Intermediate Server File Group Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for uploading image files from a communication apparatus to a data storage server face challenges in efficiently managing and organizing multiple image files within a target file group, leading to cumbersome user operations and inefficient file management.
Innovation Solution
An intermediate server is introduced to facilitate the upload process by using group identification information to integrate new image files into an existing target file group, updating the document file to include specifying text data, thereby allowing multiple image files to be uploaded and managed within a single target file group.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple image files are uploaded separately to the data storage server, then each file can be stored individually, but the user operations become cumbersome and file management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple image file uploads into a single target file group by introducing a document file that aggregates references to multiple image files. Instead of treating each image file as a separate upload entity, the system combines them under a unified document file structure, allowing users to manage multiple images through a single interface and operation set.
Solution Approach 2:
The document file acts as an intermediary between the user and multiple image files. Rather than directly managing individual image files, users interact with the document file which then coordinates the storage and retrieval of multiple associated image files, simplifying user operations while maintaining organized file management.
2Quantity of substance
If a target file group includes only a document file without image files, then the file group structure is simple, but it cannot store multiple image files efficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The file group structure is segmented into two distinct components: a document file that contains metadata and references, and multiple image files that contain actual image data. This segmentation allows the system to store multiple image files efficiently while keeping the organizational structure manageable through the document file's reference mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to the file group structure by introducing the document file as a metadata layer that references image files. This creates a two-level structure where the document file operates at the organizational level and image files operate at the data level, enabling efficient storage of multiple images without proportionally increasing structural complexity.
3Loss of information
If the document file does not include text data specifying image files, then the document file structure is simple, but it cannot properly organize or retrieve associated image files
Solution Approach 1:
The document file contains text data that copies or references key identification information from multiple image files. Instead of storing complete image data in the document file, the system uses text data to copy essential reference information (such as file identifiers or paths), enabling proper organization and retrieval without excessive structural complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided an intermediate server for uploading data from a communication apparatus to a data storage server. While a current target file group including a current document file and some of plural image files to be uploaded is stored in the data storage server, the intermediate server receives an upload command for instructing an upload of a first image file to the data storage server, the current document file including text data for respectively specifying the image files stored in the data storage server. When the upload command is received, the intermediate server uploads the first image file, thereby changing the current target file group into a changed target file group which includes: a changed document file; and the first image file, the changed document file being acquired by adding first text data for specifying the first image file to the current document file.