HK1181941A - A set-top box and a method for controlling the set-top box by a mobile terminal - Google Patents

Description

Method for controlling set top box by mobile terminal and set top box

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication, in particular to a method for controlling a set top box by a mobile terminal and the set top box.

Background

At present, in a television system, a remote controller is used to operate various applications, such as browsing web pages, watching pictures, playing games, and the like.

In the prior art, a remote control panel of an android (android) system mainly comprises seven keys of 'up, down, left, right, determination, return and exit', and is concise and convenient for user operation.

However, the above prior art also brings a problem, and a native android system is a set of systems developed for mobile phones, mainly uses a touch screen for operation, and is transplanted into a television system, so that the input experience is very poor, and even some application scenarios cannot be carried out. Moreover, the android system only supports single user operation, which brings great inconvenience and confusion to users.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for controlling a set top box by a mobile terminal and the set top box, which are used for selecting one intelligent mobile terminal to control the set top box when a plurality of intelligent mobile terminals are simultaneously connected with one set top box terminal.

The method for controlling the set top box by the mobile terminal provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps:

the set top box is connected with a plurality of mobile terminals authenticated by the set top box; selecting one mobile terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals as a master user terminal, wherein the master user terminal is used for controlling the set top box; generating a mapping relation between a control interface of a television screen connected with the set top box and an operation interface of a screen of the main user terminal, so that a user controls the control interface of the television screen by operating the operation interface; and forwarding the signal which is sent by the main user terminal and used for controlling the television to the television.

The set-top box provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises:

the connecting module is used for connecting with a plurality of mobile terminals authenticated by the set top box; the selection module is used for selecting one mobile terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals connected with the connection module as a main user terminal, and the main user terminal is used for controlling the set top box; the generating module is used for generating a mapping relation between a control interface of a television screen connected with the set top box and an operation interface of the main user terminal screen selected by the selecting module, so that a user controls the control interface of the television screen by operating the operation interface; and the sending module is used for forwarding the signal which is sent by the main user terminal and used for controlling the television to the television.

According to the technical scheme, the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages: the set top box selects one mobile terminal from the mobile terminals as a main user terminal to control the set top box, so that the set top box is controlled by selecting one main user terminal from the mobile terminals in the local area network, a mapping relation is generated between a control interface of a television screen connected with the set top box and an operation interface of the main user terminal screen, a user controls the control interface of the television screen through the operation interface of the main user terminal screen, the main user terminal is used as input equipment, and compared with the mode that a single character is input to control the television when a remote controller is used as the input equipment, the efficiency of the input equipment for controlling the television is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of system connection of a mobile terminal controlling a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a method for controlling a set top box by a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a method for controlling a set-top box by a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a set-top box in an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the set-top box in the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention are further described below with reference to the drawings and the specific embodiments, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for controlling a set top box by a mobile terminal and the set top box, which are used for selecting one intelligent mobile terminal to control the set top box when a plurality of intelligent mobile terminals are simultaneously connected with one set top box terminal.

A typical application scenario of the embodiment of the present invention is that in a home network, a system schematic diagram of a mobile terminal controlling a set top box please refer to fig. 1, a plurality of mobile terminals, including a first terminal 101, a second terminal 102, and a third terminal 103, form a local area network with the set top box 105 through a home router 104, and the plurality of mobile terminals can control the set top box 105 through networking, so as to control a television 106 connected to the set top box 105. The mobile terminal may be an intelligent mobile terminal, including: the mobile terminal comprises a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer and the like, supports the touch screen mobile terminal of the android system, and can also be expanded to support intelligent mobile terminals of other systems.

A client program is installed on the mobile terminal, and in this embodiment, the following characteristics of the mobile terminal can be used to control the set-top box to interact with the television set:

1. wifi function: wireless network communication is realized;

2. a sensor: gravity sensing and temperature sensing data are transmitted to the set top box;

3. a touch screen: simulating mouse and keyboard operation;

4. global Positioning System (GPS): transmitting data of longitude, latitude, accuracy, altitude, speed, bearing and the like to the set top box;

5. vibration, ringing: the set top box can control the ring tone and the vibration on the mobile phone, and better user experience is realized.

