Synchronization Platform for Automotive Multi-Device Data Exchange
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mechanisms fail to provide instantaneous sharing of content among different clients of an automotive system, leading to an unreliable user experience in services like navigation and communication.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for synchronizing functions and data between an embedded system and multiple devices through user authentication, cloud account association, and device registration, utilizing a synchronization platform that manages route data, user preferences, and navigation guidance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If current mechanisms are used for content sharing among automotive system clients, then device complexity is reduced, but real-time synchronization and reliability of user experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a synchronization platform as an intermediary component that mediates between multiple clients (embedded system, mobile device, tablet) to enable real-time content sharing. This platform handles the complexity of synchronization protocols, data consistency management, and coordination logic, thereby improving reliability without significantly increasing the complexity of individual client devices.
2Productivity
If instantaneous sharing of content is implemented among multiple clients, then user experience and service quality improve, but data duplication and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a copying mechanism where content is replicated across multiple clients for instantaneous access. The synchronization platform manages these copies by tracking version information and synchronization status, allowing fast content sharing while controlling data duplication through intelligent replication strategies rather than blind copying.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a nested data structure where content is organized in a hierarchy with the synchronization platform at the core, managing nested copies across different client devices. This nesting approach allows efficient storage by sharing common data segments across multiple clients while maintaining instantaneous access capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple devices are synchronized with embedded system, then adaptability and user convenience improve, but synchronization complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the synchronization platform with universal functionality to handle multiple device types (mobile devices, tablets, embedded systems) through a unified interface and protocol. This multi-functional approach enables the system to adapt to various clients without requiring device-specific synchronization logic, thereby improving versatility while managing complexity through standardization.
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AI summary
An approach is provided for synchronizing a function among an embedded system and/or one or more devices. The approach involves causing, at least in part, an authentication of at least one user at an embedded system. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, an association of the at least one user with at least one cloud account associated with the embedded system. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a registration of one or more devices associated with the at least one user to the at least one cloud account. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a synchronization of at least one function, data associated with the at least one function, or a combination thereof among the at least one embedded system, the one or more devices, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the registration.