# US 12,764,349 B2 · Media control method and vehicle-mounted terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,764,349 B2 - Document ID: US12764349B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/974,621 - Filed: 2024-12-09 - Published: 2025-03-27 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2022-06-21 - Assignees: BYD Company Limited - Applicants: BYD Company Limited - Inventors: Shikun Yang; Ke Liu; Jiande Zhang; Zhou Ruan; Zetong Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12764349B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/232: Content retrieval operation {locally} within server, e.g. reading video streams from disk arrays {(storage management G06F3/0604; details of querying and searching of video data from a database G06F16/739)} - G06F 8/61: Installation - H04N 21/482: End-user interface for programme selection - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A media control method is applied to a first fusion media application system. The media control method includes: determining target content from a target media source, and obtaining a content identifier of the target content and a media source identifier of the target media source; obtaining a target interface corresponding to the media source identifier, and obtaining a target media server of the target media source; and obtaining the target content from the target media server based on the content identifier through the target interface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A media control method, applied to a first converged media application system installed on a vehicle-mounted terminal having an in-vehicle infotainment system, wherein interfaces of multiple media sources are integrated in the first converged media application system, and the method comprises: receiving a first input of a user via a user interface, determining a target media source from the multiple media sources according to the first input, and determining target content from the target media source, obtaining a content identifier of the target content and a media source identifier of the target media source from push information of a target account from a server end after the target account is logged in on a second media application system, wherein the target account logged in on the second media application system is consistent with an account logged in on the first converged media application system or is an associated sub-account thereof, and wherein, when the in-vehicle infotainment system is in a sleep or power-off state at a time the push information is delivered by the server end, the target account is automatically logged in on the first converged media application system upon the in-vehicle infotainment system being powered on, and the push information is automatically received by the first converged media application system from the server end; obtaining as a target interface, a Software Development Kit (SDK) interface or an Application Programming Interface (API) of the target media source corresponding to the media source identifier obtained from the push information, and obtaining access to a target media server of the target media source through the target interface; and obtaining and playing back the target content from the target media server based on the content identifier through the target interface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The media control method according to claim 1, wherein the determining the target content from the target media source comprises: displaying a content list comprised in the target media source; and in response to a second input of the user, determining the target content from the content list according to the second input. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The media control method according to claim 1, wherein the determining the target content from the target media source comprises: receiving a search keyword entered by the user in a search window; submitting, to the target media server through the target interface, a search request comprising the search keyword, and receiving a search result corresponding to the search keyword from the target media server; and in response to a third input of the user, determining the target content in the search result according to the third input. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The media control method according to claim 1, wherein the determining the target content from the target media source comprises: receiving a search keyword entered by the user in a converged search window; submitting, to a media server of each of the multiple media sources through an interface of each of the multiple media sources, a search request comprising the search keyword, and receiving a search result corresponding to the search keyword from the media server of each of the multiple media sources; and in response to a third input of the user, determining the target content in the search results according to the third input. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The media control method according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining a content identifier of the target content and a media source identifier of the target media source comprises sending the target media source and the target content to the second media application system, wherein the content identifier of the target content and the media source identifier of the target media source are determined by the second media application system, and submitted to the server end by the second media application system. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The media control method according to claim 1, wherein the push information is generated by the server end based on the content identifier of the target content and the media source identifier of the target media source that are submitted by the second media application system, and the second media application system is installed on a mobile terminal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The media control method according to claim 1, wherein an interface of each of multiple media sources comprises a Software Development Kit (SDK) interface or an Application Programming Interface (API). ### Claim 8 A media control method, applied to a second media application system installed on a mobile terminal, the method comprising: sending a content identifier of target content and a media source identifier of a target media source to a server end, for the server end to generate and deliver push information of a target account to a first converged media application system installed on a vehicle-mounted terminal having an in-vehicle infotainment system after the target account is logged in on the second media application system, wherein the target account logged in on the second media application system is consistent with an account logged in on the first converged media application system or is an associated sub-account thereof, wherein interfaces of multiple media sources are integrated in the first converged media application system, the push information comprises the content identifier of the target content and the media source identifier of the target media source, the first converged media application system obtains the target content from a target media server based on the content identifier through a target interface of the first converged media application system, the target interface corresponds to the media source identifier and comprises a Software Development Kit (SDK) interface or an Application Programming Interface (API), and the target media server is a media server of the target media source, and wherein, when the in-vehicle infotainment system is in a sleep or power-off state at a time the push information is delivered, the target account is automatically logged in on the first converged media application system upon the in-vehicle infotainment system being powered on, and the push information is automatically received by the first converged media application system from the server end. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The media control method according to claim 8, wherein the interfaces of multiple media sources are integrated in the second media application system; and before the sending a content identifier of target content and a media source identifier of a target media source to a server end, the method further comprises: receiving a search keyword entered by a user in a converged search window of the second media application system; submitting, to a media server of each of the multiple media sources of the second media application system through an interface of each of the multiple media sources, a search request comprising the search keyword, and receiving a search result corresponding to the search keyword from the media server of each of the multiple media sources; and in response to a third input of the user, determining the target content in the search results. ### Claim 10 A media control method comprises: sending, by a second media application system installed on a mobile terminal, a content identifier of target content and a media source identifier of a target media source to a server end, wherein a target account logged in on the second media application system is consistent with an account logged in on a first converged media application system installed on a vehicle-mounted terminal having an in-vehicle infotainment system, or is an associated sub-account thereof; delivering, by the server end, push information of the target account after the target account is logged in on the second media application system to the first converged media application system, wherein, when the in-vehicle infotainment system is in a sleep or power-off state at a time the push information is delivered, the target account is automatically logged in on the first converged media application system upon the in-vehicle infotainment system being powered on, and the push information is automatically received by the first converged media application system from the server end; obtaining, by the first converged media application system, the content identifier of the target content and the media source identifier of the target media source from the push information; and obtaining and playing back, by the first converged media application system, the target content from a target media server based on the content identifier through a target interface, wherein the target interface is of the first converged media application system and corresponds to the media source identifier and comprises a Software Development Kit (SDK) interface or an Application Programming Interface (API), and the target media server is a media server of the target media source. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The media control method according to claim 10, wherein the second media application system comprises interfaces of multiple media sources; and before the sending, by the second media application system, a content identifier of target content and a media source identifier of a target media source to the server end, the method further comprises: receiving, by the second media application system, a search keyword entered by a user in a converged search window of the second media application system; submitting, by the second media application system to a media server of each of the multiple media sources of the second media application system through an interface of each of the multiple media sources, a search request comprising the search keyword, and receiving a search result corresponding to the search keyword from the media server of each of the multiple media sources; and in response to a third input of the user, determining, by the second media application system, the target content in the search results. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A vehicle-mounted terminal, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing computer instructions, wherein the processor executes the computer instructions to perform the media control method according to claim 1. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The vehicle-mounted terminal according to claim 12, wherein the determining the target content from the target media source comprises: displaying a content list comprised in the target media source; and in response to a second input of the user, determining the target content from the content list according to the second input. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The vehicle-mounted terminal according to claim 12, wherein the determining the target content from the target media source comprises: receiving a search keyword entered by the user in a search window; submitting, to the target media server through the target interface, a search request comprising the search keyword, and receiving a search result corresponding to the search keyword from the target media server; and in response to a third input of the user, determining the target content in the search result according to the third input. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The vehicle-mounted terminal according to claim 12, wherein the determining the target content from the target media source comprises: receiving a search keyword entered by the user in a converged search window; submitting, to a media server of each of the multiple media sources through an interface of each of the multiple media sources, a search request comprising the search keyword, and receiving a search result corresponding to the search keyword from the media server of each of the multiple media sources; and in response to a third input of the user, determining the target content in the search results according to the third input. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The vehicle-mounted terminal according to claim 12, wherein the obtaining a content identifier of the target content and a media source identifier of the target media source comprises sending the target media source and the target content to the second media application system, wherein the content identifier of the target content and the media source identifier of the target media source are determined by the second media application system, and submitted to the server end by the second media application system. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The vehicle-mounted terminal according to claim 12, wherein the push information is generated by the server end based on the content identifier of the target content and the media source identifier of the target media source that are submitted by the second media application system, and the second media application system is installed on a mobile terminal.