KR102489071B1 - Method and system for reusing media contents based on user's usage pattern - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and system for reusing media content based on a user's use pattern are disclosed. A method for reusing media content according to embodiments of the present invention collects information on use patterns of each user for media content, and determines whether or not to reuse the media content based on the collected use patterns for each user. By determining the media content can be efficiently reused.

Description

Method and system for reusing media contents based on user's usage pattern

The following description relates to a method and system for reusing media content based on a user's use pattern. More specifically, information on the use pattern of each user for media content is collected, and information on the use pattern of each user collected for the media content is analyzed. A media content reuse method capable of efficiently reusing media content by determining whether or not to reuse corresponding media content based on the above, a computer device performing the media content reuse method, and a computer combined with a computer to implement the media content reuse method It relates to a computer program stored on a computer readable recording medium to be executed on a computer and the recording medium.

Receiving and playing media content through a service provided on the web accompanies user data consumption. For example, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2006-0114080 relates to a multimedia streaming service system and method. When a multimedia content server receives a request for multimedia content from a client, packetizes the I-Frame of the corresponding multimedia file and TCP It starts downloading to the client through . When media content is streamed and reproduced through such a streaming service, repeated reception and reproduction of the media content causes a problem of repeated data consumption from a user's point of view.

In order to solve this problem, there is a prior art for storing and reusing media content in a user's terminal. However, this prior art creates a new problem in terms of the disk capacity of the user's terminal. For example, when a disk capacity is limited, such as in a mobile environment, it is difficult to store all media contents used by a user.

Media that can efficiently reuse media contents by collecting information on usage patterns of each user for media contents and determining whether or not to reuse the corresponding media contents based on the collected usage patterns of each user for the media contents Provided are a method for reusing content, a computer device that performs the method for reusing media content, and a computer program stored in a computer readable recording medium and a recording medium for executing the method for reusing media content in a computer combined with a computer.

servicing a plurality of media contents to a plurality of users through a network; Collecting information on usage patterns of each user for media content; receiving a request for first media content transmitted from a terminal of the first user according to control of an application installed and driven in the terminal of the first user; Instructions for controlling the application to reuse data for reproducing the first media content in the terminal of the first user based on the first user's use pattern for the first media content among the collected use patterns. generating; and transmitting the generated command to a terminal of the first user together with data for reproducing the first media content.

According to one side, the application stores data for playing the first media content in the terminal of the first user according to the command, and a play request for the first media content is generated in the terminal of the first user. In this case, the data for reproducing the first media content stored in the terminal of the first user may be reused to reproduce the first media content in the terminal of the first user.

According to another aspect, the collecting of the information on the use pattern may include a reproduction time at which the first user reproduces the first media content and after the first user reproduces the first media content, the first media content is reproduced by the first user. 1. At least one of repetitive play periods taken until replaying the first media content may be collected, and the generating of the command may include performing the replay of the first media content based on at least one of the play time and the repeat play period. A reuse probability by the first user may be calculated, and the command may be generated when the calculated reuse probability is greater than or equal to a threshold value.

According to another aspect, the collecting information on the usage pattern may further include collecting information on at least one of a usage time and a usage count of each user for the application, and generating the command. may calculate the reuse probability further based on at least one of the use time and the number of uses.

According to another aspect, the collecting of the information on the usage pattern may include the number of media contents included in the playlist of the first user, a repeat play flag set in the playlist, and a local area of the terminal of the first user. At least one of the usable capacity of the storage may be further collected, and the generating of the command may further calculate the reuse probability based on at least one of the number of media contents, the repeat play flag, and the capacity. there is.

According to another aspect, the method for reusing media content may include storing the first media content in a terminal of the first user based on a usage pattern of the first user for the first media content among the collected usage patterns. The method may further include determining a period of time, and the transmitting of the first media content to the terminal of the first user may include determining a period of time for storing data for reproducing the first media content in the terminal of the first user through the application. The determined storage period may be further transmitted to the terminal of the first user so as to be set as the determined storage period.

According to another aspect, the method of reusing media content may further include updating the determined storage period based on the updated usage pattern when the usage pattern of the first user for the first media content is updated; and transmitting the updated storage period to the first user's terminal so that the storage period for reproducing the first media content in the first user's terminal is dynamically updated to the determined storage period through the application. It may further include steps to do.

According to another aspect, the collecting of the information on the usage pattern may include collecting information on the usage pattern for each user for each section of the media content, and the generating of the command may include: Based on the use pattern of the first user corresponding to each section, a reuse probability by the first user is calculated for each section of the first media content, and data for reproduction of a section where the calculated reuse probability is equal to or greater than a threshold value is generated. A command for controlling the application to be reused in the terminal of the first user may be generated.

