CN108804694B

CN108804694B - Automatic scheduling method, equipment and system for film

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Publication number: CN108804694B
Application number: CN201810619483.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林晓飞; 戴达钧
Original assignee: Cfgdc Beijing Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Cfgdc Beijing Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2018-06-12
Filing date: 2018-06-12
Publication date: 2021-03-19
Anticipated expiration: 2038-06-12
Also published as: CN108804694A

Abstract

The application discloses a method, equipment and a system for automatically scheduling films. The theater management system TMS regularly acquires the film codes, the basic information and the showing time of the films to be scheduled from the ticketing system, and acquires the corresponding relation between the film codes of all the films in the schedule and the combined play list CPL from a network operation center; obtaining the unique CPL corresponding to the film code from the corresponding relation according to the film code and the basic information of the film to be scheduled; generating a cinema play list SPL according to a preset advertisement template and the only CPL of the film to be scheduled; and obtaining the schedule of the film to be scheduled according to the SPL and the showing time. Because a large amount of complicated operations do not need to be manually executed, the TMS can automatically screen out the only CPL corresponding to the film code according to the matching relation between the basic information of the film to be scheduled and the CPL, thereby effectively reducing the workload of a projectionist and improving the scheduling speed of the film. In addition, the TMS regularly and automatically schedules the film, and compared with the prior art, the method has higher real-time performance.

Description

Automatic scheduling method, equipment and system for film

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of electronic information technologies, and in particular, to a method, a device, and a system for automatically scheduling a movie.

Background

Before a movie is played in a cinema, a theater player usually needs to generate a cinema play list (hereinafter referred to as SPL) corresponding to the movie according to movie playing information (such as movie codes, playing time, etc.), a Composition play list (hereinafter referred to as CPL) and an advertisement list in a ticketing system (hereinafter referred to as Point of Sales, POS). The projection server in the studio then projects the commercials and movies according to the movie schedule generated from the SPL.

CPL describes synthesized elements of a subtitle file, an audio file, and the like of a movie. Since the same movie may have multiple subtitles and multiple audio language types, it corresponds to multiple subtitle files and multiple audio files, and therefore, the same movie corresponds to multiple CPLs. The SPL is generated according to the only CPL of a movie at a certain showing time, so that before the SPL is generated, a Theater Management System (TMS) needs a exhibitor to manually determine the only corresponding CPL for the version of the movie to be shown, which is very complicated in process and easy to make mistakes.

Therefore, in order to obtain the film scheduling, the TMS needs a lot of complicated operations performed manually by the projectionist, which is very labor-consuming and affects the accuracy of the operations. In addition, the manual film scheduling method has low efficiency and low speed, and if the film showing plan of the POS changes, the normal showing of the film is also affected by the too low speed of the TMS synchronization new scheduling, so the real-time performance of the method is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problems in the prior art, the application provides a method, a device and a system for automatically scheduling a film, which can efficiently schedule the film without requiring a projectionist to manually perform complicated operations.

The technical scheme for solving the technical problem is as follows:

in a first aspect, the present application provides a method for automatically scheduling movies, including:

the method comprises the steps that a cinema management system TMS regularly obtains film codes, basic information and showing time of a film to be scheduled from a ticket selling system POS;

the TMS acquires the corresponding relation between the film codes of all films in the file and the CPL from a network operation center NOC, and the film code of each film corresponds to a plurality of CPLs;

the TMS obtains the unique CPL corresponding to the film code of the film to be scheduled from the corresponding relation according to the film code and the basic information of the film to be scheduled;

the TMS generates a cinema play list SPL according to the preset advertisement template of the to-be-scheduled film and the unique CPL;

and the TMS obtains the schedule of the film to be scheduled according to the SPL and the showing time.

Optionally, the preset advertisement template includes a commercial advertisement template and a local advertisement module;

the method further comprises the following steps:

the TMS receives from the NOC the commercial modules of the to-be-scheduled movies.

Optionally, the method further includes: and when the TMS obtains the showing time of the film to be scheduled from the POS and changes, obtaining the new scheduling of the film to be scheduled by using the new showing time and the SPL, and deleting the scheduling before the film to be scheduled.

Optionally, the method further includes:

when the TMS obtains the film code corresponding to the showing time from the POS and changes, a new unique CPL is obtained from the corresponding relation by using the basic information corresponding to the new film code;

generating a new SPL by utilizing the new unique CPL and a new preset advertisement module; the new preset advertisement module is a preset advertisement module corresponding to the new film code;

and obtaining a new schedule by using the new SPL and the showing time, and deleting the corresponding schedule before the showing time.

Optionally, the preset advertisement templates corresponding to different movie halls are different, and the preset advertisement templates corresponding to different time are different.

