System and method for realizing electronic program guide information download and analysis

An electronic program guide and information download technology, which is applied in the components of TV systems, two-way working systems, and components of color TVs, etc., can solve the problems of standard leakage, user inconvenience, poor compatibility, etc., and achieve reliable delivery and value enhancement. Effect

CN1842155AActive Publication Date: 2006-10-04LENOVO (BEIJING) CO LTD
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CN · China
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Applications(China)
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Publication Date
2006-10-04

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Abstract

The invention discloses a system for achieving the electronic program guide (EPG) information loading and analyzing, which comprises: one or above EPG information card used to update EPG information card, load and analyze the EPG information from the EPG server and transmit the EPG information to the end applied unit, an end applied unit used to control the EPG information card loading, receive and store the loaded EPG information and control the EPG information using; and a user interface used to provide the user interface to the user and transmit the user inputted control order to the end applied unit. The invention discloses a method for achieving the electronic program guide (EPG) information loading and analyzing.
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[0001] The invention relates to data download technology, especially a system and method for realizing download and analysis of electronic program guide information. Background technique

[0002] In the field of broadcasting and TV, with the rapid development of digital TV and the continuous improvement of user requirements, the electronic program guide (EPG) service has gradually become an important part of the current analog TV and future digital TV (DVB). In the age of analog TV, due to the limited number of channels, people can search for their favorite TV programs through a simple traversal method of the remote control. However, with the advent of the digital age, the number of channels has increased dramatically, from dozens to hundreds, so that simple traversal becomes a burden, and it is easy to miss programs that users want to watch. Based on the business interaction similar to the Internet, the EPG service can provide rich and up-to-date program pr...

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[0048] The core idea of ​​the present invention is: the parsing part of the EPG information is placed in the EPG server as a plug-in, and the user terminal device only needs to download the latest EPG information plug-in from the currently connected EPG server, and then use the downloaded EPG information plug-in to download and Real-time analysis of EPG information. Here, different EPG servers store their own EPG information plug-ins, and different EPG information plug-ins can parse EPG information in different EPG standard formats. When the EPG standard changes, it is only necessary to update the corresponding EPG information plug-in on the EPG server side, and each user terminal only needs to re-download the latest EPG information plug-in.

[0049] In the present invention, the EPG information refers to the EPG program list information, including information such as channel name, program name, program time, program profile, etc.; the user terminal equipment can be EPC, PVR, ...