Service informing method and system

A technology of business and business name, which is applied in the field of communication and multimedia, and can solve problems such as lack of information and users ignoring business.

CN101888438AInactive Publication Date: 2010-11-17ZTE CORP
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CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
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Publication Date
2010-11-17
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

The invention discloses a service informing method and a service informing system. The method comprises the following step of: comparing service names of television programs newly downloaded by a terminal with the service names of old television programs, and if the newly downloaded television programs comprise added or reduced service names, informing a user of service information corresponding to the added or reduced service names. The system comprises an informing module and a comparing module, wherein the comparing module is used for comparing the service names of the newly downloaded television programs with the service names of the old television programs, and if the newly downloaded television programs comprise the added or reduced service names, transmitting the service information corresponding to the added or reduced service names to the informing module which informs the user of the service information. The method and the system can timely inform the user of the changed services when a downloaded electronic service guide comprises the newly added or reduced services, so that more new choices are provided for the user and the user can gain new experiences brought by the continuous update of the services.
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technical field

[0001] The invention relates to the fields of communication and multimedia, in particular to a method and a system for prompting a terminal to increase services. technical background

[0002] With the development of mobile phone TV technology based on mobile communication equipment, the mobile phone TV function has been successfully implemented on the terminal, and users can conveniently watch TV programs at any time where there is a network. How to make the mobile phone TV terminal more humanized and more conducive to users to better watch mobile phone TV programs has become a strong competition point for all major mobile phones.

[0003] For mobile TV terminals, with the construction of the network and the improvement of services, there are many broadcasting services, and with the development of services, new services are often added. The problem in the prior art is: after the user downloads the service, all the service is displayed on a small mobile phone...

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Embodiment 1

[0031] The storage module for accessing the business name is set in advance. When the ESG is downloaded for the first time, the method of displaying the business information to the user is as follows:

[0032] Step 1: The terminal downloads the ESG, analyzes the ESG to obtain the service information of the TV program;

[0033] The analysis of ESG needs to be carried out according to the standard specification of ESG. The service information of all services can be obtained by parsing from the ESG data packet. The service information specifically refers to a service name, and the service name is a string type, such as "central station".

[0034] Step 2: Display the service information of all downloaded TV programs to the user;

[0035] The display content must include: business name, such as "Central Six"; in addition, you can also add graphics, information such as whether it is free or not.

[0036] Step 3: saving the service names of all the downloaded TV programs to the sto...

Embodiment 2

[0057] see figure 2 , a business prompting system, comprising: a comparison module and a prompting module; wherein,

[0058]The comparison module is used to compare the business name of the newly downloaded TV program with the business name of the old TV program, if there is an increased or decreased business name, then the business information corresponding to the increased or decreased business name is sent to The prompt module;

[0059] The prompting module is configured to prompt the user with the service information corresponding to the increased or decreased service name.

[0060] Further, it also includes:

[0061] a storage module, configured to store the service name of the old TV program;

[0062] A download module for downloading electronic business guides;

[0063] The parsing module is configured to parse the electronic service guide in the downloading module to obtain the service name of the newly downloaded TV program.

[0064] Further, the comparison modu...