Core Network Sensual Content Enrichment via Traffic Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

The challenge lies in efficiently transmitting sensual content, such as scent and tactile media, over wireless communication networks, particularly in scenarios where bandwidth is limited and content providers need to determine if the recipient's domain can support such content.

Innovation Solution

The method involves detecting user plane traffic that requires enrichment with sensual content in a core network domain, retrieving the sensual content from a database, and configuring user plane traffic enrichment by sending capability disclosure and configuration messages between the content provider domain and the core network domain.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If sensual content is transmitted from content provider domain to content recipient domain via wireless network, then user experience is enhanced, but bandwidth consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser experienceVSAvoidbandwidth consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts sensual content from the main content delivery stream by implementing a separate enrichment mechanism. The core network domain retrieves sensual content from a dedicated database and enriches user plane traffic with it, rather than transmitting all content through the main wireless channel. This separation reduces the bandwidth burden on the wireless network while still delivering the enhanced user experience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-storing sensual content in a database within the core network domain before it is needed. When user plane traffic is detected, the system retrieves pre-prepared sensual content from the database to enrich the traffic, avoiding the need to fetch or generate content in real-time and reducing transmission bandwidth requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If proprietary application is installed on content recipient device to determine capability information, then capability detection accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecapability detection accuracyVSAvoidapplication installation requirement

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service by enabling the core network domain to automatically detect and determine the capability information of the content recipient domain. The system uses capability disclosure messages exchanged during normal communication to identify whether the recipient can support sensual content, eliminating the need for the recipient device to install or run any proprietary applications.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Manufacturing precision

If different URIs are used for content access depending on browser capability, then content delivery accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent delivery accuracyVSAvoidURI management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism in the core network domain that handles capability-based content routing. Instead of requiring end devices to manage different URIs based on their capabilities, the core network acts as a mediator that receives capability disclosure messages and automatically routes or enriches traffic appropriately, simplifying the system while maintaining accurate content delivery.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Speed

If sensual content is cached in core network domain database, then content retrieval speed is improved, but network storage requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent retrieval speedVSAvoidnetwork storage requirements

Core Design Contradiction:

SpeedVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by implementing a targeted caching strategy where sensual content is stored in the core network domain database specifically for enrichment purposes. Rather than caching all possible content types, the system selectively caches only sensual content that is likely to be needed for enriching user plane traffic, optimizing both retrieval speed and storage utilization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20250175766A1Technique for enriching user plane traffic in a core network domain with sensual content

Publication Date: 2025.05.29 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)

AI summary

A technique for enriching user plane traffic in a core network domain of a wireless communication network with sensual content different from audio content and video content is provided. A method of implementing the technique includes detecting user plane traffic that requires an enrichment with sensual content. The method further includes retrieving the sensual content from a database in the core network domain and enriching the user plane traffic with the retrieved sensual content.