The set-top box in the embodiment of the invention consists of the following four modules:

1. the equipment broadcasting and authentication module is used for broadcasting data in the local area network by the set top box and finishing authentication of the mobile terminal;

2. the device policy control module is used for the set-top box to select the user by confirming with the mobile terminal according to the preset policy and to complete the process of data interaction with the mobile terminal, wherein the data can comprise: key data, mouse movement data, sensor data, etc.;

3. the equipment communication module is a system core and is used for completing the receiving and analyzing of data, the processing of the data, the responding of the data and the like;

4. and the application interface module is used for providing an interface for interaction with a system for an APK (android Package) application program and can realize multi-user control of the set top box. In the embodiment of the invention, a user event monitoring interface is newly added in an application interface module of the android system to be used by an application program, so that a plurality of mobile terminals operate different roles in the same application, a master user performs the original key flow of the system, and other users except the master user perform the newly added key flow.

Referring to fig. 2, an embodiment of a method for controlling a set top box by a mobile terminal in an embodiment of the present invention includes:

201. the set top box is connected with a plurality of mobile terminals authenticated by the set top box;

when a plurality of mobile terminals which pass the set-top box authentication simultaneously request to be connected with the set-top box, the set-top box is connected with the plurality of mobile terminals which pass the set-top box authentication according to the request of the mobile terminals. Considering data Transmission security of the set-top box and the connected mobile terminals, a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection may be established between the set-top box and the mobile terminals to transmit data.

202. Selecting one mobile terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals as a master user terminal, wherein the master user terminal is used for controlling the set top box;

and selecting one mobile terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals connected with the set-top box as a main user terminal, and controlling the set-top box by the main user terminal.

203. Generating a mapping relation between a control interface of a television screen connected with the set top box and an operation interface of a screen of the main user terminal, so that a user controls the control interface of the television screen by operating the operation interface;

and generating a mapping relation between a control interface of a television screen connected with the set top box and an operation interface of a screen of the main user terminal, and using the main user terminal as input equipment to enable a user to control the control interface of the television screen by operating the operation interface so as to play program contents.

204. And forwarding the signal which is sent by the main user terminal and used for controlling the television to the television.

In the embodiment of the invention, the set top box selects one mobile terminal from the mobile terminals as a main user terminal to control the set top box, so that the set top box is controlled by selecting one main user terminal from the mobile terminals in a local area network, a mapping relation is generated between a control interface of a television screen connected with the set top box and an operation interface of a screen of the main user terminal, a user controls the control interface of the television screen through the operation interface of the screen of the main user terminal, and the main user terminal is used as input equipment.

Referring to fig. 3, another embodiment of the method for controlling a set top box by a mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to another embodiment, where the method for controlling a set top box by a mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention includes:

301. the set-top box sends broadcast data in an extensible markup language format at regular time;

the set-top box regularly sends broadcast data in an Extensible markup language (XML) format in the local area network, wherein the XML format is used for marking an electronic file to enable the electronic file to have a structural markup language, can be used for marking data and defining data types, and is a source language allowing a user to define own markup language. The broadcast address may be: 255.255.255.255, the broadcast port may be: 50782, the time interval for timing the broadcast data may be: for 60 seconds.

The format of the transmitted broadcast data is as follows:

the character code adopts the Unicode conversion format UTF-8, UTF (Unicode transformational Format) is a variable length character code of UNICODE, and the UTF-8 codes the UNICODE character by 1 to 6 bytes. And remain compatible with American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).

The Classid is a unique identifier of the broadcast type and is used for distinguishing the broadcast type so as to avoid the broadcast sent by other hosts at the same address and the same port.

host node identifies host information, which includes host name and IP address in host network segment.

And version is a broadcast data version number used for distinguishing different versions of broadcasts, and the broadcast data is subject to the latest version. Since the broadcast data cannot be the basis for the data to arrive first, the version data in the broadcast data is the basis for distinguishing the new data from the old data. If the data is updated, the set-top box sends new data in the next broadcast period, and the version number is correspondingly increased.

302. Receiving an authentication request sent by the mobile terminal;

the method comprises the steps that a mobile terminal establishes a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) socket, the broadcast data sent by a set-top box is received at a 255.255.255:50782 port, an authentication request is sent to the set-top box according to relevant parameters in the broadcast data to request identity authentication, and the set-top box receives the authentication request sent by the mobile terminal.

