TWI776578B - A system and a method of freely combining channel package and computer readable medium thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and a method of freely combining channel package and computer readable medium thereof. The system includes an acceptance device, an order page device, a sales device, a service device, and an execution apparatus, in which, the acceptance device uses the order page device to display a package plan data with multiple channels on the execution apparatus, so that each user can order the package plan data, or select at least one channel of interest from the package plan data to form a self-selected package data. Therefore, the present invention provides that each user actively selects at least one channel, so that it can spend less money to watch the selected channel. The present invention further provides a computer-readable medium for performing the method of freely combining channel package.

Description

A system, method and computer readable medium for freely combining channel packages

The present invention relates to a channel package system, in particular to a system and method for freely combining channel packages and a computer-readable medium thereof.

Most of the channel package combinations designed by domestic film and television service providers rely on the channel list defined in advance by the channel providers. Users can only passively accept many uninteresting channels, and users still have to pay a fixed amount of rental fee.

Furthermore, in the conventional technology, group data with similar program preferences and interests of users are usually established to form a personalized program list. However, the user will still see uninteresting programs in the channel list provided by the operator, and the user will still have to pay for the entire channel package.

In addition, the operators also share the rental fee to the channel operators according to a fixed sharing ratio, which also makes it difficult for new channel operators to join the channels. remuneration.

Therefore, how to overcome the difficulties faced by traditional channel packages, so that users can freely choose their favorite channels, at the same time recommend channels to users more accurately, and reasonably allocate costs to channel providers, has become a problem for those skilled in the art. important subject.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a system for freely combining channel packages, which includes: an order page device, which is communicatively connected to at least one execution device; Provide at least one package plan data with a plurality of channels to each of the execution equipment for ordering the package plan data with a plurality of channels, or select the plurality of channels in the package plan data to form a self-selected package data; a sales device, a communication Connecting to the accepting device for checking whether the ordered package plan data or the selected optional package plan conforms to a business logic; and a service device communicating with the sales device when the ordered package plan data or When the selected optional package data conforms to the business logic, the service device converts the checked package plan data into a first channel list, or converts the checked optional package data into a second channel list, Wherein, the service device transmits the first viewing channel list or the second viewing channel list to the execution device to display the first viewing channel list or the second viewing channel list.

The present invention further provides a method for freely combining channel packages, which includes: an accepting device provides at least one package plan data with a plurality of channels to an execution device through an order page device for ordering the package plan data with a plurality of channels, Or select a plurality of channels in the package plan data to form an optional package data; a sales device checks whether the ordered package plan data or the selected optional package data conforms to a business logic, when the ordered package plan information When the plan data or the selected optional package plan conforms to the business logic, a service device converts the checked ordered plan plan data into a list of first viewing channels, or converts the checked selected optional plan The package data is converted into a second viewing channel list; and the first viewing channel list or the second viewing channel list is transmitted from the service device to the execution device to display the first viewing channel list or the second viewing channel list.

In one embodiment, the service device further includes an apportionment module for selecting each of the channels in the ordered package plan data or the selected self-selected package plan data at every preset time. Calculate the cost allocation result of each channel.

In one embodiment, the service device further includes a package definition module for providing at least one channel provider-defined and marketable package plan data with a plurality of channels, so as to transmit the package plan data with a plurality of channels to the Acceptance device.

In one embodiment, the accepting device further provides for replacing at least one channel in the optional package data selected by each user to generate the updated optional package data.

In one embodiment, it further includes a channel recommendation device, which is communicatively connected to the order page device, and includes a report module for storing the viewing rate of each channel and the optional package data of each user, and a report module for storing A recommendation module that calculates the recommendation result of a channel.

In one embodiment, the recommendation module obtains the viewing rate of each channel and the data of each user's self-selected package from the reporting module, so as to obtain the information of each channel's exposure value, viewership or each user's self-selected package data , calculate the recommendation value of each channel, and then form the channel recommendation result of each user, and then transmit the channel recommendation result of each user to the order page device.

In one embodiment, the order page device generates a channel recommendation list of each user according to the channel recommendation result of each user, and transmits the channel recommendation list to each user's execution device for reference of channel recommendation.

