CN106708866A - File management method and file management device for television equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a file management method and a file management device for television equipment. The file management method includes the following steps. A download request corresponding to a file is received from one of the plurality of mobile devices. The management data is read, wherein the management data records a plurality of specification information respectively corresponding to a plurality of mobile devices. According to the management data, a file corresponding to a first file format is downloaded from the Internet, and the first file format conforms to the specification information commonly corresponding to the most mobile devices in the plurality of mobile devices.

Description

File management method and file management device for television equipment

technical field

The invention relates to a file management method and a file management device, and in particular to a file management method and a file management device for television equipment.

Background technique

In an ordinary family, the place where the family gets along and interacts most often is often the living room where a smart TV is placed. Thanks to the rapid development of technology, the functions of smart TVs are becoming more and more powerful. Although general smart TVs already have the function of network connection, due to the lack of a friendly user interface, compared with the elderly, there are still many obstacles in using them. Therefore, the convenience of smart TVs in many aspects is still not as good as that of computer hosts.

In addition, in recent years, many manufacturers have launched interactions and applications between smart TVs and mobile devices. However, the hardware specifications of mobile device products are diverse, and each mobile device has different resolutions, supported decoding formats, and transmission capabilities. In the above-mentioned interaction and application between the smart TV and the mobile device, there is still a lot of room for improvement in user experience.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems by adaptively downloading files in corresponding formats by considering the specifications of the mobile device.

The invention provides a file management method for television equipment, which includes the following steps. A download request corresponding to a file is received from one of the plurality of mobile devices. The management data is read, wherein the management data records a plurality of specification information corresponding to the plurality of mobile devices. According to the management data, a file corresponding to a first file format is downloaded from an Internet, and the first file format conforms to specification information commonly corresponding to most mobile devices among the plurality of mobile devices.

In one embodiment of the present invention, it is judged whether the first file format conforms to the specification information of the mobile device that sends the download request, and when the first file format conforms to the specification information of the mobile device that sends the download request, then the The file is sent to the mobile device that sends the download request, and when the first file format does not meet the specification information of the mobile device that sends the download request, downloading a file corresponding to a second file format from the Internet, and the second file format conforms to multiple Specification information common to most mobile devices among mobile devices.

In another embodiment of the present invention, it is judged whether the second file format conforms to the specification information of the mobile device sending the download request, and when the second file format does not meet the specification information of the mobile device sending the download request, the second file format is replaced , and after downloading the replaced file in the second file format, repeat the above steps until the second file format conforms to the specification information of the mobile device that sends the download request, and when the second file format meets the specification information of the mobile device that sends the download request , the file corresponding to the second file format is sent to the mobile device that sends the download request.

In another embodiment of the present invention, it is judged whether the browsing authority corresponding to the mobile device that sends the download request matches the content information of the file, and when the browsing permission corresponding to the mobile device that sends the download request matches the content information of the file, then The file corresponding to the first/second file format is transmitted to the mobile device that sends the download request.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the management data is established through a registration process associated with multiple mobile devices, and the registration process includes the following steps. A model information corresponding to a plurality of mobile devices is received, and specification information of the corresponding mobile device is obtained according to each model information, and each specification information is recorded in the management data.

The invention provides a file management device for television equipment, which includes a communication module, a management module, a search module and a transmission module. The management module is coupled to the communication module. The search module is coupled to the communication module and the management module. The transmission module is coupled to the search module. The communication module is used for receiving a download request corresponding to a file from one of the plurality of mobile devices. The management module is used for reading a piece of management data, wherein the management data records a plurality of specification information corresponding to a plurality of mobile devices. The searching module is used for downloading a file corresponding to a first file format from an Internet according to the management data, and the first file format conforms to specification information corresponding to most mobile devices among the plurality of mobile devices.

The present invention further proposes a file management method for television equipment, which includes the following steps. A download request corresponding to a file is received from one of the plurality of mobile devices. Reading a piece of management data, wherein the management data records a plurality of specification information respectively corresponding to the mobile devices. And, according to the management data, the file corresponding to a file format is downloaded from the Internet, and the file format conforms to specification information corresponding to a plurality of mobile devices among the mobile devices.

As mentioned above, after receiving the download request of the corresponding file, the present invention downloads the file of the corresponding first file format from the Internet according to the specification information respectively corresponding to a plurality of mobile devices, so that the first file format can meet the requirements of the most mobile devices. The specification information corresponding to the device. Or download the corresponding file in the second file format from the Internet, so that the second file format can meet the specification information corresponding to the next most mobile devices, or can further meet the specification information corresponding to the mobile device that sends the download request. Thereby, the convenience of the television equipment can be enhanced, and the interaction and application experience between the television equipment and the mobile device can be greatly improved.

