Mobile Messaging Concierge Gateway for Non-Native Service Execution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices have limited capabilities due to being closed platforms, restricting users to only native services, and are unable to handle non-native services such as processing attachments or performing actions with unsupported document formats.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows mobile devices to communicate with a processing device to access and perform non-native services by receiving requests, determining necessary resources, and executing actions using those resources, thereby extending the capabilities beyond what is natively supported.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If mobile devices use closed platforms with pre-installed native services, then device stability and reliability are improved, but adaptability and versatility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a gateway server as an intermediary between the mobile device and external services. The gateway server receives service requests from the mobile device, determines appropriate resources, and executes actions that the mobile device cannot perform natively. This mediator approach allows the closed mobile platform to access external capabilities without compromising its internal stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extends the service capability from the mobile device dimension to the network dimension by implementing a gateway server that operates on a different platform layer. The mobile device remains a closed system, but through the network dimension gateway, it gains access to non-native services such as document processing, attachment handling, and format conversion that exist on the server side.
2Device complexity
If mobile devices support only native services, then device complexity is reduced, but functionality and versatility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway server acts as an intermediary that handles complex service operations externally. The mobile device maintains its simple closed platform structure, while the gateway server assumes the complexity of resource determination, service execution, and result return, enabling enhanced functionality without increasing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts service execution capabilities from the mobile device and places them on the gateway server. By taking out the complex service processing functions from the mobile device, the platform structure remains simple while the extracted functions are performed externally by the gateway server with access to diverse resources.
3Productivity
If attachments are not included with e-mails on mobile devices, then transmission efficiency is improved, but usability and information accessibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway server serves as an intermediary that retrieves attachments from external sources and makes them accessible to the mobile device. When a user receives an e-mail without attachments, the gateway server can fetch the attachments from the sender or designated sources, then deliver them to the user's mobile device, maintaining transmission efficiency while improving accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-fetching and storing attachments on the gateway server before the user needs them. When an e-mail is received, the attachment retrieval process is already initiated or completed by the gateway server, so the user experiences seamless access without waiting for attachment delivery, thus improving ease of operation without compromising transmission efficiency.
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AI summary
A method for performing a service for a mobile device is provided. The method comprises: receiving a request from the mobile device for a service that is not natively supported by the mobile device; determining one or more resources needed to fulfill the request; and performing the service associated with the request using the one or more resources.