The present invention further provides a computer-readable medium, which is applied to a computing device or a computer and stores instructions for executing the above-mentioned method for freely combining channel packages.

As can be seen from the above, the system, method and computer-readable medium for freely combining channel packages of the present invention provide each user to select at least one channel from the complete package program data according to their preferences to form self-selected package data, and compared with existing ones. technology, the self-selection package provided by the present invention only selects the channels of interest for each user, so the number of channels is small and the price is relatively cheap, so that it can quickly and accurately provide each user with less cost. 's channel.

Furthermore, through the design of the recommendation mechanism and the sharing mechanism, the present invention enables each user to select their favorite channel more quickly, and allocates the rental fee of each user to each channel provider according to the selection ratio of each channel selected, so as to encourage the channel operators. Each channel provider provides better program content, thereby increasing the preference of each user for the channel.

1: Free combination channel package system

10: Acceptance device

11: Order modules

12: Frequency selection module

20: Sales Device

21: Package Definition Module

22: Business logic module

23: Data transmission module

24: Allocation module

30: Service device

31: Package Storage Module

32: Frequency selection storage module

33: Channel processing module

40: Channel recommendation device

41:Report module

42: Recommended mods

50: Execution device

60: Use side device

70: Order Page Device

9: Channel Provider

S21 to S27: Steps

S31 to S35: Steps

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for freely combining channel packages according to the present invention;

Figure 1-1 is a schematic diagram of the channel recommendation list of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of the method for ordering package plan data or selecting optional package data according to the present invention; and

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for recommending a channel according to the present invention.

The following specific embodiments are used to illustrate the implementation of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the contents disclosed in this specification.

It should be noted that the structures, proportions, sizes, etc. shown in the drawings in this specification are only used to cooperate with the contents disclosed in the specification for the understanding and reading of those who are familiar with the art, and are not intended to limit the implementation of the present invention. Therefore, it has no technical significance. Any modification of the structure, change of the proportional relationship or adjustment of the size should still fall within the scope of the present invention without affecting the effect and the purpose that the present invention can achieve. The technical content disclosed by the invention can be covered within the scope. At the same time, terms such as "a", "first", "second", "upper" and "lower" quoted in this specification are only for the convenience of description and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention. The scope of implementation and the change or adjustment of its relative relationship shall be regarded as the scope of implementation of the present invention without substantially changing the technical content.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for freely combining channel packages according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the free combination channel package system 1 includes: an acceptance device 10 , an order page device 70 , a sales device 20 , a service device 30 , a channel recommendation device 40 , at least one execution device 50 , and at least one execution device 50 . A user device 60, wherein the acceptance device 10 includes an order module 11 and a frequency selection module 12; the sales device 20 includes a package definition module 21, a business logic module 22, and a data transmission module module 23 and an apportionment module 24; the service device 30 includes a package storage module 31, a frequency selection storage module 32 and a channel processing module 33; the channel recommendation device 40 includes a report module 41 and a recommendation module 42; the order page device 70 includes an order page module; the execution device 50 includes but is not limited to a set-top box (STB); The end devices 60 include, but are not limited to, smart phones, tablets, personal computers, notebook computers, and the like. In one embodiment, the at least one execution device 50 and the at least one consumer device 60 may be collectively referred to as an execution device.

Specifically, the system 1 of the free combination channel package is established on a server (such as a general-purpose server, a file-based server, a storage unit-based server, etc.) or other electronic equipment with a suitable computing mechanism, and the receiving device 10. The modules in the sales device 20 , the service device 30 and the channel recommendation device 40 , the order page device 70 and the execution device 50 can all be software, hardware or firmware; if they are hardware, It can be a processing unit, processor, computer or server with data processing and computing capabilities; in the case of software or firmware, it can include instructions executable by the processing unit, processor, computer or server, and can be installed in The same hardware device or distributed in different multiple hardware devices. Furthermore, the execution device 50 is connected to a display device such as a TV or a screen (not shown in the figure) through wired or wireless communication technology.

The receiving device 10 is communicatively connected to an order page device 70, and is connected to at least one execution device (such as a set-top box) 50 having a display device and a plurality of users through wired or wireless communication through the order page device 70 respectively. Terminal devices (such as computers, smart phones, tablets, etc.) 60.

