File Transfer Status Tracking via Feedback Files
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Solution Overview
Problem
Tracking the status of file transfers across multiple devices operated by separate entities is challenging due to the need for manual gathering and reporting of confirmation messages, which is resource-intensive and time-consuming, especially as the number of files increases.
Innovation Solution
A method that uses feedback files automatically generated during file transfers to determine the status in real-time or near real-time, allowing a tracking server to provide status information even when devices are managed by different entities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual gathering and reporting of confirmation messages is used to track file transfer status, then tracking capability is achieved, but resource consumption and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic self-tracking of file transfer status through feedback files generated by the transfer process itself. The feedback files contain timestamps and event information that automatically record the transfer status without requiring external manual intervention, thus resolving the contradiction between reliable tracking and high resource consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where feedback files are generated during the file transfer process to provide status information. This automated feedback loop allows the system to track transfer status reliably while eliminating manual gathering operations, thereby improving productivity without sacrificing tracking reliability.
2Loss of information
If manual gathering and reporting methods are used, then status information can be obtained, but time consumption increases as the number of files increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by generating feedback files with timestamps and event information during the file transfer process itself. This preliminary recording of status information eliminates the need for subsequent manual gathering operations, thereby reducing time consumption while ensuring complete status information availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The feedback files automatically record transfer status information during the transfer process without requiring external intervention. This self-service mechanism ensures that status information is captured reliably while minimizing the time required to obtain and report the information, even as the number of files increases.
3Productivity
If feedback files with timestamps are automatically generated and processed, then tracking efficiency improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback files as simplified copies or representations of the actual file transfer events. These feedback files contain essential timestamp and event information in a standardized format that is easier to process than raw transfer data, thereby improving tracking efficiency while managing system complexity through information abstraction.
Data Source
AI summary
A device may receive a set of feedback files associated with a file transfer from a first device to a second device. A feedback file, of the set of feedback files, may include a timestamp corresponding to an event associated with the file transfer. The device may determine configuration information associated with the file transfer. The configuration information may include timing information, associated with the event, that identifies an expected time associated with the event. The device may determine status information associated with the file transfer. The status information may be determined based on the timestamp corresponding to the event and the timing information associated with the event. The device may provide the status information.