Cloud Server Message Relay for Multi-Device Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for communication between devices often require a dedicated server, incurring additional costs and necessitating a dedicated application for each device, which is not feasible for remote communication setups.
Innovation Solution
A method utilizing a cloud server where devices can generate, store, and process messages independently, using a shared storage space accessible via user accounts, allowing communication without the need for a dedicated server and reducing infrastructure costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a dedicated server is used to provide remote communication between devices, then communication reliability is improved, but server construction cost and operation cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud server as an intermediary platform that provides shared storage space accessible by multiple devices. Instead of each device requiring its own dedicated server, the cloud server acts as a mediator that enables communication between devices through shared access to stored messages, thereby reducing server construction costs while maintaining communication reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud server provides universal access to multiple devices through a common interface and shared storage space. Any device with the appropriate application can access and communicate with any other device by reading and writing messages to the shared storage space, eliminating the need for device-specific server infrastructure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a dedicated server is used for remote communication, then communication functionality is improved, but the need for dedicated applications in each device increases device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
Devices autonomously access the cloud server's shared storage space using standard file access protocols. Each device independently reads messages written by other devices and writes responses back to the shared space, eliminating the need for complex dedicated communication applications and reducing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of implementing complex communication protocols in each device, the system uses simple file copying and reading operations. Messages are copied to the shared storage space by the sending device and copied back to the receiving device, simplifying the communication mechanism while maintaining full communication functionality.
3Ease of manufacture
If direct connection between devices is used (DLNA method), then infrastructure cost is reduced, but communication range is limited to local area
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions communication from a direct device-to-device connection (one-dimensional) to a cloud-mediated connection (adding a temporal and spatial dimension). Messages are stored in the cloud server's shared storage space, allowing devices to communicate across different locations and time zones by accessing the persistent storage, thereby extending communication range beyond local area while keeping infrastructure costs low.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of providing communication between a plurality of devices of a user without a dedicated server and a device capable of communicating with other devices by using the method are disclosed. The method includes generating a message to be sent to a second device and storing a channel file including message data in a predetermined space within a cloud server, which are performed by a first device, and accessing the cloud server and reading a channel file stored in a predetermined place within the cloud server, which are performed by the second device.