CN107566913A - A kind of interface display method of IPTV, device and set top box - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an interface display method, device and set-top box of an interactive network television, the method comprising: displaying a navigation icon of a display interface of the interactive network television IPTV on a first display area of the display interface through a desktop launcher Launcher; When the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the first type of icon, the preview content associated with the target navigation icon is displayed in the second display area of the display interface by the browser Browser; When the target navigation icon at the position belongs to the second type of icon, the Launcher desktop associated with the target navigation icon is displayed in the second display area. According to the solution of the present invention, the Launcher is embedded in the IPTV, so that the user can browse the functions of the IPTV through a browser on the same display interface, and can also install a third-party application on the Launcher desktop, which improves the user experience.

Description

Interface display method, device and set-top box of an interactive network TV

technical field

The invention relates to the field of intelligent set-top boxes based on the Android system, in particular to an interface display method, device and set-top box of an interactive network television.

Background technique

At present, the desktop launcher (Launcher) and the interactive Internet TV (IPTV) browser on the Android smart set-top box basically undertake their respective functions independently, that is to say, only the Launcher interface can be seen on the set-top box as shown in Figure 1 See the interface of the IPTV browser as shown in Figure 2. Of course, this is related to the functions undertaken by the two.

Wherein, in the world of Android, the explanation of Launcher is a desktop launcher in the Android system, that is, a user interface (UI) of the Android system, which is mainly responsible for managing various applications, including browser (Browser) applications. Therefore, we can pull up the Browser application in the Launcher, that is, enter the Browser interface from the Launcher, or return to the Launcher interface from the Browser interface. Therefore, in the Launcher, you can easily add, uninstall, and start applications at will, and display template pages through the IPTV browser, so that users can watch programs such as on-demand, live broadcast, and playback through the IPTV browser, and can also play games, etc., but Launcher and IPTV cannot be displayed at the same time, causing inconvenience in operation.

In addition, in the era of the prevalence of intelligence, many colorful third-party applications (APK) emerge in endlessly, and in the prior art, multiple third-party applications can be pre-installed through the Launcher and previewed and displayed through the IPTV. Therefore, when you want to enter a third-party application from IPTV, you need to exit the browser first, then start the Launcher, and then enter the Launcher application list to find related applications. When returning to the IPTV interface from a third-party application, you need to exit the third-party application first, return to the Launcher interface, then exit the Launcher, and return to the IPTV interface. It can be seen that the operation is relatively cumbersome, and although the Launcher can pre-install many third-party applications, it cannot preview the IPTV function, which is a relatively big defect for smart set-top boxes.

Contents of the invention

In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems existing in the prior art, the embodiment of the present invention provides an interface display method, device and set-top box of an interactive Internet TV, which can enable users to browse IPTV functions through a browser in the same display interface. , and third-party applications can be installed on the Launcher desktop, which improves the user experience.

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

According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, a method for displaying an interface of an interactive IP TV is provided, which is applied to a set-top box, and the method includes:

The navigation icon of the display interface of the interactive network television IPTV is displayed on the first display area of the display interface through the desktop launcher Launcher, wherein the navigation icon includes the first type of icon associated with the preview content and associated with the Launcher desktop The second category of icons;

When the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the first type of icon, the preview content associated with the target navigation icon is displayed in the second display area of the display interface through the browser Browser ;

When the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the second type of icon, a Launcher desktop associated with the target navigation icon is displayed in the second display area.

Wherein, in the above-mentioned solution, before the step of displaying the navigation icon of the display interface of the interactive network television IPTV on the first display area of the display interface through the desktop launcher Launcher, the method also includes:

The Launcher acquires a first background image and displays it in the first display area;

The Browser acquires a second background image and displays it in the second display area;

Wherein, the first background image belongs to a first part of a background image, and the second background image belongs to a second part of the background image other than the first part.

Wherein, in the above solution, the Launcher obtains the first background image, including:

The Launcher parses the Extensible Markup Language XML file of the set-top box resource, determines that the background image is updated, and issues a background image update event, wherein the background image update event carries the first Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the updated image, the key Graph coordinates and cutout size;

The Launcher downloads the update image according to the first URL;

The Launcher cuts out the corresponding area of the updated image according to the cutout coordinates and the cutout size to obtain the first background image.

Wherein, in the above solution, the Browser obtains the second background image, including:

The Browser obtains the first URL, the cutout coordinates and the cutout size according to the background image update event issued by the Launcher;

The Browser downloads the updated image according to the first URL, and stores it as a full-screen background image;

The Browser obtains an image in a corresponding area of the updated image according to the coordinates of the cutout and the size of the cutout, and uses it as the second background image.

Wherein, in the above solution, displaying the preview content associated with the target navigation icon in the second display area of the display interface through the browser includes:

The Launcher sends the second URL associated with the target navigation icon to the Browser in the form of calling a service;

The Browser loads corresponding preview content according to the second URL, and displays it in the second display area.

Wherein, in the above solution, when the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the second type of icon, the Launcher associated with the target navigation icon is displayed in the second display area. After the desktop step, the method further includes:

When receiving the first trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the focus of the display interface jumps from the Launcher to the Browser;

When receiving the second trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the focus of the display interface jumps from the Browser to the Launcher.

