CN1981504A - Method and apparatus for sequencing media services and program packages - Google Patents
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本专利申请要求2004年5月4日提交的、名为“Method and Meansto Support Default Services,Service and Package Ranking,andReplacement Services with Multiple Service Retailers”的临时申请No.60/568,325以及2004年11月4日提交的、名为“Method and Means toSupport Default Services,Service and Package Ranking,andReplacement Services with Multiple Service Retailers”的临时申请No.60/625,637的优先权,这些临时申请被转让给这里的受让人并在此将其明确地引入作为参考。This patent application claims Provisional Application No. 60/568,325, filed May 4, 2004, entitled "Method and Means to Support Default Services, Service and Package Ranking, and Replacement Services with Multiple Service Retailers" and filed November 4, 2004 Priority to Provisional Application No. 60/625,637, filed "Method and Means to Support Default Services, Service and Package Ranking, and Replacement Services with Multiple Service Retailers," assigned to the assignee herein and registered at It is hereby expressly incorporated by reference.
技术领域technical field
本发明涉及用于向移动设备分发多媒体内容的方法、装置和系统。The present invention relates to methods, apparatus and systems for distributing multimedia content to mobile devices.
背景技术Background technique
第二代(2G)网络包括码分多址(CDMA)和全球移动通信系统(GSM)网络并为数字语音编码提供无线连接。第三代(3G)移动网络提供接近有线宽带连接的蜂窝数据速率。这些3G移动网络对于在世界上各处提供的丰富多样的服务而言是强健的传送机制。从基于CDMA2000的网络到基于WCDMA(宽带码分多址)的网络,蜂窝用户能够访问曾经仅能从有线台式计算机获得的服务和信息。使用第三代技术,现在可以向这些移动设备传送应用和多媒体服务,比如流视频文件和交互式电视节目。Second generation (2G) networks include Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) networks and provide wireless connectivity for digital speech encoding. Third generation (3G) mobile networks offer cellular data rates approaching that of wired broadband connections. These 3G mobile networks are a robust delivery mechanism for the rich variety of services offered throughout the world. From CDMA2000-based networks to WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access)-based networks, cellular users have been able to access services and information once only available from wired desktop computers. Using third-generation technology, applications and multimedia services, such as streaming video files and interactive television programs, can now be delivered to these mobile devices.
WCDMA也被称为通用移动电信系统(UMTS)并且与CDMA2000一起表示在服务和数据速率方面从现今的2G移动网络的演变。期望由ITU(国际电信联盟)确定的UMTS和CDMA2000第三代移动技术包括如下能力及特征,比如:增强的多媒体(语音、数据、视频、和远程控制)、在所有流行模式(蜂窝式电话、电子邮件、寻呼、传真、视频会议、和网络浏览)上的可用性、宽带宽和高速(2Mbps以上)路由灵活性(中继器、卫星、LAN)、在近似2GHz频率上工作、及遍及欧洲、日本、和北美的漫游能力。WCDMA is also known as Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) and together with CDMA2000 represents an evolution from today's 2G mobile networks in terms of services and data rates. It is expected that UMTS and CDMA2000 third-generation mobile technology defined by ITU (International Telecommunication Union) include the following capabilities and features, such as: enhanced multimedia (voice, data, video, and remote control), in all popular modes (cellular phone, E-mail, paging, fax, video conferencing, and web browsing), wide bandwidth and high-speed (2Mbps and above) routing flexibility (repeaters, satellite, LAN), operates on approximately 2GHz frequency, and throughout Europe , Japan, and North America roaming capabilities.
现今的移动客户已经表明了对“非语音”和其他新服务的期望。每个月多于240亿的文本消息被发送,并且现在客户正选择多媒体消息服务(MMS),其是增加有图片和声音元素的文本消息的演变。CDMA2000和UMTS将向着移动多媒体的未来建立这些首先的步骤,其允许运营商向客户提供新服务。Today's mobile customers have expressed their expectations for "non-voice" and other new services. More than 24 billion text messages are sent every month, and customers are now opting for Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), which is an evolution of text messages with added picture and sound elements. CDMA2000 and UMTS will establish these first steps towards a mobile multimedia future that allows operators to offer new services to customers.
这些强健的移动网和复杂手持设备的可用性,结合对媒体内容日益增加的客户要求,已经产生了以考虑市场战略的方式向订户呈现媒体服务的改进的方法的需要。The availability of these robust mobile networks and sophisticated handheld devices, combined with increasing consumer demand for media content, has created a need for improved methods of presenting media services to subscribers in a manner that considers market strategies.
