Master Service Management Module for Multi-Aggregator WLAN Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile devices lack flexibility and efficiency in utilizing multiple aggregator services across different WLAN hotspots, as they require specific client software and login processes for each aggregator, limiting their ability to seamlessly access various wireless networks.
Innovation Solution
A mobile communication device equipped with a 'master' service management module and a prioritized list of multiple aggregator service profiles, allowing it to scan for available networks, select appropriate profiles, and establish connections to access various aggregator services efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional mobile devices use specific client software for each aggregator service, then they can access individual WLAN hotspots, but they lack flexibility and efficiency in utilizing multiple aggregator services across different WLAN hotspots
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal service management module that can manage multiple aggregator services through a single interface. This module maintains a prioritized list of service profiles and can invoke appropriate aggregator service application modules based on the current network context, eliminating the need for separate client software for each aggregator service and enabling flexible access to multiple services across different WLAN hotspots.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple aggregator service management functions into a single service management module. This module integrates the prioritized list of service profiles, the scanning and detection mechanisms, and the invocation logic for different aggregator services, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining the ability to access multiple services efficiently.
2Productivity
If mobile devices require separate login processes for each aggregator service, then authentication can be performed, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-configures a prioritized list of service profiles containing authentication credentials and service parameters for multiple aggregator services. When a WLAN hotspot is detected, the service management module can immediately invoke the appropriate aggregator service application module with pre-loaded authentication information, eliminating the need for users to manually log in to each service and significantly reducing access time.
Solution Approach 2:
The service management module automatically detects the current WLAN hotspot, selects the appropriate service profile from the prioritized list, and invokes the corresponding aggregator service application module without requiring user intervention. This automated self-service mechanism streamlines the authentication process and improves productivity by rapidly connecting to the appropriate aggregator service.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional devices lack centralized management of network selection, then they can connect to WLANs, but they cannot efficiently select and switch between multiple aggregator services
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a service management module as an intermediary between the device's network selection mechanism and multiple aggregator services. This module maintains a prioritized list of service profiles, detects available WLAN hotspots, and automatically invokes the appropriate aggregator service application modules, thereby centralizing management and simplifying the user experience while enabling efficient service selection and switching.
Data Source
AI summary
A communication device is configured to store one or more aggregator service application modules for use in accessing one or more different aggregator, services. Each aggregator service offers access through a plurality of offered wireless networks identified by a plurality of offered wireless network identifiers. The communication device maintains a prioritized list of profiles which include one or more aggregator service profiles associated with the one or more aggregator services. A scanning operation is performed for identifying one or more available wireless networks in a geographic area of the device, for producing a scan list of one or more available wireless network identifiers corresponding to the one or more available wireless networks. One of the aggregator service profiles is selected from the prioritized list, causing one of the aggregator service application modules corresponding to the selected profile to be invoked. The invoked module causes one of the available wireless network identifiers from the scan list that matches one of the offered wireless network identifiers to be selected, if such matching identifier exists. A connection is established with one of the available wireless networks corresponding to the selected available wireless network identifier, for accessing a selected aggregator service corresponding to the selected aggregator service profile.