CN113079397A

CN113079397A - Multimedia resource playing method and device

Info

Publication number: CN113079397A
Application number: CN202110279910.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 于康康; 牟菲
Original assignee: Hangzhou Netease Cloud Music Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Netease Cloud Music Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-11-22
Filing date: 2016-11-22
Publication date: 2021-07-06
Also published as: CN106534921A

Abstract

In the scheme, when it is determined that the multimedia resources played by the electronic device and the multimedia device are not synchronized, or the electronic device is playing the multimedia resources but the multimedia device is in a non-playing state, the multimedia device and the electronic device can be synchronized, that is, the multimedia device plays the multimedia resources being played by the electronic device, so that the flexibility of playing the multimedia resources is improved.

Description

Multimedia resource playing method and device

The invention relates to a multimedia, which is filed on 2016, 11, 22, application number 201611044864.9 Divisional application of resource playing method and device。

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the field of multimedia playing, in particular to a multimedia resource playing method and device.

Background

This section is intended to provide a background or context to the embodiments of the invention that are recited in the claims. The description herein is not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section.

With the development of communication technology, a WIFI (Wireless-Fidelity) sound box also comes along, and the WIFI sound box is mainly accessed to an external network through a Wireless router, so that playing is more free, and the specific principle is as follows: firstly, the link of the multimedia resource is transmitted to the WIFI sound box through the WIFI transmission protocol, the WIFI sound box downloads the multimedia resource, and the downloaded multimedia resource is directly decoded and played on the WIFI sound box. Due to the fact that the transmission speed of the transmission mode is high, the WIFI sound box with the high bandwidth is more free to transmit high-quality multimedia resources. Because many mainstream online music servers support the WIFI transmission protocol, users can listen to massive multimedia resources online.

The current WIFI audio amplifier generally needs to be configured with a corresponding control APP (Application), that is, a dedicated APP is downloaded first, as shown in fig. 1, and then the multimedia resources are guided into the WIFI audio amplifier through the APP, and the WIFI audio amplifier can play the multimedia resources.

Disclosure of Invention

In the prior art, the electronic device bearing the special APP must be synchronized with the multimedia resources broadcasted by the WIFI sound box in real time, and the defect of poor flexibility exists, which is a very annoying process.

Therefore, an improved method and apparatus for playing multimedia resources are needed to solve the problem of poor flexibility in the prior art.

In this context, embodiments of the present invention are intended to provide a multimedia resource playing method and apparatus.

In a first aspect of embodiments of the present invention, a multimedia resource playing method is provided, which is applied to a scenario where an electronic device and a multimedia device matched with the electronic device coexist, and the method includes:

judging whether the situation is in a first preset condition or not;

when the first preset condition is determined, if the multimedia resources played by the electronic device and the multimedia device are not synchronous, or the electronic device starts playing and the multimedia device does not start playing, sending a first synchronization instruction to the multimedia device, where the first synchronization instruction is used to instruct the multimedia device to synchronously play the multimedia resources currently played by the electronic device.

In one embodiment, according to the method of the above embodiment of the present invention, the first predetermined condition includes:

the electronic equipment and the multimedia equipment are in the same network; and/or

A control in the electronic device for controlling a synchronization function of the electronic device and the multimedia device is triggered.

In some embodiments, the method according to any of the above embodiments of the invention, further comprising:

and if the electronic equipment does not start playing and the multimedia equipment starts playing, receiving a second synchronous instruction, and synchronously playing the multimedia resource currently played by the multimedia equipment according to the second synchronous instruction.

In some embodiments, according to the method of any one of the above embodiments of the present invention, the multimedia device is a WIFI speaker.

In some embodiments, the method according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, further comprising selectively adding at least some of the multimedia assets in the electronic device to the multimedia device in response to an instruction to send the multimedia assets to the multimedia device.

In some embodiments, the method according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the electronic device includes a play control, and when the play control is triggered, the electronic device plays a multimedia resource in the electronic device.

In some embodiments, the method according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the electronic device comprises a synchronization control for controlling a synchronization function of the electronic device and the multimedia device.

In some embodiments, according to the method of any one of the above embodiments of the present invention, the multimedia asset is an audio asset.

In a second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia resource playing method applied to a scenario where an electronic device and a multimedia device matched with the electronic device coexist, where the method includes:

judging whether the situation is in a first preset condition or not;

and when the first preset condition is determined, if the multimedia resources played by the electronic equipment and the multimedia equipment are not synchronous, or the electronic equipment starts playing but the multimedia equipment does not start playing, receiving a first synchronization instruction sent by the electronic equipment, and synchronously playing the multimedia resources currently played by the electronic equipment according to the first synchronization instruction.

and if the electronic equipment does not start playing and the multimedia equipment starts playing, sending a second synchronization instruction to the electronic equipment, wherein the second synchronization instruction is used for indicating the electronic equipment to play the multimedia resource currently played by the multimedia equipment.

In some embodiments, the method according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, further comprising receiving a multimedia asset from the electronic device in response to an instruction to receive the multimedia asset from the electronic device.

and when a second preset condition is met and a playing key of the multimedia equipment is triggered, playing the multimedia resource in the multimedia equipment.

