IoT Device Registration Session Negotiation and Termination

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Solution Overview

Problem

IoT devices face inefficiencies in server infrastructure usage due to the need to maintain registration sessions until authentication information is received, leading to unnecessary resource allocation and potential delays in the registration process.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a method where IoT devices and servers negotiate the activation of a second session for registration during a first session, allowing the server to terminate the session after validating registration information without waiting for mobile input, thus enabling the device to lead the registration process independently.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the server maintains a registration session until authentication information is received from the portable device, then the registration process can be completed, but server infrastructure efficiency deteriorates due to unnecessary resource allocation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveregistration completionVSAvoidserver infrastructure efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the registration process into two separate sessions: a first session for device initialization and a second session for authentication information receipt. This segmentation allows the server to terminate the first session after validation, freeing resources while ensuring reliable registration completion through the second session.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The server performs preliminary validation of registration information during the first session before the portable device sends authentication information. This preliminary action allows the server to terminate the first session early, improving infrastructure efficiency while maintaining registration reliability through subsequent authentication in the second session.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If the server maintains a registration session for the time spent waiting for mobile input, then authentication can be processed, but resource allocation increases unnecessarily

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthentication processingVSAvoidresource allocation
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the registration process into distinct sessions: the first session handles device initialization and registration information validation, while the second session handles authentication information receipt. This allows the server to terminate the first session after validation, reducing resource allocation while ensuring reliable authentication processing continues in the second session.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Productivity

If the device leads the registration process independently, then server infrastructure requirements decrease, but session management complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveserver infrastructure efficiencyVSAvoidsession management
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic device autonomously manages the registration process by initiating both sessions, negotiating session activation with the server, and coordinating the transition from the first to the second session. This self-service approach reduces server infrastructure requirements while the device's session management capabilities handle the increased complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11032376B2Electronic device for controlling registration session, and operation method therefor; and server, and operation method therefor
Publication Date: 2021.06.08 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a wireless communication circuit; a processor that is operatively connected to the wireless communication circuit; and a memory that is operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory can store commands that allow the processor, when executed, to negotiate with a server about activation of a second session for registering the electronic device during a first session for registering the electronic device, to deactivate the first session, to activate the second session based on the negotiation result, to receive a message indicating a registration result of the electronic device from the server during the second session, and to output a notification indicating the registration result of the electronic device. Various embodiments are possible.