Mobile Web Server Gateway Context Indexing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for accessing and configuring mobile Web servers fail to account for their context and location, limiting the ability of requesting entities to customize content and access mobile Web server data effectively, as they are typically managed by dedicated professionals and lack personalization options.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilizes a gateway to index and provide access to mobile Web servers based on their context-specific attributes, allowing requesting entities to select and customize content from mobile Web servers hosted by the gateway, which includes location-based indexing and personalized data delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional search engines and registries are used to locate mobile Web servers, then basic content indexing is achieved, but context and location information of mobile Web servers is ignored
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a gateway as an intermediary component between mobile Web servers and conventional search engines. This gateway captures and indexes context and location information that would otherwise be lost, while maintaining compatibility with existing search mechanisms. The gateway acts as a mediator that enriches the information available to search engines without requiring fundamental changes to their operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If stationary Web server administration is maintained with dedicated professionals, then reliable content management is achieved, but personalization and adaptability to requesting entities' needs is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables mobile Web server administrators to personally configure and customize their own server content based on the needs of requesting entities. Instead of requiring dedicated professionals to manage each server, the system allows owners to perform self-service configuration through the gateway interface. This empowers individual users to adapt their content while maintaining operational simplicity through standardized interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic configuration capabilities that allow mobile Web servers to adapt their content and services in real-time based on requesting entities' needs. The gateway enables dynamic indexing and retrieval of context-specific information, allowing the system to respond flexibly to changing requirements rather than relying on static, pre-configured content.
3Adaptability or versatility
If mobile devices host Web server functionality, then content provider capabilities are enhanced, but conventional access mechanisms become inadequate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal gateway interface that works with both conventional stationary Web servers and new mobile Web servers. This gateway provides multi-functional access mechanisms that handle diverse content provider types through a unified interface, maintaining ease of operation while supporting enhanced content provider capabilities. The gateway translates various access requests into appropriate actions for different server types.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for facilitating access to mobile Web servers by any requesting entity from within a network. The mobile Web servers are allocated Uniform Resource Locators (URL), which are discoverable by the requesting entities through conventional use of search engines, service discovery mechanisms, registries, etc. A direct communication link exists between the mobile Web servers and the gateway to allow specific information to be obtained from the mobile Web servers and subsequently advertised by the gateway in the form of an indexed list. The indexed list allows the requesting entities to browse the mobile Web servers sponsored by the gateway for any location specific content/data that may be of interest to the requesting entities. The mobile Web servers facilitate the ability for the requesting entities to influence the content/data that is offered by the mobile Web servers.