Cross-Device Event Mapping for Coordinated Device States
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices struggle to seamlessly synchronize user actions across paired devices, leading to inefficiencies such as battery drain, privacy issues, and poor user experience due to uncoordinated operational states.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system where a first electronic device, such as a laptop, pairs with a second device, like a smartphone, to receive events and execute commands via a short-range wireless connection, using a processor to map user actions on the second device to control the operational state or applications on the first device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If electronic devices operate independently without synchronization, then device complexity is reduced, but user experience and coordination efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an event mapping system as an intermediary layer between paired electronic devices. This mediator receives events from one device, maps them to corresponding commands, and executes them on the paired device, enabling seamless coordination without direct complex communication protocols between devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The event mapping mechanism serves multiple functions: it detects user actions, translates them across different device contexts, triggers appropriate responses, and manages device states. This universal approach handles various coordination scenarios (messaging, calls, media playback) through a single unified system.
2Reliability
If devices continuously monitor and synchronize states, then coordination accuracy is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs event-driven periodic monitoring rather than continuous synchronization. It activates monitoring and command execution only when specific user actions or events occur on either device, allowing devices to remain in low-power states during idle periods while maintaining reliable synchronization when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
Each device autonomously monitors its own state for relevant events (messages, calls, media playback) and independently determines when synchronization is needed. This self-service approach eliminates the need for constant inter-device communication, reducing energy consumption while maintaining synchronization reliability.
3Productivity
If devices operate without automated event response, then processing requirements are reduced, but productivity and efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes event-command mappings between paired devices before actual events occur. User actions and their corresponding device responses are predetermined and stored as mapping rules, enabling rapid automated execution when events happen without requiring complex real-time processing or user intervention.
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AI summary
A first electronic device may include a memory to store a command that is mapped to an event. Further, the first electronic device may include a transceiver to pair a second electronic device with the first electronic device via a short-range wireless connection. Furthermore, the first electronic device may include a processor to receive data from the second electronic device via the transceiver. The data may indicate an occurrence of the event on the second electronic device. In response to receiving the data, the processor may retrieve the command that is mapped to the event from the memory and execute the command to control an operation of the first electronic device.