Cloud Relay for Local Wireless Job Execution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cloud printing services face delays due to the need for print jobs to be transmitted via the Internet, which can be slower than local area network communication, especially when local area information networks are abolished for security reasons, preventing direct job execution within local areas.
Innovation Solution
A job execution service system that uses a cloud side processor to select and instruct wireless network equipment within the local area to relay print jobs between user terminals and printers, bypassing the cloud for faster processing by establishing a wireless connection using communication relationship information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cloud printing service is used to relay print jobs via the Internet, then security is improved by abolishing local area information networks, but job execution speed deteriorates due to slower Internet communication
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces wireless network equipment as an intermediary device that enables direct peer-to-peer communication between information processing apparatus and job execution apparatus within the local area. This mediator allows jobs to be transmitted locally without passing through the cloud, thus maintaining security requirements while achieving faster execution speeds through direct wireless communication.
2Ease of operation
If cloud printing service is used to relay print jobs via the Internet, then device management is simplified by eliminating local network infrastructure, but communication speed deteriorates compared to direct LAN connection
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the communication path into two modes: cloud-based relay for management and coordination functions, and direct wireless peer-to-peer connection for actual job data transmission. This segmentation allows simplified device management through the cloud while achieving high-speed communication through direct wireless links, avoiding the need for traditional local area network infrastructure.
3Reliability
If local area information network is abolished for security reasons, then security is improved, but the ability to execute jobs quickly within local area deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces wireless network equipment as an intermediary that enables secure yet efficient local communication. The wireless equipment acts as a mediator that allows information processing apparatus and job execution apparatus to communicate directly within the local area without requiring traditional wired LAN infrastructure, thus maintaining security protocols while restoring fast job execution capability.
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AI summary
A job execution service system includes a cloud side processor that is connected to each of an information processing apparatus and a job execution apparatus, which is installed in a local area as wireless network equipment having a wireless communication function based on a predetermined wireless communication system, via the Internet and that is configured to perform relay of a job sent from the information processing apparatus to the job execution apparatus in a case where a cloud service is provided, in which the cloud side processor selects relay equipment, which relays the job sent from the information processing apparatus that is an execution request source of the job to the job execution apparatus that is an execution destination of the job in response to an instruction from a user, from among the wireless network equipment by referring to communication relationship information indicating a communicable relationship between the wireless network equipment in the local area, provides equipment identification information necessary for wireless connection with the relay equipment to the execution request source and the execution destination of the job, and instruct the relay equipment to perform the relay of the job from the execution request source to the execution destination of the job instead of performing the relay of the job by the cloud side processor.