Graphical Data Copy Paste Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data transfer methods between computing devices are cumbersome and time-consuming, requiring multiple steps for wireless configuration or physical connections, which reduces user friendliness.
Innovation Solution
Graphically encoding data on a source device to generate images that can be captured and decoded by a recipient device, allowing for efficient data transfer without the need for complex configuration or physical exchange.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If data transfer is performed using traditional wireless configuration or wired connection methods, then data can be transferred between devices, but the process becomes time-consuming and cumbersome for users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses graphical encoding to create a visual copy of data that can be captured through imaging. Instead of transferring data through complex wireless protocols or physical connections, the system creates an encoded image representation that can be quickly captured and decoded, dramatically simplifying the transfer process and reducing time
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical/physical data transfer mechanisms (wired connections, memory card exchanges) with an optical system. Data is encoded into graphical form that can be captured through camera imaging, substituting physical interaction with optical capture, thereby eliminating the need for complex configuration and reducing user effort
2Productivity
If traditional data transfer methods are used, then data can be copied between devices, but multiple configuration steps are required reducing efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential data transfer function from the complex configuration process. By encoding data into a standalone graphical format that can be captured independently of device communication protocols, it removes the need for wireless pairing, connection establishment, and other complex configuration steps, leaving only the simple act of image capture
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces graphical encoding as an intermediary layer between the source and destination devices. Instead of direct device-to-device data transfer requiring complex protocols, the data is converted into a universal visual format that can be captured by any device with imaging capability, simplifying the interaction between devices
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AI summary
In accordance with one or more aspects, at a first device both an indication of data to be copied and a request to perform graphical copying of the data is received. The data is graphically encoded to generate an image that is displayed by the first device. In a second device, a request to perform graphical pasting of data is received. The second device captures the image displayed by the first device and decodes data graphically encoded in the image. The decoded data is pasted to a location of the first device.