DECT Protocol Notification for Cross-Manufacturer Logoff

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wireless communication systems, such as DECT, lack a standardized solution for mobile units to initiate a logoff procedure, limiting interoperability across different manufacturers and restricting access to lists like call logs and telephone books.

Innovation Solution

A method and protocol allowing mobile radio transmission/receiving devices to generate and transmit protocol notifications to stationary devices, enabling logoff and registration management across various manufacturers, with a generic set of commands for accessing and manipulating list entries, supporting proprietary signaling and resource adaptation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a standardized logoff procedure is implemented across different manufacturers, then interoperability and compatibility are improved, but device complexity and protocol adaptation requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveinteroperabilityVSAvoidprotocol adaptation
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal logoff procedure that functions across different manufacturers and device types. The solution creates a multi-functional protocol that handles both manufacturer-specific and standardized logoff scenarios, allowing the same protocol structure to serve multiple purposes: standard DECT logoff, proprietary service logoff, and cross-manufacturer interoperability logoff.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The logoff procedure is segmented into distinct protocol messages and stages. The protocol divides the logoff process into initialization, execution, and confirmation phases, with specific message types for each stage. This segmentation allows different manufacturers to implement their proprietary requirements within the standardized framework without increasing overall complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If proprietary service characteristics are supported across different manufacturers, then adaptability and functionality are improved, but system complexity and implementation difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproprietary service supportVSAvoidimplementation difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary protocol layer that mediates between proprietary service requirements and standardized communication. This intermediary protocol translates manufacturer-specific service characteristics into a common language, allowing proprietary services to be supported without requiring each manufacturer to implement complex point-to-point compatibility solutions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The protocol utilizes parameter changes within message structures to accommodate proprietary service characteristics. By modifying message parameters rather than creating entirely new message formats, the system can support diverse service requirements while maintaining a consistent protocol framework that simplifies implementation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS8326297B2Method for operating a wireless mobile radio device and a wireless stationary radio device connected thereto
Publication Date: 2012.12.04 GIGASET COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
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AI summary

The invention relates to a method for operating at least one mobile radio transmission/radio receiving device (Intern 1) operating according to a wireless telecommunications standard on a stationary radio transmission/radio receiving device (Basis) operating according to the wireless telecommunications standard, and a stationary radio transmission/radio receiving device (Basis) and a mobile radio transmission/radio receiving device (Intern 1) for carrying out the method. The invention relates to a method for operating at least one mobile radio transmission/radio receiving device (Intern 1) operating according to a wireless telecommunications standard, particularly a DECT derivative, on a stationary radio transmission/radio receiving device (Basis) operating according to a wireless telecommunications standard, which stationary radio transmission/radio receiving device store at least one list, wherein at least one protocol notification relating to the list is generated by the mobile radio transmission/radio receiving device (Intern 1) and is transmitted (S1, S3, S7) to the stationary radio transmission/radio receiving device (Basis) such that the mobile radio transmission/radio receiving device (Intern 1) manipulates at least parts of the accesses relating to the list by means of the stationary radio transmission/radio receiving device (Basis). The invention further relates to a stationary (Basis) and mobile (Intern 1) radio transmission/radio receiving device having means for carrying out the method.