System and method for controlling television remotely through intelligent mobile phone

Abstract

The invention relates to a system and a method for controlling a television remotely through an intelligent mobile phone. The system comprises the television, a set-top box and the intelligent mobile phone and further comprises a central server connected with the set-top box through the Internet; and the intelligent mobile phone is connected with the central server through the Internet and controls the set-top box through http persistent connection. The invention has the beneficial effects that a software plug-in is installed in the android mobile phone as well as the android set-top box, and the keyboard or the motion event on an android operating system of the set-top box is invoked and triggered through RPC (remote procedure call), so that all applications of the set-top box can be controlled remotely through the mobile phone. A remote controller and the set-top box are based on WiFi (Wireless Local Area Network) network communication; a user is very familiar to the personal mobile phone, especially the input method of the mobile phone; and soft remote control of the mobile phone, which is based on the Internet technology, is helpful to unification of operation interface and operation mode of users and can realize real remote-controlled operation without being influenced by position, distance and sensitivity.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of intelligent terminals operating IPTV set-top boxes, and mainly relates to a system and method for remotely controlling a TV through a smart phone. Background technique [0002] The traditional IPTV remote control is mainly based on hardware technology. The remote control and the set-top box are based on infrared communication, and a special remote control is required to operate the set-top box. The disadvantages are: 1. The remote control is not easy to use, especially the input is quite difficult. The input method provided is relatively simple, and some users may not be able to use it; 2. The remote controls produced by each manufacturer are different, and users need to adapt to the new remote control 3. The remote control is based on infrared technology, which has problems such as position, distance, and sensitivity. [0003] Chinese patent CN200910312690.3 discloses a method for controlling Internet TV with a s...

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The disadvantages are: 1. The remote control is not easy to use, especially the input is quite difficult. The input method provided is relatively simple, and some users may not be able to use it; 2. The remote controls produced by each manufacturer are different, and users need to adapt to the new remote control 3. The remote control is based on infrared technology, and there are problems such as position, distance, and sensitivity.

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