Smart Device Operating Environment Replication Across Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users cannot control smart devices in an unregistered home network even though they have a registered home network with similar devices, limiting convenience when visiting unregistered networks.
Innovation Solution
A method that detects compatible devices in an unregistered network, installs system images, and provides a user interface to control these devices, allowing seamless operation similar to the registered network through system image installation, management interface, or virtual machine.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user visits an unregistered home network, then the user can access the network, but the user cannot control smart devices in the unregistered network
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the copying principle by creating a virtual replica of the registered home network's operating environment and installing it on compatible smart devices in the unregistered network. This virtual copy includes the same system image, user interface, and control mechanisms, allowing users to interact with devices in the unregistered network as if they were in the registered network, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and network adaptability
2Reliability
If the home network service is provided only in registered networks, then the service can be reliably maintained, but the service cannot be accessed in unregistered networks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a gateway as an intermediary component that bridges the registered and unregistered networks. The gateway receives control signals from the user's mobile device, translates them into device-specific commands, and forwards them to the smart devices in the unregistered network. This intermediary mechanism allows the reliable registered network service to extend to unregistered networks without compromising service stability
3Ease of operation
If system images are installed on compatible devices, then the operating environment is replicated, but the process requires device detection and compatibility selection
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by having the mobile device automatically detect available smart devices in the unregistered network, identify compatible devices based on pre-stored compatibility information, and select appropriate system images without requiring manual user intervention. The system autonomously manages the complex process of device detection, compatibility matching, and environment replication, thereby maintaining ease of operation while managing device complexity
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure is related to providing an operation environment of a registered network having first devices to a user in an unregistered network having second devices. In order to provide, the second devices in the unregistered network may be detected when user equipment associated with the user enters a service area of the unregistered network. As compatible devices, devices compatible with the first devices in the registered network may be selected from the detected second devices. Then, system images of the first devices compatible with the selected compatible devices may be obtained. The obtained system images of the first devices may be installed at the selected compatible devices, respectively.