Mobile Notification Image Offloading for Resource-Constrained Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Resource-constrained devices face challenges in processing and displaying notifications due to hardware limitations and limited autonomy, particularly when handling complex electronic messages with glyphs and images, which exceed their processing and power capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that offloads notification processing to a mobile processing device, generating a notification image which is then transmitted to the resource-constrained device for display, preserving the device's battery life and extending its autonomy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If notification processing is performed on the resource-constrained device, then the device can display notifications independently, but the device's battery life and processing autonomy are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the computationally intensive notification processing tasks from the resource-constrained device and relocates them to a remote server or mobile device with sufficient processing power. The resource-constrained device retains only the essential function of receiving and displaying notification images, thereby preserving battery life while maintaining notification display capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (remote server or mobile device) that acts as a mediator between the electronic communication source and the resource-constrained device. This intermediary handles the complex processing of converting electronic messages into displayable notification images, while the resource-constrained device simply receives and displays the pre-processed images.
2Loss of information
If the resource-constrained device processes complex electronic messages with glyphs and images, then the notification content can be fully displayed, but the hardware limitations are exceeded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex text processing, glyph rendering, and image processing operations from the resource-constrained device and performs them on a remote server or mobile device. This allows full notification content to be displayed without requiring the constrained device to have the processing power to generate these elements locally.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs all necessary processing actions in advance on the remote server or mobile device before transmitting the notification image to the resource-constrained device. The electronic message is converted into a complete, display-ready image format beforehand, eliminating the need for the constrained device to perform complex processing during notification display.
3Loss of information
If the device stores data for displaying communications, then the notification can be fully displayed, but the limited memory capacity is exceeded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the data storage requirement from the resource-constrained device by generating complete notification images on a remote server or mobile device. The notification image is transmitted in a compact format that requires minimal local storage, eliminating the need for the device to store large amounts of raw message data, glyphs, and images.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a simplified copy of the notification content in the form of a pre-processed image that can be stored and displayed with minimal memory resources. Instead of storing the original electronic message with all its components (text, glyphs, images), the system creates and transmits a single compact image representation that contains all necessary visual information.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for offloading notification processing comprising the steps of: receiving an electronic communication on a mobile processing device; generating a notification on the mobile processing device based on the electronic communication; generating a notification image on the mobile processing device based on the notification; transmitting the notification image from the mobile processing device to a resource-constrained device through a wireless network; displaying the notification image on a display of the resource-constrained device. It also relates to a system for offloading notification processing adapted to carry out the method above.