In some embodiments, the method according to any of the above embodiments of the invention, wherein the second predetermined condition comprises:

the electronic device and the multimedia device are in different networks; or

And the control application software in the electronic equipment and the control for realizing the synchronization function in the multimedia equipment are in a closed state.

In a third aspect of embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device, adapted to a multimedia device, the electronic device including:

the judging unit is used for judging whether the first preset condition exists or not;

a sending unit, configured to send a first synchronization instruction to the multimedia device if the multimedia resources played by the electronic device and the multimedia device are not synchronized, or the electronic device starts playing and the multimedia device does not start playing when the determining unit determines that the multimedia resources are in the first predetermined condition, where the first synchronization instruction is used to instruct the multimedia device to synchronously play the multimedia resources currently played by the electronic device.

In one embodiment, according to the electronic device of the above embodiment of the present invention, the first predetermined condition includes:

In some embodiments, the electronic device according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, the apparatus further comprises a receiving unit and a playing unit, wherein: the receiving unit is used for receiving a second synchronous instruction when the electronic equipment does not start playing and the multimedia equipment starts playing;

and the playing unit is used for synchronously playing the multimedia resources currently played by the multimedia equipment according to the second synchronous instruction.

In some embodiments, according to the electronic device of any one of the above embodiments of the present invention, the multimedia device is a WIFI speaker.

In some embodiments, the electronic device according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention further includes a transmitting unit and a selecting unit, wherein:

the selection unit is used for selecting at least part of multimedia resources in the electronic equipment;

the sending unit is used for sending an instruction for adding the at least part of the multimedia resource to the multimedia device.

In some embodiments, the electronic device according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the electronic device includes a playing unit, the playing unit includes a playing control, and the playing unit is configured to play a multimedia resource in the electronic device when the playing control is triggered.

In some embodiments, the electronic device according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the electronic device comprises a synchronization control for controlling a synchronization function of the electronic device and the multimedia device.

In some embodiments, according to the electronic device of any of the above embodiments of the present invention, the multimedia resource is an audio resource.

In a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia device, matched with an electronic device, including:

and the receiving unit is used for receiving a first synchronization instruction sent by the electronic equipment and synchronously playing the multimedia resource currently played by the electronic equipment according to the first synchronization instruction if the multimedia resources played by the electronic equipment and the multimedia equipment are not synchronous or the electronic equipment starts playing but the multimedia equipment does not start playing when the judging unit determines that the multimedia resources are in the first preset condition.

In one embodiment, according to the multimedia device of the above embodiment of the present invention, the first predetermined condition includes:

In some embodiments, according to the multimedia device of any one of the above embodiments of the present invention, the apparatus further includes a sending unit, configured to send a second synchronization instruction to the electronic device when the electronic device does not start playing and the multimedia device starts playing, where the second synchronization instruction is used to instruct the electronic device to play a multimedia resource currently played by the multimedia device.

In some embodiments, according to the multimedia device of any one of the above embodiments of the present invention, the multimedia device is a WIFI speaker.

In some embodiments, according to the multimedia device of any of the above embodiments of the present invention, the receiving unit is further configured to receive at least a part of the multimedia resource in the electronic device in response to an instruction to receive the multimedia resource of the electronic device.

In some embodiments, according to the multimedia device of any of the above embodiments of the present invention, the apparatus further includes a playing unit, configured to play the multimedia resource in the multimedia device when a second predetermined condition is satisfied and a play key of the multimedia device is triggered.

In some embodiments, the multimedia device according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the second predetermined condition comprises:

the electronic device and the multimedia device are in different networks; or

In some embodiments, according to the multimedia device of any of the above embodiments of the present invention, the multimedia resource is an audio resource.

In a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia playing system, including:

the electronic equipment is loaded with application software, and the application software is provided with a first multimedia resource;

the multimedia equipment obtains a second multimedia resource from a first multimedia resource of the electronic equipment based on the application software;

and selectively and synchronously playing the first multimedia resource or the second multimedia resource between the electronic equipment and the multimedia equipment in a preset priority order under the condition that a first preset condition is met.

In one embodiment, the system according to the above embodiment of the present invention, wherein the first predetermined condition comprises:

And triggering a control part in the application software for controlling the synchronous function of the electronic equipment and the multimedia equipment.

In some embodiments, the system according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the selectively playing the first multimedia asset or the second multimedia asset synchronously between the electronic device and the multimedia device in a predetermined priority order, comprises:

when the electronic equipment plays the first multimedia resource and the multimedia equipment does not play currently, pushing the first multimedia resource played currently by the electronic equipment to the multimedia equipment for synchronous playing;

when the multimedia equipment plays the second multimedia resource and the electronic equipment does not play currently, pushing the second multimedia resource currently played by the multimedia equipment to the electronic equipment for synchronous playing;

when the electronic equipment plays the first multimedia resource and the multimedia equipment plays the second multimedia resource, the controller pushes the first multimedia resource currently played by the electronic equipment to the multimedia equipment for synchronous playing.

In some embodiments, according to the system of any one of the above embodiments of the present invention, the multimedia device is a WIFI speaker.

In some embodiments, the system according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the second multimedia asset is part of the first multimedia asset.

