Administration Server Signal-Based Service Disruption Notification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing communication server systems fail to notify users of the cause when they are unable to provide services related to communication devices, leading to service disruptions without clear explanations.

Innovation Solution

An administration server is designed to receive signals from communication devices, identify issues, and notify users of specific causes for service disruptions by executing notification processes based on the type of information received, including device identification and different types of information signals.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the server receives signals with different information types from communication devices, then the service provision capability is improved, but the complexity of identifying and notifying different service disruption causes increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice provision capabilityVSAvoidnotification process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The notification process is segmented into distinct branches based on the type of information received in signals. The server identifies specific information types (first-type, second-type, third-type) and executes corresponding notification processes for each type, thereby managing complexity through structured segmentation of the decision-making flow while maintaining comprehensive service monitoring capability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The server acts as an intermediary that receives signals from communication devices, analyzes the information types within those signals, and generates appropriate notifications to users. This intermediary role allows the server to bridge the gap between device status signals and user notifications, managing the complexity of cause identification through a centralized mediation process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If the server executes different notification processes for different signal types, then the accuracy of cause notification is improved, but the processing time and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecause notification accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The server is pre-configured with multiple notification processes corresponding to different information types that may be received in signals. By preparing these notification processes in advance and establishing predetermined associations between information types and notification methods, the server can quickly identify and execute the appropriate notification process without requiring complex real-time analysis, thereby reducing processing time while maintaining high notification accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11323429B2Administration server, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for administration server and method executed by administration server
Publication Date: 2022.05.03 BROTHER KOGYO KK
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AI summary

An administration server may receive a first signal from a communication device, the first signal including device identification information, first-type information and second-type information, in a case where the first signal is received, execute a provision process for providing a service, receive a second signal from the communication device after the first signal has been received, wherein the second signal includes the device identification information and the second-type information but does not include the first-type information, in a case where the second signal is received, execute a first notification process, receive a third signal from the communication device after the first signal has been received, wherein the third signal includes the device identification information and includes neither the first-type information nor the second-type information and in a case where the third signal is received, execute a second notification process.