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描述了用于对媒体服务和节目包进行排序的媒体分发方法和装置。对媒体服务进行排序,这允许依照排序后的媒体服务在移动设备上显示视频和音频节目服务。例如,包含多个服务的节目包将按特定的顺序对服务进行排序并且所述服务之一能充当该节目包的缺省服务。当用户开启所述移动设备或访问媒体服务时,所述用户将被呈现给她订购的节目包的所述缺省服务。所述缺省服务可以是每个节目包的最高排序的服务。因此,服务和内容提供商可以控制首先呈现给用户何种媒体服务以及向用户显示媒体信息的顺序。Media distribution methods and apparatus for sequencing media services and program packages are described. Sorts the media services, which allows video and audio programming services to be displayed on the mobile device in accordance with the sorted media services. For example, a package containing multiple services will have the services ordered in a particular order and one of the services could serve as the default service for the package. When a user turns on the mobile device or accesses a media service, the user will be presented with the default service for the package she has subscribed to. The default service may be the highest ranked service per package. Thus, service and content providers can control which media services are first presented to users and the order in which media information is presented to users.
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图1是无线网络的移动设备的一个实例的图例;Figure 1 is an illustration of an example of a mobile device of a wireless network;
图2是可以被用于提供改进的订购方法的媒体分发系统的一个实例的方框图;Figure 2 is a block diagram of one example of a media distribution system that can be used to provide an improved ordering method;
图3A和图3B例示了缺省服务与服务及包的排序之间的关系的一个实例;和Figures 3A and 3B illustrate an example of the relationship between default services and the ordering of services and packages; and
图4是例示了用于使用服务排序和缺省服务来呈现媒体信息的方法的一个实例的流程图。4 is a flowchart illustrating one example of a method for presenting media information using service ordering and default services.
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描述了用于为了对向用户呈现媒体信息进行改进的控制,对媒体服务(服务)和节目包(包)进行排序以及定义缺省服务或包的方法和装置。对服务和包进行排序以及基于这些排序定义缺省服务,这允许服务和内容提供商确定用户首先看到何种信息以及所述信息按何种顺序呈现给用户。在控制媒体信息呈现给用户的顺序中存在商用价值,并且所公开的方法强调这种商用价值。在一个实例中,在工作在无线通信环境中的移动设备处接收媒体服务和包。Methods and apparatus are described for ordering media services (services) and program packages (packages) and defining default services or packages for improved control over the presentation of media information to users. Ranking services and packages and defining default services based on these ranks allows service and content providers to determine what information a user sees first and in what order the information is presented to the user. There is commercial value in controlling the order in which media information is presented to a user, and the disclosed methods emphasize this commercial value. In one example, media services and packages are received at a mobile device operating in a wireless communication environment.
图1是无线网络的移动设备的一个实例的图例。所述移动设备100包括存储器模块102、显示模块104、诸如字母数字键排列或操纵杆的输入模块106、至少一个微处理器108、和天线模块110。所述输入模块106允许订户与所述移动设备100交互。所述天线模块110能发送并接收无线信息。在这个实例中,当用户开启所述移动设备100或从所述移动设备100的屏幕菜单上选择查看媒体内容的选项时,所述微处理器模块108使用诸如装载到所述存储器模块102上的软件应用程序的一组指令,依据传送到所述移动设备的所指定的排序,使用显示模块104显示媒体信息。所述排序信息还可以基于传送到所述移动设备的一组指令在所述移动设备处生成。本方法可以在例如诸如PDA、蜂窝式电话或个人媒体播放器之类的移动设备上实践。下面提供关于在所述移动设备100上实现本方法的其他细节。Figure 1 is an illustration of one example of a mobile device of a wireless network. The
应该理解的是,媒体信息包括诸如媒体服务、媒体包、节目指南和媒体内容之类的事物。媒体内容指的是诸如媒体节目或广告的媒体表示。媒体服务指的是一序列的媒体表示。媒体服务包括诸如电视和有线网、一组广告、每查看事件的付费等之类的事物。诸如节目或媒体包的包,指的是一个或多个媒体服务的集合。缺省服务指的是当用户在没有作出明确的服务选择时,在用户移动设备上显示的服务。例如,所述缺省服务可以是利用显示模块104自动显示的电视网输入或存储的视频信息。所述缺省服务也可以是依据由服务提供商确定的排序信息组织的节目指南,或者它可以是自动显示在预览窗口中的服务。缺省服务可以是用户可见的,或者它们可以是不可见的服务。不可见的服务不会利用显示模块104显示,但是可以用于向所述移动设备100传送广告。It should be understood that media information includes such things as media services, media packages, program guides, and media content. Media content refers to media representations such as media programs or advertisements. A media service refers to a sequence of media representations. Media services include such things as television and cable networks, a set of advertisements, pay-per-view events, and the like. A package, such as a program or a media package, refers to a collection of one or more media services. The default service refers to the service displayed on the user's mobile device when the user does not make an explicit service selection. For example, the default service may be video feeds or stored video information displayed automatically by a television network using the
