GUID Display System with Component Name Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Displaying globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) as 32-character hexadecimal strings is not intuitive for users, making it difficult for them to comprehend the associated names or types of components in data systems, which hinders efficient backup and recovery operations.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that associate GUIDs with display names and types, using a data structure to store and recursively traverse components, allowing users to view and select components based on intuitive information such as names and types rather than raw GUIDs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If GUIDs are displayed as 32-character hexadecimal strings, then uniqueness and identification accuracy are improved, but user comprehension and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer between the GUID and the user interface. A data structure stores mappings between GUIDs and human-readable component information (name, type, description). The system queries this data structure to retrieve meaningful labels alongside GUIDs for display, allowing users to comprehend component identities without losing the uniqueness of GUIDs.
2Extent of automation
If only GUIDs are used for component identification, then system simplicity and automation are improved, but user-friendly operation and information extraction deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the component identification system into two independent parts: the GUID-based identification layer (maintaining automation and uniqueness) and the human-readable display layer (providing user-friendly information). The data structure stores separate fields for GUID, component name, type, and description, allowing each layer to function independently without compromising the other.
3Device complexity
If raw GUIDs are displayed in the user interface, then data structure simplicity is improved, but information accessibility and usability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-storing component information (name, type, description) in the data structure alongside GUIDs during system initialization or component registration. This preliminary preparation ensures that when users need to view component information, the data is already available for immediate retrieval and display, eliminating the need for complex real-time queries.
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AI summary
This disclosure relates to a method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for backing up data. In some embodiments, this includes obtaining a root component, wherein the root component is associated with a first GUID, a first display name, and a first type, obtaining components associated with the root component, identifying qualifying components from the components, storing the qualifying components in a structure, at each invocation of a procedure processing each of the qualifying components, obtaining subcomponents associated with a qualifying component, identifying qualifying subcomponents from the subcomponents, storing the qualifying subcomponents in the structure, and determining whether the subcomponents have been processed, and if the subcomponents have not been processed, recursively invoking the procedure.