Mobile Terminal Cloud Content Sharing Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile terminals lack the capability to seamlessly share content with devices and control these devices using a cloud computing system, limiting user flexibility and integration with various devices.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal equipped with a communication unit, search unit, input unit, memory unit, and control unit, which receives content and device information, generates control commands, and transmits them to a host to control the output of selected content on various devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If mobile terminals are equipped with content sharing and device control capabilities using cloud computing system, then user flexibility and device integration are improved, but device complexity and system integration requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud computing system as an intermediary between the mobile terminal and various devices. The mobile terminal communicates with devices through the cloud platform, which handles the complex coordination, authentication, and content routing. This mediator approach allows the mobile terminal to gain versatile device control capabilities without directly implementing the complex integration logic, thus improving adaptability while managing system complexity through externalization.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile terminal is designed with universal communication capabilities that allow it to interact with multiple types of devices (audio devices, video devices, gaming devices, etc.) through a unified interface and protocol. The terminal can function as a remote control, content source, and control device across different device categories, achieving multi-functionality without requiring device-specific hardware for each device type, thus improving versatility while maintaining manageable complexity.
2Ease of operation
If mobile terminal controls content output across multiple devices, then user experience is enhanced, but control complexity and command management increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the mobile terminal receives status information from controlled devices and provides real-time updates to the user. When content is played on a selected device, the terminal receives playback status, error information, and device state feedback, allowing users to monitor and adjust control operations. This feedback loop simplifies user interaction by providing clear system state information without requiring users to manually check each device's status, thus enhancing ease of operation while managing control complexity through automated information gathering.
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud computing system serves as a mediator that manages the complexity of controlling multiple devices. Instead of the mobile terminal directly managing complex control protocols with each device, the cloud platform handles device discovery, connection management, and control command routing. This abstraction layer simplifies the control management burden on the terminal while enabling comprehensive multi-device control capabilities, thus improving user experience without proportionally increasing control complexity at the terminal level.
Data Source
AI summary
A control method of a mobile terminal includes receiving content information and device information, receiving a content selection signal and a device selection signal from a user, generating a control command for controlling a content corresponding to the content selection signal, and transmitting the control command to a host. The control command includes a change command for switching a selected device to another device to output a selected content continuously.