Wireless Docking Center Peripheral Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless docking systems lack efficient management of peripheral devices, power management, intelligent connection activation, and notification based on user proximity, leading to suboptimal user experience and inefficient resource allocation.
Innovation Solution
A wireless docking center device that receives capability-related information from peripherals and planned use-related information from a dockee device to analyze and manage connections, perform actions, and provide notifications, enabling intelligent and automatic connection activation, power management, and data redirection between peripherals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If wireless docking systems connect multiple peripheral devices to a dockee device, then device functionality and user convenience are improved, but system complexity and resource allocation inefficiency increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a wireless docking center as an intermediary device that manages connections between the dockee device and multiple peripheral devices. The docking center receives capability information from peripherals and planned use information from the dockee device, then analyzes and coordinates connections, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the docking center continuously receives capability-related information from peripheral devices and planned use-related information from the dockee device. This feedback enables dynamic analysis and adjustment of connections, optimizing resource allocation and managing system complexity adaptively.
2Productivity
If the docking center analyzes capability and planned use information to manage connections intelligently, then resource allocation efficiency is improved, but processing time and computational overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by having peripheral devices pre-send their capability-related information to the docking center, and the dockee device pre-send planned use-related information. This advance preparation allows the docking center to perform analysis more efficiently when connection decisions are needed, reducing processing time while maintaining resource allocation efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If wireless docking enables automatic connection management, then ease of operation is improved, but automation complexity and power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where the wireless docking center automatically receives and processes capability information from peripherals and planned use information from the dockee device without user intervention. The system autonomously analyzes this information and manages connections, providing ease of operation while keeping automation complexity manageable through standardized information exchange protocols.
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AI summary
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments enable a wireless docking center device to manage one or more wireless and/or wired peripheral devices on behalf of a wireless dockee device. Example embodiments of the invention include wireless docking management of peripheral devices, power management in wireless docking, intelligent and automatic connection activation in wireless docking, notification based on user proximity to a peripheral device in wireless docking, and redirect data transmission between peripheral devices in wireless docking. Wireless docking is mentioned as example herein, but similar solutions may also be applied to other connected device environments.