In one embodiment, the order module 11 provides at least one package plan data with a plurality of channels to the execution device 50 or the user device 60 of each user through the order page device 70, so that the plurality of users subscribe or It is the package plan information that has been unsubscribed. The package plan information includes the package name, the package price, the number of channels that can be selected for the package, the effective date of the package's launch/removal, and the plurality of channels. The definition information about the package plan information, but not limited to described. For example, the package plan data may be a package plan with 200 channels or a package plan with 100 channels, or the like.

In one embodiment, the frequency selection module 12 provides the plurality of users to select at least one channel of interest from the subscribed package plan data through the order page device 70 to generate a self-selected package data for each user, Or replace at least one channel in the self-selected package data selected by each user to generate the updated self-selected package data for each of the users.

Specifically, the order page device 70 displays the package plan data with a plurality of channels on the user device 60 or the display device communicatively connected to the execution device 50, so that each user can use the user device 60 or the execution device 50. The device 50 directly orders the package plan data with a plurality of channels through the order page device 70 to the receiving device 10, for example, directly orders the package plan with 200 channels, or selects interest from the package plan data with a plurality of channels At least one channel, for example, select 50 channels of interest from the subscribed package plan with 200 channels to generate a self-selected package (ie, self-selected package data), so that the user can select the channel he is interested in, and The cost of subscribed channels can be reduced by reducing the number of channels subscribed.

The selling device 20 is communicatively connected to the receiving device 10 , and includes a package definition module 21 , a business logic module 22 , a data transmission module 23 and an apportionment module 24 .

In one embodiment, the package definition module 21 provides a channel provider 9 to define at least one channel of the channel provider 9 in the package plan data that can be sold. It should be understood that the channel provider 9 is a channel for providing its channels. and transmit the package plan data to the accepting device 10 , so that the accepting device 10 provides the package plan data to the plurality of users to order or select through the order page device 70 .

In one embodiment, the business logic module 22 receives package plan data or selected optional package data ordered by each user from the receiving device 10, and checks the package plan data ordered by each user or selected optional package data. Whether the package information conforms to the business logic. For example, users can participate in the business-level logic judgment such as the trial channel free selection function once a year, and users who have ordered special or preferential package plans cannot order the self-selected package materials. In addition, when a user unsubscribes the subscribed package plan data, the business logic module 22 also checks whether the unsubscribed package plan data also conforms to the business logic.

In one embodiment, the data transmission module 23 transmits the package plan data subscribed by the user or the selected self-selected package plan data that conforms to the business logic after checking.

In one embodiment, the apportionment module 24 is based on the package plan data ordered by the user or the selected self-selected package plan data that conforms to the business logic after checking every preset time (eg every month). The proportion of the selection of each channel will be allocated to the channel operator9.

Specifically, the apportionment module 24 records the daily frequency selection data of each user (that is, records the channels watched by each user every day) and records the cumulative selection times of each channel subscribed by each user in the month. This uses formula (1) to calculate the first selection ratio of each channel, wherein the formula (1) is as follows:

Next, the apportionment module 24 uses the formula (2) to calculate the cost apportionment result apportioned to the channel providers 9 of each channel, so that the monthly viewing fee actually received in the month is based on the first selection ratio of each channel Apportioned to each channel, where the formula (2) is as follows:

Result of cost sharing = monthly subscription fee paid for this month × first selection ratio of a single channel (2)

The service device 30 is connected to the execution device 50 and the end device 60 of each user respectively through wired or wireless communication, and is connected to the sales device 20 via communication, and the service device 30 includes a package storage module 31, A frequency selection storage module 32 and a channel processing module 33 .

In one embodiment, the package storage module 31 and the frequency-selective storage module 32 are communicatively connected to the data transmission module 23 of the sales device 20 , so as to receive the checked data transmitted from the data transmission module 23 . The package plan data subscribed by the user or the optional package plan data selected by the business logic, wherein the package storage module 31 stores the package plan data subscribed by the user, and the frequency selection storage module 32 stores each of the The optional package data selected by the user.

