Image Traits Definition for Network Transfer Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manufacture of information handling systems with customer-provided images is hindered by large image sizes, leading to prolonged network transfer times, increased storage and network costs, and decreased customer satisfaction due to delays in delivery.
Innovation Solution
An image traits definition is created by analyzing the image, allowing its recreation at a manufacturing site, where it is re-created from an image component library and communicated over the network, significantly reducing the data transferred and enabling faster image deployment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the entire image is communicated over the network to the manufacture location, then the image can be accurately reproduced, but the network transfer time and storage requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential configuration information (traits definition) from the complete image data. Instead of transmitting the entire multi-gigabyte image, the system identifies and transmits only the critical settings and parameters needed to reconstruct the image at the manufacture location, significantly reducing network transfer time while maintaining reproduction accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an image analyzer as an intermediary component that processes the original image and generates a compressed traits definition representation. This intermediary transforms the full image into a condensed format that can be efficiently transmitted over the network, then reconstructs the complete image at the destination using this intermediate representation.
2Reliability
If the entire image is stored at various manufacture centers for extended periods, then the image can be tested and prepared for manufacture, but storage costs and memory resources increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential traits definition from the complete image and stores this condensed representation at manufacture centers. This extracted information contains all necessary configuration data but occupies minimal storage space, allowing multiple images to be stored simultaneously while maintaining the ability to perform testing and preparation operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a simplified copy (traits definition) of the original image that retains the essential configuration information. This copy can be stored efficiently and used for manufacturing purposes without requiring the full original image data, significantly reducing storage requirements while maintaining functional capability.
3Reliability
If the entire image is transmitted through multiple communication channels (customer to manufacturer, then to development and fulfillment centers), then the image can be tested and prepared, but network costs and transfer time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the critical traits definition from the complete image before transmission. This extracted representation is then communicated through the network to various manufacture centers, reducing the data volume and associated network costs while still enabling necessary testing and preparation operations at each stage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the image from its original full-resolution format into a compressed parameter-based representation (traits definition). This parameter change reduces the amount of data that needs to be transmitted across multiple communication channels, lowering network costs and energy consumption while preserving the essential configuration information needed for manufacturing.
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AI summary
A system and method for information handling system manufacture analyzes an image to determine a traits definition that identifies the operating system, applications and unique information of the image, such as in a XML file. The image traits definition may be communicated to a manufacture site over a network and used to re-create the image for copying to a manufactured information handling system. Communication of the image traits definition consumes less network and storage resources than communication of the image, thus reducing the time and expense of image transfers to manufacture information handling systems.