CN102256166A - Method and system for realizing personalized authority control of IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) private video recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and system for realizing personalized authority control of IPTV personal recording service, comprising: after the electronic program menu EPG receives the program recording request sent by the user via the set-top box STB, it sends the program recording service authentication to the service logic control point SLP request; the SLP performs service authentication processing according to the program recording service authentication request; when the authentication is successful, the SLP obtains the program recording request and performs program recording service processing; otherwise, the SLP performs service subscription processing. The invention solves the technical problem that the operator configures independent recording authority for each user, and the user can record the program only after ordering the program with the recording authority, thereby realizing the differentiated and personalized service of the user.

Description

A method and system for realizing personalized authority control of IPTV personal recording service

technical field

The present invention relates to a method for realizing personalized authority control of a personal recording service (Private Video Recorder, PVR) of an Internet TV or an interactive Internet TV (Internet Protocol TeleVision, IPTV) and a related system.

Background technique

IPTV refers to the use of broadband network infrastructure, home TV, or computer, or smart terminal as the main terminal equipment, integrating Internet, multimedia, communication and other technologies, through the Internet Protocol (Internet Protocol, IP) A brand-new technology that provides various interactive digital media services, including digital TV, to home users.

With the continuous development of IPTV services in recent years, especially the popularity of Internet services and the possibility of triple play, the number of IPTV services and users has increased exponentially every year, relying on various new services and value-added services on IPTV Services are increasingly being accepted by users, such as personal on-demand services, personal recording services, time-shifted TV services, and friend community services. For this reason, operators are increasingly demanding user-centered, personalized and differentiated services for users. Among them, the private video recording (Private Video Recorder, PVR) service is a typical IPTV personalized service. The PVR means that the user can record the content of a certain period of time played by the channel and then play it.

The PVR service enables users to make their own recording plan when watching program previews, and remotely record and save their favorite programs for later viewing. The user first applies for the PVR service in the IPVR system, and the system generates a corresponding recording plan, which is automatically executed when the execution time of the recording plan is up, and the user chooses to watch after the recording is successful.

Fig. 1 has shown the flow chart of PVR service processing provided by the prior art, as shown in Fig. 1, the steps include:

Step 101: the user initiates a PVR service request to the electronic program menu (Electronic Programmer Guide, EPG) through the set-top box (Set Top Box, STB);

Step 102: The EPG forwards the received PVR service request to a service logic control point (ServiceLogical Point, SLP);

Step 103: SLP performs PVR business processing, checks whether the recording plan exists, whether the user's PVR recording time is sufficient, etc.;

Step 104: the SLP returns the PVR service request result to the EPG;

Step 105: The EPG returns the PVR service application result to the STB.

In the above steps, the STB is a consumer electronics product that enables users to watch digital TV programs on existing analog TVs and perform interactive digital entertainment, education and commercialization activities.

Described EPG is electronic program menu, and the user utilizes the menu that EPG provides, can select the multicast channel that oneself like, order the video program that oneself like, sing the song that oneself like online, search IPTV to provide and include life information, entertainment information, education, etc. Information, sports information, etc., you can also order your favorite programs.

The SLP is a processing module that completes the specific work of IPTV system service logic control.

At present, the PVR service only controls whether the user can perform the PVR service based on the space and recording time owned by the user (that is, any program can be recorded if the space and time are sufficient). The IPTV system does not control the program itself, so different users have The recording authority of the program is the same, and different users cannot have different recording authority controls for the same program, so as to meet the business requirement that only users who subscribe to the recording authority of this program can record this program.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and system for realizing personalized authority control of IPTV personal recording service, so as to solve the technical problem of operator's authority control on program recording service.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for realizing personalized authority control of an IPTV personal recording service provided by the present invention includes:

A) After receiving the program recording request sent by the user via the Set Top Box (STB), the Electronic Program Guide (EPG) sends a program recording service authentication request to the Service Logic Point (SLP);

B) The SLP performs service authentication processing according to the program recording service authentication request;

C) When the authentication is successful, the SLP acquires the program recording request, and performs program recording service processing; otherwise, the SLP performs service subscription processing.

Described step A) is specifically:

The STB sends the program recording request including the program recording plan information input by the user to the EPG;

The EPG generates a program recording service authentication request including the program recording plan information according to the program recording request, and sends the program recording service authentication request to the SLP.

The step B) includes the order relationship authentication processing step B1), specifically:

After receiving the program recording service authentication request, the SLP searches for the order information of the product to which the program belongs;

When the order information is found, the authentication is successful; otherwise, the authentication fails.

