CN101237496B - Interactive service terminal, realization system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an interactive service terminal which comprises a display device for receiving and processing image and data information, and a data receiving and processing device for receiving and transmitting the information of a broadcast video network and a communication network, wherein an interface connected with the communication network is arranged on the data receiving and processing device for transmitting information to the communication network. An interface connected with the broadcast video network is also arranged on the data receiving and processing device for transmitting the image and data information to the broadcast video network The invention also relates to an interactive service implementation system which comprises an interactive service server of the broadcast video network, an interactive service server and a terminal of the communication network. The invention also relates to an interactive service implementation method which comprises a step of downlink service processing and a step of uplink service processing. The system for realizing the interactive service is established between the barodcast video network and the communication network based on the interactive service terminal, thereby sharing the resource and resolving the problem of complex activity in the broadcast video network.

Description

Interactive service terminal, realization system and realization method

technical field

The present invention relates to a terminal, especially a terminal capable of performing interactive services with a broadcasting network and a communication network; the present invention also relates to a system and method, especially a terminal for performing interactive services between a broadcasting network and a communication network Implementation system and implementation method.

Background technique

In the early days, set-top boxes referred to analog channel extenders and analog channel descramblers based on cable television networks; with the rapid development of digital TV broadcasting and the Internet, users' demand for information continued to increase, and set-top boxes evolved into TVs. Receive and process equipment. Digital TV is an end-to-end system that digitally processes signals from program acquisition, production, transmission, and user-end set-top boxes. Now there are three main digital TV broadcast standard systems in the world: ATSC (American standard), DVB (European standard) and ISDB (Japanese standard), all of which are based on TS (transport stream) of MPEG-2 (international standard for audio and video compression). ) mechanism, digital TV broadcasting standards are used to define how to implement TS stream transmission on different transmission media.

At present, set-top boxes mainly provide basic audio and video services and data applications. A typical example of using a reverse transmission channel is a real-time VOD (video on demand) system, which relies on the old telephone network to solve the reverse on-demand problem of a real-time VOD system based on a set-top box. When a user needs to order a program, he first selects the program by making a phone call and using key input, and the real-time VOD system starts to play the program after receiving the information. This technology has the disadvantages of high cost, low efficiency and poor security.

Under the existing technology, the program information sent by the radio and television network terminal equipment is transmitted to the terminal through the fiber-optic coaxial hybrid network in one direction. The specific disadvantages are as follows: 1. It is only a one-way transmission of the program stream, and users cannot download resources through the radio and television network side; 2. The existing interactive service is only carried out by the user dialing a fixed phone or sending a mobile phone message, which has the disadvantages of inconvenient operation and low efficiency.

Contents of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a system and method for realizing interactive services between the broadcasting network and the communication network, which can receive, send, and process images of the broadcasting network and the communication network in view of the deficiencies in the prior art , data information, interactive business, can realize the sharing and utilization of resources, convenient operation and high efficiency.

The present invention also provides an interactive service realization system, including an interactive service server of a broadcasting network, an interactive service server of a communication network, and a terminal, the interactive service server of the broadcasting network or the interactive service server of a communication network is used for the transmission of interactive services , analysis, and a built-in gateway; the terminal and the interactive service server of the radio and television network transmit data through a fiber-optic coaxial hybrid network, and the terminal and the interactive service server of the communication network are connected to transmit data in a wireless or wired manner; the The terminal includes a display device for receiving and processing images and data information, and also includes an information receiving and processing device for receiving and sending broadcast network and communication network information, and the information receiving and processing device is connected with the display device for converting The received information is transmitted to the display device for display, and the information receiving and processing device is provided with an interface connected to the communication network for information transmission with the communication network; the information receiving and processing device is also There is an interface connected with the broadcasting network, which is used to transmit images and data information with the broadcasting network;

The terminal participates in the interactive service through SMS, MMS or GPRS, and sends the interactive service information to the interactive service server of the communication network; the interactive service server of the communication network judges whether it is an interactive service issued by the radio and television network, and if it is , then execute to forward the interactive service information to the interactive service server of the radio and television network, and issue the interactive service service, and feed back information at the same time; if not, issue the interactive service service, and feed back information at the same time.