In one embodiment, the channel processing module 33 receives the package plan data ordered by the user from the package storage module 31 and the self-selected package data selected by the user from the frequency selection storage module 32, wherein, If each of the users only subscribes to the package plan data without selecting a specific channel, the channel processing module 33 converts the ordered package plan data into a list of first viewing channels, and transmits it to the execution device 50; If each user selects optional package data from the subscribed package plan data, the channel processing module 33 converts the selected optional package data into a second channel list, and transmits it to the execution device 50 for The executing device 50 displays the first viewing channel list and the second viewing channel list on the display device for each user to watch.

The channel recommendation device 40 includes a report module 41 and a recommendation module 42 , and is connected to the order page device 70 in communication.

In one embodiment, the report module 41 stores the viewing rate of each channel and the data of each user's self-selected package.

In one embodiment, the recommendation module 42 obtains the viewership rate of each channel and the user-selected package data from the report module 41, and based on the exposure value of each channel, the viewership rate of each channel, and the The user's self-selected package data is used to calculate the recommendation value of each channel, thereby forming the channel recommendation result of each user, and transmitting the channel recommendation result of each user to the order page device 70 for the order page device 70 to rely on The channel recommendation result of each user generates a channel recommendation list for each user, and displays the channel recommendation list for each user through the user device 60 or the executing device 50 for each user to select.

Furthermore, when each of the users selects the channel recommendation list provided by the order page device 70 by using the user device 60 or the execution device 50, the order page device 70 will be selected from the channel recommendation list by each user. The at least one channel of the channel is sent to the frequency selection module 12, so that the frequency selection module 12 generates the user-selected package data of each user.

In another embodiment, the channel provider 9 may also pay advertising fees to enable the recommendation module 42 to increase the exposure value of the channel provider 9's channel, that is, to increase the recommendation value of the channel provider 9's channel, and further increase the exposure value of the channel provider 9's channel. The channel of the channel provider 9 is preferentially recommended to each user.

The following embodiments are embodiments of the channel recommendation device of the present invention executing the recommendation mechanism, and are described with reference to FIG. 1 .

In this embodiment, a channel A and a channel B are channels that have been selected and watched by the plurality of users, and the recommendation module 42 of a channel recommendation device 40 uses a channel similarity equation (3) to calculate the channel similarity. The channel similarity value ( ρ _AB ) between channel A and channel B to confirm whether the two channels A, B are similar, thereby judging whether a user who only watches the channel A (or channel B) is likely to have the channel B (or channel A) is interested. In one embodiment, the channel similarity value ( ρ _AB ) is used as a parameter of the recommended channel, wherein the formula (3) is as follows:

Among them, P(A) is the number of channels A selected by each user, P(B) is the number of channels B selected by each user, and |P(A)∩P(B)| is the number of channels selected by each user The number of users who select channel A and channel B at the same time.

For example, Table 1-1 shows the channels selected in the existing self-selected package data of the users (such as User A to User J) stored in the report module 41, and Table 1-2 shows The national viewing rate statistics of each channel stored in the report module 41 .

Table 1-1: Channels selected in each user's self-selected package profile (1)

Table 1-2: National ratings statistics for each channel

Therefore, the recommendation module 42 first counts the cumulative selection times of each channel (eg, channel 1 to channel 10) according to the self-selected package data of each user (eg, user A to user J) stored in the report module 41, as shown in the table 2 shown.

Table 2: Cumulative selection times of each channel

Next, the recommendation module 42 converts the selected channels (1) in the user's self-selected package data in Table 1-1 into a channel matrix list, for example, the following table 3 is the channel matrix list of user A, and The recommendation module 42 performs matrix superposition of the converted channel matrix lists of the users, and then calculates the intersection relationship (|P(A)∩P(B)|) between the channels, as shown in Table 4 below. shown, for the recommendation module 42 to use in the subsequent calculation of the channel similarity value ( ρ _AB ).

Table 3: User A's Channel Matrix List

Table 4: Intersection relationship between the channels (|P(A)∩P(B)|)

Furthermore, the recommendation module 42 sets the exposure value of each channel according to the advertising fee paid by the channel provider 9. For example, if an advertising fee of 1 million is paid, the exposure value will be 1 point; if an advertising fee of 900,000 is paid, The exposure value is 0.9 points; if the advertising cost of 800,000 is paid, the exposure value is 0.8 points, and so on. Thereby, exposure values of each channel are formed, as shown in Table 5.

