CN103200447B - Operation method of television device and its application program - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a television device and an operation method of an application program thereof. The operation method of the application program comprises the following steps: receiving and installing a plurality of application programs in sequence; establishing an application program channel menu aiming at the application program, wherein the application program is arranged in the application program channel menu according to an arrangement sequence; and receiving a channel selection instruction, and providing a selected application program of the application programs in the application program channel menu according to the channel selection instruction and the arrangement sequence so as to enter the executed program.

Description

Operation method of television device and its application program

technical field

The invention relates to a television device, in particular to an operation method of an application program of the television device.

Background technique

With the advancement of electronic technology, television devices are no longer an entertainment tool that can only be used to watch programs. With the digitization of TV devices, users can not only use the TV devices to watch TV programs or movies, but also use the TV devices to connect to the Internet, browse webpages or send and receive emails. Furthermore, application programs with different functions can also be installed on the TV device, so that the TV device can perform more and more extensive functions in addition to playing TV programs.

In the prior art, an electronic device such as a television will display an icon list of application programs before executing the application programs, so as to provide users with the option to execute the required application programs. To put it simply, the user can correspondingly manipulate the cursor displayed on the electronic device through the remote controller, point the cursor to the application program to be selected, and then use the button for confirming execution to start the selected application program. In order to avoid confusion with the existing program channel menu, some existing technologies provide a switch key on the remote control, and the user can use the switch key to switch the electronic device to display the channel menu or application program list. However, in the prior art, the user must call out the application program list to select and execute the application program, and lacks a design that integrates the application program with the existing menu interface to facilitate the user to select the application program or program channel.

Contents of the invention

The invention provides a television device and an operation method of its application program, which improves the convenience for users to execute the application program.

The present invention proposes a method for operating an application program of a television device, including: receiving and installing a plurality of application programs in sequence; establishing an application program channel menu for the application programs, wherein the application programs are arranged according to the arrangement order in the application program channel menu and, receiving the channel selection instruction, providing the selected application program of the application program in the application program channel menu according to the channel selection instruction and the arrangement order to enter the executed program.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned sorting order is determined according to the order in which the application programs are installed.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the operating method of the application program further includes: according to the mode setting instruction, making the TV device display the application program channel menu and the physical channel menu, or making the TV device only display the physical channel menu according to the mode setting instruction .

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of "creating the application program channel menu for these application programs" includes: setting the application program channel codes corresponding to each application program according to the arrangement order.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the operating method of the application program further includes: when the selected application program is provided to enter the program to be executed, start a timing action; when the timing result of the timing action is greater than a preset value, execute the selected application program program; when the timing result of the timing action is not greater than the preset value, it is determined whether the execution command is received to execute the selected application program.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the operating method of the application further includes: receiving the extended application, and sorting the extended application and the application according to a sorting order, so that the extended application is added to the application channel menu.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the application operating method further includes: selecting at least one of the application programs as a selected removal application, and then removing the selected removal application from the television device and the application program channel menu.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the operating method of the application program further includes: hiding the selected application program in the application program channel menu.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the operating method of the application program further includes: selecting at least one hidden application program in the application program, and canceling the hidden state of the hidden application program so that the hidden application program is displayed in the application program channel menu.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the operating method of the application program further includes: selecting at least one monitored application program among the application programs, and adding Violence Chip (V-CHIP) information to the monitored application program.

The present invention further provides a television device, including an operation interface, a channel management module, and an application program management module. The operation interface is used for providing channel selection instructions. The channel management module is coupled to the operation interface, and the channel management module establishes an application program channel menu for multiple application programs, wherein the applications are arranged in the order of arrangement in the application program channel menu, and the channel management module is also based on the channel selection instruction And arrange the order to provide the selected application of the application in the application channel menu to enter the executed program. The application program management module is coupled to the channel management module for sequentially receiving and installing applications.

Based on the above, the present invention provides an application program channel menu for the application programs installed on the television device, and provides the user with the same application channel selection method as the physical channel, so as to activate the application programs in the television device. In this way, the user of the TV device can manage and execute the application program to be used according to the selection method of the physical channel that he is used to, so that the use of the application program of the TV device is more convenient and accepted by the public.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific embodiments are described in detail together with the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an operation method of an application program of a television device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates an implementation of the sequence of application programs of the embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 shows the relationship between the application program channel and the physical channel according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the start-up of the application program according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a user interface 500 of a television device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a television device 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of main component symbols

