Abstract:
The present invention discloses a social media sharing system including a mobile device, a media playing device, a social networking website, a cloud database and a media resource platform. The members in the social networking website can together edit a media list and then store the media list in the cloud database. The media playing device of the present invention analyzes the content of the media list and obtains a media website address from the media resource platform so as to share the social media instantly.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    The present invention relates to a field of information system, and particularly relates to a social media sharing system and method thereof. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    There are currently a variety of online media platforms, which not only contain common online media player but also combine social networking website. Users can also share the media by releasing a message to the social networking website while playing the media. Following platforms are some examples: 
         [0003]    Spotify: It can be linked to Facebook, Tumblr or Twitter, and its functionality is sharing personal music information to the social networking website. 
         [0004]    MixerBox: It can search, play or subscribe YouTube MV which Facebook friends are favorite. The version, iOS, supports sharing a single song link to Google Gmail, Facebook, WhatsApp or Twitter. 
         [0005]    KKBOX: a self-development music society, myBOX, integrated with Facebook can instantly share music with relatives and friends or retrieve music. 
         [0006]    Douban FM: Music can be shared to Facebook, Gmail, Google+, Weibo, or Douban&#39;s society service (Douban broadcast). 
         [0007]    On the other hand, the existing social networking website provides functions which are allowed users with common interests to group a society and the members of the society can participate in the dialogue, share album, or start activities. Among them, Facebook provides a function of collaborative editing file. The society members can use this function to co-edit a file and the co-edited file will be represented in a different version number. 
         [0008]    Although the aforementioned online media platforms classify the music classified by some themes such as singer, style, popularity, etc., users must record their own interested songs so as to edit the playlist. In addition, the recommended media website address (URL; Uniform Resource Locator) acquired by users of social networking website will not be integrated immediately into their playlist. Moreover, the media shared to the social networking websites through online media platforms is only post in the personal pages, not effectively recommended to friends with common preferences. In addition, the existing online media platforms can&#39;t co-edit a media list by a plurality of members in the society so as to share the media. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0009]    According to the aforementioned problems, a social media sharing system and method thereof is provided in the present invention. The media playing device analyzes the co-edited documents of the society members. Searching is used to obtain the media website address to perform society media sharing. The users with common media preference utilize the society function of the social networking website to edit the media list together so that each of the members can share an interested media list and get rid of the trouble which the members have to pre-edit the content of the media list. In addition, the recommend media from the society members can be arranged efficiently in the media list. According to the media list, the media playing device is used to search and obtain the media website address from the online media platform and plays the media instantly. 
         [0010]    According the object above, the present invention provides a social media sharing system, comprising: a social networking website including a logged-in society wherein the society provides a media list edited by a plurality of members in the society together; a media resource platform including a media website resources; a computing device with a media player program connected to the social networking website by a first communication link and configured to download the media list from the social networking website; a cloud database connected to the computing device by a second communication link and configured to receive the media list from the computing device; and a media playing device including a transmission unit, a microcontroller, a memory, and a playing unit, communicated to the computing devices, the cloud database and the media resource platform, wherein the transmission unit, the microcontroller and the memory are electrically connected to each other by a bus, the microcontroller is electrically connected to the playing unit by an output interface, and the memory contains a social media sharing program; wherein the media playing device acquires a media list from the cloud database, the social media sharing program analyzes the media list to get a media information and the social media sharing program searches in the media resource platform according to the media information to obtain a media website address corresponding to the media information from the media website resource, and the microcontroller based on the media website address controls the playing unit to play media. 
         [0011]    In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the media playing device in the aforementioned social media sharing system can play audio or video. 
         [0012]    In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the computing device in the aforementioned social media sharing system is a mobile device or a computer. 
         [0013]    According to the object above, the present invention provides another social media sharing systems, comprising: a social networking website including a logged-in society login, wherein the society provides a media list edited by a plurality of members in the society together; a media resource platform including a media website resources; a computing device with a social media sharing program, connected to the social networking website by a first communication link and configured to download the media list from the social networking website; and a media playing device, communicated to the computing device; wherein the social media sharing program analyzes the media list to get a media information and the social media sharing program searches in the media resource platform according to the media information to obtain a media website address corresponding to the media information from the media website resource, and the social media sharing program based on the media website address controls the media playing device to play media. 