图2是能被用于提供排序方案的媒体分发系统的一个实例的方框图。所述媒体分发系统200包括媒体核心网络202、至少一个内容提供商206、移动设备208、服务提供商210、和分发系统212。所述媒体核心网络202包含服务器组件204,其用于共同提供来自各个内容提供商206的媒体内容聚集、对媒体的调度、管理媒体内容的数字权以及许可、订购和媒体分发。所述分发系统212管理例如到所述内容提供商206、所述移动设备208和所述服务提供商(零售提供商)210的这种传送。所述分发系统还向所述移动设备208分发软件应用程序以及管理帐单和其他计费需求。基于传送调度,所述媒体核心网络202向移动设备208发送媒体信息以及关联的节目信息。Figure 2 is a block diagram of one example of a media distribution system that can be used to provide a ranking scheme. The media distribution system 200 includes a media core network 202 , at least one content provider 206 , a mobile device 208 , a service provider 210 , and a distribution system 212 . The media core network 202 includes a server component 204 for collectively providing aggregation of media content from various content providers 206, scheduling of media, managing digital rights of media content, and licensing, ordering and distribution of media. The distribution system 212 manages such delivery to, for example, the content provider 206 , the mobile device 208 and the service provider (retail provider) 210 . The distribution system also distributes software applications to the mobile devices 208 and manages billing and other billing requirements. Based on a delivery schedule, the media core network 202 sends the media information and associated program information to the mobile device 208 .
在这个实例中,所述媒体分发系统202是无线通信系统。作为具体实例,参考CDMA通信系统来讨论该实施例。对于本领域的一个普通技术人员说,CDMA通信系统的原理,以及尤其用于生成在通信信道上传输的扩频信号的一般原理是公知的。需要理解的是,对于描述的或所指的任何无线通信系统,它指的是数字信号技术以及用于承载信号的网络。替代CDMA,所述无线通信系统可以是频分多址(FDMA)系统,诸如GSM的时分多址(TDMA)系统、GSM/GPRS(通用分组无线业务)、EDGE(增强型数据GSM环境)或TETRA(陆地集群无线电,用于服务行业的移动电话技术)、WCDMA或其他高数据速率(1xEV-DO或1xEV-DO黄金多播)系统、或通常的任何无线通信系统。In this example, the media distribution system 202 is a wireless communication system. As a specific example, this embodiment is discussed with reference to a CDMA communication system. The principles of CDMA communication systems, and in particular the general principles for generating spread spectrum signals for transmission over communication channels, are well known to one of ordinary skill in the art. It is to be understood that for any wireless communication system described or referred to it refers to the digital signal technology and the network used to carry the signal. Instead of CDMA, the wireless communication system may be a Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) system, such as a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) system of GSM, GSM/GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Environment) or TETRA (terrestrial trunked radio, mobile phone technology for the service industry), WCDMA or other high data rate (1xEV-DO or 1xEV-DO Golden Multicast) systems, or generally any wireless communication system.
服务提供商210操作所述媒体分发系统200并控制对由所述内容提供商206提供的服务的传送。所述媒体核心网络202向订户的移动设备208提供以节目包形式分组的服务。所述媒体核心网络202为所述服务提供商210提供接口,以创建并定义所述节目包和服务以及它们的排序。由服务提供商210使用所述媒体核心网络202的服务器组件204来将由所述内容提供商206提供的服务配置成排序后的节目包和/或排序后的媒体服务。经由分发系统212,将排序后的信息传送到移动设备208。通过对包和服务进行排序,所述服务提供商210能控制将向用户显示的最先服务以及用户可得到的服务和服务包的顺序。内容提供商206将付额外费用以获得较高排序,从而可被用户更快地访问。服务提供商可以使用排序来提升对特定服务或包的订购。A service provider 210 operates the media distribution system 200 and controls the delivery of services provided by the content provider 206 . The media core network 202 provides services grouped in program packages to subscribers' mobile devices 208 . The media core network 202 provides an interface for the service provider 210 to create and define the program packages and services and their ordering. The server component 204 of the media core network 202 is used by a service provider 210 to configure services provided by the content provider 206 into ordered program packages and/or ordered media services. The ordered information is communicated to mobile device 208 via distribution system 212 . By ordering the packages and services, the service provider 210 can control the first services that will be displayed to the user and the order of services and service packages available to the user. The content provider 206 will pay extra to have a higher ranking and thus be more quickly accessible by the user. Sorting can be used by service providers to promote subscriptions to specific services or packages.
