RFID-Based Mobile Device Configuration Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile employees face challenges in seamlessly transitioning their devices between locations due to differing local standards, requiring frequent reconfiguration of settings and application changes, which can be inconvenient and time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
A method utilizing RFID technology to detect mobile client devices at new locations, triggering a workflow or script to automatically adjust configuration settings, ensuring compliance with local standards through an asset database and configuration rule database managed by an administration server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If mobile employees manually reconfigure their devices each time they move to a new location, then the device can comply with local standards, but this process is time-consuming and inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-configures location information and device profiles in advance. When a mobile device enters a new location, the system has already prepared the necessary configuration data, eliminating the need for manual reconfiguration during the transition.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device automatically detects its location and retrieves the appropriate configuration settings from the server without requiring user intervention. The device self-adjusts its settings based on location data, making the reconfiguration process transparent to the employee.
2Reliability
If IT department representatives assist mobile employees with device reconfiguration, then proper device setup is achieved, but this creates administrative burden and delays work
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic self-service reconfiguration where mobile devices autonomously obtain and apply configuration settings based on their location. This eliminates the need for IT representative intervention, allowing employees to immediately begin work after entering a new location.
Solution Approach 2:
A server acts as an intermediary between mobile devices and configuration data. The server automatically manages the distribution of location-specific settings to devices, replacing the need for human IT mediators and enabling instant configuration updates.
3Adaptability or versatility
If device configuration settings are customized for each location, then local standards are met, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a universal configuration framework where a single server manages all location-specific settings. Instead of customizing each device individually for each location, the server provides a unified mechanism that handles diverse configuration requirements through standardized processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The server serves as an intermediary that abstracts the complexity of location-specific configurations from mobile devices. The server manages the intricate details of setting customization while presenting a simple interface to devices, which automatically receive appropriate configurations without understanding the underlying complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates seamless device transitions by automating necessary configuration changes, reducing delays and administrative burdens for both mobile employees and IT departments, allowing focus on higher-level job functions.
Implementation Method 1
In at least one embodiment, a device detector remotely receives a response signal from a vicinity of the device, the response signal being generated and transmitted in response to a corresponding interrogation signal. In at least one embodiment, the interrogation signal is an RFID interrogation signal.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of administering a mobile client device is provided. In an example, notice is received of a device being physically present at a location of interest, an executable work flow or script for implementing a corresponding change to the device is prepared in response to the physical presence notice, and the executable work flow or script is transmitted to the device upon an occurrence of the device initiating a communication with a network so as to enable an agent resident on the device to implement the corresponding change. In an example, a device detector remotely receives a response signal from a vicinity of the device, the response signal being generated and transmitted in response to a corresponding interrogation signal. In an example, the interrogation signal is an RFID interrogation signal.