Remote Device Management via Visual Copying and Touch Input
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for electronic devices to provide efficient mechanisms for remotely managing other electronic devices, reducing cognitive burden and processor and battery power consumption from redundant user inputs.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of advanced user interfaces and touch-sensitive systems in electronic devices, such as portable multifunction devices, that allow for intuitive and efficient remote management through touch-sensitive displays and surfaces, utilizing intensity sensors and tactile output generators to enhance user interaction and reduce input redundancy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If traditional remote management interfaces are used, then device control functionality is provided, but user interaction time is excessive and cognitive burden is high
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates visual copies of the remote device's display interface on the local device, allowing users to interact with remote devices through familiar UI elements. The user interface display generates visual representations of remote device interfaces, enabling intuitive control without requiring users to learn new interaction patterns or spend excessive time navigating complex controls.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical input methods (physical buttons, keyboards) with touch-sensitive display interfaces. The touch-sensitive display detects user inputs directly on the visual representation of the remote interface, substituting mechanical input systems with more efficient touch-based interaction that reduces both interaction time and cognitive load.
2Reliability
If multiple input devices and processing systems are used, then remote management functionality is provided, but processor power consumption and battery power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple functions into a unified user interface display that simultaneously presents the remote device interface, receives user inputs, and transmits control signals. By combining these separate processing functions into an integrated system, the patent reduces redundant processing operations and minimizes overall power consumption while maintaining reliable remote management functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The user interface display serves multiple functions: displaying the remote device interface, detecting user inputs, transmitting control signals, and providing visual feedback. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate dedicated components for each function, reducing the total processor power required and thereby decreasing battery consumption while ensuring reliable remote device control.
3Productivity
If intensive user interfaces and touch-sensitive systems are implemented, then user interaction efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of presenting complex control options and requiring users to navigate through multiple menus and settings, the system inverts the approach by displaying the remote device's native interface directly. Users interact with familiar remote device controls rather than learning a new complex interface, thereby improving interaction efficiency without increasing perceived device complexity.
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AI summary
Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to interactions and/or user interfaces for enhancing remote management of one or more electronic devices.