Converged Mobile-Web Gateway for Unified Communication Services

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current web-based applications neglect key components of wireless communications networks, such as mobile phone contacts and messaging services, resulting in a functionality gap between web-based communications and mobile phone communications, lacking features like contact management, presence notification, and multimedia messaging.

Innovation Solution

A converged mobile-Web communications solution that interfaces with both mobile phone networks and Internet/Intranet networks, providing access to mobile phone contacts, text messaging, voice messaging, and multimedia services, enabling group calls, simultaneous ringing, call transfer, and data synchronization between mobile devices and Web clients.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If web-based applications are used for communications, then accessibility and versatility are improved, but functionality related to mobile phone services (contacts, messaging, presence) is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccessibility of communication servicesVSAvoidmobile phone service functionality
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges mobile phone network services with web-based applications by implementing a gateway that bridges the two networks. The gateway enables web clients to access mobile phone contacts, messaging services, and presence information, thereby combining the versatility of web access with the functionality of mobile phone services in a unified communication system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If mobile phone services are accessed through web-based applications, then cross-device accessibility is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecross-device accessibilityVSAvoidnetwork integration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a gateway as an intermediary component that connects mobile phone networks with web-based applications. This gateway simplifies the overall system architecture by providing a standardized interface that enables cross-device accessibility without requiring complex direct integration between mobile networks and web servers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If web-based applications replace mobile phone services, then ease of operation on computers is improved, but loss of mobile-specific features (presence, contacts) occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation on fixed devicesVSAvoidmobile-specific communication features
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal communication platform where the same web-based application can function both as a standalone application on fixed devices and as an extension of mobile phone services. The gateway enables the web application to access and operate with mobile-specific features such as presence information and contacts, making the system multi-functional across different device types.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS8676189B2Converged mobile-web communications solution
Publication Date: 2014.03.18 KODIAK NETWORKS INC
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AI summary

A converged mobile-Web communications solution interfaces to both a mobile phone network and an Internet or Intranet network, so that services that are provided to mobile phones in the mobile phone network are also provided to Web clients in the Internet or Intranet network.