Acoustic Network Registration for Keyboard-Less Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complex and cumbersome process of registering electronic devices with networks, especially in scenarios where devices lack a keyboard, such as in industrial or private settings, hinders easy connectivity and communication.
Innovation Solution
A method involving a user sending an electronic registration message to a universal communication platform, which integrates information into an audio file, sends it to the user's terminal device, and allows the target device to extract registration options using a microphone, enabling registration with a network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional registration methods are used (manual input, keyboard entry), then registration accuracy can be maintained, but the ease of operation deteriorates significantly because target devices often lack keyboards and the process becomes complex and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical keyboard input with acoustic signal transmission. The terminal device plays audio files containing registration information, and the target device's microphone captures these signals. This substitution eliminates the need for physical keyboards on target devices and simplifies the registration process to automatic audio-based communication.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces audio files as an intermediary carrier for registration information. Instead of direct device-to-device data transmission requiring complex protocols, the system uses audio files played by the terminal device and captured by the target device's microphone, simplifying the communication mechanism.
2Ease of operation
If audio-based registration is implemented, then ease of operation improves significantly, but reliability may worsen due to potential audio interference and extraction errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates audio file copies of the registration information that can be played and captured. The terminal device generates and plays audio files containing the registration data, and the target device captures these audio signals through its microphone to extract the information, ensuring reliable transmission of registration data.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the target device extracts information from captured audio and confirms successful registration. The universal communication platform coordinates the audio file generation, playback, and information extraction, providing feedback loops to ensure registration reliability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates easy registration of target devices with networks, allowing for communication links and internet connectivity, while ensuring only authorized devices can register and preventing unauthorized access.
Implementation Method 1
Playing the audio file by said user's terminal device
Implementation Method 2
Recording of the contents of the audio file by means of a microphone of the target device and extracting the information about the option for registration with said network
Data Source
AI summary
A method for registering a target device with a network. The method includes a user sending an electronic registration message from a terminal device to a universal communication platform, wherein the registration message comprises information about an identity of the target device and an option for registering with the network. Integrating the—information in the registration message into an audio file by the universal communication platform. Sending the audio file from the universal communication platform to the user's terminal device. Playing the audio file by the terminal device of the user. The content of the audio file is captured by a microphone of the target device, and the information on the option for registering with the network is extracted. The target device registers with the network using the registration option.