Grouped Processing Systems Cycling Advertiser Listener Sleep States
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional computer processing systems face challenges in connecting without user interaction, especially in emergency or natural disaster situations where traditional communication infrastructure may be unavailable, and they often waste energy by continuously advertising or listening without alternating states effectively.
Innovation Solution
The method involves assigning processing systems to groups that cycle through advertiser, listener, and sleep states using offset time periods, allowing connections between groups in different states to conserve energy and establish connections automatically, and using a generic transport protocol over Bluetooth Low Energy to transmit data streams without manual pairing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If processing systems continuously advertise or listen without alternating states, then connection reliability is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic action by dividing processing systems into groups that cycle through advertiser, listener, and sleep states at different offset times. This periodic state alternation allows systems to maintain connection opportunities while conserving energy during sleep periods, directly resolving the contradiction between connection reliability and energy consumption.
2Use of energy by moving object
If processing systems use offset time periods to cycle through states, then energy consumption is reduced, but connection establishment complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing processing systems into multiple groups with different offset times. This segmentation simplifies the overall system complexity by organizing devices into manageable segments that follow predictable cycling patterns, making the connection establishment process more systematic despite the periodic state changes.
3Ease of operation
If automatic connections are implemented without user interaction, then ease of operation is improved, but connection reliability may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by enabling processing systems to automatically establish connections without user interaction. The systems autonomously cycle through advertiser, listener, and sleep states, and automatically form connections when conditions are met, providing both ease of operation and maintained reliability through the structured group-based approach.
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AI summary
Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes assigning each of a plurality of processing systems to one of a plurality of groups. Each group of the plurality of groups cycles, based on an offset time period, between an advertiser state, a listener state, and a sleep state. The method further includes connecting a first processing system of a first group of the plurality of groups to a second processing system of a second group of the plurality of groups when the first group is in one of the listener state or the advertiser state and the second group is in the other of the listener state or the advertiser state.