Cross-Device Application Permission Activation for Lightweight Wearables
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable devices with limited hardware resources, such as sports watches, cannot independently support network connections or independent application markets, preventing them from implementing application download and in-app purchase functions, which hampers the development of their ecosystems.
Innovation Solution
A method where a full-range device, like a smartphone, activates application permissions for a lightweight device by determining the permission status and using associated applications to complete activation tasks, such as payment, via distributed communication SDKs, enabling cross-device activation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If wearable devices use lightweight hardware (RTOS system), then power consumption is reduced and device portability is improved, but the device cannot support independent network connection or application market, preventing application download and in-app purchase functions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mediator device (first electronic device with full functionality) that acts as an intermediary between the lightweight wearable device and the application ecosystem. The mediator device handles network connections, application downloads, and payment transactions, while the wearable device focuses on low-power operation. This resolves the contradiction by offloading complex functions to an external intermediary, allowing the wearable to maintain lightweight hardware while still accessing full application ecosystem capabilities.
2Device complexity
If wearable devices lack independent network connection and application market, then device complexity is reduced, but the device cannot implement application download payment function or in-app purchase function
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functional capabilities of multiple devices. The first electronic device (mediator) combines network connectivity, application market, and payment processing functions, while the second electronic device (wearable) provides the user interface and sensor capabilities. By merging these functions across devices through distributed communication, the system achieves full commercial monetization capability without requiring each individual device to have complete hardware resources.
3Use of energy by moving object
If lightweight wearable devices cannot support independent application market, then device size and power consumption are reduced, but ecosystem development is hampered and fewer developers are attracted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal application market system where the first electronic device serves as a shared platform for multiple lightweight wearable devices. This multi-functional setup allows a single full-featured device to support the application ecosystem needs of multiple wearables, enabling ecosystem development and attracting developers without requiring each wearable to have independent application markets. The universal platform approach accelerates ecosystem growth while maintaining low power consumption at the wearable level.
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AI summary
A method includes: In response to an operation of starting a first application installed on a first device, the first device determines a permission activation status of the first application. When the permission activation status is unactivated, the first device sends a first message to a second device, where the first message includes a device type of the first device and the permission activation status of the first application. When determining that the device type is a preset type and the permission activation status is unactivated, the second device starts a second application on the second device, where the second application has an association relationship with the first application. The second device activates permission for the first application by using the second application. The second device sends a second message to the first device, where the second message indicates that the permission for the first application is already activated.