In some embodiments, the system according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the electronic device includes a play control, and when the play control is triggered, the electronic device plays the first multimedia resource.

In some embodiments, the system according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the multimedia device comprises a play key, and the multimedia device plays the second multimedia resource when a second predetermined condition is met and the play key is triggered.

In some embodiments, the system according to any of the above embodiments of the invention, wherein the second predetermined condition comprises:

the electronic device and the multimedia device are in different networks; or

And the control for controlling the application software and the multimedia equipment synchronous function in the electronic equipment is in a closed state.

In some embodiments, the system according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the application software comprises a synchronization control for controlling a synchronization function of the application software and the multimedia device.

In some embodiments, the system according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the first multimedia asset and the second multimedia asset are both audio assets.

In a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia playing method, including:

matching the electronic equipment with the multimedia equipment through application software;

controlling the multimedia equipment to obtain a second multimedia resource from a first multimedia resource of the electronic equipment based on the application software;

In one embodiment, the method according to the above embodiment of the present invention, wherein the first predetermined condition comprises:

In some embodiments, the method according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, selectively playing the first multimedia asset or the second multimedia asset synchronously between the electronic device and the multimedia device in a predetermined priority order, includes:

In some embodiments, the method according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the second multimedia asset is part of the first multimedia asset.

In some embodiments, the method according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, further comprising controlling the electronic device to play the first multimedia resource by triggering a play control of the electronic device.

In some embodiments, the method according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, further includes controlling the multimedia device to play the second multimedia resource by triggering a play key of the multimedia device under a second predetermined condition.

the electronic device and the multimedia device are in different networks; or

In some embodiments, the method according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the application software comprises a synchronization control for controlling a synchronization function of the application software and the multimedia device.

In some embodiments, the method according to any of the above embodiments of the present invention, wherein the first multimedia asset and the second multimedia asset are both audio assets.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a multimedia resource playing method is provided, which is applied to a scenario in which an electronic device and a multimedia device matched with the electronic device coexist, and the method includes: judging whether the situation is in a first preset condition or not; when the first preset condition is determined, if the multimedia resources played by the electronic equipment and the multimedia equipment are not synchronous, or the electronic equipment starts playing and the multimedia equipment does not start playing, sending a first synchronization instruction to the multimedia equipment, wherein the first synchronization instruction is used for indicating the multimedia equipment to synchronously play the multimedia resources currently played by the electronic equipment; in this scheme, when it is determined that the multimedia resource is in the first predetermined condition, if the multimedia resource played by the electronic device and the multimedia device is not synchronized, or the electronic device is playing the multimedia resource but the multimedia device is in an unplayed state, at this time, the multimedia device and the electronic device may be synchronized, that is, the multimedia device plays the multimedia resource being played by the electronic device, so that the flexibility of playing the multimedia resource is improved.

Drawings

The above and other objects, features and advantages of exemplary embodiments of the present invention will become readily apparent from the following detailed description read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Several embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings and in which:

fig. 1 schematically shows a schematic diagram of a dedicated APP in the prior art;

FIG. 2A schematically illustrates a schematic view of a projection portal in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2B is a flow chart of multimedia asset playback according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 schematically shows another flow diagram of multimedia asset playback according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart illustrating playing of a multimedia asset according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 schematically shows a schematic view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 schematically shows a schematic diagram of a multimedia device according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 7 schematically illustrates a schematic diagram of a multimedia asset playback system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically illustrating a multimedia asset playback device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a multimedia asset playback device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

in the drawings, the same or corresponding reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Detailed Description

The principles and spirit of the present invention will be described with reference to a number of exemplary embodiments. It is understood that these embodiments are given solely for the purpose of enabling those skilled in the art to better understand and to practice the invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be embodied as a system, apparatus, device, method, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present disclosure may be embodied in the form of: entirely hardware, entirely software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.), or a combination of hardware and software.

According to the embodiment of the invention, a multimedia resource playing method and equipment are provided.

In this document, any number of elements in the drawings is by way of example and not by way of limitation, and any nomenclature is used solely for differentiation and not by way of limitation.

The principles and spirit of the present invention are explained in detail below with reference to several representative embodiments of the invention.

Summary of The Invention

The inventor finds that, when it is determined that the multimedia resources played by the electronic device and the multimedia device are not synchronized, or the electronic device is playing the multimedia resources but the multimedia device is not playing, the multimedia resources on the electronic device can be pushed to the multimedia device to be played, so that the multimedia device is synchronized with the electronic device, that is, the multimedia device plays the multimedia resources being played by the electronic device, but the electronic device does not have to play the multimedia resources played by the multimedia device, thereby improving the flexibility of playing the multimedia resources.

Having described the general principles of the invention, various non-limiting embodiments of the invention are described in detail below.

Application scene overview

As shown in fig. 2A, the mobile phone and the WIFI sound box are in the same network, the mobile phone plays the song of "tracking Light" through the internet access cloud music, the WIFI sound box is in the unplayed state, at this time, the projection entry on the internet access cloud music through the mobile phone makes the song of "tracking Light" played by the mobile phone project onto the WIFI sound box, and then the WIFI sound box also starts to play the song of "tracking Light".