Accessing a server through a network, receiving and playing media content through a service provided by the server; Transmitting information on a user's use pattern for the media content to the server - the server provides a plurality of media content services to a plurality of users through a network, and determines the use pattern of each user for the media content. collects information about -; requesting the first media content from the server through a network according to a reproduction request of the first media content; Receiving data for playing the first media content and a command for storing the data for playing the first media content from the server, wherein the command causes the server to generated by the server in response to a decision to reuse the first media content on the user's computer; playing the first media content through the received data for playing; storing the received data for playback in a local storage according to the command; and playing the first media content using the stored reproduction data when the first media content is reproduced again.

Provides a computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium to be combined with a computer to execute the method of reusing media contents on a computer.

A computer-readable recording medium having a program for executing the method of reusing media contents in a computer is recorded.

A computer device comprising at least one processor implemented to execute instructions readable by a computer, by means of the at least one processor, providing a plurality of media contents to a plurality of users over a network and providing media contents to a plurality of users. collects information on usage patterns of each user, receives a request for first media content transmitted from the terminal of the first user under the control of an application installed and driven in the terminal of the first user, and A command for controlling the application to reuse data for reproducing the first media content in the terminal of the first user based on the first user's use pattern for the first media content among the collected usage patterns; and transmits the generated command to the terminal of the first user along with data for reproducing the first media content.

A computer device comprising at least one processor implemented to execute instructions readable by a computer, accessing a server through a network by means of the at least one processor, and providing media contents through a service provided by the server. Receives and reproduces, transmits information on the user's use pattern for the media content to the server (the server provides a plurality of media content services to a plurality of users through a network, and collects information on use patterns), requests the first media content to the server through the network according to a request for playback of the first media content, and provides data for playback of the first media content and the playback from the server Receive a command for storing data for (wherein the command determines the server to reuse the first media content on the user's computer based on the user's usage pattern for the first media content; server), reproduces the first media content through the received data for reproduction, stores the received data for reproduction in a local storage according to the command, and reproduces the first media content again. In this case, it provides a computer device that reproduces the first media content using the stored reproduction data.

Media contents can be efficiently reused by collecting information on usage patterns of each user for media contents and determining whether or not to reuse the media contents based on the collected usage patterns of each user for the media contents.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a computer device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an entire environment for reusing media content according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of storing and reusing a partial section of media content according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of reusing media content by setting a storage period of media content according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for reusing media content according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for reusing media content according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A method for reusing media content according to embodiments of the present invention may be implemented through an electronic device and/or a computer device such as a server, which will be described later. At this time, a computer program according to an embodiment of the present invention may be installed and driven in the computer device, and the computer device may perform the media content reuse method according to the embodiments of the present invention under the control of the driven computer program. there is. The above-described computer program may be combined with a computer device and stored in a computer readable recording medium in order to execute a method of reusing media content on a computer.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network environment of FIG. 1 shows an example including a plurality of electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , and 140 , a plurality of servers 150 and 160 , and a network 170 . 1 is an example for explanation of the invention, and the number of electronic devices or servers is not limited as shown in FIG. 1 .

The plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 may be fixed terminals implemented as computer devices or mobile terminals. Examples of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 include a smart phone, a mobile phone, a navigation device, a computer, a laptop computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a portable multimedia player (PMP). ), and tablet PCs. As an example, FIG. 1 shows the shape of a smart phone as an example of the electronic device 110, but in the embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device 110 substantially uses a wireless or wired communication method to transmit other information through the network 170. It may refer to one of various physical computer devices capable of communicating with the electronic devices 120 , 130 , and 140 and/or the servers 150 and 160 .

The communication method is not limited, and short-distance wireless communication between devices as well as a communication method utilizing a communication network (eg, a mobile communication network, a wired Internet, a wireless Internet, and a broadcasting network) that the network 170 may include may also be included. For example, the network 170 may include a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and a broadband network (BBN). , one or more arbitrary networks such as the Internet. In addition, the network 170 may include any one or more of network topologies including a bus network, a star network, a ring network, a mesh network, a star-bus network, a tree or a hierarchical network, and the like. Not limited.

Each of the servers 150 and 160 communicates with the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 through the network 170 to provide commands, codes, files, contents, services, and the like, or a computer device or a plurality of computers. Can be implemented in devices. For example, the server 150 provides a service (eg, social network service, messaging service, search service, mail service, It may be a system that provides a content providing service, etc.).

2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a computer device according to one embodiment of the present invention. Each of the plurality of electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , and 140 or the servers 150 and 160 described above may be implemented by the computer device 200 shown in FIG. 2 . For example, a computer program according to an embodiment may be installed and driven in the computer device 200, and the computer device 200 reuses media contents according to embodiments of the present invention under the control of the driven computer program. way can be done.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the computer device 200 may include a memory 210, a processor 220, a communication interface 230, and an input/output interface 240. The memory 210 is a computer-readable recording medium and may include a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), and a permanent mass storage device such as a disk drive. Here, a non-perishable mass storage device such as a ROM and a disk drive may be included in the computer device 200 as a separate permanent storage device distinct from the memory 210 . Also, an operating system and at least one program code may be stored in the memory 210 . These software components may be loaded into the memory 210 from a computer-readable recording medium separate from the memory 210 . The separate computer-readable recording medium may include a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy drive, a disk, a tape, a DVD/CD-ROM drive, and a memory card. In another embodiment, software components may be loaded into the memory 210 through the communication interface 230 rather than a computer-readable recording medium. For example, software components may be loaded into memory 210 of computer device 200 based on a computer program installed by files received over network 170 .

