Unified Application Package for Cross-Device Interworking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience when executing multimedia content across smart TVs and smartphones, as they need to download and install separate applications from different servers, leading to a fragmented user experience.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus and method that allows downloading a single application including a mobile Web application from a server, enabling its transmission and installation on external devices for inter-device interworking, allowing seamless execution of digital content across different platforms without requiring separate installations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate applications are downloaded for smart TV and smartphone from different servers, then each device can execute its specific application, but user convenience deteriorates due to needing to download and install multiple applications separately
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple applications (TV application and mobile application) into a single packaged application file. This packaged application can be downloaded once from a server and then distributed to multiple devices including smart TVs and smartphones, eliminating the need for separate downloads and installations for each device type.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaged application is designed to be universally compatible across different device types. A single application package can be installed and executed on both smart TVs and smartphones, making the system multi-functional and device-agnostic, thereby improving user convenience while maintaining adaptability.
2Reliability
If separate applications are downloaded and installed for inter-device interworking, then each device functionality is optimized, but system complexity increases due to multiple installation processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the TV application and mobile application into a single packaged application file. This consolidation simplifies the installation process to a single operation while maintaining the reliability of device-specific functionalities through the unified application design.
3Reliability
If multiple applications are downloaded from different servers, then device-specific optimization is achieved, but time consumption increases due to separate download and installation processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple applications into one packaged application that can be downloaded in a single operation. This eliminates the need for separate download and installation processes for each device, significantly reducing time consumption while maintaining device-specific optimization through the unified application's adaptive design.
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AI summary
A display apparatus and a method for executing and installing an application thereof are provided. The method of executing an application of a display apparatus includes: executing a first application; displaying a list of external devices able to execute a second application included in the first application, on a screen of the display apparatus; and transmitting the second application to an external device selected from the list of eternal devices, wherein the first application is downloaded from a server to the display apparatus.