公开(公告)号：US07034916B2

公开(公告)日：2006-04-25

申请号：US10979371

申请日：2004-11-01

申请人： Walter C. Bubie ,  Curtis R. Cates ,  David S. Jones ,  Paul Tomblin ,  Michael E. McCrackan ,  William A. Orfitelli

发明人： Walter C. Bubie ,  Curtis R. Cates ,  David S. Jones ,  Paul Tomblin ,  Michael E. McCrackan ,  William A. Orfitelli

IPC分类号： G03B21/32 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N7/165 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G11B27/02 ,  G11B27/34 ,  H04N21/2143 ,  H04N21/2365 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/26258 ,  H04N21/41415 ,  H04N21/4347

摘要： A method is described for scheduling a playlist from digital content supplied to a server in a multi-screen digital cinema theater. The playlist includes digital content stored in the server and that is subsequently projected in the digital cinema theater. The method includes: (a) generating and displaying a table of playlists currently available for scheduling; (b) generating and displaying a schedule table showing a schedule view for each screen as an elongated timeline bar representing a time dimension. The method further includes: (c) selecting a playlist from the table of playlists and specifying a scheduled start time and a selected screen; and (d) updating the schedule table by inserting the selected playlist as an elongated element into the elongated timeline bar for the selected screen, whereby the updated schedule table is used to schedule the selected playlist for the selected screen.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种用于在多屏幕数字电影院中提供给服务器的数字内容调度播放列表的方法。 播放列表包括存储在服务器中的数字内容，随后被投影到数字影院中。 该方法包括：（a）生成和显示当前可用于调度的播放列表; （b）生成并显示表示每个屏幕的日程表视图的日程表，作为代表时间维度的细长时间轴条。 该方法还包括：（c）从播放列表中选择播放列表并指定预定的开始时间和所选择的屏幕; 以及（d）通过将所选择的播放列表作为细长元素插入用于所选择的屏幕的细长时间线条中来更新调度表，由此更新的调度表用于调度所选择的屏幕的所选择的播放列表。

公开(公告)号：US06812994B2

公开(公告)日：2004-11-02

申请号：US10309867

申请日：2002-12-04

申请人： Walter C. Bubie ,  Curtis R. Cates ,  David S. Jones ,  Paul Tomblin ,  Michael E. McCrackan ,  William A. Orfitelli

发明人： Walter C. Bubie ,  Curtis R. Cates ,  David S. Jones ,  Paul Tomblin ,  Michael E. McCrackan ,  William A. Orfitelli

IPC分类号： G03B2132

CPC分类号： H04N7/165 ,  H04N21/26258 ,  H04N21/41415

摘要： A method is described for scheduling a playlist from digital content supplied to a server in a multi-screen digital cinema theater, where the playlist includes components of the content stored in the server and represents a digital entity that is subsequently projected in the digital cinema theater. The method includes the steps of: (a) generating and displaying a table of playlists currently available for scheduling, each playlist displayed along with its run time; (b) generating and displaying a schedule table showing a schedule view for each screen as an elongated timeline bar representing a time dimension, wherein the elongated timeline bars for a plurality of the screens are arranged one adjacent the other relative to a displayed time axis to provide an overall perspective of the schedules for the screens of the theater; (c) selecting a playlist from the table of playlists and specifying a scheduled start time and a selected screen; and (d) updating the schedule table by inserting the selected playlist as an elongated element into the elongated timeline bar for the selected screen, wherein the element starts at the scheduled start time and has a time dimension corresponding to the run time of the selected playlist, whereby the updated schedule table is used to schedule the selected playlist for the selected screen.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种用于在多屏幕数字电影院中提供给服务器的数字内容调度播放列表的方法，其中播放列表包括存储在服务器中的内容的组件，并且表示随后投影到数字影院中的数字实体 。 该方法包括以下步骤：（a）生成和显示当前可用于调度的播放列表，每个播放列表与其运行时间一起显示; （b）生成并显示表示每个屏幕的日程表视图的日程表，作为表示时间维度的细长时间线条，其中多个屏幕的细长时间线条相对于显示的时间轴彼此相邻地布置成 提供剧院屏幕的时间表的整体视角; （c）从播放列表中选择播放列表，并指定预定的开始时间和所选择的屏幕; 以及（d）通过将所选择的播放列表作为细长元素插入用于所选择的屏幕的细长时间线条中来更新计划表，其中元素在调度的开始时间开始并且具有与所选择的播放列表的运行时间相对应的时间维度 由此更新的时间表用于调度所选择的屏幕的所选择的播放列表。