Proximity Media Transfer via Camera Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for sharing media between electronic devices are inefficient, as they often require physical handover, uncomfortable proximity, or public sharing through social media, lacking control for the sender and potentially exposing media to unintended recipients.
Innovation Solution
A system enabling live proximity-based media transfer through peer-to-peer networking, where a first device broadcasts a signal to nearby devices, allowing secure authentication and temporary sharing with limited functionality on receiving devices, ensuring media is not saved and control is maintained by the sender.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If physical handover of device is used to share media, then media can be viewed by another user, but the sender loses control of what the receiver will do with the device and potentially see unintended content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a camera as an intermediary device that captures images of the media content on the first device's screen. This intermediary approach allows the second user to view the media content through captured images without physically handling the first device, thereby maintaining sender control while achieving sharing convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates copies of the media content by capturing images with a camera. Instead of transferring the actual media files or physical device, the system uses visual copies (photos) of the content displayed on screen, enabling sharing while preserving the original device's integrity and sender control.
2Reliability
If requiring close proximity for media viewing, then media can be shared without physical handover, but it creates uncomfortable physical closeness between users
Solution Approach 1:
The camera acts as a mediator that enables media sharing from a distance. The first user can capture images of their screen with the camera while maintaining comfortable physical distance, eliminating the need for close proximity while preserving sharing control.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical requirement of close physical proximity with an optical system (camera). Instead of requiring users to be physically close for screen viewing, the system uses camera imaging to transmit visual information across distance, improving physical comfort.
3Adaptability or versatility
If using social media applications to share media, then media can be distributed widely, but it exposes media to unintended recipients and requires internet connection
Solution Approach 1:
The camera serves as a private intermediary that captures and transfers only the specific media content intended for sharing. Unlike public social media platforms, this intermediary approach ensures that only the captured images are transferred to the intended recipient, preventing unintended exposure while maintaining distribution capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the essential function of media sharing from complex social media platforms. By using a camera to capture and transfer only the necessary visual content directly between devices, the system removes the unnecessary exposure to public platforms and unintended recipients while preserving the core sharing functionality.
4Productivity
If sending media files through traditional methods, then media can be transferred permanently, but the sender cannot retrieve or control the media after transfer
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses camera copies (photographs of the screen) instead of transferring original media files. These visual copies can be viewed by the recipient but do not constitute permanent file transfer, allowing the sender to retain control and retrieval capability of the original media while maintaining transfer efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs temporary visual copies captured by the camera rather than permanent file transfers. These captured images serve as temporary sharing artifacts that fulfill the sharing purpose without creating permanent copies that would eliminate sender control, effectively using disposable visual representations for sharing.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for live proximity-based media transfer are disclosed. For example, a secure network between a sharer device and a viewer device may be established when the devices are within a given geographic area of one another. An instance of an application running on each device may be utilized to authenticate a sharing session and then the sharer device may share media with the viewer device. The viewer device may have its functionality limited when in the viewer mode such that the viewer device may only view the shared media, zoom the view of the media, and/or exit the sharing session and/or application. The shared media is not saved to the viewer device and cannot be permanently manipulated by the viewer device.