Apparatus Pairing with Exercising Device for Data Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercising devices and mobile devices lack efficient communication and data sharing capabilities, limiting their ability to form a unified system for displaying, user interface, and data processing during user sessions, which hampers comprehensive analysis and user experience.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and exercising device with a processing core and memory configured to receive and transmit signals, allowing them to pair and share data, with the apparatus serving as a display, user interface, or memory of the exercising device, enabling bidirectional communication and control of exercising device parameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If exercising devices and mobile devices are used separately without pairing, then each device can function independently, but data sharing and unified control capabilities are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a pairing mechanism that acts as an intermediary between the exercising device and mobile device. When devices are paired, they establish a communication link that enables data sharing and unified control without requiring complex permanent integration. The pairing process creates a temporary coordinated system where the mobile device can access exercising device data and control parameters, resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device is designed to serve multiple functions when paired with an exercising device: it acts as a display interface, a data storage unit, a control interface for adjusting exercising parameters, and a data processing unit. This multi-functionality approach allows a single device to replace multiple specialized components, improving data sharing capability without proportionally increasing system complexity.
2Ease of operation
If the apparatus serves as display and user interface for exercising device, then user interaction is enhanced, but the apparatus requires extensive system requirements and installed program code
Solution Approach 1:
The exercising device maintains autonomy by processing its own core functions and only interfacing with the mobile device for display and user interaction. The device can independently control exercising parameters, process sensor data, and manage its operations without requiring the mobile device to have extensive system capabilities or pre-installed specialized program code. This self-service approach enhances user interaction through the mobile device while minimizing system requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device leverages its existing universal capabilities (display, processor, communication interfaces) to serve as the user interface for the exercising device. Rather than requiring specialized hardware or extensive pre-installed software, the mobile device uses its general-purpose functions to provide enhanced user interaction, thereby improving ease of operation without imposing extensive system requirements.
3Loss of information
If exercising devices have internal display and user interface, then they can operate independently, but they lack the ability to form unified system with mobile devices for comprehensive analysis
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the exercising device and mobile device into a unified system through pairing, combining the data collection capabilities of the exercising device with the processing and analysis capabilities of the mobile device. This merging enables comprehensive analysis of exercising data by leveraging the computational power and analytical tools of the mobile device, while maintaining the data generation capabilities of the exercising device, thus improving data analysis capability and communication capability simultaneously.
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AI summary
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to receive a first signal from an exercising device, process the received signal, respond to the received signal by transmitting a second signal to the exercising device, and participate in a pairing process with the exercising device.