68 results about "Programme identification" patented technology

An audio/video (A/V) system for storing A/V programs includes an interface configured to receive a transport stream structured in packets and representing a plurality of A/V programs. Each A/V program is represented by a plurality of packets and is identified by program identification data in each packet. A storage management system is connected to receive the transport stream from the interface and to detect the program identification data of each received packet. A buffer is coupled to the storage management system and has a plurality of separate buffer portions. Each buffer portion is in communication with the storage management system to receive data of packets having program identification data related to a single A/V program and to store the data of the packets separate from data of packets having program identification data related to different A/V programs. A storage medium is coupled to the storage management system and has a plurality of separate storage files for the A/V programs. Each storage file receives data of the packets having program identification data related to a single A/V program and transferred from one of the separate buffer portions of the buffer.

A digital video recorder (DVR) is disclosed for use with a monitor and a set top box (STB), the STB for demodulating program data from a program signal received over a communication channel and for generating a STB graphical user interface (GUI). The DVR comprises a local memory for storing the program data received from the STB and a plurality of program identifiers. The DVR further comprises a DVR controller for maintaining the plurality of program identifiers, and for communicating to the STB the plurality of program identifiers independent of when the STB demodulates the program data identified by the program identifiers. The STB is responsive to the plurality of program identifiers to modify at least one selected operation of the STB.

A method of operating a digital program playback device, including: receiving, via a first communications network, a data stream including an encrypted data portion representative of a program; identifying, from the received data stream, an identifier associated with the program; transmitting the program identifier and a device identifier associated with the digital program playback device to an authorization device via a second communications network; receiving, via the second communications network, a decryption key in response to the transmission; and, decrypting the data stream using the decryption key and generating an output signal for playback of the program.

The present invention discloses a method for a video program playing in a network broadcast, belonging to the field of the network real-time live broadcast. The method comprises: a live broadcast terminal collects multi-path video stream of a live broadcast source and sends the multi-path video source and the video program identification corresponding to the live broadcast source to a server; a watching terminal sends data acquisition request to the server, and the data acquisition request carries the video program identification; and the watching terminal receives target video data sent by the server on the basis of the video program identification, and the target video data includes at least one-path video stream in the multi-path video stream; the server receives the switching request of the watching terminal and pushes at least one-path switched video stream to the watching terminal according to the switching request; and the watching terminal plays at least one-path switched video stream at a playing interface. Through the video switching of a watching terminal, the method and system for video program playing in network broadcast are able to increase the abundance of playing frames and improve the flexibility of switching the video source of the a video program.

Demanding a video program via a short message. An example method comprises: generating, at a user end, a demand short message, wherein the short message includes a User Identifier field, a Program Identifier field of the demanded video program and an Authentication field; sending to a program delivering end the short message; receiving the short message at the program delivering end; processing the received demand short message to extract the user identifier and authenticating the legality of the user; after authenticating the legality of the user successfully, sending program content corresponding to the program identifier from the program delivering end to the user end indicated by the user identifier; and receiving the demanded video program at the user end. By using a demand short message with an authentication function according to the present invention, a remote Video-on-Demand can be implemented conveniently and safely with low cost and strong security.

A system and method for extracting and routing audio-visual programs from transport stream packets includes a program identifier (PID) distributor capable of extracting program specific information (PSI) from the transport stream packets, a plurality of process paths each including an audio video stream encapsulate circuit (AVSEC) capable of encapsulating each packet of each Audio-Visual (AV) program in data packets of a predetermined format, a switching device capable of routing the encapsulated AV program packets to user pathways, and a processing device capable of parsing the PSI to identify AV programs therein and configuring the other routing system elements. Dynamic management of data flow is enabled, thus data routing is made more efficient and is readily customized to the needs of user networks at any time, and significantly, because AV programs are processed in parallel by dedicated processing paths, processing device burden and memory usage are reduced.

A portable navigation device includes a processing resource operably coupled to a Radio Data System communications unit and a location determination unit. In at least one embodiment, the processing resource supports a country code selector and is operably coupled to a data store capable of storing Radio Data System country code data. In at least one embodiment, the processing resource is also arranged to determine a first country associated with location data generated, when in use, by the location determination unit, the country code selector being arranged to identify a first country code from the country code data that does not correspond to the first country associated with the location data and a second country neighbouring the first country. The processing resource is also arranged to use the first country code to generate a Programme Identification code.

