Message Identifier Substitution for Mobile Network Data Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current e-mail transmission over mobile networks is inefficient due to high data transfer requirements, with only compression used for sending and not optimization, leading to increased user costs and poor user experience, especially in low bandwidth networks.
Innovation Solution
The method involves replacing parts of messages with substantially unique identifiers during transmission, allowing for conditional replacement and retrieval of omitted message parts, thereby reducing data transfer and enhancing efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If compression is used for e-mail transmission, then data transfer size is reduced, but transmission speed is still limited in low bandwidth networks
Solution Approach 1:
The e-mail message is segmented into multiple parts, with each part independently compressed and transmitted. This allows parallel transmission of multiple smaller data units, improving overall transmission efficiency and enabling better utilization of limited bandwidth resources in mobile networks.
Solution Approach 2:
Compression is performed in advance on the e-mail message before transmission. By pre-compressing the data, the actual transmission time is reduced, and the bandwidth requirement is minimized, thereby improving transmission speed while maintaining data integrity.
2Quantity of substance
If optimization is used for e-mail transmission, then data transfer size is reduced, but implementation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A proxy server is introduced as an intermediary between the e-mail client and the mail server. The proxy server handles the optimization process by caching e-mail content and generating optimized transmission versions, thereby reducing the complexity burden on end-user devices while achieving significant data transfer reduction.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of transmitting the complete original e-mail message, optimized copies or representations of the message are transmitted. These copies contain the essential information in a compressed format, reducing data transfer size while maintaining the core functionality and information integrity.
3Loss of information
If complete e-mail messages are transmitted, then information completeness is maintained, but user costs increase in low bandwidth networks
Solution Approach 1:
Essential information is extracted from the complete e-mail message and transmitted separately, while non-essential or redundant parts are omitted or deferred. This extraction approach ensures that the core information is delivered with minimal data transfer, reducing user costs while maintaining information completeness for the most important content.
Solution Approach 2:
The transmission parameters of the e-mail message are changed by adjusting the level of compression and optimization. By dynamically modifying these parameters based on network conditions and user requirements, the system achieves optimal balance between information completeness and data transfer size, thereby reducing user costs in low bandwidth environments.
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AI summary
The invention relates to processing, at a transmitting entity, messages to be transferred between a transmitting entity and a receiving entity. The method comprises: obtaining a message to be transferred to the receiving entity, defining a substantially unique identifier at least for one part of the message to be transferred, conditionally replacing said part of the message to be transferred with said substantially unique identifier, and forwarding the message for transfer to the receiving entity. Further the invention relates to processing, at a receiving entity, messages transferred between a transmitting entity and a receiving entity The method comprises: receiving a message transferred from the transmitting entity, the message comprising a substantially unique identifier as a substitute of a part of the message, and retrieving said substituted part of the message on the basis of said substantially unique identifier.