CN102196301A - Multimedia file playing system and set-top box - Google Patents

Abstract

A set-top box, which includes a network interface, the set-top box is connected to a network server through the network interface, and the set-top box also includes: a wireless transmission unit, used to communicate with at least one mobile terminal; a play request receiving module, used to pass The wireless transmission unit receives the play request signal sent by the at least one mobile terminal; a retrieval module is used to retrieve multimedia files from the network server through the network interface according to the received play request signal; a download module is used to retrieve the multimedia file through the network interface The network interface downloads the retrieved multimedia file from the network server; a sending module is used to transmit the downloaded multimedia file to the at least one mobile terminal through the wireless transmission unit. Therefore, the user can play multimedia files on the mobile terminal through the set-top box.

Description

Multimedia file playback system and set-top box

technical field

The invention relates to a multimedia file playing system and a set-top box.

Background technique

At present, the set-top box can browse the Internet for shopping operations or download multimedia operations, however, the current set-top box can only play multimedia through digital televisions. However, generally digital TV sets are relatively expensive, and often a family only configures one digital TV set in the living room, so that users in other rooms cannot watch TV programs. At present, mobile terminals, such as mobile phones, are already very popular. Watching TV on a mobile terminal will be a very meaningful thing.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a multimedia file playing system and a set-top box, so that a user can play multimedia files on a mobile terminal through the set-top box.

A multimedia file playing system, the system includes at least one mobile terminal and a set-top box, the at least one mobile terminal includes an input unit, a control unit and a first wireless transmission unit, the set-top box includes a network interface, a processing unit and A second wireless transmission unit, the set-top box is connected to a network server through the network interface, the input unit is used to generate a corresponding request play signal in response to user input, and the control unit is used to transmit the request play signal through the first wireless transmission unit signal to the set-top box, and receive the multimedia file downloaded from the network server by the set-top box, thereby displaying/playing the multimedia file; the second wireless transmission unit is used for communicating with the first wireless transmission unit, and the processing unit is used for Receive the play request signal through the second wireless transmission unit, retrieve the multimedia file on the network server according to the play request signal, download the retrieved multimedia file, and transmit the downloaded multimedia file through the second wireless transmission unit files to the mobile terminal.

A set-top box, which includes a network interface, the set-top box is connected to a network server through the network interface, the set-top box also includes: a wireless transmission unit, used for communicating with at least one mobile terminal; a play request receiving module, used for The wireless transmission unit receives the play request signal sent by the at least one mobile terminal; a retrieval module is used for retrieving multimedia files from the network server through the network interface according to the received play request signal; a download module is used for through the network interface The network interface downloads the retrieved multimedia file from the network server; a sending module is used to transmit the downloaded multimedia file to the at least one mobile terminal through the wireless transmission unit.

The play request receiving module receives the play request signal sent by the at least one mobile terminal through the wireless transmission unit, and the retrieval module is used to retrieve the corresponding multimedia file from the network server according to the received play request signal, and download it through the download module For the retrieved multimedia file, the sending module is used to send the downloaded multimedia file to the at least one mobile terminal. Thus, the user can play multimedia files on the mobile terminal through the set-top box.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a mobile terminal playing multimedia files on a network server through a set-top box in an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a multimedia file playing system in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the processing unit in FIG. 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a method for playing a multimedia file in an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of main component symbols

 Multimedia file playback system 1 mobile terminal 10 set top box 20 input unit 11 The first storage unit 12 control unit 13 The first wireless transmission unit 14 Display unit 15 Audio playback unit 16 Network Interface twenty one The second wireless transmission unit twenty two processing unit twenty three Second storage unit twenty four Play request receiving module 231 Parameters required to get the module 232 Retrieval module 233 Download module 234 send module 235 Select the signal receiving module 236

The following specific embodiments will further illustrate the present invention in conjunction with the above-mentioned drawings.

Detailed ways

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a structural diagram of a multimedia file playing system 1 in an embodiment of the present invention. The multimedia file playing system 1 includes at least one mobile terminal 10 and a set-top box 20 . In this embodiment, the number of the mobile terminal 10 is one. The mobile terminal 10 can be a mobile phone, a wrist-worn electronic device, or an electronic book. The mobile terminal 10 can display or play multimedia files such as audio, video, text, and pictures on a network server 30 through the set-top box 20 .

Please refer to FIG. 2 , the mobile terminal 10 includes an input unit 11 , a first storage unit 12 , a control unit 13 , a first wireless transmission unit 14 , a display unit 15 and an audio playback unit 16 .

