Coordinated Multi-Device Function Transfer for Service Continuity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile communication devices face battery drain and resource depletion due to multiple functionalities, leading to temporary inoperability, which can reduce consumer satisfaction and pose challenges for service providers and manufacturers to ensure continuity of services.
Innovation Solution
A system that processes contextual information from multiple devices to automatically trigger data connections and transfer functions from one device to another based on factors like battery level, contractual rates, and proximity, enabling coordinated operation and maintaining service continuity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple functionalities are provided in a mobile communication device, then service continuity and versatility are improved, but battery life and resource availability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the functionality across multiple mobile devices. Instead of one device performing all functions continuously, different devices can be activated based on their current resource availability. The coordination platform divides the workload dynamically, allowing each device to operate only when needed, thus conserving battery life while maintaining overall service continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts which device performs which function based on real-time contextual information including battery levels, data usage, and proximity. This dynamic allocation allows the system to optimize energy consumption by activating devices only when necessary, rather than maintaining constant operation of all functionalities in a single device.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple functionalities are provided in a mobile communication device, then service continuity is improved, but resource availability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the capabilities of multiple devices into a coordinated ensemble. By combining resources across devices (processing power, data plans, battery capacity), the system maintains service continuity without overloading any single device's resources. The coordination platform manages this merged resource pool efficiently.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple devices are configured to perform similar functions, creating a universal system where any device can take over another's role if needed. This multi-functionality at the system level (rather than within a single device) maintains service continuity while distributing resource consumption across multiple devices.
3Adaptability or versatility
If devices are configured to synchronize data and trigger actions for continuity, then service continuity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The coordination platform acts as an intermediary that manages the complexity of multi-device coordination. Instead of devices directly complexly interacting with each other, the platform mediates synchronization, function triggering, and resource allocation. This centralizes the complexity management and simplifies individual device implementations.
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AI summary
An approach is provided for determining contextual information for at least one first device and at least one second device. Then, the coordination platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the contextual information to determine one or more functions to deactivate the at least one first device. Subsequently, the coordination platform causes at least in part, an activation of the one or more functions at the at least one second device. Ultimately, the coordination platform causes, at least in part, a transfer of the one or more functions from the at least one first device to the at least one second device. Finally, the coordination platform causes, at least in part, a deactivation of the one or more functions at the at least one first device.