CN114500572A

CN114500572A - Multi-device synchronization method and device, electronic device and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN114500572A
Application number: CN202210155052.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李志雄; 王海强; 柯建伟; 李荣芳
Original assignee: Guangzhou Huilian Network Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Guangzhou Huilian Network Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-02-21
Filing date: 2022-02-21
Publication date: 2022-05-13
Anticipated expiration: 2042-02-21
Also published as: CN114500572B

Abstract

The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of data transmission, and discloses a multi-device synchronization method and device, electronic equipment and a storage medium, wherein the method is applied to a general server and comprises the following steps: before the performance activity starts, determining electronic equipment with network quality greater than a quality threshold value from electronic equipment to be synchronized as first electronic equipment; and sending a data packet to the first electronic device, wherein the data packet comprises one or more control instructions, each control instruction comprises a multimedia resource, an execution time point of the multimedia resource and an execution mode, and the control instruction is used for enabling the first electronic device to process the corresponding multimedia resource according to the corresponding execution mode at the execution time point of the performance activity indicated by the control instruction. By implementing the embodiment of the application, the synchronism of the multimedia resource output by the electronic equipment can be improved.

Description

Multi-device synchronization method and device, electronic device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of data transmission technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for synchronizing multiple devices, an electronic device, and a storage medium.

Background

With the rapid development of electronic devices, nowadays, a server may send a control instruction to an electronic device in a performance venue during a performance event, so that the electronic device in the performance venue synchronously outputs multimedia resources (e.g., video, audio, etc.) to apply for the performance.

However, in practice, it is found that the network quality of the electronic devices is poor due to the fact that the electronic devices in the performance field are too dense, and therefore the server is difficult to synchronize a plurality of electronic devices to synchronously output multimedia resources, and the effect of recourse is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application discloses a multi-device synchronization method and device, electronic devices and a storage medium, which can improve the synchronization of multimedia resource output of a plurality of electronic devices.

A first aspect of the embodiments of the present application discloses a method for synchronizing multiple devices, which is applied to a general server, and the method includes:

before the performance activity starts, determining electronic equipment with network quality greater than a quality threshold value from the electronic equipment to be synchronized as first electronic equipment;

and sending a data packet to the first electronic device, where the data packet includes one or more control instructions, each control instruction includes a multimedia resource, an execution time point of the multimedia resource, and an execution mode, and the control instruction is used to enable the first electronic device to process the corresponding multimedia resource according to the corresponding execution mode at the execution time point of the performance activity indicated by the control instruction.

A second aspect of the embodiments of the present application discloses a synchronization apparatus for multiple devices, which is applied to an overall server, and the apparatus includes:

the device comprises a first determining unit, a second determining unit and a synchronization unit, wherein the first determining unit is used for determining electronic equipment with network quality larger than a quality threshold value as first electronic equipment in the electronic equipment to be synchronized before the start of the performance event;

the first sending unit is configured to send a data packet to the first electronic device, where the data packet includes one or more control instructions, each control instruction includes a multimedia resource, an execution time point of the multimedia resource, and an execution mode, and the control instruction is used to enable the first electronic device to process the corresponding multimedia resource according to the corresponding execution mode at the execution time point of the performance activity indicated by the control instruction.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present application discloses an electronic device, including:

a memory storing executable program code;

a processor coupled with the memory;

the processor calls the executable program code stored in the memory to execute the multi-device synchronization method disclosed in the first aspect of the embodiment of the present application.

A fourth aspect of embodiments of the present application discloses a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, where the computer program enables a computer to execute the synchronization method for multiple devices disclosed in the first aspect of embodiments of the present application.

A fifth aspect of embodiments of the present application discloses a computer program product, which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform part or all of the steps of any one of the methods of the first aspect of embodiments of the present application.

A sixth aspect of the present embodiment discloses an application publishing platform, where the application publishing platform is configured to publish a computer program product, where the computer program product, when running on a computer, causes the computer to perform part or all of the steps of any one of the methods in the first aspect of the present embodiment.

Compared with the related art, the embodiment of the application has the following beneficial effects:

in the embodiment of the application, before the performance activity starts, the general server may determine, as the first electronic device, an electronic device with a network quality greater than a quality threshold from among the electronic devices to be synchronized, and send a data packet to the first electronic device before the performance activity starts; the data packet comprises one or more control instructions, and each control instruction comprises a multimedia resource, an execution time point of the multimedia resource and an execution mode; and then, after the performance activity starts, even if the network quality of the performance site is poor, each first electronic device can still synchronously output the multimedia resources according to the execution time point indicated by the received control command, so that the problem that the multimedia resources are difficult to synchronously output by a plurality of electronic devices in the performance site with poor network quality is solved, and the synchronism of the multimedia resources output by the plurality of electronic devices is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario disclosed in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a synchronization method for multiple devices according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating another method for synchronizing multiple devices according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a synchronization method for multiple devices according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of a performance area disclosed in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a synchronization apparatus for multiple devices according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device disclosed in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", "third" and "fourth", etc. in the description and claims of the present application are used for distinguishing different objects, and are not used for describing a specific order. The terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, of the embodiments of the present application, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

The technical solution of the present application will be described in detail with reference to specific examples.