The input unit 11 is used to generate corresponding signals in response to user input, and the first storage unit 12 stores the parameter requirements of the mobile terminal 10 for the displayed or played files, such as resolution requirements and encoding format requirements. Among them, the multimedia files played by different types of mobile terminals 10 have different resolution requirements and encoding format requirements. The video encoding type of the mobile phone is FLASH format, but the video encoding type required when watching videos on mobile phones is H263 format.

The control unit 13 is used for generating a corresponding play request signal in response to user input, and sending the stored parameter request to the set-top box 20 through the first wireless transmission unit 14 . At the same time, the control unit 13 is also used for receiving the files sent by the set-top box 20, and judging whether the number of the received files is more than one. In this embodiment, the case that the number of received multimedia files is zero is not considered. When the number of the received multimedia files does not exceed one, that is, when the number is one, the control unit 13 directly controls the display unit 15/audio playback unit 16 to display/play the multimedia files. When the number of the received multimedia files exceeds one, the control unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10 controls the display unit 15 to display the received multimedia files for the user to select and display/play the received multimedia files. In this embodiment, the multiple received multimedia files are displayed on the display unit 15 in the form of a menu. The control unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10 is also used for transmitting the selection signal generated in response to the user's selection operation to the set-top box 20 . Wherein, since the multimedia file received by the mobile terminal 10 from the set-top box 20 is downloaded from the network server 30 as streaming multimedia, the control unit 13 can play the multimedia file while receiving it.

The set-top box 20 includes a network interface 21 , a second wireless transmission unit 22 , a processing unit 23 and a second storage unit 24 .

The network interface 21 is used to connect with the network server 30 , and the set-top box 20 retrieves multimedia files on the network server 30 through the network interface 21 and downloads multimedia files from the network server 30 .

The second wireless transmission unit 22 is used for communicating information with the first wireless transmission unit 14 . In this embodiment, the second wireless transmission unit 22 and the first wireless transmission unit 14 are WI-FI units or BLUETOOTH (Bluetooth) units.

The processing unit 23 of the set-top box 20 receives the play request signal and the parameter requirements through the second wireless transmission unit 22, and performs retrieval of multimedia files on the network server 30 according to the play request signal and the parameter requirements, and retrieves For corresponding multimedia files, the processing unit 23 downloads the multimedia files from the network server 30 to the second storage unit 24 , and transmits the downloaded multimedia files to the mobile terminal 10 through the second wireless transmission unit 22 . In this embodiment, what the processing unit 23 of the set-top box 20 downloads from the network server 30 is streaming multimedia. Wherein, requesting retrieval on the network server 30 through the play request signal and the parameter is a prior art, and will not be described in detail here. The processing unit 23 of the set-top box 20 is also used for, when receiving the selection signal sent by the mobile terminal 10, only continue to download the multimedia file selected by the user according to the selection signal and continue to download the downloaded multimedia file through the second wireless transmission unit 22. The multimedia files are transmitted to the mobile terminal 10 for display/play by the mobile terminal 10, while the download of other multimedia files is stopped.

Please refer to Fig. 3, in the present embodiment, this processing unit 23 also comprises a play request receiving module 231, a parameter requirement acquisition module 232, a retrieval module 233, a download module 234, a sending module 235 and a selection signal receiving module Module 236.

The play request receiving module 231 is used for receiving the play request signal sent by the mobile terminal 10 through the second wireless transmission unit 22 .

The parameter requirement acquiring module 232 is used for acquiring the parameter requirement signal sent by the mobile terminal 10 through the second wireless transmission unit 22 .

The retrieval module 233 is used for retrieving multimedia files on the network server 30 through the network interface 21 according to the play request signal and the parameter requirement signal.

The download module 234 is used for downloading the retrieved multimedia file on the network server 30 through the network interface 21 . Wherein, the downloaded multimedia file is streaming multimedia.

The sending module 235 is used for sending the downloaded multimedia file through the second wireless transmission unit 22 .

The selection signal receiving module 236 is used for receiving the selection signal sent by the mobile terminal 10 .

The download module 234 is also configured to continue downloading the multimedia file corresponding to the selection signal according to the selection signal, and stop downloading other multimedia files.

The sending module 235 is also used for continuing to send the downloaded multimedia file through the second wireless transmission unit 22 .

Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a flowchart of a method for playing a multimedia file.

In step S401, the input unit 11 generates a corresponding play request signal in response to the user's input.

In step S402, the control unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10 transmits the play request signal and the parameter requirements stored in the first storage unit 12 to the set-top box through the first wireless transmission unit 14 and the second wireless transmission unit 22 20.

In step S403, the processing unit 23 of the set-top box 20 is required to perform multimedia file retrieval on the network server 30 according to the play request signal and the parameter requirements, and when the corresponding multimedia file is retrieved, the multimedia file is downloaded, and the downloaded The multimedia file is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10 through the first wireless transmission unit 14 and the second wireless transmission unit 22 . In this embodiment, the downloaded multimedia file is streaming multimedia.

