Patent ID: 9749573
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G08C,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for controlling a cable television system, comprising: detecting, by an intelligent mobile terminal, whether the intelligent mobile terminal is connected to a home wireless network, and when it is detected that the intelligent mobile terminal is connected to the home wireless network, transmitting a set-top box turn-on signal to a set-top box through the home wireless network; and performing, by the set-top box, a turn-on operation according to the received set-top box turn-on signal and transmitting a television turn-on signal to a television; wherein transmitting the set-top box turn-on signal to the set-top box through the home wireless network comprises: transmitting the set-top box turn-on signal to the set-top box periodically through the home wireless network according to a predetermined frequency; determining by the set-top box, whether the set-top box turn-on signal transmitted by the intelligent mobile terminal is received within a predetermined time interval, when the set-top box turn-on signal is not received within the predetermined time interval, executing a turn-off operation, and transmitting a television turn-off signal to the television.