In the above technical solution, the communication network is a wired communication network and a wireless communication network; the display device is a television set or a computer; the interface is an interface for receiving a SIM card, and is used to connect the SIM card and communicate with the wireless network for information transmission; the interface is an interface for connecting to a wired communication network for information transmission with the wired communication network; the information receiving and processing device also includes a smart card interface for receiving a smart card to realize the transmission of payment information The terminal is also connected with the ADSL server of the communication network for realizing the ADSL service; the terminal is also connected with the GPRS server of the communication network for realizing the GPRS service; ) is an open interface for command operation control, which is used to realize JAVA functions.

The present invention also provides a method for realizing interactive services, including steps of processing downlink services and steps of processing uplink services;

Wherein, the steps of downlink service processing include:

Step A1, the interactive service server of the broadcasting network or the communication network delivers the information of the interactive program flow or the interactive service flow to the terminal;

Step A2, displaying the information of the interactive program stream or the interactive service stream on the terminal;

The steps of uplink service processing include:

Step B1, participate in the interactive service on the terminal via SMS, MMS or GPRS, and send the interactive service information to the interactive service server of the communication network;

Step B2, the interactive service server of the communication network judges whether it is an interactive service issued by the broadcasting network, if yes, execute step B3; if not, execute step B4;

Step B3, the interactive service server of the communication network forwards the interactive service information to the interactive service server of the radio and television network, and issues the interactive service service, and feeds back information at the same time; then end;

Step B4, the interactive service server of the communication network issues the interactive service service and feeds back information at the same time.

The present invention realizes the interactive service system between the broadcasting network and the communication network through the terminal based on the interactive service, so that resources can be shared, and the cumbersomeness of participating in the activities of the broadcasting network is solved. This combination provides a more The convenient and fast operation method, based on the present invention, will produce a more market-accepted operating mode.

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the system structure of the mobile network of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the system structure of the telecommunication network of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the flowchart of the inventive method;

Fig. 5 is the flowchart of the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a flow chart of the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of reference signs:

1-display equipment; 2-information receiving and processing equipment;

3-Terminal; 4-Interactive service server of radio network;

5- Interactive service server (wireless network) of communication network;

6- Interactive service server of communication network (wired network).

Detailed ways

Example 1

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the interactive service terminal of the present invention includes a display device 1 for receiving and processing images and data information, which can be an ordinary TV set, a computer, etc.; and processing device 2, the information receiving and processing device 2 is connected with the display device 1, and is used to transmit the received information to the display device 1 for display, and the information receiving and processing device 2 is provided with a communication network connection The interface is used to transmit information with the communication network; the information receiving and processing device 2 is also provided with an interface connected to the broadcasting network, which is used to transmit images and data information with the broadcasting network. According to the displayed information, the client transmits the information to be sent to the communication network through the information receiving and processing device 2 to realize the interactive service; at the same time, the operation process of the interactive service is displayed on the display device 1 .

The terminal can realize the following functions: the user can search, edit, sort, etc. the programs played; the terminal can receive and display the data sent to the terminal by the radio and television network; the terminal can communicate with the communication network; it has functions such as software upgrade and password protection; Electronic Program Guide (EPG) function, including the display of multi-day program information, program reservation and reminder management, display of currently playing programs and upcoming program information, etc.; Near Video OnDemand (NVOD for short) ) function, which divides a program into several programs with different start times, and multiple programs starting at different time points are played in parallel, allowing users to choose the time point they want to watch; data broadcast function, program stream information can be scrolled and displayed on the terminal ;Support smart card and SIM (subscriber information management) card, the card slot can be inserted into a smart card and a mobile phone SIM, or a two-in-one SIM card with smart card function. Among them, the smart card can guarantee the user to watch paid TV programs, and the SIM card provides the same functions as the general mobile phone SIM.

The terminal can also realize the function of a wide-screen mobile phone. The specific realization functions include the following points: it can realize the JAVA function, and the terminal provides an open interface, such as a communication interface, which can be controlled by AT commands; the terminal can accept user input; it can realize the call function, support Visual call; can provide GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) data service; can prompt that there is a short message, and can click to read and reply; support caller ID, call transfer and other supplementary services.

