General Purpose Content Forwarding Mechanism for Cross-Device Transfer

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing content forwarding mechanisms require time-intensive manual modifications and customization for each application, making it inefficient to transfer content from one device to another.

Innovation Solution

A general-purpose content-forwarding (CF) functionality is employed, allowing content to be forwarded from a first device to a second device without requiring extensive manual modification, using a system with components like base user interface applications, interface providers, and request processing functionality to handle content transfer across different devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a forwarding mechanism is integrated into each application, then content can be transferred from PC to mobile phone, but the code modification task becomes time-intensive and cumbersome for each new application

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent transfer capabilityVSAvoidcode modification time

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal forwarding mechanism that can be applied across multiple applications without customization. The system includes a forwarding mechanism generator that produces a single forwarding mechanism capable of handling content transfer from various applications (email, messaging, browsing) to a target device, eliminating the need to modify code for each application-specific implementation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the forwarding mechanism is customized for each application, then it integrates properly with unique application characteristics, but the customization process becomes time-intensive

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveapplication integration capabilityVSAvoiddevelopment efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The forwarding mechanism is designed as a universal component that adapts to different applications through configuration rather than customization. The generator creates a single mechanism that can handle various application types (email clients, messaging applications, web browsers) by receiving application-specific parameters without requiring code modification for each application

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary action by generating the forwarding mechanism in advance through a generator component. This generator creates the forwarding mechanism with built-in adaptability to handle unique application characteristics, so when the mechanism is deployed to new applications, it already possesses the necessary integration capabilities without requiring subsequent customization

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS7453868B2Strategies for sending content to a target device

Publication Date: 2008.11.18 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

AI summary

A strategy is described for forwarding content accessed using a first device to a second device. For instance, the first device can comprise a personal computer and the second device can comprise a mobile telephone. The strategy employs general purpose content-forwarding (CF) functionality. Different providers of content can rely on the same general purpose CF functionality to forward content to the second device, without requiring time-intensive and cumbersome manual modification of the CF functionality for each application.