Unified Wireless Device Discovery Interface for Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional portable terminals require users to navigate separate interfaces for discovering devices supporting different types of wireless communication, such as Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth, leading to user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that integrate information on devices supporting multiple types of wireless communication by using a controller to scan, receive, and display device information from both Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth devices, providing a unified interface for user discovery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If separate user interfaces are provided for discovering devices supporting different types of wireless communication, then device-specific discovery functionality is maintained, but user convenience deteriorates due to the need to navigate multiple interfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines separate user interfaces for Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth device discovery into a single unified interface. The controller integrates device information from both communication types and presents them together, allowing users to discover and select devices without switching between multiple interfaces, thereby improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified user interface is designed to handle multiple wireless communication types (Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth) through a single interface structure. This multi-functional interface can display and manage devices supporting different communication protocols, reducing the need for separate specialized interfaces while maintaining all necessary discovery functionalities.
2Loss of time
If separate user interfaces are provided for different wireless communication types, then communication-specific protocols are properly handled, but user time increases due to navigating multiple interfaces
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the discovery processes of Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth into a single unified interface, the patent eliminates the time users would spend switching between separate interfaces. The controller simultaneously manages both discovery processes and presents integrated results, significantly reducing the total time required for device discovery while maintaining protocol-specific handling.
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AI summary
An apparatus and a method for providing integrated device information are provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit that transmits and receives data through a first type of wireless communication (e.g. Wi-Fi Direct) and a second type of wireless communication (e.g. Bluetooth) and a controller that discovers a first wireless communication device supporting the first type of wireless communication, receives first wireless communication device information from the discovered first wireless communication device, discovers a second wireless communication device supporting the second type of wireless communication, receives second wireless communication device information from the discovered second wireless communication device, integrates the first wireless communication device information and the second wireless communication device information, and displays the integrated wireless communication device information.