The step B) also includes the product authentication processing step B2) executed before the step B1), specifically:

SLP searches for the program recording service information according to the program recorded by the user request, and uses the program recording service information to search for the product information of the product to which the program belongs;

When the program recording service information and the product information are found, the SLP performs subscription relationship authentication processing; otherwise, the authentication fails.

In the step C), the program recording business processing steps are specifically:

The SLP sends an authentication success message to the EPG, and receives the program recording request forwarded by the EPG and containing the program recording plan information;

According to the program recording plan information, the SLP judges whether the user has the program recording authority, whether the program recording plan exists and is valid, and whether the recording duration and recording space are sufficient;

When it is judged that the user has the program recording authority, the program recording plan exists and is valid, and the recording duration and recording space are sufficient, the SLP generates recording information including the recording plan for program recording.

In the step C), the business order processing step is specifically:

SLP sends an authentication failure message and a product list for ordering products to STB via EPG, and receives the product order request sent by STB via EPG;

According to the product order request, generate and save the order information of the product;

A subscription success message containing the subscription information is sent to the STB via the EPG.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a system for realizing personalized authority control of an IPTV personal recording service provided by the present invention includes:

Electronic Program Guide (EPG), used to send a program recording service authentication request to the service logic control point (ServiceLogic Point, SLP) after receiving the program recording request sent by the user via the set top box (Set Top Box, STB) ;

SLP, configured to perform service authentication processing according to the program recording service authentication request, and when the authentication succeeds, obtain the program recording request, perform program recording service processing, and perform service order processing when the authentication fails .

Also includes:

The STB is configured to send the program recording request input by the user and including the program recording plan information to the EPG.

The SLP includes:

An ordering information search module, configured to search for the ordering information of the product to which the program belongs after receiving the program recording service authentication request;

An authentication module, configured to determine that the authentication is successful when the order information is found; otherwise, the authentication fails.

The SLP also includes:

The service information search module is used to search for program recording service information according to the program recorded by the user's request;

The product information search module is used to use the program recording service information to find the product information of the product to which the program belongs, so as to find order information.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of the present invention is that: through the present invention, operators can formulate different program recording service requirements for different programs, and configure independent program recording rights for each user, thus satisfying the requirements of operators. The personalized and differentiated service development needs of individual users realize the operator's demand for authority control on program recording services.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of PVR service processing provided by the prior art;

Fig. 2 is a kind of flow chart of the implementation method of personalized authority control of IPTV personal recording service provided by the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of application for program recording service provided by the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of service authentication processing provided by the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a flow chart of program recording service processing provided by the present invention.

Detailed ways

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the preferred embodiments described below are only used to illustrate and explain the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention.

Fig. 2 has shown a kind of flow chart of the implementation method of personalized authority control of IPTV personal recording service provided by the present invention, as shown in Fig. 2, the steps include:

Step 201: After receiving the program recording request sent by the user via the STB, the EPG sends a program recording service authentication request to the SLP;

Step 202: SLP performs service authentication processing according to the program recording service authentication request;

Step 203: When the authentication is successful, the SLP acquires the program recording request, and performs program recording service processing; otherwise, the SLP performs service subscription processing.

The step 201 is specifically: the STB sends the program recording request input by the user including the program recording plan information to the EPG; the EPG generates a program recording service authentication request including the program recording plan information according to the program recording request, and Send the program recording service authentication request to the SLP.

The step 202 includes an order relationship authentication processing step, specifically: after the SLP receives the program recording service authentication request, it searches for the order information of the product to which the program belongs; when the order information is found, the authentication is successful, otherwise , authentication failed.

The step 202 also includes the product authentication processing step executed before the order relationship authentication processing step, specifically: SLP searches for program recording service information according to the program recorded by the user request, and uses the program recording service information to search for the program The product information of the product to which it belongs; when the program recording service information and the product information are found, the SLP performs subscription relationship authentication processing; otherwise, the authentication fails.

The program recording business processing step in the step 203 is specifically: the SLP sends an authentication success message to the EPG, and receives the program recording request that contains the program recording plan information forwarded by the EPG; information to determine whether the user has program recording authority, whether the program recording plan exists and is valid, whether the recording duration and recording space are sufficient; when it is determined that the user has program recording authority, the program recording plan exists and is valid, and the recording time and recording space are sufficient Generate recording information including the recording plan for program recording.

The service order processing step in step 203 is specifically: SLP sends an authentication failure message and a product list for ordering products to STB via EPG, and receives a product order request sent by STB via EPG; according to the product order request , generate and save the order information of the product; send an order success message including the order information to the STB via the EPG.

The program recording service of the present invention is a personal video recording (Private Video Recorder, PVR) service.