         [0014]    In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the media playing device in the aforementioned social media sharing system can play audio or video. 
         [0015]    According to the object above, the present invention provides a social media sharing method implemented by a social media sharing system comprising a computing device, a social networking website, a media resource platform, a cloud database, and a media playing device, comprising steps of: establishing a media list, which can be co-edited, through the social networking website; analyzing the media list to obtain a media information through a social media sharing program; searching and obtaining a media website address based on the media information through the social media sharing program; and playing media loaded from the media website address through the media playing device. 
         [0016]    In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the aforementioned media sharing method, the step of establishing the media list, which can be co-edited, through the social networking website further comprises: establishing a society in the social networking website, and a plurality of members in the society editing the media list together. 
         [0017]    In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the aforementioned media sharing method, the step after the step of establishing the media list, which can be co-edited, through the social networking website further comprises: backing up the media list. 
         [0018]    In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the aforementioned media sharing method, the media list is backed up in a cloud database. 
         [0019]    In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the aforementioned media sharing method, the step after the step of establishing the media list, which can be co-edited, through the social networking website further comprises: comparing the media list with a cloud database to get a latest version. 
         [0020]    In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the aforementioned media sharing method, the step of searching and obtaining the media website address based on the media information through the social media sharing program further comprises: utilizing media name, media author, media owner or media link in the media information to search. 
     
    
     
       DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0021]      FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating the social media sharing system in one embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0022]      FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating the social media sharing system in another embodiment of the present invention; and 
           [0023]      FIG. 3  is a flowchart illustrating the social media sharing method in the present invention. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
       [0024]    In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof, and as shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. In this regard, directional terminology, such as “top,” “bottom,” “front,” “back,” “left,” “right,” “inside,” “outside,” “side,” etc., is used with reference to the orientation of the FIG.(s) being described. As such, the directional terminology is used for purposes of illustration and is in no way limiting the present invention. 
         [0025]    The present invention relates to a system and method for social media sharing. The present invention proposes a social media sharing method to play media loaded from the social media list of the social networking website. The algorithms, the database type, communication protocol or mechanical structure are not key points in the present invention and the description thereof is omitted. 
         [0026]    Please refer to  FIG. 1 , and  FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating the social media sharing system in one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in  FIG. 1 , the social media sharing system in the present invention includes a computing device  13 , a social networking website  11 , a media resource platform  12 , a cloud database  15 , and a media playing device  14 . 
         [0027]    The social networking website  11  includes a logged-in society  111  which provides a media list  1111 , and the media lists  1111  can be edited by a plurality of members in the society  111  together to perfect the contents. In other words, after the media list  1111  is generated, each of the members in the society  111  can modify the media list  1111 , which is a common edit manner. 
         [0028]    The media resources platform  12  includes a media website resource  121  and a query interface  122 . The query interface  122  is connected to the media website resource  121  via the data link  123  to transmit the user&#39;s query or receive the media website address from searching. 
         [0029]    The computing device  13  and the society networking website  11  are connected via the first communication link  16  to perform the social networking website  11  login, the events in the society networking website  11  and data transmission, such as uploading/updating or downloading the media list  1111 . In addition, the computing device  13  and the cloud database  15  are connected via a second communication link  17  to perform data transmission, such as uploading/updating or downloading the media list  1111 . In addition, the computing device  13  includes a media player program  131  and the media player program  131  is connected to media playing device  14  via the fifth communication link  20  to control the playback. The computing device  13  can be a mobile device or PC (Personal Computer) and so on. 
