WO2017076009A1

WO2017076009A1 - Program watch-back method, player and terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2017076009A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/086615
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李�荣
Original assignee: 乐视控股（北京）有限公司; 乐视致新电子科技（天津）有限公司
Priority date: 2015-11-02
Filing date: 2016-06-21
Publication date: 2017-05-11
Also published as: CN105898524A

Abstract

Provided in the present invention are a program watch-back method, player and terminal. The program watch-back method comprises the following steps: acquiring a time deviation value between the current time and designated time corresponding to contents to be watched back; sending to a server a playing address corresponding to the time deviation value; and receiving a program data flow at the designated time corresponding to the playing address sent by the server. The contents to be watched back are chosen and set by a user and the contents may be a certain specific program chosen by the user on the basis of a menu, or may be a program at a certain time chosen by the user as needed. By applying the above technical solution, the user can watch back any wanted contents, even the program being on air, or the program at any designated time before the current time. Therefore, the need for the user to watch back the live program and to choose any program for watching back on the basis of time can be met, so as to improve the user experience.

Description

Program review method, a player and a terminal

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of multimedia technologies, and in particular, to a program review method, a player, and a terminal.

Background technique

Live broadcast is a common function of users, but live broadcasts are played according to the specified time and sequence. This feature of on-time playback brings a lot of limitations to users, because users often watch live programs for various reasons. Missed the favorite program, so the look back function is also a user's needs.

At present, most of the solutions to look back are live to-on-demand, that is, the server caches video by program list. When the user needs to look back at the function, the server sends out an on-demand address, and the client plays it by means of on-demand. In this way, the user can only look back at the program that has already been played, and cannot view the program being played. Moreover, if the user wants to look back at any program at any point in time, the above method cannot be implemented.

Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the embodiment of the present invention is that the on-demand mode in the prior art cannot meet the requirement of the user to look back at the current live program.

Another technical problem to be solved by the embodiments of the present invention is that the on-demand mode in the prior art cannot satisfy the user's need to look back at the program at any point in time.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

The invention provides a program review method, comprising the following steps:

Obtaining a time offset value between the current time and a specified time corresponding to the content to be viewed;

Sending a play address corresponding to the time offset value to the server;

Receiving a program data stream of the specified time corresponding to the play address sent by the server.

Optionally, the program review method acquires a time offset value between a current time and a specified time corresponding to the content that needs to be viewed back: the specified time is a start time of the specified program that needs to be viewed back.

Optionally, in the step of viewing the program, the step of obtaining a time offset value between the current time and a specified time corresponding to the content to be viewed back: the specified time is any preset time.

The invention also provides a player comprising:

a time offset value obtaining unit, configured to acquire between the current time and a specified time corresponding to the content that needs to be viewed back Time offset value

The time offset value sending unit receives the data sent by the time offset value acquiring unit, and sends the play address corresponding to the time offset value to the server;

And a data acquiring unit, configured to receive a program data stream sent by the server at a specified time corresponding to the play address.

Optionally, in the player, in the time offset value acquiring unit, a start time of a specified program that needs to be viewed is taken as a designated time.

Optionally, in the player, the time offset value acquiring unit uses any preset time as the designated time.

Based on the same inventive concept, the present invention also provides a terminal, including the above player, and:

Receiving unit, receiving the content that needs to be viewed back, and determining a specified time corresponding to the content to be viewed back;

The processing unit acquires a time offset value between the current time and the specified time;

And a sending unit, sending the time offset value to the player.

Optionally, in the terminal, the receiving unit is configured to receive information of a specified program that needs to be viewed; and the processing unit acquires a time offset value between a current time and a start time of the specified program.

Optionally, in the terminal, the receiving unit is configured to receive preset information at any time; the processing unit acquires a time offset value between the current time and any preset time .