Exemplary method

A method for multimedia asset playback according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 2B in conjunction with the application scenario of fig. 2A. It should be noted that the above application scenarios are merely illustrated for the convenience of understanding the spirit and principles of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited in this respect. Rather, embodiments of the present invention may be applied to any scenario where applicable.

Referring to fig. 2B, in an embodiment of the present invention, a multimedia resource playing method is provided, which is applied to a scenario where an electronic device and a multimedia device matched with the electronic device coexist, and the method includes:

step 200: judging whether the situation is in a first preset condition or not;

step 210: when the first preset condition is determined, if the multimedia resources played by the electronic device and the multimedia device are not synchronous, or the electronic device starts playing and the multimedia device does not start playing, sending a first synchronization instruction to the multimedia device, where the first synchronization instruction is used to instruct the multimedia device to synchronously play the multimedia resources currently played by the electronic device.

In this embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the first predetermined condition includes:

For example, the electronic device and the multimedia device are in the same WIFI network.

In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the electronic device may be a mobile phone, and certainly, the electronic device may also be other devices, such as other types of mobile terminals or computers, which are not specifically limited herein.

In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the multimedia device may be a WIFI sound box, and certainly, other devices such as a WIFI headset may also be used, which is not specifically limited herein.

In a specific embodiment, when the mobile phone and the matched WIFI sound box are in the same network, if the mobile phone plays "tracking Light" and the WIFI sound box is playing "autumn whisper" or not playing, the WIFI sound box also plays "tracking Light" automatically or according to manual triggering.

Sending the first synchronization instruction to the multimedia device may comprise:

the first synchronization instruction may be sent to the server by the electronic device, and then the synchronization instruction is sent to the multimedia device by the server, or the first synchronization instruction may be sent to the multimedia device directly by the electronic device through a local area network or in another manner. In another embodiment, the server may also send the multimedia device directly to the multimedia device according to the states of the multimedia device and the electronic device, which is not limited herein.

In practical applications, there is also a case that the electronic device does not play but the multimedia device is playing, and at this time, the multimedia resource being played by the multimedia device may be projected onto the electronic device, so in this embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes:

and if the electronic equipment does not start playing and the multimedia equipment starts playing, receiving a second synchronous instruction, and synchronously playing the multimedia resource currently played by the multimedia equipment according to the second synchronous instruction. Preferably, the main body receiving the second synchronization instruction is an electronic device. The second synchronization instruction may be sent by the server or sent by the multimedia device, which is not limited herein.

For example, the WIFI sound box is playing the song of "tracking Light", the matched mobile phone is in the unplayed state, at this moment, the WIFI sound box can send the second synchronization instruction to the mobile phone, so that the song of "tracking Light" played by the WIFI sound box is projected onto the mobile phone, and then the mobile phone also starts playing the song of "tracking Light".

In one embodiment, sending or receiving the second synchronization instruction may be performed automatically without user triggering based on the status of the electronic device and the multimedia device. In another embodiment, the second synchronization instruction may also be generated by a user trigger on the multimedia device or the electronic device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the multimedia resource playing logic of the electronic device and the multimedia device may be as shown in table 1.

TABLE 1 multimedia asset Play priority

For example, if the electronic device and the multimedia device are in the same lan, if the electronic device is playing music 1 and the multimedia device is in a standby state where music is not played, and the resource synchronization entry key in the electronic device is clicked, the multimedia device matched with the electronic device plays music 1; if the electronic equipment and the multimedia equipment are in the same local area network, if the electronic equipment is in a standby state of not playing music and the multimedia equipment is playing music 2, clicking a resource synchronization entry key in the electronic equipment, and then playing the music 2 by the electronic equipment matched with the multimedia equipment; if the electronic equipment and the multimedia equipment are in the same local area network, if the electronic equipment is playing music 1 and the multimedia equipment is playing music 2, and the resource synchronization entry key on the electronic equipment is clicked, the multimedia equipment plays music 1 currently being played on the electronic equipment.

As shown in fig. 2A, the electronic device (including the APP) may be matched with a plurality of multimedia devices (speaker-living room, speaker-bedroom), and the resource on the electronic device and the corresponding multimedia device may be synchronized by clicking the corresponding multimedia device resource synchronization entry key in the electronic device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further, the method further includes selectively adding at least part of the multimedia resources in the electronic device to the multimedia device in response to an instruction to send the multimedia resources to the multimedia device.

For example, there are music 1, music 2, music 3, and music 4 in the mobile phone, and there are music 5, music 6, music 7, and music 8 in the WIFI sound box, and music 1, music 2, and music 3 in the mobile phone may be added to the WIFI sound box, or all music in the mobile phone may also be added to the WIFI sound box.

In one embodiment, the mobile phone sends an instruction carrying a multimedia resource name or identification number to the server, where the instruction is used to add a multimedia resource corresponding to the multimedia resource name or identification number to the multimedia device, and the server extracts the multimedia resource name or identification number and sends the corresponding multimedia resource to the multimedia device.

In this embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the electronic device includes a play control, and when the play control is triggered, the electronic device plays the multimedia resource in the electronic device.

In this embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the electronic device includes a synchronization control component, configured to control a synchronization function of the electronic device and the multimedia device.