303. Authenticating the mobile terminal and feeding back authentication result information to the mobile terminal;

the set-top box authenticates the mobile terminal sending the authentication request, wherein the specific authentication mode can be that the set-top box randomly generates a verification code and displays the verification code on a television screen, the mobile terminal inputs the displayed verification code and sends the verification code to the set-top box, the set-top box identifies the authentication verification code sent by the mobile terminal and compares the authentication verification code stored in the set-top box with the authentication verification code sent by the mobile terminal, if the two verification codes are matched, the authentication of the mobile terminal is passed, and authentication result information is fed back to the mobile terminal.

304. Receiving a request for establishing connection sent by the mobile terminal;

305. the set top box is connected with a plurality of mobile terminals authenticated by the set top box;

and according to the request for establishing the connection of the mobile terminal, the set top box is connected with the plurality of authenticated mobile terminals.

In order to monitor the connection state of the mobile terminal, the set-top box can periodically send heartbeat messages to the mobile terminal, and if the response of the mobile terminal is not received within a preset time length, the mobile terminal can be judged to leave the network. For example, a heartbeat message is sent to the mobile terminal every 5 seconds, if the mobile terminal does not receive the response after exceeding the preset 30 seconds, the mobile terminal is indicated to leave the network or is automatically closed, and the set-top box actively disconnects the mobile terminal.

306. Selecting one mobile terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals as a master user terminal, wherein the master user terminal is used for controlling the set top box;

selecting a mobile terminal which successfully establishes connection at first from the plurality of mobile terminals as a main user terminal; or determining a main user terminal in the plurality of mobile terminals according to the negotiation result of the plurality of mobile terminals.

Specifically, the method for selecting the primary user terminal may be that after the set-top box establishes a connection with the mobile terminal, a unique number is assigned to the mobile terminal, information of a correspondence between the number and the mobile terminal is recorded, and a time for connecting the mobile terminal is recorded. And selecting the mobile terminal which successfully establishes the connection firstly as the main user terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals, and recording the number of the mobile terminal as the number of the main user terminal by the set-top box. And when the master user terminal leaves the network, determining the mobile terminal on the second successful connection as the master user terminal, and recording the number of the mobile terminal on the second connection as the number of the master user terminal.

The mode of selecting the master user terminal can also be that the set-top box determines the master user terminal in the plurality of mobile terminals according to the negotiation result of the plurality of mobile terminals, and the set-top box records the number of the mobile terminal as the number of the master user terminal.

After the master user terminal is selected, the set-top box receives data transmitted by the master user terminal and the set-top box, wherein the data can comprise: key data, mouse movement data, sensor data, etc.

307. Generating a mapping relation between a control interface of a television screen connected with the set top box and an operation interface of a screen of the main user terminal, so that a user controls the control interface of the television screen by operating the operation interface;

the set top box generates a mapping relation between a control interface of a television screen connected with the set top box and an operation interface of a screen of the main user terminal, so that a user controls the control interface of the television screen by operating the operation interface. For example, the specific way of generating the mapping relationship may be that the set-top box sends a screenshot image of a control interface of a current television screen to the main user terminal, and the screenshot image is displayed on the main user terminal. And then the coordinate information corresponding to the operation of the user on the user terminal is forwarded to a television control system, the control system of the television identifies the coordinate information, judges the position on the control interface corresponding to the coordinate information and makes a response according to the operation.

When the user terminal controls the control interface of the television screen through the touch screen, the operation on the touch screen is not equal to the reflection of the operation on the television screen, and the movement of the finger of the user in a small distance on the touch screen may be reflected on the television screen as the movement in a larger distance.

308. And forwarding the signal which is sent by the main user terminal and used for controlling the television to the television.

The set top box forwards a signal which is sent by the main user terminal and used for controlling the television to the television, and a mapping relation is generated between a control interface of a television screen connected with the set top box and an operation interface of a main user terminal screen, so that a user can be quickly positioned to an operation position and controlled through an installed client. The operation interface of the client is similar to a remote controller and also comprises function touch keys such as up, down, left, right, confirming and the like.

Further, forwarding the signal for controlling the television set sent by the primary user terminal to the television set may further include: the set top box receives instruction characters edited by the main user terminal through an input method of the operating system, wherein the instruction characters are used for controlling the set top box to carry out corresponding operation and sending the instruction characters to the set top box.