In order to more clearly illustrate the synchronization method and apparatus, the electronic device, and the storage medium for multiple devices disclosed in the embodiments of the present application, an application scenario applicable to the synchronization method for multiple devices is first introduced. Optionally, the method may be applied to various general servers, including but not limited to a cloud server, a local server, and a server cluster, and is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic view of an application scenario disclosed in the embodiment of the present application. Optionally, the electronic device 110 to be synchronized may include various electronic devices that may be used to output multimedia resources (including but not limited to video, audio, or pictures), including but not limited to handheld electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, and the like, wearable devices such as smart watches, smart bracelets, and the like.

In an embodiment, there may be a plurality of electronic devices 110 to be synchronized (fig. 1 takes 3 electronic devices 110 to be synchronized and the electronic devices 110 to be synchronized are mobile phones for example, which should not be limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure), and the main server 120 (fig. 1 takes a cloud server for example, which should not be limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure) may determine, as the first electronic device 130, an electronic device with a network quality greater than a quality threshold in the electronic devices 110 to be synchronized before a performance activity (e.g., an offline concert, a competition activity, etc.) starts. It can be understood that if the network quality of the electronic devices 110 to be synchronized is poor, the data or information sent by the general server 120 may not be received subsequently, so that the general server 120 may not send data to these electronic devices first to reduce the power consumption of the general server 120; in contrast, for the first electronic device 130 with the network quality greater than the quality threshold, the overall server 120 may send data packets to the first electronic device 130, where each data packet may include one or more control instructions, and each control instruction includes a multimedia resource (including but not limited to video, music, or pictures), an execution manner of the multimedia resource (including but not limited to playing, pausing playing, adjusting volume or adjusting brightness, etc.), and an execution time point.

It can be understood that, after the first electronic device 130 receives the data packet sent by the main server 120 under the condition of good network quality, the data packet may be stored in the device, and then, after the performance activity starts, even if the network quality of the performance site is poor, each first electronic device 130 may still output the multimedia resource according to the control instruction included in the previously received data packet, thereby achieving the effect of synchronously outputting the multimedia resource, further solving the problem that the multimedia resource is difficult to be synchronously output by multiple electronic devices in the performance site with poor network quality, and improving the synchronism of the multimedia resource output by multiple electronic devices.

Based on this, the following describes a synchronization method for multiple devices disclosed in the embodiments of the present application.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a synchronization method for multiple devices according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the method may be applied to the above general server or other execution entities, and is not limited herein. The method may comprise the steps of:

202. before the performance event begins, electronic equipment with network quality larger than a quality threshold value is determined to be used as first electronic equipment in the electronic equipment to be synchronized.

In the embodiment of the present application, the performance activities may include offline performances and various game activities, which are not limited herein. It can be understood that offline performance activities are usually performed in a large venue or a certain performance area, and therefore, when a large number of electronic devices are gathered together, a load of a base station for transmitting and receiving network signals in the vicinity of the performance area is increased, thereby causing a decrease in network quality of the electronic devices.

Therefore, if a scheme of the related art is adopted, that is, the main server sends the control instruction to the electronic equipment in the performance site in real time through the network transmission link in the process of performance activity, so that the electronic equipment in the performance site outputs the multimedia resource in real time to apply for the performance, due to the fact that the network quality of the electronic equipment is reduced, part of the electronic equipment may not receive the control instruction sent in real time in time, the multimedia resource is delayed to be output, and the effect of applying for the performance is further reduced.

In this embodiment of the application, the main server may determine, as the first electronic device, an electronic device with better network quality from among the electronic devices to be synchronized before the start of the performance activity, and send the data packet to the first electronic devices in advance, and then, subsequently, after the start of the performance activity, even if the network quality of the performance site is poor, the first electronic device may still output the multimedia resource according to the stored data packet.

In this embodiment of the application, the network quality may be used to characterize a delay duration of the electronic device for receiving and sending the data, and optionally, if the delay duration of the electronic device for receiving and sending the data is less than a duration threshold (e.g., 1 millisecond, 2 milliseconds, etc.), it may be determined that the network quality of the electronic device is greater than the quality threshold.

Optionally, if the delay time for the electronic device to receive and transmit the data is greater than or equal to the time threshold, it may be determined that the network quality of the electronic device is not greater than the quality threshold.

It should be further noted that the delay time for the electronic device to receive and transmit data is related to the performance of the data transceiver module (e.g. antenna, signal transceiver chip, etc.) of the electronic device, when different electronic devices are equipped with data transceiver modules with different performance, the delay time for transmitting and receiving data by different electronic devices will be different, therefore, in the related art, even if the general server simultaneously transmits the control command to the plurality of electronic devices in the performance site through the network transmission link during the performance event, since the delay time lengths for the different electronic devices to transmit and receive data are different, therefore, the time points when the plurality of electronic devices receive the data may be different, so that the electronic device that receives the data first outputs the multimedia resource, and the electronic device that receives the data then outputs the multimedia resource, thereby causing the multimedia resources output by the plurality of electronic devices to be asynchronous.

