CN101409657A - Household network system and method for searching information - Google Patents
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The invention provides a household network system and a method for searching information thereof. The household network system comprises a media server, and convergent and search layer equipment in communication connection with the media server, wherein, the media server transmits metadata of a media file expected to be shared to the convergent and search layer equipment, wherein, the metadata is data about data. The technical effect of the invention is that in the household network system and the method for searching information thereof, a sharable quick index mechanism of media resource is established in the whole household network by the convergent and search layer equipment, thereby a user can search and find information in increasing information content conveniently, quickly and comprehensively.
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Technical field
The invention belongs to field of home networks, relate in particular to the method for a kind of domestic network system and search information thereof.
Background technology
Along with popularizing of Internet, content, especially all kinds of content of multimedia can be acquired easily and download in the various kinds of equipment in the home network, in computer, mobile phone, set-top box and home gateway.Meanwhile, the interconnection and interflow between distinct device also progressively realizes, can accomplish any time in home-ranges, obtains any information from any equipment.Greatly enriching when bringing people's amusement of media resource, also produce a problem: when a large amount of media resources is distributed on a plurality of equipment thereupon, can how the user fast and effeciently locate and obtain the resource that may be positioned on other smart machines on any one possesses the equipment of interconnection and interflow function? such as, one first MP3 music may be stored among in the multi-section mobile phone a certain, when the user wishes to play this song by the home theater sound equipment on the TV, how to find this first song apace?
File search system and method that Chinese patent application has disclosed in a kind of digital home network for No. 200510101687.9, wherein, digital home network comprises control end equipment, and the equipment that is connected with control end equipment.See also Fig. 1, this document search system comprises the content search device that is positioned on the control end equipment and is positioned at content manager on the equipment.The content manager distribution of document search instruction of content search device on each equipment, after content manager received instruction, the fileinfo of storing on the query facility that satisfies searching request was to content searcher reporting file Search Results.But, there is following shortcoming in above-mentioned file search system: the equipment that all under this system are connected with control end equipment need be provided with content manager, but the terminal equipment in the home network is the equipment of user from the purchase of different manufacturers, and the device of content manager or similar functions is not set in the equipment that has; In addition, for the content manager of variety classes equipment, the content search device can not all be discerned, thereby can not search comprehensive information fast.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide the method for a kind of domestic network system and search information thereof, this system and method will the technology of converging be applied to the file search in the digital home, and being intended to solve existing search system and method can not be fast, the problem of comprehensive search information.
Technical scheme of the present invention is achieved in that the invention provides a kind of domestic network system comprises media server, and with converging and search layer equipment that described media server communication is connected.Described media server sends the metadata of the media file that its hope is shared to converging and search layer equipment, and wherein, metadata is the data of data of description.
The technical scheme that the present invention takes also comprises: described converge and search layer equipment to the concrete mode of metadata tissue arrangement is: the mode that the xml data is converted to database.
The technical scheme that the present invention takes also comprises: described media server is computer, personal digital assistant, set-top box, smart machine or the media services function is provided and supports the equipment of quick function of search characteristic.
Another technical scheme of the present invention is: a kind of home network information searching method comprises:
Steps A: terminal equipment is to converging and search layer equipment transmission searching request;
Step B: converge and the search layer equipment metadata that search is stored according to searching request, and response message is sent back to terminal equipment, comprise the facility information of tangible storage media file in the response message, wherein, metadata is the data of data of description.
The technical scheme that the present invention takes also comprises step C: terminal equipment is set up network according to response message with the equipment of tangible storage media file and is connected, and sends medium and obtains request.
The technical scheme that the present invention takes also comprises: in steps A, described terminal equipment is known converging and search layer equipment in the home network by receiving regular equipment declaration.
The technical scheme that the present invention takes also comprises step D: converge and search layer equipment start and add home network after, himself existence and device type of beginning declaration regularly.
The technical scheme that the present invention takes also comprises step e: described media server receive converge and the declaration of search layer equipment after, begin to set up and converge and the BlueDrama of search layer equipment.
Beneficial effect of the present invention is: the method for domestic network system of the present invention and search information thereof is by converging and search layer equipment is set up quick indexing mechanism to sharable media resource in the whole home network, thereby makes things convenient for the user to search for easily and search in the amount of information that increases day by day.
Feature of the present invention and advantage will be elaborated in conjunction with the accompanying drawings by embodiment.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of existing file search system;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of domestic network system of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of home network information searching method of the present invention.
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In order to make purpose of the present invention, technical scheme and advantage clearer,, the present invention is further elaborated below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.
