BLE Device Joining via User Prompt and Quality Checks
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process of adding a new smart home device to a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) network is complex and not user-friendly, compromising user experience.
Innovation Solution
The new electronic device actively initiates a request to join the BLE network, with a pop-up prompt on another device to notify the user, and the system ensures communication quality checks before addition, simplifying the process through network configuration indication information exchange.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the gateway actively scans to add new smart home devices, then the device can be added to the network, but the operation process becomes complex and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional active scanning approach by enabling new devices to actively broadcast their joining requests and have existing network devices scan for them. This reversal simplifies the user experience as devices automatically initiate the connection process without requiring manual gateway scanning operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The new electronic device performs self-service by actively broadcasting its own joining request and identification information, eliminating the need for users to manually control the gateway to scan and add devices. The device autonomously initiates the network integration process.
2Ease of operation
If the new device actively initiates joining request, then the addition process is simplified, but network security and accuracy may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the gateway receives joining requests from new devices, evaluates them against network security criteria, and provides feedback through pop-up prompts to users for confirmation. This ensures that automatic device initiation is balanced with security verification and user control.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway acts as an intermediary between the new joining device and the existing network. It receives broadcast requests, performs initial validation, and mediates the connection process by presenting pop-up prompts to users for final approval, thus maintaining security while enabling automated joining.
3Reliability
If communication quality parameters are checked before addition, then network reliability is improved, but the device addition process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by having the gateway obtain and evaluate communication quality parameters (such as signal strength or RSSI) before the actual device addition takes place. This preliminary check ensures that only devices with adequate communication quality are added to the network, improving reliability without significantly impacting user experience.
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AI summary
Embodiments of this application provide a Bluetooth communication method and system. The method includes: A first electronic device to be added to a BLE network may actively send a request for joining the BLE network, and a second electronic device in the BLE network may prompt, in response to the request of the first electronic device, a third electronic device that currently, there is the first electronic device to be added to the BLE network. The third electronic device may display a pop-up prompt, to notify a user that currently, there is the first electronic device to be added to the BLE network. After the user agrees, the third electronic device prompts the second electronic device to configure the BLE network for the first electronic device. In embodiments of this application, according to a feedback mechanism of the third electronic device, user operations can be reduced; and the third electronic device reversely notifies the user. This improves user experience while ensuring real-time performance of network configuration of the first electronic device.