The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments, but not as a limitation of the present invention.

Description of drawings

1 is a block diagram of a file management device for television equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a file management method for television equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flow chart of a file management method for television equipment according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a file management method for a television device according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.

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100 power management device

100 file management device

110 communication module

120 management modules

130 search module

140 transport module

S210～S230, S241～246 Steps of file management method

Steps of S410～S450 file management method

detailed description

The detailed features of the present invention are described in the following embodiments, which are sufficient to enable any person familiar with the relevant art to understand the technical content of the present invention and implement it accordingly. Those skilled in the art can easily understand the related objects and advantages of the present invention. The following examples further illustrate aspects of the present invention, but do not limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a file management apparatus 100 for television equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the file management device 100 includes a communication module 110 , a management module 120 , a search module 130 and a transmission module 140 . The management module 120 is coupled to the communication module 110 , the search module 130 is coupled to the communication module 110 and the management module 120 , and the transmission module 140 is coupled to the search module 130 . The communication module 110 , the management module 120 , the search module 130 and the transmission module 140 may be various chips or microprocessors, which are not limited thereto.

The file management device 100 may be built in a smart TV or a set-top box, or may be a TV-related peripheral device, which is not limited here. The file management device 100 can allow multiple mobile devices to register, so that the file management device 100 can grasp the relevant information of these mobile devices. For example, these mobile devices may be smart phones, tablet PCs, mobile computers, etc. held by the family respectively. The file management apparatus 100 can keep running when the TV device is in the power-on mode or the standby mode, or can work independently of the status of the TV device, which is not limited here.

For example, in a usage scenario, when one of the users of a family wants to recommend a movie file "Ghost Authentication 4" found on the Internet to the family to watch, the user's mobile device It may not apply for an all-you-can-eat network solution. Relatively, the file management device 100 has better Internet transmission quality, so the user can connect it via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi Direct (Wi-Fi Direct). The mobile device is connected to the file management device 100, so as to send an order for the file management device 100 to search and download the movie file on the Internet. The following will take the above situation as an example, so as to describe the implementation details of the present invention in detail.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a file management method for a television device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, in the embodiment of the present invention, the file management method includes steps S210-S230. Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 in the following.

In step S210, the communication module 110 is configured to receive a download request of a corresponding file from one of the plurality of mobile devices. The file may be an image file or an audio file. In the embodiment of the present invention, as mentioned above, the communication module can receive the download request of the corresponding file through the Bluetooth connection or the Wi-Fi direct connection.

In step S220, the management module 120 is used to read management data, wherein the management data records a plurality of specification information corresponding to a plurality of mobile devices. For example, the specification information can be related to the resolution of the mobile device, the supported video format, the music format that can be played, the frame rate (frame rate), the decoding capability of the decoder (such as profile, level, tier), etc., Or other relevant performance information. When the communication module 110 receives a download request for the corresponding file, in order to allow the downloaded file to be played by most of the mobile devices in the family, the management module 120 will read the management data as a subsequent file search Reference basis with the download process.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the management data is established through a registration process associated with multiple mobile devices, and the management module 120 receives the model information corresponding to the multiple mobile devices during the registration process, and according to the model information , to obtain a plurality of specification information of the corresponding mobile device, and record each specification information in the management data. For example, when a family first buys a TV device with the file management device 100 built in, in order to enable each person's mobile device to interact with the file management device 100 to execute related applications, The file management device 100 needs to go through a registration process to record the relevant information of each mobile device, such as the model information of each mobile device. The model information can be filled in by each user during the registration process, or can be automatically detected by the management module 120 when the mobile device is connected, and there is no limitation here.

After the management module 120 obtains the model information of each mobile device, the management module 120 can automatically search for a plurality of specification information corresponding to each model information in the built-in database, and can also connect to a related database on the network to obtain each The multiple specification information corresponding to the model information is not limited here. In another embodiment of the present invention, if the user already knows the specification information of his mobile device, he can also set it during the registration process.

In step S230, the searching module 130 is used for downloading a file corresponding to the first file format from the Internet according to the management data, and the first file format conforms to the specification information corresponding to most mobile devices among the plurality of mobile devices. For example, if the file to be downloaded is a video file, the file format may include MPEG-2 compression format, MPEG-4 compression format, H.264 compression format, H.265 compression format, RM compression format, WMV Compressed format, VC-1 compressed format, AVS China compressed format, AVS2 compressed format, DIRAC compressed format, VP8 compressed format, VP9 compressed format, or other file formats. If the file to be downloaded is an audio file, the file format may include MP3 compression format, WAV format, WMA compression format, AAC compression format, AC-3 compression format, OGG format, FLAC compression format, or other files Format. If the file to be downloaded is a video file (including video and audio), the file can be a video file that supports a specific container format, such as AVI, ASF, MP4, MKV, 3GP, MOV, etc. . It is also possible to download movies with a frame rate of 120Hz.

