Cross-Platform Content Recording via OAuth 2.0 and ACR
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Solution Overview
Problem
The integration and crossover between traditional linear TV and OTT content services are limited, preventing users from seamlessly accessing missing or future episodes of a show across different platforms, with existing DVR systems restricted by regional copyright laws and legal restrictions.
Innovation Solution
Implementing OAuth 2.0 authorization protocols and using Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) to enable OTT apps to search and record relevant content from linear TV services, leveraging Cloud DVR and local DVR systems, and utilizing the RDK-V platform for standardized video playback management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If OAuth 2.0 authorization protocols and ACR technology are implemented to enable cross-platform content recording, then user access to unified content library is improved, but system complexity and legal compliance requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements an intermediary authorization system using OAuth 2.0 protocols that mediates between OTT apps and linear TV recording services. This intermediary layer enables secure cross-platform content access without requiring direct integration between disparate systems, thus improving adaptability while managing complexity through standardized authentication mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs universal authorization protocols (OAuth 2.0) and multi-functional integration platforms that enable a single recording system to access content from multiple sources (OTT services and linear TV). This universal approach allows one system to serve multiple functions across different platforms, improving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If Cloud DVR and local DVR systems are integrated to provide seamless playback across services, then content availability is improved, but system complexity and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges Cloud DVR and local DVR systems into a unified recording infrastructure. By combining these storage and playback systems, the patent enables seamless content availability across OTT and linear TV platforms while managing complexity through integrated resource allocation and centralized content management.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a cloud-based dimension to traditional local DVR functionality, creating a hybrid architecture that operates across multiple dimensions (local storage, cloud storage, streaming). This dimensional expansion improves content availability while distributing system complexity across multiple layers rather than concentrating it in a single system.
3Reliability
If RDK-V platform is utilized for standardized video playback management, then playback compatibility is improved, but dependency on third-party platform increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the RDK-V platform as a universal playback management system that handles video playback across different content sources and devices. This standardized platform provides reliable, consistent playback functionality while reducing the need for multiple proprietary playback implementations, thereby improving compatibility without proportionally increasing dependency complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A first plurality of content items available from a first content service is identified, and a second plurality of content items not available from the first content service but related to the first plurality of content items is also identified. An order in which to play back content items from both the first plurality of content items and the second plurality of content items is determined. A first content item from the first plurality of content items is then played back. Based on the order, a second content item from the second plurality of content items is identified for playback next and is automatically played back from the second content service. At the conclusion of the entire order of content item, the user may be returned to a user interface of the first content service or the content service from which playback of content items was initiated.