Mobile Device Message Routing via Orientation-Aware Trusted Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to effectively manage and deliver services to mobile devices based on their location and orientation relative to each other, lacking a trusted intermediary for secure message exchange and policy enforcement.
Innovation Solution
A trusted service system that utilizes location and orientation information from mobile devices to determine relative positions and orientations, acting as an intermediary for secure message delivery and enforcing policies, including credential verification and transformation of messages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a service system delivers services to mobile devices without using location and orientation information, then device complexity is reduced, but service accuracy and relevance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a service system as an intermediary that receives location and orientation information from mobile devices, processes this data, and uses it to determine relative positions and orientations for accurate service delivery. This intermediary approach allows the service system to leverage location data without requiring the devices themselves to be overly complex, resolving the contradiction between system complexity and service accuracy.
2Reliability
If a trusted service system is introduced for secure message exchange and policy enforcement, then message delivery security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a trusted service system as a mediator that handles secure message exchange and policy enforcement between mobile devices. This intermediary performs credential verification, transformation, and delivery under policy constraints, improving security without requiring each device to implement complex security protocols independently.
Solution Approach 2:
The service system performs preliminary actions by verifying credentials and transforming messages before delivery to the destination device. This preliminary processing ensures security and policy compliance are established in advance, reducing the burden on the receiving device and improving overall system reliability.
3Measurement precision
If location and orientation information is collected and processed by the service system, then service coordination accuracy is improved, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary location and orientation information from the mobile devices and processes this extracted data to determine relative positions and orientations. By taking out only the essential information needed for service coordination rather than processing all available device data, the system improves coordination accuracy while minimizing information processing overhead.
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for managing the communication of messages between devices using a service system operating as a trusted intermediary. Information indicative of device location and/or orientation may be communicated to the service system, which may use the information to determine whether a transmitting device is oriented and/or otherwise pointed in the direction of an intended receiving device. The trusted service may enforce policy articulated by the receiving device in connection with the communication of a message from the transmitting device to the intended receiving device.