Optionally, the basic information of the to-be-scheduled movie at least includes: subtitles, presentation language type, and audio format.

In a second aspect, the present application provides an automatic scheduling apparatus for a movie, the apparatus comprising:

the system comprises a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit and a display unit, wherein the first acquisition unit is used for periodically acquiring the film codes, the basic information and the showing time of a film to be scheduled from a POS (point of sale) of a ticketing system;

the second acquisition unit is used for acquiring the corresponding relation between the film codes of all films in the file and the combined play lists CPL from the network operation center NOC, wherein the film code of each film corresponds to a plurality of CPLs;

a third obtaining unit, configured to obtain, from the correspondence, a unique CPL corresponding to the movie code of the movie to be scheduled according to the movie code and the basic information of the movie to be scheduled;

the first generation unit is used for generating a cinema play list SPL according to the preset advertisement template of the film to be scheduled and the unique CPL;

and the fourth acquisition unit is used for acquiring the schedule of the film to be scheduled according to the SPL and the showing time.

the apparatus further comprises:

a receiving unit for receiving the commercial module of the to-be-scheduled movie from the NOC.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

and the first updating unit is used for obtaining a new schedule of the film to be scheduled by using the new showing time and the SPL and deleting the schedule before the film to be scheduled when the showing time of the film to be scheduled obtained from the POS by the first obtaining unit changes.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

a fifth obtaining unit, configured to obtain a new unique CPL from the corresponding relationship by using basic information corresponding to a new film code when the film code corresponding to the showing time obtained by the first obtaining unit changes from the POS;

the second generating unit is used for generating a new SPL by utilizing the new unique CPL and a preset advertisement module;

and the second updating unit is used for obtaining a new schedule by using the new SPL and the showing time and deleting the corresponding schedule before the showing time.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a theater management system for acquiring a film code, basic information and showing time of a film to be scheduled from a ticketing system POS; acquiring the corresponding relation between the film codes of all films in the file and the combined play lists CPL from a network operation center NOC, wherein the film code of each film corresponds to a plurality of CPLs; obtaining the unique CPL corresponding to the film code of the film to be scheduled from the corresponding relation according to the film code and the basic information of the film to be scheduled; generating a cinema play list SPL according to the preset advertisement template of the to-be-scheduled film and the unique CPL; and obtaining the schedule of the film to be scheduled according to the SPL and the showing time.

Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantages that:

in the application, the theater management system TMS periodically obtains the film codes, the basic information and the showing time of the film to be scheduled from the ticketing system POS, and obtains the corresponding relationship between the film codes of all the films in the schedule and the combined playlist CPL from the network operation center NOC. Although each movie code corresponds to a plurality of CPLs in the correspondence obtained by the TMS from the NOC, the TMS can determine the unique CPL corresponding to the movie code according to the basic information of the movie to be scheduled. Only one CPL in a plurality of CPLs corresponding to the film to be scheduled completely accords with the basic information of the film to be scheduled, and the TMS generates a cinema play list SPL according to a preset advertisement template and the only CPL of the film to be scheduled; and the TMS obtains the schedule of the film to be scheduled according to the SPL and the showing time.

Therefore, the automatic film scheduling method provided by the application does not need to manually execute a large amount of complicated operations, and the TMS can automatically screen out the only CPL corresponding to the film code according to the matching relationship between the basic information of the film to be scheduled and the CPL. Therefore, the method can effectively reduce the workload of the projectionist and improve the film scheduling speed. In addition, because the film coding, the basic information and the showing time of the film to be scheduled are periodically acquired by the TMS from the POS, and the TMS can periodically acquire the scheduling of the film to be scheduled for issuing to the showing server, the automatic scheduling method of the film has high real-time performance.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments described in the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an automatic scheduling method for movies according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of an application scenario provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of another automatic movie scheduling method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart illustrating another automatic movie scheduling method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an automatic movie scheduling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions of the present application better understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

In the prior art, in order to implement the scheduling of a movie, the TMS needs to generate an SPL corresponding to the movie. However, the SPL generation requires a lot of complicated operations performed by the exhibitor to determine the correspondence between the movie presentation information, the CPL, and the advertisement list, and then generates the SPL corresponding to the movie presentation time from the movie presentation information, the CPL, and the advertisement list corresponding to each other. The film scheduling mode causes heavy burden of manual operation of the projectionist, and the work efficiency and the accuracy of the projectionist are seriously influenced. In addition, the film scheduling speed is slow, and the change of film showing information in a ticketing system is difficult to adapt, so that the real-time performance of the showing server for obtaining the film scheduling is poor.

