WO2013034004A1

WO2013034004A1 - Iptv-based emergency notification releasing method and system

Info

Publication number: WO2013034004A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/076350
Authority: WO
Inventors: 梁斌; 陆剑峰; 薛岩
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-09-07
Filing date: 2012-05-31
Publication date: 2013-03-14
Also published as: CN102984550A; CN102984550B

Abstract

Disclosed are an IPTV-based emergency notification releasing method and system. The method includes: an emergency notification server generates an emergency notification message and sends same to a message engine server; the message engine server receives and processes the emergency notification message and then sends same to a set-top box; and the set-top box receives and displays the content of the emergency notification message according to the emergency notification message. The present invention sets an emergency notification server and connects same to a message interface of a message engine server, thus achieving the release of emergency notifications on IPTVs.

Description

Method and system for issuing emergency notification based on IPTV

The present invention relates to an emergency notification distribution technology in the field of communications, and in particular, to a method and system for issuing emergency notifications based on IPTV (Internet Protocol Television). Background technique

With the country's promotion of IPTV and its unique advantages, IPTV has entered people's lives more and more quickly. IPTV can realize rich business functions and provide people with various personalized services. IPTV is rapidly and profoundly changing people's lives. IPTV is becoming more and more popular, and more and more users are being used. This makes it possible to issue emergency notification messages or content on IPTV. However, at present, IPTV still does not implement the release of emergency notifications. Summary of the invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for issuing an emergency notification based on IPTV, which is arranged to solve the problem of implementing an emergency notification on an IPTV.

According to an aspect of the present invention, an IPTV-based emergency notification issuance method is provided, and the method includes:

The emergency notification server generates an emergency notification message and sends it to the message I engine server; the message I engine server receives and processes the emergency notification message and sends it to the set top box;

The set top box receives and displays the contents of the emergency notification message according to the emergency notification message.

Preferably, after the emergency notification server generates the emergency notification message and sends the message to the message engine server, the method further includes:

The emergency notification server generates an emergency notification file; If the emergency notification file is a video file, the emergency notification server sends the channel number of the video file and the video file playing channel to the IPTV server, and the IPTV server stores the video file and associates the video file with the channel number;

If the emergency notification file is a text file, the emergency notification server sends the text file to the message engine server, and then sends the emergency notification message to the message engine server.

Preferably, the message engine server sends and processes the emergency notification message to the set top box, including:

If the emergency notification file is a video file, the message engine server receives the emergency notification message and sends the emergency notification message to the set top box;

If the emergency notification file is a text file, the message engine server reads the text file according to the emergency notification message, adds the text file to the emergency notification message, and sends an emergency notification message including the text file to the set top box.

Preferably, the message engine server sends and processes the emergency notification message to the set top box, and further includes:

The message engine server determines whether the set top box is powered on;

If the set-top box is powered on, the emergency notification server sends an emergency notification message to the set-top box. If the set-top box is not in the power-on state, the emergency notification server saves the emergency notification message and sends an emergency notification message to the set-top box when the set-top box is powered on.

Preferably, the set top box receives and displays the content of the emergency notification message according to the emergency notification message, including:

If the emergency notification file is a video file, the set top box parses the emergency notification message to obtain the channel number, and then automatically jumps to the channel number to display the video file;

If the emergency notification file is a text file, the set top box parses the received emergency notification message including the text file and directly displays the text file.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an emergency notification issuing system based on IPTV is provided. The system includes:

The emergency notification server is configured to generate an emergency notification message and send to the message engine server; the message engine server is configured to receive and process the emergency notification message and then send to the set top box; the set top box is configured to receive and display the content of the emergency notification message according to the emergency notification message . Preferably, the emergency notification server comprises:

An emergency notification message processing unit configured to generate an emergency notification message and send the message to the message engine server;

An emergency notification file processing unit, configured to generate an emergency notification file;

a video file processing unit, configured to send the channel number of the video file and the video file playing channel to the interactive network television IPTV server when the emergency notification file is a video file;

a text file processing unit, configured to send the text file to the message engine server when the emergency notification file is a text file;

After the text file processing unit sends the text file to the message engine server, the emergency notification message processing unit sends the emergency notification message to the message engine server; the IPTV server is configured to receive and store the video file and channel sent by the video file processing unit. Number, and associate the video file with the channel number.

