Interface Server Mediates Wireless Service Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for wireless communication devices face inefficiencies in managing access to multiple servers in a network, leading to increased computational and communication processing cycles due to individual negotiations with each server for service access.
Innovation Solution
A method and system utilizing an interface server to manage access to servers in a network for wireless electronic devices, where the interface server receives service requests, identifies compatible servers, generates access requests, and communicates using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) messages to streamline service negotiations and reduce communication traffic.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a wireless device directly negotiates with multiple servers individually for service access, then service access capability is ensured, but computational processing cycles and communication processing cycles increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an interface server as an intermediary between the wireless device and multiple backend servers. The interface server consolidates service access requests, performs unified authentication, and manages service subscriptions. This mediator approach reduces the number of direct negotiations the device must conduct, thereby decreasing computational and communication processing cycles while maintaining full service access capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple individual server negotiations into a single unified authentication process through the interface server. Instead of the device separately negotiating with each server, all service access requests are combined and handled through one interface, significantly reducing the total number of message exchanges and processing cycles required.
2Reliability
If multiple individual negotiation messages are exchanged between device and servers, then service access is achieved, but communication traffic and battery power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The interface server acts as a mediator that consolidates communication traffic. Instead of the device exchanging multiple individual negotiation messages with different servers, all communication is routed through the interface server, which handles authentication and service management centrally. This reduces the total volume of messages transmitted over the wireless interface, thereby conserving battery power.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple communication streams that would otherwise flow separately between the device and various servers are merged into a single communication channel through the interface server. This consolidation reduces the overall communication traffic and associated energy consumption while maintaining reliable service access.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the device directly manages access to multiple servers, then service control flexibility is maintained, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interface server serves as a mediator that absorbs the complexity of multi-server access management. The device interacts with a single interface server rather than managing direct connections to multiple backend servers, significantly reducing device complexity. The interface server handles service subscription management, authentication, and coordination with backend servers, thereby maintaining service control flexibility without burdening the device.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure described herein relates to a wireless electronic device and method for managing access to a server. The method comprises: receiving from the wireless electronic device a message identifying one or more requested services; accessing a database to identify a plurality of services from a plurality of servers available in the network; analyzing the database to identify a server of the plurality of servers that provides a requested service of the requested services; generating and sending an access request to the server for the wireless electronic device; receiving from the server information relating to the server; and generating and sending a response message to the wireless electronic device providing the information.