Group Sending Service Data via Short-Range Wireless Pairing

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Solution Overview

Problem

In conventional social network applications, users face inconvenience when trying to group send service data to multiple strangers, as they need to perform a large number of friend adding and group creating operations, making the process cumbersome.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that utilize short-range wireless signals, such as NFC or Bluetooth, to broadcast pairing flags, allowing users to directly associate with strangers without adding them as friends, and a server to facilitate the group sending of service data to receiver accounts, eliminating the need for complex friend verification and group creation processes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users follow conventional friend-adding and group-creating operations to group send service data to strangers, then the service data can be successfully sent to multiple users, but the operational complexity and time consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegroup sending operationVSAvoidtime for friend adding and group creation
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the group sending process into two independent parts: (1) using short-range wireless signals to directly obtain receiver accounts without friend verification, and (2) sending service data through the server. This segmentation eliminates the need for time-consuming friend adding and group creation operations, allowing users to directly input receiver accounts and complete the sending process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces short-range wireless signals as an intermediary mechanism to obtain receiver accounts directly, bypassing the conventional friend verification system. The server acts as another intermediary to facilitate the actual data transmission, enabling group sending without requiring pre-established social relationships between users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If users create groups and add strangers as friends before group sending, then the service data can be delivered to the intended recipients, but the device complexity and number of operations increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice data deliveryVSAvoidfriend adding and group creation process
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent separates the account acquisition phase from the data sending phase. The short-range wireless signal acquisition method is segmented from the traditional friend-adding process, allowing users to directly obtain receiver accounts through wireless signals without creating friend relationships or groups, thereby reducing operational complexity while maintaining delivery reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service account acquisition through short-range wireless signals, where users can directly obtain receiver accounts without requiring the server-mediated friend verification process. This self-service mechanism simplifies the interface and reduces the number of steps users must complete while ensuring reliable data delivery through server mediation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10582563B2Service data group sending method, apparatus, and server
Publication Date: 2020.03.03 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

A method and apparatus for group sending service data group by broadcasting a pairing request, pairing with computing devices falling within a range of the short range wireless signal and accepting the pairing request, receiving input service data, generating a service data group sending request according to the service data, sending the service data group sending request to a server, and sending the service data to the server. This service data group sending solution improves the efficiency of computing operations when group sending service data.