WO2019134175A1

WO2019134175A1 - Program playback method of intelligent television, and intelligent television

Info

Publication number: WO2019134175A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/071814
Authority: WO
Inventors: 尚修远; 斯特林格·罗杰; 张健春
Original assignee: 青岛海信电器股份有限公司; 青岛海信国际营销股份有限公司; 海信电子科技（深圳）有限公司
Priority date: 2018-01-08
Filing date: 2018-01-08
Publication date: 2019-07-11

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a program playback method of an intelligent television, and the intelligent television. The method comprises: receiving a playback request message sent by an on-line service run on the intelligent television, the playback request message comprising a first channel selected from a channel list displayed by the on-line service; and obtaining video data of the first channel decoded by a decoder of the intelligent television, and sending the video data to the on-line service for displaying and playback. Therefore, the channel list of the on-line service can display channel information of an on-line channel and a local channel; when the selected channel is a local channel, the intelligent television may send the decoded video data of the selected channel to the on-line service, so that the on-line service can also play back the local channel provided by the intelligent television; a user is not required to switch between the on-line service and a live television when browsing television programs of the local channel and the on-line channel, and user experience is effectively improved.

Description

Program broadcasting method of smart television and smart television

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of digital television technologies, and in particular, to a program for playing a program of a smart television and a smart television.

Background technique

At present, online TV services are becoming more and more popular, and users can access the Internet through the smart TV with the corresponding application, and can watch the rich TV programs in the online channels provided by the online TV service providers. However, if an online TV service provider provides users with TV programs of local TV channels, it will need to pay a high fee to the content providers of the TV stations or programs, and these local TV channels can usually pass the tuner of the smart TV. found. Since the online application cannot access the local channel that the smart TV searches through the tuner, if the user wants to browse the online channel at the same time and the smart TV receives the local channel, it needs to switch back and forth between the online application and the live TV of the smart TV. , making the user experience very poor.

Therefore, there is a need for a smart TV program playing method for solving the technical problem that a television program of a local channel in a smart TV cannot be played through an online application, thereby improving the user experience.

Summary of the invention

A program for playing a program of a smart television provided by the embodiment of the invention includes:

Receiving a play request message sent by an online service running on the smart TV, the play request message including a first selected from a channel list displayed by the online service including a local channel and an online channel provided by the online service Channel, the play request message is sent after the online service determines that the first channel is a local channel provided by the smart TV;

Obtaining video data of the first channel decoded by a decoder of the smart TV, and transmitting the video data to the online service for display and playing.

Optionally, the channel information of the local channel included in the channel list is obtained by:

After receiving the channel obtaining message sent by the online service, acquiring channel information of each local channel stored in the smart TV by using a preset plug-in, and transmitting the channel information to the online service, so that the online service is based on the local channel The channel information generates the channel list.

Optionally, the channel information of the local channel includes at least: a channel name and a channel number.

Optionally, the online service is an online application or an online virtual channel provided by an online television service provider.

Based on the same inventive concept, another method for playing a program of a smart television according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

Receiving, by the online service running on the smart TV, a channel selection message, where the channel selection message includes a selected one of a channel list displayed by the online service including a local channel and an online channel provided by the online service One channel;

Sending a play request message to the smart TV and receiving channel data of the first channel returned by the smart TV in response to the local channel provided by the smart channel by the first channel; in response to the first The channel is an online channel provided by the online service, and the video data of the first channel is obtained from a server corresponding to the online service;

Display play is performed according to the video data of the first channel.

Optionally, before the receiving the channel selection message, the method further includes:

Transmitting a channel acquisition message to the channel management module of the smart TV, and receiving channel information of the local channel provided by the channel management module;

A channel list is generated and displayed according to channel information of the received local channel and channel information of the online channel provided by the online service.

Optionally, the channel information of the local channel includes at least: a channel name and a channel number;

The generating, according to the channel information of the local channel and the channel information of the online channel provided by the online service, a channel list and displaying, including:

Determining, according to the area information of the area where the smart TV is located, the enhanced channel information of the local channel in the area from the program information database;

And generating a channel list according to the channel name of the local channel, the channel number, the enhanced channel information, and the channel information of the online channel provided by the online service.

Optionally, the enhanced channel information includes at least one or more of the following combinations:

Channel logos, program guides, program announcements, program posters and detailed information for each program.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a smart television, including a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is configured to store program instructions, and the processor is configured to invoke program instructions stored in the memory according to the obtained program. Perform any of the above methods.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a computer storage medium storing computer executable instructions for causing the computer to perform any of the methods described above.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer program product that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any of the above.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, Those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without paying for inventive labor.

