Embodiments generally relate to providing a personalized program and channel guide database. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a personalized database request from a user. The method further includes obtaining one or more playlists from one or more corresponding content providers. The method further includes generating a personalized database for the user, where the personalized database includes the one or more playlists.

A method for sharing media between a first device and a second device may include: scanning a quick-response (QR) code with the first device; extracting, by the first device, a uniform resource locator (URL) encoded in the QR code; recording, by the first device, media; associating, by the first device, the URL with the media; communicating, from the first device to a server, the media and the URL; scanning, with a second device, the QR code; extracting, by the second device, the URL encoded in the QR code; communicating, from the second device to the server, the URL; receiving, by the second device, in response to communicating the URL to the server, the media from the server; and playing, by the second device, the media on at least one of a display and a speaker.

A method for sharing media between a first device and a second device may include: scanning a quick-response (QR) code with the first device; extracting, by the first device, a uniform resource locator (URL) encoded in the QR code; recording, by the first device, media; associating, by the first device, the URL with the media; communicating, from the first device to a server, the media and the URL; scanning, with a second device, the QR code; extracting, by the second device, the URL encoded in the QR code; communicating, from the second device to the server, the URL; receiving, by the second device, in response to communicating the URL to the server, the media from the server; and playing, by the second device, the media on at least one of a display and a speaker.

Example techniques related to polices for media playback systems. An example implementation involves a computing system receiving data representing a request to play back first audio tracks on one or more first playback devices of a first media playback system. The first media playback system is associated with a first subscriber to a streaming media service and the first media playback system is physically located in a first commercial establishment. The computing system determines that the first subscriber is associated with one or more first subscriber policies of the streaming media service and sends instructions to play back the first audio tracks on the one or more first playback devices according to the one or more first subscriber policies of the streaming media service.

A method may include in response to a user request for a playlist, identifying, by a processing device, a plurality of media items from the playlist, for each of the plurality of media items, determining whether a respective media item is available for a playback on a user device, in response to a determination that the respective media item is not available for the playback on the user device, causing the use device to advance to a next media item on the playlist without user interaction, and in response to a determination that the respective media item is available for the playback on the user device, causing the user device to play the respective media item.

A method of processing a cover page image of multimedia information, a client and an electronic device are provided. The method includes acquiring initial cover page images of N pieces of second multimedia information following first multimedia information, where the first multimedia information is displayed on a current display interface of the client, the N pieces of second multimedia information are not displayed on the current display interface of the client, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, performing a super-resolution processing on the initial cover page images of the N pieces of second multimedia information, to obtain super-resolution cover page images of the N pieces of second multimedia information, and displaying the super-resolution cover page images of the second multimedia information, in a case that the second multimedia information enters the current display interface.

A method of processing a cover page image of multimedia information, a client and an electronic device are provided. The method includes acquiring initial cover page images of N pieces of second multimedia information following first multimedia information, where the first multimedia information is displayed on a current display interface of the client, the N pieces of second multimedia information are not displayed on the current display interface of the client, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, performing a super-resolution processing on the initial cover page images of the N pieces of second multimedia information, to obtain super-resolution cover page images of the N pieces of second multimedia information, and displaying the super-resolution cover page images of the second multimedia information, in a case that the second multimedia information enters the current display interface.

A method for serving an audio-only shared content on a video sharing web site, including: receiving a playlist listing a plurality of videos; determining a content identification (content-id) for the plurality of the videos in the playlist; determining that the content-id for the plurality of videos corresponds to an audio-related category; selecting audio-only shared content based on the determination that the content-id corresponds to the audio-related category; and inserting the audio-only shared content between two of the plurality of videos.

A method of embodying an online media service having a multiple voice system includes a first operation of collecting preset online articles and content from a specific media site and displaying the online articles and content on a screen of a personal terminal, a second operation of inputting a voice of a subscriber or setting a voice of a specific person among voices that are pre-stored in a database, a third operation of recognizing and classifying the online articles and content, a fourth operation of converting the classified online articles and content into speech, and a fifth operation of outputting the online articles and content using the voice of the subscriber or the specific person, which is set in the second operation.

A method of embodying an online media service having a multiple voice system includes a first operation of collecting preset online articles and content from a specific media site and displaying the online articles and content on a screen of a personal terminal, a second operation of inputting a voice of a subscriber or setting a voice of a specific person among voices that are pre-stored in a database, a third operation of recognizing and classifying the online articles and content, a fourth operation of converting the classified online articles and content into speech, and a fifth operation of outputting the online articles and content using the voice of the subscriber or the specific person, which is set in the second operation.