Controlling Device Wireless Authentication Screen Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in accurately confirming and comprehending the current wireless settings of a wireless communication device, particularly due to the provision of unrelated setting items when the authentication method is not correctly identified, leading to potential misunderstandings.
Innovation Solution
A controlling device that provides a specific screen corresponding to the authentication method indicated by the current wireless setting, allowing users to confirm the settings accurately by displaying only relevant items, and includes a mechanism to change and validate setting items based on the authentication method, reducing the risk of erroneous changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single unified screen is provided regardless of authentication method, then the device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but the user may misunderstand unrelated setting items and cannot appropriately comprehend the current wireless setting
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the wireless setting screen into multiple authentication method-specific screens (first screen for first type, second screen for second type). Each screen displays only setting items relevant to its corresponding authentication method, preventing users from seeing unrelated items. The controlling device determines which screen to display based on the current authentication method, ensuring information accuracy while maintaining ease of operation through automated screen selection.
2Loss of information
If multiple authentication method-specific screens are provided, then the user can appropriately comprehend the current wireless setting without misunderstanding unrelated items, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic screen provision mechanism where the controlling device automatically determines and displays the appropriate authentication method-specific screen based on the current wireless setting. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to handle multiple authentication methods with different setting items without requiring manual user selection, thereby managing device complexity through automated logic while providing accurate, relevant information to users.
3Loss of information
If the controlling device automatically determines the authentication method and provides the corresponding screen, then the user comprehension is improved without increasing user burden, but the controlling device must accurately identify and differentiate between authentication methods
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a feedback mechanism where the controlling device acquires the current wireless setting information from the wireless communication device, determines the authentication method based on this feedback, and then provision the corresponding screen. This feedback loop ensures accurate identification of the authentication method and appropriate screen selection, improving user comprehension while managing the complexity of authentication method detection through systematic information acquisition and processing.
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AI summary
A controlling device (20) may acquire setting information regarding a wireless setting for a wireless communication currently being set in a wireless communication device (32). The controlling device (20) may determine, using the setting information, whether the wireless setting indicates a first type of authentication method in which an authentication is performed by an authentication server (62) or a second type of authentication method in which an authentication is performed by a device with which the wireless communication performing unit (32) performs a wireless communication directly. The controlling device (20) may provide a first screen (90) to a displaying unit (44) in a first case where a determination is made that the wireless setting indicates the first type of authentication method. The controlling device (20) may provide a second screen (190) which is different from the first screen (90) to the displaying unit (44) in a second case where a determination is made that the wireless setting indicates the second type of authentication method.