Customized Tag Messaging for Bi-Directional Home Device Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies for remote device control within home networks using cellular phones rely on continuous data communication services, which are costly and do not support bi-directional control through multimedia messaging service (MMS) and short message service (SMS).
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving messages using customized tags within MMS and SMS messages, enabling bi-directional control of devices by extracting and analyzing customized tags, which include control operations and attributes like device identifiers and passwords, allowing for plug-in application implementation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If data communication service is used to communicate between cellular phone and device within home network, then device control capability is provided, but continuous data communication service charges are incurred
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the control functionality from continuous data communication services by implementing a one-time message transmission mechanism using MMS/SMS with customized tags. The control instructions are embedded in the message tags, allowing device control without requiring ongoing data communication service subscriptions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces customized tags as intermediaries that carry control instructions within MMS/SMS messages. These tags serve as a mediator between the cellular phone and home network devices, enabling control functionality through standardized messaging protocols rather than dedicated data communication services.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional service programs are developed to communicate between cellular phone and device within home network, then communication functionality is enhanced, but service program complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes existing MMS/SMS messaging services universal by extending them with customized tags. Instead of developing separate communication protocols or dedicated service programs, the solution leverages the existing universal messaging infrastructure to achieve device control functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic tag structures that can adapt to different control scenarios. The customized tags can contain various control instructions, device identifiers, and parameters, allowing the same messaging mechanism to handle diverse communication needs without requiring separate programs for each function.
3Ease of operation
If MMS and SMS are used for remote communication between devices, then communication simplicity is maintained, but bi-directional control capability is not supported
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control functionality into discrete customized tags that can be embedded within MMS/SMS messages. Each tag represents a specific control instruction or parameter, allowing complex bi-directional control operations to be broken down into simple, manageable message components that maintain communication simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite messaging structure by combining standard MMS/SMS message formats with customized control tags. This composite approach integrates the simplicity of existing messaging services with the enhanced bi-directional control capability, merging two functionalities into a unified solution.
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AI summary
A message receiving method and apparatus using a customized tag including: receiving a message including a first customized tag from a message transmitting device; determining whether the first customized tag is included in the message, and, if the first customized tag is determined to be included in the message, extracting the first customized tag from the message; analyzing the first customized tag based on an extraction result; and controlling a message receiving device based on a control operation described in the first customized tag.