Wireless Convergence Platform for Portable Broadband Service
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing diversity of mobile applications has led to a multitude of dedicated user devices, resulting in higher costs and complexity for users, with the challenge of providing a single platform that can access the global Internet while minimizing device types and hardware duplication.
Innovation Solution
A wireless convergence platform that enables connectivity between an Internet gateway and devices, allowing for the relay of application services through a portable broadband service, thereby reducing the need for multiple devices and service subscriptions by using a single service plan across multiple devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple dedicated user devices are used for diverse mobile applications, then application functionality and versatility are improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a gateway device that can simultaneously support multiple wireless communication standards (WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular) and protocol suites (TCP/IP, IPX, AppleTalk), allowing a single device to perform functions previously requiring multiple dedicated devices. The gateway provides universal access to various applications including web browsing, email, file transfer, and messaging through one unified platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple communication interfaces and protocol stacks into a single gateway device. The system merges wireless LAN, wireless personal area network, and cellular communication capabilities within one device, along with multiple protocol suites, to create a consolidated platform that replaces multiple separate devices while maintaining all necessary application functionalities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple dedicated user devices are used for diverse mobile applications, then application functionality is improved, but user cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway device provides universal access to diverse applications (web browsing, email, file transfer, messaging) through a single device, eliminating the need for users to purchase and maintain multiple dedicated devices. This multi-functional platform allows one device to replace several, directly reducing hardware costs and service subscription fees for users.
Solution Approach 2:
By merging multiple communication capabilities and protocol support into a single gateway device, the system enables users to access all required applications through one consolidated platform, thereby reducing the total quantity of devices needed and the associated costs for hardware, maintenance, and service subscriptions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a wireless convergence platform relays application services through multiple connectivities, then device versatility is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway device serves as an intermediary between wireless devices and the Internet, managing multiple connectivities and protocol conversions. It mediates communication between different networks and devices, handling the complexity of multiple protocols and connectivities internally while presenting a simplified interface to users, thus enabling device versatility without exposing system complexity to end users.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus and method for providing a portable broadband service, the method comprising enabling a first connectivity between a wireless convergence platform and an Internet gateway; enabling a second connectivity between the wireless convergence platform and at least one device; obtaining an application service through the Internet gateway using the first connectivity; and relaying the application service through the second connectivity to the at least one device.