CN101167348A - Method and device for receiving multi-channel television programs - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention provides a method and apparatus for receiving television programs. The method includes the following steps: obtaining user configuration information, which is related to location information; and selectively receiving corresponding television programs based on the user configuration information. The television program receiving method and apparatus provided by this invention allow each receiving device to generate default configuration information based on its location, enabling the user to receive a set of optimized and reasonable television program content, saving the user's time and providing a more personalized selection of television program content.

Description

Method and device for receiving multi-channel television programs

Background technique

The invention relates to a method and device for receiving television programs, in particular to a method and device for receiving multi-channel television programs.

In the process of large-scale sports competitions, it is a common technology to shoot and broadcast the same scene from multiple angles. Cameras set in different positions and cameras set in front of the racing car and facing the drivers take multi-angle shots of the race. The content of the shots can include TV program information at different locations, or it can be a tracking shot of a specific event. Such as the expression of a famous driver and other pictures. The TV broadcasting station can simultaneously broadcast signals of these different angles from multiple angles or select some TV programs with better angles for rebroadcasting.

In the current sports venues, the audience can receive the multi-angle program information sent by the broadcast base station in the sports venues through mobile handheld devices, so as to watch programs from different angles, and can manually select the TV program channel to achieve Watch the game from various angles, which can make the audience enjoy watching the game even more.

But usually, different users will have personalized preferences for TV programs from different angles, so each user has to select the TV program channel according to his personal preferences, and at the same time, when the specific event that the user is interested in occurs , the user has to select the best angle for him from a dozen or even dozens of TV program channels.

However, a problem is that the user must manually switch TV programs to search for the best angle TV programs. For those TV program pictures that are of interest to the user but are fleeting, the user may miss watching them.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a method and device for receiving TV programs, which can meet the individual requirements of different users for receiving multi-channel TV programs.

Contents of the invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and device for receiving TV programs, which can enable users to receive more personalized TV programs.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and device for generating user configuration information, which can enable users to receive more personalized TV programs according to the user configuration information.

According to a method for receiving multi-channel TV programs provided by the present invention, the method includes the following steps: obtaining a user configuration information, which is related to a location information; according to the user configuration information, selectively receiving the corresponding corresponding TV programs.

According to a multi-channel receiving device provided by the present invention, the terminal includes: a configuration information obtaining device, used to obtain a user configuration information, the configuration information is related to a location information; a selection receiving device , for receiving TV programs corresponding to the user configuration information. .

According to a method for generating user configuration information provided by the present invention, the method includes the steps of: obtaining a piece of location information; and generating a piece of TV program configuration information related to the location information.

According to a device for generating user configuration information provided by the present invention, the device includes: a location information acquisition device, used to obtain a location information; a configuration information generation device, used to generate a TV related to the location information Program configuration information.

In the method and device for playing and receiving multi-channel TV programs provided by the present invention, each receiving device can receive a group of optimized and reasonable TV program content, save time for users, and can obtain more personalized TV program services.

Other objects and achievements of the present invention will be apparent from the following description and claims of the present invention made with reference to the accompanying drawings, and a comprehensive understanding of the present invention can be obtained.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a system diagram of a competition venue according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view showing angles of TV programs in sports venues according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram of functional modules of a receiving device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of receiving video information by a receiving device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram of functional modules of a receiving device and a control center according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart of receiving video information by a receiving device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a user interface diagram of a receiving device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the format of event information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In all the above drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same, similar or corresponding features or functions.

Detailed ways

Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

As shown in Figure 1, it is a schematic diagram of a system of a sports venue according to an embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a broadcast base station 10, a control center 20, a plurality of mobile receiving devices 30 and a plurality of seats arranged on the sports venue seat RFID tag 40 . Camera devices (not shown) are also respectively arranged at different positions of the sports competition venues, which are used to shoot game videos from different angles, and send the captured TV program information to the broadcast base station 10 in real time, and the broadcast The base station 10 broadcasts the received multi-channel TV program information to each location of the sports competition venue, so that multiple receiving devices 30 in the sports competition venue can receive it. The control center 20 is used to broadcast real-time game event information during the game to each receiving device 30 .

Event information can be pre-defined by the system administrator according to different types of games. For example, in a football match, scoring a goal can be defined as an event. The expected situation is defined as an event broadcast to the sports venues, for example, after a football player fouls, a conflict and other unpredictable events occur, the system administrator can define it as an event.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, mobile receiving device 30 can be integrated with user's mobile phone or PDA, and control center 20 sends the short message (SMS) that comprises event information to all user's mobile phones through GSM network, certainly, in the art Those skilled in the art should understand that the control center 20 may also send event information through other types of networks other than the GSM network, such as 3G networks.

The RFID tag 40 is set on the seat of the sports venue, which contains the position information of the seat, and the mobile receiving device 30 of the user sitting on the seat can obtain the position information contained in the RFID tag 40, and the position information includes the location of the seat. Information, such as seat number, etc., for example, 40A or Block A, row 8, seat 9.