Table 5: Exposure value of each channel

Accordingly, taking user A as an example, the recommendation value is calculated and other unselected channels of user A are recommended. Channel 5 and Channel 7) use a channel similarity equation (3), Table 1 (the cumulative selection times of each channel) and Table 4 (the intersection relationship between the channels (|P(A)∩P(B)| )) to calculate the channel similarity ( ρAB ) between each channel in the user A's self-selected package data and other channels to be recommended (such as channel 2, channel 6, channel 8, channel 9 and channel ₁₀ ), as shown in Table 6 As shown, the highest channel similarity value ( ρ _AB ) is taken to represent the high correlation between the two channels: MAX( ρ _AB ).

Table 6: Calculation of similarity value between each channel

Finally, the recommendation module 42 sums up the similarity value ( ρAB ) of the channel, the _viewership rate of the national viewership statistics of each channel (as shown in Table 1-2), and the exposure value of each channel (as shown in Table 5) to obtain The recommendation value of each channel of the user A is calculated to form the channel recommendation result, as shown in Table 7, wherein the recommendation module 42 selects the channels that the user A has originally selected (such as channel 1, channel 3, The recommended value of channel 4, channel 5 and channel 7) is set to 0 (since it has been selected, no further recommendation is required).

Table 7: User A's channel recommendation results

Therefore, the recommendation module 42 transmits the channel recommendation result of the user A to the order page device 70, and the order page device 70 generates a channel recommendation list of the user A according to the channel recommendation result of the user A (as shown in FIG. 1-1), whereby the order page device 70 transmits the user A's channel recommendation list to the user A's user device 60 (such as a smart phone) or the execution device 50 (such as a set-top box), To display the channel recommendation list of the user A on the user device 60 (such as a smart phone) of the user A, or display it on the display device (such as a TV) through the execution device 50 (such as a set-top box) in the user A's home in order to recommend the channels (such as channel 2, channel 6, channel 8, channel 9 and channel 10) that the user A has not selected, wherein the order page device 70 selects the channel with the highest recommended value (such as the channel according to the channel recommendation result) 6) List the channel recommendation list of the user A in sequence.

In addition, when recommending to a new user, since the new user does not have the data of the channel selected in the past, the recommendation module 42 will not calculate the similarity value ( ρ _AB ) of the channel. Therefore, the recommendation module 42 adds up the channel similarity value (ρ AB ). National audience ratings statistics (see Table 1-2) and exposure value of each channel (see Table 5) to calculate the recommended value of each channel for the new user, so as to form the channel recommendation result for the new user , as shown in Table 8, similarly, the order page device 70 recommends channels to the new user according to the channel recommendation result of the new user.

Table 8: Channel recommendation results for new users

The following embodiment is the first embodiment of the apportionment mechanism implemented by the sales device of the present invention, and is described with reference to FIG. 1 .

In this embodiment, as shown in Table 9, it is a channel (2) selected by a plurality of users (such as user A' to user C') from the optional package data in one month, and is distributed by the sales device 20. The sub-module 24 records the cumulative selection times of the channels subscribed by the users in the month (as shown in Table 9-1) according to the channels (2) selected by the user's self-selected package data.

Table 9: Channels selected in each user's self-selected package profile (2)

Table 9-1: Cumulative selection times of each channel

Therefore, the apportioning module 24 uses the formula (1) to calculate the first selection ratio of each channel, as shown in Table 10.

Table 10: The first selection ratio of each channel

The apportionment module 24 then uses formula (2) the actual monthly viewing fee for the month × the first selection ratio of each channel to reasonably apportion the actual monthly viewing fee for the channel to the channels of the channel quotient 9.

The following embodiment is the second embodiment of the apportionment mechanism implemented by the sales device of the present invention, and is described with reference to FIG. 1 .

