Alert Mode Switching for Wireless Connection Limits
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic apparatuses face user inconvenience due to frequent alert displays when the number of wireless connections reaches the upper limit, leading to repeated rejection of wireless connection requests and limited user interaction with the device.
Innovation Solution
The electronic apparatus includes a communication unit, processing unit, and display unit that manage wireless connections and alert displays by rejecting requests and changing alert modes based on connection status and user interactions, allowing for flexible alert display and suppression within a given time frame.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the alert is displayed every time a wireless connection request is rejected due to reaching the upper limit of connections, then the user is informed of the connection status, but the user convenience decreases due to frequent and bothersome alerts
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic action by suppressing alert displays during a predetermined time period after the first alert is shown. Instead of displaying alerts continuously for every connection rejection, the system waits for a set time interval before allowing the next alert to appear. This reduces the frequency of alerts while still keeping users informed of connection status changes, thereby resolving the contradiction between information delivery and user convenience.
2Ease of operation
If the alert display is suppressed completely to improve user convenience, then user interaction is not hindered, but the user is not informed of the connection failure cause
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by displaying an alert when the connection status changes from connected to disconnected, and then suppressing subsequent alerts for the same disconnection event. The system provides initial feedback about the connection failure cause, and the suppression mechanism prevents redundant feedback that would not add new information. This ensures users are informed of connection status changes while avoiding excessive alerts that would reduce convenience.
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AI summary
An electronic apparatus includes a communication unit that performs wireless communication which uses an internal access point, a processing unit, and a display unit. In a state where the number of terminal apparatuses that establish a wireless connection to the internal access point reaches an upper limit value, in a case where a wireless connection request is received from a terminal apparatus that does not establish a wireless connection, the processing unit rejects the wireless connection request and performs processing that displays an alert in a first display mode on the display unit. Moreover, in a case where, until a given period of time has elapsed after the alert was kept non-displayed, the wireless connection request is again received from the terminal apparatus, the processing unit performs processing that sets a mode for displaying the alert to be a second display mode.