Machine Learning Role Identification for Adaptive System Interfaces

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional storage systems face inefficiencies in data management and reliability due to unnecessary write operations and lack of direct control over storage processes, particularly in flash-based storage systems, leading to reduced performance and increased wear on storage devices.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a direct-mapped flash storage system where higher-level processes manage data blocks directly without address translation by storage controllers, offloading device management responsibilities, and utilizing non-volatile RAM as a buffer to improve latency and reliability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If storage controllers perform address translation and device management, then device control is centralized, but write operations increase and device wear increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice controlVSAvoiddevice wear
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts device management responsibilities from storage controllers and transfers them to the operating system. The OS directly manages flash memory devices, performs address translations, and controls write operations, eliminating the need for storage controllers to perform these functions. This reduces unnecessary write operations and device wear while maintaining centralized control at the OS level.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a buffer memory as an intermediary between the host system and flash memory devices. This buffer memory temporarily stores data before it is written to flash memory, allowing the OS to control write operations more efficiently and reduce unnecessary writes to the actual storage devices, thereby reducing wear.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Device complexity

If storage controllers manage address translation, then device management is simplified, but write operations increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice managementVSAvoidwrite operations
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent removes address translation functionality from storage controllers and implements it directly in the operating system. This allows the OS to perform address translations more efficiently and reduce the number of write operations needed, as it can batch and optimize writes before data reaches the flash memory devices.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements preliminary action by having the operating system prepare and optimize data before writing to flash memory. The OS performs address translations and data preparation in advance, reducing the need for subsequent write operations and improving overall productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Extent of automation

If traditional storage systems are used, then device control is automated, but reliability decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice controlVSAvoidstorage system reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts device control from automated storage controllers and places it under direct operating system management. This allows for more reliable control as the OS can implement more sophisticated error handling, data validation, and write optimization strategies, improving storage system reliability while maintaining automation through OS-level processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS20250335211A1Machine Learning-Based Role Identification And Interface Customization
Publication Date: 2025.10.30 PURE STORAGE INC
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AI summary

A dynamic, personality-driven user experience that includes receiving, from a user account, a request to access a system interface for a system; identifying, based on personality indicators for the user account, a user account personality from a plurality of user account personalities, wherein each of the personality indicators is associated with at least one of the plurality of user account personalities; reconfiguring the system interface based on the identified user account personality; and granting, to the user account, access to the reconfigured system interface, including presenting the reconfigured system interface to a user of the user account.