In order to solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present application provides an automatic scheduling method for movies. A method for automatically scheduling movies according to an embodiment of the present application is described in detail below with reference to fig. 1 and fig. 2. Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for automatically scheduling movies according to an embodiment of the present application, where the method is applicable to the scenario illustrated in fig. 2.

The automatic scheduling method for the movies comprises the following steps:

s101: the theater management system TMS periodically obtains the film coding, the basic information and the showing time of the film to be scheduled from the ticketing system POS.

For the convenience of understanding the present solution, reference may be made to the application scenario shown in fig. 2. In this application scenario, the theater management system TMS201 is connected to the ticketing system POS202, the network operation center NOC203, and the showing server 204, respectively.

The POS202, as a computer software system for implementing cinema ticketing management, can provide the TMS201 with the film showing information in the film showing plan, including the film coding, basic information, showing time, and the like of the film to be scheduled. TMS201 obtains the film showing information from POS202 and uses the film coding, basic information, showing time, etc. therein as the basis for automatic scheduling of the film.

The film coding is a code issued by the national central office of radio and television for a film, and is also called a film ranking number, and different film codes respectively identify different films.

The basic information of the movie includes at least: subtitles, presentation language type, and audio format. Theaters may have multiple options for showing subtitles for the same movie, such as: chinese captions, Chinese-English bilingual captions, etc.; there are many options available for the type of presentation language for the same movie, for example: national languages, english, cantonese, etc. Theaters typically choose to show versions of the film in different subtitles, different presentation language types, to cater to different viewing populations. For example, when a movie a produced by hong kong is shown in a movie theater in Guangdong province, a movie a synthesized from a Guangdong audio file and a traditional Chinese and English bilingual subtitle file can be shown; when a film A produced by hong Kong is shown in a cinema in Beijing, the film A synthesized by a national language audio file and a simplified Chinese and English bilingual subtitle file can be shown. Therefore, the basic information of the movie provided by the POS202 puts requirements on the caption and the type of language of the presentation at the time of the movie presentation.

The audio processor performance of different movie halls may differ, and the audio format in the movie elementary information puts requirements on the movie audio processor performance, such as DTS5.1, DTS7.1, Atmos, etc. For processors that can process audio files in the DTS7.1 format, audio files in the DTS5.1 format can be processed as well.

The show time of the film provided by POS202 is within the show period of the film. The showing time may be a starting showing time point and an ending showing time point of a film on a certain day of a project, or a starting showing time point and a showing time length of the film.

In this step, the TMS201 may scan and obtain information such as a film code, basic information, and showing time of a film to be scheduled from the ticketing system POS202 according to a preset frequency or a preset time. For example, the information acquisition frequency is preset once every five minutes, or the information acquisition time is preset to 9:00, 9:10, 9:20, 9:30, 9:40 … …, or the like, per day.

S102: the TMS obtains from the network operations center NOC the correspondence between the film codes of all the films in the profile and the combined playlist CPL.

This step can be referred to the application scenario shown in fig. 2. In this scenario, the network operations center NOC203 is responsible for data management of all the relevant equipment of the cinema. The NOC203 and the TMS201 have a communication interface therebetween, supporting network connectivity with the TMS 201. The correspondence of the film code of the movie and the composite playlist CPL is collectively managed by the NOC 203.

The CPL describes a movie name, a movie rating, and the like, and also describes track files such as images, audio files, subtitle files, and the like constituting a synthesized movie, and the playback order and combination manner of the track files. Each CPL and a plurality of images, audio files, and subtitle files constitute a composite version of the movie.

Since there may be multiple subtitles and multiple audio language types for the same movie, correspondingly, the same movie may have a movie presentation version made up of multiple subtitle files, audio files, and so on. Therefore, in the correspondence relationship between the film codes and the CPLs acquired by the TMS201 from the NOC203, the film code of each film corresponds to a plurality of CPLs, and the CPLs corresponding to the same film code respectively describe different showing versions of the film. As an example, the movie code 051200282012 corresponds to a first CPL and a second CPL. Wherein, the first CPL describes the film name of the film code 051200282012 as "tatanik number", the audio file forming the first showing version of the film is of the national language type, the audio format is DTS5.1, and the subtitles are chinese subtitles; the second CPL describes the film name of film code 051200282012 as "tatanik number," and the audio file that constitutes the second projected version of the film is of the english language type, the audio format is Atmos, and the subtitles are chinese-english bilingual subtitles.

S103: and the TMS obtains the unique CPL corresponding to the film code of the film to be scheduled from the corresponding relation according to the film code and the basic information of the film to be scheduled.

