Wireless Device Location via Intermediate Relay Mediation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication systems lack efficient methods for device registration and location determination, particularly in environments with diverse device types and communication protocols, leading to difficulties in accurately tracking and finding devices within complex networks.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for registering devices in wireless communication networks, involving user interfaces that suggest registration locations and names based on device type, proximity, and user association, along with advanced signal processing to determine device positions and transmit attributes securely, using intermediate devices with compatible communication protocols to relay location queries across incompatible networks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If device registration is performed in complex wireless networks with diverse device types and communication protocols, then device tracking capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces intermediate devices as mediators that bridge incompatible communication networks. These intermediate devices receive location queries from one network type and relay them to target devices in different network types, enabling tracking across diverse protocols without requiring the entire system to support all communication methods directly.
Solution Approach 2:
The registration system is designed to handle multiple device types and communication protocols through a universal registration process. The system can register various devices (wearable, mobile, stationary) with different communication capabilities using a common framework, allowing the system to adapt to diverse device characteristics without requiring separate registration mechanisms for each device type.
2Measurement precision
If location determination is performed across incompatible communication networks, then location accuracy is improved, but communication compatibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Intermediate devices serve as compatibility layers between incompatible networks. They receive location queries from devices in one communication network and forward them to target devices in different networks, enabling location determination across protocol boundaries while maintaining accuracy by preserving the original query intent and relaying precise location data back through the same intermediary path.
3Manufacturing precision
If suggested registration location is provided based on device proximity, then registration accuracy is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by determining suggested registration locations in advance based on device proximity and historical data. When a device needs registration, the system has already prepared location suggestions by analyzing current device positions and past registration patterns, allowing quick presentation of pre-computed options to the user without requiring complex real-time calculations during the actual registration moment.
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AI summary
A system includes: an interface; and a processor configured to: receive one or more search criteria from the interface, the one or more search criteria being a first portion of a search query; determine a second portion of the search query based on the first portion of the search query and an association of the first portion of the search query with an entity, the search query being a request for a location of a target device associated with the entity; cause a transceiver of the interface to transmit the search query wirelessly in one or more outbound electronic signals to a first intermediate device; receive one or more inbound electronic signals from the first intermediate device via the interface, the one or more inbound electronic signals including a location of the target device; and cause the interface to provide an indication of the location of the target device.