S110-S130: Steps of the operation method of the application program

310: Channel menu

311: Application channel menu

312～316: physical channel

3111~3113: Application channel

500: User Interface

510: Program management interface

520: App channel setting interface

511～515, 521, 522: function image

600: TV set

610: Operation interface

620: Channel Management Module

630: Application Management Module

6212: Application channel menu

6211: physical channel menu

621: Channel menu

631: Violent chip information

S410-S470: Steps of executing the application program

S1～S4: check the box

CS: channel selection command

Detailed ways

Please refer to FIG. 1 . FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of an application program of a television device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The steps of the operation method of the application program of the television device include: in step S110, receiving and installing a plurality of application programs in sequence. To explain in detail, the user can choose to download different application programs from one or more application program store by manipulating the TV device. These application programs will be sequentially downloaded to the television device according to the order in which the user chooses to download them. Incidentally, most of the application programs downloaded from the application program store are transmitted to the TV device in the form of compressed data. Therefore, after the application program is downloaded, the TV device will decompress the application program in the compressed data format, and then install the application program into the TV device.

Next, in step S120, the television device will create an application program channel menu for all installed application programs, wherein the application programs and physical channels are arranged according to an arrangement order in the application program channel menu, and the user can According to input channel selection command, and then choose to switch the physical channel or execute the application program. The application programs included in the application program channel menu will be arranged according to the order of arrangement. In this embodiment, the application programs that are downloaded and installed relatively earlier will be arranged in front of the application programs that are downloaded and installed relatively later , in other words, the order in which the applications are listed in the application channel menu is equal to the order in which the applications were installed.

In step S130, the TV device receives the channel selection instruction sent by the user, and corresponds to the application program channel menu according to the channel selection instruction. If the channel selection instruction corresponds to an application program, the selected application program will enter the program to be executed. . That is to say, when the user wants to switch the application program to be used, a channel selection instruction will be sent through the operation interface (such as a remote controller). At the same time, according to the channel selection instruction, the television device sequentially provides a selected application program according to the arrangement order of the application programs in the application program channel menu, and makes the selected application program enter the executed program. In addition, if the channel selection instruction received by the TV device corresponds to a program channel in the application channel menu, the TV device will still switch to the program channel for broadcasting.

In order to illustrate the actual operation of the embodiment of the present invention more clearly, a practical example will be provided below for the embodiment of the present invention for illustration.

Please refer to FIG. 2 . FIG. 2 illustrates an implementation manner of the arrangement order of the application programs of the embodiment of the invention. Among them, application program A to application program H are respectively installed in the television device. Wherein, the order to be installed is application program A→application program C→application program B→...→application program H. According to the installed order, the television device sets the application channel codes corresponding to the applications A to H respectively. In this embodiment, the application channel code set for application A is "-1", the application channel code set for application C is "-2", and the application channel code set for application B is "-1". The encoding is "-3", and so on for other applications, and the application program H is encoded as "-N" by the set application program channel, where N is a positive integer. Through this programming method, the user can operate the remote controller to select the application program to be executed in the manner of selecting a TV channel.

When the user performs an application switching action, for example, application C is executed, and the user sends a channel selection command through the remote control to select the previous application, the TV device will close application C and switch to application A to enter the program being executed. In contrast, if the user sends a channel selection command through the remote controller to select the next application program, the television device will close the application program C and switch to select the application program B to enter the program to be executed.

Please refer to FIG. 3 below. FIG. 3 shows the relationship between the application program channel and the physical channel according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the channel menu 310 shown in FIG. 3 , the channel menu 310 includes an application channel menu 311 composed of a plurality of application channels 3111 - 3113 and physical channels 312 and 313 . When the channel selection instruction is sent, the TV device will select to play one of the programs of the physical channels 312 and 313 or select the selected application in the application program channels 3111-3113 according to the arrangement order on the channel menu 310. program to enter the program being executed. That is to say, the entity channel and the application program channel can be switched and selected through the same channel selection instruction, and there is no need to provide an independent menu for the application program channel for the user to select.

In addition, if the user does not intend to execute the application program at all, but only wants to watch the programs broadcast on the physical channel, the user can send a mode setting command through the remote control to make the TV device switch the provided channel menu 310 to a channel Menu 320. In the channel menu 320, only the physical channels 312-316 are listed, that is, in this mode, the user can only choose to watch the programs played by the physical channels 312-316, but will not select or switch to the application program.

It should be noted that the user can make the TV device provide the channel menu 310 or the channel menu 320 by repeatedly sending the mode setting command. That is to say, the user can arbitrarily select the desired channel menu according to his needs.