The processor 220 may be configured to process commands of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input/output operations. Instructions may be provided to processor 220 by memory 210 or communication interface 230 . For example, processor 220 may be configured to execute received instructions according to program codes stored in a recording device such as memory 210 .

The communication interface 230 may provide a function for the computer device 200 to communicate with other devices (eg, storage devices described above) through the network 170 . For example, a request, command, data, file, etc. generated according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the memory 210 by the processor 220 of the computer device 200 is controlled by the communication interface 230 to the network ( 170) to other devices. Conversely, signals, commands, data, files, etc. from other devices may be received by the computer device 200 through the communication interface 230 of the computer device 200 via the network 170 . Signals, commands, data, etc. received through the communication interface 230 may be transferred to the processor 220 or the memory 210, and files, etc. may be stored as storage media that the computer device 200 may further include (described above). permanent storage).

The input/output interface 240 may be a means for interface with the input/output device 250 . For example, the input device may include a device such as a microphone, keyboard, or mouse, and the output device may include a device such as a display or speaker. As another example, the input/output interface 240 may be a means for interface with a device in which functions for input and output are integrated into one, such as a touch screen. The input/output device 250 and the computer device 200 may be configured as one device.

Also, in other embodiments, computer device 200 may include fewer or more elements than those of FIG. 2 . However, there is no need to clearly show most of the prior art components. For example, the computer device 200 may be implemented to include at least some of the aforementioned input/output devices 250 or may further include other components such as a transceiver and a database.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an entire environment for reusing media content according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the server 310 may provide a service of providing requested media content according to a request from each of the plurality of terminals 320 . Here, each of the server 310 and the plurality of terminals 320 may be implemented by the computer device 200 described above with reference to FIG. 2, and the requested media content is, for example, audio content such as a sound source and/or It may include video content such as a video. In the embodiment of FIG. 3 , an example of a process in which the server 310 provides media content according to the request of the terminal 2 330 is shown. In addition, the server 310 may include a media content database 340 in which media content is stored, or may be associated with a separate system including the media content database 340 . In addition, the server 310 may include the collection information database 350 or may be associated with a separate system including the collection information database 350 . The collection information database 350 may be a database in which the server 310 collects and stores information on usage patterns of each user for media content. For example, information on a usage pattern of the first user for the first media content may be stored in the collection information database 350 . If there are 100 media contents and 100 users, information on up to 10,000 usage patterns may be stored in the collection information database 350 . Data stored in the collection information database 350 will be described in more detail later.

The request step 361 may be an example of a process in which the terminal 2 330 requests a specific media content A from the server 310 . For example, terminal 2 330 may access the streaming server 310 through the network 170 using a specific URL, and may request media content A identified through the URL.

Obtaining step 362 may be an example of a process in which the server 310 acquires the requested media content A from the media content database 340 . For example, the server 310 may search for and extract the media content A requested by the terminal 2 330 from the media content database 340 .

The collection information extraction step 363 may be an example of a process in which the server 310 extracts information about a user's usage pattern of the terminal 2 330 for the media content requested from the terminal 2 330 . As described above, the collection information database 350 may be a database in which the server 310 collects and stores information on each user's usage pattern for media content. In this case, the server 310 uses the extracted media Information about a user's use pattern of the terminal 2 330 for the content A may be extracted from the collection information database 350 .

The usage pattern analysis step 364 allows the server 310 to reuse data for playing the media content A in the terminal 2 330 based on the user's usage pattern of the terminal 2 330 for the media content A. It may be an example of the process of deciding whether or not to do it. For example, the server 310 calculates the probability that the media content A will be reused by the user of the terminal 2 330 (hereinafter referred to as 'reuse probability'), and if the calculated reuse probability is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, the terminal Reuse of media content A in 2 (330) may be allowed. As a more specific example, if the preset threshold is 70% and the calculated reuse probability in terminal 2 330 for media content A is 90%, media content A will be allowed to be reused in terminal 2 330. can Here, allowing reuse may mean allowing data for reproducing media content A to be stored in terminal 2 330 and reproducing media content A using the stored data when media content A is played next. . The information collected in the collection information database 350 for calculating the reuse probability is not particularly limited as long as it is information for calculating the probability that users will reuse specific media content, but preferably, information on playback time and repeated playback At least one of period information may be included. Here, the playing time may mean a time during which the user of terminal 2 330 reproduces media content A (all or part of media content A), and the repetitive playback period indicates that the user of terminal 2 330 plays media content A. Time taken to play media content A again after playback Statistical value based on the nth playback time and the n+1th playback time, such as an average period of media content A or a period calculated based on the latest playback time and the previous playback time of media content A). For example, when the user of terminal 2 330 plays media content A for 2 minutes and 30 seconds for the first time, all of media content A is played for 2 minutes and 30 seconds, and 10 minutes after the first playback, media content A is played for the second time. If a part of media content A is reproduced for 1 minute and the entirety of media content A is reproduced for 2 minutes and 30 seconds 20 minutes after the second playback, the playback time for the user's media content A of terminal 2 (330) may be 6 minutes, and the repeat reproduction period may be 15 minutes. For example, the server 310 may calculate the reuse probability to have a relatively greater value as the play time increases and/or as the replay period decreases.

