Method of associating live program with on-demand program of smart TV

Abstract

The invention provides a method of associating a live program with an on-demand program of a smart TV. The method specifically comprises the steps of, when the smart TV plays a live program, sending a recommendation list which is formed by all the searched play information at each period to a mobile terminal automatically by the smart TV; by the mobile terminal, forming an on-demand order list, sending the on-demand order list to the smart TV, and sending an on-demand request to the smart TV; when the smart TV receives the on-demand request, calling a corresponding video source and giving watching order information to the URL of each video source; producing an on-demand switching time shaft by using playing duration of the called video source according to a playing sequence, and inserting a cursor point between adjacent playing durations; when the on-demand starting time arrives, displaying the on-demand switching time shaft on the smart TV; and when the playing progress passes the cursor point, turning to the corresponding video source automatically to realize seamless watching of each video source. The watching experience of the user is improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of video-on-demand, in particular to a method for associating an on-demand program with a smart TV live program. Background technique [0002] At present, TVs on the market often play back some classic TV dramas, movies or variety shows. When users are watching these programs, they will want to check whether there are other episodes of the program on the TV, or search for other programs on the Internet server that can be ordered. A typical scenario is: the user is watching the second season of "Where Are We Going, Dad" and wants to watch the third season of "Where Are We Going, Dad?" Where to go to the third season, when there is no one, it will search in the network video server. In fact, a certain network video server has updated all the programs. When users want to watch the previous or later programs, they need to Perform cumbersome operations and perform a large number of searches in multiple network video serve...

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[0002] At present, TVs on the market often play back some classic TV dramas, movies or variety shows. When users are watching these programs, they will want to check whether there are other episodes of the program on the TV, or search for other programs on the Internet server that can be ordered. A typical scenario is: the user is watching the second season of "Where Are We Going, Dad" and wants to watch the third season of "Where Are We Going, Dad?" Where to go to the third season, when there is no one, it will search in the network video server. In fact, a certain network video server has updated all the programs. When users want to watch the previous or later programs, they need to Perform cumbersome operations and perform a large number of searches in multiple network video servers, which reduces the user's viewing experience. In order to solve the above technical problems, the prior art discloses a method for associating live TV programs with on-demand programs. When a live TV program is broadcast, the on-demand program resources associated with it can be quickly and conveniently found on the mobile terminal, and then the content of the film source can be pushed to the TV terminal through the mobile terminal; The terminal pushes the video source address to the TV, and then the TV plays the found video source. The switching process does not take into account whether the user wants to switch, nor does it take into account the playback order of the programs that the user wants to watch.

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