Cross-Device Trigger Synchronization for Consistent App Response

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to ensure consistent and synchronized responses to conditions across devices with different applications and data, leading to inconsistent user experiences.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for synchronizing triggers across devices, automatically installing and executing applications when conditions occur, ensuring consistent user experiences by replicating triggers and synchronizing ledgers across devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If applications and data are downloaded on demand to save device space, then device storage capacity is improved, but response time and user experience consistency deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice storage capacityVSAvoidresponse time

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-downloading applications and data to a cloud storage location associated with the user before they are actually needed. When a user indicates they want to run an application, it is already available in the cloud and can be quickly transferred to the device, eliminating the need for on-demand downloading and thus reducing response time while still maintaining device storage capacity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If applications are automatically downloaded and installed in response to triggers, then user experience consistency is improved, but device complexity and automation overhead increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser experience consistencyVSAvoidautomation overhead

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces a cloud storage location as an intermediary between the user's devices and the application sources. Instead of each device independently managing complex automated downloads and installations, the cloud storage location serves as a centralized intermediary that stores applications and data, simplifying the automation process. The system monitors for trigger events and automatically retrieves applications from this intermediary location, reducing device complexity while maintaining user experience consistency across multiple devices.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If trigger data is synchronized across multiple devices, then response consistency is improved, but network bandwidth consumption and synchronization time increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveresponse consistencyVSAvoidsynchronization time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts trigger data synchronization from the traditional model where all application data must be synchronized across devices. Instead, only the essential trigger data (information about conditions that trigger application downloads) is synchronized across multiple devices via the cloud storage location. The actual applications and bulk data remain in the cloud and are only transferred to specific devices when triggers occur, significantly reducing synchronization time and network bandwidth consumption while maintaining response consistency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentEP4089529B1System and method for automatically synchronizing responses to conditions on devices

Publication Date: 2026.03.25 GOOGLE LLC

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AI summary

A system and method is provided that permits different devices with different applications to respond to the occurrence of a condition in a similar manner. By way of example, trigger data may be synchronized across multiple devices, wherein trigger data identifies information to be provided to a program in response to the occurrence of a condition. If a program is not installed or running on a particular device when the trigger occurs, the device automatically installs and executes the application.