Media Guidance Application for Private Public Device Bridging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing media device connection systems face challenges such as device incompatibility, detection issues, processing limitations, lack of necessary applications, and poor connection quality when users attempt to connect a private device to a public device, often requiring specific hardware or software configurations and user access.
Innovation Solution
A media guidance application that identifies public devices, bridges communication between private and public devices using specialized authorization keys, ensures application compatibility, and translates commands to facilitate seamless connections without requiring user access to the secondary device or specific hardware/software configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional connection methods are used between private and public devices, then device compatibility is improved, but device complexity increases due to requiring specific hardware or software configurations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a media guidance application as an intermediary layer between the private device and public device. This application handles the complex communication protocols, authentication, and data transmission, allowing devices with different hardware and software configurations to connect seamlessly without requiring the devices themselves to be complex or pre-configured.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the public device retrieves and installs applications before connection, then application compatibility is improved, but connection time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The media guidance application performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing communication channels, authenticating devices, and preparing the necessary software environment before the actual content transmission begins. This allows the connection to be established quickly while ensuring compatibility is already verified.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically handles application retrieval, installation, and configuration without requiring manual user intervention. The media guidance application on the public device autonomously manages the software requirements, reducing both connection time and user effort.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the media guidance application bridges communication between incompatible applications, then adaptability is improved, but processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The media guidance application serves as a communication intermediary that translates between different protocols and data formats. It handles the processing burden of protocol conversion, authentication, and data formatting, allowing the private and public devices to maintain their original processing capabilities while achieving compatibility through the mediating application.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for providing access to media content by connecting, to a private device, a public device that does not have an installed application associated with the media content. A media guidance application may receive a communication from a private device, with a private interface application and a public interface application, wherein the communication is a request to access content using the public device. In response, the media guidance application may request, at the public device, the public interface application from the private device. The private device may thus transmit the public interface application with user authorization information to the public device. The private interface application may be configured to control a graphical user interface of the public interface application. Accordingly, the user may be able to access content via the public device when the private device is within a predetermined proximity to the public device.