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Software staging management method and system of set-top box

A technology for software upgrade and management methods, applied in the components, electrical components, color TV components and other directions of the TV system, which can solve the problems of viruses carrying viruses in the upgraded data and the failure of the set-top box to be used normally, and achieve the effect of ensuring reliability.

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-07-18
北京视博数字电视科技有限公司
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[0004] However, in the software upgrade process of the set-top box, how to ensure that the software upgrade data reaches the set-top box completely, and how the set-top box judges that the software upgrade data received is reliable, is crucial. If the upgrade of the set-top box is incomplete or the upgrade data carries viruses, it will Will cause the set-top box to not work properly

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[0020] As shown in FIG. 1 , it is a schematic structural diagram of a set-top box software upgrade management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the system at least includes a service unit 102, a memory 101 connected to the service unit 102, and a man-machine interface 103 connected to the service unit 102;

[0021] The service unit 102 at least includes: a material management unit 102a and an upgrade management unit 102b; wherein the material management unit 102a selects the upgrade material provided by the set-top box provider through the man-machine interface 103 and uploads and verifies the upgrade material, and then sent to the memory 101 for storage; wherein, the upgrade material includes one or more upgrade data files and an upgrade description file;

[0022] The upgrade management unit 102b is connected to the memory 101 and is used to manage the upgrade process. According to the verified upgrade material stored in the mem...

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[0033] The present invention provides a set-top box software upgrade management method, as shown in FIG. 2 , which is a flowchart of the set-top box software upgrade management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method of the present invention will be described in detail below by taking the system shown in the embodiment as an example.

[0034] As shown in Figure 2, the method includes steps:

[0035] In step S201, the set-top box manufacturer provides upgrade materials to the operator, and the upgrade materials include one or more upgrade data files and an upgrade description file;

[0036] Wherein, if the set-top box manufacturer digitally signs the upgrade data according to the signature mechanism, it also includes a step of providing the operator with a digital signature public key. The operator puts the public key into the upgrade management system. When the operator uses the upgrade management system to upload materials, the system automatic...

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This invention provides an upgrading management method and a system for software of set-top-box, in which, the method includes: after a manufacturer of set-top box provides upgrading materials to an operation runner, which upgrades the management including the steps: 1, uploading and verifying the upgraded materials including one or many upgrading data files and a describing file, 2, adding upgrading tasks to control and design the content of descriptor related to upgraded and localized information of the pre-upgrading set-top box, 3, deriving the localized information of said set-top box to play and upgrade data with an electronic program directory.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of digital video broadcast (DVB: Data Video Broadcast) of digital television, in particular to a set-top box software upgrade management method and system. Background technique [0002] With the development of the digital TV industry, the manufacturers of digital TV set-top boxes in the network and the software and hardware versions of the set-top boxes they provide are gradually increasing. Opening new services, solving set-top box software defects, etc. all need to upgrade the set-top box software. [0003] The application number is 00136981.4, and the invention title is "a method for dynamic upgrading of set-top box software". Specific information (PSI: Program Specific Information) and business information (SI: Service informa-tion) in the digital video broadcasting DVB standard, as well as the communication equipment of the machine, can dynamically realize the download of the software to realize the product upgr...

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IPC IPC(8): H04N5/00G06F9/445H04N21/43
Inventor 韩坚高占建
Owner 北京视博数字电视科技有限公司
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