In the embodiment of the invention, the set top box broadcasts the data in the XML format in the local area network, the data in the XML format allows a user to customize the markup language, the data in the XML format is flexible, the data in the XML format can meet the requirements of network application, and the data in the XML format is clear in XML codes and convenient to read and understand, so that the programming is simpler and the learning and the creation are convenient. The set-top box authenticates the mobile terminal, and the system security is improved. And selecting the mobile terminal which successfully establishes the connection firstly from the plurality of mobile terminals as a main user terminal, or determining the main user terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals according to the negotiation result of the plurality of mobile terminals, so as to select one main user terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals in the local area network to control the set top box. And generating a mapping relation between a control interface of a television screen connected with the set-top box and an operation interface of a screen of the main user terminal, so that a user can quickly position an operation position, and sending the received instruction characters edited by the main user terminal through an input method of the operation system to the set-top box, thereby improving the efficiency of controlling the television by the mobile terminal.

Referring to fig. 4, a set-top box in an embodiment of the present invention is described below, where an embodiment of the set-top box in the embodiment of the present invention includes:

a connection module 401, configured to connect to multiple mobile terminals authenticated by the set top box;

a selecting module 402, configured to select one mobile terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals connected by the connecting module 401 as a master user terminal, where the master user terminal is used to control the set-top box;

a generating module 403, configured to generate a mapping relationship between a control interface of a television screen connected to the set top box and an operation interface of the main user terminal screen selected by the selecting module 402, so that a user controls the control interface of the television screen by operating the operation interface;

a sending module 404, configured to forward, to the television, a signal that is sent by the master user terminal and used for controlling the television.

Please refer to the specific content described in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, and details of the process for implementing the respective functions of the modules in the set top box in the embodiment of the present invention are not described herein again.

In the embodiment of the invention, the selection module 402 selects one mobile terminal from the mobile terminals as a master user terminal to control the set-top box, so that the set-top box is controlled by selecting one master user terminal from the mobile terminals in the local area network, the generation module 403 generates a mapping relation between a control interface of a television screen connected with the set-top box and an operation interface of a screen of the master user terminal, so that a user controls the control interface of the television screen through the operation interface of the screen of the master user terminal, and the master user terminal is used as an input device.

Referring to fig. 5, another embodiment of the set-top box in the embodiment of the present invention includes:

a connection module 501, configured to connect to multiple mobile terminals authenticated by the set top box;

a selecting module 502, configured to select one mobile terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals connected by the connecting module 501 as a master user terminal, where the master user terminal is used to control the set-top box;

a generating module 503, configured to generate a mapping relationship between a control interface of a television screen connected to the set top box and an operation interface of the main user terminal screen selected by the selecting module 502, so that a user controls the control interface of the television screen by operating the operation interface;

a sending module 504, configured to forward the signal for controlling the television, sent by the primary user terminal, to the television.

Further, the selecting module 502 is specifically configured to select, as the master user terminal, a mobile terminal that successfully establishes a connection first from the plurality of mobile terminals; or determining a main user terminal in the plurality of mobile terminals according to the negotiation result of the plurality of mobile terminals.

The set-top box in the embodiment of the present invention may further include:

a receiving module 505, configured to receive an instruction word edited by the master user terminal through an input method of the operating system, where the instruction word is used to control the set top box to perform a corresponding operation;

the sending module 504 is further configured to send the instruction text to the set top box.

Further, the sending module 504 is further configured to send broadcast data in an extensible markup language format at regular time;

the receiving module 505 is further configured to receive an authentication request sent by the mobile terminal, and receive a request for establishing a connection sent by the mobile terminal.

The set-top box in the embodiment of the present invention may further include:

and the authentication module 506 is configured to authenticate the mobile terminal and feed back authentication result information to the mobile terminal.

The authentication module 506 is specifically configured to compare whether the received authentication verification code sent by the mobile terminal is matched with the verification code in the set top box, and if so, pass the authentication of the mobile terminal.

Please refer to the specific contents described in the embodiments shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, and details thereof are not repeated here.

