IoT Communication via Instant Messaging Account Binding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing IoT communication systems incur additional costs due to the need for a logic module in smart electric appliances to facilitate user control and information access, which increases the complexity and expense of IoT communication.
Innovation Solution
An IoT communication method and system that utilizes instant messaging software to bind user and communication end accounts, allowing for the transmission of access and control information between user and source terminals without additional equipment, enabling direct communication between the user end and source terminals via a communication end router.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a logic module is added to smart electric appliances to enable user control and information access, then the functionality and control capability are improved, but the device complexity and manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the control logic from the smart electric appliance itself and relocates it to the user's terminal device (smartphone, tablet, or computer). The appliance only retains simple execution capabilities, while the complex control interface, user authentication, and control logic reside in the user's existing device, eliminating the need for a dedicated logic module in the appliance
Solution Approach 2:
The patent leverages the user's existing terminal device (smartphone, tablet, or computer) which already possesses universal computing capabilities, display, and user interface. This existing device is made multi-functional by adding IoT control capabilities through the communication end, eliminating the need for dedicated control hardware in each appliance
2Adaptability or versatility
If a logic module is added to smart electric appliances to enable user control and information access, then the functionality and control capability are improved, but the manufacturing costs and IoT communication costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the expensive logic module requirement from the appliance and relocates it to the user's existing terminal device. This dramatically reduces appliance manufacturing costs as only simple communication and execution components are needed in the appliance itself
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables the user's existing terminal device to serve dual purposes: its original functions plus IoT control. The user's smartphone or computer already has processing power, display, and interface capabilities, so no additional control hardware needs to be manufactured or deployed
3Ease of manufacture
If direct communication between user end and source terminal is established without additional equipment, then the communication costs are reduced, but the communication reliability and data transmission security may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a communication end (server or cloud platform) as an intermediary between the user terminal and source terminal. This mediator establishes secure communication channels, authenticates users, and relays control commands and data, ensuring reliability and security while maintaining cost-effectiveness by avoiding dedicated logic modules in appliances
Data Source
AI summary
An IoT communication method, including: receiving via an account of the communication end, access information or control information sent from an account of a user end. The access information includes an identifier of a source terminal and an access command which accesses status information of the source terminal. The control information includes the identifier of the source terminal and a control command which controls the source terminal, the account of the communication end and the account of the user end are bound to each other in instant messaging software; sending the access command or the control command to the source terminal specified by the identifier of the source terminal; obtaining source information which the source terminal returns in response to receiving the access command or the control command from the communication end; sending, via the account of the communication end, the source information to the account of the user end.