Method and system for issuing media information

• US 10,448,124 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Tang, Xiliu, Yi, Jie, Chen, Zuowei, Li, Jiliang
• Primary Examiner(s): Peng, Hsiungfei
• Assistant Examiner(s): Peng, Fred
• Application Number:
  US15/944,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20180227647A1
• Time in Patent Office: 560 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0276 Advertisement creation
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/06 Arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/73 using meta-information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and system for issuing media information, including: obtaining a listing of changed media information that is in an unprocessed state, including identification information of a target changed field for pre-configured target media information, and original field content information and new field content information of the target changed field for the pre-configured target media information; updating the pre-configured target media information based on the new field content information of the target changed field; receiving a request for the pre-configured target media information from a media subscription client; and in response to receiving the request for the pre-configured target media, issuing the updated pre-configured target media information to a media subscription client, wherein the media subscription client displays the updated pre-configured target media information in lieu of the pre-configured target media information.

Claims

1. A method for issuing media information, wherein the media information is advertisement data, the method comprising:

at a server comprising one or more processors and memory;

receiving a media information update request from a content provider associated with pre-configured target media information, the media information update request specifying identification information of a target changed field for the pre-configured target media information, and original field content information and new field content information of the target changed field for the pre-configured target media information;

generating, from a content database associated with the server, a listing of changed media information in an unprocessed state based on the media information update request received from the content provider, wherein the content database has a plurality of tables for storing the changed media information;

obtaining a serial number for the listing of changed media information from a serial number generator, wherein the serial number generator generates the serial number for each newly received media information update request by incrementing on a respective serial number generated for a historic media information update request that immediately preceded said each newly received media information update request;

assigning the obtained serial number to the listing of changed media information;

updating the pre-configured target media information based on the new field content information of the target changed field, including;

generating, using pre-programmed media information generation logic within the memory of the server, the pre-configured target media information in accordance with pre-stored field content information within the content database;

in accordance with the listing of change media information, identifying, within a respective table of the content database, the original field content information of the target changed field in the pre-configured target media information that has been generated;

in accordance with the listing of changed media information, replacing the original field content information of the target changed field in the pre-configured target media information that has been generated with the new field content information of the target changed field;

receiving a request for the pre-configured target media information from a media subscription client; and

in response to receiving the request for the pre-configured target media information, issuing the updated pre-configured target media information to a media subscription client, wherein the media subscription client displays the updated pre-configured target media information in lieu of the pre-configured target media information.

2. The method according to claim 1, including:

prior to updating the pre-configured target media information based on the new field content information of the target changed field;

retrieving a currently recorded maximum serial number that corresponds to a respective listing of media information changes that has been processed; and

determining that the listing of changed media information is in the unprocessed state in accordance with a determination that the serial number of the listing of changed media information is greater than a currently recorded maximum serial number.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the listing of changed media information further comprises identification information of a new target field for the pre-configured target media information, wherein the new target field does not exist in the pre-configured target media information, and wherein the listing of changed media information further includes field content information of the new target field.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the listing of changed media information further comprises identification information for a location of the new target field in the updated pre-configured target media.

5. The method according to claim 4, including:

further updating the pre-configured target media information based on the field content information of the new target field, including;

after the pre-configured target media information has been generated in accordance with the pre-stored field content information and the pre-programmed media information generation logic for the pre-configured target media information, inserting the field content information of the new target field at the location in the updated pre-configured target media in accordance with the identification information for the location of the new target field in the pre-configured target media information that has been generated and updated.

6. A server for issuing media information, wherein the media information is advertisement data, the server comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving a media information update request from a content provider associated with pre-configured target media information, the media information update request specifying identification information of a target changed field for the pre-configured target media information, and original field content information and new field content information of the target changed field for the pre-configured target media information;

generating, from a content database associated with the server, a listing of changed media information in an unprocessed state based on the media information update request received from the content provider, wherein the content database has a plurality of tables for storing the changed media information;

obtaining a serial number for the listing of changed media information from a serial number generator, wherein the serial number generator generates the serial number for each newly received media information update request by incrementing on a respective serial number generated for a historic media information update request that immediately preceded said each newly received media information update request;

assigning the obtained serial number to the listing of changed media information;

updating the pre-configured target media information based on the new field content information of the target changed field, including;

