Multi-Device Registration via SMS Password Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices, such as mobile phones, face limitations in viewing and downloading media content from remote servers due to slow network connections and limited capabilities, making it difficult for users to find and access media content directly on their devices.
Innovation Solution
A method involving a server computer system that facilitates user registration by transmitting interfaces and passwords via SMS messages between user computers and mobile devices, allowing users to access registered user areas for media content, enabling seamless downloading and access to media files.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If media content is accessed directly on mobile devices, then users can consume media content, but the slow network connection and limited device capabilities make it difficult to find and access media content efficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server computer system as an intermediary between the user's mobile device and the media content repository. The server handles the complex tasks of searching, retrieving, and managing media content, while the mobile device only needs to display content and receive user input. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by offloading the speed-critical operations to a faster system (the server) while maintaining ease of operation on the mobile device.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the media access functionality into two parts: the mobile device handles display and user interaction, while the server computer system handles content retrieval and management. This segmentation allows each component to operate at its optimal performance level, with the server compensating for the mobile device's network speed limitations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users register through multiple devices (computer and mobile phone), then accessibility and convenience are improved, but the registration process complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal registration system where a single user account can be accessed from multiple devices (desktop computer and mobile phone). The server computer system maintains a centralized user database that recognizes the same credentials across different device types. This universality allows users to register once and access their accounts from any device, improving adaptability without requiring separate registration processes for each device.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a copy of the user account data across multiple devices through centralized storage on the server. When a user registers on one device, the account information is stored on the server and can be accessed from any other device, effectively copying the authentication credentials across the device ecosystem without requiring separate registrations.
Data Source
AI summary
A server includes a processor, memory, and a communications interface. During a registration process the communications interface receives a phone number associated with a client mobile device, from a client computer system. In response to receiving the phone number, the processor generates a password and associates it with the client computer system. The password is transmitted to the client mobile device using the received phone number, and a password interface is transmitted to the client computer system. The processor waits up to a predetermined amount of time for the password transmitted to the client mobile device to be returned to the server device via the password interface transmitted to the client computer system. In response to the predetermined amount of time expiring without receiving the password, a message allowing the registration process to be completed using the client mobile device is transmitted to the client mobile device.