In the embodiment of the invention, the sending module 504 broadcasts the data in the XML format in the local area network, the data in the XML format allows a user to define the markup language, the data in the XML format is flexible, the data in the XML format can meet the requirement of network application, and the data in the XML format is clear in XML codes and convenient to read and understand, so that the programming is simpler and the learning and the creation are convenient. The authentication module 506 authenticates the mobile terminal, and increases system security. The selecting module 502 selects a mobile terminal that successfully establishes a connection first from the plurality of mobile terminals as a master user terminal, or determines a master user terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals according to a negotiation result of the plurality of mobile terminals, so as to select a master user terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals in the local area network to control the set-top box. The generating module 503 generates a mapping relationship between a control interface of a television screen connected to the set-top box and an operation interface of a screen of the main user terminal, so that a user can quickly locate an operation position, and the sending module 504 sends a received instruction character edited by the main user terminal through an input method of the operation system to the set-top box, thereby improving the efficiency of controlling the television by the mobile terminal.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps in the method according to the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware instructions related to a program, and the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the above-mentioned storage medium may be a read-only memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or the like.

In summary, the method for controlling a set top box by a mobile terminal and the set top box provided by the present invention are described in detail, and for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the embodiment of the present invention, the specific implementation manner and the application scope may be changed.

Claims (10)

1. A method for controlling a set top box by a mobile terminal is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the set top box is connected with a plurality of mobile terminals authenticated by the set top box;

selecting one mobile terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals as a master user terminal, wherein the master user terminal is used for controlling the set top box;

generating a mapping relation between a control interface of a television screen connected with the set top box and an operation interface of a screen of the main user terminal, so that a user controls the control interface of the television screen by operating the operation interface;

and forwarding the signal which is sent by the main user terminal and used for controlling the television to the television.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting one of the plurality of mobile terminals as a primary user terminal comprises:

selecting a mobile terminal which successfully establishes connection at first from the plurality of mobile terminals as a main user terminal;

or the like, or, alternatively,

and determining a main user terminal in the plurality of mobile terminals according to the negotiation result of the plurality of mobile terminals.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the forwarding the signal sent by the primary user terminal to control the television to the television comprises:

receiving instruction characters edited by the main user terminal through an input method of the operating system, wherein the instruction characters are used for controlling the set top box to perform corresponding operation;

and sending the instruction text to the set top box.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the connecting the set-top box to the plurality of mobile terminals authenticated by the set-top box comprises:

the set top box sends broadcast data in an extensible markup language format at regular time;

receiving an authentication request sent by the mobile terminal;

authenticating the mobile terminal and feeding back authentication result information to the mobile terminal;

and receiving a request for establishing connection sent by the mobile terminal.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the authenticating the mobile terminal comprises:

comparing the received authentication verification code sent by the mobile terminal with the verification code in the set top box to determine whether the authentication verification code is matched with the verification code in the set top box;

and if so, passing the authentication of the mobile terminal.

6. A set top box, comprising:

the connecting module is used for connecting with a plurality of mobile terminals authenticated by the set top box;

the selection module is used for selecting one mobile terminal from the plurality of mobile terminals connected with the connection module as a main user terminal, and the main user terminal is used for controlling the set top box;

the generating module is used for generating a mapping relation between a control interface of a television screen connected with the set top box and an operation interface of the main user terminal screen selected by the selecting module, so that a user controls the control interface of the television screen by operating the operation interface;

and the sending module is used for forwarding the signal which is sent by the main user terminal and used for controlling the television to the television.

7. The set top box of claim 6,

the selection module is specifically configured to select, as a master user terminal, a mobile terminal that successfully establishes a connection first from the plurality of mobile terminals; or determining a main user terminal in the plurality of mobile terminals according to the negotiation result of the plurality of mobile terminals.

8. The set-top box according to claim 6 or 7,

the set-top box further comprises:

the receiving module is used for receiving instruction characters edited by the main user terminal through an input method of the operating system, and the instruction characters are used for controlling the set top box to carry out corresponding operation;

the sending module is further configured to send the instruction text to the set top box.

9. The set top box of claim 8,

the sending module is also used for sending the broadcast data in the extensible markup language format at regular time;

the receiving module is further configured to receive an authentication request sent by the mobile terminal, and receive a request for establishing a connection sent by the mobile terminal.

10. The set-top box according to claim 9, further comprising:

and the authentication module is used for authenticating the mobile terminal and feeding back authentication result information to the mobile terminal.

The authentication module is specifically configured to compare whether the received authentication verification code sent by the mobile terminal is matched with the verification code in the set top box, and if so, pass the authentication of the mobile terminal.