Wireless Device Configuration Conflict Resolution System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless networking equipment often experiences hardware and software incompatibilities between different manufacturers, leading to malfunctions that are difficult and time-consuming to resolve, as users must research and implement configuration changes to enable wireless communication.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for identifying and resolving wireless device configuration problems by retrieving configuration information, incompatibility information, and corresponding solutions, and automatically configuring devices to resolve conflicts, allowing for seamless communication across different wireless standards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If wireless devices from different manufacturers are used in a network, then device compatibility and communication capability are reduced, but device selection flexibility and manufacturer variety increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic self-diagnosis and self-configuration of wireless devices. The incompatibility detection module automatically identifies configuration conflicts between devices from different manufacturers, and the configuration modification module automatically applies appropriate configuration changes without requiring manual user intervention, allowing the network to self-resolve compatibility issues.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary incompatibility detection and resolution system that acts as a mediator between wireless devices from different manufacturers. This intermediary system detects configuration incompatibilities and automatically modifies configurations to enable communication, serving as a bridge that facilitates interoperability without requiring changes to the devices themselves.
2Reliability
If manual configuration changes are implemented to resolve incompatibilities, then wireless communication functionality is restored, but user time and effort are significantly consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of configuration incompatibilities before they prevent wireless communication. The incompatibility detection module proactively identifies potential configuration conflicts between devices, and the configuration modification module pre-applies appropriate configuration changes, preventing communication failures before they occur and eliminating the need for time-consuming troubleshooting.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically detects and resolves configuration incompatibilities without requiring user intervention. The configuration modification module autonomously applies appropriate configuration changes based on detected incompatibilities, restoring wireless communication functionality instantly without consuming user time or effort.
3Ease of operation
If configuration information is manually researched and changed, then device incompatibility is resolved, but operational complexity and user burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages configuration information for wireless devices. The configuration information acquisition module automatically collects and stores configuration data from multiple devices, and the configuration modification module automatically applies appropriate changes based on detected incompatibilities, eliminating the need for users to manually research or manage configuration information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary configuration management system that automatically handles the complexity of configuration information. This intermediary system acquires, analyzes, and modifies configuration information as needed, shielding users from the underlying complexity and providing simple automated resolution of configuration issues.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for identifying and resolving problems in wireless device configurations in a wireless network. In one example embodiment, a method for resolving wireless device configuration problems includes various acts including identifying all wireless devices that are wired to a network, retrieving configuration information from each wireless device, retrieving wireless device incompatibility information and corresponding configuration solutions for each wireless device, attempting to contact each wireless device over one or more wireless communication channels in order to determine if one or more wireless capabilities of each wireless device are functioning properly, and determining that the incompatibility information of one of the wireless devices with a malfunctioning wireless capability conflicts with the configuration information of one or more of the wireless devices.