Character Data Processing for Cross-Device File Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Moving files and sharing content between devices is time-consuming and involves multiple steps, especially when navigating unknown file systems, and users want to simplify this process without going through complex procedures.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allows character data to be received from a remote device and supplied to compatible components on a processor, enabling efficient transfer and processing of data types like dates, addresses, URLs, contacts, and plain text through user gestures such as dragging and dropping, with the system generating prompts and lists to facilitate seamless data handling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users manually navigate file systems to transfer files between devices, then file transfer can be achieved, but the process becomes time-consuming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential information (character data) from files and transfers only this metadata between devices, rather than transferring the entire file. This allows users to share file information quickly without navigating complex file systems, resolving the contradiction between transfer efficiency and time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces character data as an intermediary representation of file information. Instead of directly transferring files or navigating file systems, the system transfers simplified character data (filenames, paths, metadata) that serves as a mediator, enabling quick file sharing without the complexity of full file transfer procedures.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users want to share content between devices, then content sharing capability is achieved, but multiple steps and complex procedures are required
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically processes content sharing by detecting character data (such as copied text or filenames) and autonomously determining the appropriate target device and transfer method. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for users to manually navigate through multiple steps, maintaining versatile content sharing capability while dramatically simplifying the user interaction to merely copying or selecting content.
3Speed
If the system transfers only character data instead of full files, then transfer speed improves, but file system navigation complexity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary character data (filenames, paths, metadata) from files for transfer purposes. This extraction approach enables rapid transfer of file information without the overhead of transferring entire files or navigating complex file system structures, simultaneously improving transfer speed and reducing navigation complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A method is described. The method comprising: receiving character data from the remote device in response to a user applying the character data to a displayed target; and supplying the character data to one of a plurality of components executable on a processor of a device based on one or more characters in the character data. A device is also described.