WO2012163177A1

WO2012163177A1 - Method for processing multimedia file and network side device in communication system

Info

Publication number: WO2012163177A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/073648
Authority: WO
Inventors: 夏斌
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2011-10-10
Filing date: 2012-04-09
Publication date: 2012-12-06
Also published as: CN103036929A

Abstract

Provided in an embodiment of the present invention is a method for processing a multimedia file and a network side device in a communication system. The method comprises: according to address information sent by a client-side on a mobile terminal, obtaining a web page corresponding to the address information; parsing the web page to obtain the play address of the multimedia file; sending the play address of the multimedia file to the client-side so that the client-side obtains the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file. In the embodiment of the present invention, after the web page corresponding to the address information is obtained according to the address information sent by the client-side on the mobile terminal, the web page is parsed to obtain the play address of the multimedia file, and the play address of the multimedia file is sent to the client-side so that the client-side can obtain the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file contained in the web page.

Description

The processing method of the multimedia file and the network side device in the communication system The application is submitted to the Chinese Patent Office on October 10, 2011, and the application number is 2011 10304828. 2. The invention name is "the processing method of the multimedia file and the communication system" The priority of the Chinese patent application of the "network side device" is incorporated herein by reference.

The present invention relates to communication technologies, and in particular, to a method for processing a multimedia file and a network side device in the communication system.

BACKGROUND With the development of communication technologies, mobile terminals integrate more and more application functions, and browsing Web pages through a Wor ld Wide Web (WW or Web) server is one of the important application functions.

However, if the web page contains the play address of the multimedia file, the mobile terminal may not be able to obtain the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file when the web support capability is limited.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The embodiments of the present invention provide a multimedia file processing method and a network side device in a communication system, which are used to obtain a multimedia file corresponding to a play address of a multimedia file included in a web page.

An aspect of the present invention provides a method for processing a multimedia file, including:

The network side device obtains the web page corresponding to the address information according to the address information sent by the client on the mobile terminal;

The network side device parses the web page to obtain a play address of the multimedia file; the network side device sends the play address of the multimedia file to the client, so that The client obtains a multimedia file corresponding to a play address of the multimedia file.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a network side device, including:

And an obtaining unit, configured to obtain, according to address information sent by the client on the mobile terminal, a web page corresponding to the address information;

a parsing unit, configured to parse the web page obtained by the obtaining unit, and obtain a play address of the multimedia file;

And a sending unit, configured to send, to the client, a play address of the multimedia file obtained by the parsing unit, so that the client obtains a multimedia file corresponding to a play address of the multimedia file.

According to the foregoing technical solution, the network side device obtains the web page corresponding to the address information according to the address information sent by the client on the mobile terminal, and then parses the web page to obtain the play address of the multimedia file, and Sending the play address of the multimedia file to the client, so that the client can obtain the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file included in the web page. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, a brief description of the drawings used in the embodiments or the prior art description will be briefly described below. The drawings are some embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings based on these drawings without any creative work.

1A is a schematic diagram of a system architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1B is a schematic flowchart of a method for processing a multimedia file according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2B is a schematic flowchart of a method for processing a multimedia file according to another embodiment of the present invention; Schematic diagram of a method for processing a multimedia file; FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device in a communication system according to another embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device in the corresponding embodiment of FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B. The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. The embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of a system architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1A.

It should be noted that: the execution entity network side device of the method provided in this embodiment may be a newly newly set network side device, and may also be a function added to at least one of the existing network side devices. Specifically, for example: at least one of a web server and a multimedia server; in addition, the network side device may be partially completed by the web server, and another part of the function is completed by the multimedia server, and the two complete the entire processing flow through interaction, this embodiment There is no restriction on the network side device for this. After the client obtains the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the above multimedia file, the client can play the obtained multimedia file.

It should be noted that: The mobile terminal may include but is not limited to a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant.

(Per sona l Di gi ta l As sis tant, PDA for short), wireless handheld devices, wireless netbooks, portable computers, MP3 players and MP4 players; clients on mobile terminals can include but are not limited to client software and Browser, used to complete streaming media parsing and playback.

A web server that provides the original web page.

A multimedia server for providing storage and transmission of multimedia content in a web page.

And a network side server, configured to parse the web page, obtain a play address of the multimedia file, and send the play address of the multimedia file to the mobile terminal, so that the client obtains the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file.

FIG. 1B is a schematic flowchart of a method for processing a multimedia file according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1B, the method for processing a multimedia file in this embodiment may include:

1 01. The network side device obtains the web page corresponding to the address information according to the address information sent by the client on the mobile terminal;

For example: The network side device can locate the uniform resource according to the client sent by the mobile terminal. (Uniform Resource Locator, abbreviated as URL) address, obtain the web page corresponding to the URL address.