The synchronization control may be a certain key added in a known application, for example, a play resource synchronization entry key added at a position on the right side of a lyric page volume play bar of a play interface of internet music.

In this embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the multimedia resource is an audio resource, for example, the multimedia resource may be music or an audio book, and this is not particularly limited herein.

Referring to fig. 3, in an embodiment of the present invention, a multimedia resource playing method is provided, which is applied to a scenario where an electronic device and a multimedia device matched with the electronic device coexist, and the method includes:

step 300: judging whether the situation is in a first preset condition or not;

step 310: and when the first preset condition is determined, if the multimedia resources played by the electronic equipment and the multimedia equipment are not synchronous, or the electronic equipment starts playing but the multimedia equipment does not start playing, receiving a first synchronization instruction sent by the electronic equipment, and synchronously playing the multimedia resources currently played by the electronic equipment according to the first synchronization instruction.

In this embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the main body receiving the first synchronization instruction may be a multimedia device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the multimedia device may be a WIFI sound box, and certainly, may also be other devices, which is not specifically limited herein.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further comprising receiving a multimedia resource from the electronic device in response to an instruction to receive the multimedia resource from the electronic device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further, the method further includes:

In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the second predetermined condition includes:

the electronic device and the multimedia device are in different networks; or

Referring to fig. 4, an embodiment of the present invention further includes a multimedia playing method, including:

step 400: matching the electronic equipment with the multimedia equipment through application software;

step 410: controlling the multimedia equipment to obtain a second multimedia resource from a first multimedia resource of the electronic equipment based on the application software;

step 420: and selectively and synchronously playing the first multimedia resource or the second multimedia resource between the electronic equipment and the multimedia equipment in a preset priority order under the condition that a first preset condition is met.

In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the first predetermined condition includes:

In this embodiment of the present invention, when selectively and synchronously playing the first multimedia resource or the second multimedia resource between the electronic device and the multimedia device in a predetermined priority order, optionally, the following manner may be adopted:

For example, if music 1 is played by the mobile phone and the WIFI sound box is not played, the music 1 is pushed to the WIFI sound box for synchronous playing.

In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the multimedia device may be a WIFI sound box.

In this embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the second multimedia resource is a part of the first multimedia resource.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further, the method further includes controlling the electronic device to play the first multimedia resource by triggering a play control of the electronic device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further, the method further includes controlling, by triggering a play key of the multimedia device, the multimedia device to play the second multimedia resource under a second predetermined condition.

the electronic device and the multimedia device are in different networks; or

In this embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the application software includes a synchronization control for controlling a synchronization function of the application software and the multimedia device.

In this embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the first multimedia resource and the second multimedia resource are both audio resources, where the audio resources may be music or audio books, and this is not specifically limited herein.

Exemplary device

Having introduced the method of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for multimedia asset playback of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described next with reference to the following.

Referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device 50 is provided, which is matched with a multimedia device, and includes:

a judging unit 500, configured to judge whether a first predetermined condition exists;

a sending unit 510, configured to send a first synchronization instruction to the multimedia device if the multimedia resources played by the electronic device and the multimedia device are not synchronized, or the electronic device starts playing and the multimedia device does not start playing when the determining unit 500 determines that the multimedia resources are in the first predetermined condition, where the first synchronization instruction is used to instruct the multimedia device to synchronously play the multimedia resources currently played by the electronic device.

The sending unit 510 sends the first synchronization instruction to the multimedia device may include the following:

In practical applications, there are also situations where the electronic device is not playing, but the multimedia device is playing, and at this time, the multimedia resource being played by the multimedia device may be projected onto the electronic device, so in this embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus further includes a receiving unit 520 and a playing unit 530, where: the receiving unit 520, receiving a second synchronization instruction when the electronic device does not start playing but the multimedia device starts playing;

the playing unit 530 is configured to synchronously play the multimedia resource currently played by the multimedia device according to the second synchronization instruction. Preferably, the main body receiving the second synchronization instruction is an electronic device. The second synchronization instruction may be sent by the server or sent by the multimedia device, which is not limited herein.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the multimedia resource playing logic of the electronic device and the multimedia device is shown in table 1.

In this embodiment of the present invention, further, the apparatus further includes a sending unit 510 and a selecting unit 540, where:

the selecting unit 540 is configured to select at least a part of multimedia resources in the electronic device;

the sending unit 510 is configured to send an instruction to add the at least part of the multimedia resource to the multimedia device.

In this embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the electronic device includes a playing unit 530, where the playing unit 530 includes a playing control, and the playing unit 530 is configured to play a multimedia resource in the electronic device when the playing control is triggered.

Referring to fig. 6, in an embodiment of the present invention, a multimedia device 60 is provided, which is matched with an electronic device, and includes:

a judging unit 600, configured to judge whether a first predetermined condition exists;

a receiving unit 610, configured to receive a first synchronization instruction sent by the electronic device and synchronously play the multimedia resource currently played by the electronic device according to the first synchronization instruction if the multimedia resources played by the electronic device and the multimedia device are not synchronized or the electronic device starts playing but the multimedia device does not start playing when the determining unit 600 determines that the multimedia resource is in the first predetermined condition.

