiment, there may be multiple ways to edit the attributes of the control and/or the business logic, and The receiving and editing instructions of the touch screen or the physical button may also be received by other sensors or remote controllers, wherein the receiving of the command may include: receiving a drag command for the position and size of the control; receiving the replacement of the skin and the texture of the control Instruction; receive a business edit instruction that clicks and long presses on the control.

An interface processing method is provided in this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flowchart 2 of an interface processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the process includes the following steps:

Step S202, the application server receives the interface of the edited new application and/or a new operation description file, where the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file is that the terminal corresponds to the description file of the set top box. The properties and/or business logic of the control are edited and generated;

Step S204, the application server compiles and generates a new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file;

Step S206, the application server sends the new version of the application to the management server.

Through the above steps, the application server receives the interface of the edited new application and/or a new operation description file, and compiles and generates a new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file. The application server sends the new version of the application to the management server, and the management server sends the new version of the application to the set top box, so that the set top box can be upgraded and upgraded, and the program interface and operation of the set top box are complicated, and the use is inconvenient, and the problem is improved. The convenience of the user.

In this embodiment, the application server may generate a new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation, and may be recompiled, or the application server may The new application's interface and/or new operational description file overwrites the code folder of the corresponding application and compiles the entire set of code to generate a new version of the application.

In this embodiment, after the application server compiles and generates a new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file, the method may further include: outputting the new version of the application by the application server. The program is connected to the third-party application server to share the application, and other set-top boxes can also be downloaded and updated. The application in the above embodiment may be an APP application of the OSI or an apk application of the Android.

An interface processing method is provided in this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart 3 of an interface processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the process includes the following steps:

Step S302, the management server receives a new version of the application compiled by the application server according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file;

Step S304: Update the description file to one or more target set top boxes according to the update policy deployed by the management server.

Through the above steps, the management server receives a new version of the application compiled by the application server according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file, and one or more target sets according to the update policy deployed by the management server. The box performs the update of the description file, which solves the problem that the program interface and operation of the set top box are complicated and inconvenient to use, and the convenience of the user is improved.

In this embodiment, the updating of the description file to one or more target set top boxes includes: after receiving the feedback of the target set top box that meets the preset requirement, sending the new version of the application to the set top box.

An interface processing method is provided in this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart 4 of an interface processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the process includes the following steps:

Step S402, receiving a new version of the application sent by the management server, where the interface and/or operation description file of the new version application is an operation description of the interface and/or application of the application of the current set top box by the terminal. The file is edited and generated by the attribute and/or business logic of the control, and the new version of the application is generated by the application server according to the interface and/or the operation description file of the new application;

Step S404, the set top box application is upgraded according to the new version of the application.

Through the above steps, the new version of the application sent by the management server is received, and the set-top box application is upgraded according to the new version of the application, which solves the problem that the program interface and operation of the set-top box are complicated and inconvenient to use, and the problem is improved. User convenience.

In this embodiment, before upgrading the new version, it is necessary to determine whether it is the latest version. There are many methods for judging whether it is the latest version, for example, a method of managing the server notification, or a request for the set-top box timing. Before receiving the new version of the application sent by the management server, the method further comprises: comparing the version number of the new version of the application with the version number of the local application, where the new application version number is higher than the local version number In case of downloading the new version of the app.

In the embodiment, an interface 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.

FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of an interface processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the apparatus includes:

The obtaining module 52 is configured to acquire an interface of an application of the set top box on the application server and/or an operation description file of the application;

The editing module 54 is configured to generate a corresponding one or more controls according to the description file;

The first receiving module 56 is configured to receive an editing instruction for the attribute and/or business logic of the control, and edit the control according to the editing instruction to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file;

The first sending module 58 is configured to send an interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file to the application server.

Through the above device, the obtaining module 52 acquires an interface of the application of the set top box on the application server and/or an application. An operation description file, the editing module 54 generates a corresponding one or more controls according to the description file, and the first receiving module 56 receives an editing instruction of the property and/or the business logic of the control, and edits the control according to the editing instruction. The interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file, the first sending module 58 sends the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file to the application server, and solves the complicated program interface and operation of the set top box. The use of inconvenient problems increases the convenience of the user.

6 is a structural block diagram 2 of an interface processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the apparatus includes

The second receiving module 62 is configured to receive, by the application server, an interface of the edited new application and/or a new operation description file, where the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file are The description file of the set top box is edited and generated corresponding to the attributes and/or business logic of the control;

Compiling module 64, configured to compile and generate a new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file;

The second sending module 66 is configured to send the new version of the application to the management server by the application server.

