Compressed Content Package Import for Network Portal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for importing content package files into a network portal require multiple communications and overhead, lack user intuitiveness in locating content files, and impose restrictive read permissions.
Innovation Solution
Bundling and compressing a content package file with its related files into a single zip file for transfer over a network, reducing the need for multiple communications and allowing secure, intuitive file organization on the server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the portal server establishes separate communications to retrieve each content file individually, then the content files can be fetched from their locations, but the transfer time increases significantly and overhead bytes increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple content files and their directory structures into a single compressed package file that is transferred in one communication. This merging approach consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate file retrieval operations into a single atomic transfer, directly resolving the contradiction by improving transfer efficiency while reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The content files are pre-compressed into a package file before transfer to the portal server. This preliminary compression action reduces the total data size and enables single-communication transfer, thereby improving productivity while minimizing the time required for file retrieval operations.
2Ease of operation
If the portal server needs to access content files on the client machine, then the files can be retrieved, but read permissions must be granted which reduces security
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of accessing original content files on the client machine, the system creates a compressed copy of the entire directory structure and all content files into a single package. This copy is then transferred to the server, eliminating the need for permission-based access to the original files while maintaining operational capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the content files from their original locations on the client machine and bundles them into a self-contained compressed package. This extraction removes the dependency on ongoing permission-based access, allowing the server to retrieve and store files without requiring continuous read permissions, thus improving security while maintaining ease of operation.
3Ease of manufacture
If the user enters the client machine name to locate content files, then the server can find the correct directory, but the approach is not intuitive
Solution Approach 1:
The compressed package file serves as an intermediary container that encapsulates the entire directory structure and content files. Instead of requiring users to navigate to specific client machine directories, the package acts as a self-contained unit that the server can extract and place in appropriate server locations, providing an intuitive interface while maintaining accurate file location capability.
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AI summary
Techniques are provided for importing a content package file that contains references to content files over a network. A content package file is compressed and bundled together with its related content file. The compressed file is then transferred to over a network to a server in one communication to save time. The compressed file is then decompressed, and the content files imported from the server machine location. The content files are placed into the same subdirectories according to how they were previously organized. A user can browse for compressed content package file in a more intuitive way without having to identify the machine name that the content files are stored in.