Method and Device for Mobile Communication Terminal to Control Smart TV to Play Video File

• US 20160366461A1
• Filed: 12/23/2014
• Published: 12/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Le Holdings (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Le Shi Zhi Xin Electronic Technology (Tianjin) Limited
• Original Assignee: Le Holdings (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Le Shi Zhi Xin Electronic Technology (Tianjin) Limited
• Inventors: HU, Hailong, YANG, Lingling, LIANG, Fan, LI, Zhen
• Application Number:
  US15/107,413
• Publication Number:
  US 20160366461A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2625 for delaying content or additional data distribution, e.g. because of an extended sport event
• 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 21/4222 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 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• 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

A method and a device is provided for a mobile communication terminal to control a smart TV to play a video file, wherein the mobile communication terminal establishes communication connections with the smart TV and an application server in advance.

Claims

1. A method for a mobile communication terminal to control a smart TV to play a video file, wherein the mobile communication terminal establishes communication connections with the smart TV and an application server in advance;

on the mobile communication terminal side, the method comprises;

providing a user operation entry in a user interface of the mobile communication terminal;

receiving, through the user operation entry, a search command which is sent by a user and used for searching for a target video file;

acquiring, based on the search command, relevant information of the target video file from the application server;

judging whether the smart TV can establish a communication connection with the application server;

if the smart TV can establish the communication connection with the application server, sending the relevant information to the smart TV and sending a playing command to the smart TV, so that the smart TV downloads full data of the target video file from the application server according to the relevant information and plays the full data; and

if the smart TV can not establish the communication connection with the application server, acquiring the full data of the target video file from the application server, sending the full data to the smart TV, and sending a playing command to the smart TV, so that the smart TV plays the full data.

2. The method for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to play the video file of claim 1, wherein, after judging whether the smart TV can establish the communication connection with the application server, the method further comprises:

if the smart TV can not establish the communication connection with the application server, sending the relevant information to a relay server, so that the relay server downloads the full data from the application server according to the relevant information, and then sending, through a communication connection between the relay server and the smart TV, the full data in the form of streaming media to the smart TV in groups for playing.

3. The method for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to play the video file of claim 1, wherein the step of providing the user operation entry in the user interface of the mobile communication terminal comprises:

providing the user operation entry in such a manner of displaying an operable button in the user interface of the mobile communication terminal;

or

providing the user operation entry in such a manner of prompting text input in the user interface of the mobile communication terminal;

or

providing the user operation entry in such a manner of prompting voice input in the user interface of the mobile communication terminal.

4. The method for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to play the video file of claim 1, wherein the step of judging whether the smart TV can establish the communication connection with the application server comprises:

receiving, through the user operation entry, a status acquiring command which is sent by a user and used for acquiring a network connection status of the smart TV;

sending the status acquiring command to the smart TV; and

receiving network connection status parameters fed back by the smart TV, and judging whether the smart TV can establish the communication connection with the application server according to the network connection status parameters.

5. The method for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to play the video file of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving and synchronously displaying playing prompting information fed back by the smart TV to the target video file.

6. The method for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to play the video file of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, through the user operation entry, a delayed playing command which is sent by a user and used for sending the target video file to the smart TV for delayed playing;

determining a time point of delayed playing based on the delayed playing command;

acquiring description information or the full data of the target video file; and

pushing, through the communication connection, the description information or the full data of the target video file to the smart TV for playing, wherein the step of pushing, through the communication connection, the description information or the full data of the target video file to the smart TV for playing specifically includes;

at the time point of delayed playing, pushing, through the communication connection, the description information or the full data of the target video file to the smart TV for playing;

or

pushing, through the communication connection, the description information or the full data of the target video file to the smart TV, and sending a command of playing a target video to the smart TV at the time point of delayed playing so that the smart TV plays the target video.

7. The method for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to play the video file of claim 6, wherein the step of determining the time point of delayed playing based on the delayed playing command comprises:

based on the delayed playing command, enabling a thread for continuously acquiring a playing status of a player of the smart TV; and

determining a time point when the thread finds out that playing of a preset playing program in the player of the smart TV is finished as the time point of delayed playing.

8. The method for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to play the video file of claim 6, wherein the step of determining the time point of delayed playing based on the delayed playing command specifically is:

determining the time point of delayed playing according to time information carried in the delayed playing command.

9. A method for a mobile communication terminal to control a smart TV to delay playing a video, wherein the mobile communication terminal establishes a communication connection with the smart TV in advance;

on the mobile communication terminal side, the method comprises;

providing a user operation entry in a user interface of the mobile communication terminal;

receiving, through the user operation entry, a command which is sent by a user and used for sending a target video file to the smart TV for delayed playing;

determining a time point of delayed playing based on the delayed playing command;

acquiring description information or full data of the target video file; and

pushing, through the communication connection, the description information or the full data of the target video file to the smart TV for playing;

wherein, the step of pushing, through the communication connection, the description information or the full data of the target video file to the smart TV for playing specifically comprises;

at the time point of delayed playing, pushing, through the communication connection, the description information or the full data of the target video file to the smart TV for playing;

or

pushing, through the communication connection, the description information or the full data of the target video file to the smart TV, and sending a command of playing a target video to the smart TV at the time point of delayed playing so that the smart TV plays the target video.

