Wireless Device Integrating Cellular Networks for Vehicle Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle and home security systems rely on exclusive service providers, leading to high costs, limited functionality, and increased vulnerability to unauthorized access, with existing solutions requiring complex installations and additional fees for features like GPS location tracking and remote control capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A wireless device (Dev) that integrates with cellular networks, allowing direct communication between smartphones and security systems without third-party routing equipment, enabling remote monitoring, control, and alerting of unauthorized events, with features like GPS tracking, toll payment, and vehicle control, using a unique mobile security key for secure communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If exclusive service providers are used for vehicle and home security systems, then service reliability is improved, but system cost increases and device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless device integrates multiple functions including GPS tracking, remote control, monitoring, and communication capabilities into a single unit that can work with multiple service providers. This eliminates the need for separate systems for each function and reduces dependency on a single exclusive provider, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining reliability through multi-provider compatibility
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a provisioning server as an intermediary that manages communication between the wireless device and multiple cellular service providers. This mediator handles network selection, authentication, and data routing, allowing the device to work with different providers without increasing complexity at the device level, thus maintaining reliability while reducing overall system complexity
2Reliability
If third-party routing equipment is used, then service reliability is improved, but installation cost increases and device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the routing and provisioning functions from physical third-party equipment and implements them as software-based solutions running on the wireless device itself and on remote servers. This eliminates the need for additional hardware installation while maintaining reliable data routing through virtual network functions, thereby reducing installation complexity and device complexity while preserving service reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The invention replaces mechanical/physical routing equipment with software-based network protocols and digital communication pathways. Data is routed through cellular networks and internet protocols rather than physical hardware intermediaries, eliminating installation complexity while maintaining reliable communication through established network infrastructures
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple service providers are supported, then adaptability is improved and service cost is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The provisioning server acts as an intermediary that manages the complexity of multiple service provider connections. It handles authentication, network selection, and data routing between the wireless device and various cellular providers, allowing the device to support multiple providers without increasing its own complexity. The server abstracts the multi-provider interface, maintaining adaptability while centralizing management complexity externally
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless device is designed with universal communication capabilities that can interface with multiple cellular service providers through standardized protocols. This multi-functionality is achieved through software-based network stacks that can adapt to different providers without requiring additional hardware or complex device configuration, thereby improving adaptability while keeping device complexity manageable
4Adaptability or versatility
If GPS tracking and remote control features are added, then functionality is improved, but service cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines GPS tracking, remote control, monitoring, and communication features into a single integrated wireless device that operates through unified software protocols. These previously separate functionalities are merged into one device with a single service interface, improving overall functionality while reducing service package complexity by eliminating the need for multiple separate service subscriptions and hardware components
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AI summary
A system for programming, controlling and monitoring wireless networks enabling a wireless device (Dev) being utilized and integrated into car electronic control module or home (or business) alarm/security system. This system also presents a general control (robotic) device, which controls general input and output functions, where plurality of cellular handsets, internet devices can co-control, monitor, share and exchange information through the cellular, the internet networks and other wire/wireless network.