As shown in FIG. 2 , it is a schematic diagram of angles of TV programs of sports venues according to an embodiment of the present invention. In a sports competition venue, according to the scene design and the characteristics of the competition, multiple camera devices are set up in different positions A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, so that during the competition, At the same time, TV programs from 8 angles will be played by the broadcast base station at the same time, and users can receive TV programs from these 8 channels at the same time. But, under normal circumstances, the audience in A area is generally not interested in the TV programs of A angle, because they can directly watch the game of this angle, most of the audience in A area will be interested in other angles such as B, C , D, F and H angle TV programs are more interesting to make up for the lack of viewing angles.

As shown in FIG. 3 , it is a block diagram of functional modules of a receiving device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The receiving device 30 includes an RFID reading device 301 , a default profile information generating device 302 , a profile information storage device 303 , an event filtering device 305 , a program selecting device 307 , and a DVB-T/H receiving device 308 .

In addition, the mobile terminal further includes an input device 304 , a communication interface 306 , an A/V decoder 309 and a display device 310 .

Wherein the RFID reading device 301 is used to obtain the location information contained in the RFID tag 40 . When the RFID tag 40 enters the magnetic field area, the RFID reading device 301 sends out a signal, and the RFID tag 40 sends out the position information stored in the chip by virtue of the energy obtained by the induced current, or the RFID tag 40 can also actively send a signal of a certain frequency , the RFID reading device 301 reads the location information therein. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the RFID tag 40 can be replaced by an NFC (Near Field Communication, short-distance communication) tag, and correspondingly, the NFC reading device can obtain the location information contained in the NFC tag.

According to the received location information, the default configuration information generating means 302 can recommend a set of configurations of TV programs with default angles to the user. The detailed description of the configuration information will be described later. If the user is not satisfied with the default configuration recommended by the system, the user can modify the default configuration information through the input device 304 and store the modified configuration information in the configuration information storage device 303 .

According to another embodiment of the present invention, users can obtain tickets for sports games through online booking, and the online booking system can generate a corresponding user configuration in advance according to the obtained seat information of each competition venue information, the user can download the default configuration information of the corresponding seat position online and store it in the receiving device 30 while obtaining a confirmed seat position information, and the relevant default configuration information can be provided by the TV program provider or the online booking system Provided by the provider, when the user arrives at the stadium to watch the game, he does not need to receive location information, but directly uses the obtained default configuration information to selectively receive TV programs.

The communication interface 306 is used to receive event information sent by the control center 20, for example, in a football match, a goal can be regarded as an event. The event filtering device 305 is used to compare and filter the event information received through the communication interface 306 with the default configuration information according to the configuration information of the user, and the effective event information after filtering will be sent to the program selection device 307, so that the program selection Device 307 selectively accepts TV program content according to effective event information. For example, after communication interface 306 receives the event information of "goal", if "goal" is effective event information after filtering by event filtering device 305, the program The selection device 307 will control the DVB-T/H receiving device 308 to receive the TV program code stream corresponding to the "goal" event broadcast by the broadcast base station, and the A/V decoder 309 is used to decode the received TV program stream and pass it The display device 303 presents.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the mobile receiving device 30 may obtain the location information in other ways, for example, the user inputs the location information and stores the location information in the configuration device 303 . It can also be sent to the receiving device 30 in the form of a mobile phone short message.

Those skilled in the art should understand that the mobile receiving device 30 of the present invention can be an independent receiving device, or can be integrated with existing mobile devices such as mobile phones or PDAs. At the same time, those skilled in the art should also understand that the mobile receiving device 30 of the present invention may also be set in a fixed manner on the seat of the sports venue, and correspondingly, the reception of TV programs and event information can be received through cable The method of transmission is realized.

As shown in FIG. 4 , it is a flow chart of receiving TV programs by a mobile receiving device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S510, the receiving device receives a location information in the form of RFID, the location information includes the location information of the mobile receiving device, such as the seat number in the sports venue. According to another embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the location information in the form of RFID, it may also be in the form of NFC (Near Field Communication, short distance communication), or the user directly inputs the location information through the input device of the mobile receiving device.

In step S520, the mobile receiving device generates or downloads a default configuration information from the network according to the received location information, the default configuration information includes selection information of one or more TV programs, for example, in a football match, sitting The mobile receiving device used by the user behind the goal will generate default configuration information based on the received position information, including viewing angle A under normal circumstances, switching to angle C when a goal event occurs, and the default angle The configuration is optimized according to the location of the user;

In step S530, it is judged whether to change the default configuration information; if yes, then in step S540, the modified configuration information input by the user is received and stored in the mobile receiving device 30; if not, then skip to step S550;

In step S550, determine whether the event information has been received; if yes, then in step S560, filter the event information according to the customized configuration information; if not, return to step S550;

In step S570, judge whether it is valid event information; if yes, then in step S580, switch TV program channels according to valid event information; if not, then return to step S550;

In step S590, it is judged whether the TV program is over, if yes, the program is ended. If not, return to step S550 to continue judging whether event information has been received.

