TW201427406A - Media information service system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a media information service system and a method thereof, which comprises: a memory unit stored with a media source list which is at least recorded with at least one linkable address of media content; a transmitting and receiving unit connected with the memory unit and capable of receiving data transmitted by an external electronic device; and, a processing unit connected with the memory unit and capable of accessing an internet protocol (IP) address that conforms to an internet protocol (IP) and the IP address of the linkable address of media content among the aforementioned data. The aforementioned IP addresses may be used to confirm the areas where the electronic device and the media content are located. The processing unit can adjust the sequence of each item in the media source list or eliminate the items with sensitive subjects or poor link state according to the aforementioned areas, and provide for the external electronic device via the transmitting and receiving unit.

Description

Media information service system and method thereof

The present invention relates to a media information service system and method thereof, and more particularly, but not exclusively, a corresponding media information service system and method thereof according to a user's region.

The development of network technology has been widely used so far, and the network has become one of the mainstream media channels. The innovation of network multimedia has become a source of audio and video entertainment that cannot be ignored. In the past ten years, Internet multimedia has evolved from static media to dynamic media. Dynamic movies and music have gradually replaced the original text and graphics. Therefore, websites based on video databases (such as Youtube) have mushroomed. And attracts a large number of website viewers to use.

The image display examples of the network media playback system are generally known to include: a multimedia streaming link website and a multimedia audio-visual streaming program. When the electronic device is connected to a multimedia streaming link website, the user can listen to and/or The multimedia streaming protocol broadcasts the multimedia audio-visual streaming program broadcasted by the network station to which the web site belongs; although the network media playing system can be arranged and displayed on the display according to the language and audio-visual stream type, the foregoing classification (ie, Types, languages) may not intersect with each other. For example, when the user selects a type, the system displays "Talking, News," "Pop Music," "Best Selling," "Adult Lyrics," and "Jazz." "...and the link URLs arranged by the global program categories, and then the link site for users to further click. Since the users are all over the world, and the language familiar to individual users is different, they are only arranged by type. The connection of program options may be in the ointment of the user's vision or usage habits. Differently, the playback of several sensitive topics will cause confusion for the user; therefore, it is necessary to improve the shortcomings of the known technology.

The present invention enables a media playback system to adjust the order or options or interfaces for providing information by detecting where the user is located, thereby presenting a better interactive context, or filtering a number of unsuitable media sources to substantially reduce user sensitivity. The trouble caused by sexual themes.

According to at least one presently preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention may be embodied as a media information service system, comprising: a memory unit, wherein a list of media sources is stored, and each item of the media source list records a linkable address. a processing unit capable of accessing an external electronic device to connect to a network IP address corresponding to an Internet Protocol (IP) information transmitted by the login device, thereby confirming the IP address of the electronic device From the region, and the processing unit can adjust the order of the media source list items or/and reduce the sensitivity item of the media source list according to the foregoing area; a transceiver unit electrically connects the signal processing unit, the foregoing processing unit The sorted media source list capable of capturing the memory unit is provided by the external electronic device through the transceiver unit.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a media information service method, comprising the steps of: accessing, by a processing unit, an Internet device that transmits an Internet Protocol (IP)-compliant information that corresponds to an Internet Protocol (IP). And confirming the area from which the IP address of the electronic device comes from; the processing unit adjusts an arrangement order of a media source list stored in a memory unit according to the area or/and reduces a sensitivity item of the media source list The foregoing processing unit sends the adjusted media source list to the external electronic device through a transceiver unit.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a machine-accessible medium, the machine-accessible medium containing instructions that, when executed by a machine (such as the aforementioned media playback system, but not limited thereto) The machine performs the method as described above.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a program product comprising a program of instructions executable by the machine for performing the method as described above.

Please refer to the specific embodiments of the present invention, as well as the following description (not limited).

The content of the present invention will be more fully understood by reference to the detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, which is not intended to limit the scope of the claims, but merely to provide an example of the present invention. The terms defined in the scope of application for patent application shall prevail.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the present invention relates to a media information service system 100, which mainly includes: a memory unit 50, which stores a login authentication data or/and a list of media sources ( Not shown in the figure), the media source list has at least one item, the item at least recording the linkable address of the media content and/or its website (for example: data available for download via the Internet or/and streaming or / and the content of the website of the multimedia content and / or its link address, but not limited to this) / / and the media content shortcut within the system 100, for the user to use an electronic device A through at least one communication network C (wired Or wirelessly) link to the media address of the address of the address (or the URL, UniformResource Locator, etc., but not limited to this) to access the media content of the site (for example: text, image, Multimedia content such as sound and video, but not limited to it, to listen or watch (referred to as appreciation).