For example, when only the H.264 format movie file "Ghost Authentication 4" is found on the Internet, and the search module 130 judges that each mobile device of the family can support H.264 format playback, then the search module 130 130 can download the H264 format movie file "Ghost Authentication 4" from the Internet.

For example, when the movie file "Ghost Authentication 4" in AVI format, MP4 format, RM format and RMVB format is searched on the Internet, and the search module 130 judges that 5 of the mobile devices of the family can support AVI format playback, there are 3 units that can support MP4 format playback, and other formats cannot play, then the AVI format is the file format that can be supported by the most mobile devices held by the family, so the search module 130 can download the AVI format movie file "Spiritual Authentication 4" from the Internet.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a file management method for a television device according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3 , in the embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned steps S210-S230, the file management method further includes steps S241-S246. Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 3 in the following.

In step S241, the search module 130 may further determine whether the first file format conforms to the specification information of the mobile device sending the download request.

In step S242, when the first file format conforms to the specification information of the mobile device that sends the download request, the transmission module 140 transmits the file corresponding to the first file format to the mobile device that sends the download request. In other words, in this case, the specification information of the mobile device sending the download request is exactly the specification information corresponding to the most mobile devices among the plurality of mobile devices associated with the file management device 100 .

In step S243, when the first file format does not conform to the specification information of the mobile device that sends the download request, the search module 230 downloads a file corresponding to a second file format from the Internet, and the second file format conforms to a plurality of mobile devices. Specification information common to most mobile devices.

In step S244, the search module 130 further determines whether the second file format conforms to the specification information of the mobile device that sends the download request.

In step S245, when the second file format conforms to the specification information of the mobile device that sends the download request, the transmission module transmits the file corresponding to the second file format to the mobile device that sends the download request.

In step S246, when the second file format does not conform to the specification information of the mobile device sending the download request, the second file format is changed, and the process returns to step S243 to re-download the file in the changed second file format.

In other words, when the specification information of the mobile device sending the download request does not belong to the specification information corresponding to the "most" mobile devices among the multiple mobile devices associated with the file management device 100, the search module 130 will once again Search and download the file to be downloaded in another file format (the second file format and the replaced second file format), as in the above-mentioned steps S243, S244 and S246, until the file format of the downloaded file can meet the download request Up to the specification information of the mobile device, as in the above-mentioned step S245.

For example, when the movie file "Ghost Authentication 4" in AVI format, MP4 format, RM format and RMVB format is searched on the Internet, and the search module 130 judges that 5 of the mobile devices of the family can support AVI format, there are 4 units that can support the playback of the MP4 format, 3 units can support the playback of the RMVB format, and other formats cannot be played. When downloading for the first time, the movie file downloaded by the search module 230 " "Ghost Authentication 4" may be in AVI format (the first file format). However, when the mobile device that sends the download request does not support the AVI format, the search module 230 can download the movie file "Authorization 4" in the MP4 format (the second file format) during the second download. However, when the mobile device that sends the download request does not support the MP4 format, then when downloading for the third time, the search module 230 can download the movie file "Ghost Authentication 4" in the RMVB format (the second file format changed) for the third time. ".

As mentioned above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the search module 130 can download the file format supported by the "most" mobile devices for the first time, and download the file format supported by the "second most" mobile devices for the second time. , on the third download the file format supported by the "third most" mobile devices, and so on. For the specification information shared by a larger number of mobile devices, the files of the supported file formats can be downloaded with higher priority.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when step S242 or step S245 is executed, the transmission module 140 may further provide a download interface for all mobile devices to browse the downloaded file list. In the file list, only the files in the file formats supported by the mobile device logged into the download interface can be displayed. Moreover, the transmission module 140 may transmit the file specified by the download confirmation instruction to the logged-in mobile device after receiving a download confirmation instruction from the logged-in mobile device.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the management data may record a browsing authority corresponding to each mobile device. In the above step S242, the management module 120 can further determine whether the browsing authority corresponding to the mobile device that sends the download request conforms to a content information of the file, and when the browsing permission corresponding to the mobile device that sends the download request conforms to the content of the file information, the transmission module 140 transmits the file corresponding to the first file format to the mobile device that sends the download request. On the contrary, when the browsing authority corresponding to the mobile device that sends the download request does not match the content information of the file, the transmission module 140 will not transmit the file corresponding to the first file format to the mobile device that sends the download request.

