diff --git a/include/media/IMediaPlayer.h b/include/media/IMediaPlayer.h
index 2c4bc2a..85aeb30 100644
--- a/include/media/IMediaPlayer.h
+++ b/include/media/IMediaPlayer.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 namespace android {
 
+class Parcel;
 class ISurface;
 
 class IMediaPlayer: public IInterface
@@ -45,6 +46,14 @@
     virtual status_t        setAudioStreamType(int type) = 0;
     virtual status_t        setLooping(int loop) = 0;
     virtual status_t        setVolume(float leftVolume, float rightVolume) = 0;
+
+    // Invoke a generic method on the player by using opaque parcels
+    // for the request and reply.
+    // @param request Parcel that must start with the media player
+    // interface token.
+    // @param[out] reply Parcel to hold the reply data. Cannot be null.
+    // @return OK if the invocation was made. PERMISSION_DENIED otherwise.
+    virtual status_t        invoke(const Parcel& request, Parcel *reply) = 0;
 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -61,4 +70,3 @@
 }; // namespace android
 
 #endif // ANDROID_IMEDIAPLAYER_H
-
diff --git a/include/media/IMediaPlayerService.h b/include/media/IMediaPlayerService.h
index 207e4e7..f6faf14 100644
--- a/include/media/IMediaPlayerService.h
+++ b/include/media/IMediaPlayerService.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #ifndef ANDROID_IMEDIAPLAYERSERVICE_H
 #define ANDROID_IMEDIAPLAYERSERVICE_H
 
+#include <utils/Errors.h>  // for status_t
 #include <utils/RefBase.h>
 #include <binder/IInterface.h>
 #include <binder/Parcel.h>
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@
 
     virtual sp<IMediaRecorder>  createMediaRecorder(pid_t pid) = 0;
     virtual sp<IMediaMetadataRetriever> createMetadataRetriever(pid_t pid) = 0;
-
     virtual sp<IMediaPlayer>    create(pid_t pid, const sp<IMediaPlayerClient>& client, const char* url) = 0;
     virtual sp<IMediaPlayer>    create(pid_t pid, const sp<IMediaPlayerClient>& client, int fd, int64_t offset, int64_t length) = 0;
     virtual sp<IMemory>         decode(const char* url, uint32_t *pSampleRate, int* pNumChannels, int* pFormat) = 0;
diff --git a/include/media/MediaPlayerInterface.h b/include/media/MediaPlayerInterface.h
index 7bf555a..21600b2 100644
--- a/include/media/MediaPlayerInterface.h
+++ b/include/media/MediaPlayerInterface.h
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@
 
 namespace android {
 
+class Parcel;
+
 enum player_type {
     PV_PLAYER = 1,
     SONIVOX_PLAYER = 2,
     VORBIS_PLAYER = 3
 };
 
+
 #define DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK_BUFFERCOUNT 4
 #define DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK_BUFFERSIZE 1200
 #define DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK_SAMPLERATE 44100
@@ -45,7 +48,6 @@
 class MediaPlayerBase : public RefBase
 {
 public:
-
     // AudioSink: abstraction layer for audio output
     class AudioSink : public RefBase {
     public:
@@ -88,7 +90,14 @@
     virtual player_type playerType() = 0;
     virtual void        setNotifyCallback(void* cookie, notify_callback_f notifyFunc) {
                             mCookie = cookie; mNotify = notifyFunc; }
-
+    // Invoke a generic method on the player by using opaque parcels
+    // for the request and reply.
+    // @param request Parcel that is positioned at the start of the
+    //                data sent by the java layer.
+    // @param[out] reply Parcel to hold the reply data. Cannot be null.
+    // @return OK if the invocation was made successfully. A player
+    // not supporting the direct API should return INVALID_OPERATION.
+    virtual status_t    invoke(const Parcel& request, Parcel *reply) = 0;
 protected:
     virtual void        sendEvent(int msg, int ext1=0, int ext2=0) { if (mNotify) mNotify(mCookie, msg, ext1, ext2); }
 
diff --git a/include/media/PVPlayer.h b/include/media/PVPlayer.h
index 8122df6..eb4595b 100644
--- a/include/media/PVPlayer.h
+++ b/include/media/PVPlayer.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     virtual status_t    reset();
     virtual status_t    setLooping(int loop);
     virtual player_type playerType() { return PV_PLAYER; }
+    virtual status_t    invoke(const Parcel& request, Parcel *reply);
 
     // make available to PlayerDriver
     void        sendEvent(int msg, int ext1=0, int ext2=0) { MediaPlayerBase::sendEvent(msg, ext1, ext2); }
diff --git a/include/media/mediaplayer.h b/include/media/mediaplayer.h
index ffb325d..dd8ea19 100644
--- a/include/media/mediaplayer.h
+++ b/include/media/mediaplayer.h
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
             void            notify(int msg, int ext1, int ext2);
     static  sp<IMemory>     decode(const char* url, uint32_t *pSampleRate, int* pNumChannels, int* pFormat);
     static  sp<IMemory>     decode(int fd, int64_t offset, int64_t length, uint32_t *pSampleRate, int* pNumChannels, int* pFormat);
-
+            status_t        invoke(const Parcel& request, Parcel *reply);
 private:
             void            clear_l();
             status_t        seekTo_l(int msec);