AR Address Resolution for Unknown-Person Device Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge is to initiate communication with a person's device when the communication address is unknown, as in emergency situations where the person's location is known but their device's identity and address are not accessible.
Innovation Solution
A system that determines the location of a person and identifies nearby devices, matches their location to registered device locations, and establishes communication using the obtained communication address, enabling real-time interaction even without prior knowledge of the device's identity or address.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional communication methods are used requiring known device addresses, then communication reliability is maintained, but communication capability is lost when device addresses are unknown
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that maintains a database mapping device locations to communication addresses. When direct communication is impossible due to unknown addresses, the server mediates by receiving the target location, querying its database, and providing the corresponding communication address, thus enabling communication while maintaining reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing and maintaining a database of device locations and their corresponding communication addresses before communication is needed. This advance preparation allows rapid address retrieval when communication is required, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and reliability
2Adaptability or versatility
If device location tracking is implemented to enable unknown address communication, then communication adaptability improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex location tracking and address mapping functionality from the communicating devices themselves and places it in a separate server system. The devices only need to send simple location data, while the server handles the complex database queries and address resolution, reducing device complexity while maintaining communication adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The server is designed as a universal system that can resolve communication addresses for multiple different devices and locations. By creating a multi-functional server that handles various communication scenarios through a single address resolution mechanism, the system achieves high adaptability without increasing individual device complexity
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed technology is directed towards facilitating communication with an unknown person via a device of the person having an unknown communications address. The presence of a visible person at a location can be determined, and a communications device at or near that location can be detected as a candidate device associated with that person. The device's current location, which can be regularly registered along with its communication address, is matched to the person's visible location. Communication via the device, such as by a responder, whether with the person and/or to obtain information from the device, is based on the registered communication address. The person's identity and other data may be obtainable. For a non-visible person, e.g., underneath an obstruction, the location of a detected device predicts the likely presence of a person near that location. A map may be generated showing locations of multiple detected devices.