Data Transmission Device User Terminal Icon Specification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing data transmission technologies fail to efficiently specify both the user and terminal for data transmission, especially when a user owns multiple user IDs and terminals, leading to difficulties in accurate data delivery.

Innovation Solution

A data transmission device and method that outputs user and terminal icons on the sender's terminal, allowing the sender to specify and transmit data to the correct user ID and terminal, using a data transmission unit to associate and store terminal data with user IDs and transmit data to the corresponding terminals.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a user owns multiple user IDs and terminals, then the system supports more users and devices, but it becomes difficult to specify the correct user and terminal for data transmission

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesupport for multiple users and terminalsVSAvoiddifficulty in specifying correct user and terminal
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the identification process into two distinct levels: user identification (first identification information) and terminal identification (second identification information). This segmentation allows the system to handle multiple users and terminals separately, making it easier to specify the correct combination for data transmission.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adds an additional dimension to the identification system by introducing terminal-specific identification information alongside user identification information. This transforms the identification from a single-dimensional user-based system to a two-dimensional user-terminal matrix, enabling precise specification of both user and terminal.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Productivity

If existing data transmission technologies are used, then data can be transmitted between terminals, but the sender cannot accurately specify both the user and the terminal when multiple user IDs and terminals are involved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata transmission capabilityVSAvoidaccuracy in specifying user and terminal
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary identification and specification of both user and terminal before the actual data transmission occurs. The sender first identifies the target user through user identification information, then identifies the specific terminal through terminal identification information, ensuring accurate specification before transmission begins.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces identification information as an intermediary layer between the sender and the target user-terminal combination. This intermediary mechanism (comprising first identification information for users and second identification information for terminals) enables precise specification and accurate routing of data to the correct user and terminal.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS9712653B2Data transmission device, data transmission method and program for data transmission device
Publication Date: 2017.07.18 OPTIM
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AI summary

The present invention is to provide a data transmission device to enable a sender to easily transmit predefined data to a proper user and a proper terminal even if the receiver owns two or more user IDs and terminals. The data transmission device 100 is provided with a user icon output module 133 outputting a user icon associated with a user ID to display in a sender's terminal, and a data transmission module 136 transmitting predefined data associated with the user icon specified by a sender to a terminal corresponding to the user ID associated with the specified user icon.