Local Server Interoperability for Device Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
The growing number of user devices with varying operating systems and platforms poses challenges in device synchronization, including imperfect data synchronization, compatibility issues, and privacy concerns with cloud-based techniques.
Innovation Solution
A device interoperability system that establishes connections between user devices and a central communications module, allowing for the storage of an operating system, programs, and user data, and enabling booting of the operating system on user devices, thereby facilitating seamless data sharing and compatibility across devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If cloud-based techniques are used for data synchronization, then data sharing across devices is enabled, but privacy concerns arise and data synchronization may be imperfect
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a local server as an intermediary component that mediates data synchronization between devices. Instead of directly relying on cloud-based techniques, the local server acts as a mediator that stores and manages data locally, enabling devices to synchronize data through this intermediate layer. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining data sharing capability while improving synchronization reliability through local data storage and management.
2Adaptability or versatility
If cloud-based techniques are used for data synchronization, then data sharing across devices is enabled, but privacy concerns arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the data storage and management function from the cloud-based system and places it locally on user devices through the local server. By taking out the critical data handling operations from the cloud environment and implementing them locally, the system maintains data sharing capability while eliminating privacy concerns associated with cloud storage, as data remains under local user control.
3Adaptability or versatility
If devices use varying operating systems and platforms, then device diversity and user choice are increased, but compatibility issues and synchronization problems arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal local server architecture that can operate across different operating systems and platforms. The server provides standardized data storage and synchronization interfaces that work independently of the specific device platform, enabling seamless data sharing between devices running different operating systems. This universal approach resolves the contradiction by maintaining device diversity while ensuring ease of operation through platform-independent data access.
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AI summary
What is disclosed is a device interoperability system for one or more user devices associated with a user, wherein said one or more user devices comprises a first user device, said device interoperability system comprising a communications module, wherein a first connection is established between said first user device and said communications module; storage associated with said device interoperability system and coupled to said communications module, wherein said storage stores an operating system, one or more programs, and data associated with the user, further wherein said operating system is booted by said first user device via said first connection; and one or more processors to support said device interoperability system.