Mobile Attachment Server Section Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional machine conversion utilities for mobile devices lack flexibility and user input capabilities, requiring users to download and manually navigate through entire attachment documents to access specific sections, leading to inefficient data handling and communication overhead.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of attachment selection markers, both automatic and manual, allows users to request and process only specific sections of attachment documents, enabling the attachment server to generate selection datasets for mobile devices, reducing data transfer and improving user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If machine conversion utilities are used to convert attachment documents for mobile devices, then the conversion process is automated, but the system lacks flexibility and user input capabilities, requiring users to download entire documents
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an attachment server as an intermediary between the mobile device and the attachment document storage. The server receives conversion requests from mobile devices, converts documents to appropriate formats, and delivers them. This intermediary enables both automated conversion and user-controlled selection of specific document sections, resolving the contradiction between automation and flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments attachment documents into manageable sections that can be individually requested and converted. Instead of converting entire documents, the system divides documents into sections based on user needs, converting only the required portions. This segmentation enables flexible, on-demand conversion while maintaining automation.
2Ease of operation
If entire attachment documents are downloaded to mobile devices, then users can access any section of the document, but data transfer volume and communication overhead increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary sections of attachment documents from the complete file. Instead of transferring entire documents, the system identifies and extracts specific sections that users need to access, based on their requests. This extraction principle dramatically reduces data transfer volume while maintaining ease of access to required information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial action by transferring only the portion of the document that users actually need, rather than the complete document. Users can request specific sections or ranges of sections, and the system performs partial conversion and transfer of only those portions, avoiding the excessive data transfer that would result from sending entire documents.
3Loss of information
If users manually navigate through entire attachment documents on mobile devices, then they can find specific sections, but the process is time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-converting document sections to mobile-friendly formats before users request them. The attachment server maintains converted versions of document sections ready for rapid delivery. This preliminary conversion eliminates the need for users to manually navigate through unconverted or improperly formatted documents, significantly reducing the time to access and review specific sections.
Data Source
AI summary
Messages with an associated attachment document are first delivered to a mobile device without the attachment document. If the mobile device user wishes to review attachment data related to the attachment document, the user submits an attachment processing request to an attachment server that handles the attachment processing requests to provide the attachment data in one of several possible formats to the user.