As can be seen from step 102, the correspondence between the film code of each movie and the combined playlist CPL obtained by the TMS201 from the NOC203 in the schedule is a one-to-many relationship, and the version of the movie to be scheduled cannot be known according to the CPLs corresponding to the film codes of the movies to be scheduled obtained in step 102. Since the TMS201 specifically describes the subtitles, the showing language type and the audio format of the to-be-scheduled movie in the to-be-scheduled movie basic information acquired from the POS202 in step 101, the TMS201 can screen the unique CPL corresponding to the movie code from the corresponding relationship by using the basic information of the to-be-scheduled movie.

For ease of understanding, the following is exemplified. As an example, the movie of the to-be-scheduled movie is coded as 051200282012, and its basic information includes: Chinese-English bilingual subtitles, English projection and audio format Atmos. The TMS201 obtains the movie code 051200282012 from the NOC203, which corresponds to the first CPL and the second CPL, wherein only the second CPL completely conforms to the basic information of the movie, and the subtitles of the movie version described by the first CPL, the language type of the audio file, and the audio format do not conform to the basic information of the movie to be scheduled. Therefore, the TMS201 can use the basic information of the movie to be scheduled to screen the second CPL from the correspondence relationship between the movie codes and the CPLs as the unique CPL corresponding to the movie code 051200282012.

S104: and the TMS generates a cinema play list SPL according to the preset advertisement template of the film to be scheduled and the unique CPL.

The preset advertisement templates of the to-be-scheduled movie may include a commercial template and a local advertisement template. The advertisements covered in the preset advertisement template of the film to be scheduled can be used for playing within ten minutes before the film to be scheduled is shown.

A commercial template may be obtained by TMS201 from NOC203, where the commercial template includes a list of one or more commercials, where the list includes the name or logo of the one or more commercials, and the show time of each commercial. Commercial advertisements are advertisements for profit purposes, and can be automobile advertisements, jewelry advertisements, other film propaganda advertisements, and the like.

The local ad templates are stored locally on the TMS 201. The local advertisement template comprises a local advertisement list consisting of one or more local advertisements, wherein the list comprises the names or identifications of the one or more local advertisements, the showing time of each local advertisement and other information. The local advertisement may be a non-commercial advertisement such as a public service advertisement.

In the movie automatic scheduling method provided by the embodiment of the present application, TMS201 interacts with show server 204 of the movie theater through theater playlist SPL. In this step, the TMS201 may generate an SPL of the movie to be scheduled according to a preset advertisement template of the movie to be scheduled and the unique CPL corresponding to the movie code. The SPL contains pre-show advertisement information of the to-be-scheduled film, such as advertisement content in the advertisement list, advertisement showing time, and the like, and also contains showing version information of the to-be-scheduled film. The presentation version information may identify the only presentation version that TMS201 screened from the basic information of the movie to be scheduled. The SPL containing the presentation version information coincides with the basic information of the movie to be scheduled.

S105: and the TMS obtains the schedule of the film to be scheduled according to the SPL and the showing time.

And the TMS201 obtains the schedule of the film to be scheduled according to the SPL and the showing time of the film to be scheduled. Furthermore, after the TMS201 issues the schedule of the to-be-scheduled film to the showing server 204, the showing time of the to-be-scheduled film in the schedule acquired by the showing server 204 is consistent with the film showing plan of the POS, and the showing version information of the to-be-scheduled film is consistent with the film showing plan of the POS, so that the schedule synchronization of the showing server and the POS is realized.

The above is a method for automatically scheduling movies in the system of the embodiment of the present application. The method comprises the steps that a cinema management system TMS regularly obtains the film codes, the basic information and the showing time of a film to be scheduled from a ticket selling system POS, and obtains the corresponding relation between the film codes of all the films in a schedule and a combined play list CPL from a network operation center NOC. Although each movie code corresponds to a plurality of CPLs in the correspondence obtained by the TMS from the NOC, the TMS can determine the unique CPL corresponding to the movie code according to the basic information of the movie to be scheduled. Only one CPL in a plurality of CPLs corresponding to the film to be scheduled completely accords with the basic information of the film to be scheduled, and the TMS generates a cinema play list SPL according to a preset advertisement template and the only CPL of the film to be scheduled; and the TMS obtains the schedule of the film to be scheduled according to the SPL and the showing time.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the preset advertisement templates may be different for different video halls. For example, the advertisement content in the first preset advertisement template is different from or not identical to that in the second preset advertisement template, or the advertisement sequence is different, and when a movie a is shown in a movie theater No. one and a movie theater No. two, the advertisement in the first preset advertisement template is required to be played before showing the movie a; when the movie a is shown in the movie halls three, four and five, the advertisement in the second preset advertisement template is required to be played before the movie a is shown. Therefore, when the TMS obtains the preset advertisement template of the film to be scheduled, the TMS can obtain the preset advertisement template corresponding to the film code and the film hall information from the NOC according to the film code and the film hall information of the film to be scheduled, which are obtained from the POS.

