Automated Digital Asset Delivery Across Multiple Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing number and variety of electronic devices capable of accessing online stores have made it difficult for users to manage the delivery of digital assets across multiple devices.
Innovation Solution
The system allows for the automatic delivery of digital assets from an online store to multiple electronic devices associated with a user, without requiring explicit user input, by configuring electronic devices to receive notifications and download digital assets when acquired by another device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If digital assets are manually delivered to each electronic device, then delivery control and user awareness are improved, but user convenience and time efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically notifying and delivering digital assets to electronic devices before the user would need to manually request them. When a digital asset is made available on an online store server, the system proactively pushes notifications to all associated electronic devices and initiates delivery processes without waiting for user requests, thereby saving user time and effort.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing electronic devices to automatically receive and manage digital asset deliveries without requiring explicit user intervention. The devices monitor for notifications, automatically download assets, and manage their own delivery queues, making the system serve itself rather than requiring continuous user management.
2Ease of operation
If automatic delivery is implemented across all devices, then user convenience is improved, but system complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The online store server acts as an intermediary that centralizes the management of digital asset delivery across multiple electronic devices. Instead of each device needing complex logic to manage deliveries, the server handles notification distribution, delivery coordination, and asset management, simplifying the complexity from the device level to a centralized location.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a universal delivery mechanism that works across all types of electronic devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, media players) through a common notification and delivery framework. The same core logic and protocols are used regardless of device type, making the system multi-functional and adaptable without requiring device-specific complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If digital assets are delivered to multiple devices, then accessibility and user experience are improved, but network bandwidth and storage resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by delivering digital assets in appropriate formats and qualities suited to each specific electronic device's capabilities. Instead of uniform high-quality delivery to all devices, the system adapts the asset quality and format to match each device's storage capacity, processing power, and display capabilities, optimizing resource usage while maintaining accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses partial action by selectively delivering digital assets to only those electronic devices that have explicitly requested or are configured to receive them, rather than universally delivering to all associated devices. This selective approach reduces unnecessary network bandwidth consumption and storage usage on devices that don't need the assets.
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AI summary
Improved techniques and systems for delivery and acquisition of digital assets are disclosed. The techniques and systems are especially suitable and useful for delivering digital assets (e.g., media assets) that are available for acquisition and electronic delivery from online stores to electronic devices. In accordance with one aspect, when a digital asset is acquired from an online store via an electronic device associated with a user, the digital asset can be arranged for delivery to a number of other of electronic devices also associated with the user. It will be appreciated that the digital asset can be delivered and acquired without requiring explicit user input or instruction in accordance with another aspect. Other aspects of the techniques and systems include customization of configuration and user interfaces that are provided to facilitate acquisition of digital assets in a more efficient manner.