The invention provides a
system and a method for realizing information service, which are based on an
interactive television platform. The invention relates to the field of
interactive television information service, in particular to the realization of television short message and television mail service. By combining
the internet technology on a
computer terminal with the DVB
broadcasting technology applied to the
digital television field in a seamless manner, the invention can enable the
system to provide the two-way information service which is similar to sending a short message with a
cell phone and sending an e-mail on a television terminal for an
interactive television user. The invention is characterized in that
system information is published by adopting a method which combines a
broadcasting mode and a user inquiry mode and is based on a
digital television. A notification message is subjected to TS packaging in accordance with the DVB norm, and is broadcast in various frequencies of the entire network. A TS information
stream includes addressing information and message notification information about a set-top-box. Built-in
software in the set-top-box terminal captures the TS information
stream in real time, filters and parses the addressing information, and extracts message notification information belonging to the
software. An 'information service platform' obtains the user's name, the address, the user type, the state, the user identification, the set-top-box number, and the Email account number. An 'Email acquisition engine' polls incoming Emails to the user periodically in accordance with a POP protocol, and acquires and stores the Emails in a current Email
list of an Email
server. A television short message is received and transmitted not only
through transmission among set-top-boxes within a network but also through internetwork transmission between set-top-boxes and other operators. An internetwork short message is subjected to protocol conversion.