Preferably, the message engine server comprises:

The video notification message processing unit is configured to receive an emergency notification message when the emergency notification file is a video file, and send the emergency notification message to the set top box;

The text notification message processing unit is configured to, when the emergency notification file is a text file, read the text file according to the emergency notification message, add the text file to the emergency notification message, and send the emergency notification message including the text file to the set top box.

Preferably, the message engine server further includes:

The message sending unit is configured to determine whether the set top box is in a power on state, and if the set top box is in a power on state, send an emergency notification message to the set top box, if the set top box is not in the power on state, The emergency notification message is saved and an emergency notification message is sent to the set top box when the set top box is powered on. Preferably, the set top box comprises:

The video notification parsing unit is configured to: when the emergency notification file is a video file, parse the emergency notification message to obtain the channel number, and then automatically jump to the channel number to display the video file;

The text notification parsing unit is configured to parse the received emergency notification message including the text file and directly display the text file when the emergency notification file is a text file.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages: The present invention sets an emergency notification server and combines with the message interface of the message engine server to implement the release of the emergency notification on the IPTV. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic flowchart of an IPTV-based emergency notification issuing method provided by the present invention; FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an IPTV-based emergency notification issuing system provided by the present invention; FIG. 3 is an IPTV-based emergency notification issuing according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flowchart of processing an IPTV-based emergency notification issuing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the process of the IPTV-based emergency notification issuing method provided by the present invention may include the following steps:

Step S101: An emergency notification server (EAS, Emergency Alert Server) generates an emergency notification message and sends it to the message engine server. At the same time, the EAS generates an emergency notification file. If the emergency notification file is a video file, the EAS sends the channel number of the video file and the video file playing channel to the IPTV server, and the IPTV server stores the video file and the video file and the channel. If the emergency notification file is a text file, the EAS sends the text file to the message engine server, and then sends the emergency notification message to the message engine server.

After step S102, the message engine server receives and processes the emergency notification message is sent to the set top box (STB, Set Top Box) ₀ wherein the emergency notification file if EAS sent to the messaging engine server, the message engine server receives the emergency notification message is a video file, And sending an emergency notification message to the STB. If the emergency notification file sent by the EAS to the message engine server is a text file, the message engine server reads the text file according to the related information about the text file identified in the emergency notification message and adds the text file. In the emergency notification message, an emergency notification message including a text file is sent to the STB. Before sending the emergency notification message, the message engine server first determines whether the STB is powered on. If the STB is in the power-on state, the emergency notification server sends an emergency notification message to the STB. Otherwise, the emergency notification server saves the emergency notification message, when the STB is powered on. The emergency notification message is then sent to the STB.

Step S103: The STB receives and displays the content of the emergency notification message according to the emergency notification message. If the emergency notification file sent by the EAS to the message engine server is a video file, the STB can obtain the emergency notification file as a video file from the received emergency notification message and obtain the channel number of the video file, and then automatically jump to the channel number. The video file is displayed. If the emergency notification file sent by the EAS to the message engine server is a text file, the STB parses the received emergency notification message including the text file, and then directly displays the text file.

2 is a block diagram showing an IPTV-based emergency notification issuing system provided by the present invention, which includes an EAS, a message engine server, an IPTV server, and an STB.

