CN112423132B - Method, device and system for realizing dynamic scheduling of cinema and controlling playing of film - Google Patents

Method, device and system for realizing dynamic scheduling of cinema and controlling playing of film Download PDF

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CN112423132B
CN112423132B CN201910778699.7A CN201910778699A CN112423132B CN 112423132 B CN112423132 B CN 112423132B CN 201910778699 A CN201910778699 A CN 201910778699A CN 112423132 B CN112423132 B CN 112423132B
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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods, apparatus, and systems for implementing dynamic scheduling of theatres and controlling the playing of movies. A method for enabling dynamic scheduling of a theatre, the method being performed by a first electronic device, the method comprising: collecting user preferences of a plurality of users, wherein the user preferences specify at least a movie that the user desires to view, a time at which the movie is viewed, a theater at which the movie is viewed, and a number of people at which the movie is viewed; generating a respective dynamic schedule for at least one of the plurality of theaters according to one of the plurality of scheduling schemes based on the collected user preferences; and transmitting the generated respective dynamic schedule to at least one second electronic device corresponding to the at least one theater.

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Method, device and system for realizing dynamic scheduling of cinema and controlling playing of film
Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to movie scheduling and playing for cinema, and in particular, to a method, apparatus and computer readable medium for implementing dynamic scheduling for cinema, a method, apparatus and computer readable medium for controlling playing of movies according to dynamic scheduling, and a cinema system.
Background
Conventionally, cinema plays movies according to a schedule predetermined by man. For example, a theatre scheduling team schedules and fixes a movie schedule a few days before the movie is played and inputs the fixed schedule data to the theatre management system, which may then receive the fixed schedule data from the theatre management system and play the movie in accordance with the fixed schedule data. Further, conventionally, each theater schedules and plays movies accordingly, independently of the other.
However, according to this conventional mode, preference of a viewer (e.g., film, viewing date and time, cinema, etc.) is not taken into consideration when scheduling films, and in particular, it is difficult to take into consideration preference of a viewer for cinema when scheduling since each cinema is independently scheduled. Even if an attempt is made to consider such preference, scheduling in the conventional mode would require a lot of manual operations.
Accordingly, there is a need for a solution that enables the flexible and automatic generation of corresponding dynamic schedules for multiple theatres based on viewer preferences, and the control of the playing of the movie by the individual theatres according to their dynamic schedules.
Disclosure of Invention
The present disclosure provides a solution that enables the flexible and automatic generation of corresponding dynamic schedules for multiple theatres based on viewer preferences, and the control of the playing of the movie by the individual theatres according to their dynamic schedules.
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for implementing dynamic scheduling of a theatre, the method being performed by a first electronic device, characterized in that the method comprises: collecting user preferences of a plurality of users, wherein the user preferences specify at least a movie that the user desires to view, a time at which the movie is viewed, a theater at which the movie is viewed, and a number of people at which the movie is viewed; generating a respective dynamic schedule for at least one of the plurality of theaters according to one of the plurality of scheduling schemes based on the collected user preferences; and transmitting the generated respective dynamic schedule to at least one second electronic device corresponding to the at least one theater.
According to one aspect of the present disclosure there is provided an electronic device for enabling dynamic scheduling of theatres, the electronic device comprising a memory storing computer executable instructions and a processor, which when executed by the processor, cause the device to perform a method for enabling dynamic scheduling of theatres as described above.
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of controlling playing of a movie according to a dynamic schedule, the method being performed by a second electronic device, the method comprising: receiving a dynamic schedule from a first electronic device; and controlling playing of the movie based on the dynamic schedule, wherein the dynamic schedule is generated according to one of a plurality of scheduling schemes based on a plurality of user preferences, wherein the user preferences specify at least a movie that the user desires to view, a time at which the movie is viewed, a theater at which the movie is viewed, and a number of persons viewing the movie.
According to one aspect of the present disclosure there is provided an electronic device for controlling playing of a movie according to a dynamic schedule, the electronic device comprising a memory storing computer executable instructions and a processor, which when executed by the processor, cause the device to perform a method of controlling playing of a movie according to a dynamic schedule as described above.
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for implementing dynamic scheduling of a theatre or a method of controlling playing of a movie according to a dynamic scheduling as described above.
According to one aspect of the disclosure there is provided a theatre system comprising an electronic device as described above for effecting dynamic scheduling of a theatre and one or more electronic devices as described above for controlling the playing of a film in accordance with the dynamic scheduling.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a theatre system according to the present disclosure;
fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a structural configuration of an electronic device for implementing dynamic scheduling of theatres according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 3 is a flow chart of an illustrative operational flow of an electronic device for implementing dynamic scheduling of theatres according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a structural configuration of an electronic device controlling playing of movies according to a dynamic schedule, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an exemplary operational flow of an electronic device controlling playing of movies according to a dynamic schedule, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 6 shows a schematic interoperation flow of a theatre system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 7 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a computer device in which embodiments according to the present disclosure may be implemented.
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Preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Representative applications of the apparatus and methods according to embodiments described herein are provided in this section. These examples are provided solely to add context and aid in the understanding of the embodiments. It will thus be apparent to one skilled in the art that the embodiments described in the present disclosure may be practiced without some or all of these specific details. In other instances, well known process steps have not been described in detail in order to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the embodiments described in the present disclosure. Other applications are possible as well, so that the following examples should not be considered limiting.
Note that like reference numerals and letters refer to like items in the figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, it is not necessary to discuss it in subsequent figures.
Fig. 1 illustrates an exemplary theatre system according to the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, the exemplary theatre system may include a first electronic device 10 for enabling dynamic scheduling of theatres and a second electronic device 20A-20C associated with the respective theatre that controls playing of the movie according to the dynamic scheduling. Hereinafter, an electronic device for realizing dynamic scheduling of a theater is referred to as a first electronic device and an electronic device for controlling playing of a movie according to the dynamic scheduling is referred to as a second electronic device. Although three second electronic devices are shown in fig. 1, the theatre system may include more or fewer second electronic devices, and more generally, theatre systems according to the present disclosure may include one or more second electronic devices (e.g., hundreds). In particular, the plurality of second electronic devices may be located in the same or different regions. According to the present disclosure, the first electronic device 10 may collect user preferences of a plurality of users, wherein the user preferences specify at least a movie that the user desires to view, a time at which the movie is viewed, a theater at which the movie is viewed, and a number of people at which the movie is viewed; generating a respective dynamic schedule for at least one of the plurality of theaters according to one of the plurality of scheduling schemes based on the collected user preferences; and transmitting the generated respective dynamic schedule to at least one second electronic device corresponding to the at least one theater. In accordance with the present disclosure, the second electronic devices 20A-20C may receive dynamic schedules from the first electronic device; and controlling playing of the movie based on the dynamic schedule, wherein the dynamic schedule is generated according to one of a plurality of scheduling schemes based on a plurality of user preferences.