In practical applications, there are also situations where the electronic device is not playing but the multimedia device is playing, and at this time, the multimedia resource that the multimedia device is playing may be projected onto the electronic device, so in this embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus further includes a sending unit 620, configured to send a second synchronization instruction to the electronic device when the electronic device is not started to play and the multimedia device is started to play, where the second synchronization instruction is used to instruct the electronic device to play the multimedia resource that is currently played by the multimedia device.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the receiving unit 610 is further configured to receive at least a part of the multimedia resource in the electronic device in response to an instruction to receive the multimedia resource of the electronic device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further, the method further includes: the apparatus further includes a playing unit 630, configured to play the multimedia resource in the multimedia device when a second predetermined condition is satisfied and a playing key of the multimedia device is triggered.

the electronic device and the multimedia device are in different networks; or

In the scheme, when it is determined that the multimedia resources played by the electronic device and the multimedia device are not synchronized or the electronic device is playing the multimedia resources but the multimedia device is in an unplayed state, the multimedia device and the electronic device may be synchronized, that is, the multimedia device plays the multimedia resources being played by the electronic device, so that the flexibility of playing the multimedia resources is improved.

Referring to fig. 7, in an embodiment of the present invention, a multimedia playing system 70 is further provided, including:

an electronic device 700 loaded with application software having a first multimedia resource;

the multimedia device 710 obtains a second multimedia resource from the first multimedia resource of the electronic device based on the application software;

In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the multimedia device may be a WIFI loudspeaker box.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further, the electronic device includes a play control, and when the play control is triggered, the electronic device plays the first multimedia resource.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further, the multimedia device includes a play key, and when a second predetermined condition is met and the play key is triggered, the multimedia device plays the second multimedia resource.

the electronic device and the multimedia device are in different networks; or

Exemplary device

Having described the method and apparatus of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for multimedia asset playback according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described next.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the present invention may be embodied as a system, method or program product. Thus, various aspects of the invention may be embodied in the form of: an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, microcode, etc.) or an embodiment combining hardware and software aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a "circuit," module "or" system.

In some possible embodiments, an apparatus for multimedia asset playback according to the present invention may comprise at least one processing unit, and at least one memory unit. Wherein the storage unit stores program code which, when executed by the processing unit, causes the processing unit to perform the steps of the method of multimedia asset playback according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention described in the above section "exemplary methods" of the present specification. For example, the processing unit may perform step 200 as shown in fig. 2B: judging whether the situation is in a first preset condition or not; step 210: when the first preset condition is determined, if the multimedia resources played by the electronic device and the multimedia device are not synchronous, or the electronic device starts playing and the multimedia device does not start playing, sending a first synchronization instruction to the multimedia device, where the first synchronization instruction is used to instruct the multimedia device to synchronously play the multimedia resources currently played by the electronic device.

For another example, the processing unit may perform step 300 as shown in fig. 3: judging whether the situation is in a first preset condition or not; and when the first preset condition is determined, if the multimedia resources played by the electronic equipment and the multimedia equipment are not synchronous, or the electronic equipment starts playing but the multimedia equipment does not start playing, receiving a first synchronization instruction sent by the electronic equipment, and synchronously playing the multimedia resources currently played by the electronic equipment according to the first synchronization instruction.

An apparatus 80 for multimedia asset playback according to this embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 8. The apparatus 80 for multimedia asset playback shown in fig. 8 is only an example, and should not bring any limitation to the functions and the scope of use of the embodiments of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 8, the apparatus 80 for multimedia asset playback is in the form of a general purpose computing device. The components of the apparatus 80 for multimedia asset playback may include, but are not limited to: the at least one processing unit 16, the at least one memory unit 28, and the bus 18 that connects the various system components (including the memory unit 28 and the processing unit 16).

Bus 18 represents one or more of any of several types of bus structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, a processor, or a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures.

The storage unit 28 may include readable media in the form of volatile memory, such as Random Access Memory (RAM)31 and/or cache memory 32, and may further include Read Only Memory (ROM) 34.

Storage unit 28 may also include a program/utility 41 having a set (at least one) of program modules 42, such program modules 42 including, but not limited to: an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each of which, or some combination thereof, may comprise an implementation of a network environment.

The device for multimedia asset playback 80 may also communicate with one or more external devices 14 (e.g., keyboard, pointing device, bluetooth device, etc.), with one or more devices that enable a user to interact with the device for multimedia asset playback 80, and/or with any device (e.g., router, modem, etc.) that enables the device for multimedia asset playback 80 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication may be through an input/output (I/O) interface 22. Also, the device 80 for multimedia asset playback may also communicate with one or more networks (e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), and/or a public network, such as the internet) through the network adapter 21. As shown, the network adapter 21 communicates with the other modules of the device 80 for multimedia asset playback over the bus 18. It should be understood that although not shown in the figures, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in conjunction with the device 80 for multimedia asset playback, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data backup storage systems, among others.

