Task Transfer Mechanism for Cross-Device Continuity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computing systems lack an effective mechanism for seamlessly transferring and resuming tasks across different devices, limiting user convenience and efficiency in accessing and completing tasks across various devices.
Innovation Solution
A computing system with a status module to determine process profiles and content for capturing pause points, an upload module to store these profiles and contents, and a trigger synthesis module to generate resumption-triggers, enabling task transfer and continuation across multiple devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a task transfer mechanism is implemented across multiple devices, then user convenience and task accessibility are improved, but system complexity increases due to the need for status modules, content modules, upload modules, and trigger synthesis modules
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the task transfer functionality into separate modular components: a status module for capturing pause points, a content module for identifying process content, an upload module for storing data, and a trigger synthesis module for generating resumption triggers. This segmentation allows each module to perform a specific function independently, making the overall system more manageable despite its complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a cloud-based storage system as an intermediary between multiple computing devices. The upload module stores process profiles and content in the cloud, allowing different devices to access and resume tasks without direct peer-to-peer communication. This intermediary simplifies the interaction between devices while enabling cross-device task continuity.
2Duration of action of moving object
If pause points are captured and stored for task resumption, then task continuity across devices is improved, but data storage requirements and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential information needed for task resumption by capturing pause points as process profiles that identify the state of a task at a specific moment. Rather than storing complete task data or continuous state information, the system extracts key metadata including process identification, pause timestamp, and resumption conditions, significantly reducing storage requirements while maintaining task continuity capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates lightweight copies of task state information in the form of process profiles and triggers. These are simplified representations that contain only the necessary information to resume a task, rather than duplicating the entire task environment. The cloud storage system stores these compact copies, enabling efficient retrieval and task restoration without proportionally increasing storage demands.
3Adaptability or versatility
If resumption triggers are generated and displayed on devices, then task resumption capability is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The trigger synthesis module generates resumption triggers in advance when a task is paused, rather than creating them at the moment of resumption. These pre-generated triggers include all necessary information for task restoration and are stored alongside the process profile. When a user wants to resume a task, the system simply retrieves the pre-prepared trigger and process profile, avoiding time-consuming computations during the resumption operation.
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AI summary
A computing system includes: a status module configured to determine a process profile for capturing a pause point in processing a task; a content module, coupled to the status module, configured to identify a process content for capturing the pause point; an upload module, coupled to the content module, configured to store the process profile and the process content; and a trigger synthesis module, coupled to the upload module, configured to generate a resumption-trigger with a control unit when storing the process profile and the process content for resuming the task from the pause point and for displaying on a device.