Thus, a system according to the present disclosure may automatically generate respective dynamic schedules for one or more theaters centrally based on user preferences by means of a first electronic device, and may control, by means of a second electronic device, the playback of a movie in a theater associated with the second electronic device based on the respective dynamic schedules received from the first electronic device, thereby enabling a viewer to flexibly select theaters, dates, times, and movies for viewing according to their needs.
Having briefly described an exemplary theatre system in accordance with the present disclosure in connection with fig. 1, embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below in connection with the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 2 shows a schematic structural configuration of an electronic device 200 (hereinafter simply referred to as a first electronic device 200) for realizing dynamic scheduling of a theater according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, the first electronic device 200 may include a user preference collection unit 202, a dynamic scheduling unit 204, a communication unit 206, a recommendation information generation unit 208, and a registration/authentication unit 210. Although fig. 2 illustrates the above five units, the first electronic device 200 may also include other possible units, or a combination unit including any of the above five units.
The user preference collection unit 202 is configured to collect user preferences of a plurality of users, for example. The user preferences specify, for example, at least the movie the user desires to view, the time the movie is viewed, the theatre in which the movie is viewed, and the number of people viewing the movie. It is noted that, unless explicitly indicated otherwise herein, the term "time" generally has its broad meaning, e.g., the term "time" may include the date as well as the number of minutes in a day. The user preferences may also specify other content including, for example, but not limited to, a type of consumption (such as pack or retail ticket), a auditorium in a theater (e.g., a specific auditorium may be specified or a auditorium type (such as IMAX, 4K, VIP lobby, plain lobby, etc.) and a seating area (such as a row area, column area, or block area made up of specific columns and rows, etc.).
The user preference collection unit 202 may collect user preferences through various approaches. User preferences may be received from a user through a particular web interface or application program interface, for example. The web interface or application interface may provide a corresponding interface to facilitate user specification or selection of their corresponding preferences from a list.
In accordance with the present disclosure, the collected user preferences may be stored, for example, in the form of a database, in a storage device accessible by the first electronic device 200 or a storage device provided within the first electronic device 200. The database may be implemented using a variety of database techniques known in the art.
The dynamic scheduling unit 204 is for example configured to generate a respective dynamic schedule for at least one of the plurality of theaters according to one of the plurality of scheduling schemes based on the collected user preferences. The plurality of scheduling schemes may include, for example, a first scheme based on the number of viewers, a second scheme based on the amount of money, and a third scheme based on the type of consumption.
Generating a dynamic schedule according to the first scheme includes, for example, calculating a number of persons desiring to watch the same movie at the same theater at a similar time based on the collected user preferences of the plurality of users, and confirming the schedule of the movie at the theater at the time if the calculated number of persons is greater than a first threshold.
Specifically, according to the first scheme, the dynamic scheduling unit 204 may sequentially classify respective contents specified in the user preferences based on the collected user preferences of the plurality of users, so as to calculate the number of persons desiring to watch the same movie at the same theater at similar times. For example, the dynamic scheduling unit 204 may first categorize the movie, then categorize the movie for user preference data specifying the same movie for time, whereby the categorized user preference data set is one or more user preference data specifying the same movie, and a similar time, so that the number of viewers can be easily counted within the set of user preference data to determine whether the scheduling can be confirmed. The above-described process of categorizing the individual content specified in the user preferences may also be performed in other orders (may be in the form of movies, theaters, times or time, movies, theaters, etc.), as long as the user preference data sets specifying the same movie, the same theater, and similar times may ultimately be obtained in accordance with the present disclosure.
According to a first aspect, the close times may represent the same time period, or may represent that the difference between the points in time at which different users desire to watch the film is less than a predetermined threshold (e.g. 1 hour or other threshold that may be determined according to the actual situation). This allows for the collection of time periods (e.g., 2 pm to 3 pm on a month of a year) and/or time points (e.g., 2 pm on a month of a year) when the user desires to view the movie when collecting the user preferences. The dynamic scheduling unit 204 may determine a specific time of the film schedule according to the classification result of the similar times. For example, the dynamic scheduling unit 204 may determine, as the schedule time to play the movie, any suitable time of a time period specified in the user preference or a time period determined based on a classification result of similar times in the case where the user preference specifies a time point, taking into consideration factors such as the user preference viewing time, the time length of each movie, the inter-field interval, and the advertisement showing time length of other movies to be confirmed for the schedule at the same theater on the same day.
According to the first aspect, the first threshold value related to the calculated number of viewers for confirming the schedule may be flexibly set or dynamically adjusted according to the actual situation. For example, the threshold may be set according to the number of seats and expected upstairs rates of the respective auditoriums of the theatre. Further, where the preference data includes a user-desired auditorium, the threshold may also be dynamically adjusted based on the auditorium or type of auditorium specified. For example, where the auditorium type is a VIP auditorium, the threshold may be adjusted to be relatively small, and where the auditorium type is IMAX or the like, which includes more seats, the threshold may be adjusted to be relatively large. As another example, the threshold may be set or dynamically adjusted based on the time at which the movie is viewed as specified in the user preference. For example, the threshold may be appropriately determined to be a smaller value at a cold time such as the morning of the day or the weekday of the week, and may be appropriately determined to be a larger value at a warm time such as the evening of the day or the holiday. Thus, by setting or dynamically adjusting the first threshold, the user needs as well as the business needs of different theatres can be balanced.
Generating the dynamic schedule according to the second scheme includes, for example: the turnover for playing the same movie at the same theater at a similar time is calculated based on the collected user preferences of the plurality of users and the pricing of the particular movie at the particular theater, and the schedule of the movie at the theater at the time is confirmed if the calculated turnover is greater than a second threshold.
In particular, the first electronic device 200 may also collect pricing information for different movies for different theaters in the event that dynamic scheduling is generated according to the second scheme. For example, the first electronic device 200 may request pricing information for the film from each second electronic device associated with each theater. For another example, each second electronic device associated with each theater may periodically send pricing information for the movie to the first electronic device.
According to a second approach, the dynamic scheduling unit 204 may sequentially categorize each content specified in the user preferences based on the collected user preferences of the plurality of users in order to calculate the number of persons desiring to view the same movie at the same theater at similar times, and calculate the turnover to play the same movie at the same theater at similar times based on the number of persons and the collected pricing information. The categorization is similar to that described above and will not be repeated here.
