Unified Wireless Connection Manager Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of mobile devices with multiple wireless connections face inconvenience in managing and interfacing with these connections separately, lacking a unified and efficient method to monitor and control their status.
Innovation Solution
A mobile device implementation featuring a connections manager application that provides a user-selectable icon or function-assignable key to monitor and control wireless connection status, displaying a consolidated interface with visual indicators for each connection type, allowing users to toggle and manage connections through a single interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple wireless connections are managed separately through individual interfaces, then each connection can be controlled precisely, but the overall system complexity and user interface complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate wireless connection management interfaces into a single unified management interface. This interface consolidates control over cellular, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and other wireless connections, allowing users to manage all connections from one location rather than navigating through multiple separate settings menus, thereby reducing interface complexity while maintaining comprehensive control.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified management interface is designed to handle multiple types of wireless connections through a single universal control mechanism. The interface can detect, display, and control various wireless connection types (cellular, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc.) using consistent interaction patterns, making the system adaptable to different connection types without requiring separate specialized interfaces for each.
2Ease of operation
If a unified interface is created to manage all wireless connections, then ease of operation improves, but the ability to provide detailed control for each specific connection type may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The unified management interface is segmented into multiple sections or tabs, each dedicated to a specific wireless connection type (cellular, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc.). This segmentation allows the interface to present detailed, specialized control options for each connection type while maintaining a single unified entry point. Users can access comprehensive control for individual connections through these organized segments without losing the benefits of a consolidated interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface uses a hierarchical or multi-dimensional structure where the first dimension provides unified access to all wireless connections, and subsequent dimensions provide detailed control for specific connection types. This dimensional organization allows the system to simultaneously offer both high-level unified management and low-level specific control, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and versatility.
3Productivity
If separate management interfaces are used for each wireless connection, then detailed control is maintained, but the time required to manage connections increases
Solution Approach 1:
The unified management interface performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting which wireless connections are active and organizing them for display. When the interface is opened, it proactively gathers connection status information from multiple sources and presents it in an organized manner, eliminating the need for users to manually navigate through separate settings menus to check each connection's status, thereby saving time.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified management interface acts as an intermediary layer between the user and multiple wireless connection subsystems. It consolidates information from various connection types and presents it through a single interface, allowing users to manage all connections efficiently without the time cost of accessing multiple separate interfaces. The intermediary maintains detailed control capabilities while streamlining the user interaction path.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments relate generally to mobile devices comprising a processor, a display responsive to the processor, a plurality of wireless communication subsystems responsive to the processor and a memory. The memory stores program code executable by the processor for executing a connection manager application. The connection manager application is configured to monitor and control a wireless connection status of each of the plurality of wireless communication subsystems. The wireless connection status may be one of “off”, “on but not connected” and “on and connected”.