Wherein, in the above solution, when the first trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the step of jumping the focus of the display interface from the Launcher to the Browser includes:

When receiving the first trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the Launcher sends a first message to the Android framework of the set-top box, wherein the first message carries information that the Launcher releases focus, the Name of the mentioned Browser;

The Android framework starts the Browser according to the name of the Browser, and forwards the first message to the Browser;

The Browser sets the current focus at the position when the Browser was released last time according to the information about the Launcher releasing the focus.

Wherein, in the above solution, when the second trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the step of jumping the focus of the display interface from the Browser to the Launcher includes:

When receiving the second trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the Browser sends a second message to the Android framework of the set-top box, wherein the second message carries the information that the Browser releases the focus, the Describe the name of the Launcher and the direction of focus movement;

The Android framework starts the Launcher according to the name of the Launcher, and forwards the second message to the Launcher;

The Launcher sets the current focus at a corresponding position of the Launcher according to the information that the Browser releases the focus and the focus movement direction.

Wherein, in the above solution, when the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the second type of icon, the Launcher associated with the target navigation icon is displayed in the second display area. After the desktop step, the method further includes:

When the focus of the display interface is located in the Launcher and the third trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the preview content corresponding to the navigation icon at the focus position is displayed in full screen through the Browser;

When receiving the fourth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, return from the full-screen display page of the Browser to the display page of the Launcher.

Wherein, in the above solution, when the focus of the display interface is located in the Launcher and the third trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the navigation icon at the position where the focus is located is set by the Browser The steps for displaying the corresponding preview content in full screen include:

When the focus of the display interface is located in the Launcher and the third trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the Launcher records the fourth information associated with the preview content currently displayed in the second display area. the URL and the first location where the focus is;

The Launcher sends a third message to the Android framework of the set-top box, wherein the third message carries a full-screen display logo, a third URL associated with the navigation icon at the focus position, and the name of the Browser ;

The Android framework starts the Browser according to the name of the Browser, and forwards the third message to the Browser;

After the Browser clears the screen according to the full-screen display logo, the second display area is enlarged to a full screen, and the background image is replaced with the full-screen background image;

The Browser loads corresponding preview content according to the third URL, and displays it in full screen.

Wherein, in the above solution, when the fourth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the step of returning from the full-screen display page of the Browser to the display page of the Launcher includes:

When receiving the fourth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the current full-screen display page sends the fourth message carrying the small-screen display logo to the Browser;

The Browser sends the fifth message carrying the small screen display logo and the name of the Launcher to the Android framework of the set-top box according to the small screen display logo;

The Android framework starts the Launcher according to the name of the Launcher, and forwards the fifth message to the Launcher;

The Launcher receives the fifth message, and resets the focus to the first position;

The Launcher sends the fourth URL to the Browser in the form of invoking a service according to the small screen display identifier;

After the Browser is cleared according to the small screen display logo, the full-screen display area of the Browser is reduced to the second display area, and the background image is replaced with the second background image;

The Browser loads corresponding preview content according to the fourth URL, and displays it in the second display area.

Wherein, in the above solution, when the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the second type of icon, the Launcher associated with the target navigation icon is displayed in the second display area. After the desktop step, the method further includes:

When the focus of the display interface is located in the Browser and the fifth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, jump from the small-screen display page of the Browser to the full-screen display page of the Browser;

When receiving the sixth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, return from the full-screen display page of the Browser to the small-screen display page of the Browser.

Wherein, in the above solution, when the focus of the display interface is located in the Browser and the fifth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, jump from the small screen display page of the Browser to the The steps to display the page in full screen of the Browser include:

When the focus of the display interface is located in the Browser and a fifth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the Browser records the fifth trigger signal associated with the preview content currently displayed in the second display area. the URL and the second location where the focus is;

After the Browser is cleared, the second display area is enlarged to full screen, and the background image is replaced with the full screen background image;

The Browser loads the preview content associated with the navigation icon at the focus position and displays it in full screen.

Wherein, in the above solution, when the sixth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the step of returning from the full-screen display page of the Browser to the small-screen display page of the Browser includes:

When receiving the sixth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the current full-screen display page sends a sixth message to the Browser, wherein the sixth message carries a small-screen display identifier;

After the Browser clears the screen according to the small-screen display logo, the full-screen display area of the Browser is reduced to the second display area, and the background image is replaced with the second background image;

The Browser reloads the preview content associated with the fifth URL, and displays it in the second display area;

The Browser resets the focus to the second position.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is also provided an interface display device for an interactive network TV, which is applied to a set-top box, and the device includes:

The first display module is used to display the navigation icon of the display interface of the interactive network television IPTV on the first display area of the display interface through the desktop launcher Launcher, wherein the navigation icon includes the first navigation icon associated with the preview content. class icon and the second class icon associated with the Launcher desktop;

The first processing module is used to display the target navigation icon in the second display area of the display interface through a browser when the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the first type of icon. The preview content associated with the navigation icon;

The second processing module is used to display the Launcher desktop associated with the target navigation icon in the second display area when the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the second type of icon .

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a set-top box is also provided, including the above-mentioned interface display device for an interactive network television.

