TV-Mobile Pairing via QR Code Encoding

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing processes for pairing and connecting an intelligent handheld device with a television control device via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth are complex, requiring users to record and input large amounts of information, making the process cumbersome.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that encode communication connection information of a digital television terminal into a two-dimensional code image, allowing a mobile terminal to acquire and decode this information using a camera, establishing a link connection and simplifying the pairing process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If Wi-Fi or Bluetooth pairing is used between mobile terminal and digital television terminal, then communication connection can be established, but the pairing process becomes complex and requires users to record and input large amounts of information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication connectionVSAvoidpairing process
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses a two-dimensional code (QR code) to copy and encode the complex communication connection information (MAC address, password, port number) into a simple visual form. The mobile terminal camera captures this code, and the system automatically decodes and fills in the connection parameters, replacing the need for users to manually record and input complex information while maintaining reliable communication connection establishment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The two-dimensional code acts as an intermediary carrier between the digital television terminal and mobile terminal. It translates complex connection parameters into a format that can be easily captured and decoded, serving as a bridge that simplifies the information transfer process without requiring direct user interaction with complex settings

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If users manually input connection information for Wi-Fi or Bluetooth pairing, then communication can be established, but the process requires recording and inputting large amounts of information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication connectionVSAvoidpairing process time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The digital television terminal pre-generates and displays the two-dimensional code containing all necessary connection information before the pairing process begins. This preliminary encoding of information eliminates the need for users to manually record and input data during the pairing process, significantly reducing the time required while ensuring reliable connection establishment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10182255B2Method, terminal, and system for communication pairing of a digital television terminal and a mobile terminal
Publication Date: 2019.01.15 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method, a terminal, and a system for communication pairing of a digital television terminal and a mobile terminal. The method for communication pairing with a digital television terminal includes: acquiring communication connection information of the digital television terminal, wherein the communication connection information includes communication hardware information of the digital television terminal; performing encoding according to the communication connection information to generate a two-dimensional code image; displaying the two-dimensional code image; establishing a link connection to a mobile terminal that acquires the two-dimensional code image by using a camera; and performing communication pairing with the mobile terminal by means of the established link connection. By using the present disclosure, communication connection and pairing between a mobile terminal and a digital television terminal can be completed easily and conveniently.