Wireless Server Resource Sharing with Privacy Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems for sharing and managing informational content across mobile wireless devices lack efficient mechanisms for secure, privacy-controlled, and synchronized data dissemination, especially in scenarios involving multiple wireless servers and diverse user permissions.

Innovation Solution

A wireless architecture that includes a group coordinator and wireless servers, enabling secure communication and data sharing among mobile devices through a share group arrangement, utilizing unique identifiers and advanced encryption standards, with features like synchronization services and privacy management to control access and dissemination of content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If data is shared across multiple wireless devices and servers, then information accessibility is improved, but security and privacy control become more difficult to maintain

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accessibilityVSAvoidsecurity and privacy control
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments information into shared and private portions, allowing different access levels for different users. The shared portion can be accessed by multiple devices while the private portion remains protected, resolving the contradiction between accessibility and security control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A synchronization manager acts as an intermediary component that controls data flow between wireless devices and servers. It enforces security policies and privacy rules while enabling information sharing, thus maintaining security control while improving accessibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If multiple wireless servers are used to manage data, then data management capability is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata management capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Each wireless server is designed with universal functionality to handle both shared and private information management. This multi-functionality allows multiple servers to work together without requiring additional specialized components, improving data management capability while controlling system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The synchronization manager implements feedback mechanisms that monitor system state and automatically adjust data flow between servers. This feedback control simplifies the management of multiple servers by providing automated coordination, reducing the effective complexity despite increased data management capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Stability of the object's composition

If synchronization is implemented across all devices, then data consistency is improved, but processing time and energy consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata consistencyVSAvoidsynchronization processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different synchronization strategies to different portions of data based on their access patterns. Frequently accessed shared information is synchronized more aggressively, while less critical private information uses lighter synchronization, improving data consistency for critical data while reducing overall processing time and energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP2424194B1Method and system for resource sharing
Publication Date: 2017.04.19 BLACKBERRY LTD
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AI summary

Systems and methods for wireless systems provide a mechanism for resource sharing. In an embodiment, private informational content associated with a single user is accessed. Shared informational content associated with the single user and another user may also be accessed. The private informational content and the shared informational content are displayed on a same user interface for the single user. Other embodiments are described and claimed.