Profile-Based M2M Content and Services Across Releases
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing M2M/IoT Service Layers face challenges in managing compatibility and overhead due to varying device and application releases, leading to increased code complexity and development costs.
Innovation Solution
Implementing profile-based services and content management to enhance compatibility by defining and applying profiles to M2M Service Layer resources, attributes, and primitives, enabling backward and forward compatibility through system and custom profiles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If M2M/IoT Service Layers support multiple device and application releases, then compatibility is improved, but code complexity and development costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the service layer into multiple profile versions (first profile, second profile, third profile) corresponding to different device and application releases. Each profile is independently defined and applied based on the specific release requirements, allowing the system to support multiple releases without consolidating all compatibility logic into a single complex codebase.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies profiles in a predetermined sequence (first profile, then second profile, then third profile) based on the device and application release versions. This preliminary ordering of profile application ensures that compatibility requirements are met in advance, eliminating the need for complex runtime decision-making and reducing code complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If M2M/IoT Service Layers apply multiple profiles to ensure compatibility, then integration across releases is improved, but processing overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes a predetermined order for applying multiple profiles (first profile, second profile, third profile) based on device and application release versions. This preliminary sequencing allows the service layer to systematically process compatibility requirements without requiring complex runtime analysis, thereby reducing processing overhead while ensuring comprehensive integration across releases.
Data Source
Figure 1~2
Figure 3
Figure 4A~4B
AI summary
Profile based services and content can assist with the backward and forward compatibility of conventional service layers or the like. Using a profile to manage content and access to services offered may reduce the overhead or processing associated with providing those value added services by service layers.