The beneficial effects of the embodiments of the present invention are:

In the embodiment of the present invention, the display interface of the IPTV is divided into two display areas, wherein, the first display area displays the navigation icon of the IPTV through the Launcher, and when the associated information of the navigation icon at the focus position is the preview content, in The corresponding preview content is displayed in the second display area; when the associated information of the navigation icon at the focus position is the Launcher desktop, the corresponding Launcher desktop is displayed in the second display area. Therefore, the embodiment of the present invention embeds the Launcher into the IPTV, so that the user can browse the functions of the IPTV through a browser on the same display interface, and can install third-party applications on the Launcher desktop, thereby improving the user experience.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram of traditional Launcher desktop startup interface;

Fig. 2 shows the schematic diagram of the browser display interface of traditional IPTV;

Fig. 3 shows the flowchart of the interface display method of the interactive IP TV according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 shows one of the display schematic diagrams of the display interface of the interactive IP TV in the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 shows the second display schematic diagram of the display interface of the interactive IP TV in the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 shows a schematic diagram of a full-screen display interface switched to Browser in the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 shows a specific flow chart of the Launcher communicating with the Browser to display on the same display interface in the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 shows a specific flow chart of switching focus between Launcher and Browser in the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 9 shows the specific flow chart of the full-screen display and return of the Launcher calling out the Browser in the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 10 shows one of the structural block diagrams of the interface display device of the interactive network TV according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 11 shows the second structural block diagram of the interface display device of the interactive IP TV according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited by the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided for more thorough understanding of the present disclosure and to fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art.

first embodiment

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for displaying an interface of an interactive network television, as shown in FIG. 3 , the method includes:

Step 301: Display the navigation icon of the display interface of the interactive network television (IPTV) in the first display area of the display interface through the desktop launcher Launcher.

As shown in FIG. 4 , the embodiment of the present invention divides the display interface 1 of the IPTV into two display areas, that is, a first display area 101 and a second display area 102 surrounded by dotted lines. Wherein, the navigation icon of the display interface 1 is displayed in the first display area 101 through the Launcher, and the navigation icon includes a first-type icon 2 associated with preview content and a second-type icon 3 associated with the Launcher desktop, specifically, for example Say, as shown in Figure 4, navigation icons such as "recommendation", "live broadcast", "on-demand", "boutique", "feature", "game", "activity" and "my" belong to the first category icon 2, "application" and "shopping" belong to the second category icon3. The second display area 102 displays preview content or Launcher desktop, and the specific displayed content is related to the position of the focus in the first display area 101 .

In addition, since the Launcher and the Browser are displayed on the same interface at the same time, in order to make the display interface beautiful, the Launcher and the Browser need to use seamless connection technology to reveal each other, so before step 301, it also includes:

The Launcher acquires a first background image and displays it in the first display area;

The Browser acquires a second background image and displays it in the second display area;

Wherein, the first background image belongs to a first part of a background image, and the second background image belongs to a second part of the background image other than the first part.

Wherein, the Launcher obtains the first background image, including:

The Launcher parses the Extensible Markup Language XML file of the set-top box resource, determines that the background image is updated, and issues a background image update event, wherein the background image update event carries the first Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the updated image, the key Graph coordinates and cutout size;

The Launcher downloads the update image according to the first URL;

The Launcher cuts out the corresponding area of the updated image according to the cutout coordinates and the cutout size to obtain the first background image.

In addition, the Browser obtains a second background image, including:

The Browser obtains the first URL, the cutout coordinates and the cutout size according to the background image update event issued by the Launcher;

The Browser downloads the updated image according to the first URL, and stores it as a full-screen background image;

The Browser obtains an image in a corresponding area of the updated image according to the coordinates of the cutout and the size of the cutout, and uses it as the second background image.

That is, as shown in Figure 7, the Launcher parses the XML file and finds that the background field (Background URL) is not empty, and then carries the first URL of the background image and the coordinates of the cutout image (i.e. the X coordinate and the Y coordinate) and the size of the cutout image (i.e. the width W and height H) release the background image update event, download and update the image according to the first URL simultaneously, perform cutout processing according to cutout size and cutout coordinates, and refresh to the page. When the Browser receives the background image update event, it downloads the updated image according to the first URL, performs cutout processing, and refreshes to the page. Wherein, the Launcher notifies the Browser in the form of publishing a background image update event that the background image of the current display interface has been updated, so that the display between the Launcher and the Browser does not affect each other.

In addition, if the Launcher finds that the background image has not been updated after parsing the XML file, it will use the pre-stored background image for display by default. Wherein, it should be noted that the first background image of the Launcher in the first display area and the second background image of the Browser in the second display area belong to complementary parts of the same background image.

Step 302: When the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the first type of icon, display the target navigation icon associated with the target navigation icon in the second display area of the display interface through the browser Browser preview content.

Wherein, the icons of the first type are associated with corresponding preview content. Therefore, when the target navigation icon whose focus of the display interface is located in the first display area belongs to the first type of icons, the preview content corresponding to the navigation icon may be displayed in the second display area. As shown in FIG. 4 , when the current focus is on the navigation icon “Recommendation”, the preview content corresponding to the navigation icon “Recommendation” is displayed on the second display area 102 . The preview content is "Watch Now", "Cantonese Wonderful", "TV Series", "Premiere", "Children", "Hot Theater", "News", "Karaoke" in the second display area in Figure 4. ", "Variety Show", "Sports" and the preview content corresponding to the lower-level navigation icons of "Next Watch". Wherein, in order to distinguish the navigation icons in the first display area from the navigation icons in the second display area, the navigation icons in the second display area are referred to as lower-level navigation icons here.

In addition, preferably, step 302 includes:

The Launcher sends the second URL associated with the target navigation icon to the Browser in the form of calling a service;

The Browser loads corresponding preview content according to the second URL, and displays it in the second display area.

