Communication Management System for Incompatible Scheme Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication systems fail to allow a third telephone conversation terminal with a different communication scheme to join a session between two other terminals, even if the communication schemes are incompatible.
Innovation Solution
A communication management system that includes a session management unit to associate session and terminal identifying information, a receiving unit to receive terminal information from a conversion system, and a transmitting unit to transmit session information to the conversion system, enabling the conversion of communication schemes between terminals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a third terminal with a different communication scheme attempts to join a communication session, then communication compatibility is improved, but the system cannot establish connection due to scheme incompatibility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a conversion system as an intermediary component that mediates between terminals with different communication schemes. The conversion system receives communication data from one terminal, converts it to the appropriate scheme, and transmits it to the other terminal, enabling compatible communication between otherwise incompatible terminals
Solution Approach 2:
The conversion system changes the communication scheme parameters of the data being transmitted. By modifying protocol parameters, encoding formats, or transmission characteristics, the system adapts data from one communication scheme to another, allowing terminals with different schemes to communicate effectively
2Reliability
If session management information is properly tracked across multiple terminals, then communication session reliability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The conversion system performs multiple functions: it acts as a protocol converter, a session manager, and an information tracker. By consolidating these functions into a single component, the system manages session information for multiple terminals without proportionally increasing overall system complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A communication management system manages communication terminals transmitting and receiving communication data. The system includes a session management unit configured to manage session identifying information and terminal identifying information in an associated manner, the session identifying information being used to identify a communication session being performed among a plurality of communication terminals and the terminal identifying information being used to identify each of the communication terminals; a receiving unit configured to receive, from a conversion system, terminal identifying information about a communication terminal that is being in communication, the conversion system mutually converting a communication scheme of communication data transmitted from one communication terminal and a communication scheme of communication data transmitted from another communication terminal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the conversion system, session identifying information that is associated with the received terminal identifying information in the session management unit.