Patent ID: 9723378
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for achieving integration of smart TV program channels with applications, the method comprising: performing normalization processing on TV program channel information data on a smart TV, maintaining a data structure for each TV program channel, and obtaining a program table with program table items being representative of information of multiple TV program channels; performing normalization processing on application information data, maintaining a data structure for each application, and obtaining an application table with application table items being representative of information of multiple applications; mixing and arranging the program table items in the program table and the application table items to obtain a mixed table; and upon receiving a control command, searching an item corresponding to said control command in said mixed table and displaying corresponding content; wherein the data structure for each application comprises at least two member variables including: an application name and an application calling parameter; and wherein the data structure for each application further comprises calling an entry point, a type name, a registered name in an operating system, and a program file name.