Context-Aware Wireless Pairing Interface for Electronic Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic devices often display inconvenient pop-up screens for pairing with external devices, such as wireless headsets, regardless of pairing history or user account information, and fail to dynamically adjust based on device proximity and connection status.

Innovation Solution

The method involves outputting a user interface for pairing based on pairing history, Bluetooth communication activation, and user account information, with dynamic adjustment based on advertising signal intensity and device distance, ensuring real-time reflection of pairing information and automatic dismissal of pop-up screens upon successful pairing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the electronic device always outputs a pop-up screen for pairing when an external device is detected, then the pairing function is always available, but the user experience deteriorates due to unnecessary pop-ups and lack of context awareness

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser experienceVSAvoidcontext-awareness

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the pairing interface behavior based on real-time conditions such as pairing history, current connection status, and user account information. The pop-up screen is conditionally displayed or dismissed based on these dynamic factors, making the system adaptive rather than static.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses pairing history and current connection status as feedback to determine whether to display the pairing pop-up. By monitoring whether the external device is already paired or connected to another device, the system provides context-aware responses that improve user experience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If the electronic device displays pairing pop-up for all detected devices, then no pairing situation is missed, but unnecessary pop-ups appear when pairing is not needed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepairing completenessVSAvoidunnecessary pop-up screens

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary checks using pairing history and current connection status before displaying the pairing pop-up. By anticipating whether pairing is actually needed based on existing pairing relationships, the system prevents unnecessary pop-ups from appearing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses pairing history as feedback to determine whether to display the pairing interface. When the external device is already in the pairing history or currently connected to another device, the system suppresses the pop-up, thereby eliminating harmful unnecessary notifications.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple adjacent electronic devices all display pairing pop-ups simultaneously, then each device responds to the external device, but user convenience deteriorates due to multiple overlapping pop-ups

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemulti-device responseVSAvoiduser convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different local qualities to the pairing response based on the specific situation of each device. By considering device proximity, pairing history, and current connection status, each device makes a localized decision about whether to display the pop-up, avoiding the uniform response that causes overlapping notifications.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses real-time feedback about the external device's connection status and pairing history to determine pop-up display. This feedback mechanism ensures that only one device displays the pairing interface at a time, improving user convenience while maintaining multi-device responsiveness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

4Device complexity

If the pairing interface does not reflect real-time pairing status, then the interface remains simple, but information accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinterface simplicityVSAvoidpairing status information

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors pairing status and uses this feedback to update the interface behavior. When pairing status changes (e.g., device becomes paired or connects to another device), the system automatically adjusts whether to display the pairing pop-up, ensuring information accuracy without significantly increasing interface complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP3639538B1Method for wirelessly communicating with external device and electronic device supporting the same

Publication Date: 2022.01.12 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

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AI summary

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display device to output a user interface, a memory, a communication interface to support a first wireless communication scheme and a second wireless communication scheme, and a processor electrically connected with the display device, the memory, and the communication interface. The processor outputs a user interface for performing a pairing with the external device, by using at least one of a history of a pairing with the external device, whether the second wireless communication scheme is activated, or user account information.