The invention provides an audio frequency feature based method and system for marking and identifying a broadcast television program. The method includes steps of extracting feature data of a program audio frequency file through a server-side to obtain program audio frequency feature data; merging the program audio frequency feature data, a program identifier and interactive applications, and the transmitting to a mobile terminal; recording a record audio signal of the program through the mobile terminal; extracting the audio frequency feature of the record audio signal to obtain record audio frequency feature data; determining whether there is program audio frequency feature data matching with the record audio frequency data in a program audio frequency feature database or not, and outputting a matched program identifier, playing time and corresponding interactive applications, if the program audio frequency feature data exists; and further, calculating time difference of the program and outputting the calculated time difference of the program. By adopting the audio frequency feature based method and system for marking and identifying the broadcast television program, a user can enjoy various interactive applications corresponding to a broadcast television program being watched at present through just easily operating the mobile terminal, and privacy of the user can be effectively protected so as to raise user experience.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for sharing audio/video resources, a shared gateway and a system, relates to the field of audio/video play, and is used for using an intelligent mobile terminal to play DVB audio/video data. The method comprises the steps as follows: receiving a program play request message transmitted by the intelligent mobile terminal; determining program identification according to the program play request message; obtaining program information corresponding to the program identification according to the program identification; obtaining transport stream TS data according to the program information; descrambling the TS data to obtain clear stream TS data corresponding to the program identification; recording audio data and video data from the clear stream TS data, and performing real-time stream transmission HLS slicing processing to the audio data and the video data to obtain play TS data; transmitting the TS data to the intelligent mobile terminal. The method for sharing audio/video resources, the shared gateway and the system of the invention are suitable for a scene of using the intelligent mobile terminal to play the program of DVB.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for controlling digital television program playing, which is used for realizing controlling the playing of digital television programs and capable of meeting individual needs of the user. According to the embodiment, the method comprises the following steps: receiving descrambling request sent by a digital television terminal through a condition receiving module, wherein program identifiers are carried in the descrambling request; determining a target descrambling strategy through a CAM card while determining the program identifier as a preset target program identifier; according to the target descrambling strategy, performing descrambling control on the program corresponding to the program identifier through the CAM card so as to control the digital television terminal to play the programs. The invention further provides a condition receiving module for controlling the playing of the digital television program and meeting the individual needs of the user.

The invention discloses an information display method of television programs, an information display apparatus of television programs and a terminal, wherein the information display method of television programs comprises the following steps: according to electronic program guide information in a digital television information stream, determining an identifier of the program played by a smart television; searching for multimedia resource information corresponding to the program identifier, wherein the multimedia resource information comprises a network link address or a local storage address; judging whether a triggering operation for viewing the multimedia resource information is received or not; when the triggering operation corresponding to the multimedia resource information is determined as being received, displaying a generated submenu corresponding to the multimedia resource information on a current play interface, thereby enabling a user to view the multimedia information corresponding to the multimedia resource information. With the method provided by the invention, users are free from manually searching for related information through a computer, a mobile phone and the like by themselves, and accuracy and speed of viewing the multimedia information associated with the program identifier are improved.

A network device may be operable to manage a network connection of customer premise equipment (CPE). While the CPE is operating in a normal mode of operation, the network device may communicate with the CPE utilizing one or more messages of a first type. While the CPE is operating in a low-power mode of operation, the network device may communicate with the CPE utilizing one or more messages of a second type. The network device may be operable to determine a particular program identifier to be utilized for messages the first type of message, and transmit such message(s) to the CPE. The message(s) transmitted while the CPE is in a low-power mode may comprise MPEG-TS packets having the particular program identifier. The message(s) transmitted while the CPE is not in the low-power mode may comprises MPEG-TS packets not having the particular program identifier.

A method and mobile terminal for searching for alternative frequencies is provided for facilitating alternative frequency search. The mobile terminal having an alternative frequency search function includes a control unit having a radio data decoder for decoding radio data containing a program identifier and for differentiating the radio data by type, a radio data filter for extracting the program identifier from the radio data and for comparing the extracted program identifier with a previously stored program identifier, and a radio data updater for updating an alternative frequency list in response to an instruction of the radio data filter, and a storage unit for storing the alternative frequency list and the differentiated radio data. The alternative frequency search method and mobile terminal of the present invention facilitates alternative frequency search by updating the alternative frequency list only when the program identifier decoded from Radio Data System (RDS) data is substantially identical with the previously stored program identifier.

The invention discloses a method for processing advertisements. The method comprises the steps that a transmission stream sent by front-end equipment is obtained; whether the transmission stream contains an advertisement marking or not is judged, wherein the advertisement marking is set through the front-end equipment and used for being differentiated from a program marking; if the transmission stream contains the advertisement marking, advertisement data corresponding to the advertisement marking are filtered out. The invention further discloses a device and system for processing the advertisements. As the advertisement data can be filtered out and the like by differentiating the advertisement data from program data, and user experience is improved.

The invention discloses a program broadcast testing method and device. The method is used for testing programs of an IPTV service system through a set top box. The method includes the following steps of: obtaining a broadcast testing request, wherein the broadcast testing request contains at least one target program identifier; controlling the set top box to switch a target program corresponding to the target program identifier according to the broadcast testing request; obtaining interactive information transmitted between the set top box and the IPTV service system; and testing the broadcast situation of the target program according to the interactive information so as to obtain testing results. Compared with the prior art, interferences which are caused by a situation in which a set top box is operation manually and the broadcast situation of a program is tested through subjective judgment can be eliminated, and testing efficiency is high, and the testing results has high accuracy.

