Application Configuration Management via Server Feedback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users of electronic devices face the challenge of needing to set different execution configurations for various applications, which can be complex and require distinct settings based on the application's characteristics and execution status, leading to inefficiencies in managing these configurations.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device and server system that communicates to set and manage execution configurations based on application identification information, where the server stores and transmits configuration setting information corresponding to different execution statuses, allowing the device to automatically adjust settings for optimal performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If users manually set execution configurations for each application based on application characteristics and execution status, then configuration accuracy is improved, but operation complexity and time consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconfiguration accuracyVSAvoidoperation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automatic configuration setting where the electronic device autonomously determines and applies appropriate execution configurations based on application identification information and execution status, eliminating the need for manual user intervention while maintaining configuration accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where the electronic device transmits application identification information to the server, receives corresponding configuration settings, verifies execution status, and adjusts configurations accordingly, creating a closed-loop automatic configuration management system

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If users manually configure each application for different execution statuses, then configuration adaptability is improved, but time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconfiguration adaptabilityVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The server pre-stores multiple configuration settings corresponding to different application identification information and execution statuses, enabling the electronic device to quickly retrieve and apply appropriate configurations without real-time manual intervention, thus maintaining adaptability while reducing time consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The electronic device automatically transmits application identification information to the server, receives relevant configuration settings, verifies execution status, and applies appropriate configurations autonomously, eliminating manual configuration time while maintaining adaptability across different execution scenarios

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Ease of operation

If automatic configuration setting is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but configuration precision may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidconfiguration precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates verification of execution status as a feedback step where the electronic device confirms the current execution status before applying configurations, ensuring that automatic configuration settings are both easy to operate and precisely matched to the actual execution context

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts configuration parameters based on application identification information and execution status verification, allowing automatic operation while maintaining precision through context-aware parameter selection from pre-stored configurations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10375207B2Configuration setting method and device
Publication Date: 2019.08.06 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An electronic device includes a communication module that communicates with a server and a processor. The processor is configured to transmit, if an application is installed or executed, identification information of the application to the server through the communication module, to receive pieces of configuration setting information corresponding to the identification information from the server, to verify an execution status of the application, to verify configuration setting information that corresponds to the execution status of the application from among the pieces of configuration setting information, and to change an execution configuration of the application based on the verified configuration setting information.