Context-Aware Mobile-Domain Communication With Proximity Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing IoT technologies lack efficient methods for dynamically adjusting communication modes and contexts between domains and mobile devices based on user profiles and proximity, leading to suboptimal user experience and security in scenarios like real estate sales or business interactions.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses a server to determine communication modes (wide or local area) and contexts based on user profiles, sending alerts and assigning tokens for communication, and switching to local area communication when the user is in proximity, integrating local devices and augmented reality for secure and personalized interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If wide area communication is used for all user interactions, then communication coverage is improved, but security and user experience deteriorate when users are in proximity of the domain
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically switches communication modes between wide area and local area based on user proximity to the domain. When a user is remote, wide area communication (e.g., cellular, Wi-Fi) is used for broad coverage. When the user approaches the domain boundary, the system transitions to local area communication (e.g., Bluetooth, NFC, peer-to-peer Wi-Fi) to enhance security and user experience. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by optimizing both coverage and reliability according to real-time spatial conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different communication quality standards to different spatial zones. Remote interactions use wide area communication protocols, while proximity interactions use local area communication protocols with enhanced security features. This local quality differentiation ensures that communication methods are optimized for their specific operational context, improving both coverage and security appropriately for each scenario.
2Reliability
If local area communication is used when user is in proximity, then security and user experience are improved, but communication coverage deteriorates for remote users
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs dynamic communication mode selection that adapts to user location. Remote users automatically connect via wide area communication networks ensuring broad coverage, while users entering the domain boundary trigger a switch to local area communication for enhanced security. This dynamic behavior ensures both coverage and security requirements are met simultaneously through context-aware protocol selection.
3Device complexity
If communication mode is fixed, then system complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different user scenarios deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes communication parameters (protocol type, transmission power, security level) based on user proximity and scenario context. A server coordinates these parameter changes by monitoring user location and instructing domain devices to switch between communication modes. This parameter-based adaptability allows the system to respond to different scenarios without requiring fundamentally different system architectures, balancing complexity and versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that manages communication mode transitions. The server receives location information, determines appropriate communication modes, and coordinates switches between wide area and local area communication. This intermediary simplifies the complexity by centralizing decision-making logic, allowing individual domain devices to follow straightforward instructions rather than implementing complex autonomous decision-making algorithms.
4Adaptability or versatility
If user profile information is obtained and analyzed, then personalized communication is improved, but information processing requirements and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary that handles user profile information processing and analysis. Domain devices send minimal data (e.g., user identifier, location) to the server, which then determines appropriate communication modes and personalization parameters. This distributes the processing complexity to the server infrastructure rather than requiring heavy processing capabilities at each domain device, enabling personalized communication while managing system complexity through centralized intelligence.
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AI summary
A method, system, computer readable storage medium, or apparatus provides for obtaining first information of a user (e.g., a user profile), wherein the user may be associated with a mobile device; based on the first information of the user, determining whether to communicate with the user via local area communication or wide area communication (e.g., a communication context) during a first period; determining to communicate via wide area communication during the first period; based on the determining to communicate via the wide area communication during the first period, sending an alert to invite the user associated with the mobile device to communicate with a remote domain (e.g., a remote physical location, such as a home, business, park, etc.); and based on acceptance of the invite, assigning a token for the user associated with the mobile device to further communicate with the remote domain.