In step S404, the control unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10 judges whether the number of the received multimedia files exceeds one. In this embodiment, the situation that the number of the received multimedia files is less than one is not considered. When the number of the received multimedia files is one, step S405 is executed. When the number of the received multimedia files exceeds one, step S406 is executed.

In step S405, the control unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10 displays/plays the multimedia file for the user to watch.

In step S406, the control unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10 controls the display unit 15 to display the multimedia files for the user to select and display/play multimedia files. In this embodiment, the multimedia files are displayed on the display unit 15 in the form of a menu.

In step S407, the control unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10 plays the selected multimedia file in response to the user's selection operation, and passes the selection signal generated by the user's selection through the first wireless transmission unit 14 and the second wireless transmission unit 22 to the set-top box 20.

In step S408, the processing unit 23 of the set-top box 20 continues to download the selected multimedia file according to the selection signal, and continues to send the downloaded multimedia file through the first wireless transmission unit 14 and the second wireless transmission unit 22, and Stop downloading other multimedia files.

Those of ordinary skill in the art should recognize that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, rather than to limit the present invention. Alterations and variations are within the scope of the claimed invention.

Claims (9)

1. multimedia file Play System, this system comprises an at least one portable terminal and a set-top box, this at least one portable terminal comprises an input unit, a control unit and one first wireless transmission unit, this set-top box comprises a network interface, a processing unit and one second wireless transmission unit, this set-top box connects a webserver by this network interface, it is characterized in that:

This input unit is used to respond user's the corresponding request of input generation play signal, this control unit is used for transmitting this request play signal to this set-top box by this first wireless transmission unit, and receive this set-top box multimedia file in download from this webserver, thereby this multimedia file of display/play;

This second wireless transmission unit is used for communicating with this first wireless transmission unit, this processing unit is used for receiving this request play signal by this second wireless transmission unit, and according to this request play signal retrieving multimedia file on this webserver, and download the multimedia file that this retrieves, and transmit this multimedia file in download to this portable terminal by this second wireless transmission unit.

2. multimedia file Play System as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: this at least one portable terminal also comprises one first memory cell, store the parameter request of this portable terminal in this first memory cell to the display/play multimedia file, this control unit is after input unit response user's input produces corresponding playing request signal, by this first wireless transmission unit this playing request signal and this parameter request to play multimedia files are sent to this processing unit, this processing unit also according to this parameter request at the enterprising line retrieval multimedia file of this webserver.

3. multimedia file Play System as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: this multimedia file in download is the crossfire multimedia.

4. multimedia file Play System as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: when this multimedia file quantity that receives when this at least one portable terminal is one, and this multimedia file of the direct display/play of the control unit of this portable terminal.

5. multimedia file Play System as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: this at least one portable terminal also comprises a display unit, when this multimedia file quantity that receives when this at least one portable terminal surpasses one, the control unit of this at least one portable terminal is controlled this display unit and is shown that those multimedia files select for the user, and after response user's selection operation produces a selection signal, play the multimedia file of this selection, and transmit this selection signal to this set-top box by this first wireless transmission unit and this second wireless transmission unit, the processing unit of this set-top box selects signal to continue to download the multimedia file of this selection according to this, and transmit this multimedia file in download to this portable terminal, and stop to download other multimedia files by this first wireless transmission unit and this second wireless transmission unit.

6. set-top box, it comprises a network interface, and this set-top box connects a webserver by this network interface, it is characterized in that, and this set-top box also comprises:

One wireless transmission unit is used for carrying out communication with at least one portable terminal;

One playing request receiver module is used for receiving the playing request signal that this at least one portable terminal sends by this wireless transmission unit;

One retrieval module is used for according to the playing request signal of this reception by this network interface retrieving multimedia file from this webserver;

One downloads module, is used for downloading from this webserver by this network interface the multimedia file of this retrieval;

One sending module is used for this multimedia file in download is sent to this at least one portable terminal by this wireless transmission unit.

7. set-top box as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that: this set-top box also comprises a parameter request acquisition module, be used for receiving the parameter request signal that this at least one portable terminal sends by this wireless transmission unit, this retrieval module also according to this parameter request signal by this network interface retrieving multimedia file from this webserver.

8. set-top box as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that: this multimedia file in download is the crossfire multimedia.

9. set-top box as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that: this set-top box comprises that also one selects signal receiving module, this selection signal receiving module is used for receiving the selection signal that this at least one portable terminal sends by this wireless transmission unit, the download module of this set-top box stops to download other multimedia files according to this selection signal, and continue to download the multimedia file that this selects the signal correspondence, this sending module continues this multimedia file in download is sent to this at least one portable terminal by this wireless transmission unit.

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