Overlay Network Peer Negotiation for Area Service Preferences
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for controlling common area services, such as temperature, in environments with disparate mobile devices fail to ensure user anonymity and privacy, as they often require centralized systems to identify and collect individual preferences.
Innovation Solution
A method where local peer devices join an overlay network to identify and negotiate a common preference for area services without revealing individual identities, using local preferences obtained from user interfaces or device profiles, and communicate this preference to infrastructure components while re-negotiating as needed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a centralized system is used to collect individual preferences from mobile devices, then service control capability is improved, but user anonymity and privacy are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary negotiation mechanism where devices exchange preference information through multiple indirect interactions rather than direct reporting to a centralized system. The preference information passes through intermediate devices in the network, preventing any single entity from directly obtaining complete individual preference data while still enabling service control through aggregated negotiated preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the preference collection process into distributed peer-to-peer negotiations rather than centralized collection. Each device independently negotiates preferences with its neighbors in the network, breaking down the monolithic preference gathering into smaller, privacy-preserving local interactions that collectively achieve service control.
2Adaptability or versatility
If individual preferences are directly shared with infrastructure systems, then service personalization is improved, but information security deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses intermediary devices to relay preference information through indirect paths. Individual preferences are not directly transmitted to infrastructure systems but are instead negotiated through intermediate peer devices that obscure the original source, maintaining service personalization while reducing information security risks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the direct one-to-many preference transmission model into a multi-dimensional peer-to-peer negotiation network. Preference information flows through multiple dimensional paths across the network rather than along a single direct channel, adding complexity to the information flow path and enhancing security while preserving personalization capability.
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AI summary
Methods and systems may provide for joining an overlay network of a plurality of peer devices and identifying a local preference for an area service available to the plurality of peer devices. Additionally, the local preference may be used to negotiate a common preference for the area service with the plurality of peer devices. In one example, the common preference is a best fit value for the plurality of peer devices on the overlay network.