Inter-Device Application Interworking via Session Control Instructions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face inconvenience when trying to transmit files or take photos during a communication session across multiple devices, as they need to manually access and control each device separately, leading to a discontinuous experience.

Innovation Solution

A method for interworking between applications on multiple electronic devices allows a single communication session to be managed across devices, enabling control instructions with session identifiers to be transmitted, allowing actions like file selection and photo taking to be performed remotely through a unified interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a user manually accesses and controls each device separately to transmit files or take photos during a communication session, then the user can perform actions on multiple devices, but the operation process becomes cumbersome and discontinuous

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of operationVSAvoidtime

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a control instruction as an intermediary that carries session identification information between devices. Instead of manually accessing each device, the user sends a control instruction from one device that automatically identifies and connects to the corresponding communication session on another device, eliminating the need for manual device-by-device access and reducing operational time

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses session identification information as a copyable reference that can be transmitted between devices. The control instruction includes copied session identifiers that allow the receiving device to automatically retrieve the correct communication session context, replacing the need for manual session retrieval and reducing operational steps

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Adaptability or versatility

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoidease of operation

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal control mechanism that works across multiple devices and file types. The control instruction with session identification information serves as a universal interface that can trigger various actions (file transmission, photo taking, etc.) on different devices without requiring device-specific manual access procedures, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining adaptability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges the control functions of multiple devices into a single unified operation. By combining the session identification information with the control instruction, the system allows the user to control multiple devices through one interface, creating a continuous and streamlined user experience across devices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system supports multiple messenger clients with a single account, then the user can access communication sessions on different devices, but the complexity of managing actions across devices increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoidcomplexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control instruction acts as an intermediary that simplifies the interaction between multiple messenger clients. Instead of managing each client separately, the control instruction with embedded session identification information automatically routes the user's action to the correct communication session across different devices, reducing the perceived complexity for the user

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Productivity

If the user needs to retrieve communication sessions and files on mobile devices to transmit them, then the user can access and transmit files, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveproductivityVSAvoidtime

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically retrieving and preparing the communication session context when the control instruction is received. Instead of requiring the user to manually retrieve sessions and files, the system proactively fetches the necessary information based on the session identification information in the control instruction, thereby improving productivity while reducing the time the user needs to spend on manual retrieval operations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10924519B2Method, apparatus, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for interworking between applications of devices

Publication Date: 2021.02.16 LY CORP

AI summary

Provided is a method and system for interworking between applications of devices. An inter-device application interworking method may provide a function capable of processing an action associated with a single communication session through interworking between applications installed on a plurality of electronic devices, respectively, in response to a presence of the plurality of electronic devices of a user identified in association with a single account of the user.