为每个服务和每个节目包给予一个构成排序的值。在一个实例中,由节目包的成组的服务排序值的和来确定该节目包的排序。在另一个实例中,通过考虑其他因素,诸如所感知的消费价值或为了促销新服务或一次体育竞赛,可以调整节目包的排序。下面讨论在CDMA媒体分发系统200的环境中执行所述方法的其他细节。Each service and each program package is given a value that constitutes the order. In one example, the ranking of the program package is determined by the sum of the grouped service ranking values of the program package. In another example, the ordering of the program packages may be adjusted by taking into account other factors, such as perceived consumption value or to promote a new service or a sporting event. Further details of performing the method in the context of the CDMA media distribution system 200 are discussed below.
图3A和图3B例示了缺省服务与服务及包的排序之间关系的一个实例。表300包含一列排序后的包310和一列排序后的服务312。以额外费用包314具有最高包排序以及自动订购的包316具有最低包排序的顺序来对列310的包进行排序。为了简单,在这个实例中每个包被示出包含两个服务。每个包内的服务也被排序,使得属于最高的排序包,额外费用包314的服务A,被排序在同一包的服务B之上。服务A也恰好是表300中最高排序的服务。Figures 3A and 3B illustrate an example of the relationship between default services and the ordering of services and packets. Table 300 contains a list of ordered
在图3A的所述实例中,示出了在用户订购服务包之前的缺省服务关系。在用户订购服务包之前,用户自动地订购自动订购包316。自动订购包316不需要任何用户交互来产生订购并且仅包含具有诸如服务媒体预览、每查看付费选项或消费产品广告之类的媒体内容的有限服务。如表300所示,自动订购包316的服务R被排序在同一包的服务S之上。在这个实例中,用户在她的订购状态可得到的最高排序的服务被定义为缺省服务318。因为用户只能访问自动订购包316,所以服务R是缺省服务并且当用户启动移动设备或从屏幕上菜单选择查看媒体内容时,服务R将被显示给用户。如上所述,如果服务R和S是不可见服务,那么服务R将不会被显示给用户,但是将由设备用于诸如广告传送之类的事情。In the illustrated example of FIG. 3A, the default service relationship is shown prior to the user ordering a service package. The user automatically subscribes to the auto-
在图3B的实例中,用户订购扩展的基本包320。扩展的基本包320包含服务C和D,其中服务C是包320中具有最高排序的服务。在这个实例中,用户对扩展的基本包320的订购允许用户访问服务C、D、P、Q、R和S。如果缺省服务被定义为用户访问的具有最高排序的服务,那么服务C是缺省服务322。因此,当订购扩展的基本包320的用户启动移动设备或者从移动设备的屏幕上菜单选择查看媒体内容时,服务C将被自动显示。In the example of FIG. 3B , a user subscribes to an expanded
当在移动设备运行媒体节目指南时,以预览模式自动显示来自缺省服务的媒体内容。可得到的服务也可以依据排序后的服务顺序被排列在所显示的媒体节目指南中。因此,当用户滚动列在节目指南中的可用服务时,用户将能够在具有较低排序的服务之前看到并选择具有较高排序的服务。在一个实例中,包内服务排序的顺序将最高的排序分配给最昂贵的服务并将它排列在列表的顶部,以及将最便宜的排列在列表的底部。在另一个实例中,缺省顺序考虑正在有限时间内特别促销的服务,例如,诸如来自新内容提供商或现有内容提供商的用于促销诸如新的新闻台或新的体育频道的具体媒体的服务。When running a media program guide on a mobile device, media content from a default service is automatically displayed in preview mode. The available services may also be arranged in the displayed media programming guide according to the sorted service order. Thus, when a user scrolls through the available services listed in the program guide, the user will be able to see and select services with a higher rank before services with a lower rank. In one example, the order of service ordering within the package assigns the highest ordering to the most expensive service and ranks it at the top of the list, and the least expensive at the bottom of the list. In another example, the default order considers services that are being specially promoted for a limited time, for example, such as from a new content provider or an existing content provider to promote specific media such as a new news station or a new sports channel services.
