Management and control network for network television system and method thereof

Abstract

The present invention discloses a content management and control network in an IPTV system, which comprises a content management and control device. A management module or a member module is arranged in the content management and control device, at least three level of network structure is formed logically by the content management and control device, in any two adjacent level, a group is formed by the management module of the higher level and at least one member module of the lower level, the management module is used to provide media content service for the member module in the group, and control the member module to operate the owned media content according to the state and the request of the member module; the member module is used to provide the media content stored to the user, and report the condition and the state of the managed media control to the management module in the same group. The present invention also discloses content management and control method of the IPTV system. The present invention can realized a smart multi level management, which is suitable for the network organization requirement under a complex network condition.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an IPTV (Internet Television) technology, in particular to a content management and control device and a management and control method of a content distribution network (VDN / CDN) in an IPTV system. Background technique [0002] IPTV, also known as interactive TV, refers to a brand-new TV service method that uses IP technology as a means of transmission. TV (TSTV), TV Watchback, Video On Demand (VOD: Video On Demand) and other new services with interactive features and user autonomy can meet users' needs for personalized TV viewing. At the same time, IPTV is also an important business form for telecom operators to increase the average revenue per user (ARPU: Average Revenue Per User), improve user loyalty, and cope with competition. At present, many operators in the world have chosen IPTV as a new business development direction. The content distribution network (VDN / CDN, VDN: Video Delivery Network, CDN: Content Delive...

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Problems solved by technology

[0005] Due to the complexity and multi-level nature of the network architecture, the use of two-level content management and control is likely to cause a heavy load on the global content management. When there is a problem with the global content management and control device, all other nodes will be affected

At the same time, it fails to play a corresponding role for the regional control nodes at the middle level, and cannot provide content management and control services for other edge nodes in the region.

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