10. The method for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to delay playing the video of claim 9, wherein before the step of receiving, through the user operation entry, the command which is sent by the user and used for sending the target video file to the smart TV for delayed playing, the method further comprises:

receiving, through the user operation entry, a search command which is sent by the user and used for searching for the target video file;

acquiring, based on the search command, relevant information of the target video file from an application server;

judging whether the smart TV can establish a communication connection with the application server;

if the smart TV can establish the communication connection with the application server, downloading, by the smart TV, the full data of the target video file from the application server according to the relevant information; and

if the smart TV can not establish the communication connection with the application server, acquiring the full data of the target video file from the application server.

11. A device for a mobile communication terminal to control a smart TV to play a video file, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory; and

one or more modules stored in the memory, the one or more modules are configured to perform the following operations when being executed by the one or more processors;

establishing communication connections between the mobile communication terminal and the smart TV as well as an application server;

providing a user operation entry in a user interface of the mobile communication terminal;

receiving, through the user operation entry, a search command which is sent by a user and used for searching for a target video file;

acquiring, based on the search command, relevant information of the target video file from the application server;

judging whether the smart TV can establish a communication connection with the application server;

if the circumstance that the smart TV can establish the communication connection with the application server, sending the relevant information to the smart TV and sending a playing command to the smart TV, so that the smart TV downloads full data of the target video file from the application server according to the relevant information and plays the full data; and

if the smart TV can not establish the communication connection with the application server, acquiring the full data of the target video file from the application server, sending the full data to the smart TV, and sending a playing command to the smart TV, so that the smart TV plays the full data.

12. The device for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to play the video file of claim 11, the processor is further configured to:

if the smart TV can not establish the communication connection with the application server, send the relevant information to a relay server, so that the relay server downloads the full data from the application server according to the relevant information, and then send, through a communication connection between the relay server and the smart TV, the full data in the form of a streaming media to the smart TV in groups for playing.

13. The device for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to play the video file of claim 11, the processor is further configured to:

receive and synchronously display playing prompting information fed back by the smart TV to the target video file.

14. The device for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to play the video file of claim 11, the processor is further configured to:

receive, through the user operation entry, a delayed playing command which is sent by a user and used for sending the target video file to the smart TV for delayed playing;

determine a time point of delayed playing based on the delayed playing command; and

acquire description information or the full data of the target video file;

at the time point of delayed playing, send the relevant information to the smart TV and send a playing command to the smart TV;

or

when the delayed playing command is received, send the relevant information to the smart TV, and send a playing command to the smart TV at the time point of delayed playing;

at the time point of delayed playing, send the full data to the smart TV and send a playing command to the smart TV;

or

when the delayed playing command is received, send the full data to the smart TV, and send a playing command to the smart TV at the time point of delayed playing;

15. The device for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to play the video file of claim 14, the processor is further configured to:

based on the delayed playing command, enable a thread for continuously acquiring a playing status of a player of the smart TV; and

determine a time point when the thread finds out that playing of a preset playing program in the player of the smart TV is finished as the time point of delayed playing.

16. The device for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to play the video file of claim 14, the processor is further configured to:

determine the time point of delayed playing according to time information carried in the delayed playing command.

17. A device for a mobile communication terminal to control a smart TV to delay playing a video, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory; and

one or more modules stored in the memory, the one or more modules are configured to perform the following operations when being executed by the one or more processors;

establishing a communication connection between the mobile communication terminal and the smart TV in advance;

providing a user operation entry in a user interface of the mobile communication terminal;

receiving, through the user operation entry, a command which is sent by a user and used for sending a target video file to the smart TV for delayed playing;

determining a time point of delayed playing based on the delayed playing command;

acquiring description information or full data of the target video file; and

pushing, through the communication connection, the description information or the fill data of the target video file to the smart TV for playing;

wherein, the operation of pushing, through the communication connection, the description information or the full data of the target video file to the smart TV for playing specifically comprises;

at the time point of delayed playing, pushing, through the communication connection, the description information or the full data of the target video file to the smart TV for playing;

or

pushing, through the communication connection, the description information or the full data of the target video file to the smart TV, and sending a command of playing a target video to the smart TV at the time point of delayed playing so that the smart TV plays the target video.

18. The device for the mobile communication terminal to control the smart TV to delay playing the video of claim 17, the processor is further configured to:

receive, through the user operation entry, a search command which is sent by the user and used for searching for the target video file;

acquire, based on the search command, relevant information of the target video file from an application server; and

judge whether the smart TV can establish a communication connection with the application server;

if the smart TV can establish the communication connection with the application server, send the relevant information to the smart TV and send a playing command to the smart TV, so that the smart TV downloads the full data of the target video file from the application server according to the relevant information and plays the full data at the time point of delayed playing; and

if the smart TV can not establish the communication connection with the application server, acquire the full data of the target video file from the application server, send the hill data to the smart TV, and send a playing command to the smart TV, so that the smart TV plays the full data at the time point of delayed playing.

19. (canceled)