Please refer to FIG. 4 below. FIG. 4 is a flow chart of an execution program of an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S410, a channel selection instruction sent by the user is received, and the original channel on which the television device is located is switched to the previous or next channel according to the channel selection instruction. Next, in step S420, it is determined whether the updated channel is an application program channel or a physical channel, and if the updated channel is a physical channel, step S430 is executed to switch the TV device to play the program of the selected physical channel. In contrast, if the updated channel is an application program channel, step S440 is executed to start the timing action. In step S450, when the confirmation execution command sent by the user is received, the selected application program in the updated channel starts to be executed immediately. In addition, if the timing result of the timing action is greater than a preset time value (S460), the television device will automatically execute step S470 to start executing the selected application in the updated channel immediately.

The above-mentioned time default value can be set by the designer of the TV device, of course, the TV device can also provide a setting interface for the user to set by himself. The design of this time default value is to prevent the user from switching quickly. When the application channel is used to find the application to be executed, especially when the previous channel (ChannelUp) or the next channel (ChannelDown) button is switched on the remote control, the system will continuously load the switched application to start execution. Then because the user switches the channel again, the execution is interrupted and other applications need to be loaded, resulting in a waste of system resources. Therefore, this time default value is set so that the TV system will stop when an application program stays on the channel for more than the time preset value. Load and execute the corresponding application program; if the user wants to omit the waiting time of the preset time value, he can also press a button on the remote control to send a confirmation execution command after switching to the application program channel he wants to find. , when it is determined that the execution command is validly accepted, the timing action in step S440 may be stopped, and the timing result may be reset to zero. In addition, the TV system can also be set to: when the user selects a specific application program channel by inputting numbers, the system will immediately load the application program and execute it without waiting for a preset time.

Please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a schematic diagram of a user interface 500 of a television device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The user interface 500 is provided for the user to perform multiple setting actions related to the application program. Wherein, the user interface 500 includes an application program management interface 510 and an application program channel setting interface 520 . Functional images 511-515 are provided in the application management interface 510 to respectively correspond to a plurality of application management functions such as setting groups, setting favorites, selecting an application store, removing an application, and managing application channels. For example, when the function of removing the application program 514 is executed, the television device will provide a list of application programs for selection, and one or more selected removal applications will be displayed on the television device and in the application program channel Remove from the menu. In addition, the TV device can also choose whether to reorder the applications that have not been removed according to the order in which they were installed, that is, after removing the selected application, the applications that have not been removed can remain The original sort order or change the sort order.

In contrast, when the function of the application program store 513 is executed, the TV device can receive the newly added extended application, and sort the extended application and the original application according to the order in which they are installed, and make the extended application Added to the app channel menu.

The application channel setting interface 520 is displayed when the application channel management 515 function is selected. The application channel setting interface 520 provides settings for hiding or displaying the application. Among them, by selecting the function image 521 of all hiding, all application channels can be completely hidden in the application channel menu, and by selecting the function image 522 of all display, all application channels can be fully hidden in the application channel menu. is displayed (unhidden). Settings to hide or show each application channel. Then, it can be set by checking the check boxes S1 - S4 corresponding to each application program in the application program channel list 523 . In this embodiment, the check boxes S1 , S2 and S4 are checked, and the check box S3 is not checked. That is to say, the application channels of application A, application C, and application D will be displayed in the application channel menu, while application B is selected to hide the application, and the application channel of application B is displayed in the application channel menu. It is hidden in the program channel menu.

In addition, like general TV channel programs, in order to implement the age rating system of application programs, the embodiment of the present invention can select at least one of the installed application programs as the monitored application program, and add a Violence Chip (ViolenceChip) to the monitored application program. , V-CHIP) information to set the usage permissions of the monitored application, and allow users to obtain the usage permissions by displaying the qualification authentication requirements that require entering the correct password or passing other authentication methods, so as to prevent underage users from accessing Adult Information. Another embodiment of the present invention may also require user authentication through qualification authentication requirements, so as to prevent unauthorized users from executing applications without authorization.

Please refer to FIG. 6 below. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a television device 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The television device 600 includes an operation interface 610 , a channel management module 620 and an application program management module 630 . The operation interface 610 is used to provide a channel selection command CS. The channel selection command CS may directly select a specific channel, sequentially select a previous or next channel, or other possible channel selection commands. The channel management module 620 is coupled to the operation interface 610, and the channel management module 620 creates an application program channel menu 6212 for multiple applications, wherein the applications are arranged in the application program channel menu 6212 according to the arrangement order. The channel management module 620 also provides the selected application program of the application program in the application program channel menu 6212 according to the channel selection command CS and the arrangement order to enter the executed program. The application management module 630 is coupled to the channel management module 620 for sequentially receiving and installing applications.

