Seamless Video Call Transfer Between Client Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional client devices do not easily exchange video data or other content with each other unless users provide specific interactions, limiting the ability to transfer an established content exchange to another device that may be better configured, which impairs user interaction.
Innovation Solution
A receiving client device captures video data and obtains information on authorized client devices, establishing a connection with the online system to transfer video data if the requesting device is identified as authorized, allowing seamless transfer of video data between users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional client devices are used for content exchange, then device compatibility is maintained, but the ability to transfer content exchange to another device is limited requiring multiple user inputs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an online system as an intermediary that coordinates content exchange between multiple client devices. The online system receives requests from a first client device, identifies a second client device through device identifiers, and facilitates the transfer of content exchange without requiring direct complex interactions between the client devices themselves.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the online system receives requests from client devices, processes device identifiers, and provides responses that enable seamless transfer. The second client device receives notifications and provides feedback to complete the content exchange transfer, creating a closed-loop system that automates the process.
2Productivity
If specific user interactions are required for device exchange, then security is maintained, but user experience and efficiency are impaired
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary actions by having users pre-register their client devices with the online system and pre-authorize content exchange permissions. Device identifiers are pre-configured and stored in the online system, so when a transfer is needed, the system can quickly identify and connect authorized devices without requiring time-consuming user inputs at the moment of transfer.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing client devices to automatically initiate and complete content exchange transfers based on pre-configured authorizations. The first client device can send requests to transfer content exchange, and the system automatically routes it to the authorized second client device without requiring manual intervention from users during the transfer process.
3Stability of the object's composition
If manual device reestablishment is required, then connection security is ensured, but continuity of content exchange is interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent ensures continuity of useful action by maintaining the content exchange connection through the online system during device transfers. The online system acts as a persistent intermediary that keeps the video call or content exchange active while seamlessly transitioning between different client devices, preventing interruptions and maintaining stable connections throughout the transfer process.
Data Source
AI summary
Various client devices include displays and one or more image capture devices configured to capture video data. If a user is exchanging content with another user via a client device and is subsequently identified by a receiving client device via image data captured by an image capture device of the receiving client device, the client device transfers the exchanged content with the other user to the receiving client device. The receiving client device includes information identifying one or more other client devices authorized to transfer exchanged content to the receiving client device when the receiving client device receives a request from the client device. If multiple other client devices are within a threshold distance of the receiving client device, the other client devices transfer exchanged content to the receiving client device, which combines the content from different other client devices.