Specifically, as shown in Figure 7, after the Launcher parses the XML file, if the small screen display field (SmallScreenURL) is not empty, the Launcher sends the URL carried in the field to the Browser by invoking a service, wherein the SmallScreenURL The carried URL is the URL corresponding to the first type of icon at the focus position on the display interface. When the Browser receives the service, it will clear the screen, zoom the window, load the preview content corresponding to the SmallScreenURL, and then refresh to the interface, and then display in the second display area the navigation icon associated with the focus position Preview content. Wherein, the Launcher sends the URL corresponding to the target navigation icon to the Browser in the form of invoking a service, which can ensure that the focus is still on the Launcher.

Step 303: When the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the second type of icon, display a Launcher desktop associated with the target navigation icon in the second display area.

Wherein, the second type of icon is associated with the Launcher desktop. Therefore, when the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the second type of icons, the Launcher desktop associated with the target navigation icon may be displayed in the second display area. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5 , the focus of the current display interface 1 is on the navigation icon "Application", and then some application software is displayed in the second display area 102, such as "Application Center", "Home Media", "One Key Cleaner", "Multimedia Player" and other "Third Party Apps". Wherein, the icons of these application software may be associated with their specific application interface, or associated with the corresponding installation and uninstallation interface, so as to realize the installation and uninstallation of a specific installation software in this type of application software.

In addition, since the third-party application can be pre-installed and uninstalled in the Launcher desktop, the embodiment of the present invention can realize browsing of IPTV and operation of the third-party application in one display interface, thereby reducing the need for prior art. When entering a third-party application from IPTV, you need to exit the Browser first, then start the Launcher, and then enter the Launcher application list to find related applications. Exit the third-party application first, return to the Launcher interface, then exit the Launcher, and return to the IPTV interface. It can be seen that, the embodiments of the present invention can reduce many cumbersome operations, facilitate user operations, and greatly improve user utilization.

When the Launcher window interface and the Browser window interface are simultaneously displayed on the same display interface, the focus moves on each navigation icon in the first display area, and the focus moves on each lower-level navigation icon or application software icon in the second display area Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, it is also necessary to switch the focus between the Launcher and the Browser. Therefore, after step 303, it also includes:

When receiving the first trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the focus of the display interface jumps from the Launcher to the Browser;

When receiving the second trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the focus of the display interface jumps from the Browser to the Launcher.

Preferably, when the first trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the step of jumping the focus of the display interface from the Launcher to the Browser includes:

When receiving the first trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the Launcher sends a first message to the Android framework of the set-top box, wherein the first message carries information that the Launcher releases focus, the Name of the mentioned Browser;

The Android framework starts the Browser according to the name of the Browser, and forwards the first message to the Browser;

The Browser sets the current focus at the position when the Browser was released last time according to the information about the Launcher releasing the focus.

Preferably, when the second trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the step of jumping the focus of the display interface from the Browser to the Launcher includes:

When receiving the second trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the Browser sends a second message to the Android framework of the set-top box, wherein the second message carries the information that the Browser releases the focus, the Describe the name of the Launcher and the direction of focus movement;

The Android framework starts the Launcher according to the name of the Launcher, and forwards the second message to the Launcher;

The Launcher sets the current focus at a corresponding position of the Launcher according to the information that the Browser releases the focus and the focus movement direction.

Wherein, the above-mentioned first trigger signal and second trigger signal are respectively trigger signals sent by the controller of the set-top box when the user presses the controller. For example, when the user presses the down button of the controller, the controller sends out the first trigger signal, and when the user presses the up button of the controller, the controller sends out the second trigger signal.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, when the controller presses the down key, the Launcher informs the Browser in the form of Startactivity that it wants to release the focus, that is, the Launcher carries the field (LauncherReleaseFocus) for the Launcher to release the focus and the name of the application to be launched ( That is, the name of the Browser) is sent to the Android framework, so that the Android framework searches according to its pre-stored application list, and starts the Browser, so that the Browser calls back the page setting focus interface, and makes the Browser page obtain the focus, that is, the current focus is set on the Where the Browser was when it was last released.

In addition, as shown in Figure 8, when the controller presses the up button, the Browser informs the Launcher that it wants to release the focus in the form of Startactivity, that is, the Browser carries the field (EPGReleaseFocus) that the Browser releases the focus in the form of Startactivity, and the name of the application to be launched (ie The name of the Launcher) and the focus movement direction are sent to the Android framework, so that the Android framework searches according to its pre-stored application list, and starts the Launcher, so that the Launcher restores the focus, that is, the current focus is set at the position when the Launcher was released last time .

Wherein, for the display interface shown in FIG. 4 , the first display area is located above the second display area, and when the focus moves from the Browser to the Launcher, the focus movement direction is specifically upward. In addition, the specific distribution positions of the first display area and the second display area are not limited to those shown in FIG. Around the area around the display interface, that is, the middle part of the display interface is used to display the preview content corresponding to the navigation icon or the associated Launcher desktop, and the navigation icons in the Launcher are distributed in the four directions of up, down, left and right in this part of the area. Then, in this case, when the focus moves from the Browser to the Launcher, the direction of focus movement may be one of upward movement, downward movement, leftward movement and rightward movement.

