CN100490525C - Method and device for sending Chinese EPG program list - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and a device for sending a Chinese EPG program list. In order to adapt to the complex and changeable demands of China's current TV program list, the device uses a customized editing device to generate a variety of program lists that meet customer requirements and have the customer's own characteristics. The device realizes the diversification and individualization of program list making. It is possible to generate TV program lists that meet the needs of various regions and nationalities.

Description

Method and device for sending Chinese EPG program list

technical field

The present invention is a method and device for sending Chinese EPG (Electric Program Guide) program list, and a device for publishing edited program list according to user's customized requirements.

Background technique

In my country, the radio and television network formed by the central, provincial, prefectural, and county "four-level offices" is a horizontal structure. The central and provincial TV stations produce and broadcast programs, and cable TV network companies at all levels transmit programs. It has to cross two or more platforms before reaching the user terminal. my country already has 215 central and provincial TV channels, of which about 50 cover the whole country. These programs are produced and broadcast by 34 TV stations in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. On the other hand, there are more than 3,000 cable TV networks above the county level in my country, covering nearly 100 million urban audiences across the country. It is not difficult to find that my country's EPG is characterized by a large amount of program preview information, scattered information sources, and numerous communication networks, especially the lack of unified technical specifications among them. To provide a complete EPG service, it is necessary to cooperate with multiple The TV station, the cable network and the user terminal are connected. Under such circumstances, it is difficult for us to copy the international model, and we must establish a system suitable for my country's electronic program guide information collection, generation, dissemination and reception. Our country has a vast territory and a large number of ethnic groups. Each region and each ethnic group has its own cultural customs and language habits, and has special requirements for cultural entertainment. There are special requirements for aspects such as broadcast time, preference level, etc. With so many TV stations and cable network companies, and such different requirements, it is unthinkable to create the same electronic program guide or unified TV program list. It is necessary to produce electronic program guides or TV program lists that meet various requirements and have their own characteristics.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and device for sending Chinese EPG program list. In order to meet the requirements of various customers, the method and the device for realizing the method can generate program lists of various styles. According to the customer's requirements, the program list with the customer's own characteristics will be produced.

The present invention is achieved like this:

A method for sending Chinese EPG program list, the method utilizes public network communication service area subsystem, main application service area subsystem, internal network security equipment, external network security equipment, Internet, local network equipment, multiple TV stations or The terminal server of TV program provider, the digital TV front-end of multiple digital TV network companies, it is characterized in that the method for sending Chinese EPG playlist carries out the following steps:

a) receiving information step, used to receive the registration information of the user;

b) The user registration step is used to register the customer's information. After the first registration, the user's information will be stored in the system;

c) The review step is used to review the user registration information. When the program list is issued each time, the user is first required to send the registration information to prove the identity. After the system receives the registration information, it must compare the received information with the stored user information. compare, i.e. audit;

d) Steps of receiving program list customization information and storing, and after the review step is passed, begin to receive information on the user's special requirements for the program list format, etc., and store the information;

e) The step of reading program list, which is used to read the data content of the program list. When the program list is generated, first read the edited program list data with uniform format and perfect form from the storage;

f) The step of reading user customized information is used to read the customer's customized information while reading the program list data;

g) program guide exporting step: sending the above information into the program list user-defined format generator through the data export device;

h) Step of generating program list; used to generate program list in user-defined format required by the user;

i) Packing step; used for data packing after the user-defined format program list content is generated, program list data is compiled into a data packet convenient to be transported on the network;

j) Sending step: for sending the packaged program list to the user by the sending device;

k) step of sending receipt information; when the user receives the program list, a receipt information is automatically generated at the user end, and the receipt information is sent back;

1) Confirmation step, the process of sending the receipt information ends. After the system receives the receipt information and confirms it, the sending process ends.

A device for sending a Chinese EPG program list realizing the method of claim 1, comprising: public network communication service area subsystem, main application service area subsystem, internal network security equipment, external network security equipment, Internet, local Network equipment, terminal servers of multiple TV stations or TV program providers, digital TV front-ends of multiple digital TV network companies, characterized in that,

The public network communication service area subsystem includes: the front end of the program list publishing device unit, and the receipt information receiving device unit;

The main application service area subsystem includes: an EPG data editing, processing and storage device unit, and a rear end of the program list publishing device unit;

The main application service area subsystem is connected to the internal network security device through the port, the internal network security device is connected to the public network communication service area subsystem through the port, and the public network communication service area subsystem is connected to the external network security device through the port, External network security equipment is connected to the Internet through ports, and the Internet is connected to terminal servers of multiple TV stations or TV program providers and digital TV front ends of multiple digital TV network companies through local network equipment and ports;

