Method, Device and System for Controlling Cable Television System

• US 20150229864A1
• Filed: 08/15/2013
• Published: 08/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Weiwei, Shi, Linan, Yu, Zhanyue
• Granted Patent: US 9,749,573 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/40 Remote control systems using repeaters, converters, gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• 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 21/42204 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 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42221 Transmission circuitry, e.g. infrared [IR] or radio frequency [RF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4432 Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4436 Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, a device and a system for controlling a cable television system. The method includes that: an intelligent mobile terminal detects whether the intelligent mobile terminal is connected to a home wireless network, and when it is detected that the intelligent mobile terminal is connected to the home wireless network, transmits a set-top box turn-on signal to a set-top box through the home wireless network; the set-top box executes a turn-on operation according to the received set-top box turn-on signal and transmits a television turn-on signal to a television. According to the disclosure, after a user of the intelligent mobile terminal gets home, the intelligent mobile terminal carried by the user automatically turns on the set-top box and the television, and the user does not need to use a remote controller of the set-top box and a remote controller of the television.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a cable television system, comprising:

detecting, by an intelligent mobile terminal, whether the intelligent mobile terminal is connected to a home wireless network, and when it is detected that the intelligent mobile terminal is connected to the home wireless network, transmitting a set-top box turn-on signal to a set-top box through the home wireless network; and

performing, by the set-top box, a turn-on operation according to the received set-top box turn-on signal and transmitting a television turn-on signal to a television.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein transmitting the set-top box turn-on signal to the set-top box through the home wireless network comprises:

transmitting the set-top box turn-on signal to the set-top box periodically through the home wireless network according to a predetermined frequency;

correspondingly, after transmitting the television turn-on signal to the television, the method further comprises;

determining, by the set-top box, whether the set-top box turn-on signal transmitted by the intelligent mobile terminal is received within a predetermined time interval, when the set-top box turn-on signal is not received, executing a turn-off operation, and transmitting a television turn-off signal to the television.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the home wireless network is a home Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) network or a home Bluetooth (BT) network.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein transmitting the television turn-on signal to the television comprises:

transmitting the television turn-on or turn-off signal to the television through a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI).

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein transmitting the television turn-on signal to the television comprises:

transmitting, by the set-top box, a Wi-Fi or BT television turn-on or turn-off signal to an infrared transmitter through the Wi-Fi or BT network, and converting, by the infrared transmitter, the received Wi-Fi or BT television turn-on or turn-off signal into an infrared television turn-on or turn-off signal, and then transmitting the infrared television turn-on or turn-off signal to the television.

12. The method according to claim 2, wherein the home wireless network is a home Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) network or a home Bluetooth (BT) network.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein transmitting the television turn-on signal to the television comprises:

transmitting the television turn-on or turn-off signal to the television through a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI).

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein transmitting the television turn-on signal to the television comprises:

transmitting, by the set-top box, a Wi-Fi or BT television turn-on or turn-off signal to an infrared transmitter through the Wi-Fi or BT network, and converting, by the infrared transmitter, the received Wi-Fi or BT television turn-on or turn-off signal into an infrared television turn-on or turn-off signal, and then transmitting the infrared television turn-on or turn-off signal to the television.

6. An intelligent mobile terminal, comprising:

a detection component and a transmission component, wherein

the detection component is configured to detect whether the intelligent mobile terminal is connected to a home wireless network, and when it is detected that the intelligent mobile terminal is connected to the home wireless network, notify the transmission component to execute an operation of transmitting a set-top box turn-on signal to a set-top box; and

the transmission component is configured to transmit the set-top box turn-on signal to the set-top box through the home wireless network according to the notification from the the detection component.

7. The intelligent mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein

the transmission component is configured to transmit the set-top box turn-on signal to the set-top box periodically through the home wireless network according to a predetermined frequency.

8. A set-top box, comprising:

a turn-on component and a transmission component, wherein

the turn-on component is configured to execute a turn-on operation according to a set-top box turn-on signal transmitted from an intelligent mobile terminal; and

the transmission component is configured to transmit a television turn-on signal to a television according to the set-top box turn-on signal transmitted from the intelligent mobile terminal.

9. The set-top box according to claim 8, further comprising a turn-off component, wherein

the turn-off component is configured to determine whether the set-top box turn-on signal transmitted from the intelligent mobile terminal is received within a predetermined time interval, when the set-top box turn-on signal is not received, execute a turn-off operation, and notify the transmission component to execute an operation of transmitting a turn-off signal to the television;

and

correspondingly, the transmission component is further configured to transmit the television turn-off signal to the television according to the notification from the turn-off component.

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