In another aspect of the present invention, the browser can also be used to display the preview content of the corresponding navigation icon in full screen for full screen display. Wherein, as shown in FIG. 6, the navigation icons in the first display area 101 also include navigation icons such as "Favorites", "Search", "Mailbox" and "Help", and these navigation icons are also associated with corresponding previews. Content belongs to the first type of icon, but it can be displayed in full screen through the Browser. For example, as shown in FIG. 6 , when the focus of the display interface 1 is on the navigation icon "search", the full-screen display interface of "search" can be called out.

In addition, after the Launcher calls out the full-screen display page of the Browser, it also needs to return to the display page of the Launcher from the full-screen display interface of the Browser.

Therefore, after step 303, it also includes:

When the focus of the display interface is located in the Launcher and the third trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the preview content corresponding to the navigation icon at the focus position is displayed in full screen through the Browser;

When receiving the fourth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, return from the full-screen display page of the Browser to the display page of the Launcher.

Preferably, when the focus of the display interface is located in the Launcher and the third trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the preview content corresponding to the navigation icon at the focus position is displayed through the Browser Steps to display in full screen, including:

When the focus of the display interface is located in the Launcher and the third trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the Launcher records the fourth information associated with the preview content currently displayed in the second display area. the URL and the first location where the focus is;

The Launcher sends a third message to the Android framework of the set-top box, wherein the third message carries a full-screen display logo, a third URL associated with the navigation icon at the focus position, and the name of the Browser ;

The Android framework starts the Browser according to the name of the Browser, and forwards the third message to the Browser;

After the Browser clears the screen according to the full-screen display logo, the second display area is enlarged to a full screen, and the background image is replaced with the full-screen background image;

The Browser loads corresponding preview content according to the third URL, and displays it in full screen.

Preferably, when the fourth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the step of returning from the full-screen display page of the Browser to the display page of the Launcher includes:

When receiving the fourth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the current full-screen display page sends the fourth message carrying the small-screen display logo to the Browser;

The Browser sends the fifth message carrying the small screen display logo and the name of the Launcher to the Android framework of the set-top box according to the small screen display logo;

The Android framework starts the Launcher according to the name of the Launcher, and forwards the fifth message to the Launcher;

The Launcher receives the fifth message, and resets the focus to the first position;

The Launcher sends the fourth URL to the Browser in the form of invoking a service according to the small screen display identifier;

After the Browser is cleared according to the small screen display logo, the full-screen display area of the Browser is reduced to the second display area, and the background image is replaced with the second background image;

The Browser loads corresponding preview content according to the fourth URL, and displays it in the second display area.

That is, specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, when the controller presses the OK key, the Launcher will record the fourth URL associated with the preview content currently displayed in the second display area and the first position of the focus so that when returning use. Then, the Launcher sends the full-screen field (FullScreen), the third URL (i.e. FullScreenURL) and the Browser name corresponding to the navigation icon to the Android framework in the form of Startactivity, so that the Android framework starts the Browser, and forwards the message to the Browser, so that the Browser is cleared. screen, zoom the window, update the full-screen background image, load the preview content corresponding to the FullScreenURL, refresh to the interface, and realize the full-screen display interface of the Browser called out by the Launcher. Among them, the full-screen background image is generated by the Browser when it receives the background image update event issued by the Launcher, that is, when the Browser receives the background image update event issued by the Launcher, it will generate a full-screen background image and a cutout image. screen background image and record it.

In addition, as shown in Figure 9, when the remote control presses the return button, the template page displayed in full screen carries the small screen display field (SmallScreen) through JS calls, and informs the Browser that it needs to return to the small screen display, so that the Browser sends the SmallScreen field to the The Android framework makes the Android framework start the Launcher, and forwards the message to the Launcher. After the Launcher receives the message, it will reset the focus to the position according to the previously recorded first position, and the previously recorded fourth URL The content is sent to the Browser through calling the service, so that the Browser displays the preview content of the fourth URL in the second display area.

In another aspect of the present invention, also can jump to the full-screen display page of Browser from the small-screen display page of Browser, and return to the small-screen display page of Browser from the full-screen display page of Browser, then after step 303, also include :

When the focus of the display interface is located in the Browser and the fifth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, jump from the small-screen display page of the Browser to the full-screen display page of the Browser;

When receiving the sixth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, return from the full-screen display page of the Browser to the small-screen display page of the Browser.

Preferably, when the focus of the display interface is located in the Browser and the fifth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, jumping from the small screen display page of the Browser to the full screen of the Browser Steps to display the page, including:

When the focus of the display interface is located in the Browser and a fifth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the Browser records the fifth trigger signal associated with the preview content currently displayed in the second display area. the URL and the second location where the focus is;

After the Browser is cleared, the second display area is enlarged to full screen, and the background image is replaced with the full screen background image;

The Browser loads the preview content associated with the navigation icon at the focus position and displays it in full screen.

Preferably, when the sixth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the step of returning from the full-screen display page of the Browser to the small-screen display page of the Browser includes:

When receiving the sixth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the current full-screen display page sends a sixth message to the Browser, wherein the sixth message carries a small-screen display identifier;

After the Browser clears the screen according to the small-screen display logo, the full-screen display area of the Browser is reduced to the second display area, and the background image is replaced with the second background image;

The Browser reloads the preview content associated with the fifth URL, and displays it in the second display area;

The Browser resets the focus to the second position.

Wherein, the above-mentioned fifth trigger signal and sixth trigger signal may be respectively sent by the controller of the set-top box after different buttons of the controller are pressed. Specifically, for example, when the controller presses the OK key, it sends out the fifth trigger signal, and when the controller presses the return key, it sends out the sixth trigger signal.