         [0030]    The media playing device  14  includes a transmitting unit  141 , a microcontroller  142 , a memory  143 , and a playing unit  144 . The transmission unit  141 , the microcontroller  142  and the memory  143  are electrically connected via a bus  145 . The microcontroller  142  and the playing unit  144  are connected electrically via an output interface  146 . The memory  143  includes a social media sharing program  1431 , and the social media sharing program  1431  contains an analyzing function  14311  and an querying function  14312 . In addition, when the media playing program  131  controls the media playing device  14 , the media playing device  14  is connected to the cloud database  15  by the third communication link  18  to obtain the media list  1111 , which is uploaded to the cloud database  15  by the computing device  13 . In addition, the analyzing function  14311  analyzes the media list  1111  to acquire the media information (such as media name, media author, media owner or media link, etc.) The querying function  14312  is connected to the media resource platform  12  by the fourth communication link  19 . According to the form of the query interface  122  in the media resource platform  12 , the querying function  14312  is set to the search strategy corresponding to the media resource. When searching is processed by the query interface  122 , the media website address corresponding to the media information is acquired from the media website resource  121  via the data link  123 . In accordance with the media website address, the social media sharing program  1431  controls the playing unit  144  to play audio or video through the output interface  146  of the microcontroller  142 . 
         [0031]    The computing device  13  is connected to the media playing device  14  via the fifth communication link  20  to control the media player program  131 . The members in the society can use the computing device  13  to pre-set the media playing device  14 . When the media playing device  14  is turned on, the updated version of the media list  1111  is acquired from the cloud database  15 . Then the media playing device  14  is connected to the media resource platform  12  to obtain the media website address and plays the media so as to achieve the social media sharing. 
         [0032]    The transmission unit  141  of the media playing device  14  controls the third communication link  18 , the fourth communication link  19  or the fifth communication link  20 . The first communication link  16 , the second communications link  17 , the third communication link  18 , the fourth communication link  19  and the fifth communication link  20  can be wired communication or wireless communication. The wireless communication satisfies the communication protocols, such as Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi, Third Generation mobile communication (3G) or Fourth Generation mobile communications (4G) and so on. Wired communication satisfies the communication protocols, such as Open System Interconnection Reference Model (OSI), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Point-to-Point (PPP) Protocol, PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE), Cable modem, Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), World Wide Web (WWW), NetWare, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, Apple Talk, Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) or Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and so on. 
         [0033]    Next, please continue to see  FIG. 2 , and  FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating the social media sharing system in another embodiment of the invention. As shown in  FIG. 2 , the social media sharing system in another embodiment of the present invention includes a computing device  13 , a social networking website  11 , a media resource platform  12  and a media playing device  14 . 
         [0034]    The social networking website  11  includes a logged-in society  111  which provides a media list  1111 , and the media lists  1111  can be edited by a plurality of members in the society  111  together to perfect the contents. In other words, after the media list  1111  is generated, each of the members in the society  111  can modify the media list  1111 , which is a common edit manner. 
         [0035]    The media resources platform  12  (as the aforementioned online media platforms) includes a media website resource  121  and a query interface  122 . The query interface  122  is connected to the media website resource  121  via the data link  123  to transmit the user&#39;s query or receive the media website address form searching. 
         [0036]    The computing device  13  and the society networking website  11  are connected via the first communication link  16  to perform the social networking website  11  login, the events in the society networking website  11  and data transmission, such as uploading/updating or downloading the media list  1111 . In addition, the computing device  13  includes a social media sharing program  132  connected to the media playing device  14  via the fifth communication link  20  to control the media playing device  14  and transmit data. The social media sharing program  132  includes an analyzing function  1321 , a querying function  1322  and a media playing function  1323 . The analyzing function  1321  analyzes the media list  1111  to acquire the media information (such as media name, media author, media owner or media link). The querying function  1322  is connected to the media resource platform  12  via the sixth communication link  21 . According to the form of the query interface  122  in the media resource platform  12 , the querying function  1322  is set to the search strategy corresponding to the media resource. When searching is processed by the query interface  122 , the media website address corresponding to the media information is acquired from the media website resource  121  via the data link  123 . In accordance with the media website address, the media playing function  1323  controls the microcontroller  142  of the media playing device  14  via the fifth communication link and the microcontroller  142  further controls the playing unit  144  to play audio or video via the output interface  146 . The computing device  13  can be a mobile device, a personal computer and so on. 
