System and method for acquiring and adding data on the playing of elements or multimedia files
First Claim
1. A system for acquiring and adding data on the playing of elements or multimedia files comprising:
- a plurality of digital devices suitable for accessing or playing said multimedia files, each one of them having installed an identification-characterization program suitable for at east identifying and counting the number of complete or partial plays of each one of said files and which device they have been played in,at least one acquiring and storing device, communicated with each one of said digital devices for at least receiving the data from each one of said identification-characterization programs,said identification-characterization program being suitable for counting said plays at least in a direct and/or weighted manner taking into account a weight assigned to each digital device or user, said weight having been assigned according to the total number of files available in each digital device or available to each user.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system and method for acquiring and aggregating information relating to the reproduction of multimedia files or elements in a database, said data including information relating to the number of multimedia file or element reproductions. The inventive system comprises a plurality of digital devices which can access and reproduce multimedia files and an acquisition and storage device which communicates with each of the digital devices in order to receive data from each of the identification/characterisation programs, such that said identification/characterisation program can count the reproductions at least in a direct and/or weighted manner.
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1. A system for acquiring and adding data on the playing of elements or multimedia files comprising:
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a plurality of digital devices suitable for accessing or playing said multimedia files, each one of them having installed an identification-characterization program suitable for at east identifying and counting the number of complete or partial plays of each one of said files and which device they have been played in, at least one acquiring and storing device, communicated with each one of said digital devices for at least receiving the data from each one of said identification-characterization programs, said identification-characterization program being suitable for counting said plays at least in a direct and/or weighted manner taking into account a weight assigned to each digital device or user, said weight having been assigned according to the total number of files available in each digital device or available to each user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19)
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13. A method for acquiring and adding data on the playing of elements or multimedia files comprising:
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a) accessing and playing said multimedia files by each one of a plurality of digital devices, b) counting the number of plays of each one of said multimedia files in each digital device, at least in a direct and/or weighted manner assigning a value of weight or importance to each digital device or to each user according to the number of multimedia files available in each digital device or available to each user, and c) sending at least the results of said counts to at least one remote acquiring and storing device communicated with each one of said devices. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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