In addition, the information collected according to the embodiment may further include information on at least one of a use time and a use count for an application installed and driven in the terminal 2 330 . For example, the server 310 may calculate the reuse probability to have a relatively larger value as at least one of the use time and the number of uses of the application in the terminal 2 330 increases.

Also, the information collected according to the embodiment may further include information about the terminal playback environment. For example, the information about the device playback environment includes the number of media contents included in the playlist of the user of the device 2 330, a repeat playback flag set in the playlist, and the available capacity of the local storage of the device 2 330. may contain at least one. For example, since it may be determined that the probability of media content A being played again is low as the number of content included in the playlist increases, the server 310 sets a relatively larger value as the number of media content included in the playlist decreases. The probability of reuse can be calculated to have As another example, if the repeat play flag is set for media content A, media content A is highly likely to be played again, so the server 310 determines that the repeat play flag is set for media content A. The reuse probability may be calculated to have a relatively greater value than when the repeated playback flag is not set. Similarly, even when the repeat play flag is set for the entire playlist, the reuse probability may be calculated to have a relatively greater value than when the repeat play flag is not set. As another example, the server 310 may calculate the reuse probability to have a relatively larger value as the available capacity of the local storage increases.

At this time, the play time, the repeat play period, the use time and the number of uses of the application may be information obtained as a history of the user of the terminal 2 330, while the number of media contents included in the play list, the repeat play flag, The usable capacity of the local storage may be information collected at the time of calculating the reuse probability of media content A. As such, the server 310 may collect various information that can be collected about the media content A, the terminal 2 330, and the user of the terminal 2 330, and use them to calculate the reuse probability of the media content A.

The providing step 365 may be an example of a process in which the server 310 provides data for reproducing media content A and information on whether or not the data for reproducing is reused to the terminal 2 330 . For example, the server 310 sets the reuse flag for media content A to 1 (reuse allowed) or 0 (reuse not allowed), and transmits data for playback of media content A with the reuse flag set to 1 or 0 to terminal 2. (330). As an example of such a reuse flag, the server 310 sends a command for controlling the terminal 2 330 and/or the application installed and driven in the terminal 2 330 so that the server 310 reuses the data for reproducing the media content A. Any method capable of transmitting to terminal 2 330 is not limited.

In the playback and storage step 366, the terminal 2 330 plays the media content A through the received data and stores the data in the local storage of the terminal 2 330 according to whether the data is reused. . For example, terminal 2 330 may reproduce media content A using the received data under the control of an application, and may store the received data when the reuse flag is set to 1. Afterwards, when the terminal 2 330 wants to play the media content A again, it can play the media content A again using the stored data without requesting the media content A from the server 310 . If the reuse flag for media content A is set to 0 and received, terminal 2 330 may request media content A again from the server 310, and the above-described steps 361 to 366 are performed again. It can be.

Meanwhile, as the media content A is reproduced in the playing and storing step 366, information about the reproduction of the corresponding media content A may be collected in the server 310, and the collection information database 350 may be updated. In addition, the use time and/or the number of uses of the above-described application may vary depending on the time point of requesting the media content A. In addition, the number of media contents included in the playlist of the user of the terminal 2 330, the repeat play flag set in the playlist, and/or the available capacity of the local storage of the terminal 2 330 are also the time when the media content A is requested. may vary depending on

In other words, the reuse probability of the user of terminal 2 330 for the media content A may vary depending on the request time point for the media content A and/or the calculation time point of the reuse probability. Accordingly, data stored in the local storage of the terminal 2 330 may be deleted according to a point in time, or the available storage time may increase. The storage time of such data will be described in more detail later.

In addition, the user of terminal 2 330 may play the entire media content A, but may also play only a part of the media content A repeatedly. In this case, it may be inefficient to store all data for reproducing the media content A. To this end, the server 310 collects information on usage patterns for each user for each section of media content A, and calculates a reuse probability for each section, so that data for reproducing some sections of media content A is transmitted to Terminal 2 (330). It can also be controlled to be stored in the local storage of The storage of some sections will be described in more detail later.

Meanwhile, in the foregoing, embodiments of setting reuse only for media content A and terminal 2 330 have been described, but these embodiments are connected to each of a plurality of media contents that can be provided by the server 310 and the server 310. A person skilled in the art will easily understand that the present invention can be applied to each of a plurality of users (terminals of a plurality of users) capable of receiving media contents by doing so.