According to the second scheme, the turnover can be calculated simply by multiplying the film pricing by the number of viewers. Alternatively, the operating cost of the theatre may also be considered, and the turnover calculated by multiplying the movie pricing by the number of viewers and subtracting the operating cost. The first electronic device 200 may also collect the operating costs of different cinema for different movies on request or periodically, taking into account the operating costs of the cinema.
Similar to the first scheme, the similar times in the second scheme may represent the same time period, or may represent that the difference between time points at which different users desire to watch the movie is less than a predetermined threshold (e.g., 1 hour or other threshold that may be determined according to actual circumstances). And the dynamic scheduling unit 204 determines a specific time of the movie schedule from the classification result of the similar times in a similar manner to the first scheme.
According to the second aspect, the second threshold value for confirming the arrangement related to the calculated turnover may be flexibly set or dynamically adjusted according to the actual situation. For example, the threshold may be set or dynamically adjusted according to the time of viewing the movie specified in the user preference. For example, the threshold may be appropriately determined to be a smaller value at a cold time such as the morning of the day or the weekday of the week, and may be appropriately determined to be a larger value at a warm time such as the evening of the day or the holiday. Thus, by setting or dynamically adjusting the second threshold, the user needs as well as the business needs of different theatres can be balanced.
In accordance with the present disclosure, the plurality of scheduling schemes may also include a third scheme based on a consumption type, which may be, for example, pack or non-pack (e.g., sporadic ticket purchases). Generating the dynamic schedule according to the third aspect includes, for example: the schedule of the film at the time of the theatre is determined if the consumer type is a pack, and a dynamic schedule is generated according to the first scheme or the second scheme described above if the consumer type is not a pack. In particular, in the event that the user preference does not specify a consumption type, the consumption type may be set to a default value for the non-pack. In the case where the consumption type is a pack, in determining a specific schedule time, the dynamic schedule unit 204 may determine, as the schedule time of a movie to be played, a time period specified in the user preference or any suitable time in a time period determined based on a classification result of similar times in the case where the user preference specifies a time point, taking into consideration factors such as a user preference viewing time of other movies to be confirmed for the schedule at the same theater, a time period of each movie, an inter-field interval, and an advertisement showing time period on the same day, similarly to the first and second schemes.
Three schemes for generating dynamic schedules have been described in detail above. In practice, the dynamic scheduling unit 204 may select an appropriate scheme for each theatre to dynamically schedule according to different needs. In other words, the schedule scheme may be different for a plurality of different theaters corresponding to the first electronic device 200. For example, for a newly-opened theater or a theater in which the number of viewers is relatively small due to a geographical location or the like, a first scheme based on the number of viewers may be selected to generate a dynamic schedule, so that the schedule may be more conveniently determined based on the number of people. For another example, for a cinema in which the number of viewers is generally large and a scheduling conflict is easily caused only by the number of viewers, or for a cinema in which a sales is highly required, the second scheme based on the amount of money may be selected, so that the scheduling can be confirmed while comprehensively considering the economic benefits of the cinema on the basis of the number of viewers. The above factors that assist in selecting the dynamic scheduling scheme are merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art may also consider other factors in combination with business needs to select a corresponding dynamic scheduling scheme for a theater according to actual circumstances.
Further, in the case where the schedule for a plurality of movies within a certain period of time of the same theater is confirmed, the dynamic schedule unit 204 may schedule respective auditoriums for each movie based on the number of seats of each auditorium of the theater, the type of auditorium or the type of auditorium specified in the user preference, the number of viewers in the confirmed schedule, and the like, and add the scheduled auditorium information to the respective dynamic schedule data.
In accordance with the present disclosure, the dynamic scheduling unit 204 may also confirm the scheduling in the event of a scheduling conflict for different movies at the same time at the same theater, in accordance with any one or more of the following: the user provides the time of user preference, user identity and turnover for playing the movie. For multiple sets of user preference data for which the scheduling conflicts, dynamic scheduling unit 204 may confirm the scheduling based on the set of user preference data corresponding to the one or more users that provided the user preferences earliest. For example, assuming that there is a scheduling conflict for two sets of user preferences, the times at which each user in the two sets of user preference data provides user preferences may be compared and scheduling is confirmed based on the user preference set to which the user who provided the user preference data earliest corresponds, alternatively, the number of times at which the user in the two sets provides user preferences earlier than a certain time may be counted separately, so that a counted number of more user preference sets are selected to confirm scheduling based thereon. The dynamic scheduling unit 204 may confirm the scheduling in case of a scheduling conflict based on the user identity, i.e. whether it is a high priority user (e.g. VIP user). For example, assuming that there is a scheduling conflict for two sets of user preferences, the number of high priority users in the two sets may be counted separately, whereby a larger counted number of user preference sets is selected to confirm the scheduling based thereon. The dynamic scheduling unit 204 may also confirm the scheduling in case of a scheduling conflict based on the turnover at which the movie is played. For example, a set of user preferences with higher turnover may be selected to confirm the scheduling based thereon in the event of a conflict.
The dynamic scheduling unit 204 may also confirm the scheduling in case of a conflict based on a combination of two or three of the time the user provided the user preference, the user identity and the turnover at which the movie was played. For example, one factor may be considered first, and one or more other factors may be further considered to confirm the schedule if the schedule conflict cannot be resolved based on the factor alone. Alternatively, the dynamic scheduling unit 204 may also assign a certain weight to the above three factors, and comprehensively consider the three factors to calculate the score based on the weights to solve the scheduling conflict. For example, assuming that there is a scheduling conflict for two groups of user preferences, the user may be given a weight of 0.1, the user may be given a weight of 0.4, and the movie may be played by a turnover of 0.5, the dynamic scheduling unit 204 may determine how to confirm the scheduling for three factors, respectively, e.g., assuming that the user-preferred time only should be determined based on group a confirmation scheduling, the user identity only should be determined based on group B confirmation scheduling, and the turnover only should be determined based on group a confirmation scheduling, the score for group a may be 0.1+0.5=0.6 with these three factors taken into consideration, and the score for group B may be 0.4, since the score for group a is higher than that for group B, the final determination is to confirm the scheduling based on group a.
According to the present disclosure, the communication unit 206 may be configured to transmit the recommendation information generated by the recommendation information generating unit 208 to the user corresponding to the user preference in the case where the schedule satisfying the user preference is not confirmed; transmitting the generated respective dynamic schedule to at least one second electronic device corresponding to the at least one theatre; and communicates with the second electronic devices corresponding to the respective theaters under the control of the registration/authentication unit 210 so that the respective second electronic devices register with the first electronic device. Hereinafter, each will be described in detail.
