External Device Screen Reconstruction for Adaptive App Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices cannot directly control and interact with neighboring devices to actively utilize their screens for reconfiguring user interfaces.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device is equipped with a communication module and processor to obtain device information, determine items for transmission, generate view data, and establish a communication connection with an external device to reconfigure the screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If applications cannot directly control and interact with screens of neighboring electronic devices, then device independence is maintained, but the ability to actively utilize external devices for UI configuration is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a screen configuration manager as an intermediary component that mediates between applications and external device screens. This manager handles the complex control and interaction tasks, allowing applications to utilize external screens without directly managing the complexity of device communication and screen coordination.
Solution Approach 2:
The system divides the screen configuration functionality into separate components: the screen configuration manager, view data generators, and communication modules. This segmentation allows each component to handle specific aspects of external device utilization, improving adaptability while distributing complexity across multiple specialized modules rather than concentrating it in one place.
2Adaptability or versatility
If applications cannot actively control external device screens, then system simplicity is maintained, but screen reconfiguration capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The screen configuration manager serves as an intermediary that provides applications with simplified control interfaces while handling the complex tasks of screen reconfiguration. Applications can request screen configurations without directly managing the complexity of external device control, thus improving screen reconfiguration capability while keeping application-level complexity manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The screen configuration manager provides universal control capabilities that work across different application types and external device configurations. This multi-functional component handles various screen reconfiguration scenarios through a unified interface, enhancing adaptability without requiring each application to implement complex control logic.
3Productivity
If view data is transmitted without modification, then transmission speed is maximized, but user interaction responsiveness is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic transmission of view event information from external devices to the screen configuration manager. Instead of continuous modification and retransmission, the system uses event-driven periodic updates that trigger modifications only when user interactions occur, maintaining transmission efficiency while ensuring responsive user interaction handling.
Solution Approach 2:
The external device autonomously generates and transmits view event information when user interactions occur, without requiring constant polling or control from the host device. This self-service approach allows the external device to independently report relevant events, maintaining transmission efficiency while ensuring timely responsiveness to user actions.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a communication module, a memory, and at least one processor operatively connected to the display, the communication module, and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to acquire device information of an external device by using the communication module, based on the device information, determine at least one item to be transmitted to the external device from among items displayed in an application being executed on the electronic device, generate view data of the external device, the view data including information on the determined item, and establish a communication connection with the external device so as to transmit view data for transmission.