The EAS includes an emergency notification message processing unit, an emergency notification file processing unit, a video file processing unit, and a text file processing unit. The emergency notification message processing unit generates an emergency notification message and sends it to the message engine server, and the emergency notification file processing unit generates an emergency notification. a file, when the emergency notification file is a video file, the video file processing unit sends the channel number of the video file and the video file playing channel to the IPTV server, when the emergency notification file is a text file When the text file processing unit sends the text file to the message engine server, after the text file processing unit sends the text file to the message engine server, the emergency notification message processing unit sends the emergency notification message to the message engine server.

The IPTV server is arranged to receive and store the video file and channel number transmitted by the video file processing unit and to associate the video file with the channel number.

The message engine server includes a video notification message processing unit, a text notification message processing unit, and a message sending unit. When the emergency notification file is a video file, the video notification message processing unit receives the emergency notification message and sends the emergency notification message to the STB. When the notification file is a text file, the text notification message processing unit reads the text file according to the emergency notification message and adds the text file to the emergency notification message, and then transmits an emergency notification message including the text file to the STB. The message sending unit determines whether the STB is in the power-on state. If the STB is in the power-on state, the emergency notification message is sent to the STB. Otherwise, the emergency notification message is saved, and the emergency notification message is sent to the STB when the STB is powered on.

The STB includes a video notification parsing unit and a text notification parsing unit. When the emergency notification file is a video file, the video notification parsing unit parses the emergency notification message to obtain the channel number, and then automatically jumps to the channel number display video file, when the emergency notification file is When the text file is used, the text notification parsing unit parses the received emergency notification message including the text file to directly display the text file.

FIG. 3 is a networking diagram of an IPTV-based emergency notification issuing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, including an EAS, an IPTV server, a message engine server, a network, and an STB.

The network includes a television network and a communication network. The emergency notification server is a server deployed on the Internet, and generates an emergency notification message. The message engine server is also a server deployed on the Internet, and is configured to send a message to the STB. When urgent content needs to be released, the emergency notification server generates a corresponding emergency notification message and sends it to the message engine server. After receiving the emergency notification message, the message engine server processes the message and pushes it to the STB. The message content automatically jumps to the corresponding emergency notification channel, or directly displays the text on the screen. Information.

The emergency notification server also generates an emergency notification file when generating the emergency notification message. If the emergency notification file is a video file, the video file and the channel number for playing the emergency notification are sent to the IPTV server, if the emergency notification file For the text file, before the emergency notification server sends the emergency notification message to the message engine server, the text file is also sent to the message engine server. When the message engine server receives the emergency notification message, according to the text file in the emergency notification message. The related information finds the text file and adds it to the emergency notification message, and sends an emergency notification message including the text file to the message engine server.

As shown in FIG. 4, the processing procedure of the IPTV-based emergency notification issuance method provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps:

Step S401, the EAS generates an emergency notification message, which may be: if the emergency notification content is a video, the EAS generates a video file to be played, and sends the video file to the IPTV server; if the emergency notification content is a text file, the EAS generates a text containing the text. The text file of the content.

Step S402, the EAS sends an emergency notification message to the message engine server, which may be: If the emergency notification content is a text file, the EAS first sends the generated text file of the text content to the message engine server, and then sends the emergency notification message to the message engine. server.

Step S403, after receiving the emergency notification message, the message engine server processes the message, which may be: if the emergency notification content is a video file, the message engine server adds the channel number to be played in the emergency message; if the emergency notification content is a text file The message engine server reads the text content from the text file and adds it to the emergency notification message.

Step S404, the message engine server pushes the processed emergency notification message to the STB, which may be: The STB is registered to the message engine server when starting, and when the emergency notification message is sent, the message engine server determines the STB status, such as the STB is activated urgently. The notification message is sent, otherwise it is saved as an offline message, and is sent to the STB next time. Step S405: After receiving the emergency notification message, the STB displays the emergency notification content, which may be: If the emergency notification content is a video file, the STB automatically jumps to the corresponding emergency notification channel; if the emergency notification content is a text file, the STB is directly on the screen. Show text content.

