Proximity-Based Web Traffic Redirection via Beacon Signals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current 5G mobile networks and IoT devices lack efficient mechanisms for proximity-based redirection of web traffic data, which limits the ability of smart devices to interact with users and adapt their behavior based on proximity, and existing solutions require manual user intervention or changes to standard protocols.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that utilize beacon signals from smart devices to redirect web traffic data by detecting resource locators, allowing mobile devices to automatically configure proxy settings to redirect data to a redirecting device without user input, using technologies like BLE for short-range communication, and discontinuing redirection when the beacon signal is no longer detectable.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If manual user intervention or protocol changes are used for web traffic redirection, then redirection functionality can be achieved, but user convenience deteriorates and system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device automatically detects beacon signals, extracts resource locators, and configures proxy settings without user intervention. The system self-manages the redirection process by monitoring beacon presence and automatically adjusting network configuration based on detected signals.
Solution Approach 2:
A proxy device is introduced as an intermediary between the mobile device and the internet. The proxy receives redirection commands via beacon signals and handles web traffic routing, isolating the complexity from the mobile device while enabling automatic redirection functionality.
2Adaptability or versatility
If beacon signal detection is used for proximity-based redirection, then user interaction capability improves, but implementation complexity increases due to resource locator processing
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device automatically extracts resource locators from detected beacon signals and uses them to configure proxy settings without requiring user input. The system autonomously processes the beacon data, converts it into network configuration parameters, and applies the settings automatically.
Solution Approach 2:
Resource locators are pre-configured in the proxy device, allowing the mobile device to simply detect beacons and automatically match them with the appropriate pre-prepared redirection rules, reducing the complexity of real-time processing.
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AI summary
A mobile device performs a method for proximity-based redirection of data associated with web traffic. The method includes detecting a beacon signal from an external device when in proximity to the external device. The beacon signal contains a resource locator. The method also includes using the resource locator to redirect, to a redirecting device, data associated with web traffic requested by the mobile device from a website. The method further includes discontinuing the redirecting of the data associated with the web traffic when the beacon signal is no longer detected.