TWI493344B - Integration method for creating virtual universal plug and play device and universal plug and play integration device thereof - Google Patents

Description

Integrated method for establishing virtual universal plug-and-play device and universal plug-and-play integration device thereof

The present invention relates to a universal plug-and-play integration device and an integrated method thereof. Specifically, the universal plug-and-play integrated device of the present invention is communicatively coupled to a plurality of universal random-ready devices, and a virtual universal plug-and-play device is built by integrating the universal random-ready devices to provide an integrated device. service.

With the rapid development of electronic technology, Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) related products (such as a display, a speaker, a multimedia server, and a lighting device) have gradually become popular in people's daily life. In life, to provide a wide range of services. Users only need to control each universal plug-and-play device through a communication connection.

However, since the current universal plug-and-play device can only provide a single or specific service, when the user wants to obtain different services from multiple universal plug-and-play devices at the same time, it is necessary to separately control each universal plug and play. The device can meet its needs. Such a complicated operation will greatly reduce the user's willingness to use the universal plug-and-play device.

In view of this, how to effectively integrate multiple universal plug-and-play devices to provide an integrated service is an urgent problem to be solved in the industry.

An object of the present invention is to provide an integration mechanism for connecting a plurality of universal random-ready devices by communication to integrate the universal random-ready devices, thereby establishing a virtual universal plug-and-play device to provide an integrated service. .

To achieve the above object, the present invention discloses a universal plug-and-play integration device. The universal plug-and-play integration device includes a processor, a network interface, and a storage device. The network interface communicates with a plurality of universal plug-and-play devices. The storage device stores a service information. The processor identifies one of the services provided by each of the universal plug-and-play devices based on the service information, and integrates at least two universal plug-and-play devices to establish a virtual universal plug-and-play device to provide an integrated service.

In addition, the present invention further discloses an integrated method for a universal plug-and-play integration device. The universal plug-and-play integration device includes a network interface, a storage device, and a processor. The network interface communicates with a plurality of universal plug-and-play devices. The storage device stores a service information. The processor is electrically connected to the network interface and the storage device. The integration method is performed by the processor and includes the steps of: identifying one of the services provided by each of the universal plug-and-play devices based on the service information; and integrating the services provided by each of the universal plug-and-play devices At least two of these universal plug-and-play devices to create a virtual universal plug-and-play device and provide an integrated service.

The above described objects, technical features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the description of the preferred embodiments.

11. . . Universal plug-and-play integration

101. . . Network interface

103. . . processor

105. . . Storage device

13a. . . Universal plug and play device

13b. . . Universal plug and play device

13c. . . Universal plug and play device

M1. . . Video file

M2. . . Video file

1 is a diagram showing the communication connection relationship between the universal plug-and-play integrated device of the first embodiment of the present invention and a universal plug-and-play device.
Figure 2 is a schematic illustration of the universal plug-and-play integration device of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a diagram showing the communication connection between the universal plug-and-play integrated device and the universal plug-and-play device of the second embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a flow chart showing an integrated method of the third embodiment of the present invention.

The following examples are intended to illustrate the technical contents of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It is to be noted that in the following embodiments and drawings, elements that are not related to the present invention have been omitted and are not shown, and the dimensional relationships between the elements in the drawings are merely for ease of understanding and are not intended to limit the actual ratio.

The first embodiment of the present invention is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 . In the present embodiment, the universal plug-and-play integration device 11 of the present invention is communicatively coupled to the universal plug-and-play device 13a and the universal plug-and-play device 13b. The universal plug-and-play integration device 11 includes a network interface 101, a processor 103, and a storage device 105.

The universal plug-and-play integration device 11 can be a terminal device (for example, a personal computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone) or an intermediary device (for example, a switch, an IP sharer, a router). The universal plug-and-play device 13a, 13b is a device that conforms to a universal plug-and-play protocol, which can provide services to devices on the network by means of wired or wireless communication connections, usually to devices on the local area network. .

The processor 103 is electrically connected to the network interface 101 and the storage device 105. The universal plug-and-play integration device 11 is communicatively coupled to the universal plug-and-play device 13a and the universal plug-and-play device 13b via the network interface 101. The storage device 105 stores a service information for use by the processor 103. The processor 103 identifies one of the services provided by the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b (eg, image display, audio source output, data access, audio source input, lighting, etc.) based on the service information. Since the general plug-and-play device is detected in the local area network and the technical means for identifying the service provided by it is a conventional technique, it will not be described here.

