Content Group Sharing via Server Mediation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience when sharing content groups, as they need to select and transmit individual images or create accounts on servers, making it cumbersome to share and update significant images with others.
Innovation Solution
A method and electronic device configuration that allows for the sharing of content groups among multiple people, enabling users to request sharing, transmit contact information, and update content groups through a server, with the ability to change the content group's state and include or exclude members, using communication circuitry and input devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users select and transmit individual images to share content, then sharing capability is achieved, but operation complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual images into a single content group object. Instead of selecting and transmitting each image separately, users can select multiple images at once to form a content group, which is then transmitted as one unit. This combining approach significantly reduces the number of operations and time required for sharing multiple images.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the content sharing process into distinct phases: content group creation, selection, and transmission. By organizing images into predefined groups before sharing, the system separates the complex task of selecting individual images from the sharing action itself, making the operation simpler and faster.
2Ease of operation
If users upload images to a server account to share content groups, then sharing capability is achieved, but device complexity and account management burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service functionality where the electronic device automatically manages content group transmission to external devices without requiring users to create or manage server accounts. The device handles the sharing process autonomously by transmitting content group information directly to external electronic devices, eliminating the need for manual account creation and management.
3Adaptability or versatility
If content groups are shared among multiple users, then collaboration capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary to manage content group sharing among multiple users. The server receives content group information from one electronic device, manages the sharing state, and distributes it to external devices. This intermediary approach simplifies the complexity of direct peer-to-peer multi-user management by centralizing the coordination function.
Data Source
AI summary
According to various example embodiments, a method for sharing a content group of an electronic device may include transmitting, to a server, information for a request to share a content group; receiving an input selecting at least one contact with which the content group is to be shared; transmitting information on the at least one contact to the server; and changing the content group to a shared state when information on the acceptance of sharing the content group from at least one external electronic device corresponding to the at least one contact is received from the server, wherein the content group is capable of being updated by the electronic device or the at least one external electronic device.