A system includes a primary playback system and a secondary playback system. The primary playback system plays back selected content. The secondary playback system monitors progress of the primary playback system playing back the content. Based on detected progress, the secondary playback system synchronizes playback of supplemental media (such as descriptive audio, closed caption text, etc.) associated with the content on a secondary playback system operated by a user. In response to detecting a scheduled advertisement window during playback of the content on the primary playback system, the secondary playback system discontinues playback of the supplemental media associated with the content on the secondary playback system. During or after playback of the advertisement on the primary playback system, the secondary playback system monitors playback of the selected content by the primary playback system to re-synchronize playback of supplemental media to the playback of the content on the secondary playback system.

A system includes a primary playback system and a secondary playback system. The primary playback system plays back selected content. The secondary playback system monitors progress of the primary playback system playing back the content. Based on detected progress, the secondary playback system synchronizes playback of supplemental media (such as descriptive audio, closed caption text, etc.) associated with the content on a secondary playback system operated by a user. In response to detecting a scheduled advertisement window during playback of the content on the primary playback system, the secondary playback system discontinues playback of the supplemental media associated with the content on the secondary playback system. During or after playback of the advertisement on the primary playback system, the secondary playback system monitors playback of the selected content by the primary playback system to re-synchronize playback of supplemental media to the playback of the content on the secondary playback system.

The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, and system for realizing dynamic scheduling for a cinema and controlling playing of a movie. In particular, embodiments of the present invention relate to dynamic scheduling of content presentation in a cinema by collecting user preferences of a plurality of users, wherein the user preference specifies at least a movie that a user desires to watch, a time for watching the movie, a cinema for watching the movie, and a number of people watching the movie; generating, based on the collected user preferences, a respective dynamic schedule for at least one cinema of a plurality of cinemas according to one of a plurality of scheduling schemes; and transmitting the generated respective dynamic schedule to at least one second electronic apparatus corresponding to the at least one cinema.

The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, and system for realizing dynamic scheduling for a cinema and controlling playing of a movie. In particular, embodiments of the present invention relate to dynamic scheduling of content presentation in a cinema by collecting user preferences of a plurality of users, wherein the user preference specifies at least a movie that a user desires to watch, a time for watching the movie, a cinema for watching the movie, and a number of people watching the movie; generating, based on the collected user preferences, a respective dynamic schedule for at least one cinema of a plurality of cinemas according to one of a plurality of scheduling schemes; and transmitting the generated respective dynamic schedule to at least one second electronic apparatus corresponding to the at least one cinema.

An input of a constraint parameter associated with a constraint required when optimizing a target is received. An objective function to be utilized for the optimization of the target is computed by using optimized results by an expert who has performed the optimization in the past, the constraint parameter, and an inverse optimization technique. The target is optimized based on the objective function.

An input of a constraint parameter associated with a constraint required when optimizing a target is received. An objective function to be utilized for the optimization of the target is computed by using optimized results by an expert who has performed the optimization in the past, the constraint parameter, and an inverse optimization technique. The target is optimized based on the objective function.

A method for transmitting a multimedia resource, including: determining target address information based on a media presentation description of a multimedia resource, where the media presentation description includes address information of the multimedia resource having different code rates, and the target address information is address information of the multimedia resource having a target code rate; and sending a frame acquiring request carrying the target address information to a server, where the frame acquiring request is configured to instruct the server to return media frames of the multimedia resource at the target code rate.

A technique allows curating content such as videos to be specific to some event/theme. The technique allows creating an event in a calendar, and a backend system internally has an algorithm to pick the movies/TV shows based on viewing history.

A technique allows curating content such as videos to be specific to some event/theme. The technique allows creating an event in a calendar, and a backend system internally has an algorithm to pick the movies/TV shows based on viewing history.

A processing system may identify a context of a user selection within a content, identify a sequence of known user interactions with the content based on the context, modify the content to include at least one custom selection based on the sequence of known user interactions that is identified, and present the content that is modified to a user.