102. The network side device parses the foregoing web page to obtain a play address of the multimedia file. For example, the network side device may parse the web page obtained in 101 according to the obtained multimedia label, and obtain a play address of the multimedia file. The multimedia tag can be <div class="player" id="player ">, or it can be in the following form

Codebase="ht tp: //download, macromedia, coiri/ pub/ s hockwa ve / cabs / f lash/ swf lash, cab#vers ion=7, 0, 0, 0"

Id=" object -flash- layer"

Classid="clsid: D27CDB6E-AE6D-llcf-96B8-444553540000">

Type="ap l icat ion/ x-shockwave-f lash"

Lugins age="ht t pi / /www, ma cromed i a . c om/ g o / getf las h layer " quality="high" f lashvars="cid=1583&pid=27&area= Chengdu " wmode=" opaque"

Al lowscri tacces s=" always " id="embed_f lash- layer "

Src=" images/ trainbar. swf " >

</ embed>

</ aram>

</ aram> </ aram>

</ aram>

</object>

It can be seen that by the identification code 1* 1&31^& 3=" (^(1=1583& 1(1=27&&^&= Chengdu), the parameter c id=1583&p id=27&area=Chengdu is obtained, and then according to the current web server The address is assembled into the actual multimedia file play address h 11 ρ:〃 web ser ve r: po rt / ρ 1 ay er address? c id=1583&pid=27&area=Chengdu.

103. The network side device sends the play address of the multimedia file to the client, so that the client obtains the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file.

For example, the network side device may specifically send a playlist to the client, where the playlist includes a play address of the multimedia file. The manner in which the network side device sends the playlist may include, but is not limited to, an extensible markup language (referred to as the phoenix), a short message, and a jason format based on the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Format the language.

Optionally, in the network device, the network side device may specifically parse the obtained web page, obtain a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server, and map the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server to the network side device. The playback address of the multimedia file on the network side device of the above mapping may be sent to the client.

Further, in another embodiment, the network side device may further obtain the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server from the multimedia server by using the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server. If the multimedia capability information of the client does not support (or cannot be parsed) the multimedia file obtained from the foregoing multimedia server, the network side device may further perform the foregoing obtained multimedia server according to the obtained multimedia capability information of the client. The multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file is converted into the multimedia file supported by the client. The multimedia capability information of the client may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following information: file format information, for example: AVI, FLASH, MPEG4 or 3GP, etc.; multimedia data encoding and decoding mode, for example: H.264 or H. 263 and so on. Optionally, the network side device in this embodiment may further convert the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the specified multimedia file on the multimedia server into a multimedia file supported by most clients, for example, a file in an AVI format.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the network side device may further perform the step of: “the network side device maps a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server to a play address of the multimedia file on the network side device” according to “102”, And storing a mapping relationship between a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server and a play address of the multimedia file on the network side device. Correspondingly, after the 103, in this embodiment, the network side device may further receive the play request sent by the client, where the play request includes a play address of the multimedia file on the network side device, and the network side device may And the saved mapping relationship, the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file on the network side device included in the play request sent by the client, and sending the foregoing to the client Obtaining a multimedia file corresponding to a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server or sending the converted multimedia file supported by the client.

For example, after the network side device parses the play address on the multimedia server, the address is mapped to the play address of the multimedia file on the network side device "ht tp: 〃 multimedia server IP: por t/s rc", and the mapping relationship is saved. "ht tp: 〃 multimedia server IP: por t / src = play address on the multimedia server", returns the play address and mapping relationship of the multimedia file on the network side device to the client, so that the client is requesting to play multimedia In fact, the request is for the multimedia server IP: por t, and then requested to play on the multimedia server according to the "src-playing address on the multimedia server". In addition, multimedia on the multimedia server can be transcoded into a multimedia format that the client can play.

Of course, there are other ways to implement the above address mapping process. For example, the network side device saves an identifier ID and a mapping relationship between the ID and the play address on the multimedia server, and returns only the ID as a parameter to the client, and the ID and the multimedia server. The mapping relationship of the play address is sent to the multimedia server, so that when the client requests the multimedia server to transmit the ID to the multimedia server, the multimedia server obtains the play address on the multimedia server to complete the play.

In this embodiment, the network side device obtains the address information sent by the client on the mobile terminal. After the web page corresponding to the address information is obtained, the web page is parsed to obtain a play address of the multimedia file, and the play address of the multimedia file is sent to the client, so that the client can obtain the multimedia file included in the web page. The playback address corresponds to the multimedia file.

