Media Sharing with Visualized Positioning Layout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional media sharing methods are time-consuming and inefficient, requiring users to manually select recipients from their contact lists regardless of their location, leading to a need for improved sharing processes.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that determines the physical location of a sender device, retrieves a floor plan, generates a list of potential recipient devices within a zone boundary, and renders a graphical representation of these devices on a floor plan view, allowing for easy selection and sharing of media items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional contact list selection method is used, then media sharing can be accomplished, but the process is time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically determining the sender's physical location, retrieving the floor plan, identifying the zone boundary, and pre-generating a list of potential recipient devices within that zone before the user initiates media sharing. This eliminates the need for users to manually search through contact lists, significantly reducing the time required to select a recipient and improving media sharing efficiency.
2Ease of operation
If manual contact list selection is required, then sharing can occur, but user interaction is excessive and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically performing location determination, floor plan retrieval, zone boundary identification, and potential recipient generation without requiring user intervention. The sender device autonomously completes these preliminary steps, and the user only needs to select from the pre-generated list of potential recipients, greatly simplifying the operation and reducing the perceived complexity of the sharing process.
3Productivity
If location-based recipient identification is implemented, then sharing efficiency improves, but computational requirements and power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by limiting the recipient search to a specific geographic zone defined by the floor plan and zone boundary, rather than searching through all contacts or devices. This localized approach significantly reduces the computational scope and power consumption compared to global searches, while still maintaining high recipient identification speed by focusing resources on the relevant local area only.
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AI summary
Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for intelligent media sharing with visualized positioning layout in real time. A floor plan is retrieved corresponding to the physical location of a sender electronic device. A zone boundary corresponding to the physical location of the sender electronic device is determined. A list of potential recipient electronic devices within the zone boundary is generated. A floor plan view is rendered on the sender electronic device. A graphical representation of the potential recipient electronic devices on the floor plan view is rendered, overlaid in a semi-transparent manner with a media selection interface on the sender electronic device. A selection is received for one or more media items using the media selection interface. A send request is received for one or more potential recipients, resulting in sending the one or more media items to at least one potential recipient in response to receiving a user interface request action.