By adopting the method disclosed by the embodiment of the application, the electronic equipment already receives the data packet before the performance activity starts, the subsequent electronic equipment only needs to decompress the data packet locally and output the multimedia resources according to the control instruction included in the data packet, and the method is not dependent on a network, so that the condition that the multimedia resources output by the plurality of electronic equipment are asynchronous because the electronic equipment which receives the data first outputs the multimedia resources first and then outputs the multimedia resources after receiving the data in the related technology is avoided.

204. And sending a data packet to the first electronic device, wherein the data packet comprises one or more control instructions, each control instruction comprises a multimedia resource, an execution time point of the multimedia resource and an execution mode, and the control instruction is used for enabling the first electronic device to process the corresponding multimedia resource according to the corresponding execution mode at the execution time point of the performance activity indicated by the control instruction.

In the embodiment of the present application, the total server may include, but is not limited to, a cloud server, a local server, or a server cluster. It can be understood that the general server may have a certain logical operation capability, and for this, the general server may generate the data packets corresponding to each first electronic device according to the preset multimedia resource output effect, and send the data packets corresponding to each first electronic device to the corresponding first electronic device. Optionally, the data packets corresponding to the first electronic devices may be the same or different, and are not limited herein. Optionally, the execution time point corresponding to each control instruction may be later than the time point when the performance event starts.

Optionally, the data packet may include a plurality of control instructions, and each control instruction may include a multimedia resource, an execution time point of the multimedia resource, and an execution mode; furthermore, the first electronic device may process the corresponding multimedia resources at the execution time points of the performance activities indicated by the control instructions in sequence from morning to evening according to the execution modes indicated by the control instructions.

For example, the data sent by the general server to the first electronic device a includes a control instruction a and a control instruction b; wherein, control instruction a includes picture a, at 16: 20 displaying picture A; the control command B comprises a video clip B, at 16: 30 play video clip B. The first electronic device a, after receiving the data packet, may first perform, according to the control command a, in order from morning to evening at 16: 20, displaying the picture A, and further performing the following steps in 16: 30 play video clip B.

Further, in a plurality of data packets corresponding to the plurality of first electronic devices, the execution time points corresponding to the control commands that need to be matched with each other may be the same, where the control commands that need to be matched with each other are the control commands that have a matching relationship with the corresponding multimedia resources.

For example, if the data packet of the first electronic device a includes the control command a, and the data packet of the first electronic device B includes the control command C, which are control commands to be matched with each other, the control command C sent by the general server to the first electronic device B may include a picture C, and at 16: 20 display picture C, the first electronic device a and the first electronic device B may be at 16: 20 respectively displaying the picture a and the picture C, thereby achieving the effect that the plurality of pieces of first electronic equipment synchronously output multimedia resources, and further achieving the preset matching output effect.

By implementing the method disclosed in each of the above embodiments, before the performance activity starts, the general server may determine, as the first electronic device, an electronic device whose network quality is greater than a quality threshold from among the electronic devices to be synchronized, and send a data packet to the first electronic device before the performance activity starts; the data packet comprises one or more control instructions, and each control instruction comprises a multimedia resource, an execution time point of the multimedia resource and an execution mode; and then, after the performance activity starts, even if the network quality of the performance site is poor, each first electronic device can still synchronously output the multimedia resources according to the execution time point indicated by the received control command, so that the problem that the multimedia resources are difficult to synchronously output by a plurality of electronic devices in the performance site with poor network quality is solved, and the synchronism of the multimedia resources output by the plurality of electronic devices is improved.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating another multi-device synchronization method disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, which may be applied to the above general server or other execution entities, and is not limited herein. The method may comprise the steps of:

302. before the performance event begins, electronic equipment with network quality larger than a quality threshold value is determined to be used as first electronic equipment in the electronic equipment to be synchronized.

Optionally, after the general server determines, as the first electronic device, an electronic device whose network quality is greater than a quality threshold from among the electronic devices to be synchronized, a third electronic device other than the first electronic device may be determined from among the electronic devices to be synchronized; further, after the interval unit time period (e.g., 2 minutes, 5 minutes), the overall server may determine, as the first electronic device, an electronic device whose network quality is greater than the quality threshold value among the third electronic devices.

By implementing the method, the main server can detect the network quality of the electronic equipment to be synchronized at intervals before the performance activity starts, so as to send the data packet to the electronic equipment as far as possible under the condition that the network quality of the electronic equipment to be synchronized is good, so that the electronic equipment to be synchronized can receive the data packet before the performance activity starts, and subsequent multimedia resource output operation can be executed.

