Ultra-Wideband Peer-to-Peer Interaction Splitting via Beacon Mediation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic interaction technologies face challenges in managing interactions involving multiple parties, as they lack the ability to establish and split interactions efficiently among user devices without prior identifying information and authentication.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing peer-to-peer connections with ultra-wideband communication protocols, where an entity device transmits a beacon signal to connect with user devices, requests a server to initiate an interaction session, and determines user device information using universal device identifiers to facilitate interactions and potential splitting among user devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If existing electronic interaction technologies are used to connect multiple user devices, then basic connectivity is achieved, but the system cannot efficiently establish interactions without prior identifying information and authentication
Solution Approach 1:
The entity device serves as an intermediary that receives beacon signals from multiple user devices, determines their group membership, and coordinates the interaction session. This mediator approach allows user devices to connect without direct authentication between them, simplifying the overall interaction establishment process while maintaining security through server-side verification.
Solution Approach 2:
User devices perform preliminary actions by transmitting beacon signals and group determination data before the actual interaction occurs. The server uses this preliminary information to pre-establish the interaction session and allocate resources, eliminating the need for authentication during the actual interaction and improving ease of operation.
2Ease of operation
If peer-to-peer connections are established without prior identifying information, then ease of connection improves, but the ability to manage and track user accounts deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary that receives group determination data from the entity device and uses it to identify and match user accounts. This approach allows peer-to-peer connections to be established easily without prior identifying information exchange between users, while the server maintains accurate tracking of user accounts through the group determination mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of identification from requiring pre-shared user identifiers to using group determination data transmitted during connection establishment. This parameter change enables easier connection while the server transforms this group data into account identification through its matching algorithms, preventing loss of user identification information.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system supports splitting interactions among multiple user devices, then functionality and versatility improve, but the complexity of managing interaction sessions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interaction session is segmented into multiple independent sub-sessions, each associated with a specific user device. The server manages each segment separately using the group determination data to identify participating users, which simplifies the overall management complexity compared to managing a single complex multi-user session while maintaining high adaptability and versatility.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for conducting an interaction through established connections using ultra-wideband comprises a processor associated with a server. The processor is configured to receive a request to initiate an interaction between a grouping and an entity device associated with an entity. The processor is further configured to receive user device information for each user device in the grouping based on universal device identifiers. The processor is further configured to determine an account associated with a user based on comparing the received user device information to the stored user device information. The processor is further configured to transmit the interaction to each user device within the grouping. In response to receiving a request from one of the user devices in the grouping to split the interaction, the processor is further configured to conduct at least a first part of a split interaction with the determined account associated with the user.