The front end of the program release device unit is a system for the Chinese EPG production center to release information to the outside world. At the same time, each user can complete user registration, modify user information, cancel user information, and perform online ordering services to the Chinese EPG production center. , and release customized information to obtain a program list with its own characteristics;

The back end of the program list publishing device unit is used for generating, packing and sending the EPG content data ordered by the user in the main application service area subsystem at the back end of the program list publishing device unit of the main application service area subsystem workflow;

The specific process is: when sending the EPG content in the Chinese EPG production center, first call the EPG content user attribute information registered in the Chinese EPG production center from the core database of the Chinese EPG production center, and hand it over to the program release device unit for processing ;

The user-ordered information reading device at the rear end of the program bill distribution device unit reads the customer's customized information, and then uses the program bill data content reading device to call the corresponding EPG content data in the core database according to the above information, and then passes the program bill exporting device To generate the corresponding EPG content file;

Then according to the requirements of the EPG user, the EPG content file is generated into a user-specified format file by the EPG content self-defined format generating device, and the EPG content data packet of the specification is generated by the packaging device, and is ready to be sent to the EPG content data user;

After the EPG content data packet is sent, the program bill release device unit will judge the entire distribution process. For the process of distribution failure, the device unit will resend; for the process of successful transmission, the receipt information will be automatically generated from the EPG content data user. Inform the Chinese EPG production center, and the data exchange processing device of the Chinese EPG production center will store the information in the core database of the platform;

The return receipt information receiving device unit is mainly used for EPG content users to automatically generate a return receipt information after obtaining their data and content, indicating that the receipt information has been successfully accepted, and the return receipt information receiving device unit will automatically collect all return receipt information , to confirm that EPG content users have received the EPG content they need;

If the receipt information receiving device unit does not receive the corresponding correct receipt information, it will default that the other party has not received the corresponding EPG content, then it will get in touch with the EPG content publishing device unit of the main application service area subsystem and continue to send The corresponding EPG content will be notified to other device units in the Chinese EPG Production Center for further processing.

The beneficial effect of the present invention is: realizing the diversification and personalization of program list making. It is possible to generate TV program lists that meet the needs of various regions and nationalities.

The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the functional block diagram of the method for sending Chinese EPG program list of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a functional block diagram of the device for sending Chinese EPG program list according to the present invention.

Detailed ways

Embodiment one:

Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram of the method for sending a Chinese EPG program list according to the present invention.

In the figure: 1. Receive user's registration information, 2. Review user registration information, 3. User registration, 4. Receive and store user program list order information, 5. Read program list data content, 6. Read User-customized information, 7. Export program list, 8. Generate program list in user-defined format, 9. Pack program list content in user-defined format, 10. Send packaged program list, 11. User receives program list and sends Send out the receipt information, 12. Receive and confirm the receipt information, and the sending process ends.

The method described in this embodiment runs in a Chinese EPG production center system, and the hardware systems involved in the method include: public network communication service area subsystem, main application service area subsystem, internal network security equipment, external network Security equipment, Internet, local network equipment, digital TV headends for multiple digital TV network companies.

In order to establish a close relationship with program list users, we must first obtain necessary information from users, so user registration must be performed first. After the first registration, the user's information will be stored in the system, and the user is required to send the registration information to prove the identity each time the program is issued, and the system will check the received information after receiving the registration information to prove the identity from the user. Compared with the user information stored in the system, it is audited. After passing the review, it starts to receive the information of the user's special requirements on the program list format and other aspects, and stores the information. When the daily program list is generated, firstly, the edited program list data with uniform format and perfect form is read from the storage. At the same time, the customer's customized information is read, and the information is sent to the program list user-defined format generator through the data exporting device to generate the program list in the format required by the user. After the program list is generated, the data is packaged, and the program list data is compiled into a data package convenient for transmission on the network, and sent to the user by the sending device. After the user receives the program list, a receipt information is automatically generated at the user end, and the receipt information is sent back. The system ends the sending process after receiving the receipt and confirming it.

The process is summarized as follows:

a) Receive the user's registration information;

b) Review user registration information;

c) User registration;

d) Receive and store user program order information;

e) read the data content of the program list;

f) Read user customized information;

g) Program list export;

h) Generate a program list in a user-defined format;

i) Pack the content of the user-defined format program list;

j) Issue the packaged program list;

k) The user receives the program list and sends a receipt message;

1) After receiving and confirming the receipt information, the sending process ends.

Embodiment two:

Fig. 2 is a system block diagram of the device for sending Chinese EPG program list according to the present invention.

