Data Management System Linking User Data to Network Services

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current data management systems in cloud computing environments lack efficient methods to link user-uploaded data with associated network services, limiting the ability to share data across multiple platforms based on user-defined relationships and preferences.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that determine and link user-uploaded data with associated network services, such as Social Network Services, based on user-defined criteria, relationships, and data properties, enabling data sharing across multiple platforms.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If user-uploaded data is stored in a database without linking to network services, then data storage is simple and straightforward, but data sharing across multiple platforms is limited and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata sharing capabilityVSAvoiddata management system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments data management by separating the core database storage function from the network service integration function. The database stores user-uploaded data independently, while network service links are created as separate entities that associate data with specific services. This segmentation allows the system to maintain simple storage while adding versatile sharing capabilities through optional link creation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (network service link) that connects the database storage system with various network services. This intermediary layer enables data to be shared across multiple platforms without requiring direct integration between the database and each service, thus enhancing adaptability while controlling complexity through a standardized interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If user-uploaded data is linked with multiple network services, then data accessibility across platforms is enhanced, but the complexity of determining and linking appropriate services increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata accessibilityVSAvoidservice determination and linking complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-establishing a framework of available network services and their characteristics before data upload occurs. When user data is uploaded, the system can quickly determine appropriate services based on pre-defined criteria and user profiles, rather than having to analyze and evaluate service compatibility in real-time during the linking process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where user preferences, historical behavior, and data characteristics are continuously analyzed to improve service linking accuracy. The system learns from previous linking outcomes and user interactions, refining its determination process over time to enhance ease of operation while managing complexity through adaptive optimization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If a comprehensive system is built to link data with network services based on user criteria and preferences, then data sharing efficiency is improved, but the system complexity and resource requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata sharing efficiencyVSAvoidsystem architecture complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal linking mechanism that can connect user data with multiple types of network services through a common interface and standardized process. This multi-functional approach allows the same system architecture to handle diverse service integrations (social media, cloud storage, communication platforms) without requiring separate specialized systems for each service, thereby improving productivity while controlling complexity through standardization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9952907B2Method and apparatus for managing data
Publication Date: 2018.04.24 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A method and apparatus for managing data is provided, including determining one or more network services associated with user-uploaded data stored in a database, and linking the user-uploaded data with the one or more network services to provide the user-uploaded data via the one or more network services.