In addition, the process of entering the full-screen display page of the Browser from the small-screen display page of the Browser, and entering the small-screen display page of the Browser from the full-screen display page of the Browser does not need to interact with the Launcher. That is, when entering the full-screen display page of the Browser from the small-screen display page of the Browser, it is only necessary to clear the browser screen, zoom the window, replace the full-screen background image, and load the preview content associated with the navigation icon at the focus position, and display it in full screen. Can. When returning from the full screen of the Browser, you only need to send a small screen message to the Browser on the full screen page. The Browser does not need to interact with the launcher, and handles the small screen message by itself, that is, to ensure that the focus returns to the position before entering the full screen.

To sum up, in the embodiment of the present invention, the Launcher is embedded in the IPTV, so that the user can browse the functions of the IPTV through a browser in the same display interface, and can also install third-party applications on the Launcher desktop, and can realize the focus on The free switching between Launcher and Browser, as well as the switching between full-screen display and small-screen display of Browser, greatly improves the user experience.

second embodiment

An embodiment of the present invention provides an interface display device for an interactive network TV, which is applied to a set-top box. As shown in FIG. 10 , the device 100 includes:

The first display module 1003 is configured to display the navigation icon of the display interface of the interactive network television IPTV on the first display area of the display interface through the desktop launcher Launcher, wherein the navigation icon includes the first display associated with the preview content. One type of icon and the second type of icon associated with the Launcher desktop;

The first processing module 1004 is configured to, when the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the first type of icon, display the same icon in the second display area of the display interface through the browser Browser. The preview content associated with the target navigation icon;

The second processing module 1005 is configured to display the Launcher associated with the target navigation icon in the second display area when the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the second type of icon desktop.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 11, the device also includes:

A first background acquisition module 1001, configured to acquire a first background image through the Launcher and display it in the first display area;

A second background acquisition module 1002, configured to acquire a second background image through the Browser, and display it in the second display area;

Wherein, the first background image belongs to a first part of a background image, and the second background image belongs to a second part of the background image other than the first part.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 11, the first background acquisition module 1001 includes:

The parsing unit 10012 is configured to parse the Extensible Markup Language XML file of the set-top box resource through the Launcher, determine that the background image is updated, and issue a background image update event, wherein the background image update event carries the first Uniform resource locator URL, cutout coordinates and cutout size;

The first downloading unit 10013 is configured to download the updated image according to the first URL through the Launcher;

The first matting unit 10014 is configured to use the Launcher to cut out the corresponding area of the updated image according to the matting coordinates and the matting size to obtain the first background image.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 11, the second background acquisition module 1002 includes:

The obtaining unit 10021 is configured to obtain the first URL, the cutout coordinates and the cutout size through the Browser according to the background image update event released by the Launcher;

The second downloading unit 10022 is configured to download the updated image according to the first URL through the Browser, and store it as a full-screen background image;

The second matting unit 10023 is configured to use the Browser to obtain an image in the corresponding area of the updated image according to the matting coordinates and the matting size, and use it as the second background image.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 11, the first processing module 1004 includes:

The first sending unit 10041 is configured to send, through the Launcher, the second URL associated with the target navigation icon to the Browser in the form of an invocation service;

The first loading unit 10042 is configured to load corresponding preview content through the Browser according to the second URL, and display it in the second display area.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 11, the device also includes:

The first jump module 1006 is configured to control the focus of the display interface to jump from the Launcher to the Browser when receiving the first trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box;

The second jump module 1007 is configured to control the focus of the display interface to jump from the Browser to the Launcher when receiving a second trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 11, the first jump module 1006 includes:

The second sending unit 10061 is configured to send a first message to the Android framework of the set-top box through the Launcher when receiving the first trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, wherein the first message carries Information about the Launcher releasing the focus and the name of the Browser;

The first starting unit 10062 is configured to start the Browser according to the name of the Browser through the Android framework, and forward the first message to the Browser;

The first setting unit 10063 is configured to use the Browser to set the current focus at the position when the Browser was released last time according to the information about releasing the focus of the Launcher.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 11, the second jump module 1007 includes:

The third sending unit 10071 is configured to send a second message to the Android framework of the set-top box through the Browser when receiving the second trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, wherein the second message carries Information about the browser releasing the focus, the name of the Launcher and the moving direction of the focus;

The second starting unit 10072 is configured to start the Launcher according to the name of the Launcher through the Android framework, and forward the second message to the Launcher;

The second setting unit 10073 is configured to set the current focus at the corresponding position of the Launcher through the Launcher according to the information about releasing the focus of the Browser and the moving direction of the focus.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 11, the device also includes:

The first full-screen call-out module 1008 is configured to, when the focus of the display interface is located in the Launcher and the third trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, navigate to the location where the focus is located through the Browser The preview content corresponding to the icon is displayed in full screen;

The first small-screen call-out module 1009 is configured to return from the full-screen display page of the Browser to the display page of the Launcher when receiving a fourth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 11, the first full-screen calling out module 1008 includes:

The first recording unit 10081 is configured to, when the focus of the display interface is located in the Launcher and the third trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, record the The fourth URL associated with the displayed preview content and the first position of the focus;

The fourth sending unit 10082 is configured to send a third message to the Android framework of the set-top box through the Launcher, wherein the third message carries a full-screen display logo and a navigation icon associated with the focus position a third URL and the name of said Browser;

