Messenger Account Setup on Consumer Electronic Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing messenger programs face difficulties in setting messenger accounts on consumer electronic (CE) devices with limited input capabilities and in searching for buddy relationships, making it challenging to share content among CE devices.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that registers CE devices on a device server to generate messenger accounts, sets buddy relationships, and provides a communication module for sharing content among devices with established relationships, using an account generation module, buddy setting module, and storage module to manage device information and messenger accounts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If messenger accounts are manually set on CE devices, then account registration can be completed, but the process becomes complex and time-consuming for users with limited input capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic device registration where CE devices self-register with the device server using their device information without requiring manual user input. The device server automatically generates messenger accounts and establishes buddy relationships, allowing devices to complete the registration process autonomously.
Solution Approach 2:
The device server performs preliminary actions by pre-generating messenger accounts and pre-establishing buddy relationships before users need to access them. This advance preparation eliminates the need for users to manually configure accounts and search for buddies during actual usage.
2Ease of operation
If buddy relationships are manually searched and set, then device connections can be established, but the search process becomes difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The device server automatically performs buddy relationship establishment by matching device information and generating appropriate buddy relationships without requiring users to manually search or configure connections. The system self-manages the entire buddy relationship process.
Solution Approach 2:
The device server acts as an intermediary between CE devices, managing the buddy relationship establishment process. Instead of devices directly searching and connecting with each other, the device server mediates by receiving device information, generating messenger accounts, and automatically setting up buddy relationships based on device registration data.
3Extent of automation
If device information is collected and processed, then automatic account generation is enabled, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device server is designed as a multi-functional system that handles device registration, messenger account generation, buddy relationship establishment, and content sharing management all through a single unified platform. This consolidates multiple functions into one server, managing complexity through integration rather than multiplication.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges the functions of account management, device registration, and buddy relationship handling into a single integrated device server process. By combining these previously separate functions into one unified system, the patent reduces overall system complexity while maintaining high automation capabilities.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides to a system and method of sharing contents using a messenger program. The system includes a device server which registers Consumer electronic (CE) devices of the same user and CE devices of different users, and generates a messenger account; a messenger server which registers the generated messenger account; and a buddy setting module which sets a buddy relationship among the CE devices of the same user and a buddy relationship among the CE devices of different users, such that contents are shared by the CE devices having the buddy relationship.