The Bits

Rudolf is on his way to the castle. Before getting into the castle, the security staff asked him a question:

Given two binary numbers $$$a$$$ and $$$b$$$ of length $$$n$$$. How many different ways of swapping two digits in $$$a$$$ (only in $$$a$$$, not $$$b$$$) so that bitwise OR of these two numbers will be changed? In other words, let $$$c$$$ be the bitwise OR of $$$a$$$ and $$$b$$$, you need to find the number of ways of swapping two bits in $$$a$$$ so that bitwise OR will not be equal to $$$c$$$.

Note that binary numbers can contain leading zeros so that length of each number is exactly $$$n$$$.

Bitwise OR is a binary operation. A result is a binary number which contains a one in each digit if there is a one in at least one of the two numbers. For example, $$$01010_2$$$ OR $$$10011_2$$$ = $$$11011_2$$$.

Well, to your surprise, you are not Rudolf, and you don't need to help him$$$\ldots$$$ You are the security staff! Please find the number of ways of swapping two bits in $$$a$$$ so that bitwise OR will be changed.