Mobile Device Data Sharing via VPN Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
In remote communication environments, mobile devices often face limited and unreliable data access options as they move away from cellular or Wi-Fi coverage areas, leading to diminished data access speeds and increased data degradation.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method where mobile devices can establish a communication session to share data access via a virtual private network (VPN) server, allowing devices to forward and combine data portions from remote servers over common networks, such as cellular and Wi-Fi, to maintain efficient data transfer and mitigate degradation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If mobile devices rely on traditional network connections (cellular/Wi-Fi) for data access, then data access is reliable near coverage areas, but data access speed and reliability deteriorate in remote locations with limited network options
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines data connections from multiple mobile devices to create a bonded connection that aggregates bandwidth and improves reliability. By merging network resources from multiple devices, the system achieves higher data rates and better connection stability in remote areas where individual device connections would be insufficient.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a VPN server as an intermediary to facilitate data sharing between devices. The server receives data on behalf of devices with limited connectivity and forwards it through available connections, enabling reliable data access even when direct device-to-device communication is not possible.
2Adaptability or versatility
If mobile devices operate independently with individual network connections, then each device maintains its own data access, but data rates are limited and connection options are restricted in remote areas
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables mobile devices to serve multiple functions: acting as both data consumers and data providers. Devices can share their network connections with other devices, transforming a single-function device into a multi-functional node that can both access and provide network resources, thereby increasing overall system adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges network connections from multiple devices to create aggregated bandwidth. By combining available network resources from devices in proximity, the system overcomes individual connection limitations and achieves higher data transfer efficiency and more connection options.
3Reliability
If devices share data access through a common network in remote areas, then data rates and reliability are improved, but device complexity increases due to coordination requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The VPN server acts as a central coordinator that manages the complexity of data sharing. It handles connection establishment, data routing, and coordination between devices, thereby reducing the complexity burden on individual devices while maintaining reliable data connections through coordinated sharing.
Data Source
AI summary
One example may include transmitting a request from a first device to a second device to retrieve data from a remote server, and the first device and the second device are operating on a common network, responsive to receiving the request, transmitting a connection request, via the second device, to a virtual private network (VPN) server over a connection between the second device and the VPN server, receiving from the VPN server, via the second device, a portion of the data retrieved from the remote server over the connection between the second device and the VPN server, and transmitting, via the second device, the portion of the data over the common network to the first device, and wherein the first device combines the portion of the data with another portion of the data received from the VPN server.