Client Application API Layer for Hardware Input Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current techniques for integrating client applications with hardware components in devices are inefficient and require frequent updates, leading to suboptimal utilization of device features.
Innovation Solution
Implementing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to facilitate communication and configuration between client applications and system processes, allowing for efficient integration and synchronization of hardware components without requiring constant updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If client applications are updated whenever new hardware components are added, then compatibility with hardware is improved, but maintenance complexity and update frequency increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces system processes as intermediary components between hardware components and client applications. These system processes provide standardized APIs that abstract hardware-specific details, allowing applications to interact with hardware through a consistent interface regardless of hardware variations. This mediator layer eliminates the need to update applications when hardware changes, as the system processes handle hardware-specific implementations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the system into distinct layers: hardware components, system processes with APIs, and client applications. This segmentation allows each layer to be developed and updated independently. The system processes act as a buffer layer that can be modified to support new hardware without affecting client applications, thereby reducing maintenance complexity while maintaining hardware compatibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If system processes manage system controls that modify application settings, then device functionality is enhanced, but communication overhead between processes increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where system processes notify client applications of setting changes made on behalf of the applications. When a system process modifies a setting through a system control, it sends a notification back to the affected application. This feedback loop ensures that applications remain synchronized with current settings without requiring continuous polling or complex communication protocols, thus enhancing functionality while managing communication overhead efficiently.
3Stability of the object's composition
If multiple system processes are notified of the same input separately, then process independence is maintained, but notification redundancy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs system processes with universal notification capabilities that can serve multiple purposes. Each system process is configured to handle specific types of inputs or settings, and the notification mechanism is designed to route notifications only to relevant processes. This multi-functional approach allows processes to be independent yet efficient, receiving notifications only when necessary for their specific functions, thereby reducing redundant notifications while maintaining process independence.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure generally relates to responding to inputs. Some techniques are for separately notifying different processes in accordance with some embodiments. Other techniques are for passing through requests in accordance with some embodiments. Other techniques are for out-of-band changes in accordance with some embodiments. Other techniques are for updating settings in accordance with some embodiments.