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Enhanced EPG method and system

An enhanced TV program technology, applied in the Internet, TV, and communication fields, can solve the problems of inconvenient ways of presenting program information, users' inclination to search for programs, lengthy and cumbersome problems, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-09-24
百视通网络电视技术发展有限责任公司
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Unfortunately, with the increase in the number of channels and programs, and the increase in the number of days of stored programs, the user's selection of channels and programs is too complicated. Unless the user can quickly locate the program he is interested in, he will Doesn't realize that having a huge selection of programs is one of the conveniences he gets from IPTV services
[0005] Although the TV Guide in the existing EPG can provide users with past / present / future TV program information, due to the inconvenience of the way the existing TV Guide presents program information, users do not tend to use TV Guide to find programme
Specifically, the viewer must be in a two-dimensional chart with channels and time as the axis ( figure 1 ), look through the channel list and timeline, and look for programs that you may be interested in based on the program titles. Since users do not know which programs are valuable, this search process often appears lengthy and cumbersome

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[0074] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

[0075] The system is divided into two parts: media asset management and EPG interface display. For the overall structure, please refer to Figure 4 : Content input, media assets management system

[0076] exist Figure 4 In the architecture, the Central Media Assets Management System (Central MAM) is responsible for the management of all media assets in the entire system, including LiveTV Channel, TVOD, VOD, advertisements, information, pictures, music, etc. . In the central media asset management system, input the following contents:

[0077] (1) Through the import of the TV program list, metadata will be generated for each TV program, stored in the TV program list tv_program, and the corresponding unique program number (Prog_ID) of the entire network will be assigned to it; at the same time, in the TV program list schedule Establish broad...

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The invention relates to an enhanced EPG system using the classification for displaying TV programs, which aims at providing an effective mechanism in IPTV system to organize the scattered TV programs . The scattered TV programs are recommended according to a certain order in order to help the user to conveniently and quickly choose TV programs in which the users are interested in the IPTV system for re-watching. The enhanced EPG described by the invention bases on a database and EPG web and takes the classification of TV programs as the interface. A tiring-room classifies the enhanced EPG into the classification of the TV programs according to the characteristics of the TV programs and recommends better TV program classification to provide service to the user. At the same time, the enhanced EPG system also provides the operation with a tiring-room platform to help the operation businessmen to configure the topic classification and recommend the TV programs.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the fields of communication, Internet and television, in particular to an enhanced EPG (abbreviation for Electronic Program Guide, electronic program guide system) on IPTV (Internet Television) and a method for realizing the service thereof. Background technique [0002] IPTV, as an emerging service that has developed rapidly in the world in recent years, integrates the achievements of IP and TV technologies. It not only reinterprets the connotation of TV services, but also rediscovers the driving force based on applications for the development of IP technologies. [0003] Different from the traditional broadcasting of TV programs through wireless or coaxial cables, the IPTV system directly provides customers with high-quality TV programs and video content through broadband IP networks. It is essentially a multimedia and multi-service service platform that integrates traditional Radio and television services, various ap...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/445H04N7/173
Inventor 鲁晓桂松蕾徐越李怀宇
Owner 百视通网络电视技术发展有限责任公司
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