In this embodiment, as shown in Table 11, it is a channel (3) selected by a plurality of users (such as user A" to user C") from the optional package data in one month, and is distributed by the sales device 20. The sub-module 24 calculates the apportionment ratio of each user (as shown in Table 11-1) according to the channel (3) selected in the self-selected package data of each user and through formula (4), and then uses formula (5) Calculate the second selection ratio of each channel (as shown in Table 11-2), where the formula (4) and formula (5) are as follows:

Table 11: Channels selected in each user's self-selected package profile (3)

Table 11-1: Apportionment ratio of each user

Table 11-2: The second selection ratio of each channel

In one embodiment, the apportionment module 24 of the sales device 20 further uses the formula (6) to calculate the actual apportionment according to the total revenue, the second selection ratio of each channel, the audience rating, and the dynamically adjusted parameters α and β The apportioned cost to the channel quotient 9 of each channel (that is, the cost apportionment result), wherein the sum of the parameters α and β is 1, and the formula (6) is as follows:

Cost sharing result = total revenue × (α (the second selection ratio of each channel) + β (audience rate)) (6)

For example, when the parameters α=0.8, β=0.2, and the monthly fee for each user is 300 yuan (the total monthly fee for user A”, user B and “user C” is 900 yuan, that is, the total income 900 yuan), the apportionment module 24 of the sales device 20 is based on the total revenue, the second selection ratio of each channel (as shown in Table 11-2), the audience rating (as shown in Table 12-1) and The dynamically adjusted parameters α and β are used to calculate the cost apportionment result actually apportioned to the channel provider 9 of each channel by using formula (6), as shown in Table 12-2.

Table 12-1: Ratings of each channel

Table 12-2: Cost allocation results of channel operators of the channel

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the apportioning module 24 of the sales device 20 apportions the total revenue according to the ratio of the channels selected by the user, so that channels with good content can easily be favored by the users, and can also encourage the channel provider 9 to provide better channels. channel content to increase monetization. Conversely, if the channel favored by the user cannot be obtained, the channel operator 9 can be reminded that the channel operator 9 needs to improve the program content through the immediate change of the cost allocation result (that is, the actual cost allocated to the channel operator 9), and then win the opportunity for the user to select. .

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the method of ordering package plan data or selecting optional package data according to the present invention. The main content of the method flow of ordering package plan data or selecting optional package data is as follows, and the rest of the content is the same as that described in FIG. Do not repeat the narration.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the method flow of ordering package plan data or selecting optional package data includes the following steps S21 to S27:

In step S21, an accepting device 10 provides package plan data with a plurality of channels to a user's end device 60 (such as a computer, a smart phone) through an order page device 70 as a reference for program package ordering, or through an The execution device 50 (eg, a set-top box) communicating with the display device displays the package plan information on the display device, and also provides the package plan information to the user for reference in ordering program packages.

In step S22, the accepting device 10 provides the user through the ordering page device 70 to use the execution device 50 or the user device 60 to order or unsubscribe the package plan information in the ordering module 11 of the accepting device 10, and The channel selection module 12 of the receiving device 10 further provides the user to select at least one of the plurality of channels in the package plan data to generate a self-selected package data, or to replace at least one channel in the selected self-selected package data to Generate the optional package data.

In step S23, the accepting device 10 transmits the ordered package plan data or the selected optional package data to the business logic module 22 of the sales device 20, so that the business logic module 22 checks the user's Whether the ordered package plan data or the selected self-selected package data conforms to a business logic.

In step S24, after the ordered package plan data or the selected optional package plan data passes the check of the business logic module 22, the business logic module 22 transmits the checked package plan data through the sales device The data transmission module 23 of 20 transmits it to the package storage module 31 of the service device 30 for storage, or the checked optional package data is passed through the pin. The data transmission module 23 of the sales device 20 transmits the data to the frequency-selective storage module 32 of the service device 30 for storage.

In step S25, the channel processing module 33 of the service device 30 obtains the package plan data from the package storage module 31 or the frequency selection storage module 32 according to the package plan data subscribed by the user or the optional package data selected by the user. Package plan information or the optional package information.

In step S26, the channel processing module 33 converts the package plan data or the self-selected package data into a list of viewing channels, and transmits it to the execution device 50 or the user device 60, so that the execution device 50 or the The user device 60 provides the client with the list of viewing channels converted through the package plan data or the optional package data through the display device.

