Hub-and-Spoke Classification System for Digital Twin Development

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current app development platforms are limited in scope, requiring technical expertise and platform-specific design, making it costly and time-consuming to create and deploy applications across multiple devices and operating systems, especially for media-rich content that integrates with 3D, mapping, IoT, AR, and VR, while also lacking comprehensive and extensible solutions for workflow and API brokering.

Innovation Solution

A method for determining a user device's location within a building using a machine-learned location classification model trained with signal profiles, which detects network signals and transmits a signal profile to a backend server for location estimation, enabling location-based services without deep operating system or device expertise, and a system for creating digital twin-enabled applications that leverage real-time data from IoT sources.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If platform-specific design and coding are used for each device type, then device compatibility is improved, but development time and cost increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice compatibilityVSAvoiddevelopment time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal app development platform that can target multiple device types and operating systems simultaneously. The system provides a single development environment that generates applications compatible with mobile devices, PCs, and other endpoints, eliminating the need for separate platform-specific development efforts while maintaining broad device compatibility.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the development process into distinct modules including a development environment, runtime environment, and service layers. This segmentation allows the system to handle different device requirements through modular components rather than requiring complete platform-specific redesigns, reducing development time while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If extensive coding and device expertise are required, then application functionality is improved, but ease of development deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapplication functionalityVSAvoidease of development
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary development platform that sits between the developer and the diverse device ecosystem. This platform provides abstraction layers and standardized interfaces that enable developers to create functional applications without needing deep expertise in specific device behaviors, operating systems, or low-level programming details.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs templates and pre-built components that can be copied and adapted for different application needs. These standardized building blocks provide common functionality across different device types, allowing developers to create complex applications by assembling proven components rather than coding everything from scratch, thus improving ease of development while maintaining functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Reliability

If multiple separate development efforts are used for different operating systems, then platform optimization is improved, but productivity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveplatform optimizationVSAvoiddevelopment productivity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple development efforts into a single unified development environment. The system combines the capabilities of targeting different operating systems and device types into one platform, allowing developers to write code once and deploy to multiple platforms. This merging maintains platform-specific optimizations through configurable runtime environments while dramatically improving overall development productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS20200285912A1Hub-and-spoke classification system and methods
Publication Date: 2020.09.10 UMAJIN INC
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AI summary

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the disclosure relates to an application system and server kit that create and serve digital twin-enabled applications. This disclosure also relates to a hub-and-spoke classification system. This disclosure also relates to a location-based services framework that leverages a generative content process to improve location prediction. This disclosure also relates to virtual reality and augmented reality applications, as well as digital agents that support various types of applications.