Gesture-Based Information Sharing Between Computing Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Sharing information between personal computing devices, such as tablets and smartphones, is cumbersome and often requires the use of underlying applications like texting or social networking, which adds complexity and limitations, leading users to manually access information instead of sharing it directly.
Innovation Solution
A system that enables direct sharing of information between computing devices using input gestures, such as swipes, to determine the recipient device and transmit data, eliminating the need for complex communication networks or underlying applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If underlying applications like texting or social networking are used to share information, then information can be shared between devices, but the system complexity and operational difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the information sharing functionality from complex underlying applications and creates a dedicated sharing system. The sharing interface allows users to directly share information between devices without needing to use texting, email, or social networking applications, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The sharing system is designed to work across multiple device types and information formats universally. It can share various types of information (text, links, media) between different computing devices through a unified interface, eliminating the need for application-specific sharing methods.
2Adaptability or versatility
If underlying applications are used to share information, then information can be transmitted between devices, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the need to navigate through underlying applications to share information. Users can directly access the sharing interface and complete the sharing operation in a streamlined manner, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining the ability to share various information types.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-establishes communication channels and device pairings in advance, so that when a user wants to share information, the recipient device is already identified and ready to receive. This preliminary setup eliminates the need for users to manually configure sharing parameters during the operation.
3Device complexity
If users manually access information on other devices instead of sharing, then no additional applications are needed, but time is lost and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a dedicated sharing system as an intermediary between devices. This mediator enables direct information transfer without requiring users to manually access other devices, thereby maintaining system simplicity while dramatically improving productivity through automated sharing operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces the manual mechanical process of accessing information on another device (typing URLs, navigating interfaces) with an automated digital sharing mechanism. This substitution eliminates the time-consuming manual steps while keeping the overall system simple and direct.
4Ease of operation
If dedicated sharing functionality is implemented, then information sharing becomes efficient and simple, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements sharing functionality with local quality by creating a simple, dedicated sharing interface that focuses solely on the sharing task. Rather than adding complex features throughout the entire device, the sharing system concentrates functionality in a localized, easy-to-use interface, maintaining overall device simplicity while improving sharing operations.
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AI summary
Technologies for sharing information between computing devices comprises determining a location of a recipient destination computing device relative to a source computing device and transmitting information data to the recipient destination computing device based on an input gesture received on the source computing device and the relative location of the recipient computing device. The information data is usable by the recipient destination computing device to access the shared information. The input gesture may be embodied as a tactile or non-tactile gesture that indicates the relative location of the recipient computing device to which the information is to be shared.