Compared with the prior art, the above solution of the present invention has at least the following beneficial effects:

According to the program review method, the player and the terminal, the user can freely select and set the content to be viewed, and can be a specific program selected by the user according to the program list, or a certain moment selected by the user according to the needs. program. For example, when a user watches a live program, some of the exciting content is missed due to some unexpected situations, such as a ten-minute missed program because of answering the call, and the user can select to view the new time node ten minutes ago. With the above technical solution, the user can look back at any content that he wants to watch, either the program currently being broadcasted or the program content at any given moment before the current time. Moreover, the user can select the program that he wants to look back according to the program list, and can freely select any time to review according to the playing time, which is more flexible, meets the different needs of the customer, and improves the user experience.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic diagram of an application environment of a program review method according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of a program review method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal and a player according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a specific implementation flowchart of a program review process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The reference numerals are:

1-terminal, 2-server, 3-user, 11-player, 12-receiving unit, 13-processing unit, 14-transmitting unit, 101-time offset value acquiring unit, 102-time offset value transmitting unit, 103 - Data acquisition unit.

detailed description

The program review method, player and terminal application environment of the present invention are shown in FIG. 1 . The terminal 1 can be a television, a computer, a mobile phone, a PDA, etc., and a terminal having a video playing function can be used. The data communication based on a certain protocol can be performed between the server 2 and the terminal 1, and the communication mode can be wired or wireless. The user 3 can send a command to the terminal 1 by using a device such as a remote controller, and the terminal 1 can enter the live broadcast or look back mode after responding to the command. The terminal 1 transmits the play address of the program to be played to the server 2, and after the server 2 analyzes the play address, the data stream of the program corresponding to the play address is transmitted to the terminal 1. The terminal 1 presents the corresponding program to the user 3 through a functional component such as a player. The program review method, player and terminal of the present invention will be described below by way of specific embodiments.

This embodiment provides a program review method, as shown in FIG. 2, including the following steps:

S1: Obtain a time offset value between the current time and a specified time corresponding to the content that needs to be viewed back.

S2: Send a play address corresponding to the time offset value to the server.

S3: Receive a program data stream sent by the server at a specified time corresponding to the play address.

In step S1, the content to be viewed is selected by the user, and may be a specific program selected by the user according to the program list, or may be a program of the moment selected by the user according to the need. For example, when a user watches a live program and misses a ten-minute program because of receiving a call, the user can select a program ten minutes ago to view it. That is, the specified time may be the start time of the specified program that needs to be viewed back, and may be any preset time. For example, the total duration of the currently playing program is 60 minutes. When the 45th minute is played, the user receives a 10-minute call, after the call ends, if the user wants to watch the 10 minutes before the current time just missed. For the program content, the progress bar or time axis of the currently live program can be called up by the remote controller, and the time node is selected according to the progress bar or the time axis. After the user selects a start time node of the currently played program that is desired to be viewed, the terminal calculates a time offset value between the current time and a specified time corresponding to the content to be viewed, and then corresponds the time offset value. Play the address to the server. With the above technical solution, the user can look back at any content that he wants to watch, even if it is currently being broadcast. The user can also set back to view the program content at any given time before the current time. You can select the program you want to watch according to the program list, and you can freely choose the program at any time according to the playing time, which is more flexible and meets the different needs of users. Improve the user experience.

The present embodiment further provides a player, as shown in FIG. 3, based on the same inventive concept as the program review method described above, including:

The time offset value obtaining unit 101 is configured to acquire a time offset value between the current time and a specified time corresponding to the content that needs to be viewed back. The start time of the designated program that needs to be viewed back can be used as the designated time, and any preset time can be used as the designated time.

The time offset value sending unit 102 receives the data sent by the time offset value acquiring unit 101, and transmits the play address corresponding to the time offset value to the server.

The data obtaining unit 103 is configured to receive a program data stream that is sent by the server and is at a specified time corresponding to the play address.

Correspondingly, the embodiment further provides a terminal including the foregoing player. As shown in FIG. 3, the terminal includes:

The receiving unit 12 receives the content that needs to be viewed by the user, and determines the designated time corresponding to the content to be viewed. The user can send content that needs to be viewed back through the player.

The processing unit 13 acquires a time offset value between the current time and the specified time.

The transmitting unit 14 transmits the time offset value to the player 11.

Specifically, the terminal 2 provided in this embodiment may be any device capable of realizing live broadcast, such as a television, a PDA, a laptop, or the like. The entire operating environment shown in Figure 3 can be implemented in the manner shown in Figure 4:

S10: The user selects the content that needs to be viewed and sends it to the terminal. As described above, the content that needs to be viewed back may be either a certain program selected by the user according to the program list, or a program selected by the user to be viewed at any preset time point. For example, the program list can be called up by the remote controller, and the name of the program played before the current time is recorded in the program list, and the user can directly select a certain program name. The progress bar or time axis of the currently live program can also be called up by the remote controller, and a certain time node can be selected according to the progress bar or the time axis.

