Casting Control System Gatekeeper Permission Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Casting media to media renderers often results in unauthorized or unintentional replacement of content, as devices immediately render media without permission, leading to disruptions in shared display environments like classrooms and meeting rooms.
Innovation Solution
A casting control system that identifies and seeks permission from a designated gatekeeper before allowing media to be cast to a media renderer, using attributes like predefined roles, schedules, and relationships to dynamically determine the gatekeeper and enforce permission policies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If casting is enabled for immediate media transmission to media renderers, then ease of operation is improved, but unauthorized casting and content replacement occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a casting control system as an intermediary between the casting device and media renderer. This mediator receives casting requests, identifies the gatekeeper, obtains permission, and coordinates the casting process. The intermediary resolves the contradiction by enabling easy casting operation while preventing unauthorized casting through the gatekeeper permission mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by identifying the gatekeeper and obtaining permission before the actual casting occurs. The casting control system proactively determines who has authority to allow casting and secures their permission in advance, preventing unauthorized casting while maintaining ease of operation for authorized users.
2Reliability
If casting permission is required from a gatekeeper, then unauthorized casting is prevented, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The media renderer performs self-service by having its own casting control system that autonomously identifies gatekeepers, determines permission requirements, and manages the permission-seeking process. This self-service approach distributes the complexity across individual media renderers rather than requiring a centralized complex system, making the overall solution more manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adapts to different casting scenarios by flexibly identifying gatekeepers based on various attributes (location, time, device relationships) rather than using a fixed permission structure. This dynamic approach allows the system to handle diverse situations with a unified mechanism, reducing overall complexity while maintaining security.
3Measurement precision
If dynamic gatekeeper identification is implemented, then casting control accuracy is improved, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by using different attributes and identification methods tailored to specific casting scenarios and contexts. Rather than uniformly processing all possible attributes for every casting request, the system selectively uses relevant attributes based on the particular situation, reducing information processing overhead while maintaining accurate gatekeeper identification.
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AI summary
A method and system for controlling casting to a media renderer is provided. A casting control system receives from a requesting device a request to cast media to the media renderer. In response to receiving the request, the casting control system identifies a gatekeeper for the media renderer and notifies the gatekeeper that a request has been received to cast media to the media renderer. After the casting control system receives from the gatekeeper an indication to grant or deny the request, the casting control system allows or denies the casting of the media to the media renderer.