Remote Web Media Playback Control Across TV Display Players
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face challenges in controlling and playing web media on a television set from a distance, as it is difficult to view a web browser display on the television and may interfere with normal viewing, and there is a need for remote operation and content control using personal computing devices.
Innovation Solution
A system that enables a personal computing device to control a display device remotely by transmitting messages through a server system, which converts commands and loads media players as needed, allowing users to select and control content on a display device using a mobile phone or other devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a computer is connected to a television set to watch Web media, then Web media can be played on the television display, but it is difficult to control the system from a distance and may interfere with normal television program viewing
Solution Approach 1:
A remote control device with a web browser acts as an intermediary between the user and the television system. The remote control device retrieves and displays web media content locally, allowing users to control content selection and playback on the television set from a distance without interfering with other viewers' experience of the main display.
2Ease of operation
If a wireless device is used to control the television from a distance, then remote control is enabled, but it can be difficult to view a web browser display on the television set
Solution Approach 1:
The system shifts the web browser display from the two-dimensional television screen to the remote control device's display. This dimensional relocation allows the television set to maintain its primary function as a large display for content playback while the remote control device handles the information-dense web browser interface for content selection and control.
3Area of stationary object
If web media is played on the television set, then large display capability is utilized, but control from a distance becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the functionality between two devices: the television set handles high-quality content playback utilizing its large display area, while the remote control device handles web browsing and control functions. This segmentation allows each device to optimize its strengths while working together as an integrated system.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for controlling playback of various types of content includes a first computing device that provides a unique identifier to a second computing device to establish an association there between. By virtue of the established association, the second computing device can send one or more messages to the first computing device, the one or more messages referencing a piece of content associated with a first media playing element of a plurality of media playing elements, and one or more commands corresponding to the first media playing element. The first computing device can select the first media playing element based on the received one or more messages, and control how the first media playing element plays the referenced piece of content utilizing the one or more commands.