Appliance Resource Catalog for Streaming Data Transactions

Solution Overview

Problem

Household appliances face inefficiencies in bandwidth usage due to the need for multiple communications with servers to retrieve and process information for transactions, which can hinder their primary functions during transaction processes.

Innovation Solution

Appliances are equipped with a platform to locally store resource information received as streaming data, identifying relevant resources and generating transaction requests using access credentials, thereby reducing the need for frequent server interactions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If appliances communicate with servers to retrieve resource information before transactions, then transaction accuracy and security are improved, but bandwidth usage increases and transaction speed decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransaction securityVSAvoidbandwidth usage

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The appliance performs preliminary actions by storing resource information locally before transactions are needed. The resource information is cached in the appliance's memory or database, allowing the appliance to prepare transaction data in advance without requiring real-time server communication during the actual transaction process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from centralized server-based information retrieval to distributed local storage. Each appliance maintains its own local resource information database, enabling independent transaction processing without continuous server dependency. This localizes the information processing capability to where it is most needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If appliances communicate with servers to retrieve resource information before transactions, then transaction accuracy and security are improved, but transaction initiation speed decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransaction securityVSAvoidtransaction initiation speed

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The appliance performs preliminary actions by storing resource information locally before transactions are needed. The resource information is cached in the appliance's memory or database, allowing the appliance to prepare transaction data in advance without requiring real-time server communication during the actual transaction process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adapts its communication pattern with the server. Instead of continuous or frequent communications, the appliance communicates with the server only when resource information needs to be updated or synchronized. This dynamic approach reduces communication overhead and speeds up transaction initiation while maintaining data accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Measurement precision

If appliances perform multiple communications with servers for transactions, then data accuracy is improved, but appliance productivity for primary functions decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata accuracyVSAvoidappliance productivity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The appliance performs preliminary actions by storing resource information locally before transactions are needed. The resource information is cached in the appliance's memory or database, allowing the appliance to prepare transaction data in advance without requiring real-time server communication during the actual transaction process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of continuous communication with the server, the system uses periodic action where the appliance synchronizes with the server at predetermined intervals or under specific conditions. This periodic synchronization maintains data accuracy while minimizing the impact on the appliance's primary functions and overall productivity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentUS12120369B2Platform for appliance based resource catalog

Publication Date: 2024.10.15 VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION

AI summary

Described herein is a platform for providing a resource catalog local to an appliance device, such that the appliance device is able to generate a transaction related to one or more resources within the resource catalog. In some embodiments, the appliance device may receive resource information within streaming data. For example, the appliance device may receive an indication that a portion of streaming media data is related to a resource. Upon determining that a portion of streaming data is related to a resource, the appliance device may be configured to store the portion of data in relation to the identified resource. A user may retrieve and/or execute the portion of streaming data at a later date. In some embodiments, the user may request that a transaction be conducted with respect to the resource and a corresponding transaction request may be generated by the appliance device.