UoIP Dock Wireless Smartphone Storage Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for accessing smartphone content on a remote client device wirelessly are not as reliable or performance-optimized as they could be, particularly when compared to traditional wired connections or other wireless methods like FTP or HTTP.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a UoIP-based system that translates UoIP packets for a non-USB protocol storage interface, allowing a mobile device to be virtualized as a USB storage device, enabling easy access to its internal storage on a remote computing device through a wireless network, using virtual USB descriptors and a protocol adaptation layer to emulate a USB device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If wireless access methods like FTP or HTTP are used to access smartphone content, then wireless convenience is achieved, but reliability and performance are insufficient compared to wired connections
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a UoIP dock as an intermediary device that bridges the smartphone and the remote client. The dock contains a USB host interface that connects to the smartphone, a USB device interface that emulates a USB storage device, and a network interface that provides wireless connectivity. This intermediary translates and adapts protocols between the smartphone's non-USB storage interface and the wireless network protocol, achieving both wireless convenience and USB-level reliability.
2Reliability
If a cable connection is used between the smartphone and computing device, then access reliability is improved, but ease of operation and wireless convenience are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical cable connection with a wireless network-based system. The UoIP dock emulates a USB device over the network, allowing the remote client to access the smartphone's storage contents wirelessly as if it were a local USB device. This substitution eliminates the need for physical cable connections while maintaining USB-level protocol reliability through protocol adaptation and emulation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If protocol adaptation layer is implemented to translate UoIP packets, then compatibility with existing applications is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The UoIP dock is designed with multi-functionality to handle various protocol translations and adaptations. It simultaneously supports USB host interface for connecting smartphones, USB device interface for emulating storage devices, network interface for wireless communication, and protocol adaptation layer for translating between different protocols. This universal design allows existing applications to work without modification while the dock handles the complexity of protocol translation internally.
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AI summary
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with accessing dock device content on a remote client device wirelessly are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry to receive UoIP packets originating from a UoIP client at a wireless network interface of the dock device. The UoIP packets may be associated with an access of a local storage device coupled to a storage interface of the dock device using a non-USB protocol. The one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry may be to translate the UoIP packets for the storage interface.