Media Device Mobile Intermediary Application Sharing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulties in finding and accessing specific applications compatible with their media devices due to secured content provider networks and large public application catalogs, limiting the sharing of content and functionality between mobile and media devices.

Innovation Solution

A system and method where a media device initiates a communication session with a mobile device to share data, allowing the media device to directly access a content provider network and establish a wireless peer-to-peer communication session, enabling the execution of applications associated with both devices and facilitating new functionalities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a media device uses a secured content provider network with approved applications only, then security and access control are improved, but the ability to share content and execute applications from external sources deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovesecurityVSAvoidapplication sharing capability

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a mobile device as an intermediary that bridges the secured media device network and external content sources. The mobile device receives content from external sources and transmits it to the media device through a controlled interface, allowing application sharing without compromising the secured network's security protocols.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system segments the application execution environment into two parts: the secured media device network that handles authenticated content delivery, and the mobile device that handles external content acquisition. This segmentation allows each component to maintain its security characteristics while enabling overall system versatility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If a media device is limited to approved applications from content provider networks, then access control and security are improved, but the ease of finding and accessing specific applications deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess controlVSAvoidapplication search and access

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The mobile device serves as an intermediary that maintains the media device's access control list while providing a user-friendly interface for discovering and selecting applications. Users can search for applications on the mobile device and initiate sharing sessions with the media device through a simplified process that preserves security authentication.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary authentication and application verification on the mobile device before establishing a connection with the media device. This preliminary action ensures that only approved applications are transmitted to the secured network, maintaining access control while simplifying the user experience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If a media device executes applications from large public content catalogs, then application variety is improved, but the difficulty of finding specific applications compatible with the media device increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveapplication selection varietyVSAvoidapplication compatibility detection

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The mobile device acts as an intermediary that pre-identifies compatible applications from public catalogs before sharing with the media device. It uses its own application metadata and the media device's capabilities to filter and recommend compatible applications, eliminating the need for users to manually verify compatibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the mobile device receives capability information from the media device and uses this feedback to automatically filter and present only compatible applications. This continuous feedback loop resolves the compatibility detection difficulty by making it automatic and transparent.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS9998878B2Systems and methods for enabling sharing between devices

Publication Date: 2018.06.12 AT&T MOBILITY II LLC

AI summary

A method includes sending a message to a mobile device via a first network, the message including set-up information related to a communication session. The method may further include establishing a wireless peer-to-peer communication session with the mobile device via a second network in response to a selection of a selectable link at the mobile device, the selectable link based on the set-up information.