SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PLAY-LIST

• US 20060294131A1
• Filed: 04/24/2006
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hsieh, Kuan-Hong, Li, Bing, Li, Xiao-Guang, Pan, Zai-An
• Application Number:
  US11/308,707
• Publication Number:
  US 20060294131A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for generating a play-list of media files, includes the steps of: setting a weight field in the tag for storing a weighted value of the media file; receiving a control command in course of playing a media file; increasing the weighted value in the weight field of the media file if the control command is for replaying the media file; decreasing the weighted value in the weight field of the media file if the control command is for skipping the media file; receiving a control command being for generating a play-list; and generating the play-list of the media files according to the weighted values thereof in response to the control command. The present invention also provides a system for generating the play-list. The present invention makes the play-list more suitable to the user'"'"'s favors.

Claims

1. A method for generating a play-list of media files, each of the media files comprising a tag for holding basic information about the media file, the method comprising the steps of:

setting a weight field in the tag for storing a weighted value of the media file;

receiving a control command in course of playing a media file;

increasing the weighted value in the weight field of the media file by a first predetermined value if the control command is for replaying the media file;

decreasing the weighted value in the weight field of the media file by a second predetermined value if the control command is for skipping the media file;

receiving and responding to a control command being for generating a play-list;

obtaining the weighted value in the weight field of each media file from the weight field thereof; and

generating the play-list of the media files according to the weighted values thereof.

2. The method for generating a play-list according to claim 1, wherein the step of generating the play-list of the media files further comprises:

rearranging all the media files according to the weighted values, thereby generating the play-list therefrom.

3. The method for generating a play-list according to claim 1, wherein the step of generating the play-list of the media files further comprises:

rearranging all the media files according to the weighted values in descending order, selecting a plurality of media files from the media file with a greatest weighted value, thereby generating the play-list therefrom.

4. The method for generating a play-list according to claim 1, wherein the step of generating the play-list of the media files further comprises:

selecting a plurality of media files each of which has a weighted value being greater than a predetermined value, thereby generating the play-list therefrom.

5. The method for generating a play-list according to claim 1, wherein the step of generating the play-list of the media files further comprises:

rearranging all the media files based on the weighted values in descending order, selecting a predetermined amount of media files on the top of the ordered list, thereby generating another play-list therefrom.

6. The method for generating a play-list according to claim 1, wherein the step of decreasing the weighted value in the weight field of the media file further comprises:

obtaining an amount of frames having been played and a total amount of frames the media file has;

dividing the amount of frames having been played by the total amount of frames the media file has to obtain a percentage;

determining a percentage range to which the obtained percentage belongs; and

decreasing the weighted value in the weight field of the media file by one of the second predetermined values corresponding to the percentage range to which the obtained percentage belongs.

7. The method for generating a play-list according to claim 6, wherein the first predetermined value can be adjusted.

8. The method for generating a play-list according to claim 6, wherein the second predetermined values can be adjusted, which respectively indicate the user'"'"'s annoying level on a given media file.

9. The method for generating a play-list according to claim 6, wherein the amount of the percentage ranges may vary, which can be preset and adjusted.

10. The method for generating a play-list according to claim 6, wherein if the obtained percentage is less than a third predetermined value, maintaining the weighted value in the weighted value of the media file.

11. The method for generating a play-list according to claim 6, wherein if the obtained percentage is more than a fourth predetermined value, maintaining the weighted value in the weighted value of the media file.

12. A system for generating a play-list of media files, each of the media files comprising a tag for holding basic information about the media files, the system comprising:

a data storage unit for storing the media files, wherein the tag of each media file comprises a weight field for storing a weighted value thereof;

an input unit for generating commands in response to operations of a user;

a control unit for identifying the commands and performing corresponding control commands, wherein the control commands comprises a play-list generation control command; and

a file management unit, for receiving a control command in course of playing a media file, increasing the weighted value in the weight field of the media file by a first predetermined value if the control command is for replaying the media file, decreasing the weighted value in the weight field of the media file if the control command is for skipping the media file, receiving and responding to the play-list generation control command;

obtaining the weighted value in the weight field of each media file from the weight field thereof; and

generating the play-list of the media files according to the weighted values thereof.

13. The system for generating a play-list according to claim 12, wherein the file management unit further rearranges all the media files stored in the data storage unit according to the weighted values, thereby generating the play-list therefrom.

14. The system for generating a play-list according to claim 12, wherein the file management unit further rearranges all the media files stored in the data storage unit according to the weighted values in descending order, selecting a plurality of media files from the media file with a weighted value greater than a predetermined value, thereby generating the play-list therefrom.

15. The system for generating a play-list according to claim 12, wherein the file management unit further selects a plurality of media files each of which has a weighted value being greater than a predetermined value, thereby generating the play-list therefrom.

16. The system for generating a play-list according to claim 12, wherein the file management unit further rearranges all the media files based on the weighted values in descending order, selects a predetermined amount of media files on the top of the ordered list, thereby generates another play-list therefrom.