In an embodiment, before the general server determines, from the electronic devices to be synchronized, an electronic device whose network quality is greater than a quality threshold as a target electronic device, the general server may obtain a performance area corresponding to a performance event. Optionally, the general server may determine, in the internet, a performance area corresponding to the performance activity according to the name information corresponding to the performance activity; in another embodiment, the main server may send a performance area acquisition request to a vendor server corresponding to the performance event; and the server of the operator of the company feeds back the performance area to the general server according to the performance area acquisition request. The main server can further obtain the performance area fed back by the vendor server, wherein the vendor server is a server corresponding to a vendor of the performance event.

Further, the overall server may determine an electronic device whose real-time location is within the performance area as the third electronic device. Optionally, the electronic device in this embodiment of the application may have a Positioning module built therein, including but not limited to a Positioning module operating a beidou System and a Positioning module operating a Global Positioning System (GPS), which is not limited herein. And the main server can acquire the real-time position of the electronic equipment through the positioning module of the electronic equipment which is in communication connection with the main server.

It will be appreciated that electronic devices within a show area do not necessarily have the right to view show events, such as: the electronic devices of the venue staff and attendants of the event are also within the performance area, but these electronic devices do not have the right to view the performance event. Alternatively, the general server may determine, in the third electronic device, the third electronic device carrying the verification information as the electronic device to be synchronized, where the verification information may be information sent by a sponsor of the event to the electronic device after the electronic device purchases a ticket of the performance event, and the verification information is used to indicate that the corresponding third electronic device has an authority to view the performance event.

By implementing the method, the master server can determine the electronic equipment with the watching right of the performance activity as the electronic equipment to be synchronized, and then the subsequent master server can accurately send the data packet comprising the content of the performance activity to the electronic equipment with the watching right, so that the content of the performance activity is prevented from being leaked.

304. The system time of the total server and the first electronic device is synchronized.

In this embodiment of the application, in order to facilitate the overall server to control the execution time point of the control command executed by the first electronic device, the overall server and the first electronic device may agree to determine the execution time point by using their respective system time as a standard.

For example, the total server current system time is 14: 00, and the overall server wants the first electronic device to operate at 14: 20, the overall server can set the execution time point of the control command d to 14: 00. further, if the system time between the first electronic device and the main server is synchronous, the first electronic device may subsequently perform a synchronization operation at a system time of 14: control instruction d is executed at 20 deg.f.

In order to enable a time criterion between the head server and the first electronic device, it is convenient for the subsequent head server to control the time point at which the first electronic device executes the control command. The main server may synchronize the system time of the main server and the first electronic device, and use the synchronized system time as a time standard.

In one embodiment, the main server may obtain a current system time of the main server as a standard system time, and send the standard system time to the first electronic device; and then the first electronic equipment can adjust the system time of the first electronic equipment to the standard system time after receiving the standard system time sent by the main server, so as to achieve the effect of synchronizing the system time of the main server and the first electronic equipment.

In another embodiment, the overall server may synchronize the system time of the overall server and the first electronic device via a time synchronization protocol. Optionally, the Time synchronization Protocol may include a Network Time Protocol (NTP), a Precision Time Protocol (PTP), and the like, which are not limited herein.

By implementing the method, the total server can synchronize the system time of the server and the system time of the first electronic device, and the subsequent first electronic device can execute the control command by taking the system time of the first electronic device as a standard, so that the control commands with the same execution time point can be synchronously executed, and the effect of synchronously outputting the multimedia resources by the plurality of first electronic devices can be ensured.

306. And sending a data packet to the first electronic device, wherein the data packet comprises one or more control instructions, each control instruction comprises a multimedia resource, an execution time point of the multimedia resource and an execution mode, and the control instructions are used for enabling the first electronic device to process the corresponding multimedia resource according to the execution mode corresponding to the control instructions when the system time of the first electronic device is matched with the execution time point of the performance activity indicated by the control instructions.

In this embodiment of the application, after the system time of the first electronic device is synchronized with the system time of the main server, the first electronic device may process the corresponding multimedia resource according to the execution mode corresponding to the control instruction when the system time of the first electronic device is matched with the execution time point indicated by the control instruction. Particularly, under the condition that the execution time points of the control commands received by the plurality of first electronic devices are the same, each first electronic device can output the multimedia resource according to the condition that the system time of each first electronic device is matched with the execution time point indicated by the control command, so that the effect that the plurality of first electronic devices synchronously output the multimedia resource is achieved.

In the embodiment of the application, the performance activity comprises one or more links, and the performance time point and the program content corresponding to each link can be different. For example, the first link corresponds to a performance time point of 14: 30, the program content is singing; the second loop corresponds to a performance time point of 14: 45, the program content is dancing.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic equipment can output different multimedia resources corresponding to different links, so that different recourse effects are achieved. Optionally, the execution time point corresponding to each control instruction included in the data packet may be matched with the performance time point of each link included in the performance activity; the multimedia resources corresponding to each control instruction can be matched with the program content corresponding to each link included in the performance activity.

