Communication System Reduces Expenses via Preliminary Action

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing communication systems require users to maintain a long-duration connection with a server to receive and contribute information, leading to increased communication expenses and user boredom due to uninteresting displays of contributed information.

Innovation Solution

A communication system that allows users to confirm and contribute information while disconnected from the server through a program featuring various characters, enabling efficient data transfer and engaging program distribution using a network.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If users maintain a long-duration connection with the server to receive and contribute information, then information exchange is complete, but communication expenses increase and user engagement decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation exchange completenessVSAvoidcommunication expenses
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The server pre-processes and stores contributed information in an entertaining program format before users connect. When users connect briefly, they receive the complete pre-processed program containing all contributed information, eliminating the need for long-duration connections and reducing communication expenses while maintaining information completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If users maintain a long-duration connection with the server to contribute information, then contributed information can be submitted, but user engagement decreases due to boredom

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontributed information submissionVSAvoiduser engagement
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The server pre-processes contributed information into entertaining programs with characters and sequences before user connection. Users experience the complete program during brief connections, making information submission engaging rather than boring, while still allowing full contribution capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The server creates copies of contributed information in the form of entertaining programs with characters. Instead of displaying raw text data, the system generates engaging program copies that present the same information in an entertaining format, maintaining information integrity while improving user engagement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Loss of information

If contributed information is displayed as text data on a monitor, then information is conveyed, but user engagement is low due to uninteresting presentation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation conveyanceVSAvoiduser engagement
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The server creates entertaining program copies that present contributed information through characters and sequences. Instead of displaying raw text, the system generates engaging visual programs that convey the same information in an entertaining format, significantly improving user engagement while maintaining information accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms the presentation parameters of contributed information from plain text to entertaining programs with characters, sequences, and visual elements. This parameter change maintains the core information content while dramatically improving engagement by changing how the information is presented.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS8296365B2Communication system, computer program execution device, recording medium, computer program, program information supply method, and program information editing method
Publication Date: 2012.10.23 SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
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AI summary

The communication system comprises a first access processing, which accesses a server via a network, receives program information files transmitted from said server, and records them on hard disk, a program production and output that outputs on a monitor a program that it produces by information of received program information files and information recorded on, for example, an optical disk, a system for contributed text editing, which edits, as contributed text, messages input through a controller, a second access processing, which accesses the server at least through the network and transmits contributed texts to said server and an image display, which outputs to the monitor the image data drawn to image memory and displays said image on the screen of said monitor.