The terminal can participate in the interactive service received by the terminal through the uplink channel of the communication network.

Example 2

Fig. 2 is a system structure diagram of the mobile network of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a system structure diagram of the telecommunication network of the present invention. The difference between the two figures is only that the mobile network and the terminal 3 are connected by wireless, while the telecommunication network and the terminal 3 are connected by wired communication cables. The interactive service realization system of the present invention comprises the interactive service server 4 of the radio network, the interactive service server 5,6 (wireless network, wired network) and the terminal 3 of the communication network, and the terminal 3 and the interactive service server 4 of the radio network are coaxial through the optical fiber The hybrid network transmits data, the terminal 3 and the interactive service server 5 of the mobile network adopt wireless connection to transmit data, and the terminal 3 and the interactive service server 6 of the telecommunication network adopt a wired connection to transmit data; The display device 1 also includes an information receiving and processing device 2 that receives and sends information from the broadcast network and communication network. The information receiving and processing device 2 is connected to the display device 1, and is used to transmit the received information to the display device 1 for further processing. It shows that the information receiving and processing device 2 is provided with an interface connected to the communication network for information transmission with the communication network; the information receiving and processing device 2 is also provided with an interface connected with the broadcasting network for connecting with the broadcasting network Carry out the transmission of images and data information.

The communication network mentioned in the present invention may be a wired communication network or a wireless communication network. When the communication network is a telecommunication network, the terminal can provide a two-way link through ADSL, telephone line, etc., and connect to the Internet, and the downlink of the program stream and data stream is through the radio and television network side.

When the communication network is a mobile network, the terminal and the mobile network side can realize the upload and download of terminal data to complete interactive services. Terminal information data can only be uploaded through the channel of the mobile network side. When there is a need for downloading services with a small amount of data, it can be downloaded directly through GPRS. For services with a large amount of data such as picture ring downloads, it must be downloaded from the broadcasting network side in the form of TS streams. user terminal. There is a corresponding interaction server on the mobile network side, and the interaction server can perform necessary interaction with other network elements to fulfill user interaction service requirements. When a user sends a multimedia message or a short message to the interactive server, the interactive server interacts with the user through the multimedia message or short message gateway, and when the user performs interactive services through http, the interactive server can link to display web pages.

Example 3

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of the method of the present invention. As shown in Figure 4, the method for realizing the interactive service includes the steps of downlink service processing and uplink service processing;

Wherein, the steps of downlink service processing include:

Step A1, the interactive service server of the broadcasting network or the communication network delivers the information of the interactive program flow or the interactive service flow to the terminal;

Step A2, displaying the information of the interactive program stream or the interactive service stream on the terminal;

The steps of uplink service processing include:

Step B1, participate in the interactive service on the terminal via SMS, MMS or GPRS, and send the interactive service information to the interactive service server of the communication network;

Step B2, the interactive service server of the communication network judges whether it is an interactive service issued by the broadcasting network, if yes, execute step B3; if not, execute step B4;

Step B3, the interactive service server of the communication network forwards the interactive service information to the interactive service server of the radio and television network, and issues the interactive service service, and feeds back information at the same time; then end;

Step B4, the interactive service server of the communication network issues the interactive service service and feeds back information at the same time.

Example 4

Fig. 5 is a flow chart of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. Specific steps are as follows:

Step A1, the interactive service server of the broadcasting network or the communication network delivers the information of the interactive program flow or the interactive service flow to the terminal;

Step A2, displaying the information of the interactive program stream or the interactive service stream on the terminal;

The steps of uplink service processing include:

Step B1, participate in the interactive service on the terminal via SMS, MMS or GPRS, and send the interactive service information to the interactive service server of the communication network;

Step B2, the interactive service server of the communication network judges whether it is an interactive service issued by the broadcasting network, if yes, execute step B3; if not, execute step B4;

Step B3, the interactive service server of the communication network forwards the interactive service information to the interactive service server of the radio and television network, and issues the interactive service service, and feeds back information at the same time; then execute step C;

Step B4, the interactive service server of the communication network issues the interactive service service, and feeds back information at the same time;

Step C, the broadcasting network or the communication network judges whether the interactive service is operated successfully according to the received upload information fed back by the terminal, if yes, execute step D; if not, execute step F;

Step D, displaying the successful operation information of the interactive service on the display device of the terminal, and executing the participating interactive service;

Step E, the client selects through the terminal whether to continue participating in the interactive service, if yes, execute step B1; if no, end;

Step F, displaying the interactive service operation failure information on the display device of the terminal, and then performing step E.