1 is a system architecture diagram of a program for playing a program of a smart television according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a program for playing a program of a smart television according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of a channel list displayed in an online service according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a smart television according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which FIG. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

The embodiments of the present invention are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 exemplarily shows a system architecture diagram applicable to a program playing method of a smart television according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the program playing system includes an online service, a server, and a smart TV.

The online service may be an online television service provided by an online television service provider in the form of an online application or an online virtual channel. The online service is installed or runs in the user's smart TV, communicates with the server remotely deployed by the online TV service provider via the Internet, for example, sends a play request message to the server (S104 as shown in FIG. 1), and the receiving server sends the Data such as program resources in the online television channel (S103 shown in Fig. 1).

With reference to the system architecture shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 exemplarily shows a flow chart corresponding to a program playing method of a smart TV according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes the following step S201. Go to step S207:

Step S201: receiving, by the online service running on the smart TV, a channel selection message, where the channel selection message includes a first channel selected from a channel list displayed by the online service;

Step S202: The online service sends a play request message to the smart TV in response to the local channel provided by the first channel as the smart TV.

Step S203: The smart TV receives a play request message sent by the online service.

Step S204: The smart TV acquires video data of the first channel decoded by a decoder of the smart TV, and sends the video data to the online service for display and play.

Step S205: The online service receives channel data of the first channel returned by the smart TV;

Step S206: The online service obtains the video data of the first channel from the server corresponding to the online service, in response to the online channel that the first channel is the online service.

Step S207: The online service performs display and play according to the video data of the first channel.

In this way, since the channel list of the online service can display the online channel provided by the online service and the channel information of the local channel provided by the smart TV, when the channel selected from the channel list is the local channel provided by the smart TV, the smart TV can Receiving a play request message sent by the online service, decoding the video data of the first channel according to the first channel selected in the play request message, and transmitting the video data to the online service, so that the online service can also play the local channel provided by the smart TV, and the user When browsing TV programs on local channels and online channels, there is no need to switch between online services and live TVs, which effectively improves the user experience.

In the embodiment of the present invention, before the step S101 is performed, if the user starts the online service, the channel list is displayed in the display interface of the online service to prompt the user to select a channel to be played from each channel displayed in the channel list. . The channel list includes channel information of each online channel provided by the online service, and channel information of each local channel provided by the smart TV, so that the user can browse the online service and the smart TV through the channel list displayed by the online service. All the channels that can be provided to effectively improve the user experience.

Specifically, the channel list is generated as follows:

First, the online service obtains channel information of each online channel from a remote server corresponding to the online TV service provider, wherein each online channel may be a real-time live TV channel provided by an online television service provider, or may be a non-live broadcast online video broadcast. The channel is not specifically limited in the present invention. The channel information of each online channel includes all information related to the online channel, such as channel name, channel number, channel logo, program guide, program preview, program poster and detailed information of each program, and the like.

Subsequently, the online service sends a channel acquisition message to the channel management module of the smart TV to obtain channel information of each local channel provided by the smart TV. It should be noted that the channel information of each local channel acquired by the channel management module includes at least a channel name and a channel number.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the channel management module may be a preset plug-in integrated in the smart TV, and the preset plug-in may be a JavaScript object developed based on a smart TV operating system or a computer program developed in another type of computer language. The invention does not specifically limit this. After receiving the channel acquisition message sent by the online service, the channel management module may obtain channel information such as a channel name and a channel number of each local channel from a specific storage area of the smart TV, and send the channel information to the online service.

The channel information of the local channel stored in the specific storage area of the smart TV may be that the smart TV searches for each local channel through the tuner when the first use, and stores the acquired channel information of each local channel into a specific storage area. Or, in the case of changing the cable television service provider or replacing the area where the smart TV is located, the user actively updates the local channel that the smart TV can provide by using the search function of the tuner of the smart TV, and searches for the local channel. The channel information of the local channel is stored in a specific storage area, and the present invention does not specifically limit this.

Further, the online service generates a channel list and displays the online channel and the local channel according to the channel information of each local channel provided by the online service provider and the local channel provided by the smart TV.

It should be noted that, the person skilled in the art can specifically set the display order of each online channel and the local channel in the channel list according to actual needs, and the present invention does not specifically limit this. For example, the online service may be preset with rules for sorting each online channel and local channel in the channel list. As shown in FIG. 3, the set sorting rule may be to follow each online channel and local channel. The channel numbers are arranged in order from the smallest to the largest to generate a channel list, or the respective online channels and local channels are respectively sorted according to the order of the channel numbers, and then the online channel is placed before the local channel to generate a channel list. When the online service obtains the channel information of each online channel and the local channel, the default is sorted according to the setting rule, and the user can also customize the channel order displayed in the channel list according to the user's own needs, or feel the sense Add channels to your favorite channels and more.

