Audience Response Interface Protocol Translation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing audience response systems face challenges in efficiently and seamlessly integrating data from hand-held units across different transmission protocols and communication paths, leading to potential errors and inefficiencies in data aggregation and transmission.
Innovation Solution
An audience response system that includes an interface capable of receiving data from hand-held units using a first transmission protocol, converting it into a compatible data package, and wirelessly transmitting it over a second protocol, such as Wi-Fi or IEEE 802.11, ensuring seamless communication and aggregation of responses from multiple units.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If data is transmitted using multiple different transmission protocols from hand-held units, then the system can accommodate diverse communication paths and devices, but integration errors and data aggregation inefficiencies increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary device (such as a wireless router or bridge) that acts as a mediator between hand-held units using different transmission protocols and the central system. This intermediary translates and standardizes data packets from various protocols into a unified format, enabling seamless communication while maintaining data accuracy and reducing integration errors.
2Quantity of substance
If data from multiple hand-held units is aggregated and transmitted over different communication paths, then the system can collect comprehensive audience responses, but data aggregation complexity and potential errors increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple data streams from different hand-held units and communication paths into a single unified data stream. The system combines responses from various sources, standardizes their formats, and aggregates them into a comprehensive dataset that can be processed centrally, reducing complexity while maintaining the ability to collect responses from multiple units.
3Ease of operation
If seamless communication is achieved across different transmission protocols, then audience response system functionality is enhanced, but system complexity and integration requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal communication interface that can handle multiple transmission protocols (such as infrared, radio frequency, and wireless standards) through a single standardized pathway. This multi-functional interface simplifies the system architecture by providing a unified method for data transmission across different protocols, reducing integration complexity while maintaining seamless communication capabilities.
Data Source
AI summary
An interface for an audience response system and method of operation is disclosed, The interface includes a receiving mechanism to receive transmissions from a plurality of hand-held audience response units programmed to transmit data according to a first transmission protocol in response to a user input, where the data comprises response data corresponding to the user input and unit data suitable to identify a particular user. The interface further includes logic to convert the data in the received transmissions into a data package for transmission according to a second transmission protocol, and to selectively control a transmitting mechanism to wirelessly transmit the data package, for example, over a wireless RF network, for example, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max and the like according to the second transmission protocol.