Mobile-to-Screen Coupling via Environment Pattern Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies face challenges in allowing flexible and automatic connection between mobile devices and output devices for seamless OTT content viewing, particularly due to lack of direct connections and manufacturer-specific device pairing, limiting user flexibility and navigation convenience across different devices with varying screen sizes and properties.
Innovation Solution
A method and system utilizing a coupling component that dynamically connects mobile devices via a cellular network based on user-specific environment patterns, enabling automatic and flexible pairing of mobile devices with output devices, regardless of manufacturer, and allowing seamless switching between devices using proximity determination and pattern recognition for optimal content presentation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If mobile devices are directly connected to output devices for content control, then navigation convenience and user flexibility are improved, but device complexity and connection management become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that manages connections between mobile devices and output devices. The server stores environment patterns and device identifiers, automatically matching mobile devices with appropriate output devices based on stored patterns without requiring direct peer-to-peer connection management between the devices themselves.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements automatic connection establishment where the mobile device and output device independently communicate their identifiers to the server, which then automatically determines compatibility based on stored environment patterns and establishes the connection without manual user configuration or complex pairing procedures.
2Reliability
If manufacturer-specific device pairing is required for connection, then connection stability is improved, but user flexibility and adaptability across different manufacturers are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal connection system where the server acts as a platform-independent intermediary. The server stores environment patterns that are manufacturer-agnostic and can match mobile devices with output devices from different manufacturers based on functional compatibility rather than manufacturer-specific protocols, enabling cross-brand device pairing while maintaining stable connections.
3Ease of operation
If automatic connection based on proximity is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but risk of unauthorized access and security vulnerabilities increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the server continuously monitors connection requests against stored environment patterns and device identifiers. Before establishing a connection, the server verifies that the mobile device's environment pattern matches the expected pattern for the target output device, providing a feedback loop that prevents unauthorized connections while maintaining automatic connection functionality for legitimate devices.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method and a system for coupling at least one mobile device (MG) to at least one output device (AG), in particular a screen unit. In this case, the mobile device (MG) is used to control a selection and/or output of data contents, wherein these data contents are provided via a cellular communication network (KN). The at least one mobile device (MG) initiates (1) a coupling component (CDE) via the cellular communication network (KN). The coupling component (CDE) then determines (2) the at least one output device (AG) to be coupled on the basis of a stored, user-specific environment pattern and dynamically couples (LC) (3) said output device to the at least one mobile device (MG). In this case, the system according to the invention comprises at least one mobile device (MG) which is intended to be used to control a selection and/or output of data contents, at least one output device (AG) and a cellular communication network (KN) which provides the data contents. A coupling component (CDE) is also provided, which component determines the output device (AG) to be coupled on the basis of a stored, user-specific environment pattern and couples (LC) said output device to the mobile device. On account of the invention, it is possible to simply, automatically and flexibly couple (LC) any desired mobile devices (MG) (for example a smartphone, a tablet PC, etc.) to any desired output devices (AG) (for example a TV set, etc.).