It can be seen that operators can configure independent recording rights for each user. Users can only record this program if they subscribe to a program with recording rights, otherwise they cannot record, thereby realizing user differentiation and personalized services.

Fig. 3 has shown the program recording service application flowchart provided by the present invention, as shown in Fig. 3:

Step 301: the user initiates a program recording request to the EPG through the STB;

Step 302: After the EPG receives the program recording request, it automatically triggers a program recording service authentication;

Step 303: The EPG sends a program recording service authentication request to the SLP;

Step 304: After the SLP receives the program recording service authentication request, it performs service authentication processing. If the authentication fails, execute step 305, and if the authentication succeeds, execute step 314;

Step 305: the authentication fails, and the SLP generates an authentication failure message;

Step 306: the SLP sends an authentication failure message and a list of products that the user can order to the EPG;

Step 307: The EPG forwards the authentication failure message and the product list that can be ordered to the STB, so as to prompt the user to order the product first;

Step 308: The user selects the product to order according to the product list, and sends a product order request to EPG;

Step 309: EPG forwards the product order request to SLP;

Step 310: SLP generates and saves product order information according to the product order request;

Step 311: SLP sends order success message or order failure message to EPG;

Step 312: EPG forwards the order success message or the order failure message to STB;

Step 313: If the order is successful, the STB prompts the user to re-request program recording, and if the order fails, an error is prompted;

Step 314: the authentication is successful, and the SLP generates an authentication success message;

Step 315: the SLP sends an authentication success message to the EPG;

Step 316: After receiving the authentication success message, the EPG automatically triggers a program recording application and sends a program recording request to the SLP;

Step 317: The SLP performs program recording service processing according to the program recording request;

Step 318: the SLP sends a request success message or a request failure message to the EPG;

Step 319: The EPG sends a request success message or a request failure message to the STB.

The invention transforms the program recording service from a simple user operation into a service that can be operated by an operator, so as to realize user differentiation and personalized service.

Fig. 4 has shown the flow chart of service authentication processing provided by the present invention, as shown in Fig. 4, the steps include:

Step 400: authentication starts;

Step 401: According to the program requested by the user, search for the corresponding program recording service information in the database, if found, execute step 403, otherwise, execute step 402;

Step 402: The product to which the program belongs has no program recording authority, that is, the program recording service is not supported, the authentication fails, and step 408 is executed;

Step 403: Search for the corresponding product information according to the obtained program recording service information, that is, search for the detailed location of the product, if found, execute step 405, otherwise, execute step 404;

Step 404: The product does not support the user's application for recording programs, the authentication fails, and step 408 is executed;

Step 405: Query the user's order information for the product to which the program belongs, if found, execute step 406, otherwise, execute step 407;

Step 406: the authentication is successful, the user can record the program, and execute step 411;

Step 407: The user has not ordered the product, and the user is required to order the product before applying, and execute step 409 to trigger the product ordering process;

Step 408: the authentication fails, the program recording service is suspended, and step 410 is executed;

Step 409: Automatically trigger the user to order a product, and execute step 411 after completing the product order;

Step 410: return an authentication failure message to the user to prompt the user "authentication failed, program recording service cannot be requested";

Step 411: Perform program recording business processing (detailed processing steps are shown in Figure 5);

Step 412: The program recording service ends.

After the user submits a program recording request, the invention performs authentication control on the program recording service, and in the authentication process, judges the user's business authority, subscription relationship, etc., thereby realizing the control of the program recording authority of different users. After the authentication fails, the user is prompted to "order the product before applying", and trigger the product ordering process; after the authentication succeeds, trigger the program recording business process.

Fig. 5 has shown the program recording business processing flowchart provided by the present invention, and as shown in Fig. 5, the steps include:

Step 500: Check whether the user has subscribed to the program recording plan, that is, check whether the user has the right to record the program, if yes, perform step 502, otherwise, perform step 501;

Step 501: The user has ordered the program recording plan, go to step 509;

Step 502: The user has not subscribed to the program recording plan, continue to check whether the program recording plan exists, if it exists, execute step 504, otherwise execute step 503;

Step 503: The program recording plan does not exist, and the user cannot apply, go to step 509;

Step 504: If the program recording plan exists, continue to check whether the program recording plan is expired, if it is expired, perform step 505, otherwise, perform step 506;

Step 505: The program recording plan expires, the user can no longer apply, go to step 509;

Step 506: The program recording plan has not expired, continue to check whether the user's recording time and recording space are sufficient, if not, execute step 507, otherwise execute step 508;

Step 507: The user's recording space and/or recording time are not enough, the application fails, and the user is prompted to delete the existing program or purchase the time, and execute step 509;

Step 508: The user's recording space and recording time are sufficient, the user's application is successful, and a record information containing the user's program recording plan is generated, and the system records the program according to the record information.

