Peer-to-Peer Network Entity Identification via Cross-Network Data Association

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Solution Overview

Problem

The proliferation of network entity identifiers in communication networks leads to redundancy, ambiguity, and information overload, as users often have multiple identifiers for the same entity across different networks, and existing address translation methods require awareness and access to specific entities or predefined rules.

Innovation Solution

A method that allows a network entity to be identified using entity identification data from a second communication network, enabling identification in a peer-to-peer network by sending an invitation message through a physical communication network and associating the entity with the identification data, allowing the use of entity identifiers from external networks as identifiers within the peer-to-peer network.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If address translators use predefined rules to convert addresses between different address realms, then address translation can be performed, but entities must be aware of translation requirements and access the address translator

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaddress translation capabilityVSAvoidoperational complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables entities to automatically resolve addresses by querying the address realm database using their own identifiers. Each entity can independently perform address resolution without needing to know about translation requirements or access external address translators, making the system self-serving and eliminating operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The address realm database serves multiple functions: it stores entity identifiers from different address realms, provides automatic address resolution, and enables cross-network communication. This universal database eliminates the need for separate address translators for different address realms, simplifying the overall system architecture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the same network terminal has two identifiers (one for conventional network and one for peer-to-peer network), then the terminal can participate in both networks, but this creates redundancy, ambiguity and information overload

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemulti-network participationVSAvoidinformation overload

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple address realms into a single unified address realm database that stores entity identifiers from both conventional networks and peer-to-peer networks. This consolidation eliminates redundancy and ambiguity by providing a single source of truth for all entity identifiers, while still enabling multi-network participation through the unified database.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentEP2039138B1Identifying network entities in a peer-to-peer network

Publication Date: 2019.05.22 GENBAND US LLC

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AI summary

A method and a system for identifying a network entity within a first communication network, using an entity identification data of the network entity in a second communication network. More particularly but not exclusively, identifying a network entity within a peer-to-peer communication network, using an entity identification data of the network entity in an underlying conventional communication network.