如果由订户或服务提供商排除(取消或临时阻塞)缺省服务,那么在排序顺序中的下一个服务成为缺省服务。例如,如果订户的移动设备物理上移动到诸如对于体育比赛,例如,足球比赛而言被局部中断的中断区,则服务在该订户的移动设备上不可用。因此,在图3B的所述实例中,如果服务C被取消或阻塞,下一个最高排序的服务,服务D将成为缺省服务322。然而,诸如自动订购包的一些节目包是不可排除的(不可取消的),以允许诸如广告的内容在移动设备上总是为以预览模式或全屏模式进行的显示可用。If the default service is excluded (cancelled or temporarily blocked) by the subscriber or service provider, then the next service in the sorted order becomes the default service. For example, if a subscriber's mobile device physically moves into an outage area such as is partially interrupted for a sporting event, eg, a soccer game, the service is unavailable on the subscriber's mobile device. Thus, in the depicted example of FIG. 3B , if service C is canceled or blocked, the next highest ranked service, service D, will become the
排序方案还可以用于改进订购过程。订购可用的节目包也可以依据排序后的顺序被呈现给用户。因此,通过确定节目包的排序,服务提供商能控制哪个节目包被更显著地呈现给用户。较高排序的包越容易由用户访问,并且因此服务提供商能向内容提供商收取用于将他们的服务指定为具有较高排序的节目包的额外费用。Sorting schemes can also be used to improve the ordering process. Subscription available packages may also be presented to the user in a sorted order. Thus, by determining the ordering of the program packages, the service provider can control which program package is more prominently presented to the user. Higher-ranked packages are more accessible to users, and therefore service providers can charge content providers a premium for designating their services as having higher-ranked packages.
图4是例示了用于使用服务排序和缺省服务来呈现媒体信息的方法的一个实例的流程图。在步骤402,服务提供商使用诸如图2中服务器组件204的排序装置,对媒体服务和节目包进行排序。如上所述,所述服务提供商能使用多种排序方案来最大化媒体服务的商用价值。在步骤404,诸如图2中服务器组件204的用于生成排序信息的装置,生成排序信息。所述排序信息包括媒体服务、节目包、或两者的排序。4 is a flowchart illustrating one example of a method for presenting media information using service ordering and default services. At
在步骤406,诸如图2中服务器组件204和分发系统212的调制装置和发送装置,调制并发送排序信息以及媒体信息。依据诸如CDMA网络的无线方案,媒体信息和排序信息被调制并发送到移动设备。也能使用其他无线方案,例如,诸如CDMA、CDMA2000、GSM、WCDMA、GSM/GPRS/WCDMA、TDMA、TDMA/EDGE和TETRA。所发送的信息包括涉及节目包排序信息的订购信息。这个订购信息能被用于依照由服务提供商确定的顺序来显示订购可用的包。服务提供商也能向移动设备传送用于确定缺省服务的指令。In
在步骤408,诸如图1中天线模块110的接收装置在移动设备处接收媒体信息和排序信息。在步骤410,依据与服务提供商使用的方案相同的各自无线方案,由诸如图1中天线模块110以及微处理器模块108和存储器模块102的解调装置,解调所述媒体信息和排序信息。在步骤412,移动设备使用排序信息来按排序后的顺序排列用于显示的媒体服务或包。In
移动设备也可以接收或被装载用于基于排序信息从媒体信息中确定缺省服务的指令。在步骤414,移动设备使用诸如图1中微处理器模块108的指定装置,将传送到移动设备的多个媒体服务中的一个媒体服务指定为所述缺省服务。如上所述,缺省服务可以是基于移动设备的当前订购状态可为用户得到的最高排序的服务。所述缺省服务可以是基于诸如服务提供商运行具体促销的努力的多种其他因素。如果所述缺省服务被排除或抑制,移动设备将依据用于确定缺省服务的指令将缺省服务重新指定为非排除、非抑制的服务。重新指定的缺省服务可以是下一个可用的最高排序后的服务。The mobile device may also receive or be loaded with instructions for determining a default service from the media information based on the ranking information. In
当启动移动设备时或当移动设备接收来自图1中输入模块106的指令以显示媒体内容时,移动设备依据排序后的顺序显示媒体信息。在步骤416,诸如图1中显示模块104的显示装置显示缺省服务,或者可供选择地,按排序后的顺序显示媒体服务。显示模块104生成并显示媒体节目指南,其中按排序后的顺序列出服务/节目。缺省服务是在所述节目指南中列出的第一个服务/节目并且也能被显示在所述节目指南内的预览窗口中。或者,显示模块104能直接以全屏显示缺省服务,而不需要响应于查看媒体内容的请求而呈现节目指南。所述节目指南可以包括所有排序后的服务或仅包括基于当前订购状态而可为移动设备所用的那些服务。移动设备还能使用排序信息,通过依据服务提供商的偏好按排序后的顺序向用户呈现订购选项来增强订购功能。When the mobile device is activated or when the mobile device receives an instruction from the
应该认识到,不存在对能用于提供被成组为包的服务的内容提供商的数量的限制。可以不使用一致的方法确定排序,即,可以使用不同的因子和/或算法来确定来自不同内容提供商的服务的排序。对一些服务或对所有服务可以使用加权因子来确定排序。如果使用加权因子,可以由服务提供商单独确定或通过与每个内容提供商单独或一起协商来确定这些因子。优先权位置可以是在媒体节目指南中显示的最高位置。It should be appreciated that there is no limit to the number of content providers that can be used to provide services grouped into packages. The ranking may not be determined using a consistent method, ie, different factors and/or algorithms may be used to determine the ranking of services from different content providers. Weighting factors may be used to determine ranking for some services or for all services. If weighting factors are used, they may be determined individually by the service provider or negotiated with each content provider individually or together. The priority position may be the highest position displayed in the media programming guide.
