Client Data Sharing Across Networks via a VPN Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Client devices face limitations in sharing data across different networks due to access restrictions and network settings, hindering efficient data exchange, especially when attempting to access secure information or services.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a virtual private network (VPN) server that manages data sharing among client devices by bonding multiple channels from various networks, including Wi-Fi and cellular, to create a bonded data stream, enabling direct data transfer between devices and optimizing data connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a client device attempts to access secure information or services on a remote server, then data access capability is improved, but network access restrictions and settings limit the ability to share data with other client devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a VPN server as an intermediary that mediates between client devices and remote servers. The VPN server receives data from a remote server in response to a request from a first client device, then forwards this data to a second client device. This intermediary approach allows data sharing between client devices while maintaining the security and access control mechanisms of the remote server, thus resolving the contradiction between data access capability and data sharing capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If data is shared through a VPN server, then data sharing is enabled across different networks, but data transfer efficiency and speed are reduced due to routing through the server
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the data transfer process into two distinct phases: (1) initial data retrieval from the remote server through the VPN server, and (2) direct peer-to-peer data sharing between client devices. Once the VPN server receives and processes the initial data request, it enables direct communication channels between client devices for subsequent data transfers. This segmentation allows the system to benefit from both the security of server-mediated access and the speed of direct device-to-device transfer.
3Reliability
If client devices operate on different Wi-Fi networks, then network independence and security are maintained, but direct data sharing between devices is prohibited or limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal data sharing mechanism that operates across multiple independent Wi-Fi networks through the VPN server infrastructure. The VPN server acts as a multi-functional platform that can (1) receive data from remote servers, (2) store and manage this data, and (3) distribute it to any authorized client device regardless of which Wi-Fi network the device is connected to. This universal approach maintains the independence and security of each local network while enabling cross-network data sharing capabilities.
Data Source
AI summary
One example may include communicating, via a mobile device, with a router of a Wi-Fi network and a base station of a cellular network, identifying, via the mobile device, another mobile device operating on the Wi-Fi network, transmitting, via the mobile device, a request for data to the another mobile device, and the request is transmitted to the router, and responsive to the request being approved by the another mobile device, receiving, via the mobile device, data from the another mobile device.