Screen Sharing Mode Switching for Continuous Multi-Device Multitasking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing screen sharing technologies lack intuitive user interaction methods for seamless multitasking and concurrent operation across multiple devices, requiring users to stop sharing when performing additional tasks or switching services.
Innovation Solution
A method for sharing screens between devices that allows for synchronized or desynchronized display states, enabling users to switch between synchronized and desynchronized modes based on user input, allowing continuous operation of one device while sharing with others.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If screen sharing is performed between devices using conventional technologies, then screen information can be transmitted between devices, but the user cannot perform other tasks or switch services without stopping the sharing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic screen sharing modes that can switch between synchronized and desynchronized states. In synchronized mode, all devices display the same screen content. In desynchronized mode, each device can display different screen content independently. This dynamic switching capability allows users to perform multiple tasks without stopping screen sharing, as the system adapts to different usage scenarios by changing the sharing mode.
2Productivity
If a user performs another task while screen sharing is active, then multitasking is enabled, but the conventional system requires stopping the sharing service first
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables continuous screen sharing operation while users perform other tasks by introducing desynchronized mode. In this mode, the screen sharing service continues to run without interruption, allowing users to switch between different applications and services on their devices. The screen information transmission continues seamlessly, maintaining the useful action of screen sharing while enabling multitasking, thereby eliminating service interruption time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If screen sharing is performed between one device and multiple devices, then multi-device connectivity is achieved, but conventional technologies only support two-device connections
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends screen sharing functionality from two-device to multi-device connections by making the source device capable of transmitting screen information to multiple destination devices simultaneously. The system maintains a one-to-many connection topology where one source device can share its screen with multiple destination devices. This universal approach allows the same screen sharing mechanism to work for both one-to-one and one-to-many scenarios, achieving multi-device connectivity without requiring fundamentally different connection management protocols.
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AI summary
A method of sharing a screen of a first device with a second device and a device using the same are provided. The method includes transmitting information on a first screen displayed on the first device to the second device, in a first connection state so that a same screen is displayed by the first device and the second device; switching the first connection state between the first device and the second device into a second connection state; and performing a control so that the first screen displayed on the first device is switched into a second screen so that the first screen displayed is continuously displayed on the second device, when a user input is received in a state in which the first connection state is switched into the second connection state in which an independent screen is displayed by the first device and the second device.