In the figure: 13. Main application service area subsystem, 14. Internal network security equipment, 15. Public network exchange service area subsystem, 16. External network security equipment, 17. Internet, 18. Local network equipment, 19. Digital TV front-end of multiple digital TV network companies in various places, 20. Front-end of the program list release device unit, 21. Receipt information receiving device unit, 22. EPG data editing, processing and storage device unit, 23. Program list release device unit back-end, 24 .User registration information receiving device, 25. User registration information review device, 26. User registration device, 27. User customized information receiving device, 28. Program list data content reading device, 29. User customized information reading device, 30. Program list exporting device, 31. User-defined format program list generating device, 32. User-defined format program list content packaging device, 33. Packaged program list sending device.

In this embodiment, the device described in the present invention runs in the system of the Chinese EPG production center. The system is connected like this: the main application service area subsystem is connected to the internal network security equipment through ports, the internal network security equipment is connected to the public network communication service area subsystem through ports, and the public network communication service area subsystem is connected to external network security equipment through ports. Connection, external network security equipment is connected to the Internet through ports, and the Internet is connected to terminal servers of multiple TV stations or TV program providers and digital TV front ends of multiple digital TV network companies through local network equipment and ports.

For security considerations, the system sets up two areas, the main application service area subsystem and the public network communication service area subsystem, and the two subsystems are strictly separated by high-level internal network security equipment. In order to facilitate the exchange of information, the public network communication service area subsystem is connected to the Internet through simple external network security equipment, and only some device units that often need to communicate with the outside world are arranged in the public network communication service area subsystem. Generally, a large amount of important information is not stored, and it is generally easy to recover after being attacked. The main application service area subsystem is strictly prohibited from being directly connected to the Internet, and important data, devices and work programs are arranged in the main application service area subsystem. The data transmission between the two subsystems, especially the data transmission from the public network communication service area subsystem to the main application service area subsystem must be strictly filtered by the internal network security equipment to ensure that there is no harmful data intrusion. The purpose of this is to ensure the security of the system and create a good working environment.

There are mainly two device units in this embodiment, namely: the program list issuing device unit and the return receipt information receiving device unit. Operation and included devices are described below:

Program list release device unit:

The program list issuing device unit is divided into two parts, the front end and the back end. The front end of the program list issuing device unit runs in the subsystem of the public network communication service area, and the back end of the program list issuing device unit runs in the main application service area subsystem.

The front end of the program release device unit:

The main function is a system for the Chinese EPG production center to release information to the outside world. At the same time, it can complete the user registration, modification of user information, cancellation of user information, and online subscription to the Chinese EPG production center by local TV stations, content providers and digital TV network companies. services and other functions.

EPG content users who have EPG content data business with the Chinese EPG production center must register in the Chinese EPG production center as a user of the Chinese EPG production center. After success, you will become a registered user of the Chinese EPG production center. At this point, the user can submit the channel, format and other attribute information of the EPG content he needs. All these information are stored in the core database of the Chinese EPG production center. The Chinese EPG production center supports online registration and customized services. The information of any network customer must be registered through the front-end of the program release device unit, and the customized information is released to ensure that the program list with its own characteristics is obtained. The devices used are:

Program list user registration information receiving device, responsible for receiving registration information;

Program bill user registration information review device, responsible for reviewing registration information;

Program list user registration device, responsible for user registration;

The program list user ordered information receiving device is responsible for receiving user ordered information.

The backend of the playbill publishing device unit:

The back-end of the program list publishing device unit of the main application service area subsystem is responsible for the workflow of generating, packaging and sending EPG content data customized by users in the main application service area subsystem.

As mentioned above, the reception of data about TV stations and TV content providers in various places is handled by the front-end of the program list issuing device unit of the main application service area subsystem. Each device of the main application service area subsystem is responsible for editing and integrating these complicated data. The back end of the program list publishing device unit of the main application service area subsystem is responsible for calling out these EPG contents (EPG data that have been produced and processed) from the database storage device for application, and reading EPG contents from various places. Data files, packaged, and released within the agreed time frame according to the agreed format standard, so that users can get the EPG program list they want in a timely and safe manner with their own characteristics.

The specific process is: when sending the EPG content in the Chinese EPG production center, first call the EPG content user attribute information registered in the Chinese EPG production center from the core database of the Chinese EPG production center, and hand it over to the program release device unit for processing ;

The user-ordered information reading device at the rear end of the program bill distribution device unit reads the customer's customized information, and then uses the program bill data content reading device to call the corresponding EPG content data in the core database according to the above information, and then derives the EPG content data through the program bill device to generate the corresponding EPG content file.

According to the requirements of the EPG user, the EPG content file is generated into a user-specified format file by the EPG content custom format generating device, and a standardized EPG content data packet is generated by the packaging device, and is ready to be sent to the EPG content data user.

After the EPG content data packets are sent, the program list publishing device unit will judge the whole distribution process, and the device unit will resend the process of distribution failure. For the successful sending process, the receipt information will be automatically generated from the user of the EPG content data and notified to the Chinese EPG production center, and the data exchange processing device of the Chinese EPG production center will store the information in the core database of the platform.

