File Management System for Automatic Link Assignment

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Solution Overview

Problem

In large-scale systems, setting appropriate links between drawing files is labor-intensive, and inappropriate link settings can result in multiple link destinations for a single character string, reducing browsing efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A file management system that determines the type of target indicated by a character string in a data file and assigns a link among data files only when the target matches, thereby ensuring appropriate link destinations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If links are manually set for each character string in large-scale drawing files, then link accuracy can be controlled, but labor intensity increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelink accuracyVSAvoidlink setting efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automatic link setting by having the file management system itself analyze character strings and determine appropriate link destinations without requiring manual intervention. The system serves itself by automatically processing the linking task that would otherwise require human labor.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis of character strings and their potential link destinations before actual link creation. By pre-determining the appropriate links based on character string analysis and file content matching, the system prepares link assignments in advance, eliminating the need for manual link setting.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple link destinations are generated for one character string, then comprehensive link coverage is achieved, but browsing efficiency is reduced due to the need to select from multiple links

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelink coverageVSAvoidbrowsing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different link assignment strategies based on the local context of each character string. By analyzing the specific content and context of each character string within the drawing file, the system determines the most appropriate single link destination for that particular location, rather than uniformly creating multiple links for all character strings.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system segments the link assignment process by analyzing each character string individually and assigning links based on its specific characteristics and context. This segmentation allows the system to create precise, context-appropriate links rather than generating multiple links for all character strings uniformly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Extent of automation

If character string analysis is performed to determine link destinations, then appropriate links can be automatically assigned, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomatic link assignmentVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary analysis layer that processes character strings and determines their semantic meaning and appropriate link destinations. This intermediary layer of character string analysis acts as a mediator between the raw drawing content and the final link assignments, enabling automatic linking through structured analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12326835B2File management system and work support system
Publication Date: 2025.06.10 HITACHI LTD
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AI summary

Provided is a technique capable of setting an appropriate link destination when there are a plurality of link destination candidates among data files. A file management system according to the present invention determines a type of a target indicated by a character string described in a data file to determine whether the target matches among data files and assigns a link among the data files when the target matches.