Unified Video Access Platform for Multi-Service Decryption
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional media player applications and set-top boxes lack compatibility, making it difficult for users to access and view media content from multiple video services without additional effort or troubleshooting, as each service requires its own application and decryption methods.
Innovation Solution
A universal video access platform that instantiates a virtual media player on a server if the local media processor cannot handle a video-on-demand session, allowing seamless playback and unified control across various video services through a single interface, which can log in, search, and play content from multiple sources without needing individual applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If individual service providers use separate media player applications, then each service can maintain its own decryption and playback control, but users cannot access multiple services through a single interface and must install and troubleshoot multiple applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple service-specific media player applications into a single unified media player application. This unified application receives video data from multiple video service providers and handles decryption and playback for all services through one interface, eliminating the need for users to install and manage separate applications for each service.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified media player application is designed to perform multiple functions: it can access and play content from different video service providers (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, etc.), handle various decryption methods, and provide a consistent user interface for all services, making it a universal solution for media playback.
2Reliability
If each video service requires its own application with specific decryption methods, then service security is maintained, but user convenience deteriorates due to the need for multiple applications and troubleshooting
Solution Approach 1:
The unified media player application is segmented into multiple virtual machine instances, with each virtual machine dedicated to a specific video service provider. Each virtual machine contains the appropriate decryption algorithms and playback controls for its associated service, maintaining service security while allowing the unified application to provide a single user interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified media player application acts as an intermediary between the user and multiple video service providers. It receives user requests, determines which service the content belongs to, routes the request to the appropriate virtual machine instance, and returns the decoded video content to the user through a single consistent interface.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a machine-readable storage medium, including executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations that include receiving a request for a video-on-demand session through a selected video-application provided at a media processor, instantiating an instance of the selected video-application as an instantiated video-application, wherein the instantiated video-application loads a decryption algorithm for the video-on-demand session, receiving video data from a video service associated with the instantiated video-application, applying the decryption algorithm on the video data to generate decoded video content, and providing the decoded video content to the media processor. Other embodiments are disclosed.