TELEVISION MANIPULATION METHOD, HANDHELD DEVICE, TELEVISION, AND TELEVISION MANIPULATION SYSTEM

• US 20130271672A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• 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: Chen, Jian, Lan, Shouzhen, Ji, Muzhou, Li, Pingning, Wu, Di, Dong, Fuhai, Zhao, Hongliang
• Application Number:
  US13/826,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20130271672A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/734
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42208 Display device provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

The present invention discloses a television manipulation method, a handheld device, a television, where in the television manipulation method, the handheld device pre-establishes a connection relationship with a television to be controlled and determines application software to be manipulated, and then a manipulation program corresponding to the application software is installed on the handheld device, so as to implement manipulation on the application software. Through the method, information interaction between the handheld device and the television can be implemented; the handheld device obtains application information of application software installed on the television, and a corresponding manipulation program is installed on handheld device, the handheld device can also obtain application information of application software in a server, a corresponding manipulation program can be installed on the handheld device, and the handheld device implements manipulation on the television after a corresponding application software is installed on the television through the server.

Claims

1. A television manipulation method, comprising:

establishing, by a handheld device, a connection relationship with a television;

determining, by the handheld device, application software to be manipulated; and

installing, on the handheld device, a manipulation program corresponding to the application software to be manipulated, so as to implement manipulation on the application software.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the establishing, by the handheld device, the connection relationship with the television specifically comprises:

searching, by the handheld device, for a television to be controlled;

sending, by the handheld device, first response request information to the television that is found; and

receiving, by the handheld device, first device response information sent by the television to the handheld device after the television receives the first response request information, so as to establish a connection relationship with the television;

or

sending, by the handheld device, second device response information to the television after receiving second response request information sent by the television, so as to establish a connection relationship with the television.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, by the handheld device, the application software to be manipulated comprises:

receiving, by the handheld device, application information of application software newly installed on the television, so as to determine the application software as the application software to be manipulated by the handheld device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, by the handheld device, the application software to be manipulated comprises:

sending, by the handheld device, application request information to the television;

receiving, by the handheld device, application information of application software installed on the television, wherein the application information is sent by the television to the handheld device after the television receives the application request information and the application information at least comprises name information of the application software; and

determining, by the handheld device according to the received application information, application software that has been installed on the television and whose corresponding manipulation program has not been installed on the handheld device, and determining the application software as the application software to be manipulated by the handheld device, wherein the manipulation program is used to implement manipulation on the application software.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, by the handheld device, the application software to be manipulated comprises:

establishing, by the handheld device, a network connection with a server;

sending, by the handheld device, query request information to the server that establishes the network connection, so as to query for application software whose manipulation program has not been installed on the handheld device; and

receiving, by the handheld device, application information of the application software that is sent by the server after the server receives the query request information, so as to determine the application software as the application software to be manipulated by the handheld device.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein a method of installing, on the handheld device, the manipulation program corresponding to the application software to be manipulated specifically comprises:

parsing, by the handheld device after determining the application software to be manipulated, the application information corresponding to the application software to be manipulated, so as to install a manipulation program corresponding to the application software to be manipulated;

or

sending, by the handheld device, manipulation request information to the server, wherein the manipulation request information comprises application information of the application software to be manipulated by the handheld device; and

receiving, by the handheld device, manipulation information that corresponds to the manipulation request information and is sent by the server after the server receives the manipulation request information, so as to install a manipulation program corresponding to the application software to be manipulated.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the installing, on the handheld device, the manipulation program corresponding to the manipulation information, the method further comprises:

setting, on an interface of the handheld device, a manipulation icon corresponding to the manipulation program.

8. A handheld device, comprising:

a connection relationship establishing module, configured to establish a connection relationship between the handheld device and the television;

a determination module, configured to determine application software to be manipulated by the handheld device; and

an installation module, configured to install a manipulation program corresponding to the application software to be manipulated, so as to implement manipulation on the application software.

9. The handheld device according to claim 8, wherein the connection relationship establishing module comprises:

a search unit, configured to search for a television to be controlled;

a first sending unit, configured to send first response request information to the television that is found; and

a connection unit, configured to receive first device response information sent by the television to the handheld device, so as to establish a connection relationship with the television;

or

a second sending unit, configured to send second device response information to the television after second response request information sent by the television is received, so as to establish a connection relationship with the television.

10. The handheld device according to claim 8, wherein the determination module comprises:

a first application information receiving unit, configured to receive application information of application software newly installed on the television to be controlled, so as to determine the application software as application software to be manipulated by the handheld device.

11. The handheld device according to claim 8, wherein the determination module comprises:

a request information sending unit, configured to send application request information to the television to be controlled;

a second application information receiving unit, configured to receive application information of application software installed on the television, wherein the application information is sent by the television to the handheld device after the television receives the application request information and the application information at least comprises name information of the application software; and

a judging unit, configured to determine, according to the received application information, application software that has been installed on the television and whose corresponding manipulation program has not been installed on the handheld device, so as to determine the application software as the application software to be manipulated by the handheld device, wherein the manipulation program is used to implement manipulation on the application software.

12. The handheld device according to claim 8, wherein the determination module comprises:

a network connection establishing unit, configured to establish a network connection relationship with a server;

a query request information sending unit, configured to send query request information to the server that establishes the network connection, so as to query for application software whose manipulation program has not been installed on the handheld device; and

a third application information receiving unit, configured to receive application information of the application software that is sent by the server after the server receives the query request information, so as to determine the application software as the application software to be manipulated by the handheld device.

13. The handheld device according to claim 9, wherein

the first sending unit and the second sending unit are the same sending unit or different sending units;

and

the first application information receiving unit, the second application information receiving unit, and the third application information receiving unit are the same application information receiving unit, or different application information receiving units.

14. The handheld device according to claim 10, wherein the installation module comprises:

a parsing and installing unit, configured to;

after the application software to be manipulated is determined, parse application information corresponding to the application software to be manipulated, so as to install a manipulation program corresponding to the application software to be manipulated;

or

a manipulation request information sending unit, configured to send manipulation request information to the server, wherein the manipulation request information comprises the application information of the application software to be manipulated by the handheld device; and

a receiving and installing unit, configured to receive manipulation information that corresponds to the manipulation request information and is sent by the server after the server receives the manipulation request information, so as to install a manipulation program corresponding to the application software to be manipulated.

15. The handheld device according to claim 8, wherein the handheld device further comprises:

a setting module, configured to set, on an interface of the handheld device, a manipulation icon corresponding to the manipulation program.

16. A television, comprising:

a television connection relationship establishing module, configured to establish a connection relationship with the handheld device; and

a television sending module, configured to send application information of application software to the handheld device, wherein the application information at least comprises name information of the application software.

17. The television according to claim 16, wherein the television connection relationship establishing module comprises:

a first device response information sending unit, configured to send first device response information to a handheld device after first response request information sent by the handheld device is received, so as to establish a connection relationship with the handheld device;

or

a television search unit, configured to search for a handheld device;

a second response request information sending unit, configured to send second response request information to the handheld device that is found; and

a second device response information receiving unit, configured to receive second device response information sent by the handheld device to the television after the handheld device receives the second response request information, so as to establish a connection relationship with the handheld device.

18. The television according to claim 16, wherein the television sending module comprises:

a first television sending unit, configured to;

after application request information sent by the handheld device is received, send application information of application software installed on the television to the handheld device;

or

a second television sending unit, configured to send application information of newly-installed application software to the handheld device after the new application software is installed.

19. The television according to claim 18, wherein the first television sending unit and the second television sending unit are the same television sending unit or different television sending units.