Method and System for Implementing Interaction between Set-Top Box (STB) and Home Gateway

• US 20130061278A1
• Filed: 09/02/2010
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: He, Baolin, Liu, Xinying
• Granted Patent: US 8,677,425 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/110
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2834 Switching of information between an external network and a home network access arrangements H04L12/2856
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2898 Subscriber equipments DSL modems H04M11/062; cable modems H04L12/2801
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

The present invention provides a Set-Top Box, a home gateway, and a method and a system for implementing interaction between the Set-Top Box and the home gateway, and the method comprises: the Set-Top Box transmitting a subscription message to the home gateway by means of a UPnP protocol message; the home gateway receiving and parsing the subscription message, combining a subscription response event according to the parsed subscription information, and then transmitting the subscription response event to the Set-Top Box by means of a UPnP protocol message; and the Set-Top Box triggering a corresponding operation according to a subscription response event message, after receiving the subscription response event message. The flexible coordination between the home gateway and the Set-Top Box can be implemented in accordance with the present invention, which can achieve the purposes of automatic diagnosis and automatic adjustment of services, and improve the user experience effectively.

Claims

1. A method for implementing interaction between a Set-Top Box and a home gateway, comprising:

the Set-Top Box transmitting a subscription message to the home gateway by means of a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol message;

the home gateway receiving and parsing the subscription message, combining into a subscription response event according to parsed subscription information, and then transmitting the subscription response event to the Set-Top Box by means of a UPnP protocol message; and

the Set-Top Box, after receiving a subscription response event message, triggering a corresponding operation according to the subscription response event message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, the subscription information comprises subscription of diagnostic information of video streams;

the step of combining into a subscription response event according to parsed subscription information comprises;

if the parsed subscription information is the subscription of the diagnostic information of the video streams, acquiring video stream traffic information, and combining the video stream traffic information into the subscription response event;

the step of triggering a corresponding operation according to the subscription response event message comprises;

extracting the video stream traffic information from the subscription response event message, and performing fault diagnosis according to the video stream traffic information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein,

combining the video stream traffic information into the subscription response event is periodic.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, the subscription information comprises subscription of bridge connection information,

the step of combining into a subscription response event according to parsed subscription information comprises:

if the parsed subscription information is the subscription of the bridge connection information, determining whether a bridge connection link is available, and if the bridge connection link is available, combining the information of the available bridge connection link into the subscription response event message;

during the processing of triggering a corresponding operation according to the subscription response event message, the information of the bridge connection link is extracted, and a connecting request is initiated according to the information of the bridge connection link.

5. A Set-Top Box, comprising:

a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) control point module, configured to transmit a subscription message to a home gateway by means of a UPnP protocol message; and

notify a first function service module with a message after receiving a subscription response event message transmitted by the home gateway by means of a UPnP protocol message; and

the first function service module, configured to, after receiving a notification, trigger a corresponding operation according to the subscription response event message.

6. The Set-Top Box of claim 5, wherein, the subscription information comprises subscription of information of video streams, and the subscription response event message carries video stream traffic information;

the first function service module is a diagnostic module, which is configured to perform fault diagnosis according to the video stream traffic information.

7. The Set-Top Box of claim 5, wherein, the subscription information comprises subscription of information of a bridge connection bearing an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service;

and the subscription response event message carries the information of a bridge connection link bearing the IPTV service,

the first function service module is a connection initiating module, which is configured to initiate a connection request according to the information of the bridge connection link.

8. A home gateway, comprising a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Internet Gateway Device (IGD) module, and a second function service module, wherein,

the UPnP IGD module is configured to receive and parse a subscription message transmitted by a Set-Top Box by means of a UPnP protocol message, issue parsed subscription information to a corresponding second function service module;

and combine service information transmitted by the second function service module into a subscription response event message, and then transmit the subscription response event message to the Set-Top Box by means of a UPnP protocol message;

the second function service module is configured to transmit the corresponding service information to the UPnP IGD module after receiving the subscription information.

9. The home gateway of claim 8, wherein, the subscription information is subscription of diagnostic information of video streams, and the second function service module is a traffic statistic module,

the UPnP IGD module is configured to issue the parsed subscription of the diagnostic information of the video streams to the traffic statistic module;

combine video stream traffic information transmitted by the traffic statistic module into a subscription response event message, and then transmit the subscription response event message to the Set-Top Box by means of a UPnP protocol message;

the traffic statistic module is configured to transmit the video stream traffic information to the UPnP IGD module, after receiving the subscription of the diagnostic information of the video streams.

10. The home gateway of claim 8, wherein, the subscription information is subscription of information of a bridge connection bearing an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service, and the second function service module is a bridge connection function module,

the UPnP IGD module is configured to issue the parsed subscription of the information of the bridge connection bearing the IPTV service to the bridge connection function module, combine the information of the bridge connection link transmitted by the bridge connection function module into a subscription response event message, and then transmit the subscription response event message to the Set-Top Box by means of a UPnP protocol message;

the bridge connection function module is configured to determine whether the bridge connection link bearing the IPTV service is available after receiving the subscription of the information of the bridge connection bearing the IPTV service, and transmit the corresponding information of the corresponding bridge connection link to the UPnP IGD module, if the bridge connection link bearing the IPTV service is available.

11. A system including a Set-Top Box and the home gateway of claim 8, wherein,

the Set-Top Box comprises a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) control point module and a first function service module;

the UPnP control point module is configured to transmit a subscription message to a home gateway by means of a UPnP protocol message; and

notify a first function service module with a message after receiving a subscription response event message transmitted by the home gateway by means of a UPnP protocol message; and

the first function service module is configured to, after receiving a notification, trigger a corresponding operation according to the subscription response event message;

the Set-Top Box and the home gateway interact with each other by means of UPnP protocol message;