Gesture-Based Data Synchronization via Cloud Mediator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for data synchronization and sharing across devices are complex, prone to security risks, and inefficient, often exhausting storage space and requiring multiple steps, which complicates seamless data transfer and management.
Innovation Solution
A method that detects specific gestures on user and target devices to synchronize data, using sensors and cloud infrastructure to match event information and generate commands for data sharing or synchronization, allowing for intuitive and secure data transfer between devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If data is synchronized across multiple devices using existing systems, then data availability is improved, but security risks increase and storage space is exhausted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based intermediary system that mediates data synchronization between devices. Instead of direct peer-to-peer synchronization that exposes security vulnerabilities, the cloud server acts as a trusted intermediary that authenticates devices, manages encryption keys, and coordinates data transfers. This resolves the security risk while maintaining data availability across multiple devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements selective data copying where only necessary portions of data are synchronized to each device based on user needs and device capabilities. Rather than duplicating entire datasets to all devices (which exhausts storage space), the system creates intelligent copies of specific data subsets, maintaining data availability while optimizing storage utilization.
2Adaptability or versatility
If data is synchronized across multiple devices, then data accessibility is improved, but storage space is exhausted especially in thin-client devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by customizing the data synchronization profile for each specific device based on its storage capacity, performance characteristics, and user role. Thin-client devices receive only essential data subsets, while more capable devices can store additional copies. This ensures data accessibility across diverse devices without exhausting storage space on any single device.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements partial action by synchronizing only the necessary portion of data to each device rather than complete duplication. The cloud server determines optimal data distribution, sending partial copies to devices with limited storage while maintaining full data accessibility through the cloud intermediary, thus balancing accessibility with storage constraints.
3Productivity
If traditional file sharing methods are used between devices, then data transfer is achieved, but the process becomes complex and lacks ease of use
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service automation where the cloud-based system automatically handles authentication, data format conversion, compression, and device selection without requiring user intervention. The system autonomously determines optimal synchronization parameters and executes data transfers based on predefined policies and real-time device status, dramatically improving ease of use while maintaining high transfer efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal data synchronization platform that handles multiple data types, formats, and device configurations through a single integrated system. The cloud intermediary provides multi-functional capabilities including authentication, encryption, compression, format conversion, and device management, eliminating the need for multiple separate tools and complex manual configuration steps.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for synchronizing data across devices and mediating data sharing are described. In some embodiments, the systems can include a user device and at least one target device connected over a network for sharing event information. The user device and the target devices can include sensors thereon for detecting a gesture than can correspond to events that generate commands to perform tasks. Event information collected from the sensors can be compared and normalized using a cloud infrastructure to determine if the event is synchronized between the user device and the target devices such that the user device collected the same values as the target devices. If the event is synchronized, the system can perform the task. In some embodiments, the task can include synchronizing data between the user device and the target device while selectively choosing a target device for data sharing. In some embodiments, the task can include the user device acting as a mediator for data sharing between two or more target devices.