Personal media system and method of obtaining content playback information of device

摘要

A personal media system and method that obtain content playback information of an end device is provided. The personal media system including: an end device reader to, when an end device that collects playback information about content playback is connected, obtain the collected playback information and content information about content stored in the end device; and a mapping unit to map the playback information and the content information, to determine playback information for each content in the end device, and to generate playback information for each content of a user based on the playback information for each content in the end device.

主权项

1. A personal media system that obtains content playback information of an end device, the personal media system comprising:
an end device reader to obtain respective end device playback information and respective end device content information about respective content stored on two or more end devices of a user; and a mapping unit to map, for each end device of the user, the respective end device playback information and the respective end device content information, including local storage address, and to generate respective playback history information for each content on each end device, and to sum the respective end device playback history information for each content on each end device to generate aggregate playback information for each content of the user across the two or more end devices wherein each end device comprises:
a storage to store a content provided from the end device reader and to store a table including content playback information about content playback;a decoder to update a playback count of the content playback information of a content selected by the user and to store a local storage address of the content selected by the user in the table, and to decode the content selected by the user based on the local storage address of the content selected by the user; anda control unit to transmit the table including the storage address to the end device reader.