generating, using pre-programmed media information generation logic within the memory of the server, the pre-configured target media information in accordance with pre-stored field content information within the content database;

in accordance with the listing of change media information, identifying, within a respective table of the content database, the original field content information of the target changed field in the pre-configured target media information that has been generated;

in accordance with the listing of changed media information, replacing the original field content information of the target changed field in the pre-configured target media information that has been generated with the new field content information of the target changed field;

receiving a request for the pre-configured target media information from a media subscription client; and

in response to receiving the request for the pre-configured target media information, issuing the updated pre-configured target media information to a media subscription client, wherein the media subscription client displays the updated pre-configured target media information in lieu of the pre-configured target media information.

7. The server according to claim 6, wherein the operations further include:

prior to updating the pre-configured target media information based on the new field content information of the target changed field;

retrieving a currently recorded maximum serial number that corresponds to a respective listing of media information changes that has been processed; and

determining that the listing of changed media information is in the unprocessed state in accordance with a determination that the serial number of the listing of changed media information is greater than a currently recorded maximum serial number.

8. The server according to claim 6, wherein the listing of changed media information further comprises identification information of a new target field for the pre-configured target media information, wherein the new target field does not exist in the pre-configured target media information, and wherein the listing of changed media information further includes field content information of the new target field.

9. The server according to claim 6, wherein the listing of changed media information further comprises identification information for a location of the new target field in the updated pre-configured target media.

10. The server according to claim 9, wherein the operations include:

further updating the pre-configured target media information based on the field content information of the new target field, including;

after the pre-configured target media information has been generated in accordance with the pre-stored field content information and the pre-programmed media information generation logic for the pre-configured target media information, inserting the field content information of the new target field at the location in the updated pre-configured target media in accordance with the identification information for the location of the new target field in the pre-configured target media information that has been generated and updated.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for issuing media information, wherein the media information is advertisement data, storing instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving a media information update request from a content provider associated with pre-configured target media information, the media information update request specifying identification information of a target changed field for the pre-configured target media information, and original field content information and new field content information of the target changed field for the pre-configured target media information;

generating, from a content database associated with the server, a listing of changed media information in an unprocessed state based on the media information update request received from the content provider, wherein the content database has a plurality of tables for storing the changed media information;

obtaining a serial number for the listing of changed media information from a serial number generator, wherein the serial number generator generates the serial number for each newly received media information update request by incrementing on a respective serial number generated for a historic media information update request that immediately preceded said each newly received media information update request;

assigning the obtained serial number to the listing of changed media information;

updating the pre-configured target media information based on the new field content information of the target changed field, including;

generating, using pre-programmed media information generation logic within the memory of the server, the pre-configured target media information in accordance with pre-stored field content information within the content database;

in accordance with the listing of change media information, identifying, within a respective table of the content database, the original field content information of the target changed field in the pre-configured target media information that has been generated;

in accordance with the listing of changed media information, replacing the original field content information of the target changed field in the pre-configured target media information that has been generated with the new field content information of the target changed field;

receiving a request for the pre-configured target media information from a media subscription client; and

in response to receiving the request for the pre-configured target media information, issuing the updated pre-configured target media information to a media subscription client, wherein the media subscription client displays the updated pre-configured target media information in lieu of the pre-configured target media information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the operations further include:

prior to updating the pre-configured target media information based on the new field content information of the target changed field;

retrieving a currently recorded maximum serial number that corresponds to a respective listing of media information changes that has been processed; and

determining that the listing of changed media information is in the unprocessed state in accordance with a determination that the serial number of the listing of changed media information is greater than a currently recorded maximum serial number.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the listing of changed media information further comprises identification information of a new target field for the pre-configured target media information, wherein the new target field does not exist in the pre-configured target media information, and wherein the listing of changed media information further includes field content information of the new target field.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the listing of changed media information further comprises identification information for a location of the new target field in the updated pre-configured target media.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14, wherein the operations include:

further updating the pre-configured target media information based on the field content information of the new target field, including;

after the pre-configured target media information has been generated in accordance with the pre-stored field content information and the pre-programmed media information generation logic for the pre-configured target media information, inserting the field content information of the new target field at the location in the updated pre-configured target media in accordance with the identification information for the location of the new target field in the pre-configured target media information that has been generated and updated.