Exemplary program product

In some possible embodiments, aspects of the present invention may also be implemented in the form of a program product comprising program code for causing a device to perform the steps in the method for multimedia asset playback according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention described in the above section "exemplary method" of this specification, when the program product is run on the device, for example, the device may perform the steps 200 as shown in fig. 2B: judging whether the situation is in a first preset condition or not; step 210: when the first preset condition is determined, if the multimedia resources played by the electronic device and the multimedia device are not synchronous, or the electronic device starts playing and the multimedia device does not start playing, sending a first synchronization instruction to the multimedia device, where the first synchronization instruction is used to instruct the multimedia device to synchronously play the multimedia resources currently played by the electronic device.

For example, the device may perform step 300 as shown in fig. 3: judging whether the situation is in a first preset condition or not; step 310: and when the first preset condition is determined, if the multimedia resources played by the electronic equipment and the multimedia equipment are not synchronous, or the electronic equipment starts playing but the multimedia equipment does not start playing, receiving a first synchronization instruction sent by the electronic equipment, and synchronously playing the multimedia resources currently played by the electronic equipment according to the first synchronization instruction.

The program product may employ any combination of one or more readable media. The readable medium may be a readable signal medium or a readable storage medium. A readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the readable storage medium include: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable disk, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

As shown in fig. 9, a program product 90 for multimedia asset playback according to an embodiment of the present invention is described, which may employ a portable compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) and include program code, and may be run on a terminal device, such as a personal computer. However, the program product of the present invention is not limited in this regard and, in the present document, a readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

A readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A readable signal medium may also be any readable medium that is not a readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Program code embodied on a readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computing device, partly on the user's device, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computing device and partly on a remote computing device, or entirely on the remote computing device or server. In the case of a remote computing device, the remote computing device may be connected to the user computing device over any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computing device (e.g., over the internet using an internet service provider).

It should be noted that although in the above detailed description several means or sub-means of the device for multimedia asset playback are mentioned, this division is only not mandatory. Indeed, the features and functions of two or more of the devices described above may be embodied in one device, according to embodiments of the invention. Conversely, the features and functions of one apparatus described above may be further divided into embodiments by a plurality of apparatuses.

Moreover, while the operations of the method of the invention are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this does not require or imply that the operations must be performed in this particular order, or that all of the illustrated operations must be performed, to achieve desirable results. Additionally or alternatively, certain steps may be omitted, multiple steps combined into one step execution, and/or one step broken down into multiple step executions.

While the spirit and principles of the invention have been described with reference to several particular embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, nor is the division of aspects, which is for convenience only as the features in such aspects may not be combined to benefit. The invention is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A multimedia resource playing method is applied to a scene where a mobile terminal and a WIFI sound box matched with the mobile terminal coexist, and comprises the following steps:

judging whether a first preset condition exists or not, wherein the first preset condition comprises the following steps: the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box are in the same network; and/or a control used for controlling the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box synchronization function in the mobile terminal is triggered;

when the first preset condition is determined, if the multimedia resources played by the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box are not synchronous, or the mobile terminal starts playing and the WIFI sound box does not start playing, the mobile terminal sends a first synchronization instruction to the WIFI sound box through a server, and the first synchronization instruction is used for instructing the WIFI sound box to synchronously play the multimedia resources currently played by the mobile terminal;

if the mobile terminal does not start playing and the WIFI sound box starts playing, the mobile terminal receives a second synchronous instruction sent by the WIFI sound box through the server, and synchronously plays the multimedia resource currently played by the WIFI sound box according to the second synchronous instruction;

the mobile terminal comprises a synchronization control for controlling the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box to have a synchronization function.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising selectively adding at least some multimedia assets in the mobile terminal to the WIFI loudspeaker in response to an instruction to send multimedia assets to the WIFI loudspeaker.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal includes a play control, the mobile terminal playing a multimedia asset in the mobile terminal when the play control is triggered.

4. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the multimedia asset is an audio asset.

5. A multimedia resource playing method is applied to a scene where a mobile terminal and a WIFI sound box matched with the mobile terminal coexist, and comprises the following steps:

when the first preset condition is determined, if the multimedia resources played by the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box are not synchronous, or the mobile terminal starts playing but the WIFI sound box does not start playing, the WIFI sound box receives a first synchronization instruction sent by the mobile terminal through a server, and synchronously plays the multimedia resources currently played by the mobile terminal according to the first synchronization instruction;

if the mobile terminal does not start playing and the WIFI sound box starts playing, the WIFI sound box sends a second synchronization instruction to the mobile terminal through the server, and the second synchronization instruction is used for indicating the mobile terminal to play the multimedia resource currently played by the WIFI sound box;

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising receiving a multimedia asset from the mobile terminal in response to an instruction to receive a multimedia asset from the mobile terminal.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

and when a second preset condition is met and a playing key of the WIFI sound box is triggered, playing the multimedia resources in the WIFI sound box.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second predetermined condition comprises:

the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box are in different networks; or

And the control application software in the mobile terminal and the control for realizing the synchronization function in the WIFI sound box are in a closed state.

