Cloud-Based Device Twinning for Unified Communication Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in managing multiple mobile devices with different subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and remembering associated telephone numbers, as conventional communication systems rely on peer-to-peer networks for device communication, making it cumbersome to handle notifications and calls across devices.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based service enables device twinning, allowing multiple communication devices to share a single identifier and route communications through a cloud network, facilitating simultaneous notification and communication across twinned devices, and simplifying billing by using a common number for all devices associated with a subscriber account.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple mobile devices with different SIMs are used, then communication versatility is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to needing to remember multiple telephone numbers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based intermediary service that mediates between multiple devices and the user. This service stores the relationships between devices and their identifiers, automatically routing communications without requiring the user to manually manage multiple numbers. The cloud service acts as a mediator that simplifies the interaction complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a virtual copy or representation of the user's communication identity across multiple devices. Instead of managing multiple distinct identifiers, the system creates a unified digital representation that can be accessed from any device, effectively copying the communication access point across the network.
2Speed
If peer-to-peer communication protocols are used for device communication, then communication directness is improved, but system complexity worsens due to separate network management for primary and wearable devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the separate peer-to-peer communication channels into a unified cloud-based communication system. Instead of maintaining separate Bluetooth/NFC networks for primary and wearable devices, both devices communicate through the same cloud infrastructure, consolidating network management complexity while maintaining direct communication capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud-based service provides universal communication functionality that works across all device types (primary phones, wearables, tablets). This multi-functional platform handles messaging, calling, and notification routing uniformly, eliminating the need for device-specific communication protocols and reducing overall system complexity.
3Measurement precision
If separate billing systems are used for multiple devices, then billing accuracy is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to complex billing management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate billing systems into a unified billing platform. The cloud service consolidates usage data from all connected devices and generates a single consolidated bill, maintaining accurate tracking of individual device usage while simplifying the billing management experience for the user.
Data Source
AI summary
A network-based service is utilized to facilitate twinning of two or more communication devices associated with a subscriber account. Incoming communication is intercepted by a communication device and forwarded to a network server, which in turn transmits the incoming communication to the multiple twinned devices. In addition, identifier data associated with outgoing communication is replaced with a primary identifier (e.g., customer telephone number (CTN)) of a user's primary device or a common identifier (e.g., a mobile one number (MON)) assigned to devices associated with the user's subscriber account. Communication devices can be temporarily twinned for a defined time period, during which a common bill can be generated for the twinned devices.