WO2016150390A1

WO2016150390A1 - Interface processing method, apparatus, and system

Info

Publication number: WO2016150390A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/077133
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: CN106162341A

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 and/or the operation description file of the application program; on the basis of the description file, generating one or plurality of control elements corresponding to the description file; 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; sending the new application program interface and/or the new operation description file to an application server; receiving a new version of the application program generated by the application server on the basis of compiling the new application program interface and/or the new operation description file; and sending the new version of the application program to the set top box, 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 and/or an operation description file of an application; and generating one or more corresponding to the description file according to the description file. Controls; receiving an edit instruction for attributes 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 An application interface and/or a new operation description file to the application server; receiving the new version of the application generated by the application server according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file, the sending station The new version of the application is given to the set top box.

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: placing the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file The picture corresponding to the network 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 Interface and / or new operation

The description file is that the terminal is edited and generated by the attribute and/or business logic of the corresponding control file of the stored set top box; the application server compiles and generates a new version according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file. An application; the application server sends the new version of the application to the terminal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the application server compiling and generating a new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation includes: the application server is configured according to the interface of the new application / or a new operation description file that overwrites the code folder of the corresponding application and compiles the entire set of code to generate a new version of the application.

According to still another embodiment of the present invention, an interface processing method is further provided, including: acquiring a new version of an application, wherein the new application version is obtained by a terminal from an application server, and the application server is configured according to the The interface of the new application and/or the new operational description file is compiled to generate a new version of the application; the set top box application is upgraded according to the new version of the application.

In an embodiment of the present invention, before acquiring a new version of the application, the method further comprises: comparing a version number of the new version of the application with a version number of the local application, and the version number of the application in the new version Download the new version of the application above the local version number.

According to still another embodiment of the present invention, an interface processing apparatus is further provided, including: a first obtaining module, configured to acquire an interface of an application of the set top box and/or an operation description file of the application; and a control module, configured according to The description file generates one or more controls corresponding to the description file; the first receiving module is configured to receive an editing instruction for attributes and/or business logic of the control, and perform the control according to the editing instruction Editing an interface for generating a new application and/or a new operation description file; a first sending module configured to send an interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file to the application server; a second receiving module, And being configured to receive the new version of the application generated by the application server according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file, and send the new version of the application to the set top box.

According to still another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided an interface processing apparatus, comprising: an editing module configured to receive, by an application server, an interface of an 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 that the terminal is edited and generated by the attribute and/or business logic of the corresponding control file of the stored set top box; the compiling module is set to be the new application according to the application server. 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 terminal by the application server.

According to still another embodiment of the present invention, an interface processing apparatus is further provided, including: a second obtaining module, configured to acquire a new version of the application, wherein the new application version is obtained by the terminal from the application server, 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; and the upgrade module is configured to upgrade the set top box application according to the new version of the application. .

According to still another embodiment of the present invention, an interface processing system is further provided, including: a terminal, an application server, and a set top box; the terminal and the application server are connected through a wide area network, and the terminal and the set top box pass the special a network or wide area network connection; the set top box uploads an interface of the stored application and/or an operation description file of the application to the terminal, and downloads the latest application version from the terminal to upgrade the set top box; Terminal pair The interface of the application downloaded on the set top box and the business logic perform custom modification to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file, which is uploaded to the application server; the application server is based on the new application. The interface of the program and/or the new operational description file is compiled to generate a new version of the application for transmission to the terminal; the terminal includes the apparatus described above; the application server includes the apparatus described above; and the set top box includes the apparatus described above.

Through the present invention, an interface for acquiring an application of the set top box and/or an operation description file of the application; generating one or more controls corresponding to the description file according to the description file; receiving attributes and/or attributes of the control Editing instructions of the business logic, editing the control according to the editing instruction to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file; sending the new application interface and/or a new operation description file Giving the application server; receiving the application server to compile the generated new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file, and sending the new version of the application to the set top box, 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.

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 block diagram 1 of an interface processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

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

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

7 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;

8 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, acquiring an interface of an application of the set top box and/or an operation description file of the application program;

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

Step S110: Receive a new version of the application generated by the application server according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file, and send the new version of the application to the set top box.

