Intermediate Format Caching for Mobile Content Output
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for speeding up content delivery in systems like the World Wide Web, particularly for devices with limited processing power such as mobile or wearable devices, are inadequate due to the increasing complexity of rich documents and the inefficiency in caching techniques.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device and recording medium that optimize content output by caching sources in an intermediate format, allowing for quicker processing and reduced load on devices, with a source acquisition unit and content output unit that manage cached sources, including conversion to intermediate formats based on usage thresholds and external processing when necessary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If content is cached in original format on mobile devices, then memory usage is reduced, but processing time increases due to conversion requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by converting content to intermediate format in advance during transmission from the server, so that the mobile device receives pre-processed content that requires minimal local processing. This resolves the contradiction by performing the format conversion before the content reaches the resource-constrained device, reducing both memory usage and processing time at the mobile device.
2Productivity
If processing power of mobile devices is increased to handle rich documents, then content output speed improves, but device complexity and power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediate format as a mediator between the original content format and the final display format. This intermediate format simplifies the processing requirements for mobile devices by providing a standardized, pre-processed representation that requires less computational power and device complexity to render, while still enabling fast content output.
3Speed
If content is cached in intermediate format, then content output speed improves, but memory consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the format parameter of cached content from original to intermediate format, which has different memory characteristics. The intermediate format is designed to be more compact and processing-efficient, allowing faster content output while managing memory consumption through optimized data structure and compression techniques specific to the intermediate representation.
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AI summary
[Object] To optimize a content output process by caching a source of content in an appropriate format.[Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a source acquisition unit configured to acquire a source of content; and a content output unit configured to output the content on the basis of the acquired source. The source includes a source cached by a client, and the cached source includes a source converted into an intermediate format.