Image Display Application Extension via Server Mediation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image display apparatuses require additional hardware to operate high-capability applications, leading to increased costs and resource utilization, particularly for applications like GPS, which is disadvantageous due to the need for additional hardware installation.
Innovation Solution
A method for application extension in image display apparatuses that allows the execution of high-capability applications without additional hardware by detecting registered devices, requesting, and receiving application data, and executing applications using this data, enabling the use of diverse and high-cost applications through simple device-linking applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If additional hardware is installed in conventional image display apparatuses to operate high-capability applications, then application capability is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that hosts applications and their required modules. Instead of installing hardware directly in the image display apparatus, the system uses a server-mediated approach where the server provides application modules to the apparatus via network communication. This intermediary solution enables high-capability applications without adding complex hardware to the display device itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The server is designed to provide multiple application modules to different image display apparatuses, making it a universal solution. Rather than each apparatus needing dedicated hardware for each application, a single server can serve multiple devices with various application requirements, reducing overall system complexity and cost while maintaining versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional hardware is installed in conventional image display apparatuses to operate high-capability applications, then application capability is improved, but cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as a cost-effective intermediary that eliminates the need for expensive additional hardware in each image display apparatus. By hosting applications and modules on a centralized server, the system reduces per-device costs while maintaining application capability through network-based delivery of software components.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of physically installing application modules in each device, the system uses digital copying and network transmission of software components. Application modules are copied from the server to the image display apparatus temporarily, enabling high-capability applications without the cost of permanent hardware installation or licensing.
3Adaptability or versatility
If device-linking applications are installed in image display apparatuses, then application extension capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device-linking application serves as a lightweight intermediary software component that facilitates communication between the image display apparatus and the server. Rather than implementing complex application logic directly in the display apparatus, this mediator handles the complexity of server communication, module installation, and application execution, keeping the local software simple while enabling extensive application capabilities.
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AI summary
A method for application extension and an image display apparatus using same. The method can include displaying a menu, receiving a selection signal selecting one or more external devices to display an application from the menu, detecting the external devices, receiving first application data of the application from a first external device and second application data of the application from a second external device, displaying an application execution screen based on the received first and second application data, receiving third application data of the application from at least one of the first external device or the second external devices, and displaying an execution screen of the application based on the received first, second and third application data. Also, the first, second and third application data can be processed by the first and second external devices, and the application does not have to be installed in the image display apparatus.