Through the above device, the second receiving module 62 receives the interface of the edited new application and/or a new operation description file, and the compiling module 64 compiles and generates a new one according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file. The version of the application, the second sending module 66 sends the new version of the application to the management server, solves the complex interface of the set-top box and the operation is inconvenient, and improves the convenience of the user.

FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram 3 of an interface processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the apparatus includes:

The third receiving module 72 is configured to receive, by the management server, a new version of the application compiled by the application server according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file;

The update module 74 is configured to update the description file for one or more target set top boxes according to an update policy deployed by the management server.

Through the above device, the third receiving module 72 receives the new version of the application compiled by the application server according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file, and updates the update strategy deployed by the module 74 to one or more targets. The set-top box performs the update of the description file, which solves the problem that the program interface and operation of the set-top box are complicated and inconvenient to use, and the convenience of the user is improved.

FIG. 8 is a structural block diagram 4 of an interface processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the apparatus includes:

The fourth receiving module 82 is configured to receive a new version of the application sent by the management server, where the interface and/or the operation description file of the new version application is an interface of the terminal through the application of the current set top box and/or The operation description file of the application is edited and generated corresponding to the attribute and/or business logic of the control, and the new version of the application is generated by the application server according to the interface and/or the operation description file of the new application;

The upgrade module 84 is configured to upgrade the set top box application according to the new version of the application.

Through the above device, the fourth receiving module 82 is configured to receive a new version of the application sent by the management server; The upgrade module 84 is configured to upgrade the set top box application according to the new version of the application. The program interface and the operation of the set top box are complicated, and the use is inconvenient, which improves the convenience of the user.

It should be noted that each of the above modules may be implemented by software or hardware. For the latter, the foregoing may be implemented by, but not limited to, the foregoing modules are all located in the same processor; or, the modules are located in multiple In the processor.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an interface processing system is further provided, including: a terminal, an application server, a management server, and a set top box; the terminal and the application server are connected through a wide area network, and the application server and the management server pass the special a network or WAN connection, the management server and the set top box are connected through a private network or a wide area network; the set top box uploads an interface of the stored application and/or an operation description file of the application to the application server, and downloads a new one from the management server. The application version upgrades the set top box; the terminal customizes the interface and business logic of the application downloaded from the application server to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file, and uploads the application to the application. a server; compiling the entire set of code to generate a new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file; the management server receives the new version of the application compiled by the application server, according to the management server Deployed update strategy One or more notification target set top box updates the descriptive file; terminal comprising the above-described means, the application server comprising the above-described apparatus, the aforementioned means comprising a management server; the set top box comprising the above-described means.

The invention will now be described in detail in conjunction with the preferred embodiments and embodiments.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and system for real-time custom dynamic modification of the set top box application interface and the business process by the user simply dragging and clicking on the screen of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to a smart phone, and may be other terminal devices such as a Pad.

An application editing module is deployed on the mobile terminal, and the module can display the interface style and layout of the current application. The user can manually drag and click on the terminal screen to control the style and layout of the control and the specific business operations corresponding to each control. edit. And generate corresponding description files according to the interface and business operations edited by the user. The mobile terminal can also select a target set top box that needs to update the interface and business process.

The mobile terminal is connected to the application server, and sends the edited corresponding description file to the application server. A compiling module is deployed on the application server, and after obtaining the corresponding description file, a new version of the application is automatically compiled according to the same.

The application server is connected to the management server, and the compiled application installation file is transmitted to the management server; the management server and the set top box are connected through the network. The management server notifies the target set-top box to download the updated application file according to the release update policy deployed by itself.

The set-top box downloads a new version of the application from the management server to cover the old version of the application on the set-top box, launching and displaying the new application.

The steps of an embodiment of the invention are as follows:

Step 1: The mobile terminal connects to the application server through the network, and obtains an interface and an operation description file corresponding to the current set top box application on the server.

Step 2: The mobile terminal displays the respective controls of the corresponding application interface on the set top box in an editable state according to the acquired interface and operation description file of the set top box application.

Step 3: The user opens the application editing module on the mobile terminal, adjusts the position and size of the interface control by manually dragging and dropping on the screen, adjusts the skin and texture of the interface control, and edits buttons and the like according to common operations such as clicking and long pressing. Business operations (such as adding a new poster image, and specifying that the remote control determines that the poster image is selected and the application jumps to the "Latest Movies of the Week" column). After the user completes the editing, a description file of the edited application interface and business operations is generated.

Step 4: The mobile terminal initiates a network request, and sends the updated description file and the image required for the interface display to the application server through the network link.

Step 5: After receiving the updated description file and the image file, the application server overwrites the file into the code folder corresponding to the application, and compiles the entire code to generate a new version (higher version number) of the application installation file. .

