Vehicle Media Queue Sharing Without Direct Phone Pairing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle infotainment systems require complex and time-consuming processes for users to pair and connect their smartphones, limiting passengers' ability to share media resources seamlessly without disrupting the primary user's connection, and often result in technical issues and user frustration.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses a wireless transceiver and processor to establish connections with mobile devices, manage media resource queues, and deliver content via URIs, allowing multiple users to share media resources across the vehicle's GUI formats without requiring direct device pairing or connection, using connection identifiers and discovery methods like QR codes and NFC for easy app installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional Bluetooth or WiFi pairing methods are used to connect mobile devices to vehicle infotainment systems, then device connectivity is achieved, but user workload increases and connection time extends
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing connection identifiers and QR codes on the vehicle side before the user arrives. When a passenger enters, the connection is already prepared and can be activated instantly by scanning the QR code, eliminating the need for real-time pairing negotiations and reducing both workload and connection time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces QR codes and NFC tags as intermediary elements between the mobile device and the infotainment system. These intermediaries carry pre-encoded connection information that bridges the gap between devices without requiring complex direct pairing protocols, thus simplifying the connection process while maintaining reliability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple mobile devices are connected to the vehicle infotainment system, then media sharing capability improves, but system complexity increases and connection management becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the connection management by creating independent connection identifiers for different user zones (driver, front passenger, rear passengers). Each segment can be managed independently through its own QR code, allowing multiple devices to connect without interfering with each other. This segmentation reduces overall system complexity while enabling versatile media sharing across all devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The infotainment system automatically manages multiple device connections by assigning unique connection identifiers and generating corresponding QR codes for each device. The system self-configures the connection parameters and media sharing permissions without requiring manual intervention, thus enabling multi-device adaptability while keeping management simple.
3Reliability
If the primary user's device connection is maintained for safety reasons, then driver safety is ensured, but passenger ability to share media is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the vehicle into distinct connection zones with separate connection identifiers - the driver's connection remains stable and dedicated for safety-critical functions, while passengers have their own independent connection channels through QR codes. This segmentation allows the driver's connection to remain undisturbed while enabling passengers to share media through their own segmented connection path.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses QR codes as intermediary elements that enable passenger media sharing without requiring passengers to directly connect to the driver's connection channel. The QR code intermediary routes passenger media requests through a separate path that coexists with the driver's stable connection, thus maintaining driver safety while enabling passenger versatility.
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AI summary
Embodiments generally relate to a system for managing media resources from a plurality of mobile devices and delivered by a vehicle. In particular, embodiments relate to an apparatus for providing a queue of media resources from a mobile device to a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a wireless transceiver, a vehicle interface, and a processor. The processor establishes a wireless connection to the mobile device and then receives a uniform resource identifier (URI) for a media resource from the mobile device. It then processes the URI to determine information on the media resource, including its media type and selects a media source associated with the media type that comprises the media resource. The processor next adds the media resource to the queue of media resources, which is broadcast via the wireless connection, and triggers the media source to provide the media resource to the vehicle via the vehicle interface.