Media Player Credential Routing for Single-Device Streaming Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing media players in vehicles face issues when multiple account credentials are used for accessing a remote streaming media source, leading to the remote source recognizing the device as multiple devices, increasing resource usage and error-proneness.

Innovation Solution

A control system with a streaming media source manager dynamically selects between a media player application and a digital personal assistant application to provide account credentials to a shared interface component, ensuring the system is recognized as a single hardware device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple account credentials are used to access the remote streaming media source, then the system can support multiple applications (media player and digital personal assistant), but the remote source recognizes the device as multiple devices, increasing resource usage and error-proneness

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesupport for multiple applicationsVSAvoiddevice recognition accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple account credentials into a single unified interface component. The streaming media source manager dynamically selects which account credentials to use, but all credentials access the remote streaming media source through one shared interface, causing the remote source to recognize only a single device regardless of how many applications are using the system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The shared streaming media source interface component acts as an intermediary between multiple applications and the remote streaming media source. This intermediary manages multiple account credentials internally while presenting a single unified interface to the remote source, thereby maintaining device recognition accuracy while supporting application versatility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple account credentials are used to access the remote streaming media source, then different applications can have their own credentials, but this increases resource usage and makes the system more error-prone

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveapplication-specific credential supportVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The shared streaming media source interface component is designed with universality to handle multiple account credentials and serve multiple applications through a single interface. This multi-functional component reduces system complexity by eliminating the need for separate interface components for each application while maintaining the ability to support different credentials.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The streaming media source manager implements self-service by automatically dynamically selecting the appropriate account credentials based on which application is currently active. This automatic selection mechanism eliminates manual configuration complexity while maintaining adaptability to different application needs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Ease of operation

If separate interface components are used for each account credential, then each application can access the streaming media source independently, but this increases device complexity and resource usage

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveindependent application accessVSAvoidnumber of interface components

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple separate interface components into a single shared streaming media source interface component. This unified interface maintains independent access capabilities for different applications through dynamic credential selection by the streaming media source manager, while reducing device complexity by eliminating redundant interface components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS12495178B2Apparatus and methods for use with a media player

Publication Date: 2025.12.09 JAGUAR LAND ROVER LTD

AI summary

A control system for a media player includes a media player application associated with a first set of account credentials for accessing a remote streaming media source to receive streaming media content to output the streaming media on the media player, a digital personal assistant application associated with a second set of account credentials for accessing the remote streaming media source to receive streaming media content to output the streaming media on the media player, a streaming media source interface component for receiving account credentials to access the remote streaming media source and a command for requesting media from the remote streaming media source and a streaming media source manager arranged to dynamically select one of the media player application and the digital personal assistant application to provide one of the respective first and second sets of account credentials to the streaming media source interface component to access the remote streaming media source.