Through the above steps, the terminal acquires an interface of the application of the set top box and/or an operation description file of the application, generates a new description file by the terminal and sends the new description file to the application server, and the application server generates a new version according to the new description file. The application is sent to the set-top box for upgrade, which 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, the edit command of the property and/or the business logic of the control may be in various manners, and may be received through a touch screen or a physical button, or may be received by other sensors or remote controllers, where Receiving may include: receiving a drag command for the position and size of the control; receiving a replacement instruction for the skin and the map of the control; receiving a service edit instruction for clicking and long pressing 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 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 description file of the set top box of the terminal by the terminal. Editing and generating the properties and/or business logic of the corresponding control;

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 terminal.

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. Sending the new version of the application to the terminal facilitates the upgrade of the terminal application, 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, 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 New application The program'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.

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: Obtain a new version of the application, where the new application version is obtained by the terminal from the application server, and 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. program;

Step S304, the set top box application is upgraded according to the new version of the application.

Through the above steps, the set-top box acquires a new version of the application, and upgrades the set-top box application according to the new version of the application, and solves the problem that the program interface and operation of the set-top box are complicated, and the use is inconvenient, thereby improving the use of the 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 determining whether it is the latest version, for example, an application server notification method or a set top box timing request may be used. Before receiving the new version of the application sent by the application 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.

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

The first obtaining module 402 is configured to acquire an interface of the application of the set top box and/or an operation description file of the application;

The control module 404 is configured to generate one or more controls corresponding to the description file according to the description file;

The first receiving module 406 is configured to receive an editing instruction of the property and/or the 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 408 is configured to send an interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file to the application server;

The second receiving module 410 is configured to receive a new version of the application generated by the application server according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file, and send the new version of the application to the set top box.

Through the above device, the terminal acquires an interface of an application of the set top box and/or an operation description file of the application, generates a new description file by the terminal by the terminal, and sends the new description file to the application server, and the application server according to the new description file A new version of the application is generated and sent to the set-top box for upgrade, which 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.

FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram 2 of an interface processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the apparatus includes

The editing module 52 is configured to receive, by the application server, 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 the terminal set by the stored terminal The description file is edited and generated corresponding to the properties and/or business logic of the control;

Compiling module 54 is configured to compile and generate a new version of the application according to the interface of the new application and/or the new operation description file;

The second sending module 56 is configured to send the new version of the application to the terminal by the application server.

Through the above device, 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. Sending the new version of the application to the terminal facilitates the upgrade of the terminal application, 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.

6 is a structural block diagram 3 of an interface processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the apparatus includes

The second obtaining module 62 is configured to acquire a new version of the application, wherein the new application version is obtained by the terminal from the application server, and the application server is compiled according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file. Generate a new version of the application;

The upgrade module 64 is configured to upgrade the set top box application according to the new version of the application.

Through the above device, the set top box acquires a new version of the application program, and upgrades the set top box application according to the new version of the application program, and solves the problem that the program interface and operation of the set top box are complicated, and the use is inconvenient, thereby improving the use of the user. Convenience.

In the embodiment of the present invention, an interface processing system is further provided, including: a terminal, an application server, and a set top box; the terminal and the application server are connected through a wide area network, and the terminal is connected to the set top box through a private network or a wide area network; the set top box will An interface of the stored application and/or an operation description file of the application is uploaded to the terminal, and the latest application version is downloaded from the terminal to upgrade the set top box; the terminal interfaces to the application downloaded from the set top box and The business logic performs custom modification to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file, which is uploaded to the application server; the application server compiles and generates a new one according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file. A version of the application is sent to the terminal; the terminal includes the above device, the application server includes the above device, and the set top box includes the above device. The invention will now be described in detail in conjunction with the preferred embodiments and embodiments.

The preferred embodiment proposes a method and system for customizing dynamic modification of the set top box application interface and business process in real time by the user by simply dragging and clicking on the screen of the mobile terminal.

The mobile terminal in the preferred embodiment is not limited to a smart phone, but 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 installation file is automatically compiled according to the application, and then returned to the application editing module of the mobile terminal.