In addition, applications associated with the server 310 may be installed and run on each of the user's terminals, and media content requests, playback, and storage in each of the terminals may be performed under the control of these applications.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of storing and reusing a partial section of media content according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4 shows an example of media content 410 divided into six sections, from section 1 to section 6. At this time, it is assumed that a section corresponding to the first range 420 in the media content 410 is repeatedly reproduced by the user. In this case, while the play time of sections 3, 4, and 5 increases, the repeat play period may be shortened. In other words, the reuse probabilities for intervals 3, 4, and 5 may have relatively greater values than the reuse probabilities for intervals 1, 2, and 6. If the reuse probabilities for interval 3, interval 4, and interval 5 are greater than or equal to the threshold value, and the reuse probabilities for interval 1, interval 2, and interval 6 are less than the threshold value, the server 310 determines interval 3, interval 4, and interval 6. 5 may be generated and transmitted to the corresponding terminal together with the media content 410 by generating a command for controlling the application to be reused in the user's terminal. For example, the generated command may correspond to setting a reuse flag of each of intervals 3, 4, and 5 to 1. In this case, the terminal may play the media content 410 and store sections 3, 4, and 5 in the terminal's local storage. Thereafter, the terminal may play a section corresponding to the first range 420 through information on sections 3, 4, and 5 stored in the local storage. Headers for reproducing the media content 410 may be separately stored according to embodiments. For example, if a header for reproducing the media content 410 is included in section 1, section 1 or the header included in section 1 may be additionally stored in the local storage.

Sections of media content may be arbitrarily divided, but in a streaming service, the section may be divided in units of segment files created by dividing media content to provide a streaming service for media content.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of reusing media content by setting a storage period of media content according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 illustrates an example in which media content 1 (data for reproducing media content 1, 530) is stored in the local storage 520 of the terminal 510. At this time, a storage period may be set for media content 1 (530). For example, the server 310 analyzes the collected information corresponding to the media content 1 530 and the user of the terminal 510 among the collected information stored in the collection information database 350 to determine the media content 1 530. A storage period in the terminal 510 may be determined. The determined storage period may be transmitted to the terminal 510 , and the terminal 510 may set the storage period of the media content 1 530 according to control of an application installed and driven in the terminal 510 . The format of the storage period is not limited as long as it is a data format that can indicate how long the media content 1 530 can be stored in the local storage 520 .

Meanwhile, as described above, the reuse probability of the media content 1 530 may be calculated differently depending on when the media content 1 530 is requested or when the reuse probability is calculated. Similarly, the storage period of media content 1 (530) may also vary. For example, as the time during which the media content 1 530 is not reproduced in the terminal 510 increases, the probability of reusing the media content 1 530 may decrease, and there is no need to store the media content 1 530 for a long time. Accordingly, as the user's use pattern of the terminal 510 for the media content 1 530 collected and stored in the collection information database 350 is updated, the server 310 provides (1) media for the user of the terminal 510. A reuse probability of the content 1 (530) may be recalculated, and (2) the storage period of the media content 1 (530) may be updated. In addition, the server 310 (3) transmits the updated storage period of media content 1 530 to the terminal 510 and (4) enables the terminal 510 to save the media content 1 stored in the local storage 520. period can be renewed. In other words, the terminal 510 may update the storage period of the media content 1 530 stored in the local storage 520 according to the updated storage period transmitted from the server 310 . The storage period, for example, may be updated to be relatively shorter as the reuse probability decreases and relatively longer as the reuse probability increases.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for reusing media content according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for reusing media content according to this embodiment may be performed by the computer device 200 implementing the server 310 described above. For example, the processor 220 of the computer device 200 may be implemented to execute a control instruction according to an operating system code or at least one program code included in the memory 210 . Here, the processor 220 causes the computer device 200 to perform steps 610 to 650 included in the method for reusing media content of FIG. 6 according to a control command provided by a code stored in the computer device 200. (200) can be controlled.

At step 610, the computer device 200 may serve a plurality of media contents to a plurality of users over a network. For example, media contents may be streamed to users' terminals in a streaming manner.

In step 620, the computer device 200 may collect information about usage patterns of each user for media content. The information on the collected use pattern may include at least one of a playback time of the media content and a repetitive playback period taken until the corresponding media content is played again after being played. Depending on the embodiment, information on at least one of users' usage time and usage frequency of an application installed and driven in each of the users' terminals may be further collected. As another embodiment, at least one of the number of media contents included in each user's playlist, a repeat play flag set in the playlist, and the available capacity of local storage of each of the terminals of the users may be further collected.

In step 630, the computer device 200 may receive a request for the first media content transmitted from the terminal of the first user according to the control of the application installed and driven in the terminal of the first user.

In step 640, the computer device 200 configures the application to reuse data for reproducing the first media content in the terminal of the first user based on the first user's usage pattern for the first media content among the collected usage patterns. You can create commands to control.