In addition, the preset advertisement templates may be different according to different times. For example, the schedule of the to-be-scheduled movie a is 7 month 1 day to 7 month 14 days, the cinema requires the movie a to play the advertisement in the first preset advertisement template before showing from 7 month 1 day to 7 month 7 day, and the movie a to play the advertisement in the second preset advertisement template before showing from 7 month 8 day to 7 month 14 day. Therefore, when the TMS obtains the preset advertisement template of the film to be scheduled, the preset advertisement template corresponding to the film coding and showing time together can be obtained from the NOC according to the film coding and showing time of the film to be scheduled, which is obtained from the POS.

In the above embodiment, if the film showing plan is changed, the film code, the basic information, and the showing time of the film to be scheduled, which is obtained from the ticketing system POS by the TMS next time, may be changed from the film code, the basic information, and the showing time of the film to be scheduled, which was obtained from the ticketing system POS by the TMS before. The application provides the following automatic film scheduling method aiming at the condition that the showing time of the film to be scheduled is changed. Another automatic movie scheduling method provided in the embodiment of the present application is described in detail below with reference to fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of another automatic movie scheduling method provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the method may include:

s301: the theater management system TMS obtains the film coding, the basic information and the showing time of the film to be scheduled from the ticketing system POS.

In this embodiment, in this step TMS, at time T1, the film coding, the basic information, and the showing time of the to-be-scheduled film are obtained, where the showing time is specifically the first showing time.

S302: the TMS obtains from the network operations center NOC the correspondence between the film codes of all the films in the profile and the combined playlist CPL.

S303: and the TMS obtains the unique CPL corresponding to the film code of the film to be scheduled from the corresponding relation according to the film code and the basic information of the film to be scheduled.

S304: and the TMS generates a cinema play list SPL according to the preset advertisement template of the film to be scheduled and the unique CPL.

S305: and the TMS obtains the schedule of the film to be scheduled according to the SPL and the showing time.

In the present embodiment, S302 to S305 are the same as S102 to S105 in the previous embodiment, and for brevity, detailed description is not provided herein, and please refer to the description of S102 to S105 in the previous embodiment for detailed information.

S306: and the TMS acquires the showing time of the film to be scheduled from the POS of the ticketing system.

In this embodiment, in this step TMS, the playing time of the to-be-scheduled movie is obtained at time T2, and the playing time is the second playing time.

The time T2 is later than the time T1, and the times T1 and T2 may be different preset times at which the TMS acquires the film coding, basic information, and presentation time of the movie to be scheduled, respectively.

As an example, if the preset acquisition frequency is once every five minutes, the time T1 may be 9:00 on 1/7/month and the time T2 may be 9:05 on 1/7/month.

As another example, if the preset acquisition time is 9:00, 9:10, 9:20, 9:30, 9:40 … …, etc. per day, the time T1 may be 9:00 on month 7 and 1 day 9:10 on month 7 and 2.

S307: judging whether the showing time of the film to be scheduled acquired in the two previous and next times is consistent, if so, repeatedly executing S306; if not, the show time acquired later is taken as the new show time and S308 is performed.

As an example, the step may be to determine whether the second presentation time coincides with the first presentation time. If yes, the fact that the showing plan of the POS of the system for selling the tickets for the film to be scheduled does not change is shown, and the TMS can obtain the showing time of the film to be scheduled from the POS again so as to monitor whether the showing plan of the POS for the film to be scheduled changes in real time; if not, the display plan of the to-be-scheduled film of the ticketing system POS is changed, and the second display time is used as the new display time.

One possibility for a change in the show schedule is that the POS defers from the show schedule for the pending movies. For example, the cinema POS plans to show a scheduled film in the movie theater at 7 month 1 day 12:00 at time T1, and plans to show a scheduled film in the movie theater at 7 month 1 day 13:00 at time T2.

Another possibility for a change in the show schedule is that the POS advances the show schedule for the pending movies. For example, the cinema POS plans to show a scheduled film in the movie theater at 7 month 1 day 12:00 at time T1, and plans to show a scheduled film in the movie theater at 7 month 1 day 11:00 at time T2.

Since the showing plan of the to-be-scheduled film is changed and the scheduling of the to-be-scheduled film acquired at step 305TMS is established according to the first showing time, the scheduling is not applicable to the new showing plan. In this case, the present embodiment further performs S308.

S308: and the TMS obtains a new scheduling of the film to be scheduled by using the new showing time and the SPL, and deletes the scheduling before the film to be scheduled.

