Interactive Device Time Synchronization Setup Module
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for time synchronizing interactive devices, such as customizable calendars, are inefficient, costly, and require significant manpower, especially when manufacturing for global markets that account for various time zones and daylight savings, making it difficult to ensure all devices run the same time upon shipment.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising an interactive device and a setup module that includes a computer processor, input and output means, and a connection mechanism, allowing for pre-programming or user adjustment of internal clocks, enabling time synchronization across multiple devices, even when programmed separately, and ensuring they run the same time, with the setup module capable of testing and correcting configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If interactive devices are preprogrammed by manufacturers to relieve users of setup burden, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases due to exhaustive setup requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by preprogramming devices at the point of origin before shipment. The setup module is configured with destination-specific time and date parameters, and the programming transfer module automatically transfers these pre-configured settings to multiple interactive devices, eliminating the need for end-users to perform complex setup procedures while maintaining coordinated time synchronization across global markets
2Productivity
If manufacturers use setup computers to streamline production and program devices quickly, then productivity is improved, but manufacturing precision deteriorates due to inability to ensure accurate time synchronization across global time zones
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by dynamically adjusting time and date parameters based on the destination location. The setup module stores destination-specific parameters (time zone offsets, daylight savings rules, calendar types) and the programming transfer module modifies the internal clock parameters of each device according to its destination, enabling both rapid production and precise time synchronization for global markets
3Ease of manufacture
If interactive devices are programmed separately at point of origin, then ease of manufacture is improved, but time synchronization deteriorates as devices cannot be ensured to run the same time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a setup module that can program multiple interactive devices with different destination parameters through a single unified system. The programming transfer module serves multiple devices simultaneously, transferring coordinated time and date settings that ensure all devices will display the same time at their respective destinations, thereby achieving both ease of manufacture and reliable time synchronization
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AI summary
An interactive device having time synchronization capability is provided. In one embodiment, the interactive device has a computer processor that stores an internal clock. The computer processor may be preprogrammed to generate announcements based on a particular time of the internal clock. A user may input and adjust the time of the internal clock. In another embodiment, a setup module is provided which includes a computer processor that stores a setup time. The setup module establishes a connection with an interactive device, and time synchronizes the interactive device such that the internal clock of the interactive device is running the same time as the setup module. The setup module is capable of synchronizing the internal clock of multiple interactive devices, despite the interactive devices being programmed on separate occasions. The interactive device may be synchronized by the setup module via a hard-wired connection or wireless means.