Aggregate User Interface for Wireless Device Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless devices can only control specific secondary devices and require them to be within range, limiting their functionality and user experience in controlling multiple devices simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A wireless device determines proximity to multiple secondary devices and creates an aggregate user interface, allowing users to control and interact with multiple devices through a unified interface based on proximity detection and automatic invocation of operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a wireless device controls only specific secondary devices within range, then device control reliability is improved, but device versatility and ease of operation deteriorate due to limited functionality and manual device selection requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple secondary device interfaces into a single aggregate user interface on the wireless device. When multiple secondary devices are detected in proximity, their control interfaces are merged into one unified interface that allows simultaneous control of all detected devices, eliminating the need to manually select between devices and expanding control versatility while maintaining reliable connection management
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless device is enhanced with multi-functionality to control not only pre-paired devices but also any secondary device that broadcasts its presence and is detected in proximity. The aggregate interface provides universal control capabilities across multiple device types and protocols, allowing the wireless device to adapt to different control scenarios without requiring separate applications or manual configuration for each device
2Stability of the object's composition
If a wireless device maintains independent interfaces for each secondary device, then connection stability is improved, but user interaction complexity increases due to multiple separate interfaces
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple independent device-specific interfaces are merged into a single aggregate user interface that consolidates control functions for all detected secondary devices. This unified interface maintains stable individual connections while providing simplified user interaction through a single point of access, eliminating the need to switch between multiple separate interfaces
3Measurement precision
If manual device selection is required for control, then connection precision is improved, but productivity and ease of operation deteriorate due to additional user steps
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection and identification of available secondary devices automatically before user interaction. The wireless device scans for and detects broadcasting devices, pre-establishes potential connections, and prepares the aggregate interface with available devices already identified and ready for control, eliminating the need for manual device selection and improving control efficiency
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AI summary
A computing device determines that the computing device is within wireless proximity to a secondary wireless device. Based on the computing device being within wireless proximity to the secondary wireless device, the computing device determines at least one function of the secondary wireless device, and generates an aggregate user interface for display on a display screen of the computing device. The aggregate user interface identifies the secondary wireless device and indicates the at least one function of the secondary wireless device. The computing device receives, via the aggregate user interface, a user input selecting the secondary wireless device. Responsive to the user input, the computing device presents a second user interface including one or more selectable features for operating the secondary wireless device.