Communication Processing Device Prevents Idle Device Misoperation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Communication interruptions occur when a misoperation happens with a communication executive device that is not currently being used, especially when multiple devices are connected to a mobile terminal, leading to unintended disruptions in ongoing communications.

Innovation Solution

A communication processing method that identifies the sending device of an operation instruction during a communication process and switches the current communication to another executive device if the sending device is not the one being used, ensuring that only the actively used device can initiate actions that affect the ongoing communication, thereby preventing interruptions caused by misoperations of idle devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple communication executive devices are connected to a mobile terminal, then the communication functionality and versatility are improved, but the risk of communication interruption due to misoperation of idle devices increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication functionalityVSAvoidcommunication stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary identification of the active communication executive device before processing operation instructions. By determining which device is currently executing communication tasks in advance, the system prepares the authentication mechanism that prevents misoperations from idle devices, thus resolving the contradiction between supporting multiple devices and ensuring communication reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where operation instructions are authenticated against the identified active device. The terminal provides feedback by verifying whether the instruction-sending device matches the active communication device, and only processes instructions from authenticated devices. This feedback loop prevents misoperations while maintaining multi-device connectivity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Ease of operation

If the terminal responds to operation instructions from any connected device, then the ease of operation is improved, but the likelihood of unintended communication interruption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation responsivenessVSAvoidmisoperation impact
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal acts as an intermediary between operation instructions and communication execution. It introduces an authentication layer that mediates between the sending device and the communication process, verifying whether the instruction originates from the active communication device before allowing the operation to proceed. This intermediary mechanism maintains ease of operation while preventing harmful misoperations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies preliminary anti-action by blocking operation instructions from idle devices before they can interrupt the communication. By identifying the active device and preemptively rejecting instructions from other devices, the system prevents misoperations without affecting the responsiveness to legitimate operations from the active device

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

Data Source

PatentEP2849417B1Communication processing method and device
Publication Date: 2017.08.30 XIAOMI INC
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AI summary

Disclosed are a communication processing method and device, which are used to solve the problem that communication is interrupted by mistake due to misoperation of a communication execution entity which is not used by the current communication. In the present invention, a communication operation instruction is received; a sending entity of the operation instruction is determined; and when the sending entity is not a first communication execution entity which is used by current communication, switching the current communication to a second communication execution entity. In the present invention, only if the operation instruction is sent by a communication execution entity which is being used by the current communication, the current operation instruction can be responded, so that interruption of the current communication process caused by misoperation of other communication execution entities in the communication process is avoided.