Information pushing method and system, cloud server and information server

• US 10,154,292 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2015
• Issued: 12/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Skyworth Electronics Incorporated (Skyworth Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Skyworth Electronics Incorporated (Skyworth Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Xu, Yaoling, Hou, Zhilong
• Primary Examiner(s): Asanbayev, Oleg
• Assistant Examiner(s): Doshi, Akshay
• Application Number:
  US14/908,742
• Publication Number:
  US 20160173916A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,372 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2181 comprising remotely distributed storage units, e.g. when movies are replicated over a plurality of video servers distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2343 involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/262 Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4318 by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/45455 applied to a region of the image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

The present invention discloses an information pushing method. The method includes: a cloud server receiving program information from a program server and analyzing program content in the received program information to find available regions in image frames of the program content; the cloud server generating a block information record table for the found available regions; and an information server receiving the block information record table from the cloud server, finding corresponding information to be pushed for identifiers of the available regions in the block information record table according to a preset information association rule, associating the information to be pushed with the identifiers and sending the found information to be pushed to a corresponding playing terminal. The present invention also discloses an information pushing system, a cloud server and a information server.

Claims

1. An information pushing method, the method comprising:

a cloud server receiving program information from a program server and analyzing program content in the received program information to find available regions in image frames of the program content;

the cloud server generating a block information record table for the found available regions, the block information record table comprising program numbers, identifiers of the available regions, locations and shapes of the available regions, and durations of identical available regions in the program content; and

an information server receiving the block information record table from the cloud server, finding corresponding information to be pushed for the identifiers of the available regions in the block information record table according to a preset information association rule, associating the information to be pushed with the identifiers and sending the found information to be pushed to a corresponding playing terminal, so as to insert, in the available regions in the image frames of the program content played by the playing terminal, the corresponding information to be pushed, comprising;

the information server receiving the block information record table from the cloud server, finding the corresponding information to be pushed for the available regions corresponding to the identifiers of the available regions in the block information record table according to the preset information association rule, and associating the information to be pushed with the identifiers, to generate a temporary record table, the temporary record table comprising the program numbers, the identifiers of the available regions, the locations and shapes of the available regions, the durations of the identical available regions in the program content, and the corresponding information to be pushed for the identifiers of the available regions;

the information server performing mapping on the temporary record table and a playing terminal group information record table by using the program numbers, respectively, so as to generate an information pushing table, the playing terminal group information record table comprising a program number, an identifier of a playing terminal group, and an identifier of at least one playing terminal, wherein the program number, the identifier of the playing terminal group, and the identifier of the at least one playing terminal are corresponding to each other; and

the information server pushing, according to the information pushing table, corresponding information to be pushed to a playing terminal corresponding to an identifier of a playing terminal in the information pushing table, so as to insert, in the available regions in the image frames of the program content played by the corresponding playing terminal, the corresponding information to be pushed.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the step of if the size of the initial block is greater than the first preset value, performing regularization processing on a shape of the initial block, the method further comprises:

determining whether a size of the initial block after regularization processing is greater than a second preset value; and

if the size of the initial block after regularization processing is greater than the second preset value, determining the initial block after regularization processing as the available region in the corresponding image frames of the program content.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the step of an information server receiving the block information record table from the cloud server, finding corresponding information to be pushed for the identifiers of the available regions in the block information record table according to a preset information association rule, associating the information to be pushed with the identifiers and sending the found information to be pushed to a corresponding playing terminal, so as to insert, in the available regions in the image frames of the program content played by the playing terminal, the corresponding information to be pushed, the method further comprises:

the information server receiving the playing terminal group information record table from the program server.

4. The information pushing method according to claim 1, wherein the cloud server comprises:

a first transceiver module, configured to receive program information from a program server; and

a first generation module, configured to analyze program content in the received program information to find available regions in image frames of the program content, and generate a block information record table for the found available regions, the block information record table comprising program numbers, identifiers of the available regions, locations and shapes of the available regions, and durations of identical available regions in the program content.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the regularization processing comprises:

when the shape of the initial block is irregular, the shape of the initial block is processed into an optimal regular shape according to an original shape of the initial block.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of the cloud server receiving program information from the program server and analyzing program content in the received program information to find available regions in image frames of the program content comprises:

the cloud server receiving the program information from the program server, analyzing the image frames of the program content in the program information, finding a region, having fixed content or having a periodic changing rule, in the image frames, and using the region as an initial block;

analyzing a degree of influence of the initial block on a display effect of playing of the program content;

if the degree of the influence of the initial block on the display effect of playing of the program content is no influence or slight influence, determining whether a size of the initial block is greater than a first preset value;

if the size of the initial block is greater than the first preset value, performing regularization processing on a shape of the initial block; and

determining the initial block after regularization processing as an available region in the corresponding image frames of the program content.

