Gateway Feature Extraction via Protocol-Agnostic Configuration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional systems for managing and configuring gateway devices are inflexible and resource-intensive, leading to increased deployment times and communication errors due to the need for redevelopment and redeployment of extraction logic for gateway feature extraction.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a gateway feature extraction manager that is agnostic to protocol and features, using a configuration specification to identify and extract relevant data from communication protocols, allowing real-time updates and reducing resource requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional extraction logic is used for gateway feature extraction, then the system can manage and configure gateway devices, but the system becomes inflexible and resource-intensive requiring redevelopment and redeployment for any changes

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveflexibility of feature extractionVSAvoidcomplexity of extraction logic

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary component (extraction logic layer) that sits between the gateway device and the management system. This intermediary handles all feature extraction operations using a standardized approach, allowing the core system to remain simple while gaining flexibility. The intermediary can be updated without affecting the core management system, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the feature extraction functionality into a separate, modular component that can be independently developed, deployed, and updated. This segmentation allows the extraction logic to be changed without requiring redevelopment of the entire management system, providing flexibility while maintaining system simplicity through clear separation of concerns.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If conventional extraction logic is used for gateway feature extraction, then the system can process communication data, but deployment time increases due to required redevelopment and redeployment

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveefficiency of feature extractionVSAvoiddeployment time

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a dynamic extraction logic that can be updated and reconfigured at runtime without requiring system redeployment. This dynamic capability allows the system to adapt to changing requirements immediately, eliminating the time loss associated with traditional redevelopment and redeployment cycles while maintaining high extraction efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent establishes a preliminary framework with standardized extraction interfaces and protocols that are set up in advance. This preliminary structure enables rapid deployment of new extraction logic without requiring extensive redevelopment, as the foundational infrastructure is already in place to support flexible updates.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If conventional extraction logic is used for gateway feature extraction, then the system can extract features from communication data, but communication errors increase due to resource intensity

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of feature extractionVSAvoidcommunication reliability

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs lightweight, ephemeral extraction logic instances that consume minimal system resources. Instead of maintaining heavy, persistent extraction components, the system uses resource-efficient temporary instances that can be quickly created and discarded. This approach maintains extraction accuracy while reducing resource contention that could cause communication errors, thereby improving reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Data Source

PatentUS12513228B2Framework for gateway feature extraction from communication data

Publication Date: 2025.12.30 AYLA NETWORKS INC

AI summary

A computing device receives a first communication data associated with a communication connection between a gateway device and an internet service provider; determines a communication protocol associated with the communication connection, wherein the communication protocol comprises a plurality of communication features; identifies a data extraction specification associated with the communication protocol, the data extraction specification comprising an instruction identifying a first communication feature of the plurality of communication features to be extracted from the first communication data; analyzes the first communication data using the data extraction specification; and generates a first extracted data based on the analysis, the first extracted data comprising the first communication feature specified in the data extraction specification.