For example, in the present embodiment, the universal plug-and-play device 13a is a display that provides an image display, and the universal plug-and-play device 13b is a speaker that provides a sound source output. Accordingly, after the processor 103 recognizes the services provided by the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b, the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b are integrated according to the services provided to establish a virtual universal plug-and-play device. 15, to provide an integrated service (ie image display plus audio output).

Specifically, the processor 103 establishes a virtual universal plug-and-play device 15 by means of software simulation, which may be like a television or a display with audio source output. After the virtual universal plug-and-play device 15 is established, any of the terminal devices in the local area network can detect the virtual universal plug-and-play device 15 and directly control the video to play the audio and video (ie, indirectly use the universal plug-in The ready-to-use device 13a plays the image and outputs the sound source using the universal plug-and-play device 13b.

If the universal plug-and-play integration device 11 is a terminal device, then the established virtual universal plug-and-play device 15 can be used by itself or used by other terminal devices on the local area network. Moreover, if the universal plug-and-play integration device 11 is an intermediary device, the established virtual universal plug-and-play device 15 can be used by a terminal device or other intermediary device on the local area network.

A second embodiment of the present invention is shown in Fig. 3. In this embodiment, the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b, and 13c are identified on the local area network. In one embodiment, the universal plug-and-play device 13a is a display, and the universal plug-and-play devices 13b, 13c are speakers. The storage device 105 further stores a user-defined information. The user-defined information is set by the universal plug-and-play integration device 11 (when the universal plug-and-play integration device 11 is a terminal device) or through a terminal device (when the universal plug-and-play integration device 11 is used as an intermediary) When the device is installed). The user defined information may include environmental location parameters, user preference parameters, and the like for integrating one of the universal plug and play devices 13a, 13b, and 13c. Therefore, the processor 103 can integrate the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b, and 13c according to user information.

For example, the environmental position parameter for the universal plug-and-play device 13a (display) is the guest, the environmental position parameter for the universal plug-and-play device 13b (speaker) is the guest listener, and the universal plug-and-play device In the case where the environmental position parameter of 13c (speaker) is a room, the processor 103 integrates the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b according to the same environment position parameters of the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b to establish a virtual universal Plug and play device 15.

For another example, the environmental position parameters of the universal plug-and-play device 13a (display), the universal plug-and-play device 13b (speaker) are guest listening, about the universal plug-and-play device 13b (speaker), and the universal The environmental position parameters of the plug-and-play device 13c (speaker) are all listeners, and the user preference parameters for the universal plug-and-play device 13b (speaker) are the use of the front-end and universal plug-and-play device 13b (speaker). The processor 103 integrates the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b according to the environmental location parameters and the user preference parameters to establish a virtual universal plug-and-play device 15 to provide a surround. Integrated speaker for sound effects.

In another embodiment, the universal plug-and-play device 13a, 13b is an internet radio, and the universal plug-and-play device 13c is a speaker. The processor 103 further has better network transmission quality among the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b according to the service quality (for example, network transmission quality) of the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b. The Universal Plug and Play device 13c is integrated to create a virtual Universal Plug and Play device 15 to provide a better service value.

In another embodiment, the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b are multimedia servers that provide access to multimedia files. The processor 103 integrates the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b to establish a virtual universal plug-and-play device 15 based on the quality of the audio and video data of one of the general plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b. Accordingly, the virtual universal plug and play device 15 can be regarded as a multimedia server that can provide better audio and video data quality. For example, the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b respectively store a video file M1, M2 having the same content, but the quality of the audio and video data is different (for example, different image quality). If the audio and video data quality of the video file M1 stored in the universal random device 13a is 1280×1024 pixels, and the audio and video data quality of the video file M2 stored by the universal plug and play device 13b is 1920×1280 pixels. Then, the integrated virtual universal plug-and-play device 15 only lists the audio and video files M2 of the preferred audio and video data quality for the purpose of optimization.

In addition, if the universal plug-and-play device 13c is also a multimedia server, the processor 103 can also integrate the universal plug-and-play devices 13a, 13b, 13c in a similar manner as described above. It should be noted that, in the foregoing embodiment, only two and three universal plug-and-play devices exist in the local area network, but those skilled in the art can easily understand how to integrate the present invention by using the above description. More than one general plug-and-play device, so it will not be described again.

