Pre-association Content Discovery for Wireless Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless computing devices face inefficiencies in establishing communication links, particularly in the setup and teardown of protocols, which results in wasteful resource consumption and a poor user experience when discovering and sharing media content between devices.
Innovation Solution
Implementing pre-association content discovery techniques that allow wireless devices to transmit content information before establishing a session, enabling users to browse and select media content without the need for lengthy session setup processes, thereby reducing resource consumption and improving user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If wireless devices establish connection and perform content discovery before session setup, then user experience is improved and resource consumption is reduced, but protocol complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs content discovery before establishing the session by exchanging discovery frames during the connection establishment phase. This preliminary action allows devices to identify available content and services before committing to a full session setup, enabling users to make informed decisions about whether to proceed with session establishment, thereby improving efficiency while managing complexity through staged interaction.
2Reliability
If traditional session setup is performed before content discovery, then protocol reliability is maintained, but resource consumption increases and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs content discovery during the connection establishment phase before committing to full session setup. This allows devices to identify available content and services early, enabling users to make informed decisions about whether to proceed with session establishment. By performing discovery beforehand, the system avoids wasting energy on establishing full sessions for content that may not be of interest, thus reducing power consumption while maintaining connection reliability through proper protocol sequencing.
3Reliability
If full session establishment is performed for every discovered service, then service reliability is ensured, but time consumption and overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs content discovery before establishing sessions for specific services. During connection establishment, devices exchange discovery frames to identify available content and services. This preliminary discovery allows users to select only the services they are interested in, avoiding unnecessary session establishment overhead and time consumption for services that will not be used, while ensuring reliability for the selected services through proper session setup.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial session establishment by performing content discovery during connection setup without immediately establishing full service sessions. This partial action allows devices to identify available services and content without committing to complete session establishment for all discovered services. Users can then selectively establish sessions only for services they wish to use, reducing overall time consumption and overhead while maintaining reliability for the selected services.
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AI summary
A first computing device includes: a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: establish a connection with a second computing device, responsive to initiating the connection, perform content discovery with the second computing device; and establish a session of a service responsive to performing content discovery.