The memory unit 50 can be a variety of memory (including magnetic, optical, volatile, non-volatile, etc., but not limited to) for storage (including permanent recording, temporary storage, buffering) The processing unit 60 is connected to the memory unit 50, and the processing unit 60 can access (refer to receiving or/and reading and/or writing and/or transmitting, etc.) the above-mentioned electronic device A link-in login. The authentication authentication data transmitted by the system 100 and the login authentication data stored in the memory unit 50 can be used for identity authentication. The processing unit 60 can be various analog/digital signal processing circuits or processors (for example: Modulation / demodulator, analog / digital converter, central processing unit, microprocessor, controller, digital signal processor, mixed signal processor, application-specific integrated circuit ASIC, etc., but not limited to this).

A transceiver unit 70 is connected to the processing unit 60 or/and the memory unit 50. After the login authentication data of the electronic device A is authenticated by the system 100, the processing unit 60 retrieves the media source of the memory unit 50. The list is provided by the transceiver unit 70 for downloading the electronic device A. However, the processing unit 60 can also access the Internet Protocol Address (IP) of the network connection of the electronic device A. The IP address of the address to which the media content can be linked, thereby confirming where the user of the electronic device A comes from (country or field or region, but not limited to this, referred to as the region) or / / and its lingua franca and / and the area of the linkable address with the aforementioned media content, not only can be used to adjust the list of media sources listed above (including the linkable address of the media content and / and its website or / and media content The arrangement order of shortcuts, etc., but not limited thereto (for example, the processing unit can adjust the row of the item of the media source list according to the distance relationship between the electronic device and the area of the connectable address) , but not limited to this, it can be used for filtering (for example, filtering or deleting or hiding from the media source list without prompting for several items, but not limited to this) is not suitable for the media content received by the user (for example: Sensitive topics such as politics, religion, crime, etc., such as: cooking or smashing the meat in the fasting area of beef or pork, may cause personal safety to the viewer, but not limited to it; or 囿In the copyright, the media content may not be played in an unauthorized area, but not limited to the link address, to form a new media source list; in addition, the processing unit 60 may further use the above confirmed area through the foregoing The transceiver unit 70 captures weather data measured by the local meteorological unit (for example, temperature, humidity, ultraviolet index, cloudy or rain, and the like), and the processing unit 60 causes the memory unit 50 to provide the electronic device according to the weather data. A list of various candidate media sources to generate a mood pattern that matches the weather conditions at the time.

The transceiver unit 70 is not limited to a touch display (which may also include an operation button exposed on a surface thereof), and the transceiver unit 70 may also be a remote controller or/and a mouse or/and a keyboard or/and a microphone or/ And the speaker or/and the earphones, etc. (but not limited thereto) for the user to select to link to the above website address or address (the foregoing user selection may be in any form, such as clicking, tapping, voice, etc.); and the electronic device A The system can be, for example, a multimedia player, a computer, a smart phone, a mobile phone, a handheld game device, a personal digital assistant PDA, a set-top box, a network device, or other types of electronic devices that can store and play media content (but not This is limited to).

Please refer to FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4, which are the media information service methods of the present invention, which mainly include the following steps. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that any system that performs the method steps in any order or increase or decrease belongs to the present invention. In the step S10, the user uses an electronic device A to connect to the system 100 of the present invention via at least one communication network C (wired or wireless), and the processing unit 60 of the system 100 transmits and receives the system 100. The unit 70 accesses the login authentication data transmitted by the electronic device A and the login authentication data stored in the memory unit 50 of the system 100, thereby performing identity authentication.

In step S20, the processing unit 60 of the system 100 can access the IP address of the network connection of the electronic device A (for example, it can be known by analyzing the packet transmitted by the electronic device A to the login system 100). The "network protocol address" of the source, but not limited thereto) or / and the processing unit 60 described above, by the transceiver unit 70, test the linkable address or/and its website in the list of media sources, thereby confirming the above The user of the electronic device A or/and the list of the aforementioned media sources may link the address, the website from which the country (country or field or region, etc., referred to as the region) or/and its usual language; and in step S30, adjust the media source. The order of the list (referred to as sorting, that is, the item sorting the list of media sources mentioned above), for example, sorting the items of the list of media sources according to the relationship between the area of the electronic device A (user) (may be the distance The user of the electronic device A is located closer to the user.)

