Cross-device Content Transfer Using Ruleset and Context Sensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cross-device content transfer methods face challenges, particularly with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) head-mounted displays (HMDs), as they often isolate users from their environment, making it inconvenient to switch between devices like PCs and phones, and standalone devices lack the interaction capabilities of traditional PC peripherals.
Innovation Solution
The system enables cross-device content transfer by utilizing a ruleset, digital context, and cross-device sensing, allowing users to interact through gestures, voice commands, and eye gaze, automatically adjusting input and output operations between devices, such as switching a PC's camera or touch screen to air gesture detection mode when an HMD is worn, and enabling content transfer between devices while maintaining user convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users switch between devices like PCs and phones, then content accessibility is improved, but user convenience deteriorates due to isolation from environment and inconvenience of switching
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple devices into a unified ecosystem where content and control can flow seamlessly between them. The system combines PC, smartphone, and HMD into an integrated setup where the HMD acts as a central hub, allowing users to access and control content across devices without physical switching, thus maintaining convenience while improving accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The HMD serves as an intermediary device between the PC and smartphone, mediating content transfer and control. Through the HMD, users can indirectly access and control content on other devices using gestures and voice commands, eliminating the need to directly switch between devices while maintaining full accessibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If standalone devices like HMDs are used, then device independence is improved, but interaction capabilities deteriorate compared to traditional PC peripherals
Solution Approach 1:
The HMD is designed with multi-functionality, serving not only as a standalone display device but also as a control hub for other devices. It incorporates multiple interaction modes (gestures, voice commands, eye tracking) that enable it to perform various functions including content playback, device control, and communication, thus maintaining device independence while enhancing interaction capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adapts interaction capabilities based on the HMD's operational context. When connected to other devices, the HMD dynamically adjusts its interaction modes, enabling gesture-based control for navigation, voice commands for media control, and eye tracking for selection, thus providing rich interaction capabilities that match traditional PC peripherals while maintaining standalone functionality.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional cross-device transfer methods are used, then content sharing is improved, but user convenience deteriorates due to lack of automatic adjustment of input and output operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service through automatic device detection and configuration. When the HMD detects other devices in the ecosystem, it automatically establishes connections, adjusts input/output operations, and configures content streaming parameters without requiring manual user intervention. The system monitors device states and dynamically adjusts settings to optimize content sharing across devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates continuous feedback loops where the HMD monitors device presence, connection status, and operational parameters. Based on this feedback, the system automatically adjusts content transfer rates, resolution, and interaction modes to maintain optimal performance. The feedback mechanism enables real-time adaptation to changing device states, ensuring seamless content sharing without manual reconfiguration.
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Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for cross-device content transfer. An example first electronic device disclosed herein includes processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute machine-readable instructions to detect a second electronic device; detect an action of a user of the first electronic device; compare the action to a ruleset; facilitate transfer of content from the first electronic device to the second electronic device when the action complies with the ruleset; and prevent transfer of content from the first electronic device to the second electronic device when the action does not comply with the ruleset.