Smart Device Media Settings Synchronization via Cloud Profiles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users experience frustration due to loss of customization and preference synchronization across different smart devices, particularly when using devices of different manufacture or in foreign locations, leading to an inconsistent media access user experience.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize geographic location and user profiles to identify users, customize smart devices and remote controls, and synchronize settings across devices, ensuring a consistent user experience by determining user credentials and preferences, and providing secure access control, including authentication and deletion of customizations when necessary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users switch between different smart devices of different manufacture or use devices in foreign locations, then device versatility and adaptability improve, but user experience consistency and customization retention deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based synchronization system as an intermediary between multiple smart devices. This cloud service stores user profiles, preferences, and device settings, enabling seamless data exchange between devices of different manufacturers without requiring direct device-to-device communication. The cloud acts as the mediator that maintains consistent user experience across diverse devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal user profile system that can be stored and retrieved across different device types and manufacturers. The synchronization mechanism provides multi-functional capability by supporting various authentication methods (geographic location, user credentials) and adapting to different device configurations while maintaining a consistent user experience framework.
2Reliability
If the system synchronizes user settings and preferences across multiple devices, then user experience consistency improves, but system complexity and data management requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the synchronization system into distinct functional modules: user profile storage, authentication verification, setting synchronization, and device configuration. This modular approach reduces overall system complexity by allowing each component to perform its specific function independently while working together as an integrated system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary authentication and verification of user credentials before synchronizing settings. By pre-verifying user identity and authorization status, the system avoids complex real-time authentication decisions during the synchronization process, thereby simplifying the overall data management workflow.
3Reliability
If the system provides authentication and security verification for user access, then security and reliability improve, but access speed and user convenience worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service authentication mechanisms where the system automatically verifies user credentials and synchronization rights without requiring manual intervention. The system autonomously determines user eligibility, retrieves appropriate settings, and executes synchronization based on pre-established security protocols, eliminating time-consuming manual security checks.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs security verification and user authentication in advance before the actual data synchronization occurs. By pre-verifying user credentials and authorization status, the system ensures security is established before access is granted, minimizing the time required for actual data transfer and device configuration.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the system stores and manages user preferences and device settings, then customization and personalization improve, but data management complexity and storage requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts essential user information and preferences into a standardized user profile format that can be efficiently stored and transmitted. By separating core user data from device-specific settings and only synchronizing necessary information, the system reduces the overall data volume while maintaining comprehensive customization capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies local quality by customizing the synchronization content based on the specific device and user context. Rather than synchronizing all possible data universally, the system selectively transfers only the relevant settings and preferences appropriate for each device type and user profile, optimizing data management efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for synchronizing a first smart device with a second smart device includes causing a first setting of the second smart device to be stored in a datastore in association with a unique identifier and in response to determining a presence of the first smart device: determining that an authorization exists to synchronize the first smart device; determining that a second setting of the first smart device is to be synchronized with the first setting of the second smart device; and synchronizing the second setting of the first smart device to match the first setting of the second smart device.