Target Unit Configuration Automation With Emulated Input Commands
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for maintaining and updating computer devices are time-consuming, costly, and prone to errors, requiring manual operator intervention and lengthy processes, which can lead to inefficiencies and unsatisfactory device performance.
Innovation Solution
A computer-based system that utilizes a computing device with a video input interface, human interface device, and data storage to automate the configuration, testing, and resetting of target units by emulating computer input devices and transmitting interaction commands to control the target unit settings dynamically.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual operator intervention is used to configure, test, and reset computer devices, then flexibility and adaptability are maintained, but the process becomes time-consuming and prone to errors
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables computer devices to self-configure, self-test, and self-reset through automated software agents that interact with the device's operating system and hardware components, eliminating the need for manual operator intervention and thereby reducing both time consumption and human error
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical operations (physical keyboard input, mouse clicks, device manipulation) with automated software-based control mechanisms that transmit commands electronically to the target device, significantly accelerating the configuration, testing, and resetting processes
2Reliability
If conventional maintenance methods are used, then device functionality is maintained, but operational bottlenecks and delays occur in other operational areas
Solution Approach 1:
The automated system enables continuous maintenance operations to be performed on computer devices without interrupting other operational activities, as the automated agents work independently and simultaneously with other business processes, eliminating operational bottlenecks
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the maintenance function from the operational workflow by deploying independent automated software agents that handle configuration, testing, and resetting tasks separately, allowing main operational resources to remain focused on primary business functions without diversion
3Productivity
If automated commands are transmitted to control target unit settings, then efficiency and speed are improved, but device complexity and control mechanisms increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs universal communication protocols and standardized command structures that can interface with multiple different computer device types and operating systems through a single automated agent platform, managing complexity through standardization rather than increasing it
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary software layer that translates high-level maintenance objectives into device-specific commands, shielding the complexity of device-specific protocols from the user while maintaining automated efficiency
Data Source
AI summary
In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an exemplary method that may include the steps of providing a computing device associated with a plurality of user; receiving output data transmitted from a target unit; analyzing the output data; transmitting a plurality of interaction commands; transmitting the plurality of interaction commands to an application or operating system; determining a plurality of identifying key words; dynamically determining a configuration screen image based on an identification of the plurality of identifying key words associated with the plurality of graphical user interface displays; automatically selecting a configuration setting associated with the plurality of interactive image elements based on the configurations screen image; and executing a plurality of ameliorative actions associated with the configuration setting.