IoT Appliance Extended-Capability Messaging Edge Relaying
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current messaging systems for IoT devices face challenges such as messages not being relayed to further destinations, lack of easy automated sending, messages not being verbalized for recipients, absence of GPS location information, and non-integration with sensor or actuator data, which limits their effectiveness in IoT sensor-based applications.
Innovation Solution
The Extended-Capability Messaging Appliance (ECMA) enables secure, multi-modal message delivery (text and audio) with GPS coordinates, directly interacting with sensors and actuators, and supports edge computing, allowing for immediate notification and instruction-based actions without relying on central servers, integrating with various IoT ecosystems and standards like OPC UA.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If messages are sent through central servers, then message delivery is reliable, but server load increases and response time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The messaging system is segmented into multiple distributed ECMA nodes that can independently relay messages to each other, eliminating the single-point bottleneck of central servers. Each node maintains local message routing capabilities, allowing parallel message processing across the network.
Solution Approach 2:
ECMA appliances act as intermediary devices between sensors/actuators and end recipients. These intermediaries cache and forward messages locally, reducing direct traffic to central servers while maintaining reliable delivery through the appliance network.
2Loss of time
If ECMA appliances are deployed at edge locations, then response time improves and server load decreases, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
ECMA appliances are designed as universal edge devices that can perform multiple functions: message relaying, sensor data processing, actuator control, and local recipient notification. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems into a single appliance type.
Solution Approach 2:
ECMA appliances autonomously determine message routing, cache messages locally, and notify recipients without requiring constant central server coordination. The appliances self-manage their message queues and relay decisions, reducing control complexity.
3Loss of information
If messages include GPS coordinates and sensor data integration, then message relevance improves, but message size and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system selectively adds GPS coordinates and sensor data to messages based on local context and recipient needs. Not all messages include all data types - the ECMA appliances determine which information is relevant for each specific message and recipient.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements partial data inclusion - only the necessary subset of sensor data and location information is attached to each message based on the specific use case, rather than always including complete datasets.
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AI summary
To effectively operate in an increasingly prolific Internet of Things environment one best has the ability to message, whether messaging device status, actions taken, recommendations for actions or other information to those with a need to know or containing instructions for device execution. Traditional messaging of various types such as texting and e-mail typically are limited in that they can neither provide automatic audio output at the recipient nor can they may be automatically relayed or contain execution instructions for target devices. The present invention is an Appliance that communicates with other IoT devices such as sensors and actuators and regional or central servers using Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) or Normal Power Wide Area Network (NPWAN) protocols that provides Extended-Capability Messaging provides these capabilities that can include artificial intelligence and optionally configured in a secure version.