Data Object Transfer via Online Connection Service
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing process of transferring digital data objects from data acquisition devices to user storage devices is limited by the need for device-to-device registration and physical proximity, requiring multiple explicit user steps.
Innovation Solution
A method that allows a data acquisition device to detect new data objects and automatically transfer them to available user storage devices by establishing a communications session through an online connection service, enabling seamless data transfer over a network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If device-to-device registration and physical proximity are required for data transfer, then connection reliability is improved, but device complexity and user operation steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an online connection service as an intermediary between the data acquisition device and user storage device. This service manages device registration, availability detection, and communication session establishment centrally, eliminating the need for direct device-to-device registration while maintaining connection reliability through server-coordinated interactions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables automatic data transfer where the data acquisition device autonomously detects new data objects, queries storage device availability through the online connection service, and initiates transfers without requiring explicit user intervention for each step, reducing operational complexity while maintaining reliable connections.
2Ease of operation
If automatic data transfer is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but loss of information may increase due to network dependencies
Solution Approach 1:
The online connection service implements feedback mechanisms by monitoring storage device availability and communicating status back to the data acquisition device. The system queries availability before initiating transfers and can adjust or retry operations based on real-time feedback about storage device states, ensuring reliable data transfer while maintaining automatic operation.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple explicit user steps are required for data transfer, then data transfer accuracy is improved, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-registering devices with the online connection service and pre-establishing communication pathways. When data objects are created, the transfer process is already prepared and can proceed automatically with minimal user intervention, maintaining accuracy through pre-configured protocols while significantly improving transfer efficiency.
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AI summary
In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for a data acquisition device to transfer a new data object to a user storage device. The method comprises detecting a new data object; determining an availability of one or more user storage devices to store the new data object in response to the detecting; establishing a communications session with at least one available user storage device; and sending the new data object to the at least one available user storage device for storage therein.