Wireless Content Output via Automatic External Device Connection

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Solution Overview

Problem

The complexity and inconvenience of connecting portable electronic apparatuses with external devices for content outputting, requiring user input and involving cumbersome procedures, especially during initial connections.

Innovation Solution

A method involving electronic apparatuses that establish wireless communication connections to output content, where one apparatus communicates with an external device, requests a connection, and switches the content transmission based on compatibility analysis, allowing seamless connection and output without user intervention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a portable apparatus connects with external apparatuses for the first time using conventional methods, then the connection can be established, but the procedure becomes complicated and inconvenient requiring user input

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection procedureVSAvoidconnection procedure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The portable apparatus automatically performs connection establishment with external apparatuses without requiring user input. The system self-manages the connection process by autonomously selecting target apparatuses and executing connection protocols, thereby simplifying the user experience while resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and procedural complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The portable apparatus pre-stores connection information and apparatus identifiers in memory before actual connection is needed. This preliminary preparation enables the system to quickly establish connections without going through complex procedures during the actual connection event, improving ease of operation while maintaining manageable system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If the portable apparatus automatically connects with external devices without user input, then the connection procedure is simplified, but compatibility issues may arise between different applications

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection procedureVSAvoidapplication compatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a compatibility determination mechanism that receives feedback information about the external apparatus and the executed application. Based on this feedback, the system determines whether the application is compatible with the external apparatus before establishing the connection, ensuring reliable operation while maintaining automated connection processes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The connection establishment process is made dynamic and conditional rather than fixed. The system adjusts the connection behavior based on real-time compatibility assessment, enabling or disabling connections dynamically depending on whether the application-appratus pair is compatible, thus maintaining both ease of operation and reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11051147B2Electronic apparatus and method of outputting content by the electronic apparatus
Publication Date: 2021.06.29 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided are an electronic apparatus and a method of outputting content. The method includes establishing a wireless communication connection with a second electronic apparatus, receiving apparatus information of the external apparatus from the second electronic apparatus, requesting the second electronic apparatus to establish a wireless communication connection between the first electronic apparatus and the external apparatus, receiving a response to the requesting from the second electronic apparatus, establishing a wireless communication connection between the first electronic apparatus and the external apparatus based on the response; and outputting content by using an executed second application of the first electronic apparatus via the wireless communication connection between the first electronic apparatus and the external apparatus.