In summary, the present invention has the following technical effects: The present invention extends the message function through the message interface of the message engine system, and implements an emergency notification system on the IPTV. Moreover, the message interface of the message engine system can easily expand various message services, and the combination of IPTV can realize diverse services, enhance the core competitiveness of the IPTV system, and disclose a communication method.

Although the invention has been described in detail above, the invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art in accordance with the principles of the invention. Therefore, modifications in accordance with the principles of the invention should be understood as falling within the scope of the invention.

Claims

Claim

1. An IPTV-based emergency notification issuing method, wherein the method comprises: the emergency notification server generates an emergency notification message and sends the message to the message! The engine server receives and processes the emergency notification message and sends it to the set top box; the set top box receives and displays the inner valley of the emergency notification message according to the emergency notification message.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, after the emergency notification server generates an emergency notification message and sends the message to the message engine server, the method includes:

The emergency notification server generates an emergency notification file;

And if the emergency notification file is a video file, the emergency notification server sends the video file and a channel number of the video file playing channel to an interactive network television IPTV service association;

And if the emergency notification file is a text file, the emergency notification server sends the text file to the message engine server, and then sends the emergency notification message to the message engine server.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the message engine server receives and processes the emergency notification message and sends the message to the set top box, including:

If the emergency notification file is a text file, the message engine server reads the text file according to the emergency notification message, and adds the text file to the emergency notification message, and then includes the An urgent notification message of the text file is sent to the set top box.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the message engine server receives and sends the emergency notification message to the set top box, and further includes: The message! The engine determines whether the set top box is in a power on state; if the set top box is in a power on state, the emergency notification server sends the emergency notification message to the set top box, and if the set top box is not in a power on state, the emergency The notification server saves the emergency notification message and sends the emergency notification message to the set top box when the set top box is powered on.

The method according to claim 4, wherein the set top box receives and displays the content of the emergency notification message according to the emergency notification message, including:

If the emergency notification file is a video file, the set top box parses the emergency notification message to obtain the channel number, and then automatically jumps to the channel number to display the video file; and if the emergency notification file is text And the set top box parses the received emergency notification message including the text file and directly displays the text file.

An emergency notification issuing system based on IPTV, wherein the system comprises: an emergency notification server, configured to generate an emergency notification message and sent to a message engine server; and a message engine server configured to receive and process the emergency notification message Then sent to the set-top box;

The set top box is configured to receive and display the content of the emergency notification message according to the emergency notification message.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the emergency notification server comprises: an emergency notification message processing unit configured to generate an emergency notification message and send the message to the message engine server;

a video file processing unit, configured to: when the emergency notification file is a video file, send the video file and a channel number of the video file playing channel to an interactive network television IPTV server;

a text file processing unit, configured to: when the emergency notification file is a text file, Sending the text file to the message engine server; after the server, the emergency notification message processing unit sends the emergency notification message to the message engine server; the IPTV server is configured to receive and store the video file processing The video file and channel number sent by the unit, and the video file is associated with the channel number.

The system according to claim 7, wherein the message engine server comprises: a video notification message processing unit, configured to receive the emergency notification message when the emergency notification file is a video file, and An emergency notification message is sent to the set top box; and a text notification message processing unit is configured to, when the emergency notification file is a text file, read the text file according to the emergency notification message, and add the text file to In the emergency notification message, an emergency notification message including the text file is sent to the top of the machine.

The system according to claim 8, wherein the message engine server further comprises: a message sending unit, configured to determine whether the set top box is in a power on state, and if the set top box is in a power on state, send the emergency notification The message is sent to the set top box, and if the set top box is not in the power on state, the emergency notification message is saved and the emergency notification message is sent to the set top box when the set top box is powered on.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the set top box comprises:

a video notification parsing unit, configured to: when the emergency notification file is a video file, parse the emergency notification message to obtain the channel number, and then automatically jump to the channel number to display the video file;