Remote Device Configuration via Profile Server
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumer electronic devices often require users to be in close proximity for configuration setup, and user preferences are not transferable across devices, making it inconvenient and difficult to access and apply preferred settings.
Innovation Solution
A standardized remote access system that uses a profile server and mobile devices to store and manage user preferences, allowing users to configure electronic devices remotely through a network, with features like profile blending and adaptive learning to prioritize or combine user settings across multiple devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users configure electronic devices in close physical proximity, then device setup can be performed, but user accessibility and convenience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote device and a network as intermediaries between the user and the target electronic device. The remote device captures configuration data from the target device and transmits it to the user's computing device, allowing users to access and modify device settings without being physically present at the device location.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions the device configuration process from a spatial dimension (requiring physical proximity) to a network dimension (enabling remote access). By implementing a network-based communication architecture, users can access device configuration options from any location connected to the network, effectively adding a remote access dimension to the traditionally local configuration process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If device configuration options are accessed locally, then setup can be performed, but transferability of user preferences across devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal configuration data structure that can represent settings for multiple different electronic devices in a standardized format. The configuration data includes device-agnostic parameters that can be applied across various device types, and the system automatically maps these universal settings to device-specific configurations, enabling user preferences to be transferred across different devices without manual reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital copy of the target device's configuration data that can be transmitted and stored independently. The configuration data is captured as a transferable data structure that can be copied from the target device, transmitted through the network via the remote device, and applied to either the same or different devices, eliminating the need for physical presence and enabling preference portability across devices.
3Ease of operation
If users are unfamiliar with a particular electronic device, then device configuration becomes difficult, but user accessibility improves with remote guidance
Solution Approach 1:
The remote device serves as an intermediary that bridges the gap between the user and the unfamiliar device interface. It captures the device's configuration options and presents them in a standardized, device-agnostic format that users can understand and modify without needing to know the specific device's interface or terminology, thereby reducing the difficulty associated with device unfamiliarity.
Data Source
AI summary
In one implementation, a system providing remote access set-up for electronic devices includes a mobile device and a profile server communicatively coupled to the mobile device via a network. The profile server includes a hardware processor, and a server memory storing a profile management software code and a profile information associated with a user of the mobile device. The hardware processor executes the profile management software code to receive, via the network, a platform ID of a configurable hardware platform communicatively coupled to the mobile device, and to determine, based on the platform ID, platform assets including a default configuration associated with the configurable hardware platform. The hardware processor further executes the profile management software code to determine, based on the profile information and the default configuration, a user specific configuration for the configurable hardware platform, and to transmit the user specific configuration to configure the configurable hardware platform.