In step 6, the application server sends the generated application installation file to the management server. Then, the management server notifies the one or more target set-top boxes of the specified range that the corresponding application has a new version to be upgraded according to the software upgrade update policy deployed by itself.

Step 7. The set top box is connected to the management server, and determines whether the application version number on the server is higher than the version number of the local application of the set top box. If the version number on the server side is higher, download the updated version of the application.

Step 8. After the new version of the set-top box is downloaded to the set-top box, replace the original application file. Restart the app and show the new interface style through the TV screen.

Compared with other video viewing experience sharing methods, the preferred embodiment has the advantage that the user can modify his own set top box application interface in real time and dynamically, and reposition the business logic of the set top box application. It's no longer just the user of the application, but the designer of the application that really becomes the WYSIWYG, adjusts and modifies its own set-top box application.

Moreover, through the management policy of the management server, the mobile terminal user can selectively update the interface and service operations of multiple specified target set-top boxes at the same time.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal is a large-screen smart phone, the set-top box is an Android set-top box; the mobile phone and the application server are connected through a wide area network (public network); the application server and the management server are connected through an intranet or a public network; The IPTV private network is used as an example to describe the connection between the mobile phone and the set-top box. The mobile phone and the set-top box may not communicate with each other.

An OTT video client application (including the interface display module) is deployed on the smart set top box to display the video program provided by the media content server side. In this embodiment, the mobile client is used to dynamically customize the interface of the set top box video application.

9 is a schematic diagram of a design and deployment of a set top box application interface according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. The server crosses the two network planes of the public network and the IPTV private network; the mobile phone and the application server exchange and file through HTTP messages; the application server communicates with the management server through a TCP message, and the file is transmitted through ftp; the management server passes The TCP message interacts with the set-top box and transfers files via the ftp protocol.

FIG. 10 is a timing diagram of dynamically setting a set top box application using a mobile terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 10, the implementation steps are as follows:

Step S1001: The mobile client sends an Http request to the application server to request a current description file of the current set top box video application interface and operation.

Step S1002: The mobile client downloads the latest xml description file from the management server by using an Http GET method.

Step S1003: The mobile phone client (application editing module) displays the style and layout of each control interface in the edit mode according to the acquired set top box video application interface description file, and correspondingly controls the remote control button selection response of each control and the operation logic. .

Step S1004: The user adds a picture display control by dragging on the screen of the mobile phone, and sets the skin map of the control as a latest movie poster picture. The control's remote control button selection response is defined by clicking and selecting to jump to the "This Week's Latest Movie" video section page.

Step S1005: The mobile phone client application editing module generates an xml description file for editing this time according to the modification made by the user, where the type and ID of the newly added picture control are defined in the description file; and the coordinate value and size of the top left corner are used to describe the The position and size of the control; save the image path and name of the skin map of the control; and specify the response of the remote control button selection in the description file: Jump to the Activity of "This Week's Latest Movie".

Step S1006: The mobile client parses the generated xml description file with the newly added movie poster image, and uploads it to the application server by using the HttpPOST method.

Step S1007: The application server side deploys a compilation module and source code of the application. After receiving the changed files (changed description files and new image files), the application server replaces the files in the original code, and triggers the automatic compilation script to compile and generate a new version (the version number is automatically accumulated). Apk application installation file.

Step S1008: The application server notifies the management server to acquire a new version of the application installation file. The management server compiles the packaged new version of the application installation file through the ftp download application server.

Step S1009: The set top box software upgrade update policy deployed by the management server itself, notifying one or more target set top boxes, the application file is updated, the software version needs to be upgraded, and the software version number of the current application is included in the notification message.

Step S1010: After receiving the update upgrade notification message sent by the management server, the target set top box compares with the version number of the local application. If the version number of the new version is higher than the version number of the local application, the set top box upgrade module accesses the specified ftp address of the management server, downloads the updated application installation file, and replaces the original application installation file of the set top box.

Step S1011, after completing the step S1010, the set-top box video application is restarted to display the new interface, and the new control "This week's latest movie" is displayed in the set-top box video application, using the set-top box remote control to select the control and click the "confirm" button. The application interface jumps to the "New Movies of the Week" section.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method according to the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, 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 storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, The optical disc includes a number of instructions for causing a terminal device (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform the method of various embodiments of the present invention.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the various modules or steps of the present invention described above can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device that can be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of 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 order herein. The steps shown or described are performed, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps thereof are fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is 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

According to the foregoing technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, an interface of an application of a set top box on an application server and/or an operation description file of an application are acquired; a corresponding one or more controls are generated according to the description file; and an attribute of the control is received. And/or an editing instruction of the business logic, the control is edited according to the editing instruction to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file; the interface of the new application is sent and/or a new operation description file is sent The application server solves the problem that the program interface and operation of the set top box are complicated, and the use is inconvenient, thereby improving the convenience of the user.

