IoT Notification Router for Proximity-Based Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
In IoT environments, notifications from one IoT device to a user may be hindered when the user is away, due to compatibility issues between different types of IoT devices, leading to challenges in effectively routing notifications across various IoT devices.
Innovation Solution
A management entity within the IoT environment tracks user activity and proximity, routing notifications to nearby IoT devices with appropriate capabilities, using activity and proximity indicators to determine the most suitable device for notification delivery, and translating notifications into formats processable by these devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If notifications are routed through other IoT devices when the user is away, then notification delivery can be maintained, but compatibility issues arise between different types of IoT devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a notification router as an intermediary component that receives notifications from source IoT devices and intelligently routes them to appropriate target devices. This mediator handles the compatibility challenges by translating and adapting notifications between different device types and protocols, ensuring reliable delivery without requiring direct compatibility between source and target devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification router is designed with universal functionality to handle multiple types of IoT devices and notification formats. It can process notifications from various device types (sensors, actuators, smart home devices) and route them to different target devices (mobile phones, tablets, other IoT devices), making the system adaptable to diverse device ecosystems.
2Loss of time
If notifications are routed to IoT devices based on user proximity, then timely notification delivery is improved, but the system complexity increases due to tracking and routing logic
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by continuously tracking user proximity and pre-determining which IoT devices are currently near the user. This advance preparation allows the notification router to immediately route notifications to the appropriate nearby device without delay, reducing notification delivery time while managing complexity through proactive rather than reactive routing decisions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where IoT devices report their status and user proximity information back to the notification router. This feedback loop enables the router to make informed routing decisions based on real-time conditions, optimizing notification delivery while maintaining manageable system complexity through structured information flow.
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AI summary
The disclosure relates to mechanisms that may be used to route notifications in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment according to user activity and/or proximity detection. More particularly, in various embodiments, an entity that manages the IoT environment may receive one or more messages, actions, or responses that indicate detected activity or detected proximity associated with one or more users from one or more IoT devices in the IoT environment. The management entity may then establish an activity and proximity trail from the one or more messages, actions, or responses that indicate the detected activity or the detected proximity, whereby in response to an IoT device reporting one or more notifications, an IoT device in proximity to at least one of the one or more users may be identified and the one or more notifications may be routed to the identified IoT device.