Wireless Setting Auto-Configuration for Computer Device Pairs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication systems require users to manually adjust settings on both computers and devices to establish a wireless connection, which is cumbersome and difficult for users unfamiliar with wireless networks.
Innovation Solution
A communication system where a computer outputs a signal and transmits setting data to a device, allowing the device to automatically match its wireless settings to those of the computer, eliminating the need for users to manually configure initial settings on either device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual setting adjustment is required on both computer and device to establish wireless connection, then wireless connection can be established, but user operation becomes cumbersome and difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The device automatically performs wireless setting configuration by receiving setting data from the computer and applying it to itself. The device's setting unit configures wireless communication parameters without requiring user intervention, making the system self-serve the configuration task that previously required manual user adjustment.
Solution Approach 2:
Setting data acts as an intermediary carrier that transfers wireless configuration parameters from the computer to the device. This intermediary mechanism enables automatic configuration by conveying necessary settings through data transmission rather than requiring direct user manipulation of both devices.
2Reliability
If user operates computer to change setting to initial state and operates device to apply setting data, then proper wireless connection is established, but complexity of operation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the configuration operation from the user's manual tasks and assigns it to the device's automatic setting unit. By taking out the setting application step from user operations and embedding it in the device's automated process, the operation complexity is reduced while maintaining proper configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The computer prepares and transmits setting data to the device in advance before the device needs to apply it. This preliminary action of pre-configuring setting data eliminates the need for users to perform sequential manual adjustments on both devices, simplifying the overall process while ensuring proper configuration.
3Ease of operation
If automatic setting transmission is implemented from computer to device, then user operation is simplified, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device's setting unit automatically receives and applies setting data without user intervention, making the system self-serve the configuration function. This automation reduces user operation complexity while the added system complexity is confined to the automated components rather than affecting overall system simplicity.
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AI summary
A communication system includes a computer and a device. The computer includes a signal transmission unit to output a signal by wireless communication in accordance with a first wireless setting, and a setting data sending unit to transmit a second wireless setting data to the device in accordance with the first wireless setting. The device includes a detection unit to detect the signal output while changing a wireless setting for the device, a replying unit to return identification data corresponding to the source of the signal in accordance with a wireless setting used after detection of the signal, a receiving unit to receive the second wireless setting data in accordance with the wireless setting used after detection of the signal, after the replying unit transmits the identification data, and a setting unit makes the wireless setting in accordance with the second wireless setting data.