Interconnecting Server for Cross-Protocol Instant Message Search
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current instant message systems lack seamless search functionality across different protocols, such as WV-IMPS and SIMPLE IM systems, limiting user experience and interoperability.
Innovation Solution
A method and interconnecting server that facilitate searching across WV-IMPS and SIMPLE IM systems by converting search requests and responses between Server-Server Protocol (SSP) and SIMPLE IM protocols, enabling users to search for information across both systems seamlessly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If search function is implemented separately in WV-IMPS and SIMPLE IM systems, then each system can provide search service within its own protocol, but users cannot search across different instant message systems seamlessly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an interconnecting server as an intermediary component between the WV-IMPS instant message system and the SIMPLE IM system. This server receives search requests from one system, converts them to the appropriate protocol format for the target system, executes the search, and returns results. This mediator approach enables cross-system search functionality without requiring complex direct integration between the two different protocol systems, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity.
2Ease of operation
If protocol conversion is implemented for search requests, then seamless searching across WV-IMPS and SIMPLE IM systems is enabled, but message processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interconnecting server acts as a protocol translation intermediary that handles the complexity of message format conversion between WV-IMPS and SIMPLE IM protocols. It receives search requests in one protocol format, converts them to the appropriate format for the target system, and translates the results back. This centralized intermediary approach enables seamless cross-protocol search operations while concentrating the processing complexity in a single component rather than requiring each system to handle multiple protocol formats.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the search functionality into distinct components: the user interface layer, the interconnecting server layer for protocol conversion, and the target system execution layer. This segmentation allows each component to focus on a specific task - the interconnecting server handles protocol conversion while the target systems handle their native protocol processing, thereby reducing overall message processing complexity while enabling seamless operations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If an interconnecting server is introduced for protocol conversion, then cross-system search is enabled, but system structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The interconnecting server serves as a dedicated intermediary component that provides protocol conversion services between the WV-IMPS and SIMPLE IM systems. By introducing this single mediator server, the patent enables interoperability and cross-system search functionality without requiring complex direct integrations between the two systems. The server structure is relatively simple - it primarily performs message reception, protocol conversion, and result forwarding - which minimizes the increase in overall system structural complexity while achieving the desired adaptability.
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AI summary
A method for searching across instant message systems and an interconnecting server are disclosed in the present invention. The method includes: searching in a SIMPLE IM system by a WV-IMPS user, and searching in a WV-IMPS system by a SIMPLE IM user. The interconnecting server includes a message input/output module and a message processing and converting module. The technical solution of the present invention seamlessly connects the search services of the WV-IMPS instant message system and the SIMPLE instant message system, and thus solves the problem on interconnecting search functions between different types of instant message systems.