Communication Device Data Style Conversion via Relay Server
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Solution Overview
Problem
Communication devices face increased power and time consumption when transmitting data to external servers via portal servers, particularly due to larger data sizes and format incompatibilities, leading to errors and increased workload for users.
Innovation Solution
A communication device and portal server system that acquires and converts data style information from the external server, allowing for data conversion before transmission, thereby preventing errors and reducing power and time consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If data is transmitted to the portal server without style conversion, then the transmission process is simple, but data format incompatibility occurs causing transmission errors and requiring retransmission
Solution Approach 1:
The communication device performs preliminary style conversion of data before transmission to the portal server. The converting unit converts the data style in advance based on server information acquired from the portal server, ensuring the data conforms to the external server's requirements before transmission, thereby preventing transmission errors.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback through the acquisition of server information from the portal server about the external server's data style requirements. This feedback loop allows the communication device to adjust its data conversion parameters based on actual server requirements, ensuring compatibility and successful transmission.
2Reliability
If data is converted to match external server style requirements, then transmission errors are prevented, but power consumption and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs style conversion only when necessary and only to the extent required for compatibility. The converting unit processes data selectively based on the acquired server information, converting only the stylistic attributes that differ from the external server's requirements, rather than unnecessarily processing all data aspects.
Solution Approach 2:
By performing conversion in advance before transmission, the system avoids retransmission cycles that would consume additional power. The preliminary conversion ensures single attempts at transmission succeed, reducing overall energy consumption despite the initial conversion cost.
3Reliability
If data is converted to match external server style requirements, then transmission errors are prevented, but transmission time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The converting unit performs style conversion before the data transmission begins. By preparing the data in the correct format in advance, the actual transmission process can proceed without delays for format conversion or retransmission, optimizing the overall time efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous operation by performing conversion and transmission in a streamlined sequence. The acquiring unit, converting unit, and transmitting unit operate continuously to minimize idle time, ensuring the data flows through the system without interruptions for error correction or retransmission.
4Productivity
If the communication device manages target server addresses directly, then data transmission is direct and efficient, but the device must manage address changes and maintain updated information
Solution Approach 1:
The portal server acts as an intermediary between the communication device and the external server. Instead of the communication device managing direct connections to external servers, it simply communicates with the portal server, which handles the routing and style conversion to the appropriate external server, simplifying the device's address management.
Solution Approach 2:
The portal server provides universal access to multiple external servers with different data style requirements. The communication device interacts with a single portal server interface regardless of which external server is the target, allowing the system to handle various server configurations without requiring the device to manage each individually.
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AI summary
A communication device for transmitting data via a first server to a second server includes an acquiring unit operable to acquire, from the first server, server information as information indicating a style of data acceptable to the second server, a converting unit operable to convert a style of data to be transmitted into the style acceptable to the second server, based on the server information, and a transmitting unit operable to transmit data converted by the converting unit to the first server.