Unified Mobile Data Management System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional information management systems are inadequate in managing and synchronizing data across multiple computing devices and hosted services, leading to scattered data that may be lost in case of device loss or service disruption, without a unified access point for retrieval.
Innovation Solution
A comprehensive information management system that collects, manages, and synchronizes data and metadata from various sources, including mobile devices and hosted services, providing a unified view and allowing users to define data distribution policies for synchronization across devices, enabling 'live browsing' and execution of full-featured applications on limited-feature devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional information management systems are used to organize data from fixed computing devices, then data organization and protection are improved, but data from mobile devices and hosted services remains scattered and unmanaged
Solution Approach 1:
The information management system is extended to handle multiple types of data sources beyond fixed computing devices. The system now universally manages data from mobile devices, hosted services, and traditional fixed devices through a unified architecture that collects, synchronizes, and protects data from all these sources using common management protocols and storage mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments data management by source type (mobile devices, hosted services, fixed devices) while maintaining unified protection. Each data source is collected and managed through dedicated components that feed into the central information management system, allowing specialized handling of each source type while achieving comprehensive data protection across all sources.
2Adaptability or versatility
If data is scattered across multiple computing devices and hosted services, then device-specific functionality is maintained, but unified access and data recovery capability are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates and manages copies of data across multiple locations and devices. Data collected from mobile devices and hosted services is replicated and stored in the information management system, ensuring that unified access and recovery capabilities are maintained while the original device-specific functionality remains intact. Users can access data copies from any device through the unified interface.
3Device complexity
If conventional systems focus on fixed computing devices, then system complexity is reduced, but the ability to manage mobile and hosted data is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
An information management system acts as an intermediary layer between diverse data sources (mobile devices, hosted services, fixed devices) and user access points. This mediator collects, synchronizes, and manages data from all sources using standardized protocols, providing unified access without requiring complex integration logic at each device level. The intermediary handles the complexity of multi-device management centrally while keeping individual device implementations simple.
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AI summary
A method and system for providing information management of mobile device data provides a user interface to permit a user of an information management system to define information management policies for the mobile device, receives definitions of the information management policies from the provided interface, and sends data from the mobile device to the information management system in accordance with the information management policies. In some examples, the system sends information identifying the user and the mobile device to the information management system, and/or sends the information management policies defined from the interface to the information management system.