Cloud-Based Device Discovery Service Reducing Network Bandwidth
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing number of discoverable devices in homes and offices leads to a significant network burden on local routers or gateways, as each device broadcasts and listens for capabilities, consuming more bandwidth.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a cloud-based discovery service that registers devices and their capabilities, allowing devices to discover and connect with each other through a network-accessible service, reducing the need for local device-to-device communication and alleviating network congestion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If local discovery protocols are used where devices broadcast and listen for capabilities, then device discovery functionality is achieved, but network bandwidth consumption increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based discovery service as an intermediary between devices. Instead of devices directly broadcasting and listening on the local network, they register with the cloud service which maintains a directory of device capabilities. Discovery requests are routed through this intermediary, eliminating the need for continuous local broadcasting and significantly reducing network bandwidth consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The discovery functionality is extracted from the local network environment and relocated to a cloud-based infrastructure. Device capabilities and discovery data are taken out from the local network and stored centrally in the cloud, allowing local devices to discover each other without exchanging broadcast traffic over the local network.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the number of discoverable devices is increased, then device versatility and functionality are improved, but network burden on local router increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cloud-based discovery service acts as a mediator that manages the complexity of device registration and discovery. As more devices are added to the ecosystem, they all register with the cloud service which maintains the directory structure. This intermediary absorbs the management complexity, allowing the local network to scale without proportionally increasing router burden.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent moves the discovery management from the two-dimensional local network space to the cloud infrastructure dimension. By lifting discovery operations out of the local network plane and into the cloud layer, the system can support more devices without linearly increasing local network complexity or router burden.
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AI summary
Describe herein are techniques for providing cloud-based discovery. For example, a device may be configured to provide device registration and de-registration notifications to a cloud-based discovery service. The cloud-based discovery service may be configured to respond to discovery request by identifying registered devices that meet the criteria of the discovery request. The cloud-based discovery service may also be configured to provide endpoint information associated with registered devices in response to the discovery request, such that a device is able to utilize the endpoint information to connect with one or more of the registered devices.