For example, if you send a download request for the movie file "Ghost Authentication 4" for a child under the age of 18 at home, because the content of "Ghost Authentication 4" is restricted and cannot be viewed by anyone under the age of 18, the transmission The module 140 prohibits the file (corresponding to the first file format) from being transmitted to the mobile device that sends the download request due to the restriction of the management module 120 .

Similarly, in another embodiment of the present invention, in the above step S245, the management module 120 can further determine whether the browsing authority corresponding to the mobile device that sends the download request is consistent with the content information of the file, and when the mobile device that sends the download request When the browsing authority corresponding to the device matches the content information of the file, the transmission module 140 transmits the file corresponding to the second file format to the mobile device that sends the download request. On the contrary, when the browsing authority corresponding to the mobile device sending the download request does not match the content information of the file, the transmission module will not transmit the file corresponding to the second file format to the mobile device sending the download request.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a program code may be stored in a computer-readable medium, and the program code may be used to execute the above-mentioned file management method.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a file management method for a television device according to yet another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4 , the file management method of the television device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes steps S410-S450.

In step S410, the communication module 110 receives a download request corresponding to a file from one of the plurality of mobile devices.

In step S420, the management module 120 reads management data, wherein the management data records specification information corresponding to a plurality of mobile devices.

In step S430, the search module 130 searches the Internet for a file corresponding to a file format according to the management data, and the file format conforms to specification information corresponding to a plurality of mobile devices among the plurality of mobile devices.

In step S440, the search module 130 determines whether the file format corresponding to the searched file matches the specification information of the mobile device that sends the download request. When the search module 130 determines that the file format corresponding to the searched file does not conform to the specification information of the mobile device sending the download request, it returns to step S430 to search for a file corresponding to another file format again.

In step S450, when the search module 130 judges that the file format corresponding to the searched file meets the specification information of the mobile device sending the download request, the search module 130 downloads the file corresponding to the file format from the Internet, and the transmission module 140 The file corresponding to the file format is transmitted to the mobile device that sends the download request.

In more detail, compared to FIG. 3 , in the file management method of the television device described in the embodiment of the present invention, before the search module 130 downloads the file of the corresponding file format from the Internet (after obtaining the search result), it will first It is judged whether the file format conforms to the specification information of the mobile device sending the download request. In this way, the downloaded files can be more in line with the needs of the users, and the waste of network resources and time costs can be avoided. The details of other related steps have been detailed above and will not be repeated here.

To sum up, after receiving the download request of the corresponding file, the present invention downloads the corresponding file in the first file format from the Internet according to the specification information corresponding to the plurality of mobile devices, so that the first file format can meet the maximum number of file formats. Common specification information corresponding to mobile devices. Or download the corresponding file in the second file format from the Internet, so that the second file format can meet the specification information corresponding to the next most mobile devices, or can further meet the specification information corresponding to the mobile device that sends the download request. In addition, before downloading a file from the Internet, the present invention will first judge whether the file format conforms to the specification information corresponding to a plurality of mobile devices among the plurality of mobile devices, and conforms to the specification of the mobile device that sends the download request. Information, when the corresponding file format meets the above conditions, the file will be downloaded. Thereby, the convenience of the television equipment can be enhanced, and the interaction and application experience between the television equipment and the mobile device can be greatly improved.

Certainly, the present invention also can have other multiple embodiments, without departing from the spirit and essence of the present invention, those skilled in the art can make various corresponding changes and deformations according to the present invention, but these corresponding Changes and deformations should belong to the scope of protection of the appended claims of the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. a kind of file management method for television equipment, it is characterised in that including：

From one of multiple mobile devices, a download request of one file of correspondence is received；

Read one and manage data, wherein those mobile devices of the management data record distinguish corresponding multiple and advised Lattice information；And

According to the management data, download this document of one first file format of correspondence from an internet, and this One file format meets most most common corresponding specification informations of mobile device institute in those mobile devices.

2. file management method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that carrying out from this because of spy It is off the net carry to should the first file format this document the step of after, further include：

Judge whether first file format meets the specification information of the mobile device for sending the download request；

When first file format meets the specification information of the mobile device for sending the download request, then will To should this document of the first file format be sent to the mobile device for sending the download request；And

When first file format does not meet the specification information of the mobile device for sending the download request, then This document of one second file format of correspondence is downloaded from the internet, and second file format meets those shiftings Time common corresponding specification information of majority mobile device institute in dynamic device.

