Instant Messaging Data Sharing via Server Mediator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for printing and projecting data from mobile devices are complex and inefficient, requiring installed printer drivers or applications, and involve multiple operations, reducing user convenience and device usage efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A data sharing method and system that uses an electronic device to connect with a server providing instant messaging services, allowing users to share data with devices like printers, projectors, or displays through a graphical user interface, enabling intuitive and simple data processing such as printing, projection, or display by sending data to a server contact, which then processes the data on the connected device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If printer driver or application is installed on mobile device, then data printing function is achieved, but device complexity and operation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the mobile device and the printer. The server provides the printing service functionality, while the mobile device only needs to send data to the server through an instant messaging interface. This mediator approach eliminates the need to install complex printer drivers or applications on the mobile device, resolving the contradiction between achieving printing function and reducing system complexity.
2Reliability
If multiple operations are required for data sharing, then data processing accuracy is improved, but operation complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple operations into a single action. Instead of requiring separate steps for selecting data, choosing printing options, and initiating printing, the user simply sends the data to the server contact in the instant messaging application. The server handles all processing operations automatically, combining multiple complex operations into one simple user action, thus improving ease of operation while maintaining data processing accuracy through server-side control.
3Reliability
If printer driver or application is installed on mobile device, then data printing capability is achieved, but installation time and setup complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-establishing the printing service infrastructure on the server side before the user needs to print. The server is already configured with printer connections and printing capabilities in advance. When the user wants to print, they simply send data to the pre-configured server contact, eliminating the need for real-time driver installation or setup, thus resolving the contradiction between achieving printing capability and reducing setup time.
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AI summary
A data sharing method includes an electronic device that sends data such as a picture, a document, a link, and a chat record to a server contact in an instant messaging application, shares the data to a device bound with a user, such as a printer, a projector, or a display, and triggers the device to perform an operation such as printing, projection, or mirroring such that a process of printing data, projection, mirroring, and the like using the electronic device can be intuitive, simple, and effective for the user.