Remote Control Apparatus for Mobile Terminal Multimedia Playback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for playing multimedia files on mobile terminals, such as videos with advertisements, require users to operate the device, leading to device wear and reduced service life due to increased operational demands.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that connect a control apparatus to a mobile terminal via an interface, allowing operations on pre-arranged multimedia files, such as advertisements, to be controlled remotely, generating operation signals to instruct the mobile terminal to control playback without direct user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users operate the mobile terminal to skip advertisements, then the advertisement skipping function is achieved, but the device wears down and service life is shortened
Solution Approach 1:
A control apparatus is introduced as an intermediary device between the user and the mobile terminal. The control apparatus receives user operations (such as button presses) and transmits control signals to the mobile terminal to control advertisement playback. This mediator approach allows users to skip ads without directly operating the mobile terminal, thereby resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device durability.
2Ease of operation
If users directly operate the mobile terminal for playback control, then control functionality is achieved, but processing resources are occupied and wait times increase
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus serves as an intermediary that handles user operations externally. Instead of the mobile terminal processing every user interaction directly, the control apparatus receives operations, generates appropriate control signals, and transmits them to the mobile terminal. This reduces the processing burden on the mobile terminal and decreases wait times for playback control operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The control functionality is segmented between the control apparatus and the mobile terminal. The control apparatus handles high-level control decisions (such as skipping ads or fast-forwarding), while the mobile terminal executes the actual playback operations. This segmentation of control functions reduces the processing load on the mobile terminal and improves response time.
Data Source
AI summary
At a mobile terminal coupled to a control apparatus using an interface provided by the mobile terminal: receiving a user instruction to play a main multimedia file; playing a pre-arranged multimedia file associated with the main multimedia file before playing all or a portion of the main multimedia file; while playing the pre-arranged multimedia file, receiving an operation signal from the control apparatus through the interface, wherein the control signal is sent to the mobile terminal in response to a user operation received at the control apparatus, and the control signal corresponds to a control instruction regarding playback of the pre-arranged multimedia file; in response to receiving the control signal: if a user account associated with the mobile terminal meets authorization criteria with respect to the control instruction, executing, according to the control instruction, a control operation on the pre-arranged multimedia file that is being played.