CN100440968C - A system for on-demand streaming media information and its implementation method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a system for ordering streaming media information and its implementation method. The corresponding relationship between the request for obtaining streaming media information and the location address of the request on the Internet is set in advance in the queuing machine. A. The phone sends the acquisition to the queuing machine The request of streaming media information; B, the queuing machine determines the corresponding location address on the Internet according to the preset correspondence, and sends the request for obtaining the streaming media information that carries the location address on the Internet to the streaming media conversion server ; C, the streaming media conversion server determines the streaming media service site according to the location address on the Internet carried by the request, and accesses the determined streaming media service site to obtain streaming media information; D, the streaming media conversion server obtains the streaming media The information is converted into a playback format supported by the voice playback server and sent to the voice playback server; E, the voice playback server instructs the phone that sends the request to obtain the streaming media information to play the converted streaming media information through the queuing machine.

Description

A system for on-demand streaming media information and its implementation method

technical field

The invention relates to the on-demand technology of streaming media on the Internet (Internet), in particular to a system for on-demand streaming media information and its realization method.

Background technique

Streaming media playback is very popular on the Internet now. Streaming media is a technology that enables audio, video, and other multimedia to be played in real time on the Internet without downloading and waiting. It is recognized as the best network transmission method at present. solution. It can be widely used in many important fields such as multimedia news release, online live broadcast, video on demand, online advertising, e-commerce, distance education, telemedicine, remote monitoring, Internet radio, real-time video conferencing or online games, etc. Returns are highly marketable. The computer can access the Internet to listen to or watch the streaming media provided by the content provider (CP) or service provider (SP) through the streaming media service site on the Internet, such as streaming media information such as broadcasting, music and news.

As shown in FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of implementing streaming media on demand in the prior art: a system for implementing streaming media on demand includes a computer 100 and a streaming media service site 101 . Computer 100 sends the request that obtains streaming media information through Internet, and this request carries the location address that will obtain streaming media information on Internet, promptly will obtain the Universal Resource Locator (URL) of streaming media information, and Internet carries URL according to this request. A link is established between the computer 100 and the streaming media service site 101 with the URL, and the streaming media service site 101 sends the streaming media information to be acquired by the computer 100 to the computer 100 through the Internet, and the computer 100 plays the streaming media information.

This method of playing streaming media information must meet a condition, that is, a computer connected to the Internet must be configured. When there is no computer connected to the Internet, the streaming media information sent by the streaming media service site cannot be received. Like this, when the user wants to obtain streaming media information, there must be computers that can access the Internet around the user. If there is no computer that can access the Internet around the user, the user cannot obtain streaming media information.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a system for on-demand streaming media information, which can receive multimedia information through the phone, so that the multimedia information can be listened to without a computer.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a method for ordering streaming media information. The method can listen to and listen to multimedia information through a telephone, so that the multimedia information can be listened to and watched without a computer.

According to above-mentioned purpose, technical scheme of the present invention is achieved like this:

A system for ordering streaming media information, the system includes a service system for providing information to the phone, including: a phone, a queuing machine, and a playback server, and the system also includes a streaming media conversion server, wherein,

The phone is used to send a request to obtain streaming media information; receive and play streaming media information from the queuing machine;

A queuing machine is used to receive the request for obtaining streaming media information sent by the phone, and forward the request to the streaming media conversion server; receive the streaming media information in the converted playback format sent by the playback server and forward it to the phone;

The playback server is used to forward the stream media information to the queuing machine after receiving the stream media information of the converted playback format sent by the stream media conversion server;

The streaming media conversion server is respectively connected with the playback server and the queuing machine, and is used to access the Internet to obtain the streaming media information according to the request for obtaining the streaming media information forwarded by the queuing machine, and convert the obtained streaming media information to the playback server support After the format of broadcasting, send to playing server, described streaming media converting server is provided with network card, and this network card is identical with the network card that playing server and queuing machine are set, and streaming media converting server is connected with playing server and queuing machine respectively by network card.

When the service system providing information for the telephone is a voice information service system, the playing server is a voice playing server.

