Mobile Device Docking Connection Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for controlling communications between mobile devices and peripheral devices, such as docking stations, lack flexibility and efficiency in managing multiple connections for media and signaling data, often relying on a single communication protocol and failing to dynamically switch between access technologies based on operating parameters.
Innovation Solution
The system includes a mobile device with connection control logic that independently selects physical or wireless connections for signaling and media channels, allowing for dynamic switching based on available connections, proximity, and access technologies, ensuring improved audio quality and flexibility by decoupling signaling and media channels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single communication protocol is used for both signaling and media data, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability and communication quality deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the communication channels by independently managing signaling connections and media connections. The signaling manager controls signaling data transmission separately from the media manager that handles media data, allowing each channel to be optimized independently for different access technologies and conditions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If dynamic switching between access technologies is implemented, then adaptability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic connection management where the signaling manager and media manager can independently select and switch between different access technologies (WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular) based on current operating conditions. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to optimize communication quality without requiring complex manual configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection management system uses feedback from connection status, signal quality, and availability information to dynamically adjust which access technology is used for signaling and media channels. The managers monitor connection data and adapt their selection based on real-time conditions.
3Reliability
If independent selection of connections for signaling and media channels is implemented, then communication quality improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides connection management into separate functional modules: a signaling manager for controlling signaling channels and a media manager for controlling media channels. Each manager independently selects connections based on the specific requirements of its data type, enabling optimized and reliable communication for each channel type.
Solution Approach 2:
The signaling manager and media manager serve multiple functions: they manage connection establishment, maintain connection status, handle switching between access technologies, and optimize communication quality. This multi-functionality is achieved through integrated management logic that handles various communication scenarios.
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory computer-readable medium can include instructions for performing a method that includes docking a mobile device with a docking station using at least one physical connection and at least one wireless connection to provide communication between the mobile device and the docking station. One of the physical or wireless connections can be selected for providing a signaling channel for communication of signaling data between the mobile device and the docking station. Independently of the signaling channel, one of the physical or wireless connections can be selected for providing a media channel for communication of media data between the mobile device and the docking station.