Playback control method, player device, and storage medium
View Patent ↗A playback control method, a player device, and a storage medium are provided. The method comprises: establishing the correspondence between a playback device and an account; establishing a connection between the playback device and the player device; allowing the account login via the correspondence between the playback device and the account; receiving and executing the playback control operation instruction of the playback device. By establishing a correspondence between the playback device and the account, once the connection between the playback device and the player is established, the account login can be directly allowed via the correspondence between the player and the account.
1. A play controlling method comprising:
establishing a first initial connection between (i) a media player running on a first device and (ii) a first audio output device of a first user, wherein establishing the first initial connection includes:
connecting the first audio output device to the media player;
receiving, from the first user after the first audio output device is connected to the media player, first account information for the media player, wherein the first account information includes a first account name and a first password;
attempting to authenticate the first user with the media player based on the first account information; and
in response to successful authentication of the first user with the media player, storing, by the first device, a correspondence between an identifier of the first audio output device and the first account information;
establishing a second initial connection between (i) the media player and (ii) a second audio output device of a second user, wherein establishing the second initial connection includes:
connecting the second audio output device to the media player;
receiving, from the second user after the second audio output device is connected to the media player, second account information for the media player, wherein the second account information includes a second account name and a second password;
attempting to authenticate the second user with the media player based on the second account information; and
in response to successful authentication of the second user with the media player, storing, by the first device, a correspondence between an identifier of the second audio output device and the second account information;
in response to a subsequent connection between the media player and the second audio output device following the second initial connection:
checking whether the identifier of the second audio output device has been associated with the second account information;
in response to the identifier of the second audio output device having been associated with the second account information, automatically authenticating and logging the second user into the media player by using the stored second account information without inputting the second account information including the second account name and the second password by the second user; and
receiving and executing, by the media player, play control operating instructions of the second audio output device, wherein the play control operating instructions of the second audio output device are different than play control operating instructions of the first audio output device; and
in response to the second audio output device being disconnected from the media player, automatically logging the second user out of the media player.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
storing the correspondence between the identifier of the first audio output device and the first account information includes storing a correspondence between a first hardware address of the first audio output device and the first account information, and
storing the correspondence between the identifier of the second audio output device and the second account information includes storing a correspondence between a second hardware address of the second audio output device and the second account information.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first initial connection and the second initial connection are wireless connections.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to a subsequent connection between the media player and the first audio output device following the first initial connection:
checking whether the identifier of the first audio output device has been associated with the first account information;
in response to the identifier of the first audio output device having been associated with the first account information, automatically authenticating and logging the first user into the media player by using the stored first account information without inputting the first account information including the first account name and the first password by the first user; and
receiving and executing, by the media player, the play control operating instructions of the first audio output device.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the subsequent connection between the media player and the first audio output device is performed while the second audio output device is still connecting to the media player.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein establishing the second initial connection between (i) the media player and (ii) the second audio output device is performed while the first audio output device is still connecting to the media player.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the media player includes music player software running on a hardware device.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving and executing, by the media player, play control operating instructions of the second audio output device includes receiving and executing, the play control operating instructions of the first audio output device and the play control operating instructions of the second audio output device at the same time.
9. The method according claim 8 , further comprising simultaneously playing and outputting, by the media player, first audio to the first audio output device and second audio to the second audio output device,
wherein the first audio is different than the second audio.
10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein automatically logging the second user out of the media player includes finishing playing, by the media player, the second audio.
11. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer executable instructions, when being executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:
establishing a first initial connection between (i) a media player running on a first device and (ii) a first audio output device of a first user, wherein establishing the first initial connection includes:
connecting the first audio output device to the media player;
receiving, from the first user after the first audio output device is connected to the media player, first account information for the media player, wherein the first account information includes a first account name and a first password;
attempting to authenticate the first user with the media player based on the first account information; and
in response to successful authentication of the first user with the media player, storing, by the first device, a correspondence between an identifier of the first audio output device and the first account information;
establishing a second initial connection between (i) the media player and (ii) a second audio output device of a second user, wherein establishing the second initial connection includes:
connecting the second audio output device to the media player;
receiving, from the second user after the second audio output device is connected to the media player, second account information for the media player, wherein the second account information includes a second account name and a second password;
attempting to authenticate the second user with the media player based on the second account information; and
in response to successful authentication of the second user with the media player, storing, by the first device, a correspondence between an identifier of the second audio output device and the second account information;
in response to a subsequent connection between the media player and the second audio output device following the first and second initial connections:
checking whether an identifier of the second audio output device has been associated with the second account information;
in response to the identifier of the second audio output device having been associated with the second account information, automatically authenticating and logging the second user into the media player by using the stored second account information without inputting the second account information including the second account name and the second password by the second user; and
receiving and executing, by the media player, play control operating instructions of the second audio output device, wherein the play control operating instructions of the second audio output device are different than play control operating instructions of the first audio output device; and
in response to the second audio output device being disconnected from the media player, automatically logging the second user out of the media player.
12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein the computer executable instructions, when being executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:
in response to the subsequent connection between the media player and the first audio output device:
checking whether the identifier of the first audio output device has been associated with the first account information;
in response to the identifier of the first audio output device having been associated with the first account information, automatically authenticating and logging the first user into the media player by using the stored first account information without inputting the first account information including the first account name and the first password by the first user; and
receiving and executing, by the media player, the play control operating instructions of the first audio output device.
13. A system comprising:
a first audio output device of a first user;
a second audio output device of a second user; and
a media player running on a first device,
wherein the first device includes a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer executable instructions, when being executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:
establishing a first initial connection between (i) the media player and (ii) the first audio output device, wherein establishing the first initial connection includes:
connecting the first audio output device to the media player;
receiving, from the first user after the first audio output device is connected to the media player, first account information for the media player, wherein the first account information includes a first account name and a first password;
attempting to authenticate the first user with the media player based on the first account information; and
in response to successful authentication of the first user with the media player, storing, by the first device, a correspondence between an identifier of the first audio output device and the first account information;
establishing a second initial connection between (i) the media player and (ii) the second audio output device, wherein establishing the second initial connection includes:
connecting the second audio output device to the media player;
receiving, from the second user after the second audio output device is connected to the media player, second account information for the media player, wherein the second account information includes a second account name and a second password;
attempting to authenticate the second user with the media player based on the second account information; and
in response to successful authentication of the second user with the media player, storing, by the first device, a correspondence between an identifier of the second audio output device and the second account information;
in response to a subsequent connection between the media player and the second audio output device following the first and second initial connections:
checking whether an identifier of the second audio output device has been associated with the second account information;
in response to the identifier of the second audio output device having been associated with the second account information, automatically authenticating and logging the second user into the media player by using the stored second account information without inputting the second account information including the second account name and the second password by the second user; and
receiving and executing, by the media player, play control operating instructions of the second audio output device, wherein the play control operating instructions of the second audio output device are different than play control operating instructions of the first audio output device; and
in response to the second audio output device being disconnected from the media player, automatically logging the second user out of the media player.
14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein the computer executable instructions, when being executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:
in response to the subsequent connection between the media player and the first audio output device:
checking whether the identifier of the first audio output device has been associated with the first account information;
in response to the identifier of the first audio output device having been associated with the first account information, automatically authenticating and logging the first user into the media player by using the stored first account information without inputting the first account information including the first account name and the first password by the first user; and
receiving and executing, by the media player, the play control operating instructions of the first audio output device.