Method and system of media management

• US 20040210561A1
• Filed: 04/16/2003
• Published: 10/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Culture.com Technology Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Culture.com Technology Ltd.
• Inventors: Shen, Te-Chang
• Application Number:
  US10/417,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20040210561A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method and a system of media management are provided, allowing a user at a computer device to be connected to the media management system via Internet and browse media contents. Upon receiving a browsing request from the user, the media management system searches a media menu having a plurality of media classified by common and different stories corresponding to the request, and sends the media menu to the computer device for the user to select. According to a media name and story classification selected by the user, the system searches a corresponding media story file from a media database and sends the file to the computer device to allow the user to browse the file. The system waits for the user who browses the file to send back a review result and computes the level of acceptance for the media and stories thereof according to the review result.

Claims

1. A method of media management which connects an output/input interface to a media management system via a network system, to allow a user located at the output/input network interface to browse contents of desirable media, the method comprising the steps of:

(1) inputting a media browsing request via the user at the output/input interface;

(2) upon receiving the media browsing request from the output/input interface, searching via the media management system from a menu database thereof for a media menu having a plurality of media with common and different story classifications and sending the media menu to the output/input interface for display to allow the user to select;

(3) determining via the media management system if the user inputs a request of browsing different stories to the media menu;

if no, searching via the media management system from a media database thereof stored with a plurality of media related data for a media file corresponding to a media name inputted from the user to the media menu and sending the media file to the output/input interface for display to be accessible for the user;

if yes, searching via the media management system from the menu database for a story classification menu corresponding to the request of browsing different stories from the user and sending the story classification menu to the output/input interface for display to be accessible for the user; and

(4) searching via the media management system from the media database stored with a plurality of story classification related data for a media story file corresponding to a media name and a story classification inputted from the user to the story classification menu and sending the media story file to the output/input interface for display to be accessible for the user.

2. The method of media management of claim 1, wherein the media related data and story classification related data stored in the media database of the media management system are each provided with a favorite level, whereby when the media management system receives media review results from the output/input interface, it computes the favorite level according to a number of people who browse corresponding media or stories and stores the computed favorite level into corresponding media related data or story classification related data.

3. The method of media management of claim 2, wherein the media related data stored in the media database of the media management system are provided with a total number of browser people, a total number of media worth recommended and the favorite level, whereby in the step (3), when the media management system sends the media file to the output/input interface for display, a total number of browser people corresponding to the media file is added by 1, and then, if the user inputs a reviewing request from the output/input interface to the media management system, the media management system finds from the menu database for a content reviewing menu comprising a “

worth recommended”

option, a “

not recommended”

option and a “

no comment”

option and sends the content reviewing menu to the output/input interface for the user to input a review result;

if the review result from the user is “

no comment”

, the total number of browser people is subtracted by 1;

if the review result from by the user is “

worth recommended”

, a total number of media worth recommended corresponding to the media file is added by 1;

then, the computed total number of browser people or total number of media worth recommended is stored in corresponding media related data, and a corresponding favorite level is calculated according to a ratio of the total number of browser people and the total number of media worth recommended and stored in the media related data.

4. The method of media management of claim 2, wherein the story classification related data stored in the media database of the media management system are provided with a total number of browser people, a total number of media worth recommended and the favorite level, whereby in the step (4), when the media management system sends the media story file to the output/input interface for display, a total number of browser people corresponding to the media story file is added by 1, and then if the user inputs a reviewing request from the output/input interface to the media management system, the media management system finds from the menu database for a content reviewing menu comprising a “

worth recommended”

option, a “

not recommended”

option, and a “

no comment”

option and sends the content reviewing menu to the output/input interface for the user to input a review result;

if the review result from the user is “

no comment”

, the total number of browser people is subtracted by 1;

if the review result from the user is “

worth recommended”

, a total number of media worth recommended corresponding to the media story file is added by 1;

then the computed total number of browser people or total number of media worth recommended is stored in corresponding story classification related data, and a corresponding favorite level is calculated according to a ratio of the total number of browser people and the total number of media worth recommended and stored in the story classification related data.

5. The method of media management of claim 1, wherein the media database of the media management system further stores a plurality of story ending classification related data having a plurality of media story ending files that correspond to media names and story classifications of the story classification related data, such that users who are not satisfied with story endings of particular media are able to browse other story endings in sequence until finding a satisfactory story ending.

6. The method of media management of claim 1, wherein the output/input interface is a computer device or a portable electronic device.

7. The method of media management of claim 6, wherein the portable electronic device is a personal digital assistant (PDA).

8. The method of media management of claim 1, wherein the network system is Internet.

9. The method of media management of claim 6, wherein the device comprises a browser for allowing the user to input requests thereto and displaying the menu, media file and media story file from the media management system.

10. The method of media management of claim 1, wherein the media include book or movie contents.

11. The method of media management of claim 1, wherein the media management system is constructed in a web server.

12. A media management system for allowing a user to download or browse media resources provided by the media management system with a network connection being established between the user located at an output/input interface and the media management system via a network system, the media management system comprising:

a menu database for storing a plurality of menu data;

a receiving/transmitting process module for receiving a request from the output/input interface and for searching a menu from the menu database corresponding to the request and sending the menu to the output/input interface;

a media database for storing a plurality of media related data and a plurality of story classification related data, wherein the media related data comprise media names and media files corresponding to the media names, and the story classification related data comprise media index codes corresponding to the media names and media story files having story classification indexes and corresponding to the media index codes; and

a searching module for searching a media file from the media database corresponding to a media name inputted from the output/input interface and received by the receiving/transmitting process module, to allow the user at the output/input interface to access the media file; and

when the receiving/transmitting process module receives a request of browsing different stories from the output/input interface, having the searching module find a media story file from the media database corresponding to a media name and a story classification in the request, to allow the user at the output/input interface to access the media story file.

13. The media management system of claim 12, wherein the media management system further comprises a computing process module, and the media related data and story classification related data stored in the media database are each provided with a favorite level, so as to allow the computing process module to compute a favorite level according to a number of people who browse corresponding media and media review results that are inputted from the output/input interface and received by the receiving/transmitting process module, the computed favorite level being stored in the media database.

14. The media management system of claim 12, wherein the media database further stores a plurality of story ending classification related data having a plurality of media story ending files that correspond to media names and story classifications of the story classification related data, such that users who are not satisfied with story endings of particular media are able to browse other story endings in sequence until finding a satisfactory story ending.

15. The media management system of claim 12, wherein the output/input interface is a computer device or a portable electronic device.

16. The media management system of claim 15, wherein the portable electronic device is a personal digital assistant (PDA).

17. The media management system of claim 12, wherein the network system is Internet.

18. The media management system of claim 15, wherein the device comprises a browser for allowing the user to input requests thereto and displaying the menu, media file and media story file from the media management system.

19. The media management system of claim 12, wherein the media include book or movie contents.

20. The media management system of claim 12, wherein the media management system is constructed in a web server.