Extending Mobile Sensor Capabilities to Enterprise Applications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices with small displays and limited computational capacity face challenges in supporting desktop applications, leading to cumbersome or cost-prohibitive solutions when attempting to run or scale these applications.
Innovation Solution
A system that utilizes an enterprise server to register and extend the sensor capabilities of a mobile computing device, allowing access to these capabilities for an application accessed by a client computing device, through a cloud service, enabling the mobile device to perform requested functions with user permission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If desktop applications are run on mobile devices through rewriting or scaling, then application compatibility is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the application execution environment by creating a virtual desktop environment that runs on the enterprise server rather than modifying the mobile device itself. This allows desktop applications to run in their native environment while the mobile device only needs to provide display and input capabilities through a client application.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary virtual desktop environment and client application that mediates between the mobile device and desktop applications. The client application on the mobile device communicates with the virtual desktop environment on the server, translating mobile interactions into desktop application commands without requiring application rewriting or device modification.
2Adaptability or versatility
If full desktop application experience is provided on mobile devices, then application functionality is improved, but display size and computational capacity limitations are exacerbated
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions the application execution from the two-dimensional mobile device screen to a remote virtual desktop environment on the server. The mobile device acts as a control interface while the actual application rendering occurs in a different computational dimension on the server, bypassing mobile device display and processing limitations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the computationally intensive application execution and graphical rendering from the mobile device and places it on the enterprise server. The mobile device only retains lightweight client functionality for input and display, separating the heavy computational workload from the portable device.
3Area of stationary object
If desktop applications are scaled to fit mobile displays, then display compatibility is improved, but application performance and user experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of scaling the mobile display to fit the application, the system inverts the approach by rendering the application at its native resolution on the server and transmitting the full-resolution display output to the mobile device. This preserves application performance and display quality while maintaining mobile device compatibility.
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AI summary
A computing system includes an enterprise server providing an application, a mobile computing device having sensor capabilities registered with the enterprise server, and a client computing device operated by a user to access the application. The user is to request a capability of the application. The enterprise server is configured to compare the requested capability of the application to the registered sensor capabilities of the mobile computing device. If the requested capability of the application can be performed by the mobile computing device, then the enterprise server is configured to provide a notification to the mobile computing device requesting permission for the mobile computing device to provide access to the sensor capability corresponding to the requested capability of the application. The mobile computing device performs the requested capability of the application after permission is granted.