Server-Mediated Data Transfer for Smart Media Players
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional media players lack the ability to interact with users and other devices over a network to share and manage content preferences and settings, limiting their functionality beyond simple playback.
Innovation Solution
A server system that allows 'smart' media players, such as Blu-ray Disc players, to transfer data via a network, enabling users to access and manage content settings, preferences, and scene identifiers, allowing for interactive features like saving and retrieving scene identifiers across different devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional media players are used for simple playback operations, then device complexity is reduced and ease of manufacture is improved, but adaptability and network interaction capabilities deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
A server system acts as an intermediary between multiple media players and the network, handling complex data storage, scene identifier management, and user account operations. This allows individual media players to maintain simpler hardware while gaining enhanced network interaction capabilities through the server's mediation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If media players store all content settings locally, then network communication requirements are reduced, but adaptability for sharing preferences across devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
User accounts and content preferences are copied between multiple media players through the server system. When a user logs in to a different player, their account information and saved scene identifiers are retrieved from the server, enabling seamless cross-device sharing without transferring large amounts of media content data.
3Adaptability or versatility
If smart media players execute complex programming code from discs, then functionality and user interaction are improved, but device complexity and processing requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
Programming code for interactive features is pre-recorded on the optical disc itself. The media player's processor simply needs to execute this pre-prepared code rather than generating complex interactions in real-time, reducing the burden on device processing capabilities while maintaining rich interactive functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
A server system transfers data via a network to and from one or more “smart” media players. The server system can be used, for example, to facilitate saving and retrieving media player settings, such as user preferences. The server system can also be used, for example, to facilitate a user sharing his or her favorite scene from a movie with other users.