See also Fig. 2, be the structural representation of domestic network system of the present invention.Domestic network system of the present invention comprises and converging and search layer equipment and media server, wherein, converge and search layer equipment and media server between be to communicate by wired or wireless mode to be connected.Media server can be PC (computer), PDA (personal digital assistant), STB (set-top box), smart machine or the media services function is provided and wish to support the equipment of quick function of search characteristic.Converge and search layer equipment plays the effect of the super node in the digital home network, wherein, converge and the device type of search layer equipment is a new equipment on the logical meaning, as long as the enough equipment of any operational capability has realized that this function all can be used as such super node and exists.Converge and search layer equipment start and add home network after, himself existence and device type of beginning declaration regularly.Media server in the network receive converge and the declaration of search layer equipment after, begin to set up and converge and the BlueDrama of search layer equipment.Media server sends the metadata of the media file that its hope is shared to converging and search layer equipment, and so-called metadata is exactly the data of data of description.Particularly, media file, as picture, music, film is a series of data, and describes the data of music, as the singer of this song, album name, the creation time etc. is exactly metadata.Meta data definition is the same with the most frequently used xml formal definition, for example:
<xml>
<singerName>
xxx
</singerName>
<style>
xxx
</style>
<date>
xxx
</date>
…
</xml>
Converge and search layer equipment obtains relevant metadata and organize arrangement and store from different media servers.Converge and the organizational form of search layer equipment is specially: utilize the existing mode that the xml data is converted to database.As the terminal use, when turning on TV and wish to carry out multimedia recreation, may wish to listen an a certain first song this moment as IGRS's TV user, be stored among any platform computer or the PDA but forget this song for the moment; Or the digital photo taken of the tourism of wishing to look to go down, but also forgotten concrete position for the moment, this moment, IGRS's TV was known converging and search layer equipment on the network by receiving regular equipment declaration, when the user wishes to search for, promote the user input query condition by human-computer interaction interface, after the user submits searching request to, IGRS's television module directly is sent to this request and converges and search layer equipment, because search condition in fact just is based on the inquiry of metadata, and converge and search layer equipment storage be the content metadata of global scope, so can in family's network range, search for, when converging and after search layer equipment searches qualified metadata, also just located simultaneously the equipment of real store media files, send back to IGRS TV with response message this moment, the facility information that comprises this media file of actual storage in the response message, IGRS's TV is set up network according to response message with actual equipment and is connected, send medium and obtain request, step is after this just followed the flow process in the normal IGRS standard fully.
See also Fig. 3, be the flow chart of home network information searching method of the present invention.Home network information searching method of the present invention may further comprise the steps:
Step 100: terminal equipment is to converging and search layer equipment transmission searching request, and wherein, terminal equipment is known converging and search layer equipment in the home network by receiving regular equipment declaration;
Step 200: converge and the search layer equipment metadata that search is stored according to searching request, located the equipment of real store media files, and response message sent back to terminal equipment, the facility information that comprises this media file of actual storage in the response message, wherein, metadata is to converge and search layer equipment obtains the data of relevant data of description from different media servers;
Step 300: terminal equipment is set up network according to response message with actual equipment and is connected, and sends medium and obtains request, and step is after this just followed the flow process in the normal IGRS standard fully.
The method of domestic network system of the present invention and search information thereof, by converging and search layer equipment is set up quick indexing mechanism to sharable media resource in the whole home network, thereby make things convenient for the user in the amount of information that increases day by day, to search for easily and search.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, not in order to restriction the present invention, all any modifications of being done within the spirit and principles in the present invention, is equal to and replaces and improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.
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1, a kind of domestic network system, comprise media server, it is characterized in that, also comprise and converging and search layer equipment that described media server communication is connected, described media server sends the metadata of the media file that its hope is shared to converging and search layer equipment, wherein, metadata is the data of data of description; Described converge and search layer equipment obtains relevant metadata and organize arrangement and store from described media server.
2, domestic network system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described converge and search layer equipment to the concrete mode of metadata tissue arrangement is: the mode that the xml data is converted to database.
3, domestic network system as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, described media server is computer, personal digital assistant, set-top box, smart machine or the media services function is provided and supports the equipment of quick function of search characteristic.
4, a kind of home network information searching method comprises:
Steps A: terminal equipment is to converging and search layer equipment transmission searching request;
Step B: converge and the search layer equipment metadata that search is stored according to searching request, and response message is sent back to terminal equipment, comprise the facility information of tangible storage media file in the response message, wherein, metadata is the data of data of description.
5, home network information searching method as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, also comprises step C: terminal equipment is set up network according to response message with the equipment of tangible storage media file and is connected, and sends medium and obtains request.
As claim 4 or 5 described home network information searching methods, it is characterized in that 6, in steps A, described terminal equipment is known converging and search layer equipment in the home network by receiving regular equipment declaration.
7, home network information searching method as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, also comprises step D: converge and search layer equipment start and add home network after, himself existence and device type of beginning declaration regularly.
8, home network information searching method as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, also comprises step e: described media server receive converge and the declaration of search layer equipment after, begin to set up and converge and the BlueDrama of search layer equipment.
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