As shown in FIG. 5 , it is a block diagram of functional modules of a receiving device and a control center according to another embodiment of the present invention. The receiving device 30 includes an RFID reading device 301 , a configuration information storage device 303 , an event filtering device 305 , a program selection device 307 , and a DVB-T/H receiving device 308 . In addition, the mobile terminal further includes an input device 304 , a communication interface 306 , an A/V decoder 309 and a display device 310 . The control center 20 includes a location information receiving device 201 and a default configuration information generating device 302'.

After the receiving device 30 receives the location information, it can send the location information to a location information receiving device 201 of the control center 20, and the default configuration information generation device 302' set in the control center 20 generates a configuration information according to the location information. The corresponding default configuration information is then sent to the receiving device 30 and stored in the configuration information storage device 303 . In this embodiment, the functions of other modules are the same as those shown in FIG. 3 , and will not be repeated here.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart of receiving video information by a receiving device according to another embodiment of the present invention. In step S510, the receiving device receives location information in the form of RFID, which includes the location information of the mobile receiving device.

In step S512, the mobile receiving device sends the location information to the control center 20, and generates a corresponding default configuration information according to the location information,

In step S516 , the mobile receiving device receives the default configuration information sent by the control center and stores it in the configuration information storage device 303 .

The following steps are the same as those shown in FIG. 4 and will not be repeated here.

As shown in Figure 7, it is a user interface diagram of a mobile receiving device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile receiving device can receive the location information sent by the RFID tag on the location according to its location, such as the 8th location in A area. The ninth seat in the row belongs to a seat in the area behind the goal. The default configuration information generating device of the mobile receiving device can configure a default configuration information according to the position information. For example, in a football match, the default configuration information generating device will be The configuration information recommended by the user sitting behind the goal may include: in conjunction with Figure 2, during a normal game, watch the TV program shot at angle B, and watch the TV program shot at angle E when a goal event occurs on side A . If the user is dissatisfied with the default configuration information, the configuration can be modified. For example, when a goal event occurs on the A side, the user wants to watch the TV program at the G angle in addition to the TV program at the angle E. Then the corresponding option can be modified on the user interface, and the modified result is shown in FIG. 7 . At the same time, the user can select a favorite event from all predefined events and store it in the configuration information storage device 303. For example, during the game, the user will receive a lot of event information, such as "There is a goal on side A", "There is a corner kick on the G side", etc., but the user is only interested in the TV program corresponding to the goal event, you can modify the configuration information, and only the event related to the goal will be used as effective event information, and other event information will be filtered Lose.

As shown in Figure 8, it is a schematic diagram of the format of event information according to an embodiment of the present invention. In combination with Figure 2, during a football game, when a goal event occurs on side A, the control center will send A, B, E and G four The goal event information of two angles is given to the receiving device, if according to the configuration information as shown in Figure 4: when there is a goal event on the A side, watch the TV program taken by angle E and G angle, then the four events Information Only the event information of angles E and G is valid event information. The receiving device receives the goal video content of angles E and G, and presents it to the user in the form of multi-screen after decoding. Those skilled in the art should understand that the content of the event information may also be in a text format, such as "there is a corner kick on the northeast side", and similarly, the same effect as the above-mentioned embodiment can be achieved.

The TV program receiving method and device disclosed in the present invention are not only suitable for receiving digital interactive TV programs, but also suitable for receiving analog TV programs.

Those skilled in the art should understand that various improvements can be made to the method and device for receiving television programs disclosed in the present invention without departing from the content of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the contents of the appended claims.

Claims (17)

1. A method for receiving a multi-channel television program, the method comprising the steps of: Obtain a user configuration information, the user configuration information is related to a location information; Selectively receive corresponding TV programs according to the user configuration information. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of receiving said location information. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of receiving at least one event message. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein said event information includes selection information of at least one television program. 5. The method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of: judging whether the event information is valid event information according to the user configuration information. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said user configuration information is acquired through user input. 7. A receiving device for multi-channel television programs, the device comprising: a configuration information acquisition device, used to acquire a user configuration information, the configuration information is related to a location information; A selection receiving device is used for receiving TV programs corresponding to the user configuration information. 8. The receiving apparatus according to claim 7, comprising a configuration information storage means for storing said user configuration information. 9. The receiving device according to claim 7, comprising a communication interface for receiving an event message. 10. The receiving apparatus according to claim 9, comprising an event filtering means for selecting received event information based on said user configuration information. 11. The receiving terminal according to claim 10, comprising an input device for receiving user's input of information to modify said user configuration information. 12. The receiving device according to claim 7, comprising a position information receiving device. 13. The receiving device according to claim 12, wherein said position information receiving device is an RFID reading device. 14. The receiving device according to claim 12, wherein said location information receiving device is an NFC reading device. 15. A method for generating user configuration information, the method comprising the steps of: Get a location information; A TV program configuration information related to the location information is generated. 16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of: sending said television program configuration information to a user. 17. An apparatus for generating user configuration information, the apparatus comprising: A location information acquisition device, used to acquire a location information; A configuration information generating device is used to generate a TV program configuration information related to the location information.

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