Mobile P2P Application Communication Without Central Server

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing applications on electronic communication devices require a central server for data storage and communication, leading to administrative overhead and additional network infrastructure, which can be burdensome and inefficient.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a peer-to-peer (P2P) system on mobile devices that enables applications to communicate directly without a central server, using existing P2P platforms for messaging and data exchange, allowing applications to manage their own data and communicate efficiently.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a central server is used to store data and enable application communication, then data storage and communication are achieved, but administrative overhead and network infrastructure requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata storage and communication capabilityVSAvoidadministrative overhead and network infrastructure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the central server component from the system architecture and replaces it with a distributed peer-to-peer model where each mobile device maintains its own data locally and communicates directly with other devices, eliminating the need for centralized infrastructure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

Each mobile device in the peer-to-peer network serves itself by storing its own application data locally and managing its own communication protocols, rather than relying on a central server for these functions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If a central server is used for application distribution and data storage, then applications can be deployed and accessed, but network overhead and infrastructure burden increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveapplication distribution and data accessVSAvoidnetwork overhead

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the centralized data storage and application distribution function into distributed components across multiple mobile devices, where each device stores and shares applications and data locally with peers, reducing the need for extensive network infrastructure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The existing peer-to-peer messaging platform acts as an intermediary that enables direct communication and data exchange between applications on different devices without requiring a central server, leveraging already-established communication channels

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS9979679B2System and method for enabling applications to communicate using a peer-to-peer (P2P) system

Publication Date: 2018.05.22 MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LTD

AI summary

A method and system are provided for enabling applications on a mobile device to utilize a peer-to-peer platform on the mobile device. The method comprises providing an interface between an application and a peer-to-peer (P2P) platform on the mobile device; obtaining data from the application; using the P2P platform to include the data from the application in a P2P message; and sending the P2P message to another mobile device to enable a complementary application on the other mobile device to utilize the data from the application.