For example, the execution time point of the control command corresponding to the first link may correspond to the performance time point 14 of the first link: 30, the multimedia resource included in the control instruction corresponding to the first link can be a picture including the name of the song, so as to match with the program content of the singing; the execution time point of the control command corresponding to the second link may correspond to the performance time point 14 of the second link: 45, the multimedia resource included in the control command corresponding to the second link may be a picture including dance name to match the dance program content.

By implementing the method, the execution time point of each control instruction included in the data packet and the included multimedia resource can correspond to each link included in the performance activity, so that the subsequent electronic equipment can output different multimedia resources in different links, the effect of matching the multimedia resources output on site with the performance on site is achieved, and the effect of applying assistance is improved.

In one embodiment, upon detecting that the real-time location of the first electronic device is not within the performance area corresponding to the performance event, the overall server may send a deletion instruction to the first electronic device, where the deletion instruction is configured to cause the first electronic device to delete the received data packet.

By implementing the method, the leakage of the content of the performance activity can be avoided, and the storage space of the first electronic equipment can be saved.

In another embodiment, the general server may send a deletion instruction to the first electronic device when detecting that the real-time location of the first electronic device is not in the performance area corresponding to the performance activity for a preset time period (a specific value may be set by a developer according to a great amount of development experience, and typical values may be 10 minutes, 12 minutes, and the like, which is not limited herein).

By the real-time method, the first electronic equipment can be defaulted to actually leave the performance area only when the first electronic equipment leaves the performance area for a sufficient time, so that the situation that the first electronic equipment enters the performance area again in a short time and the main server needs to send a data packet to the first electronic equipment is avoided, and power consumption of the main server and the first electronic equipment can be saved.

As an alternative embodiment, the overall server may set a time encryption for the data packets sent to the first electronic device, and send the time-encrypted data packets to the first electronic device, wherein the time-encrypted data packets cannot be decompressed before the start of the performance event.

By implementing the method, the data packet related to the content of the performance activity can be encrypted at the beginning of the performance activity so as to keep the content of the performance activity secret before the beginning of the performance activity, so that the audience keeps a mystery feeling on the performance activity, and the content of the performance activity can be prevented from being leaked before the beginning of the performance activity.

By implementing the method disclosed by each embodiment, after the performance activity starts, even if the network quality of the performance site is poor, each first electronic device can synchronously output the multimedia resource according to the execution time point indicated by the received control command, so that the problem that the multimedia resource is difficult to synchronously output by a plurality of electronic devices in the performance site with poor network quality is solved, and the synchronism of the multimedia resource output by the plurality of electronic devices is improved; the master server can determine the electronic equipment with the watching right of the performance activity as the electronic equipment to be synchronized, and the subsequent master server can accurately send the data packet comprising the content of the performance activity to the electronic equipment with the watching right, so that the content of the performance activity is prevented from being leaked; the execution time points of the control instructions and the multimedia resources included in the data packet can correspond to the links included in the performance activities, so that the subsequent electronic equipment can output different multimedia resources in different links, the effect of matching the multimedia resources output in the field with the performance in the field is achieved, and the effect of applying aid is improved; and the total server can synchronize the system time of the server and the system time of the first electronic equipment, and the subsequent first electronic equipment can execute the control command by taking the system time of the first electronic equipment as a standard, so that the control commands with the same execution time point can be synchronously executed, and the effect of synchronously outputting the multimedia resources by the plurality of first electronic equipment can be ensured.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another synchronization method for multiple devices according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the method may be applied to the above general server or other execution entities, and is not limited herein. The method may comprise the steps of:

402. before the performance event begins, electronic equipment with network quality larger than a quality threshold value is determined to be used as first electronic equipment in the electronic equipment to be synchronized.

In the embodiment of the present application, the performance area corresponding to the performance activity may include a plurality of sub-areas; alternatively, the sub-areas may be divided according to the performance fare, or may be divided by a distance from the performance stage, which is not limited herein.

Further, each sub-region may correspond to an edge server. Optionally, the edge server may include a cloud server, a local server, or a server cluster, which is not limited herein. Optionally, the edge server may establish a local area network with the electronic device in the corresponding sub-area, and then the edge server may interact with the electronic device in the local area network through the local area network.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a performance area according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Optionally, the show area may be divided into 4 sub-areas, namely a first sub-area 510, a second sub-area 520, a third sub-area 530 and a fourth sub-area 540; the first sub-area 510 may correspond to the a-edge server 550, and the a-edge server 550 may interact with the electronic device located in the first sub-area 510 through a local area network; similarly, the second sub-region 520 may correspond to a B-edge server 560, the third sub-region 530 may correspond to a C-edge server 570, and the fourth sub-region 540 may correspond to a D-edge server 580.

In this embodiment of the application, the general server may determine, as the first electronic device, an electronic device whose network quality is greater than a quality threshold from among the electronic devices to be synchronized, so that before a performance activity starts, the first electronic device may receive a data packet, and thus a subsequent first electronic device may output a multimedia resource according to a control instruction included in the data packet after the performance activity starts. For electronic devices whose network quality is lower than the quality threshold before the performance event begins, the data packet cannot be received, and the multimedia resource cannot be output subsequently.