The embodiment of the invention provides a processing method and system of a stream media service. The processing method of the stream media service comprises the following steps of: receiving a stream media session building request message including user identification and program identification from a Cable network; and allocating resources to a program corresponding to the program identification according to the stream media session building request message and sending a stream media session building response message including the allocated resource information to the Cable network. The embodiment of the invention also provides a corresponding system. In the processing method and system of stream media service, which are provided by the embodiment of the invention, the capability of IMS (Information Management System) network can be effectively utilized and the stream media service can be provided based on the IMS network.

The present invention relates to a data contents processing method and apparatus for processing and displaying data contents in relation with a TV program in a DTV having a browser function. The data contents processing method according to the present invention includes the steps for: separating audio/video (A/V) signals and data contents upon receipt of a broadcast signal and extracting information on the currently received channel and a program identifier; constructing a database by forming an integrated information of a channel/program identifier information and data contents in connection with each other; controlling the conversion of data contents by checking whether or not the data contents to be displayed are consistent with the current A/V signal according to the integrated information; and, when the data contents is converted to thus select a user-desired data contents, displaying the A/V signal and the data contents.

The invention discloses a method for inquiring currently played television program information and a smart TV. The method is used for solving the problem that the description information of a currently played television program displayed on the smart TV is inconsistent with an actually played video screen. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining a program information list corresponding to a channel identifier from an EPG server according to the channel identifier of a currently played channel, wherein the program information list contains a corresponding relationship between a program identifier and program description information; obtaining a real-time video stream from a program source server corresponding to the channel identifier, and analyzing the program identifier in the obtained real-time video stream; and obtaining the program description information corresponding to the program identifier from the corresponding relationship.

A method and system for transferring a transport stream, such as from a satellite receiver to a networked computer system, are provided. The transport stream is parsed to derive multiple elementary streams including associated program identifiers, which are used to determine corresponding transfer locations in a host memory. Direct memory access transfers of the multiple elementary streams are then performed to the corresponding transfer locations in the host memory.

The invention provides a method and a system for predetermining a digital television program. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving a program substituted determination request sent by a source digital television terminal, wherein the program substituted determination request comprises a target user identification, a program identification and an effective time period; judging whether the program is allowed to be determined for a target user, and if the program is allowed to be determined for the target user, inquiring a target digital television terminal corresponding to the target user identifiication, and sending program watching information to the target digital television terminal, wherein the program watching information comprises the program identification and the effective time period. According to the method and the system, the digital television program can be determined among the digital television terminals.

The invention relates to a live streaming transmission control method for bullet screen videos, and refers to IPTV media stream transmission protocol-based transmission; the method comprises the following steps: a server receives bullet screen data with attributes and collected in real time, wherein the bullet screen data attributes comprise bullet screen program identifiers, start and end identifiers, and time identifiers; the server parses the bullet screen data, identifies the bullet screen program identifier, and packages the bullet screen data and corresponding program transmission contents into a video data packet; the server transmits the processed video data packet according to the live stream transmission protocol, and processes the video data according to the network state in transmission. The method can improve the bullet screen impression, so the bullet screen can be better fit with present video frame data; when having network jamming, the method and device can selectively drop packets of the video stream (bullet screen data packet is preferably dropped), thus preventing re-transmission events and time delaying events.

The invention provides a method, a device and a system for processing television information. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring the program information of a television program and the real-time heart rate information of a viewer watching the television program, wherein the program information comprises program play time and a program logo; sending the program information and the real-time heart rate information to a server so as to enable the server to obtain the play process information of the television program according to the program information and the real-time heart rate information. According to the method, the device and the system provided by the invention, the information utilization on the television program is improved.

In a mobile terminal that performs transmission and reception of a message between an IC card and a terminal program, the security is improved by preventing an imposture of a source of a message or an interception of a message. A mobile terminal comprises an IC card and a terminal program. The terminal program generates a program identifier (i1:1) from a domain ID “i1” of the IC card and a port number “1” that can be updated in the IC card. Then, a message is transmitted, the source ID of which is the program identifier and the destination ID of which is the identifier “i1:0” of the IC card. Upon receipt of the message, the IC card collates the domain ID with the domain ID that the IC card has, as to the source ID. When they coincide, processing in accordance with the contents of the above-mentioned message is performed.

An operation report creation system comprises CPU operation status obtaining means for obtaining, at a regular interval, an execution address at which a CPU is performing execution and for checking and recording a program identifier of a program in execution from the obtained execution address; CPU operation time obtaining means for obtaining an operation time of the CPU during an operation period; and operation report creation means for obtaining a total number of program identifiers, recorded by the CPU operation status obtaining means, for a predetermined period for each program identifier or each group of a plurality of predetermined program identifiers and for outputting a value, obtained by multiplying a ratio of the total number of program identifiers for each program identifier or each group of the plurality of predetermined program identifiers to a total number of program identifiers recorded by the CPU operation status obtaining means for the predetermined period and the CPU operation time obtained by the CPU operation time obtaining means, as a CPU operation time required for execution of a program corresponding to the program identifier or of a program group corresponding to the plurality of predetermined program identifiers.