Agent Execution Interface for Low-Power Networked Home Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
As the number of devices in a network increases, adding functions to household electrical devices becomes costly due to the need for software updates and more robust hardware, which also increases power consumption and poses network security challenges.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device generates and executes agents using hardware as an interface for external devices, allowing these devices to perform processing tasks, thereby reducing the need for extensive software execution and hardware upgrades, and enhancing network security through metadata-based management and authentication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If functions are added to household electrical devices through software updates and hardware upgrades, then device functionality is improved, but cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the software execution unit from the household electrical device and places it in an external information processing device. The external device generates and executes agents that perform processing on behalf of the household electrical device, allowing functionality to be added without modifying the device's internal hardware or software structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The external information processing device serves multiple household electrical devices simultaneously, providing a universal platform for executing agents. This single external device can manage and update functions across multiple devices without requiring each device to have its own dedicated processing capabilities.
2Productivity
If more robust hardware is added to household electrical devices to support additional functions, then processing capability is improved, but device size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the processing capability from the household electrical device by implementing an agent execution unit in an external information processing device. The external device handles all complex processing tasks, while the household electrical device maintains only basic input-output functionality, thus avoiding any increase in device size.
3Productivity
If more robust hardware is added to household electrical devices to support additional functions, then processing capability is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the power-intensive processing operations from the household electrical device and relocates them to an external information processing device. The household electrical device only performs minimal input-output operations, dramatically reducing its power consumption while maintaining full processing capability through the external agent execution unit.
4Reliability
If security functions are added to household electrical devices to address network security issues, then security is improved, but device size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts security functions from the household electrical device and implements them in the external information processing device. The external device manages authentication, authorization, and security protocols for all devices on the network, eliminating the need for each household electrical device to have dedicated security hardware or software.
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AI summary
A device includes an identification unit that identifies at least one external device, a communication unit that communicates with the external device, an agent generation unit that generates, using hardware included in the external device as an interface, an agent that performs processing predetermined for each external device on behalf of the external device, and an agent execution unit that executes the agent.