Task Delivery via Notification Bar on External Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for mirroring screens between electronic devices do not facilitate easy transfer of tasks in progress, requiring manual data movement or shared storage, which is inconvenient.

Innovation Solution

An operation method and device configuration that allow receiving information associated with data or applications from another device, displaying relevant graphic elements, detecting user inputs, and outputting data based on user interactions, enabling seamless task delivery between devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If mirroring method is used to display screen on external device, then user can view and remotely control the cellular phone, but task delivery between devices is not facilitated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetask deliveryVSAvoidtask transfer capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a notification bar as an intermediary element that appears on the external device screen to facilitate task delivery. This notification bar displays information about tasks in progress on the mobile device and provides interactive elements that enable seamless task transfer to the external device without requiring manual data movement or shared storage configuration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically detects tasks in progress on the mobile device and presents them through the notification bar on the external device. The task delivery process is initiated and managed automatically by the system based on user interaction with the notification bar, eliminating the need for manual intervention to move data or configure shared storage spaces

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If manual data movement or shared storage is used for task delivery, then data can be transferred between devices, but user convenience is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetask transfer capabilityVSAvoiduser convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically identifies and presents tasks in progress through the notification bar, enabling the transfer process to occur automatically based on simple user interaction. This eliminates the need for users to manually move data files or configure shared storage spaces, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining full task transfer capability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP3119066B1Operation method of electronic device and the electronic device
Publication Date: 2019.01.30 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A method of operating a first electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving information associated with data or an application for outputting the data from a second electronic device, displaying a graphic element comprising at least a part of the information associated with the data or the application, detecting a user input with respect to the graphic element, and outputting at least a part of the data based on the output information of the data in response to the user input.