9. The method according to any of claims 5-8, wherein the multimedia asset is an audio asset.

10. The utility model provides a mobile terminal, and WIFI audio amplifier phase-match, mobile terminal includes:

the judging unit is used for judging whether a first preset condition exists or not, and the first preset condition comprises the following steps: the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box are in the same network; and/or a control used for controlling the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box synchronization function in the mobile terminal is triggered;

a sending unit, configured to send, by a server, a first synchronization instruction to the WIFI loudspeaker box when the multimedia resources played by the mobile terminal and the WIFI loudspeaker box are not synchronized, or the mobile terminal starts playing and the WIFI loudspeaker box does not start playing when the determining unit determines that the multimedia resources are in the first predetermined condition, where the first synchronization instruction is used to instruct the WIFI loudspeaker box to synchronously play the multimedia resources currently played by the mobile terminal;

the apparatus further comprises a receiving unit and a playing unit, wherein: the receiving unit is used for receiving a second synchronous instruction when the mobile terminal does not start playing and the WIFI sound box starts playing;

the playing unit is used for synchronously playing the multimedia resources currently played by the WIFI sound box according to the second synchronous instruction;

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, further comprising a transmitting unit and a selecting unit, wherein:

the selection unit is used for selecting at least part of multimedia resources in the mobile terminal;

the sending unit is used for sending an instruction for adding the at least part of the multimedia resources to the WIFI sound box.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a play unit, the play unit comprises a play control, and the play unit is configured to play the multimedia resource in the mobile terminal when the play control is triggered.

13. The mobile terminal according to any of claims 10-12, wherein the multimedia asset is an audio asset.

14. The utility model provides a WIFI audio amplifier, and mobile terminal phase-match, includes:

the receiving unit is used for receiving a first synchronization instruction sent by the mobile terminal through a server and synchronously playing the multimedia resource currently played by the mobile terminal according to the first synchronization instruction if the multimedia resources played by the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box are not synchronous or the mobile terminal starts playing but the WIFI sound box does not start playing when the judging unit determines that the multimedia resource is in the first preset condition;

the device further comprises a sending unit, which is used for sending a second synchronization instruction to the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is not started to play and the WIFI sound box is started to play, wherein the second synchronization instruction is used for instructing the mobile terminal to play the multimedia resource currently played by the WIFI sound box;

15. The WIFI sound box of claim 14, the receiving unit further configured to receive at least a portion of the multimedia asset in the mobile terminal in response to receiving the instruction of the mobile terminal multimedia asset.

16. The WIFI sound box of claim 14, the apparatus further comprising a playing unit to play multimedia resources in the WIFI sound box when a second predetermined condition is met and a play key of the WIFI sound box is triggered.

17. The WIFI sound box of claim 16, wherein the second predetermined condition includes:

the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box are in different networks; or

18. The WIFI sound box of any one of claims 14-17, the multimedia resource is an audio resource.

19. A multimedia playback system, comprising:

the mobile terminal is loaded with application software, and the application software is provided with a first multimedia resource;

the WIFI sound box is used for obtaining a second multimedia resource from the first multimedia resource of the mobile terminal based on the application software;

a server;

under the condition that a first preset condition is met, selectively and synchronously playing the first multimedia resource or the second multimedia resource between the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box according to a preset priority sequence, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

when the mobile terminal plays the first multimedia resource and the WIFI sound box does not play currently, the first multimedia resource played currently by the mobile terminal is pushed to the WIFI sound box through the server to be played synchronously by clicking the application software;

when the WIFI sound box plays the second multimedia resource and the mobile terminal does not play currently, the second multimedia resource currently played by the WIFI sound box is pushed to the mobile terminal for synchronous playing through the server by clicking the application software;

when the mobile terminal plays the first multimedia resource and the WIFI sound box plays the second multimedia resource, the first multimedia resource currently played by the mobile terminal is pushed to the WIFI sound box through the server to be played synchronously by clicking the application software;

the application software comprises a synchronization control for controlling the application software and the synchronization function of the WIFI sound box;

wherein the first predetermined condition comprises: the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box are in the same network; and/or a control used for controlling the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box synchronization function in the application software is triggered.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the second multimedia asset is part of the first multimedia asset.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the mobile terminal includes a play control, the mobile terminal playing the first multimedia asset when the play control is triggered.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the WIFI speaker includes a play key, and the WIFI speaker plays the second multimedia asset when a second predetermined condition is met and the play key is triggered.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the second predetermined condition comprises:

the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box are in different networks; or

And the control application software in the mobile terminal and the control of the WIFI sound box synchronization function are in an off state.

24. The system of any one of claims 19-23, wherein the first multimedia asset and the second multimedia asset are both audio assets.

25. A multimedia playback method, comprising:

matching the mobile terminal with the WIFI sound box through application software;

controlling the WIFI sound box to obtain a second multimedia resource from the first multimedia resource of the mobile terminal through a server based on the application software;

selectively and synchronously playing the first multimedia resource or the second multimedia resource between the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box according to a preset priority order under the condition that a first preset condition is met, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the second multimedia asset is part of the first multimedia asset.

27. The method of claim 25, further comprising controlling the mobile terminal to play the first multimedia asset by triggering a play control of the mobile terminal.

28. The method of claim 25, further comprising controlling the WIFI loudspeaker to play the second multimedia asset at a second predetermined instance by triggering a play key of the WIFI loudspeaker.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the second predetermined condition comprises:

the mobile terminal and the WIFI sound box are in different networks; or

30. The method of any of claims 25-28, wherein the first multimedia asset and the second multimedia asset are both audio assets.