Since the channel information of the local channel stored in the smart TV is obtained by the tuner search in the smart TV, in a specific application scenario, the tuner may only search for the channel name and channel number of the local channel, therefore, the online application The enhanced channel information of each local channel in the area may be determined from the program information database according to the area information of the area where the smart TV is located, and is displayed together with the local channel channel name and channel number, channel information of the online channel, etc. List.

Specifically, the online service can obtain enhanced channel information of the local channel by:

First, get the area information of the smart TV, such as the user address, postal code, and so on. In the embodiment of the present invention, the online service may display a dialog box to prompt the user to input the current area information before displaying the channel list, or may also query in the database by other methods, such as according to the IP address of the smart TV. The area information of the smart TV is not specifically limited in the present invention.

Then, according to the area information of the smart TV, the program information database is accessed through the Internet, and the local information channels covered by the area information and the channel information of each local channel are queried in the program information database.

Further, according to the channel name and the channel number of each local channel provided by the smart television, the local channel corresponding to each local channel is determined one by one, and the channel information of the local channel is used as the enhanced channel information of the local channel.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the enhanced channel information of the local channel includes at least one or more combinations of the following: a channel logo, a program guide, a program preview, a program poster of each program, and detailed information.

In this way, according to the area information of the smart TV, the enhanced channel information of the local channel is searched through the program information database, which can effectively enrich the channel information of the local channel displayed in the channel list of the online service, and avoid the channel information of the local channel searched by the smart TV is too small. And affect the user experience.

Specifically, in step S201, the user can browse through the online channels provided by the online service and the local channels provided by the smart TV through the channel list provided by the online service running in the smart TV, and select the first to be played therefrom. Channel. The online service then receives a channel selection message including the selected first channel. In step S202 to step S204, since the selected first channel may be an online channel provided by the online service, or may be a local channel provided by the smart TV, the online service determines that the selected first channel is a smart TV. When the local channel is provided, a play request message will be sent to the smart TV. After receiving the play request message sent by the online service running thereon, the smart TV decodes the video data of the first channel in the transport stream through the decoder of the smart TV according to the first channel in the play request message, and the video data is It is sent to the online service, and then the online service receives the video data of the first channel transmitted by the smart TV, and performs display playback in step S207. In step S206, the online service obtains the video data of the first channel from the server of the corresponding online service provider when determining that the selected first channel is the online channel provided by the online service, and in step S207 Play display.

It can be seen that the channel management module in the smart TV can send the channel information of the local channel to the online service on the one hand when receiving the channel acquisition message sent by the online service, so that the online service can be based on the channel information and the online channel of the local channel. The channel information generates a channel list, and uniformly manages all channels including the local channel and the online channel in the smart TV; on the other hand, when the online service determines that the selected first channel is the local channel provided by the smart TV, In the embodiment of the present invention, the channel management module in the smart television may further instruct the decoder in the smart television to decode the video data of the first channel in the transport stream, and send the decoded video data to the online service, so that online The service can play the TV program of the local channel according to the video data sent by the channel management module, and combined with the above channel list in the online service, the smooth switching between the online channel and the local channel can also be realized, thereby effectively improving the user experience.

In the embodiment of the present invention, although the channel management module is integrated in the smart TV, the channel management module has an open interface to the outside world, and each online service provider can develop an online service based on the interface of the channel management module, and the online service can be The function of unified management of online channels and local channels and flexible and smooth switching of TV channels is realized, thereby effectively improving the applicability of smart TVs and enriching the program content of online services.

The program playing method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1 , after the online service starts running, the channel list is displayed according to the channel information of the local channel acquired from the channel management module of the smart TV, and the channel information of the online channel acquired from the corresponding server; The user selects a message from the channel selected in the channel list, and the channel selection message includes the selected first channel; the online service determines whether the selected first channel is an online channel, and if it is an online channel, the corresponding The server sends a play request message (step S103 shown in FIG. 1), and receives video data returned by the server in response to the play request message (step S104 shown in FIG. 1); if the selected first channel Sending a play request message to the channel management module in the smart TV (such as step S101 shown in FIG. 1), and receiving the channel management module to respond to the play request message, indicating the decoding in the smart TV. Decoding the data of the first channel in the transport stream and returning the video data to the online application (step S102 shown in FIG. 1); , Online services play TV programs based on the acquired video data.