In accordance with the present disclosure, the communication unit 206 may be configured to, for a user preference of at least one user, transmit recommendation information to the user in case a schedule meeting the user preference cannot be confirmed. The communication unit 206 may transmit the recommendation information to the user via a specific web interface, an application interface or a mobile phone short message.
The recommendation information may be generated by the recommendation information generating unit 208. The recommendation information may include one or more of the following information related to the schedule that has been confirmed: first alternate schedule information, wherein the cinema of the first alternate schedule is the same as the cinema specified in the user preference, the time at which the film of the first alternate schedule is viewed is similar to the time specified in the user preference, and the film of the first alternate schedule is different from the film specified in the user preference; second alternate schedule information, wherein the second alternate schedule movie is the same as the movie specified in the user preference, the second alternate schedule movie is viewed at a time similar to the time specified in the user preference, and the first alternate schedule movie theatre is different from the movie specified in the user preference; and third alternate schedule information, wherein the third alternate schedule movie and movie theatre is the same as the movie theatre specified in the user preference, and the third alternate schedule is different from the time specified in the user preference. It is noted that in the description of the above-described alternative schedule information, the time at which the movie is viewed being close to the time specified in the user preference means that the time at which the movie is viewed falls within the time period specified in the user preference or that the difference between the time at which the movie is viewed and the time point specified in the user preference is less than a predetermined threshold.
In accordance with the present disclosure, the communication unit 206 may be configured to communicate the generated respective dynamic schedule to at least one second electronic device corresponding to the at least one theatre. The communication unit 206 does not need to communicate all dynamic schedules generated (for all theatres in the theatre system) to each second electronic device. In other words, the communication unit 206 may transmit the dynamic schedule for a specific theater to the second electronic device corresponding to the theater, thereby performing targeted transmission to reduce the data transmission amount and simplify the processing of the second electronic device at the receiving end.
According to the present disclosure, the communication unit 206 may transmit a dynamic schedule for a specific period of time for a theater corresponding to a second electronic device to the second electronic device based on a request of the second electronic device. For example, the request may include time period information corresponding to a dynamic schedule, such as the request may include a request for a dynamic schedule of a day or may include a request for a dynamic schedule of a few days. In this case, the first electronic device 200 may check the period included in the request to confirm that the period corresponds to a future period and there is a dynamic schedule for the period that has been confirmed, and in the case that the check is not passed (for example, the period corresponds to an elapsed time or there is no dynamic schedule for the period), make a corresponding notification to the second electronic device via the communication unit 206.
Alternatively, the request may not include any time period information, and the first electronic device 200 may transmit, to the second electronic device corresponding to the cinema, the dynamic schedule within a specific time period of the cinema corresponding to the second electronic device via the communication unit 206 based on the agreement of the first electronic device with the second electronic device. In this case, the specific period of time may be the second day after the first electronic device receives the request or a day after any number of days, or may be several days after any number of days. In other words, in the case where the request information does not include the time period information, the first electronic device may transmit, via the communication unit, dynamic scheduling within a few days from the second day or a day after any day after receiving the request, corresponding to the cinema of the second electronic device, to the second electronic device based on the contract. This way, the content of the request can advantageously be simplified, thereby facilitating the corresponding processing by the two-party electronic device.
Alternatively, the request may be made for a particular film or films. For example, the request received by the first electronic device may include a particular movie name or names and/or movie identifiers. Based on such a request, the first electronic device may first check whether the movie name and/or movie identifier included in the received request is contained in a known movie list corresponding to movies retrievable by the theatre to which the second electronic device making the request corresponds. In case the film name and/or film identifier included in the request is included in a list of known films, the first electronic device may transmit only the dynamic film arrangement associated with said film name and/or film identifier to the second electronic device via the communication unit 206. Similarly, such a request including a movie name and/or movie identifier may also include or not include time period information as described above.
According to the present disclosure, in the case of transmitting dynamic scheduling based on a request, the first electronic device may further authenticate a second electronic device making a request based on registration information by means of the registration/authentication unit 210, and transmit information of a request failure to reject the request to the second electronic device through the communication unit 206 in the case of authentication failure. The registration/authentication process with respect to the second electronic device will be described below with reference to the registration/authentication unit 210.
In accordance with the present disclosure, the communication unit 206 may also periodically transmit the generated respective dynamic schedule to at least one second electronic device corresponding to the at least one theater. For example, the generated dynamic schedule may be transmitted to the second electronic device days or hours before the presentation time specified in the confirmed dynamic schedule without waiting for a request by the second electronic device.
In accordance with the present disclosure, the communication unit 206 may be configured to communicate the generated respective dynamic schedule to at least one second electronic device corresponding to the at least one theatre. Prior to transmitting the dynamic schedule, the communication unit 206 may be configured to process the dynamic schedule according to a predetermined protocol, the process enabling the second electronic device to interpret the received data. For example, the communication unit 206 may encapsulate the dynamic schedule data according to rules specified in a predetermined protocol agreed between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. For example, the rules may specify fields and data content within fields that are related to the dynamic schedule data. An example of the rule may be: { name } "movie name", date } "2019-08-01", time: "13:14:00", zone: "UTC", hall: "hall number" }, wherein "name", "date", "time", "zone" and "hall" represent fields in which movie names, dates, times, time zones and auditorium numbers may be packaged accordingly. It is noted that this rule is only an exemplary rule, and that other rules may be determined according to the actual situation, for example, more or fewer fields may be included, and the content and the length of the data in the fields are defined accordingly. In accordance with the present disclosure, the communication unit 206 may utilize any known transport layer protocol (e.g., TCP, UDP, etc.) to communicate the dynamic schedule data that has been processed as described above.
In accordance with the present disclosure, the communication unit 206 may be further configured to encrypt the generated respective dynamic schedule to transmit the encrypted dynamic schedule data to at least one second electronic device corresponding to the at least one theater.
According to the present disclosure, the communication unit 206 may be configured to communicate with the second electronic devices corresponding to the respective theaters under the control of the registration/authentication unit 210 so that the respective second electronic devices are registered with the first electronic device. The following will explain in conjunction with the registration/authentication unit 210.
