Proximity-Based Streaming Profile Sharing and Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges when accessing streaming services on mobile devices, including inability to perform other tasks while streaming, rapid battery depletion, burdensome login processes, and unintentional profile access by others due to forgotten logouts.
Innovation Solution
A method that identifies a proximate device with a compatible application, presents a non-native user profile, and upon user activation, transmits an authentication request to grant access to the profile, allowing secure and convenient sharing of streaming profiles across devices in temporary locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If users log into streaming services on mobile devices, then they can access digital media content, but they experience rapid battery depletion
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic authentication and profile switching without requiring user login actions. The mobile device automatically detects the proximate device, retrieves user profile information, and authenticates through the shared profile mechanism, eliminating the need for manual login while reducing battery consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
User profiles are pre-configured and stored on the service provider's server. When a user approaches a device, the system automatically retrieves and applies the appropriate pre-saved profile information, eliminating the need for real-time authentication and reducing energy consumption during the streaming session.
2Ease of operation
If users manually log in to streaming services, then they can access their profiles, but the login process is burdensome
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic device detection, profile retrieval, and authentication without requiring user interaction. The mobile device automatically identifies the proximate device with the compatible application and completes the login process through background authentication mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
User profile information is pre-stored on the service provider's server associated with the user's account. The system retrieves this pre-configured information automatically when a compatible device is detected, eliminating the need for manual profile selection or credential entry.
3Ease of operation
If users leave devices unlocked or logged in for convenience, then they can quickly access content, but others may unintentionally access their profiles
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary authentication mechanism that mediates between the user and the streaming service. Even when devices are unlocked, access to user profiles requires authentication through the shared profile mechanism, which verifies user identity and permissions before granting access.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication state is dynamic rather than static. The system continuously monitors device proximity and authentication status, automatically granting or revoking access based on real-time conditions. This ensures that profiles remain secure unless the user is actually present and authenticated.
4Adaptability or versatility
If users share profiles across multiple devices, then they can access content from different locations, but they may exceed simultaneous streaming allotments
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms that monitor streaming quota usage across all devices. When a user attempts to access a profile on a new device, the system checks current streaming activity and quota status, providing real-time feedback on whether additional streaming is permitted before granting access.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication system serves multiple functions: it verifies user identity, checks streaming quota status, monitors simultaneous stream counts, and manages profile access permissions all through a single unified mechanism. This universal approach ensures consistent quota management across diverse devices and usage scenarios.
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AI summary
One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using a sensor of an information handling device, a proximate device to the information handling device; determining, using a processor of the information handling device, whether the proximate device comprises a compatible application; presenting, on the information handling device and responsive to determining that the proximate device does comprise the compatible application, a non-native user profile associated with the compatible application; receiving, on the presented non-native user profile, activation input from a user; transmitting, responsive to receiving the activation input, an authentication request to the proximate device; and providing, responsive to receiving authentication approval in response to the authentication request from the proximate device, access to the non-native user profile on the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.