应该明白的是,任何媒体的分组都是可能的。在一个实例中,单个的节目可以被成组为一个服务,多个服务可以被成组为一级,节目包可以是一束服务和/或级,树可以是成束的包组等。移动设备能按排序后的顺序显示订购可得到的一组节目包。在每个节目包内成组的服务可以随同他们各自的节目包一起显示或直到节目包被选择时才显示。按排序后的顺序显示成组的服务。不在节目包内成组的单个服务,例如,诸如每查看付费,能与成组的服务一起显示。通过排序过程也能确定用于与成组服务一起显示单个服务的顺序。It should be appreciated that any grouping of media is possible. In one example, a single program may be grouped into a service, multiple services may be grouped into a class, a program package may be a bundle of services and/or classes, a tree may be a bundle of packages, and so on. The mobile device can display the set of program packages available for subscription in sorted order. Grouped services within each package may be displayed with their respective package or not displayed until the package is selected. Displays grouped services in sorted order. Individual services that are not grouped within a package, such as pay per view, for example, can be displayed with grouped services. The order in which individual services are displayed together with grouped services can also be determined by a sorting process.
移动设备可以具有订购信息,例如,最初由原始设备制造商(OEM)安装的媒体支持数据,比如包排序、服务排序和缺省信息。移动设备还可以通过无线通信在以后的日期将订购传送到该移动设备。Mobile devices may have ordering information, eg, media support data such as package ordering, service ordering, and default information, originally installed by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). The mobile device can also communicate the order to the mobile device at a later date via wireless communication.
本领域的技术人员应该理解的是,可以使用各种不同的工艺和技术表示信息和信号。例如,在遍及上面描述中引用的数据、指令、命令、信息、信号、比特、符号、和码片可以用电压、电流、电磁波、磁场或粒子、光学场或粒子、或上述的任意组合表示。Those of skill in the art would understand that information and signals may be represented using a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips referenced throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.
技术人员还需要明白的是,结合这里公开的实例描述的各个例示性的逻辑块、模块、和算法步骤可以实现为电子硬件、计算机软件、或两者的组合。为了清楚地说明硬件和软件的这种可交换性,上面已经描述了各个例示性的组件、块、模块、电路、和步骤。这样的结构是实现为硬件还是软件,这取决于特定的应用和施加于整个系统上的设计限制。熟练人员可以为每个特定应用以变化的方式实现所描述的功能,但是这样的实现决定不应该被解释为导致脱离所公开的方法的范围。It should also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that each illustrative logical block, module, and algorithm step described in connection with the examples disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above. Whether such structures are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the disclosed method.
可以使用一个或更多个通用处理器、数字信号处理器(DSP)、专用集成电路(ASIC)、现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)或者其他可编程的逻辑设备、分立门或者晶体管逻辑、分立硬件组件、或被设计为执行这里描述的功能的任意组合实现或执行结合这里所公开的实例描述的各个例示性的逻辑块、模块、和电路。通用处理器可以是微处理器,或者所述处理器可以是任何常规的处理器、控制器、微控制器、或者状态机。处理器也可能被实现为计算设备的组合,例如,DSP和微处理器的组合,多个微处理器,一个或者更多个结合DSP内核的微处理器,或者任何其他此种配置。One or more general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSPs), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware may be used The components, or any combination designed to perform the functions described herein, implement or perform the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the examples disclosed herein. A general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor, or the processor can be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, eg, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.
