METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR SHARING INFORMATION IN IPTV SERVICE SYSTEM

• US 20100229212A1
• Filed: 05/19/2010
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LIU, Jian, MA, Hanjun
• Application Number:
  US12/783,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20100229212A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/109
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06

Abstract

A method and a terminal for sharing information in an IPTV service system are disclosed herein. A method includes generating a recommendation email which carries a mailbox identifier of the recommendation recipient and an index of the recommended content and sending the recommendation email according to the mailbox identifier. Another method includes sending an email receiving request according to a preset recommendation receiving policy, receiving an email, judging whether the received email is a recommendation email and, if the received email is a recommendation email, resolving the recommendation email to obtain information about recommended content, and obtaining media stream data of the recommended content according to the information about the recommended content. The embodiments of the present disclosure implement the information sharing service without deploying any IM subsyste, thus reducing the cost.

Claims

1. A method for sharing information in an IPTV service system, comprising:

generating a recommendation email, wherein the recommendation email carries mailbox identifier information of a recommendation recipient and an index of recommended content; and

sending the recommendation email according to the mailbox identifier information to the recommendation recipient.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the recommendation email comprises:

generating the recommendation email according to a preset recommendation generating policy,

wherein the preset recommendation generating policy comprises generating the recommendation email when a recommendation generating instruction is received or recommendation generating condition is met.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining an identity (ID) of the recommendation recipient;

obtaining the mailbox identifier information of the recommendation recipient according to the ID of the recommendation recipient.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the mailbox identifier information of the recommendation recipient comprises a plurality of mailbox identifiers of the recommendation recipient.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the recommendation email comprises a title and content, and a recommendation identifier which identifies an email as the recommendation email is included in one of the title and the content of the recommendation email.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein before sending the recommendation email, the method further comprises:

generating a serial identifier wherein the serial identifier is carried in the recommendation email and is used to identify the recommendation email when the recommendation email is received.

7. A method for sharing information in an IPTV service system, comprising:

sending an email receiving request according to a preset recommendation receiving policy;

receiving an email;

judging whether the received email is a recommendation email wherein if the received email is the recommendation email, resolving the recommendation email to obtain information about the recommended content; and

obtaining media stream data of the recommended content according to the information about the recommended content.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein sending the email receiving request according to the preset recommendation receiving policy comprises:

sending the email receiving request after a preset time interval or after receiving an input recommendation receiving instruction.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein judging whether the received email is the recommendation email comprises:

judging whether the received email is the recommendation email according to whether a title or content of the received email includes a recommendation identifier which identifies the received email as a recommendation email.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein before resolving the recommendation email to obtain the information about the recommended content, the method further comprises:

preprocessing according to a serial identifier carried in the recommendation email; and

combining the recommendation email with the serial identifier.

11. A terminal for sharing information in an IPTV service system, comprising:

a first recommending module adapted to generate a recommendation email which carries a mailbox identifier of a selected recommendation recipient and an index of the recommended content; and

a sending module adapted to send the recommendation email according to the mailbox identifier.

12. The terminal of claim 11, further comprising:

a first service module adapted to send a recommendation request carrying at least one identifier of the selected recommendation recipient to the first recommending module according to a preset recommendation generating policy, the recommendation request triggering the first recommending module to generate the recommendation email.

13. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the first service module further comprises:

a first service unit adapted to perform IPTV services;

an obtaining unit adapted to obtain information about all recommendation recipients according to the preset recommendation generating policy, the information including an identifier of the selected recommendation recipient and recommendation recipient mailbox identifier information corresponding to the identifier;

a selecting unit adapted to select one or more identifiers of the recommendation recipient and corresponding recommendation recipient mailbox identifier information; and

a first triggering unit adapted to send a recommendation request carrying the one or more identifiers of the recommendation recipient and the corresponding mailbox identifier information selected by the selecting unit.

14. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the first recommending module further comprises:

a generating unit adapted to generate the recommendation email after receiving a recommendation request; and

a first recommending unit adapted to send the recommendation email according to the mailbox identifier.

15. The terminal of claim 14, wherein the first recommending module further comprises:

a binding unit adapted to generate a serial identifier for identifying the recommendation email and carry the serial identifier in the recommendation email to be sent by the first recommending unit.

16. A terminal for sharing information in an IPTV service system, comprising:

a service module adapted to send an email receiving request according to a preset recommendation receiving policy and obtain media stream data of recommended content; and

a recommending module adapted to forward the email receiving request, receive an email, and judge whether the received email is a recommendation email wherein if the received email is the recommendation email, resolve the recommendation email to obtain information about the recommended content and send the information about the recommended content to the service module,

wherein the recommending module is adapted to obtain the media stream data of the recommended content according to the information about the recommended content.

17. The terminal of claim 16, wherein the recommending module is further adapted to perform preprocessing according to a serial identifier carried in the recommendation email if the received email is a recommendation email and combine the recommendation email with the serial identifier so that the recommending module resolves the recommendation email to obtain the information about the recommended content.