In step S27, the apportioning module 24 of the sales device 20 will select the ratio of each channel in the self-selected package data selected by the user at predetermined time intervals (such as every month) (such as the first in the aforementioned embodiment). The first selection ratio or the second selection ratio), and use the apportionment mechanism to distribute the revenue to the channel operator 9 .

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of the method for recommending a channel according to the present invention. The main content of the method for recommending a channel is as follows, and the rest of the content is the same as that described in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the method flow of ordering package plan data or selecting optional package data includes the following steps S31 to S35:

In step S31, the report module 41 of a channel recommendation device 40 stores the viewing rate of the plurality of channels and the data of the self-selected packages of the plurality of users.

In step S32, the recommendation module 42 of the channel recommendation device 40 obtains the audience ratings of the plurality of channels or the user-selected package data from the report module 41, and according to the The exposure value of several channels, the viewing rate of the plurality of channels, or the data of each user's self-selected package are used to calculate the recommendation value of each channel, so as to generate the channel recommendation result of each user.

In step S33 , the recommendation module 42 transmits the channel recommendation result of each user to an order page device 70 .

In step S34, the order page device 70 respectively generates a channel recommendation list of each user according to the channel recommendation result of each user.

In step S35, the order page device 70 displays the channel recommendation list of each user on the user device 60 (such as a smart phone) of each user, or through the execution device 50 (such as a set-top box) in each user's home. ) is displayed on a display device (such as a TV) to recommend channels.

In addition, the present invention also discloses a computer-readable medium, which is applied to a computing device or computer having a processor (eg, CPU, GPU, etc.) and/or memory, and stores instructions, and can utilize the computing device or computer. The computer executes the computer-readable medium through a processor and/or a memory, so as to execute the above-mentioned methods and steps when executing the computer-readable medium.

To sum up, the system, method and computer-readable medium for freely combining channel packages of the present invention provide each user to select at least one channel from a complete package plan (ie, package plan data) according to their preferences to form a self-selected package ( i.e. self-selected package data), and compared with the prior art, each user can only subscribe to complete package channels, so that they subscribe to many uninteresting channels, thereby causing a waste of subscription fees, and the optional package provided by the present invention. Since each user only selects the channel they are interested in, the package has fewer channels and the price is lower, so that it can quickly and accurately provide each user to watch the channel of interest at a lower cost.

Furthermore, compared with the prior art, the system, method and computer-readable medium for freely combining channel packages of the present invention have at least the following technical differences and their effects:

1. The present invention provides that each user can freely select the channel of interest from the saleable package plans (that is, the package plan data) to form a self-selected package (that is, the self-selected package data), so that each user has a high degree of channel selection. And compared with the traditional subscription of a complete package solution, the present invention provides that each user can reduce the cost of subscribing channels by reducing the number of subscribing channels.

2. The present invention allows each user to select their favorite channel more quickly through the recommendation mechanism based on the self-selected package (namely, the self-selected package data) selected by each user, the ratings and exposure of each channel, and each channel provider can also purchase Ads in turn increase the visibility of their channel to recommend to individual users.

3. The present invention apportions the rental fee of each user to each channel provider through the apportionment mechanism according to the selection ratio of each channel, thereby using the apportionment mechanism to encourage each channel provider to provide better content, thereby improving the performance of each user. of favor. In addition, through the design of the apportionment mechanism, the present invention is more fair and flexible compared to the past fixed fee distribution mechanism.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used to illustrate the principle and effect of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can modify and change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be listed in the scope of the patent application.

1: Free combination channel package system

10: Acceptance device

11: Order modules

12: Frequency selection module

20: Sales Device

21: Package Definition Module

22: Business logic module

23: Data transmission module

24: Allocation module

30: Service device

31: Package Storage Module

32: Frequency selection storage module

33: Channel processing module

40: Channel recommendation device

41:Report module

42: Recommended mods

50: Execution device

60: Use side device

70: Order Page Device

9: Channel Provider

Claims (13)

