Screen Projection Status Detection via Automatic Feedback

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Solution Overview

Problem

In interactive scenarios like online meetings and education, the inability to automatically detect the screen projection status of receiving parties hinders efficient interaction, as participants need to manually confirm receiving shared data, disrupting the flow of communication.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that automatically detect the screen projection status by displaying sharing information, transmitting data, and displaying status identifiers on the interface of the first terminal, allowing for real-time monitoring of the projection status of second terminals without manual inquiry.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual confirmation is used to check screen projection status, then reliability of status detection is improved, but interaction efficiency and time consumption deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescreen projection status detection reliabilityVSAvoidinteraction efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The receiving party's terminal automatically detects and reports its screen projection status without requiring manual intervention. The system self-monitors whether the screen projection is normally received and automatically feeds back status information to the sending party, eliminating the need for manual confirmation while maintaining detection reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system establishes an automatic feedback mechanism where the receiving party's terminal continuously monitors screen projection status and sends status information back to the sending party's terminal. This real-time feedback loop enables automatic status detection while maintaining high reliability, resolving the contradiction between manual confirmation and interaction efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If automatic status detection is implemented, then interaction efficiency is improved, but device complexity and measurement capability requirements worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinteraction efficiencyVSAvoidstatus detection system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The status detection function is integrated into the existing screen projection sharing system, allowing the same terminal devices to perform both screen sharing and status detection. The receiving party's terminal uses its existing display and communication capabilities to monitor and report status, avoiding the need for separate dedicated detection hardware and reducing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system leverages the receiving party's terminal自身的 existing capabilities (display, processor, communication module) to perform status detection without requiring external specialized devices. The terminal self-monitors its own screen projection status using built-in resources, thereby improving interaction efficiency while minimizing the increase in device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Ease of operation

If manual status confirmation is required, then ease of operation is maintained, but time consumption and interaction smoothness deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation simplicityVSAvoidtime consumption for status confirmation
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs status detection in advance and continuously during the screen projection sharing process. The receiving party's terminal automatically monitors status from the beginning of sharing, so that when the sending party needs to know the status, the information is already available without requiring any manual checking action, thereby eliminating time loss while maintaining operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The automatic status detection system serves itself by continuously monitoring and reporting without requiring user involvement. The receiving party's terminal autonomously performs status detection and feedback, eliminating the need for manual confirmation operations while saving time. The system handles status monitoring automatically, preserving ease of operation for the users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11954396B2Screen projection status determining method and apparatus
Publication Date: 2024.04.09 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

This disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for determining a screen projection status. The method may include, in response to a screen projection sharing operation, displaying screen projection sharing information on a current interface of a first terminal, and transmitting shared data corresponding to the screen projection sharing information to at least one second terminal. The shared data is for screen projection sharing. The method may further include performing screen projection sharing and displaying, on the current interface of the first terminal, a status identifier corresponding to a current screen projection status of each second terminal.