7. The information pushing method according to claim 4, wherein the information server comprises:

a second transceiver module, configured to receive a block information record table from a cloud server; and

a second generation module, configured to find corresponding information to be pushed for identifiers of available regions in the block information record table according to a preset information association rule, and associate the information to be pushed with the identifiers; and

the second transceiver module is further configured to send the found information to be pushed to a corresponding playing terminal, so as to insert, in the available regions in image frames of the program content played by the playing terminal, the corresponding information to be pushed.

8. An information pushing system, wherein the system comprises:

a program server, a cloud server and a playing terminal separately connected to the program server and an information server connected to the cloud server, the information server being connected to the playing terminal, wherein the cloud server comprises a processor and a non-transitory memory coupled to the processor, the non-transitory memory storing a first transceiver module and a first generation module executable by the processor;

the first transceiver module, configured to receive program information from the program server; and

the first generation module, configured to analyze program content in the received program information to find available regions in image frames of the program content, and generate a block information record table for the found available regions, the block information record table comprising program numbers, identifiers of the available regions, locations and shapes of the available regions, and durations of identical available regions in the program content; and

the information server comprises a processor and a non-transitory memory coupled to the processor, the non-transitory memory storing a second transceiver module and a second generation module executable by the processor;

the second transceiver module, configured to receive the block information record table from the cloud server; and

the second generation module, configured to find corresponding information to be pushed for the identifiers of the available regions in the block information record table according to a preset information association rule, and associate the information to be pushed with the identifiers, wherein

the second transceiver module is further configured to send the found information to be pushed to a corresponding playing terminal, so as to insert, in the available regions in the image frames of the program content played by the playing terminal, the corresponding information to be pushed;

wherein the second generation module is configured to find the corresponding information to be pushed for the available regions corresponding to the identifiers of the available regions in the block information record table according to the preset information association rule, and associate the information to be pushed with the identifiers, so as to generate a temporary record table, the temporary record table comprising the program numbers, the identifiers of the available regions, the locations and shapes of the available regions, the durations of the identical available regions in the program content, and the corresponding information to be pushed for the identifiers of the available regions; and

configured to perform mapping on the temporary record table and a playing terminal group information record table by using the program numbers, generate an information pushing table, the playing terminal group information record table comprising a program number, an identifier of a playing terminal group, and an identifier of at least one playing terminal, wherein the program number, the identifier of the playing terminal group, and the identifier of the at least one playing terminal are corresponding to each other.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the second transceiver module is further configured to push, according to the information pushing table, corresponding information to be pushed to a playing terminal corresponding to an identifier of a playing terminal in the information pushing table, so as to insert, in the available regions in the image frames of the program content played by the corresponding playing terminal, the corresponding information to be pushed.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the first generation module is further configured to determine whether a size of the initial block after regularization processing is greater than a second preset value;

and configured to;

if the size of the initial block after regularization processing is greater than the second preset value, determine the initial block after regularization processing as an available region in the corresponding image frames of the program content.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the second transceiver module is further configured to receive a playing terminal group information record table from the program server.

12. The system according to claim 8, wherein the regularization processing comprises:

when the shape of the initial block is irregular, the shape of the initial block is processed into an optimal regular shape according to an original shape of the initial block.

13. The system according to claim 8, wherein the first generation module comprises:

a first analysis unit, configured to analyze the image frames of the program content in the program information, find a region, having fixed content or having a periodic changing rule, in the image frames, and use the region as an initial block;

a second analysis unit, configured to analyze a degree of influence of the initial block on a display effect of playing of the program content;

a first judging unit, configured to;

when the degree of the influence of the initial block on the display effect of playing of the program content is no influence or slight influence, determine whether a size of the initial block is greater than a first preset value; and

a regularization processing unit, configured to;

when the size of the initial block is greater than the first preset value, perform regularization processing on a shape of the initial block.

14. The system according to claim 10, wherein the first generation module is further configured to generate the block information record table according to the available regions, the block information record table comprising the program numbers, the identifiers of the available regions, the locations and shapes of the available regions, and the durations of the identical available regions in the program content.