Content Management Apparatus Using Unique Identifier Conversion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulties in efficiently managing and searching digital content due to the cumbersome process of inputting comments for each piece of content, which hinders effective classification and searchability.

Innovation Solution

A content management apparatus and Web server system that utilize content unique identifiers and intra-server management identifiers to facilitate efficient content management, allowing for automatic conversion and storage of content information, enabling improved searchability and classification through a network system.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If manual comment input is used for each piece of content, then content classification and searchability are improved, but user operation complexity and time consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent searchabilityVSAvoiduser operation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by automatically generating comments and content information through web crawlers and automated processes, eliminating the need for manual user input while maintaining content classification and searchability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-fetching and storing content information from external websites before user requests, so that when users search for content, the information is already prepared and available for immediate use

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If content information is stored with unique identifiers, then content management accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases due to identifier conversion requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent management accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary component (identifier conversion module) that automatically handles the conversion between unique identifiers and other identification systems, maintaining management accuracy while abstracting the complexity from users

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates and manages copies of content information with different identifier types, allowing accurate tracking and management through unique identifiers while providing user-friendly access through alternative identification methods

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS10650090B2Content management apparatus, web server, network system, content management method, content information management method, and program
Publication Date: 2020.05.12 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

A content management apparatus includes a content storage section configured to store a piece of content together with a content unique identifier; a content transmitter configured to transmit the piece of content together with the content unique identifier to a Web server; an intra-server management identifier receiver configured to receive an intra-server management identifier corresponding to the content unique identifier from the Web server; a management table for storing the content unique identifier and the intra-server management identifier; a content information updating message receiver configured to receive content information on the piece of content and a content information updating message containing the intra-server management identifier from the Web server; an identifier converter configured to convert the intra-server management identifier contained in the content information updating message into the content unique identifier; and a content management section configured to allow the content storage section to store the content information.