In step S30', the processing unit 60 of the system 100 filters (for example, filtering or deleting or hiding from the media source list without prompting for several items, but not limited thereto) a list of media sources that are not suitable for the user to receive locally. Project, a list of new media sources (for example, the state of the network transmission does not meet the set criteria, or / and sensitive topics or projects such as crime, politics, religion, etc., or the copyright does not allow the media content to be in an unauthorized area The playback or the like, or/the type of media playback that is not supported by the codec of the electronic device A, or/and the streaming protocol that the electronic device A does not support; but not limited to the above examples) That is, the processing unit 60 causes the connection address and/or the website that is not suitable for the user to receive locally to not appear in the media source list, and the network transmission status does not meet the setting criteria, for example, (non-limiting): a. Link success rate (for example: number of successful connections / number of connections, but not limited to this); b. network transmission speed (for example: bits per second bits per second, bps as a unit of measurement, but not This is limited); c streaming quality (e.g.: sampling resolution or frame per second of sound information frames per second, FPS, or the like as a measure of screen frequency standards, but not limited thereto).

In step S40, the processing unit 60 of the system 100 can prompt the user to switch the user interface (UI), for example, language text or/and layout type (but not limited thereto) through the transceiver unit 70. If there is a plurality of linguistic characters, there may be another step S40': the processing unit 60 of the system 100 prompts the language text option by the transceiver unit 70 for the user to select the external electronic device A (please cooperate) Referring to FIG. 3); in step S50, if the user transmits the "confirmation" message by the electronic device A or does not display any indication within a preset time period, the system 100 executes a use interface (UI), for example: language text or / And the layout type (but not limited thereto), etc., the language text default option (default) of the interface is a common language text corresponding to the area of the IP address, and the layout type (pattern ) can be defaulted to, for example, a totem layout that symbolizes the country or territory (but not limited to this), and will adjust the list of new media sources (ie sorted or/and filtered to link details) Or / and use (UI) providing the electronic device A.

In addition, (in conjunction with FIG. 3), in the foregoing step S30, the processing unit 60 may further extract the weather data measured by the local meteorological unit through the transceiver unit 70 by using the area confirmed in the above step S20 (for example: According to the weather data, the processing unit 60 can provide the memory unit 50 with various different candidate media source lists of the electronic device A according to the weather data, thereby generating weather conditions at the time. In conjunction with the mood mode, the electronic device A can select the linkable address contained in the media source list to access the multimedia content for listening or viewing, and will not be described here.

Referring to FIG. 4, the system 100 of the present invention is distributed in a plurality of the foregoing areas and can be connected to each other through at least one communication network C (wired or wireless). Therefore, in this step S30, The processing unit 60 further determines, by using the area confirmed in the above step S20, the local system 100 or the system 100 that provides the service according to the proximity relationship between the local system 100 and the area where the electronic device A (user) is located, and transmits and receives the system 100 through the foregoing. The retransmission of unit 70 is also a possible implementation whereby the load of each system 100 to provide service to a plurality of electronic devices A (users) can be balanced, but not limited to the examples set forth above.

Another embodiment of the present invention may also provide a machine readable recording medium with a built-in program, including: when the aforementioned machine (for example, the aforementioned media information service system, but not limited thereto) loads the program and executes it (Not shown in the figure), the method as described above can be completed.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a program product, including a program (not shown) executable by the machine (such as the aforementioned media information service system, not shown), when the machine loads the program When executed, the implementation can be performed for the method as described above.