S11: The terminal receives the content that needs to be viewed and determines the specified time corresponding to the content to be viewed back. It can be understood that when the name or other information of a certain program sent by the user is received, the program should be played from the beginning, and when a certain time point is received, the time should be played. .

S12: Acquire a time offset value between the current time and the specified time. As described in step S11, when the name or other information of a certain program is received, the start time of the program is taken as the designated time; when a predetermined time point is received, the The time point is used as the specified time. According to the current time and the specified time, the time offset value can be obtained by directly making the difference.

S13: Send the time offset value to the player.

S14: The player acquires a time offset value between the current time and a specified time corresponding to the content that needs to be viewed back.

S15: Send a play address corresponding to the time offset value to the server. In this step, it may be considered that a preset protocol or algorithm exists between the player and the server, and the play address of the program content to be viewed may be obtained according to the time offset value. The specific implementation is not the gist of the invention, and will not be described in detail herein.

S16: The server receives the play address sent by the player, and parses the play address to obtain a data stream of the corresponding program.

S17: The server sends a data stream to the player.

S18: The player receives the data stream and plays it, so that the content of the program that the user wants to look back is presented to the user, and the viewing is completed.

According to the above process, the user can freely select and set the content to be viewed back, and can realize the return function according to the program list, and can also select any program that wants to look back according to the playing time, and can also select to view the program in the live broadcast at any time. Enriched the program playback function and improved the user experience.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present invention can be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, the invention can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) including computer usable program code.

The present invention has been described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (system), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or FIG. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine for the execution of instructions for execution by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device. Means for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of the flow chart.

The computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising the instruction device. The apparatus implements the functions specified in one or more blocks of a flow or a flow and/or block diagram of the flowchart.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device such that a series of operational steps are performed on a computer or other programmable device to produce computer-implemented processing, thereby The instructions executed on the machine or other programmable device provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more blocks of a flow or a flow and/or block diagram of the flowchart.

It is apparent that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the examples, and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations or modifications of the various forms may be made by those skilled in the art in light of the above description. There is no need and no way to exhaust all of the implementations. Obvious changes or variations resulting therefrom are still within the scope of the invention.

Claims

A program review method is characterized in that it comprises the following steps:

Obtaining a time offset value between the current time and a specified time corresponding to the content to be viewed;

Sending a play address corresponding to the time offset value to the server;

Receiving a program data stream of the specified time corresponding to the play address sent by the server.
The program review method according to claim 1, wherein the step of acquiring a time offset value between the current time and a specified time corresponding to the content to be viewed back is:

The specified time is the start time of the designated program that needs to be viewed back.
The program review method according to claim 1, wherein the step of acquiring a time offset value between the current time and a specified time corresponding to the content to be viewed back is:

The specified time is any preset time.
A player, comprising:

a time offset value obtaining unit, configured to acquire a time offset value between a current time and a specified time corresponding to the content that needs to be viewed back;

The time offset value sending unit receives the data sent by the time offset value acquiring unit, and sends the play address corresponding to the time offset value to the server;

And a data acquiring unit, configured to receive a program data stream sent by the server at a specified time corresponding to the play address.
A player according to claim 4, wherein:

In the time offset value acquisition unit, the start time of the designated program that needs to be viewed back is taken as the designated time.
A player according to claim 4, wherein:

In the time offset value acquiring unit, any preset time is used as the designated time.
A terminal, comprising the player of any of claims 4-6, and:

Receiving unit, receiving the content that needs to be viewed back, and determining a specified time corresponding to the content to be viewed back;

The processing unit acquires a time offset value between the current time and the specified time;

And a sending unit, sending the time offset value to the player.
The terminal of claim 7 wherein:

The receiving unit is configured to receive information of a specified program that needs to be viewed back;

The processing unit acquires a time offset value between a current time and a start time of the specified program.
The terminal of claim 7 wherein:

The receiving unit is configured to receive preset information at any time;

The processing unit acquires a time offset value between the current time and any of the preset moments.
A computer readable medium, characterized in that the computer readable medium is recorded with a computer program for performing the lookback method of any of claims 1-3.