Autoconfiguration Server for Local Environment Data Retrieval
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is no simple and reliable method to obtain local environment information from an access network for a terminal in a local or home network, which hinders the provision of services tailored to the terminal's environment.
Innovation Solution
A method where an access session server obtains and provides local environment information from an autoconfiguration server to an application server, ensuring the information's veracity and optimizing bandwidth use by selecting pertinent information based on the service to be provided.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If local environment information is obtained from the access network, then service personalization is enabled, but the complexity of information retrieval increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an autoconfiguration server as an intermediary component that mediates between the access session server and the terminal. This server collects, validates, and manages local environment information, simplifying the retrieval process for application servers while enabling comprehensive service personalization based on terminal characteristics and network conditions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If all local environment information is transmitted to the application server, then complete service adaptation is achieved, but bandwidth is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and transmits only the pertinent local environment information that is relevant to the specific service being provided. The autoconfiguration server filters the complete set of available information, sending only necessary parameters to the application server, thereby achieving service adaptation while minimizing bandwidth consumption.
3Ease of operation
If local environment information is obtained without validation, then information retrieval is simple, but fraudulent information may compromise service reliability
Solution Approach 1:
The autoconfiguration server acts as a trusted intermediary that validates local environment information before it is made available to application servers. This validation mechanism ensures information authenticity while maintaining simple retrieval processes for services, as the validation is performed transparently by the intermediary server.
4Measurement precision
If comprehensive local environment information is collected, then precise service personalization is achieved, but information processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The autoconfiguration server performs preliminary collection, validation, and organization of local environment information in advance, maintaining it in a ready-to-use format. When services require this information, it is already prepared and can be retrieved or filtered quickly, achieving precise environment characterization without excessive processing delays.
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AI summary
Obtaining information relating to a local environment of a terminal of a local network and to providing the terminal, via an application server, with at least one service adapted both as a function of the information relating to an access session of the terminal and the information relating to a local environment of the terminal. The local environment information of the terminal is obtained from an autoconfiguration server via a session server and it is provided to the application server.