Stream Transport Protocol Server Architecture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication systems face challenges in achieving real-time network communications with low computational resource requirements, high connectability across diverse devices and network topologies, and efficient control over data streams, especially in virtual environments.
Innovation Solution
The stream transport protocol supports real-time network communications by managing client communication sessions remotely, configuring audio and graphic rendering engines, and switching data streams in response to server instructions, providing a connection-oriented, encrypted connection with reconnection mechanisms to ensure reliability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional telephony and instant messaging systems are used, then basic voice and text communications can be achieved, but real-time communications performance cannot be achieved with low computational resource requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex stream management functions from the client devices and places them in the server. The server receives stream identifiers from clients, manages the actual stream transport and switching, and only sends minimal control information back to clients. This extraction allows clients to operate with very low computational resources while achieving real-time communications performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary between client devices, managing the stream transport protocol details and coordinating real-time communications. The server receives stream identifiers, establishes connections, switches streams between clients, and handles all the computational complexity, allowing client devices to maintain simple, low-resource operation while achieving high real-time performance.
2Reliability
If connection-oriented encrypted connections with reconnection mechanisms are implemented, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts all connection management complexity including encryption, reconnection mechanisms, and stream switching from the client devices to the server. Clients simply generate stream identifiers and send them to the server, which handles all the complex reliability mechanisms. This extraction maintains high reliability while keeping client device complexity minimal.
Solution Approach 2:
The server performs self-service by automatically managing connection establishment, encryption key distribution, reconnection attempts, and stream switching without requiring complex local implementations on client devices. The server's centralized control enables reliable connections while keeping client complexity low, as clients only need to participate in the simplified identifier-based protocol.
3Adaptability or versatility
If high connectability across diverse devices and network topologies is achieved, then adaptability is improved, but control over data streams becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The server serves as an intermediary that translates diverse network connections from various devices into a unified stream transport protocol. Clients from different devices simply provide stream identifiers, and the server manages the complexity of adapting to diverse network topologies and device types. This maintains high adaptability while giving clients simple control over their data streams through straightforward identifier-based communication.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal stream transport protocol at the server level that can handle multiple device types and network configurations through a single simplified interface. The server's multi-functional capability to manage streams for voice, video, text, and other media types across diverse devices maintains high adaptability while keeping client control simple and consistent.
4Ease of operation
If server manages communication sessions remotely with stream switching capability, then control over communication environments is improved, but network bandwidth consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts stream management and switching functions from distributed client devices to a centralized server. Clients only transmit minimal stream identifiers and control commands, while the server handles all stream routing, switching, and coordination. This extraction dramatically reduces the network bandwidth required for control traffic while maintaining comprehensive control over communication environments.
Solution Approach 2:
The server maintains continuous management of communication sessions and stream switching operations, enabling efficient resource allocation and minimal retransmission. By continuously tracking active streams and pre-establishing switching paths, the system reduces unnecessary network traffic while maintaining full control capability, thereby reducing overall bandwidth consumption compared to distributed approaches.
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AI summary
A stream transport protocol supports realtime network communications between communicants operating on respective network nodes. The stream transport protocol supports remote management of client communication sessions, including provisioning of each pair of client network nodes with a respective session definition defining a respective peer-to-peer session over a network connection between the constituent client network nodes of the pair. The stream transport protocol has relatively low computational resource requirements so that realtime communications performance can be achieved using a wide range of computing devices and network connections that currently are available.