According to the present disclosure, at a system configuration stage or when a new second electronic device corresponding to a new cinema is added to a cinema system according to the present disclosure, the second electronic device may register with the first electronic device. For example, the registration/authentication unit 210 of the first electronic device may receive identity information of the second electronic device (such as city, area, and theater name where the movie is located) from the second electronic device to register. The registration/authentication unit 210 stores the identity information in a corresponding storage device and assigns each second electronic device a unique identifier (e.g., ID). Alternatively, the registration/authentication unit 210 may require the second electronic device to set its identifier on the second electronic device side based on the identifier rule (e.g., set by the second electronic device itself or set by the user of the second electronic device), in which case the registration/authentication unit 210 may check whether the received identifier overlaps with an existing identifier, and in case of overlap, give a prompt to the second electronic device via the communication unit 206 to reset the identifier.
According to the present disclosure, upon receiving a request for dynamic scheduling from a second electronic device via the communication unit 206, the registration/authentication unit 210 may authenticate the second electronic device based on an identifier of the second electronic device contained in the request. For example, the registration/authentication unit 210 may retrieve from among the stored registered identifiers to determine whether there is an identifier that matches the identifier contained in the received request, and determine that authentication fails if there is no matching identifier. Further, to improve security, the authentication process may also include a challenge process known in the art.
The structural configuration of the first electronic device 200 according to the present disclosure has been described above in detail. Next, a schematic operational flow 300 of an electronic device for implementing dynamic scheduling of theatres according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to fig. 3.
As shown in fig. 3, the operational flow begins at step S302. At step S304, the first electronic device communicates with the second electronic devices corresponding to the respective theaters to cause the respective second electronic devices to register with the first electronic device. As described above, the registration may be performed during an initial configuration of the cinema system or when a new second electronic apparatus corresponding to a new cinema is newly added to the cinema system. The registration step may be omitted for the second electronic device that has registered with the first electronic device.
Subsequently, at step S306, the first electronic device collects user preference data of a plurality of users. The specific operations related to the collection of user preferences have been described in detail above with reference to the user preference collection unit 202 and are not described here again.
Subsequently, at step S308, the first electronic device generates a respective dynamic schedule for at least one of the plurality of theaters according to one of the plurality of scheduling schemes based on the collected user preferences. As described above, the plurality of scheduling schemes may include a first scheme based on the number of viewers, a second scheme based on the amount of money, and a third scheme based on the consumption type. The first electronic device may select a different scheme for each theatre for dynamic scheduling according to different requirements of the respective theatre. In determining the dynamic schedule, the first electronic device may further determine a schedule that can be confirmed in the event of a schedule conflict based on one or more of a time to provide a user preference, a user identity, and a turnover to play the movie.
Next, optionally, for the case where the schedule satisfying the user preference for a certain user is not confirmed, at step S310, the first electronic device generates recommendation information based on the user preference and the already-determined schedule and may transmit the generated recommendation information to the user, the recommendation information may include already-confirmed alternative schedule information, which may be the same already-confirmed schedule as any two of the cinema, the movie, and the time specified in the user preference, and here, the same time indicates that the time of watching the movie falls within the time period specified in the user preference as described above, or the difference between the time of watching the movie and the time point specified in the user preference is less than a predetermined threshold.
Subsequently, at step S312, the first electronic device transmits the generated (i.e., confirmed) dynamic schedule to the corresponding second electronic device. As described above, the dynamic schedule may be transmitted to the second electronic device based on a request of the second electronic device or periodically.
Finally, the operational flow ends at step S314.
It is noted that the operational flow 300 of the first electronic device according to the present disclosure is merely illustrative, and that one skilled in the art may modify the operational flow according to actual circumstances. The order of the individual steps may be adapted or performed in parallel as the case may be, for example, the steps of generating and transmitting the recommendation information may be performed after the dynamic schedule is transmitted, or the latter may be performed in parallel. In addition, the operational flow 300 may include other steps, such as, in the case of a request-based transfer dynamic schedule, the step of receiving a request and authenticating a second electronic device.
The schematic structural configuration and the schematic operational flow of the electronic device for realizing dynamic scheduling of cinema are described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. Next, an electronic apparatus that controls playing of a movie according to a dynamic schedule will be described with reference to fig. 4 and 5.
As shown in fig. 4, an electronic device 400 (hereinafter referred to as a second electronic device 400) for controlling playing of a movie according to a dynamic schedule. As shown in fig. 4, the second electronic device 400 may include a communication unit 402, a movie playback control unit 404, and a registration unit 406. Although fig. 4 illustrates the above three units, the second electronic device 400 may also include other possible units, or a combination unit including any of the above three units.
The communication unit 402 is configured to receive a dynamic schedule from a first electronic device, for example. The dynamic schedule is generated based on a plurality of user preferences that specify at least a movie that the user desires to view, a time at which the movie is viewed, a theater at which the movie is viewed, and a number of people at which the movie is viewed according to one of a plurality of scheduling schemes. It is noted that the dynamic schedule received by the communication unit 402 may be a schedule of theaters corresponding to only the second electronic device, not a dynamic schedule for all theaters in the cinema system. In this way, the amount of communication data can be reduced and the reception process of the second electronic device can be simplified. The user preference has been described in detail above with reference to the first electronic device, and will not be described here again. Further, as described above, the plurality of scheduling schemes may include, for example, a first scheme based on the number of viewers, a second scheme based on the amount of money, and a third scheme based on the type of consumption. How to select a schedule scheme for a theater and the specific operations of generating a dynamic schedule according to the three schemes have been described in detail above, and are not described in detail herein. Further, the dynamic schedule received by the communication unit 402 is a schedule that has been confirmed. Further, in the event of a conflict in the scheduling of different movies at the same time at the same theater, the dynamic scheduling received by the communication unit 402 is validated based on any one or more of the time the user provided the user preference, the user identity, and the turnover at which the movie was played. The specific operations for resolving the scheduling conflict to confirm the scheduling have been described in detail above and will not be repeated here.
In accordance with the present disclosure, the communication unit 402 may be configured to interpret data transmitted from the first electronic device in accordance with a predetermined protocol to receive the dynamic schedule. For example, the communication unit 402 may process the received encapsulated data to decode dynamic schedule data therefrom according to rules specified in a predetermined protocol agreed between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. For example, as described above, the rules may specify fields and data content within fields that are related to the dynamic schedule data. The communication unit 402 can decode the data corresponding to the respective fields according to the rule, thereby reading out the dynamic schedule.
The communication unit 402 may also be configured to decrypt the received data according to the present disclosure.