In one embodiment, the computer device 200 reproduces the first media content again after the first user reproduces the first media content and the first user reproduces the first media content in step 620. It is possible to collect at least one of the repetitive regeneration periods taken to trigger. In this case, the computer device 200 may collect at least one of the playback time and the repeated playback period for each media content and for each user. In this case, the computer device 200 calculates a reuse probability by the first user of the first media content based on at least one of the playback time and the repeated playback period in step 640, and the calculated reuse probability is greater than or equal to a threshold value. In this case, you can create the command.

In another embodiment, the computer device 200 may further collect information about at least one of the use time and the number of uses of each user for the application in step 620 . In this case, the computer device 200 may calculate the reuse probability further based on at least one of the use time and the number of uses in step 640 . For example, the computer device 200 may calculate the reuse probability according to at least one of a play time and a repeated play period, and at least one of a use time and a number of uses.

In another embodiment, the computer device 200 determines in step 620 the number of media contents included in the playlist of the first user, the repeat play flag set in the playlist, and the available capacity of the local storage of the terminal of the first user. At least one of them may be further collected. In this case, the computer device 200 may calculate the reuse probability further based on at least one of the number of media contents, a repeat playback flag, and capacity in step 640 . For example, the computer device may calculate the reuse probability according to at least one of a play time and a repeat play period, and at least one of the number of media contents, a repeat play flag, and a capacity.

In step 650, the computer device 200 may transmit the generated command to the terminal of the first user along with data for reproducing the first media content. At this time, the application installed in the terminal of the first user stores data for playing the first media content in the terminal of the first user according to the command, and a request for playing the first media content occurs in the terminal of the first user. In this case, the first media content may be reproduced in the terminal of the first user by reusing data for reproducing the first media content stored in the terminal of the first user. These applications may be installed and run on each of the terminals of users who request media content by accessing the computer device 200 .

Also, according to an embodiment, the computer device 200 may determine a storage period of the first media content in the first user's terminal based on the first user's usage pattern for the first media content among the collected usage patterns. . In this case, the computer device 200 sets the determined storage period to the storage period determined through the application in step 650 so that the storage period for storing the data for reproducing the first media content in the terminal of the first user is set to the first storage period. It may further transmit to the user's terminal. Also, when the usage pattern of the first user for the first media content is updated, the computer device 200 may update the storage period determined based on the updated usage pattern. In this case, the computer device 200 sets the updated storage period to the first user's terminal so that the storage period for reproducing the first media content is dynamically updated to the storage period determined through the application. can be sent to

Also, according to an embodiment, the computer device 200 may collect information on usage patterns for each user for each section of media content in step 620 . In this case, the computer device 200 calculates a reuse probability by the first user for each section of the first media content based on the usage pattern of the first user corresponding to each section of the first media content in step 640, A command for controlling an application to reuse data for reproducing a section in which the calculated reuse probability is greater than or equal to a threshold value may be generated in the terminal of the first user. In this case, data for reproducing a section of the first media content having a calculated reuse probability greater than or equal to a threshold value among sections of the first media content may be stored in a local storage of the terminal of the first user. Also, reproduction of the saved sections of the first media content may be performed through data stored in a local storage. Meanwhile, as described above, the header of the first media content may be further stored in the local storage in order to search for a specific section in the first media content.

7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for reusing media content according to another embodiment of the present invention. The method for reusing media content according to the present embodiment is a computer device that implements the user's terminal described above (eg, one of the plurality of terminals 320 described with reference to FIG. 3 or the terminal 510 described with reference to FIG. 5) ( 200) can be performed. For example, the processor 220 of the computer device 200 may be implemented to execute a control instruction according to an operating system code or at least one program code included in the memory 210 . Here, the processor 220 causes the computer device 200 to perform the steps 710 to 770 included in the media content reusing method of FIG. 7 according to a control command provided by a code stored in the computer device 200. (200) can be controlled.

In step 710, the computer device 200 may access the server through a network, receive and reproduce media content through a service provided by the server. Here, the server may correspond to a server implemented by the server 310 described above with reference to FIGS. 3 and 5 or the computer device 200 described with reference to FIG. 6 . As an example, the server may provide media content through a streaming method.

In step 720, the computer device 200 may transmit information about a user's use pattern for media content to a server. The server may collect information on the use pattern from each of a plurality of terminals, such as a user's terminal implemented by the computer device 200 according to the embodiment of FIG. 7 . In other words, the server may provide a plurality of media content services to a plurality of users through a network, and collect information about each user's use pattern of the media content. For example, the computer device 200 transmits at least one information of a playback time for reproducing the first media content and a repetitive playback period taken after reproducing the first media content to replaying the first media content to the server. can The user's use pattern for the first media content may be stored in the server, and may be used to determine whether to reuse the first media content upon request for the first media content. Various factors for determining such reuse have been described in detail above.

In step 730, the computer device 200 may request the first media content from the server through the network according to the play request of the first media content.

In step 740, the computer device 200 may receive data for reproducing the first media content and a command for storing the data for reproducing from the server. The command may be generated by the server as the server determines to reuse the first media content on the computer device 200 of the user based on the user's usage pattern for the first media content.

In step 750, the computer device 200 may reproduce the first media content through the received data for reproduction.

