Protocol Gateway for Interoperable Data Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices that do not support a specific protocol face difficulties in communicating with external devices that use that protocol, as they cannot directly interpret or transmit data in that protocol without changing it, leading to compatibility issues.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a communication circuit and processor that allows the electronic device to establish connections with external devices using a supported protocol, adding a header based on a different protocol to the data, and generating new data by modifying the header, enabling the transmission of data through an intermediary device that supports the original protocol.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an electronic device converts the first protocol into a protocol supported by the electronic device, then the electronic device can communicate using its supported protocol, but another electronic device having received the converted protocol and using the first protocol may have difficulty in interpreting the converted protocol
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a gateway device as an intermediary between devices using different protocols. The gateway maintains the original first protocol data structure while adding a second protocol header, allowing both protocol types to coexist without conversion. This resolves the contradiction by enabling protocol compatibility through the gateway mediator while preserving the original protocol information for accurate interpretation by devices using the first protocol.
2Adaptability or versatility
If an electronic device does not support a first protocol supported by an external electronic device, then the electronic device cannot directly communicate with devices using the first protocol, but converting the protocol causes interpretation issues for other devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested protocol structure where the second protocol header is added outside the original first protocol data structure. The first protocol data remains intact and nested within the second protocol framework. This allows the electronic device to support the second protocol while preserving the original first protocol data for reliable interpretation by devices that use the first protocol, resolving both adaptability and reliability requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a communication circuit, at least one memory, and at least one processor, which is electrically connected to the communication circuit and the at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory, when executed, can store instructions allowing the at least one processor to: connect to a first external electronic device through the communication circuit; include a header based on a second protocol in first data generated in order to be transmitted to a second external electronic device by a first application using a first protocol; generate second data in which at least a part of the header based on the second protocol is changed; and transmit the second data to the first external device. Additional various embodiments are possible.