Remote Home Gateway Controller Pluggable Service Module
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home gateways are unable to efficiently support compatibility with various types of terminals and adapt to different application environments, requiring frequent upgrades and increased hardware processing capacity, which they cannot adequately meet.
Innovation Solution
A remote home gateway controller utilizing a cloud server or remote server to handle service logic processing, allowing for a single upgrade and enhanced hardware performance, enabling better compatibility with multiple terminals and adaptability to diverse environments through a processing module and control module that generate and send terminal control data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple home gateways are arranged to control different terminals, then compatibility with different terminals is improved, but device complexity and management difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single home gateway with a pluggable service module that can adapt to control different types of terminals. The service module acts as a universal interface that can be configured for various terminal types (air conditioners, refrigerators, televisions, etc.), allowing one gateway to perform multiple functions rather than requiring separate gateways for each terminal type.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies segmentation by separating the service logic into an independent pluggable service module that can be independently developed, updated, and installed. This modular architecture divides the home gateway system into core gateway functions and extensible service components, allowing the service module to be customized for different terminals without affecting the core gateway infrastructure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If home gateway hardware processing capacity is increased to handle more terminal types, then adaptability is improved, but cost and hardware complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex service processing logic from the core gateway hardware and places it in a separate pluggable service module. This extraction allows the main gateway to maintain simpler hardware specifications while still supporting multiple terminal types through the removable service module, which contains the specialized processing capabilities needed for different terminal protocols and control logic.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by making the service module pluggable and dynamically replaceable. Instead of requiring high fixed hardware capacity built into the gateway, the system dynamically loads only the service modules needed for currently connected terminals. The service module can be inserted or removed based on which terminals are present, allowing the hardware to operate at lower capacity when fewer terminal types are supported.
3Adaptability or versatility
If service logic is expanded to support more terminal types, then compatibility is improved, but upgrade complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the service logic into independent pluggable modules that can be developed, tested, and upgraded separately. Each service module can be customized for specific terminal types without affecting other services. When upgrades are needed, only the relevant service module needs to be updated rather than the entire gateway system, significantly reducing upgrade complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The service module is designed to be self-contained with its own service logic and configuration, allowing it to be independently deployed and managed. The module can automatically detect which terminals are connected and load the appropriate service logic, reducing the need for manual configuration and simplifying the upgrade process since modules can be replaced without complex system reconfiguration.
4Ease of manufacture
If home gateway hardware performance is limited, then cost is reduced, but ability to meet expanding terminal control requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by implementing a pluggable service module architecture that allows the gateway's functional capacity to dynamically adapt to requirements. The gateway hardware can be designed with moderate, cost-effective specifications, and the service module is inserted only when additional terminal compatibility is needed. This dynamic approach allows the system to scale capabilities without permanently increasing hardware cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The service module serves as a universal adapter that enables a single cost-effective gateway hardware platform to support multiple terminal types. Rather than designing expensive high-performance gateways for every possible terminal scenario, the universal gateway with pluggable service modules achieves the same adaptability at lower cost by sharing common hardware resources across different service configurations.
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AI summary
The present invention discloses a remote home gateway controller, a home gateway, a terminal and a terminal control method. Terminal control data used for controlling the terminal is generated by the remote home gateway controller, then the terminal control data is sent to the home gateway, and control of the terminal is implemented by the home gateway according to the terminal control data. That is, the home gateway in the present invention may be executed by the remote home gateway controller without logic operation or other processing. Thus, when the home gateway needs upgrading for being compatible with a plurality of terminals or for adapting to different application environments, it is merely required to conduct a single upgrade on the remote home gateway controller. In addition, the remote home gateway controller has better hardware performance than existing home gateways and tends to "unlimited" expansion capability, and thus can better complete more complex service logic processing and better meet function expansion and other requirements, and is better compatible with various types of terminals and better adapts to different application environments than existing home gateways.