Referring to the implementation of the foregoing embodiment, a part of the functions of the network side device in the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are performed by the parsing unit, and another part of the function is completed by the multimedia converting unit, wherein the parsing unit and the multimedia converting unit can be divided into networks. For the two separate devices on the side, the process is shown in FIG. 2B. Alternatively, the parsing unit and the multimedia conversion unit may be combined as a single device on the network side, as shown in FIG. 4; or, the parsing unit may be disposed on the web server. The multimedia conversion unit can also be disposed on the multimedia server, as shown in FIG. 4, and the process thereof is shown in FIG. 2A.

2A and 2B are schematic flowcharts of a method for processing a multimedia file according to an embodiment of the present invention. The main difference is that the resolution unit and the multimedia conversion unit are located on the network side, and the specific process thereof is not substantially different. As shown in FIG. 2B, the method for processing a multimedia file in this embodiment may include:

201. The user inputs a URL address in a client on the mobile terminal.

202. The client sends the foregoing URL address to the parsing unit.

203. The parsing unit sends the foregoing URL address to the web server.

204. The web server sends the web page corresponding to the URL address to the parsing unit.

205. The parsing unit parses the webpage, obtains a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server, and maps a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server to a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia conversion unit, and saves the multimedia server. a mapping relationship between a play address of the multimedia file and a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia conversion unit;

206. The parsing unit sends the saved mapping relationship to the multimedia conversion unit.

207. The parsing unit returns a playlist to the client, where the playlist includes a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia conversion unit mapped above;

208. The user selects a name of the multimedia file in a playlist received by the client on the mobile terminal. 209. The client sends a play request to the multimedia conversion unit, where the play request includes a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia conversion unit and multimedia capability information of the client.

The multimedia conversion unit obtains, according to the mapping relationship obtained above, the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia conversion unit included in the play request, and performs the same with the multimedia server. Interacting, obtaining a multimedia file corresponding to a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server;

211. Preferably, the multimedia conversion unit may convert, according to the obtained multimedia capability information of the client, the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server obtained above to the multimedia file supported by the client. The above conversion may be performed in real time according to the current request, or may be performed in advance.

Optionally, the multimedia conversion unit may further store the multimedia file supported by the client after the conversion, so that the client does not need to execute 210 and 211 at the next request, and directly executes 212 and 21 3;

Specifically, the rule that the multimedia conversion unit stores the multimedia file supported by the client after the conversion may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following rules:

The number of times the client requests to acquire the multimedia file is within a preset number of times, and the multimedia file is stored;

The latest time when the client requests to acquire the multimedia file is within a preset time range, and the multimedia file is stored;

The multimedia file is stored within the pre-set size range to store the multimedia file. Preferably, in order to simplify storage and improve utilization, the priority order of the above rule application may be further set, for example, considering the above "the number of times the client requests to obtain a multimedia file", and then considering "the latest request of the client to obtain a multimedia file. Time", and finally consider "the size of the multimedia file" and so on.

212. The multimedia conversion unit sends, to the client, the multimedia file supported by the converted client.

21 3. The client plays the obtained multimedia file supported by the client on another interface. In this embodiment, the parsing unit obtains the address information sent by the client on the mobile terminal. After the web page corresponding to the address information, the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server is obtained by parsing the web page, and is mapped to a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia conversion unit, and the mapping relationship is sent to the client. a playback address of the multimedia file on the multimedia conversion unit, so that the client utilizes the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia conversion unit, requests the multimedia server to obtain the corresponding multimedia file through the multimedia conversion unit, and formats the multimedia file. The format of the multimedia file converted to the client is sent to the client, so that the client can obtain the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file included in the web page.

It should be noted that, for the foregoing method embodiments, for the sake of simple description, they are all expressed as a series of action combinations, but those skilled in the art should understand that the present invention is not limited by the described action sequence. Because certain steps may be performed in other sequences or concurrently in accordance with the present invention. In addition, those skilled in the art should also understand that the embodiments described in the specification are all preferred embodiments, and the actions and modules involved are not necessarily required by the present invention.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the various embodiments are different, and the parts that are not detailed in a certain embodiment can be referred to the related descriptions of other embodiments.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device in a communication system according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the network side device in this embodiment may include an obtaining unit 31, a parsing unit 32, and a sending unit 33. The obtaining unit 31 is configured to obtain a web page corresponding to the address information according to the address information sent by the client on the mobile terminal; the parsing unit 32 is configured to parse the web page obtained by the obtaining unit, and obtain a play address of the multimedia file; The unit 33 is configured to send the play address of the multimedia file obtained by the parsing unit to the client, so that the client obtains the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file.

The functions of the method in the embodiment of FIG. 1 and the parsing unit and the network side device in the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 can be implemented by the related functional units in the network side device provided in this embodiment.