According to the present disclosure, the second electronic device 400 may receive a dynamic schedule from the first electronic device after registering with the first electronic device. The communication unit 402 may communicate with the first electronic device to register with the first electronic device under the control of the registration unit 406. For example, a second electronic device may register with a first electronic device when the second electronic device is first added to a theatre system according to the present disclosure. For example, the registration unit 406 of the second electronic device generates identity information of the second electronic device (such as city, area, and theater name where the movie court is located) and transmits the identity information to the first electronic device via the communication unit 402 to register. The second electronic device may receive the assigned unique identifier (e.g., ID) of the second electronic device from the first electronic device in response to the registration result. Alternatively, the registration unit 406 may also control setting of the identifier conforming to the identifier rule on the second electronic device side and control transmission of the set identifier to the first electronic device via the communication unit in response to a request of the first electronic device. In this case, the registration unit 406 may generate an identifier by itself according to the identifier rule and display the generated identifier to the user of the second electronic apparatus, or the registration unit 406 may control display of the identifier rule on a display device on the side of the second electronic apparatus (for example, may be a display on the second electronic apparatus or a separate display connected to the second electronic apparatus) to assist the user of the second electronic apparatus in inputting the identifier conforming to the rule to the second electronic apparatus. Further, in the case where the second electronic device side sets an identifier conforming to the identifier rule, the registration unit 406 may control to reset the identifier in the case of repetition in response to the result of checking whether the received identifier is repeated with the existing identifier by the first electronic device.
In accordance with the present disclosure, the second electronic device 400 may authenticate to the first electronic device via the communication unit 402 and request dynamic scheduling. The communication unit 402 may transmit a dynamic scheduling request for a specific time period of a theatre corresponding to the second electronic device to the first electronic device together with an identifier of the second electronic device. As described above, the identifier may be used by the first electronic device to detect whether it matches an identifier of any of the registered plurality of second electronic devices, and in the absence of a matching identifier, the communication unit 402 may receive a notification from the first electronic device that authentication failed and that the request was denied. Further, to increase security, the authentication process may also include a challenge process known in the art, in which case the second electronic device 400 may also calculate and send a corresponding challenge response.
The dynamic scheduling request may include time period information corresponding to the dynamic scheduling, such as the request may include a request for dynamic scheduling for a certain day or may include a request for dynamic scheduling for a certain number of days. In particular, in the event that the time period information included in the transmitted dynamic scheduling request corresponds to an elapsed time, or there is no dynamic scheduling for that time period, the second electronic device 400 may receive a notification from the first electronic device prompting that the request cannot be responded to. Alternatively, the request may not include any time period information, in which case the second electronic device 400 receives via the communication unit 402 a dynamic schedule within a specific time period of the cinema corresponding to the second electronic device based on the agreement of the first electronic device with the second electronic device. For example, the specific time period may be the second day after the first electronic device receives the request or a day after any number of days, or may be a few days after any number of days. In other words, in the case where the request information does not include the time period information, the second electronic device may receive, via the communication unit, a dynamic schedule within a day or days after the second day or any day after the request is received from the first electronic device corresponding to the cinema of the second electronic device, based on the contract. This way, the content of the request can advantageously be simplified, thereby facilitating the corresponding processing by the two-party electronic device.
The dynamic scheduling request may also be made for a particular movie or movies. For example, the request transmitted by the second electronic device to the first electronic device may include a particular movie name or names and/or movie identifiers. In case the film name and/or film identifier included in the request is included in a list of known films, the second electronic device may receive via the communication unit 402 a dynamic film arrangement related only to said film name and/or film identifier. Similarly, such a request including a movie name and/or movie identifier may also include or not include time period information as described above.
In accordance with the present disclosure, the communication unit 402 may also periodically receive a dynamic schedule from the first electronic device. In this case, the second electronic device may receive the dynamic arrangement from the first electronic device a few days or hours before the presentation time specified in the dynamic arrangement confirmed by the first electronic device without sending any request for the dynamic arrangement.
The movie playback control unit 404 may be configured to control playback of a movie based on the received dynamic schedule. For example, the movie playback control unit may control the movie playback system to retrieve movie material corresponding to a movie specified in the dynamic arrangement according to the date and time specified in the received dynamic arrangement and control the movie playback system to play the movie material in the specified auditorium. In particular, the movie material may be digital movie material, in which case the movie playback control unit 404 may control the movie playback system to decrypt and decode the digital movie material at the specified date and time according to the dynamic schedule. It is noted that the movie material may be stored locally in each theater or may be stored remotely (e.g., cloud storage). The movie playback control unit 404 may retrieve the required movie material from a local storage or a remote storage as appropriate based on the received dynamic schedule.
The structural configuration of the second electronic device 400 according to the present disclosure has been described above in detail. Next, an exemplary operational flow 500 of an electronic device controlling playing of movies according to a dynamic schedule according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to fig. 5.
As shown in fig. 5, the operational flow begins at step S502. At step S504, the second electronic device registers with the first electronic device. As described above, registration may be performed when the second electronic device is first added to a theatre system according to the present disclosure. The registration step may be omitted for the second electronic device that has registered with the first electronic device.
Subsequently, at step S506, the second electronic device receives the dynamic schedule from the first electronic device. As described above, the second electronic device may authenticate with the first electronic device and request a dynamic schedule, thereby receiving a dynamic schedule in response to the request if authentication is successful. Alternatively, the second electronic device may periodically receive the dynamic schedule from the first electronic device.
Next, at step S508, the second electronic device controls playing of the movie based on the received dynamic schedule. As described above, the second electronic device can control the movie playing system of the cinema corresponding thereto to retrieve movie material corresponding to the movie specified in the dynamic schedule according to the date and time specified in the received dynamic schedule, and control the movie playing system to play the movie material in the specified auditorium.
Finally, the operational flow ends at step S510.
Next, a schematic interoperation flow of the cinema system of the embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to fig. 6.
As shown in fig. 6, in an initial stage of configuration of a cinema system according to the present disclosure, a first electronic apparatus may communicate with one or more second electronic apparatuses such that each second electronic apparatus registers with the first electronic apparatus. As indicated above, the registration process may also occur when a new second electronic device is added to the theatre system during operation of the theatre system. After, before, or in parallel with the registration process, the first electronic device may collect user preferences from the user (i.e., the viewer) including the movie the user desires to view, the time the movie was viewed, the theatre viewing the movie, the number of people viewing the movie, and so forth.
After collecting the user preferences, the first electronic device may select one of a plurality of scheduling schemes for different theaters according to its needs to generate a corresponding dynamic schedule for each of the theaters. As described above, the plurality of scheduling schemes may include, for example, a first scheme based on the number of viewers, a second scheme based on the amount of money, and a third scheme based on the type of consumption. Furthermore, although not shown in fig. 6, the first electronic device may also confirm the dynamic schedule according to any one or more of a time at which the user provides the user preference, a user identity, and a turnover at which the movie is played in case of a schedule conflict for different movies at the same time in the same theater.
