Wireless Docking Host Context Preservation
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless docking systems require significant user intervention and time to establish connections, and when a dockee undocks, it loses data about the previous session, leading to slow reconnection and loss of context, which is undesirable in critical situations like medical emergencies.
Innovation Solution
A wireless docking system where the host stores docking configuration data, including monitoring of peripherals, even when the dockee is not docked, and uses this data to establish a second docking configuration upon reconnection, allowing the dockee to quickly resume the previous session with the same peripheral settings and data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If the host stores docking configuration data and monitors peripherals even when the dockee is not docked, then the reconnection time and effort are reduced, but the energy consumption and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The host performs preliminary actions by storing docking configuration data and monitoring peripheral states before the dockee actually needs to reconnect. This allows the system to have configuration data and peripheral state information ready in advance, eliminating the need for time-consuming re-docking procedures and enabling rapid resumption of the docking session.
2Productivity
If the host stores docking configuration data and monitors peripherals continuously, then the reconnection efficiency is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The host device performs multiple functions: it acts as a wireless docking host, stores configuration data, monitors peripheral states, and manages reconnection processes. By consolidating these functions into a single device, the patent avoids the need for separate dedicated components for each function, thereby managing complexity while achieving high reconnection efficiency.
3Device complexity
If the dockee loses data about the previous session upon undocking, then the device simplicity is maintained, but the usability in critical situations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The host acts as an intermediary that retains and monitors peripheral state information even when the dockee is not connected. This intermediary role allows the dockee to lose minimal data while the host preserves the configuration and peripheral states, enabling rapid resumption of operations without requiring the dockee to maintain complex local storage and monitoring capabilities.
Data Source
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
AI summary
A host is arranged for providing a wireless docking environment having peripherals (250) for docking via a wireless link (230) with a dockee (220) for establishing a docking session for enabling the dockee to use the peripheral. The host is arranged for, at a first moment, storing docking configuration data which defines monitoring a peripheral on behalf of the dockee. The host monitors the selected peripheral to acquire monitor data in a period, in which period the dockee is not docked with the host. Later, when establishing a docking session at second moment, the host sets a docking configuration in dependence of the docking configuration data and makes available the monitor data. The dockee (220) is arranged for, when establishing the docking session, using the second docking configuration and accessing the monitor data.