Example 5

The difference between this embodiment and the foregoing embodiment is only that step A1 is specifically:

Step A11, the interactive service server of the communication network sends the prepared interactive service information to the interactive service server of the broadcast network;

Step A12, the interactive service server of the broadcast network sends the interactive service information to the terminal.

Example 6

The only difference between this embodiment and Embodiments 1-4 is that step A1 can also be specifically as follows:

Step A13, the interactive service server of the broadcast network sends the prepared interactive service program information to the interactive service server of the communication network;

Step A14, the interactive service server of the communication network analyzes the interactive service program information sent by the broadcasting network;

Step A15, the interactive service server of the communication network delivers the analyzed interactive service program information to the terminal.

Example 7

Fig. 6 is a flow chart of the seventh embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 6, the difference between this embodiment and the fourth embodiment is that step B3 is specifically as follows:

Step B31, the interactive service server of the communication network forwards the interactive service information to the interactive service server of the broadcast network;

Step B32, the interactive service server of the radio and television network sends the interactive service to the terminal, and displays it on the terminal;

Step B33, the terminal feeds back the information of participating in the interactive service to the interactive service server of the communication network.

The difference is that step B4 is specifically:

Step B41, the interactive service server of the communication network sends the interactive service to the terminal, and displays it on the terminal;

Step B42, the terminal feeds back the information of participating in the interactive service to the interactive service server of the communication network.

A specific example of downloading information will be used for illustration below.

Step 101, the system scrolls and displays resources such as pictures, ringtones, or multimedia messages on the terminal in the form of digital broadcasting;

Step 102, the client clicks to view resource information;

Step 103, the client chooses to download the required information;

Step 104, the terminal submits the download request information to the communication network;

Step 105, the interactive service server of the communication network judges whether it is an interactive service issued by the broadcasting network, if yes, execute step 106; if not, execute step 109;

Step 106, the interactive service server of the communication network forwards the interactive service information to the interactive service server of the broadcast network;

Step 107, the interactive service server of the broadcasting network sends the resources for downloading the demand information to the terminal;

Step 108, the terminal feeds back the download service completion information to the interactive service server of the communication network, and then ends;

Step 109, the interactive service server of the communication network processes the interactive service.

Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention without limitation. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that the technical solutions of the present invention can be The scheme shall be modified or equivalently replaced without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical scheme of the present invention.

Claims (15)

1. the realization system of an interactive service, it is characterized in that, comprise the interaction service server of Broadcasting Cable Network, the interaction service server and the terminal of communication network, the interaction service server of described Broadcasting Cable Network or the interaction service server of communication network are used for transmission, the parsing of interactive service, built-in gateway; The interaction service server of described terminal and described Broadcasting Cable Network is transmitted data by Hybrid Fiber and Coax Network HFC, and described terminal adopts wireless or wired mode to be connected the transmission data with the interaction service server of described communication network; Described terminal comprises the display device that is used to receive, handle image, data message, also comprise the message pick-up and the treatment facility that receive and send Broadcasting Cable Network and communication network information, described message pick-up is connected with described display device with treatment facility, the information that is used for receiving is sent on the described display device and shows, described message pick-up is provided with the interface that is connected with communication network with treatment facility, is used for carrying out transmission of Information with communication network; Also be provided with the interface that is connected with Broadcasting Cable Network on described message pick-up and the treatment facility, be used for carrying out image, data information transmission with Broadcasting Cable Network;

Described terminal participates in interactive service by note, multimedia message or GPRS mode, and this interactive service information is sent to the interaction service server of communication network; The interaction service server of described communication network judges whether it is the interactive service that Broadcasting Cable Network issues, if then carry out this interactive service information is forwarded to the interaction service server of Broadcasting Cable Network, and issue the service of this interactive service, simultaneously feedback information; If not, then issue the service of this interactive service, simultaneously feedback information.