Alternatively, before the performance activity starts, the general server may determine, as the second electronic device, an electronic device whose network quality is less than or equal to a quality threshold from among the electronic devices to be synchronized; further, the general server may determine, according to the sub-area where the second electronic device is located, a second edge server corresponding to the second electronic device (for example, referring to fig. 5, it is assumed that the second electronic device is located in the first sub-area 510, and the second edge server corresponding to the second electronic device is the a-edge server 550).

In the embodiment of the application, because the edge server and the electronic equipment in the corresponding sub-area are established with the local area network, the data is transmitted in the local area network without considering the network quality of the second electronic equipment. Alternatively, the general server may send the data packet to the second edge server, and the second edge server may forward the data packet to the corresponding second electronic device through the local area network.

By implementing the method, for the second electronic equipment with network quality lower than the network quality all the time, the main server can determine the corresponding edge server and forward the data packet to the corresponding second electronic equipment through the edge server, so that the second electronic equipment with poor network quality can also receive the data packet before the start of the performance activity, and multimedia resources can be output in the process of performing the performance activity subsequently.

404. And determining a first edge server corresponding to each first electronic device according to the sub-area where each first electronic device is located.

As described above, the performance area corresponding to the performance activity includes a plurality of sub-areas, and each sub-area corresponds to one edge server, and optionally, the total server may determine the sub-area where each first electronic device is located according to the current position of each first electronic device. Further, the main server may determine, according to the sub-area where each first electronic device is located, the first edge server corresponding to each first electronic device.

For example, referring to fig. 5, assuming that the current location of the first electronic device is in the second sub-area 520, the first edge server corresponding to the first electronic device is the B-edge server 560.

406. And sending a data packet to each first edge server so that the first edge server forwards the data packet to the corresponding first electronic equipment, wherein the data packet comprises one or more control instructions, each control instruction comprises a multimedia resource, an execution time point of the multimedia resource and an execution mode, and the control instruction is used for enabling the first electronic equipment to process the corresponding multimedia resource according to the corresponding execution mode at the execution time point of the performance activity indicated by the control instruction.

It will be appreciated that a performance event may have thousands of viewers watching it, and therefore, there may be thousands of electronic devices in the performance area, and therefore if the overall server interacts (e.g., sends packets) with thousands of electronic devices at the same time, this may result in an extremely high load on the overall server, which in turn may result in an overload of the overall server. For this, the general server may send the data packet to each first edge server, and then the first edge server forwards the data packet to the corresponding first electronic device.

By way of example in conjunction with fig. 5, the head server 120 may establish data transmission links with the a edge server 550, the B edge server 560, the C edge server 570, and the D edge server 580, respectively, and then the head server 120 may send data packets to each edge server through the data transmission links, respectively.

By implementing the method, the main server can send the data packet to the edge servers corresponding to the sub-areas, and then the edge servers forward the data packet to the corresponding electronic equipment, and the number of the edge servers is usually small, so that the interaction times of the main server are reduced, and the burden of the main server is further reduced; furthermore, since the edge server only needs to interact with the electronic devices in the corresponding sub-area, the edge server does not run over a large number of interaction processes.

As another alternative, in order to make the electronic devices in different sub-areas output different multimedia resources, different recourse effects are presented. The main server may determine a corresponding target data packet according to the sub-area corresponding to each first edge server, and send the corresponding target data packet to each first edge server.

Different target data packets include different control instructions (that is, the number of the control instructions, the multimedia resources included in the control instructions, the execution time points, and the execution modes may be different), so that when the control instructions included in the different data packets are executed, the electronic device outputs the multimedia resources with different effects.

By implementing the method, different target data packets can be sent aiming at the electronic equipment in different sub-areas, so that the subsequent electronic equipment in different sub-areas can output different multimedia resources to present different recourse effects.

By implementing the method disclosed by each embodiment, after the performance activity starts, even if the network quality of the performance site is poor, each first electronic device can synchronously output the multimedia resource according to the execution time point indicated by the received control command, so that the problem that the multimedia resource is difficult to synchronously output by a plurality of electronic devices in the performance site with poor network quality is solved, and the synchronism of the multimedia resource output by the plurality of electronic devices is improved; for second electronic equipment with network quality lower than the network quality all the time, the general server can determine the corresponding edge server and forwards the data packet to the corresponding second electronic equipment through the edge server, so that the second electronic equipment with poor network quality can also receive the data packet before the performance activity starts, and multimedia resources can be output in the process of performing the performance activity subsequently; the main server can send the data packet to the edge servers corresponding to the sub-areas, and the edge servers forward the data packet to the corresponding electronic equipment, and the number of the edge servers is usually small, so that the interaction times of the main server are reduced, and the burden of the main server is further reduced; in addition, since the edge server only needs to interact with the electronic devices in the corresponding sub-area, the edge server does not run away due to a large number of interaction processes; and different target data packets can be sent aiming at the electronic equipment in different sub-areas, so that the subsequent electronic equipment in different sub-areas outputs different multimedia resources to present different recourse effects.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a synchronization apparatus for multiple devices according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The apparatus may be applied to the general server or other execution bodies, and is not limited herein. The apparatus may comprise a first determining unit 601 and a first sending unit 602, wherein:

a first determining unit 601, configured to determine, as a first electronic device, an electronic device with a network quality greater than a quality threshold from among electronic devices to be synchronized before a performance event starts;

a first sending unit 602, configured to send a data packet to a first electronic device, where the data packet includes one or more control instructions, each control instruction includes a multimedia resource, an execution time point of the multimedia resource, and an execution manner, and the control instruction is used to enable the first electronic device to process a corresponding multimedia resource according to a corresponding execution manner at the execution time point of the performance activity indicated by the control instruction.

