Browser-Based File Upload to Television via Web Server
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for playing audio and video resources from handsets, PDAs, and computers on television sets are cumbersome, requiring specific applications and not easily facilitating file uploads and playback without overwhelming the television's resources.
Innovation Solution
A method involving a browser in User Equipment (UE) sending a request to a television set to obtain a file upload page, uploading files through this page, and the television set decoding and playing these files without the need for additional applications, utilizing HTML5 for the file upload page and enabling real-time playback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If specific applications are installed on User Equipment to play audio and video resources on television sets, then file playback functionality is achieved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to installation requirements and resource management overhead
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that hosts the file playback application. Instead of installing complex applications on User Equipment or Television Sets, the server acts as a mediator that provides file upload and playback services. The UE simply needs a browser to access the server, which handles all the complex processing, file management, and playback operations, thereby simplifying the client devices while maintaining full functionality.
2Adaptability or versatility
If file upload functionality is added to television sets to accommodate various file types, then adaptability improves, but television resource burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the file processing, storage, and playback functionality from the television set and relocates it to a separate server. The television set only needs to display content received from the server, while all the resource-intensive operations (file reception, parsing, format conversion, playback control) are performed on the server. This extraction allows the TV to support various file types without bearing the resource burden of processing them.
3Ease of operation
If a comprehensive file playback application is implemented on User Equipment, then functionality is achieved, but ease of operation worsens due to application installation and configuration requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal server-based platform that serves multiple functions: file upload, file storage, file parsing, format conversion, and playback control. This single multi-functional server replaces the need for separate applications on different devices. Users can access the same service through any browser-equipped device, eliminating the need for device-specific application development and installation while maintaining comprehensive functionality.
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AI summary
Methods for uploading a file to a television set and playing a file, television set and user equipment are disclosed. The method for uploading a file to a television set includes: sending by a browser in a User Equipment, UE, a request to the television set to obtain a file upload page, wherein the request carries a Uniform Resource Locator, URL, address of the file upload page; and receiving by the browser in the UE the file upload page with which the television set responds, and uploading at least one file through the file upload page to the television set.