The devices in the backend of the program list release device unit include:

Program list data content reading device, responsible for reading program list data content;

The user-customized information reading device is responsible for reading user information;

The program list exporting device is responsible for presenting the program list data required by the user;

A user-defined program bill generating device is responsible for generating user-customized program bills;

Program list content packaging device, responsible for packaging the program list customized by users;

The device for sending out the packaged program list is responsible for sending out the above-mentioned data packets.

Receipt information receiving device unit:

The main function of the return receipt information receiving device unit is that after the EPG content users get their data and content, it will automatically generate a return receipt information, indicating that the acceptance has been successful, and the return receipt information receiving device unit will automatically collect all the receipt information to confirm the EPG content. Content users have received the EPG content they need.

If the receipt information receiving device unit does not receive the corresponding correct receipt information, it will default that the other party has not received the corresponding EPG content, then it will get in touch with the EPG content publishing device unit of the main application service area subsystem and continue to send The corresponding EPG content will be notified to other device units of the Chinese EPG production center in a unique way for further processing.

Claims (3)

1. A device for sending Chinese EPG program list, including: public network communication service area subsystem, main application service area subsystem, internal network security equipment, external network security equipment, Internet, local network equipment, multiple TV stations Or a terminal server of a TV program provider, a digital TV front end of a plurality of digital TV network companies, characterized in that, The public network communication service area subsystem includes: the front end of the program list publishing device unit, and the receipt information receiving device unit; The main application service area subsystem includes: an EPG data editing, processing and storage device unit, and a rear end of the program list publishing device unit; The main application service area subsystem is connected to the internal network security device through the port, the internal network security device is connected to the public network communication service area subsystem through the port, and the public network communication service area subsystem is connected to the external network security device through the port, External network security equipment is connected to the Internet through ports, and the Internet is connected to terminal servers of multiple TV stations or TV program providers and digital TV front ends of multiple digital TV network companies through local network equipment and ports; The front end of the program release device unit is a system for the Chinese EPG production center to release information to the outside world. At the same time, each user can complete user registration, modify user information, cancel user information, and perform online ordering services to the Chinese EPG production center. , and release customized information to obtain a program list with its own characteristics; The back end of the program list publishing device unit is used for generating, packing and sending the EPG content data ordered by the user in the main application service area subsystem at the back end of the program list publishing device unit of the main application service area subsystem workflow; The specific process is: when sending the EPG content in the Chinese EPG production center, first call the EPG content user attribute information registered in the Chinese EPG production center from the core database of the Chinese EPG production center, and hand it over to the program release device unit for processing ; The user-ordered information reading device at the rear end of the program bill distribution device unit reads the customer's customized information, and then uses the program bill data content reading device to call the corresponding EPG content data in the core database according to the above information, and then passes the program bill exporting device To generate the corresponding EPG content file; Then according to the requirements of the EPG user, the EPG content file is generated into a user-specified format file by the EPG content self-defined format generating device, and the EPG content data packet of the specification is generated by the packaging device, and is ready to be sent to the EPG content data user; After the EPG content data packet is sent, the program bill release device unit will judge the entire distribution process. For the process of distribution failure, the device unit will resend; for the process of successful transmission, the receipt information will be automatically generated from the EPG content data user. Inform the Chinese EPG production center, and the data exchange processing device of the Chinese EPG production center will store the information in the core database of the platform; The return receipt information receiving device unit is mainly used for EPG content users to automatically generate a return receipt information after obtaining their data and content, indicating that the receipt information has been successfully accepted, and the return receipt information receiving device unit will automatically collect all return receipt information , to confirm that EPG content users have received the EPG content they need; If the receipt information receiving device unit does not receive the corresponding correct receipt information, it will default that the other party has not received the corresponding EPG content, then it will get in touch with the EPG content publishing device unit of the main application service area subsystem and continue to send The corresponding EPG content will be notified to other device units in the Chinese EPG Production Center for further processing. 2. The device for sending Chinese EPG program list according to claim 1, characterized in that, the unit front end of the program list issuing device unit includes: Program list user registration information receiving device, used to receive registration information; Program list user registration information checking device, used for checking registration information; Program list user registration device, used to register users; The device for receiving user-ordered information of program lists is used for receiving user-ordered information. 3. The device for sending Chinese EPG program list according to claim 1, characterized in that, the unit backend of the program list issuing device unit includes: program list data content reading device, used to read the program list data content; User-customized information reading device for reading user information; program list deriving device, used to propose the program list data required by the user; A program list generation device in a user-defined format, used to generate a program list customized by the user; A user-defined format program list content packaging device, used to package the program list customized by the user; The device for sending out the packaged program list is used for sending out the packaged program list.

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