By implementing the device, before the performance activity starts, the general server can determine the electronic equipment with the network quality greater than the quality threshold value as the first electronic equipment from the electronic equipment to be synchronized, and send a data packet to the first electronic equipment before the performance activity starts; the data packet comprises one or more control instructions, and each control instruction comprises a multimedia resource, an execution time point of the multimedia resource and an execution mode; and then, after the performance activity starts, even if the network quality of the performance site is poor, each first electronic device can still synchronously output the multimedia resources according to the execution time point indicated by the received control command, so that the problem that the multimedia resources are difficult to synchronously output by a plurality of electronic devices in the performance site with poor network quality is solved, and the synchronism of the multimedia resources output by the plurality of electronic devices is improved.

As an alternative embodiment, the apparatus shown in fig. 6 may further include a synchronization unit, not shown, wherein:

the synchronization unit is used for synchronizing the system time of the total server and the system time of the first electronic equipment before sending the data packet to the first electronic equipment;

and the control instruction is used for enabling the first electronic equipment to process the corresponding multimedia resource according to the execution mode corresponding to the control instruction when the system time of the first electronic equipment is matched with the execution time point of the performance activity indicated by the control instruction.

By implementing the device, the total server can synchronize the system time of the server and the system time of the first electronic equipment, and the subsequent first electronic equipment can execute the control command by taking the system time of the first electronic equipment as a standard, so that the control commands with the same execution time point can be synchronously executed, and the effect of synchronously outputting multimedia resources by the plurality of first electronic equipment can be ensured.

As an optional implementation manner, the performance area corresponding to the performance activity includes a plurality of sub-areas, and each sub-area corresponds to one edge server;

the first sending unit 602 is further configured to determine, according to the sub-area where each first electronic device is located, a first edge server corresponding to each first electronic device; and sending the data packet to each first edge server, so that the first edge servers forward the data packet to the corresponding first electronic equipment.

By implementing the device, the main server can send the data packet to the edge servers corresponding to the sub-areas, and then the edge servers forward the data packet to the corresponding electronic equipment, and the number of the edge servers is usually small, so that the interaction times of the main server are reduced, and the burden of the main server is further reduced; furthermore, since the edge server only needs to interact with the electronic devices in the corresponding sub-area, the edge server does not run over a large number of interaction processes.

As an optional implementation manner, the first sending unit 602 is further configured to determine a corresponding target data packet according to a sub-area corresponding to each first edge server, and send the corresponding target data packet to each first edge server, where different target data packets include different control instructions.

By implementing the device, different target data packets can be sent aiming at the electronic equipment in different sub-areas, so that the subsequent electronic equipment in different sub-areas can output different multimedia resources, and different recourse effects can be presented.

As an optional implementation manner, the performance area corresponding to the performance activity includes a plurality of sub-areas, each sub-area corresponds to one edge server, and the edge servers and the electronic devices in the corresponding sub-areas establish a local area network; and the apparatus shown in fig. 6 further includes a second determining unit, a third determining unit, and a second transmitting unit, not shown, wherein:

a second determining unit, configured to determine, as a second electronic device, an electronic device whose network quality is less than or equal to a quality threshold from among electronic devices to be synchronized before a start of the live performance;

a third determining unit, configured to determine, according to a sub-area where the second electronic device is located, a second edge server corresponding to the second electronic device;

and the second sending unit is used for sending the data packet to the second edge server so that the second edge server forwards the data packet to the corresponding second electronic equipment through the local area network.

By implementing the device, for the second electronic equipment with network quality lower than the network quality all the time, the main server can determine the corresponding edge server and forward the data packet to the corresponding second electronic equipment through the edge server, so that the second electronic equipment with poor network quality can also receive the data packet before the start of the performance activity, and multimedia resources can be output in the process of performing the performance activity subsequently.

As an alternative implementation, the apparatus shown in fig. 6 further includes an obtaining unit and a fourth determining unit, which are not shown in the figure, wherein:

the electronic equipment synchronization device comprises an acquisition unit, a synchronization unit and a synchronization unit, wherein the acquisition unit is used for acquiring a performance area corresponding to a performance activity before electronic equipment with network quality larger than a quality threshold value is determined to be used as target electronic equipment in the electronic equipment to be synchronized, and determining the electronic equipment in the performance area as third electronic equipment;

and the fourth determining unit is used for determining the third electronic equipment carrying the verification information as the electronic equipment to be synchronized in the third electronic equipment, wherein the verification information is used for indicating that the corresponding third electronic equipment has the right to watch the performance event.