The target smart set-top box is connected to the set-top box through a network. After obtaining the compiled version of the new application, the mobile terminal notifies the target set-top box to download the updated application file. The set-top box obtains a new version of the application from the mobile terminal side to cover the old version of the application on the set-top box, and launches and displays the new application.

The steps of the preferred embodiment include:

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

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) application. Then, return the new version of the application installation file to the mobile terminal.

Step 6: The mobile terminal initiates a notification of the updated version to the set top box, and after receiving the upgrade notification message sent by the mobile terminal, the set top box obtains and downloads the updated version of the application from the mobile terminal side.

Step 7. 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.

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 mobile phone and the set-top box are connected through a local area network or a wide area network (public network), in this embodiment, the mobile phone and the set top box are in the same local area network. The case is explained as an example; the application server 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.

7 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. The deployment diagram of a mobile phone, an application server, and a set top box is shown in FIG. 7; the mobile phone and the application server exchange and file transfer through HTTP messages; The message interacts with the set-top box and transfers files via the ftp protocol.

FIG. 8 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. 8, the implementation steps are as follows:

Step S801: The mobile phone client initiates a TCP request to the set top box, and requests a current description file of the current set top box video application interface and operation.

Step S802: The mobile phone client accesses the set top box through ftp, and downloads the original xml description file of the application from the set top box.

Step S803: The mobile phone client (application editing module) displays the style and layout of each control component 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 S804: 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 S805, the mobile phone client application editing module generates an xml description file of the current edit 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; the coordinate value and the 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 S806: The mobile client encapsulates the generated xml description file with the newly added movie poster image, and uploads it to the application server by using the Http POST method.

Step S807, 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 file.

Step S808: After the application server finishes compiling the application, the mobile phone client is notified by using an HTTP message. The mobile client downloads the compiled application installation file from the application server side.

Step S809, the mobile phone client notifies the set top box that the target application has a new version that can be updated, and the set top box upgrade module passes the ftp The way to download a new version of the app from the mobile client side. After the download is complete, install and replace the original application installation files for the set-top box.

Step S810, after completing the step S809, 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 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.

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 is only a 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 the set top box and/or an operation description file of the application program are acquired; and one or more controls corresponding to the description file are generated according to the description file; Editing an attribute of the control and/or a business logic, editing the control according to the editing instruction to generate a new application interface and/or a new operation description file; sending the interface of the new application and/or Or a new operation description file to the application server; receiving the new version of the application generated by the application server according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file, and sending the new version of the application The program gives the set-top box, 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:

Obtain an interface of the application of the set top box and/or an operation description file of the application;

Generating one or more controls corresponding to the description file 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 operation description file to the application server;

Receiving, by the application server, a new version of the application compiled according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file, and sending the new version of the application to the set top box.
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 reference file corresponding to the stored set top box of the terminal 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 terminal.
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.
An interface processing method includes:

Obtaining a new version of the application, wherein the new application version is obtained by the terminal from an application server, and 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. program;

The set top box application is upgraded according to the new version of the application.
The method of claim 6 wherein prior to obtaining the new version of the application, the method further comprises:

Comparing the version number of the new version of the application with the version number of the local application, in the case where the version number of the new version of the application is higher than the local version number, the new version of the application is downloaded.
An interface processing device includes:

a first obtaining module, configured to acquire an interface of an application of the set top box and/or an operation description file of the application;

a control module, configured to generate one or more controls corresponding to the description file 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;

a first sending module, configured to send an interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file to the application server;

a second receiving module, configured to receive a new version of the application generated by the application server according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description file, and send the new version of the application to the set top box .
An interface processing device includes:

An editing module configured to receive, by the application server, 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 set stored by the terminal The description file is edited and generated corresponding to the properties 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 terminal.
An interface processing device includes:

a second obtaining module, configured to acquire a new version of the application, wherein the new application version is obtained by the terminal from an application server, and the application server is configured according to the interface of the new application and/or a new operation description The file is compiled to generate a new version of the 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, and a set top box;

The terminal is connected to the application server through a wide area network, and the terminal 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 terminal, and downloads the latest application version from the terminal to upgrade the set top box;

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

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

The terminal includes the apparatus of claim 8;

The application server includes the apparatus of claim 9; the set top box includes the apparatus of claim 10.