In addition, the channel management module 620 also has a physical channel menu 6211 , wherein the physical channel menu 6211 and the application program channel menu 6212 are combined into a channel menu 621 . The TV device 600 provides a channel menu 621 for the user to select a program of a physical channel to watch or to select an application program to be executed.

Incidentally, the application program management module 630 also includes access chip information 631 corresponding to the monitored application program, which is used to restrict the use authority of the monitored application program.

The details of the operation of the application programs of the television device 600 have been described in detail in the foregoing embodiments and implementations, and will not be described in detail below.

To sum up, the present invention establishes an application program channel menu according to the arrangement order of the application programs, and provides a channel menu combining the application program channel menu and the physical channel menu for users to choose. In this way, the user can select and execute the application program through the well-known operation interface of the physical channel, which effectively improves the convenience of use of the television device.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above with the embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any person skilled in the art may make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. a method of operation for the application program of television equipment, comprising:

Read an application program channel menu, this application program channel menu sets up according to a plurality of set up applications and a physical channels menu, and wherein those application programs put in order according to one and arrange in this application program channel menu; And

Receive a channel selection instruction, according to this channel selection instruction and this application program channel menu to select in those application programs and to perform one by the application program selected, wherein when this choose application program be provided to enter be performed program time, start a timing action;

When determining that the timing result of this timing action is greater than a preset value, performing this and choosing application program;

When the timing result of this timing action is not more than a preset value, whether foundation receives one is determined that fill order chooses application program to perform this; And

When this determines that fill order is received, perform this and choose application program, and the timing result of this timing action is made zero.

2. the method for operation of application program according to claim 1, wherein this mounted order put in order according to those application programs decides.

3. the method for operation of application program according to claim 1, wherein also comprises:

According to a pattern setting instruction, make this television equipment show this application program channel menu and this physical channels menu, or make this television equipment only show this physical channels menu according to this pattern setting instruction.

4. the method for operation of application program according to claim 1, wherein also comprises:

Receive one and expand application program; And

Put in order for this expansion application program and those application programs sort according to this, and this expansion application program is added in this application program channel menu.

5. the method for operation of application program according to claim 1, wherein also comprises:

Receive a selection instruction select those application programs at least one of them is chosen as one and removes application program;

Remove to install and delete this and choose and remove application program; And

Choose remove application program by removing this in this application program channel menu.

6. the method for operation of application program according to claim 1, wherein also comprises:

Receive one first selection instruction select those application programs at least one of them chooses hide application program as one; And

Choose hide application program to upgrade this application program channel menu according to this and this puts in order, wherein this does not have this and chooses hide application program in putting in order, and does not show this in this application program channel menu and choose hide application program.

7. the method for operation of application program according to claim 6, wherein also comprises:

Receive at least one that one second selection instruction selects in those application programs and be hidden application program; And

Be hidden this application program channel menu of application program update according to this and this puts in order, wherein this is hidden application program and is displayed in this application program channel menu.

8. the method for operation of application program according to claim 1, wherein also comprises:

Judge whether this is had a violence wafer data by the application program selected; And

A qualification authentication requirement is shown according to this violence wafer data.

9. a television equipment, comprising:

One operation interface, in order to receive a channel selection instruction;

One channel manage module, couple this operation interface, this channel manage module sets up an application program channel menu for most application programs, wherein those application programs put in order arrange according to one in this application program channel menu, and what this channel manage module also performed in those application programs according to this channel selection instruction and this application program channel menu one chooses application program; And

One application program management module, couples this channel manage module, in order to install those application programs, wherein when this choose application program be provided to enter be performed program time, start a timing action;

When determining that the timing result of this timing action is greater than a preset value, performing this and choosing application program;

When the timing result of this timing action is not more than a preset value, whether foundation receives one is determined that fill order chooses application program to perform this; And

When this determines that fill order is received, perform this and choose application program, and the timing result of this timing action is made zero.

10. television equipment according to claim 9, wherein this mounted order put in order according to those application programs decides.

11. television equipments according to claim 9, wherein this channel manage module also has a physical channels menu, this channel manage module also sets instruction according to a pattern, make this television equipment show this application program channel menu and a physical channels menu, or make this television equipment only show this physical channels menu according to this pattern setting instruction.

12. television equipments according to claim 9, wherein have adult's information management module in this application program management module, this adult's information management module produces a qualification authentication requirement according at least one of them the violence wafer data in those application programs.