When the service system providing information for telephone is the service system providing information for videophone, the playing server is a media playing server, and the queuing machine is a queuing machine supporting videophone.

The network card supports the Internet protocol.

Described telephone is fixed telephone set, cordless mobile telephone and mobile phone.

The system also includes a streaming media service site that provides streaming media information, and the streaming media conversion server accesses the streaming media service site through the Internet to obtain the streaming media information it provides.

A method for on-demand streaming media information, the corresponding relationship between the request for obtaining the streaming media information and the location address of the request on the Internet is set in advance in the queuing machine, the method includes:

A. The phone sends a request for streaming media information to the queuing machine;

B. After the queuing machine receives the request, it determines the location address corresponding to the request on the Internet according to the preset corresponding relationship, and sends a request for obtaining streaming media information carrying the location address on the Internet to the streaming media conversion server ;

C. The streaming media conversion server determines the streaming media service site according to the location address on the Internet carried by the received request, accesses the determined streaming media service site through the Internet and obtains the streaming media provided by the streaming media service site information;

D, the streaming media conversion server converts the obtained streaming media information into the playback format supported by the playback server, and sends the streaming media information after the converted playback format to the playback server;

E, the playback server instructs the phone that sends the request to obtain the streaming media information through the queuing machine to play the streaming media information after the converted playback format;

The method also includes: setting a network card on the streaming media conversion server, the network card is the same as that set on the playing server and the queuing machine, and the streaming media converting server communicates with the playing server and the queuing machine respectively through the network cards.

The location address of the request on the Internet is the universal resource locator of the request on the Internet.

The determination process of the phone that obtains the streaming media information request described in step E is:

The identification of the phone is carried in the request described in step A;

Step B1 also includes: the queuing machine sets up a channel with the phone according to the identification mark of the phone, and the request for obtaining streaming media information sent to the streaming media conversion server carries the identification mark of the phone, and the streaming media conversion server saves the request carrying the identification of the phone;

Step D also includes: the streaming media information after the converted playback format carries the identification mark of the phone that obtained the streaming media information saved by the streaming media conversion server;

Step E also includes: the queuing machine determines the channel established according to the identification mark of the phone carried by the streaming media information after the converted playback format, and the playback server forwards the streaming media information after the converted playback format by the queuing machine through the determined channel Give the phone and instruct the phone to play.

Described telephone is landline telephone, cordless mobile telephone and mobile phone.

When the service system providing information for the telephone is a voice information service system, the playing server is a voice playing server.

When the service system providing information for telephone is the service system providing information for videophone, the playing server is a media playing server, and the queuing machine is a queuing machine supporting videophone.

The network card supports the Internet protocol, and the streaming media conversion server communicates with the playing server and the queuing machine respectively through the Internet protocol possessed by the network card.

From above-mentioned purpose as can be seen, the present invention has increased streaming media converter, and this streaming media converter is positioned between the service system that provides information for telephone and Internet in the prior art, and this streaming media converter obtains streaming media by Internet Information and convert the obtained streaming media information into the playback format supported by the playback server in the service system that provides information for the phone, and send the streaming media information after the playback format conversion to the playback server, and the playback server converts the playback format The final streaming media information is sent to the corresponding phone for playback. Therefore, the system and method provided by the present invention can receive multimedia information through the phone, so that the multimedia information can be listened to without a computer.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of implementing streaming media on demand in the prior art.

Fig. 2 realizes the structural representation of listening to multimedia information with the telephone of a preferred embodiment

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a method for listening to streaming media information by using a phone in a preferred embodiment.

Detailed ways

The service system for providing information by telephone described in this embodiment is a voice information service system.

As shown in Figure 2, Fig. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of realizing listening to multimedia information with a telephone in a preferred embodiment, and the system for realizing receiving multimedia information with a telephone includes: telephone 200, queuing machine 201 in the voice information service system of the prior art , voice playback server 203, and the streaming media conversion server 204 and streaming media service site 204 added by the present invention.