In summary, the media information service system 100 of the present invention and the method thereof (the foregoing system 100 may have multiple and connected to each other through at least one communication network C), and the method mainly includes: at least one memory unit 50, and at least one media content Or/and at least one of the linked addresses (or/and including access shortcuts) or/and at least one IP address or/and its corresponding area or/and at least one use interface (UI) or/and at least one a media source list or/and a media database or/and at least one sensitive subject related to the region (but not limited thereto), the media source list at least recording a link address of at least one media content (by its IP address) The address corresponds to the area or the access shortcut and the like; at least one transceiver unit 70 is connected to the memory unit 50, and the transceiver unit 70 can receive an external electronic device A to link the data transmitted (the The packet of the data includes the IP address of the source, and the information of the area or the area where the external electronic device A is located can be inferred by the IP address and stored in the memory unit 50; at least one processing unit 60 is connected to the memory. single 50 or / and transceiver unit 70, the processing unit 60 can access an external electronic device A when the media information service system 100 is connected (for example, the transceiver unit 70 receives the data transmitted by the external electronic device A) An IP address of one of the Internet Protocol (IP) information and an IP address of the connectable address of the media content, thereby confirming the area where the external electronic device A and the aforementioned media content are located (may be The IP address corresponds to the area in which it is located or/and its corresponding sensitivity theme (the area may correspond to the sensitive subject), and the processing unit 60 may be in accordance with the foregoing external electronic device A and the area of the connection address of the media content. a near-far relationship to adjust the ranking of the list of media sources (to become a list of new media sources) and/or to filter (or exclude, filter) the aforementioned media content (or/and/or It can be linked to the address or/and its access shortcuts to form a new media source list or/and replace the current usage interface (UI) (in other words, the processing unit 60 can access and determine the memory unit 50 or/and The processing unit 60 is configured to use the interface (UI) or/and the media content or/and the media source list or/and the website address list in the media source list to include a sensitive subject corresponding to the area in which the external electronic device A is located. The information about the area of the electronic device A can be accessed to know the corresponding sensitive theme (for example, taboo issues such as race, politics, religion, crime, etc.) to exclude (or filter, filter) the user interface (UI) And/or the list of media sources or/and the website or webpage of the linked address in the media database contains a list of new media sources corresponding to the sensitive subject of the information of the area in which the external electronic device A is located, and may be The processing unit 60 adjusts the sorted new media source list or/and converts its usage interface (UI, for example, language text or/and layout type, etc.) using the interface of the region as described above. The language text may be preset to a common language text corresponding to the area where the electronic device A is located, and the layout type may be preset as, for example, a totem cloth symbolizing the area. , But not limited thereto) provided by the transceiver unit 70 receives the external electronic device A (or retrieve, download).

In addition, the processing unit 60 may determine, according to the IP address of the external electronic device A (in other words, according to the region where the external electronic device A is located), one of the plurality of media information service systems 100 to provide service through the media information service system 100. The transceiver unit 70 is used for forwarding, and the processing unit 60 uses the above-mentioned confirmed area to retrieve weather data measured by the local meteorological unit through the transceiver unit 70 (for example: temperature, humidity, ultraviolet index, yin, sunny or Rain, etc., but not limited thereto, and the processing unit 60 filters out a list of candidate media sources from the media source list according to the weather data (providing different candidate media source lists for different users according to different weather conditions, In this way, a mood mode compatible with the weather conditions at that time is generated, and the electronic device A can select the connectable address contained in the media source list to access the multimedia content to listen or watch, for example, different weathers are different. List of candidate media sources, wet weather, select a list of R&B-related candidate media sources for use Another aspect of the invention (not limited) provides a machine-accessible medium: the machine-accessible medium contains instructions, the instructions being in a When the machine is loaded and executed, the method as described above may be completed, or the present invention provides a program product comprising: a program program executable by the machine, which can perform the method as described above when the machine loads the program.

While the present invention has been described in its preferred embodiments, the present invention is not intended to be limited thereto, and modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of the claims is intended to be included within the scope of the invention and the appended claims, and the scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

A. . . Electronic device

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1 is a block diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention; [FIG. 2] is a schematic flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention; [FIG. 3] is a schematic flowchart (1) of another embodiment of the present invention; and [FIG. 4] A schematic flow chart (2) of another embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (27)