2. the realization system of interactive service according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described communication network is wire net and wireless communication networks.

3. the realization system of interactive service according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described display device is television set or computer.

4. according to the realization system of claim 1 or 3 described interactive services, it is characterized in that described interface is used for clamping S IM card, and carries out message transmission with wireless communication networks for holding the interface that connects S IM card.

5. according to the realization system of claim 1 or 3 described interactive services, it is characterized in that described interface is used for carrying out message transmission with wire net for holding the interface that is connected to the line communication network.

6. the realization system of interactive service according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described message pick-up and treatment facility also comprise intelligent card interface, is used for holding connecing smart card, realizes the paying transmission of Information.

7. the realization system of interactive service according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described terminal also is connected with the ADSL server of communication network, is used to realize the ADSL business.

8. the realization system of interactive service according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described terminal also is connected with the GPRS server of communication network, is used to realize gprs service.

9. the realization system of interactive service according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described message pick-up and treatment facility are provided with the open interface that adopts the control of AT instruction manipulation, are used to realize the JAVA function.

10. the implementation method of an interactive service is characterized in that, comprises the step of downlink business processing and the step that uplink service is handled;

Wherein, the step of downlink business processing comprises:

The interaction service server of steps A 1, Broadcasting Cable Network or communication network issues the information of interactive program stream or interactive service stream to terminal;

Steps A 2, the information of described interactive program stream or interactive service stream is shown on described terminal;

The step that uplink service is handled comprises:

Step B1, on described terminal, participate in interactive service, and this interactive service information is sent to the interaction service server of communication network by note, multimedia message or GPRS mode;

The interaction service server of step B2, described communication network judges whether it is the interactive service that Broadcasting Cable Network issues, if, execution in step B3 then; If not, execution in step B4 then;

The interaction service server of step B3, described communication network is forwarded to the interaction service server of Broadcasting Cable Network with this interactive service information, and issues the service of this interactive service, simultaneously feedback information; Finish then;

The interaction service server of step B4, described communication network issues the service of this interactive service, simultaneously feedback information.

11. the implementation method of interactive service according to claim 10 is characterized in that, also comprises:

Step C, described Broadcasting Cable Network or described communication network judge according to the information of uploading of the described terminal feedback that receives whether this interactive service operates success, if, execution in step D then; If not, execution in step F then;

Step D, on the display device of described terminal, show this interactive service operation successful information, and carry out the interactive service of this participation;

Step e, client select whether to continue to participate in this interactive service by described terminal, if, execution in step B1 then; If not, then finish;

Step F, on the display device of described terminal, show this interactive service operation failure information, execution in step E then.

12. the implementation method of interactive service according to claim 10 is characterized in that, described steps A 1 is:

The interaction service server of steps A 11, communication network will be formulated the interaction service server that good interactive service information sends to Broadcasting Cable Network;

The interaction service server of steps A 12, Broadcasting Cable Network is issued to described terminal with this interactive service information.

13. the implementation method of interactive service according to claim 10 is characterized in that, described steps A 1 is:

The interaction service server of steps A 13, described Broadcasting Cable Network will be formulated the interaction service server that good interactive service programme information sends to described communication network;

The interaction service server of steps A 14, described communication network is resolved this interactive service programme information that described Broadcasting Cable Network sends;

The interaction service server of steps A 15, described communication network this interactive service programme information after described terminal issues described parsing.

14. the implementation method of interactive service according to claim 10 is characterized in that, described step B3 is:

The interaction service server of step B31, described communication network is forwarded to this interactive service information the interaction service server of Broadcasting Cable Network;

The interaction service server of step B32, Broadcasting Cable Network issues this interactive service on described terminal, and shows on described terminal;

Step B33, described terminal feedback participate in the interaction service server of the information of this interactive service to communication network.

15. the implementation method of interactive service according to claim 10 is characterized in that, described step B4 is:

The interaction service server of step B41, described communication network issues this interactive service on described terminal, and shows on described terminal;

Step B42, described terminal feedback participate in the interaction service server of the information of this interactive service to communication network.

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