Relay Control System for Digital Content Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Teachers and trainers face challenges in synchronizing digital content across multiple devices during presentations, requiring manual manipulation to keep displayed materials aligned, which wastes time and disrupts instructional flow.
Innovation Solution
A system that synchronizes a primary control display device with one or more other display devices over a network, allowing for independent operation without specialized hardware, using predefined protocols to send control commands and maintain content alignment across devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual manipulation of multiple devices is used to synchronize content, then content alignment can be achieved, but instructional time is wasted and disruptions occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a relay server as an intermediary component that receives control commands from a primary device and distributes them to multiple remote devices. This mediator automates the synchronization process, eliminating the need for manual manipulation of each device while maintaining precise content alignment across all displays.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables remote devices to automatically receive and execute control commands without requiring manual intervention. Each remote device autonomously synchronizes its display content with the primary device through automated command execution, saving instructional time while maintaining content alignment.
2Measurement precision
If specialized hardware is used for device control, then control precision can be improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical manipulation of devices with electronic control commands transmitted over a network. The relay server system substitutes physical hardware intervention with software-based command distribution, maintaining control precision while eliminating the need for specialized control hardware.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses standard network communication protocols and existing computing devices that can perform multiple functions. The relay server can manage multiple remote devices simultaneously, and standard devices like tablets and computers can serve as both content sources and display devices, reducing the need for specialized hardware.
3Adaptability or versatility
If each device operates independently, then device versatility is improved, but synchronization capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The relay server implements a feedback mechanism where it receives control commands from the primary device and distributes them to remote devices. This feedback loop ensures that independent devices remain synchronized through continuous command distribution and execution, maintaining content alignment while preserving device independence for content selection and display preferences.
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AI summary
A device relay control synchronizes a primary control display device with one or more other display devices connected over a network. The system operates independently, without the need of specialized hardware, and requires only a network connection. The control facilitates synchronization, for example, between a teacher's manual and a student book in a digitized teaching environment, allowing a teacher to facilitate a page turn event on a student book without diverting attention from the teacher's manual.