Phone 200 is connected to queuing machine 201 by public switched telephone network (PSTN), and is used to send the call of listening to different stream media information to queuing machine 201; Receive and play this stream media information after the playback format conversion that queuing machine 201 sends;

One end of the queuing machine 201 is connected to the telephone 200 through the PSTN, and the other end is connected to the voice playback server 202 and the streaming media conversion server 203 respectively. The queuing machine 201 is an intelligent call access device in the existing voice information service system, and preset Have the call of different streaming media information and the corresponding relationship of different URLs, be used to determine corresponding URL according to the call of listening to different streaming media information received, send this URL to streaming media conversion server 203; The stream media information obtained after the playback format conversion is sent to the phone;

One end of the voice playing server 202 is connected with the queuing machine 201, and the other end is connected with the streaming media conversion server 203. The streaming media information after the playback format conversion is sent to the queuing machine;

One end of streaming media conversion server 203 is connected with queuing machine 201, and the other end is connected with voice playing server 202, and this streaming media conversion server 203 is existing, and it can obtain streaming media information from streaming media service site 204 by Internet, and Converted to the playback format supported by the voice playback server 202, used to access different streaming media service sites 204 through the Internet to obtain different streaming media information according to the URL, and convert the obtained streaming media information into the playback supported by the voice playback server 202 format, the streaming media information after the playback format conversion is sent to the voice playback server 202;

The streaming media service site 204 is configured to provide the streaming media conversion server 203 with the streaming media information of the streaming media service site 204 via the Internet when the streaming media conversion server 203 accesses the streaming media service site 204 .

Because in the prior art, the queuing machine and the voice playback server are all provided with a network card or are provided with equipment with a network card, as all are provided with a network card based on Internet Protocol (IP), then the queuing machine can pass through the network card provided or set with a network card. The device communicates with the voice playback server. When the streaming media server is to be connected with the voice playing server and the queuing machine respectively, a network card is set at the streaming media server, which is the same as the network card set at the voice playing server and the queuing machine, or with the one set at the voice playing server and the queuing machine The network cards of the network card devices are the same, and the streaming media server is connected to the voice playback server and the queuing machine respectively through the set network cards.

In the present invention, since the voice playing server can neither obtain streaming media information from the Internet nor play streaming media information, a streaming media conversion server must be added to obtain streaming media information from the Internet and convert the obtained streaming media information into voice playback After the format that the server can play, it will be sent to the voice playback server for playback.

Because in the prior art, different URLs on the Internet correspond to different streaming media service sites, and different streaming media service sites provide different streaming media information, so the streaming media conversion server can access different streaming media services according to different URLs Get different streaming information on the site.

The corresponding relationship between the call and the URL of the preset streaming media information on the queuing machine must be consistent with the corresponding relationship between the URL set on the Internet and the streaming media service site that provides the streaming media information in the prior art. As shown in Table 1, Table 1 is the corresponding relationship between calls and URLs that preset streaming media information on the queuing machine in the present invention.

A get-streaming call made by the phone Corresponding URL Streaming information of the URL Get the call for the weather forecast mms://202.23.23.10/tavb.wma Streaming information of weather forecast Get the news call mms://202.23.23.22/news.wma News Streaming Information ... ... ...

Table 1

As can be seen from Table 1, when the call sent by the phone is to obtain the weather forecast, the corresponding URL is set to be mms://202.23.23.10/tqyb.wma, which is the same as the streaming media that provides weather forecasts on the Internet in the prior art The URL that service site is set is identical; When the call that phone sends is to obtain news, then setting corresponding URL is mms://202.23.23.22/news.wma, and the streaming media service site that provides news on Internet in the prior art The same URL is set.

Similarly, different phone numbers can also be set to correspond to different URLs on the queuing machine, for example: the call of the phone number 168090111 is established and the URL is mms://202.23.23.10/tqyb.wma Correspondence, the phone number indicates The streaming media information to be acquired must be the same as the streaming media information provided by the streaming media service site corresponding to the corresponding URL on the Internet in the prior art.