3. file management method according to claim 2, it is characterised in that carrying out from this because of spy It is off the net carry to should the second file format this document the step of after, further include：

Judge whether second file format meets the specification information of the mobile device for sending the download request；

When second file format does not meet the specification information of the mobile device for sending the download request, then Second file format is changed, and after this document for downloading second file format changed, in repetition When stating step to second file format and meeting the specification information of the mobile device for sending the download request；With And

When second file format meets the specification information for the mobile device for sending the download request, then By to should this document of the second file format be sent to the mobile device for sending the download request.

4. file management method according to claim 3, it is characterised in that the management data record There is the corresponding browse right of the respectively mobile device, and sent judging that the first/second file format meets The specification information of the mobile device of the download request with by should first/second file format this document Before the step of being sent to the mobile device for sending the download request, further include：

Whether the browse right that judgement sends corresponding to the mobile device of the download request meets this document A content information；And

When send the browse right corresponding to the mobile device of the download request meet this document this is interior During appearance information, then by should this document of first/second file format be sent to and send the download request The mobile device.

5. file management method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the management data pass through It is associated with a register flow path of those mobile devices and sets up, and the register flow path includes：

Receive those mobile devices and distinguish a corresponding model information；

According to the respectively model information, and obtain the specification information of the corresponding mobile device；And

The respectively specification information is recorded in the management data.

6. a kind of document management apparatus for television equipment, it is characterised in that including：

One communication module, to from one of multiple mobile devices, the download for receiving one file of correspondence please Ask；

One management module, couples the communication module, is used to read a management data, wherein management data note Record those mobile devices and distinguish corresponding multiple specification informations；And

One search module, couples the communication module and the management module, to according to the management data, from one This document of one first file format of correspondence is downloaded in internet, and first file format meets those movement dresses Most most common corresponding specification informations of mobile device institute in putting.

7. document management apparatus according to claim 6, it is characterised in that further include a transmission mould Block, couples the search module, and the wherein search module further judges whether first file format meets The specification information of the mobile device of the download request is sent, the download is sent when first file format meets Request the mobile device specification information when, then the transport module by should the first file format this article Part is sent to the mobile device for sending the download request, and the search module further in first text When part form does not meet the specification information for the mobile device for sending the download request, downloaded from the internet This document of one second file format of correspondence, and second file format meets time majority in those mobile devices The common corresponding specification information of mobile device institute.

8. document management apparatus according to claim 7, it is characterised in that the search module is more entered One step judges whether second file format meets the specification information of the mobile device for sending the download request, When second file format does not meet the specification information for the mobile device for sending the download request, then more Second file format is changed, and after this document for downloading second file format changed, is repeated above-mentioned When step to second file format meets the specification information of the mobile device for sending the download request, and When second file format meets the specification information of the mobile device for sending the download request, then the transmission Module by should this document of the second file format be sent to the mobile device for sending the download request.

9. document management apparatus according to claim 8, it is characterised in that the management data record There is the corresponding browse right of the respectively mobile device, and the management module further judges that sending the download asks Whether the browse right corresponding to the mobile device asked meets a content information of this document, and when hair When going out the browse right corresponding to the mobile device of the download request and meeting the content information of this document, Then the transport module by should this document of first/second file format be sent to and send the download request The mobile device.

10. document management apparatus according to claim 7, it is characterised in that the management data pass through It is associated with a register flow path of those mobile devices and sets up, and the management module is received in the register flow path Those mobile devices distinguish a corresponding model information, according to the respectively model information, and obtain the corresponding shifting The specification information of dynamic device, and the respectively specification information is recorded in the management data.

A kind of 11. file management methods for television equipment, it is characterised in that including：

From one of multiple mobile devices, a download request of one file of correspondence is received；

Read one and manage data, wherein those mobile devices of the management data record distinguish corresponding multiple and advised Lattice information；And

According to the management data, this document of one file format of correspondence, and this document lattice are downloaded from an internet Formula meets the specification information corresponding to multiple mobile devices in those mobile devices.

12. file management methods according to claim 11, it is characterised in that carry out from this because Before the step of this document of special load correspondence this document form off the net, further include：

Judge whether this document form meets the specification information of the mobile device for sending the download request；And

When this document form meets the specification information of the mobile device for sending the download request, then carry out down The step of carrying this document of correspondence this document form, and this document of correspondence this document form is sent to sends Mobile device of the download request, if when this document form does not meet the movement dress for sending the download request During the specification information put, then this document form is selected again until this document form meets the download request The specification information of the mobile device.