Connectivity Session Trigger for Automated Device Network Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current techniques for device intercommunication, such as using a mobile device as a network connectivity point for other devices, are complicated and often require extensive user interaction, leading to user frustration and failed connectivity setups due to incorrect information entry.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that uses various connectivity triggers to automatically establish a network connectivity session between devices, such as a mobile device and a computing device, without user interaction, by negotiating a wireless or wired communication channel based on device proximity, network status, and sensor data, enabling seamless interfacing and network sharing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional techniques are used to establish network connectivity between devices, then network access can be provided, but extensive user interaction and manual information entry are required
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables devices to automatically establish connectivity sessions without user intervention. The mobile device autonomously detects the computing device, negotiates connection parameters, and establishes the network session by scanning for devices, exchanging capability information, and automatically configuring the connectivity session based on detected network status and device compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device performs preliminary actions by continuously monitoring for connectivity triggers and pre-negotiating connection parameters before actual data transfer begins. The system prepares the connectivity session in advance by establishing device discovery, capability exchange, and connection term negotiation prior to user-initiated connectivity needs.
2Reliability
If manual connectivity setup is required, then network connectivity can be established, but user errors and failed connections increase
Solution Approach 1:
The automatic connectivity establishment eliminates user input errors by having the system autonomously perform device discovery, capability matching, and connection parameter negotiation. The mobile device automatically validates connection terms and configures the session without manual information entry, thereby eliminating the source of user-induced connection failures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where devices exchange capability information and connection status updates automatically. The mobile device receives feedback from the computing device about its network capabilities and uses this feedback to adjust connection parameters, ensuring compatibility and reducing connection failures through iterative negotiation and validation.
3Extent of automation
If automated connectivity is implemented, then user convenience is improved, but device complexity and negotiation overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses universal connectivity protocols and standardized capability exchange mechanisms that work across different device types. The mobile device implements a multi-functional connectivity manager that handles device discovery, capability negotiation, session establishment, and termination using a unified automated process, reducing the need for device-specific complex negotiation logic.
Solution Approach 2:
The automated connectivity process is segmented into distinct modular phases: device discovery, capability exchange, connection term negotiation, session establishment, and session termination. Each phase is handled by dedicated system components that operate independently, managing complexity through functional segmentation while maintaining end-to-end automation.
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AI summary
Techniques for connectivity session between devices based on a connectivity trigger are described and may be implemented to enable a first device (e.g., a mobile device) to provide network connectivity for a second device. Generally, the described implementations enable multiple different connectivity triggers to be utilized to trigger a connectivity session between devices, such as for enabling network connectivity of a first device to be provided to a second device.