Operation Routing Between Proximate Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
The proliferation of diverse mobile computing devices with varying functional capabilities poses a challenge in efficiently utilizing the best-suited device for specific operations, as users often need to transfer operations between devices to optimize performance, energy consumption, and user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for operational routing between proximate devices, which involves detecting nearby devices, assessing their functional capabilities, and transferring operations based on comparative capability values and user-defined preferences to optimize performance and energy efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If operational transfer between devices is implemented, then operational efficiency and energy consumption are improved, but device complexity and system coordination requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors device proximity, functional capabilities, and operational status to dynamically determine optimal device routing. Capability values are calculated based on real-time device states, and transfer decisions are made through feedback loops that compare current operational efficiency against alternative device configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
A capability value calculation mechanism serves as an intermediary that translates diverse device functionalities into comparable metrics. This intermediary layer enables standardized comparison between different devices without requiring complex direct coordination, simplifying the transfer decision-making process.
2Productivity
If capability-based routing is implemented, then task performance optimization is improved, but measurement and assessment complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system transforms complex device capabilities into simplified capability values through parameter aggregation. Multiple functional attributes (processing power, memory, display quality, etc.) are converted into a single comparable metric that enables straightforward routing decisions while maintaining comprehensive device capability assessment.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of directly comparing complex device functionalities, the system creates simplified capability value copies that represent each device's operational capacity. These copied metrics enable efficient comparison and routing decisions without requiring direct analysis of the underlying complex device specifications.
3Ease of operation
If automatic operation transfer is implemented, then user experience is improved, but control complexity and user oversight requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs operational transfers without requiring explicit user intervention. Devices self-evaluate their capability values, compare themselves to proximate devices, and autonomously execute transfer decisions based on calculated optimization metrics, providing seamless user experience while managing complexity internally.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements automatic feedback loops that continuously monitor operational context and execute transfers when beneficial. This feedback mechanism handles control complexity internally through automated capability assessment and decision-making, freeing users from manual control while maintaining system optimization.
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AI summary
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for operational routing between proximate devices. A method may include receiving an indication that a second device is proximate a first device. The method may further include receiving an indication of at least one functional capability of the second device. The method may further include causing, by a processor, transfer of an operation from the first device to the second device based on at least one functional capability of the first device and the at least one functional capability of the second device and further based on the operation. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.