Gateway Server for Unified Device Communication Environment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The creation of a unified device communication environment is hindered by disparate technical characteristics among various devices, including different command sets and communication protocols, which complicates the creation of a single network environment for all devices.
Innovation Solution
A device communication environment that includes a gateway server for routing data and commands between electronic devices and a computing environment, using a distributed hash server to identify the appropriate gateway server for each device, and a device registry server to convert requests into formats usable within the computing environment, while also providing device registration and authentication mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a unified network environment is created for all devices, then device interoperability and access to computing resources are improved, but device complexity and difficulty of integration increase due to disparate technical characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a gateway server as an intermediary component that mediates between devices with disparate technical characteristics and the unified network environment. The gateway server receives requests from devices using different command sets and communication protocols, translates them into a standardized format, and routes them to the appropriate computing resources. This intermediary approach enables device interoperability without requiring direct integration between devices of different types, thereby reducing integration complexity while maintaining adaptability.
2Reliability
If device registration and authentication mechanisms are implemented, then security and reliability are improved, but processing time and operational overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements device registration and authentication mechanisms that perform security verification in advance before devices access computing resources. Devices are registered with the gateway server and authenticated using stored credentials before actual communication begins. This preliminary action ensures that security checks are completed beforehand, reducing the time required during actual device operations and minimizing impact on device wake-up times while maintaining communication security.
3Ease of operation
If protocol conversion and request formatting are performed by the gateway server, then ease of operation and device compatibility are improved, but processing overhead and network communication time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the protocol conversion and request formatting functions into a dedicated gateway server component, separating these translation tasks from both the devices and the core computing environment. The gateway server handles protocol conversion, command set translation, and request formatting in a centralized manner. This segmentation improves device compatibility by providing a dedicated translation layer while optimizing network communication time by efficiently managing conversions in a specialized component rather than distributing the overhead across all system participants.
Data Source
AI summary
A computing environment is disclosed that receives from devices requests directed toward services accessible in the environment, and that forwards communications from services in the environment to devices registered with the environment. During a registration process at the environment, devices are assigned a device identifier that is used to identify and authenticate each particular device and requests communicated from and to the device via the environment. The computing environment maintains state information for each device that has been registered with the system. As the device interacts with the system, the state information is updated to reflect the changes in the device. When requests to perform functions are received from devices, the computing environment determines for the particular device and the particular function requested what processing needs to be performed by the environment in response to the request.