The new schedule of the to-be-scheduled film obtained by the new showing time and the SPL is applicable to the new showing plan. And the TMS deletes the schedule before the film to be scheduled, and then only one schedule, namely a new schedule, is stored for the same film to be scheduled. After TMS sends the new schedule of the film to be scheduled to the showing server, the film hall can show the showing version of the film to be scheduled, which is in accordance with the basic information of the film, at the new showing time, and before showing the film, the advertisements in accordance with the advertisement information before showing in the SPL are played.

The above is the automatic scheduling method for movies provided by the present embodiment. In the method, after the arrangement of the film to be arranged is generated in the previous time, the TMS acquires the showing time of the film to be arranged from the POS of the ticketing system again. And when the showing time of the film to be scheduled acquired in the two times is inconsistent, judging that the showing plan of the POS aiming at the film to be scheduled is changed, so that the TMS takes the showing time acquired later as the new showing time of the film to be scheduled, generates a new schedule according to the new showing time and the SPL of the film to be scheduled, and deletes the schedule before the film to be scheduled. The method updates the schedule of the film to be scheduled under the condition that the showing time of the film to be scheduled is changed, and the new schedule is suitable for a new showing plan of the POS. And then, after the TMS issues the new schedule to the showing server, the synchronization of the film schedule from the POS to the showing server is realized.

If the film showing plan is changed, the film coding, the basic information and the showing time of the film to be scheduled, which is obtained from the ticketing system POS by the TMS at the next time, may be changed compared with the film coding, the basic information and the showing time of the film to be scheduled, which is obtained from the ticketing system POS by the TMS at the previous time. The embodiment of the present application provides the following automatic film scheduling method for the case where the film coding corresponding to the showing time (here, equivalent to the film to be scheduled) changes. A further method for automatically scheduling movies provided in this embodiment of the present application is described in detail below with reference to fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of another automatic movie scheduling method provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the method may include:

s401: the theater management system TMS periodically obtains the film coding, the basic information and the showing time of the film to be scheduled from the ticketing system POS.

In this embodiment, in this step TMS, at time T3, the film code, the basic information, and the showing time of the to-be-scheduled film are obtained, where the film code is specifically the first code, and the showing time is specifically the third showing time.

S402: the TMS obtains from the network operations center NOC the correspondence between the film codes of all the films in the profile and the combined playlist CPL.

S403: and the TMS obtains the unique CPL corresponding to the film code of the film to be scheduled from the corresponding relation according to the film code and the basic information of the film to be scheduled.

S404: and the TMS generates a cinema play list SPL according to the preset advertisement template of the film to be scheduled and the unique CPL.

S405: and the TMS obtains the schedule of the film to be scheduled according to the SPL and the showing time.

In the present embodiment, S402 to S405 are the same as S102 to S105 in the previous embodiment, and for brevity, detailed description is not provided herein, and please refer to the description of S102 to S105 in the previous embodiment for detailed information.

S406: and the TMS acquires the film code and the basic information corresponding to the showing time from the POS of the ticketing system.

In this embodiment, in this step TMS, at time T4, the movie code and the basic information corresponding to the third showing time are obtained, where the movie code is specifically the second code, and the basic information is the basic information corresponding to the movie code.

The time T4 is later than the time T3, and the times T3 and T4 may be different preset times at which the TMS acquires the film coding, basic information, and presentation time of the movie to be scheduled, respectively.

As an example, if the preset acquisition frequency is once every five minutes, the time T3 may be 9:00 on 1/7/month and the time T4 may be 9:05 on 1/7/month.

As another example, if the preset acquisition time is 9:00, 9:10, 9:20, 9:30, 9:40 … …, etc. per day, the time T4 may be 7 months, 1 day, 9: 20.

S407: judging whether the film codes corresponding to the showing times obtained in the two previous times and the two next times are consistent, if so, repeatedly executing S406; if not, the film code corresponding to the presentation time is acquired as a new film code in S406, and S408 is performed.

As an example, the step may be to determine whether the second encoding corresponding to the third presentation time coincides with the first encoding. If the current showing time is the third showing time, the TMS can acquire the film code and the basic information corresponding to the showing time from the POS again so as to monitor whether the showing plan of the POS for the showing time changes or not in real time; if not, the situation shows that the film planned to be shown at the third showing moment is changed by the ticketing system POS, and the second code is taken as a new film code.

In order to facilitate understanding of the variation of the projection plan in the present embodiment, the following description will be made by way of example. For example, the cinema POS planned to project a film "happy immediately" coded 001102782017 at 7.1.12: 00 in the cinema hall at time T3 and a film "super-spatiotemporal co-occurrence" coded 001102802018 at 7.1.12: 00 in the cinema hall at time T4.