After generating the respective dynamic schedule for each theater, the first electronic device may process the dynamic schedule according to a predetermined protocol and transmit (e.g., periodically transmit) the processed dynamic schedule data to the second electronic device via an appropriate transport layer protocol. The second electronic device may receive the data transmitted from the first electronic device, interpret the dynamic schedule according to the predetermined protocol, and control the playback of the movie according to the interpreted dynamic schedule. Thus, the user can watch a desired film at a desired date and time to his desired cinema according to his preference.
Referring to fig. 6, the exemplary interactive operational flow described above may also include some optional steps. For example, in the event that a schedule meeting certain user preferences is not confirmed, the first electronic device may generate recommendation information based on the user preferences and the confirmed schedule, which, as described above, may include alternative schedule information that has been confirmed, which may be a schedule meeting the same as any two of cinema, movie, and time specified in the user preferences. In the case where the recommendation information is generated, the first electronic device may transmit the recommendation information to the relevant user.
Further, the second electronic device may request a dynamic schedule from the first electronic device. In this case, interaction between the first electronic device and the second electronic device may also be performed such that the first electronic device authenticates the second electronic device and sends a dynamic schedule to the second electronic device only if the authentication passes.
A method, apparatus for implementing dynamic scheduling of a theater, a method, apparatus for controlling playing of a movie according to dynamic scheduling, and a theater system according to embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In aspects of the present disclosure, a theatre system may include a first electronic device for enabling dynamic scheduling of theatres and one or more second electronic devices that control playing of movies according to the dynamic scheduling, and the plurality of second electronic devices may be in different regions. The first electronic device may collect user preferences of a plurality of users and simultaneously generate respective dynamic schedules for theatres corresponding to the one or more second electronic devices. So that the user does not need to go to a specific cinema to order movie tickets but rather to send his preferences centrally to the first electronic device. And, the schedule of each cinema can be dynamically generated according to user preference, thereby providing personalized film watching service for users better.
In the scheme of the disclosure, the first electronic device intensively and automatically generates corresponding dynamic schedules for one or more cinemas, thereby avoiding a great deal of manual labor and enabling film scheduling to be performed more effectively.
In the scheme disclosed by the disclosure, the first electronic device can select an appropriate scheme from a plurality of scheduling schemes to generate corresponding dynamic scheduling in a targeted manner according to the requirements of each cinema. This enables a better balance of user demand and theatre business demand for each theatre. Furthermore, each predetermined threshold in each scheduling scheme may also be flexibly set or dynamically adjusted, thereby enabling dynamic scheduling to be generated in timely response to changes in demand and/or actual conditions.
Fig. 7 illustrates an exemplary configuration of a computing device 700 in which embodiments according to the present disclosure may be implemented. The computing device 700 is an example of a first electronic apparatus that may be used in the present disclosure to implement dynamic scheduling of a theater and one or more second electronic apparatuses that control playing of a movie according to the dynamic scheduling. Computing device 700 may be any machine configured to perform processing and/or calculations. Computing device 700 may be, but is not limited to, a workstation, a server, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a Personal Data Assistant (PDA), a smart phone, an in-vehicle computer, or a combination thereof.
As shown in fig. 7, computing device 700 may include one or more elements that may be connected to or in communication with bus 702 via one or more interfaces. Bus 702 may include, but is not limited to, an industry standard architecture (Industry Standard Architecture, ISA) bus, a micro channel architecture (Micro Channel Architecture, MCA) bus, an Enhanced ISA (EISA) bus, a Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) local bus, and a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus. Computing device 700 may include, for example, one or more processors 704, one or more input devices 706, and one or more output devices 708. The one or more processors 704 may be any kind of processor and may include, but is not limited to, one or more general purpose processors or special purpose processors (such as special purpose processing chips). Input device 706 may be any type of input device capable of inputting information to a computing device and may include, but is not limited to, a mouse, keyboard, touch screen, microphone, and/or remote controller. Output device 708 may be any type of device capable of presenting information and may include, but is not limited to, a display, speakers, a video/audio output terminal, a vibrator, and/or a printer.
Computing device 700 may also include or be connected to a non-transitory storage device 714, which non-transitory storage device 714 may be any storage device that is non-transitory and that may enable data storage, and may include, but is not limited to, disk drives, optical storage devices, solid state memory, floppy disks, flexible disks, hard disks, magnetic tape, or any other magnetic medium, compact disk or any other optical medium, cache memory and/or any other memory chip or module, and/or any other medium from which a computer may read data, instructions, and/or code. Computing device 700 may also include Random Access Memory (RAM) 710 and Read Only Memory (ROM) 712. The ROM 712 may store programs, utilities or processes to be executed in a non-volatile manner. RAM 710 may provide volatile data storage and storage related to the operation of computing device 700Is a command of (a). Computing device 700 may also include a network/bus interface 716 coupled to a data link 718. The network/bus interface 716 may be any kind of device or system capable of enabling communication with external equipment and/or a network and may include, but is not limited to, modems, network cards, infrared communication devices, wireless communication devices, and/or chipsets (such as bluetooth) TM Devices, 1302.11 devices, wiFi devices, wiMax devices, cellular communication facilities, etc.).
It should be further appreciated that the elements of computing device 700 may be distributed throughout a network. For example, some processes may be performed using one processor while other processes may be performed using other remote processors. Other elements of computing device 700 may be similarly distributed. Thus, computing device 700 may be understood as a distributed computing system that performs processing at multiple locations.
The various aspects, embodiments, implementations, or features of the foregoing embodiments may be used singly or in any combination. The various aspects of the foregoing embodiments may be implemented by software, hardware, or a combination of hardware and software.
For example, the foregoing embodiments may be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium is any data storage device that can store data which can thereafter be read by a computer system. Examples of a computer readable medium include read-only memory, random-access memory, CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic tape, hard drives, solid state drives, and optical data storage devices. The computer readable medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.
For example, the foregoing embodiments may take the form of hardware circuitry. The hardware circuitry may include any combination of combinational logic circuits, clock storage devices (such as floppy disks, flip-flops, latches, etc.), finite state machines, memory such as static random access memory or embedded dynamic random access memory, custom designed circuits, programmable logic arrays, etc.
While certain specific embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail by way of example, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above examples are intended to be illustrative only and not to limit the scope of the present disclosure. The above effects are merely illustrative effects, and the aspects of the present disclosure may have other technical effects as well. It should be appreciated that some of the steps in the foregoing methods are not necessarily performed in the order illustrated, but they may be performed simultaneously, in a different order, or in an overlapping manner. Furthermore, one skilled in the art may add some steps or omit some steps as desired. Some of the elements in the foregoing apparatus are not necessarily arranged as shown, and those skilled in the art may add some elements or omit some elements as desired. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiments may be modified without departing from the scope and spirit of the disclosure. The scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims.