In step 760, the computer device 200 may store data for reproduction received according to the command in a local storage.

In step 770, when the first media content is reproduced again, the computer device 200 may reproduce the first media content using the stored reproduction data.

As such, the computer device 200 may store and reuse media contents provided by the server based on commands provided by the server. Therefore, since there is no need to receive media content again, communication data usage can be reduced, and frequently used sound sources are stored in the local storage of the computer device 200 and can be used even when the computer device 200 is offline. . In addition, instead of storing all the media contents to be played in the local storage, the problem of the capacity of the local storage can also be solved by selectively storing and reusing only the media contents allowed by the server in the local storage according to the user's usage pattern. there is.

In another embodiment, the computer device 200 may further receive information about the storage period of the first media content from the server, and set the storage period to the storage period of data for reproduction stored in local data. When the later storage period expires, the computer device 200 may delete data for reproduction from local data. This storage period may be dynamically updated according to the update of the user's use pattern collected by the server. By removing media content whose reuse probability is low through management of such a storage period, it is possible to reduce the amount of data in the local storage required for reuse of media content.

In another embodiment, the computer device 200 may generate information on a user's usage pattern for each section of media content and transmit the generated information to the server in step 720 . In this case, the computer device 200 may store data for a section identified by the command among data for playback received in step 760 in a local storage. In this way, by storing data on sections frequently used by the user in the local storage, the amount of data to be stored in the local storage can be reduced compared to storing the entire media content.

As described above, according to the embodiments of the present invention, information on usage patterns of each user for media contents is collected, and based on the usage patterns of each user collected for the media contents, whether or not the corresponding media contents are reused By determining the media content can be efficiently reused.

The system or device described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, devices and components described in the embodiments may include, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) , a programmable logic unit (PLU), microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may run an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. A processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of software. For convenience of understanding, there are cases in which one processing device is used, but those skilled in the art will understand that the processing device includes a plurality of processing elements and/or a plurality of types of processing elements. It can be seen that it can include. For example, a processing device may include a plurality of processors or a processor and a controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as parallel processors.

Software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, which configures a processing device to operate as desired or processes independently or collectively. You can command the device. Software and/or data may be any tangible machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device, intended to be interpreted by or provide instructions or data to a processing device. can be embodied in Software may be distributed on networked computer systems and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable media.

The method according to the embodiment may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the embodiment or may be known and usable to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic media such as floptical disks. - includes hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as magneto-optical media, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Such a recording medium may be a single or various recording means or storage means in the form of a combination of several hardware, and may be distributed on a network without being limited to a medium directly connected to a certain computer system. Examples of program instructions include high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, as well as machine language codes such as those produced by a compiler.

Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

As described above, although the embodiments have been described with limited examples and drawings, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations from the above description. For example, the described techniques may be performed in an order different from the method described, and/or components of the described system, structure, device, circuit, etc. may be combined or combined in a different form than the method described, or other components may be used. Or even if it is replaced or substituted by equivalents, appropriate results can be achieved.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents of the claims are within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (20)

