Method and system for realizing automatic interaction between STB (set top box) and home gateway

Abstract

The invention provides a STB (set top box), a home gateway, a system for realizing the automatic interaction between the STB (set top box) and the home gateway and a method thereof. The method comprises the following steps that: the STB (set top box) sends a subscription message to the home gateway by way of a UPnP protocol message; the home gateway receives and resolves the subscription message, combines a subscription response incident according to the resolved subscription message, then sends the subscription response incident to the STB (set top box) by way of the UPnP protocol message; and after receiving the message, the STB (set top box) triggers corresponding operation according to the subscription response incident message. The invention can realize the flexible cooperation of the home gateway and the STB (set top box), can achieve the aim of automatic diagnosis and automatic service adjustment, and effectively enhance the user experience.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to IPTV (Internet Protocol Television, interactive Internet TV) technology, in particular to a set-top box, a home gateway, and a method and system for realizing automatic interaction between the set-top box and the home gateway. Background technique [0002] With the continuous development of the Internet and its application technologies, people can use the Internet to develop more and more applications and services. Among them, the most common and most interesting service for users is the video service. As a portal for home users to access the Internet - a home gateway, it integrates more and more video application services, including IPTV, online viewing, video monitoring and other services; among them, the most common and the most profitable for operators is the IPTV service , and as two important devices carrying IPTV services in the home network, the home gateway and the set-top box, the cooperation between the two f...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] In the actual development of IPTV services at present, due to the many network links involved in IPTV service control and data flow, the quality of the network itself will also cause the video flow to be unstable, and at the same time bring certain challenges and difficulties to the development of the video service of the set-top box As a result, sometimes the set-top box needs to automatically diagnose network faults or dynamically adjust services according to the situation, and this kind of diagnosis and adjustment sometimes requires the cooperation of home gateway equipment, such as whether it is a home gateway failure, or a trigger to re-initiate services Timing judgment, etc.

[0004] In view of the above actual situation, the gateway devices and set-top boxes in the current home network cannot actually exchange information dynamically. Instead, they are usually configured on the home gateway and set-top boxes at one time according to the networking situation. If major adjustments are required, unless Manually adjust the corresponding configuration of the gateway and set-top box, and more often do not make adjustments, which will not achieve a good user experience effect; when there is a failure such as service interruption, the set-top box cannot automatically diagnose, and it will be judged as a network failure without accuracy.

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