         [0037]    The media playing device  14  includes a transmitting unit  141 , a microcontroller  142 , a memory  143 , and a playing unit  144 . The transmission unit  141 , the microcontroller  142  and the memory  143  are electrically connected via a bus  145 . The microcontroller  142  and the playing unit  144  are connected electrically via an output interface  146 . In addition, when the social media sharing program  132  controls the media playing device  14  to play media, the microcontroller  142  controls the playing unit  144  through the output interface  146  to play audio or video. 
         [0038]    The transmission unit  141  of the media playing device  14  controls the fifth communication link  20 . The first communication link  16 , the second communications link  17 , the third communication link  18 , the fourth communication link  19  and the fifth communication link  20  can be wired communication or wireless communication. The wireless communication satisfies the communication protocols, such as Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi, Third Generation mobile communication (3G) or Fourth Generation mobile communications (4G) and so on. Wired communication satisfies the communication protocols, such as Open System Interconnection Reference Model (OSI), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Point-to-Point (PPP) Protocol, PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE), Cable modem, Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), World Wide Web (WWW), NetWare, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, Apple Talk, Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) or Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and so on. 
         [0039]    The social media sharing method is referred to  FIG. 3 , and  FIG. 3  is a flowchart illustrating the social media sharing method in an embodiment of the present invention. This concept includes the operation manners in the aforementioned social media sharing system operation modes 1, 2 of, so please refer to  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2  and the related components. The social media sharing method includes the following steps. 
         [0040]    Step  301 : establishing a society  111  in a social networking website  11 . The users login the social networking website  11  and build the society  111  to recruit other users to become members therein. 
         [0041]    Step  302 : establishing a media list  1111 , which can be co-edited, in the social networking website  11 . The social networking website  11  includes a logged-in society  111 , and the society  111  provides the media list  1111 , which can be edited by each of the members in the society  111  to perfect the contents. In other words, after generating the media list  1111 , each of the members in the society  111  can modify the media list  1111  and this is a common edit manner. 
         [0042]    Step  303 : backing up the media list  1111 . The computing device  13  can download the media list  1111  to save it, or the media list  1111  can be downloaded to the computing device  13  and then uploaded to the cloud database  15  for the computing device  13  or the media playing device  14 . 
         [0043]    Step  304 : analyzing the media list  1111  to acquire media information. In the social media sharing system  1 , the media playing device  14  downloads the media list  1111  and the analyzing function  14311  is used to analyze the media list  1111  to acquire the media information (such as media name, media author, media owner or media link, etc.). In addition, in the social media sharing system  2 , the analyzing function  1321  in the computing device  13  analyzes the media list  1111  to acquire the media information. 
         [0044]    Step  305 : searching and obtaining a media website address based on the media information. The querying function  14312  or  1322  is connected to the media resource platform  12  via the fourth communication link  19  or the sixth communication link  21 . According to the form of the interface  122  for the media resource platform  12 , the querying function  14312 / 1322  is set to the search strategy corresponding to the media resource. When searching is processed by the query interface  122 , the media website address corresponding to the media information is acquired from the media website resource  121  via the data link  123 . 
         [0045]    Step  306 : playing media loaded from the media website address. The social media sharing program  1431  of the media playing device  14  in the social media sharing system  1  implements the microcontroller  142  controls the playing unit  144  via the output interface  146  to play audio or video in accordance with the media website address. In addition, the social media sharing program  132  of the media playing device  14  in the social media sharing system  2  implements the microcontroller  142  of the media playing device  14  via the fifth communication link  20  controls the playing unit  144  to play audio or video via the output interface  146 . 
         [0046]    As described above, the present invention has been described with preferred embodiments thereof and it is understood that many changes and modifications to the described embodiments can be carried out without departing from the scope and the spirit of the invention that is intended to be limited only by the appended claims.