How does the present invention use the structural diagram shown in Figure 2 to obtain streaming media? As shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for listening to streaming media information by using a phone in a preferred embodiment. , pre-set on the queuing machine to obtain the corresponding relationship between different streaming media information requests and different URLs, the specific steps are:

Step 300, the phone sends a request for obtaining streaming media information to the queuing machine, and the request carries the identification of the phone;

Step 301, after the queuing machine receives the request for obtaining streaming media information, it establishes a channel with the phone according to the identification of the phone carried in the request, and obtains step 300 according to the corresponding relationship between obtaining different streaming media information requests and different URLs The URL corresponding to the request sent sends the request for obtaining streaming media information carrying the URL and the identification mark of the phone to the streaming media conversion server;

Step 302, after the streaming media conversion server receives the request for obtaining the streaming media information that carries the URL and the identification of the phone, it saves the identification of the phone that the request carries, and determines to provide the streaming media information according to the URL in the request The location address of the streaming media service site, access to the determined streaming media service site through the Internet, and obtain the streaming media information provided by the streaming media server;

Step 303, the streaming media conversion server converts the obtained streaming media information into a playback format supported by the voice playback server, and obtains the identification of the phone that is saved to obtain the streaming media information from itself, and carries the identification of the phone The streaming media information after the converted playback format is sent to the voice playback server;

Step 304, after the voice playback server receives the streaming media information after the converted playback format carrying the identification mark of the phone, it instructs the corresponding phone to play the streaming media information after the converted playback format by the queuing machine;

The process of instructing the corresponding phone to play the streaming media information after the conversion of the playing format by the queuing machine is: the voice playback server sends the identification mark of the phone carried by the streaming media information after the conversion of the playing format to the queuing machine, and the queuing machine according to the phone's The identification mark determines the corresponding channel, and the voice playing server forwards the streaming media information after the converted playing format to the phone through the determined channel and instructs the phone to play it.

The telephone described in the present invention can be fixed telephone set, cordless mobile telephone and mobile phone etc. A mobile phone can be connected to the PSTN by controlling the base station subsystem of the mobile phone.

Give a specific embodiment to illustrate the present invention: assuming that the streaming media information that the phone number 123456 will obtain is a weather forecast, then the phone sends a stream media information request for obtaining the weather forecast to the queuing machine connected to it, and the request carries The phone number of the phone is 123456; after the queuing machine receives the request, it establishes a voice channel with the phone according to the phone number carried in the request, and determines the URL of the request according to the preset correspondence, which will carry the URL and the phone The streaming media information request for obtaining the weather forecast of the phone number 123456 of the phone number 123456 is sent to the streaming media conversion server; Enter the streaming media service site with the URL, and obtain the streaming media information provided by the streaming media service site, that is, the weather forecast; after the streaming media conversion server obtains the weather forecast, convert the format of the weather forecast into voice playback The format that the server can play, and the phone number 123456 of the phone to obtain the weather forecast that is saved in advance will be sent to the voice playback server in the weather forecast after the converted playback format; the voice playback server receives the weather after the converted playback format Forecast, send the phone number 123456 carried by the weather forecast after the converted playback format to the queuing machine, and the queuing machine determines the corresponding voice channel according to the phone number 123456, and the voice playback server converts the converted playback format through the voice channel. The weather forecast is forwarded to the phone by the queuing machine and instructs the phone to play it.

The present invention realizes listening to the streaming media information with the phone, because the popularity rate of the phone is higher than that of the computer, so when the user wants to listen to the streaming media information, he can easily find the phone, and he can listen to the streaming media only by making a phone call. information, very convenient.

When the service system providing information for the telephone is the service system providing information for the videophone, the present invention can also realize listening and viewing of streaming media information. Because the used telephone is a videophone, the service system that provides information for the telephone in the prior art is: a queuing machine and a media player server supporting the videophone. The media playing server can not only play streaming media by audio but also play streaming media by using video. Then the whole system for obtaining streaming media by phone is the same as that of Fig. 2, and the whole method for obtaining streaming media by phone is the same as that described in Fig. The queuing machine of the video phone, and the streaming media conversion server converts the obtained streaming media information into a format supported by the media playing server by using the existing technology.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent replacements and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention. within the scope of protection.

