Blog Article Compression Based on Popularity and Accessibility

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Solution Overview

Problem

Many blogs have varying levels of activity, leading to inefficient use of storage resources as popular articles require frequent decompression, increasing server load and user wait times due to the need for frequent compression and decompression processes.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that determines which articles to compress based on popularity and accessibility indices, selectively compressing less accessible articles and decompressing them when access is made or when popularity increases, thereby reducing the number of compression and decompression processes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If articles are compressed to reduce storage resource usage, then storage efficiency is improved, but decompression processes increase server load and cause user-perceived delays

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage resource utilizationVSAvoidarticle access speed

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different quality states (compressed vs. uncompressed) to different articles based on their individual accessibility characteristics. Articles with low accessibility are compressed to save storage, while articles with high accessibility are kept uncompressed to ensure fast access. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by optimizing storage for specific articles without compromising overall access performance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent dynamically changes the state of articles between compressed and uncompressed forms based on real-time accessibility metrics and access patterns. The system monitors article accessibility and automatically transitions articles between compression states, making the storage system adaptive rather than static. This dynamic approach allows the system to optimize storage when articles are inactive while ensuring fast access when articles become popular.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of operation

If frequent decompression is performed for popular articles, then article accessibility is improved, but server load increases and process time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvearticle accessibilityVSAvoidserver load

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSUse of energy by stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary actions by proactively decompressing articles before they are accessed when accessibility metrics indicate they are likely to be viewed. The system monitors article popularity and accessibility trends, and preemptively converts compressed articles to uncompressed form in anticipation of upcoming access requests. This eliminates the need for frequent decompression at access time, reducing server load while maintaining high accessibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism that continuously monitors article accessibility metrics, access patterns, and server load conditions. Based on this feedback, the system intelligently decides whether to compress or decompress articles, and when to perform these operations. The feedback loop allows the system to balance accessibility requirements against server capacity, adjusting compression strategies in real-time to optimize both user experience and resource utilization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Speed

If all articles are kept uncompressed, then access speed is improved, but storage resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvearticle access speedVSAvoidstorage resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

SpeedVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11281622B2Information processing device, information processing method, program, and storage medium

Publication Date: 2022.03.22 RAKUTEN GROUP INC

AI summary

An information processing device obtains a first index value which indicates a popularity degree of a blog containing one or a plurality of articles, obtains, for each of the plurality of articles contained in the blog, a second index value which indicates an accessibility to the article, and determines whether or not to compress the article contained in the blog based on the first index value and the second index value.