Wireless Peripheral Pairing Management With External Authorization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems require multiple applications to manage wireless peripheral device pairings across different user devices, leading to inefficiency and lack of centralized management.
Innovation Solution
A wireless peripheral device provides user-perceivable indications of existing pairings and allows users to manage pairings through inputs, including voice, graphical interfaces, or haptic feedback, and optionally notifies or requests permission from associated users before adding new pairings, with options to overwrite existing connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a wireless peripheral device stores multiple pairing information, then the device can connect to multiple systems, but the device complexity increases due to limited storage capacity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts pairing information management from the peripheral device to an external computing device. The peripheral device stores only essential identification data while detailed pairing management is handled externally, reducing storage requirements on the peripheral device while maintaining multi-system connectivity capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a computing device as an intermediary that manages pairing information centrally. This intermediary handles the complexity of storing and managing multiple pairing records, allowing the peripheral device to maintain versatility without bearing the storage burden
2Loss of information
If the wireless peripheral device provides detailed pairing information, then user awareness of connections is improved, but the ease of operation decreases due to information overload
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing different levels of pairing information to different users or in different contexts. The system can provide detailed pairing information to authorized users while keeping the interface simple for general operations, allowing detailed information availability without universally increasing operational complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial information disclosure where only relevant pairing information is presented to users based on their needs and authorization levels. Not all pairing details are shown to all users, reducing information overload while maintaining comprehensive information availability when needed
3Productivity
If the wireless peripheral device allows automatic pairing, then pairing speed is improved, but the reliability decreases due to potential unauthorized connections
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary authorization verification before pairing occurs. The computing device pre-approves or denies pairing requests based on authorization criteria, and this decision is communicated to the peripheral device in advance, allowing fast execution of pre-approved pairings while maintaining security through prior verification
Solution Approach 2:
The patent establishes a feedback mechanism where pairing requests are sent to the computing device for authorization verification, and the authorization decision is fed back to control whether the pairing proceeds. This feedback loop enables automatic pairing execution while ensuring reliability through centralized authorization control
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AI summary
A wireless peripheral device implemented method includes receiving a first input, providing a user perceivable indication of existing wireless pairings of the wireless peripheral device via the wireless peripheral device in response to the first input, receiving a second input, and adding a new wireless pairing in response to the second input.