Application-Specific Profile Manager for Input Device Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computing devices lack efficient methods to manage and customize input device settings across various applications, leading to suboptimal user experiences as settings from one application may not be beneficial for another, especially when switching between different types of applications.
Innovation Solution
A computing device with a processor, voice recognition device, and profile manager that creates and manages application-specific profiles for input devices, allowing users to customize settings via voice commands or graphical user interfaces, enabling seamless switching between applications with tailored input device configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a computing device executes multiple applications with different input device requirements, then the functionality and versatility of the system increases, but the complexity of managing and customizing input device settings across various applications increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments input device settings into application-specific profiles, where each profile contains customized settings for specific applications. This allows settings to be divided and managed independently per application rather than as a single global configuration, resolving the contradiction by enabling versatility through segmentation while keeping management complexity localized to each profile.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-configuring application-specific profiles with appropriate input device settings before execution. Users can define and save customized settings for each application in advance, so when an application is launched, the corresponding profile is automatically applied without requiring manual reconfiguration, thus enabling adaptability while reducing management complexity.
2Manufacturing precision
If users manually customize input device settings for each application, then the precision and suitability of settings for specific applications improves, but the time and effort required to manage multiple configurations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements copying by allowing users to create and save application-specific profiles that replicate customized input device settings for each application. Once a profile is created for an application, it can be copied or reused for similar applications, eliminating the need to manually reconfigure settings from scratch for each application while maintaining high customization precision.
Solution Approach 2:
Users perform preliminary customization by defining input device settings in advance and saving them as application-specific profiles. This preliminary action allows the system to automatically apply the correct customized settings when an application is launched, eliminating the time-consuming process of manual reconfiguration for each application while maintaining precise customization.
3Ease of operation
If the system maintains global input device settings for all applications, then the ease of operation and simplicity of settings management improves, but the adaptability to different application requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by creating a multi-functional settings management system that handles both global and application-specific configurations through a unified interface. The profile manager can manage multiple application-specific profiles while providing a single point of access for all settings operations, thus maintaining ease of operation while enabling adaptability to different application requirements through the universal profile management mechanism.
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AI summary
A computing device may include a processor, a plurality of input devices communicatively coupled to the processor of the computing device, a voice recognition device to detect audible input from a user, and a profile manager to manage application specific profiles for the plurality of input devices and, when executed by the processor, establish an application specific profile based on the audible input received by the voice recognition device.