Media service presentation method and communication system and related device

• US 9,277,181 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2009
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yang, Jian, Chen, Guoqiao, Wang, Lei, Zhang, Huiping
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Matt
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ipakchi, Maryam
• Application Number:
  US12/647,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20100100818A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,259 Days
• Field of Search: 715/760
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A media service presentation method, communication system and related device are provided, in which the media service presentation method comprises: obtaining the media presentation information; presenting media services to a user according to the service presentation information. By obtaining the media service presentation information, the media services are presented to the user according to the service presentation information. In this way, the scene SVG-based description is not necessarily needed, which in turn simplifies the terminal'"'"'s computing process, improving the terminal'"'"'s performance, and improving user experience.

Claims

1. A media service presentation method, comprising:

obtaining media content, presentation template information, and service guide (SG) information from a server;

generating a presentation script according to the presentation template information and the SG information; and

presenting the media content to a user according to the presentation script,

wherein generating the presentation script comprises;

resolving the SG information to generate SG data; and

converting the SG data into the presentation script according to the presentation template information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the SG information comprises receiving an extensible markup language (XML) file that contains the SG information from an SG server through a FLUTE session in broadcasting mode.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the presentation script is derived from the presentation script file in a format of a player, and wherein presenting the media content to the user according to the presentation script comprises using the player to play the presentation script and presenting the media content to the user.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein playing the presentation script is selected from the group consisting of:

calling a video player to play the presentation script; and

calling an embedded video player to play the presentation script.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the media content comprises:

receiving a user'"'"'s request for interaction;

forwarding the request through a preset data transmission protocol to the server; and

receiving the media content that is sent by the server on the basis of the user'"'"'s request for interaction.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the SG information comprises:

obtaining entry information relating to the SG information from an interactive network or a broadcast network;

requesting content of the SG server according to the entry information; and

receiving an extensible markup language (XML) file from the SG server, wherein the XML file contains the SG information.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the SG information comprises:

receiving an extensible markup language (XML) file that contains compressed SG information from the SG server through a FLUTE session in broadcasting mode; and

decompressing the compressed SG information to obtain the SG information.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the SG information comprises:

obtaining entry information relating to the SG information through an interactive network or a broadcast network;

requesting content of the SG server according to the entry information;

receiving an extensible markup language (XML) file that contains compressed SG information from the SG server; and

decompressing the compressed SG information to obtain the SG information.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the presentation script is derived from the presentation script file in a format of a browser, and wherein presenting the media content to the user according to the presentation script comprises using the browser to play the presentation script and presenting the media content to the user.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein playing the presentation script is selected from the group consisting of:

calling a video player to play the presentation script; and

calling an embedded video player to play the presentation script.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein playing the presentation script comprises:

sending the presentation script to a user interface through a Native application module; and

calling a corresponding graphical user interface to present the presentation script file on the user interface.

18. The method according to claim 3, wherein playing the presentation script comprises:

sending the presentation script to a user interface through a Native application module; and

calling a corresponding graphical user interface to present the presentation script file on the user interface.

19. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the media content comprises:

receiving a request for interaction from a terminal;

activating and editing corresponding interaction information according to the request for interaction;

sending the edited interaction information to the server; and

receiving the media content that is sent by the server on the basis of the user'"'"'s request for interaction.

23. The method according to claim 1, further comprising presenting the SG information to the user.

24. The method according to claim 1, further comprising communicating with a server according to the preset data transmission protocol.

6. A communication system, comprising:

a mobile multimedia presentation system configured to;

obtain service guide (SG) information and presentation template information;

generate a presentation script according to the presentation template information and the SG information; and

deliver a presentation file that contains the presentation script; and

a terminal configured to;

receive the presentation script obtained from the presentation file in the mobile multimedia presentation system, and

present media content to a user according to the presentation script,

wherein the mobile multimedia presentation system is further configured to resolve the SG information to generate SG data and covert the SG data into the presentation script according to the presentation template information.

7. The communication system according to claim 6, further comprising a content server configured to deliver the media content to the terminal.

20. The communication system according to claim 6, wherein the presentation file is transferred in a way that is selected from the group consisting of a stream protocol, a download protocol, a PUSH mechanism, a dynamic content delivery mechanism, and a real-time communication mechanism.

8. A terminal, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive media content, presentation template information, and service guide (SG) information from a server;

a processor configured to generate a presentation script according to the presentation template information and the SG information; and

a presentation unit configured to present the media content to a user of the terminal according to the presentation script generated by the processor,

wherein the processor is further configured to resolve the SG information to generate SG data and convert the SG data into the presentation script according to the presentation template information.

9. The terminal according to claim 8, further comprising a downloading engine configured to download the media content in response to a request from the user.

10. The terminal according to claim 8, further comprising a communication interface configured to deliver interactive information between the terminal and the server when the media content is being presented.

11. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the presentation unit comprises:

a service player adapted to play the presentation script file for the user, wherein the presentation script file is in a format of a player; and

/or

a browser adapted to play the presentation script file for the user, wherein the presentation script file is in a format of the browser.

25. The terminal according to claim 8, further comprising an application unit for multimedia presentation that is adapted to present the SG information to the user.

26. The terminal according to claim 8, further comprising a network communication unit that is adapted to communicate with a server according to the preset data transmission protocol.

21. A communication system, comprising:

a mobile multimedia presentation system configured to deliver an extensible markup language file that contains service guide (SG) information and presentation template information; and

a terminal configured to;

generate a presentation script according to the presentation template information from a presentation server and the SG information from an SG server;

present media content to a user according to the presentation script;

resolve the SG information to generate SG data; and

convert the SG data into the presentation script according to the presentation template information.

22. The communication system according to claim 21, further comprising a content server configured to deliver media content to the terminal.