A system for freely combining channel packages, comprising: an order page device, which is communicatively connected to at least one execution device; an acceptance device, which is communicatively connected to the order page device, so as to provide at least one package with a plurality of channels through the order page device The plan data is sent to each of the execution equipment for ordering the plan plan data with a plurality of channels, or selecting a plurality of channels in the plan plan data to form a self-selected plan plan data; a sales device, which is communicatively connected to the receiving device for checking Whether the ordered package plan data or the selected self-selected package data conforms to a business logic; and a service device, which is communicatively connected to the sales device, when the ordered package plan data or the selected self-selected package data conforms to the business In logic, the service device converts the checked package plan data into a first viewing channel list, or converts the checked optional package data into a second viewing channel list, wherein the service device is the first channel list. A watch channel list or the second watch channel list is sent to the execution device to display the first watch channel list and the second watch channel list, wherein the service device further includes an apportioning module for every other At the preset time, according to the selection ratio of each channel in the subscribed package plan data or the selected self-selected package data, the cost apportionment result of each channel is calculated. The system for freely combining channel packages according to claim 1, wherein the service device further comprises a package definition module for providing at least one channel provider-defined and salable package plan data with a plurality of channels, so that the The package plan data with a plurality of channels is transmitted to the receiving device. The system for freely combining channel packages according to claim 1, wherein the accepting device further provides for replacing at least one channel in the optional package data selected by each user to generate the updated optional package data. The system for freely combining channel packages as described in claim 1, further includes a channel recommendation device, which is connected to the order page device in communication, and includes a channel for storing the ratings of each channel and the data of each user's self-selected package. A report module, and a recommendation module for calculating a channel recommendation result. The system for freely combining channel packages as described in claim 4, wherein the recommendation module obtains the audience ratings of each channel and the user-selected package data from the report module, so as to determine the exposure value of each channel, The audience rating or the user's self-selected package data, calculate the recommendation value of each channel, and then form the channel recommendation result of each user, and then transmit the channel recommendation result of each user to the order page device. The system for freely combining channel packages as described in claim 5, wherein the order page device generates a channel recommendation list of each user according to the channel recommendation result of each user, so as to transmit the channel recommendation list to the execution device of each user , as a reference for channel recommendation. A method for freely combining channel packages, comprising: an accepting device provides at least one package plan data with a plurality of channels to an execution device through an order page device, so as to order the package plan data with a plurality of channels, or select the package The plurality of channels in the plan data form an optional package data; a sales device checks whether the ordered package plan data or the selected optional package data conforms to a business logic, when the ordered package plan data or the selected optional package plan information When the package data conforms to the business logic, a service device will check the ordered package plan data Converting into a first viewing channel list, or converting the checked selected package data into a second viewing channel list; and transmitting the first viewing channel list or the second viewing channel list by the service device to the execution device to display the first video channel list and the second video channel list, wherein the service device further includes an apportionment module for calculating the cost apportionment result of each channel, and the apportionment module At every preset time, according to the selection ratio of each channel in the subscribed package plan data or the selected self-selected package data, the cost allocation result of each channel is calculated. The method for freely combining channel packages according to claim 7, wherein the service device further comprises a package definition module for providing at least one channel provider-defined and marketable package package data with a plurality of channels, so that the The package definition module transmits the package plan data with the plurality of channels to the receiving device. The method for freely combining channel packages as described in claim 7, wherein the accepting device is further provided to replace at least one channel in the optional package data selected by each user to generate the updated optional package data. The method for freely combining channel packages as described in claim 7, further comprising a channel recommendation device communicating with the channel, including a report module for storing the viewing rate of each channel and the data of each user's self-selected package, and a recommendation module for calculating a channel recommendation result. The method for freely combining channel packages as described in claim 10, wherein the recommendation module obtains the viewing rate of each channel and the user's self-selected package data from the report module, so as to base on the exposure value of each channel , audience ratings or the user's self-selected package information, calculate the The recommended value of the channel is then formed, and the channel recommendation result of each user is formed, and then the channel recommendation result of each user is transmitted to the order page device. The method for freely combining channel packages as described in claim 11, wherein the order page device generates a channel recommendation list of each user according to the channel recommendation result of each user, so as to transmit the channel recommendation list to each user for execution equipment, as a reference for channel recommendation. A computer-readable medium used in a computing device or a computer and storing instructions for executing the method for freely combining channel packages as described in any one of claims 7 to 12.

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