Cross-Application Data Retrieval via Tagging Metadata
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Solution Overview
Problem
In electronic devices, users face inconvenience when searching for data across multiple applications, as each application stores data separately, requiring users to load specific applications to access data, which can be time-consuming and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method to tag data with user information such as phone numbers, names, or email addresses, allowing data retrieval across applications using a contact application, which stores and manages tagging data in a separate storage area, enabling seamless data retrieval and search functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If data is stored separately in each application's storage area, then data storage organization is maintained, but data retrieval efficiency deteriorates as users must load specific applications to access data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data storage by introducing a dual-layer structure: application-specific storage areas maintain data organization by application, while a separate tagging data storage area stores cross-application metadata. This segmentation allows efficient retrieval without compromising storage organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces tagging data as an intermediary layer between application storage areas and the user interface. This tagging data contains search keywords and metadata that enable cross-application data retrieval without requiring users to load individual applications, thus improving efficiency while maintaining the existing storage structure.
2Loss of time
If users load specific applications to access data, then data security and application context are maintained, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by storing tagging data and search keywords in advance during data storage operations. This pre-processing creates an index structure that enables rapid data retrieval without requiring users to load applications, significantly reducing access time while maintaining operational simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If tag information is stored across multiple applications, then data search functionality is enhanced, but data management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts tagging information and metadata from individual application storage areas and stores them separately in a dedicated tagging data storage area. This extraction enables enhanced cross-application search functionality while simplifying data management, as the tagging system becomes independent of individual application structures.
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AI summary
A data storage and retrieval method of an electronic device is provided. More particularly, an apparatus and a method for retrieving data through a contact application in the electronic device are provided. The method for retrieving data in the electronic device includes generating tagging data including added tag information when data is stored in the electronic device by executing a first application, storing the tagging data, updating a tagging data table which contains tagging data information, executing a second application, and when a search word for data retrieval is input, retrieving and outputting tagging data including the same tag information as the search word.