Automated Data Format Checking in Registration Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
In shopping sites, managers must manually check if product data from shops conforms to a pre-defined format before registration, wasting time.
Innovation Solution
A data registration system with a terminal, storage, and server connected via a network, where the terminal receives, checks, and stores data with a correct format, alerting for incorrect formats, and the server processes data stored with a valid format, using a file naming system with hash values for verification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If manual format checking is performed by server managers, then data format accuracy is ensured, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by implementing automated format checking at the terminal before data is transmitted to the server. The terminal checks whether the data format matches the predetermined format and only transmits correctly formatted data, thereby ensuring data format accuracy while eliminating the need for manual checking at the server side and reducing time consumption.
2Productivity
If automated format checking is implemented at terminal, then time efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by enabling the terminal to autonomously perform format checking on its own data before transmission. The terminal itself checks whether its data conforms to the predetermined format and automatically corrects or rejects improperly formatted data, thereby improving time efficiency while avoiding the need for complex centralized checking mechanisms at the server side.
3Reliability
If data is stored with hash values in file names, then data integrity is verified, but storage organization complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies feedback by incorporating hash values of data content into the file names during storage. When data is retrieved, the system can verify the hash value in the file name against the actual data content to ensure integrity. This automated verification mechanism ensures data reliability while the systematic approach to hash-based naming keeps storage organization manageable through consistent rules.
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AI summary
A data registration system (1) includes a terminal (20), a storage (10), and a server (30) communicable one another via a network. The terminal (20) executes check program (11) stored in a first area (P) of the storage (10) to function as a data receiving unit (21), a format checking unit (22), a data storing unit (23), and an alerting unit (24). The format checking unit (22) checks whether or not the format of data received by the data receiving unit (21) is correct. When the format of the data is correct, the data storing unit (23) stores this data in a second area (D1 to Dn) of the storage (10). An executing unit (32) of the server (30) executes a process to the data which is stored in the second area (D1 to Dn) of the storage (10) and which has the correct format.