Since the film scheduled to be shown at the same showing time is changed, the schedule of the film to be scheduled, which is obtained at step 405TMS, is established according to the first code and the basic information corresponding to the first code, and thus the schedule is not applicable to the new showing schedule of the showing time. In this case, the present embodiment further performs S408.

S408: and the TMS obtains a new unique CPL from the corresponding relation by using the basic information corresponding to the new film coding.

And in the corresponding relation between the film codes of all films in the file period acquired by the NOC and the CPL by the TMS, the new film code corresponds to a plurality of CPLs. According to the CPLs corresponding to the new film codes, the version of the new film to be scheduled to be shown cannot be obtained. Because the new subtitle, the showing language type and the audio format of the film to be scheduled are specifically described in the basic information corresponding to the new film code, the TMS can screen out a new unique CPL from the corresponding relationship by using the basic information corresponding to the new film code.

S409: and the TMS generates a new SPL by using the new unique CPL and the new preset advertisement module.

Because the film coding is changed and the preset advertisement modules corresponding to different film codes are usually different, in order to enable the showing server to obtain the correct schedule, the movie hall plays the advertisement corresponding to the film before the new film to be scheduled is shown, and before the TMS generates the new schedule, the TMS can obtain the new preset advertisement template corresponding to the new film code from the NOC again.

And the TMS can generate a new SPL according to the new preset advertisement template and the new unique CPL. The new SPL contains the information of the pre-show commercial of the new to-be-scheduled film, such as the commercial content in the commercial list, the showing time of the commercial, etc., and also contains the information of the showing version of the new to-be-scheduled film. The presentation version information may identify the only presentation version that the TMS filters from the new basic information of the movie to be scheduled. The new SPL, which contains the presentation version information, corresponds to the basic information corresponding to the new film coding.

S410: and the TMS deletes the corresponding schedule before the playing time by using the new SPL and the new schedule obtained by the playing time.

The TMS obtains a new schedule based on the new SPL and show time, and applies to the new show plan of POS show time. The TMS deletes the corresponding schedule before the presentation time and further stores only one schedule for the same presentation time, i.e. a new schedule. After TMS sends the new scheduling to the showing server, the film hall can show the showing version of the new film to be scheduled according with the basic information of the new film, and before showing the film, the advertisement according with the advertisement information before showing in the new SPL is played.

The above is the automatic scheduling method for movies provided by the present embodiment. After the arrangement of the film to be arranged is generated in the previous time, the TMS acquires the film code and the basic information corresponding to the showing time from the POS of the ticketing system again. And when the current and the later obtained film codes are not consistent, judging that the film projected by the POS aiming at the projection time is changed, and obtaining the film code later by the TMS as a new film code and obtaining a new unique CPL from the corresponding relation according to the basic information corresponding to the new film code. And then, the TMS generates a new SPL by using the new unique CPL and a new preset advertisement module, obtains a new schedule by using the new SPL and the showing time, and deletes the corresponding schedule before the showing time. According to the method, under the condition that the film codes corresponding to the showing time change, the film schedule is updated, and the new schedule is suitable for a new showing plan of the POS. And then, after the TMS issues the new schedule to the showing server, the synchronization of the film schedule from the POS to the showing server is realized.

Based on the above provided automatic film scheduling method, the embodiment of the application further provides automatic film scheduling equipment. Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating an automatic movie scheduling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

The application provides a movie automatic scheduling equipment includes: a first acquisition unit 501, a second acquisition unit 502, a third acquisition unit 503, a first generation unit 504, and a fourth acquisition unit 505;

a first obtaining unit 501, configured to periodically obtain, from a ticketing system POS, a film code, basic information, and showing time of a film to be scheduled;

a second obtaining unit 502, configured to obtain, from the network operation center NOC, correspondence between movie codes of all movies in the schedule and the combined playlist CPL, where a movie code of each movie corresponds to multiple CPLs;

a third obtaining unit 503, configured to obtain, according to the film code and the basic information of the to-be-scheduled film, a unique CPL corresponding to the film code of the to-be-scheduled film from the corresponding relationship;

a first generating unit 504, configured to generate a theater playlist SPL according to the preset advertisement template of the to-be-scheduled movie and the unique CPL;

a fourth obtaining unit 505, configured to obtain the schedule of the to-be-scheduled movie according to the SPL and the showing time.

