Mobile Devices Local Collaborative Operations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile communication devices are limited in their ability to perform complex local collaborative operations beyond basic communication and processing tasks, lacking the capability to effectively respond to various stimuli and transmit corresponding energy emissions or signals in a coordinated manner.
Innovation Solution
The integration of wireless communication circuitry, processing circuitry, and input/output circuitry in mobile communication devices allows for the reception and transmission of local wireless signals, enabling collaborative operations such as energy emissions and stimulus responses, both locally and remotely, through a network of devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If mobile communication devices perform basic communication operations (telephone calls, text messages, Internet access), then communication functionality is maintained, but operational capabilities remain limited and lack collaborative operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the mobile device into distinct functional modules: wireless communication circuitry for signal transmission, processing circuitry for coordinating operations, and input/output circuitry for stimulus response. This segmentation enables collaborative operations between multiple devices while maintaining manageable complexity within each device through clear functional separation.
2Productivity
If mobile communication devices are equipped with computing, processing and communication capabilities, then more operations can be performed, but the ability to perform complex local collaborative operations remains insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functionality by enabling mobile devices to perform both independent operations and collaborative operations. The wireless communication circuitry, processing circuitry, and input/output circuitry work together to allow devices to function as autonomous units while simultaneously participating in coordinated multi-device operations, achieving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If mobile communication devices respond to local stimuli with local energy emissions, then responsive collaborative operations are enabled, but coordination and synchronization between devices become more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the processing circuitry receives signals from wireless communication circuitry about local stimuli, processes this information, and coordinates appropriate responses through output signals to the input/output circuitry. This feedback loop enables automatic coordination between multiple devices responding to the same stimulus, reducing the difficulty of manual synchronization while maintaining versatile stimulus response capabilities.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables enhanced collaborative functions among mobile devices, including local and remote control of displays and speakers, execution of common programs, and sensing of environmental characteristics, thereby expanding their operational capabilities beyond basic communication.
Implementation Method 1
one or more local wireless transmission signals from at least another of the plurality of mobile communication devices
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AI summary
A plurality of mobile communication devices for performing one or more locally collaborative operations. In one embodiment, one of the mobile communication devices provides a first local energy emission and, related thereto, a local wireless transmission signal, while another of the mobile communication devices responds to the local wireless transmission signal by providing a second local energy emission related to the first local energy emission. In another embodiment, one of the mobile communication devices receives a local stimulus, exclusive of vocal energy emitted by a user, and in response thereto provides a local wireless transmission signal, while another of the mobile communication devices responds to the local wireless transmission signal by providing a local energy emission related to the local stimulus. In another embodiment, each of the mobile communication devices receives a respective portion of a local stimulus in response to which at least one of the mobile communication devices transmits a local wireless transmission signal in response to which a second one of the mobile communication devices provides a local energy emission related to responses to the local stimulus in addition to its own. In additional embodiments, each of the mobile communication devices receives a respective portion of a local stimulus and in response thereto transmits a wireless transmission signal for collaboratively providing, to a remotely located system, information about the various responses to the local stimulus.