Cloud Service for Anonymous Social Connections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies fail to facilitate easy information sharing between geographically local users with mobile devices due to the inability to identify and connect with nearby wireless device users.
Innovation Solution
A cloud service that uses a remote computer to store user accounts with anonymous IDs, allowing mobile devices to transmit and receive these IDs via limited range wireless signals and Internet connections, enabling users to share information while maintaining privacy controls.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If mobile devices use limited range wireless signals to transmit user information directly, then information sharing between local users is enabled, but user privacy and security are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud service as an intermediary between mobile devices. Instead of direct peer-to-peer information exchange, devices communicate anonymous IDs via limited-range wireless signals, then the cloud service mediates the lookup and sharing of actual user information over the internet. This resolves the contradiction by enabling local connectivity while protecting privacy through centralized, controlled information management.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments user information into two distinct parts: anonymous IDs (transmitted locally via wireless signals) and personal information (stored securely in the cloud). This segmentation allows local devices to communicate without exposing personal data, while the cloud service reconstructs the full user profile only when authorized, thus enabling information sharing while maintaining privacy.
2Productivity
If mobile devices store and transmit complete user information locally, then information sharing is simplified, but device security risks and data protection complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts sensitive personal information from local mobile devices and stores it remotely in secure cloud databases. Only anonymous IDs remain on devices for local transmission. This extraction resolves the contradiction by enabling fast local connections through simple ID exchange while removing the security burden of storing and protecting complete user profiles on mobile devices.
3Measurement precision
If users manually input and manage connection information, then connection accuracy is maintained, but time consumption and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service through automatic anonymous ID generation, transmission, and cloud-based profile lookup. Users simply need to enable wireless connectivity; the system automatically handles ID exchange, cloud communication, and profile retrieval without manual information input. This maintains connection accuracy through automated processes while dramatically reducing setup time.
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AI summary
A cloud service for making social connections includes a remote computer storing user accounts, each account including user information and an anonymous ID bound to the user information. A first mobile device transmits an anonymous ID using a limited range wireless signal module and a second mobile device receives the anonymous ID using a limited range wireless signal module of the second mobile device. The second mobile device transmits the received anonymous ID to a remote computer using an Internet connection module and receives the user information bound to the anonymous ID from the remote computer.