Based on the same inventive concept, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a smart TV. As shown in FIG. 4, the smart TV 400 can include a central processing unit (CPU) 401, a memory 402, and an input/output device 403. Bus system 404 and the like. The input device may include a keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, etc., and the output device may include a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), a cathode ray tube (CRT), or the like.

Memory 402 can include read only memory (ROM) and random access memory (RAM) and provides program instructions and data stored in the memory to the processor. In the embodiment of the present invention, the memory may be used to store a program of the program playing method of the smart TV described above.

The processor is configured to execute the program playing method of the smart TV according to the obtained program instruction by calling a program instruction stored in the memory.

Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer storage medium for storing computer program instructions for use in the scheduling device, which includes a program for executing a program playing method of the smart TV.

The computer storage medium can be any available media or data storage device accessible by a computer, including but not limited to magnetic storage (eg, floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disk (MO), etc.), optical storage (eg, CD, DVD, BD, HVD, etc.), and semiconductor memories (for example, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid-state hard disk (SSD)).

Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer program product that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method disclosed in any of the above embodiments.

It can be seen from the foregoing that a program playing method and a smart TV provided by an embodiment of the present invention receive a play request message sent by an online service running on a smart TV, and the play request message includes a channel displayed from an online service. a first channel selected in the list, and the play request message is sent after the online service determines that the first channel is a local channel provided by the smart TV; and the decoded by the decoder of the smart TV is obtained according to the first channel in the play request message The video data of the first channel is sent to the online service for display playback.

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 memory channels (including but not limited to disk storage and 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. The 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 instruction for generating instructions executed by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device Means for implementing the functions specified in one or more flows of the flowchart or in a block or blocks of the flowchart.

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 for execution on a computer or other programmable device. The instructions provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of a flow diagram.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and changes can be made in the present invention without departing from the scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of the inventions

Claims

A program for playing a program of a smart television, characterized in that the method comprises:

Receiving a play request message sent by an online service running on the smart TV, the play request message including a first selected from a channel list displayed by the online service including a local channel and an online channel provided by the online service Channel, the play request message is sent after the online service determines that the first channel is a local channel provided by the smart TV;

Obtaining video data of the first channel decoded by a decoder of the smart TV, and transmitting the video data to the online service for display and playing.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the channel information of the local channel included in the channel list is obtained by:

After receiving the channel obtaining message sent by the online service, acquiring channel information of each local channel stored in the smart TV by using a preset plug-in, and transmitting the channel information to the online service, so that the online service is based on the local channel The channel information generates the channel list.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the channel information of the local channel comprises at least: a channel name and a channel number.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the online service is an online application or an online virtual channel provided by an online television service provider.
A program for playing a program of a smart television, characterized in that the method comprises:

Receiving, by the online service running on the smart TV, a channel selection message, where the channel selection message includes a selected one of a channel list displayed by the online service including a local channel and an online channel provided by the online service One channel;

Sending a play request message to the smart TV and receiving channel data of the first channel returned by the smart TV in response to the local channel provided by the smart channel by the first channel; in response to the first The channel is an online channel provided by the online service, and the video data of the first channel is obtained from a server corresponding to the online service;

Display play is performed according to the video data of the first channel.
The method according to claim 5, wherein before the receiving the channel selection message, the method further comprises:

Transmitting a channel acquisition message to the channel management module of the smart TV, and receiving channel information of the local channel provided by the channel management module;

A channel list is generated and displayed according to channel information of the received local channel and channel information of the online channel provided by the online service.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the channel information of the local channel comprises at least: a channel name and a channel number;

The generating, according to the channel information of the local channel and the channel information of the online channel provided by the online service, a channel list and displaying, including:

Determining, according to the area information of the area where the smart TV is located, the enhanced channel information of the local channel in the area from the program information database;

And generating a channel list according to the channel name of the local channel, the channel number, the enhanced channel information, and the channel information of the online channel provided by the online service.
The method of claim 7, wherein the enhanced channel information comprises at least one or more of the following:

Channel logos, program guides, program announcements, program posters and detailed information for each program.
A computer readable non-volatile storage medium, wherein the computer-readable non-volatile storage medium stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement claim 1 The method of any of the preceding claims.
A smart television, characterized in that it comprises:

a memory for storing computer instructions;

And a processor for executing the program instructions stored in the memory, and performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 according to the obtained program.
A computer readable non-volatile storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement any of claims 5-8 Said method.
A smart television, characterized in that it comprises:

a memory for storing computer instructions;

And a processor for executing the program instructions stored in the memory, and performing the method according to any one of claims 5 to 8 according to the obtained program.