Method, apparatus and system for realizing dynamic scheduling for a cinema and controlling playing of a movie

An electronic apparatus for generating a dynamic schedule for a cinema, the electronic apparatus comprising a memory having computer executable instructions stored thereon and a processor, the computer executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform a method comprising:

• receiving user preferences from a plurality of users, wherein a user preference of the user preferences is indicative of one or more of a movie that a user desires to watch, a time when the user desires to watch the movie, and a cinema where the user desires to watch the movie;
• determining a turnover of a first movie using the user preferences, wherein the turnover is based on playing the first movie in a first cinema at a first time, and a price of the first movie played at the first time at the first cinema;
• comparing the turnover of the first movie to a first threshold;
• if the turnover exceeds the first threshold, generating, a dynamic schedule for the first movie playing in the first cinema;
• determining a scheduling conflict for different movies at a same time in the first cinema;
• and
• generating the dynamic schedule based on one or more of a time when the plurality of users provided the user preferences and identities of the plurality of users.

A method for controlling playing a movie according to a dynamic schedule, the method being performed by a second electronic apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a dynamic schedule from a first electronic apparatus;
• and
• controlling playing the movie based on the dynamic schedule,
• wherein, the dynamic schedule is generated according to a method comprising:
• receiving user preferences from a plurality of users, wherein a user preference of the user preferences is indicative of one or more of a movie that a user desires to watch, a time when the user desires to watch the movie, a cinema where the user desires to watch the movie, and a number of people in the user's party;
• determining a turnover of a first movie using the user preferences, wherein the turnover is based on playing the first movie in a first cinema at a first time, and a price of the first movie played at the first time at the first cinema;
• comparing the turnover of the first movie to a first threshold;
• if the turnover exceeds the first threshold, generating, a dynamic schedule for the first movie playing in the first cinema;
• determining a scheduling conflict for different movies at a same time in the first cinema;
• and
• generating the dynamic schedule based on one or more of a time when the plurality of users provided the user preferences and identities of the plurality of users.