LAN Gateway Wearable Device Selection for Call Success
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Solution Overview
Problem
In local area networks, especially in large environments like homes or offices, users often face difficulties in communicating with others due to uncertainty about whether the called party is carrying a communications device and their location, leading to failed call attempts.
Innovation Solution
A message sending method in a local area network that involves a local area network gateway receiving a service request, sending a prompt message to a wearable device with a list of supporting devices, and establishing a communication connection between the requesting device and the selected device, ensuring accurate communication even when the called party's device status and location are unknown.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional calling methods are used in large local area networks, then communication can be established when the called party is known, but failed call attempts increase when the called party's location or device status is unknown
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by proactively pushing device status and location information to the called party's wearable device before a call is attempted. This allows the calling party to see real-time availability status and make informed decisions, preventing failed call attempts and reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously updating the calling party about the called party's device status and location through push notifications. This real-time feedback enables dynamic adjustment of communication attempts, improving call success rate by avoiding calls when devices are unavailable.
2Ease of operation
If extension telephones are installed in different rooms, then communication can be established when location is known, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable device serves multiple functions including receiving push notifications about device availability, displaying location information, and enabling communication initiation. This multi-functional approach replaces the need for multiple specialized extension telephones in different rooms, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway acts as an intermediary that consolidates information from multiple devices and locations, processing and relaying relevant status information to wearable devices. This centralizes the complexity in the gateway rather than requiring distributed extension telephones, simplifying the user interface while maintaining comprehensive coverage.
3Ease of operation
If users talk loudly to communicate across large areas, then communication can be maintained without moving, but harmful factors increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces the mechanical approach of loud talking with an electronic information system. Wearable devices receive and display digital notifications about device availability and location, eliminating the need for acoustic amplification and thereby removing noise disturbance as a harmful factor while maintaining communication convenience.
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AI summary
A method includes: after receiving a service request that is sent by a first device connected in a local area network and that includes a called object identifier and a service type, sending, by a local area network gateway, a prompt message including a list of second devices supporting the service type to a wearable device corresponding to the called object identifier, then obtaining information about a second device selected by a user by using the wearable device, and establishing a communication connection that is between the first device and the second device and that supports the service type, so that the first device communicates with the second device.