Television control chip having data protection function and method for controlling television set

摘要

A control chip for controlling a player with a multimedia playback function and a data processing function is provided. The control chip includes: a multimedia playback module, being adapted to drive the multimedia playback function, configured to generate multimedia playback information associated with multimedia data that has been played; a data processing module, being adapted to drive the data processing function, configured to generate data processing information associated with data that has been processed; and a data protection module, configured to control at least one of the multimedia playback module to stop the multimedia playback function and the data processing module to stop the multimedia playback function according to the multimedia playback information and the data processing information.

主权项

1. A control chip, for controlling a television with a multimedia playback function and a data processing function, the control chip comprising:
a multimedia playback circuit, driving the multimedia playback function and configured to generate multimedia playback information by tracking an amount of multimedia data corresponding to a television program that has already been played; a data processing circuit, driving the data processing function comprising a data storage function, a network transmission function or a recording function, said data processing circuit configured to generate data processing information associated with an amount of data that has been processed; and a data protection circuit, coupled to the multimedia playback circuit and the data processing circuit, configured to control the data processing circuit through an application program interface to a corresponding driver program layer or middleware layer of the data processing circuit such that the television stops the data processing function, according to the multimedia playback information and the data processing information, wherein the multimedia playback circuit continually transmits the multimedia playback information to the data protection circuit, the data processing circuit continually transmits the data processing information to the data protection circuit, and when the amount of data that has been processed exceeds a predetermined value associated with the amount of multimedia data that has already been played, the data protection circuit controls the data processing circuit, such that the television stops the data processing function.