结合这里所公开的实例描述的方法或者算法的步骤可直接体现为硬件,由处理器执行的软件模块,或者这二者的组合。软件模块可能驻留在RAM存储器、闪存、ROM存储器、EPROM存储器、EEPROM存储器、寄存器、硬盘、移动磁盘、CD-ROM、或者本领域熟知的任何其他形式的存储介质中。一利示例性的存储介质与处理器耦合,使得处理器能够从该存储介质中读信息,以及可向该存储介质写信息。在替代方案中,存储介质可以与处理器集成。处理器和存储介质可能驻留在专用集成电路(ASIC)中并且该ASIC可能驻留在无线调制解调器中,或者处理器和存储介质可以作为分立组件驻留在所述无线调制解调器中。The steps of methods or algorithms described in conjunction with the examples disclosed herein may be directly embodied as hardware, as software modules executed by a processor, or a combination of both. A software module may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integrated with the processor. The processor and storage medium may reside in an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and the ASIC may reside in the wireless modem, or the processor and storage medium may reside as discrete components in the wireless modem.
提供实例的上述描述可使得本领域的任何技术人员能够实现或者使用所公开的实例。对于本领域的技术人员来说,这些实例的各种修改将是显而易见的,并且这里所定义的原理在不脱离所公开方法的主旨和范围的基础上可以应用于其他实例。The above description of the examples is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the disclosed examples. Various modifications to these examples will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the principles defined herein may be applied to other examples without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosed methods.
应该注意的是,所公开的方法能被用于内容提供商喜欢生成的任何形式的内容。可以以与内容提供商和/或服务提供商的决定一致的任何方式实现按顺序显示节目包和/或服务、或者指定缺省服务、或者将节目包和/或服务提供为可见的或不可见的,可排除的或不可排除的。因此,所公开的方法并不限于这里示出的实例,而是与符合这里公开的原理和新颖特征的最广范围相一致。It should be noted that the disclosed method can be used for any form of content that the content provider likes to generate. Sequential display of packages and/or services, or designation of default services, or rendering of packages and/or services visible or invisible may be accomplished in any manner consistent with the decision of the content provider and/or service provider , may or may not be excluded. Thus, the disclosed methods are not limited to the examples shown here but are to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
所公开的实例的方面包括,但并不限于下面的描述。Aspects of the disclosed examples include, but are not limited to, the description below.
一种用于无线通信的呈现媒体信息的方法,其包括接收媒体信息、接收与所述媒体信息相关联的排序信息、依照无线方案解调所述接收的信息、以及依据所述排序信息显示所述媒体信息。A method for presenting media information for wireless communication, comprising receiving media information, receiving sorting information associated with the media information, demodulating the received information according to a wireless scheme, and displaying the sorted information according to the sorting information media information.
一种用于无线通信的电子设备,其被配置为接收媒体信息、接收与所述媒体信息相关联的排序信息、依照无线方案解调所述接收的信息、以及依据所述排序信息显示所述媒体信息。An electronic device for wireless communication configured to receive media information, receive ranking information associated with the media information, demodulate the received information according to a wireless scheme, and display the media information.
一种用于无线通信的呈现媒体信息的装置,其包括用于接收媒体信息的模块、用于接收与所述媒体信息相关联的排序信息的模块、用于依照无线方案解调所述接收的信息的模块、以及用于依据所述排序信息显示所述媒体信息的模块。An apparatus for presenting media information for wireless communication, comprising means for receiving media information, means for receiving ordering information associated with said media information, means for demodulating said received according to a wireless scheme information, and a module for displaying the media information according to the ranking information.
一种包含用于使得无线移动设备执行方法的模块的计算机可读介质,所述方法包括接收媒体信息、接收与所述媒体信息相关联的排序信息、依照无线方案解调所述接收的信息、依据所述排序信息按排序后的顺序排列所述接收的媒体信息中的媒体服务、基于所述排序信息从所述接收的媒体信息中指定一个媒体服务作为缺省服务、以及依据所述排序信息显示所述媒体信息。A computer readable medium comprising means for causing a wireless mobile device to perform a method comprising receiving media information, receiving sequencing information associated with the media information, demodulating the received information according to a wireless scheme, Arranging the media services in the received media information in a sorted order according to the sorting information, specifying a media service from the received media information as a default service based on the sorting information, and according to the sorting information Display the media information.