A third starting unit 10083, configured to start the Browser according to the name of the Browser through the Android framework, and forward the third message to the Browser;

The first background replacement unit 10084 is configured to enlarge the second display area to a full screen after clearing the screen according to the full screen display logo through the Browser, and replace the background image with the full screen background image;

The second loading unit 10085 is configured to load the corresponding preview content through the Browser according to the third URL, and display it in full screen.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 11, the first small screen call out module 1009 includes:

The fifth sending unit 10091 is configured to send a fourth message carrying a small-screen display logo to the Browser through the current full-screen display page when receiving a fourth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box;

The sixth sending unit 10092 is configured to send a fifth message carrying the small screen display logo and the Launcher name to the Android framework of the set-top box through the Browser according to the small screen display logo;

The fourth starting unit 10093 is configured to start the Launcher according to the name of the Launcher through the Android framework, and forward the fifth message to the Launcher;

A third setting unit 10094, configured to receive the fifth message through the Launcher, and reset the focus to the first position;

The seventh sending unit 10095 is configured to use the Launcher to send the fourth URL to the Browser in the form of invoking a service according to the small screen display identifier;

The second background replacement unit 10096 is configured to reduce the full-screen display area of the Browser to the second display area after the Browser is cleared according to the small screen display logo, and replace the background image with the second background image. background image;

The third loading unit 10097 is configured to load corresponding preview content through the Browser according to the fourth URL, and display it in the second display area.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 11, the device further includes:

The second full-screen call-out module 10010 is used to jump from the small-screen display page of the Browser to The full screen display page of the Browser;

The second small-screen call-out module 10011 is configured to return from the full-screen display page of the Browser to the small-screen display page of the Browser when receiving the sixth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 11, the second full-screen call-out module 10010 includes:

The second recording unit 100101 is configured to record and record the current state of the second display area through the Browser when the focus of the display interface is located in the Browser and the fifth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received. The fifth URL associated with the displayed preview content and the second position of the focus;

The third background replacement unit 100102 is configured to enlarge the second display area to a full screen after clearing the screen through the Browser, and replace the background image with the full screen background image;

The first display unit 100103 is configured to load the preview content associated with the navigation icon at the focus position through the Browser, and display it in full screen.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 11, the second small screen call out module 10011 includes:

The eighth sending unit 100111 is configured to send a sixth message to the Browser through the current full-screen display page when receiving the sixth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, wherein the sixth message carries Small screen display logo;

The fourth background replacement unit 100112 is configured to reduce the full-screen display area of the Browser to the second display area after clearing the screen according to the small-screen display logo through the Browser, and replace the background image with the second display area. Two background images;

The second display unit 100113 is configured to reload the preview content associated with the fifth URL through the Browser, and display it in the second display area;

The fourth setting unit 100114 is configured to reset the focus at the second position through the Browser.

The interface display device of the interactive Internet TV in the embodiment of the present invention embeds the Launcher into the IPTV, so that the user can browse the functions of the IPTV through a browser on the same display interface, and can install third-party applications on the Launcher desktop, which improves the IPTV. User experience.

third embodiment

An embodiment of the present invention provides a set-top box including the interface display device of the above-mentioned IPTV.

The set-top box of the embodiment of the present invention can display the window interfaces of Launcher and Browser on the same display interface, so that the user can browse the functions of IPTV through the browser in the same display interface, and can install third-party applications on the Launcher desktop, which improves the user experience. The user experience improves the market competitiveness of the product.

What has been described above is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, some improvements and modifications can also be made without departing from the principles described in the present invention. within the scope of protection of the invention.

Claims (16)

