File Exchange Apparatus with Air Gap and Label Identification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing file exchange technologies using air gaps are limited to one-to-one configurations, failing to meet customer demands for managing information separately across multiple dedicated storage apparatuses within an organization, and can hinder file management when one common storage apparatus is divided into multiple dedicated units.

Innovation Solution

A file exchange apparatus and system that includes an air gap part to isolate and transmit label-added files from a common storage apparatus to specific dedicated storage apparatuses, utilizing a label identification part to ensure accurate file transmission based on identified labels.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If one common use storage apparatus is divided into a plurality of dedicated use storage apparatuses, then information can be managed separately for each department, but it becomes difficult to track which files are stored in which dedicated storage apparatus

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveAbility to manage information separately for each departmentVSAvoidFile location information

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the common use storage apparatus into multiple dedicated use storage apparatuses, each serving specific departments. This segmentation enables separate information management for different departments while maintaining trackability through the file exchange history recording mechanism that logs which files are transferred to which dedicated storage apparatus.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism by recording file exchange history that tracks which files are transferred from the common use storage apparatus to which dedicated use storage apparatus. This feedback loop maintains visibility of file locations across the segmented storage system, solving the problem of tracking file positions after division.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If a label identification part is added to identify labels on files, then files can be accurately transmitted to the correct dedicated storage apparatus, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveFile transmission accuracyVSAvoidSystem structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by adding labels to files before they are transferred from the common use storage apparatus to dedicated use storage apparatuses. This pre-labeling process enables automatic identification and accurate routing of files without requiring complex real-time analysis, thereby improving transmission accuracy while keeping the system relatively simple.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The label acts as an intermediary element between the file content and the destination storage apparatus. Instead of requiring complex matching algorithms, the label serves as a simple mediator that directly indicates which dedicated storage apparatus should receive each file, reducing system complexity while maintaining high transmission accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250110927A1File exchange apparatus, system, method, and program

Publication Date: 2025.04.03 NEC CORP

AI summary

A file exchange apparatus includes: acquiring a label added file stored in a common use storage apparatus; isolating the acquired label added file from the common use storage apparatus and a plurality of dedicated use storage apparatuses; reading and identifying a label of the acquired label added file; and transmitting the acquired label added file to the dedicated use storage apparatus corresponding to the identified label.