Paired Device Configuration Interface for Reduced Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for configuring electronic devices are cumbersome and inefficient, particularly for devices with reduced display sizes, leading to increased user time and energy consumption, especially in battery-operated devices.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method where an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display can pair with another device to display local notifications and send instructions for remote notifications, allowing users to configure settings more efficiently through a user interface that includes options to set operational parameters and associate affordances across displays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If existing configuration techniques are used on devices with reduced display sizes, then device functionality can be configured, but user time and energy consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a paired device as an intermediary to assist in the configuration process. The paired device with its larger display serves as a mediator that displays configuration options and receives user input, which are then transmitted to the target device with the reduced display. This intermediary approach allows users to configure devices efficiently without being constrained by the limited display size of the target device.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extends the configuration interface from a single-device dimension to a multi-device dimension. By utilizing a paired device in wireless communication with the target device, the configuration process operates across multiple devices simultaneously. This dimensional expansion allows configuration information to be displayed and interacted with on a larger display while applying settings to the reduced-display device.
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing configuration techniques are used on battery-operated devices, then device settings can be adjusted, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs configuration actions preliminarily on the paired device before applying them to the target device. Configuration options are displayed and user selections are made on the paired device with the larger display, preparing the configuration data in advance. This preliminary action on the paired device reduces the need for prolonged display activation and processing on the battery-operated target device, thereby conserving energy.
Solution Approach 2:
The paired device acts as an energy-efficient intermediary that handles the computationally intensive configuration display and interaction tasks. By offloading these tasks to the paired device, the battery-operated target device minimizes its own processing and display activation time, resulting in reduced energy consumption while maintaining full configuration capability.
3Productivity
If configuration is performed directly on the reduced display device, then settings can be applied immediately, but the interface becomes cumbersome and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The paired device serves as an intermediary that simplifies the user interface for configuration. Instead of presenting a complex interface adapted for small displays, the system uses the paired device to present a full-featured, easy-to-navigate configuration interface. This intermediary approach maintains high productivity by enabling comprehensive configuration capabilities while reducing interface complexity from the user's perspective.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a copy of the configuration interface on the paired device that mirrors the target device's settings and options. This copied interface allows users to interact with the same configuration parameters in a more spacious and manageable format. The copied interface on the paired device is then used to control and apply settings to the target device, effectively decoupling interface complexity from the target device's display constraints.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to device configuration user interfaces. A first electronic device is in a paired relationship with a second electronic device remote from the first electronic device. The first electronic device detects a first user input that sets the first electronic device to operate in a first configuration associated with a plurality of operational parameters. The first electronic device may display a user interface including an option to set a configuration of the plurality of operational parameters on the second electronic device to the first configuration of the first electronic device. The first electronic device may further detect a second user input. In response to detecting the second user input, the first electronic device may further send data that includes instructions to cause the second electronic device to be set to the first configuration.