Wireless Hotspot Application Software Sharing

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Solution Overview

Problem

The increasing size and data consumption of application software on smartphones lead to slow downloading speeds and high data usage, reducing user experience and enthusiasm for searching and downloading software, with existing solutions failing to address these issues effectively.

Innovation Solution

A method and system where one terminal creates a wireless hotspot, allowing other terminals to join and share application software through the network, eliminating the need for individual downloads and enhancing data conservation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If application software is downloaded through mobile phone networks, then users can obtain various kinds of application software, but data consumption increases significantly and downloading speed becomes slow

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedownloading speedVSAvoiddata consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a local copy mechanism where application software installed on one terminal is copied to other terminals through a wireless hotspot network. Instead of downloading software from remote servers, users can obtain software copies from nearby devices, dramatically reducing data consumption and increasing transfer speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges multiple terminals into a shared wireless network environment where software resources are pooled together. The first terminal and second terminal are combined into a single network system, allowing shared access to application software without requiring individual downloads from external networks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If application software is downloaded individually by each user, then users can access software according to their needs, but the downloaded software cannot be shared among users

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesoftware sharing capabilityVSAvoiddata consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent makes the wireless hotspot system universal by enabling any terminal connected to the hotspot to access and share application software with any other connected terminal. The system provides multi-functional capability: it serves as both a download channel and a sharing platform, allowing users to both obtain and distribute software within the network.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The wireless hotspot acts as an intermediary between terminals, facilitating software sharing. Instead of direct peer-to-peer transfers or individual downloads from external servers, the hotspot network mediates the software distribution process, enabling efficient sharing while reducing external data consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If users search and download application software through application store clients, then users can find software according to their needs, but data consumption during browsing and downloading becomes huge

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesoftware search and download convenienceVSAvoiddata consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent adds a new dimension to software acquisition by introducing local wireless network transfer as an alternative to traditional internet downloading. Instead of relying solely on external network downloads, users can search for and obtain software through the local hotspot network, creating a new dimension of software distribution that bypasses data consumption limitations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS10079913B2Transmission method, terminal and system for application software
Publication Date: 2018.09.18 ZTE CORP
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AI summary

Provided are a transmission method, terminal and system for application software. In the method, a first terminal creates a wireless hotspot; a second terminal joins a wireless network constructed by the wireless hotspot when joining request information sent by the second terminal is received; and interaction of application software with the second terminal is performed based on the wireless network. By the technical solution, the application software may be shared among these terminals, and the users do not have to download the application software from the network so as to save the data consumption of the users. Moreover, downloaded application software may also be shared among these terminals through application store clients on the terminals, so as to improve enthusiasm of the user in searching for and downloading the application software and facilitate popularization of the application store clients as well as the application software thereof.