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1. A method for enabling dynamic scheduling of a theatre, the method being performed by a first electronic device, the method comprising:
collecting user preferences of a plurality of users, wherein the user preferences specify at least a movie that the user desires to view, a time at which the movie is viewed, a theater at which the movie is viewed, and a number of people at which the movie is viewed;
generating, for at least one of the plurality of theatres, a respective dynamic schedule according to one of the plurality of schedule schemes based on the collected user preferences, wherein the first electronic device selects a different schedule for each of the at least one theatre according to different requirements of the at least one theatre for dynamic scheduling; and
transmitting the generated respective dynamic schedule to at least one second electronic device corresponding to the at least one theatre,
wherein the plurality of scheduling schemes at least includes:
-a first scheme based on the number of viewers, wherein generating the dynamic schedule according to the first scheme comprises: calculating a number of persons desiring to watch the same film at the same theater at a similar time based on the collected user preferences of the plurality of users, and confirming a schedule of the film at the theater at the time if the calculated number of persons is greater than a first threshold; and
-a second money-based scheme, wherein generating a dynamic schedule according to the second scheme comprises: calculating a turnover for playing the same movie at the same theater at a similar time based on the collected user preferences of the plurality of users and the pricing of the particular movie at the particular theater, and confirming the schedule of the movie at the theater at the time if the calculated turnover is greater than a second threshold, and,
wherein the close time indicates that the difference between the time points at which different users desire to view the film is less than a third threshold.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein,
user preferences also specify the type of consumption, and
the plurality of scheduling schemes further includes a third scheme based on the consumption type, wherein generating the dynamic scheduling according to the third scheme includes: a schedule of the film at the theatre is determined for the time if the consumption type is a pack, and a dynamic schedule is generated according to the first scheme or the second scheme if the consumption type is not a pack.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,
in the event of a schedule conflict for different movies at the same time at the same theatre, the method includes confirming the schedule further in accordance with any one or more of the following: the user provides the time of user preference, user identity and turnover for playing the movie.
4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,
for user preferences of at least one user, in the event that a schedule meeting the user preferences cannot be confirmed, generating recommendation information and transmitting the recommendation information to the user, the recommendation information including one or more of the following information related to the confirmed schedule:
-first alternative schedule information, wherein the cinema of the first alternative schedule is the same as the cinema specified in the user preference, the time of viewing the film of the first alternative schedule is similar to the time specified in the user preference, and the film of the first alternative schedule is different from the film specified in the user preference;
-second alternative schedule information, wherein the second alternative schedule movie is the same as the movie specified in the user preference, the second alternative schedule movie is watched at a time similar to the time specified in the user preference, and the theatre of the first alternative schedule is different from the theatre specified in the user preference;
-third alternative schedule information, wherein the third alternative schedule movie and movie theatre is the same as the movie theatre specified in the user preference, and the third alternative schedule movie is watched at a different time than the movie theatre specified in the user preference.
5. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the method further comprises,
the first electronic device communicates with second electronic devices corresponding to each theater to cause each second electronic device to register with the first electronic device.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein,
the transmitting dynamic schedule includes:
-transmitting, based on a request of a second electronic device, a dynamic schedule for a specific period of time for a theatre corresponding to the second electronic device; or (b)
-periodically transmitting the generated respective dynamic schedule to the at least one second electronic device corresponding to the at least one theatre.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein,
in the case of transmitting dynamic scheduling based on the request, the method further includes authenticating the requesting second electronic device based on the registration information, and rejecting the request in the case of authentication failure.
8. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the method further comprises,
the dynamic schedule is processed in accordance with a predetermined protocol prior to transmitting the dynamic schedule, the processing enabling the second electronic device to interpret the received data.
9. An electronic device for enabling dynamic scheduling of theatres, the electronic device comprising a memory storing computer-executable instructions and a processor, which when executed by the processor, cause the device to perform the method of any of claims 1-8.
10. A method of controlling playing of a movie according to a dynamic schedule, the method being performed by a second electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a dynamic schedule from a first electronic device; and
controlling playing of the movie based on the dynamic schedule,
wherein the dynamic schedule is generated based on a plurality of user preferences specifying at least a movie that the user desires to view, a time at which the movie is viewed, a theater at which the movie is viewed, and a number of persons viewing the movie, according to one of a plurality of schedule schemes selected for the movie according to a requirement of the theater associated with the second electronic device,
wherein the plurality of scheduling schemes at least includes:
-a first scheme based on the number of viewers, wherein generating the dynamic schedule according to the first scheme comprises: calculating a number of persons desiring to watch the same film at the same theater at a similar time based on the collected user preferences of the plurality of users, and confirming a schedule of the film at the theater at the time if the calculated number of persons is greater than a first threshold; and
-a second money-based scheme, wherein generating a dynamic schedule according to the second scheme comprises: calculating a turnover for playing a particular movie at a similar time at a same theater based on collected user preferences of a plurality of users and pricing of the particular movie at the particular theater, and confirming a schedule of the movie at the theater if the calculated turnover is greater than a second threshold, and
wherein the close times indicate that the difference between the time points at which different users desire to view the film is less than a threshold.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein,
user preferences also specify the type of consumption, and
the plurality of scheduling schemes further includes a third scheme based on the consumption type, wherein generating the dynamic scheduling according to the third scheme includes: a schedule of the film at the theatre is determined for the time if the consumption type is a pack, and a dynamic schedule is generated according to the first scheme or the second scheme if the consumption type is not a pack.
12. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein,
in the event of a schedule conflict for different movies at the same theatre at the same time, the dynamic schedule is further validated according to any one or more of the following: the user provides the time of user preference, user identity and turnover for playing the movie.
13. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein,
the method also includes registering, by a second electronic device, with the first electronic device.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein,
the method also includes authenticating with the first electronic device and requesting dynamic scheduling.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein,
receiving the dynamic schedule from the first electronic device includes periodically receiving the dynamic schedule from the first electronic device.
16. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein the method further comprises interpreting data transmitted from the first electronic device in accordance with a predetermined protocol to receive the dynamic schedule.
17. An electronic device for controlling playing of movies according to a dynamic schedule, the electronic device comprising a memory storing computer-executable instructions and a processor, which when executed by the processor, cause the device to perform the method of any of claims 10-16.
18. A computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1-8, 10-16.
19. A theatre system comprising the electronic device of claim 9 and one or more of the electronic devices of claim 17.
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