Delegated Communication for Wearable Devices via Host Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable electronic devices face challenges in efficient communication with remote networks due to limitations in their form factor and connectivity, particularly in maintaining reliable and high-strength wireless connections while being aesthetically pleasing and compact.
Innovation Solution
A system that delegates communication from a wearable computing device to a remote network via a host computing device, utilizing a host routing service to encapsulate and transmit data messages using Internet Protocol and transport protocols, enabling communication through personal area networks, including Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy, to facilitate seamless data exchange.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wearable devices establish direct wireless connections to remote networks, then network connectivity is improved, but device complexity and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a host computing device as an intermediary between the wearable device and remote networks. The host device handles complex network communication protocols, IP address management, and data routing, while the wearable device operates with simplified communication primitives. This mediator approach allows the wearable to achieve network connectivity without directly implementing complex networking stack, thus resolving the contradiction between reliability and complexity.
2Reliability
If wearable devices use high-strength wireless connections, then communication reliability is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a communication architecture where the wearable device uses low-power communication modes for local data exchange with the host device, while the host device handles high-power wireless communications with remote networks. The wearable only activates higher-power communication when necessary for data transfer, rather than maintaining continuous high-strength connections, thus achieving partial action that balances reliability with energy efficiency.
3Adaptability or versatility
If wearable devices include full networking capabilities, then communication versatility is improved, but form factor constraints are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts complex networking functionality from the wearable device and relocates it to the host computing device. The wearable device retains only essential communication components for local data exchange, while networking stack, protocol handling, and remote communication capabilities are extracted and implemented in the host device. This extraction allows the wearable to maintain versatility through software-based communication while preserving its compact form factor.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for delegating communication from a wearable computing device to a remote network via a host computing device connected to the remote network include providing a host routing service and a host data communications endpoint at the host computing device. Incoming data message(s) formatted according to an Internet Protocol and destinated for delivery to an application program at the wearable computing device are received via the host routing service. The incoming data message(s) are encapsulated using a transport protocol and transmitted to a data routing service of the wearable computing device. In a reverse direction, outgoing data message(s) destinated for delivery to a remote computing device connected to the remote network and encapsulated in a transport protocol are received via the host routing service. The outgoing data message(s) are de-encapsulated, re-encapsulated using an Internet Protocol, and transmitted to the remote computing device via the remote network.