Method and apparatus for invoking native functions of a mobile device to control a set-top box

摘要

An approach is provided for controlling a user device native function via a web-based application at a user device (e.g., a mobile terminal). The mobile terminal executes a web-based application and a shell application, wherein the shell application provides communication between the web-based application and a native function of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal registers the web-based application with the shell application for the communication. The mobile terminal invokes the native function of the mobile terminal via the communication based upon a communication protocol that specifies a command of a native function associated with a set top box.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
executing a web-based media application and a shell application, wherein the web-based media application is executed by a set-top box and the shell application is executed by a mobile terminal, and the shell application provides communication between the web-based media application and a native function of the mobile terminal; registering the web-based media application with the shell application for the communication; and invoking the native function of the mobile terminal via the communication based upon a communication protocol that specifies a command of a native function associated with a set-top box; wherein the method further comprises one or more of:
unregistering the web-based media application with the shell application; anddeleting by the shell application the web-based media application, wherein the shell application is configured to access, through a common application programming interface (API), all native functions of the mobile terminal, and to run on top of a common web runtime application, wherein the shell application is compatible with multiple computing platforms, and wherein the command specifies pushing one or more media content items downloaded to the mobile terminal from a website to the set-top box.