By implementing the device, the master server can determine the electronic equipment with the watching right of the performance activity as the electronic equipment to be synchronized, and then the subsequent master server can accurately send the data packet comprising the content of the performance activity to the electronic equipment with the watching right, so that the content of the performance activity is prevented from being leaked.

As an optional implementation manner, the execution time point corresponding to each control instruction is matched with the performance time point of each link included in the performance activity; the multimedia resources corresponding to each control instruction are matched with the program contents corresponding to each link included in the performance activities.

By implementing the device, the execution time point of each control instruction included in the data packet and the included multimedia resource can correspond to each link included in the performance activity, so that the subsequent electronic equipment can output different multimedia resources in different links, the effect of matching the multimedia resources output on site with the performance on site is achieved, and the effect of applying assistance is improved.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 7, the electronic device may include:

a memory 701 in which executable program code is stored;

a processor 702 coupled to the memory 701;

the processor 702 calls the executable program code stored in the memory 701 to execute the synchronization method of multiple devices disclosed in the above embodiments.

The embodiment of the application discloses a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, wherein the computer program enables a computer to execute the synchronization method of multiple devices disclosed in the above embodiments.

The embodiment of the present application also discloses an application publishing platform, wherein the application publishing platform is used for publishing a computer program product, and when the computer program product runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute part or all of the steps of the method in the above method embodiments.

It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. Those skilled in the art should also appreciate that the embodiments described in this specification are all alternative embodiments and that the acts and modules involved are not necessarily required for this application.

In various embodiments of the present application, it should be understood that the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not imply a necessary order of execution, and the order of execution of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may also be implemented in the form of a software functional unit.

The integrated units, if implemented as software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer accessible memory. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application, which is a part of or contributes to the prior art in essence, or all or part of the technical solution, may be embodied in the form of a software product, stored in a memory, including several requests for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, or the like, and may specifically be a processor in the computer device) to execute part or all of the steps of the above-described method of the embodiments of the present application.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps in the methods of the embodiments described above may be implemented by hardware instructions of a program, and the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, where the storage medium includes Read-Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM), Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), One-time Programmable Read-Only Memory (OTPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), or other Memory, such as a magnetic disk, or a combination thereof, A tape memory, or any other medium readable by a computer that can be used to carry or store data.

The foregoing describes in detail a multi-device synchronization method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium disclosed in the embodiments of the present application, and specific embodiments are applied in the present application to explain the principles and embodiments of the present application, and the description of the foregoing embodiments is only used to help understand the method and core ideas of the present application; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, the specific implementation manner and the application scope may be changed, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. A synchronization method of multiple devices, applied to an overall server, the method comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to said sending the data packet to the first electronic device, the method further comprises:

synchronizing system times of the main server and the first electronic device;

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance area corresponding to the performance event comprises a plurality of sub-areas, each of the sub-areas corresponding to an edge server; the sending the data packet to the first electronic device includes:

determining a first edge server corresponding to each first electronic device according to the sub-area where each first electronic device is located;

and sending a data packet to each first edge server, so that the first edge servers forward the data packet to the corresponding first electronic equipment.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said sending data packets to each of said first edge servers comprises:

and determining corresponding target data packets according to the sub-areas corresponding to the first edge servers, and sending the corresponding target data packets to the first edge servers, wherein different target data packets comprise different control instructions.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance area corresponding to the performance event comprises a plurality of sub-areas, each of the sub-areas corresponding to an edge server that establishes a local area network with electronic devices in the corresponding sub-area; and, prior to the start of the show event, the method further comprises:

determining the electronic equipment with the network quality less than or equal to a quality threshold value as second electronic equipment in the electronic equipment to be synchronized;

determining a second edge server corresponding to the second electronic equipment according to the sub-area where the second electronic equipment is located;

and sending a data packet to the second edge server, so that the second edge server forwards the data packet to the corresponding second electronic device through the local area network.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein before determining, as a target electronic device, an electronic device with a network quality greater than a quality threshold among the electronic devices to be synchronized, the method further comprises:

acquiring a performance area corresponding to the performance activity, and determining the electronic equipment in the performance area as third electronic equipment;

and determining a third electronic device carrying verification information as the electronic device to be synchronized in the third electronic device, wherein the verification information is used for indicating that the corresponding third electronic device has the right to watch the performance event.

7. The method of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the execution time point corresponding to each control command matches the performance time point of each link included in the performance event; and the multimedia resources corresponding to the control instructions are matched with the program contents corresponding to the links included in the performance activities.

8. A synchronization apparatus for multiple devices, applied to an overall server, the apparatus comprising:

9. An electronic device comprising a memory storing executable program code, and a processor coupled to the memory; wherein the processor calls the executable program code stored in the memory to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

10. A computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.