Claims (13)

1, a kind of system of program request stream media information, this system is included as the service system that phone provides information, comprising: phone, queue machine, Play Server, it is characterized in that this system also comprises flow media switching server, wherein,

Phone is used for sending the stream media information request of obtaining; Receive stream media information and play from queue machine;

Queue machine is used to receive the stream media information request of obtaining that phone sends, and this request is transmitted to flow media switching server; The stream media information of changing broadcast format that reception sends from Play Server also is transmitted to phone;

Play Server, be used for the stream media information of changing broadcast format that the receiving stream media change server sends after, be transmitted to queue machine;

Flow media switching server links to each other with queue machine with Play Server respectively, be used for according to receiving the stream media information request of obtaining that queue machine is transmitted, insert internet and obtain stream media information, and send to Play Server after the stream media information that obtains is converted to the form that the Play Server support plays, described flow media switching server is provided with network interface card, this network interface card is identical with the network interface card that Play Server and queue machine are provided with, and flow media switching server links to each other with queue machine with Play Server respectively by network interface card.

2, the system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, when the service system that information is provided for phone was the voice information services system, described Play Server was the speech play server.

3, the system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, when the service system that information is provided for phone is that described Play Server is the media play server when providing the service system of information for video telephone, described queue machine is for supporting the queue machine of video telephone.

4, the system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described network interface card is supported Internet protocol.

5, the system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described phone is fixed telephone, wireless mobile phone and mobile phone.

6, the system as claimed in claim 1, this system also comprise provides the streaming media service of stream media information website, and flow media switching server is by its stream media information that provides of internet incoming stream media services station for acquiring.

7, a kind of method of program request stream media information is characterized in that, is provided with in queue machine in advance and obtains the request of stream media information and the corresponding relation of this request location address on internet, and this method comprises:

A, phone send the request of obtaining stream media information to queue machine;

After B, queue machine receive this request, determine the location address on internet that this request is corresponding, send the request of obtaining stream media information that carries location address on this internet to flow media switching server according to predefined corresponding relation;

Location address is determined the streaming media service website on this internet that C, flow media switching server carry according to received this request, inserts determined streaming media service website and obtains the stream media information that this streaming media service website provides by internet;

D, flow media switching server are converted to the broadcast format that Play Server is supported with the stream media information that gets access to, and the stream media information behind the conversion broadcast format is sent to Play Server;

E, Play Server are indicated the stream media information that sends after this phone that obtains the stream media information request is play this conversion broadcast format by queue machine;

This method also comprises: in described flow media switching server network interface card is set, this network interface card is identical with the network interface card that Play Server and queue machine are provided with, and flow media switching server communicates with Play Server and queue machine respectively by network interface card.

8, method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, described should request be that this asks the Universal Resource Locator on internet at the location address on the internet.

9, method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, the described definite process that this obtains the phone of stream media information request of step e is:

In the described request of steps A, carry the identification marking of this phone;

Step B1 also comprises: queue machine is according to the identification marking foundation of this phone and the passage of this phone, and carry the identification marking of this phone in the request of obtaining stream media information that sends to flow media switching server, flow media switching server is preserved the identification marking of this phone that this request carries;

Step D also comprises: the stream media information of conversion behind the broadcast format carries the identification marking of this phone that obtains this stream media information that flow media switching server preserves;

Step e also comprises: the identification marking of this phone that queue machine carries according to the stream media information of conversion behind the broadcast format is determined the passage set up, and the stream media information that Play Server will be changed behind the broadcast format by determined passage is transmitted to phone by queue machine and indicates this phone broadcast.

10, method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, described phone is landline telephone, wireless mobile phone and mobile phone.

11, method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, when the service system that information is provided for phone was the voice information services system, described Play Server was the speech play server.

12, method as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, when the service system that information is provided for phone is that described Play Server is the media play server when providing the service system of information for video telephone, described queue machine is for supporting the queue machine of video telephone.

13, method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, described network interface card is supported Internet protocol, and described flow media switching server communicates with Play Server and queue machine respectively by the Internet protocol that network interface card has.

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