Access Zone Mesh Network for Local Content Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional Internet-based content delivery methods face issues with relevance, security, privacy, connectivity, and optimal resource usage, particularly in providing location-specific content to users, and are inefficient in managing data traffic and infrastructure costs.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that create a predefined access zone with a mesh network of communication nodes, where content is stored and delivered locally within the zone, ensuring relevance, security, and optimized resource usage, allowing users to access location-specific content without relying on the global Internet infrastructure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If content is delivered through the global Internet infrastructure, then content availability is achieved, but content relevance and security deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the global Internet into localized access zones with dedicated communication nodes. Each access zone operates as an independent segment that can deliver content locally without relying on the global Internet, thereby improving content relevance and security while reducing network dependency complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local content delivery within access zones, where content is stored and distributed locally rather than through the global Internet. This local quality approach ensures that content remains relevant and secure for users within each zone while reducing dependency on external networks.
2Productivity
If search algorithms are used to find relevant content, then content retrieval is enabled, but information timeliness and locality deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-stores content in communication nodes within access zones before users need it. This preliminary action eliminates the need for real-time search algorithms and ensures that content is immediately available and timely for users within the access zone, improving both retrieval efficiency and information freshness.
3Ease of operation
If Internet-based content delivery is used, then content accessibility is achieved, but user privacy protection deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the content delivery system into isolated access zones with local communication nodes. This segmentation creates privacy boundaries that prevent external parties from accessing user data and content, thereby protecting user privacy while maintaining ease of content access within each zone.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces local communication nodes as intermediaries between users and content sources. These intermediaries operate within isolated access zones, facilitating content access while preventing direct exposure to external networks and potential privacy threats.
4Ease of operation
If mobile devices use foreign networks for Internet access, then connectivity is achieved, but operational costs deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent provides local content delivery within access zones that does not require connection to foreign or external networks. Users can access content through local communication nodes, eliminating the need to use costly foreign network infrastructure while maintaining full connectivity and operational ease.
5Productivity
If conventional Internet infrastructure is used, then content delivery is enabled, but data traffic management and infrastructure costs deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments content delivery into localized access zones with dedicated communication nodes. This segmentation reduces the overall data traffic volume by enabling local content storage and distribution, eliminating the need for traffic to traverse the entire global Internet infrastructure while maintaining full content delivery capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent pre-stores content in local communication nodes within access zones. This preliminary action reduces future data traffic requirements by having content readily available locally, eliminating the need for continuous data retrieval through the Internet infrastructure and reducing both traffic volume and infrastructure costs.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention enables providing content to an access zone or geographical sector within the access zone. The access zone comprises a first communication node or one or more further communication nodes forming together with a first communication node a mesh network within the access zone. Content is received in a distribution node from a content provider, which content is associated with a geographical location. The geographical location is mapped with location coordinates stored in a first storage device associated with the distribution node, wherein the location coordinates falls within the access zone or geographical sector, and the first communication node of the access zone is thus determined. The content is transmitted from the distribution node to the first communication node, where it is stored for use by a user device in the access zone or geographical sector.