The above is the automatic scheduling device for movies in the system of the embodiment of the present application. The device can automatically screen out the only CPL corresponding to the film code according to the matching relation between the basic information of the film to be scheduled and the CPL without manually executing a large amount of complicated operations. Therefore, the equipment can effectively reduce the workload of the projectionist and improve the film scheduling speed. In addition, the automatic film scheduling device for the to-be-scheduled film acquires the film codes, the basic information and the showing time of the to-be-scheduled film from the POS periodically, so that the device can acquire the scheduling of the to-be-scheduled film which is issued to the showing server periodically, and therefore the device has high real-time performance in the aspect of automatic film scheduling.

Optionally, the preset advertisement template comprises a commercial advertisement template and a local advertisement module; the above apparatus may further include:

Optionally, the apparatus may further include:

a first updating unit, configured to, when the showing time of the to-be-scheduled film obtained by the first obtaining unit 501 from the POS changes, obtain a new schedule of the to-be-scheduled film by using the new showing time and the SPL, and delete the schedule before the to-be-scheduled film.

The equipment updates the schedule of the film to be scheduled under the condition that the showing time of the film to be scheduled is changed, and the new schedule obtained by the first updating unit is suitable for the new showing plan of the POS. Furthermore, after the equipment issues the new schedule to the showing server, the synchronization of the film schedule from the POS to the showing server is realized. Optionally, the apparatus may further include:

a fifth obtaining unit, configured to obtain a new unique CPL from the corresponding relationship by using the basic information corresponding to a new film code when the film code corresponding to the showing time obtained by the first obtaining unit 501 from the POS changes;

The device updates the film schedule when the film code corresponding to the showing time changes, and the new schedule is suitable for the new showing plan of the POS. Furthermore, after the equipment issues the new schedule to the showing server, the synchronization of the film schedule from the POS to the showing server is realized.

Based on the automatic film scheduling method provided by the foregoing, the embodiment of the application further provides a cinema management system. The cinema management system is used for acquiring the film codes, the basic information and the showing time of the films to be scheduled from a POS (point of sale) system; acquiring the corresponding relation between the film codes of all films in the file and the combined play lists CPL from a network operation center NOC, wherein the film code of each film corresponds to a plurality of CPLs; obtaining the unique CPL corresponding to the film code of the film to be scheduled from the corresponding relation according to the film code and the basic information of the film to be scheduled; generating a cinema play list SPL according to the preset advertisement template of the to-be-scheduled film and the unique CPL; and obtaining the schedule of the film to be scheduled according to the SPL and the showing time.

For convenience of understanding, in the theater management system provided by the present application, the manner of interaction between the theater management system and the POS and NOC may refer to the application scenario shown in fig. 2, where TMS201 interacts with POS202 and NOC 203. As a specific example, the theater management system provided in this embodiment may be the TMS201 in the application scenario shown in fig. 2.

The cinema management system provided by the application can automatically screen out the only CPL corresponding to the movie codes according to the matching relation between the basic information of the movie to be scheduled and the CPL without manually executing a large amount of complicated operations. Therefore, the cinema management system can effectively reduce the workload of the exhibitor and improve the film scheduling speed. In addition, because the film codes, the basic information and the showing time of the film to be scheduled are periodically acquired from the POS by the cinema management system, and the system can periodically acquire the scheduling of the film to be scheduled for issuing to the showing server, the system has higher real-time performance in the aspect of automatic scheduling of the film.

The foregoing is merely a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application in any way. Although the present application has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present application. Those skilled in the art can now make numerous possible variations and modifications to the disclosed embodiments, or modify equivalent embodiments, using the methods and techniques disclosed above, without departing from the scope of the claimed embodiments. Therefore, any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made to the above embodiments according to the technical essence of the present application still fall within the protection scope of the technical solution of the present application without departing from the content of the technical solution of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for automatically scheduling a movie, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the pre-defined advertisement templates comprise commercial templates and local advertisement modules;

further comprising:

3. The automatic scheduling method of movies according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by further comprising: and when the TMS obtains the showing time of the film to be scheduled from the POS and changes, obtaining the new scheduling of the film to be scheduled by using the new showing time and the SPL, and deleting the scheduling before the film to be scheduled.

4. The automatic scheduling method of movies according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by further comprising: when the TMS obtains the film code corresponding to the showing time from the POS and changes, a new unique CPL is obtained from the corresponding relation by using the basic information corresponding to the new film code;

5. A method as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the preset advertisement templates are different for different movie halls and different for different time periods.

6. A method for automatic scheduling of movies according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the basic information comprises at least: subtitles, presentation language type, and audio format.

7. An automatic scheduling apparatus for a movie, comprising:

8. The automatic movie scheduling apparatus of claim 7 wherein the preset advertisement template comprises a commercial template and a local advertisement module;

the apparatus further comprises:

9. The automatic movie scheduling apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising:

10. The automatic movie scheduling apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising: