Bluetooth Identity Service for Beacon Registration Consistency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Bluetooth operations in communication devices are inefficient, duplicative, and pose performance, user experience, and security issues as each service provider configures their own operations, often neglecting efficiency and security.
Innovation Solution
A centralized identity service app on the scanning device manages beacon device data collection, allowing requester apps to outsource the process, ensuring fast, secure, and user-friendly registration of beacon device identifiers and metadata through URL-based communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If each service provider configures their own Bluetooth operations independently, then service providers can customize operations for their specific needs, but this leads to duplication of effort, increased complexity, and potential security and performance issues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized Bluetooth operation configuration service that acts as an intermediary between service providers and the Bluetooth system. This service provider can configure Bluetooth operations once, and the configuration is then reused across multiple services, eliminating duplication while maintaining customization capabilities through the intermediary layer
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal Bluetooth configuration service that can serve multiple different services simultaneously. Instead of each service having its own dedicated configuration, a single multi-functional service handles Bluetooth operations for various services, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining adaptability
2Ease of manufacture
If service providers configure Bluetooth operations without specialized expertise, then implementation is simpler, but this results in inefficient, non-secure, and poor user experience Bluetooth operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables service providers to easily implement Bluetooth operations by allowing them to configure once and have the system automatically manage and reuse the configuration across services. The system serves itself by automatically managing the Bluetooth operations based on the initial configuration, eliminating the need for ongoing specialized intervention while maintaining high quality
Solution Approach 2:
The patent allows Bluetooth operations to be pre-configured with best practices and security measures in place before services are deployed. This preliminary configuration ensures that all subsequent services inherit proven, secure, and optimized settings without requiring each provider to have specialized expertise
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple services implement their own Bluetooth operations, then each service can be independently configured, but this causes duplication of effort and increased time and resource consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the Bluetooth configuration functionality into a single centralized service that is shared across multiple service providers. Instead of each service implementing its own Bluetooth operations independently, they all utilize the same underlying configuration, eliminating duplication while maintaining the ability to serve different services
Data Source
AI summary
A computer-implemented method for controlling a data processing apparatus, the method comprising: controlling, in response to opening of a uniform resource locator, URL, by a software application executed by the data processing apparatus, the data processing apparatus to perform a Bluetooth operation; and sharing information associated with the Bluetooth operation with the software application or a server apparatus of the software application.