Specifically, the parsing unit 32 in this embodiment may specifically parse the web page, obtain a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server, and map the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server to the multimedia file on the network side device. Correspondingly, the sending unit 33 in this embodiment may specifically send the network mapped by the parsing unit 32 to the client. The playback address of the multimedia file on the side device.

Optionally, the parsing unit 32 in this embodiment may further obtain the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server from the multimedia server by using the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server.

Optionally, the parsing unit 32 in this embodiment may further convert, according to the obtained multimedia capability information of the client, the format of the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file on the obtained multimedia server to the client. The format of the supported multimedia files.

Optionally, the parsing unit 32 in this embodiment may further save a mapping relationship between a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server and a play address of the multimedia file on the network side device. Correspondingly, the parsing unit receives the play request sent by the client, where the play request includes the play address of the multimedia file on the network side device, and further obtains the multimedia file on the network side device according to the saved mapping relationship. a play address corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server, and sending, to the client, the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server obtained above or sending the converted multimedia supported by the client file.

In this embodiment, the obtaining unit obtains the web page corresponding to the address information according to the address information sent by the client on the mobile terminal, and then obtains the web page obtained by the unit through the parsing unit, obtains the playing address of the multimedia file, and sends the The unit sends the play address of the multimedia file obtained by the parsing unit to the client, so that the client can obtain the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file included in the web page.

A person skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working process of the system, the device and the unit described above can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, and details are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of the unit is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored, or not executed. Another point that is shown or discussed between each other The coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the objectives of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of hardware plus software functional units.

The above-described integrated unit implemented in the form of a software functional unit can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The above software functional units are stored in a storage medium and include a number of instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform some of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention. The foregoing storage medium includes: u disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), disk or optical disk, and the like. The medium of the code.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are only for explaining the technical solutions of the present invention, and are not intended to be limiting; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: The technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments are modified, or some of the technical features are equivalently replaced; and the modifications or substitutions do not deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

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A method for processing a multimedia file, comprising:

The network side device parses the web page to obtain a play address of the multimedia file; the network side device sends a play address of the multimedia file to the client, so that the client obtains the play of the multimedia file The multimedia file corresponding to the address.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein

The network side device parses the web page to obtain a play address of the multimedia file, and the method includes: the network side device parsing the web page, and obtaining a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server;

The network side device maps a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server to a play address of the multimedia file on the network side device;

The sending, by the network side device, the play address of the multimedia file to the client, the network side device sending, by the network side device, a play address of the multimedia file on the mapped network side device to the client.

The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises: the network side device obtaining the multimedia server from the multimedia server by using a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server The multimedia file corresponds to the playback address of the multimedia file.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the method further comprises:

And the network side device converts the format of the multimedia file into a format of the multimedia file supported by the client according to the obtained multimedia capability information of the client.

The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein after the network side device maps the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server to the play address of the multimedia file on the network side device, the network side device further includes :

The network side device saves a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server Mapping relationship of playing addresses of multimedia files on the network side device.

The method according to claim 5, after the network side device sends the play address of the multimedia file on the mapped network side device to the client, the method further includes: the network side device Receiving a play request sent by the client, where the play request includes a play address of the multimedia file on the network side device;

And the network side device obtains, according to the saved mapping relationship, a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server corresponding to a play address of the multimedia file on the network side device;

And the network side device sends, to the client, the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file on the obtained multimedia server, or sends the converted multimedia file supported by the client.

A network side device in a communication system, comprising:

8. Apparatus according to claim 7 wherein:

The parsing unit is specifically configured to

Parsing the web page, obtaining a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server, and mapping a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server to a play address of the multimedia file on the network side device;

The sending unit is specifically configured to

Sending, to the client, a play address of the multimedia file on the network side device mapped by the parsing unit.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the parsing unit is further configured to: And obtaining, by the multimedia server, a multimedia file corresponding to a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server by using a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server.

10. Apparatus according to any of claims 9 wherein said analysis unit is further

And converting, according to the obtained multimedia capability information of the client, a format of the multimedia file corresponding to the play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server to a format of the multimedia file supported by the client.

The device according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the parsing unit is further configured to save a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server and a play address of the multimedia file on the network side device Mapping relations.

The device according to claim 11, wherein the parsing unit is further configured to receive a play request sent by the client, where the play request includes a play address of a multimedia file on the network side device. Obtaining, according to the saved mapping relationship, a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server corresponding to a play address of the multimedia file on the network side device, and sending the obtained the obtained message to the client a multimedia file corresponding to a play address of the multimedia file on the multimedia server or a multimedia file supported by the client that is sent by the conversion.