servicing a plurality of media contents to a plurality of users through a network;
Collecting information on usage patterns of each user for media content;
receiving a request for first media content transmitted from a terminal of the first user according to control of an application installed and driven in the terminal of the first user;
Instructions for controlling the application to reuse data for reproducing the first media content in the terminal of the first user based on the first user's use pattern for the first media content among the collected use patterns. generating; and
Transmitting the generated command to the terminal of the first user along with data for reproducing the first media content
including,
determining a storage period of the first media content in the terminal of the first user based on a usage pattern of the first user for the first media content among the collected usage patterns;
Including more,
The step of transmitting to the terminal of the first user,
further transmitting the determined storage period to the first user's terminal such that a storage period for storing the data for reproducing the first media content in the first user's terminal is set to the determined storage period through the application;
The application stores data for playing the first media content in the terminal of the first user according to the command, and when a play request for the first media content occurs in the terminal of the first user, The data for reproducing the first media content stored in the terminal of the first user is reused to reproduce the first media content in the terminal of the first user, and when the storage period expires, the data stored in the terminal of the first user is reproduced. A method of reusing media content, implemented to delete data for reproduction of first media content. delete According to claim 1,
The step of collecting information on the usage pattern,
Collection of at least one of a playback time during which the first user reproduced the first media content and a repeat playback period taken until the first media content was played again after the first user played the first media content do,
To generate the command,
calculating a reuse probability by the first user of the first media content based on at least one of the playback time and the repeated playback period, and generating the command when the calculated reuse probability is greater than or equal to a threshold value; How to reuse content. According to claim 3,
The step of collecting information on the usage pattern,
Further collecting information on at least one of the use time and the number of uses of each user for the application,
To generate the command,
wherein the reuse probability is calculated further based on at least one of the use time and the number of uses. According to claim 3,
The step of collecting information on the usage pattern,
further collect at least one of the number of media contents included in the playlist of the first user, a repeat play flag set in the playlist, and an available capacity of local storage of the terminal of the first user;
To generate the command,
wherein the reuse probability is calculated further based on at least one of the number of media contents, the repeated playback flag, and the capacity. delete According to claim 1,
The media content reuse method,
if the usage pattern of the first user for the first media content is updated, updating the determined storage period based on the updated usage pattern; and
Transmitting the updated storage period to the first user's terminal so that the storage period for reproducing the first media content in the first user's terminal is dynamically updated to the determined storage period through the application. step
Further comprising, media content reuse method. According to claim 1,
The step of collecting information on the usage pattern,
Collect information on usage patterns by user for each section of media content,
To generate the command,
Based on the use pattern of the first user corresponding to each section of the first media content, a probability of reuse by the first user is calculated for each section of the first media content, and a section in which the calculated probability of reuse is greater than or equal to a threshold value. Generating a command for controlling the application to reuse data for reproduction in the terminal of the first user, media content reuse method. A computer-readable recording medium on which a computer program for executing the method of any one of claims 1, 3 to 5, 7, and 8 is recorded on a computer. In a computer device,
at least one processor implemented to execute computer readable instructions
including,
by the at least one processor,
Providing a plurality of media contents to a plurality of users through a network,
Collect information about each user's usage pattern for media content;
Receiving a request for first media content transmitted from the terminal of the first user according to the control of an application installed and driven in the terminal of the first user;
Instructions for controlling the application to reuse data for reproducing the first media content in the terminal of the first user based on the first user's use pattern for the first media content among the collected use patterns. create,
Transmitting the generated command to the terminal of the first user along with data for reproducing the first media content;
by the at least one processor,
determining a storage period of the first media content in the terminal of the first user based on a usage pattern of the first user for the first media content among the collected usage patterns;
further transmitting the determined storage period to the first user's terminal such that a storage period for storing the data for reproducing the first media content in the first user's terminal is set to the determined storage period through the application;
The application stores data for playing the first media content in the terminal of the first user according to the command, and when a play request for the first media content occurs in the terminal of the first user, The data for reproducing the first media content stored in the terminal of the first user is reused to reproduce the first media content in the terminal of the first user, and when the storage period expires, the data stored in the terminal of the first user is reproduced. Implemented to delete data for reproduction of the first media content,
computer device. delete According to claim 10,
by the at least one processor,
Collection of at least one of a playback time during which the first user reproduced the first media content and a repeat playback period taken until the first media content was played again after the first user played the first media content do,
A computer configured to calculate a reuse probability by the first user of the first media content based on at least one of the playback time and the repeated playback period, and generate the command when the calculated reuse probability is greater than or equal to a threshold value. Device. According to claim 12,
by the at least one processor,
Further collecting information on at least one of the use time and the number of uses of each user for the application,
Calculating the reuse probability further based on at least one of the use time and the number of uses, the computer device. According to claim 12,
by the at least one processor,
further collect at least one of the number of media contents included in the playlist of the first user, a repeat play flag set in the playlist, and an available capacity of local storage of the terminal of the first user;
Calculating the reuse probability further based on at least one of the number of media contents, the repeated playback flag, and the capacity. delete According to claim 10,
by the at least one processor,
Collect information on usage patterns by user for each section of media content,
Based on the use pattern of the first user corresponding to each section of the first media content, a probability of reuse by the first user is calculated for each section of the first media content, and a section in which the calculated probability of reuse is greater than or equal to a threshold value. Generating a command for controlling the application to reuse data for reproduction in the terminal of the first user. In a computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium in order to execute a media content reuse method on a computer in combination with a computer,
The media content reuse method,
Accessing a server through a network, receiving and playing media content through a service provided by the server;
Transmitting information on a user's use pattern for the media content to the server - the server provides a plurality of media content services to a plurality of users through a network, and determines the use pattern of each user for the media content. collects information about -;
requesting the first media content from the server through a network according to a reproduction request of the first media content;
Receiving data for playing the first media content and a command for storing the data for playing the first media content from the server, wherein the command causes the server to generated by the server in response to a decision to reuse the first media content on the user's computer;
playing the first media content through the received data for playing;
storing the received data for playback in a local storage according to the command; and
When the first media content is reproduced again, playing the first media content using the stored reproduction data
including,
The media content reuse method,
Further receiving information about a storage period of the first media content from the server, wherein the server stores the first media content in the user's computer based on the user's usage pattern for the first media content. determine the storage period -; and
setting the storage period to a storage period of data for reproduction stored in the local storage, and deleting the data for reproduction from the local storage when the storage period expires;
Further comprising, a computer program. According to claim 17,
The step of transmitting information on the user's use pattern to the server,
A computer program that transmits to the server at least one information of a playback time during which the first media content is reproduced and a repetitive playback period taken from reproducing the first media content to replaying the first media content. delete According to claim 17,
The step of transmitting information on the user's use pattern to the server,
generating and transmitting information on the usage pattern of the user for each section of the media content to the server;
Storing the received data for reproduction in a local storage according to the command,
A computer program for storing data for a section identified by the command among the received data for playback in the local storage.

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