1. an interface display method of an interactive network television, is characterized in that being applied to a set-top box, said method comprising: The navigation icon of the display interface of the interactive network television IPTV is displayed on the first display area of the display interface through the desktop launcher Launcher, wherein the navigation icon includes the first type of icon associated with the preview content and associated with the Launcher desktop The second category of icons; When the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the first type of icon, the preview content associated with the target navigation icon is displayed in the second display area of the display interface through the browser Browser ; When the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the second type of icon, a Launcher desktop associated with the target navigation icon is displayed in the second display area. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, before the step of displaying the navigation icon of the display interface of the interactive network television IPTV on the first display area of the display interface through the desktop launcher Launcher, the The method also includes: The Launcher acquires a first background image and displays it in the first display area; The Browser acquires a second background image and displays it in the second display area; Wherein, the first background image belongs to a first part of a background image, and the second background image belongs to a second part of the background image other than the first part. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the Launcher acquires the first background image, comprising: The Launcher parses the Extensible Markup Language XML file of the set-top box resource, determines that the background image is updated, and issues a background image update event, wherein the background image update event carries the first Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the updated image. Graph coordinates and cutout size; The Launcher downloads the update image according to the first URL; The Launcher cuts out the corresponding area of the updated image according to the cutout coordinates and the cutout size to obtain the first background image. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the acquisition of the second background image by the Browser comprises: The Browser obtains the first URL, the cutout coordinates and the cutout size according to the background image update event issued by the Launcher; The Browser downloads the updated image according to the first URL, and stores it as a full-screen background image; The Browser obtains an image in a corresponding area of the updated image according to the coordinates of the cutout and the size of the cutout, and uses it as the second background image. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying the preview content associated with the target navigation icon in the second display area of the display interface through a browser comprises: The Launcher sends the second URL associated with the target navigation icon to the Browser in the form of calling a service; The Browser loads corresponding preview content according to the second URL, and displays it in the second display area. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the second type of icon, displaying in the second display area the same After the step of the Launcher desktop associated with the target navigation icon, the method also includes: When receiving the first trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the focus of the display interface jumps from the Launcher to the Browser; When receiving the second trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the focus of the display interface jumps from the Browser to the Launcher. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein when the first trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the focus of the display interface jumps from the Launcher to the Browser steps, including: When receiving the first trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the Launcher sends a first message to the Android framework of the set-top box, wherein the first message carries information that the Launcher releases focus, the Name of the mentioned Browser; The Android framework starts the Browser according to the name of the Browser, and forwards the first message to the Browser; The Browser sets the current focus at the position when the Browser was released last time according to the information about the Launcher releasing the focus. 8. The method according to claim 6, wherein when the second trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the focus of the display interface jumps from the Browser to the Launcher steps, including: When receiving the second trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the Browser sends a second message to the Android framework of the set-top box, wherein the second message carries the information that the Browser releases the focus, the Describe the name of the Launcher and the direction of focus movement; The Android framework starts the Launcher according to the name of the Launcher, and forwards the second message to the Launcher; The Launcher sets the current focus at a corresponding position of the Launcher according to the information that the Browser releases the focus and the focus movement direction. 9. The method according to claim 4, wherein when the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the second type of icon, displaying in the second display area the same After the step of the Launcher desktop associated with the target navigation icon, the method also includes: When the focus of the display interface is located in the Launcher and the third trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the preview content corresponding to the navigation icon at the focus position is displayed in full screen through the Browser; When receiving the fourth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, return from the full-screen display page of the Browser to the display page of the Launcher. 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein when the focus of the display interface is located in the Launcher and a third trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the Browser The steps of displaying the preview content corresponding to the navigation icon at the focus position in full screen include: When the focus of the display interface is located in the Launcher and the third trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the Launcher records the fourth information associated with the preview content currently displayed in the second display area. the URL and the first location where the focus is; The Launcher sends a third message to the Android framework of the set-top box, wherein the third message carries a full-screen display logo, a third URL associated with the navigation icon at the focus position, and the name of the Browser ; The Android framework starts the Browser according to the name of the Browser, and forwards the third message to the Browser; After the Browser clears the screen according to the full-screen display logo, the second display area is enlarged to a full screen, and the background image is replaced with the full-screen background image; The Browser loads corresponding preview content according to the third URL, and displays it in full screen. 11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that, when the fourth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, return from the full-screen display page of the Browser to the display page of the Launcher steps, including: When receiving the fourth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the current full-screen display page sends the fourth message carrying the small-screen display logo to the Browser; The Browser sends the fifth message carrying the small screen display logo and the name of the Launcher to the Android framework of the set-top box according to the small screen display logo; The Android framework starts the Launcher according to the name of the Launcher, and forwards the fifth message to the Launcher; The Launcher receives the fifth message, and resets the focus to the first position; The Launcher sends the fourth URL to the Browser in the form of invoking a service according to the small screen display identifier; After the Browser is cleared according to the small screen display logo, the full-screen display area of the Browser is reduced to the second display area, and the background image is replaced with the second background image; The Browser loads corresponding preview content according to the fourth URL, and displays it in the second display area. 12. The method according to claim 4, wherein when the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the second type of icon, displaying in the second display area the same After the step of the Launcher desktop associated with the target navigation icon, the method also includes: When the focus of the display interface is located in the Browser and the fifth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, jump from the small-screen display page of the Browser to the full-screen display page of the Browser; When receiving the sixth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, return from the full-screen display page of the Browser to the small-screen display page of the Browser. 13. The method according to claim 12, wherein when the focus of the display interface is located in the Browser and the fifth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the The steps for jumping to the full-screen display page of the Browser on the small-screen display page include: When the focus of the display interface is located in the Browser and a fifth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the Browser records the fifth trigger signal associated with the preview content currently displayed in the second display area. the URL and the second location where the focus is; After the Browser is cleared, the second display area is enlarged to full screen, and the background image is replaced with the full screen background image; The Browser loads the preview content associated with the navigation icon at the focus position and displays it in full screen. 14. The method according to claim 13, wherein when the sixth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box is received, the full-screen display page of the Browser is returned to the small-screen display of the Browser The steps of the page include: When receiving the sixth trigger signal sent by the controller of the set-top box, the current full-screen display page sends a sixth message to the Browser, wherein the sixth message carries a small-screen display identifier; After the Browser clears the screen according to the small-screen display logo, the full-screen display area of the Browser is reduced to the second display area, and the background image is replaced with the second background image; The Browser reloads the preview content associated with the fifth URL, and displays it in the second display area; The Browser resets the focus to the second position. 15. An interface display device for an interactive network television, characterized in that it is applied to a set-top box, and the device comprises: The first display module is used to display the navigation icon of the display interface of the interactive network television IPTV on the first display area of the display interface through the desktop launcher Launcher, wherein the navigation icon includes the first navigation icon associated with the preview content. class icon and the second class icon associated with the Launcher desktop; The first processing module is used to display the target navigation icon in the second display area of the display interface through a browser when the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the first type of icon. The preview content associated with the navigation icon; The second processing module is used to display the Launcher desktop associated with the target navigation icon in the second display area when the target navigation icon at the focus position of the display interface belongs to the second type of icon . 16. A set-top box, characterized in that it comprises the interface display device of the interactive network television as claimed in claim 15.