MULTIMEDIA PLAYING SYSTEM, MULTIMEDIA FILE SHARING METHOD AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160134942A1
• Filed: 03/31/2015
• Published: 05/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ali SPA (Bessemer Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Ali SPA (Bessemer Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Lo, Chun-Pin
• Application Number:
  US14/674,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20160134942A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44227 Monitoring of local network, e.g. connection or bandwidth variations; Detecting new devices in the local network configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; monitoring connectivity in data switched networks H04L43/0811
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists

Abstract

A multimedia playing system, a multimedia file sharing method and a control method are provided. The multimedia playing system includes multimedia playing devices, a server device and a user device. The server device detects the multimedia playing devices in a peripheral geographic area through the first communication standard, and communicates with the user device through a second communication standard. The server device displays the detected multimedia playing devices, a multimedia playlist and one of a multimedia file and a remote control function or a combination thereof obtained from the user device, and takes the user device as a remote controller of the server device, so as to play or execute one of the multimedia file listed in the multimedia playlist and the remote control function through the detected multimedia playing devices.

Claims

1. A multimedia playing system, comprising:

at least one multimedia playing device, complied with a first communication standard;

a server device, detecting the multimedia playing devices in a peripheral geographic area through the first communication standard; and

a user device, communicating with the server device through a second communication standard,

wherein after the user device communicates with the server device, the server device displays the detected multimedia playing devices, a multimedia playlist and one of a multimedia file and a remote control function or a combination thereof obtained from the user device, and takes the user device as a remote controller of the server device, so as to play or execute one of the multimedia file listed in the multimedia playlist and the remote control function through the detected multimedia playing devices.

2. The multimedia playing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each row of the multimedia playlist comprises one of a path of the multimedia file and a function instruction for the multimedia playing devices or a combination thereof, and

the user device further comprises a touch sensing module, and when the user device serves as the remote controller of the server device, the touch sensing module detects a drag and drop operation and transmits a detection result to the server device through the second communication standard, such that one of each row of the displayed multimedia playlist is dragged to the selected multimedia playing device according to the drag and drop operation, and the selected multimedia playing device plays or executes one of the multimedia file in the multimedia playlist and the remote control function.

3. The multimedia playing system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a display module, configured to display the multimedia playing devices detected by the server device and the multimedia playlist obtained from the user device.

4. The multimedia playing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first communication standard is a digital living network alliance (DLNA) standard, and the second communication standard is one of a wireless fidelity (WiFi) standard, a WiFi direct standard, a bluetooth standard and a near field communication (NFC) standard or a combination thereof.

5. The multimedia playing system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a camera module, configured to capture a user image of a user for transmitting to the server device, wherein the server device identifies an identification of the user according to the user image, and

the server device displays a personal interface corresponding to the user or the multimedia playlist according to the identification of the user.

6. The multimedia playing system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the server device applies an augmented reality technique to display the personal interface.

7. A multimedia file sharing method, adapted to a user device, the multimedia file sharing method comprising:

communicating with a server device through a second communication standard, wherein the server device detects at least one multimedia playing device in a peripheral geographic area through a first communication standard;

transmitting a multimedia playlist and a multimedia file to the server device through the second communication standard when communicating with the server device; and

playing the multimedia file listed in the multimedia playlist on the detected multimedia playing devices under control of the server device through the first communication standard.

8. The multimedia file sharing method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the user device further comprises a touch display device,

and the multimedia file sharing method further comprises:

displaying the multimedia playlist and detecting a drag and drop operation by the touch display device, wherein a path of the multimedia file of the multimedia playlist is dragged to one of the multimedia playing devices according to the drag and drop operation, and the multimedia file corresponding to the path of the multimedia file is played in the multimedia playing device.

9. The multimedia file sharing method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first communication standard is a digital living network alliance (DLNA) standard, and the second communication standard is one of a wireless Fidelity (WiFi) standard, a WiFi direct standard, a bluetooth standard and a near field communication (NFC) standard or a combination thereof.

10. The multimedia file sharing method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

capturing a user image of a user and identifying an identification of the user according to the user image; and

displaying a personal interface corresponding to the user or the multimedia playlist according to the identification of the user.

11. The multimedia file sharing method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising using an augmented reality technique to display the personal interface.

12. A control method for multimedia device, adapted to a server device, the control method comprising:

detecting at least one multimedia playing device in a peripheral geographic area through a first communication standard;

communicating with a user device through a second communication standard;

receiving a multimedia playlist and a multimedia file from the user device through the second communication standard when communicating with the user device; and

receiving a drag and drop operation from the user device, so as to play the multimedia file listed in the multimedia playlist by the at least one multimedia playing device corresponding to the drag and drop operation through the first communication standard.