Framework Interface Logical Channels Protocol Interoperability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile terminals lack efficient methods for managing diverse communication protocols, limiting their ability to seamlessly interface with various external devices and applications, which hinders the development of advanced functionalities.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with multiple communication modules configured to operate based on selected protocols, utilizing a framework interface to route data between applications and communication modules, enabling communication with external devices through physical and logical channels independent of specific protocols.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple communication modules operate with different protocols, then interoperability with external devices is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a framework interface as an intermediary layer between application programs and communication modules. This framework interface handles protocol selection and data routing, allowing multiple communication modules to operate with different protocols without increasing application-level complexity. The framework interface acts as a mediator that manages the complexity of protocol handling while maintaining simple application interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The framework interface is designed as a universal component that can handle multiple communication protocols through a single unified interface. Instead of requiring separate interface implementations for each protocol, the framework interface provides multi-functional capability to manage Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and other communication modules through a common architecture, thereby reducing overall system complexity.
2Ease of operation
If framework interface routes data between applications and communication modules, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex protocol handling and data routing functionality from the application programs and places it in a dedicated framework interface. This separation allows application programs to operate with simple, unified interfaces while the framework interface handles the complexity of protocol-specific data routing and format conversion, thereby improving ease of operation without hiding the underlying complexity.
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AI summary
An apparatus and method for providing one or more protocols for one or more electronic devices are provided. The method includes establishing, by an electronic device configured to provide a framework interface by executing instructions stored in a memory, one or more physical channels with an external electronic device, using one or more communication modules, executing, by the electronic device, two or more application programs to interface with the framework interface, and communicating, via the framework interface, data from the two or more application programs through the one or more physical channels to the external electronic device, using at least one logical channel or session for a respective one of the two or more application programs.