Modular Wireless Communicator Pouching Adaptation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wireless communication systems lack a seamless integration of wireless communicators with enhanced function devices, leading to limitations in functionality and user interface compatibility, especially when the wireless communicator is pouched within an enhanced function device.

Innovation Solution

A modular wireless communicator design that includes pouching responsive electrical interconnection functionality, allowing it to adapt to the parenting user interface of an enhanced function device, expand functionality, and prevent alien device cooperation, while providing enhanced network connectivity and user interface integration.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a wireless communicator is pouched within an enhanced function device, then functionality is expanded and integration is improved, but device complexity and interface compatibility issues arise

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefunctionality expansionVSAvoidintegration complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The wireless communicator is designed with pouching responsive electrical interconnection functionality that enables it to adapt to different enhanced function devices. The system can operate in multiple modes: standalone mode with native user interface, and pouched mode where it cooperates with parenting user interface functionality of the enhanced function device. This multi-functionality allows the same device to serve different purposes depending on its operational context.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The wireless communicator dynamically adjusts its operational characteristics based on whether it is pouched or standalone. When pouched, the system detects the presence of the enhanced function device and transitions to cooperate with the parenting user interface functionality. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to optimize its behavior for the current operational context without requiring separate hardware configurations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If the wireless communicator adapts to parenting user interface functionality, then user interface compatibility is improved, but native user interface functionality is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser interface compatibilityVSAvoidnative user interface availability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The wireless communicator dynamically switches between using its native user interface functionality and cooperating with parenting user interface functionality based on operational context. When pouched within an enhanced function device, it transitions to use the parenting interface. When standalone, it uses its native interface. This dynamic switching ensures that the appropriate interface is available for the current operational mode.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system extracts and utilizes the parenting user interface functionality from the enhanced function device when pouched, rather than relying solely on its native user interface. This extraction allows the wireless communicator to leverage the enhanced interface capabilities of the parent device while maintaining its own native interface capabilities for standalone operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the wireless communicator enables seamless integration with enhanced function devices, then network connectivity is enhanced, but security risks from alien device cooperation increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenetwork connectivityVSAvoidsecurity risks

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary layer of pouching responsive electrical interconnection functionality that mediates between the wireless communicator and potential enhanced function devices. This intermediary mechanism includes authentication and compatibility verification processes that prevent unauthorized or incompatible devices from establishing harmful connections, while still allowing legitimate enhanced function devices to provide improved network connectivity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS8750928B2Modular wireless communicator

Publication Date: 2014.06.10 GOOGLE LLC

AI summary

A wireless communication system including a wireless communicator, including a housing, wireless communication functionality, a first subscriber identifier module for accessing a wireless network, native user interface functionality, and pouching responsive electrical interconnection functionality responsive to pouching orientation of the housing in a pouch of an enhanced function device for causing the wireless communication functionality to adapt to cooperating with parenting user interface functionality forming part of the enhanced function device at least partially instead of with the native user interface functionality, and an enhanced function device, including a pouch, a second subscriber identifier module for accessing the wireless network, and parenting user interface functionality, wherein the wireless communicator is able to access the wireless network using either the first subscriber identifier module or the second subscriber identifier module, when the wireless communicator is pouched with the enhanced function device.