Claims

An interface processing method includes:

Obtaining an interface of an application of the set top box on the application server and/or an operation description file of the application;

Generating corresponding one or more controls according to the description file;

Receiving an edit instruction for the attribute and/or business logic of the control, and editing the control according to the edit instruction to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file;

Sending an interface of the new application and/or a new operational description file to the application server.
The method of claim 1, wherein after the generating an interface of the new application and/or a new operational description file, the method comprises:

Sending a picture corresponding to the network link in the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file to the application server.
The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein said receiving an instruction to edit attributes and/or business logic of said control comprises at least one of:

Receiving a drag command for the position and size of the control;

Receiving a replacement instruction for the skin and texture of the control;

Receiving a service edit instruction for clicking and long pressing on the control.
An interface processing method includes:

The application server receives an interface of the edited new application and/or a new operation description file, wherein the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file is a terminal corresponding to the control file of the set top box Attributes and/or business logic are edited and generated;

The application server compiles and generates a new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file;

The application server sends the new version of the application to the management server.
The method of claim 4, wherein the application server compiling the new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation comprises:

The application server overwrites the code folder of the corresponding application according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file, and compiles the entire set of code to generate a new version of the application.
The method according to claim 4, wherein after the application server compiles and generates a new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file, the method further includes:

The application server outputs the new version of the application to a third-party application server for docking.
The method of any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the application comprises:

Android apk app.
An interface processing method includes:

The management server receives a new version of the application compiled by the application server according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file;

Updating the description file to one or more target set top boxes according to an update policy deployed by the management server.
The method of claim 8 wherein the updating of the description file to one or more target set top boxes comprises:

After receiving the feedback of the target set top box that meets the preset requirement, the new version of the application is sent to the set top box.
An interface processing method includes:

Receiving a new version of the application sent by the management server, wherein the interface and/or the operation description file of the new version application is a terminal corresponding to the control of the current set top box application and/or the operation description file of the application The attribute and/or business logic is edited and generated, and the new version of the application is generated by the application server according to the interface and/or the operation description file of the new application;

The set top box application is upgraded according to the new version of the application.
The method of claim 10, wherein said method comprises: prior to receiving a new version of the application sent by said management server, said method comprising:

Comparing the version number of the new version of the application with the version number of the local application, and downloading the new version of the application if the new application version number is higher than the local version number.
An interface processing device includes:

An acquisition module, configured to obtain an interface of an application of the set top box on the application server and/or an operation description file of the application;

An editing module, configured to generate a corresponding one or more controls according to the description file;

a first receiving module, configured to receive an editing instruction for the attribute and/or business logic of the control, and edit the control according to the editing instruction to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file;

The first sending module is configured to send an interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file to the application server.
An interface processing device includes:

a second receiving module, configured to receive, by the application server, an interface of the edited new application and/or a new operation description file, where the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file is a terminal The description file of the set top box is edited and generated corresponding to the attributes and/or business logic of the control;

Compiling a module, configured to compile, by the application server, a new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file;

And a second sending module, configured to send, by the application server, the new version of the application to the management server.
An interface processing device includes:

a third receiving module, configured to receive, by the management server, a new version of the application compiled by the application server according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file;

And an update module, configured to update the description file of one or more target set top boxes according to an update policy deployed by the management server.
An interface processing device includes:

a fourth receiving module, configured to receive a new version of the application sent by the management server, wherein the interface and/or the operation description file of the new version application is an interface and/or an application of the terminal through the application of the current set top box The operation description file is edited and generated corresponding to the attribute and/or business logic of the control, and the new version of the application is generated by the application server according to the interface and/or the operation description file of the new application;

An upgrade module configured to upgrade the set top box application according to the new version of the application.
An interface processing system includes: a terminal, an application server, a management server, and a set top box;

The terminal is connected to the application server through a wide area network, and the application server is connected to the management server through a private network or a wide area network, and the management server is connected to the set top box through a private network or a wide area network;

The set top box uploads an interface of the stored application and/or an operation description file of the application to the application server, and downloads a new application version from the management server to upgrade the set top box;

The terminal performs a custom modification on an interface and a business logic of an application downloaded from the application server to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file, and uploads the file to the application server;

The application server compiles the entire set of code according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file to generate a new version of the application;

Receiving, by the management server, the new version of the application compiled by the application server, and notifying one or more target set-top boxes to update the description file according to the update policy deployed by the management server;

The terminal includes the apparatus of claim 12;

The application server includes the apparatus of claim 13;

The management server includes the apparatus of claim 14;

The set top box includes the apparatus of claim 15.