User Terminal Interface Selection Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern user terminals with multiple communication interfaces face challenges such as high power consumption and radio interference when multiple radios are active simultaneously, and existing user profiles do not account for dynamic operational requirements or application-specific needs, making manual adjustments cumbersome and prone to errors.
Innovation Solution
The solution involves creating user profiles that include operational criteria and interface rules to automatically adjust the terminal's operations based on the user's current status, allowing for dynamic matching of application usage with operational requirements without altering the terminal or application configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple radios are active simultaneously in a user terminal, then communication versatility and service availability are improved, but power consumption increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic radio activation where the terminal selectively activates communication interfaces based on real-time service requirements rather than keeping all radios continuously active. The system dynamically determines which radio interface to use based on the type of service being accessed, thereby maintaining versatility while reducing power consumption by keeping radios in sleep mode when not needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the operational state parameter of radio interfaces from a static 'always on' mode to a dynamic 'on-demand' mode. By modifying the activation state parameter based on service type and availability, the system achieves both high adaptability and low power consumption, resolving the contradiction between keeping multiple radios available and managing energy usage.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple radios operate simultaneously with overlapping frequency bands, then communication options increase, but radio interference occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the radio interface selection decision from the set of simultaneously active radios. By selecting only one active radio interface at a time based on service requirements and availability, the system removes the source of interference (multiple simultaneous transmissions) while preserving communication versatility through the ability to switch between different interface types.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary selection mechanism that manages radio interface activation. This intermediary layer determines which radio interface should be active based on service type, availability, and interference considerations, thereby coordinating radio usage to prevent interference while maintaining multiple communication options.
3Ease of operation
If users manually configure communication interface usage for each application, then operational requirements can be met, but user effort and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service automation where the terminal automatically determines and configures the appropriate radio interface for each application based on predefined service-type mappings. The system serves itself by autonomously selecting which communication interface to activate without requiring user intervention, thereby meeting operational requirements while eliminating configuration time and effort.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary configuration by pre-defining the relationships between service types and radio interfaces. This preliminary action stores mapping information that enables automatic interface selection when applications are launched, eliminating the need for real-time user configuration while ensuring operational requirements are met.
4Reliability
If all radio interfaces are kept active to ensure service availability, then communication reliability is improved, but device complexity and implementation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by activating only the necessary radio interface for the current service requirement rather than keeping all interfaces active. This selective activation maintains service availability and reliability for the required communication type while reducing the complexity of managing multiple simultaneously active radios.
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AI summary
In a communication system at least one operational criterion is applied for a group of one or more users. On the basis of such operational criterion, one or more interface rules are generated. An interface rule comprises information that identifies an application that is capable of utilizing two or more communication interfaces, and also a function for determining a communication interface to be applied by that application in communications of the group of one or more users. A profile that comprises interface rules generated on the basis of operational criteria to be applied for a user is created and stored in a user terminal of the user. Use of applications can be matched with operational requirements posed on or by the user, without substantial need to change the applications and/or the configuration of the terminal due to the matching.