A media information service system comprising: at least one memory unit, wherein a list of media sources is stored, the media source list includes a link address of at least one media content; at least one transceiver unit is coupled to the memory unit and can receive an external The data transmitted by the electronic device; the at least one processing unit is connected to the memory unit, and the processing unit can access the IP address of the data transmitted by the external electronic device and the IP address of the connection address of the media content, thereby And confirming, in the area where the external electronic device and the media content are located, the processing unit sorts the media source list according to a distance relationship between the external electronic device and the media content of the device. For example, the media information service system of claim 1 ］ wherein the sorted media source list is provided by the transceiver unit to provide the external electronic device. For example, ［ the media information service system of claim 1 or 2］ wherein the memory unit stores the IP address and the information corresponding to the aforementioned area. For example, the media information service system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the processing unit converts at least one use interface (UI) stored in the memory unit to provide the external electronic device capture through the transceiver unit. For example, the media information service system of claim 1 or 2］ wherein the media source list includes a plurality of items, and the processing unit is based on the IP address of the external electronic device relative to the link address of the media content. The above-mentioned items are sorted by the distance represented by the IP address. For example, the media information service system of claim 1 or 2］ wherein the system has a plurality of systems and is connected to each other through at least one communication network, and the processing unit is determined according to the IP address of the external electronic device. A media information service system that provides services. For example, the media information service system of claim 1 or 2］ wherein the processing unit uses the above-mentioned confirmed area to retrieve the weather data measured by the local meteorological unit through the transceiver unit, and the processing unit is based on The weather data is filtered by the list of media sources to select a list of candidate media sources. Such as ［ request item 7 ］ media information service system, wherein the weather data is temperature, humidity, ultraviolet index, cloudy, sunny or rain. A media information service system comprising: at least one memory unit, wherein at least one media source list and at least one region-related sensitive theme are stored, the media source list includes at least one media content link address; at least one transceiver The unit is connected to the memory unit and can receive data transmitted by an external electronic device; at least one processing unit is connected to the memory unit, and the processing unit can access the IP address of the data transmitted by the external electronic device to confirm the external unit. And the corresponding sensitive subject of the electronic device, the processing unit filtering the link address of the media content including the sensitive subject in the media source list to form a new media source list. For example, the media information service system of the claim 9］ wherein the new media source list is provided by the transceiver unit to provide the external electronic device. For example, ［ the media information service system of claim 9 or 10］ wherein the memory unit stores the IP address and the information corresponding to the aforementioned area. The media information service system of claim 9 or 10, wherein the processing unit converts at least one user interface (UI) stored in the memory unit to provide the external electronic device by the transceiver unit. For example, the media information service system of claim 9 or 10］ wherein the processing unit uses the above-mentioned confirmed area to retrieve the weather data measured by the local meteorological unit through the transceiver unit, and the processing unit is based on The weather data is filtered by the list of media sources to select a list of candidate media sources. For example, ［ the media information service system of claim 13］ wherein the weather data is temperature, humidity, ultraviolet index, yin, sunny or rain. For example, ［ the media information providing system of claim 9 or 10］ wherein the memory unit stores the information of the IP address and the corresponding area. A media information service method includes the steps of: accessing an IP address of a media content link address of a media source list stored in a memory unit by using a processing unit, and receiving an IP address of the data transmitted by the external electronic device. Determining an area of the external electronic device and the media content; the processing unit sorts the media source list based on a distance relationship between the external electronic device and the location of the media content. For example, the media information service method of the claim 16］ further includes the step of: the processing unit, the processing unit extracts the adjusted media source list by the transceiver unit for the external electronic device. For example, the media information service method of claim 16 or 17］ further includes the step of: converting, by the processing unit, at least one use interface (UI) stored in the memory unit according to the area where the electronic device is located The transceiver unit is for the external electronic device to capture. For example, the media information service method of the claim 18］ further includes the step of: the processing unit prompting whether to convert the use interface (UI) through the transceiver unit. For example, the media information service method of claim 16 or 17］ further includes the steps: the processing unit uses the area of the confirmed external electronic device to capture the regional meteorological unit through at least one transceiver unit. The weather data measured, and the processing unit generates a candidate media source list based on the weather data. Such as ［ request item 20 ］ media information service system, wherein the weather data is temperature, humidity, ultraviolet index, cloudy, sunny or rain. A media information service method includes the steps of: receiving a data transmitted by an external electronic device by using a transceiver unit; and determining, by the processing unit, an area of the external electronic device according to the IP address of the data; the processing unit accessing a memory The unit stores at least one area-related sensitivity theme corresponding to the area where the external electronic device is located, and compares one of the media source lists of the connection address including the at least one media content in the memory unit, and the processing unit filters the foregoing The list of media sources includes a link to the aforementioned media content of the sensitive topic to form a new media source list. For example, the media information service method of the claim 22］ further includes the step of: the foregoing processing unit provides the new media source list through the transceiver unit to provide the external electronic device. For example, the media information service method of claim 22 or 23］ further includes the steps of: converting, by the processing unit, the use interface (UI) stored in the memory unit by a transceiver unit according to the area where the electronic device is located For the external electronic device to capture. For example, the media information service method of the request item 24］ further includes the step of: the foregoing processing unit prompts whether to switch the use interface (UI) through the transceiver unit. A machine readable recording medium for a built-in program, comprising: the method of any one of claims 16 to 25, after the machine is loaded and executed by the aforementioned machine. A media information service program product, comprising: a program program executable by a machine, which can complete the method of any one of claims 16 to 25 when the machine loads the execution of the program.