Step 509: The checking condition is not met, and the user application fails.

The present invention also provides a system for realizing personalized authority control of IPTV personal recording service, including:

EPG, used to send a program recording service authentication request to the SLP after receiving the program recording request sent by the user via the STB;

SLP, configured to perform service authentication processing according to the program recording service authentication request, and when the authentication succeeds, obtain the program recording request, perform program recording service processing, and perform service order processing when the authentication fails ;

The STB is configured to send the program recording request input by the user and including the program recording plan information to the EPG.

The SLP includes:

An ordering information search module, configured to search for the ordering information of the product to which the program belongs after receiving the program recording service authentication request;

The service information search module is used to search for program recording service information according to the program recorded by the user's request;

The product information search module is used to use the program recording service information to find the product information of the product to which the program belongs, so as to find order information;

An authentication module, configured to determine that the authentication is successful when the order information is found; otherwise, the authentication fails. That is to say, only when the program recording service information, the product information of the product to which the program belongs, and the order information of the product to which the program belongs can be found, can the program recording business be authenticated successfully and further process the program recording business.

Although the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art based on the principle of the present invention. Therefore, any modifications made according to the principles of the present invention should be understood as falling within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. the implementation method of IPTV individual recording service personalization control of authority is characterized in that, comprising:

A) after electric program menu EPG receives the performance recording request of user via set-top box STB transmission, send the request of performance recording service authentication to service logic control point SLP;

B) SLP carries out service authentication and handles according to the request of described performance recording service authentication;

C) when the authentication success, SLP obtains described performance recording request, carries out the performance recording Business Processing, otherwise SLP carries out service order to be handled.

2. implementation method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described steps A) be specially:

STB is sent to EPG with the performance recording request that comprises the performance recording plan information of user's input;

EPG generates the performance recording service authentication request that comprises described performance recording plan information according to described performance recording request, and the request of described performance recording service authentication is sent to SLP.

3. implementation method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described step B) comprise order relations authentication process step B1), be specially:

After SLP receives the request of described performance recording service authentication, search the ordering information of the affiliated product of program;

When finding described ordering information, the authentication success, otherwise, failed authentication.

4. implementation method according to claim 3 is characterized in that, described step B) also be included in described step B1) the product authentication process step B2 of preceding execution), be specially:

SLP asks recorded program according to the user, searches the performance recording information on services, and utilizes described performance recording information on services, searches the product information of the affiliated product of program;

When finding described performance recording information on services and described product information, SLP carries out the order relations authentication process, otherwise, failed authentication.

5. implementation method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described step C) described in performance recording Business Processing step be specially:

SLP sends the authentication success message to EPG, and receives the described performance recording request that comprises described performance recording plan information that EPG transmits;

SLP is according to described performance recording plan information, judge whether the user has the performance recording authority, whether the performance recording plan exists and effectively, record duration and record the space whether enough;

When judge that the user has the performance recording authority, the performance recording plan exists and effectively, record duration and record the space when enough, SLP generates and comprises the described recorded information of recording plan, for performance recording.

6. implementation method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described step C) described in the service order treatment step be specially:

SLP sends failed authentication message and the product tabulation that is used for ordering products via EPG to STB, and receives the product subscription request that STB sends via EPG;

According to described product subscription request, generate the ordering information and the preservation of product;

Send the order success message that comprises described ordering information to STB via EPG.

7. the realization system of IPTV individual recording service personalization control of authority is characterized in that, comprising:

Electric program menu EPG, be used to receive the performance recording request that the user sends via set-top box STB after, send the request of performance recording service authentication to service logic control point SLP;

SLP is used for according to the request of described performance recording service authentication, carries out service authentication and handles, and when the authentication success, obtain described performance recording request, carries out the performance recording Business Processing, when failed authentication, carries out service order and handles.

8. realization according to claim 7 system is characterized in that, also comprises:

STB is used for the performance recording request that comprises the performance recording plan information of user's input is sent to EPG.

9. realization according to claim 7 system is characterized in that described SLP comprises:

Ordering information is searched module, is used for after receiving the request of described performance recording service authentication, searches the ordering information of the affiliated product of program;

Authentication module is used for when finding described ordering information, judges the authentication success, otherwise, failed authentication.

10. realization according to claim 9 system is characterized in that described SLP also comprises:

Information on services is searched module, is used for asking recorded program according to the user, searches the performance recording information on services;

Product information is searched module, is used to utilize described performance recording information on services, searches the product information of the affiliated product of program, for searching ordering information.

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