一种用于无线通信的传送媒体内容的方法,其包括对媒体服务进行排序、基于所述媒体服务排序生成排序信息、依照无线方案调制媒体信息和所述排序信息、以及向移动设备发送所述调制信息。A method for transmitting media content for wireless communication, comprising ranking media services, generating ranking information based on the media service ranking, modulating the media information and the ranking information according to a wireless scheme, and sending the modulation information.
一种用于无线通信的电子设备,其被配置为对媒体服务进行排序、基于所述媒体服务排序生成排序信息、依照无线方案调制媒体信息和所述排序信息、以及向移动设备发送所述调制后的信息。An electronic device for wireless communication configured to rank media services, generate ranking information based on the media service ranking, modulate the media information and the ranking information according to a wireless scheme, and transmit the modulated after the information.
一种用于无线通信的传送媒体内容的装置,其包括用于对媒体服务进行排序的模块、用于基于所述媒体服务排序生成排序信息的模块、用于依照无线方案调制媒体信息和所述排序信息的模块、以及用于向移动设备发送所述调制后的信息的模块。A device for transmitting media content for wireless communication, which includes a module for sorting media services, a module for generating sorting information based on the sorting of media services, and modulating media information and the means for ordering information, and means for sending said modulated information to a mobile device.
一种包含用于使得无线移动设备执行方法的模块的计算机可读介质,所述方法包括对媒体服务进行排序、基于所述媒体服务排序生成排序信息、将媒体服务成组为节目包、对所述节目包进行排序、生成包括所述节目包的排序的排序信息、依照无线方案调制媒体信息和所述排序信息、以及向移动设备发送所述调制信息和用于确定缺省服务的一组指令。A computer readable medium comprising means for causing a wireless mobile device to perform a method comprising ordering media services, generating ordering information based on the ordering of media services, grouping media services into program packages, ordering all ordering the program packages, generating ordering information including the ordering of the program packages, modulating the media information and the ordering information according to a wireless scheme, and sending the modulated information and a set of instructions for determining a default service to a mobile device .
可以使用通用处理器、数字信号处理器(DSP)、专用集成电路(ASIC)、现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)或者其他可编程的逻辑设备、分立门或者晶体管逻辑、分立硬件组件、或被设计为执行这里描述的功能的任意组合实现或执行结合这里公开的实施例描述的各个例示性的逻辑、逻辑块、模块、和电路。通用处理器可以是微处理器,但是,在替代方案中,处理器可以是任何常规的处理器、控制器、微控制器、或者状态机。处理器也可以被实现为计算设备的组合,例如,DSP和微处理器的组合,多个微处理器,一个或者更多个结合DSP内核的微处理器,或者任何其他此种配置。can be designed using a general-purpose processor, digital signal processor (DSP), application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or The various illustrative logic, logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein are implemented or performed in any combination for performing the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, eg, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.
结合这里公开的实施例描述的方法或者算法的步骤可直接体现为硬件,由处理器执行的软件模块,或者这二者的组合。软件模块可能驻留在RAM存储器、闪存、ROM存储器、EPROM存储器、EEPROM存储器、寄存器、硬盘、移动磁盘、CD-ROM、或者本领域熟知的任何其他形式的存储介质中。一种示例性的存储介质与处理器耦合,使得处理器能够从该存储介质中读信息,以及可向该存储介质写信息。在替代方案中,存储介质可能与处理器集成。处理器和存储介质可能驻留在ASIC中。该ASIC可能驻留在用户终端中。在替代方案中,处理器和存储介质可以作为分立组件驻留在用户终端中。The steps of the method or algorithm described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein may be directly embodied as hardware, a software module executed by a processor, or a combination of both. A software module may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integrated with the processor. The processor and storage medium may reside in the ASIC. The ASIC may reside in the user terminal. In the alternative, the processor and storage medium may reside as discrete components in the user terminal.
提供所述公开的实施例的描述可使得本领域的任何技术人员能够实现或者使用本发明。对于本领域的技术人员来说,这些实施例的各种修改是显而易见的,并且这里定义的总体原理在不脱离本发明的主旨或范围的基础上可以应用于其他实施例,例如,即时消息服务或者任何普通的无线数据通信应用。因此,本发明并不限于这里示出的实施例,而是与符合这里公开的原理和新颖特征的最广范围相一致。这里使用的“示例性的”一词意味着“用作一个实例、示例或图例”。这里被描述为“示例性”的任何实施例不必被解释为相比其他实施例为优选或具有优势。The description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined here can be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention, for example, instant messaging services Or any common wireless data communication application. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein. The word "exemplary" is used herein to mean "serving as an example, instance or illustration". Any embodiment described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.
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