Cross-Device Document Aggregation via Intermediary Server
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Solution Overview
Problem
As the number of heterogeneous electronic devices increases, users face difficulties in sharing information across these devices, such as starting a task on one device and completing it on another, or accessing previously viewed documents across different devices.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that receive information from one external device indicating a document with a uniform resource locator, evaluate and aggregate this information with historic document data, and provide the aggregated information to another external device, allowing seamless document sharing and access across multiple devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users have multiple electronic devices for receiving documents, then document receiving capability is improved, but information sharing difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
A server acts as an intermediary between multiple electronic devices to collect document information from one device and transmit it to another device. The server receives document information from a first device, stores it in a database, and then provides this information to a second device, enabling seamless information sharing across heterogeneous devices without direct peer-to-peer communication requirements.
2Speed
If document information is stored locally on each device, then access speed is improved, but document accessibility across devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The server-based system provides universal document access functionality across multiple types of electronic devices. The database stores document information that can be accessed by any device connected to the network, making the system multi-functional and device-agnostic. This allows a document accessed on a mobile device to be seamlessly accessed on a desktop device, maintaining speed while enabling cross-device accessibility.
3Reliability
If users manually share documents between devices, then control over sharing is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically tracks document information through a database and provides feedback by automatically transmitting relevant document information from the first device to the second device without manual intervention. The server monitors document receipt, stores the information, and proactively provides it to other devices, eliminating manual sharing steps while maintaining control through automated protocols.
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AI summary
An apparatus, comprising a processor, memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least determining at least one significant location, receiving a first information associated with the significant location from a first information repository, retrieving a second information associated with the significant location from a second information repository, and generating a third information based at least in part on the first information and the second information is disclosed.