A third embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, is an integrated method for a universal plug-and-play integration device. The integrated method of this embodiment is applicable to the universal plug-and-play integration device 11 of the first embodiment and the second embodiment. The Universal Plug and Play integration device includes a network interface, a storage device, and a processor. The network interface communication links a plurality of universal plug-and-play devices. The storage device stores a service information. The processor is electrically connected to the network interface and the storage device. The integrated method of the present invention is performed by a processor.

First, in step S401, one of the services provided by each universal plug-and-play device is identified based on the service information. Next, in step S403, at least two universal plug-and-play devices are integrated according to the services provided by the universal plug-and-play devices to establish a virtual universal plug-and-play device and provide an integrated service.

In one embodiment, the storage device further stores a user-defined information, and step S403 further includes integrating at least two of the universal plug-ins according to the service provided by each universal plug-and-play device and a user-defined information. Use the device. In an implementation aspect, step S403 further includes integrating the at least two universal plug-and-play devices according to a service quality of each of the universal plug-and-play devices.

In an embodiment, the universal plug-and-play device includes at least two multimedia servers, and step S403 further includes integrating the at least two universal plug-ins according to one of the at least two multimedia servers. Ready-to-use device. Here, the at least two universal plug-and-play devices include the at least two multimedia servers.

In addition to the above steps, the third embodiment can also perform all the operations and functions described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment, and those skilled in the art can directly understand the integration of the universal plug-and-play integration device of the present invention. The method is based on the above-mentioned first embodiment and the second embodiment to perform such operations and functions, and therefore will not be further described herein.

In summary, the integrated mechanism of the present invention can integrate a plurality of universal plug-and-play devices to provide an integrated service. In addition, the integration mechanism can also achieve the best service results based on the service information, user-defined information, service quality or audio-visual data quality of each universal plug-and-play device. Accordingly, the virtual universal plug-and-play device created by the integration of the present invention can easily meet the needs of the user by eliminating the complicated and inconvenient operation.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the embodiments of the present invention, and to explain the technical features of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Any changes or equivalents that can be easily made by those skilled in the art are within the scope of the invention, and the scope of the invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

An integrated method for a universal plug-and-play integration device, the universal plug-and-play integration device comprising a network interface, a storage device and a processor, the network interface communication connection complex universal plug-and-play device The storage device stores a service information, the processor is electrically connected to the network interface and the storage device, and the integration method is executed by the processor and includes the following steps:
Identifying one of the services provided by each of the universal plug-and-play devices based on the service information; and integrating at least two of the universal plug-and-play devices to establish the service provided by each of the universal plug-and-play devices A virtual universal plug-and-play device and an integrated service. The integration method of claim 1, wherein the storage device further stores a user-defined information, and the integration method further comprises the following steps:
The at least two universal plug-and-play devices are integrated according to the user-defined information. The integration method described in claim 1 further includes the following steps:
The at least two universal plug-and-play devices are integrated according to the quality of service of each of the universal plug-and-play devices. The method of claim 3, wherein the quality of service of each of the universal plug-and-play devices is a network transmission quality. The integration method of claim 1, wherein the universal plug-and-play device comprises at least two multimedia servers, the integration method further comprising the following steps:
And integrating the at least two universal plug-and-play devices according to the quality of the audio and video data of each of the at least two multimedia servers, wherein the at least two universal plug-and-play devices comprise the at least two multimedia servers. A universal plug-and-play integration device that includes:
a network interface for communicating a plurality of universal plug-and-play devices;
a storage device for storing a service information; and a processor electrically connected to the network interface and the storage device for identifying one of the services provided by the universal plug-and-play device according to the service information And integrating at least two of the universal plug-and-play devices according to the service provided by each of the universal plug-and-play devices to establish a virtual universal plug-and-play device and provide an integrated service. The universal plug-and-play integration device of claim 6, wherein the storage device further stores a user-defined information, and the processor further integrates the at least two universal plug-and-play according to the user-defined information. Device. The universal plug-and-play integration device of claim 6, wherein the processor further integrates the at least two universal plug-and-play devices according to a service quality of each of the universal plug-and-play devices. The universal plug-and-play integration device of claim 8, wherein the quality of service of each of the universal plug-and-play devices is a network transmission quality. The universal plug-and-play integration device of claim 6, wherein the universal plug-and-play device comprises at least two multimedia servers, and the processor is further integrated according to the quality of audio and video data of each of the at least two multimedia servers. The at least two universal plug-and-play devices, and the at least two universal plug-and-play devices comprise the at least two multimedia servers.