Cross-Device Trigger Synchronization With Automatic App Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to ensure consistent response to events across devices with different programs and data, leading to inconsistent user experiences.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for synchronizing triggers across devices, allowing programs to be installed and executed automatically based on condition parameters, ensuring consistent user experiences across devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If data and programs are stored locally on each device, then access speed and availability are improved, but device storage capacity is consumed and data consistency across devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments data and programs into local cache portions on each device and remote cloud portions. Local devices store frequently accessed data locally for fast access, while less frequently used data is stored remotely in the cloud, allowing rapid retrieval when needed without permanently occupying local storage space.
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud storage system acts as an intermediary between multiple devices and the data/programs they need. Devices can access stored content through the cloud without requiring permanent local copies, enabling fast access when content is available in the cloud while managing local storage resources efficiently.
2Reliability
If programs are pre-installed on all devices, then response consistency to events is improved, but device complexity and installation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by installing trigger framework and core synchronization capabilities on devices in advance. These framework components enable devices to respond consistently to events even when specific application programs are not pre-installed, as the framework can coordinate program installation and execution across devices when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The trigger framework is designed as a universal system that can handle multiple types of events and coordinate across different devices and applications. Rather than requiring device-specific pre-installation of every possible program, the universal framework provides consistent event response capabilities across diverse devices and can dynamically install required programs.
3Reliability
If all devices synchronize all data and programs, then response consistency is improved, but network bandwidth consumption and synchronization time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements local quality by allowing each device to maintain local copies of frequently accessed data and programs for immediate local processing, while synchronizing only necessary updates and changes to the cloud. This selective synchronization approach maintains response consistency by ensuring critical data is locally available while reducing overall synchronization time and network bandwidth consumption.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method are 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.