Bluetooth Beacon Semantic Label and IPv6 Address Embedding

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current internet technology relies on remote clients and centralized servers for data discovery, which is inefficient as the number of ambient digital information sources increases, especially in IoT and mobile environments where direct discovery methods are needed to filter valuable information from background noise.

Innovation Solution

Embedding a semantic signature and IPv6 agent address within Bluetooth Smart GAP advertisements enables direct semantic discovery by mobile computational devices, using natural language processing to associate human inputs with core semantic concepts and retrieve relevant data transactions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If centralized server-based data discovery is used, then data can be discovered through remote access, but power consumption increases and bandwidth usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata discovery capabilityVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the essential discovery information (semantic signature and IPv6 address) from the centralized server model and embeds it directly in the beacon advertisement. This allows devices to discover relevant data sources locally without continuously querying remote servers, thereby reducing power consumption while maintaining data discovery capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary action by pre-packaging the semantic signature and IPv6 address in the beacon advertisement before any data discovery request. This allows receiving devices to immediately identify relevant data sources without needing to establish remote connections or perform iterative queries, reducing both power consumption and bandwidth usage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If centralized server-based data discovery is used, then data can be discovered through remote access, but bandwidth usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata discovery capabilityVSAvoidbandwidth usage
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the essential discovery information (semantic signature and IPv6 address) from the centralized server model and embeds it directly in the beacon advertisement. This allows devices to discover relevant data sources locally without continuously querying remote servers, thereby reducing bandwidth usage while maintaining data discovery capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent enables self-service by allowing beacon advertising devices to provide their own discovery information (semantic signature and IPv6 address) directly in the advertisement. Receiving devices can independently process this information to identify relevant data sources without requiring continuous server-mediated discovery processes, reducing bandwidth consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Loss of information

If all beacon advertisements are processed, then complete information is available, but processing time increases and power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by making the beacon advertisement itself carry the essential discovery information (semantic signature and IPv6 address) in a condensed format. This allows receiving devices to perform local semantic filtering to quickly identify and disregard irrelevant advertisements, reducing processing time and power consumption while maintaining access to complete information when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements partial action by enabling devices to perform selective processing of beacon advertisements based on semantic relevance. Instead of processing all advertisements completely, devices can perform initial semantic filtering to identify potentially relevant beacons, process those in detail, and disregard others, reducing overall processing time and power consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

4Loss of information

If all beacon advertisements are processed, then complete information is available, but power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by making the beacon advertisement itself carry the essential discovery information (semantic signature and IPv6 address) in a condensed format. This allows receiving devices to perform local semantic filtering to quickly identify and disregard irrelevant advertisements, reducing processing time and power consumption while maintaining access to complete information when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements partial action by enabling devices to perform selective processing of beacon advertisements based on semantic relevance. Instead of processing all advertisements completely, devices can perform initial semantic filtering to identify potentially relevant beacons, process those in detail, and disregard others, reducing overall processing time and power consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS9924343B2BLE beacon advertising a semantic label and IPv6 address
Publication Date: 2018.03.20 LIVEZEY JR ROBERT LEE
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AI summary

A semantic signature serving as an index to a cataloged core semantic concept, and an IPv6 address associated with an entity labeled by a Bluetooth 4.0 Beacon are added to the Beacon's Generic Access Profile (GAP) advertisement enabling direct semantic discovery of the entity and facilitating data transactions relevant to it.