Wearable Call Audio Control Across Multiple Connected Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies face challenges in efficiently controlling and managing calls across multiple electronic devices, leading to suboptimal user experience in making or answering calls.
Innovation Solution
A communication system integrating a wearable device with earphones, allowing the wearable device to control and manage call audio on different electronic devices, enabling convenient call management and audio playback through the earphones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user controls calls on multiple electronic devices separately, then each device can be managed independently, but the operation complexity and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable device is designed to universally control multiple electronic devices (mobile phone, tablet, computer) through a unified interface. The call control functionality is extended beyond the wearable device itself to manage calls on all connected devices, allowing the user to answer, decline, or transfer calls from any device through the wearable device's interface, eliminating the need to operate each device separately
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable device acts as an intermediary between the user and multiple electronic devices. It receives control inputs from the user and relays them to the appropriate target device for call management. The system establishes communication connections between the wearable device and multiple electronic devices, enabling the wearable device to mediate call control operations across different devices, thereby simplifying user interactions
2Adaptability or versatility
If the wearable device integrates control for multiple devices, then call management becomes more convenient, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable device incorporates universal control capabilities that enable it to manage calls on multiple different types of electronic devices. The system establishes communication connections with multiple devices and uses device identification information to determine which device received an incoming call, allowing the wearable device to adaptively control any connected device through a unified interface
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the control architecture by separating the control function (wearable device) from the audio output function (electronic devices). The wearable device handles call control operations while electronic devices handle audio playback, with the system determining the target device based on communication connections and device identification information
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AI summary
A call control method, a related apparatus, and a communication system are provided. The method may be applied to a wearable device that integrates a smartwatch and earphones. The smartwatch may be used as a control and management device of the earphones to control the earphones to play call audio on different electronic devices with a sound. A user may control, through the wearable device, a plurality of electronic devices to make or answer calls, and may listen to call audio of each electronic device through the earphones. According to the foregoing method, the user can conveniently control the plurality of electronic devices to make/answer calls, to improve call experience of the user.